Daqin: From abandoned baby to emperor of the ages

“You’re really Aye’s little lucky star!” The First Emperor rubbed Zhao Che’s head.

Although Zhao Che is now seven feet tall, in front of the First Emperor who is more than two meters old, it is still easy to touch his head and kill.

Zhao Che pondered, he estimated that when he was sixteen or seventeen years old, he estimated that he would have to be about the same height as the first emperor.

“If you can really print the books of the Qin royal family and distribute them all over the world, great things can be accomplished!” The First Emperor said with a smile.

In fact, it is true to say how hostile the princes of the Six Kingdoms are to Daqin, but in fact, it may not be.

In the hundreds of years of Daqin, there have been countless non-Daqin native warriors in use.

The famous Shang Martingale, Lu Buwei, Zhang Yi, and even Li Si today are actually not Qin people.

The nobles of the Six Nations are actually not monolithic!

The great nobles of the six countries jumped because their core interests were damaged, and the poor men at the bottom jumped with them, in fact, to put it bluntly, they wanted to eat with the big nobles.

They have to rely on the gate valves of the great nobles, knowledge…

But if Daqin could give them cheap knowledge and give them the posture of advancement, the great nobles and the poor men would naturally separate.

There is naturally no shortage of benevolent people in the world who really miss the motherland and hate Qin and want to die, but such pure people are certainly not the majority, and how many are is debatable.

“The cost of papermaking still has room to fall, and printing has not yet begun to experiment, but it should not take long.” Zhao Che nodded.

Newspapers really have no room to play in this era, and if you don’t create contradictions between the remnants of the Six Kingdoms, then they are naturally monolithic.

And the people couldn’t read the newspaper … The power of interpretation of the newspaper is still in the hands of the remnants of the Six Kingdoms. For people who can’t read big words, this thing is no different from reading an English newspaper.

Only by separating the remnants of the Six Kingdoms will there be contradictions between the poor men and the great nobles.

Only then will someone be willing to speak up for Daqin, and the remnants of the Six Kingdoms will be internally divided.

“Hmm… Not in a hurry. The First Emperor nodded.

Then he threw the blank paper stamped with a jade seal into the stove and burned it to ashes.

Then he picked it up and Zhao Che wrote the specific implementation method of the stall economy for a whole day and read it.

From the scale of the stall economy, to the system, to the taxation, almost everything is very detailed.

At the same time, Zhao Che also proposed that every stall should be registered in the official office to facilitate Daqin’s control.

At the same time, it also required Daqin to set up a department dedicated to managing the stall economy, so as to prevent the indiscriminate setting of stalls, the occupation of streets, and the contradictions and conflicts that may occur after the increase in the flow of people after the stall economy began.

In short, Zhao Che’s political thinking today is still relatively detailed and concerned about the overall situation.

Compared to two years ago, there were often mistakes, but now if you are specific, you can’t find too big a problem.

“And taxes?” The First Emperor raised his eyebrows and looked at his good grandson.

Zhao Che nodded and said, “Daqin can’t always prevent business from developing, the world is safe, and trade demand will gradually increase.” The matter of taxation has to be decided early, there is a charter. ”

“Can’t collect it…” the First Emperor shook his head.

It is impossible to collect the taxes of the stall economy, firstly, the tax is low, and secondly, the accounts are not clear, in short, there are a lot of troubles.

Even in modern times, taxes on the self-employed model are almost opaque.

And even more so in ancient times, when law enforcement was costly?

People sell a dustpan farm tool or something, you can’t ask people to issue invoices, right?

“But in the future, when the total income comes up, the bulk trade will enter the city and cross the transportation, and it will definitely be easier to count.” Zhao Che said with a smile.

“It’s also a big profit… It will certainly not be much lower than the agricultural tax, maybe higher than the agricultural tax. Zhao Che said with a smile.

The First Emperor did not speak, but just smiled and erased the tax.

“Farmer! It’s Ben! ”

“This tax has too much impact!” The First Emperor shook his head.

Lü Buwei was rich enough to rival the country, and how could the first emperor who received Lü Buwei’s wealth not know how profitable the commercial tax was?

The first emperor did not understand the ability of businessmen to earn money, he was not Zhu Yuanzhang, and Zhu Yuanzhang simply looked down on businessmen and thought that businessmen could not collect a few dollars.

But the First Emperor was well aware of the wealth of merchants!

Even more optimistically, the income from commercial taxes is likely to be higher than that from agricultural taxes.

But!

Farming! It’s a country!

This is also the main reason why the first emperor was never in a hurry to lift the imprisonment of merchants.

