Qin Shizhi's Confucian junior master

Chapter 170, Ying Zheng: I don't want any bullshit love right now, I just want to make money! !
After the military people left, Ying Zheng asked Zhao Gao to bring Lu Buwei. If you want to say who is the most profitable person in Qin, Lu Buwei is the first choice. As a former wealthy businessman, Lu Buwei is proficient in businessmen. It is their own caravan that can support such a large number of diners and servants.

After hearing Ying Zheng's idea of ​​making money, Lu Buwei pondered for a while and said

"The way of merchants lies in circulation. They transport the salt of the East China Sea to the northwest, the new firewood from Chu to Yan, and the cheap things from one place to another scarce place. These are the most common merchants. The merchants earn money from the powerful and other merchants. The common people don’t have much money left, and they basically don’t buy other things except to meet their daily livelihood. Therefore, the rich and powerful and other merchants are the most important merchants. The goal.

The most important thing for rich and powerful businessmen is money. What they want is nothing more than appetite, vanity, scarcity, lust, or fame. It is easy to get money from them, but it is also very difficult Disaster. "

"What can Father Zhong and Teacher do?" Ying Zheng looked at the two and asked.

"If you say something that is the easiest to make money, it's nothing more than salt and iron, but these two things cannot be easily sold by the country, especially now that the Qin State is going to war with the outside world, it is even more scarce." Lu Buwei said, businessmen are always flooded. , the steps of accumulating earth into mountains, it is very difficult to eat fat in one go.

"I have a way, open a restaurant." Ziyou said, looking at Ying Zheng and Lu Buwei.

"Restaurants? There are many restaurants in Xianyang, most of which have been in operation for a long time. I am afraid it will be difficult to earn enough money to support the army in a short period of time." Yingzheng said that if a restaurant wants to be famous, it must rely on fresh and delicious food and wine, or enough With a great reputation, it is often not easy to get mixed up in a newly opened wine shop.

"Most of the well-known restaurants in Xianyang are operated by people sent by the imperial court, so there is a big gap in service between common people, merchants and private businesses. However, due to legal restrictions, these private restaurants dare not expand, which has led to the emergence of large restaurants. Very bad, the rich and powerful don't like it, although the service in a small place is good, but the place is not noble enough, the rich and powerful don't like it,
Your Majesty might as well let the Shaofu run a luxurious restaurant, provide good service, and let these dignitaries and officials spend their money. The most important thing is to let this restaurant open and open all over the seven countries, and use the riches of other countries to satisfy their needs. The needs of our Qin country. " Ziyou said.

Although the laws of the Qin State are very strict on officials, they are still allowed to enter and exit wine shops. During this time, Li Si has already started to amend the Qin laws, and some of the laws have been changed. Compared with the strict before, they have become relatively enlightened .

"This is a good idea. Let some famous ministers or dignitaries eat and spend in the restaurant, and then build up the reputation of the restaurant. Of course, even if the rich are rich, they can't go every day. You can also build more floors in the restaurant. Consumption prices are divided into floors, the higher the floor the better the service, and those who like to compare will naturally spend more money to go to higher floors." Lu Buwei said with bright eyes.

What do the rich and powerful like best?Of course it’s about saving face and extravagance, but the state of Qin is simple and simple, especially the emperors of the past dynasties disliked such extravagant behavior, so the powerful officials of the state of Qin also created this kind of simple behavior on the surface, but in private they also I won't treat myself badly, and now that there is such a place for them to enjoy, they will naturally spend it. As for whether they will worry about these ministers becoming corrupt because of this, Lu Buwei thinks that they will not joke about their nine clans, and now There is no shortage of officials in Qin State, and the Confucian disciples who rely on Ziyou don't have to worry about it for the time being.

The level of reading and literacy in Qin State is now higher than before. All this is due to the Confucian disciples brought by Ziyou. Most of these disciples are at the grassroots level, and many of them are assistants. There are not many matter.

As a result, the Confucian disciples' genetics of enlightenment and being a teacher began to stir up, and one by one they started to open private schools, following the example of Confucius at the time, taking two sticks of meat or a little grain, and letting children from ordinary families go to school to study, although it can't be said to teach them. What celebrities, but it also let them get rid of the identity of the head of Guizhou.

"As for spreading across the seven countries, I'm afraid that Qin State can't come forward. It's better to choose an agent from hundreds of families." Ying Zheng said.

