Fusu was thoughtful.

He probably understood.

Ji Heng is trying to do everything possible to prevent corruption from happening.

Even if it costs a little more human and financial resources.

It's just that he clearly remembered that Ji Heng was talking about robbing money, and now he did rob the merchants' money, but the court didn't profit much from it.

Even commercial taxes are likely to be reduced.

He asked, "Mr. Ji, isn't salt and iron just used to make money?" ”

"At present, the imperial court must not only set up an official office, but also strengthen supervision, and also hire salt workers, this time and again, the imperial court has paid too much manpower and financial resources, and if this continues, the commercial tax levied by the imperial court on salt and iron may not rise but fall."

"Something doesn't seem right."

Fusu hesitated for a moment and expressed the doubts in his heart.

Daqin's people's livelihood is difficult at the moment, and it needs to be supported by a lot of money to consolidate the foundation, and now Ji Heng's measures not only cannot collect more money, but may even collect less money, which is a bit in vain from any point of view.

Ji Heng smiled and drank all the wine in the bronze jue.

Said with a smile:

"You're right."

"Daqin manages salt and iron in this way, and the commercial tax in Guanzhong will definitely be reduced."

"But there's one thing to sort out."

"What is Daqin collecting so many business taxes for?"

"It is to ensure the operation of the imperial court, but also to protect the bottom line of society."

"At present, the imperial court may collect less taxes, but from another point of view, it also ensures the bottom line of society."

"It didn't work out."

"Again."

"Daqin's business tax will not be less."

"Why is that?" Fusu was a little puzzled.

Ji Heng chuckled lightly and said eloquently: "The commercial tax collected in Guanzhong will indeed fall, but the commercial tax collected in Guandong will rise." ”

"The two are neutralized, and the overall price is still up."

"It's the businessmen who are really missing!"

Fusu frowned.

He was getting more and more confused.

Ji Heng sat up straight, shook the wine jug beside him, there was not much wine in it, he poured all the wine in it into Tong Jue, and then put the wine jug aside.

This flask etc will be useful.

At this time, Ji Hengcai continued: "There is a lot of iron in Guanzhong, there is salt in Longxi, and under the nose of the imperial court, even if the merchant wants to be greedy for ink in private, he does not dare to be too blatant, let alone too presumptuous, but the Kanto is different, the mountain is high and the emperor is far away, and it is too easy to do some tricks and feet. ”

"If this law is implemented, it will be a profit for business."

"In the past, the status of businessmen was very low, and most of the officials and nobles despised them and would not bend over to make friends."

"In order to get the right to manage the mountains, forests and ponds, the merchants will inevitably give a large amount of profits to the nobles, so even if the nobles sit at home, the businessmen take the initiative to send money, so the nobles will not look at the businessmen at all, and will only regard the businessmen as defeated dogs who wag their tails and beg for mercy, and this concept still exists now."

"And it's very ingrained."

"It's just that with the domination of the world by Great Qin, this situation has changed to a certain extent."

"When Great Qin swept the Six Kingdoms, a large number of nobles from the Six Kingdoms chose to lie dormant and hide, and they were bound to give up some interests, compared to the fields, the mountains and forests were obviously less valued by the nobles, and these mountains and forests and pools eventually fell into the hands of merchants."

"Without the exploitation of the aristocracy, the merchants can get too much profit."

"In just a few years since the founding of Great Qin, many big businessmen with thousands of fortunes have begun to appear one after another."

"There's a reason for all of this."

"At present, the big businessmen everywhere have thousands of rich families and thousands of slaves."

"However, whether it is officials or nobles, most of them have not yet reacted, and they still look at the merchants with the lowly eyes of the past, but the current merchants are no longer what they used to be, and the power they have is not inferior to some nobles in the past, and even surpassed."

"In addition, Daqin encourages big businessmen to participate in the operation, which greatly helps businessmen to collect money."

"As soon as these merchants operated, they became big merchants across several counties."

"And after the businessman gains profits, will he choose to benefit the country and the people?"

"No, it won't."

"They will only take advantage of the exhaustion of the people and go even more crazy to collect money."

"Even if it will make the people's lives miserable!"

"And the merchants will do everything they can to evade taxes and falsify their accounts in private, because Daqin's business tax is too high for the merchants, but even if Daqin only charges one stone of salt, it is still too high for them."

"What they are looking for is the ultimate profiteering!"

"If you have the heart, you can compare the commercial taxes collected by Guanzhong and Kanto, and the gap between the two will be very large."

"Under the strict supervision of the imperial court, many businessmen's fraud, tax evasion and tax evasion can be curbed to a certain extent, and then a lot of commercial taxes will be increased."

"Just look at Guanzhong, the commercial tax is reduced."

"But looking at the whole country, the commercial tax is only increasing, not decreasing."

"But don't expect too much from the Kanto region."

"Now Great Qin's control over the Kanto region is not so strong, even if the imperial court implements supervision, it will not be able to collect all the receivables, but as long as this system is implemented and a certain amount of commercial taxes can be increased, for Great Qin, the goal has been completed."

