Daqin: The poorest prime minister, the first emperor begged me to corrupt

Chapter 42 Your Majesty the Emperor, do you want to increase the income of the internal treasury?
Yingzheng is an outburst of Lao Ji'er's nature. His inner treasury accumulated by the previous kings, not to mention just supporting ten sons to become a vassal.

Even subsidizing more than 30 children to join the feudal clan together, not to mention more than enough, is a drop in the bucket!
Qin Mo smacked his mouth, and said persistently: "The minister is borrowing..."

Ying Zheng immediately replied, "Ai Qing, I'm really struggling these days!"

Qin Mo stared at the sky speechlessly, calling for Aiqing over and over again, but when it came to the truth, he was so stingy.

So, love disappears, doesn't it?
Then again, you are Lao Shan, not Lao Xi'er, who did you learn this thrifty temperament from?

I'm talking about borrowing, and if there is a borrowing, there will be repayment. As for avoiding like a snake and a scorpion like this?

"Ai Qing, don't do this."

Seeing his resentful little daughter-in-law, Ying Zheng suppressed a smile and comforted him: "If not, I will make the decision for Aiqing, and I will invite all the officials in the court and borrow from them?"

……

The side hall of the Qin Palace was on duty, and the three officials and nine ministers who were dealing with government affairs sneezed in unison.

Fusu delivered Yingzheng's edict and was about to leave, when he heard the sound, he stopped and said, "It's getting colder in late autumn, Zhu Qing still needs to add some more clothes."

"Thank you, Prince Lao, for your concern!"

All the princes stood up to express their thanks one after another, and they became more and more satisfied with this kind prince.

Fusu looked at the shabby crowns and robes on them, and said: "Zhu Qing must not learn from Qin Xiang to treat themselves harshly."

All the princes: "..."

This prince is too kind, what pot is not opened and which pot is lifted!
We dare not add more clothes, isn't it because we are afraid of being missed by Prime Minister Qin?
Fusu's gaze finally fell on Li Si, and he said with concern: "Especially Li Tingwei, he seems to be in a bad mood, he should eat more meat to replenish himself."

Li Si: "..."

Li Si had a sore nose and almost cried.

His colleagues may be pretending to be poor, but he is the only one who is really poor.

He was forced to donate huge sums of money twice successively. If it wasn't for his eldest son, who is an official abroad, to help him, he might be in trouble!

……

In the small courtyard, Qin Mo sipped two sips of milk tea to calm his wounded heart: "Borrow from all colleagues, there will be nothing wrong with it in the future."

"But the immediate matter cannot be done without His Majesty's help!"

Speaking of this, Ying Zhengqing knew that he couldn't hide, so he could only say ambiguously: "Aiqing might as well say it, I will help if I can."

If you can't help, then don't help.

Qin Mo went back to the house and took a silk map, pointed to a marked route on it, and explained it to Ying Zheng.

"I want to build a straight road from Guanzhong to the frontier of Guanxi. This will benefit merchants and merchants, and the trade route will flourish rapidly."

"But such a long straight road, I really don't have the manpower to build it, so I can only borrow slaves to do hard labor!"

This time to destroy the barbarians outside the Northwest Great Wall, not only a large number of cattle, sheep and horses were captured, but also a huge number of people were captured.

Among them, Yuezhi and Donghu accounted for the majority.

Except for those who were used to replace immigrants with humble status, or given to single immigrants as wives, the rest were escorted back to Seine to serve as slaves.

Either build mausoleums for Yingzheng, or assign them to counties and counties in Daqin to build Chidao water conservancy.

And with the establishment of the feudal kingdom outside the Great Wall of the princes, the more than [-] Huns dead soldiers and their families will also be beaten back to their original forms.

With so much manpower, if Qin Mo didn't borrow some to build a direct trade road, it would be a waste of time!

"I, I'm afraid I can't help you."

Ying Zheng shook his head when he was stunned.

