"In fact, after the control of the private sector is relaxed, business matters can also be appropriately relaxed." Zhao Si spoke softly next to the First Emperor.

"What do you think of the merchants?" The First Emperor did not answer directly, but asked Zhao Si a question.

"Hoarding goods, buying low and selling high, chasing treachery and profit......" Zhao Si is still the standard answer of this era.

But in fact, objectively speaking, it is not the case of businessmen, but the nature of human beings.

"It's not beneficial to the country, shouldn't it be strictly controlled?" The First Emperor smiled.

On the one hand, the reason why the First Emperor banned commerce was due to the influence of Lü Buwei, and on the other hand, it was actually the national situation of Great Qin.

Qin focused on farming and warfare, and during the reign of Lü Buwei, he did more business, which can be said to put the cart before the horse in the Qin State, and the first emperor was just setting things right in the final analysis.

The Qin State began to strictly control commercial matters after the Shang Dynasty reform, and the First Emperor simply followed the old system.

"There are two sides to everything, businessmen pursue profits, if they are not restricted, they will breed a lot of problems, but if there is no commerce, goods cannot be exchanged, technology cannot be disseminated, and private products cannot be self-sufficient, everything depends on government regulation and control, not to mention increasing manpower, and a lot of resources will be wasted." Zhao Si opened his mouth and said.

"How are you going to relax?" The First Emperor asked.

"Crack down on hoarders, crack down on monopolies, strictly restrict large business owners, relax the control of small business owners, and for the price of special materials, the government will participate in regulating and balancing prices.

The small people have worked hard for a year, fortunately the wind and rain are smooth, and the world is abundant, but because of this, the price of grain is low.

Or it is unreasonable for a place to have abundant grain and therefore harvest grain that is cheaper, and where there is a calamity in which the price of grain is more abundant. Zhao Si opened his mouth to explain.

It is an out-and-out fact that the grain is cheap and hurts the peasants.

It is actually arbitrary to evaluate whether a dynasty is peaceful and prosperous according to the price of grain.

Food prices don't mean anything, and what a real prosperous era should achieve is food price stability.

There will be no damage to farmers because of a bumper harvest, nor will there be a skyrocketing grain price because of a disaster.

This year's abundant grain is a bucket of five Wen, and next year's disaster will suddenly bring a bucket of grain for a few hundred dollars, so there is no need to say much about who is suffering.

Small producers are relying on the money from the sale of this grain to protect themselves against the risk......

Therefore, Zhao Si particularly emphasized the crackdown on large business owners, support small business owners, and the government's participation in market price balance.

The First Emperor glanced at Zhao Si with a slight surprise and nodded: "Good idea, I'll discuss it next year." ”

In fact, there are not a few people who talk about liberalizing control on business, but Zhao Si is the first to propose that the government participate in market regulation.

"It's not in a hurry, business matters are complicated, and we can't completely deregulate them, and we have to formulate corresponding laws to restrict them." Zhao Si nodded.

This year's focus is to crack down on the reactionary forces in Daqin, and only after the reactionary forces are completely pacified and the world is truly peaceful will we be able to pull out our hands to do more things.

chatted with the First Emperor all the way, and after leaving the market, the First Emperor's mood was obviously much better.

It wasn't until the first emperor was sent back to the palace that the two parted ways.

Inside the palace, the first emperor sat down on his knees for a long time, and was just about to start dealing with the accumulated government affairs.

"Your Majesty, if you ask to see you."

The First Emperor put down the brush and nodded to bring Dunruo in.

In a moment, the actual leader of the First Emperor's number one lackey, Black Ice Terrace, suddenly entered the room.

"See Your Majesty."

The First Emperor waved his hand and motioned for him to get up, and then spoke: "What is the matter with entering the palace?" ”

"I have found out something, and I need to ask Your Majesty to take a look." Suddenly bowed down and offered the fold.

The First Emperor beckoned, and the CRRC Mansion ordered Qian to take the fold from Dunruo's hand and hand it to the First Emperor.

The First Emperor opened the fold, and the expression between his eyebrows and eyes became slightly condensed.

"When did it happen?" The First Emperor asked.

"The earliest time I can go back is a few months ago." He said.

"Other than that, do you have any other actions in Fusu?" The First Emperor asked.

"There is nothing but feasting on the guests and the courtiers." He replied.

"I see." The First Emperor nodded and did not express an obvious attitude, but only signaled that Dunruo could retreat.

