"Solve the merchant?" Fusu frowned and said suspiciously: "Even if the imperial court can solve the business, if this matter is known to the outside world, I am afraid it will not be able to solve the actual situation." ”

Ji Heng smiled and said, "You are wrong. ”

"The problem is people."

"If the problem of people is not solved, this shipwreck incident will continue to happen, and will the imperial court still be able to deal with it again and again?"

"If you go on like this again and again, how can the imperial court stand it?"

"Talent is the main issue."

"If the problem of people is solved, all problems will be easy to deal with."

"If people can't solve it, things will be difficult."

"But how to solve the 'people' also takes a lot of thought."

"First of all, we have to figure out what Shang Jia wants."

"Merchants seek profit."

"Therefore, what the businessmen are trying to do is basically revolving around interests."

"Salt and iron are good in themselves."

"Selling salt and iron is profitable."

"It is also beneficial for the government to regress."

"For the sake of 100 percent profit, the merchants dare to trample on any law in the world; With a profit of 300 percent, they dare to commit any crime, even at the risk of hanging their heads. ”

"Under the control of the government, the businessmen have very little room for profit."

"It's basically a sweatshop."

"Therefore, it is normal for businessmen to have resentments."

"The tens of thousands of pounds of salt and iron at the moment are enough for them to take risks."

"All the court has to do is hang your head!"

"It's just that before that, the court needs to startle the snake."

"Surprise the snake?" Fusu frowned, his eyes full of curiosity.

Ji Heng smiled and said coldly: "Right now, the merchant is in the dark, the government is in the light, all the actions of the official government will fall into the hands of the merchant, if you continue to follow the step-by-step plan, the merchant will plan for a few months, I am afraid that everything has already been arranged, and the court can achieve little results." ”

"So the court can't do things according to the ideas of the merchants."

"Do the opposite."

"Anyone who knows about this shipwreck thinks that the imperial court should first stabilize the people's livelihood."

"Shang Jia is also thinking the same way."

"Therefore, the first thing the court does is not to reassure the people, but to investigate the case, and it is not to pay equal attention to both, or to deviate, but to completely ignore the people's livelihood."

"Qin Zheng is tyrannical."

"This time I will be tyrannical to show the world!"

"Just tell the world so clearly that Daqin really doesn't care about the lives of the people."

"The ship full of goods sank, and the money of the imperial court was gone."

"That's the big deal!"

Hear the words.

Fusu's face changed slightly.

He was also shocked by Ji Heng's words.

Regardless of people's livelihood?

There are tens of millions of people in Guanzhong.

If something goes wrong, it's going to be a big problem.

Fusu hurriedly shook his head and said, "Mr. Ji, I don't dare to agree with this. ”

"The people must be saved."

"Guanzhong is the foundation of Great Qin, and the imperial court is so indifferent to the people, doesn't this chill the hearts of the Qin people?"

"This is absolutely unacceptable."

Ji Heng smiled and explained: "Save must be saved, but don't rush to make a move, the so-called cold-blooded is just an attitude shown to the outside world." ”

"This is for businessmen to see."

"In the expectation of the merchants, the government will definitely settle the people."

"The imperial court despises life and death at the bottom and does not act according to common sense, which also makes Shangjia's plan fall through."

"Seeing that the court is uneasy about the people, and only focuses on checking salt and iron, if you are a businessman, what will you think?"

Fusu thought about it and said uncertainly: "I will panic." ”

Ji Heng nodded and said, "If this shipwreck incident is intentional, the merchants will definitely be terrified after seeing the actions of the government, the merchants are greedy for profit, but they are also afraid of death." ”

"The more the court ignores the people's livelihood and attaches more importance to this shipwreck, the more panicked they will be."

"In a panic, mistakes are inevitable."

"What the court is waiting for this time is that they make a mistake."

Hear the words.

Fusu was thoughtful.

Immediately, he seemed to think of something, and said in a condensed voice: "But if Shang Jia really did it intentionally, then he will definitely make careful arrangements, and the imperial court may be difficult to find out the problem in a short time, if the lack of salt and iron in Guanzhong has not been able to solve it, the imperial court may be difficult to parry." ”

Ji Heng nodded.

He refilled himself with tea, took a leisurely sip, and said with a smile: "The imperial court naturally can't be more patient with Shang Jia, so it has to fight the grass and surprise the snake and force Shang Jia out." ”

"Please sir." Fusu said.

Ji Heng's eyes closed slightly, and he said in a deep voice: "Don't block the matter of salt and iron sinking water, let it spread." ”

Fusu was stunned.

Ji Heng said: "Isn't it a little unbelievable? ”

"You can know about the affairs of Huaixian, most of them are urgent letters passed by the postman, the postman travels two hundred miles in one day and one night, and if it is normal, the news will reach Xianyang, at least one or two days later."

"Whether it's a blockade or no blockade, it will take one or two days."

"But do you think you can use it for a day or two?"

Fusu frowned.

He pondered for a while, and said slowly: "If this matter was really intentional, I am afraid that someone outside would have known about it a long time ago, so it would take less than a day or two." ”

After speaking.

Fusu immediately understood.

If this news comes out of Xianyang today, it is basically certain that Shang Jia is aware.

