"It's going to be bitter at the bottom, but not too much." Ji Heng said calmly: "In the end, it depends on the proper response of the imperial court, if it is dealt with well, there will only be a period of pain, and this pain can be dissipated quickly, if it is not handled properly, it may lead to chaos in the world." ”

"The hand of judgment is actually in the imperial court."

Hear the words.

Fusu nodded slightly.

But as Ji Heng said, the whole body will be affected by a hair, and the court will once again plan to make money, and in the past few years, those local nobles and strong, how can they let the court succeed like this? I'm afraid that there will be stumbling everywhere in secret, and it is not easy for the court to deal with it well.

The construction of permanent liquidation in the local area is actually a large-scale construction project.

This requires a lot of manpower, material and financial resources.

Where do the human, material and financial resources come from?

From the people.

Ji Heng's face was solemn, and he did not speak.

He couldn't help but think of Du Mu's A Fang Gongfu in his mind, which was described like this.

Take all the baht and use it like mud and sand?

so that the pillars of the negative building are more than the farmers of the south acre; There are more rafters than workers on the plane; The tile seams are uneven, more than the silk strands around the body; There are more vertical rails than the cities of the nine earths; Nail head phosphorus, more than in the millet grains; The orchestra is dumb, more than the words of the city. so that the people of the world dare not speak but dare to be angry.

Now Qin Ting is stepping into this situation step by step.

And what can I do about it?

The world's innovation, since the cost of money and energy, no financial surplus of the reform, is just the air attic, a little mistake, will collapse, such examples, in fact, there are many in history, Qin Shi Huang did everything, in fact, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty also did, but Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty has the wealth of Emperor Wenjing, which can be pushed forward by the reform, so, it is also to make the people complain.

The follow-up Wang Mang's reform and Liu Yan's reform in the Tang Dynasty also ended hastily because there was not enough money and food to support it.

And even in terms of history.

Don's defeat shocked the world even more.

At the beginning of the founding of the Tang Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty attached great importance to development, but under the gentle taxation, the treasury gradually ran out of money, and then began to appear the world's rich, and then there were feudal towns, after the Anshi Rebellion, the world was completely cut off from the pace of development, and can only move towards the maintenance of stability, and the history of the Han Wu Emperor is only one person, and only he has succeeded in grasping power from the locality, and there are only a few emperors in history, who have successfully weakened the local and middle class, and supported the next development of the world.

If you don't catch it and don't succeed, you will be like Tang Dezong, and the world will fall into a state of chaos.

In the face of the same predicament in history, Wang Mang and Liu Yan have made efforts.

However, under the counterattack and encirclement of the local and middle-class forces, they all ended up dead.

The same is true of Wang Anshi, they all realize that the reform needs to start from the finance, but the financial opening, once it falls, and then want to concentrate it in the hands of the imperial court, it is actually too difficult, and Wang Anshi's implementation of the 'equal loss method', 'green seedling law', 'market easy law', in the end have become a tool for local wealth accumulation, and without exception have become the imperial court's policy to hurt the people.

And these changes have accelerated the end of their respective eras.

Since Wang Anshi, the choice of the world has changed, from the past expansion and innovation, to conservative and stable.

Innovation within the system is completely over.

The same is true of Great Qin.

Take all the baht and use it like mud and sand.

The money and grain required by the bureaucratic system of Great Qin are very large, and it is necessary to maintain and deter hundreds of thousands of troops in the world to maintain the military merit system of the foundation of Qin's state, which is a huge amount of money and grain, even if the imperial court collects more than it does, it is always dissatisfied, not to mention that the Qin court has always advocated reform, which has intensified the exploitation of the locality.

The world has been suffering for a long time, and it is not just talking.

It's a fact.

The cattle and horses of the prosperous times, the cannon fodder of the troubled times, Anping squeezes its strength, and uses it to die in wartime.

And even if Qin was peaceful, he was almost dead with it.

Fusu said in a trembling voice: "Mr. Ji, tell me truthfully, can the imperial court hold it?" ”

"Can the people at the bottom hold it?"

Ji Heng was silent.

He couldn't give an answer, and he didn't know the answer.

He only knew that Great Qin was already on a path of slow death, and if he didn't reform and collect his finances, Great Qin would definitely be overthrown from the bottom up by the bottom that was squeezed to death, just like in history, there wouldn't be too many changes.

Now Daqin itself is on the verge of death.

There are some things that Fusu can't see at all, only the first emperor and a few important ministers know that the system of Daqin has not been completely built, and the financial shortage has made the imperial court tighten the officials, which is not Ji Heng's alarmism, nor Ji Heng's exaggeration, but the truth of history.