Daqin was trapped in the Central Plains, and now it has dominated the world, all economic trade is actually internal consumption, and the total economic volume has not grown at all.

The open stall economy is only to meet the purchase needs of ordinary people.

Zhao Che watched the First Emperor erase the tax rules he had made, and he was a little stunned.

“You can’t take a dime for nothing!” Zhao Che wanted to persuade the First Emperor.

The First Emperor did not speak, but just looked at Zhao Che with a smile and said, “If this article is erased, my family’s little slave can manage a county!” ”

Zhao Che opened his mouth…

The First Emperor patted Zhao Che’s head.

“Wait until when the merchant is released, don’t be in a hurry.”

The matter of ordering the commercial tax, Zhao Che is only a preliminary idea, but in the eyes of the First Emperor, the influence of this matter is far-reaching and significant, and it is not a matter that can be sat back and relax when a hot mind proposes a commercial tax.

How should businessmen be controlled? How to check the transaction? How should taxes be made? None of these things can be managed by throwing the beginning at the beginning.

Most importantly, Daqin was, in the final analysis, a society with a small peasant economy.

Under the premise that agriculture has not been developed, business will never be able to escape internal friction.

However, excluding some immature ideas, the first emperor was already very satisfied with Zhao Che’s proposal for a stall economy.

Including what official records Zhao Che proposed, the first emperor agreed with it.

“Tomorrow, let the princes of the court discuss it!” The First Emperor said with a smile.

Zhang Che was a little apprehensive, this was the first time that something he proposed was put on the court for discussion, and it was also the first specific policy he proposed.

And it is a policy that is very likely to be pursued!

The first emperor put away the paper full of Zhao Che’s writing, then used a brush to review and delete it, and finally copied it himself with a bamboo tube.

And Zhao Che was beating his back for the first emperor on the side.

When it was finally time, the first emperor took Zhao Che to eat before letting Zhao Che leave.

“Specializing in managing the contradictions, economic disputes and public security management of the stall economy!” The First Emperor rubbed his eyebrows.

Who should this be entrusted to?

Obviously, this requires law enforcement officers to manage.

It is definitely not possible to hand over to the army in Xianyang, but it is not very suitable if it is handed over to the Xianyang official office.

In Zhao Che’s plan, the government needs to record and register the stall owners, and if they are given the authority to manage public security, it is equivalent to handing over the life and death power of this group of stall owners to them.

Therefore, the most appropriate approach is to set up a separate department.

Chengguan!

Zhao Che named it Chengguan!

It is mainly responsible for the environment within the city, as well as some management that cannot violate the Qin Law, but also affects the security of the city…

In Zhao Che’s proposal, some retired meritorious soldiers or good family members could be recruited to be responsible for this matter.

This point was not deleted by the First Emperor.

One thing that can be predicted is that with the rise of the stall economy and the rise of gatherings, the consumption that the people have suppressed for a long time will definitely cause a sharp increase in the flow of people.

And people naturally like to make fun.

The Qin State has always been frugal and not heavy on festivals, but every year the festivals are crowded in various places.

With the rise of commerce, crowds will become the norm.

Public security management and regulation are certainly indispensable.

The stall economy is a pilot policy, so you really can’t just find a random person responsible for law and order issues.

The First Emperor touched his chin, pondered for a moment and asked, “Is the Yulin of Xia Ye available now?” ”

“Now the age is about fourteen, although there is no battle formation, but the military appearance is neat, the military discipline is strict, and it can be used!” Dunruo in the shadows spoke.

The First Emperor nodded and did not speak, but fell into deep thought.

With Zhao Che’s growth, Zhao Che has inevitably entered the sight of most people!

Two years ago, it was okay, mainly because Hu Hai and others had a lot of speculation about Zhao Che’s identity, but the First Emperor liked it, and everyone would not work against the First Emperor.

On the contrary, after Dunruo’s means, Hu Hai misunderstood Zhao Che’s identity, and instead chose to befriend Zhao Che, avoiding a large number of firepower for Zhao Che.

But now nine-year-old Zhao Che is different.

The main Zhao Che grew too fast, and the first emperor did not expect it.

In two years, his size has skyrocketed, and in a blink of an eye, the little guy who was called Aye in his arms has now grown into a seven-foot man.

Under this circumstance, Zhao Che’s frequent entry and exit of the palace has attracted a large number of attention.

First of all, harem concubines…

Although the first emperor has not been a side empress because of Zhao Ji’s previous experience, the harem has very limited right to speak.

But as the saying goes, children avoid their mothers, and Zhao Che’s privileges have made harem concubines complain.

The First Emperor was such a person, it was impossible to divide into two halves.

