"What is it? Behead if you don't pay?"
"What if my family doesn't have that much money?”
"Borrow it! Is money more important or is life more important?"
"Please let me write a letter to my family and ask them to bring the money quickly!”
"Give me a pen, I'll write too!"
"Move aside, I'll go first!"
"Dream on. Four hours will pass in the blink of an eye.”
……
When they heard that they had to deliver the money within four hours, or else they would be beheaded, the group of Confucians who had been talking loudly and had a backbone scrambled to write letters to their families!
Due to the limited amount of ink, they even fought in order to get their family members to bring money over as soon as possible!
"You two, collect money here!”
"This prince wants to chat about life with Yueshen in the carriage!”
"When you've finished collecting the money, come and call this prince!”
Ying Ziye handed over the affairs of the Academy to Great Si Ming and Young Si Ming, and then hugged the Moon Goddess and got into the carriage.
The current carriage was a four-wheeled carriage that he had personally designed.
Not only was it spacious, but the accessories were also very luxurious.
Even if the two of them were talking about life inside, there was no pressure at all!
……
"Your Majesty, digging this spiritual canal requires at least five hundred thousand gold taels, and this is even under the condition of recruiting prisoners!”
"If we hire migrant workers, we'll have to spend even more money!”
"The construction of the Great Wall is also in urgent need of money. The Imperial Court has not allocated any money for two months, and we urgently need one million taels of gold!”
"We've lost a lot of warhorses, and now that the Turks are attacking again, we need to quickly replenish our warhorses. Otherwise, our cavalry will be greatly reduced, and the Turkic army will march straight into the Central Plains!”
"I also need to replenish my armor and weapons!”
"Just these two items alone will cost at least two million gold!”
"The salaries of the officials of the Imperial Court have not been paid for two months!”
"The bandits in East County are rampant. If we don't put down the rebellion in time, they will continue to grow!”
"However, before the troops move, the grain will be needed first. The cost of the grain is estimated to be five hundred thousand taels!”
"Once this tax reform is implemented, the local government will no longer have any income. Without money, the government will not be able to operate. This cost will also need to be paid by the Imperial Court. It is estimated that it will cost at least ten million taels of gold every year!”
In Xianyang Palace, a group of civil and military officials were asking for money from the imperial court.
"How much money is left in the treasury?"
Ying Zheng asked with his hands behind his back and a frown.
"Your Majesty, there are still 50,000 gold taels in the treasury!”
Zhi Su Neishi quickly cupped his hands and reported!
"Didn't we rob Zhao Gao's house yesterday and get more than 500,000 taels?”
"Also, Ye 'er won 350,000 taels from the bet. How could he run out of money so quickly?”
Ying Zheng frowned and asked angrily.
"Your Majesty, these two sums of money have just paid the soldiers 'salaries!”
"The army has been in arrears for two months. If we don't pay them now, it will affect the morale of the soldiers!”
Internal Secretary Zhi Su quickly explained the use of the money.
"That's right. The soldiers risked their lives to fight on the battlefield. If they were to delay the payment of the army, I would feel guilty!”
Meng Tian stood up and spoke up for Internal Secretary Zhi Su.
"Then how much money do we need to solve the current urgent problem?”
Ying Zheng paced back and forth, his brows furrowed.
"According to this subject's calculations, we urgently need seven million taels of gold to resolve our urgent needs!”
Internal Secretary Zhi Su paused for a moment and continued,"However, this can only be delayed for a while. It can only treat the symptoms and not the root cause. In the long run, we still have to think of a way to increase the income of the imperial court!”
"This subject suggests that the land and tax reform be suspended!”
"Especially taxes. If we follow the Crown Prince's plan and only collect land taxes, Great Qin's taxes will be reduced by 80%!”
"I feel that we should wait until we solve the problem of the treasury being empty before we carry out the reform!”
Chunyu Yue, who had been silent all this while, suddenly stepped forward and said.
He was a famous scholar in Xianyang, so he valued his reputation.
For this land and tax reform, the three dukes and nine ministers had to take action and complete it within a time limit!
He didn't want to do such a difficult job.
Therefore, he took the opportunity to make a suggestion, hoping that Ying Zheng could postpone the land reform!
After all, it was not good to offend the nobles of the world. If he was not careful, he might lose his reputation!
"I feel that Lord Chun's words are not true!”
"Right now, the treasury is empty and the imperial court urgently needs money. If we cut off our own financial resources at this time, it's equivalent to cutting off our own survival!”
"At that time, the entire court will be filled with complaints and it will be difficult to operate!”
Wang Wan also stood up and stated the drawbacks of land and tax reform.
"The two sirs are right. Although the Crown Prince's reform plan is good, it should not be implemented now!”
"I also think that we should think about it carefully!”
Feng Jie did not want to offend the nobles of the world, so he cupped his hands and agreed.
Li Si also wanted to stand up and agree, but he held back after seeing Ying Zheng's expression.
"No! Ye 'Er's land and tax reform must be carried out as scheduled!”
After pacing back and forth for a while, Ying Zheng finally seemed to have made up his mind and waved his hand with a firm expression.
It was better to suffer a short pain than a long one!
If they didn't reform now, Great Qin's problems would only continue to accumulate!
At that time, he would fall right into the trap of the anti-Qin forces!
Only by feeding the commoners would they not rebel with the Hundred Schools of Philosophy and the nobles of the six states!
"Your Majesty, please put the country first and stop the reform!”
"Reforming will harm Great Qin's foundation. Your Majesty, please reconsider!”
"Please reconsider, Your Majesty!"
Seeing that Ying Zheng was determined to implement the land tax reform, Chunyu Yue, Wang Wan, and the others cupped their hands and tried to dissuade him!
He hoped that the First Emperor would change his mind!
Even if he had to leave this difficult task of offending others to others!
"I also think that the reform of land and taxes is too radical. I'm afraid it will arouse the dissatisfaction of the nobles of the six countries!”
"The war in Mobei and Baiyue is tight, and the treasury has no money to use. If the nobles of the six countries raise an army again, our Great Qin Empire will be in danger!”
Li Si thought about it and finally stood up.
The reason why he supported Wang Wan and Chunyu Yue was because he didn't want to offend the aristocrats!
In addition, once the taxes were reformed, the court's income would indeed decrease sharply, and it would soon reach the point of exhaustion.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince is here!"
At this moment, the voice of the eunuch on duty came from outside the palace.
The next moment, Ying Ziye walked in from outside.
Behind him were two soldiers carrying bamboo slips!
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