I Want To Be Qin II

Chapter 518 The Advantages and Disadvantages of the Rise of Merchants

Ying Gao was impassioned in the study, explaining the need for change and his determination to change.

Ying Zhenggao sat at the head, thinking about the feasibility of Ying Gao's words.

Today's conversation in the study room is destined to cause boundless waves in the Great Qin Dynasty. From now on, the merchants of the world will love Ying Gao, and the gentry of the world will go further and further away from him.

Finally run counter to it!

There was not much room for change between them, especially after Ying Gao established the Great Qin Academy.

There was no attack, it was just the beginning of the Great Qin Academy, and it did not threaten them. Once the Great Qin Academy was fully developed, there would inevitably be a battle between the two sides.

The battle of life and death!

But now that Ying Gao mentioned improving the status of merchants and encouraging merchants, it naturally moved the interests of many people.

"Gu first agrees with the benefits you said, but have you thought about the consequences of not allowing merchants to grow?"

Ying Zheng's eyes were full of solemnity, he stood up from his seat, walked down, fixed his eyes on Ying Gao, and said.

"Wealth can pass through the gods, this sentence is definitely not just talking!"

"Once merchants have strong economic strength, they will definitely seek political status and will inevitably interfere in government affairs."

"The duty of the imperial court is not to make profits but to maintain social fairness and justice and protect the common people. The goal of businessmen is to pursue self-interest, and try their best to break free from the constraints of laws, morals and beliefs that hinder their pursuit of profits."

"Once the imperial court is full of businessmen, the nature of the imperial court will change, and the public authority will be transformed into a profit-making tool, social fairness and justice will be threatened, and the interests of the people will be eroded and harmed."

"The combination of merchants and power will inevitably lead to the corruption and evil of power..."

Having said that, Ying Zheng looked solemn, and his tone became low: "It's not that Gu has never thought about changing, but Daqin cannot afford the price of changing."

"If this demon is released to cause turmoil in the Great Qin court, Gu Ning would rather seal it!"

Hearing this, Ying Gao's pupils shrank slightly. He didn't expect that Ying Zheng and the others had already considered everything he thought of.

However, they believe that the variables are too large,

The risk was too great to proceed in the most conservative way possible.

At this moment, Ying Gao also understood that no matter what era he was in, as long as he was at the top, none of them would be given for free.

He knew in his heart that Ying Zheng's worries were not wrong, on the contrary, such worries would prove to be correct in the future.

In history, with the development of commerce and the improvement of the social status of merchants, merchants interfered a lot in the politics of feudal countries, which became a very prominent social problem.

From the perspective of the whole process of historical development, merchants' intervention in politics is undoubtedly a manifestation of social progress. However, due to the limitations of the times, merchants' intervention in politics had an extremely negative impact on the society of the Song Dynasty, which directly aggravated the politics of the two Song dynasties. mess.

Under the impact and sweep of commercial development, all social strata have been involved in business one after another, competing to do business, forming a business boom in the whole society.

As a result of doing business at all levels of society, businessmen have more and more contacts with them, more frequent contacts, and the gradual disappearance of class boundaries, even turning from the original antagonistic relationship to interdependence and mutual utilization.

Among them, especially a large number of officials engaged in business, had the greatest impact.

It directly led to the combination or collusion of officials and businessmen, and was an important factor that prompted merchants in the Song Dynasty to intervene in politics.

The improvement of the social status of merchants and the legal status of Qi Min undoubtedly paved the way for them to intervene in national politics.

The more urgent the matter of breeding goods, the more important the matter of merchants is the prerequisite for merchants to enter officialdom and participate in politics.

Thoughts flickered in his mind, and Ying Gao knew that Ying Zheng didn't know about these things at all, but Ying Zheng was still so keenly aware of this, and most likely it came from the terrifying pressure of Wenxin Hou Lu Buwei.

Although he is aware of the disadvantages, Ying Gao does not intend to give up. He knows in his heart that once he gives up, Daqin's social structure will be permanently damaged.

At this point in his thoughts, Ying Gao said in a low tone towards Ying Zheng: "Father, there were four peoples in ancient times: scholars, farmers, workers, and merchants."

"Scholars who are diligent in their studies can get honorary titles; farmers who are diligent in the fields can gather crops; workers who are diligent in skills can buy food and clothing; merchants who are diligent in trading goods can accumulate wealth."

"These four are the basic occupations of the people of the country. Since the birth of the people, there have been no exceptions. What's more, if the business is not successful, the goods will not be sold, and the goods will be cheap if they are not sold, and the cheap will hurt the farmers."

"Agriculture is the foundation of a country, but merchants are also of great benefit to the court!"

Speaking of this, Ying Gao smiled, and he said, "If merchants want to prosper together, they must have complete laws as a supervisory guarantee!"

"Although merchants are terrifying, the imperial court can designate a law called economic law or commercial law to restrict them."

"It is necessary to ensure that all the actions of merchants are within the scope permitted by the law. In the Great Qin, the imperial court is the only one."

"What's more, the father holds Qin Jian in his hand, any merchant who doesn't abide by the rules, just kill him, there will always be someone who will abide by the rules!"

Although Ying Gao has a lot of strategies, and even calculates ordinary people easily, but sometimes, he likes to use violence to solve problems the most.

Because killing is the easiest way to wake up merchants!

Ying Gao remembered the sentence in Das Kapital, other threats are useless at all, only death, only the butcher's knife will do.

"Legalize to protect merchants, and at the same time impose restrictions?"

After taking a sip of tea, Ying Zheng's eyes flickered, and he suddenly realized that Ying Gao's proposal was very feasible.

Daqin originally ruled the country according to the law. In Daqin, Qin law is supreme. From Duke Xiao to now, Qin's law is clear, the law is not noble, and the king does not bend the law.

A law-abiding atmosphere has been formed. Once the economic law appears, merchants have only one way to obey.

At this moment, Ying Zheng seemed to see a sky-high road, which was enough to make him feel hopeful. For Ying Zheng, if he could control the merchants, he would naturally be willing to improve the status of the merchants.

It's not that Ying Zheng doesn't want to change, but that changing this matter makes the former Ying Zheng unable to see the benefits at all.

Now after Ying Gao's words, Ying Zheng saw the terrifying benefits, so he was moved.

"This matter needs to be thought about carefully. It is related to the national policy of the Great Qin, and it cannot be done casually!"

At this moment, Ying Zheng's mind changed completely. He suddenly discovered that in the process of practicing Chi Dao, it was profitable.

Therefore, he was not very willing to let Ying Gao take over alone.

Because Ying Zheng knows Ying Gao's vision, as long as it is a business that Ying Gao is interested in, it will most likely be the type that makes money every day.

As the king of Great Qin, Ying Zheng was also very poor, living a tight life.

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