Da Qin: At the age of six, I beat Qin Shihuang at the beginning

Chapter 51: The government turned into a bookstore?absurd
Zulong's order was quickly implemented.

The brigade set off from their original positions to carry out Zulong's orders and stayed up all night.

After Qin Mu settled Dian Wei, he heard the sound of orderly footsteps outside the door.

He opened the gate to find nearly 500 people surrounding his yard.

All of those people held knives in their hands and looked outward.Obviously defending the yard.

These people are well-organized and disciplined.During the action, Qin Mu felt stronger than the elite Forbidden Army he saw last time.

Seeing him open the door, a general about 30 years old came forward to salute.

This general is not very old, but his killing aura is extremely strong.

He has a straight face, and at a glance, there is an unsmiling and sharp aura.

The general bowed his hands to Qin Mu.

"The last general was ordered to protect Mr. Please rest at ease."

Qin Mu blinked and asked, "I don't know who the general is, and which army of my Great Qin is this?"

The general saluted and said: "The last general only knows how to protect Mr., but he doesn't know anything else."

Qin Mu nodded, it should be that his father knew about the assassination, so he sent people to protect it.

It seems that the disappearing shadow guard informed the old man.

It's just that these troops coming before them are obviously not ordinary people.

It can be seen that the combat power is even higher than that of the Forbidden Army!
Who is my father who can mobilize such an army?

If these people are the regular army, then Dad's status is terrible.

Qin Mu thought for a long time, and could only guess that this should be the private army secretly hidden by his father.

Only the private army raised by the nobles can achieve such combat effectiveness and such military discipline.

There's just one thing that doesn't make sense anyway.

If it was a private army, how could it be sent out to protect him so openly?
If you can't figure it out, just don't think about it.

Anyway, with such an army, it is absolutely not a problem to defend their own safety.

Qin Mu turned around and went back to the yard. At this moment, Dian Wei was covered in injuries and needed his care.

The next day.

Zulong once again convened a court meeting.

Well-informed ministers have already learned of what happened last night.

The fact that hundreds of assassins shot at the same time, but were slaughtered by Qin Mu's guards was really shocking.

When the news first spread, many people even thought it was a fantasy.

It wasn't until they saw Zulong's cold face that they realized that this matter might be true.

They looked left and right in the hall, hoping to find some clues from their colleagues.

Bang!
Zu Long slapped the table with his palm.

"How dare some of you are!"

Zu Long didn't say it directly, but everyone present knew what he was talking about.

"The mastermind, stand up now and save your family."

There was only a long silence in the hall.

Zu Long waved his robe sleeves, got up and left.

Then Zulong appeared in front of Qin Mu's house.

Zhang Han was about to salute, but he saw Zu Long pushed open the door with ease, and walked in directly.

Qin Mu was sitting in front of the study door at this time.He held a medicine jar in one hand, and a mortar and pestle in the other, not pounding the medicine in the jar.

"Father, are those people outside of you?"

Zulong nodded.

"Okay, Dad. If there are more people, we can directly raise the flag of rebellion."

"You... ugh..."

Zu Long sighed, and said seriously: "Mu'er, the assassins last night came because of the imperial examination system."

"I'm sorry for you. I didn't hide your identity well, and I didn't even find out who was behind the scenes."

"Forget it, they basically committed suicide anyway."

Qin Mu smiled and said, "Since they are so afraid of the imperial examination system, then father, you just need to continue to persuade the first emperor to implement the imperial examination system. Sooner or later they will show their feet again."

Zu Long nodded: "Yes, I think so too."

Do you have any ideas about the key book issues of the imperial examination system?
Zu Long showed a smile: "The experiments of movable type printing and papermaking in the Royal Industrial and Commercial Bank of China went well, and books can be printed in large quantities soon."

"Father, will the books you print go to the table of the humble persimmon?"

"The circulation of goods is done by merchants."

Qin Mu smiled and said, "Businessmen are all about making money. It's okay if you ask them to pay taxes, but they can't count on such things."

Zu Long nodded: "Indeed, the ordering of scholars, farmers, businessmen and commerce makes some sense. It's just that it's not a big deal. At most, I'll send some people to supervise them."

"No and no."

Qin Mu shook his head and said, "This matter cannot be done by a businessman. There are two reasons."

"Businessmen seek profit. It takes five big coins to print a book. The merchant will sell at least ten coins. If it is in some remote areas, it is common sense for them to sell twenty or fifty coins."

"In this way, the humble scholars want to study, but they have to be sucked away by the businessman first."

"This is the first error.

"What businessmen seek is profit. Good sales will expand the scale, and poor sales will reduce the scale. If there are only a few large-scale booksellers left in the end, wouldn't it be the collusion of today's rich and powerful, and the book sales Appeared?"

"At that time, we eliminated the nobles, but the merchant group appeared again."

"This is the second error."

"hiss……"

Zu Long took a deep breath: "Then, in your opinion, how should we do this?"

"It can be undertaken by governments in various places. Governments at all levels must establish bookstores that meet the scale in the local area. The books printed by the Royal Workshop are directly supplied to bookstores in various places."

Zu Long hurriedly shook his head: "How can the government do this kind of shop opening and selling? Wouldn't this blur the boundaries between scholars and merchants? Besides, what should the government do for profit?"

"In order to prevent the government from chasing profits, these bookstores are only rented and not sold. The rent can be set according to the actual situation of each place, and it is best to set one percent of the local monthly consumption."

"In this way, some people will not rent books in large quantities for cheap. It will also not cause excessive profits in bookstores, which will make the government think about it."

Zu Long still shook his head: "How can the boundary between scholars and merchants be blurred just like that!"

Qin Mu smiled and said, "Father, what these bookstores are doing is not selling for profit, but educating the world."

"It is not a profit, it is fundamentally different from the behavior of a businessman."

"Furthermore, it is a last resort for the government to open a bookstore at this time."

"After the popularity of learning among the people flourishes, the government will come forward to establish official schools in the local area."

"This bookstore can be used as the predecessor of the official school, saving the preparations."

Zu Long thought about it for a moment, then nodded heavily.

It turned out that when Qin Mu arranged the bookstore, he had already thought of the problems after the implementation of the imperial examination system.

His bookstore not only solves the problem that people are reluctant to buy books, but also takes into account the establishment of schools in the next step.

Such scheming, really only a six-year-old child can do it?
(End of this chapter)