"Oh? I wonder what Mr. Li has to say?" Changsun Wuji didn't show any surprise when he saw that the person speaking was Li Jingheng. The Jiangxia Palace's industries are spread all over the Tang Dynasty and Daqi. If heavy taxes are levied on some commercially developed areas,

, Li Jingheng and others naturally suffered great losses, so Changsun Wuji expected the other party's opposition.

Changsun Wuji had great power in the Tang Dynasty, but Li Jingheng was not afraid of him at all. Even though he was only a fourth-grade minister, behind him stood the entire industrial and commercial class of the Tang Dynasty. In addition, he and Li Min

Even if he couldn't compete with Changsun Wuji based on his personal relationship, he could just pat his ass and immigrate to Daqi.

I saw Li Jingheng glance at Changsun Wuji indifferently, and then said: "I can't talk about high opinions, but the official believes that the reason why industry and commerce continues to develop is mainly because industry and commerce has broader prospects, so

Continuously attracting a large amount of manpower and material resources to invest in it, and now the court hastily imposed heavy taxes, it will not only dampen the enthusiasm of industrial and commercial owners for development, but also cause a huge blow to the existing industry and commerce, so it is really undesirable!"

Li Jingheng was very aware of Changsun Wuji's little thoughts. It was simply that Changsun's family owned a large amount of land in Jiangnan and other places. Now that the farmers had gone to work and do business, his family's fields were uncultivated. It would be wrong to use slaves.

Scholars have a good reputation, so it is natural to suppress businessmen.

It is worth mentioning that the Changsun family does not want to get involved in the handicraft business, but in the industrial and commercial industry, the industries with large profits have been divided up by others, and they look down on small profits, so Changsun Wuji now proposes to suppress them.

There is always an element of jealousy in industry and commerce.

"Li Shilang is still too young. According to you, are we going to allow industry and commerce to continue to develop like this, leaving no one to plant farmland? By then, I am afraid that industry and commerce will also become rootless water, and we will not even be able to eat food, let alone development?"

Changsun Wuji said calmly, with a hint of strength in his tone. At the same time, he hinted that Li Jingheng was too young and had very short-sightedness.

"Master Changsun is old, but I didn't expect that he is still so anxious. I naturally have something to say about how to solve the problem of agricultural employment!" Li Jingheng also retorted unceremoniously. Since Changsun Wuji has made up his mind to suppress business,

.It is equivalent to Li Jingheng’s enemy. He no longer has to worry about offending the other party in his words.

"Hahaha~, he is indeed a formidable young man. I wonder what else Li Shilang has to say?" Although Changsun Wuji laughed to hide his anger, his tone afterward already had a sinister tone.

"It seems that Mr. Changsun is really forgetful. Last year, he published an article in Datang Daily, which also analyzed the employment dispute between industry, commerce and agriculture. At the end, the article pointed out that if Datang wanted to solve this problem, it could ask Datang Daily

Let’s learn from each other and change the current agricultural structure. Encourage the establishment of organizations like Daqi’s

The advantage of this large plantation is that the crops can be managed uniformly, which can save a lot of manpower and material resources, and some simple manual labor can also be performed by slaves. At that time, this article still caused great controversy in the court, but because of the eldest grandson

Your Excellency strongly opposed it, and finally let it go."

Li Jingheng said tit-for-tat again. His father, Li Daozong, and Changsun Wuji had different views on good governance, and they had been suppressed by each other in recent years. Moreover, they were members of the royal family of Jiangxia, and Changsun Wuji was a relative, so the two groups could not urinate in the first place.

In a pot, I didn't see Li Daozong and Li Xiaogong laughing so happily in the crowd. It seemed that they also really wanted to see Changsun Wuji defeated at the hands of their juniors.

"Huh, our Tang Dynasty ruled the world with benevolence and filial piety. Many industrial and commercial owners used a large number of slaves, but they brutally exploited the slaves, which made the slaves miserable. Many slaves rose up to resist, such as the coal mine slave uprising in Taiyuan the year before last. If it weren't for the army,

If we arrive in time, the consequences will be disastrous. Therefore, slaves have become the biggest unrest factor in our Datang. What our Datang needs now is to limit the number of slaves, and we must not introduce slaves in large quantities!" Changsun Wuji said with an aggressive look.

It is said that wherever there is oppression, there is resistance. When Li Min was using slaves on a large scale, he had already paid attention to improving the living conditions of slaves. This would not only avoid the losses caused by the death of slaves, but also reduce the resistance of some slaves.

However, after Li Min left the Tang Dynasty, some businesses cut costs infinitely in order to pursue greater profits. Slaves were also considered one of the costs, so they were brutally squeezed. This made many slaves resentful of their owners.

When this resentment accumulates to a certain level, serious conflicts will naturally break out.

The most serious one was in Taiyuan the year before last, which was the most important coal producing area in the Tang Dynasty. All slave miners were used. In order to expand profits, many mine owners, regardless of the life and death of slaves, forced slaves to dig in dangerous mine tunnels.

, slaves died tragically almost every day

, so one day, the slaves in a mine finally launched a riot and successfully occupied the mine. Later, it triggered a slave uprising in more than a dozen surrounding mines. They even planned to attack Taiyuan. Fortunately, the army later

They arrived and wiped them out.

