Chapter 2: Follow the trend

Although the sky was a little gloomy on the morning of that day, the political discussions in the Xinnian Palace were still underway. As the decision was made today, Qin Shihuang did not dare to neglect political affairs!

When everyone was discussing some problems caused by the implementation of the general unification policy the day before yesterday, suddenly, a long shout came from the far away from the meeting: "Hongling urgently reported——!Hongling urgently reported———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————

The court officials were startled and immediately stopped talking and looked at His Highness. He saw a rushing commander in the dark sky, holding up a red brocade box in a hurry!

Hong Ling rushed to the front, but was stopped by the doctor order Meng Yi. Meng Yi took the Jin Bo from the hurry and said loudly: "Your Majesty, there is an emergency military information on the front line!" Qin Shihuang nodded and said: "Come on!"

"Here!" Meng Yi took the order, brought armor to the hall, and handed the brocade box up.

When Meng Yi came to the jade stairs, Qin Shihuang waved his hand, Zhao Gao ran down, took the brocade box, opened it himself, and found out that there was no danger, so he presented it to Qin Shihuang!

Qin State Order: Hong Ling was in a hurry to be allowed to approach the king, the guards were not allowed to approach the king without an imperial edict, and the written slips and other items he presented were not allowed to approach the king without careful observation! These were all decrees issued by Qin Shihuang for fear of assassination. However, in Fusu's opinion, it was really too much prevention, and it was a bit of a big deal, and it felt like a panic. But it was no wonder: the greater the power, the more afraid of death!

Seeing Qin Shihuang carefully read the bamboo slips for the news, his face suddenly changed. He said angrily: "The Xiongnu attacked Shanggu, Yuyang, Jiuyuan, and Yunzhong four counties, kill and abducted more than 100,000 people from the border of Qin! It's really outrageous!" Qin Shihuang's face turned pale and his hair was angrily, and he swept his sleeves and other items in the Wang Wen in front of him to the ground with a loud "scary", and he slammed his teeth and said, "Shameless, despicable, robber!"

Everyone has never seen the First Emperor so furious in recent years. They can't help but be frightened and frightened!

Fusu was furious when he heard this and said to himself, "No wonder the father was angry. The world had just been pacified and was working hard to carry out the work of integration. At this time, the Huns attacked the father in a large amount. Wouldn't they deliberately smear the father's face? This made the father, who claimed to be the emperor of the ages and was intimidating the world, not furious!"

Li Xin stood up and said with great pride: "Your Majesty, the head of the Huns Man Shanyu has become greedy. In the past, our great Qin was busy fighting against the six countries, and without paying attention to him, he repeatedly invaded the border. It is really abominable! Now that our seven countries have returned to one, he has led his troops to invade again. He is really despising my mighty Qin. I am so despised by your Majesty, and I ask Your Majesty to launch a large army to destroy it to ensure the prestige of the country!"

When the ministers heard this, they stood up one after another and shouted: "Yes, to destroy the Huns, cut off the head of Touman!" "My power of the Qin Dynasty cannot be desecrated! Repaying blood for blood!"... For a moment, the hall was bustling with people and civil and military officials, and unanimously demanded to attack the Xiongnu barbarians who were arrogant and faced with a headache!

While everyone was bustling, Fusu didn't say a word, just quietly thinking about his own thoughts.

The First Emperor's expression was a little slow, and he glanced at the ministers. Suddenly, he saw Fusu, who was sitting in the first place, didn't say a word, and he couldn't help but feel a little strange. The First Emperor waved his hand, and the civil and military officials immediately stopped. The First Emperor had a gloomy face and said coldly: "Wang'er, all the ministers have spoken, why don't you say a word?"

Fusu stood up and said, "Father, my son is thinking that the Huns must fight, otherwise letting them invade the territory for many years will mean that I, the Qin Dynasty, will feed the tiger with my body, and will make it grow bigger and bigger, and the troubles will become worse! But how to fight and when to fight is worth thinking about!"

The First Emperor's expression slowed down again, and he nodded and said, "What suggestions do you have?"

