Rebirth of Wu Ba Spring and Autumn

Chapter 952 A Gentleman Loves Money

The next day, Qingji held a court meeting in Chongzheng Hall.

"The widow wants to collect money from the people of the country without losing the hearts of the people. How can the second and third sons teach the widow?"

As soon as this statement came out, the whole audience was shocked.

All the ministers thought that Qingji's mind was a joke, otherwise how could he say such nonsense?

"Your Majesty!"

Dazai Jiran bit the bullet and said: "I heard that a sage king should be sympathetic to the power of the people and love the people like a son. As a father, how can the king plunder the wealth of the people?"

"Over the years, our state treasury of Great Wu has taken from the people and used it for the people, and the policy of benefiting the people implemented by the king has kept wealth from the people, so Li and the common people all have private possessions."

"Of course, this is definitely not the reason why the king wants to collect money from the people of the country!"

"Your Majesty, a gentleman loves money, and he gets it in a proper way. If a king loves money, he must get it in a proper way. If you are greedy for money like King Zhou Li, and then search for the people's fat and anointing for your own selfish desires, I'm afraid it will lead to the ruin of the country. perish, the mountains and rivers are shattered!"

"Please take it as a warning, Your Majesty!"

Faced with Ji Ran's statement, Qing Ji just laughed it off.

People like Wen Zhong, Kong Qiu, and Deng Xi couldn't help feeling tense.

They had already heard about this incident in advance and knew that Qingji had other plans.

But what is Qingji thinking?
Unpredictable.

For a moment, they couldn't figure out Qingji's thoughts at all.

As Qingji's diehard loyalist, Yushi Zhongcheng Boshun immediately stood up, bowed to Qingji and said, "Your Majesty, I think this is a matter of course!"

"Who is the king? He is the father of the Wu people, the lord of a country!"

"All Wu people, wealth, property and life belong to the king. All the land of Wu, within the four domains, every needle, thread, plant and tree will be disposed of by the king!"

"Your Majesty is rich in the state of Wu, if you want money, just ask your subjects to hand it over!"

Hearing this, the ministers and officials couldn't help glaring at Bo Tong.

"Bo Tong, how dare you encourage the king to search for people's fat and people's anointing?"

"You are the eldest father of Duke Rongyi and Duke Guo of my Great Wu!"

"Singer, sycophant!"

After being scolded head-on by the officials, Bo Tong couldn't help but sneer back.

"Hmph, you disloyal ministers, what right do you have to point fingers at my Uncle Tong here?"

"Your Majesty wants to collect money, but you, as a subject, don't want to share your worries and problems with your Majesty. You are still blaming me here, isn't it putting the cart before the horse?"

"Eat the king's salary, bear the king's worries, such a simple and easy-to-understand truth, don't the second and third sons know it?"

Bo Tong was very indignant.

Because, the eldest father of Duke Rongyi and Duke Guo is not a good person.

Rong Yigong is good at looting property and cruelly oppressing the people of the country.

However, King Li prefers to use the "good patents but don't know the big trouble" and other courtiers such as Rongyi Gong and Guo Gong's eldest father. their livelihood.

To mobilize the army and conquer the neighbors, and to increase the burden on the common people.

His perverse actions and violent expropriation caused strong dissatisfaction among Zhou people. The government and the opposition were full of murderous intentions, everyone was in danger, and people's grievances were boiling.

King Li of Zhou sent another courtier Wei Wuyu to monitor the people, and arrested and killed many civilians who were dissatisfied with the "patent".

Later even many civilians who had not complained were killed.

King Li's high-pressure policy made relatives, friends and acquaintances dare not greet each other when they met on the road, and could only look at each other, making the capital dead...

Of course, to this day, after the reform, Wu State has long monopolized the benefits of mountains, seas, lakes, fish and salt.

Woodcutters who go to the mountains to chop firewood, hunters who go to the mountains to hunt, fishermen who go to lakes, rivers and seas to fish, etc., all those who engage in such occupations have to pay taxes, especially Qingji.

These taxes were managed by the Shaofu, as the private use of members of the royal family, and went into Qingji's private pockets.

Just like that, isn't Qingji satisfied?
The monarch is so greedy, how can the country and the country live in peace for a long time?

For a while, the officials were very indignant.

"Please, Your Majesty, put to death the sycophantic minister Bo Tong!"

"Your Majesty, you must not collect money from the people of the country!"

"In the past two years, my Great Wu has indeed consumed a lot of money and food, but it has not reached the point where I have searched for people's wealth to fill the vacancy!"

"Your Majesty must not have such thoughts!"

The officials and officials fell to their knees with a clatter.

Seeing this, Qingji smiled angrily, and said, "Second and third sons, I'm just making an analogy, and I don't really want to collect money from the people of the country."

"Without losing the hearts of the people, but on the contrary, who can win the hearts of the people, who can make the widows accumulate wealth from the people of the country, and concentrate the wealth of my Great Wu as much as possible?"

"This……"

Regarding Qing Ji's statement, the officials were at a loss, as if Monk Zhang Er was confused.

How can this be done?

"Deng Xi, Kong Qiu, Wen Zhong, can the three of you have a solution?"

Hearing this, the officials basically realized that this was Qing Ji's test for Deng Xi and the other three.

Kong Qiu took a deep breath, and came out with a wat in his hand, "Your Majesty, I have nothing to do."

Kong Qiu knew that he might miss the position of Dazai.

However, he really couldn't come up with a way to make Qingji amass money without losing the hearts of the people of the country.

From Kong Qiu's point of view, this is an unsolvable matter.

"Deng Xi?"

Deng Xi stood up and said bravely: "Your Majesty, I think that if we can collect taxes from the people in advance for one or two years, it will not lose the hearts of the people, and it will also allow us, Great Wu, to gather a lot of money and food in a short period of time!"

"It's not a bad idea."

Qing Ji smiled, then changed the subject again, and said, "Of course, the taxes will be collected in advance for one or two years. Next year or the year after, I, Da Wu, will not be able to collect taxes. How will I survive?"

In fact, the state treasury of the state of Wu was rich in money and food.

There is no need to advance taxes to Li Shu for one or two years.

Wu Guozang is rich in the people, and the common people, especially the merchants, are so rich that they will never be dissatisfied with paying taxes in advance for a year or two.

But, why bother?
These taxes (money and food) originally belonged to the Wu State and remained unchanged, so how can it be said that they are increasing fiscal revenue for celebrating Ji?

In view of this, Deng Xi also sadly withdrew.

When it was Wen Zhong's turn, when Qing Ji's gaze fell on him, he took a deep breath, stood up slowly, and said, "Your Majesty, I think that you can ask merchants, traffickers, and those who have no money for the time being." People with turnover lend money."

"I, Da Wu, originally had a lending policy, but I didn't charge interest."

"If a certain amount of interest can be collected, it will not only solve the urgent needs of the Chinese people, but also increase income for the national treasury."

Hearing this, Qing Ji admired Wen Zhong quite a lot.

Wait, isn't this taught by Fan Li?

Qingji glanced at Fan Li suspiciously.

Fan Li shook his head, and glanced at Ji Ran who was sitting not far away.

Calm?
It seems that compared to Deng Xi and Kong Qiu, Ji Ran prefers the Italian language to succeed him as Dazai.

(End of this chapter)