"..."

Li Chenan looked at Wang Zhenghaoxuan, how many dogs had bitten this kid in his previous life!

Su Yian and Liu Xiayin were also shocked, but they saw the young man grinning and said:

"It's quite fat...where's your pot?"

…

…

A bonfire was lit in the small courtyard in the backyard of Sanwei Bookstore.

There is an iron pot hanging on the bonfire.

Wang Zhenghaoxuan has been put into the iron pot, and the dog has been taken care of after three strokes, five divisions, and two divisions.

Su Yian swallowed, but did not forget the business. He looked at Li Chenan again: "Prince Regent, if you don't let farmers do business, how can we increase their income?"

"Capital is always profit-seeking!"

Li Chenan also withdrew his gaze, looked at the two of them, and said:

"Scholarship, agriculture, industry and commerce are the class concepts that have been gradually formed under Confucianism for thousands of years."

"The merchant has the lowest status among them."

"In society, businessmen are looked down upon by almost everyone, but there are many people who actually envy those businessmen."

"why is that?"

"Because the merchant has money!"

"Although businessmen have a low status, they live in the best houses, wear the best clothes, and eat the best meals!"

"Let's take a closer look. Most of the scholars in the world are children of businessmen."

"Why? As Mr. Su said, studying costs money! Farmers with high status do not have money to send their children to study. As a result, farmers will always be farmers, and even their children and grandchildren will all be farmers.

!”

"But businessmen are different. Their children receive the best education. Their children are successful in studying, and they become scholars when they become officials in the court!"

"A businessman with a scholar in his family is no longer a pure businessman, he becomes a member of an aristocratic family!"

"For example, you Su Shi!"

"The Su family started out in business. While accumulating a lot of wealth, they also cultivated many talented and learned children."

"The children of the Su family have produced many officials, which made the Su family become a century-old family in the south of the Yangtze River, and thus became one of the wealthy families in Ningguo."

"So, in your opinion, is it wrong to pursue that copper smell?"

Su Yian was startled. He was not a businessman himself, he was a great Confucian from Ningguo!

But after listening to Li Chenan's words, he suddenly understood a problem——

If it weren't for the Su family in Jiangnan who had money, and if the Su family was a farmer, would he be able to read so many books without any distractions?

This is simply impossible!

Not only can I not open a school like Sanwei Bookstore here, but I must also be living with my face facing the loess and my back facing the sky day after day, year after year!

There seems to be nothing wrong with pursuing the smell of copper.

"If you think this is not wrong, then the country will liberalize business, boost business, give businessmen confidence, and gradually change the low status of businessmen, so that they can do business boldly, aboveboard, and abide by the law to make money, then there will be no

wrong!"

Su Yian was speechless.

Liu Xiayin's heart was shocked——

He couldn't argue, because the regent's analysis was right!

Farmers work hard to serve the land, don’t they do it for those two taels of silver?

They are also seeking the most benefit, but their benefits can only be produced from the fields, which becomes insignificant and cannot be compared with the benefits obtained by businessmen.

They are all pursuing profits, so it is unreasonable to suppress businessmen to pursue profits!

He knew that a huge change in Ningguo was coming!

This is not just a change in social class. If the imperial court truly implements the regent's views on governing the country, the entire Ning Kingdom will be swept away by this huge wave.

Those who can adapt to this point of view and seize this opportunity keenly will stand on the top of the wave!

And those with outdated ideas... will be swallowed up by this wave in an instant.

"If we want all children in the world to receive a fair education, there are only two things to do."

Li Chenan spoke again, and the two of them immediately calmed down and listened carefully.

"First, everyone is getting rich, especially the farmers who are the largest group. They are not stupid. Of course they will let their children go to school and become officials!"

"Secondly, the world is equally rich. This is deceptive and harmful..."

Li Chenan did not explain this sentence, he added:

“Then how do we enable children who still cannot afford to study to go to school?”

"This requires the country to be rich!"

"When the country is rich, it can have money to open free schools, so that children from poor families can study in free schools... No money is needed!"

"The country's current tax revenue mainly comes from agricultural taxes."

"It's not because of how high the output value of agriculture is, it's just that there are the most people farming!"

"The poorest peasants bear a large amount of the country's taxes. In fact, the taxes are not much. Once a war breaks out, the court will inevitably increase taxes, which will be imposed on the peasants, making their lives even worse.

.”

"But if business develops and businessmen earn more money, the main body responsible for national taxation will change from farmers to businessmen..."

Li Chenan looked at the two of them, and they again showed extremely shocked expressions.

This is another huge change that exceeds their imagination!

The success of this change depends on whether businessmen can earn more money to bear the tax transferred to them.

If successful, agricultural taxes that have existed for thousands of years may be significantly reduced, and farmers' harvests from the fields will naturally increase.

But how can we ensure that merchants can earn more money?

This is the method proposed by the Regent to revitalize industry and commerce!

It turned out that he had already had a mature idea when he became the regent. This idea can be called a great initiative by no one before!

No wonder Hua Lao Daru said that all the officials in the court were his followers.

No wonder Hua Lao Ruhui said that he might be the light of hope for Ningguo.

The reason why the word "may" is used lies in whether this change can be realized smoothly.

Of course Su Yian knew the difficulty of this, but it was precisely because of its difficulty that it was like a plum blossom in the bitter cold, or a pine in proud snow... When it was completed, Ningguo would fly into the air, becoming brilliant and beautiful.

Defeat... the country will be ruined, and all the pioneers will be recorded in the annals of history and become the criminals of history.

Will it fail?

In Su Yian's view, only if Li Chenan controls the rudder of Ningguo's ship will he not fail.

Because only he knows what kind of shore this ship is sailing to.

No wonder Hua Manting said he must be the emperor of Ningguo!

Just when Su Yian was thinking about this, Li Chenan spoke again:

"Simply reducing farmers' taxes is not enough to give them the ability to withstand risks... They must also allow them to increase their wealth while businessmen gain profits."

“How does this need to be done?”

"This requires huge development of the handicraft industry!"

"If businessmen want to improve the production efficiency of their products, they must expand their scale and improve their equipment, and their workshops will need a large number of workers!"

"When farming equipment has made great progress, farming does not require so many people!"

"Some farmers can go to the fields and earn money in merchants' workshops."

"They go to the fields and kill two birds with one stone."

"As for how to do it... Mr. Su, if you go to Kyoto and talk to Wen Boiyu, you will know."

"Let's eat dog meat first."

Xiao Baozi looked up at the night sky when he was near his son.

How much money was wasted?

Xiao Baozi's heart ached.

Hurry up and finish the dog meat and go back to the inn!
Chapter completed!