Country and Beauty

Your Majesty, although the tax revenue of our Great Qin has increased a lot compared to previous years, but due to the construction of the Three Academies, various places have developed water resources, military pension, military salary, as well as the salaries of officials of the imperial court. Furthermore, the construction of the roads in various places has increased the expenses of the imperial government by a lot. In the second cabinet, the Minister of Finance, Xie Kun, was the first to step forward.

Not long after Xie Kun finished speaking, he heard a voice.

"Your Majesty, I object to the construction of a new railway. The cost of a mile of railway is more than ten times the cost of travelling. Even if I were to spend everything I have in my treasury, it would take an astronomical amount of money to complete such a huge project. The imperial government needed money everywhere ~! It's really not easy to work for the people and their money! "

Xie Fei looked towards the source of the voice, it was the former junior minister of the Ministry of Rites, and currently, the Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. When Xie Fei unified the world, he also chose the principle that if he could use it for the subordinates of the Jin State, then it would be useful. Although he was the commander-in-chief of the citizens, and possessed extraordinary ability and intelligence, he had yet to enter the core of the Jin State. If Xie Fei was to launch the Crossing River War a little later and let Chi Jing enter the center like he had done in history, with his military power, with his abilities, Xie Fei would definitely have to pay a heavy price. So Xie Fei just gave him the authority to enter the Rites Department, and after restructuring himself, he became one of the four vice presidents of the Foreign Affairs Bureau who wielded real power!

As soon as Jia Lin finished speaking, someone objected, "Your Majesty, this subject objects 鈥?"

"We object!" Following that, a large group of mid-level and low-level officials wearing green robes stood out to oppose the order! "Kill them!" "" "" "" "" "" 鈥?"" 鈥?"" Boom! "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" "" " Of course, Xie Fei swept his eyes across the officials standing before him. Without exception, they were all students of Confucianism, and the majority of them were disciples of various families, families and families. This way, there was basically no possibility of suffering losses to the citizens. On the contrary, this was a project for the benefit of the citizens, so it had to be known that the number of people participating in the construction of the railways should exceed millions, and from this way, a large number of citizens would be able to save up a considerable amount of wealth because they had to work hard and receive a large amount of salary.

But why should these traditional heirs and scholars of Confucianism oppose the construction of railways? It had to be known that although Xie Fei was a descendant of a peerless clan, and that the influence of the hereditary valve s in the area was not as strong as a camel's, it could not be completely eliminated. Although the influence of the peerless families and peerless families had weakened, their influence in the center was still extremely strong.

The debate lasted for a long time. First, the conservative civil officials quoted the classic words of the saints, criticizing the evils of the railways. Finally, they came to the conclusion that if they continued to build railroads, the country would not be able to survive for a long time. They were also supported by the merchants, and entered the imperial court on their own. They disliked the hereditary valve taking over the imperial court for a long time, and were very dissatisfied with the conduct of the family. Unlike the martial artists, they had a sharp tongue. They were also familiar with the classics. They used the method of taking the meaning out of context, and also quoted the classics, and came to the conclusion that the railways were built by the Kingdom of Li, by His Majesty. Your policy against the Emperor was to oppose the Saints!

Wang Meng looked at Xie Fei who had a slightly unpleasant expression on his face, he knew that Xie Fei was a little displeased. One must know that ever since the establishment of the Cabinet, Xie Fei had very rarely cared about political affairs, but now, he had actually proposed a plan to build a railway, which had instead met with opposition from the officials. If Xie Fei wanted to go berserk, the consequences would be severe! The railway plan was Xie Fei's set national policy, and the railway from Chang An to Luoyang had already begun its trial operation. The results were pretty good, the Yellow River could be transported to Luoyang, and the goods could be transported to Chang An on a large scale. Currently, the price of food in Chang An had continued to drop, which was a huge benefit for these officials who were living off their salaries!

Before this debate could come to a conclusion, more people began to open fire. Yang Man, the Foreign Minister of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, shouted, "This subject has a performance!"

Just then, Xie Fei happened to be annoyed by the court officials, and could change the topic, "Yes!"

