Guo Peng was very worried that this struggle would lead the balance he had worked hard to maintain to a certain extreme.

He was even more worried that the economic policies of the Wei Empire would jump repeatedly between two extremes from then on, without any consistency.

Zao Zhi undoubtedly made a very bad head, and this trend is not obvious at present, but over time, the problem will be exposed.

"The next thing is the emperor. After this storm, no matter whether he explains it or not, many officials will subconsciously believe that developing business will not make mistakes, and it is wrong to prevent the development of business. Once such ideas spread to the public, the problem will be even greater."

"Dafather, will there be any problem?"

Guo Chengzhi asked nervously.

"Of course."

Guo Peng looked at Guo Chengzhi: "Think about the sensational things we have heard along the way. Human nature is greedy, but after doing business, it only magnifies this greed, so many things that have not happened in the past will definitely happen.

The two brothers in the family fought against each other for the sake of which family did business, and even attracted interference from the government. These were things that would inevitably happen after doing business."

Guo Chengzhi's face was tangled.

“How to choose?”

"Originally, there was no need to consider any trade-offs."

Guo Peng sighed: "The so-called simple folk customs is nothing more than being isolated from the world and having no disputes about interests. The villagers are self-sufficient and the natural folk customs are simple. Once business and other interests are introduced, a distinction between the rich and the poor will inevitably lead to various scandals.

This is a very normal thing. There is no simple folk customs and no way to pick up the past. It is just that poverty is the same as the same. There is no such thing as people's hearts that are not as old as the trends of the times. It is nothing more than just beginning to develop, change, and there is a distinction between rich and poor.

Without the distinction between the rich and the poor, there will be no disputes and contradictions, so how can it not be simple? Once there is change, some people have money and some people continue to be poor, which will inevitably lead to confrontation. How can we continue to maintain simplicity without change?

This is the world. If we want to be harmonious and unopposed, we must either be poor together or be prosperous together. Any state in the middle will cause the so-called worldly style to decline and people's hearts will be meaningless. Since we have gotten rid of common poverty, we cannot turn around and go back. The only way is to be prosperous together."

After hearing this, Mao Jie was stunned for a long time and then remained silent.

After hearing this, Guo Chengzhi felt that some of his doubts were solved instantly, and he couldn't help but sigh.

"So that's why the eldest father was so worried."

"Yes, I thought I could spend some time to let everyone slowly accept such things and tell everyone that everything is just due to development. If Wei State wants to move forward, such problems will inevitably arise. Just take the right medicine and face the difficulties.

Focusing on agriculture and business as the supplement, we develop together so that more and more people can follow the advancement of Wei State. Zao Zhi and others expect everyone to be simple forever, but in fact, they want everyone to be poor forever. Is this what I want to see?"

Guo Peng nodded, with his hands behind his back, slowly walked forward step by step, and spoke slowly.

"What I said about small countries and people who do not interact with each other when they are old and die are passive and avoiding the world. I just want everyone to be poor forever and always maintain their original appearance, without development, without change, and without ever changing, without any disputes. Is this normal?

This is abnormal, without development, and the number of people they support is extremely limited. Once there are natural disasters and man-made disasters, there is a risk of extinction. To develop, you cannot always think about not interacting with each other until you die.

So I promote the development of business in the Northwest, discover problems, solve problems, and accumulate enough experience, and then put the Northwest experience in other places and promote it in an orderly manner.

By then, we will also have a group of officials who know how to develop business. They will not follow the script and drive local governments to develop business with accumulated agricultural materials, so that people will gradually become rich, at least they will not cause human disasters once they encounter natural disasters."

"The eldest father thought deeply."

Guo Chengzhi admired his grandfather's far-reaching thoughts very much.

Guo Peng just sighed.

"The people of Wei State are no longer in the state of universal poverty in troubled times. Some of them have become rich. This is not a bad thing. We cannot think about making them the same as before and keeping them poor together.

If we want to develop, there will always be smart people who seize the opportunity to become rich first. This is inevitable. Zao Zhi is worried that the world will decline and people will not be able to solve the problem at all. Since we start, we cannot run back.

Even if there is a problem, you have to grit your teeth and move forward. Only by moving forward can you have a way out. If you run back and don’t develop, and let everyone continue to be poor together, there will be fewer disputes and the people will be simple. But what will this country become? Is there hope?

Shang Yang's emphasis on agriculture and suppression of commerce was not to create confrontation between farmers and merchants, but to create a comprehensive wartime system for the survival crisis of Qin, so as to gather all the strength to break the deadlock and seek development. Focusing on agriculture and suppressing commerce was a means, not an end."

After hearing this, Mao Jie sighed deeply.

"The Supreme Emperor's words are thought-provoking. I will always remember that after returning to Luoyang, they will be widely spread so that all officials will know the Supreme Emperor's ideas."

Guo Peng originally wanted to say so what if he knew, but after thinking about it, he thought it would be good to know more people.

