Prime Minister of Great Qin

Chapter 140 Merchants think so too! (seeking subscription)
The door opened slowly.

Ji Heng was sitting in the room, boiling water in a clay pot.

Fusu entered the room, bowed and said, "Fusu has seen Mr.

"I know that my husband wants me to think more and not rely too much on others, but this time the situation is critical, so I have to ask my husband to help."

Done.

Fusu put the jug in his hand on the case.

Ji Heng glanced lightly, put the jug behind him, and said slowly: "Everything is easy to talk about if you have wine."

"Go ahead."

"What do you want to ask this time?"

Fusu bowed and bowed, and told what happened in Huai County with a serious face.

Ji Heng listened quietly.

Add a little firewood to the stove from time to time.

Done.

Fusu said: "Right now, Wanjun salt and iron are sinking into the water, and spring plowing will start soon. In the past few months, most of the local Guizhou heads have shrunk their clothing and food for this spring plowing. Now such a difficult thing happened, If it is not handled properly, it may cause public outcry."

"Sir, please take action."

Ji Heng looked as usual.

Using a piece of coarse cloth soaked in water, he lifted the clay pot that was already boiling, and poured the boiling water in the pot into two exquisite pottery bowls, under which some tea leaves were placed.

Ji Heng smiled and said, "Try it."

"This is the tea that I accidentally discovered some time ago."

"Xinyang Maojian."

"Normally speaking, this kind of tea has been used as water for three times, but I'm just a rough person, and I'm really not used to that kind of delicate work. I can only chew the peony and taste it whole."

talking.

Ji Heng pushed the pottery bowl over.

The aroma of tea is tangy.

Fusu looked at the clear tea and could only smile wryly, the situation was so critical, how could he have the mood to drink such tea.

But right now, he can only reach out and take it.

Fu Su put the tea bowl aside and said in a concentrated voice: "Mr. Ji, it's not that I'm in a hurry, it's just that the situation is urgent, so please act as soon as possible."

Ji Heng smiled lightly and asked, "Are you in a hurry?"

Fu Su nodded, and said: "It's about the stability of Guanzhong, how can Fu Su not be in a hurry?"

Ji Heng blew on the tea bowl, and saw ripples in the tea bowl, and some of the tea leaves at the bottom of the bowl floated to the top, wandering on the tea bowl.

Ji Heng said: "Can you solve the problem quickly?"

Fusu shook his head.

"Since it can't be solved, let's drink tea first." Ji Heng said.

Fusu smiled wryly, and had no choice but to follow suit.

It's just that the tea was too hot, so Fusu had no choice but to quickly put the tea bowl back on the table.

Ji Heng shook his head and said: "If you are confused, you will lose your sense of proportion. If you lose your sense of proportion, you will only panic. The more you panic, the more accidents are likely to happen. As the eldest son of the Great Qin Dynasty, you should not change your face when Mount Tai collapses."

"You are upset."

Fusu got up, bowed and said: "Mr. Jean is a joke, Fusu is really impatient. The stability of Guanzhong is more important to Fusu. Now the matter of salt and iron is related to the livelihood of tens of millions of people. The first emperor's order to deal with this matter, how dare you not be trembling."

"This tea."

Fusu looked at the tea bowl that he had spilled half of it, and said with a wry smile: "Fusu really can't drink it, sir, please forgive me."

Ji Heng took a sip and said lightly, "You can actually taste it."

heard.

Fu Su looked deeply at Ji Heng, but he didn't know what Ji Heng wanted to do. He thought that he had explained the crisis clearly enough. With Ji Heng's intelligence, it is impossible not to think of the impact of this matter, but why did Ji Heng still act like this? Calm and composed, as if he didn't care about it at all?
Fusu looked at the tea bowl.

He hesitated for a moment, then sat down again, took the hot tea bowl in his hand, blew on it a few times, took a sip of the tea in the bowl, and frowned after drinking it.

"How does it taste?" Ji Heng asked.

Fusu said: "Slightly bitter."

"Then you don't know how to drink tea, I drink it slightly sweet." Ji Heng smiled complacently.

Fusu looked at the tea bowl in his hand, hesitated for a moment, picked it up and tasted it again, but the taste did not change, it was still slightly bitter.

Fusu said: "Mr. Ji's tea may not suit my taste."

"It does taste bitter at first taste, but it will gradually become sweeter later on." Ji Heng took another sip, put down the tea bowl with great enjoyment, and said lightly, "Are you calm down now?"

Fusu smiled wryly and shook his head.

Ji Heng sighed lightly, shook his head and said, "Just now you said that the ship full of salt and iron sank, and tens of thousands of salt and iron sank into the water, then what do you think about this matter based on what you know so far."

Fusu sat upright.

He knew that Ji Heng finally got down to business, and quickly said: "This fact should be divided into two things, one is the shipwreck, and the other is the salt and iron."

"Salt and iron are related to people's livelihood."

"The shipwreck is a criminal case."

"Then which one do you think is more important?" Ji Heng said.

Fusu thought for a while, and said seriously: "It's about people's livelihood, the ship has sunk, even if some problems are found, the sunken salt and iron in the water cannot be retrieved, so the more important thing is to stabilize the people."

"The livelihood of the people is great!"

