The Weapon Tycoon Who Traveled to Great Qin

Smuggling activities in the Northern Autonomous Prefecture of the Qin State were rampant, and smuggling activities in the Western Regions of the Qin State were also rampant.

"Damn, these people actually sold guns to those from the Western Regions." King Qin was very angry at this time, very angry at this kind of enemy's behavior. Although King Qin has approved trade with the people of the Western Regions, the trade is only experimental. There are few trading companies that can do business with the Western Regions, because this requires a special license issued by the central government of Qin State. The local autonomous prefectures do not have such power.

However, the security forces of the local autonomous prefectures are very weak, and the border defenses are stretched, and the strict control of the task of blocking the border cannot be completed at all. Because this in itself is a difficult task.

The State of Qin did not adopt a system of prefectures and counties directly dispatched by the central government for the newly established states. Because local officials are not dispatched by the central government, they are directly elected by the local government. In order to balance local power, a civilian council has been set up. The executive power is in the hands of the elected local governors, and the parliament makes local laws. Local laws can be promulgated and implemented as long as they do not violate Qin's general law. In this way, localities can have a certain degree of autonomy.

Military power belongs to the central government, and the central government can dispatch local militias to participate in major wars. The regular army dispatched by the central government is not restricted by the local government. The local government needs to actively cooperate with the regular army dispatched by the central government. In this way, military power is in the center. As for taxes, part of the tax is distributed by the local government, and part of the tax has to be paid to the central government.

The purpose of this is to stimulate and strengthen control of these newly established states in Qin State. Originally, King Qin believed that Qin’s mature prefecture system should be used to manage these autonomous prefectures. But Shang Wen put forward his own views.

These autonomous prefectures were not areas controlled by the Qin State before, and after the large-scale expansion of the territory by the Qin State. These states were only established, and the State of Qin adopted the practice of driving away local residents or turning them into slaves, which was very radical. But Shangwen believes that it is necessary to do so. On the one hand, these newly-occupied lands were quickly swept away and became very clean, and the Qin army had no worries on the way forward. On the other hand, these areas have become vacant on a large scale, which is very detrimental to the Qin State. Without a stable rear, Qin Jun's advance will become empty. Fortunately, Qin's immigration policy played a big role. As long as the number of these immigrants exceeds 200,000, Qin immediately establishes a state. Most of the people who came to these newly established states were immigrants from the six eastern countries. These immigrants mainly came to Qin to survive. Because the taxes of the six countries are too heavy. Coupled with the impact of the war, the people of the six countries are living in dire straits. At this time, Shang Wen actively threw out an immigration policy and preferential immigration policies, so the people of the six countries entered Qin in a large scale, then moved west, north, and entered the border areas of Qin.

To stabilize the border. The Qin State could not use its mature system to these border states all at once. Once the people of these six countries rebelled, the border states of Qin State would be very troublesome. Only when reassurance measures are in place, can Qin solve these problems. However, Shangwen’s policy did not keep up, because he himself was kidnapped and left the core position at the same time. As a result, Meng Yi, who succeeded him, couldn’t know what Shangwen was doing, even though Meng Yi inherited Shangwen’s style and policy continuation. Sex, but some things still need personal artistic savvy. Xin Ran Meng Yi couldn't connect well. At present, no one in Qin State can accurately do this. Relatively speaking, Meng Yi has done very well.

King Qin traced a group of mercenaries to the border of Qin State based on his observations at the market. The daytime was chosen for the trading time, because during the day everyone can see each other openly. Don't worry about the other party's attack. From the side, it also shows that there are still many weak points in the actual control area of ​​Qin State in the Western Regions, because King Qin has not seen any law enforcement officers and patrols appear at all. It also shows that the two parties are very skilled in completing the transaction. Transactions are often completed during the day. It seems that such a transaction has been around for a long time.

For such a transaction, King Qin was very annoyed. This is obviously breaking the law. Malfeasance, in the Guanzhong area, such behavior is a felony, but there is no law enforcement force to curb it in this place. If he hadn't seen it with his own eyes, King Qin could hardly believe that Qin's autonomous prefectures were so look like. Although Qin’s laws are strict, it also needs to strengthen law enforcement. However, in autonomous prefectures, there are laws and law enforcement is weak. Such a situation. King Qin was real in his eyes.

