Your Vision Is Still Too Short Sided
Their words immediately woke me up from my daze.
He glanced at the surrounding scenery with some confusion. It was just an ordinary stone bridge and pond. It seemed that he had an illusion just now.
"Strange."
After muttering to himself, Laozi didn't think too much about it. He thought that he had an epiphany just now.
He bowed to Li Yuan and said,
"Little friend Li Yuan, we meet again.”
"How's your practice of Go?" Li Yuan asked Laozi.”
Laozi smiled." I came here today to learn chess from you.”
"It seems that you are very confident." Li Yuan smiled faintly.
Master Xuandu saw that Li Yuan was only an Earth Immortal, but he could talk to his teacher calmly and without any restraint. He couldn't help but be surprised.
Just as his teacher had said, he had an extraordinary bearing and was calm and collected.
Ji Chang said excitedly to Li Yuan,"
"After listening to Teacher's words yesterday, Ji Chang felt enlightened and benefited a lot. However, Ji Chang still had some doubts and was unable to think of an answer on his own. Thus, he came to seek guidance from Mister.”
Ji Chang didn't directly ask Li Yuan to go to Xi Qi to be the prime minister. He was going to get closer to Li Yuan before telling him his purpose. This way, the success rate would be higher.
"Do you have any questions?" Li Yuan asked calmly.
Ji Chang: " Sir said that the economic foundation determines the upper structure. The economy is the most important. It's just that I thought about it for a long time last night, but I couldn't think of a way to strengthen the economy…"
I was dumbfounded.
Who am I? Where am I?
He knew every word Ji Chang said, but he didn't know what Ji Chang was talking about.
Was this some dialect?
No, I can't show that I don't understand.
At the thought of this, Laozi suddenly revealed an expression of being engrossed in listening.
Xuandu was also confused.
Seeing that Laozi was listening attentively, he immediately revealed an expression of admiration.
As expected of his master, he could even understand this.
Li Yuan didn't answer Ji Chang's question in a hurry. Instead, he asked Laozi,"
"Old Li, do you want Shaoyao to play with you first?”
" No need." Laozi quickly shook his head and said,""I think you guys are quite interesting. I'll listen from the side.”
He wanted to know if Li Yuan really had the talent to govern the country and help the people, to make Ji Chang value him so much.
He even addressed him as "Sir"!
Li Yuan ignored Laozi and replied to Ji Chang,"
"There are many ways to develop the economy, but it can be summed up in one word-trade.”
Trade!
Ji Chang frowned and said,
"If everyone went to trade, who would grow food? If no one took care of the land, it would only take one or two years for it to be abandoned. If there was a famine, where would there be food to help the victims?”
Laozi nodded. He felt that what Ji Chang said made sense.
It seemed that Li Yuan did not have any talent for governing the world and helping the people. He actually encouraged business, which was simply nonsense.
Thinking of this, Laozi couldn't help but be secretly happy. He immediately said,
" The foundation of a country is still agriculture. Business is a wrong path. Peasants work hard and live a hard life, while merchants speculate and profiteer but enjoy wealth. If we encourage trade, it will only encourage people to pursue profits. This will shake the foundation of the country. It is not desirable, not desirable.”
"Sigh, your vision is still too short-sighted.”Li Yuan shook his head and sighed.
When Xuandu heard this, his horn could not help but tremble.
To actually dare to say that a Saint was short-sighted, this was probably the first person in history, right?
Laozi was so angry that his beard trembled. He said unwillingly,
"How am I short-sighted?"
Ji Chang looked at Li Yuan humbly.
Li Yuanyi held the fishing rod and explained,"
" You only see that trade will reduce the labor force for planting land, but you don't know that trade will greatly promote the exchange of goods, automatically adjust the relationship between supply and demand, and stimulate the enthusiasm of merchants.”
Li Yuan saw that Ji Chang and his father were dumbfounded, so he immediately said in a more straightforward manner,
"Let me give you an example. If the number of people farming the land is reduced, the grain production will decrease, and the grain price will definitely rise. When merchants saw the price of grain rising, they would definitely grow more grain. Once there was more food, the price of food would drop again. This was called automatically adjusting the relationship between supply and demand.”
"However, we can't just let the merchants do whatever they want with regards to food and salt, which are related to the people's livelihood.”
"For example, when there is a bumper harvest, the government will take the initiative to collect grain at a high price to maintain the stability of grain prices. When the price of grain was too high, the government would release grain to suppress the price. When the trade is developed to a certain extent, we can also go to other countries to trade food to supplement the domestic shortage..."
Li Yuan told Ji Chang and his father the benefits of trading in detail and straightforwardly.
At first, Ji Chang and Laozi didn't understand what he meant, but after Li Yuan explained it with examples, they immediately understood.
"Seconds, seconds, so trading can be done like this.”
After listening to Li Yuan's straightforward explanation about trade, Ji Chang couldn't help but clap his hands and praise.
Not to mention anything else, just the fact that the government took the initiative to adjust the grain price was enough to benefit Ji Chang.
In this way, they would no longer have to worry about the unstable grain prices in Xi Qi.
Thinking of this, Ji Chang could not help but admire Li Yuan's talent even more. He sincerely praised Li Yuan,
"No one can match your talent.”
Laozi was enlightened. He realized that trade was not as useless as he thought.
The most important thing was that Laozi was certain that Li Yuan was indeed a great talent in governing the country.
No wonder Ji Chang valued him so much!
It was over. Li Yuan was such a talented person. He couldn't really become Ji Chang's prime minister. What about Jiang Ziya? Laozi was secretly anxious.
Li Yuan heard Ji Chang's praise and said disapprovingly,"
"This is only the most superficial effect of trade. In a deeper sense, trade can even be used to control the economy of other countries and indirectly affect the policies of other countries…However, this is too profound.”
I was actually despised. Three black lines immediately appeared on my forehead.
"Mister is peerless and truly not something we can compare to.”Not only was Ji Chang not dissatisfied, he even nodded in agreement.
Great Master Xuandu was dumbstruck as he watched from the side.
This Li Yuan was indeed talented. He was actually guiding the country in front of a Saint.
In terms of governing the country, even saints were inferior to him.
No wonder his teacher valued him so much and even wanted to take him in as a disciple!
Ji Chang couldn't help but feel excited. He wanted to invite Li Yuan to Xi Qi as prime minister immediately.
However, he suddenly asked Li Yuan a question that had nothing to do with governing the country,"
"Sir, what do you think of Tang Jiangshan?”
Laozi's heart skipped a beat as he stared at Li Yuan. He wanted to know if Li Yuan had also predicted that Tang Jiangshan's fate would be over.
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