Prime Minister of Great Qin

Chapter 368 There are two books, one for economics and one for politics! (Please subscribe)

Fusu's arrival was beyond everyone's expectation.

Even Du He had a look of surprise on his face and trotted to the door.

Others got up as well.

Enter the temple.

Fusu swept across the audience calmly, with a smile on his lips, and said calmly: "It seems that the ministers have great opinions on Fusu's suggestions, but this time so many economic ministers are here, and Fusu comes uninvited. I want to argue with you."

Fusu strode into the palace.

He sat on the main seat without hesitation.

Feng Quji and Du He also quickly moved to a lower position.

At this time.

Linghu Fan said: "Your Highness, you really should give me an explanation."

"I know that Your Highness has the heart to do things and wants to share the burden for the country. However, national affairs are not a child's play, and we cannot just decide something on a whim. Everything decided by the court is made after many discussions and consultations. After arguing, we finally came to the conclusion, rather than making changes in a hurry without being called upon by His Highness."

"This is against the rules of the Qin Dynasty."

"Furthermore, when Great Qin was founded, its strategy for Guandong was already set. How could it be changed so rashly?"

Zhao Ping also said: "Your Highness."

"Kwantung is a country with unruly people and ambitious ambitions. If a warehouse is built in Kantung, with the situation of the thieves in Kantung, if it falls into their hands one day, it will definitely become a serious problem for the imperial court. And if the imperial court wants to use this to clean up, it will have to pay more. cost."

"This is really inappropriate."

Others also echoed: "Your Highness, please think twice."

"Your Highness, you should put Great Qin as your top priority."

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Listening to the questions and objections of these economic ministers, Fusu's expression remained as usual, without any change.

When their voices gradually became quieter, Fusu said seriously: "How could Fusu not know the thoughts of the ministers? But just as Fusu did in the past and insisted on the same, Fusu always believes that the world After unification, there should no longer be distinctions between the old and new Qin people, let alone any rifts related to China and Guandong."

"Indeed."

"At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, it was necessary to strictly defend Kantung."

“But is Da Qin going to always be like this?”

"When will this end?"

heard.

Feng Quji said: "Your Highness, be careful what you say."

"I can understand His Highness's dissatisfaction. It's just that the rift between Guandong and Guanzhong has been around for a long time. It cannot be eased in ten years. It is impossible for the imperial court to treat Guandong like this all the time. But if you want the imperial court to relax its control over Guandong, at least wait until Guandong. Completely surrender, otherwise given the current situation in Kanto, giving more support to Kanto will undoubtedly be feeding a tiger into danger."

"So what the imperial court used to settle were all political scores." Fusu nodded and said, "Fusu just wants to ask, when will the political scores be settled? If we continue to treat them differently as they are now, can we really make Guandong and Guanzhong relax? Crack stitching?”

Fusu swept across the audience coldly.

No one dared to say anything.

No one dared to take up this topic.

Because they don't know either.

Fusu snorted coldly, with a flash of displeasure in his eyes, and said angrily: "The people present today are basically the ministers of economic affairs. It is your responsibility to be in charge of the economy. Then I ask you again, have you ever thought about this? Have you done the financial calculations?”

The hall became even quieter.

Zhang Cang's eyes moved slightly, with a strange color on his face.

He suddenly felt that Fusu was waiting, and Du He summoned these economic ministers together.

Fusu said indifferently: "Since you are unwilling to say it, then I, Fusu, have always had two account books to govern the world, one for economic accounts and one for political accounts. Major events in the world, and more The situation is dominated by political accounts.”

"Since the founding of the Qin Dynasty, various water conservancy projects have been built all over the world, such as the Great Wall, straight roads, etc."

"This is all a political score."

"Political aspects do not focus on the economic level, but only on the ultimate political gain."

“But sometimes it’s not enough to just look at the political ledger.”

“You have to take into account the economy.”

“I wanted to do the opposite this time.”

"Focus on economic accounts."

"I'm afraid everyone knows what I'm going to do."

"In the past, Da Qin only had one large general warehouse, namely Aocang."

"Aocang stores almost all the food collected by the Qin Dynasty. Imperial officials, local officials, and various financial expenditures are distributed from Aocang. In other words, Aocang is the real treasury of the Qin Dynasty."

"When the Qin Dynasty unified the world, it had 36 counties."

"Now it's County 48."

