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423. Chapter [-]

423. Chapter [-]

Li Shimin frowned: "You mean to hire a lot of people for this business?"

Seeing Li Shimin's expression, Lin Xuan was taken aback for a moment, didn't he just hire some people?

Why does Li Shimin look very unhappy.

In fact, Lin Xuan didn't know that the underdeveloped industry in ancient times had something to do with the low status of craftsmen and merchants, and the most important thing was the restrictions of those in power.

In ancient times, if dozens or hundreds of people were hired, there might not be any problems.

Dare to hire thousands of people?Don't be kidding, maybe a rebellious hat will be put on his head.

Lin Xuan didn't know the reason, and said, "About 2000 people will be hired."

The production of 200 yuan of soap per month can only meet the needs of Datang.

If you sell it to other countries, you will need even more.

The 2000 people are only in the early stage. When the market opens, it will definitely need to increase the number of people. In the end, almost tens of thousands of people will be needed to meet the production needs.

Li Shimin frowned deeply. He hired so many people, and with a little organization, he became an army.

Fortunately, he didn't know that Lin Xuan was going to hire tens of thousands of people, otherwise he would have objected immediately.

"No, the land is the foundation of the Tang Dynasty. If they gain benefits, there must be many people vying to follow suit. Who will plant the fields in the future?" Li Shimin said.

"Your Majesty, have you forgotten the Zhenguan plow? With the Zhenguan plow, the people can plant more land than before. Freeing some people from the land will also allow those who cultivate the land to have more land. Seed." Lin Xuan said.

"Although the Zhenguan plow is much faster than before, the imperial court has prevented the people from opening up wasteland. This year alone, Datang has increased more than 20 mu of cultivated land. Although the grain production is not as good as those good fields, after several years of planting, the output is natural. It will improve." Li Shimin said.

Although Li Shimin often said: "The king is a boat, the people are water, and water can carry a boat and overturn it."

But the premise is that the water must be in the river to support the boat.

If the water is not in the river, the boat will run aground.

The premise of caring about water is to want the boat to sail smoothly on the water forever.

There may be love for the people like a son, but certainly not all of them.

The more reason is that the people are the foundation of a country. As a citizen, he understands the connection very well, so he will pay more attention to the people.

"Your Majesty, the Zhenguan plow is just one of the tools to increase the speed of people's farming. As long as Your Majesty increases the rewards, the craftsmen of the world will definitely be able to invent more things. There is no need for so many people to farm the land to satisfy the needs of people all over the world." The food is used up." Lin Xuan said.

Li Shimin waved his hand, and said with an unhappy face: "If I say no, I won't do it. You should go back first."

Lin Xuan was taken aback for a moment, and said, "Yes, I will leave."

Li Shimin may feel that his tone was a little too harsh just now, his face softened a little, and he said: "As long as you plant potatoes well and store more potato seeds, you deserve credit, and I will never forget it."

"I understand." Lin Xuan said in a somewhat dispirited manner.

After leaving the Lizheng Hall, Lin Xuan stopped and looked back at the majestic hall, with a hint of self-mockery flashing across his face.

Li Shimin didn't even ask about the business he was talking about, he only asked how many people he would hire, and he firmly opposed it.

He didn't understand it at first, but now he wants to understand the reason.

One emperor through the ages, and loving the people like a son, are all nonsense.

When the ancient emperors were governing the country, they often talked about loving the people like their sons, and said that they worked so hard to deal with political affairs so that the common people could live and work in peace and contentment, so that everyone could live a good life.When those ministers flattered the emperor, they also praised the emperor for loving the people like a son, as if this was the greatest compliment.

But in fact, these feudal rulers did it in a different way. They didn't let the people really have enough to eat, but just half full.Some emperors really don't care about the life and death of the people, as long as they enjoy the glory and wealth, but there are also some emperors who really want the people to live and work in peace, but why do they still do the same in the end?

In fact, in the final analysis, this is the inevitability of feudal society.In this kind of family society, as a high-level ruler, the ultimate goal is always to safeguard one's own interests and consolidate one's position.Therefore, Confucianism will be reused is also related to this reason, and even Confucianism will be screened again. For example, the thoughts of the Confucian sage Mencius should not be taken seriously, because he advocated that "the people are the most important, the society is second, and the king is the king." Light." This is not in the interests of the rulers, so they pay more attention to the idea of ​​the monarch and his ministers.

Therefore, when these feudal rulers looked at the people, they first stood in their own interests.They will not really completely disregard the life and death of the people, because they still need the hard work of these people to serve them.Therefore, it is still necessary to pay attention to loving the people like children, so that they will not all starve to death, otherwise the common people will revolt and rebel when they have no way to survive.

But they will not let the people completely solve the problem of food and clothing, even for those Mingjun.Because once these common people have no worries about food and clothing, they will start to think wildly, which is in a sense "thinking about sex when they are full and warm".

It's like those people who have become high-ranking officials from aristocratic families, who have already enjoyed the glory and wealth, but still want to fight against each other. It's all because of greed, and they want more after they get it.So when these people want to make trouble, it will pose a great threat to the court, and it will also make the ruling class including the emperor unstable.

So in the end there is only one choice, let these people eat half full, most of them will not starve to death, and they will not think too much because they are full.These common people have been struggling to get enough to eat, and naturally they will not pose a threat to the ruling class.This is why there are so many so-called prosperous times in history, and there are still many people who do not have enough to eat.

The "Regulation of Zhenguan" was praised by many people in later generations, but Lin Xuan found that many people still didn't have enough to eat.

This is the case around Chang'an, let alone other places.

"New Book of Tang Shihuo Zhi" records that when the price of rice was the cheapest during the Zhenguan period, it was only four or five dollars per bucket.At first glance, I feel that life in the Zhenguan period of the Tang Dynasty was really good, and the prices were so cheap.However, cheap prices are more "hurtful" than expensive ones.

A bucket converted into the weight of later generations is about twelve and a half catties, and converted into the weight of the Tang Dynasty, it is about eight catties.

Eight catties of grain is only four or five dollars, what is the concept?

Datang's grain yield is about [-] catties per mu, which means that one mu of land can be planted, and the annual income is only fifty or sixty Wen.

People can't just eat. For the common people, all income depends on the land.

Therefore, in the so-called prosperous age, the people were not as happy as imagined.

The low price of food has seriously affected the enthusiasm of the people.The price of grain is low, so many people are reluctant to farm, and the level of rice prices has seriously affected the enthusiasm of the people.

During Gaozong's period, food prices rose sharply.

We must know that in the later period of Zhenguan period, between the time of Li Zhi's succession to the throne, there were no major natural disasters in the Tang Dynasty.

For the market, the price increase of an item is because the supply exceeds the demand.

Many people may think that in this way, wouldn't the common people be rich?

In fact, there is no such thing as the skyrocketing housing prices in later generations.

Because of the skyrocketing housing prices, the assets of many people who own houses have also skyrocketed.

But those are all false, after all, housing prices have risen, and the house is still a house, and it must be kept for living.

The real rich are those who speculate in real estate.

The same is true for food. In ancient times, except for rations and seeds, people would sell everything else in exchange for daily necessities.

When the price of grain rose, the common people did not have much grain in their hands, and most of the grain was concentrated in the hands of grain merchants.

And when there is a bumper harvest, the price of food will drop sharply, and the people still can't make much money.

Therefore, in the so-called prosperous age, the people will not go hungry at most. It is simply unrealistic to say how rich they are.

(End of this chapter)