Mythical Version of the Three Kingdoms

"Doesn't business need to be controlled now? Many people have given up farming and started doing business with merchants. If this continues, something will happen sooner or later." Mi Zhu hesitated and said. very interested.

"It's far away from the accident, forget it, I seem to have forgotten to spread something to you all the time, your understanding of society is actually somewhat biased." Chen Xi said with a sigh.

The main reason for emphasizing agriculture and suppressing commerce in ancient times was to put it bluntly, the problem of off-production, and this production really refers to farming.

"Oh, let's hear it." Liu Bei didn't care about Cao Cao's unhappy expression at all. Anyway, he was abused by Chen Xi many times. Besides, for Liu Bei himself, he only needed to grasp the position of military commander.

"In fact, the so-called emphasizing agriculture and suppressing commerce from ancient times to the present is to suppress the number of people who are out of production." Chen Xi shrugged and said.

"Number of off-duty people?" Cao Cao frowned, having never heard this word before.

"Well, that is, the number of people who are not involved in production, for example, the few of us." Chen Xi spread his hands, and Cao Cao's eyes were stunned when he heard the words, and he understood a lot of things in an instant.

"Actually, this is a very helpless fact. First of all, the aristocratic families and clans that account for 2% of the country are completely off-duty. These people are supported by the common people." Chen Xi said blankly, and Cao Cao and Liu Bei immediately looked ugly. If Chen Xi didn't say that they might not notice it for the rest of their lives, they would understand immediately after saying it.

"The next ones are full-time soldiers. I want you to understand this. If you want soldiers to be truly elite, don't think about military camps. Just pull them out to practice if you have nothing to do. Don't let them do farm work, let them train. One-tenth, although it may be more than this, it may be even higher when necessary." Chen Xi looked extremely calm.

"After counting some other things, such as officials, subordinate staff, these full-time and half-time workers, in fact, we can directly see about three to four." Chen Xi sighed and said, "This is why the most basic The land tax is one thirty taxes."

At this moment, Cao Cao and Liu Bei's faces were extremely ugly. Many things were passed down by the ancients. Why is it so? To be honest, there is really nothing that can be explained clearly in this era, but now Chen Xi told them why directly.

"Because the 30th tax is enough to basically ensure that the group of people who are out of work can survive when they are out of work for three to four years, but a country not only needs people to live, but also has other things to do, so there are various taxes. "Chen Xi sighed and said, "That's why there are such sayings that a warlike country will die even though it is great."

"To put it simply, there are more people who are out of work, crushing the workers to death." Chen Xi spread his hands and said helplessly, "And the words of businessmen will naturally be counted among the group of people out of work, and it will naturally increase. social pressure."

"That's not to suppress businessmen, Zi Chuan, you've made it very clear that we must limit the number of off-duty workers!" Cao Cao said immediately.

"However, this is impossible. Every profession actually has its own necessity, such as us, and soldiers. Our significance is to make macro adjustments to make the society move forward more smoothly. The significance of soldiers is to defend the country. , to maintain social stability, while officials and subordinates are responsible for solving local affairs and maintaining local harmony and stability." Chen Xi shook his head slightly and said.

"The essence of commerce is actually circulation and regulation. Its mercenary is for people, not commerce, so this profession is a must." Chen Xi looked at Cao Cao very solemnly.

"Thirty people have reached the limit to support one person. If there is one more person, I am afraid that the structure will not be far from collapsing. This is still above the normal level. Once there is a famine, I now understand why troubled times appear." Liu Bei said helplessly.

"No, it's not a fixed number of thirty people who support one person, nor is it a fixed country that will die even if it is warlike. There is an extended chain in it." Chen Xi shook his head and said.

"Whether it is Hanmou's increase in grain production, or the many long-term plans I have made, they are essentially raising the upper line. According to the current situation, in fact, removing my influence on the celestial phenomena, this number should have been raised to seven. It's around 1:00." Chen Xi said with a little conceit, the increase in the production of cookies has increased this number by about 1.5 points.

This is why it is nonsense that Mr. Yuan went to ancient times and relied on farm manure to produce 300 catties per mu. Most emperors could kneel down and call him father. As long as the food problem can be solved in ancient times, the country can free up its hands to do a lot of things .

"Seven points?" Liu Bei and Cao Cao looked at each other.

"Let's put it this way, the three extra points, according to the current population, can recruit one million soldiers without shaking the foundation of the country, so it doesn't matter if there are more than 70,000 to 80,000 merchants, and these 70,000 to 80,000 merchants are still very valuable. Meaningful." Chen Xi guessed that Cao Cao and Liu Bei didn't know what the three dots meant, so he explained them a bit.

