After a few people sat down, I restrained my smile and said to Zhang Han: "Later, you will go to Zhang Wei and learn more about the situation of the Guishan Empire." ”

Zhang Han saw that I was so serious, and responded: "Your Majesty is worried about the Kushan Empire? ”

I nodded: "I have already received news that the Kushan Empire has the power to fight with my Great Qin, and in the west of the Kushan Empire, there is also a country called the Sabbath Empire, and its strength should not be underestimated. As for Wusun, it is not a matter of concern that he still has to rely on the Xiongnu and Huli to compete with two small countries of less than 100,000 people. ”

Further west I don't say about Rome, the Empire of Sabbath was nothing more than a slave empire composed of more than a dozen tribes, and in this way it was able to fight back and forth with Rome, and finally defeated Antony at the Battle of Cape Actium, forcing Rome to make peace with the Empire of Sabbath, until Octavian became consul.

Now there are two great empires between Daqin and Rome, and Octavian, who ended the Roman republican era and brought Rome into the imperial era, estimates that his grandfather has not been born at this time, and there is no need to think about Rome for the time being.

Zhang Han responded: "The minister understands! ”

Liston paused: "Your Majesty, the countries of the Western Regions are so weak, and now that the Xiongnu have been driven to the north by Great Qin, the minister is worried that the Xiongnu or Huqi will go south to capture the Western Regions." I'm afraid it will not be good for my Great Qin at that time. ”

I glanced at Li Si, and it seemed that everyone was idle. There was nothing big about it before, Li Si began to think about small actions, but now attacking the Xiongnu and trading in the Western Regions, there are many things, but it allows him to concentrate on contributing to Daqin.

"Li Xiang is right, the best way is to include the Western Regions in my Great Qin's territory, but this matter should not be rushed. My Great Qin is the upper kingdom of the Heavenly Empire, and attacking other countries for no reason will attract criticism, even if I conquer the countries of the Western Regions, the people there will not obey the rule of Great Qin. ”

Li Si was stunned and said carefully: "Your Majesty, what the minister means is that we can win over the countries of the Western Regions and jointly fight against the Xiongnu and Huxi. If the countries of the Western Regions are willing to become friends with Great Qin, is it against our moral standards to crusade against them......"

I shook my head and said solemnly: "Li Xiang, if the countries of the Western Regions think that Great Qin is their friend, then they should not oppose the annexation to Great Qin; If they oppose the annexation to Great Qin, it means that they think that Great Qin is not their friend, that is, they are the enemies of Great Qin, and Great Qin can attack them and then merge into Great Qin! ”

A few people were dumbfounded, not knowing what kind of crooked reasoning I was......

Feng Zheng did not hesitate at all, and agreed: "Your Majesty is reasonable, I, Great Qin, can obtain the commercial and trade control of the countries of the Western Regions through business, and then slowly try to do so." ”

I smiled: "Trade is just to add some money and goods to my Great Qin, the time I have to wait for is not this, and now it is not appropriate for Great Qin to use swords." ”

The consumption of fighting the Xiongnu at the beginning of the year really scared me, if this fight is fought again, or if it lasts for three or five years, I am afraid that Daqin will still die in the second......

Zhang Hanqi said: "What does Your Majesty mean by timing? ”

I said mysteriously, "You'll know when the time comes." Wait and see, within three years, the countries of the Western Regions will beg Great Qin to include them in their territory. ”

Then I didn't continue on this topic, and said, "How is the progress of the five counties in Hexi?" ”

Li Si arched his hand and replied: "Back to Your Majesty, Qin Chang and Wuwei have already built the city wall, and the houses in the city have not yet been built. The minister is about to ask His Majesty, should he wait until all the houses in the two cities of Qinchang and Wuwei are built before going to the other three counties? ”

I thought about it for a while, and responded: "Just build the city wall, and order them to go to Zhangye, Jiuquan, and Dunhuang to continue to build the city." As for the houses in the city, my idea was for the merchants to build them. ”

"Your Majesty means to conscript merchants as civil servants?"

I shook my head and said with a smile, "Merchants are very profitable, and they don't farm, so let them build houses until now." I rented the land in the city to the merchants, and the merchants could only build the prescribed inns, shops, and other prescribed houses on the land. The imperial court will issue a title deed to the merchant of this land, but the title deed can only prove that the merchant has the right to use the land, and the land is still owned by the imperial court, and the term of the title deed is only 20 years. ”

"At the end of twenty years, if the merchant still wants to buy the right to use the land, he will continue to lease it to him at the price at the time of the first purchase. If the merchant doesn't want to rent it, then put it up for auction at the new price, and the highest bidder wins. This allowed the merchants to build houses for the imperial court and to collect land rental fees. ”

Li Si was overjoyed and complimented: "Your Majesty is wise." Now the houses in each city have been handed over to the government to build, and then sold to the head of Qian, and the houses are owned by the head of Qian, resulting in a shortage of land in the city, so it is a good way. ”

Feng Zao was puzzled: "Your Majesty, a merchant can have money to rent land, but what if he is a Qianshou who lives in the city?" They may not have the money to rent land and build houses. ”

I nodded: "Naturally, I won't let ordinary Qianshou also spend money to rent land." The land in the city can be divided into three categories: one for business, one for workshops, and one for residence. The first two can be rented by bidding, and the housing is uniformly distributed by the government, as long as they live in the city, non-prisoners, sons-in-law, and merchants can get a certain area of land for building houses. ”

"Prisoners, sons-in-law, and merchants had to rent land at their own expense. If you move out of the city, you need to report to the government, and the government will take back the land and houses and give them to the next person. The government depreciates the money and grain at the time of construction to the original owner, and then collects this part of the money and grain from the new owner. ”

Feng Zai agreed: "Your Majesty is thoughtful, so that the city can prosper, otherwise even if the imperial court builds a house and no one comes to live in, it will be a waste of money and food." ”

I snorted: "In short, in the future, all new counties and new towns of Daqin will prohibit private land sales." Now that the old land of Great Qin has formed a fixed situation, it cannot be easily changed, as long as it is not excessive, let them buy and sell. Moreover, Xintian had already been taken over by the imperial court, and they did not dare to touch the land of the imperial court. ”

"I'm afraid that some people will set their sights on the newly opened land of Great Qin. Once the merchants or nobles were allowed to control a large amount of land, it would not only lead to dissatisfaction among the natives of Xindi, but also lead to a situation where the leaders of the Qiandi would have no land to live in. If civilians can't get a house in their lifetime, then Daqin will be in danger! ”

The three of them nodded in agreement, although they are both nobles, the acres of land in their families have been rewarded for many times. Li Si's two sons are in high positions, and under Li Si's teaching, they naturally will not do this kind of wanton annexation of land and digging their own graves.