If the state of Qin is allowed to open it in other countries, it may be regarded as an intermediary institution. Yingzheng prefers Confucianism, because there are enough disciples of Confucianism, and they are all literate and reliable. The behavior was disdainful, and for a while Ying Zheng didn't know who to invite.

Lu Buwei and Ziyou thought about it but neither of them thought of a suitable one, Ziyou said

"You can use the name of Confucianism to let people from the net handle it. There are no talents who are good at doing business in Confucianism."

"Will Confucianism agree?" Ying Zheng asked.

"Confucianism only values ​​righteousness over profit, and it's not that it doesn't want profit at all. It takes part of it to share with Xiaoshengxianzhuang, and the operation of the restaurant is not for Confucian disciples to operate, so there is nothing to worry about." Ziyou said that not only Confucianism does not pay attention to business, but Everyone in the world is the same, and Confucianism does not look down on merchants. Confucianism believes that merchants are an important tool for carrying commodity circulation, and believes that merchants need to be placed in the right place. What they oppose is merchants' greedy and profit-oriented behavior.

"This matter is bothering the teacher, please discuss it with the Confucianism." Ying Zheng said.

"Leave this matter to me, and I will take charge," Ziyou said.

"It's not enough to rely on restaurants alone. Your Majesty can let the Shaofu set up a caravan exclusively for the royal family, and let them do business for the royal family to earn money." Lu Buwei said, there are also officials who do business, and he is an example, but most people They all look down on and can't play with merchants, and most of them are all kinds of places organized by the government to make money. A small part of the profits belong to the Shaofu, and most of them are financed by the court.

If the Shaofu had its own caravan, it would be able to support the royal family's finances to a large extent.

Ying Zheng fell into deep thought after listening to Lu Buwei's words. The royal caravan sounds like an insult to the majesty of the royal family, but in fact he has no money and cannot afford the military's majesty. Ying Zheng can already imagine that if he announces the opening of the royal caravan, , How many dignitaries and officials will report that this is a competition with the people, and Ying Zheng has expressed his concerns.

After listening to Ying Zheng's words, Ziyou laughed disdainfully.
"What is competing for profit with the people? There are a few common people in the world who can afford to be merchants. The so-called competition for profit with the people is just a loss of their interests. With the royal caravan, they have an extremely powerful competitor, so they Only for their own benefit will they shout out something to fight for the interests of the people, if they dare to shout out this slogan, I will let them know what is the power of the people."

"Father Zhong and Teacher please come up with a charter." Ying Zheng said.

Ziyou and Lu Buwei agreed and left, Lu Buwei said in a low voice on the way

"Mr. Ziyou, the current state of Qin still needs Qin Fa to maintain a strong enough combat power. Are some ideas too early?"

Of course, Ziyou knew what Lu Buwei was talking about, referring to some lenient parts of the Qin Law revised by Li Si, and the loosening of folk restrictions proposed by He Ziyou, which was more of a policy issue, which made Lu Buwei think it was It’s not that the steps are too big, the former Qin State was a strict Legalist, now what Ziyou hopes is to integrate Taoist inaction among the people, and Confucian benevolence and the idea of ​​great unity in politics.

The latter is okay, for the Qin State, it can strengthen the power of the king and correct the bad governance left over from the past, so Lu Buwei allowed it, while the former's inaction is to let go of some restrictions on the people and reduce the government's control over the people. Lu Buwei thinks that this is too far away for the current state of Qin. This should be what Fusu should do after the world is unified and the world is completely stable, not now.

"Of course Wen Xinhou doesn't need to say more, I naturally understand these things, what I'm raising is not about the present, but the hope that after the unification of the world, the people of the six countries have not gone through the process of Qin's reform, nor have they adapted to Qin's law for a long time. , so I hope that we will not adopt an overly strict policy on them, but gradually, not to say that the restrictions on the people will be relaxed now, and now Qin still needs enough power to rule the world." Ziyou said.

Lu Buwei nodded, he naturally knew Ziyou's true thoughts, but some people didn't understand.

The policy proposed by Ziyou is in the stage of governance and self-cultivation after the unification of the world, not now, but some officials don't think so. I want to ask for credit, but fortunately Lu Buwei is still there, and has enough reason and prestige to suppress these, so that Qin's chariot will not overturn.

"Wen Xinhou, please worry a lot about this." Ziyou saluted Lu Buwei.

