Looking at the thoughtful expressions on Ying Zheng and the other ministers, Fu Su continued,""BenGong will ask you another question. As commoners, what is the life they look forward to the most?”
"This old man knows. It's nothing more than having ample food and clothing, having your own courtyard, then getting married and having children.”
Dun Ruo replied.
"Very good. Then I would like to ask everyone, to build a courtyard, to marry a wife, to buy wine and meat, do you all need money?”
Seeing everyone nod, Fu Su asked,""Then where will the money come from?”
"This…"
The officials looked at each other and were stumped.
In the end, it was Ying Zheng who opened his mouth,"If the people want money, they have to sell their harvest.”
"That's right. Then, does someone have to buy the harvest?”
"Isn't selling and purchasing the way of doing business?”
Fu Su asked with a smile.
"This…"
Ying Zheng stopped talking.
This son of his really knew how to get around. He had directly gotten himself into trouble.
However, Fu Su had already used so many roundabout methods. It was sufficient to show that in order to let the people live a better life, the path of merchants must exist.
"Since Your Highness raised this matter, there must be a solution, right?”
Right Prime Minister Feng Quji stroked his beard.
He had always been on bad terms with Li Si, so he was naturally in a good mood when he saw Li Si being refuted by Fu Su.
Moreover, everyone knew that the position of Crown Prince Fusu was already extremely stable. Feng Quji also wanted to take this opportunity to express his goodwill.
"The reason why everyone has always misunderstood the way of merchants is that you don't understand what a merchant is!”
"The path of commerce is difficult, but it's also very simple. It's nothing more than using money as a medium to allow goods to flow.”
"To be specific, we can give you an example.”
Fu Su took out a copper coin and a half, then conveniently took four items from Ying Zheng's table, namely, brush, ink, paper, and inkstone, and distributed them to Ying Zheng, Feng Quji, Li Si, and Meng Yi respectively.""Let's take this most common item as an example.”
"And then, could it be that Fu Su can play tricks with this money and turn it into a lot of money?”
Ying Zheng asked curiously.
"Imperial Father guessed it right. Your son's goal is to turn this money into many words!”
Fu Su said confidently.
"How is this possible? Could it be that Your Highness has a divine ability to create something out of nothing?”
Li Si was in disbelief.
"Whether or not you can, please wait and see.”
Fu Su smiled and said,"
"For example, right now, bengong used one coin to buy a pen from Imperial Father. Imperial Father received one coin, and your son has a pen, right?”
"That's right, I do have money in my hands.”
Looking at Qin Banliang in his hand, Ying Zheng nodded and said.
"Then if Imperial Father used this money to buy a piece of ink from Minister Feng, this money would go to Minister Feng's hands, and Imperial Father would have an additional piece of ink.”
Fu Su said with a smile, then placed a coin in front of Feng Quji, and gave the ink to Ying Zheng.
A bright light flashed in front of everyone's eyes as if they had understood something. However, they could not understand the profoundness within, but their interest was greatly increased.
"Next, if Minister Feng uses this money to buy a piece of paper from Minister Li.”
"Minister Li used the money he had to buy an inkstone from Doctor Meng. This money went to Doctor Meng, while Minister Feng and Doctor Meng each had a piece of paper and an inkstone. Do you understand now?”
Seeing that everyone was still clueless, Fu Su smiled and explained,""In this process, everyone seems to have only paid one coin, but they also received one coin. Then, they used this money to exchange for what they wanted.”
"In other words, during the process of trading, this money actually produces a flow of many copper coins. The more transactions there are, the higher the flow!”
And the imperial court's business tax was collected according to the flow of money. Did this money produce a lot of value?”
"However, if this coin is placed in the treasury, it will always be a coin. It might even become worthless because of rust and other reasons!”
At this moment, Ying Zheng, Feng Quji, and the others fell into deep thought, staring at the items in their hands and the copper coins on the table.
After a long time, Ying Zheng was the first to recover his senses, and said emotionally,""So even a small merchant has such profound principles!”
"Just a single coin, it has only been circulated a few times, but it has already created the value of a lot of coins!”
"Previously, I and the officials actually looked down on merchants. It's really a pity!”
"Your Majesty, I understand. What the Crown Prince means is that the commoners earned their first sum of money by selling their harvest to merchants.
However, this money would soon be used by the commoners to buy things they wanted from other merchants. The merchants who received the money would also buy other necessities. The faster the money flowed, the higher the turnover, and the higher the court's business tax.
Among them, the commoners used the surplus harvest to obtain various necessities of life, and their sense of happiness increased.
Merchants earned money through various transactions.
The imperial court also collected more business taxes. It could be said that everyone was happy!
Neishiteng, who had been puzzled by the treasury's inability to make ends meet and had consulted Fu Su many times, was the first to realize.
His face was filled with excitement.
If the business path could flourish, would he still need to worry about the lack of income in the national treasury?
"But merchants are full of tricks. If we don't control them, it's easy to cause changes!”
Li Si gritted his teeth and swallowed the last half of his sentence.
However, everyone present was smart and naturally knew who Li Si was talking about.
It was the former Prime Minister of Great Qin, Lu Buwei, who had made a fortune through his business.
Neishi Teng, Meng Yi, and the others could not help but worry again.
Lu Buwei had always been a taboo in Ying Zheng's heart. This matter wouldn't fall through again, would it?
However, Ying Zheng merely waved his hand, looked at Fu Su and said,""Fusu, do you have a plan to deal with what Li Si said?”
"It's very simple. We just need to introduce the relevant laws.”
"As long as the merchants are allowed to act within the limits of the law, there won't be any major problems. On the contrary, the income of the national treasury will flourish.”
"Besides,"
Fu Su glanced at Ying Zheng and said," As long as the people of the world live and work in peace and contentment, and acknowledge the Great Qin in their hearts, even if there are a few wicked people who collude with the remnants of the six dynasties, how much trouble can they cause?”
"I'm afraid that they will be wiped out by the angry commoners before they even start.”
"If we don't develop commerce and make the people rich and the country strong, Great Qin won't be able to expand.”
"If we don't expand, are we going to wait for the Macedonians, the Romanians, and the Maurya Dynasty to become powerful before attacking Great Qin?”
Fu Su used his final trump card.
He knew very well that ever since he took out the world map, unifying the world and the entire world, the Qin Territory had become Ying Zheng's ultimate goal.
Compared to this grand goal, Ying Zheng did not care about the remnants of the six dynasties or the small merchants at all.
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