"This subject proposes to cripple Shang Xingnong!" Yang Man said: "Your Majesty, due to the rise of my Great Qin's business, a large number of people have now gathered in various large workshops to be craftsmen, abandoning the fields to cultivate, now not only is there a large amount of fertile land that has yet to be cultivated, there is also a situation in Jiangnan, Central Plains, Yong, Ji, and so on. "Farming is the core, industry and commerce are the core. It is unwise for His Majesty to set up a business and waste the people."

It was Xie Fei who encouraged them to do business. Didn't you saying that Xie Fei was despicable and useless when you were opposed to doing business? Wang Meng's expression immediately became unnatural. If Xie Fei was admonishing him, then of course Xie Fei had this habit, but he also had another habit, which was to confirm the matter. The eight oxen couldn't even pull them back, and now that the treasury was filled, wouldn't that be the benefit of doing business? Now that the Great Qin had millions of strong soldiers, wasn't it all relying on the benefits brought by Merchant Shop? Because Xie Fei encouraged business, he was not a abandoned farmer. Now, even the royal food was exempted, where could the emperor find such a person? was very, very affronted. Suppressing the anger in his heart, he said to Xie Kun: "Thank you, Sir. How are the granaries? "

Xie Kun explained: "Your majesty, fellow colleagues, although in recent years, the Qin State has reduced the number of people who are farming by 40% and the amount of fertile land by almost half, the revenue has not decreased but has instead continued to increase, although the domestic fertile land has decreased the amount of cultivated land. Due to the favourable policy of the Ministry of Industry and Commerce towards foreign trading merchant ships, the import of food would be granted a tax credit upon return, resulting in a large number of merchants importing food from overseas. Currently, the grain stocks in all parts of the country have increased by nearly 40% compared with the usual period, and the revenue has increased by 70%! "

When Xie Kun's words came out, no one objected, who asked him to be the Emperor's elder brother, not only was he noble and important, he was also in charge of the Finance Department, if he spoke the truth, then what would you use to argue?

"All merchants value benefits and forget about righteousness. For the sake of profit, they would dare to do anything!" Following that, there was another person who did not give up and raised this point of view!

"YinGao is a merchant, right? He was the first to retreat from the Qin Army and attack the motherland, is he not righteous?" Some people objected. When the merchants of Zheng Nation encountered the Qin Army on their way to do business with Hong Gao, and found out that they were going to attack Zheng Guo, they immediately rewarded the Qin Army in the name of Zheng Jun. The Qin Army believed that Zheng Feng was already prepared and feared that it would be difficult to successfully mount a sneak attack on him, so they retreated.

What's worse, an official said: "When the country leader of the imperial court, Duke Yang, is born into a merchant family, he paid for the support of the animal husbandmen first. When in danger, he rescued Liu Kun."

There was no need to say anymore, no one dared to bring up Jia Wuyi's words, as the current Qin State Yang Ta had contributed quite a bit, and was the most famous clan within and outside the imperial court, and his story was even passed down by Xie Fei. It was a taboo to mention this matter!

Wang Meng then concluded: "The national policy of the Great Qin is neither to suppress businesses with respect to agriculture, nor to suppress farmers with importance. However, even though this is the case with the ancestral system, the problem of the shortage of workers is becoming more and more apparent. It is urgent to solve this problem and we have to put it on the agenda.

The Assistant Minister of Industry and Commerce Pang Ze said: "This subject is a little foolish to ask for solutions to the shortage of manpower. From that point on, the Qin State would have hundreds of thousands of prisoners. These prisoners could disrupt the scattered railway construction sites in order to increase the speed of the railway construction. At the same time, they could also draw out a large number of skilled craftsmen from the railway construction sites to enrich the local workshops. These Kunlun slaves had a gentle personality and could endure hardships. As long as they were able to feed for three meals, they would be able to work without any life. Therefore, the introduction of these Kunlun slaves would be able to solve the problem of the shortage of workers in a short period of time. Furthermore, it will encourage Qin State to have more children, and relax the current age limit for an adult man to be married at twenty years old, so that he can get married at sixteen years of age, and for a woman at fourteen years of age. This way, the population of Qin State will grow more and more! "

No one objected to the use of captives and Kunlun slaves, because with the introduction of a large number of prisoners from the grasslands, these ministers also received the foreign beauties that the merchants had brought from overseas. Even Wang Meng was no exception, he currently had four foreign beauties from India, but because of Wang Meng's fear, he dared not touch them! As the Qin State was too busy, the Han Chinese were the most merciful people in the world. Although their wages were small, they could at least ensure that they ate well, ate well, wore warm clothes, and did not cause any trouble. Furthermore, as long as they did not break the law and worked hard, they would be able to become the citizens of the Qin State, becoming Qin men. This huge temptation made many captives and slaves work desperately.

