"Feiyu, are you far away from me, what I am asking is what price you plan to sell for the refined salt, and you are here to tell me not to focus on agriculture and suppress business?"

Although there is some truth in these words, they have nothing to do with his problems at all.

"Where is it far? Erchen has been talking about this topic all along, ah......! ”

Xiao Zhengtai didn't admit that he was off topic at all, and continued: "The ministers proposed a retirement system a few days ago, but Brother Fan said that the treasury has no money to pay the salaries of those ministers after retirement, so since the treasury is empty, just replenish the treasury!" ”

"Great Qin has just unified the six countries, and the people are recuperating, so it is not appropriate to increase taxes!"

Ying Zheng stiffened his face and shook his head, not approving.

In this day and age, the only option to fill the treasury is to increase taxes, and there is no other way!

"Taxes must not be increased, and the people have no money in their hands, even if the court wants to increase taxes, the people don't have it!"

This doesn't need to be said by Yingzheng veterans, Xiao Zhengtai knows better than anyone else.

When he was in Yunyang County, he lived the life of ordinary people, and the people in the village barely had enough to eat, and he didn't have any money left in his hand, just barely getting by!

"Then you kid still said that you want to replenish the treasury?"

Ying Zheng rolled his eyes and pretended to be displeased.

"To replenish the treasury, you don't have to loot the people, you can do business, and you can also scrape oil on those noble and rich households!"

"Rich and noble?"

This is something Ying Zheng never thought about, and looked at Xiao Zhengtai with a frown.

"That's right! Look at those nobles in the court, they all have big bellies, fat stomachs full of oil, don't let them pay for it, who else can they pay? ”

"How? Even if those nobles don't exploit the imperial court, even if they have a conscience, can they still make them pay for it? ”

Ying Zheng sneered twice self-deprecatingly.

He is not unaware of the corruption of officials in the DPRK and China, but he cannot stop it.

Corrupt officials emerge in an endless stream, and if you want to get rid of them, you have to sweep all officials out of the court!

So, these things are just turning a blind eye!

"As for doing business, there is no precedent for the imperial court to do business since ancient times!"

Shinong industry and commerce, the imperial court wants to do business, and those old imperial historians must be the first to jump out and refuse.

"There is no precedent to set a precedent, and before Shang Ying's reform, there was no precedent for many things, didn't it just start from Shang Ying?"

"The imperial court doing business will naturally drive the people to do business, and Daqin's economy will definitely develop with it, and the people will become richer and richer, which is a good thing for Daqin!"

"As long as there is money to be made and Great Qin can be developed, the ministers will not disagree!"

Xiao Zhengtai sat cross-legged on the table in the imperial study with a straight face, analyzing the pros and cons for Yingzheng face-to-face.

Until now, Ying Zheng has also understood why after he asked the price of refined salt, this kid has been giving him an analysis of the benefits of doing business, it turned out that it was to let the imperial court do business!

"You mean you want the court to sell salt?"

"Not only selling salt, but also grain, paper, books, and fine iron, all of them, as long as there is money to be made, and no persecution of the interests of the people is fine!"

Xiao Zhengtai showed a row of small baby teeth and laughed.

This old guy has finally opened his mind!

"Isn't this a competition with the people?"

"No......!"

Xiao Zhengtai shook his head and continued: "Take refined salt as an example, the imperial court controls the mining and purification, sells it to merchants, and the merchants pay taxes in full, and then sell them to the people in pieces, among which the salt mine is the imperial court, so naturally there is no need to spend money, and it is the soldiers who work for purification, and only the original benefits need to be issued, that is to say, the cost of the imperial court in the whole process is extremely low!" ”

"You can make some money by selling it to merchants, and you can also earn some money by collecting taxes from merchants, and the imperial court doesn't need to consume manpower and material resources to sell salt all over Daqin, why not?"

After listening to Xiao Zhengtai's analysis, Ying Zheng stroked his beard and thought about it, and after a while, he continued: "Well, it seems to make some sense, but in this way, the price that the people can buy will be higher!" ”

"Salt belongs to the imperial court, what is the retail price, and it is not all in the hands of the imperial court?"

"Take salt as an analogy, you can set a retail price, for example, it is still ten cents a tael, hype, so that the people know, even if someone wants to sell it at a high price, it will not work for the people!"

As a little Zhengtai who has traveled through later generations, he has seen too many marketing methods and wants to sanction businessmen, and there are many ways.

"Well, that's a great idea!"

Ying Zheng's eyes suddenly lit up.

This kid seems to be just a naughty child, but his brain is active, and new ideas emerge one after another, and he is more than a little stronger than those old ministers in the court!

"In the future, the grain production will increase, the number of merchants will increase, and the economy of Daqin will naturally rise with the tide, and the ministers suggest reducing taxes, so that the people can rely more on Daqin, and the people of the original six countries will also submit to Daqin and give up the idea of recovering the country!"

He had proposed before that Yingzheng should treat the people of the Six Nations equally, so that they could truly surrender.

It's the same now, let them have enough to eat, and have money to earn, and then reduce taxes, under such a good policy, who will think about rebellion all day long?

Even if there are so many, I'm afraid they will be reported by insiders!

"Others can be discussed, but reducing taxes will not be discussed until the taxes reach a certain level!"

Now that the treasury is beyond its means, there are still a lot of places to spend money waiting for him, and he can't reduce taxes before the money has come in.

"This is natural!"

Xiao Zhengtai nodded.

His original intention was to wait for Daqin's commerce to develop before reducing taxes.

"You just said that you wanted those nobles to take out the money, but what can you do?"

Ying Zheng suddenly remembered what this kid had just said.

Those guys were very good, and he was curious how to get them to pay for them.

"Erchen plans to take advantage of this refined salt matter to let them pay for ......!"

Xiao Zhengtai laughed evilly and said his plan, "The first batch of refined salt is estimated to be transported to the city tomorrow, while everyone still doesn't know our pricing for refined salt, find a few people to sell it, it will definitely be contested by the noble and wealthy households, and it is possible to exchange one or two gold for one or two refined salt!" ”

"When the first batch of salt is sold out, we should have made a lot of money, and then we will say that the salt in the hands of these people has been stolen through improper channels, and a list saying that it has been severely punished, and the second batch of salt will arrive at this time, and then it can be sold normally according to the set price!"

The ministers of the court and the central government have seen the refined salt, and they are all shocked by its fineness.

Even the old general Wang Jian regarded refined salt as a treasure and was reluctant to eat it!

The first batch of refined salt will definitely be robbed by the noble and wealthy households, and the people will not be able to take their turn at all!

And refined salt is not like white paper, the daily output is very large, and there is a purchase restriction policy for the noble and wealthy households, and it won't be long before the people can buy it!

Refined salt needs to be mined and purified, and the daily output will not be too large to satisfy everyone.

Rather than the people not being able to buy the first batch, it is better to take this opportunity to let those noble and rich families give some blood and contribute to the treasury of Great Qin!

"Haha! What the hell is this little head melon made of by you kid, you can think of this kind of bad idea! ”

After listening to Xiao Zhengtai's entire plan, Ying Zheng laughed directly.