Fusu said respectfully: "The Huns' cavalry is no less than 200,000, and they are brave and brave. They come and go like the wind. They can carry out long-distance long-distance attacks. My Qin Dynasty is hard to defend! Therefore, to fight the Huns, four problems must be solved.

1. Cavalry problem: Only cavalry against cavalry is the best way to solve the problem. However, although our Great Qin cavalry is currently ahead of the Huns in technology, it is behind the Huns in weapons, behind the Huns in horse breeding, and weaker than the Huns in mobility and long-range raiding ability. Apart from a small number of elite cavalry, our Great Qin does not have a cavalry unit that can directly confront it! If we ignore this fact and force ourselves to fight, our army will be weaker than the Huns, and we will be defeated by the unfamiliar grassland terrain!

2. Defense problem: Nomads have innate superiority to farming nations. The Huns had only a handful of property, and they could be easily carried away with one or two horses. It can be said that the grassland is so big that it is the home of the Huns everywhere. Therefore, the Huns come and go like the wind and float without a trace. Strategically, they have innate advantages and can easily select places to launch a preemptive attack on our Qin Dynasty.

As for our farming nation, whether it is houses, fields, furniture, etc., there is nothing that can be taken away by rolling it away, so we have inherent disadvantages in strategy and are in a passive defense situation.

If you want to offset the innate advantages of the Huns, you can only find a way to limit the indifference of the Huns. The best way is to build the Great Wall. Our Great Qin can connect the Qin Great Wall, the Zhao Great Wall, and the Yan Great Wall. This huge defense line that stretches for thousands of miles can easily turn the Huns under the Great Wall. The innate advantages of the Huns’ strategic will no longer exist. Our Great Qin can safely accumulate grass and food behind the Great Wall and find opportunities to attack the Huns.

3. Supplies and road issues. To destroy the Huns, you must go deep into the grassland. The vast grassland is often without people for dozens or even hundreds of miles. In this case, the supply of the army must rely entirely on the supply supply from the rear, and cannot be collected on the spot like in the war in Guandong. In this way, the supply required for the army to go to the expedition will be an extremely terrifying number. Therefore, if the supply problem is not solved, it can only be a humiliation to go to the expedition! And if there is sufficient and timely supply, it is simply difficult to achieve with the current traffic situation of our Daqin. The solution is: build a road! Build a good highway network connecting the whole country, so that the whole country can transport supplies to the northern frontline, so that our Daqin can have the possibility of victory.

4. Money issues. Building cavalry requires money, building the Great Wall requires money, and preparing a large amount of supplies also requires money. Therefore, if you want to defeat the Huns, the expenses required will be astronomical; and it is impossible to achieve a complete victory within one or two years. You must have plans to make a protracted war, so there must be very outstanding economic talents to manage the national finances so that enough military expenditure can be raised.

But even so, this requires a very high economy for our Great Qin. Although our Great Qin is rich all over the world, it cannot be achieved overnight. Therefore, my minister believes that in three years, we will first build a highway network connecting the whole country, and then build a Great Wall that runs across the north of the Great Qin in three years. During these six years, our Great Qin can accumulate grass and grain while improving cavalry. In this way, six years later, we will probably launch a continuous and fatal blow to the Huns and solve the northern border problems in one fell swoop!

All of the above are foolish opinions of the sons, please ask the father and the sages to judge!"

When the civil and military officials heard this, they were stunned. They were just hot and called to fight. Now, when they heard Fusu analyze it like this, they found that the problem was serious. With the national strength after the war, it was difficult to support such a huge war now, so they couldn't help but feel a little discouraged!

But there are still some objections to Fusu's suggestion. General Yang Duanhe said: "The points that Wu'an Jun has just discussed are quite inexplicable. He is a good idea to plan the country's words for his old age. But I think it is inappropriate to build the Great Wall. You must know that it is a long distance and the cost will be extremely huge. Although the Great Wall built by me, Qin, Yan and Zhao before are the foundation, it may also be a risk of hollowing out the national strength! Moreover, the defenses of the Great Wall are equivalent to not being able to set defenses everywhere. If the Huns concentrate their troops to attack one of them, they will not be able to break them. If one place of the Great Wall is broken, the rest of the entire line will become a decoration! So I think it is inappropriate!"