The policy of encouraging fertility has also received a great deal of support from the courtiers.

After Xie Fei heard it, he couldn't help but sigh. In the future generations, they would need to use family planning to suppress population growth, and that was a very incompetent performance. It wasn't small, but was it family planning? No, why? Other governments had the ability to feed their citizens. Only the incompetent would castrate themselves! Now he wanted to increase the population on a large scale.

"Then another topic was raised." Along with the rise of the sea merchants, the Qin State merchants gradually entered the various parts of the Southern Ocean, entering the ocean, they had to have a foothold, even though the Qin State has established many footholds abroad, but because all of them are led by merchants, their management is relatively chaotic. According to the news from the various overseers abroad, the rebellion was mostly against the citizens and merchants, and this situation is related to the Qin State's revenue, so we have to take it seriously, although the Qin State has to quickly come up with a reasonable policy, and fix it! "

Xie Fei said: "There is no need to discuss this issue, we can make the decision. Right now, the various prefectures and prefectures must have appropriate officials appointed by the organization department to form the guards under the prefecture. The prefecture overseer that has over a million people under its jurisdiction can form a guard for the ten thousand people to manage the peace and protect the people of Great Qin. The number of soldiers and military officers will be transferred from the eight elite armies of the Qin State. The Governor will be appointed for five years, and can be appointed for two more terms at most, and at the same time, the Governor will only be in charge of the military. The Minister will also be in charge of the political affairs of the Governor's residence, which will be the same as the Governor's position for five years.

Naturally, no one dared to oppose Xie Fei's decision. This was the effect of the Emperor's sole authority! Of course, this was because Qin State was beaten down by Xie Fei, and in the hearts of the civil and military officials, no one could compare to him. As for whether the next emperor could bypass the cabinet and directly resolve the issue, it all depended on the next emperor!

After Xie Fei finished this matter, the clerk quickly recorded it down and carried it out.

Xie Fei said, "Everyone, who is the foundation stone of our nation? It was the people and hearts of the people, the people's support, and the people's support that allowed the country to prosper forever. Would they be willing to satisfy the people by giving them food and not giving them warm clothes? "" No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no! Without business, what would the officials wear and what would they use? All trades have their own reason for existing within this world. The truth is like this, all trades have their own responsibilities, officials do their part well, farmers grow good land, and merchants are only responsible for business. This is not easy to change. "

"Merchants, not wasted farmers, this is the road to becoming a powerful nation, no one can go against it!" Xie Fei said word by word, "Construction of railways is the way to the Great Qin Empire" Xie Fei suddenly thought of something. The ministers still could not understand the term, and could only change the topic: "Only the railways are able to connect to the four directions. If one side is in trouble, the eight-sided support can be used to make use of the railways. Merchants, cultivation of the road, is the Great Qin's set national policy, your beloved officials do not need to discuss the problem of whether or not it is possible, they need to discuss the problem of how to do it well! "

As it was getting close to noon, Xie Fei said, "My dear sirs, we will hold a feast at Tai Chi Palace!" Then he left without looking back.

It was true that agriculture was the foundation, and it was true that in the Primordial Era, it was true that the root of the national policy for the suppression of trade was unknown to Xie Fei. In any case, the role of commerce in a country was obvious, if not for the Qing Dynasty locking down the country, there would be no later Opium Wars War! Were it not for Daizi's short-sighted eyes, Daizi's machine-gun would have allowed China to continue to be at the forefront of the world in firearms, without the humiliation of the next hundred years! If you want the technology to fuse the world, you have to open up your heart and accept the world.