What should I do if I am beheaded by the First Emperor at the beginning?

Hearing this, Li Si and Fu Su fell silent.

After a while, Li Si said sadly: "The prince's health has always been better than me and Old General Wang, and he was even able to fight me in the court."

"In the past, let alone an autumn day or a temperature change, even if the wind and cold entered the body, or suffered an assassination, he could quickly adjust his body."

Fu Su also said: "I remember one year, when the world was not yet unified, and when the father was troubled by the world, the prince offered advice and ran thousands of miles to drive apart other countries."

"Going deep into the barren land, I was seriously ill when I came back. The imperial doctor's order even said that it is impossible for ordinary people to be cured of such diseases."

"But the prince just recuperated on the sickbed for two months and drank a few doses of medicine, and he recovered completely."

"It's just an autumn day, just a cold."

Speaking of this, Fusu's voice was already a little choked up: "Why is this so?"

Chen Ke lowered his eyes, and there was also a little sadness in his expression.

The prince is Wang Guan.

His feelings for Wang Guan are actually not that deep. After all, when he came to Daqin, Wang Guan almost retreated to the second line.

There is no direct contact with him, and there is not much intersection with him.

But Chen Ke still felt a burst of sorrow from the autumn wind spreading from the bottom of his heart. He looked at the autumn sky in the distance, and said silently: "The world is like this, the fate is like this, who can change it?"

He said with soothing emotions: "The prince is now at this age, if he can leave without much pain, it is a good thing, not a bad thing."

Chen Ke kept his spirits up.

Although he brought up this topic, he still felt a little sad in his heart,

Since ancient times, the departure of a friend has been a big event.

Zhangtai Palace

Ying Zheng was sitting in the main hall, not dealing with government affairs, but staring at the documents in his hand in a daze.

This page of documents has been here for a long time.

Han Tan stood beside Ying Zheng, bent slightly, waiting for Ying Zheng's order.

After an unknown amount of time, Ying Zheng's hoarse voice said, "Han Tan, how is the prince's health?"

Han Tan lowered his head with a humble and respectful voice.

"Reporting to Your Majesty, the prince's health is already very bad. The imperial physician who was sent to the palace ordered him to come back and say that it will take only a few days."

Ying Zheng stood up suddenly, with surprise on his face: "Why so fast?"

Han Tan just said: "Your Majesty, after the imperial physician came back, he said that the prince's body is not as healthy as it looks. He suffered too much typhoid fever and accumulated too much toxin when he was young."

"These toxins have accumulated in every corner of the prince's body, which has hindered the prince's lifespan."

"Now this wind and cold has caused all the toxins in the body to be crowded. In an instant, it was like a flood breaking through the embankment, and it took the prince's spirit away."

Ying Zheng stood there with a silent expression on his face.

In fact, his relationship with Wang Guan is not that strong. Even Wang Guan, an old man, proposed a few years ago when he was unified, and he was different from him in terms of political views.

But now that he heard the news of Wang Guan's imminent death, his heart was still a little heavy.

Because he suddenly discovered one thing.

Li Si and Wang Jian are not young anymore.

Yingzheng's sorrow is because he has seen what might happen to Li Si, Wang Jian, and the people who accompanied him to build this unified empire from Wang Guan's departure.

This is what makes him so sad and painful now.

It even vaguely contained some of his worries about his own body. Although he often practiced the boxing technique given by Chen Ke, the problem was that he had reached this age.

Can it really prolong life?

Since Chuanyang Gong and the two clan elders left, Ying Zheng was once again forced to face the question of life and death.

Whether you want it or not, whether you look forward to it or not, whether you look forward to it or not, winter is here.

The sudden drop in temperature and the falling of heavy snow means that winter has entered a certain stage.

Because of the previous harvest in Penglaizhou, the people of Daqin lived very comfortably this winter, at least much more comfortably than before.

Two years ago, Chen Ke, who discovered the coal mine, had already handed it over, and recalled several places in his mind that were rich in coal mines, and asked Emperor Shi Huang to find someone to explore and dig.

