Great Qin had a prosperous age

Chapter 566: Money can’t be spent (please subscribe! Reward!)
"What happened to the two brothers Zhang Han, Feng Quji, and Mengshi."

Wei Ji knew that this incident actually hit Qin II hard in the face, so he was very anxious about it.But he still took his time.

Don't think that only the emperor tests his ministers. More often, it is the ministers who test the emperor.It is not that there are many ministers but few emperors, but that the emperor system has developed to this day. In terms of etiquette and law, the emperor's power is supreme and he can kill whoever he wants.

Ministers should always keep their eyes open before deciding whether to serve this person.

When the birds are gone, the good bow is hidden; when the cunning rabbit dies, the lackeys are cooked.This is true in ancient times.

If the emperor is a person who has no independent opinions, treacherous officials will make the emperor dizzy just by saying some nice things; if the emperor is headstrong, self-righteous, and cannot listen to honest advice, no one will be loyal to such an emperor; if the emperor is eager for success, ignores and abuses Power will be exploited by others.

There are so many truths in the world, no matter how sophisticated the skills of governing a country or a family, no matter how sophisticated they are, they will all fall back on people in the end.

Wei Ji smiled and said:

"Don't worry, Your Majesty."

The people of the Wei family have always kept a low profile. This time when they entered the court, they invited Mao Jiao, the admonishing official, and even worked hard to show up.

However, Wei Zhuang only gave birth to one of his sons, and he claimed that he could not give birth to his son.

Now it seems that his son has obtained the true inheritance of Wei Zheng.

Look at him deliberately trying to seduce his own appetite. I am the emperor, and he clearly did this intentionally to test my temper.

The second generation had no choice but to relax and listen to the new old man's chatter.

But the first thing Wei Ji said when he spoke was to stare into II's eyes and say:

"Tingwei Li Si committed suicide——"

Seeing that the second generation looked calm, he was not moved at all.Wei Ji sighed, he was worthy of being a member of the royal family, and he has become sophisticate and ruthless at such a young age.

Wei Ji raised his head to the sky, stroked his beard, and continued talking.

"After that, Meng Yi was worshiped by His Majesty as Tingwei. In the court, the first prime minister, Wang Wan, and my father were the prime minister, and the other was the censor. My father was dismissed because he said something wrong, which caused dissatisfaction with the late emperor. After that, His Majesty ordered Let Shaofu Feng Quji take over as the censor, and Zhang Han be the new Shaofu."

"But Yushi Mengtian was still the internal historian at that time and was responsible for managing the counties in Xianyang City. The late emperor established counties all over the country and transferred all the Qin officials from surrounding counties to outside the pass. Only the children of aristocratic families made the decisions inside the pass. Yushi Meng was upright and dedicated to serving the emperor. . The New Deal was issued, but those taxes were not in compliance with the law at all."

"But Captain Zhang Han had no choice. He once went to ask my father for advice on how to deal with this expense. At that time, the Guanzhong standard system was designated as a national policy. If His Majesty really wants to implement the Guanzhong standard system, he must make the Guanzhong standard system Everyone has adequate food and clothing, and their warehouses are full of rice and grain."

"But Guanzhong is already densely populated. If we leave the food and grass of the people in Guanzhong uncollected and wait for transfers from remote areas, there is no way to maintain the many projects in the center. Even if we finally wait, many people will have starved to death."

"And just for the 70 prisoners, if they were to starve to death, they would consume [-] kilograms of food every day. There are also Jiuyuan Plank Road to transport food and grass. Moreover, there are many projects built in Xianyang City, including the reconstruction of Xianyang Palace and the establishment of an imperial city. , to establish the Imperial Academy, to build official residences, classrooms, and all these things will cost a lot of money and food."

"Money can be remade in the DPRK and China, but if it is only for rewards and not for circulation, it will only hit the economy objectively. As for food, it cannot be turned over at all, so it can only be paid from the surrounding areas."

[The economy of the Qin Dynasty was severely hit. Even if the high-ranking officials and nobles had money, they could not spend it. The actual situation was that the people were in dire straits.The policies formulated by high-level officials in the past dynasties are actually objectively in line with people's livelihood needs, but in actual implementation, the old disasters have not been eliminated, and new hidden dangers have arisen. 】

After hearing this, Fusu naturally raised his forehead. The implementation of the Guanzhong standard system was not at all the situation that was preached in the palace.And Ying Zheng suppressed all these things himself.

But unknowingly, Er Er and Wei Ji were sitting at the same table, but the two of them didn't care about it at all, even skipping the clichés.Lang Wei on one side saw this, and all of them raised their eyes to see this rare scene.But the second generation actually looked at Wei Ji with a pious look on his face, which was rare in the past.This made Wei Ji a very evil person in the eyes of everyone, and the second generation was actually fascinated by such a person.

"Do you think the late emperor knew about this?"

Wei Ji put away his smile.

"The late emperor used to appoint Zhao Gao as his lieutenant, and he had a wide range of eyes and ears. It is impossible for the late emperor to know nothing about such an incident involving so many important ministers."

Wei Ji continued:
"General Meng Tian is upright by nature and insists on implementing all His Majesty's decrees. What the decree says is the percentage of taxation, which is the percentage of taxation. But Zhang Han received teachings from his father and went to seek advice from the late Prime Minister Feng. After returning, he insisted on the past policy."

"Inner history Meng Tian only received [-]% of the grain, and only handed over [-]% of the grain to Zhang Han. Zhang Han knew that with Meng Tian's personality, he would bring this matter to the court. If this matter was made public, There are people in the court who oppose the Guanzhong standard system, and it will be difficult to abolish the military merit system."

"Therefore, Zhang Han Shaofu thought of a way. He deliberately let the inner history Meng Tian say that he was greedy for ink and provoked Meng Tian, ​​so that Meng Tian directly wrote a letter to sue the Shaofu Zhang Han. Not found."

"Censor Feng Quji was supervising all the officials. When something like this happened in the court, Feng Quji spread the word that the two Meng brothers had united to bully the young man. The Meng family was already very popular in the court, and Meng Wu protected them. Commander-in-Chief, if something like this happened, Father Meng would naturally go to His Majesty in person to apologize."

"But not long after this incident, the Huns caused trouble, and General Meng Tian was sent to the front line. His Majesty also ordered Zhang Han to serve as internal historian and be in charge of surrounding taxes. As for Zhou County's lawsuits and prison cases, Tingwei was in charge. So. Only then did I clarify this matter.”

Doesn’t this mean that the First Emperor secretly allowed such things to continue to happen?But in name, the emperor was implementing preferential policies towards Guanzhong.

The implementation of this Guanzhong standard system is only superficial, no wonder it has no effect.

No wonder that when he succeeded to the throne, all the ministers pretended to be respectful.

The second generation suddenly felt ridiculous.I am like a person who sings an ideal, and I am so excited about it, but when this ideal falls on all the people in the world, it is like spring snow, which falls quickly and melts quickly.Not only did it not quench the thirst of the world, but it made all the people even more anxious.

However, although Fusu hated Feng Quji for beating him up at a critical moment, Fusu also found out the temperament of these four people through this incident.

Feng Quji was basically ordered by the emperor to falsely accuse and reprimand the Meng brothers, and the Meng brothers thought that the emperor was deceived by Feng Quji, and they later eased their relationship with Feng because they wanted to understand this matter.Feng took the blame for the First Emperor, and she was of one heart and one mind with the First Emperor.

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