Chapter 274 Tea and Horse Trade (6)
Chen Fei immediately wrote a memorial, indicating that the government would definitely have more harm than good, and would have great consequences to all kinds of people across the country, so Chen Fei firmly opposed it. The memorial was soon sent through the teleportation of the eagle and sent to Li Shimin.
"Du Aiqing, Chen Fei firmly opposes our court to come forward in person to conduct the transaction, because this will bring serious consequences. Once those officials taste the sweetness from this, the court may breed a lot of corruption in the future. Once they taste the sweetness, they will naturally gradually move towards other industries, and in the end they are eager to completely assign all industries in the world to the government." Li Shimin said.
Changsun Wuji said a little unhappy: "Not it!"
"No, it's likely that this will be true!" Du Ruhui said.
Du Ruhui continued: "Although we won't be like this, it's hard to say whether the bureaucrats will do this in the future. Once they taste the sweetness, they will gradually want to swallow more industries and then all their money belong to them. During the reign of Emperor Wu of Han, many industries were also assigned to the government. In this way, the government was run by the government and all the benefits belonged to the government. In this way, the people not only could not get benefits, but the government also competed with the people for profit."
"Then the harm of doing so can be clearly mentioned from Chen Fei's memorial. The government operates the industry, uses power to force the people to buy, and then exploits the people from the middle. Because the government operates, there is no need to worry about no channels for sale, and they do not have the idea of serious creation. Chen Fei has a sentence here, there is no pressure and no motivation. If the government operates and uses privileges to force the people to buy, then they have no pressure and naturally have no motivation to produce well. In order to get more benefits, the bureaucrats will naturally deliberately increase prices and exploit the people from the middle. The people who suffer are still the people who spend a lot of money than in the past, but the quality of these products is not as good as one-tenth of the past, so the people who suffer are ultimately the people."
"At that time, the people will also be dissatisfied with the government. In the past, they were killed by merchants, and perhaps they were just calling profiteers. But if they were taken back to the court, they would hate the court. Never underestimate the ambitions of the bureaucrats. Although we can discipline ourselves, they may not be. Once they can exploit the people in accordance with the law, they will definitely become an insatiable guy, and the court will eventually collapse and the country will completely sink because of this!"
When everyone heard Du Ruhui's analysis, they felt chilled. Because if this is true and all industries are taken to the government, the final result can only be the gradual "died from peace" by the country. Because bureaucrats also took the opportunity to sit on this privilege and enjoy their income, and they won't be infatuated with the infamous of increasing taxes to harm the people. This kind of monopoly of privileges that forces the people to buy their products seems to be a legal transaction. But what is the difference between buying and selling and selling?
The final result is that the people are becoming more and more exploited, and in the end, everyone can't stand it and can only rebel. This is also predictable. Didn't Sui Yang Dianguang also exploit the people through taxes. In the end, the people were forced to rebel? Although this method was not directly taxed, the consequences were the same, because they forced the people to buy and sell forcibly, and they could not improve the lives of the people. In the end, they would gradually lose the people's hearts.
"But, this tea and horse transaction should not be like this, right? After all, war horses are used by the imperial court. They are necessary for the country and are related to the safety of the country. So it is not an excessive way to accept the imperial court?" Changsun Wuji said.
Du Ruhui immediately said: "Changsun Pushe, this is what he said, but what is the reason for the crime? Today we can regard war horses as a necessity for the country and are related to the safety of the country, so we must take them back to the court. Will the bureaucrats continue to find reasons in the future? As long as they are willing, they can say anything as something related to the safety of the country. The people have no right and can only endure it, and are forced to rebel. From this we can see that we cannot make evil examples. Once this evil example is made, the final result is that later people will follow the examples. Especially the emperor, but the king who laid the foundation of the Tang Dynasty. If the emperor does this, wouldn't the kings of later generations follow the examples?"
"And Chen Fei also wrote in this memorial that the power of bureaucrats must be put in a cage and they cannot do whatever they want. This is the best. And all this depends on the emperor."
Li Shimin was very satisfied with the sentence "put the power of bureaucrats into a cage", because he believed that the central idea of this sentence was to limit the rights of ministers and had no effect on imperial power. However, Li Shimin never dreamed that Chen Fei added the three words "bureaucrats" to the original sentence, which seemed to have picked out the emperor. If we follow the original words, then the emperor's imperial power would probably be inevitable. So, Chinese is really amazing. If you add a few words at will, it will completely change the meaning.
If you say that you put the power in a cage directly, then Li Shimin would definitely be unhappy, because as the emperor, he naturally hoped to have unlimited rights. But if the three words "bureaucrats" were added, then Li Shimin would be very satisfied, because the central idea was changed, becoming a restriction of the rights of ministers and did not interfere with the imperial power. This happened to touch Li Shimin's itch. I am afraid that any emperor in the feudal period would feel very comfortable when he heard this. No matter any emperor, he did not want his ministers to have too much power, so Chen Fei's words also made Li Shimin, the emperor in the feudal period, feel very comfortable.
"Chen Fei's words make sense. Once the bureaucrats' desires are released, they will eventually become unsatisfied and they will devour everything. Therefore, the bureaucrats' rights must be put into cages, so that the long-term stability of our Tang Dynasty will be guided." Li Shimin said.
"The emperor is wise!" Several prime ministers present agreed. If they don't agree as soon as possible, it means you have the idea of a very powerful minister.
Although Li Shimin said that the rights of bureaucrats should be restricted, he "taken for granted" that he forgot the imperial power but was not locked in a cage. Perhaps, although Li Shimin, the feudal emperor, recognized Chen Fei's words, he did not really remember them.
Chapter completed!