Prime Minister of Great Qin

Listening to the prospects described by Ji Heng, Ying Sinian's eyes lit up.

If this is really the case, how can there be another alien intention in Guandong? Isn’t the world of Da Qin impregnable?

Only Hu Hai frowned.

He clearly remembered that Ji Heng said it more than once.

There is no such thing as the best of both worlds.

What's the cost?

Seeing that Ji Heng didn't speak, Hu Hai took the initiative to ask: "Everything in the world is for profit and gain. If so many people benefit, who will benefit less?"

Ji Heng looked at Hu Hai with a strange look on his face and couldn't help but smile. Hu Hai was very wary, but his wariness was over. He smiled and said: "Hu Hai, you are a little surprised now. This move seems to be true." Everyone in the world can benefit from it, but what you see is actually after the war. What if you look at it from before the war? The interests they had in the past were divided among the nobles, local officials, powerful squires, and scholars of the six countries. ."

"If the world's wealth were fixed."

"In the past, a large part of Guandong fell into the hands of the nobles and powerful men of the six countries. After the war, it was just the imperial court that took this part into its hands, and then distributed part of the benefits to the people in the name of 'post-war reconstruction' The lower level of Guandong took the coins so that they could recover as soon as possible, and the lower level of Kantong took the coins and initially could only buy the grain, commodities, etc. dumped from Guanzhong, thus further digesting the coins."

"This move is indeed beneficial to many parties."

"This."

"This is the meaning of the imperial court decentralizing the power of minting and Meng Yi nationalizing the fields in Guandong."

"The purpose is to allow the imperial court to have enough money to rebuild Guandong and maintain the huge system of Da Qin."

"It's easier to do things if you have money."

"in short."

"Da Qin divided Guandong and Guanzhong."

"The whole of Guandong is making wedding clothes for Da Qin. Even more than ten years after the war, Guandong will still squeeze Guanzhong due to production efficiency. This scissor gap will take at least ten years for Guandong to catch up."

"What Da Qin has to do is improve Guanzhong's production efficiency."

"To prevent Da Qin from being affected by the war, even if the production situation in Guandong is greatly reduced, with the significant improvement in Guanzhong, the production situation of the entire Da Qin will not be affected at all. Then the imperial court is spreading money to Guandong, so that the production in Guanzhong A large amount of goods were sold to Guandong, and more commercial taxes were obtained, so that the rent and taxes collected by Da Qin would not be reduced due to the war."

"Wait until the population of Kanto gradually increases."

"The rent and taxes that Da Qin can collect will only be more."

"And then ensure the normal operation of the court."

"With the war in Guandong, the imperial court could indeed make a fortune. It could not only recover a large amount of fields, but also a large amount of coins, as well as a large amount of copper mines. However, it is impossible for the imperial court to always use the copper mines to forge coins. It is impossible to maintain such a large amount of external income forever, and we will eventually have to rely on the most basic rent and taxes.”

"Rent and taxation are the foundation of the stability of the Qin regime."

"And Da Qin's system has a huge demand for money and food."

"If the amount of rent and taxes collected is reduced due to the war, no matter how much money and food the imperial court has in the treasury, it will not be able to withstand the recovery and consumption for more than ten years. It is not advisable to sit back and have nothing, so it can only do its best on the original basis. Maintain the status quo and increase rents and taxes in the long term."

"I want stable collections."

"Looking at the world, there are only two ways."

“Either increase the population or increase production efficiency.”

"After the war, the population has withered. Even if it wants to recover, it will take at least ten years. And after more than ten years, the rent and taxes that Da Qin can collect are still the same as in the past. It is still not enough to maintain this huge system. Therefore, it is really The only way is to improve productivity."

“Let commodity money circulate.”

"Then more high business taxes will be charged."

"In the old situation, a piece of cake as big as a bowl was shared by the world. As the population increases, the share that each person can get will only become smaller and smaller, and eventually more and more people will be dissatisfied. Then the world continued to grow in turmoil.”

"Now, here is the method I propose."

"It is to continue to make the pie bigger, so that even if the population increases, the number of dissatisfied people can be greatly reduced."

"This will buy the world more time for peace."

"but."

Ji Heng paused for a moment and said in a serious voice: "It is good to increase production efficiency, but the population that Daqin can feed is limited, and the consumption of goods is also limited. As the production efficiency of Guandong increases day by day, eventually Great Qin will gradually experience a surplus of goods, and then Great Qin may have to continue the next phase of its conquest."

"Artificially opening a hole for commodity dumping."

“The Huns, Baiyue and beyond.”

"This is just one direction for Da Qin in the future."

"If Da Qin really wants to embark on this road, it still has a long way to go."

"Maybe hundreds of years, even hundreds of years."

"And even longer."

"Moreover, improving production efficiency is not as simple as imagined. It requires cumulative growth over time. This is why I asked Fusu to build schools all over the world and prepare to promote a higher-level Imperial College in the future."

