Three Kingdoms: Economic mastermind, Cao Cao wins!

In Guo Jia's thoughts, from history, experience, and theory, Guo Jia had countless reasons to gain the upper hand in discussions with Li Mo, but he did not expect that Li Mo did not start from his imagination. Talk to yourself from any angle, but talk to yourself from the most realistic angle, but Guo Jia can't think of any reason to refute Li Mo,

"Master of the Lord of Heaven and Earth, now the princes in various places have different thoughts. If the world is not pacified as soon as possible and they continue to fight against each other, how can the people be peaceful again? As Lord Li Mo said, isn't he also defecting to Duke Cao?"

Guo Jia had no choice at this time. It was the first time he realized that words were so important. He was so well-read that he almost failed to get asked by Li Mo.

"Alas, that's right, because my lord is willing to support me, and he is willing to make changes for this. What my lord values ​​is ability rather than birth. Many aristocratic families have criticized me verbally, but my lord still appoints me as the pianong officer. And support me, this is not easy. If it were Yuan Shao, I would probably be in prison now"

"As for what you said about pacifying the world first, this is correct, and I agree with it. If the war cannot be truly stopped, the number of people dying will be tens of thousands, but Fengxiao is good at military planning. You should understand what this war is about?"

"Only when the time, place and people are favorable can we be invincible."

"Really? From my point of view, the most important thing in a war is the economy and logistical supplies of both sides. Let’s make an assumption. I will give you 100,000 soldiers and horses as a filial piety, and I will lead one million soldiers and horses with sufficient logistics. , can Fengxiao be sure to defeat me?"

"this......It is not impossible. This must take into account the actual situation, the location, the weather, the terrain, the generals leading the troops, and the eliteness of the soldiers."

"What if Fengxiao were to lead a million troops against the enemy's 100,000 soldiers and horses? What are the chances of failure?"

"Mr. Li Mo, this is a bit impossible. If we can really achieve such a huge gap, we can defeat others without fighting."

"Well, yes, let's think about it along this line of thinking. Assume that the lord now has an army of 300,000. In order for Feng Xiao to lead an army of one million, the first thing that needs to be solved is the population problem. , without the support of the population, a million-strong army is naturally impossible. To gather refugees and encourage births, we must also consider the burden of food."

"And now I am solving these problems, that is, using the farming system to make food and grass worry-free. After that, it is the people's business. How to attract refugees, of course, is a stable life and security. These are what we need to rely on. What it is, money, and the support of labor, this is what I am doing now"

"Mr. Li Mo, you are using strong words to make sense. How could anyone try to use this method to fight a war?"

"Is it? Let's wait and see, it won't be long anyway, Fengxiao shouldn't be obsessed with this little time. By the way, Fengxiao shouldn't have seen this information originally, so now, Fengxiao should check it out."

Li Mo said on the side While talking, he handed an official document to Guo Jia. Strictly speaking, Guo Jia was not one of his own now. Li Mo had never thought of completely persuading Guo Jia through a conversation. This kind of thing itself was Step by step, and Li Mo also had to admire Guo Jia's ability. Although the contact time was not too long, Guo Jia had already mastered all the various duties that a dianong officer needed to do in the short time he followed Li Mo. It was obvious that this ability alone was not possessed by ordinary people.

Guo Jia took the official document from Li Mo's hand with a puzzled look. What was recorded on it was from Li Mo's appointment as Diannong officer to the present. The tax situation throughout Yanzhou is mainly business tax. Emperor

Wu of the Han Dynasty began to issue decrees, stipulating that merchants with municipal registration and their family members were not allowed to occupy private land to benefit farmers. Violators would have their land confiscated. , property, the purpose is to cut off the connection between merchants and the land, and later began to collect money, that is, property tax. All kinds of merchants and handicraftsmen who make profits from operating goods in the market, even if they do not have city registration, should Self-declared property and paid taxes to the court, but very few people actually followed through and took the initiative to pay taxes. Then another method was started, that is, the reporting system, that is, someone reported your family's undeclared property. , you still have to pay taxes, and you will also be punished for it. With the increasing number of people selling their official positions, many businessmen finally have the opportunity to start to enter the officialdom. This is a good thing for businessmen. At the same time, It is also a bad thing, especially during Liu Hong's reign, this kind of thing further deteriorated. Although businessmen were able to become officials, it was equivalent to indirectly allowing businessmen to take over power, but at the same time, this also further worsened the situation. , although businessmen were officials, they basically did not get any recognition, and were even disliked by people from aristocratic families. Mi Zhu was a typical example of this. Because of his business and support for Tao Qian, he even managed to get a job independently. However, the shortcomings of merchants in business have also been exposed, that is, they cannot get any recognition and support. This is also the key reason why no merchant can become a prince. It seems that merchants are qualified to remove their rights. But in fact, it was a disguised form that caused the status and reputation of merchants to decline again. Everyone believed that merchants would never be useful.

In the tax report Li Mo gave to Guo Jia, it was stated above It clearly marked the number of taxes paid by Li Mo, as well as the taxes paid by other merchants or properties run by some aristocratic families, and this is what shocked Guo Jia, because Li Mo alone and The taxes paid by these industries under Li Mo actually accounted for nearly one-third of the entire commercial taxes.

"Lord Li Mo, this......How is that possible? How many properties do you have?"

"Basically, you have seen most of them. I have not done anything to evade taxes. Can you understand now?"

The meaning of Li Mo's words is very clear. The business I do alone is equivalent to nearly half of Yanzhou's taxes, and the remaining half is the taxes of other merchants. Only less than 20% of the taxes come from aristocratic families, and These aristocratic families actually occupy most of the industries in Yanzhou, including grain, salt, iron, and some daily necessities.

Guo Jia used to look at the general trend of the world from an overall perspective and the prestige of different princes. What is the will of the people and what is the ability of the princes? We have never observed the situation of a certain state or county from a completely different perspective.