Chapter 211

"What's going on?" Li Tai murmured to himself. He couldn't believe it. Now he looks at Merton more like a magic stick than yuan Shoucheng. If he didn't say it with his own eyes, he wouldn't believe it.

Li Chengqian and others also came forward one after another to feel the biting cold. They couldn't help crying out. Li Zhi jumped around excitedly.

"This is the art of creation of ghosts and gods!" Yuan Shoucheng shouted, and his heart couldn't help surging. If this method appeared in Taoism first, it would make Taoism's prestige to a higher level. Unfortunately, Taoism has no eyes and empty treasures in hand, but he didn't know such a change and missed it.

"This is Mohism!" Merton raised his voice.

"Mohism?" Li Tai pondered immediately. He thought he had read a wide range of books. He had dabbled in all kinds of books, but such knowledge was unheard of.

During this period of time, Mozi's Mohist skills can be said to be famous in Chang'an, but they are all within the scope that ordinary people can understand. However, this time, it's incredible that Morton made ice in summer. He couldn't help being jealous and said, "it's just a strange technique!"

"Your Highness, the king of Wei is wrong. Mohism is a knowledge that studies the laws of the operation of all things and benefits mankind. There are countless people suffering from accidental heatstroke in the Tang Dynasty every year because of the extreme heat. If the ice making method can be popularized, ordinary people can eat ice to relieve the summer heat, put an ice basin in the room, and the hall princes can work at ease. This is not necessary in summer It's a rare thing, "Merton explained.

"How much ice can be made with these wall frost!" Li Tai Leng snorted.

"Your Highness the king of Wei is wrong. Wall frost is a mineral. As long as it is mined, there will be a lot of it, and it can be reused. After freezing, dry the water dissolved in wall frost, and the wall frost will appear again and can be reused." Merton said.

Li Tai was tongue tied. He didn't expect the wall cream to have such an effect. If so, the wall cream has almost no loss, and the cost can be ignored.

"I didn't expect that it would be so simple to make ice!" Li Shimin sighed. Considering the difficulty of hiding ice, saltpeter ice making is almost the easiest.

"It seems simple, but in fact it's like a mountain. I'm ashamed. Wall frost is a common thing for me, but I have no eyes." Yuan Shoucheng said shamefully.

"Taoist yuan is too modest. I just stand on the shoulders of my predecessors. I really don't dare to take credit!" Morton said modestly.

"What's the meaning of standing on the shoulders of predecessors?" Li Shimin suddenly asked.

"Your Majesty, among the hundreds of schools of thought in the pre-Qin period, Confucianism, Mohism and Taoism have the deepest influence. No matter how virtuous Confucianism is, it can't compare with Confucius and Mencius!"

Li Chengqian nodded silently with a look of admiration.

Merton turned his eyes to Yuan Shoucheng and said sincerely, "no one is out of Lao Zhuang's School of Taoism."

"I'm ashamed. What I learned is not as good as 10% of the two saints." Yuan Shoucheng nodded.

"The core of legalism has long been fixed, and the law of each dynasty and generation can not escape the word 'settle disputes, stop disputes, promote work and fear violence'." Merton said.

Li Shimin nodded and nodded. It is true that what Merton said is true. The core idea of the law of the Tang Dynasty is indeed these two.

"As for Mohist school, there are no shackles of predecessors, and they only pave the way with future generations. Mohist's lever principle is used by the boy to kill the well, and Mohist's pulley principle is used by the boy to make it into a pulley to lift ten thousand kilograms of weight. Therefore, the theory of Mohist sages is not to shackle Mohist descendants in this framework, but to let future generations step on their own shoulders, look higher and walk Further. "

When Merton finished, Li Shimin was suddenly silent.

Indeed, although Confucianism, Dharma and Taoism spread widely, they all picked up the wisdom of their predecessors and it is almost impossible to surpass them. Only Mohism is most likely.

"There are many unsolved mysteries in addition to the principles of sages. Mohism is to understand the secrets, seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, and benefit the people." Merton said with a righteous face.

"Ha ha!" Li Shimin immediately sneered. He knows this little catfish best. Benefiting the people is indeed one of them, and it is indispensable to seek private interests for Mojia village.

Merton immediately blushed and said, "of course, before that, the Mohists should become rich first. After all, studying Mohism also needs a lot of money."

"Hum! You've told the truth," Li Shimin said coldly.

Merton suddenly relaxed his breath: "Your Majesty, rest assured that in order to show the boy's sincerity, the Mojia village will give up the privilege of Title tax exemption, and will certainly pay taxes on time in accordance with the tax law of the Tang Dynasty."

This sentence was not uttered by Merton on impulse. Merton believed that in ancient times, the reason why businessmen were inferior was not only that businessmen did not work in production and hoarded strange things, but also that businessmen made too little contribution to the imperial court. Most of the imperial court was land tax, and the business tax collected was negligible, No one in power would like to see a businessman who kept sucking blood from his body and made no contribution.

The scale of Mojia village will certainly continue to expand. If you only ask for but don't know the return, it will certainly arouse the envy of countless people. On the contrary, if Merton can provide astronomical taxes to Chang'an city every year, countless people will protect Mojia village. After all, no one will kill the chicken to get the egg.

Li Shimin didn't expect that Merton had such an idea, so he was stunned.

"This is really what you think in your heart." Li Shimin said coldly.

"Your Majesty, it's a great gift to make an exception to allow Mojia village to do business without being cheap. Naturally, Mojia village will not disappoint your majesty. It's natural to do business and pay taxes."

Merton knew that this might offend many dignitaries who secretly engaged in business, but the situation in Mojia village was different. The business in Mojia village was originally chartered by the emperor, which naturally made Li Shimin cold.

"Ha ha!" Li Shimin was in a good mood and couldn't help laughing loudly. He wondered if the Tang Dynasty still lacked your tax. With a big hand, he was ready to reject Merton.

But on second thought, Merton's four-wheel carriage business alone earned 100000 yuan in half a month. It was millions of yuan a year, and the tax collection was at least tens of thousands a year. Moreover, it was only a business in Mojia village. He couldn't help but change his tone: "After going back, Dai Shangshu will naturally calculate taxes for Mojia village. If you dare to make a mess in the future, be careful of your ass."

"Yes, Emperor!" Merton quickly replied, and his heart was indeed relieved. This time, the four-wheel carriage made a monthly income of 100000, and suddenly the Mojia village sat at the crater. Money moved people's hearts. If the Mojia village didn't pay attention, it would fall into crisis.

As long as the Minister of the Ministry of household, Dai Zhou, comes to the door to collect taxes, it naturally represents that the emperor has paid attention to this matter, the hidden cattle, ghosts and snake gods will naturally disappear, and the crisis of Mojia village will be eliminated.