"Select the truly usable talents from the tens of millions of people in the world and let them go forward."

"Thus laying the foundation for the long-term prosperity of the Qin Dynasty."

"As for why I would make such a suggestion, it is because in this era of great strife, the world has accumulated a lot of technology and experience over hundreds of years, but it has not been truly promoted and practiced."

"If the Qin court can take advantage of it, I don't know how much the production situation in Guanzhong will increase, but it will definitely increase by at least 20 to 30% compared to the past. In this case, Da Qin can accomplish more things with a smaller population, and can also Get greater value.”

"And this is what the Great Qin Court must consider now."

"Nowadays, everyone in the world is focusing on the war in Guandong, but few people have noticed that if the financial problems that Daqin is about to face cannot be properly resolved, it will inevitably endanger the operation of the court, and the war in Guandong will be chaotic. , which reduced the imperial court's great burden. There are more than thirty counties in Guandong and five to six hundred counties. Such a huge official system requires a huge amount of annual salary. "

"To a large extent, the imperial court does not have to spend money now." "Although it cannot collect money, this revenue and expenditure is actually beyond its means."

"But once the world is reunited."

"The financial gap will be completely opened."

"And this gap will get bigger and bigger, and it won't be able to be filled for at least several decades. After decades of not being able to make ends meet, and with rewards and rewards, it will be difficult for Great Qin to sustain itself."

"So, running a country is largely about one thing."

"Just making money!"

"Only when you have money can you govern the country."

"Without money, empty talk will only harm the country."

Ying Sinian cupped his hands and said, "Student, remember."

Ji Heng shook his head.

He waved his hand and said: "You are young and mature, but your vision is too narrow and you are more impulsive. The current situation of Da Qin is actually very good. The financial pressure on Guandong has been greatly reduced with the war, and the imperial court only sent ten troops. With tens of thousands of soldiers, the burden on the imperial court is actually not big, and in addition, there are still those who have been defeated, so the pressure is even less."

"As long as the technology and experience accumulated over the past hundreds of years are really vigorously studied, and the people of the Mohist family can retract their attention from astronomy and return to their old profession, there is still a lot to be done."

"As long as we can improve food production, various ore production, transportation efficiency, etc., Da Qin will have a bright future."

"After all, after the war, the population will explode, and with the promotion of technology, more people can be fed. This can be regarded as a positive cycle. As long as Daqin honestly stops doing all kinds of tricks, It can last for at least fifty or sixty years, or even longer."

"As for how to avoid a sharp decline after the rising period, it depends on the wisdom of Da Qin Chaotang."

"Either we continue to improve our technology, or we have no choice but to expand externally."

"But you have to consider this yourself."

"I won't say any more."

"If you don't break it, you won't stand it. If you break it, you will stand it."

"The Qin Dynasty is essentially a militaristic empire with a wild desire for expansion. However, war is a continuation of politics. If it cannot gain political and economic benefits, meaningless expansion will actually be worth the loss. If you want to seek When it comes to political and economic interests, we must make technological breakthroughs. Only with technological breakthroughs can Great Qin seek the greatest benefits at the lowest cost."

"perhaps."

"One day, wherever the sun and moon shine, and wherever rivers reach, it will be the land of Qin."

"All the people in the world are the people of Qin."

Hear the words.

Ying Sinian couldn't help but stare.

Then there was a burst of excitement and excitement.

This is the courage and domineering that Great Qin should have.

Only Hu Hai frowned. He glanced at Ji Heng suspiciously, but felt a little weird.

Ji Heng seemed to talk a little too much.

This doesn't look like Ji Heng's daily style.

But he also had to admit that the grand plan described by Ji Heng was very fascinating.

It is also very feasible.

As long as technology can be improved, Great Qin will always be on the rise. If it cannot be improved, it will expand externally. This will also relieve the situation for a while. If it still does not work, it is almost time for the empire to turn from prosperity to decline.

If future emperors are talented and capable, it may not be impossible to achieve the ZTE.

And this paved the way for the Qin Dynasty for at least a hundred years.

Even longer.

Ying Sinian and Hu Hai left the house.

Ji Heng sat alone on the recliner, with a look of desolation in his eyes.

This life.

He lost after all.

The so-called Zhou Qin change was actually a scam.

He finally got involved with his own life.

The only thing that made Ji Heng somewhat gratified was that at least he didn't let this chaos last too long, and it didn't really affect the entire world. He could also be regarded as pointing out the future development direction and the way forward for the world.

But others.

He couldn't do it anymore.

Ji Heng took out a piece of paper from under the case.

Add a little bit of ink and start putting pen to paper.

He writes slowly.

When he finished writing the last word "win", Ji Heng threw out the brush in his hand and collapsed on the recliner. (End of chapter)