Daqin: The poorest prime minister, the first emperor begged me for corruption

Chapter 42: Your Majesty the Emperor, do you want the inner treasury to have more income?

Ying Zheng's nature is showing off. His internal treasury accumulated by previous kings cannot be said to be just for financing ten sons to become a vassal.

Even if we were to support more than 30 children to join the feudal clan together, it would be a drop in the bucket, not to mention more than enough!

Qin Mo smashed his mouth and said persistently: "I'm just borrowing..."

Ying Zheng immediately replied: "My dear, I've been really in a tight situation lately!"

Qin Mo stared at the sky speechlessly, calling for love over and over again, but when it came time to show his true feelings, he was so stingy.

So, love will disappear, right?

Then again, you are Lao Shaan, not Lao Xi'er. Who did you learn this thrifty and frugal temperament from?

What I am talking about is borrowing, and if you borrow something, you will return it. As for being so evasive like a snake and a scorpion?

"My dear, don't do this."

When Ying Zheng saw his resentful little daughter-in-law, he suppressed a smile and comforted him: "If not, I will make the decision for you, and invite all the ministers in the court to borrow money from them?"

…

In the side hall of the Qin Palace, the three ministers and nine ministers who were handling government affairs sneezed together.

Fusu conveyed Ying Zheng's edict and was about to leave. When he heard the sound, he stopped and said, "The late autumn is getting colder, so you still need to add more clothes."

"Thank you for your concern, Prince!"

All the ministers stood up and thanked him one after another, becoming more and more satisfied with this kind prince.

Fusu looked at the tattered robes on their bodies and said, "You must not imitate Prime Minister Qin in treating yourself harshly."

Lords: "..."

This prince is too kind. He won't pick up any pot!

We don't dare to add more clothes, aren't we just afraid that Prime Minister Qin will miss us?

Fusu's eyes finally fell on Li Si, and he said with concern: "Li Tingwei, in particular, seems to be in poor health. He should eat more meat to replenish his health."

Li Si: "..."

Li Si's nose felt sore and he almost cried.

His colleagues may be pretending to be poor, but he is really poor.

He was forced to donate huge amounts of property twice. If his eldest son, who was an official outside, had not helped him, he would have been unable to uncover the truth!

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In the small courtyard, Qin Mo took two sips of milk tea to calm his injured heart: "I'll borrow it from my colleagues, and I'll do it for you in the future."

"But the matter at hand cannot be done without your Majesty's help!"

When it came to this matter, Ying Zheng knew that he couldn't escape, so he could only say vaguely: "My dear, you might as well say it, I can help you as much as I can."

If you can't help, then you won't help.

Qin Mo went back to the house and took a silk map, pointed to a marked route on it, and explained it to Ying Zheng.

"I want to build a straight road from Guanzhong to the frontier fortress in Guanxi. This will facilitate the exchange of merchants, and the trade road will surely prosper quickly."

"But I really don't have the manpower to build such a long straight road, so I can only borrow slave labor!"

In this campaign to destroy the barbarians outside the Great Wall in the northwest, they not only captured a large number of cattle, sheep, and horses, but also captured an even larger number of Dingkou.

Among them, Yuezhi and Donghu accounted for the majority.

Except for those who were used to replace immigrants with low status, or who were given to single immigrants as wives, the rest were taken back to Seoul and worked as slaves.

Either they built mausoleums for Yingzheng, or they were assigned to counties and counties in Daqin to build Chidao water conservancy.

And with the establishment of the feudal kingdoms outside the Great Wall by the princes, the more than 100,000 Xiongnu dead soldiers and their families will also be beaten back to their original shape.

With so much manpower, if Qin Mo didn't borrow some to build a straight trade route, it would be a waste of money!

"I'm afraid I can't help you."

Ying Zheng was stunned, but he shook his head.

It's not that he doesn't understand how roads facilitate trade.