"The number in the county is as high as seven to eight hundred."

"For such a huge government agency, all the money and food expenditures come from one place. Just the losses on the road will be an astronomical figure. At the beginning of the founding of the country, Daqin's finances were barely full, and it could be like this, but now Daqin's finances are stretched thin. If we spend a lot of money and food on the road, is it not worth the gain?"

"It is undoubtedly exacerbating the ineffective loss of finances."

"Furthermore."

"Build a warehouse in Kanto."

"It can reduce a lot of road losses, and it will reduce a lot of burdens and expenses for the local area and the imperial court. In addition, I do propose to build a warehouse in Guandong, but my warehouse is just for use as a warehouse. In a temporary transit place, the grain, grass, salt and iron stored in it must be delivered to the place for up to a year, and it will never become the second Aocang."

"In this way, these warehouses have only become temporary warehouses. When the distribution of money and grain in Daqin is determined, the money, grain and other materials allocated by the local area will be moved away from these warehouses. As for the excess, they will be transported to Aocang. They will never If you stay in Kanto longer, you will undoubtedly have a lot less worries."

"The warehouses are dispersed and only materials are transferred, and no backlog or hoarding is carried out."

"Such a warehouse will do more harm than good to Da Qin."

heard.

The eyes of the ministers moved slightly.

They were speechless and speechless.

Fusu added: "Of course, economics and politics are often inseparable. If it only counts economics, why would I, Fusu, spend so much time and lock myself in the study for several days?"

"But my calculation of political scores is different from yours."

"I'm mixing in more economic accounts."

"Since the founding of the Qin Dynasty, fiscal expenditures have increased year after year, and the rents and taxes collected by local governments have become increasingly insufficient to support the country. Therefore, the court has imposed additional taxes year after year, causing the bottom class to suffer misery and complain. All of this stems from Huge financial shortfall.”

"It is not advisable to fish from all the marshes."

"I'm afraid you all have no idea how long Great Qin can continue to impose such high-pressure and extortionate measures. As the Minister of Economic Affairs, you may know the reason why Great Qin's finances are so stretched."

"The local government offices in Daqin have rarely been full since the founding of the country."

"Some unimportant official offices are just decorations."

"Under this situation, continuing to settle so-called political scores will not help at all. It will only make the situation worse and worse, and it will become more and more difficult to recover. So I, Fusu, want to reverse this trend and change this status quo." "So In the past few years, Fusu Ga has been committed to easing the conflicts between Kanto and the audience."

"I have always been interested in promoting scholars in Kanto, but compared to the corrupted Kanto, these changes have always been insignificant. However, I believe that as the imperial court gradually strengthens the rectification of Kanto, the situation in Kanto will get better and better."

"only."

"These actions of the imperial court will definitely arouse fear and uneasiness among more and more people."

"These people have double-minded intentions and will definitely take action accordingly."

"As for which forces are targeted, the ministers and I may have different views." Fusu shook his sleeves slightly, his eyes a little more dignified and solemn.

He said in a deep voice: "In your eyes, the most serious disease in the world is nobility and scholars."

"But in Fusu's eyes, in addition to nobles and scholars, there are also officials and powerful people at both ends of the local hierarchy. However, in the past, nobles and scholars were so rampant that many people ignored the real darkness at the bottom."

"As for why I am afraid of local officials and powerful people, I think you will be able to figure it out soon based on your knowledge."

Fusu looked at everyone with a half-smile.

Feng Quji and others looked at each other, and after thinking for a moment, they vaguely guessed something.

But none of them thought of taking the initiative to say it.

Fusu didn't care.

He looked around, but saw no tea, and there was a hint of disappointment in his eyes.

He shook his head and continued: "Under the governance system of the Qin Dynasty, or in other words, the political context of China, the government has always been the mainstay."

"The government decides everything in the world."

"In the past, most officials were from scholars. Whether they were powerful or merchants, they were mostly dependent on scholars."

"What I strongly advocate is to break the old local structure. This will definitely arouse the dissatisfaction of the old local forces."

"The most influential among them are local officials and powerful people."

"The reason is actually quite simple."

"They control the land and livelihoods that affect the livelihoods of tens of millions of people at the bottom."

"Land is the basis for the survival of the people at the bottom, but the real power control of local governments by officials is the throat that can curb the lives of the bottom."

