Ji Heng's face was flat.

He didn't think it was anything out of the ordinary.

It's just a matter of uniting the majority and cracking down on a handful of practices.

Hu Hai looked at Ji Heng, who was light and breezy, and then looked at Fusu, who was full of horror, and said: "I can barely hear this general operation, but how to operate it exactly?" And why is the burden on the people reduced? ”

"Why don't I see a load reduction?"

Hu Hai looked at Ji Heng very frankly and straightforwardly.

He didn't really understand.

The middle bend is even more confusing.

He used to stay in the palace, and rarely went out of the palace, and even if he did, he was followed by a large number of followers, and his life experience was extremely scarce, and he didn't even understand some daily common sense.

After listening to the lectures a few times, I felt more and more barren about my experience.

Compared to Fusu.

He's more intellectually curious right now.

Ji Heng glanced at Hu Hai lightly, did not choose to ignore it anymore, and said: "Because Longxi produces salt, the price of salt in Guanzhong is not high, and it is only 100 yuan per stone, I don't know the cost of a stone of salt, deducting the wages of salt workers, subordinates and others, as well as other losses of seventy-seven eighty-eight, it will be counted as one stone and fifteen dollars." ”

"The imperial court sold it to the merchant at a price of twenty yuan."

"After that, the price of a stone of salt in the government is set at fifty, and the price of a merchant cannot be higher than one hundred."

"In this way, with a tax of 100 yuan and a stone of Thailand, and then subtracting the price of 20 yuan, the merchant can earn about a dozen yuan for one stone of salt, and after deducting freight and loss, the net profit of one stone of salt is at least seven or eight yuan."

"The imperial court controls the pricing power, and it also determines the profit of the merchants."

"I know you have doubts."

"The imperial court sells cheap salt for 50 yuan a stone, who will buy the high-priced salt of the merchants."

"And that's on a case-by-case basis."

said.

Ji Heng pointed to the two flasks under him.

He pointed to the jug on the left and said, "Now you regard the jug on the left as a stone of salt and the jug on the right as a stone of sand, and now I will grab a handful of salt from the left and a handful of sand from the right." ”

"Immediately after"

"Throw the salt in your left hand into the kettle and the sand in your right hand into the kettle."

"And this is the difference between official salt and commercial salt."

"Official salt is salt sand, and there is salt in the sand."

"Shang salt is sand salt, and there is sand in the salt."

"Faced with the two kinds of salt in front of you, how will you choose?"

Fusu looked at the two empty wine jugs in front of him, and there was a rare hint of entanglement and hesitation in his eyes.

If it is really according to what Ji Heng said, the official salt is too pitiful.

It's not worth fifty cents at all.

If you have the conditions, you will definitely give priority to commercial salt.

As soon as he thought of this thought, he instantly understood, this was Ji Heng's purpose.

Subconscious.

He thought of what Ji Heng said about the meaning of the state to the people.

What Daqin protects should be the bottom line.

What is the bottom line?

Alive!

Official salt exists only to allow the people to eat salt.

It is by no means an initiative to make profits for the people.

At present, the people want to live very well and live a very nourishing life by relying on the imperial court, it is simply impossible, and the imperial court cannot do it, the only thing that the imperial court can do, the only thing that can be guaranteed, is to make everyone in the world eat salt and use iron tools as much as possible.

But that's about it.

If you want to eat good quality salt and use hard iron, you can only buy it from merchants.

Fusu also understands thoroughly.

What is the function of the imperial court in supervising salt and iron in Ji Heng's eyes.

Preferential commercial tax.

The second is to ensure the production and life of the bottom.

Hu Hai didn't think about it so much, and after thinking about it for a while, he blurted out directly: "Do you still need to think about this?" I must choose commercial salt, I don't know how much I can get from this stone salt to official salt. ”

Ji Heng smiled and said, "Now you figured it out, right?" ”

"Whenever life allows, I will give priority to commercial salt, because there is too little salt in the official salt, unless it is really impossible to make a living, I will spend a few feet and inches of cloth to exchange for some official salt."

"And today it's difficult."

"A lot of people can't afford to eat salt."

"And the official salt launched by the government is used to save these people."

"This is also the responsibility of the government."

"Protecting people's livelihood."

"So that the people will not be unable to afford salt."

"What the government guarantees is not whether the people are doing well, but whether the people can live."

"As long as the people can live, that's enough."

"As for the businessmen, they are learning to sell now, learning from the government to concoct a large amount of low-quality salt, and using it to make huge profits, which will test the wisdom of the salt officials."

"The price of commercial salt is destined to be higher than that of official salt."

"And to keep the commercial salt at a relatively high price, and force the merchants not to abuse low-quality salt at will, as long as the quality of the official salt is just in the stage of not up and down, so that the merchants are in an uncomfortable state that will lose money if they abuse the system, and they can only make less money if they improve the quality."

"Then they forced the salt merchants to improve the quality and sell at a high price."

Hear the words.

Fusu was also shocked.

Ji Heng guarded the merchant too much.

There is no chance for businessmen to speculate at all.

Fu Su exclaimed: "Mr. Ji is really a good opinion, as soon as this law comes out, the grand occasion of thousands of slaves and thousands of money in the businessman will probably be completely gone." ”

"There is a lower-cost official salt, and if you want the people to buy commercial salt, businessmen can only choose to improve the quality and quantity."