The "Yuelu Qin Jian" unearthed in later generations said bluntly: "There are few officials, and it is not enough to give things." ”

The implication is that there is a serious shortage of personnel in the administrative contingent, and it has reached the point where it is impossible to administer normally, from Jian 8 to Jian 197, and almost every one of these bamboo strips proves this fact, and there is a serious shortage of people at the grassroots level, and the shortage of people is so that even in-service civil servants have to bear serious labor and make no one go to work.

'Officials and eunuchs, officials and subordinates, redundant recruits of soldiers and county envoys of Qianshou, have county officials, have not returned, their parents and Thai parents do not die and the officials die early to seek return, they are all thought to be Chengdan. ’

'The dwellers have been sent to the envoys and the books before and after, but they have not been replaced so far, and there are few dwellers. ’

'The officials do not go to the officials; First to the new land far frontier. ’

‘.’

The system created by the first emperor has been emasculated from beginning to end, and has never been made up, and the degree of downsizing has been directly reduced by half, and the number of people in Qianling County is 101 according to the law in history, but the number of people who are 'seen in the county court' is only 51 people, and the local commanders, sifu, principals, officials and officials, etc., are all less than half of the quota.

It has a serious impact on the normal administration.

And this is actually the reason why the first emperor had to tour the Kanto region.

If you don't cruise, the world thinks it's weak.

The place is already uneven, and if the number of thieves is a little smaller, it will not be enough to chase, because the pavilion cannot be empty.

This system of Great Qin, if it is full, is enough to accommodate more than 100,000 people.

However, Daqin has always searched for the appointment of officials.

I don't want to.

But you can't dare.

and if a ruler is appointed, he shall give it to him.

How could Da Qin get so much money.

And the reason why he started with iron and salt from the beginning was also to win the trust of the first emperor and let the first emperor know that he knew the lesions of the Qin court, so the first emperor allowed Fusu to come forward and control the salt and iron.

But that's not enough.

His subsequent proposal for the military merit system is also in line with the first emperor's intentions.

It's just too time-consuming to solve.

The First Emperor couldn't wait.

I'm also afraid that Da Qin won't be able to survive that time.

In the later years of history, the first emperor was already fighting the trapped beasts, blindly trying to use his power to forcibly force the world to do what he wanted, but the effect was not good, and the bottom did not buy it, and even made Guanzhong tired and disgusted with the royal family.

And then for a long time.

Daqin's problems are no longer external, but internal.

Growing deficits, bigger and bigger gaps.

is devouring the national glory of the Qin Dynasty step by step.

He just pointed out the right direction to Qin Ting, but if he wanted to achieve it, he was actually walking a tightrope, dancing on the tip of the knife, coping with it a little improperly, not relieving the pressure at the bottom at all, or if the bottom couldn't bear it, Qin Ting would collapse in an instant, and the collapse would be very fast.

There's not much he can do.

I can only give it a go and gamble with Qin Ting.

A hard landing of existing reforms.

So as to grasp development.

Fusu's face was like ashes, and his eyes were full of unwillingness.

He gritted his teeth and said, "Is there really no other way?" ”

Ji Heng shook his head.

He sighed lightly and said in a condensed voice: "It is difficult to return, the deficit in the financial aspects of Great Qin is too big, so big that the entire world of money and grain is filled in, I am afraid that it is still insufficient, but because of the credibility of the Qin court in the past and the trust in the first emperor, the court can always drag and press, but because of the founding of the country, the Qin court did too many things, which also led to the fact that the annual expenditure of the Qin court is getting higher and higher." ”

"It's too high to sustain."

"Whether it is the Xiongnu, Baiyue, or the nobles and scholars, these are actually just the court's diverting the attention of contradictions."

"If the financial problem is not solved for a day, Daqin has been licking blood at the tip of the knife, and something may happen at any time, and Daqin has long been difficult to ride a tiger, just like the first emperor parade, which consumes money and food, but if you don't do this, the court will only need to fill in more money and food, and once the local government perceives the weakness of the Qin court, it is even more dangerous."

"As far as I think."

"Da Qin has no choice."

"And the other solution is to die and pay off the debt."

"As long as the Qin Dynasty falls, the huge debts that are pressed on Qin will be wiped out."

"Without the expenditure on the construction of the Great Wall, the construction of various water conservancy projects, the huge bureaucratic system, the huge expenditure on military merits, etc., the pressure on the whole world will be reduced instantly, and even you can think so, except for the Great Qin royal family and a small number of officials, everyone in the world hopes that Qin will be destroyed."

