Chapter Seventy-Five: Deliberations
"The king must not destroy the country!" Xiong Jing's roar provoked the wails of more feudal doctors. There are many landless people among the feudal monarchs, and even if they are landless, they do not want the land of Chu to become the land of other countries, and the common people of Chu to become the common people of other countries.
"Talking about destroying the country, the king is obviously saving the country...... Yes! Zi Mo also took the opportunity to speak. To him, the Fengjun doctors were unceremoniously, and someone smashed his sword with a sheath, and he immediately let out a miserable scream.
"What do you want?!" Ling Yin Nao stood up cunningly, his momentum was more than Zi Mo, someone smashed it and was caught by him, and the sword immediately smashed vigorously on the ground. "How about the Qin people coming? How about the Qin people coming?! He questioned loudly.
"The Qin people are here, I'll wait to fight to the death!" Yi Yangjun shouted, followed him, and the doctors shouted in unison: "Yes, the Qin people are coming, and I will wait to fight to the death." ”
"You're waiting to fight to the death?! Are you waiting to fight to the death?! Nao pointed at them slyly, "What about the Yue people?" What about the Song people? What about the Lu people? How many people are there in Chu? Wait, how many people are there in Chu?! "Nao is burly and has a loud voice, and his voice can be heard even outside the main bed.
"In the country of the Chu people, only the Chu people fight to the death! Chu geometry? Geometry?! "Finally suppressed the scene, Nao cunning glared angrily at Yi Su and the others." There are more than 200,000 clans moving eastward, plus the clans of Dongdi, there are only 400,000, 400,000 men, women, old and children, how many soldiers can fight?
Before the fall of the first king, he knew that the state of Chu was about to die, and he said to his ministers: 'The king is in Sheji, no matter what the king does, you must assist the king.' 'Now the king sleeps all night and determines the state affairs, how can he not think that allowing all countries to restore the country is to abandon the foundation of the previous king, but the situation is like this, if you want the society of Chu to be immortal, you must do this policy. ”
"Nao Qing......" Xiong Jing had already come down from the back of the temple man, and he looked at the Fengjun doctor in front of him and shook his head. Don't talk much to them. They have servants, cars, and meat, and they have long lost the spirit of their ancestors. They are the big fat pigs raised by the peasants, and if they cut off the grain today, they will starve to death tomorrow. ”
Nao's cunning words are a wake-up call, and Xiong Jing's words are insults. Some people were ashamed when they heard it, and some people like Yiyang Jun looked up to the sky and shouted: "Please don't insult the king!" ”
"I don't mean you." Xiong Jing didn't look at him, but at the people behind him. "The widow can guarantee: first, the county Yin Yi and Yin officials, as long as they can treat the common people well and see the three governments in the temple, no one can drive you away except for the Qin people; Second, before the Qin people invade our Chu State, the Gu Lu of the Gong Clan will not be reduced, and you will continue to have no worries about food and clothing. ”
After Xiong Jing finished speaking, no one answered, but many people bowed their heads. In addition to the emotional impact on the princes, the biggest benefit of the restoration of the countries under the rule is the loss of official positions and the loss of valleys. The king promised not to lose his official position and Gu Lu, and as soon as the practical interests disappeared, most people's excitement disappeared.
Seeing everyone bowing their heads, Xiong Jing smiled contemptuously on his lips, but there was deep disappointment in his heart. He turned to Chang Jiang and said, "Send them out!" ”
"The king's order, step down!" Chang Jiang looked at the temple people who were already standing in the Ming Hall, they were lined up and were about to clear everyone out.
"King!" Yi Yangjun did not retreat, but knelt forward, "...... minister"
His old tears suddenly flowed down, he didn't know what to say, and he couldn't say anything, but the huge Chu State said that there was no more, he only felt sad in his heart, so much so that he couldn't help crying: "King, the Chu State can't die!" ”
"King, the state of Chu can't die!" Following him, Dr. Fengjun also cried.
The main sleep was full of sorrows, tough as cunning and his eyes were moist, but Xiong Jing was unmoved, he said: "Whether the Chu State dies or not depends on how we have done in the past 20 years." If you do it well, the state of Chu will not only not die, but also recover the old land; Didn't do well ......"
"The king, the ministers will definitely be able to do a good job." In the midst of the wailing, the ministers were already in unison.
"Then the temple will see the three politics, and the rest will soon be issued by the new policy, and when you wait for the errand, the widow will have his own order. Wait a minute, stand down. Xiong Jing waved his hand again, he felt that Chu Guo had some hope at this time, at least most of the ministers were really crying when he was crying just now, but he didn't know how many actors there were.
"The ministers are waiting for the king's order." After the ministers answered in unison, they retreated.
"I really don't know who passed it on!" Zimo was smashed with a sword just now, and when he saw the ministers retreating, he immediately talked about the culprit.
"Compiling the history books of various countries, but how can anyone who knows not understand its meaning?" Qu Sui said helplessly, he knew that the secret would not be hidden for long. "The king should quickly issue an edict for the restoration of the country, and beware of traitors and traitors."
"Decree of restoration? No, you can't. "Yang Wenjun, who has become Dazai, spoke out against it." The matter of restoring the country can only be understood, not explicitly stated. Whoever says it clearly, the state of Chu will definitely be in turmoil, and there may be rebellions in all counties and towns. At the end of this order, it should be clearly stated that scholars and historians from all over the country should quickly gather in Yingdu to discuss the compilation of the old history, so that the common people can feel at ease. ”
"How?" Xiong Jing asked. Although Yang Wenjun is a little disdainful, when it comes to wisdom, he is the highest among the important ministers.
"It should be." Taifu Song Yu rarely speaks, but he still expresses his opinions on some important matters.
