The Six Arts of the Gentleman in the Bright Moon of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 832: One Country for One Person [Please Subscribe*Please Pass]

Because King Jian of Qi's status was too noble, everyone only focused on his governance philosophy and his ability to control his subordinates, thus ignoring his own abilities.

As an emperor, instead of thinking about controlling the government and benefiting the people, he started to engage in business activities. In the words of Confucianism, this means he was not doing his job properly and was indulging himself in depravity.

Therefore, everyone subconsciously overlooked the fact that King Jian of Qi was actually a business genius.

Li Yao and Hei Bai Xuan Jian both shook their heads. Their intelligence only focused on the government affairs of Qi State, and they had not specifically learned about King Jian of Qi himself.

Ying Zheng also knew that Hei Bai Xuan Jian and Li Yao’s focus might not be on King Jian of Qi himself, and he pondered slightly, could the value of King Jian of Qi really be comparable to the wealth of the entire State of Qi?
Li Yao was also thinking about this question.

Bingzhou is willing to give up the entire wealth of Qi State in exchange for King Jian of Qi. Is King Jian of Qi really that valuable?
"No..." Li Yao suddenly realized, "Bingzhou wants Tian Jian, not Qi Wangjian!"

"Isn't it the same person?" Everyone else had concerns. Although they were the same, they would not take the initiative to say in the court that they did not understand.

Therefore, Hei Bai Xuan Jian became everyone's spokesperson and asked everyone's questions.

Ying Zheng was also looking at Li Yao, he didn't understand what it meant.

"The King of Qi is the King of Qi, and Tian Jian is Tian Jian!" Li Yao was also thinking about how to explain it clearly.

"?" As expected, no one understood and looked confused.

"That's right. Putting aside his status as the King of Qi, King Jian of Qi is still the largest merchant in the entire State of Qi, the King of Merchants. He controls half of the trade routes in the entire State of Qi and even the entire world."

"It's like Zongzheng. In addition to being one of the Nine Ministers of Qin, he is also the patriarch of the Ying clan, the largest noble family in the entire Qin State."

Li Yao suddenly saw Ying Xi and knew how to explain it to everyone.

Putting aside his identity as the King of Qi, Tian Jian was also the largest businessman in the entire State of Qi and the man behind the world's number one merchant.

After Li Yao's explanation, everyone understood.

The monarch is the monarch, and aside from his identity as a monarch, he is also the head of the largest family in the entire country.

After the Qin State destroyed the Qi State, it naturally would not let the Tian clan go.

The question is, is there any humanity left between King Jian of Qi and the Tian clan?

After Tian Fazhang, the royal family of Qi severed all ties with their clan relatives, and all business and personal relationships were also cut off.

Even if the Qin State killed all the relatives of the Tian family, it would not affect King Jian of Qi's ability to live well.

At least the State of Qin did not dare to kill King Jian of Qi, and King Jian of Qi would live better than other princes.

Because he had money and a trading company, these could not be taken away by the Qin State.

Bingzhou asked for King Jian of Qi, not just Tian Jian as a person, but also the business companies and business networks that he controlled.

"Qin State took away the wealth accumulated by Qi State for generations, and Bingzhou took away the trade routes that Qi State had operated for many years. Isn't that too much?"

Yan Yan looked at Li Yao with a smile. He didn't expect Li Yao to react so quickly.

However, Bingzhou wanted King Jian of Qi not only because of the Qi royal merchants and business connections behind him, but also because of King Jian of Qi himself.

In later generations, King Jian of Qi was not only the head of the government of Qi, but also the chairman of the largest state-owned enterprise group in Qi.

However, what Yan Yan was interested in was not King Jian of Qi's identity, but the identity of chairman.

The Qi royal family was beaten to a pulp, corrupt officials were everywhere, but the Qi treasury was still full of money. This shows that King Jian of Qi was running the state-owned enterprise group of Qi very well.

Therefore, it was a bit of a waste of talent to transfer King Jian of Qi from managing the Qi State Enterprise Group to managing the Bingzhou State Enterprise Group. "After destroying Qi and unifying the Central Plains, what Qin needed was not Qi's trading companies and trade that could not be directly converted into cash, but the cash flow accumulated by Qi for generations. If the trading companies of the nobles and royal family of Qi were directly converted into cash, it would be a bit of a waste."

"So, Bingzhou can pay to buy these!"

Yan Yan said with a smile.

Destruction is much more difficult than reconstruction.

If Bingzhou could retain as many of Qi's trading companies and trade routes as possible, it would be a good thing for Bingzhou and the world.

How many people in Qin State know how to do business?

But Qi State is everywhere!

But does the Qin State dare to trust these merchants?
The Qin State doesn't dare to do it, but Bingzhou does!
Even if Bingzhou just dropped a hint, these profit-seeking merchants would be grateful and move their families to Bingzhou, reopen trade routes for Bingzhou, and promote economic prosperity of the entire world.

With the production squeeze in each workshop in Bingzhou, has the world really been saturated?
No, it’s because they can’t be transported out. There is no one to send these things out of Bingzhou and deliver them to those who need them.

It’s not so bad now, Qin can take over all the production line output in Bingzhou, but Qin will eventually reach saturation.

Bingzhou has technological innovations provided by the Mohists, and its production capacity has been increasing continuously. When the Qin market is saturated, the prices of all commodities will drop accordingly, resulting in overcapacity.

What Bingzhou needs to do is to expand the trade routes before the markets in Qin and Bingzhou's surrounding areas become saturated, so that all produced goods can flow into the entire Chinese market.

Bingzhou could not do these things as it did not have that many merchants. However, Qi could fill this gap in Bingzhou very well.

Li Yao quickly calculated in her mind whether it was worth it.

Once the Central Plains was unified, what Qin lacked most was cash flow.

If Qin could annex Qi, the most likely thing it would do is sell off all of Qi's trading companies and use the cash flow to replenish the empty treasury.

Although Li Yao is also aware of the disadvantages of doing so, this is the fundamental principle.

The army went to war and fought for years, and the Qin treasury was actually empty long ago.

If he hadn't been using Bingzhou's trade to replenish his blood, Han and Zhao would never have been able to survive with so many people.

In Li Yao's heart, she actually didn't want to exhaust all the resources like this.

If there were other options, he would also dissuade Qin from doing so.

"Okay!" Li Yao looked at Ying Zheng and nodded slightly.

If Bingzhou accepted Qi's merchants, first of all it would help Qin stabilize the people's morale in Qi. Secondly, the prosperity of Bingzhou's commerce would also be beneficial to the unified Qin.

Bingzhou lacks merchants and travelers, and so does Qin.

The similarities between Qin and Bingzhou are that they both established their countries through military force, enriched their countries and strengthened their armies. They had many capable and skilled generals, but lacked other talents in governing the country and managing the market.

If possible, Li Yao even thought that after obtaining a certain amount of cash flow from Bingzhou, Qin could also take the opportunity to take over some of Qi's business travel and trading companies.

Ying Zheng didn’t understand these things, but Li Yao did, so he could trust Li Yao unconditionally.

"If the Emperor is willing to exchange the entire State of Qi for King Jian of Qi, I have no objection!" Ying Zheng finally made the decision.

As for the tricks involved, after the meeting, at a small internal meeting of the Qin State, Li Yao would explain it to him privately.

(End of this chapter)