warring states careerist

Chapter 290 Extreme Thirst Brings Liquor and Wine Contains Poison ([-])
In this world, if there is something that sounds absurd and difficult to achieve, but it happens to be achievable, Zhao Zhi'ai feels that it can be trusted if it comes from the mouth of the Mohist.

Although he was amazed at the saying that the treasury is getting more and more abundant without spending money, but since it was said by the person in front of him, Zhao Zhiai just listened quietly and did not refute.

After listening to a passage, Zhao Zhi'ai felt that it seemed to be a win-win situation, and it sounded like it was really harmless to Chu State.

This time I asked the Mohists for help, and the help methods I gave can be roughly divided into two.

Hiring the Mo family to help repair and improve Yingdu's city defense system, since this is a job, it must be paid.

Help strengthen the defensive force of the Luguan Great Wall defense line, increase the probability of defending the direction of the Luguan Fangcheng, and provide long-range projection and throwing weapons of sufficient scale.

At the beginning, it seems that there are not many, but the succession crisis of the Chu State cannot be resolved within a year or two, and there will be a steady stream of external support after that.

Money, food, supplies, weapons...

All of this is a sum that is difficult for the current king of Chu to pay, because he still needs to deal with future wars.

The method of repaying the loan given by Shi Shi to buy weapons seems a little strange to Zhao Zhiai.

The interest was mortgaged with the goods tax. From then on, for 15 years, the Mohists hoped that the king of Chu would give the Mohism tax-free copper festival.

In the early years of the Warring States Period, the collection of peer tax and commodity tax had already been popularized in various countries.

Although the king of Chu lacked the ability to centralize power, the scope of real jurisdiction was not large, and the ability to collect peer taxes was not strong enough, but officials still collected taxes in some important positions.

Decades later, Lord E of Chu had obtained a tax-free pass from King Huai of Chu.

Car Festival and Boat Festival.

The scale of tax exemption is stipulated above. Except for gold, feather arrows, weapons and other contraband, the rest of the goods have the right to tax exemption.

The interest compensation method proposed by Shi Shi is this thing. This is a necessity for Pei Peng to wantonly use Chu as a dumping ground after it develops, and it is also a necessity for uniting and cultivating some businessmen who have an inseparable interest relationship with the Mohist.

Furthermore, a few years ago, the Mohists had sent people to Bashu in advance to promote the development of the salt cooking industry there.

In the follow-up plan, the plans to arrive at the Huai River estuary to dry salt and burn seaweed ash to make marshmallows also use Chu State as a broad market for bulk materials.

Now I can't see the power of the Mohist's goods, Zhao Zhi'ai also thinks there is nothing, and it is suitable to say that this will be very beneficial to Chu.

Not to mention the mechanical ironware of the Mohist, but some goods and weapons urgently needed by the Chu state, the Mohist seems to only operate these industries, and these are beneficial to the Chu state.

After a long calculation, the Mohist family seldom had activities in Chu, and the tax could not be levied. It was tantamount to repaying the interest with something that they didn't have, and they could also get a steady stream of rare goods from the Mohist family.

After Zhao Zhi'ai thought about it, he made up his own mind, thinking that he could agree to the Mohist on this matter.

As for the boat festival and car festival, ten or eight can be given, and there is no limit on the number. Moreover, the Mohist's meaning is to mainly take bulk goods, and small-scale goods will not use tax festivals.

Zhao Zhi'ai thought that he only needed to discuss with the Mohists which goods could not be exported. For example, some strategic materials of Chu State, such as feathers and rubber, should not be transported by the Mohism.

The Mohists, represented by this point, agreed very happily, and immediately said: cattle, horses, rubber, feathers, weapons, etc. will not be transported out of Chu State, but they can be transported inside Chu State.

Zhao Zhi'ai only felt that the Mohists were simply too kind, whether there was any traffic for the merchants, and some strategic materials in Chu were exactly what all countries needed, and the Mohists would not export them abroad, so it would be fine if they agreed.

After discussing the compensation of interest, Zhao Zhi'ai listened to Shi talk about the method of principal compensation.

The method of paying the principal, to Zhao Zhi'ai, sounds like the Mo family's brains are really upright and idealistic enough to think of benefiting the world.

The principal payment method given by Shi not only does not need to spend a penny in the Chu State treasury, but it can really increase the filling of the Chu King's treasury.

Because Shi said that the Mohists can now smelt iron.

He brought out the two non-existent masters who "had traveled to Kyushu" and said that there are also iron ore that can be mined and smelted in the Wancheng area of ​​Nanyang.

Nanyang has more Han Dynasty iron smelting sites than Pengcheng, and there is the hinterland of Chu State, which is the best foothold for the Mohists to penetrate into the hinterland of Chu State step by step.

Therefore, the method given by the state of Chu to pay the principal is: allow the Mo family to open mines in Wancheng, the contract period is 20 years, and the profits earned every year will be carefully accounted by the Mo family and distributed to the king of Chu.

During the period, other people can also mine, but if the king of Chu can contract all the mining rights in the Nanyang area of ​​Wancheng to the Mo family, tax the rest and exempt the Mo family, the Mo family can also give the king of Chu one-twentieth more profit.