At the beginning, the amount of coal excavated must not be much.

But slowly, it increased.

In the past two years, these coal mines have been slowly but firmly transported from different counties to all parts of the country according to the distance, and then handed over to the Municipal Department of Materials.

The current organization of the Municipal Property Administration has gradually grown larger.

It includes some of the rights of market supervision, some of the rights of state-owned enterprises, and some of the rights of agricultural production facilities.

The directors of the municipal property departments in various places have gradually become more powerful figures in the county, and their status has gradually risen. This is something that will inevitably happen with the gathering of power.

But the director of the Municipal Property Department is not arrogant, because he knows very well that when the Municipal Property Department continues to expand, the butcher's knife of the reform will cut down on them.

Just like the Baijia Palace back then.

Baijiagong, which was once a collection of schools, political institutions, and research institutions, is now divided into three places: universities, education departments, and research institutes, and each institution inherits part of the rights.

This is their future.

Therefore, the Directors of Municipal Properties are not arrogant, because they are afraid that when they are divided in the future, someone will make trouble.

When winter comes, city property departments around the world begin to sell "coal".

Coal has just appeared in Daqin, and the price is very high, at least not something ordinary people can afford.

Of course, this thing was not originally aimed at ordinary people. It was originally sold to wealthy businessmen and wealthy nobles.

Three silver coins cost one catty, and one catty of coal can burn for about two hours.

That's a hefty price to pay.

After all, although Daqin's economy has developed now, the people can also make money.

But silver coins are still only available to nobles.

A stone of grain is just fifty copper coins, and a stone is 120 catties, which is enough for a normal adult man to eat for a month.

If this conversion is not accurate enough, there is another conversion method.

Look at the money that every adult man can exchange for.

Now that Daqin's economy has developed, if it is physical work, such as moving things, the daily wages of each adult man is 25 copper coins; It is [-]-[-] copper coins.

One silver coin is one hundred copper coins, and one catty of coal requires an adult, literate man to work for more than ten days, nearly half a month.

A pound of coal can only burn for two hours.

The gap between rich and poor has always existed and has never disappeared.

However, the sale of coal is also a good thing for ordinary Qianshou.

As the nobles started to use coal, the price of firewood will gradually decrease, which has already begun to appear.

Originally, the price of a catty of firewood was about [-] copper coins, but now it has been reduced to [-] copper coins.

In the past, only one catty of firewood could be exchanged for one day's work, but now nearly two catties of firewood can be exchanged for one day's work.

Moreover, this price is still falling.

When the temperature dropped, the nobles began to burn coal. After all, the money was not a big deal to them, mainly because they could enjoy the warmth of winter, which was the same as the temperature of spring and autumn.

This is a good thing for the nobles.

The heads of Guizhou began to hoard firewood. Every winter there will be the coldest time. They hoard firewood to burn and keep warm during the coldest time, so as not to freeze to death.

And when the leaders of Guizhou were hoarding firewood, they discovered a very strange thing.

According to common sense, if they hoard firewood like this, the price of firewood will increase. This is natural and people can understand.

The best case is to maintain the original price.

As coal is used, the price of firewood is falling.

It is common sense to increase while decreasing, and the final increase is higher than the decrease.

But now.
The price of firewood has not increased, not only has it not increased, but it has continued to decrease.

Half a month ago, it was fifteen copper coins, and now it is ten copper coins, and it is even continuing to decrease.

The heads of Guizhou began to be confused.

But their news was very well-informed, and soon they knew that not all merchants were kind and willing to let them spend this winter.

But because there is a group of people guarding them.

who?
People from the Municipal Department of Property.

When this winter just came, when coal sales started and the price of firewood just dropped, the people from the Municipal Property Department made preparations.

When the heads of Guizhou began to rob firewood, some wealthy businessmen felt sorry for them, so they were not prepared to raise the price, but other wealthy businessmen began to put pressure on them, hoping to raise the price of firewood and make a good profit.

