Daming: Old Zhu, we agreed not to rush!

Chapter 46 Natural Economy and Commodity Economy

When Song Lian was stunned in Daben Hall, making the whole palace lively.

Zhu Biao was looking around curiously with Su Jing's magnifying glass.

"Master Su, why is it so clear?"

Zhu Biao looked at the book for a while, and looked at the tables, chairs and benches for a while.

Zhu Biao had already come into contact with the magnifying glass in the palace.

Because colored glaze can also be used to make magnifying glasses, there are also colored glaze magnifying glasses for sale among the people.

But because of the characteristics of glass, the effect is far less than that of a magnifying glass made of glass.

Because the glass is pure color and has been heat-treated, the internal stress is also reconciled.

Whether it is clarity or reduction, it is far superior to conventional glass magnifying glasses on the market.

Even if it is a fine product in the palace, compared with the one in Su Jing's hands, there is still a big gap.

"Because it's made of glass."

Su Jing laughed.

"Glass?"

Zhu Biao was a little puzzled and said, "Isn't this Liuli?"

Su Jing shook her head and said, "Of course not, but they do look a bit similar. If you like it, I'll give it to you."

In Su Jing's warehouse, there is still a lot of glass.

"This item is precious, and students dare not accept it."

Zhu Biao said immediately.

This is a "treasure" that can't even compare to the magnifying glass in the palace, and he thinks he is not worthy of it.

"I still have a lot, you take it."

Su Jing said lightly: "It's just a gadget."

Only then did Zhu Biao accept it, and he didn't doubt Su Jing, because it was unnecessary.

"Mr. Su, in the class you taught last time, the students have been thinking about it for the past two months, but they still can't get an answer."

Zhu Biao said to Su Jing.

He is a person who is good at learning and thinking. Even though he has been away from Su Jing for two months, he has been reviewing what Su Jing taught.

Su Jing thought for a while and said, "What did I say last time?"

After being busy for two months, Su Jing really forgot.

Zhu Biao immediately said: "Master Su mentioned the flaws of market regulation last time."

"Oh, yes, I remembered."

Su Jing nodded and said, "Then what's your problem?"

Zhu Biao paused for a moment, then said: "I followed Master Su's market regulation theory and wanted to apply it to Da Ming, but found that I couldn't apply it anyway."

"Even if you count the opening of the sea, it's the same."

"I once suspected that Master Su's theory was wrong, but I didn't know where it was wrong? Please ask Master Su to teach me."

Zhu Biao was very straightforward, and raised any doubts directly.

This is exactly Su Jing's request.

It is right to respect the teacher, but the truth is the most important thing.

Hearing Zhu Biao's question, Su Jing smiled, looked at the serious Zhu Biao and said:
"It seems that you have really thought about it seriously, not bad."

"From the current Ming Dynasty's point of view, the market regulation theory I mentioned really does not correspond to it."

"As for the reason, it is also very simple. This is the inevitable result of the self-sufficient small-scale peasant economy developed under the feudal society."

Zhu Biao frowned, still not understanding Su Jing's explanation.

"A self-sufficient smallholder economy, what does that mean?"

Zhu Biao looked at Su Jing with doubts in his eyes.

Su Jing explained: "The self-sufficient small-scale peasant economy is also called the natural economy or the individual peasant economy."

"Simply put, it is a small-scale agricultural economy based on individuals or families, based on private ownership of land, relying entirely or mainly on their own labor to meet their own consumption."

"The biggest feature of this kind of economy is self-sufficiency. It doesn't need to conduct too complicated business activities with the outside world, and it can support itself alone."

"For example, most of the farmers in our Ming Dynasty were like this. They had their own land to grow by themselves, and they ate their own food after paying taxes. The food they used was basically handmade at home, and only a very few needed to buy it."

"It can be said that we are completely dependent on the sky and the ground. Under such circumstances, it is naturally difficult for business to develop."

"Without the support of prosperous business, you can't find an object that can adapt to the theory of market regulation."

"So, I should understand."

Su Jing took a sip of water, that is to say, he himself is engaged in business and has a little knowledge of history.

Otherwise, it would be really difficult to deal with Zhu Biao's three thousand questions.

Zhu Biao listened very seriously, nodded and said: "Mr. Su's explanation is very thorough, and the students understand."

"It's just that the students think that the small-scale peasant economy is very good. The people are self-sufficient, live and work in peace and contentment, and are very stable."

Hearing this, Su Jing shook her head and said, "Niu Yi, don't be fooled by self-sufficiency."

"The small-scale peasant economy is very fragile, because of its small scale of operation and lack of accumulation and storage capacity, it will be destroyed immediately if there is any natural or man-made disaster."

"It is those landlords who feel that the small farmers' economy is good, because they can annex a large number of lands in bad years and make themselves bigger landlords."

"At the same time, once the country's corvee tax increases, it will be a disaster for ordinary farmers under the small-scale peasant economy."

Su Jing's words seemed plain, but Zhu Biao was very shocked.

He seemed to see the scene of famine years, a large number of farmers could not produce food, and were forced to sell their land in order to survive.

Landlords are not charitable people, who buy them at a low price and then exploit farmers to produce them.

The result is that the poor get poorer and the rich get richer!
The fragility of the small peasant economy led to land annexation, and Su Jing said before the land annexation that it was an important reason for the collapse of the feudal dynasty.

This.
When the two were connected, Zhu Biao felt the crisis.

The collapse of the Ming Dynasty seems to have been foreseeable.

A change had to be made, but he simply didn't know how.

I have to ask Su Jing for advice.

Zhu Biao turned to Su Jing and said: "Master Su's words are deafening, and the students are taught."

"But the students wondered, since the theory of market regulation that Master Su said is not suitable for the small-scale peasant economy, why did Master Su know such a theory?"

"What type of economy is compatible with market regulation theory?"

Obviously there is no real environment corresponding to the theory, so how to get the theory.

Zhu Biao was deliberately tactful, and wanted to know how to change the situation of the small peasant economy.

The continuation of the Ming Dynasty is very important!

"Well!"

Su Jing was taken aback, Zhu Biao's thinking ability improved.

After thinking for a while, Su Jing replied: "In fact, the feudal dynasty is not an era without commercial prosperity."

"The Northern Song Dynasty was the wealthiest dynasty among the feudal dynasties. Not only was the country rich, but the people were also rich."

"Although it has not completely got rid of the characteristics of the natural economy, the prototype of the commodity economy has appeared."

"A commodity economy as opposed to a natural economy."

"Commodity economy refers to the economic form directly aimed at exchange, including commodity production and commodity exchange."

(End of this chapter)