He does not understand the convenience of roads for trade.

And he didn't worry about Qin Mo's unruly intentions, turning the direct trade route into a direct route for military transport.

Because the imperial court has various restrictions on enforcing the country outside the Great Wall, the top ruling ministers are all appointed by the imperial court, and the standing guard cannot exceed [-] people...

The reason why Ying Zheng said 'I'm afraid I can't help' is because those foreign slaves belong to the state property, not the royal property.

Using them to build straight roads, the one who will benefit the most after the completion is Qin Mo's Hexi Kingdom.

I am afraid that the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty will not agree to such things that harm the public and private interests!

Of course, if Ying Zheng issued an edict by force, that would be a different matter...

Qin Mo probably knew what Ying Zheng was thinking, so he lowered his voice and said, "Does Your Majesty want the internal treasury to earn more money?"

Ying Zheng was shaking his head, when he heard the words, he stopped abruptly, nodded and said, "How do you say that?"

Qin Mo said with a smile: "Your Majesty is at the peak of spring and autumn, and the construction of the mausoleum is not in a hurry."

"You can send tens of thousands of mausoleums to work hard to build straight roads, and within two or three years after the straight roads are completed, you can sit back and collect road taxes!"

Ying Zhengdan's phoenix eyes narrowed slightly. A few days ago, he was still envious that Qin Mo's Hexi country could collect customs duties for business travelers.

Turning around, this good thing happened to him, so he was naturally moved!
"How to collect this toll tax?"

"From Guanzhong to Kansai, not to mention tens of millions of roads, they are also connected in all directions."

"Business travelers seek profit, and they absolutely refuse to waste money, just to take a straight path."

"If it is forcibly collected, all the tax and money will go into my treasury, which will not benefit the country. I am afraid that there will be another minister to remonstrate to death!"

Ying Zheng raised key questions.

The world said that he was tyrannical, but there were also some tough officials in the court.

After suppressing Lao Ai's rebellion, he angrily drove his mother out of Xianyang and moved to Li Palace in Yongdi, thinking that it would be pure if he didn't see it.

But at that time, the courtiers all said that he was not filial, and there were wave after wave of dead admonishers, which made Yingzheng lose his temper. In the end, he had to take his mother back and let her enjoy her old age in peace!
With confidence in mind, Qin Mo pointed to the street outside the courtyard: "If the straight road is built like this, would the merchants leave?"

This place is adjacent to the Qin Palace, and the streets are paved with bluestone, which is far from being compared with the uneven dirt road.

The ordinary dirt roads are not only potholes and uneven, but also muddy during the rainy season. Business vehicles travel at a snail-like speed!

Conversely, if a business traveler takes such a smooth and straight road, the time saved will not only be multiplied, but also the consumption on the road will be reduced several times.

Ying Zheng was dumbfounded for a while: "The straight road has been built like this, and the merchants are willing to leave, even if they do it secretly, they have to go for a while to reduce cost consumption."

"However, such a straightforward way, I am afraid that it will not be accomplished after decades of work."

Qin Mo shook his head: "I have a secret method, and within three years, I will definitely complete it. Your Majesty can rest assured about this."

"When it is repaired, checkpoints can be set up on the Great Wall, and a toll tax will be collected for business travelers going out or entering the fortress."

"With this straight path to go, no merchant will feel disadvantaged!"

Ying Zheng nodded, the truth is indeed the truth.

But after three years of building a long stone road, it can't be too narrow, which is really a bit of a fantasy.

Even if he wanted to break his head, he couldn't figure out how to fix it!

"Since it's a secret method, I shouldn't ask too much, but... I'm really curious, what kind of secret method is it?"

Ying Zheng couldn't help but said.

Qin Mo pointed to the Houfu Academy next to it, and said, "The secret method is in this academy, would your majesty go and have a look?"

Ying Zheng nodded without hesitation: "Go, go immediately!"

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