My son, Fusu, please abdicate the first emperor!

Chapter 819 Humph, what’s the point of me raising you?

Thinking of this, Fusu felt inexplicably unhappy.

"In this great Qin Empire, there are seventeen states and twenty-three counties. Excluding those who escaped or lied, there are still more than 50 million people left. Each person earns at least thirty coins a year."

"After all the calculations, the huge income is hundreds of millions. Since the beginning of the year in the Great Qin Empire, it should have been 1 billion by now."

"When it comes to me, there will only be one million dollars left."

"If you let me inherit the throne, you will leave me one million dollars."

Qin II couldn't help but think of the bitterness of the past. His father even took his money. This was really overreaching.

Roars were heard from the Zhangtai Palace, and the palace maids and eunuchs all fell facefirst to the ground.

To be honest, the emperor was so miserable, but they wanted to laugh.

How could such a thing happen in the emperor's family?

You have to know that the reason they were sent to the palace was because their ancestors and parents were not good people and did not do good deeds. So they started to suffer in this generation. Their ancestors and parents had almost destroyed their virtues and spent all their money, and finally it was their children and grandchildren's turn to suffer.

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Seeing that the emperor was getting angrier and angrier as he spoke, Meng Tian, ​​the general couldn't help but touch the back of his head.

Is His Majesty really the same His Majesty he knows?

At this moment, a man in Yuzhen Palace smelled a strong pungent odor in front of the alchemy furnace and coughed continuously for a long time.

During the days when he abdicated and devoted himself to cultivating immortality, Qin Shi Huang thought about state affairs every day.

He was very curious about one thing: his son reduced taxes and burdens and gave the people a break, so where did the money come from?

I hope this kid won't slap himself in the face.

In Zhangtai Palace, Qin II was furious about money.

"My kingdom, but you only left me one million!"

Fusu stamped his feet in anger, looking at Meng Tian standing aside with a dazed expression. Thinking of the image he had created in front of others in the past, Fusu straightened his clothes, and his original anger turned into worry. He said worriedly, "With such a small amount of money, it is not enough for the soldiers' food and wages this year."

"I also want to reorganize the troops and build a strong army, but where can I get the money?"

Qin II sat down, frowning his brows, looking very worried.

Meng Tian looked at the emperor and broke out in a sweat.

It was like a newlywed wife who had just been married into the family and saw her husband's true face for the first time. She felt a huge difference in her heart, but the matter was done and it was too late for her to regret.

However, Meng Tian's first reaction was not regret, but surprise.

He didn't expect that Daqin's economy was so bad.

The economy is people’s livelihood, and people’s livelihood is the economy.

The economy is so bad, one can imagine what kind of life the common people live.

Meng Tian had been leading troops to fight and carry out missions over the years. He saw that the people lived a very hard life, but he did not expect that under the premise that the people's lives were so hard, there was actually no money in the Qin treasury.

Logically speaking, since so much money has been taken from the people, there should be more than enough money in the treasury.

As a result, we were in debt year after year.

According to the Emperor's wishes, the Qin treasury only turned from deficit to surplus this year.

This surplus is actually equivalent to barely breaking even.

What kind of era is this?

"Your Majesty, please don't be angry." Meng Tian looked at Fusu. He didn't know what to say to appease the emperor at this time.

However, after understanding the situation, Meng Tian's attitude towards Qin Shihuang began to subtly change.

In the Qin Empire, there were too many ministers like Meng Tian who firmly followed Qin Shihuang. If Qin Shihuang had not been soft-hearted and took the initiative to retreat, it would have been impossible for all the ministers to support Fusu in an orderly manner.

However, as Fusu implemented governance, the personal worship of Qin Shihuang in the minds of court officials gradually began to be completely broken, and a group of Qin Shihuang's most staunch followers also began to waver in their beliefs.

That is, what is the significance of establishing an unprecedented centralized system state that can bring together all human and material resources to the greatest extent?
Meng Tian fell into silence.

For some reason, he never thought about these issues in the past.

Meng Tian suddenly visited Fusu and asked him for money to build a standing army, but Fusu really couldn't afford it.

Looking at Meng Tian's departing back, the Second Emperor felt very uncomfortable.

First, military construction is indeed a big problem. Fusu had long expected Meng Tian to come to this matter, because the problem of insufficient military expenditure was very serious in the early days of Qin Shihuang's reign. Since the attack on Chu, the treasury of the Qin Empire has been exhausted.