The united wealthy businessmen are very powerful, and those who did not want to raise prices at first began to be squeezed out.

Just when the two were at a stalemate, people from the Municipal Property Department appeared.

As soon as it appeared, it just overturned the table without making any sense.

They arrested those rich businessmen and big businessmen, and took out Qin Lv.

"Qin Law · People's Livelihood Law · No. 30 Eight Articles: Those who drive up prices and take advantage of people's dangers shall be sentenced to different criminal laws depending on the type of goods that drive up prices."

"Whoever bids up the price of basic daily necessities, who raises the price by one-tenth, will be sentenced to five years in prison; whoever raises the price by one-half, will be sentenced to death, and the descendants will not be able to participate in the selection of civil servants, participate in literary competitions, or enter various places within two generations. University."

"Whoever bids up the price of the rest of the goods, if the price is increased by one-tenth, the fine will be fifty silver coins, and if the price is increased by one-half, the fine will be fifty gold coins."

This Qin law was promulgated in the summer of this year. At that time, Li Si and Chen Ke thought that in winter, even if there is coal, there will still be merchants who want to raise the price of firewood.

In exchange for more money to buy coal.

Of course, their purpose is not just that, they just want to profit from the people.

When merchants and capital came to the world, they were covered with dirty blood from head to toe.

Therefore, Chen Ke and Li Si were very cruel when they formulated the regulations for merchants who were driving up prices, especially those who were raising prices for basic necessities.

If it is one-tenth, it will be sentenced to five years in prison, if it is increased by half, it will be decapitated directly, and there are certain restrictions on future generations.

Coincidentally, the market price of firewood is ten copper coins per catty. In order to make money, these merchants directly increased the price to 25 copper coins per catty, which was even more expensive than before coal appeared.
They don't worry that no one will buy their firewood, because the rest of the people who don't raise the price have limited firewood, and those heads of Guizhou must buy it in order to survive.

This price gouging has already exceeded one-half, or even more than doubled, almost tripled.

There is nothing to say, and he was directly sentenced to death by the local sheriff, and then handed over to the imperial court for approval and review. After the review, it will be handed over to Xianyang City, where he will be executed after autumn.

When they heard the news, those merchants were full of horror and disbelief, with a dazed look on their faces.

They are getting scared.

So I kept praying, and I kept trying to use money to bribe officials, bribe people in the Municipal Department of Materials, and even bribe the sheriff, the magistrate, the judge, etc., and even asked my family to go to Xianyang City with money for thousands of miles to find Ting Wei begged for mercy.

But when their families came, they were desperate.

Because they know a news.

All criminals sentenced to more than five years in prison and the death penalty must search and confiscate all their property.

They have now become the poor, the heads of Guizhou.

One by one, rich businessmen and great businessmen wailed in the prison, and they regretted it.

And those rich businessmen who didn't increase their prices kept touching their hearts, feeling fear and pain.

They are getting scared.

Winter is coming in such an atmosphere.

On the first night before the arrival, Zhang Han came back with the news that Nanyue had been completely defeated. A strange man was tied to his horse, who looked like a barbarian. The man had tattoos on his body, as if they believed in gods.

Zhang Han got off his horse, with a respectful and excited look on his face: "General, Zhang Han lived up to the entrustment of His Majesty, Prime Minister, and General, and defeated Nanyue!"

On this winter day, a major hidden danger in the south of Great Qin, Dongyue and Nanyue in Baiyue were attacked and became part of Great Qin.

At the same time, the people of Kuaiji County got a lot of firewood.

Enough firewood for them for a super long time.

and a forest stocked with firewood.

East Palace

Fusu was sitting in the main hall, and the coals were burning.

He looked at the government documents in his hand with a satisfied look on his face.

"Teacher, maybe I have found my own way."

In the past, Fusu, like other nobles or rulers, did not regard the head of Guizhou as the people of the Great Qin Dynasty.

But now, he feels that protecting the world is his way.

Whether it is the head of Guizhou, the common people, or the nobles.

Both king and bully!