The more time to accompany Zhao Che, the less time to accompany the concubine.

Like Hu Hai, he is now self-defeating, and he will not rely on competing for favors to gain status.

But the harem concubines are different, their status acquisition is essentially a competition for favor, and Zhao Che’s appearance compresses the time that the first emperor spends with them, and the first emperor will not be separated.

This is a helpless thing.

Fortunately two years ago, after all, Zhao Che would still be a hairy child, and no matter how dissatisfied the concubines were, they did not dare to chew their tongues and be jealous of a child.

But now that Zhao Che has grown into a seven-foot man, the criticism of the harem has naturally increased.

In fact, the first emperor has rarely asked Zhao Che to sleep with him now, the little guy has grown up, no matter how close he is, he must keep his distance and cultivate his independent character.

In addition to being really upset one day, or unable to sleep, he would call Zhao Che to come over and sleep.

In addition to the harem concubines, there were also many whistles in the court, but everyone did not dare to open their mouths with the brows of the first emperor.

Both Li Si and Zhao Gao around Hu Hai are smart people, and it is impossible to attack Zhao Che.

The remaining ones who had the energy to speak were Wang Yimengwu, a group of old ministers, but they were Zhao Che’s henchmen, and it was impossible to attack Zhao Che.

But the voice inside the sect could not be ignored.

The sect family, that is, the Qin royal family…

They have no scruples, and they have the confidence to speak…

The First Emperor can’t gag them either!

No way, Zhao Che’s identity is not clear, and the sect is right to speak.

A qualified clan should naturally maintain the majesty of the emperor and the majesty of the Qin royal family.

The most important thing is that the clan actually helped the first emperor after he succeeded to the throne.

First of all, the first emperor returned to Qin, when Zhao Ji left Qin Yiren for a long time, and she was born as a maid, there was no energy, plus Qin Yiren had more than one son of the first emperor, so the situation of the first emperor was more difficult.

According to common sense, the first emperor Zhao Guo was a hostage, and he had meritorious service to the state, and he should have succeeded the crown prince.

But at that time, there were rumors that the first emperor was not Qin Yiren’s own child, Qin Yi and Cheng Qiao had been getting along longer, and their hearts were obviously biased towards Cheng Qiao, and they not only did not care about the rumors, but even deliberately indulged.

Later, the first emperor became the crown prince, and in addition to Lü Buwei’s greatest strength, the greatest contribution was the sect family.

The clan tried to get rid of the people, verify the identity of the first emperor, and supported the first emperor who had been in the state for many years to become the crown prince, so that the first emperor could overshadow Cheng Qiao.

Later, Qin Yiren died, and the First Emperor succeeded to the throne!

Lu Buwei and Zhao Ji made peace…

The power was sidelined, and the first emperor was no different from a puppet for a while.

Although the first emperor was able to successfully seize power, although it was inseparable from his tenacity and ability, the support of the Qin royal family was also crucial.

At least for now, what the Qin royal family did was not out of the ordinary, and it was still meritorious to the state.

From the national point of view, they are meritorious people!

From the perspective of the clan family, many of them are the elders of the First Emperor.

Therefore, it was reasonable for them to ask the First Emperor to check Zhao Che’s power.

The child is older… The royal palace can’t stay!

The First Emperor has always wanted to keep Zhao Che by his side, and subconsciously, because of his childhood experience, he wants to protect Zhao Che properly.

But Zhao Che has to grow up on his own after all.

The child’s playful hussar general, and the feather forest have become the climate!

Zhao Che’s talent is obvious to all!

Whether it is military or political, Zhao Che’s talent is outstanding!

But so far, Zhao Che has not had any chance to practice!

The First Emperor has always protected Zhao Che by his side, which is that the First Emperor will be impatient at a glance!

Meng Yi received thirty lashes for a preaching!

Now Zhao Che is nine years old… He grew into a good man seven feet tall.

If you ignore Zhao Che’s immature face and Zhao Che’s age, it looks no different from adults in this era.

Nine years old, the child has to grow up!

I have to find some time for my grandson to work, and then I want to stay in the palace for a long time like before, and it is impossible to protect Zhou Xiang.

Moreover, Zhao Che always has to really grow up!

Yulin, who Zhao Che trained under Ye, now has a three-point climate overall, so that the nine-year-old Zhao Che is not necessary to enter the court to go to the battlefield.

But this city management can do it.

In the end, this stall economy was also created by Zhao Che, and it would not be too difficult to let Zhao Che be responsible for part of it.

“Your Majesty… The clan elder is here…” Dunruo on the side interrupted Emperor Shi’s musings.

When the First Emperor heard this, he showed a bit of a wry smile…