"Merchants think so too." Ji Heng said.

Fu Su was taken aback.

He didn't understand the meaning of Ji Heng's words.

Ji Heng didn't say much about it, but said: "Listen to what you said earlier, this matter has been entrusted to you to deal with it, so you may have made some arrangements before you came to me, so let's talk about it."

Fu Su nodded slightly, and said, "It is indeed as what Master said."

"When I came here, I ordered the Tingwei Mansion to investigate the sinking ship, and I also ordered the Shaofu to go to various parts of the Kanto to collect salt and iron immediately, so as to solve the shortage of salt and iron as soon as possible. Press down on this matter, so as not to stir up changes in Guanzhong."

"Sir, do you think there is something wrong?"

Fusu looked at Ji Heng.

"You shouldn't ask me, you should ask merchants." Ji Heng drank tea leisurely.

"Ask merchants?" Fusu frowned.

"If you are a merchant, do you think you want to get the arrangement of the eldest son?" Ji Heng asked.

Fusu frowned, thought for a while, and said in a concentrated voice: "It should be expected, these things have always been handled in this way, and merchants can't think of it."

"Then let me ask you again, do you think this was intentional or unintentional?" Ji Heng said.

Fusu's heart trembled, and he said in a deep voice: "I think there may be something strange about this matter."

"Is that intentional?"

Fusu hesitated for a moment, and finally nodded affirmatively.

Ji Heng sneered, and said disdainfully: "Since the merchants have intentions, how much do you think your methods will be effective? They dare to do this, but why don't they have targeted methods?"

Fusu's complexion changed.

He wondered: "But the imperial court seems to be able to do this at the moment."

"Businessmen think so too."

Fusu frowned even tighter.

He looked deeply at Ji Heng, and said helplessly: "Fu Su is stupid, please tell me bluntly, is there any other way for the court to deal with it?"

Ji Heng blew on the tea, and said lightly: "Is there any way to talk about it, but it is very important not to fall into other people's thoughts."

"Have no intention to calculate."

"Everything you think about is in the calculations of others. If you want to solve the problem freely, how can you get what you want so easily?"

"Are you in a hurry now?"

heard.

Fusu smiled wryly and shook his head.

After Ji Heng said this, he also came back to his senses.

I was too flustered in front of me.

I also lost my sense of proportion.

Ji Heng slowly sat up straight and said solemnly, "As you said, the merchants came prepared. This shipwreck incident was probably planned for a long time in order to achieve their ulterior motives."

"But what is the merchant's intentions, can you guess now?"

Fusu shook his head.

How does he know what merchants are thinking?
However, the merchant's handwriting is so big, the plan this time may not be small.

Ji Heng said: "Since you don't know what the merchants are thinking, then don't worry about it. Just pretend that you don't know. The merchants plan their tricks, and you do yours."

"This is the way I give you to deal with it is very simple."

"You hit yours, I hit mine!"

"Don't be led by the nose by the other party, and implement your own plan according to your own logic and methods. In a word: take the initiative and don't be easily disrupted by the other party."

"Don't try to dismantle tricks."

"Once you are caught in the other party's thoughts, it will be difficult to break free. If you are completely trapped in it, you will only succeed in the other party's tricks in the end."

"So take it easy."

"Don't make decisions lightly when your mind is unclear."

heard.

Fusu's cheeks were slightly hot, feeling a little ashamed.

In the past six months, Ji Heng has been teaching himself to have the ability to think independently, and he thinks he has done it, but when he encountered a difficult matter this time, he suddenly realized that he was deceiving himself and others before.

I can't even do it without panic.

What about independent thinking?
Fusu cupped his hands and said, "Fusu remembered."

Ji Heng raised his forehead slightly and continued: "Re-examine this matter now. Normally speaking, most people will subconsciously maintain stability and put people's livelihood first when encountering such an incident that affects tens of millions of people."

"It's human nature."

"But this kind of thinking is too common, and it is easy to be thought of. If the merchants really did it on purpose, they must have a thorough plan. It is not easy for the court to solve it properly."

"It might even backfire."

"So sometimes it's time to use reverse thinking."

"It's all about surprise."

"You said earlier that this matter can be divided into two parts."

"I think it's three."

"One is the livelihood problems caused by salt and iron entering the water."

"One is the wreck itself."

"But one thing that many people overlook is the iron salt itself."

"What is iron salt?"

"money!"

"Now that the ship has sunk, the court's commercial tax has also disappeared. Shouldn't someone be responsible for the loss of such a large amount of money?"

After Ji Heng's words, Fu Su was stunned.

It was a whole new angle he had never thought of.

I can't think of it at all.

Since ancient times, when encountering this kind of thing, the first thing to do is to help the people, and then investigate the case. No one has thought about investigating the lack of money at all.

Fusu thought about it secretly, and felt that there was indeed some truth.

He was sitting upright, his eyes lit up.

Ji Heng took a sip of warm tea, moistened his throat, and said coldly: "Most people in the world today think that the imperial court is responsible for reassuring the people and investigating cases, but will these problems be resolved in a short time?"

"No."

"So do the opposite."

"Since you can't solve the problem, first solve the person who caused the problem!"

"And people are the problem!"

(End of this chapter)