strictlysupreme Chapter 143
Chapter 143
After having breakfast in Yuxuan Pavilion.
Brother Zheng left with a half box of Coke in his hand.
After the rain stopped, two pieces of news came out, causing a sensation in the entire Xianyang City.
The first one is that His Royal Highness is finally going to recruit disciples.
Many people who thought they were knowledgeable people suddenly became excited.
The second piece of news is that the Royal Academy is about to be completed, and it will start recruiting students seven days later.
Anyone between the ages of 6 and 18 is welcome to sign up.
As soon as the news came out, all the people near Xianyang City became excited.
After this period of publicity, the common people are no strangers to the Royal Academy.
Everyone knows that this is where future officials are trained.
In other words, as long as one enters the Royal Academy, becoming a Daqin official will be as easy as pie.
For ordinary people, this is simply an opportunity to reach the sky in one step.
Therefore, in the past few days, people from surrounding counties and counties flocked to Xianyang City.
Some people even started to line up at the entrance of the Royal Academy.
In order to be able to get ahead.
Qilin Hall, above the court meeting!
As soon as Brother Zheng appeared, he posed a difficult problem.
"Now my Daqin treasury is empty, and I have been unable to make ends meet. Do all my loves have a good solution?"
As soon as these words came out, the faces of all the officials suddenly became ugly.
The empty treasury of the Daqin Mansion is already a commonplace problem.
If it could be resolved, it would have been dealt with long ago, so why would it be delayed until now.
The main reason for this situation is that there have been too many natural disasters in Daqin in recent years.
Continuous disaster relief, coupled with huge consumption of various projects.
If Ying Yu hadn't brought back a lot of cattle, sheep and money from the grassland some time ago, these officials would probably have stopped their salaries by now.
When all the officials were frowning, Xianyang ordered Xiao He to stand up.
"Your Majesty, judging from the current situation of my Great Qin, the only way to increase treasury income is to focus on business!"
As soon as these words came out, all the officials immediately looked at Xiao He.
Even Ying Yu was surprised.
Old Xiao can do it.
In today's Daqin, the emphasis on agriculture and business suppression has reached a very serious point.
Although it has been emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business, it can protect agriculture and consolidate the rule.
However, it destroyed Daqin's own economic development.
More importantly, doing so is not conducive to industrial production and seriously hinders the progress of Daqin.
However, the officials didn't think so. As soon as Xiao He's words fell, Feng Quji stood up directly.
"Your Majesty, you must not reuse merchants!"
"Your Majesty, since Lord Shang proposed to emphasize agriculture and curb business, the national power of our Great Qin has become stronger day by day, and this is how the world is now unified."
"The way of merchants can easily make profits. If people don't stop them from running to do business, who will cultivate this field?"
"Feng Xiang is right. Although reusing merchants can increase the income of the treasury, the hidden dangers it brings are too great."
"Businessmen are all speculators, people who forget righteousness when they see profit, how can I rely on them, Great Qin?"
Feng Quji took the lead, and all the officials spoke out one after another.
If it weren't for Ying Yu's face, he would have already started to impeach Lao Xiao.
Seeing that all the important ministers objected, Brother Zheng also nodded slightly.
Obviously, he also believes that it is not advisable to reuse merchants.
Ying Yu chuckled when he saw this, and then slowly got up.
"Why is His Royal Highness laughing?"
"It's nothing, I just feel that you adults are a little ignorant."
what?
We are ignorant?
Ying Yu fired a map gun, causing all the officials to stare at each other.
Even Brother Zheng's expression turned ugly.
"Emphasis on agriculture and suppression of commerce is the root of my Great Qin's rise. His Royal Highness said that we are ignorant, but I would like to hear your opinion."
Feng Quji glared angrily.
Although Ying Yu is now the prince.
But he, Feng Quji, is also the prime minister, so he still has to be strong when he should be strong.
Besides, His Majesty the First Emperor nodded his head just now.
Obviously, His Majesty does not approve of reusing merchants.
"Everyone, emphasizing agriculture and suppressing commerce is indeed the foundation of our Great Qin's rise, but this time is not as good as before."
"In the past, the Qin State was weak and weak, with a small population and barren land. There were powerful enemies all around. If you were not careful, you would be in danger of subjugation.
At this time, emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business is the best policy and a wise move.
Because at this time, there are only two things that my Great Qin needs, and that is soldiers and food. "
"But now?"
"Now that the Great Qin has unified the Central Plains, what do we need now are soldiers and food? Are these the same?"
After the words fell, all the officials nodded one after another, and then fell into deep thought.
Brother Zheng on the high platform even more applauded.
Ying Yu paused slightly, then continued:
"Compared with a hundred years ago, today's Great Qin needs too many things."
"Talents are needed, agriculture needs to be developed, military needs to be developed, education needs to be developed, medical care is needed... and economic development is also needed!"
"Under such circumstances, the idea of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing business has long been outdated."
"My lords, times have changed, we can't rest on our laurels, we have to take a long-term view."
"Everyone, the crown prince asks you a question. What kind of life do you think a commoner wants most?"
After Ying Yu's voice fell, Meng Yi spoke directly:
"It's simple. What the people want is nothing more than food and clothing. On this basis, if they can have their own yard and marry a wife, they will be satisfied with a little extra money."
Ying Yu nodded:
"Meng Shangqing is right. The Crown Prince would like to ask your lords, do you need money to build a house and marry a wife?"
"This, of course, requires money!"
Ying Yu nodded with a smile, and then continued to ask:
"Where did the money come from?"
"Of course it depends on selling grain!" All the officials looked at Ying Yu suspiciously.
"That's right. To sell grain, someone needs to buy it. So what's the difference between this and the businessman's way?"
"This..."
All the officials were directly confused by Ying Yu.
Brother Zheng felt that his head was getting bigger, he gave Ying Yu a look, and said angrily:
"If you have something to say, say it directly."
Ying Yu was quite helpless when he heard this.
He wanted to say it directly, but I will teach you an economics class, can you understand me?
After thinking about it, Ying Yu had a flash of inspiration, so he said:
"Father, my son will demonstrate it to you, and you will understand."
Ying Yu said and came to Young Master Gao:
"Second brother, have you brought any money?"
Young Master Gao shook his head when he heard the words.
"It's easy to handle if you don't have money, so lend me your belt."
"What?"
Young Master Gao was stunned, why do you want to use my belt again?
Seeing Ying Yu's unfriendly gaze, Young Master Gao blushed helplessly, took off the belt and handed it to Ying Yu.
He didn't want to be torn down by this sixth brother on the table again.