This incident had a great impact. Not only were the owners of more than a dozen mines severely punished, but the Carboniferous Industry Association was also fined a huge sum of money due to poor supervision, and had to bear the military expenses of the army. Afterwards, the Carboniferous Industry Association

Several stewards were dismissed from their posts, and at the same time, the association began to improve the conditions of the mine to prevent such things from happening again in the future.

Changsun Wuji now told the story of the slave uprising, which immediately aroused the support of many people, such as his die-hard Chu Suiliang, and some old scholars headed by Yu Zhining. Although they were not Changsun Wuji's people, they

He also believed that the use of slaves was against the way of a saint, and he hated industry and commerce, so he naturally sided with Changsun Wuji at this time.

"Don't stop eating because of choking!" Just as Changsun Wuji's party was gaining momentum, an old voice suddenly said. As soon as this voice came out, everyone in the court immediately fell silent, and everyone looked at the speaker.

Old man, this person is none other than Li Xiaogong, whose status is only lower than Changsun Wuji.

Since Li Jing's death, only Li Xiaogong has been in charge of the entire military academy, and his influence has spread throughout the Tang military circles. In addition, Li Xiaogong does not have a military position, and his status is high, so he has the power to participate in political affairs. However, he has always been in the court.

He keeps his temper very calmly and rarely expresses his opinions on political affairs. I didn't expect that he would express his views directly today.

"Oh? Please make it clear to the Prince of Hejian County!" Changsun Wuji stared at Li Xiaogong with his long and narrow eyes, his heart full of fear. Since the death of Fang Xuanling and Li Jing, the only people in the entire court who can openly compete with him are

There is only one Li Xiaogong, but Li

Xiao Gong was a member of the royal family and had military exploits. In order to avoid suspicion, he had never interfered in court matters. Now that the other party spoke at this time, it was a very abnormal signal. When thinking about Li Min's arrival, it was even more...

It made Changsun Wuji feel upset.

I saw Li Xiaogong open his slightly closed eyes, and then glanced at the ministers in the court. The power of a veteran on the battlefield radiated, causing other whisperers to shut up immediately. Finally, his eyes were fixed on Changsun Wu.

Ji opened his mouth and said: "I am old and don't know much about government affairs, but I

Wang also knows a truth, that is, everything has advantages and disadvantages. Although the use of slaves has many shortcomings, it also brings greater convenience. Therefore, what we have to do now is to use slaves as rationally as possible.

Avoid the negative effects of slave use, rather than restricting the use of slaves!"

Although Li Xiaogong didn't speak easily, this time he spoke directly and sharply, directly refuting Changsun Wuji's previous words. This shocked Li Jingheng and others, and they also began to refute Changsun Wuji's remarks, pointing out that what happened to slaves

After the uprising, the industrial and commercial circles of the Tang Dynasty began to pay attention to improving the living conditions of slaves. At least in the past two years, there have been no large-scale slave rebellions.

In addition, Li Jingheng also cited Daqi as an example, listing that the number of slaves used in Daqi was several times that of the Tang Dynasty. However, there were very few slave rebellions in Daqi. The main reason was that Daqi officials regulated the use of slaves in various industries.

, and Da Qi’s treasury revenue has far exceeded that of Tang Dynasty. It can be seen that slaves are not a factor of social instability, but are one of the driving forces for economic development.

Although the example of Da Qi cited by Li Jingheng and others is very convincing, people like Changsun Wuji and Yu Zhining are not so easy to convince, not to mention that some of them do not understand the key, but

It involves a conflict of interests, so they pretend not to understand and instead come up with all kinds of specious excuses to refute.

In the era of the Tang Dynasty, the emperor and his ministers were not as hierarchical as in later generations. For example, when the emperor discussed matters with his ministers, the ministers also had seats, so the relationship between the ministers and the emperor was more like the boss and subordinates in a company. Although the boss of the company had

He has the power to order his subordinates, but the subordinates also have the power to choose the company. When they are not happy with their work, the worst they can do is just slap them on the back and leave. Unless the other party has committed a crime, the company boss will not be able to do anything to him.

It is for this reason that scenes like this often occurred in the Tang Dynasty. The agricultural faction headed by Changsun Wuji and Yu Zhining quarreled with the industrial and commercial faction headed by Li Xiaogong and Li Jingheng. No one was willing to submit to the other.

Among them, Changsun Wuji is one of the

There are many powerful people, but most of them are older. On Li Jingheng's side, most of them are young officials. They are more open-minded, and they are all promoted by Li Shimin intentionally over the years. They are not inferior to anyone in terms of momentum, and they are even more quarrelsome.

Full of energy.

After Li Xiaogong supported Li Jingheng for a while, he refused to speak anymore and watched the others quarreling with a smile. On the contrary, Li Zhi next to him repeatedly spoke out to comfort the two quarreling groups, but unfortunately he was not Li Shimin, and he did not persuade the ministers.

prestige, so it is of no use at all.

Just when Li Zhi was watching the commotion in the court hall and sweating anxiously, he suddenly heard a joking voice outside the main hall door: "Huh? When did the Mingde Hall in the East Palace become a vegetable market?
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