Fusu shook his head and said, "General Yang's words are wrong! With the Great Wall, even if the Huns want to attack the Central Plains, they can only concentrate their troops to attack one of them. But have you ever thought about it? What would happen if there was no Great Wall?" Fusu raised his voice and said sternly: "I tell you, if there is no Great Wall, my Great Qin will be full of loopholes everywhere. The Huns who come and go like the wind will be as easy as entering their own courtyards. At any time, a small army of hundreds or thousands of people can easily enter the Central Plains to harass and rob! With the Great Wall, the Huns may come once or twice a year, but if there is no Great Wall, the Huns will only come dozens and hundreds of times a year! For the sake of my Chinese nation forever, even if the Qin Dynasty spends a great price, it must build a Great Wall!"

"Yes, yes, what the emperor said!" All the civil and military officials agreed. Yang Duanhe thought about it and also forgiven him: "I have not thought it carefully, so I will laugh at you!"

Qin Shihuang thought for a while and said with relief: "Wang'er said very well. It is indeed impossible to attack the Huns! Let the Huns use a few more years to help them! Wang'er, after you go back, you will put what you said just now into a specific article. I will think about it carefully!" With Qin Shihuang's wisdom and wisdom, he could see the problem naturally and clearly, but even so, the Qin Emperor's expression was still a little unhappy and couldn't help but feel a little disappointed.

Fusu suddenly had an idea and said, "Father, the first thing you need to do in war is money, and my great Qin currently lacks talents in this area. Last year, my son traveled to Qichu and found a world-class genius who is good at internal affairs and financial management, which can raise enough money for me, the day before yesterday, there was no time to recommend it to my great Qin. Now the country is in need of people. Can the father meet this person?"

When Li Si heard this, he panicked. Han Tong, a figure of Li, Zhao Yi Party, was clearly a person who said Fusu was eyeing the position of Zhili, one of the nine ministers!

Li Si looked at Han Tong. Han Tong was also sweating coldly at this time, knowing that something was wrong, but he didn't dare to say anything at this time. If he angered the First Emperor, it would not be fun. He had to secretly look at Zhao Gao beside the First Emperor and complained in his heart!

At this time, the First Emperor was overjoyed when he heard this, "Who is this person's surname? " Fusu smiled and said, "This person's surname is Xiao, a hermit on Huai, and I have visited him for my son! My son can guarantee to his father that this person's financial management can be the best in the world. If someone in the court can surpass him, my son is willing to lose ten thousand gold!"

Everyone was shocked when they heard this. It seemed that talents who Fusu valued such a great person must be an extraordinary person!

The First Emperor was also surprised and said: "It seems that Wang'er is very confident in this person? This really makes me a little impatient to see him! Wang'er, what's going on this afternoon? I personally meet him in the South Study!"

Fusu was overjoyed, secretly happy inside, and thought to himself: "Okay, Zhili's position cannot be escaped! You can hit Li Si hard again, Zhao Gao made a stick!" He nodded quickly and said: "Okay, when I go back, I will arrange to meet someone!"

After Fusu returned to his residence, he didn't even bother to eat breakfast and immediately sent someone to the army outside the city to recruit Xiao He.

In less than an hour, Xiao He came in a hurry, and even had signs of eating on his lips, which showed that he came in a very hurry.

"Your Majesty is there any urgent matters to call me?" Xiao He didn't know why he was so nervous.

Fusu smiled and said, "Xiao He, your opportunity is here! I have already recommended you to my father. My father wants to see you in the afternoon!" Xiao He looked happy, but said a little strangely: "Master, why did Your Majesty suddenly want to summon me? Could something big happened?"

