Cheng Qian was dismissed, Li Si was punished for three months, and Zhao Cheng, Li Xin, and Feng Zheng were punished for one month.

This is Ying Zheng's handling of this impeachment.

After dispersing the early dynasty, several people lowered their heads and sighed out of the palace!

"Feiyu, now that the paper mill has entered the right track, shouldn't the coarse salt purification also start?"

Ying Zheng ordered someone to call Xiao Zhengtai to the imperial study and asked with a smile.

As the first emperor who unified the six countries, the tyrant in people's mouths, he has never had such an attitude towards anyone, but this little guy!

There's no way, only he can do these things, without this kid, he still takes those salts in the palace as treasures!

"Back to my father, the purification of coarse salt has been carried out ......!"

Xiao Zhengtai followed up with his dormitory as if he entered the imperial study, without a trace of restraint at all, and began to wander around the palace at will, "Erchen has already transferred a group of craftsmen to the general supervisor, divided them into five groups, transferred them to different inland salt mines, and sent a large number of people over to help purify, it is estimated that it will not be long before the first batch of salt can be sent to the palace!" ”

The purification of refined salt is very simple, and there is no deep technical content, and when they are familiar, those soldiers can complete it themselves, and the craftsmen will return to the general as a prisoner, or be assigned to other places by Xiao Zhengtai!

Salt is under the control of the imperial court, even if someone knows how to purify it, few people dare to fight this idea, otherwise the consequences will be very serious.

There is no need to worry about someone stealing from the teacher and purifying it without authorization.

As long as it is a transaction belonging to the imperial court, it is equivalent to a monopoly thing, and no one dares to make up their minds!

"Well, good!"

Hearing this, Ying Zheng nodded with a reassuring smile and continued: "I don't know how you plan to price refined salt?" ”

Although the salt on the market is coarse and bitter, the price is not cheap, one tael costs at least ten wen, and a slightly better one costs more than twenty wen.

In other words, the money that the people earn every day is not enough to buy one or two coarse salt!

Not to mention the slightly finer salt!

Xiao Zhengtai said from the very beginning that he would not set the price of salt too high, and he would do it for the benefit of the country and the people, but he didn't know the detailed idea!

"Father, my sons and daughters think that Great Qin has been rising since the Shang Dynasty changed the law, until it unified the six countries, but our pattern is still ...... small!"

Xiao Zhengtai walked to the world map hanging on the wall of the imperial study, and said thoughtfully: "You have also seen that on this world map, my Daqin's land only occupies such a small point, in addition to Daqin, there are many, many lands, my Daqin should take a long-term view, first clean up the Xiongnu, Yueshi and Donghu around Daqin, and then gradually expand the territory of Daqin, until the whole world!" ”

God gave him a chance to be reborn, if he stayed in that small place in Yunyang all the time, it would be enough to eat and drink, save money to marry a daughter-in-law, and spend this life alone.

But let him be born in the royal family, so it is imperative to carry forward Daqin.

"Well, that's a good point, my next target is the Huns!"

His words resonated with Ying Zheng, and he was excited to shoot the case.

The Xiongnu have been wandering north of Yinshan, and from time to time they invade the border of Daqin, and he hates it!

"Does the Father Emperor know what is an important factor affecting Great Qin's footsteps now?"

"What?"

"Emphasis on agriculture and suppression of business!"

This is also one of the Shang Yang Reform Laws.

He believes that if the people regard food as their heaven, and if they want all people in the world to have food to eat, then farmers who grow grain are indispensable.

Besides, the largest group in the world is the peasants, and once they are united, the Great Qin River will be in danger!

Therefore, in addition to the soldiers, the status of the peasants is the highest!

The merchants pursued profits, and without obvious help to Great Qin, they were set at the lowest level and suppressed, so Great Qin's commerce was not developed!

"You mean, don't pay attention to agriculture? But agriculture is the cornerstone of Great Qin, what will the army eat if it doesn't develop? ”

Ying Zheng shook his head and vetoed.

Xiao Zhengtai is speechless, is his head dead?

"Erchen is not saying that he does not attach importance to agriculture, but that he should not restrain businessmen, if Daqin wants to develop, Shinong and industry and commerce are inseparable, and businessmen are still an important part of driving economic development!"

"What do you mean by that?"

"Erchen takes the paper mill as an example, assuming that the paper mill is not the court's, but a merchant's, then the merchant wants to make paper, he must prepare a large number of raw materials, and these raw materials must not be picked in the mountains by themselves, so they can only start to buy, and there are idle people at home to sell and subsidize the family!"

Xiao Zhengtai is like a teacher, carrying his little hands, pacing back and forth in the imperial study, telling Yingzheng the truth, "In this way, businessmen make money by making paper, and also provide people with opportunities to work!" ”

"For another example, if Erchen opens a wine shop, it will require a large number of people to work, and in this way, it will increase the income of the people!"

"And so on, Erchen will not give examples one by one, all in all, businessmen can directly provide opportunities for the people to make money, only when the people have money in their hands, Daqin can really get rich!"

"The current situation is that most of the money is in the hands of the scholars, and the people are poor, which is not good for the country at all!"

Xiao Zhengtai finished his long speech, and the eyes of Ying Zheng, who listened, straightened.

I used to find a master for this kid, but the truth that people said was more comprehensive than that of him, who was the emperor!

"But if everyone runs away to be a merchant, who will plow the land?"

"This father doesn't need to worry, have you forgotten the quyuan plough improved by your son? He was able to save half of Daqin's manpower and free them up to do something else, and wait until next year, when potatoes will spread throughout Daqin, and Daqin's grain harvest will increase at least tenfold, so he doesn't have to worry about food problems at all! ”

Xiao Zhengtai explained with a smile.

Ying Zheng also suddenly remembered, "I forgot about this, how did your potatoes grow?" Why have I never seen me in the palace? ”

At the beginning, Zhang Han spent a house in exchange for Xiao Zhengtai to donate the remaining potatoes.

But he was told that the potatoes had been planted by him, but no one knew where they were planted!

At that time, he had just entered the palace, and no one took him out of the palace, so it was impossible to plant outside.

Besides, potatoes are such a precious thing, someone must take care of them carefully, and they must not be lost, but he thought about all the locations in the palace, and he didn't think of where this kid was planted!

"Father, the first batch of potatoes will ripen in the next two days, and when the time comes, I will take you over to harvest them, and you will naturally know!"

Xiao Zhengtai smiled mysteriously and did not tell the specific location.

Now Yingzheng's heart is even more itchy.

I'm really curious if the yield of that thing is as amazing as this kid said, it can produce thousands of catties per mu!