Following.

It was already white.

Ji Hengcai got up from the seat sleepily.

After trimming the edges a little, I warmed up the leftovers of yesterday's meal, and just dealt with it.

Then he leisurely inspected the vegetable seedlings in the yard.

Storm.

The sky felt like it had been washed with water.

It's very clear.

It's getting colder.

Ji Heng also began to prepare for the winter.

Just as he had been busy for a while, the sound of rope footsteps sounded outside the house.

There was a banging on the door.

"The door is unlocked." Ji Heng's voice came out slowly.

The two figures entered the courtyard one after the other.

Fusu said: "Fusu has read through the "Guanzi" several times in the past few days, and has a certain understanding of the economic policies implemented by the pipe, but the understanding is still a little insufficient. ”

Ji Heng wiped his palms with a coarse cloth and said disapprerovitically: "There's no need to be so polite, everyone just takes what they need." ”

"Since you've watched "Pipe", how do you think you should 'grab money'?" Ji Heng took the wine jug, sat on his exclusive recliner, and took the exam with great interest.

Fusu's face was pale and said calmly: "Guan Zhong was born in a businessman, so he is more sensitive to money and grain, and the 'Guanshanhai' he proposed, that is, the method of salt and iron monopoly, is also useful to Daqin. ”

"If the people don't eat salt, they can't do it."

"Salt is a necessity of life, and you can eat it less, but you can't eat it without it."

"And today the next stone of salt costs 100 yuan."

"Except for special circumstances, most of the grains are only about 30 yuan."

"When it's cheap, it's only twenty dollars."

"Compared with the price of grain, the price of salt is significantly higher."

"People can't buy one stone at a time, they only spend two coins to buy a liter up and down to meet their daily needs."

"In the profit of the merchants, the imperial court collects half of the Tai, excluding the expenses such as production and transportation, a stone of salt, the merchants can make a profit of at least ten or twenty yuan."

"At first glance, it doesn't seem like a lot of profit."

"But there are twenty million people under heaven."

"After a year of accumulation, the businessman can at least make millions of dollars from it."

"In the past few days, the DPRK and China are carrying out the 'upper plan', and I have also gone to visit, and I have a certain understanding of the land rent in the world, and there are 52 hectares of land in Qianling County, and the land rent is converted into coins, which is only less than 270,000 yuan."

"The net profit of these big businessmen who sell salt in a year is comparable to the field rent of more than a dozen large counties."

"This is not counting the fluctuation of salt prices, if you count the fluctuation of salt prices, the merchants will only profit more, in my opinion, Daqin should follow the law of Guan Zhong and put salt and iron into official management, which can not only increase fiscal revenue, but also reduce salt prices to a certain extent, benefiting the people."

"Reducing the burden on the people."

Fusu looked generous and eloquent.

Ji Heng nodded, shook his head again, and said profoundly: "Fusu, when you were looking at the tube, did you ever think that if the money comes too quickly, people will be addicted?" ”

Hear the words.

Fusu was immediately stunned.

Ji Heng sat solemnly and sneered: "Looking at Ling like this, I probably didn't think about it. ”

Fusu's honest jaw.

Ji Heng said: "If you have such an understanding of the salt and iron franchise now, you must have seen the price increase mentioned in "Guanzi Sea King". ”

"In the country of ten thousand times, tens of millions of people, the price of salt only needs to increase the price by two yuan, and it can easily be credited with 60 million yuan, but it is so profitable, how can it make people not moved?"

"Is Da Qin short of money right now?"

Fusu's face changed, as if he guessed what Ji Heng wanted to say, and said: "The imperial court will monopolize salt and iron, and you can get a lot of money through this, and you will definitely not raise the price." ”

"Absolutely?" Ji Heng laughed, and said with a deep gaze: "Fusu, you underestimate the temptation of 'tax at price' too much." ”

"As you said earlier, the people are powerless if they don't eat salt."

"Salt is a necessity for the people."

