Be quiet.

Everyone in the chamber fell silent.

I couldn't help but think about the words 'geography is politics' in my mind.

The topic of today's deliberations.

More than they could have imagined.

It's not just about the treasury and silver solution.

More importantly, it's about deliberating larger decisions.

Or rather.

Here in Yingcheng.

The decision has been thought through.

Right now.

Just stating.

Because they are all well aware.

With the current power of Yingcheng.

If you want to implement any national policy, unless His Majesty the First Emperor personally intervenes to stop it, otherwise, no one can stop Yingcheng.

"Geography is the rule!"

Nei Shi Teng Silin, in a deep understanding of the meaning expressed by Yingcheng, after thinking left and right, asked: "Dare to ask the prison country, how far should power be delegated to this government?" ”

This is the core issue.

Throughout the chamber, all the officials are central officials.

The meaning of this is self-evident.

If you don't understand what Yingcheng meant, to put it more simply and bluntly, it is actually the extent to which the central government wants to delegate power to local counties.

Because the so-called one place and one government, to put it more bluntly, is actually the central court delegating power to local officials.

But.

The specific extent to which power should be delegated needs to be absolutely divided and weighed clearly.

In a broader sense.

In fact, the sub-feudal system is also a county system, and the sub-feudal system is also geographically based.

"The military and the law are the same order, and the government is separated!" Yingcheng said: "Military affairs are from the Taiwei Mansion, and government officials are not allowed to interfere, and they do not interfere with law and politics!" ”

"The matter of the law is subordinate to the Great Law Office, and the government decrees that officials shall not interfere, and shall not interfere in military affairs."

"The matter of government decrees is subordinate to Jiuqing, and military justice officials are not allowed to interfere."

"The appointment and dismissal of officials is subordinate to the Prime Minister's Office, and military justice officials are not allowed to interfere."

"On this basis, the county guard obeys the imperial court decree and can govern geographically and report to the central government, and the county decree obeys the imperial court decree and can govern geographically and report to the county."

Be quiet.

Quiet again.

Everyone was thinking about the meaning of Yingcheng's expression.

Or even say.

These words are significant and significant.

Delegate.

This is to further decentralize.

The imperial court of Great Qin is very busy, and it is not an exaggeration to take care of everything.

All government affairs at and above the county level are reviewed by the imperial court.

If the county order of a certain place does not comply with the imperial decree, it will be dealt with seriously.

And now.

This kind of decentralization means that the county order can, to a certain extent, violate the imperial court decree and govern itself geographically.

This must be approached with caution.

"Is this too much decentralization, if the local officials do as they please and there is no restraint, the majesty of the imperial court will inevitably be affected." Nesten pondered for a moment and then asked again.

"It is bound by its own laws, bound by its own envoys, and supervised by the imperial court." Yingcheng Road.

Nesten fell silent.

It's not good, it's not bad.

All in all.

There are pros and cons to this policy.

"It's still that problem, there aren't enough officials!" Seeing that no one had any questions, Feng Qujian asked questions himself.

Yingcheng said: "It can be implemented in one place and one place, and it does not need to be widely promoted, now it is just to determine the specific direction." ”

Hearing this, Feng Qujian nodded and said, "Then the old minister has no doubts. ”

But it was Li Fang, after Pan Heng left and right, he finally couldn't help but ask: "Xia Guan has doubts." ”

"If the subordinates expect it to be good, the treasury and silver will be based on the county, the geography is the policy, and the directors are each concerned."

"That's right!" Yingcheng nodded.

"That's not right." Li Fang still raised his biggest doubt, "Dare to ask the prison country, if the treasury is released, whether it will also be governed by the county order according to the geographical geography of each county, so as to calm the world." ”

"And swear, these treasury silver will flow into the township!"

"Yes!" Yingcheng nodded again.

"That's a big deal!" Li Fang finally couldn't help but say Ji Dong: "If this method is practiced, the people in the township will definitely be rich, and if the people in the township are rich, it will inevitably give birth to laziness." ”

"In the governance of the country, the lower officials want to ask the prison state, in what way does the state drive the people and make the people obedient?"

Li Fang didn't wait for Yingcheng to reply, and said directly: "The people are struggling to eat, and the country can pay a small price to conform to the will of the people, and the people will naturally obey." ”

"When the people are rich and their homes are rich, it will be more difficult for the people to govern, and the people will obey the decrees of the state."

"If the people have abundant grain and use the money, they will grow less or no food, and they will work less or even no work, and if the world governs in this way, the people of the world will no longer work."

"This is to nurture the laziness of the people."

"Therefore, the lower officials did not agree with the superintendent to flow the treasury silver into the villages, on the contrary, if the people were rich and had more food, they would levy taxes, and if the people had more money, they would increase the flow of money."

