"Salt and iron belong to the imperial court. This method was used by Guan Zi during the reign of Duke Huan of Qi State. In just a few years, the treasury of the State of Qi was filled, laying the foundation for Duke Huan of Qi's later hegemony in the Spring and Autumn Period!"
After a few breaths of Zhou Qing's words, Qin Wangzheng was the first to figure out the secret of it, and it seemed that he had vaguely seen a similar approach in the Qin palace books. Compared with moving the world's richest man to Xianyang, this method is better More controlled.
Guigu Gai Nie on one side followed the Qin King’s administration and nodded slightly. Similar methods such as salt and iron had been used as early as the Spring and Autumn Period, and achieved quite good results. The effect is, I just don’t know what the difference is between Master Xuanqing’s words and Guanzi?
"Although Guanzi adopted this method, in fact, it only opened up financial resources through the salt tax and the iron tax. My method is to directly incorporate salt and iron into the state affairs, and the people of Xia have nothing to do with it. Salt makes the body weak, and without iron, the courage is weak!"
"The benefits of controlling these two things are numerous, and the same can be said for the laws of wine and slaves!" /p>
Listening to Gai Nie’s words, Zhou Qing gently shook his head. Qi State is located on the coast of the East China Sea and has a developed salt industry. Although Guan Zhong had strong control over salt and iron at that time, due to the national system, Duke Huan’s generation Then, return to the original state.
Qi's method is naturally undesirable. As for these two things that affect the people of Xia, it is estimated that direct and absolute control is the best policy for the Qin king.
Holding two chopsticks, savoring the taste of Luoyang delicacies and sipping the fine wine, it was so pleasant. As for Qin Wangzheng at this moment, he seemed to be unconsciously caught up in the disputes between himself and Gai Nie, and could not come up with it for a moment. .
“It is rumored that the Confucian Confucius once asked Laozi. Now I listen to Master Xuanqing’s words and downplay the country’s great policies. As the Taoist said, governing a big country is like cooking small dishes. No matter how old the master is, He is young, but he has unique insights into this matter!”
“I’d like to give you a toast, Master!” The policy is naturally clear. Nowadays, most of the salt and iron subordinates in Qin are scattered and gathered in various places. Although the Qin court can simply govern one or two, the resistance involved is too great.
Especially the Old Qin people who have been deeply involved in it for hundreds of years. Although their roots are the same as those of the Qin State, for the Qin court, their approach is tantamount to filling their own treasury with things from the treasury. Such an approach is very unfair. I can bear it.
For more than a hundred years, the Qin State has suffered from successive wars and its treasury is empty. However, on the other hand, the old clans of the Qin State are rich in clothing and food, extremely extravagant, and act arbitrarily. They are no longer what they were during the Xiaogong period a hundred years ago. folk customs.
Although there is great resistance to reforming the current salt and iron policy, it seems that Wenxin Hou Lu Buwei can continue to exert his residual enthusiasm. With all kinds of thoughts, Yingzheng is very happy with it, and he raises the jade cup in his hand. The crystal clear liquid inside was rippling. He looked at Taoist Xuanqing on one side and sighed deeply.
"Please!"
Zhou Qing nodded, raised the cup in his hand, nodded to Qin Wangzheng, Gai Nie, and Li Xin, drank it in one gulp, andThe last four people continued to chat casually.
The city of Luoyang is very different from Xianyang. It is noon, and there are more and more guests in the restaurant. After two sticks of incense, the remote place where Zhou Qing and others are now gradually has more guests from Luoyang. , the words and deeds are full of business affairs, full of elegant and interesting things.
"Well, people from the Mo family?"
Suddenly, just when Zhou Qing and his party were about to leave after having enough wine, a group of six people suddenly came in outside the restaurant. The men in black and white clothes and well-dressed all held long swords, with a faint aura of Yuanli shining around them.
Obviously, they were dressed as disciples of the Mohist family. Zhou Qing looked slightly sideways, and Gai Nie also glanced at them. They were all Hunyuan's innate cultivation, and among the Mohist family, they were considered to be the best. An elite disciple.
"The tyrant really left Xianyang and came to Luoyang?"
The six people entered the already slightly crowded restaurant, glanced around, and then moved towards the area where Zhou Qing and the others were. Come, six people gathered in a corner and occupied a table. The servants in the shop immediately came forward to serve and refill the tea.
They all looked to be in their twenties or thirties, well-dressed, with a slightly dusty look on their faces, as if they had just come from somewhere else, whispering to each other, if they hadn’t received this message The news would not alarm the Mo family.
"According to the news from Xianyang, King Qin Yingzheng had left the palace a few days ago. Although he kept a low profile, he still showed traces. A group of about 20 people went down the Wei River, counting the time. , it’s time to enter Luoyang.”
The six of them whispered to each other, their voices controlled very weakly, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble. After all, Luoyang is now under the jurisdiction of the Qin State. If their intentions are exposed, what will happen to them? What he did next had a great impact.
"The Qin State is violent and has massacred people of various countries in recent years. The battles of Changping and Handan in Zhao State, the battles of Yique and Puyang in Wei State, the battles of Shangdang in South Korea, Hanzhong and Zhaoling in Chu State In just a few decades, more than a million people and soldiers died under Qin's cavalry!"
"There was another tragic incident in Handan of Zhao State recently. The tyrant sent a killer general! Chang'an Jun Chengjiao was beheaded. Such a king not only continued to kill others, but also treated his half-brother like this. If he were to wait for him to take over the power of Qin, I'm afraid all the countries would fall into endless pain!"
The six Mohist disciples kept talking. In just a few sentences, their expressions were unconsciously excited, and their energy was rolling around. If the tyrant of Qin stood in front of him, he would definitely pull out the sword in his hand and fight for the suffering people of other countries. revenge.
The spiritual awareness spread, and the six disciples who enveloped the Mo family narrowed their eyes slightly. They did not expect that people from various schools of thought would receive the message so quickly. It seems that there are many spies from Baijia in Xianyang City. , judging from the implications of their conversation, it seemed that they were here to carry out an assassination.
"Master, what happened?"
Qin Wangzheng, who was dressed in a elegant white robe and brocade robe, did not realize what the Mohist disciple said, but from the looks on Zhou Qing and Gai Nie's Look, it seems that something important happened here that I don't know about, and it's related torelated to oneself.
"It's just a few ants trying to eat an elephant, sir, don't worry!"
Facing Qin Wangzheng's gaze, Zhou Qing shook his head slightly, let alone The six Mohist disciples came, and even the Mohist giant Six-fingered Black Man came in person at this moment. He couldn't do anything to him. However, there were many forces in the Bai family who were disgusted and hostile to the Qin State. If it wasn't just the Mohist family who acted, there would be some trouble. .
"According to the news, this time the tyrant came out of the palace, accompanied by Gai Nie, the chief swordsman of the Qin Palace, and Xuan Qingzi, the Taoist Tianzong. Both of them are top masters. We alone can't I'm afraid that I won't be able to catch him!"
This sudden incident was related to the Qin Wangzheng. For a moment, Zhou Qing and Gai Nie looked at each other and did not leave in a hurry. While tasting the fine wine, they quietly explored the messages brought by the Mohist disciples. They wanted to treat them as prey, but they often couldn't recognize who was the prey!
"There is no need to worry. According to what the leader of the Thief Toes said, the great hero Lu Goujian of the Zhao Kingdom is also coming to Luoyang, as well as the three disciples of the Wei Kingdom General Gongsun Yu. This time, the tyrant must be defeated If we can’t return to Xianyang, we will give peace to all the countries!”