Rise From the Humble

The people do not pay more, but the national treasury doubles!

What a loud tone, what an arrogant young man who talks nonsense!

Li Mo and others did not believe Zhu Ping'an's statement that the national treasury doubled without increasing taxes on the people. There have been many great men and women in history who dare not say such things. Zhu Ping'an, who is just a teenager, dares to say such big words. He is really a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers and speaks freely!

"Oh, Ai Qing, are you saying that the national treasury can be doubled without increasing taxes on the people?" Emperor Jiajing heard Zhu Ping'an say that he came up with this so-called method of doubling the national treasury without increasing taxes on the people when he was checking the maritime ban information. I couldn't help but be interested.

"Your Majesty, that's right." Zhu Pingan nodded without hesitation.

"Your Majesty, what this person said does not make sense and is extremely wrong. I would like to expel these people who are talking nonsense out of the palace as a warning to others!" Li Mo couldn't help it anymore and took the first two steps to hold up his hands. Saluting Emperor Jiajing, his words were quite harsh.

"Why did Aiqing say this?" Emperor Jiajing asked calmly with no change in expression on his face.

"Please allow me to argue." Li Mo bowed to Emperor Jiajing again, then turned around and strode towards Zhu Pingan, standing in front of Zhu Pingan and asked aggressively, "As you said, the people do not add taxes, that's it. Doubling the national treasury, yes or no?”

"Yes." Zhu Pingan nodded.

"Absurd! Da Miao!" Li Mo couldn't help scolding Zhu Pingan when he heard this. If Zhu Pingan hadn't turned away in time, Li Mo would have spit foam in his face!

"The wealth and goods produced by heaven and earth are only limited to this amount. They are not in the people but in the officials! If the people increase their taxes, the country will be rich. If the people reduce their taxes, the country will have fewer resources! What you are saying is just a disguised form of taxes on the people. It is particularly harmful. Traitors who are disrupting the country! During the Western Han Dynasty, Sang Touhong once mentioned this theory. The people did not add taxes and the country used it. Why did they do it? Forbidding private coinage and monopolizing salt and iron were just exploiting the people's power in disguise! Water can carry a boat It can also capsize the boat, wipe out the people's strength, cause chaos and chaos, and rebellions continue!"

"You, the top scholar, do not want to serve the country, but become a traitor to the country. What are your intentions?!"

Li Mo got very angry, pointed at Zhu Pingan and cursed him loudly, classifying Zhu Pingan as a traitor who was rebellious to the country, and placed him on the traitor's cross, stepping on thousands of feet!

"Your Majesty said that the wealth and goods produced by heaven and earth are only limited to this number. They are not with the people but with the officials. I deeply believe this." Zhu Ping'an seemed to be blind and deaf, and he criticized and cursed Li Mo fiercely. Erwen's tone was gentle and indifferent, in sharp contrast to the blushing and thick-necked Li Mo.

"I don't need you to flatter me!"

After hearing what Zhu Pingan said about him, Li Mo was deeply impressed and disapproved of it. He felt that the little thief Zhu Pingan was too rude and shameless. After flattering the emperor, he came to flatter himself. I don’t want to fall for your tricks!

Hahaha..

The flattery is on the horse's leg. I wonder if we, Mr. Li, are the most opposed to this kind of flattery in the sensory field!

After listening to Li Mo's words, many officials laughed softly. While laughing, they looked at Zhu Pingan, thinking that Zhu Pingan was a "idiot" in capital letters! It's all like this, but the treasury is doubled when the people are returned without any taxes!

Under the laughter of everyone and the disdainful look of Li Mo, Zhu Ping'an just shook his head and smiled, then raised his hands to Li Mo and said: "Your Excellency, you are overthinking it. Ping An is just what you said just now, 'Everything is produced by heaven and earth. As long as this is the case, it is not for the people but for the officials." This makes sense."

What Li Mo means by this sentence is that the wealth in the world is countless, and the wealth is either with the people or with the country. The implication is that if the country is rich, it must be because the taxes on the people have increased, or the people have been exploited in disguise.

"I thought so much, haha, you said what I said was right. Then what you said about the people not increasing taxes and the national treasury doubling, isn't it a great Mute! Then what you said to your majesty, the people didn't increase taxes but the treasury doubled, isn't it true? Do you know that you are guilty of deceiving the emperor and ignoring your superiors?!" Li Mo was very disdainful of Zhu Pingan's answer. He seized on the loopholes in Zhu Pingan's words and directly charged Zhu Pingan with deceiving the emperor and ignored his superiors, and aggressively accused Zhu Pingan. Safety.

If he were an ordinary person, under the pressure of Li Mo's momentum, he would have abandoned his armor long ago!

However, Zhu Pingan was different. Looking at the aggressive Li Mo, Zhu Pingan just shook his head gently, very calm and composed.

"What your Excellency said is reasonable, and what Ping'an said is also reasonable. I am loyal to my Holy Majesty, so how dare I deceive you and ignore my superior." Zhu Ping'an calmly shook his head and said.

"Absurd, if what I say makes sense, you are just lying!" Li Mo was furious.

"It's either this or that? Why can't it be either this or that? Please forgive me for being rude." Zhu Ping'an said calmly, then bowed his hands to Li Mo and said, "My lord said, 'Everything is produced by heaven and earth. This is all there is to it, it is not about the people but it is about the officials. This makes sense, but it is also biased."

"What I said is biased?" Li Mo laughed angrily.

"My lord, please calm down and listen to my explanation. If my words are reasonable, please forgive me. If my words are unreasonable, I will apologize to the Holy One." Zhu Ping'an cupped his hands and said.

"I'll just listen to you." Li Mo didn't even look at Zhu Ping'an seriously.

"The so-called rational person, the best is like water, and the lower officials will use water as an example. The wealth and goods produced by the heaven and the earth are limited to this number. If they are not among the people, they are in the officials. If the river is compared to the wealth and goods in the world, then the upstream can be compared to Officials, the lower stream is likened to the people. The amount of water in the river is constant. If there is more water flowing upstream, there will be less water flowing downstream. Therefore, what the lower official said makes sense." Zhu Ping'an explained.

Huh, Li Mo snorted coldly, acquiescing to what Zhu Pingan said.

"The so-called unreasonable thing, I would like to use water as an example. The river is for wealth and everything, the upper stream is for the officials, and the lower stream is for the people. The basis of what you said is reasonable is that there is such a river. If there is another river nearby at this time, If Xiaguan introduced water from another river into the upstream of the river we used as an example, wouldn't it mean that there was more water in the upper reaches, but there was no need to reduce the water in the lower reaches. Because another river was introduced into the upper reaches of the river," Zhu Pingan continued.

Huh?

After hearing Zhu Pingan's metaphor, some officials couldn't help but let out a sigh of realization. In the past, they were only limited to one river, but forgot about other nearby rivers. When Zhu Pingan said this, they felt enlightened and enlightened.

"You are quibbling." Li Mo snorted coldly and shook off his sleeves vigorously.

"It is the same reason that the official said that the national treasury will be doubled without increasing the wealth of the people. Why should we keep focusing on our Ming Dynasty? There are countless wealth besides our Ming Dynasty. What the official said is that the people will not be increased. Taxation, but the wealth of other countries can be introduced into our Ming Dynasty’s treasury. In this way, our Ming Dynasty’s treasury will be doubled, but there will be no need to increase taxes on the people.”

Zhu Ping'an stood there watching Li Mo and the ministers talking, as if he had some kind of halo around him, and he felt like he stood out from the crowd.