Prime Minister of Great Qin

Chapter 146 Li Xin! (seeking subscription)
Ji Heng looked indifferent.

He was actually quite gratified that Fusu could gain insight into the inner world so quickly.

Daqin mainly seeks stability.

It's not worth spending a lot of energy on merchants.

So find another way.

Ji Heng said: "If the benefits are exhausted, they will disperse."

"Merchants and merchants who cover up are for profit. If you directly investigate the merchants, it will be difficult to find out things in a short time. The sinking of the ship should be resolved as soon as possible, so you can't investigate step by step, let alone follow the rules. You can only use strange tricks. .”

"Sun Tzu said: Use righteousness to win by surprise."

"Those who are strange and upright will cause the enemy's emptiness and reality. If the enemy is real, I will be correct, and if the enemy is false, I will be surprised."

"At present, the merchants are false, and the strange tricks have miraculous effects."

heard.

There was a strange look in Fusu's eyes.

He asked curiously: "Sir, are you still proficient in the art of war?"

Ji Heng didn't change his face, and said calmly: "I was fortunate enough to read some military books, and I have a certain understanding of the way of military strategists, but I only know a little bit. If I am really asked to lead the army, I will just sit and talk about the way, which is not real."

"Not worth mentioning."

Fusu looked at Ji Heng suspiciously.

He still had some doubts about Ji Heng's words in his heart, but after thinking about it carefully, he didn't feel that Ji Heng was lying.

Reading military books and leading soldiers to fight are indeed two different things.

There are many well-read military books in the world, but only a few can truly fight on the battlefield. Throughout the world of great wars, countless heroes have emerged, but those who can achieve invincible battles in troubled times, looking at history, are also very few. number.

Just like the former Zhao general Zhao Kuo.

After being a famous general Zhao She, he was deeply influenced by his ears and eyes and read military books, but in the end he suffered a crushing defeat.

Even Zhao She's descendants changed their surnames because of this.

Fu Su nodded slightly, and said with a smile: "Should we cut off contact now?"

Ji Heng hesitated for a moment, then shook his head and said, "Wait until the matter expands, waits until the situation becomes more serious, and then the court will realize it later, and then it will be logical."

Fu Su smiled, knowing the intention.

He looked at Ji Heng, and said: "According to the situation set up by Mr., merchants and some officials have already entered the urn, but it may take some time to find out the specific situation. Shouldn't the government make some arrangements in advance to start?" Solve the shortage of salt and iron in Guanzhong?"

Ji Heng put down his bowl and chopsticks, and said, "Can the imperial court raise so much salt and iron in a short time?"

Fusu frowned, and finally shook his head.

He said: "What the government can do right now is to use the salt and iron accumulated a few months ago for emergency use, and at the same time order the neighboring counties to deliver salt and iron to Guanzhong to alleviate the urgent shortage in Guanzhong. It stands to reason that it is enough in a short time Yes, but right now the public opinion is raging, and the outside world is spreading rumors, I am afraid that the local people will loot it."

"Once the public has doubts about the supply of salt and iron, the current stock in Guanzhong will not last long enough."

Ji Heng nodded.

After Fusu went to the place for more than a month, there is still a lot of improvement in what he sees.

At least know some of the underlying actual situation.

Ji Heng said: "Actually, it's just two words."

"confidence!"

heard.

Fusu's gaze was slightly different.

He chewed the word 'confidence' in his heart, and agreed with this novelty.

Ji Heng said: "Confucius said: People cannot stand without faith, and a country without faith will decline."

"With the outbreak of the shipwreck incident and the fueling of some forces, the shortage of salt and iron in Guanzhong for several months has been exaggerated, and the people are even more panicked about it."

"Even if the government issued a notice, the salt and iron are related to the spring plowing in ten and a half months, and also related to the production and life of a family for a year. How many people dare to gamble? It's not that the people at the bottom are pedantic and stupid, but they know it well. interests."

"Once there is a real shortage of salt and iron, it is likely to lead to the destruction of the family."

"They can't afford to gamble."

"So it is better to believe what is there than to believe what is not."

"When this matter breaks out completely, people everywhere will buy salt and iron like a tide, in order to ensure that their production and life will not be affected for several months, and under the circumstances of such a large purchase, it will undoubtedly further expand the panic. No matter how much salt and iron the imperial court provides, it will not be able to match the crazy people in the end."

"In addition, merchants will cause malicious damage, and the panic among the people will become more serious."

"And then it got more and more out of hand."

Fusu's expression was heavy.

How could he not know the reason?

And this is also the main reason why he rushed to find Ji Heng this time.

Ji Heng said: "It is better to block than to block."

"Blindly blocking news will only be counterproductive."

"It is true that the current situation is turbulent, but it does not damage the fundamentals."

"The reason why the people panic is because they are worried that Guanzhong's salt and iron will be in short supply for several months, which will delay their production and life. Except for the sinking of the ship and the secret tricks of those who are interested in it, it may be that the Qin people are worried about the government's supply."

"so."

"The government should give confidence to the world."

"Let the people in Guanzhong know that the government can solve it."

"It's also easy to fix."

"As long as the government can give the grassroots enough confidence, looting in various places in Guanzhong will be greatly weakened. When this urgent shortage situation, from the current outbreak of a few days, gradually stretches to a month or even longer, the salt in Guanzhong The iron shortage will gradually be alleviated."

"And that's what the court is going to do."

Fusu frowned.