Fusu nodded, and then explained the matters of today's court meeting to Xiao He, and then reminded: "Xiao He, the position of Zhili Neishi, is one of the nine ministers, and it is not unimportant to master the lifeline of the country's finances. This is also an important means for Li Si and Zhao Gao's party to control the court officials! Therefore, you must perform well in the afternoon and strive to oustill Han Tong, who performed mediocrely, and take over his position. In this way, it will not only help the prosperity of my Qin Dynasty, but also can fight against treacherous! I know your ability, and you will control the national finances, and it will be of great benefit to both the country and the people. I hope you will not disappoint me and the people!"

Xiao He said solemnly: "Counterattack against the Huns is a great thing to protect the country and safeguard the country. Xiao He must do his best to win the position of Zhili Neishi!"

Fusu nodded and explained some of Xiao He's temper to prevent him from angering the First Emperor! Xiao He's careful people, accept them one by one and prepare carefully!

South Study Room.

Fusu led Xiao He into the Nan Study room and respectfully bowed down: "Father, my son has brought Xiao He here!"

When Xiao He came in, he secretly looked at the First Emperor and found that the First Emperor, who was wearing a black rolling dragon robe and a crown on his head, was beating him up and down. The majestic eyes of the king, which was like a tiger and dragon, emitted a strong pressure, which made Xiao He, who had always been brave, swallow his saliva, and felt a little nervous!

"I Xiao He pays homage to Your Majesty!" Xiao He bowed to the ground, and made a terrified and terrified attitude!

The First Emperor nodded, raised his sleeves majesticly, and said proudly: "Let's just flat, give me a seat!" Fusu signaled to Xiao He, and Xiao He sat down on Fusu's lower head.

The First Emperor looked at Xiao He with his sharp eyes as sharp as an eagle. Xiao He's thin and handsome appearance, and his calm and calm expression made the First Emperor nod his head in admiration and said in a deep voice: "You are Xiao He? Are you present any position?"

Xiao He hurriedly lowered his head and whispered: "It's the wee minister. Now he is a staff member of the rank of 'Wolf Fang. Pojun', and his rank is more than 600 responsibilities!"

The power of the staff in the Qin army was also very varied, mainly depending on which general he was with. The senior position was better than the prefect, and the rank was 2,000 stones, and the lower position was only 2,000 pounds compared to the county history, and the rank was 200 to 300 pounds!

When the First Emperor heard this, he nodded, raised his sleeves, and smiled and said, "Today's court meeting, Wang'er recommends to me to you, saying that you have extraordinary talents in internal affairs and financial management, but is it true?"

Xiao He replied respectfully: "Go to Your Majesty, although Xiao He is a little talented, I just don't know if he can get the eyes of Your Majesty!"

The First Emperor smiled generously, leaned on the throne, put on a comfortable position, raised his hand and said, "Then tell me, what are the ways you can significantly increase national taxes?"

Xiao He cleared his throat and said, "From ancient times, there are only two ways for the country to increase taxes:

1. Increase taxes to the people. But this method is tantamount to drinking poison to quench thirst. It not only makes it suspected of fishing when the lake is exhausted, but also cannot last long and is not a long-term plan!

Second, the tax rate remains unchanged, but vigorously develop workers, farmers and commerce to increase people's income. In this way, even if the tax rate remains unchanged, the national tax revenue will increase significantly. This is a proper and long-term tax policy, and there will be no suspicion of disturbing the people!"

As Xiao He said, he looked at the First Emperor tentatively and found that his expression was normal and there was no abnormal expression. He couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. When the First Emperor was just excited when he heard it, Xiao He suddenly stopped talking and said strangely: "Well, why don't you say it anymore, continue to say, did you say it very well just now? Are there any specific measures?"

Xiao He nodded and said, "There are only a few measures to vigorously develop industrial businesses and increase people's income;

1. Agriculture is the foundation of the country. The most consumed by war is also food, so the country must focus on agriculture first. Nowadays, agricultural production in the headquarters of Guanzhong, Hanzhong, Ba, Shu and other places is well developed. The grain produced every year is worth tens of millions of hu of food, which is enough to supply the local area without any worries! However, the six countries in Xinding Kanto have lost agriculture, backward production, and water conservancy has also been disrepaired for a long time. Therefore, today's plan is to increase agricultural income, we must vigorously repair water conservancy in Kanto countries, promote new and effective agricultural methods, and recruit refugees to encourage farming! In this way, in less than three years, the agricultural production of Kanto countries will have a new atmosphere!"

