Qin Zheng and Cao Fan both knew that if the Qin State, which was based on agriculture, attracted investment, it would follow the industrialization process proposed by the business Weiyang. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

This process is bound to involve sacrifices, the biggest of which are the farmers who dig a lot of land in the soil.

In recent years, large landowners began to use agricultural machinery in large quantities to farm the land, and a large number of landless tenants were displaced, but fortunately, Qin Zheng purchased a large number of metal farm tools from the Chinese Empire.

Policies were also used to encourage land reclamation, so there was no large-scale displacement.

It stands to reason that peasants do not need to pay land rent for cultivating land, as long as they pay taxes to the imperial court, and there is a three-year tax holiday for newly opened wasteland, and the people should live better and better.

Today, however, it is true that the life of self-cultivated peasants is even worse than that of tenants.

The reason is very simple -- the grain is cheap and hurts the peasants!

Due to the mechanized cultivation methods adopted by large landowners, as well as the increasing area of cultivated land, coupled with the supply of chemical fertilizers in the Chinese Empire, the grain of the Qin State ushered in an explosive growth.

If this is Emperor Qin Guang, he is bound to publicize such a prosperous era.

However, the reality is that the most direct result of the sharp increase in food production is the collapse of food prices.

Other daily necessities such as salt, iron, cloth, etc., due to the restrictions on the import of the Chinese Empire, the productivity of its own handicraft industry was low.

The only modern textile factory, the Imperial Chamber of Commerce, simply could not support the supply of the entire Qin state, and had to bear the heavy responsibility of handing over to the national treasury.

As a direct result of this, the peasants received more grain, but if they converted the grain into gold coins, their income was actually reduced.

The consumption of salt, iron, cloth and other necessities of life is even more difficult, and some people have not known the taste of salt for several months.

Therefore, at the suggestion of Cao Fan, the imperial court vigorously supported the peasants to carry out side jobs and handicrafts.

Breeding, handmade weaving, and so on were vigorously promoted by the Qin State.

Even Cao Fan's cabinet has set up an official livestock department, which is responsible for breeding chickens, ducks, pigs, cattle and sheep in the breeding industry.

The purpose of all this is to increase the peasants' income, so that the state can raise the income of the country and carry out infrastructure construction and basic education.

Now, if Chinese goods are opened to Qin, it will inevitably have an impact on the existing handicraft industry, and the people's income will plummet again, even lower than before the previous policy adjustment.

Under such circumstances, the old school provoked a little, and the trade between Cao Fan and Qin Zheng's traitorous minister Duan Jun was detained.

Judging from Fu Mingyi's question, he is threatening the two of them, you can either drag it or put on the hat of a faint monarch and a minister.

At this time, Cao Fan remembered what his teacher had said when he was at Huaxia Normal University: "Any reform is a challenge to the existing interest groups, and the old forces will definitely carry out a crazy counterattack." ”

Now Cao Fan truly understood the meaning of this sentence, and he also understood why Shang Weiyang had completely eliminated the old forces from the beginning of Black Rock City.

At first, he also felt that the Chinese Empire had militarily suppressed the sects and gentry and landlords, and that the policy of pushing forward was to plunder wealth.

Now it seems that his idea is very ridiculous, the reason why the Chinese Empire did this is entirely because the existence of these people is to block the road of industrialization reform.

Thinking of this, Cao Fan's eyes were firm and said: "Your Majesty, if you open up trade, there are indeed advantages and disadvantages, but on the whole, the advantages still outweigh the disadvantages, and the national strength of the Qin State will be on a higher level." ”

Cao Fan's meaning when he said this was already obvious, he carried the pot for the traitorous ministers of the Qin State.

Seeing that his henchmen and capable ministers were so firm, Qin Zheng was stunned at first, and then he understood, and immediately said: "That's all for today's discussion, I'm tired, and the reception and negotiation of the envoys of Huaxia State are all handed over to the prime minister." After speaking, he left without waiting for the ministers to speak.

The old faction began to have a headache, and if it really came from the handicrafts of the cultivators, it was only a small fight, and his various workshops, who controlled a large number of landless peasants, were the biggest victims of trade.

Fu Mingyi stayed in the council hall a little decadently, and suddenly he looked at Cao Fan with sharp eyes and scolded: "Traitorous minister, traitorous minister misleads the country!"

There were other conservative forces that left together, making the young Zhuang faction on the main hall extremely embarrassed.

The Young Zhuang faction all have a background of studying abroad in China, and even if they don't, they are in Mingyue School to fully imitate the new-style school of China.

The analysis of domestic forms and possible consequences is relatively clear.

At this time, everyone looked at Cao Fan, waiting for his statement.

"What does he say? Go, go to my house tonight to discuss matters, for Huaxia's envoy this time, we must not contribute?

Don't care so much, the emperor will support us! Let's do a good job of the courtiers. ”

After Cao Fan finished speaking, everyone else laughed, and after complimenting each other, they left in a group to prepare for the evening's deliberations.

At this time, Zhang Zhiping had already finalized the personnel of the delegation and formulated some negotiation policies.

On the day of departure, Shang Weiyang and Shang Ape personally saw them off, and told Zhang Zhiping: "Although we have formulated a series of plans, this mission still depends on you to improvise."

Remember that winning first is not called winning, sometimes you can make appropriate concessions for the sake of strategy, as for the scale, you can grasp it yourself, I believe you. ”

"I will definitely not disappoint the expectations of the party and the people, so you can rest assured, chairman. ”

"Well, have a nice trip!"

Under the farewell of Shang Weiyang and Shang Ape, Zhang Zhiping led the delegation of 150 people to get on the special train to Qin.

In fact, most of the divisions this time are entrepreneurs from some private chambers of commerce, and government officials are only a few.

Sitting on the special train bound for Qin, Zhang Zhiping began to discuss some details of the mission with these entrepreneurs and officials.

In this way, the prime ministers of the two countries unanimously held a meeting to discuss the diplomatic mission with special interest.

At this time, there were still a group of people in the Qin State who were not idle, and they also gathered together to discuss matters concerning their interests.

These people are the old-fashioned forces of the Qin State led by Zhai Qingquan and Fu Mingyi.

"Now Your Majesty is determined to adopt Cao Fan'er's change, this is undoubtedly cutting meat from us, and we must find a way. ”

"I can't see it, so I sent someone to end up Cao Fan'er. ”

"Nonsense! Not to mention that His Majesty is now in charge of the military in person, even Cao Fan himself is also a master of the Refining Essence Realm, so this matter should not be mentioned again!" Zhai Qingquan, as a veteran literati, is quite disdainful of assassination and other things.

"I have something to say here?" a six-rank official suddenly interjected.

"What do you think, say it and listen to it?" Fu Mingyi still encouraged this six-grade official who dared to express himself.

"It is already the general trend to change the law to attract investment, and it is likely that the goods of the Huaxia Empire will come, why don't we directly cooperate with Huaxia to upgrade our industry?"

"Nonsense, the Chinese Empire is an empire, how can we, as court officials, cooperate with the Empire?" the official's idea was quickly criticized by a group of old-fashioned officials.

At this time, Fu Mingyi was a little enlightened by this sentence, and even said: "Don't make any noise! I think this method has a certain degree of feasibility." ”

Everyone was surprised by Fu Mingyi's statement, only the six-rank official inadvertently leaked a smile.

"Be specific about what you think. Of course, Fu Mingyi didn't see the official's smile, at this time he was still in the joy of getting new ideas, and wanted to hear more from this six-grade official?