It is in the State's best interest to take to the far corners of the land what there is in need, and to keep a proper balance between the products from all the different regions that it rules. It cannot be said that the State competes with the people, because the State rules the people. The State is above the people, and the State's choices look forward to keep the general welfare of the people, as it suits a good and wise ruler. In truth, with the State monopolies, we are just taking care that resources that are indispensable to the State's growth and to the general welfare of the people do not come to be in the hands of inescrupulous merchants.
You talk about agriculture, but how could agriculture be benefitted if the industries upon which it depends, the State monopolies over salt, iron and alcohol, came to fall again in the hands of merchants? To talk about starvation when there is plenty of richness and wealth does not make any sense. The people will starve when the State became unable to take salt and iron to the most far reaching domains in the land.
Besides, not only the farmers, but the State itself also need to have artisans and merchants. Some farmers will turn to the many crafts or to trade, it is true, but this is part of the State's growth. It does not mean that agriculture will stop being the base of the State. There is no evidence that points out to that, except from your obsessive desperation. Agriculture is not in decline, but rather it is increasing, as more lands came to be part of the State, and more Peoples are brought to the rule of the State.
You say that we should depende on benevolence alone to bring other Peoples to us. That is sheer utopy. Barbarians are barbarians by their own nature. They are not h...
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... lords taking care of their land and people. Were they not also the responsibles for centuries of civil strife between different kingdoms? How could there be harmony where there is no clear Sovereign? The State must, therefore, move towards centralization, especially in that concerns the keeping of armies and peace.
Do not concern yourselves to how a noble man dresses. The rectification of the names comes with a proper way to dress, behave and live. What difference would it make to have a proper title if the common folk were not able to distinguish between an Official and a farmer? Or a Minister and a Local Magistrate?
Instead of criticizing the Heavenly Sovereign and the Wise Regent, you should be working to help the people achieve benevolence through teaching. But I do not see it happening. I just see your lot complaining and talking, but I do not see you acting.
Farmers’ incomes were low, and in order to make a profit on what they produced, they begun to expand the regions in which they sold their products in. This was facilitated through the railroads, by which through a series of grants from the government as...
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production of goods and foods decreased drastically and this ultimately led to starvation as people were
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Salt is the topic and there is lots of evidence that too much salt, which is sodium in your diet is dangerous for your health according to NZ Nutrition Foundation (2013) this is because a high sodium diet will increase your chances of getting high blood pressure, heart disease, stroke, and kidney disease. The World Health Organisation has a requirement to reduce at people consume because it is confirmed that Sodium is a contributor to early deaths globally according to the World Health Organisation (2013). People do require a small amount of Sodium in there diet, however not at the rates currently being consumed by the population today as confirmed by the NZ Nutrition Foundation (2013) and the recommended amount for men and women
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