After Dunruo retreated, the First Emperor's eyebrows showed a little contemplation, with a bit of thinking in his eyes.

The matter reported by Don Ruolai is indeed not a big deal, mainly because the matter is a little sensitive.

His son, the eldest son of Great Qin, is investigating Zhao Si's origins.

Other than that, everything was working fine and nothing else.

As for Zhao Si's life experience, the First Emperor naturally investigated it.

One of the boys who went to sea, the child who was picked up by Ji Chang, had a wooden plaque engraved with the word Zhao on his body.

There are no other clues.

After all, this is ancient, there is no clue, no more clues, no parties, and nothing can be dug up.

Therefore, Emperor Shi treated the Ji family's grandchildren well, and even deliberately promoted Zhao Si's nominal younger brother.

And this is not a secret thing, although there is no big deal, but there are still many people in the court who know that Zhao Si has a brother and a father.

And important ministers like Li Si also knew that Zhao Si was originally an orphan and did not find a real blood relative.

After all, Fusu is the eldest son, and Fusu can naturally easily know this kind of information that is not secret, not to mention anything else, Fusu only needs to ask Meng Yi to know it clearly, and there is no need to investigate at all.

So there is only one truth of the matter, the reason why Fusu investigated Zhao Si's life history was because he had clues that the first emperor did not grasp.

What is it?

The look in the eyes of the First Emperor changed, and there was an indescribable emotion.

On the other side, inside the mansion of the eldest son Fusu.

Fusu looked at the fold in front of him and fell into deep thought.

He had always felt that Zhao Si was very familiar, but he was very sure that he had not met Zhao Si.

Because Zhao Si is one of the hot topics in Daqin, Fu Su also joked about this topic during the banquet and leisure.

So someone who met with Zhao Si told Fusu that Shangqing Zhao Si can often make people feel like a spring breeze when he treats people and things, including Meng Yi also told Fusu that he felt that Zhao Si was very kind at first sight.

This is, of course, because of the effect of the jade aura.

Therefore, Fusu didn't doubt that he had him, so he didn't take it to heart, just thinking that Zhao Si was born to make people look close.

Until Gongzi Gao came to the mansion of the eldest son Fusu to comfort him because of Hu Hai's affairs, a graceful dance of a Zhao girl reminded Fusu of an old man.

Fusu didn't dabble in dance much, and most of them stayed on appreciation, and he couldn't distinguish the characteristics of dances in various places.

The inexplicable familiarity of the dancing girl brought by Childe Gao reminded him of a dancing girl in the mansion when he was young.

It turned out that the dance she danced back then came from Zhao Di.

Correspondingly, the figure that was once almost vaguely forgotten began to emerge in my mind.

Human memories are interconnected, and familiar scenes corroborate each other to help people recall what was once more effective.

So Fusu finally knew where the familiarity on Zhao Si came from.

"Zhao Si was born in Kannai...... However, there was a year of time difference......"

Fusu rubbed his eyebrows, his face a little pensive.

The first emperor gave birth to Fusu earlier, and later after the first emperor seized power, he neglected to discipline his children, so Fusu matured earlier.

Not to mention, it's still ancient.

After Fusu learned about Zhao Si's familiarity, a slightly ridiculous conjecture immediately appeared in his mind.

However, the timing is a bit wrong.

When he was young, there was indeed a dancer in the mansion, and he really didn't control his contribution for the first time.

However, according to the intelligence of Fusu's investigation, Zhao Si was more than two years old when he was picked up.

Fusu rubbed his eyebrows and said, "Go and ask Bai Ying." ”

Bai Ying, born in the old clan, was a classmate of Fusu when he was young, and when he was older, he helped Fusu manage the affairs of the house to meet with the outside world, and he was the real Yuan of Fusu.

"The eldest son?"

Bai Ying came to Fusu and spoke.

Should I say it or not, since the Shang Dynasty changed the law, the three old clans have continued to be in the doldrums, but fortunately, Bai Ying hugged Fusu's thigh, and Fusu has always missed the old, Bai Ying does not fight or grab, and when he was young, he had a friendship with Fusu, the love of the monarch and the minister, although the talent is not top, but it is by no means mediocre, and he knows how to retreat bravely, and when Fusu grows up to have the ability to seek a position for him, he decisively refuses to choose to stay in the mansion to deal with a mundane matter for Fusu, so he can get Fusu's trust more than others.

Including the investigation of Zhao Si's life experience, Fusu was also handed over to Bai Ying to do.

