Be quiet.

After hearing Yingcheng's words, all the nobles in the entire hall became extremely quiet.

No customs duties?

It really doesn't have to be tariffed.

They have heard this argument many times about not collecting tariffs.

This thing.

When the imperial court did not officially announce the world, they never thought it was true.

Don't say that the court doesn't accept it, even if it is three percent, they think it's profitable.

But now.

First of all, the imperial court wanted to level many tribes in the western regions of the river for them, so that they could use silk and pottery as currency.

Now the imperial court does not charge any customs duties, allowing them to freely transport foreign goods into Daqin for sale.

The benefits are too great.

At this time, Shen Bao, Gongxiang, Wang Fu and many other nobles did not know how to ask about the relevant details of the westward expansion.

It's as if they had prepared a stomach full of problems, and at this point they all solved them.

They are unfamiliar with the Western Regions and Hexi, and even say that they don't know how to make profits in Hexi when they arrive in the Western Regions.

But.

It doesn't matter.

If they don't even understand this, then they will be in charge of the honor.

In the past, the land of Longxi was the land of dogs, and it was also a trek through mountains and rivers, but since the Qin State occupied and operated Longxi, Longxi provided a steady stream of war horses for the Qin State, and laid an extremely important foundation for the Qin State to ride all over the world.

In the past, the land of Bashu was the place where the Ba people were entrenched, but since the Qin people passed through the land of Bashu, the land of Bashu became the country of abundance, providing a steady stream of food for the Qin State, and becoming the most important granary place for the Qin State to withstand the consumption of the six countries.

What is there in Hexi, there are Qiang tribes, and the Qiang tribes are also entrenched in Hexi, a behemoth comparable to the dogs of the past, but as long as there are living people, it must be a treasure land.

This is indisputable.

And now, the imperial court's behavior is to say that in Hexi, they can unscrupulously use strategies to make profits without any restrictions, and the benefits they seek can become their legitimate interests.

This, what else can they say?

"This, but really?"

Even, some people couldn't believe it and lost their voices.

No customs duties?

What a miracle!

This resonated with many nobles, and they all looked at Yingcheng in surprise.

Although they also knew that the imperial court had no possibility of going back on its word in such a place, they still wanted to hear it, and Yingcheng admitted it himself.

"Today's tips are announced in the world, and you should abide by them!" Yingcheng said with a smile.

"The foreign minister is bold, although he knows that the imperial court will not deceive us and others, but the foreign minister is also familiar with the imperial court, and this is a very unreasonable decree not to charge tariffs." I couldn't help it, and the elder of the Meng clan got up and asked:

"I'm not afraid of the jokes of the prison country, the imperial court does not charge tariffs, but it makes the foreign ministers feel uneasy."

"Therefore, the foreign minister wants to ask the prison country, what is the imperial court?"

The old man of the Meng clan suddenly got up and asked, causing many nobles to nod one after another, this kind of straightforward words can't be asked, but since the Meng clan dares to ask, they also want to hear it.

What kind of benefits did the imperial court seek at such a great cost.

And they always believed that what the court was planning must be greater than the benefits they obtained, otherwise, the court would definitely not do so.

"Hahaha!" Seeing one by one Xungui asking such questions, it was Feng Qujian who got up and laughed, Feng Qujian bowed his hand slightly to Yingcheng and said: "Prison country, it is better to let the old minister answer this doubt!" ”

"Feng Gong, please!" Yingcheng also understood why Feng Quji laughed, he was one, there was nothing arrogance, and he agreed.

Immediately, Feng Quji laughed and said: "The old man is also strange, you usually buy customs clearance officials for a little goods, and you also have to steal full tariffs, it can be said that you can steal a little is a little, and now you are begging the court to collect tariffs with a lantern, why is this?" ”

Faced with Feng Quji's hearty question, the nobles present smiled awkwardly.

It was an old man of the Meng clan, and he smiled without hesitation: "The imperial court does not charge tariffs, we are not used to it, it is not for me to wait for the lantern to find it, it is true, the imperial court is exploited every time, and there will be no more than a lot of pickpockets on our body twice, this does not charge tariffs, maybe, the imperial court has a bigger pit waiting for us to take the initiative to go inside." ”

The elder of the Meng clan is also bold, as if he wants to uncover the fig leaf of the imperial court.

But.

Saying this, the old man of the Meng clan was quite confident.