Liu Bei and Cao Cao were really excited this time. Although they didn't have the concept of this before, when Chen Xi talked about it this time, they suddenly understood a lot of things.

"However, I still have use for the number of people who can be released from work at these three points, so I definitely can't use them all for conscription. I still need to rely on these three points to find a way to increase the proportion of people who can be released from work even more." Chen Xi shrugged. said with a shrug.

This is also an important reason why Chen Xi moves less as he goes forward, because if he makes a little something, there may be too many people using it, which will cause problems in various aspects of grain production in the coming year, which in turn will affect the longer-term development.

"Hey, hey, Mr. Cao, don't think about dividing this point. Although this point is the average point of the entire Han Dynasty, it is completely different in different places. Anyway, I bet you will not be able to calculate it." Chen Xi saw Cao Cao's eyes glowing. Know what Cao Cao wants to do.

"Cough, cough, cough." Cao Cao coughed twice in embarrassment. He really wanted to whip someone quickly, but Chen Xi found it out.

"Actually, the captives of the barbarians can be close to half a point." Chen Xi made a rough calculation and said.

Although there are a lot of miscellaneous prisoners, but this group of people also have to eat, but because of some reasons, the bottom line is different, and the algorithm is not the same, and it is estimated to be equivalent to half a point. To be honest, this algorithm is already very good for Chen Xi. There is no bottom line of exploitation. If it is more ruthless, it will probably affect the duration of use.

"In short, except for about one point that is prepared to be used for military expansion, the rest of these points have fixed purposes. I have saved them for a long time. You must know that some of them will be automatically used by ordinary people because of social changes. Actually It's only that much in my hands." Chen Xi also said helplessly.

The fruit of social change cannot be picked by Chen Xi as he says. Although Chen Xi can promote social change faster by relying on this fruit, the problem is that while social change is taking place, people from all walks of life unconsciously pick the fruit. There is simply no way to avoid it.

It should even be said that those people picking this fruit are the correct result of the spontaneous operation of the internal driving force during the social change. Chen Xi's approach is completely relying on foresight, before this invisible hand is working, to replace the opponent's Responsibility, move forward faster.

To be honest, if it weren’t for the advantage of the lower reaches of history, eight out of ten players who played this way would have knelt down, and the remaining two might have succeeded, and there would definitely be a lot of hidden dangers left because they did not conform to the normal procedures of social development. Representative, huh...

This is the biggest weakness of leap-forward progress. Talking about the feudal system, the percentage of off-duty production is ten points. If you have enough accumulation, one is enough to enter the industrial revolution, and then liberate manpower. The percentage of off-production is directly Raised to forty points!

Ten points and forty points, in the same country, the social prosperity can be seen from these two ratios. However, limited by the current situation, Chen Xi has reached the current level of seven points. Soaring to forty points in one leap, unfortunately, the current accumulation is still far behind.

"There are times when you are beyond your power in government affairs?" Liu Bei looked disbelieving.

"It's not that I can't do it, but in reality, it doesn't make much sense to put all those things in my hands. After all, those who can take advantage of the situation are also smart people. There is no need to be so demanding. Success is good for society." Chen Xi shook his head and said.

In fact, Chen Xi thinks that it is enough to transfer out-of-work people at that time, and let the common people use the remaining part to create successful people in the society. Positive sense.

By the way, it can also prove that after Chen Xi came to power, the common people did get better. The power of realistic role models is conducive to social stability.

"I'm just wondering, if you really want to do it, can you really be restrained?" Liu Bei looked like that.

"Well, if you think so, I have nothing to do. Generally speaking, it's not impossible to not draw. It's because doing so does more harm than good. We generally focus on maximizing benefits." Chen Xi spread his hands and said, "However, the general benefits are the greatest." Transformation is not the best choice, so we can only take care of both.”

"Well, Zi Chuan, let's meet. Usually, when you encounter the situation you mentioned, how do you deal with it?" Liu Bei asked curiously.

"Whether you are in a hurry, if you are not in a hurry, just study it, if you are in a hurry, just rely on your feeling. Generally speaking, although the second option has deviations, it is not too far off the mark. Of course, it is said that some people can choose the best answer by intuition." Chen Xi He curled his lips and said.

When Cao Cao heard this, the image of Zhong Yao had risen in his mind, but it was a pity that Zhong Yao hadn't worked hard. Although he was quite Cao Cao, to be honest, Zhong Yao didn't necessarily work hard. The graveyard and weeds refuse to insinuate, the author is talking about the Song Dynasty