Mao Jie's ability to accept this view shows that this view is relatively recognized by people.

In short, Wei must not be trapped in the trap of either agriculture or commerce, otherwise the dispute over the route of Wei will be very terrible in the future, which will directly affect the situation established by his painstaking efforts.

Although he could not see common prosperity and the Wei Empire would definitely fall on this road, this did not stop him from continuing to move forward.

The task of the Wei government is to rule, and the so-called rule is actually the art of making big pies and distributing big pies. Making big pies is easy, but distributing big pies is difficult.

And to be honest, Guo Peng feels that he needs to take the blame.

"It was also my mistake. I didn't expect that the war between Lou Mo and Anxi triggered a crisis in the northwest, which directly caused some people in the North Koreans to overreact, thinking of killing the Northwest business in one breath, so as to avoid the crisis. If I could discover such hidden dangers earlier, it would not have reached this point."

Guo Peng clenched his fists.

Mao Jie looked at Guo Peng's appearance, as if he realized something, and immediately walked forward a few steps.

"The Supreme Emperor, what do you need to do with me? When I arrive in Luoyang, I will definitely do it for the Supreme Emperor!"

Mao Jie respectfully saluted Guo Peng and stood behind Guo Peng motionless.

Guo Peng turned around and looked at the respectful Mao Jie, and was silent for a while.

Then he reached out and helped Mao Jie up.

"You are the emperor's minister, I am not your emperor. You can do whatever the emperor asks you to do. If you are dissatisfied, just give me advice. I am already an old man."

Mao Jie looked up at Guo Peng in shock.

"The Supreme Emperor..."

"There is no two days, and there is no two masters in the earth. Since I abdicated as the Supreme Emperor, I have never thought of interfering in the emperor's decision. I will not do anything except the academic department, which is more important to the State of Wei.

No matter how bad things turn out, I won’t interfere. Wei State will have hundreds of years of national destiny. If I intervene, what do you think will happen? I don’t want to do that. The Supreme Emperor is the Supreme Emperor, and I will no longer sit on that throne.”

Guo Peng held Mao Jie's hand, and Mao Jie just looked at Guo Peng.

After a long time, Mao Jie bowed to Guo Peng again.

"My minister Mao Jie, remember the teachings of the Supreme Emperor!"

"Um."

Guo Peng nodded: "You can tell the emperor what I said, even if I can tell the emperor, I won't go to Luoyang. Next I will go to Yizhou and then to Yunzhou. Since you have been transferred back to the capital, then do your own thing."

"I understand."

Mao Jie kept Guo Peng's words in his heart.

Guo Peng turned his head and looked in Luoyang for a while before sighing and smiling.

"When I came from Liangzhou, I talked to Zike. He said he was a little worried, worried that the emperor asked him to be the Minister of Finance this time, and you will feel dissatisfied with your position as his deputy."

Mao Jie was stunned and immediately looked serious.

"I will not be dissatisfied. The problem in Liangzhou is actually a planting of disaster on my behalf. Lu Butang has made great efforts to turn the tide. I am too happy, so how could I feel dissatisfied because of such a thing? Your Majesty's arrangements naturally have the truth of Your Majesty, and I can only follow it."

Very politically correct answer, full marks.

Guo Peng smiled.

"No one will be dissatisfied with this answer. I am actually relieved that you two can lead financial work. You are all people who have experienced crises and know how difficult it is for the people in the crisis, so you will not make a rash move."

"I should be careful."

Mao Jie replied.

"That's enough. You can keep it stable and not be chaotic, the central government will not be chaotic, and the local government will not be chaotic... In addition, what should be tightened should be tightened. Don't do the large-scale bad debts and bad debts that happened in Qingzhou, Yanzhou, and Qingzhou."

Guo Peng recalled the chaos at the beginning and sighed: "I don't want this kind of thing to happen again."

"I don't want it to happen again, either."

That's what Mao Jie said and hoped so much.

If there was another time, the court would lose money and he would lose his future and power.

After so many years of hard work, he finally entered the central government. If he lost his power because of some things, Mao Jie would die of pain.

How can a real man be powerless for a day?

With such expectations, Mao Jie was waiting for the final term to complete his term, to hand over his later generations, to enter the central government, and to take charge of real power.

He knew that his future was coming step by step and he could finally realize his political ambitions.

The only thing that was a little unpleasant was that Zhuge Liang actually jumped up and ranked with him as the Minister of Finance.

Mao Xiaoxian's position and qualifications are far higher than Zhuge Liang. The promotion is a normal promotion, and Zhuge Liang is obviously promoted higher than the level. Although his contribution is indeed quite large,...

There are people in the court that are really easy to do.

Zhuge Jin, Minister of Agriculture, Zhang Zhao, Minister of Personnel, and Zhuge Liang, with these two big trees, were naturally successful.

Mao Jie only had the same envy, not the same opposition.
Chapter completed!