Because of this thing.

In fact, he had known for a long time, and he had talked in detail with Yingcheng about the details of the westward expansion.

If not.

They Montessori will not quickly expand the dart line of 3,000 people to 6,000 in a short period of time.

No one dared to answer the words of the elder of the Meng clan.

But what is going on, everyone knows it, and there are not a lot of things that the imperial court has taken down from them.

"Huh!" Feng Quji also smiled when he heard the words of the old Meng clan, and he didn't intend to face this problem head-on, so he returned to the topic again and said with a smile: "In the past, the world was undecided, and the war was endless, naturally, for the sake of the country, I am a little sorry for you, especially in the past, all the countries in the world had their own decrees, and the world has never had the courage to swallow Kyushu like the current Great Qin, all the systems, not only you are waiting, the imperial court is also feeling the stones to move forward." ”

"And now, the imperial court is changing like never before."

"We are trying to let everyone in the world live and work in peace and contentment, and live without worrying about food and clothing in this peaceful and prosperous world."

"And this westward expansion is a bold attempt by the imperial court."

"Not only do you wait, but also find your own way of living for every person in Daqin."

Feng Quji's long speech on unification and righteousness, he disagrees with Yingcheng's way of going directly to the topic, if you want to do things, you must have righteousness, and if you want to have righteousness, you must always discuss your own righteousness and orthodoxy from all aspects.

"I know that you are quite dissatisfied with the recent decree of the imperial court, the fields have become the township, and the food is gone, but you can ask for it in a foreign land, and no matter what price the court pays, it will also make a profit for you in a foreign land."

"Naturally, you think that the imperial court has nothing to ask for, then you are very wrong."

"Collecting taxes in the form of pure customs duties is a wrong way of collecting taxes."

Saying that, Feng Qu paused and smiled at the old man of the Meng clan: "Old Meng, Feng Mou has something to ask. ”

The old man of the Meng clan frowned, not understanding what Feng Quji wanted to do, but he still said, "But please ask Feng Gongxiang!" ”

Feng Qu laughed and said, "What the Montessori Dart Company obtained in Hexi, will it be transported back to my Daqin?" ”

The old man of the Meng clan rolled his eyes, if he didn't transport it back to Daqin, where would he transport it, "That's nature!" ”

Feng Qu smiled steadily: "Since it is transported back to my territory in Daqin, do you want to sell it?" ”

The old man of the Meng clan was taken aback, and said in disbelief: "That's nature, no matter what is brought back, it is dead after all, and it must be sold before it can have its value." ”

Feng Qu smiled and said: "Since it is a transaction, it is a commodity, and since it is a commodity, should Meng Lao be included in the transaction book?" ”

The old man of the Meng clan was stunned and suddenly came to his senses.

And hearing the simple conversation between Feng Quji and the Meng clan, many nobles also gradually woke up.

Until now.

Only then did they understand what kind of plans the imperial court had.

The Meng clan can openly say that the court is exploiting them in this hall.

But I never dared to say that I did not abide by the book of transactions in this hall.

The book of trade of goods, according to their understanding, that thing is a peerless weapon specially prepared for the imperial court to collect taxes.

As long as the transaction book is recorded, it must be taxed in accordance with the rules of commodity trading of the imperial court.

If you don't pay, that's the real big trouble.

Tariffs are gone, though.

However, the imperial court can usually include all the goods obtained from foreign lands in the bulk goods transaction book before entering the customs, and as long as they sell them at that time, the imperial court can collect taxes.

"I see!" The old man of the Meng clan nodded suddenly, looked at Feng Quji and many important ministers of the court, and finally, his eyes fell on Yingcheng's body.

Sure enough, the imperial court gathered a group of talents who were figuring out how to calculate others all day long.

The back hand turned out to be here.

He didn't dare to hesitate, and said firmly: "That's natural, the Montessori firm has now fully complied with the imperial court decrees, and all commodity transactions are recorded in the transaction book for the imperial court to verify!" ”

As for whether there is or not, he must express Montessori's attitude at this time.

Feng Quji smiled and said, "You know at this time what the purpose of the imperial court is doing this, the imperial court will not prohibit trading, but everything must be in accordance with the laws of the imperial court." ”

Let's talk about it.

Feng Quji bowed his hand slightly to Yingcheng and sat down again.

It's so important.

The message released by today's Imperial Court is too important to them.