He pondered for a while, and said puzzledly: "It's just that the imperial court can't provide so much salt and iron, let alone so much reserves, it can't handle it at all, so how can we talk about giving the people confidence?"

Ji Heng smiled.

He put some fish soup in his bowl, stirred it a little, and ate up the food in the bowl.

Then he said: "Who said that confidence can only come from salt and iron?"

"Fusu didn't understand what Mr. said." Fusu was full of surprise.

He is sitting upright.

Eyes full of desire to know.

Ji Heng said indifferently: "The reserve of salt and iron is a kind of confidence, but the people's trust in the government is not confidence?"

"Shangjun moved to wood to establish faith."

"Is it just the credit of moving the wood?"

"No."

"Shang Jun established the prestige of the law."

"But what about the other way around?"

"Can the prestige of usage make people move wood?"

"Of course." Fusu said.

"Winning the trust of the people this time is the same thing." Ji Heng put down the bowl and chopsticks, went to pour himself a bowl of warm water, and then said slowly: "The people are panicking and don't believe the official announcement, so that means the person who issued the announcement The government office is not trusted by the public, so we have to change it to one that can convince the public."

Fusu frowned even tighter.

Does it make a difference?

Ji Heng said: "Which official office is issuing the notice now?"

Fusu thought for a while, and said: "The imperial court will notify according to the law, and then the counties and counties will announce it."

Words are exported.

Fusu seemed to realize something.

He hurriedly said: "Sir, did you ask the court to release it directly?"

Ji Heng nodded, shook his head again, and said: "It is true that the imperial court should release it directly, because the imperial court is high above and cannot be touched by the people. The people do not trust the local government offices, but they still trust the court. But even the imperial court cannot arrange official offices at will."

"Salt and iron are related to production and life."

"If Fengchang, Zongzheng, and Tingwei are allowed to publish it, wouldn't it be ridiculous?"

Fusu followed suit with a smile, and said: "Mr. is right, such important matters should be handled by relevant government agencies, how can we pretend otherwise?"

"This notice should be issued by the Prime Minister's Mansion."

"It's high." Ji Heng said.

"Too high?" Fu Su was taken aback, and said in puzzlement, "The Prime Minister's Mansion is in charge of government affairs. This matter is within the purview of the Prime Minister's Mansion. Why would you say it's too high?"

"And isn't it to give people confidence?"

"Why can't you choose the Prime Minister's Mansion with Assistant Wanji?"

Fusu's eyes were full of doubts.

Ji Heng said indifferently: "The prime minister ranks among the three princes, and he is in charge of the emperor's assistant Wanji's mansion. Isn't it an overkill to deal with the matter of salt and iron? It will also give people a sense of urgency. It has reached the level that the prime minister's mansion has to come forward , this will not only fail to give people confidence, but will make people feel more uneasy."

"The matter of the shipwreck was entrusted to you by the First Emperor."

"So you can't pretend to be the first emperor, and you can't give it to the prime minister's mansion."

"The most suitable is Shaofu!"

"Young mansion?" Fusu's eyes moved slightly.

Ji Heng smiled and said: "The Shaofu is the national treasury, and it handles the taxes of the mountains, seas, ponds, and lakes for support."

"Salt officials and iron officials are under the rule of the Shaofu."

"In the minds of the people at the bottom, the Shaofu is just a money bag, and it owns the world's mountains, seas, pools, and there must be a lot of salt and iron. It's just that this is a national reserve, and it is not known to the outside world, let alone embezzled by the outside world, so if Announced in the name of the Shaofu, the people at the bottom will think that the imperial court has made a move, and with the backing of the country, how can there be a shortage of salt and iron?"

"This confidence will naturally go up."

heard.

Fusu's expression changed slightly.

He already understood Ji Heng's thoughts.

Is there any salt and iron in Shaofu?
Have.

But not much.

The Shaofu is in charge of the taxation of the world, and most of it is money, grain and cloth.

But the people at the bottom don't know.

The people only know that the Shaofu is in charge of the mountains, seas and ponds in the world, and the salt and iron come from the mountains, seas and ponds, so the Shaofu must not be short of salt and iron, but the Shaofu is controlled by the imperial court, and in the past, they would not consider them at all. In other words, Shaofu is aloof, unattainable, and something that can only be expected.

However, it is precisely because I don't understand that I have high hopes.

If it is known that the Shaofu will come forward to solve it, it will undoubtedly be a great favor to the people at the bottom.

How can the people not believe it?
From start to finish.

What Ji Heng created was information gap.

He just sorted out the overall situation, sorted out the information gaps of all parties, and then used the information gaps to the extreme, not only counting merchants and officials, but also fooling the people at the bottom, and he didn't really handle all this. But just a little sorting out, everything is very straightforward.

Brilliant.

Fusu was also completely amazed.

He never thought that Ji Heng's handling of affairs could be so clever.

Between planning and planning, the decisive victory is thousands of miles away.

It is really convincing.

Fusu bowed respectfully and said, "Mr. is a great talent, and Fusu admires him."

"With the presence of the Shaofu, the panic of the people will be appeased. As long as time can be delayed, the salt and iron crisis will gradually ease."

"Fu Su thanked Mr. Qin on behalf of Da Qin."

Fusu bowed deeply to Ji Heng.

Ji Heng shook his head, his face was very calm, and he said calmly: "You are too happy, the Shaofu will indeed come forward, but you can't make a move easily, and you need to create some conditions, otherwise, once someone exposes you, not only will you not be able to solve the crisis, but it will be counterproductive. "

(End of this chapter)