"Da Qin has no control over either of these."

"Although local officials and powerful people are not as united as nobles and scholars, and it is difficult for them to really collude with each other, the imperial court has never effectively governed Guandong, which is always a huge hidden danger."

"You must not have the heart to harm others, and you must not have the heart to guard against others."

"How much more important matters related to national security?"

"In Fusu's view, there are actually three ways for local governments to unite powerful forces to fight against the imperial court."

"The first is to imitate the Tian family on behalf of Qi."

When they heard that Tian was on behalf of Qi, the expressions of everyone in the hall changed.

A look of horror appeared on his face.

How can you say this casually?
How can the powerful and local officials have such knowledge and ability?

Fu Su said calmly: "The main thing Tian Shi did on behalf of Qi was to fight out in big fights and in in small fights, and to reduce commissions to win over the people. However, due to financial problems, the imperial court had to increase taxes year after year. In comparison, there is no doubt that Being powerful is more popular."

"When the imperial court starts to impose more taxes in the future, they can easily point the finger at the imperial court and stir up dissatisfaction with the imperial court."

"Thus achieving the goal of bringing chaos to the world."

"Secondly, they used local customs and old concepts to criticize the Qin government and blame all local bad policies on the Qin government, which caused the local people to hate the Qin Dynasty deeply. As long as the big policies implemented by the imperial court, they would openly Support it, but oppose it behind your back.”

"If there is a drought and the court recommends digging a well, they will use the theory of ghosts and gods to ask the place to pray for rain, and then the rain will not come. They will blame the problem on the court, thinking that the court is disorderly, causing the world to have no rain, and the court will collect water. In exchange for money and food, they coerced local people, attacked the imperial court, fought against the imperial court, and even directly resisted with violence."

"These are things that can happen."

"The last one."

"It's because Da Qin is pressing harder and harder."

"These local entrenched forces colluded with the nobles and scholars to directly create riots in the local area."

"Land is the most fundamental wealth in the world."

"Controlling the land also means controlling the vast majority of the world's resources, and the head of Guizhou itself does not have much ability to bear risks, so in the end, it can only be 'officials force the people to rebel.'"

"Ministers, please don't doubt the evil of human nature."

"In the past, merchants dared to cause shipwrecks in Huai County for money and food. Now that their wealth and power are at stake, how can they not resist vigorously? Because of this, I want to build a warehouse in Guandong."

"For temporary storage."

"The purpose is to centralize the money, grain, salt, and iron under the control of the imperial court to minimize the space for local forces to intervene. At the same time, with the help of the transportation of materials and goods, we can investigate the attitude and opinions of local officials towards the imperial court, and then further begin to control the local affairs." The rectification and clean-up of the officialdom will completely eliminate the bad apples in the local officialdom."

"Guarantee the integrity of the place."

"However, it will undoubtedly take a lot of time and energy to break the old local structure in Kanto."

"And it is obviously not enough to just rely on the transfer of non-commissioned officers and the officials recruited by the Order of Talents to change the old local structure. And these people in the local area will not really sit back and wait for death. They may not be able to react in time in the front, but they will definitely do it later. Can react."

"Until then."

"Their reaction will be overwhelming."

"So it's impossible to directly attack the local area."

"We can only defeat them one by one."

"Start with the economic-related offices first. Firstly, we can increase the finances of the court. Secondly, we can also use this to win over other officials. The world is bustling with profit and gain. If you want to achieve something, you must pay the price first."

“Profit concessions are inevitable.”

Speaking of which.

A flash of disdain and coldness flashed in Fusu's eyes.

He said indifferently: "The court's concession of benefits is only temporary. It is not really a surrender, but to get back greater benefits."

"It's going to be a long time coming."

"The imperial court's attitude towards Guandong will be ambiguous."

"It means severe punishment, coupled with concessions, and then the imperial court benefits, and then concessions, and so on, gradually, the imperial court will gradually tear apart the old pattern of Guandong, completely control Guandong, and establish a truly effective system. , government orders come from the same government."

"Kandong will also be completely owned by Great Qin."

"No power will be left aside."

"This is Fusu's idea. Do you ministers have any opinions?"

Fusu looked at everyone in the field indifferently.

At this moment, the audience is silent.

Everyone lowered their heads and remained silent.

He seemed to be calculating in his mind the possibility of what Fusu did being possible.

(End of this chapter)