When the First Emperor heard this, he nodded and smiled, "Well, this is a good word! During the court meeting the day before yesterday, I and my ministers also discussed this matter, saying that we would repair water conservancy to facilitate the agricultural production of the six Kanto countries, but we did not say it in detail! Very well, you continue to say it!"

Xiao He was confident and continued: "2. Industry is the basis of a strong country. As long as there is a strong industry, advanced and practical agricultural equipment can be produced, which is conducive to promoting the development of agricultural production and increasing national strength; it can also produce a large number of advanced and powerful combat weapons for the army, greatly increasing the country's ability to resist foreign aggression and suppress civil unrest! Therefore, the empress suggested promulgating new laws to encourage the people to engage in industrial production; and if the people develop some very useful technologies that are very beneficial to the country, they can be rewarded by the court and give a heavy reward, which makes it more difficult to promote the development of industry! As for salt, iron and liquor, industrial production related to national economy and people's livelihood, of course, should be controlled by the state. This will not only greatly increase national income, but also effectively control civil unrest!"

The First Emperor hesitated for a moment, nodded and said, "This is not bad. The reason why I, Daqin, was able to destroy the six kingdoms is not only because of advanced agricultural support, but also the powerful weapons industry. This discussion is very good and can be implemented!"

Xiao He was overjoyed and continued: "Three, business is the source of a rich country. What is business? It is actually buying and selling things! Merchants bought the surplus rice in the west and transported it to a place with shortage of grain in the east to sell it, and then bought the surplus salt and iron in the east and transported it to a lack of salt in the west to sell it. In this buying and selling process, things that were originally worth only one cent in the local area became three-month and four cents after they arrived in another place, and the value was increased invisibly, and the country could obtain a large amount of tax revenue from this added value! Therefore, business can not only play an important role in communicating with the existence of the existing ones, but also an important measure to enrich the country!"

At this time, the First Emperor shook his head and said, "This is not appropriate! Merchants are treacherous and think about exploiting the people and obtaining huge profits. If the country encourages business and the people see the huge profits of business, they all go to do business. Who will plant the land and who will produce weapons will be produced. This proposal is not feasible!"

Xiao He smiled bitterly at Fusu and advised, "Your Majesty, the merchants have worked hard and have worked hard to get a certain profit for the world. This is also a way to make a living by their ability. It is understandable! Your Majesty must not favor this but the other!"

When the First Emperor heard this, he was displeased and his voice suddenly increased: "False! As the saying goes, no businessman can pursue profit, no profit can get up early! Merchants are born to pursue profit, so as long as there is a businessman, the greatest benefit is instinct! They only know how to make money from the people, and they don't know the hardships of the people; and illegal vendors often accumulate strange things and disturb people's livelihood. How can they encourage business in this way?"

Xiao He was sweating, knowing that he might not be able to convince Qin Wangzheng to agree to this. Fusu smiled at this time and said with a high voice: "Father, my son and I agree with Mr. Xiao's opinion this time, and also think that business should be encouraged!"

The First Emperor was stunned. After all, with Fusu's current prestige and ability in the court and the country, his speech was still quite important. He couldn't help but smile and said, "Oh, what is Wang'er's idea? Let's take a look!"

Fusu smiled and said, "In fact, the country is like a human body. The three industries of agriculture, industry and commerce are all part of the human body. Agriculture is the foundation of the country, just like the bones of the human body, supporting the survival of the country! Business is the source of a strong country, like the muscles of the human body, controlling the source of the country's strength! Business is like blood flowing in the human body. They constantly transport blood from the heart to all aspects of the body to maintain the health and vitality of the body! What the father said just now, strictly suppressing commerce is actually equivalent to controlling the blood circulation of the human body, which is not conducive to the health of the human body. You must know that if a person wants to grow up healthily, his blood must be unobstructed and communicate with each other in the body, otherwise people will get sick! Therefore, the son-in-law also agrees with Mr. Xiao's argument for polite business, please think twice!"