"Because the people of Qin have been burdened with huge debts since they were born."

"Debts that can't be paid off."

"These liabilities are crushing everybody."

"There is no hope, there is no future."

"There is only endless darkness and pain."

"And Qin's law is so strict, it has cut off their retreat from passive coping."

"The death of Qin is actually the trend of the times."

"That's what the people want."

Ji Heng told the truth very coldly.

Fusu's face was already pale.

He even felt a little suffocated, his brain was blank.

Ji Heng sighed secretly.

In his opinion, the first emperor was still not ruthless enough.

If you are really ruthless, when you establish the country, you will completely get rid of the Qin State, although you will bear the infamy of the ages, but the situation in Great Qin will actually be much better, and you will not be burdened with such a huge burden from the beginning of the country, and the operation of the military merit system for hundreds of years has put too much pressure on Great Qin.

It's just that if that's the case, I'm afraid that everyone will betray their relatives.

Therefore, they can only follow the example of later emperors.

Killing.

The birds are all gone, and the good bow is hidden; The cunning rabbit dies, and the lackeys cook.

Slaughtering all the heroes at the time of the founding of the country also means that the death is eliminated, as long as the killing is ruthless enough, and then some accounts, the future of Daqin is actually very bright.

It's just that the first emperor didn't make up his mind in the end, although he re-established a Great Qin on the surface, but he completely took over all the hidden worries of the Qin State and opened a new dynasty, which is destined to have a new atmosphere.

At the moment, it is even more difficult to return.

Ji Heng looked at Fusu with a sad face, and said coldly: "You don't need to be so sad, Daqin has come to this point, not because of the fault of the first emperor alone, but for hundreds of years of shortcomings, how can it be so easy to clean up these shortcomings, and it has always been very difficult to break and stand." ”

"In the past, there were Xiongnu Baiyue in front, and there were nobles and scholars as cover."

"Da Qin can barely be perfunctory."

"Now the Xiongnu fled north, Baiyue was destroyed, the nobles and scholars collapsed for thousands of miles, and the court should also face these hidden worries, escape is always not a way, only by facing the challenge directly, and even crossing the past, can we achieve a great empire."

"It's hard, though."

"However, Great Qin has no choice."

"Don't take any chances, and don't listen to any rumors."

"It's unrealistic to retreat to Guanzhong."

"If you don't get rid of the financial burden, the Qin court in Guanzhong will not be able to stand, and it will only be overthrown by the Qin people in Guanzhong, so after the return of the first emperor, the Qin court will devote itself to making money for a long time, as for the misdeeds of local officials, the changes of the powerful and powerful, and the unwillingness of the nobles and scholars to fight back, the court may not pay attention to it."

"They are aimed at them, and Qin Ting does Qin Ting's."

"If Qin Ting can carry it, everything will bloom."

"If you can't resist it, then die!"

"Winter is coming."

"It's destined to be a cold winter."

"Fusu, you have to be prepared to kill, you will kill many, many people."

"It's so much that it's infamy."

"In addition to trying his best to make money, Daqin can only rely on killing people to achieve 'death and death', but in the end, whether Qin Ting dies or others die depends on how ruthless you are, I told you a long time ago that what Daqin needs has never been a saint monarch or a benevolent monarch, and what Daqin needs has always been a tyrant."

"Only a tyrant can pacify the world."

Fusu's face changed and changed.

Ultimately.

There was a flash of violence and blood in his eyes.

His voice was already a little hoarse, and he hissed: "Fusu understands, although tens of millions of people go to me, Fusu is the prince of Great Qin, born for Daqin, and died for Daqin, and he will never steal his life, let alone think of escaping and retreating, killing people, Fusu really doesn't like it, but for Daqin, for the hundreds of years of my Ying family's world, Fusu has no regrets." ”

"If there is someone in front of him, Fusu will kill one person."

"If it's two, Fusu will kill a pair."

"If it is a hundred, a thousand, or ten thousand, Fusu will kill a hundred, a thousand, or ten thousand."

"Until the Great Qin River is stable."

Ji Heng looked at Fusu, and a touch of gloom flashed between his eyebrows.

He didn't want that.

But Daqin doesn't have much choice, only to kill to stop fighting, kill to stop chaos, and kill to stop killing.

The only thing he could do.

It is to minimize the impact on the bottom layer.

Try to put an end to this centuries-old stress.

Let the world return to the path of development.

Rest with the people.

(End of chapter)