Chapter Seventy-Six: Statecraft
Listening to Su Xiu's words, the audience couldn't refute it for a while.
After about a few seconds, Shangshu of the Criminal Department walked out and angrily scolded Su Xiu.
"It's just nonsense, valuing agriculture and suppressing business is the foundation of my dynasty."
"Huangkou Xiaoer, in this public, is unbelievably unbelievable and unspeakable."
"A few words negate the tone set by my ancestors hundreds of years ago."
"Are you better than those sages?"
"I ask you, if all the people are traders, who will cultivate them? The silver has been earned by the merchants, what should I do! ”
Su Xiu lingered in his heart, what he knew was not only strong, it was several times stronger than you, okay.
"It's very simple, just increase taxes."
Tobe Shangshu frowned slightly.
"How is this possible, increase taxes, merchants can afford it, but what about ordinary people?"
Su Xiu looked at the head of the household.
It seems that these six are not all wine bags and rice bags.
At present, it seems that there are still people who will speak for the common people.
Su Xiu coughed lightly and cleared the phlegm in his throat.
"Don't worry, I don't mean to agree to the same tax."
"We can tax the businessmen and the profits of the businessmen."
"At the same time, select states and land suitable for cultivation, vigorously grow potatoes, and raise the price of grain when the country collects it."
"In this way, trade and agriculture will be both trade-oriented and agriculture-oriented."
"We just need to create a balance so that the gap between the big grain producers and the businessmen is not so big."
"I'm sure there will still be a lot of people who are willing to grow food."
"If we do this, merchants from other countries will also trade more with our country because of the encouragement of our merchants."
"In this way, in the near future, our Chu Dynasty will be prosperous and prosperous, and it will change from being weak in the past."
After speaking, Su Xiu looked around at everyone present.
The head of the household on the side lowered his head and thought slightly.
"What did you just mean about potatoes?"
Su Xiu said: "This potato is a group of plants cultivated by Weichen. ”
"Edible, satisfying, fried and fried, there are various methods."
"And most importantly, it's extremely adaptable and can be grown in any extreme climate."
"Even if it's a bitter cold place like Liangzhou, it can be produced!"
Hearing this, Tobe Shangshu's eyes lit up.
Su Xiu's method may really work, if he does this, the economy of the Chu Dynasty will really prosper!
Shangshu of the Criminal Department spoke coldly and sneered: "Do you believe it? Do you use my Chu State to take risks in the future! ”
The corners of Su Xiu's mouth twitched.
"Don't guess, this Yanzhou territory is the best example!"
Emperor Chu raised his eyebrows and said, "In a county, there are at least five or six Qinglou, doesn't it matter?" ”
Only then did Su Xiu look at the Yanzhou Thorn History who was walking with Emperor Chu.
"You have to ask him about this, I just suggested that all gambling houses in Yanzhou be changed to Qinglou."
"Find me to roughly estimate that there is at most one gambling house in this county."
"Who knows, there are so many gambling houses in Yanzhou, we have to ask Master Zhang for the reason here."
"Anyway, I have only one green building in Fengqi County, and it is still in the city that never sleeps."
Hearing this, Zhang Zhidong continued to sweat down his sideburns for a while.
I didn't expect this Su Xiu to be really not a thing, and this ball was brought back to his side in the blink of an eye
Zhang Zhidong stood there trembling and trembling his body, even more rickety.
He staggered, as if the north wind could blow him a little stronger.
Emperor Chu ignored Zhang Zhidong.
Just looked at Su Xiu and asked, "Are you sure of what you said?" ”
Su Xiu's eyes are firm, and the minister must be completely sure!
The Tobe Shangshu on the side also stood up at this moment.
"The minister thinks that Su County's words are still commendable."
My own wallet has spoken.
Emperor Chu understood that it seemed that what Su Xiu said was not true, and there should be some credibility.
The criminal department Shangshu on the side looked at the Hubu Shangshu who stabbed himself silently, and his face turned blue for a while.
"Just now, I came into this Fengqi County and found that in this Fengqi County, there are some strange bottles and cans piled up at the door of many houses."
"It looks beautiful, what is that?"
Su Xiu pointed to the glass piled up in the corner of the courtyard gate.
"You mean those?"
Emperor Chu looked in the direction of Su Xiu's finger.
Sure enough, under the corner of the wall in the Su Xiu courtyard, there were all kinds of glass bottles piled up like garbage.
"That's it, what the hell is this?"
Su Xiu smiled slightly: "This is a glass bottle, it's just some gadgets that Weichen makes in his spare time." ”
"If Your Majesty doesn't dislike it, Weichen can bring you the good quality of it."
Emperor Chu nodded and did not speak.
At this time, Su Xiu brought up the old matter again.
"Your Majesty, this time you are here, is it a private visit to Weifu?"
Emperor Chu looked embarrassed and said, "This ...... There are some rumors in the court, I came to take a look. ”
"I didn't expect you to govern this Fengqi County so well, congratulations."
Su Xiu pursed his lips, and he didn't poke the intention of Emperor Chu to come.
"Wechen heard that this year, I am in the four northern states of the Han Dynasty, and there is a famine."
"Especially Liangzhou, I heard that it is almost to the level of mutiny?"
Emperor Chu sighed and frowned.
"I'm also worried about this time, what's the matter, maybe you have a way?"
Su Xiu knew that the reason why he could not provide disaster relief was that the treasury was empty and there was no money and food.
This must have something to do with the inaction and dereliction of duty of the officials of these six ministries.
After Su Wenhai stepped down, this group of people patronized the money they were fighting for, and they didn't care about the lives of the people.
The ministers speak softly, and the words they say are probably difficult to convince the public, what do you say, the book of the criminal department? ”
The old face of Shangshu of the Criminal Department darkened, and he mentioned what he was doing at this moment!
When Emperor Chu heard this, his eyes first flashed, and then he pretended to be gloomy, and turned his head to look at the Shangshu of the Criminal Department who was standing aside.
"The book of the criminal department, I remember, you seem to be fifty and six this year."
Shangshu of the Criminal Department subconsciously replied with a confused face: "Minister, this year has not yet reached the age of knowing the mandate of heaven. ”
"Oh? So you mean, I'm mistaken? ”
As soon as he heard this, Shangshu of the Criminal Department was shocked in his heart.
You understand that this is His Majesty pointing at himself.
If you retreat like this, you can still have a good death, otherwise your fate will be unpredictable.
As soon as he thought of this, Shangshu of the Criminal Department, his legs weakened, and he fell to his knees with a thud.
"No, it's the minister's mistake, the minister is six out of fifty this year."
Emperor Chu raised the corners of his mouth slightly.
"In that case, I think Aiqing will return to his hometown."
The criminal department is still in the book, his eyes are gray and blank, and he kowtows.
"Minister, thank you for obeying the order."
Then, he raised his head and looked at Su Xiu with complicated eyes.
Su Xiu looked at the person in front of him calmly, and he was against his Su family everywhere.