An old man is like a treasure, and Lu Buwei is the stone of the state of Qin today. What Ziyou, Li Si and some young people propose are all attempts, and it is inevitable that there will be radical and strides. It is necessary for Lu Buwei to come forward as a conservative to pull them away.

Gradually, the Qin Dynasty was also divided into conservatives and radicals. The radicals were responsible for trying, while the conservatives were responsible for keeping Qin from overturning. Fortunately, they met Ying Zheng, a rational monarch with his own ideas. Will support who opposes, mediate and make decisions that are beneficial to Qin, no matter which faction it is, as long as it is beneficial to Qin Yingzheng, they will agree to try.

"It's natural. I also hope that I can spend the rest of my life working for Qin's great plan." Lu Buwei said, he also understands what his mission is, to ensure that Qin will not overturn, and at the same time use his own experience to teach and guide those newcomers In Lu Buwei's opinion, the newcomers in the Qin court are still too immature, including Ziyou, but this is also normal, so it is necessary for these old guys to continue to hold official positions, otherwise these old people don't want to play tricks on their grandchildren. How about a happy old age?

Ziyou and Lu Buwei continued to walk outside. At the same time, they were discussing the recent major events of the Qin State and the previous wars between Han, Wei and Chu. Instead of returning to their respective mansions, they came together to work in the main hall set up for the officials of the prime minister's mansion.

This hall is called the Hall of Directors. Ziyou imitated the Zhongshu Province of the later Tang Dynasty and the cabinet system of the Ming Dynasty. The ministers headed by Sangong work here. Generally speaking, there are very few people here, most of them are Sangong and his subordinates. Jiuqing has his own official residence.

Sangong and his subordinate officials work here and are responsible for reviewing the memorials sent by the ministers. Most of them are young officials. This is to train these young people and exercise their handling ability in a large number of memorials and affairs. After several years of training After the ability to handle government affairs can be transferred to other places, let them practice and operate what they have learned, and then they will be assigned and rewarded according to their political performance.

These memorials will also be classified according to the type. If it is an emergency, it will be handed over to San Gong as soon as possible or handed over to Ying Zheng by the servant for Ying Zheng to make a decision. Ordinary memorials need to be nodded and watched by Ying Zheng They will be sent to Yingzheng's palace, and some daily affairs and greetings from local ministers will be answered by them, and they will be written in a book and handed over to Zhao Gao, who will be read by Zhao Gao to Yingzheng.

Seeing Lu Buwei and Ziyou walk in, everyone saluted the two of them, and then continued to process the memorial. Even the three-year-old Fusu was hugged here, lying on the pile of memorials and holding a memorial. I just looked at it, but I don't quite understand the specific meaning in it. Fusu has now been enlightened, can recognize a lot of characters, and can write some.

Seeing Lu Buwei approaching, Fusu got up and ran towards Lu Buwei with a smile. Lu Buwei also hugged Fusu with a smile. Others saw this scene and consciously plunged their heads into the memorial. Lu Buwei's behavior has actually surpassed Yes, but Ying Zheng didn't say anything, and they didn't dare to say anything, but they couldn't applaud, they could only pretend they didn't see it.

Seeing this, Ziyou didn't say much, Fusu struggled to get down from Lu Buwei's arms, and saluted Ziyou.
"Meet Master."

"Well, what words did you recognize recently?" Ziyou asked with a smile.

"My master taught me Zhuangzi," Fusu said.

Ziyou was taken aback, were all the ancients so fierce?I learned Zhuangzi at the age of three, but then I also understood that the ancients did not have any enlightenment books, most of them were taught according to the teacher's preferences and feelings, and the degree of difficulty was second.

After chatting with Fusu for a few more words, Ziyou handed Fusu to Lu Buwei, sat aside and took out a blank piece of paper, and began to silently write "Disciple Regulations", "Three Character Classic" and "Thousand Character Classic" according to his memory Of course, they are all castrated versions, and Ziyou dare not write about some of the things that haven’t happened yet, especially the line in the "San Zi Jing" that Ying Qin's family was merged.Biography II, Chu and Han struggle.

And the latter ones are all written randomly, and of course there are also Ziyou's own additions. For example, when he wrote his teacher Xunzi, every article must have it. The things that make up for and delete are all modified and rhymed. It took a lot of Ziyou's mind, otherwise Ziyou would not have spent so much time writing three articles silently.

Everyone looked at what Ziyou was writing seriously, and they were all very curious, but they didn't dare to disturb them, so they could only hold back their curiosity and wait for Ziyou to finish writing.

(End of this chapter)