Qin Yuedang Kong

Chapter 104: Chapter [-]: The Common People Are the Country

Seeing Meng Yi's eyes begging for help, Fu Su knew that he could no longer "leave death alone", so he took the initiative to stand up and block Li Si's anger for Meng Yi.

"Prime Minister, this matter is not Meng Yi's fault, it is my mastermind." Fu Su opened his mouth and took all the blame on himself.

"My lord, how can you deceive the veteran about this matter? There are 1 medical officers, and the salary alone is an astronomical figure. It is too much for you to hide such a big matter from the veteran!"

"Prime Minister, this matter is my fault, I am sorry for the Prime Minister, please forgive me, I know that the old prime minister is dedicated to my Daqin, and I can't bear to help Su waste my Daqin's financial resources, the old prime minister has a fistful heart, and I am grateful for helping Su. It's just that the Prime Minister didn't know about one thing, and I never told anyone, in order to dispel the Prime Minister's doubts, Fu Su informed the Prime Minister of this matter."

Li Si's complaint is not that Fusu hastily increased the number of medical officers to 1 without telling him, but that Fusu's unrestrained consumption of money and food has only increased financial pressure.

Since the beginning of the first emperor, Li Si has been serving as the prime minister of the Great Qin Dynasty. He knows the importance of money, grain and taxes to a country. Restrained consumption, he is still alive right now, if one day he is gone and Fusu develops the habit of spending money like water, then who can stop Fusu?

Although Fusu said that there was one thing he hadn't told him, Li Si knew that what Fusu said was nothing more than words to justify Fusu's loss of money and food.Helpless, Fusu had already spoken, so Li Si could only listen to Fusu patiently.

"I don't know what the young master said?"

"Prime Minister, in fact, the salaries of these medical officers are not much, and the government treasury only needs to supply them for one year."

"As long as one year's salary is paid, son, don't lie to the veteran again." Li Si said suspiciously.

"Fusu did not deceive Prime Minister Li, this matter is absolutely true."

"Oh, please tell me clearly, the old minister would like to hear more about it." Li Si asked eagerly with bright eyes.

For Li Si, what Fusu said at this moment is no different from the sound of nature to him. Once what Fusu said is true, it will save Daqin a huge amount of expenses, the salary of 1 people a year , is not too heavy for Daqin Finance.

"Prime Minister, the intention of Fusu to build the Daqin Medical Center this time is for the sake of the common people in the world, so these medical officers will be sent to the counties and counties of our Daqin after they have studied in the Daqin Medical Center for one year. The counties and counties in the county funded the construction of "Nursing Aid Hospital", and these medical officers were responsible for the diagnosis and treatment of local people. At that time, the salaries of these medical officers will be composed of three parts. Thirty percent, and the remaining [-] percent will be collected from the local people who come to see the doctor. The reason why the people pay [-] percent is to reduce the burden on the people, so that everyone in Daqin can afford medical treatment."

After hearing Fusu's words, Li Si nodded with satisfaction, but soon his face became serious.

"My lord, although this move can save a lot of financial resources for our Daqin treasury, we still have to pay [-]% of the salaries of the medical officers. Can you increase the consultation fees of the common people so that our Daqin treasury can get more money?" Save some?"

Fusu shook his head helplessly, apparently what Li Si said surprised Fusu.

"I don't know if the Prime Minister has ever heard what Mencius said, 'the people are the most important, the state is the second, and the emperor is the least.'?" Fusu looked at Li Si with some disappointment and asked.

"My lord, I know what Mencius said."

Li Si's theory of governing the country came from the Legalists, so he didn't take Mencius's words very seriously. Even so, Li Si still studied Mencius's theory, so he also knew the words Fusu mentioned.

In Li Si's view, apart from making the country rich and its military strong, and governing the country by law, other theories are empty and weak. At this time, when Fusu mentioned Mencius's remarks, Li Si naturally did not agree very much.

"Prime Minister, Fusu knows that the Prime Minister has always advocated governing the country according to the theory of Legalism, and the Prime Minister has also acted in this way. It is undeniable that the theory of the Prime Minister has made great contributions to the eradication of the six kingdoms in Great Qin, but it has also brought great benefits to the people of Great Qin. The prime minister should be most aware of the serious disaster, otherwise the prime minister would not strongly support the revision of the Great Qin Criminal Law, would he?"

Hearing this, Li Si stopped talking, but looked at Fusu with a dull expression, not knowing what was going on in his heart.

After a while, Li Si spoke: "Young Master's words are completely reasonable. The old minister believed in the Legalism in his early years, and when the Legalism helped the late emperor to unify the six kingdoms, Li Si respected the Legalism even more. Ruo Zhenyan, it wasn't until after the death of the first emperor that anti-Qin incidents occurred frequently in various places, and Li Si didn't know that there were also shortcomings in the theory of Legalism, so he strongly supported the young master's revision of the Daqin law."

"Prime Minister, Fusu thinks that no matter which theory has its own strengths and weaknesses, one cannot simply judge whether it is good or bad. From Fusu's point of view, the theory of governing the country must meet the expectations of the people. Right now, the Prime Minister suggested that the medical expenses of the people should be increased. I saved some financial resources in the treasury of the Great Qin Dynasty. Fusu thought that this was absolutely impossible. What Mencius said was inexhaustible. This is the land of the country."

"The people are the country, and the country is the people."

Li Si kept murmuring the words Fusu said, and couldn't calm down for a long time. The words Fusu said were like the nine heavenly mysterious sounds, which dispelled a doubt that had always existed in his heart and gave him a kind of enlightenment. The feeling of empowerment.

Li Si is not the only one who has this kind of awareness, who doesn't feel this way between Meng Yi and all the officials who heard what Fusu said?

After a while, Li Si bowed to Fu Su respectfully, and then said: "My lord, I was just an old official who was dull. Hearing what you said, it was like thunder in my ears, and it solved a big doubt in Li Si's heart. We, the people of Qin, It is their blessing to be able to have the son in charge of the government, and the veteran no longer has any objections to the matter of the Daqin Medical Center, so he should try his best to handle it."

When Li Si saw that after the death of the first emperor, the people all over the country raised the banner of anti-Qin, he became suspicious of the theory of legalism for a while, but the fact that the theory of legalism helped the first emperor to unify the six countries was clearly placed in front of him, and he could not tolerate him Do not believe.

"Is the legalist theory wrong, or the common people wrong?" This question has been lingering in Li Si's mind, making him puzzled.

It wasn't until he heard Fusu's opinion just now that Li Si understood the key point. It wasn't that the legalist theory was wrong, nor was it that the people were wrong, but that every theory had a criterion for judging, which was the likes and dislikes of the people.

A few days later, the phrase "The people are the country, and the country is the people." When it was spread from the mouths of all the ministers to the streets and alleys, it quickly spread throughout Xianyang.Whether it is the streets of the city or the Goulan House, they are all commenting on Fusu's words. For a while, the people are all rejoicing, and Fusu's prestige among the people has soared all the way.

(End of this chapter)