"Forced the merchant to refine the salt to expel the inferior salt of the government."

"And the existence of official salt is like a sharp blade, straight into the chest of the merchants, making them like a fish in the throat, but there is nothing to be done, the salt merchants and iron merchants have been shackled since then, and they can never return to the glory of the past."

"I can only look up to the court and snort."

Fusu was impressed.

Ji Heng's face was as usual.

Fusu looked too superficial, he only saw Shang Jia, but did not see the fundamentals.

The reason why Shangjia will be slaughtered by others is not because the imperial court is strong, but because the imperial court can now control the means of production of salt and iron.

Merchants who do not control the means of production are just one or two dealers, who can be replaced at any time, but those who have mastered the means of production will be very different, and can even threaten the imperial court in turn.

The means of production are fundamental.

Whether it's a merchant or a Kanto force.

It's just a conflict of contradictions under the change of ownership of the means of production.

In Ji Heng's vision, the shackles put on the merchants were to control the means of production.

Let the businessman only become a replaceable second-class dealer!

Ji Heng said: "As for the specific operation, this is a matter for the Great Qin Imperial Court. ”

"I'm not going to get involved."

"I took the wine for the lectures, and I only did the storytelling business."

"The rest has nothing to do with me."

"Let me do everything, what else do you want the Great Qin Imperial Court to do? What do you want the officials to do? ”

"In his position, seek his government!"

Hu Hai smiled awkwardly, but he didn't dare to answer at all.

Side.

Fusu said: "The younger brother is just in a hurry, Mr. Ji must not care." ”

"I thought about it just now, the Guanzhong Imperial Court can still supervise it, but what about Kanto? If the officials of the Kwantung region deceived their superiors and subordinates, hoarded them, or even sold them privately, wouldn't the imperial court have nothing to do? ”

"Dare to ask sir, is there any means of supervision?"

Ji Heng glanced at Fusu with a strange expression, and sneered: "Daqin has such a strong control over Kanto now? ”

Fusu shook his head.

"Since Daqin can't control the Kanto, then don't know." Ji Heng said calmly.

Fusu was stunned, "Don't you know?" ”

Ji Heng bowed slightly, and said with a pale face as usual: "I just don't know." ”

"You may feel a little ridiculous, Great Qin is promoting a centralized centrality, why do I say that I want to ignore Kanto?"

Fusu nodded.

Ji Heng sneered and said lightly: "People must learn to be down-to-earth, don't overestimate their abilities, Great Qin's control over the Kanto region is obviously insufficient now, and even the remnants of Chu Land Xiang Liang are difficult to arrest, do you think the imperial court can still control the officials of the Kanto?" ”

"When your own ability is insufficient, don't force yourself to make trouble."

"Even if you're reasonable."

Fusu's face turned pale.

Ji Heng glanced at Fusu coldly, and continued: "I know what you are thinking, you are worried that some turmoil and conflicts will break out in Kanto because of this incident, and then make Kanto, which is already unpopular, even more deviate from the imperial court." ”

"I can understand your concern."

"But you think too highly of yourself."

"What did Daqin do this time?"

"It's a competition with business!"

"As long as the goal is achieved, the process doesn't matter."

"Of course, there will be a lot of turmoil in Kanto, but the imperial court can't take care of it at the moment, and it can't take care of things that can't be taken care of, so why bother in vain?"

"What will happen to the specific situation in the Kanto region, it is a three-way struggle between the nobles, officials, and merchants in the Kanto region, and what the final result will be, it is also decided within the Kanto region."

"It has nothing to do with the imperial court!"

"Kanto is Kanto, and Guanzhong is Guanzhong."

"Sometimes you need to be separated."

"It's unlikely that the Kanto affair will cause a stir."

"The interests involved in salt and iron are very great, no one wants to lure wolves in, if it really attracts the attention of the imperial court, the imperial court will inevitably kill chickens and monkeys to deter the place, and salt and iron are different from people, the imperial court only needs to find out the location of the salt pond, salt well, and mine, and the place is dead, and one check is accurate."

"The imperial court knows about the production of salt and iron, and many places have difficulty doing it."

"The court understands this truth, and the local government also knows it."

"The people in Kanto know very well that once the imperial court intervenes, it is bound to take away a lot of interests."

"It's not what they want to see."

"Therefore, the affairs of Kanto will only rot in the place, and it will not be so easy to pierce the sky."

"As long as things don't make a big fuss, the court shouldn't know."

"And your current focus is not to rule the world, but to consolidate the pass."

"Guanzhong is the most important."

"People are close to each other, and things have priorities."

"You need to tell the difference now."

"The requirements of the imperial court for Kanto are very clear."

"Ask for money!"

"As long as Kanto can give more money, he will turn a blind eye."

"At the moment, the first emperor is still here, and the power is enough to deter the locality, and the officials and nobles of the Kanto region dare not blatantly rebel, so let them endure for a while, and watch the dog-eat-dog inside the Kanto region."

"When the situation settles down a bit, it's not too late to clean up the house."

"Wait for Guanzhong to be completely stabilized, and then find a reason to meddle in the Kanto salt and iron, and it's not too late to make a mess."

"The way to do things, plan and then act!"

"Governing a big country is like cooking a small fresh, you need to come step by step."

"If you want to hurry, you can't get there!"

(End of chapter)