Zhangtai Palace.
Wang Wan is worried.
He couldn't think of what would happen if Zhao Ling asked him to go to Zhangtai Palace alone.
Wang Wan also suggested that the First Emperor enfeoff the princes, but in the end, Ying Zheng unswervingly chose the county system.
When Zhao Ling conferred Fusu as the Chang'an Hou, he thought Zhao Ling planned to implement the feudal system, but unexpectedly Fusu refused, Zhao Ling even granted a title of marquis and refused to grant a fief.
It is obviously impossible for the Qin Dynasty to re-implement the feudal system.
"Your Majesty!" Wang Wan bowed to Zhao Ling, and then stopped talking.
Zhao Ling looked at the gray-haired prime minister and smiled and said, "Prime Minister Wang, I asked you and Zhang Liang to be responsible for the Ministry of Commerce and manage the businessmen in the world. After today, do you still think that businessmen are humble?"
Wang Wan glanced at Zhao Ling and sighed, "Your Majesty, you have the means of turning your hands into rain and turning your hands into clouds. Wang Wan admires it."
He thought Zhao Ling came to him to show off, so that he could completely impress him.
"I have you and Prime Minister Zhang Liang be responsible for the business of the Qin Dynasty and manage businessmen. Prime Minister Wang thinks how to manage businessmen."
Wang Wan was silent for a moment, and finally couldn't help but persuade: "Your Majesty, farming is the foundation of the country. If the merchants do not restrict them and make them too rich, Your Majesty will also allow merchants to be officials. When the civilians see it, who will still be at ease to farm? ”
The Qin Dynasty inherited the Legalist ideas and implemented the policy of "focusing on agriculture and suppressing commerce".
Agriculture is seen as the fundamental of the state, while commerce is considered secondary and may even have a negative impact on national stability. Therefore, the Qin Dynasty managed merchants relatively strictly and the social status of merchants was relatively low.
When Ying Zheng was there, in addition to levied high commercial taxes, restricting merchants from trading in designated markets, and also restricting merchants' migration and movement. Private transactions are illegal to prevent them from hoarding goods and raising prices, thereby ensuring that Fair deal.
The Qin Dynasty had already done a very strict job in supervising and controlling merchants.
Zhao Ling suddenly improved the status of a businessman and promoted the three major clans to the representatives of businessmen. So how should he supervise it?
This is a cliché issue.
Zhao Ling's answer before was that the great nobles who had accumulated wealth for several lifetimes were afraid that the merchants would have the same status as them and were afraid that they would be replaced by the merchants.
At that time, Wang Wan was speechless. Even if he said that merchants were a fish, Zhao Ling would not agree with it.
"Businessmen have losses and make profits. There is no business in the world that makes a stable profit, and not everyone can do business." Zhao Ling smiled, "If I control the most profitable business in the world in the hands of the court, I can easily control the fate of merchants. What do you think Prime Minister Wang?”
"The treasury of Daqin has been maintained by withdrawing taxes, and I think it's too little."
"If I become the largest businessman in the world, the country will do business in addition to collecting taxes, then are you still afraid that those small vendors will make any waves?"
Zhao Ling was too lazy to argue with Wang Wan about the pros and cons of reusing merchants.
What fish are the people? The nobles are above the people. The emperor controls the army and can also control the price of goods. The contemporary merchants have just a few methods: hoarding goods, selling them at low prices and selling them at high prices.
Zhao Ling is the largest capital of the Qin Dynasty. The people of the Qin Dynasty are poor. How much money can they earn?
Zhao Ling had long been eyeing the money bags of the noble clan.
Wang Wan was also helpless. Zhao Ling seemed to be kind to others, but in fact he was extremely domineering and did not give people a chance to choose. I am afraid that this kind of thing would be just a waste of time.
When Ying Zheng was there, he might also have to consider protecting the rights and interests of the nobles. Zhao Ling seemed gentle, but he played with the three major clans in his palms.
"Your Majesty may have made a judgment in his heart, so it's better to say bluntly, what can I do to serve?"
The smile on Zhao Ling's face became stronger and stronger, and Wang Wan was still very good at it.
"I plan to relax the supervision of merchants, and do not restrict merchants' consumption, nor do I restrict merchants' migration within the territory of Daqin."
"To improve the status of merchants, Prime Minister Wang cooperated with merchants to establish workshops in various parts of Daqin, hired the people to work, and the things they produced were then sold at a certain price by the Ministry of Commerce."
Wang Wan's brows became deeper and deeper, and thousands of words turned into one sentence: "In such a long time, who will farm?"
As expected, the Chinese people have had an extraordinary obsession with farming since ancient times.
The Qin Dynasty implemented the state-owned land system, and the people did not fully own their own land, but obtained the right to use the land from the state or landlords through the land grant system or the tenancy system.
The state allocates the land to farmers for farming, and farmers pay taxes and labor service to the state.
The large-scale construction of the Great Wall, the Afang Palace and the frequent wars further increased the burden on farmers.
Insufficient land also makes it difficult for many farmers to make a living.
Farmers work hard for a year, but they can probably live, or just live, they just work for the these nobles represented by Wang Wan and Xi Wenyan really regard the people as human beings?
In their eyes, the people are farming machines, and the children they give birth to are just for a new round of machines.
The top leaders formed a monopoly of knowledge, making the people ignorant, unable to eat enough, and unable to starve to death. If they want to live, they can only continue to cultivate and cultivate.
In real life, the phenomenon of land annexation has begun to occur.
The aristocratic landlords encroached on farmers' land by illegal means, causing some farmers to lose their land and become tenant farmers or refugees.
For a long time, the people have been under oppression and become ignorant, from pain to numbness.
Thus, the purpose of ruling the people is achieved.
Zhao Ling knew very well that in the long run, this was the way for the demise of the Qin Dynasty.
Even though most people are ignorant, there are some smart people and ambitious people among them.
For example, Liu Ji...
Or if the remnants of the six countries incite them, they will all rebel, such as Xiang Yu...
When Zhao Ling thought of this, his face turned cold and he laughed: "Farming? The people have planted the land, are they full?"
Wang Wan's body trembled, and he could hear it. Zhao Ling seemed to be really angry.
Wang Wan couldn't understand why Zhao Ling was so angry.
Zhao Ling stared at Wang Wan and shouted, "Wang Wan listened to the imperial edict!"
Wang Wan hurriedly bowed her hands and took two steps back, lowered her head, and did not dare to look directly at Zhao Ling.
"Announced the world that from now on, merchants will no longer be regarded as last-time businessmen. After merchants, they will be allowed to hold official positions and enjoy the same treatment as farmers and craftsmen."
“The merchants no longer restrict migration.”
"In the next year, the land reclaimed by farmers will be used by farmers, and the right to use for fifty years is allowed to inherit it. No one may invade in various forms. The local counties of the Keyuan Academy recruit officials to measure and count farmers' land. .”
“The food grown by farmers’ private land is not taxed.”
Wang Wan was sweating profusely when she heard this, and directly gave the country's land to the farmers? Not taxed yet?
Your Majesty is too bold and arrogant.
"Your Majesty! No!"
Wang Wan raised her head and shouted, "If the farmers' own land is not taxed, who will let the country's land be planted? Where will the food come from this year?"