Moreover, he did not worry about Qin Mo's evil intentions and turned the straight trade route into a straight route for transporting troops.

Because the imperial court also had various restrictions on enfeoffing countries outside the Great Wall. The top officials in charge were all appointed by the imperial court, and the standing garrison troops could not exceed ten thousand people...

The reason why Ying Zheng said "I'm afraid I can't help" was because those foreign slaves were national assets, not royal assets.

Use them to build a straight road, and the one who will benefit the most after the completion is Qin Mo's Hexi country.

I am afraid that the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty will not agree to such a thing that harms the public and enriches the private life!

Of course, if Ying Zheng forcibly issues an edict, that would be a different matter...

Qin Mo probably knew what Ying Zheng was thinking, so he lowered his voice and said, "Does Your Majesty want to increase the income of the inner treasury?"

Ying Zheng was shaking his head, but when he heard the words, he immediately stopped abruptly and nodded instead: "How do you say this?"

Qin Mo smiled and said: "Your Majesty, the Spring and Autumn Period is at its peak, and the construction of the mausoleum is not in a hurry."

"We can send tens of thousands of tomb laborers to build a straight road. After the straight road is completed in two or three years, we can collect tolls!"

Ying Zheng Danfeng's eyes narrowed slightly. A few days ago, he was still greedy. Qin Mo's Hexi country could collect business and travel tariffs.

Turning around, this good thing happened to him, so he was naturally excited!

"How to collect this toll tax?"

“From Guanzhong to Guanxi, there are tens of thousands of roads, but they extend in all directions.”

"Business travelers pursue profit and are determined not to waste money, just to follow a straight path."

"If we collect it by force, all the tax money will go into my internal treasury, which will not be beneficial to the country. I am afraid that another minister will die to remonstrate!"

Ying Zheng raised key questions.

Everyone in the world said that he was tyrannical, but there were also some stubborn ministers in the court.

After putting down Lao Ai's rebellion, he angrily drove his mother out of Xianyang and moved to Yongdi Palace to live, hoping to stay out of sight.

But at that time, the courtiers all said that he was unfilial, and the remonstrators came one after another, which made Ying Zheng lose his temper. In the end, he had to take his mother back and let her enjoy her old age!

Qin Mo was confident and pointed to the street outside the courtyard: "If the straight road is built like this, will the merchants be willing to go there?"

This place is adjacent to the Qin Palace, and the streets are paved with bluestones, far from being comparable to the bumpy dirt roads.

Ordinary dirt roads are not only bumpy and bumpy, but also muddy during the rainy season. Business vehicles can move at a snail's pace!

On the contrary, if a business traveler takes such a smooth straight road, the time saved will be more than multiple times, and the consumption on the road will be reduced even more times.

Ying Zheng was dumbfounded for a long time: "With the straight road built like this, business travelers are willing to walk, even if they do it secretly, they have to walk for a while to reduce costs."

"However, I'm afraid it will take decades of hard work to achieve such a straight path."

Qin Mo shook his head: "I have a secret method, and I will definitely master it within three years. Your Majesty can rest assured about this."

"When it is completed, checkpoints can be set up on the Great Wall. Business travelers who leave or enter the Great Wall will be charged a toll tax."

"With this straight path to go, no merchant will feel disadvantaged!"

Ying Zheng nodded, this is indeed the truth.

But it took three years to build a long stone road, but it cannot be too narrow. It is really a fantasy.

No matter how hard he tried, he couldn't figure out how to fix it!

"Since it is a secret method, I shouldn't ask more questions, but... I am really curious, what kind of secret method is it?"

Ying Zheng couldn't help but said.

Qin Mo pointed to the Houfu Academy next to him and said: "The secret method is in this academy. Your Majesty, would you like to go and have a look?"

Ying Zheng nodded without hesitation: "Go, go immediately!"

Hiss, after the recommendation, everyone voted for the recommendation and monthly votes. It’s really miserable...

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