Therefore, the reason why Qin Shihuang opposed to dividing the land of Chu was not only because of his obsession with unification, but also because he was reluctant to give it up.

In order to conquer the State of Chu, he emptied out all his family's wealth and spent every last penny. Now he wanted to divide the land among meritorious officials of other surnames. Not to mention Qin Shihuang, even Fusu was reluctant at first, but for the long-term interests, he had to do so.

Although I expected Meng Tian to come to discuss this matter with me, I didn't expect him to come so soon.

Fusu was totally unprepared for this.

Even a skilled cook cannot cook without rice.

What’s more, he is a man who wants to do great things, let alone Fusu, the supreme ruler of the world.

If it gets out, people will find it ridiculous.

The emperor of the Qin Dynasty has no money left.

The construction of the army is related to resisting the Hu people. People can never predict God's mood. If he wants floods, there will be floods; if he wants earthquakes, there will be earthquakes; if he wants droughts, there will be droughts.

The Hu people depended on the weather for their livelihood. If the weather was abnormal in a certain year, the Qin people living in the north would be in trouble and would be severely attacked.

Since it was related to national defense issues, Qin II was naturally worried.

In addition to spending money on military defense, the country also needs money for other projects.

To open a factory, you need money to give money to the people. Only when the people have money can they buy the products produced by the empire. Only when they buy the products can the country receive taxes, and only when they receive taxes can they do this and that.

But the problem is that in this huge logical chain, if the funds needed in the first link cannot be obtained, then the subsequent links cannot be carried out.

When he was the crown prince, Fusu fantasized every day about how he would deal with problems in the future.

After becoming the emperor, Fusu felt that he could not be the emperor for even a day. Every day, there were endless things to deal with.

However, in life, every difficulty must be overcome.

Fusu knew that everything would be difficult when he first ascended the throne, but if he gritted his teeth and got through this critical period, everything would be fine.

Soon, Qin II summoned the three dukes and nine ministers to a meeting.

The significance of this small meeting is naturally very important. How Qin will get its money in the next few years depends entirely on the advice of the people at this meeting.

Whether or not they can solve the first link in this major cycle of economic and people's livelihood depends entirely on whether they can come up with an appropriate solution.

There are actually many ways to make money, and there are no less than a hundred of them in the Qin Dynasty's criminal law. But it is difficult to comply with human nature and laws, not harm the people, and not cause trouble to future generations.

Feng and his son did not express their opinions first this time, so it was Wang Wan who had to speak up. Wang Wan was once the prime minister of the Qin Dynasty. He and Wei Zhuang had been working together to maintain the economy and organize grain for Qin Shi Huang.

In the past, the two of them often complained in the granary about Qin Shihuang's bad habits.

In the end, nothing could be done to stop the situation, and it developed to the worst possible situation - the treasury was empty, and every link in the economic cycle of the people was severely damaged. The value of currency is maintained by something intangible - credit.

But there is no credibility left in the empire now.

Moreover, although the Qin Empire is unifying its currency, not only is there a big problem with the currency now, the problem of currency circulation is even more serious.

People have money but cannot spend it, so it is useless to earn it.

It is unbelievable that people in rural areas actually rely on barter to make a living.

When Wang Wan thought about the actual situation, he couldn't even open his mouth because he didn't know where to start.

Finally, Wang Wan sighed and said this.

"If the Emperor had listened to me earlier, things wouldn't be like this today."

Feng Quji looked at Wang Wan and said, "This is my fault. What you mean is that when you were the prime minister, the treasury was fine, but when I was the prime minister, the treasury had problems."

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Wei Liao put his hands in his sleeves, lowered his head and said nothing.

The position of Grand Censor is now held by Feng Jie.

Since the four dukes hadn't spoken yet, the senior ministers naturally couldn't say anything either. They all lowered their heads.

The emperor looked at the lifeless group of people sitting together. He looked at them one by one and asked Zheng Guo, "Shang Qingguo, is it so hot in the Zhangtai Palace? I saw you have been wiping your sweat since you entered the door."

Zheng Guo stood up suddenly and said, "Your Majesty, please forgive me. I...I was wearing too much when I came here today."

Fusu looked at Zheng Guo and wondered in his heart, was this guy doing this intentionally or deliberately?
Is he expressing his dissatisfaction with me in this way?