In fact, the policy of the autonomous prefecture does indeed do so. When the autonomous prefectures were established, what kind of situation did they face? The taxes of the central government had to be paid. Although there are tax exemptions, the taxes paid are not too right. But for the newly established autonomous prefectures, there is nothing to pay taxes. And without any pillar industries of the economy, there will be no substantial income. Although the local slave trade was prosperous. However, with the cessation of the main wars in the Qin State and the collective retreat of various countries and tribes, it has become difficult to capture slaves. The development of local agriculture, but the prices of agricultural products and animal husbandry products have dropped repeatedly. Although the central government has given large financial subsidies and interest-free loans, it still cannot satisfy the fiscal revenue balance of the autonomous prefecture. For example, Wangzhou in the Western Regions is near. Lizhou. The fiscal revenues of these two states were once negative. As a result, the state government was unable to spend a sum of money to form local police forces to strengthen the blockade. Without fiscal revenue, the government could not function normally. These situations are continuously reported upwards, but there is no response. Because the central government cannot allocate a sum of money to stop the autonomous prefecture from developing its economy. If the autonomous prefecture cannot develop its economy, it will not be able to sustainably stabilize the expansion of the territory of the Qin State.

King Qin became annoyed, but he ignored the fact that behind this smuggling and arms sales business was the great lack of flexibility in Qin's administration, that is, Qin's high-level officials had not yet realized a defect of their own. King Qin only saw the lack of law enforcement power in the autonomous prefecture, but he did not know the flaws in his administration.

The fiscal revenue of the autonomous prefecture government is extremely meager. However, the income of some small towns is extremely rich. The reason is that these small towns actively encourage local people to participate in the smuggling trade, and the town government of the small town provides them with protection. In exchange, they need to pay a certain amount of tax to the town government, so that both parties will benefit each other. The fact that the border smuggling trade of Qin State is so rampant is that Qin State did not release the great restrictions on border trade in time. It is necessary to know that the border expansion of the Qin State at this time is extremely advantageous.

The Western Regions, as well as the Huns in the north, have been frightened by the powerful combat power of the Qin army. And if the Qin army itself fights again, the cost of the war will rise a lot. It can be said that the tribes of the border countries have no intention to fight against the Qin State, and the Qin State itself cannot continue to suppress each other.

Qin itself also needs to consolidate these newly expanded territories. In addition, Qin's fiscal revenues continue to be tight, and it is obvious that Qin's fiscal expenditures cannot be satisfied by only relying on the issuance of bonds. Under such circumstances, Qin can only increase revenue, but cannot continue to cut expenditures. But King Qin’s administrative inertia could not appreciate these.

"My lord. Let this matter go. Let's just look at it. We can leave it to the prime minister to deal with the summary." Meng Tian said quietly from the side. After all, they didn't want to disturb these people's transactions, but these people's transactions were quickly completed. It seems that the two parties are no longer a transaction. Qin's side gave some weapons and industrial products to the other side, while the other side was some beautiful women and other unspeakable properties.

"En. Go back and report to Meng Yi." King Qin looked after the other party's transaction was completed. Controlled his emotions and said such a sentence. King Qin accepted Meng Tian's suggestion. King Qin was actually very impulsive, but after calming down and thinking about it, he thought this matter was Meng Yi's matter, so he sent this matter to a telegram and sent it to Meng Yi.

Qin State Xianyang. Inside Meng Yi's prime minister's office.

Meng Yi is rarely busy.

"Financial revenue is still declining continuously." The Minister of Finance said to Meng Yi.

"The main reason is that some of our economic entities have suffered some shocks. Fiscal and taxation cannot raise the tax rate. So, you can imagine." The Finance Minister said helplessly. Meng Yi just listened and said nothing.

"Reason. Tell me about the reason." Meng Yi waved and said.

The Minister of Finance looked at Meng Yi suspiciously.

"Oh. Tell me about your opinion." Meng Yi realized at this time that what he just said was the reason, and Meng Yi felt that he didn't know what he was thinking just now.

"From the current statistical data, our arms revenue is very large. However, the revenue of various industrial products has dropped a lot. This has led to the fiscal and taxation, the arms industry provides a large part of the fiscal and tax revenue. Other aspects continue to Decrease. Our trade, market share is rapidly decreasing." The Minister of Finance said.

"En. In other words, the market is too small. We need to expand a larger market. Our things can be produced, but they just can't be sold." Meng Yi said at this time.

"This. It is estimated to mean this. These things need to be asked the Minister of Economy, he should know these things." The Minister of Finance said. The Minister of Finance can only provide data analysis, but cannot provide accurate policy guidelines and specific economic conditions.

"En." Meng Yi nodded.

"Call the Minister of Economy to come." Meng Yi said.