"In this way, I can let Daqin drive an endless stream of manpower!"

Li Fang's voice seemed to explode in the conference hall.

Everyone frowned.

But he didn't refute Li Fang for Yingcheng.

Because it is not only about whether the people are rich or not.

But.

There is a question of the nobility and the people's concessions.

And this is the reason why Li Fang opposes it at this time.

Among all the previous administrations of Yingcheng, even if collective agriculture was implemented, Xungui was still the party that benefited the most.

But.

If a large amount of money flows to the township, it means that the imperial court is supporting the prosperity of the people in the township in the most direct way, rather than the nobles continuing to control a large amount of money.

In fact, the people in the township do not lack talents, and there is no shortage of geography.

But the only thing missing, money!

To put it mildly, ninety percent of the wealth of the entire Great Qin is in the hands of the nobles, one percent is flowing among the people, and the wealth in the hands of the people is almost nothing!

No matter how the imperial court changed the decree, as before, the nobles could pay for the mines, but the people in the countryside could not buy the mines.

That's the big difference.

But now.

Once the people in the countryside of the world are allowed to grasp the wealth, the wealth that was originally in the hands of the nobles will gradually flow into the hands of the people.

Just simple bricks.

Only Xungui can afford to open a brick and tile workshop, and after Xungui opens a brick and tile workshop, a little money from the surrounding people can drive these people to work for themselves.

But actually.

The people earned money and returned it to the lord's hands through his other properties.

And the brick and tile workshop was opened by Xungui thousands of miles away in the township, and this brick and tile workshop was originally opened by the people in the township.

Once the people in the township are allowed to follow suit.

Swear to compete with the nobles.

The brick and tile workshop, which could have earned 10,000 yuan, will become 5,000 or 1,000 because of the addition of one or ten brick and tile workshops.

And that's just secondary.

Once the township prospered, the people had more choices, and the original 10,000 yuan should have flowed back to the hands of the nobles, but because of the increase in various industries, only 1,000 or even less returned to the hands of the nobles.

This is intolerable.

But.

Even if this matter can be understood, Li Fang will not blatantly say such words.

Other issues of single-mindedness must be raised to oppose it.

And this.

This is the ultimate problem.

Should the people be rich or not?

And whether this should be rich or not is just a means, not a result.

"The prosperity of the people has nothing to do with the rule of the state." Yingcheng smiled, naturally clear, and only said softly: "If no one signs up to join the army, the imperial court will recruit soldiers, and if the conscription fails, then they will be forcibly recruited, and if they do not comply, they will be convicted and imprisoned." ”

"As for abundance, what is abundance?"

"If you don't worry about food and clothing, you won't have the pursuit of money?"

"The rich family has no pursuit of money?"

"Or is it that wealthy families such as the Feng family, the Li family, and the Wang family have ten thousand gold, so they have no pursuit of money?"

"And as long as there is pursuit, it is impossible for the people to sit at home and eat nothing."

"Naturally, the so-called prosperity of the people has no desire to work, and it is pure nonsense."

"Here, I want to reiterate that income is always proportional to expenses, and the amount of income will be the amount of expenditure."

"If you are in trouble for a penny, you will naturally avoid goods for more than a penny."

"If you are in trouble for 100 yuan, you will naturally avoid goods above 100 yuan."

"If you have a thousand yuan, you can buy the goods for one dollar or one hundred yuan."

"Circulation, circulation, circulation, if the people are not rich, how can the goods be circulated, and if the goods are not circulated, how can the imperial court collect taxes?"

"Could it be that these coins are stuffed to Xungui and let Xungui store them in the cellar at home to stink?"

The direction of Yingcheng is very clear, and the purpose of the explanation is also very clear.

If it were not for the replacement of collectivized agriculture with the state mining and the release of the wealth in the hands of the nobles, it would not have been possible for the treasury to have so much money, and this money is still piled up in the mansions of the nobles.

Let's put it bluntly.

As a court, I don't care who has more money and who has less.

This is not something that the imperial court is worried about.

Even if it is the treasury, there is no need to worry about money.

Because.

The purpose of unifying the currency and authorizing the currency is to make it easier to rule.

And the imperial court, as the source of currency issuance, really came to a dead end, provoked him, and requisitioned the people to hollow out a copper mine at any cost, not to mention 100,000 copper coins, even if it was 10 trillion, it could be made, and it would be impossible for the court to be without money.

But the real question is.

Circulation of money.

Once the currency is stored in the cellar, it has actually lost the value of the currency, and it is just a pile of broken copper, if the Qin State is destroyed, it is not even as good as broken copper.

And it seems.

Xungui gained great benefits from this conversion, salt mines, copper mines, and even Xianyang Lake.

