Li Yi, who couldn't sleep, strolled alone under the moonlight. At the same time, he was thinking about how to make the people of the Tang dynasty live a better life.
"The basic need is food, and the root of food is land."
"In a sparsely populated place, there seems to be a lot of land, but a lot of hemp, jujube, mulberry, 100 acres of land is too much for people to handle."
"Productivity is the key, and production technology must be transformed into productivity."
"There are a lot of hidden families. Some of them turned into Buddhists, so they don't have to pay taxes. That's why they started to restrict and investigate."
"Some of them borrowed food when they had no food at home, but they couldn't pay it back, so they had to sell the land."
"At this time, they were still mediocre, so they had to run away."
"A small number of people worked together, and the polarization was serious. They competed for taxes based on the number of people, and the richer the people, the more advantage they had."
"The reform of tax policy is related to governance, and governance involves the superstructure."
"There still needs to be soldiers. Except for rebellion, all other reforms are from top to bottom."
"The superstructure needs to carry out reforms, and it belongs to the distribution of interests."
"Li Longji kept changing prime ministers because he didn't want a prime minister to have too much power."
Li Yi figured out some reasons. Li Longji couldn't achieve a balance at present, and at the same time, he didn't centralize enough power.
The century-old imperial court, the thousand-year Confucianism, and the deep-rooted family concept.
Li Longji needed to rely on people to exercise his power, and the people he relied on were a group of people who played the same game.
And this organization obviously had a congenital defect in promoting people's livelihood.
Li Yi thought of the reform in history. Under the influence of Confucianism, it didn't work until the Hundred Days Reform of the Qing Dynasty.
In the end, all the problems were solved by artillery fire.
The reform in other countries was the same. A lot of blood was shed, and the competition for interests was so obvious.
"How much blood will be shed in the Tang dynasty? Where should we start? Where should we go in the end? "Li Yi muttered, but couldn't find an answer.
"Let's improve the lives of the people first, starting from the area around Zhuangzi. I have to teach the 42 students some extra knowledge, the foundation of reform. "
Having made the decision, Li Yi was in a good mood. He planned to teach more knowledge to the 42 students.
Then he would use his connections to get officials, and lead the people to get out of poverty and become rich.
Go back, shower, and sleep.
Early in the morning, Li Yi was in high spirits, full of sunshine.
Zhuangzi's mood became even better when he saw his people.
When it was almost noon, the fifty people who went to Pyong Kang Square to perform came back and thanked Li Yi.
They even hinted to Li Yi that if they were lonely at night, they could talk about anything.
Li Yi pretended not to understand. They couldn't talk about it. If they talked about it, it was easy to talk about 'human lives'.
During lunch, Li Yi went to the students' area.
The others were not willing to come over. They felt that they were too lowly, as they were students.
In Li Yi's eyes, they were all the same. If he had to choose which one was better, he would choose the Craftsman.
The one he respected the most was naturally the veterans.
As for the students who studied the Four Books and Five Classics … Haha!
Some of the students' families were also there. They looked very happy. They were living in such a big house.
Now, he had to recuperate and adapt to the environment. In a few days, he would be given some tasks to do.
"Dear friends, I have some mathematical knowledge here. In the afternoon, other than those who teach dolls, the rest of you will follow me to the classroom. "
Li Yi was not polite at all. He directly said that he wanted to teach others mathematics.
The students thanked him one after another. There was a special mathematics subject in the Imperial Examination called Clear Arithmetic.
However, those who were ambitious were not willing to take the exam. They hoped to take a step back and study the Clear Classics.
If these two passed, they could become high-ranking officials.
In the afternoon, in the classroom, Li Yi stuck a piece of paper on the wall and took a brush to write.
The first lesson was called Algebra.
Li Yi wrote an 'X' on the wall. The pronunciation was also the same. Li Yi really did not know what to use to replace it.
And after replacing it, he was confused when he wrote the formula.
"This is an unknown number. One plus one plus X equals six. Then what is X?" Li Yi patiently instilled the 'X' symbol into the students.
When the students heard this, they knew that it was four. Li Dongzhu actually came up with such a simple question.
Li Yi saw the expressions of the students in class and knew what they were thinking.
But it didn't matter. It was simple, right? You will know in the future. You will cry.
The class lasted for two hours. Halfway through the class, the students started to get serious.
The paper on the wall appeared 2X-5 = X-1. It asked what X was.
Li Yi solved it step by step very slowly. The students frowned and tried to adapt to the new way of expression.
When the class was over, the students gathered together to study.
Li Yi went to find a blacksmith to make blackboards and chalks. With Zhuangzi's current technological foundation, these two things were not a problem.
This included a blackboard eraser made of felt and wood.
"This blackboard is not good. It eats chalk dust. I will make do for two days and make a better one. Then I will use a wet rag to wipe it. Ask them which ink is not afraid of water when it dries."
Li Yi decided to ask the students to write on the blackboard in the future. It was not a problem to write with chalk.
The days passed. It was late September.
The soldiers and the beautiful band left. Gao Lishi personally came to take them away. He said that the Emperor wanted to see them.
Li Yi gave the beauties a lot of soy sauce, fermented bean curd, and stinky tofu.
The beauties already knew that these things were not valuable in Zhuangzi, so they usually ate them.
However, they were still very happy. The prices outside were high.
"Now I announce that the crab harvest has begun." Li Yi sent them away and shouted happily to the people in Zhuangzi.
It was crab season. The forest frogs were still not enough. They had to continue waiting. Then they had to make a pool for the forest frogs to hibernate. Next year, there would be more forest frogs.
This time, the people in Zhuangzi wore overalls and oilskin gloves. They carried baskets into the water to catch crabs.
The people in Zhang Village and the Imperial Plantation all rushed over to see. The crabs caught and placed in the baskets were all money in their eyes.
"We will plant them next year too." The people in Zhang Village were not jealous. They also wanted to make money.
"Tell Li Dongzhu to leave some crabs for the winter. We will plant small crabs next year."
"This year, we have been catching toads and selling them for money. We made a lot of money. The village is better now. We will raise toads next year."
"If Li Dongzhu didn't say to control the number of toads, we would have earned even more."
"Silly. Li Dongzhu said that we can't sell them for a high price. Some people also caught toads and braised them in the sauce. Although the taste is not as good as our village's, the price is lower."
The people in Zhang Village discussed as they watched.
The people in the Imperial Plantation all wore new clothes. They were selling steamed chicken.
Although the majority of the profits had to be handed over to the higher-ups, the remaining portion was equivalent to their annual income.
Li Yi looked at the people in the Imperial Plantation and felt a sense of accomplishment.
Next year, the toads would not be sold for a high price. However, there would be more toads next year. They could feed them and still make a lot of money.
"As for the people who work for the Imperial Plantation, they can't all be sold for money next year. I have to think of a way to let them eat well and use well. If they don't sell, it won't be counted as income."
Li Yi muttered to himself. He wanted to avoid the problem of income. Couldn't he raise and eat by himself?
Or he could take them to Zhuangzi to exchange for daily necessities. Wasn't this also a kind of wealth?
If there was a lot of meat, they could make smoked meat in the winter. They would not have to suffer anymore.
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