My Brother Daqin No. 1 Dude

Chapter 304 I treat the kings as the humerus, and the kings regard me as the treasury

"One catty of Qi land is one catty two taels of Chu land, and one catty of Chu land is nine taels of Zhao land. Your Majesty will rule the world, and the world will belong to Qin. This kind of discrepancy should be put an end to it. If it is unified, it will be unified for all generations. Jiang Shangzuo please Your Majesty , unify weights and measures!"

Lu Buwei, who is good at national affairs and even better at business affairs, pleaded loudly. The old man who has traveled all over the country to do business is very familiar with the weight of various places.

The difference in degree, quantity, and balance not only affects the independence of the previous country just like writing, roads, and customs, but also affects the economic development between regions.

"Sir, you don't forget your roots."

The first emperor knew everything that happened in Han from the spies, and knew the existence of Lu's Chamber of Commerce.

Thinking that Lu Buwei wanted to make money for business, he made admonitions, just like Ying Chengxue to develop foreign money.

On the bright side, it was the businessman who benefited the most from this matter, so he said something meaningful.

And the officials who didn't know Lu Buwei's real identity would not think about business like the first emperor.Their first thought is self-interest.

They looked at Lu Buwei with even more hatred, and immediately someone got up to refute in the area where the aristocrats were sitting.

The person who got up was not a little nobleman, but Wei Zhang, the patriarch of the Wei family. This thin middle-aged man had just scolded Li Si, a scholar, and seemed to be the main driver behind Li Si's loss of Tingwei.

"On the battlefield, those who rush forward and grab merit are easy to ambush. If they fail to kill the enemy, they die on the spot. The same is true for state affairs, which cannot be done overnight. What Xiangbang said is pertinent, but it should not be implemented at this time. It can be three years Later also."

Compared to scolding Li Si, Wei Zhang, who didn't know Lu Buwei's details, spoke very politely this time.

There is no one who can achieve this position. Even if he hates Lu Buwei deeply in his heart, Wei Zhang doesn't want to rashly make an unknown strong enemy before he has a formal hostility.

However, Lu Buwei didn't think so. He didn't come to the court this time to make friends, nor did he come to be Wen Xinhou, who had dominated the Qin State decades ago and led the civil servants of the Qin State.

His coming back this time is a reform!
The old man will always remember what Ying Chengxun said to him in the room last night.

"Reforms are not about entertaining guests, making essays, or painting and embroidery. They cannot be so elegant, calm, polite, gentle, courteous and frugal. The reform is a riot, a violent action in which a class overthrows a class."

Recalling Little Qin King's admonition last night, Lu Buwei's serious old face unconsciously smiled with that domineering resemblance to the previous king.

He faced Wei Zhang, the smile from the heart on his face made Wei Zhang immediately smile back and nod his head slightly.

[This Jiang Shang can still communicate. ]
The first emperor, who still had a slight prejudice against Lu Buwei in his heart, didn't want to follow Lu Buwei in everything, and didn't want to give benefits to Lu Buwei, so he nodded at the thin Wei Zhang.

"Lao Tzu once said: Governing a big country is like cooking small fish. Wei Zhang's words and Lao Tzu's words have the same effect, so this matter should be put aside for the time being."

The officials breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that it's okay, this Jiang Shang is still human in the end.

At that moment, Lu Buwei, who had a warm smile on his face, shook his head firmly.

"No, this action should be carried out immediately."

Wei Zhang's face darkened.

The faces of the officials sank.

[This is determined to kill us!Damn this man! ]
Wang Wan shook her head slowly.

[Jun Chang'an lost his sense of proportion, and Lu Buwei lost his sense of proportion anyway, even if he really wants to do something, he must be considerate. ]
Li Si closed his eyes to cover up the flickering light.

[Go forward without leaving a way out, is this what Si will do in the future?Only in this way can you enter the eyes of your majesty, your majesty? ]
"It will be implemented in three years, so let you take the money from the treasury for another three years? Your calculations are really more sophisticated than businessmen!"

In this era, merchants are synonymous with lowliness. Their native place is lowly, and their status is higher than that of slaves and lower than that of ordinary people.

Even if there is a merchant Xiangbang in Qin, it will not change the reality of the low status of merchants.

Lu Buwei compared the officials with the businessmen, and the officials felt that they had been greatly insulted. Some good people jumped up to show Lu Buwei that Qin Jianli was not good.

If it weren't for the fact that you can't carry weapons when you enter the palace, dozens of Qin swords would have chopped at Lu Buwei at this moment.

The first emperor was not polite when he heard Lu Buwei's words, and seeing the reaction of the officials so fiercely, he suppressed the hair-thin hatred in his heart.

Shen Sheng said: "How do you say this?"

"Salary, taxation."

Lu Buwei spit out two words first.

Emperor Shi Huang, who had been confused just now, suddenly became enlightened, looking at the bluffing officials below, with undisguised anger in his eyes.

[Thinking to deceive me! ]
All the ministers restrained their actions one after another, as if they were afraid of the power of the first emperor, and sat back on their seats with a ignorant expression of not knowing why His Majesty was angry again, cursing Lu Buwei for not being a son of man.

In the state of Qin's salary, taxes are distributed by grain, and grain is measured by weight.For example, the highest salary in Qin State is two thousand stones, and this stone is the unit of weight.

In fact, throughout the Spring and Autumn and Warring States period, basically the country was like this.This is because in ancient times when productivity was insufficient, food was the most reliable hard currency.

"I don't know how much this person's salary is. I think that those who can ascend to the court and dare to speak like this should have an annual salary of no less than two thousand shi. Your Majesty lives in Xianyang. The two thousand shi given to this person is the Qin two thousand shi. There is no objection.

"Within the Hangu Pass, there will be no problems with Qin's rations, salaries, and taxes. But what about other lands? If Zhao land levies [-] shi, will it be based on Qin's amount or Zhao's amount? Chu officials will distribute salaries according to Qin's amount. , or Chu Liang?

"If the degree, quantity, and balance are not unified as soon as possible, I dare to say that the lords of the court will have their hands in salaries and taxes. One stone measured by Chu is equivalent to one and a half stones measured by Qin. If the land of Chu collects [-] stones of grain, the local government must measure it with Chu." Levy and pay with Qin.

"Your Majesty gets 20 stones from Qin's quantity, and all the lords get [-] stones from Qin's quantity. Zhao's quantity is not enough to Qin's quantity, and one stone from Qin is equal to one and a half stones from Zhao. If there are thousands of Qin officials in Zhao, each person should be given a salary of two hundred for Qin. Stone, the total salary is [-] stone.

"When you leave Hangu Pass, you only have 20 shi left in your salary, and each of the Qin officials in Zhao's land can only get [-] shi. There will be [-] shi left in Hangu Pass, and in the granaries of your lords' homes. Your Majesty thinks this matter should be postponed?"

Lu Buwei's words are like a switch to control the faces of the officials. The more he speaks, the wider the range, the darker the faces of the officials.

What Lu Buwei said is just the roughest and reasonable way to make money. In practice, what the officials do will be much more beautiful than what Lu Buwei said.

But things are essentially the same, that is, using the difference in speed, quantity, and balance to make money.

"I regard the kings as the humerus, and the kings regard me as the treasury."

The First Emperor was furious, and looked at Wei Zhang who stood up first with cold eyes.

"Wei Zhang was demoted to the fifth rank."

　PS: I went to the hospital for an IV drip today, a little late, and I still have abdominal pain
　　
　
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