"So no matter how high the price of salt is, people will definitely buy it."

"At most, I usually eat less, and I don't eat anything."

"If there is no financial problem in the imperial court, it may not raise the price, but once there is a financial problem, the temptation of salt and iron is so great, who doesn't want to take a sip?"

"And it's a tax on price."

"Compared with the increase in land rent, the salt price increase is obviously more acceptable to the people and easier to collect money."

Listening to Ji Heng's description, Fusu had already anticipated that scene, and his face immediately turned pale.

His face turned pale, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Great Qin won't be like this. ”

Ji Heng sneered: "Won't it? ”

"I think so!"

"You can't imagine the temptation that you can easily increase your income by tens of millions of coins by raising the price by one or two dollars."

"All that was thought was a puff and another puff."

"Even if you know that the bottom layer will be sucked dry, or even sucked to death, it will still not converge, because the bottom layer is a number for the imperial court."

"Do you care if the numbers are alive or dead?"

Ji Heng sighed lightly.

He is very familiar with the 'salt monopoly'.

In the last life, after the Tang Dynasty implemented the 'salt monopoly', the price of salt rose by up to 37 times.

A bucket of salt rose from 10 to 370, which eventually led to the misery of violating the ban, and Rong Zhen also appealed frequently.

The lure of the salt monopoly is something that no one can resist.

If the money comes too quickly, it will be addictive, and once you become addicted, it will be difficult to quit, and even if you quit, it is easy to relapse.

Han Tang can't.

The Qin Dynasty could not do the same.

Once interests are involved, don't try to challenge human nature.

Otherwise, you will only get a bloody lesson.

There was a dead silence all around.

Fusu's face changed and changed.

Finally he sighed and didn't speak again.

He was powerless to argue.

What Ji Heng said may be right, he can guarantee that he will not raise the price, but can he guarantee that others will not raise the price? Can you guarantee that the first emperor will not raise the price?

Can't do it!

Even he himself may not be able to do it.

Hu Hai looked around and said suspiciously: "According to what you said, this is not good, that is not good, so what should I do?" ”

Ji Heng glanced at Hu Hai and said in a deep voice: "The salt and iron monopoly proposed by Guan Zhong can indeed make a lot of profits, but once the management is out of control, it will become a profit for the people, and it is not a good thing for the country or the people, so the monopoly of the imperial court is categorically impossible." ”

"Merchants are there to sell goods."

"The imperial court can't overstep its bounds!"

"Otherwise, under a high degree of centralization, a little loss of control will cause disaster."

"If you continue to use merchants, what's the difference between that and what is the current one?" Hu Hai looked puzzled.

Ji Heng Road:

"There is a difference."

"It is not suitable for the imperial court to monopolize salt and iron, but it is feasible to monopolize mountain and sea resources."

"In a nutshell."

"Official property, official revenue, commercial transportation, merchants!"

"The imperial court has complete control over salt and iron resources, but is not responsible for selling them, and only focuses on collecting taxes."

Fusu frowned and said suspiciously: "This is not much different from the production and sale of merchants, the imperial court still needs to invest more manpower and material resources, and the imperial court has no spare energy to produce salt and iron at the moment." ”

Fusu's eyes were full of doubts.

Ji Heng slowly lay on the recliner and did not answer immediately, but asked: "Fusu, in your opinion, where is the significance of the country to the people?" ”

Hear the words.

Fusu frowned.

He had never thought about it before.

Ji Heng suddenly asked, and he really stopped him.

"What does the state mean to the people?" Fusu lowered his head and frowned in thought.

Long.

He replied tentatively: "Stability and tranquility? ”

Ji Heng shook his head.

"Fair and just?" Fusu said again.

Ji Heng continued to shake his head.

After being denied one after another, Fusu simply didn't answer again, and said with a wry smile: "I don't know." ”

"Dare to ask what does the state mean to the people in the eyes of the gentleman?"

(End of chapter)