This was the first time that Emperor Qin Shi Huang heard such a vivid metaphor. He felt it made sense for a moment and couldn't help but smile: "It seems that Wang'er has learned the true teachings of Mr. Han Fei and knows to use the opportunity to convince the emperor! However, although Wang'er's statement is very reasonable, I still hesitate. After all, China has been suppressing business for thousands of years!"

Fusu was secretly happy in his heart: "There is a play!" and he said with a hurried smile: "In fact, the business problems mentioned by the father just now exist in reality, and may be very serious, which led to a certain prejudice against business in all dynasties! But the practice of beating all merchants to death with one stick is indeed unconsiderable, and it is suspected that a person is blind! After thinking about it, he has a relatively proper suggestion for the development of business. It should be able to develop the benefits of business to the extreme and control the disadvantages to the minimum!"

The First Emperor couldn't help but be very interested, moved again on the throne, changed into a comfortable position, raised his hand and said, "Then tell me!"

Fusu smiled and said, "That is the state promulgating the commercial law. In this commercial law, the state does not interfere with the normal daily business activities of merchants, but the sales prices of merchants, hoarding, vicious competition, deception of the people must be regulated by strict laws!

For example, if a normal rice sold in a certain place can guarantee that the merchant has a certain profit, then the state limits the sales price of rice in a certain place to be between 95 and 100. If it is too much, it cannot be done or less. It is a guide price. With this guide price, it can not only protect the people from excessive exploitation by merchants, but also regulate the business behavior of merchants, so that they can also make certain profits and prevent them from being unprofitable and undermine their enthusiasm for doing business.

For example, if a certain shop garrison accumulates rice and intends to raise prices, then this person violates the commercial law. The state can rely on the benefits and use heavy punishment to serve as a warning to the monkey! Others, such as vicious competition and deceiving the people, are also strictly regulated!

However, merchants cannot be strictly regulated by law, and certain rewards and protection measures must be provided. This is like controlling business with carrots in one hand and sticks in the other. For example, if a business operates very honestly and is trusted by the people, then the country can present a plaque of gloriousness to him and make him honor the country! For example, if a business is in a certain county and the county pays one of the most taxes to the state, then the country can return part of its taxes every year to encourage it! Also, as long as a businessman does not violate the law, his normal business activities must be protected. Anyone extortion or extortion of the government has the responsibility to protect it!

Once such commercial laws are issued, under the control of the powerful state machine, business will inevitably develop in a standardized and orderly direction. Those illegal vendors who dare to challenge the law will inevitably submit after receiving the harshness of the law!

The above are all false statements by the sons, please correct me by the father!”

The First Emperor was shocked when he heard this. Although the First Emperor was the emperor of the ages and had a high IQ, he was still very surprised by these modern business common sense. After thinking about it for a while, the more he thought about it, the more he felt it was reasonable. He couldn't help but laugh and said, "Wang'er said it very well, this proposal is good!"

Suddenly, the First Emperor stood up excitedly, paced back and forth, and said enthusiastically: "If such a commercial law is really promulgated, I am not afraid that those merchants will turn against the will of heaven!"

The First Emperor happily turned around a few times, and suddenly laughed: "Zhao Gao, I am rumored that I will appoint Xiao He as the governor of the Li Nei Shi! Is Han Tong? The incompetent person, let him go to Mount Li to repair my Yinling!"

Zhao Gao heard it clearly outside Secretary Nan, and felt a sense of misery inside. He had to bite the bullet and replied loudly: "Hey, follow your Majesty's order!"

Xiao He was overjoyed and quickly bowed, "Thank you Your Majesty for your kindness!" The First Emperor was in a very good mood and smiled, "You are a talent, so I must use it. So, Xiao Aiqing, you are responsible for writing the three industrial, industrial, agricultural and commercial development plans discussed in a specific article for me to approve. Fusu, your business law concept is very good. If you have time, please give me more guidance and make sure to improve it!"
Chapter completed!