Fusu nodded.

He didn't actually expect it.

Shang Jia will become so terrifying after the unification.

Looking at Fusu's solemn expression, Ji Heng couldn't help but chuckle and shook his head.

Merchants are not terrible, but businessmen who have mastered a large number of means of production, and businessmen who merge with officials, are the real blood leeches.

And what he wanted to do.

It is to let the businessmen put themselves in the right position.

can only be a seller of products, not a monopoly, or even control.

Forthwith.

Fusu had new doubts, and said in a condensed voice: "Daqin does not have strong control over the Kanto region now, can this system really be implemented?" ”

Ji Heng smiled and said, "Yes." ”

"And surely."

"Why is that?" Fusu was puzzled.

Ji Heng's eyes showed a touch of indignation, and he said slowly: "The hustle and bustle of the world is all for profit. ”

"The world used to despise businessmen."

"Therefore, to a certain extent, it can be regarded as letting the businessmen become bigger."

"But with the issuance of an executive order by the imperial court, the meat in the hands of the merchants will undoubtedly be targeted by the local officials and nobles, who used to disdain to rob the merchants, but now the court has taken the initiative to give them a chance, and they have even thought about it, do you think they will be able to control it?"

"Merchants are rich."

"But they don't have status."

"Locally destined to be slaughtered."

"In the past, the imperial court did not put the sword on Shang Jia's head, and Shang Jia has been swallowing his anger on the surface, so not many people have noticed, but once the imperial court wants to do something to Shang Jia, anyone in the world who has a little power in his hands will think of taking it."

"Shang Jia can't resist right now!"

"That's why I've been emphasizing that don't give businessmen any chance to get in touch with power, once they are given access to power, it will gradually evolve into a confluence of officials and businessmen, and then businessmen will have the ability to resist, and when that happens, it will not be so easy to pull Shangjia down."

"Officials won't agree either."

"What the merchant does is the existence of a second-class dealer."

"It should continue to be the same."

"And the status should continue to be so low."

"Only in this way will the nobles and officials continue to despise the merchants, so as to avoid large-scale confluence in the future."

"While a merchant enjoys a great deal of wealth, he should wear a pair of shackles."

Hear the words.

Fusu figured it all out at once.

Shang Jia is now a child with jade in the hands of the group, with a lot of wealth, but no ability to protect it.

It's just that Shang Jia hid well in the past and was not noticed, and others were unwilling to bully a child, which gave Shang Jia the opportunity to make a fortune.

But now, under the intentional guidance of the imperial court, Shang Jia was pushed to the most conspicuous place, and the jade in his hand was so clearly exposed to the world.

Even if the officials of the Kwantung region deviated from the imperial court, and the nobles of the six countries hated Great Qin to the core, they would still choose to compromise in the face of interests.

It's a lure!

As Ji Heng said earlier, the officials in Guanzhong can't control it, but how can the officials of the Kwantung Six Kingdoms and the nobles control it?

He calculates the hearts of men.

It's Yangmou!

He is borrowing the hands of the officials of the Kwantung region and the nobles of the six countries to divide the big businessmen from all over the world one by one, even if the officials of the Kwantung region and the nobles of the six countries eat most of the meat, as long as the court can eat a small bite from it, it will be profitable for Daqin.

Because of these interests, the imperial court could not touch them before.

Looking closely, it seems that in addition to the loss of the interests of the merchants, all the forces are happy.

This is not the case.

Now that the imperial court can eat a bite, it means that Kanto has one less bite.

Invisibly, it weakened the Kanto power.

And this method is to weaken Kanto by the hand of Kanto.

This is clearly driving the wolf!

Furthermore.

Daqin seems to have only eaten a small amount of benefits, but in fact it is not, through the government to supervise salt and iron, the imperial court has lowered the price of salt and iron a little, and it has also invisibly reduced the burden for the people, so from a national perspective, Daqin is clearly making a lot of money.

Daqin clearly only paid a very small price, but not only increased the commercial tax, but also reduced the burden on the people, and more importantly, invisibly weakened the merchants and the Kanto.

It's a lot of work.

Fusu looked at Ji Heng with horror in his eyes.

He now fully understood why his father was unwilling to pardon Ji Heng.

This man is terrifying.

Turn your hands into clouds, and turn your hands into rain.

If this person is an enemy of Great Qin, I am afraid that Great Qin is really in danger.

And Ji Heng is not calculating.

He calculates people's hearts!

He told the world so clearly what Daqin was going to do, but whether it was an official or a nobleman of the Six Kingdoms, even if he knew his thoughts, he would still go forward and plant it one after another, even if he might deliberately resist it in the early stage, but in the end it was still difficult to break free.

Because the interests are moving!

The Kanto forces can endure for a while, but can they endure for a lifetime?

Can they endure it?

Can anyone else endure it?

In the end, they all became the chess pieces of Ji Heng to stir up the world!

They even resigned themselves to it.

That's it.

Fusu only felt that his scalp was numb, and even creepy.

Thanks to the 500 starting coins of Crane Green Ember Glass.

Thank!

(End of chapter)