"You should remember that I once said that Shangqing Zhao Si seems to be an old man." Fusu sorted out his thoughts.

Bai Ying nodded.

"Previously, Gao offered me a dancing girl, so it reminded me of the old man, so I asked you to investigate.

Do you remember that when you and I went to school together, I was the closest dancer? Fusu asked.

"Bow and horse, sword dance, like a dragon?" Bai Ying thought for a moment and spoke.

After so long, Bai Ying must not be able to remember what it looks like, but the characteristics are still remembered, Fusu mentioned it, and he can recall some things along with the relevant memories.

"It's her......" Fusu nodded.

"Childe means that Zhao Si may be the queen of Yingnu?" Bai Ying's face showed a hint of contemplation.

"If it were all I wouldn't have made such a fuss, that's the way it is." Fusu smacked twice and still spoke.

Bai Ying didn't expect that the eldest son would have a story with Yingnu, who was a dancing girl, so that he had all kinds of reveries, but Bai Ying was not obsessed with eating melons, but seriously analyzed with Fusu.

"The eldest son suspects that Zhao Si may be ......"

The eldest son nodded.

"But Zhao Si was already two years old when he was picked up, if he pushed forward another year, Yingnu should still be in the eldest son's mansion at that time, if Yingnu was pregnant because of this, Zhao Si should only be one year old when he was picked up." Bai Ying frowned and spoke.

"That's exactly what happened." Fusu nodded.

"Maybe it's the heir of Yingnu's blood relative?" Bai Ying thought for a moment and offered another possibility.

Yingnu is the eldest son's palace, that is, the dancing girl who entered the eldest son's mansion after moving out of the palace from Fusu.

Compared to other dancing girls, in addition to dancing, Yingnu can also bow horses and dance swords.

Therefore, it is normal that Fusu, who has just moved out of the palace and is in the midst of a hormonal explosion, did not hold back.

Bai Ying is not surprised, not to mention the eldest son, there are many people in their circle who steal at a young age.

is young, his thoughts are uncertain, but he has the supreme right in his body, and it is already considered merciful to kill and take away life, let alone such a trivial matter?

It's just that some families have a more rigorous family style and are afraid of hurting their bodies, so they usually send someone to supervise.

For example, Bai Ying's duty at that time was to persuade and discipline the eldest son's private life.

So this matter can be regarded as Bai Ying's dereliction of duty, objectively speaking, the eldest son was only fourteen years old at that time, and it was the time when he should strictly guard against it.

Therefore, it is normal for the eldest son to have conjectures that can be imagined.

Yingnu later suddenly left the eldest son's mansion and disappeared without a trace, Bai Ying still remembered that the eldest son at that time had been lost for a long time.

"In short, judging from age, it can't be the heir of Yingnu......" Fusu shook his head.

Bai Ying sighed when he heard this: "Then since this is the case, do you have to continue to investigate?" ”

Bai Ying hoped that it was.

Anyway, Zhao Si is a Shangqing, who is in the middle of the day in the court, and he is also a close minister of the first emperor.

There are even rumors that Zhao Si's speech is more effective than that of the right minister Li Si.

If it is true, isn't the position of the eldest son's prince a certainty?

There are various versions of the first emperor's affinity with Zhao Si, and even the folk have circulated, the first emperor is seriously ill in the sand dunes, and he is not worried about the civil and military affairs of the Manchu Dynasty, so he only let Zhao Si guard the palace gate, and serve the king in front of him.

Although the matter of the sand dunes is secret, people's pursuit of gossip is innate, after all, it is impossible for Zhao Gao to separate the body for no reason, and it is impossible for Hu Hai to be demoted to Lingnan for no reason, so although the witnesses are tight-lipped, people's speculation in private has never been broken.

Bai Ying didn't dare to think about how stable the position of prince would be if Zhao Si was really the eldest son.

Right now...... Not after all.

However, the spring breeze of the eldest son was not without good things for a while.

At the very least, he can get in touch with Zhao Si.

"Your Majesty has always relied on Shangqing Zhao Si, and he has also made a big move to find relatives in Shangqing before, and even rewarded his brother and the eldest father who raised him for this, since the eldest son has clues, why not report to Your Majesty, Your Majesty will be happy when you hear it."

Well, anyway, it's a tie-in.

"I should tell my father, it's just that back then, it's a little hard to talk about......" Fusu sighed.

"Childe can send me into the palace." Bai Ying smiled.

(End of chapter)