The purpose of controlling the people was to unify the power of the entire empire, drive the war chariot of the empire, and make the empire and the entire nation unite against the outside world.
Ignorant people only wanted to consolidate the legitimate rights and interests of those in power. They sacrificed the wisdom of the people and weakened the overall strength of the country. They were despicable and pedantic.
Throwing aside the distracting thoughts in his mind, Ying Zheng said with a dignified look,""What is it?"
Fu Su was slightly startled, but he quickly recovered.
In his heart, his father was always so solemn and dignified, like a god, unattainable.
He was the mountain that she wanted to reach in her life, but she always felt that it was unreachable.
"Imperial Father, your son heard that today in the court, all the civil and military officials were arguing endlessly over the establishment of the national culture. Is this true?”
Fu Su pondered for a while and then said.
Although Fu Su was the Eldest Young Master, he had always been a person of talent and would not be close to anyone.
Among his many sons, a few of them had grown up and had grown up, but they had not received any official positions.
Therefore, even if he was a prince of the empire, he had no right to participate in the court meeting.
Although they could not participate in the court meeting, it did not affect their access to the contents of the meeting.
The Grand Tutor, who was in charge of teaching the princes, had received his tacit approval to inform the princes of the contents of the daily court meeting so that they could participate in the debate.
"Indeed."
Ying Zheng said casually while reading the memorial.
"Starting a national school is a policy that benefits the country and the people.”
"But your son does not understand why Imperial Father allowed the establishment of the National Academy, but only accepted the children of the powerful and rejected the poor people of the world.”
"The children of the nobles are Great Qin's subjects, but aren't the people of the world Imperial Father's subjects?”
Although Fu Su was a little fearful and uneasy, for the sake of the people of the world, he felt that he was not wrong and continued to argue with reason.
"Hah! Hah! Ha!"
Ying Zheng laughed out loud, then put down the memorial in his hand.
Fu Su's heart trembled, but he stubbornly met his father's gaze. He did not want to show any signs of weakness.
"Good question."
"I also want to ask you, do you know how much Great Qin's annual tax is? How much is the expenditure?"
Ying Zheng suddenly changed the topic. He looked at Fu Su with a deep gaze and questioned him loudly.
"Your son does not know."
Fu Su was stunned for a moment before he said honestly.
"Great Qin is rich in the four seas and has annexed the six states. Every year, it taxes about 150 million stones of grain.”
"However, Great Qin has been conquering the south and the north, opening mountains and building roads. Every year, they spend money and grain, which is equivalent to nearly 200 million dan.”
"Great Qin's accumulation of generations has been used up.”
"Right now, there are only two options. Either reduce the expenditure of the national treasury, or increase taxes to balance the losses of the national treasury.”
"But the war in the southern border concerns the fate of the country, we can't stop.”
"Although I have stopped the massive projects in various places, the Hu and Di tribes in the northern border have been harassing us endlessly. If we can't eliminate future troubles forever, the people in the northern border will face endless harassment.”
"We can't stop on the roads to the northern borders. Not long after, the Great Qin Empire will be sending troops to the north to shake the country's prestige and calm the hearts of the people.”
"The Great Qin's tax system has changed from one in ten to one in five. The common people could still be self-sufficient, but taxes could only be reduced and could not be increased.”
"Launching a large-scale national education will only crush Great Qin's finances. Great Qin no longer has enough money and food to educate the people of the world.”
"Do you know who the richest person in the world is?”
"Do you think Imperial Father is the richest person in the world?”
"No, you are wrong. Father is indeed the richest person in the world in name, but Father is also the person who spends the most in the world.”
"The truly wealthy people in this world are still those nobles and not Imperial Father.”
Ying Zheng's voice was devoid of any emotion. He patiently gave Fu Su a vivid lesson, teaching him by words and example.
"Since the national treasury is out of balance, why did father insist on doing so many projects that cost money and manpower?”
Fu Su was puzzled.
"Foolish."
"China has been in conflict for hundreds of years and has long been in ruins.”
"When the war of national annihilation began, the various countries tried to resist the surging trend regardless of the price and exhausted the people's strength, causing the already miserable people to completely wither.”
"Great Qin unified the four seas, and not only did it obtain the world, it also obtained a mess.”
"The nobles of the Six Nations had already started a silent plundering before their country was destroyed. Large areas of land were abandoned and fertile fields were burned.”
"If I didn't use work to relieve the world, the Divine Great Land would have been filled with starving people and corpses.”
"The southern expedition against the Hundred Yue, five hundred thousand troops, less than one hundred thousand old Qin soldiers, the rest are all surrendered soldiers from the six Shandong countries.”
"If we can't expand our territory and use war to sustain war, the millions of surrendered soldiers from the six countries will be able to devour the Great Qin Empire. How can we appease these surrendered soldiers and captives?”
Ying Zheng was a little disappointed as he roared.
Everyone in the world could think that they were cruel and heartless, enslaving the people to build their own monument.
However, even her son, who she had high hopes for, felt that she was wasting money and manpower. She was too disappointed and heartbroken.
Who in this world can understand my painstaking efforts?
Fu Su looked at his angry father and was a little frightened.
At the same time, when he heard his father's words, he felt as if the door to a new world had been opened to him.
All the doubts in the past seemed to have disappeared one by one.
Back then, he had also questioned and complained about these things. However, his father had always left him with a high and mighty face that could not be profaned.
He had never explained himself before, and he had never reprimanded himself like he did today.
"Father, your son knows his mistake."
Unknowingly, Fu Su's eyes were filled with tears. He knelt down and buried his head in regret.
"Everything you see in this world might not be true. It might just be the surface.”
"There is no need for me to explain to the world what is right and wrong.”
"Today is the first and last time I will make an exception for the sake of our kinship.”
"Take care of yourself!"
"Retreat…"
Ying Zheng looked at Fu Su's figure, who was crawling on the ground and crying uncontrollably, and he was even more furious than before.
How could his son be so weak?
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