Seeing Fusu's appearance, Ji Heng nodded and continued: "This matter must also be blatantly sent to investigate by officials, and the momentum must be huge, so that everyone can know about it, and at the same time, directly arrest the principals of the major businessmen's families." ”

"Don't arrest the real principal, and each family has a certain amount of real power."

"Remember to send a cool officer to catch it."

"Fame."

Hear the words.

The corners of Fusu's mouth twitched slightly.

Cool officer?

What cool officials are there in Daqin?

However, he also roughly understood that most of the principals of the major salt merchants and iron merchants had already colluded, and it was not easy to get out of their words, but others who had a certain amount of real power in the clan may not.

Once the imperial court puts the posture out of the way, and then threatens it a little, I am afraid that it will really be able to ask something.

Even if you have a strict mouth, you will be scared enough.

It's a cool guy after all!

And this is also scaring the major businessmen.

It's human nature that is the test.

Ji Heng blew his breath and said lightly: "All the actions of the imperial court are just implementing one thing, that is, ignoring the people's livelihood, only focusing on the investigation of the shipwreck, under the continuous high pressure, these businessmen are forced step by step, and they have to take the initiative to turn to the people's livelihood, so as to reduce the pressure they are under, and at the same time let the people put pressure on the imperial court." ”

"As long as businessmen turn to people's livelihood."

"It means that from the dark to the light, that is, the merchant can't hold his breath first."

"Once the merchant doesn't hold his breath, the purpose will be revealed."

"And that's what the court wants."

Fusu nodded.

He had already understood Ji Heng's thoughts.

The imperial court can't follow the way of thinking of the merchants, and must jump out of it, and the idea of the merchants is probably to use the public opinion to force the court to do some profit sacrifices, so the court directly ignores the public opinion, and only stares at the merchants to chase and fight, forcing the merchants to make mistakes, or can only take the initiative to guide the public opinion to reduce the pressure on themselves.

All of this.

It is not in the world's belief that the people are in the investigation of the people.

And on the merchants.

Therefore, whether the merchant is intentional or not, the merchant cannot get out of it, even if it is really accidental, without the merchant getting in the way, it will be much easier for the court to deal with it.

If it was really planned by a businessman.

The more the court targeted the merchants, the more panicked they became.

And even if there are people among the merchants who can calm down.

But can everyone calm down?

The principals can calm down, but what about the rest of their people?

Once someone doesn't hold their breath.

That means there is a flaw in Shang Jia's plan.

And the court has been staring, even if some of them are aware, they don't dare to connect in private, this kind of can only rely on their own willpower to support, how many people can hold it?

Fusu bowed and said, "Fusu has been taught." ”

"Cure people before they are treated."

Ji Heng said lightly: "This is mainly due to the time difference, Shang Jia dares to do this, most of them have collusion with many officials, so when the court knows about this, most of them have also heard about it, so if they continue to follow this step-by-step manner, it will only fall into the calculation of Shang Jia, so they will force Shang Jia from the dark to the light." ”

"In broad daylight, darkness is gone."

Fusu said: "What Mr. said is very true. ”

"I'm going to pass the word."

Ji Heng nodded.

Fu Su paused, thought for a while, and said with a slightly different expression: "Wei Sheng, you go and inform the officials of the Shaofu and Tingwei Mansion now, don't worry about the lack of salt and iron, this is caused by Shang Jia, what the imperial court has to do is to investigate this case clearly and give an explanation to the world." ”

Fu Su then continued: "At the same time, you go and inform Du He Shaofu and ask him to immediately stop all actions and only send relevant personnel to Huai County to thoroughly investigate the situation of salt and iron. ”

"Inform Captain Meng Yi to strictly investigate this shipwreck case, and explain my opinion to Meng Yi, I personally suggest finding a few officials with fierce faces and bad reputations to deal with it, and wait for a period of time, send a few officials to go to the homes of major merchants, and arrest the right-hand men of major salt and iron merchants to the government."

"In addition, let Meng Yi Tingwei send some more officials to keep an eye on the mansions of major businessmen."

"Keep an eye on it."

"As for the shortage of salt and iron, let the people solve it themselves."

"The court has no time to take care of it."

After speaking.

Fusu returned indoors.

As the door closed again, Fu Su smiled bitterly and said, "Mr. Ji, if my words get out, I don't know how many people will be shocked." ”

Ji Heng said calmly: "You still care about reputation? ”

"Since ancient times, when evaluating a politician, how many people will look at their own selfish virtues? As long as the final result succeeds, why not lose some false names? ”

"Reputation is a burden to politicians."

"How can a person who cares for his fame and self achieve great deeds?"

Hear the words.

Fusu was thoughtful.

Ji Heng continued: "You actually think too highly of the merchants, most of the merchants are a group of people who are fierce and internal, when they hear that the government does not care about the people's livelihood and only investigates the shipwreck, their actions will be stronger than you think, and most of the businessmen are short-sighted. ”

"You can calm down and enjoy tea now."

"It won't be long before you'll hear from Shang Jia."

After speaking.

Ji Heng made Fusu a cup of tea again.

Fusu looked at the clear tea in the tea bowl, and couldn't help but smile, calmly picked up the tea bowl, took a slight sip, and drank it, but his eyes suddenly lit up.

"This tea is sweet!"

(End of chapter)