Gradually, the eyes of each lord showed a wild gaze.

Yingcheng raised his hand slightly, suppressed all the voices of discussion, and continued: "Since we are talking about normal transactions, we have to talk about abnormal transactions. ”

"Abnormal transactions can be divided into two categories, peaceful transactions and non-peaceful transactions."

"Peaceful transactions, the imperial court doesn't care what kind of means you use to get wealth, as long as you enter the territory of my Great Qin, it will be legally owned."

"It's not a peaceful deal, the imperial court doesn't care what kind of means you use to get wealth, as long as you enter the territory of my Great Qin, it will be legally owned."

Be quiet.

Moment.

The entire hall became incredibly quiet.

However, the court divided abnormal transactions into two categories, and the descriptions of these two categories were almost identical.

But.

The meaning is very different.

Tricks such as abduction and deception can be attributed to peaceful transactions.

Burning, killing, looting and other means can be classified as non-peaceful transactions.

"It seems that the imperial court has made up its mind to make a mess of the miasma in a foreign land!" Wang Fu was secretly surprised in his heart, and had to admit that Feng Quji said that the imperial court was currently undergoing an unprecedented transformation.

"Then dare to ask the prison country, is this to allow us to be abducted, burned, killed and looted, no matter what means we use, as long as we transport the property back to Daqin, we will legally own it."

At this moment, someone couldn't help but ask excitedly.

Moment.

Wang Fu turned his head strangely to look for prestige, it turned out to be Wei Cheng of the Wei clan in Hedong, and he was also speechless for a while, not understanding how the Wei clan would let such a person come to participate in this meeting.

Peace, not peace, the court has already said so euphemistically.

I don't know why Wei Cheng still can't understand this.

In the imperial decrees, he believed that there would be no explicit words for them to go to the trap to be abducted, burned, killed, and looted.

Opposite.

The imperial court will certainly make a big deal of it, and there will be no way to deal with it.

The imperial court needs to be careless and not put itself in the position of weak relations, after all, in such a grand strategic layout of the imperial court, diplomatic strategy is also an extremely important part.

In other words, the imperial court will definitely treat foreign things with a honey-bellied sword.

So.

If it really causes any big trouble in the Western Regions, the imperial court will also lose the car to protect the commander at a critical moment.

"That's not allowed!" Feng Qujian immediately got up and said.

"Ahem!" Yingcheng coughed and said, "This time to the west, there are three unrestricted and three forbidden in the imperial court!" ”

"This should be observed by all of you!"

"Among them, there is no restriction on controlling foreign lands, operating foreign lands, and occupying foreign lands!"

"There is no restriction on the means and the end."

"There is no restriction on the expansion of territory."

"Private fighting of any kind is prohibited."

"Any form of outflow of gold, silver and copper is prohibited."

"It is forbidden to establish vassal states."

Be quiet.

Yingcheng's words stirred in the main hall.

The many nobles in the hall were silent.

Wang Fu, Gongxiang, Shen Bao, Wei Cheng, Zhuo Feng and other nobles flashed a trace of horror in their eyes.

Although they knew that the purpose of the imperial court to launch such a large-scale westward march was definitely not simple.

But what they didn't expect was that the imperial court had made such a big determination.

"Territory?"

Wang Fu couldn't help but have a word in his mind.

The word territory originated from ancient tribes.

In the era of slash-and-burn farming in the past, the places where the tribes lived formed an extremely strong sense of territory.

And now, it seems that the court intends to let them have their own territory in a foreign land.

"It seems that the imperial court is determined to drive me out this time!"

Gong Xiang couldn't help frowning.

The Gongshi has been entrenched in Nanjun for hundreds of years, and it can be said that in Nanjun, their Gongshi has a very large right to speak.

And now.

The court did not restrict these three, that is, to drive them to a foreign land.

Although the imperial court did not say it explicitly.

But once they have something in the Western Regions, have enough interests, and can even occupy a certain amount of territory in the Western Regions, then they will need to increase investment in the Western Regions.

So.

The court moved them out silently, and they moved willingly.

"Is there really a big enough interest in the land of the Western Regions?"

Shen Bao couldn't help but mutter, and understood the layout of the imperial court, but what made him puzzled was that the prerequisite for such a layout of the imperial court was that the Western Regions had enough interests for them to share, otherwise, such a layout would be nonsense.