"Revise the policy of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing commerce?"
Brother Zheng didn't quite agree.
Before he unified the six states, it was because of the policy of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing commerce that he quickly accumulated enough strength.
At that time, the policy of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing commerce was very useful. Could it be that it could not be used after unifying the six countries?
Su Yang understood the thoughts of the people at this time.
There was a reason why the emphasis on agriculture and suppression of commerce could last for two thousand years.
If it wasn't for the fact that this malignant tumor policy had lasted for 2,000 years, how could China's economy have lagged behind the West in modern times?
Su Yang hated this policy.
" Of course," he said directly," it's true that we value agriculture, but why should we suppress commercial development?”
"Without merchants and goods, how can Great Qin's economy become strong?”
"Moreover, the biggest drawback of putting emphasis on agriculture and suppressing commerce is that it will cause the farmers to have no land to farm and can only go bankrupt.”
After hearing this, Brother Zheng felt even more indignant. He had already issued a decree that emphasized agriculture, so how could Great Qin's people not have land to farm?
Of course, Su Yang could tell that Brother Zheng was not convinced, but he did not care.
"Do you know that those aristocrats are actually the product of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing commerce? Once the policy is promulgated to emphasize agriculture, there will definitely be those rich and powerful people who will annex a large number of land!”
"I don't believe that you don't understand what the result is!”
Brother Zheng heard Su Yang's explanation and came to a realization.
Paying attention to agriculture was only paying attention to the land itself.
Over-emphasis on agriculture would result in farmers not having more sources of income and could only rely on farming to harvest a small amount of crops.
However, planting crops took too long and was very risky.
Once they encountered some pests, droughts, floods, and other disasters, the crops would not have a good harvest, and they would basically go bankrupt. They might not even have food.
But even if there was no harvest, the land was still there, and the people still had to pay taxes.
The final result of this was that the commoners sold their land to the rich, and even more land was forcefully snatched away by the aristocrats.
In the end, a large number of people had no land to farm and could only become tenants for the despotic gentry, suffering from exploitation and oppression.
Su Yang saw Brother Zheng's eyes that were filled with realization and thought that this person was not stupid. He could still figure out the reason.
Therefore, he said directly," Do you understand now? The emphasis on agriculture and suppression of commerce directly leads to the aggravation of class contradictions. As long as there is an uprising, of course, there will be a hundred responses because the people can't eat enough and live!”
"Actually, the common people are very simple. Their requirements are very low. If they can eat and wear warm clothes, who would have nothing to do to rebel! The wife and children are so fragrant!"
Brother Zheng finally understood. The core of Su Yang's words was to let the people become rich. At least, they would not go hungry.
However, there were still some questions he did not understand.
"There is a problem with paying too much attention to agriculture, but if there are too many merchants and no one to farm, wouldn't Great Qin starve?”
Su Yang nodded. He knew very well that this was the fundamental reason why the ancient dynasties valued agriculture and suppressed commerce.
"You're wrong; Great Qin's production is still too weak, and it can't support the development of commerce.”
"However, Great Qin should never have restricted the circulation of the handmade products that the people make after farming!”
"And after the trade restrictions are lifted, there will definitely be big merchants like Fan Li. Aren't these people the money bags of the imperial court?”
"Let me say something very realistic. Those big merchants that appeared after the opening of commerce are no different from raising livestock. When the imperial court runs out of money, they will find an eyesore and slaughter it!”
Brother Zheng's eyes lit up when he heard Su Yang's words. This was a good idea.
So what if a businessman was rich?
No matter how much money they had, how could they compare to the knives in the hands of Great Qin's army?
Then, he heard Su Yang say,"And the most important point is that if we want to put an end to the rebellion of the people, we have to allow the people to use items of equivalent value to offset taxes."”
"Only in this way can the people leave enough food for themselves to survive according to their actual situation!”
"And if they can eat and drink to their fill, how can the commoners still rebel!”
At this point, Su Yang made the final decision and said the answer that Brother Zheng wanted to know the most.
"As long as we can solve the problem of food and clothing for the commoners, those rebels will be like rootless duckweed. With Great Qin's mighty army, we can easily suppress them!”
Brother Zheng knew what to do after hearing Su Yang's thorough explanation.
As long as the commoners had food and clothing, they would not sell the land. As long as the commoners were unwilling to sell, the despotic gentry could only take it by force.
Brother Zheng planned to set up a department that specialized in supervising the local gentry to seize land.
They would directly use the strictest punishment. As long as they were found to have stolen the land of the people, they would be killed without mercy and their homes would be confiscated.
When the time came for the cotton to mature, the curved shaft plow would be promoted, and the tax policy would be changed.
It would definitely make the majority of the people submit to Great Qin.
After the people had surrendered, the aristocrats would be like fat sheep, waiting to be slaughtered by the imperial court.
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