When I'm angry, I find everyone I see disgusting.

"Sit down." Fusu looked towards the beams of the hall.

Zheng Guo sat down, but he had already decided to hand in his resignation.

As early as the beginning of Qin II's reign, he was thinking about whether he should abdicate early.

Zheng Guo knew Qin II very well, and he and Qin II were not of the same kind.

Qin Shi Huang liked to pretend to be confused, and he himself was a little confused; but Qin Er Shi was pretending to be confused, but he was not confused in his heart.

Zheng Guo was very clear that he and Qin II had different views on the politics of monarch and minister.

Qin Shi Huang was a man who believed that if you worked for me, I would give you benefits. He would do anything to achieve his goal. He was willing to associate with some immoral people.

Qin II was different. He would dislike immoral people, but would use them, and when they were done using them, he would get rid of them.

To be a subject of Qin Shi Huang, you only need to consider one thing: to fulfill Qin Shi Huang's will and do good things for him.

But being a minister to Qin II was difficult. As a minister, one had to abandon his own selfish desires, curb his own power, and not only serve the emperor, but also take responsibility for the people.

This was too much to ask of him, he couldn't do it.

Moreover, Qin II was unwilling to tolerate corruption. From the time he chose people like Zhang Cang and Cao Shen to handle economic accounts, many ministers knew that their integrity would be ruined in their later years.

The emperor is short of money now, so he may have to crack down on corrupt officials again.

Although he had embezzled a lot of money in the past, the emperor still appointed honest officials to trace old accounts and find out every penny in the treasury.

So the hall was filled with a strong smell of incense smoke and steaming hot air. The pores on his nostrils opened and sweat kept dripping out.

He originally thought he could get by for a while, but he was caught by the emperor and scolded just because he was sitting there and wiping his sweat.

This shows my status in the eyes of Qin II. Alas, I'd better leave.

"Why aren't you talking?"

"Humph--"

"Aren't they all very smart on weekdays? Why do they all become silent when the country is in trouble?"

Even though these ministers are silent today, they had many clever ideas when they were trying to amuse Qin Shi Huang and even when they were trying to suppress the common people.

It is not wrong to say that Qin Shi Huang was instigated by them to weaken the people.

This era, from top to bottom, is filled with a strong sense of unease. The king does not trust the people, the people do not trust people of the same class, and basically they are hurting each other.

The conflict between officials and the people is the most serious.

Except for a few loyal ministers who stayed behind, most of the virtuous officials of the Qin Empire were forced to leave.

The ideas they come up with always have the same theme: how to make the people weaker and weaker and leave them powerless to resist.

But when the topic changed, they stopped talking.

"I really don't know, what's the point of me raising you?"

Feng Quji and his son Feng Jie were also ashamed.

Although they had known that this was Fusu's nature, after hearing these words, the two of them could not help but scold the emperor in their hearts, saying that the emperor was simply heartless.

Seeing that the situation was not good, ministers such as Zong Zheng lowered their hats even lower, for fear of being seen by the emperor.

At this time, Xiao He proposed a solution, "I think we can ask the princes and ministers to raise money."

When the ministers heard this, their eyes popped out.

They all looked at Xiao He.

They all looked at him, wondering if he was mentally ill or if he was dissatisfied with his life being too long.

Only then did Qin II look at Xiao He.

He finally made some difference.

Fusu had always been worried that Xiao He would not be able to play his due role, otherwise a hundred years later, the dream he told the public about Pei County might be fabricated by bad people to make it sound like he was going there to seek pleasure from prostitutes.

He went there to invite talented people. If Xiao He could not prove his ability, it would damage his prestige and mystery in the eyes of his subjects.

So far, the only person who dreamed of a wise prime minister and then went to look for him was the great Shang King Wu Ding.

At this time, Zong Zheng stood up.

"Your Majesty, how can this be possible?"

"Your Majesty, you know that there are thousands of people in my family. The salary alone can barely support the livelihood of my family. How can we have extra money to donate?"

The other ministers immediately agreed.

"Yes, Your Majesty, yes, Your Majesty."

Feng Quji's cheeks puffed up with anger. He was really ashamed to associate with these people. If he didn't want to associate with them, then he didn't have to. They were grown-ups, but they could still tell such lies. They had no shame.

(End of this chapter)