"What does Nao Qing think?" Xiong Jing asked Nao Cunning again, he was Ling Yin, and any order Xiong Jing would ask him first to show respect.
"That's a good idea." Nao is not very close to Yang Wenjun, but he still agrees with his intentions.
"That would lead to the drafting of the instrument. Rumors of the restoration of the country should not be explicitly stated, and the more euphemistic the better. "Xiong Jing knows that he knows that even the word 'reinstatement' cannot appear on paper, so as not to cause turmoil in the county. It's just that by the time he finished explaining this, he had forgotten what he was going to discuss today.
"King, Zhao Guo sent 20,000 gold this time, and there are still 6,000 horses." The content of the meeting is actually a daily event, which is basically a passing hall. "If you can, the ink furnace, coke, craftsmen, etc., will be sent to Zhao Guo on the same day."
"Six thousand, only six thousand?" Xiong Jing silently calculated the unit price of the horses and found that each horse was 0.25 gold more expensive.
"Zhao envoy said that Qi is not allowed to cross the border, and can only cross the border from Qin and Wei, so a horse has more than 2,000 yuan to buy the road." Nao Cunning explained. In last year's war, many military horses died of exhaustion and disease, and 6,000 horses were the largest number of horses purchased by Chu in a single transaction in the past 40 years.
"Transit from Qin Wei?" Xiong Jing was very surprised. "Forget about Wei Guo, Qin Guo is willing to cross the border with so many horses?"
"Zhao Envoy said that he spent 2,000 gold to buy a road, but I don't know if it's true or not." Nao smiled slyly, he was happy if he had a horse.
"Since the State of Qin wants to negotiate peace with our State of Chu, this move is probably the reason for Xianyang's acquiescence." Yang Wenjun thought of Xiong Qi, the right prime minister.
"How's the horse?" Xiong Jing also thought of Xiong Qi, "What I wanted at the beginning was not to pull a horse, but to ride a horse." ”
"It's a horseback ride." Nao Cunning had already sent someone to see the horses, "All of them are over five feet eight inches." ”
"Since Zhao Ren has paid the money, then deliver the goods. This matter is in the hands of you, Gong Yin Dao. Xiong Jing instructed Gong Yin Dao.
"King Yu: The matter of the national debt has been discussed with Wei Guoda, and they think that the money is too low." Sihui Shi Yan said.
"They think a year is the right amount of money?" The previous interest rate was set at 5% per annum, which is indeed very low compared to the market.
"It takes 30 percent of the money." Shi Yan stretched out three fingers, "The minister thinks that if the king can see it in person, it may be reduced to two or five." ”
"The minister thinks that with the huge profits of drying salt, glass, paper, books, iron, and coal, it is not necessary to issue treasury bonds." Shi Yan said again. "Last month, the book sales alone earned more than 12,000 gold."
"Selling books?" Everyone remembered the book "Be an Official if You Read It" compiled by the king, and immediately laughed. The wholesale price of this book is 3,000 yuan, and 30,000 or 40,000 copies were sold in half a month. You can be an official for 3,000 yuan, and even if you are bankrupt, you have to buy a book.
Prestige was actually built up slowly one thing at a time, even Yang Wenjun, who later entered the Yan Dynasty, felt that Xiong Jing had the skill to govern the country at this time, and he couldn't help laughing. Xiong Jing didn't smile, he remembered Huang Xie's words in the past, and said: "What's the use of gold, no big businessman can buy corn and horses for more than 10,000 gold?" Gold is just gold in our hands, and it can only be exchanged for things in the hands of big merchants. If I want the things of the world, I have to make friends with the world's big businessmen. If you don't start hoarding supplies now, it'll be too late later. Long ginger? ”
"The old slave is here." Chang Jiang is not an outsider, he has a smile in his eyes every time he looks at the king.
"When and when am I free?" Xiong Jing asked, he already had an agenda.
"Your lord, the king will have time to rest when the car is suspended in five days." Chang Jiang replied.
"Not available for the next two days?" Five days later, it was late.
"Your Majesty, tomorrow morning will have an early eclipse or be free." Chang Jiang reluctantly said for a time, which means that the great merchants of Wei can accompany the king to breakfast.
"Then arrange for the great merchants of Wei to meet tomorrow in the morning." Xiong Jing Road. He must issue treasury bonds, and those big businessmen who control the circulation of commodities must bring down the Chu state by purchasing treasury bonds.
"Yu Dawang: After the Shangsi, there is a test of literary attendants," Song Yu said, "This time, several people are hired in each county and each city, and tens of thousands of scholars go to Yingdu, and I am afraid that Yingdu has nowhere to stay." ”
"Or you can stay in the barracks." Nao came up with an idea.
"The military camp is far away from Yingdu, which is not appropriate." Qu Sui said.
"The inn is not enough, it is better to stay in the Yingdu family." Xiong Jing remembered the solution to the lack of granaries in Xixian County. "The exam is only three or four days of accommodation, and each scholar in the imperial court will make up 100 yuan to the people in the city."
"King, a hundred dollars is a lot." Even in spring, corn is only a hundred dollars and a stone, and it is too expensive for a family to give a stone of rice for a few nights.
"Then give fifty yuan to each household, and the other fifty yuan to the scholar to buy pen and ink." Xiong Jing changed his words. His generosity made the ministers snicker. Scholars who can go to Yingdu will not be too poor, after all, it always costs money to go out. However, it is not excluded that a small number of scholars carry rice to Yingdu to catch the exam, and these people eat and sleep in the open, and fifty yuan is simply an unexpected joy.
"The king, the shipyard invites the king to go once, and the doctor is afraid that the engineer will make a mistake." Gong Yin Dao brought up the shipyard again. No one has ever built a ship with a keel, and although there are ship model drawings, he and Gong Zhijian are still not at ease.