Blast furnace pig iron annealed cast iron is an important material basis for the progress of the times, and it is also the agricultural basis for the development of the world's commercial exchanges and handicrafts that the Mohists want. For this, ironware must be popularized in all countries as soon as possible.

It is only in this way that agriculture can develop, and that the development of agriculture is the basis of commerce and handicrafts, it is well understood.

For Zhaozhi'ai, ironware is also something that Chu State has always wanted.

It is not that there is no iron in Chu State, but there are really few iron farm tools. The cost of iron made by forging sponge iron is still too high, and the production cycle is too long, so it is too expensive to use as farm tools.

The ironware of the Mohist family is now the main product of Peixian County, and Peixian County is indeed too far away from the essence of Chu State and the fiefdom of the Zhao family.

Considering the cost of transportation, considering that the road traffic to Nanyang may be cut off during the Central Plains War in the future, and also considering the necessity of infiltrating Chu State and supporting a group of handicraftsmen and big businessmen, this method was proposed. .

In fact, this is an extremely insidious method, but there is no such model at this time, and Zhao Zhiyi doesn't think there is anything wrong with it.

In addition to standing on the principles of Mohism, after explaining that this is the truth that benefits the world, he also explained the benefits to Chu from the perspective of Chu.

One is that the people can have a large number of farm tools, and the elite land of Chu will develop faster.

The second is that the king of Chu can get income every year, which is unprecedented in the past, which is equal to nothing.

The third is that mining needs to be done by "the world's powerful". The government can't do it well, and ordinary people without capital can't do it well either.

When it comes to the power of the world at this time, there is probably no other businessman who dares to compete with the Mohist organization for the title of the most powerful.

Technical issues are on the one hand, but politically, if "conscripts" do it, it is easy to "flee and not defend".

If the people are conscripted to do the work, then "if there are soldiers on the border, they will hold old grudges and not fight."

Politically, it also seems to be reducing the ruling cost of King Chu.

I am sure that the King of Chu will agree to this point, because the ruling ability and level of Chu State is too low, even the nobles can't deal with it, let alone the difficult way of centralizing power, such as salt and iron monopoly—— Chu State can use such means, and it will not be forced to send You Yin to Peixian County to ask the Mo family for help and ask the Mo family for a loan.

Shi Shi said that as long as the king of Chu agrees to this matter, the principal will be repaid. After 20 years, if the king of Chu feels that it is still beneficial, he can renew the contract. At that time, the thirteenth share will be valid for a long time.

Moreover, this time the succession dispute may last for a long time, and there are many places where Chu State spends money and weapons.

The Mohists also said that if the King of Chu was really only engaged in a defensive war, as long as "non-offensive" could be guaranteed, the Mohists could continue to lend money to the King of Chu in the future.

Even "rental land", "tax package", "franchise" and other methods can be used as payment methods, without the need for cash repayment from the king of Chu.

Shi also vowed that in this way, the development brought by the Mohists to the Chu State will benefit the people, and the wealth of the Chu State will also greatly increase, which is really beneficial without any harm.

After Zhao Zhiyi thought about it, he really felt that there was nothing to question.

The behavior of the Mo family was unexpected, and it was no longer within the rules at this time.If it was someone else, he would definitely have doubts, but this is what everyone in the Mohist school said, and he has already believed it [-]%.

Just out of inner worry, he asked: "Why did the Mohists do this?"

Mozi laughed loudly and said, "Of course it is for the benefit of the world. To benefit the people of Chu, to benefit the non-offensive war, this is exactly in line with the principles of Mohism."

"Righteousness is the treasure of the Mohists, and gold and jade are the treasures of the merchants. These are all benefits, but they are different benefits. As the saying goes, gaining benefits from each other is the ideal of the Mohists."

"In this way, the Mohists got righteousness, the king of Chu got weapons and cities, the merchants got gold and jade, and the people got iron...Why didn't the Mohists do it?"

Zhao Zhi'ai thought about it, but he didn't think about who was "not benefiting" among them. No matter how you looked at it, it seemed to be like what Mozi said in the end: everyone can benefit.

That being the case, he can only agree verbally, and the real decision can only be made after the king of Chu and the nobles discuss it together.

But Zhao Zhi'ai said: "I can understand the Mohists' desire to benefit the world, and the Emperor of Heaven will also be moved. Such a thing, the king can agree to it."

"It's just that there are some things I can't decide on my own, but rest assured, as far as I know, the king will definitely agree!"

The Mohist's offer of such a condition was beyond Zhao Zhi'ai's expectation, and it could even be said to be a bit of a surprise.

He can complete his mission, and his family can get enough rewards for supporting Wang Ziyi, and in fair terms, he seems to have indeed made a contribution to the community of Chu.

It seems that the Mohists are a group of lunatics who benefit the world, Zhao Zhi'ai felt that if they were just businessmen, they would definitely not put forward such weird conditions, and would only find ways to get "golden and jade benefits".

Seeing Zhao Zhi'ai's agreement, all the Mohists present laughed inwardly, saying that Shi's method was really effective, but it was hidden too deeply, if he didn't explain it clearly, who in the world would know the horror of it?
(End of this chapter)