But.

For the Qin State, it means that the huge wealth that the nobles have saved and are not ready to spend has been circulated through the imperial court.

Money is converted into salt mines, which in turn circulate through coarse salt.

And this.

There has to be another thing.

Vital link.

If the salt produced by the nobles is only sold to other nobles.

The bronze objects produced by the nobles are only sold to other nobles.

This is a great class division.

Therefore, it is also necessary to make the people rich, and let the people compete with the nobles for profit.

The common people are sold for the sake of living, and the nobles are monopolized for the sake of survival.

Yingcheng's voice landed, and the conference hall was extremely quiet.

Although Yingcheng was not angry, everyone knew that Yingcheng was actually targeting.

Even Li Fang's heart was shaken, and he didn't dare to make any more radical opposition remarks.

"Then I don't know, what is the plan of the prison country?"

Finally, it was Feng Quji's final inquiry.

Indicates that the discussion can be concluded.

Whether he agrees or not, he supports Yingcheng to do this.

"This!" Li Fang looked at Feng Quji.

He looked left and right at the hungry Yang Chen, Lu Ao, and Chu Xiao.

Seeing that these people didn't plan to come forward one by one, they suddenly fell silent in their hearts.

He Li Fang, just a son-in-law.

None of you speak, let me take the lead?

Li Fang's heart was speechless.

But it was Yingcheng, and when he saw that the fire was almost over, he said:

"First of all, Neishi County is the boundary, and there are fifty-seven counties in Neishi County, and one million dollars will be distributed in each county!"

"Within a month, all the counties must spend all this million dollars."

"This money will flow into each township on a special basis, and it will be decided by the county guard, the county will be governed, the township will set up independently, the Prime Minister's Mansion will do a good job of supervision, and the Tingwei Division will strictly investigate the flow direction."

"If there is a penny flowing into the family of the knighthood, it will be severely punished!"

"Among them, the various schools of the Department of Education must be built within a month, and I have been patient enough not to let me lose patience."

"In this matter, the Right Government of the Shaofu ordered Li Fang to assist the Department of Education and Correction, and the school will be built within a month, and the money will be directly transferred from the Treasury Office without cumbersome review."

said.

Yingcheng paused slightly and looked at Li Fang.

Li Fang swallowed his foam, got up and said, "Xiaguan, obey the order of the prison country!" ”

Yingcheng nodded.

Li Fang can still be used, sometimes it is true that there is no distinction between public and private, but if he is properly appointed, he will not lose an official with very strong executive ability.

This is very similar to the Li family's culture.

"Lower Officer, take the order!" Shen Fa couldn't help but get up to receive the order, and he had to go on the scalp.

Yingcheng was no longer involved in anything else, and called the Department of Education and Chemistry for this matter.

Immediately, he quickly said: "The National Treasury Government allocated 60 million money to Neishi County, and it is annoying for Feng Gong to supervise." ”

The Treasury Department immediately stood up and said, "Your Majesty will receive the order!" ”

Yingcheng continued: "The affairs of each county are hired by the imperial court, and the population is based on the size of the population. ”

"That's fine." Feng Qujian nodded.

Yingcheng nodded at Feng Qujian again, his eyes moved to Zhang Shaogong, and said, "Shaogong can prepare for the official mansion and the official residence." ”

"Prepare for a five-year rotation of the same job."

Hearing this, the Shaofu Mansion ordered Zhang Shaogong to get up slightly and asked, "Prison Country, what is the specific boundary." ”

Yingcheng replied: "The officials and the ninth are all here. ”

"The minimum standard, seven brick houses and one courtyard, two main halls, left and right wings, warehouses, kitchens, study rooms, and eight courtyards."

"The highest standard, built according to the standards of the East Garden of Prime Minister Li Cheng's Mansion, ponds, bamboo forests, and rockeries should be there."

"It's best that each official residence is exactly the same, and it is concentrated in one place, where people come to live and people leave."

"At the same time, the government government has expanded on the original basis and built in accordance with the structure of the foreign government office."

"Among them, the propagandists in the townships, the small agricultural divisions, etc., must have official residences."

After hearing this, Zhang Shaogong said with a little worry: "I'm afraid this will cause dissatisfaction among the people." ”

"There's nothing to be dissatisfied with!" Yingcheng said with a smile: "This is the treatment that officials should have, the imperial court has full authority to bear all the expenses of officials, I don't want to see that my officials in Daqin bend their waists for five buckets of rice, it's just money, it's just a trivial matter, and it's a big deal to insult the majesty of my Daqin." ”

"Moreover, even if the imperial court doesn't do it, won't the officials do it themselves, rather than letting the officials be greedy for ink to do it, it is better for the imperial court to do it."