Great Qin's internal history Meng Yi was just like his name and had a calm and steady appearance.
As such, no one would have thought that this reliable and meticulous internal history of Great Qin would join forces with the Marquis of Xianyang to act as a scapegoat!
After Meng Yi said that he wanted to wrap these papers himself, those nobles and ministers immediately believed it.
After all, they knew that Meng Yi and his brother Meng Tian were the First Emperor's right-hand men.
Meng Yi was calm and studious, full of knowledge. When the First Emperor went out to patrol, he would sometimes let Meng Yi handle the memorials on his behalf.
It was reasonable for a person who loved literature to have a liking for paper.
Furthermore, Meng Yi was a close and important official of the First Emperor. His salary was not low, and he received a lot of rewards.
His grandfather, Meng Ao, had been the General of Qin Country since the time of King Zhaoxiang. He had made countless contributions and was from the same generation as Baiqi.
Meng Yi's father, Meng Wu, was also a Great General of the State of Qin and had outstanding military achievements.
Meng Yi's father and grandfather had used their military merits to exchange for countless rewards and wealth for the Meng family.
The Meng Clan, Wang Jian's Wang Ben's Wang Clan, and the Meng Clan were the best in the Great Qin Empire in terms of wealth and rewards.
With the Meng family's financial resources, they could take out the 1000 pieces of paper with a 10 million yuan wallet in no time.
This was because when converted into gold, ten million was only about a thousand gold.
And the Meng family's wealth could be counted as 100,000 gold!
Therefore, the officials and nobles who knew about this believed what Meng Yi said because Meng Yi really had the ability to reserve the entire place!
Therefore, when the ministers and nobles heard that Meng Yi wanted to take care of everything, they immediately became anxious."How can you do this, Lord Internal Historian? Good things should be shared with everyone.
If the internal history monopolizes these papers, everyone will return disappointed…"
"That's right. Lord internal historian, please be magnanimous. Everyone should have a share of this paper.”
Hearing the words of those ministers, Meng Yi pretended to be puzzled."Just now, I saw that everyone disliked the expensive paper and was unwilling to buy it, so I wanted to buy it all.
Why? Don't you think it's expensive again?”
"It's a little expensive, but just as the internal historian said, the rarer an item is, the more valuable it is.
This paper was so magical, and there were not many of them. It was only right for it to be expensive.”
One of the ministers laughed awkwardly.
Although he felt that 10,000 yuan for a piece of paper was still a bit of a loss. This 10,000 yuan could be used to live happily in the best women in Xianyang for a few days, but who asked the paper to be so small?
From what the Marquis of Xianyang had said, he had already tried his best to distribute these 1,000 pieces of paper. It was uncertain when he would have more next time.
And if other ministers bought paper and used it to write letters and socialize, but he still used bamboo slips as a visiting card, wouldn't he lose face?
With such a psychological push, the ministers and nobles were afraid that others would have it while they did not. Hence, they discussed it and put pressure on Meng Yi.
He even praised Meng Yi, praising him for being upright and having the demeanor of a gentleman.
When Meng Yi saw this, he pretended to be in a difficult position and said,"Alright, since everyone wants it, I can't be the bad guy.
Then please buy first. When everyone buys the rest, I will buy them all.”
"Lord internal historian, you are righteous!"
When the ministers and nobles saw this, they continued to praise Meng Yi.
At the same time, he was secretly delighted. Meng Yi was a gentleman, and a gentleman could bully him!
Little did they know that Meng Yi was secretly laughing in his heart as he looked at the officials who thought they had succeeded.
These ministers thought that they had schemed against Meng Yi, but they did not know that they had all been schemed against by Meng Yi and Yingzhan!
On the side, Ying Zhan also laughed. Any random marketing method from the future would be a blow to this era.
After a small operation, the ministers went from being disgusted by the price to fighting to buy it now…
Thus, in a short while, the 1,000 pieces of paper were all snapped up by the ministers.
There were still some ministers who did not bring enough money. They only regretted not bringing more money.
"Xianyang Hou's plan is very ingenious.
One piece of paper was worth ten thousand gold. If he changed the method, he would be able to sell it all out quickly. In just half a day, he had earned a thousand gold. I admire him.”
After the ministers dispersed, Meng Yi approached Ying Zhan in private and sighed in admiration.
A few days ago, when First Emperor went to Xianyang Pavilion to ask about Ying Zhan's plan, he had already told First Emperor, who was pretending to be Wang Ben, about this plan.
Ying Zhan's original intention was to let 'Wang Ben' be the scapegoat since he was only familiar with 'Wang Ben'.
Wang Ben, on the other hand, felt guilty because he was not Wang Ben, but the First Emperor.
If he were to be Ying Zhan's scapegoat, wouldn't those officials recognize the First Emperor the moment he appeared? Wouldn't the First Emperor be exposed?
Thus, the First Emperor told Yingzhan that he was a general and wasn't suitable to be a scapegoat. He would find a more powerful scapegoat for Yingzhan.
That person was Meng Yi.
Ying Zhan thought about it and decided that it would be more suitable to let Meng Yi fight.
As expected, Meng Yi showed up today, but he was not invited by Wang Ben, but by the First Emperor.
Ying Zhan finished counting his gains for the day and said to his subordinates,"Take out one million as taxes and send the rest back to the workshop as funds for the subsequent expansion of the workshop.”
After giving his instructions, Ying Zhan looked at Meng Yi and said,""Lord internal historian, you praise me too much. It's just human nature.
The food they ate was more delicious, and the things they bought were more crazy.
It was all because they hated others for having it and laughed at others for not having it.”
As he spoke, Ying Zhan waved his hand and had someone carry out a box."Thank you for your help today. I know that you won't accept money, so I'll take this box as a gift of thanks.”
When Meng Yi saw this, he immediately felt his eyes go blurry!
Because the box was filled with paper!
It looked like there should be no less than ten thousand pieces, far more than the one thousand pieces Yingzhan had sold just now!
Although he knew that the paper was worthless, Meng Yi had just seen Ying Zhan selling it for 10,000 yuan. Looking at so many pieces of paper now, he felt as if he was looking at a huge fortune!
Meng Yi's mouth went dry…
"In that case, thank you, Marquis of Xianyang. I like it very much…"
Meng Yi was not pedantic. He immediately said with gratitude and emotion.
What he felt regretful about was that the paper that those ministers had spent ten million to snatch was not as much as what Meng Yi had gotten without spending money…
At the same time, in a corner not far away, the First Emperor was secretly watching Yingzhan. A hint of relief flashed across his eyes.
The next moment, the First Emperor looked at a gentle young man beside him.""Fusu, you saw everything today.
What do you think?"
This gentle young man was Great Qin's eldest son in name, Fu Su.
At this moment, Fu Su frowned and said to the First Emperor,""Imperial Father, according to what your son has seen, this Marquis of Xianyang is indeed brilliant and has a way of making money.
However, using such dishonest methods to deceive the ministers was ungentlemanly.
If you say something, but people don't believe it, I don't know if it's possible.
Therefore, your son believes that this is extremely inappropriate…"
When Fu Su said this, the First Emperor frowned and sighed in disappointment,""Fu Su, you have been misled by the pedantic scholars.
Since ancient times, when kings ruled the country, the kingly way, tyranny and deception were used at the same time. When had they ever seen a gentleman rule the world?
If the path of a gentleman was really that good, then the one that unified the world would be the Lu Country, which had the most Confucianism, and not our Great Qin!”
At this point, the First Emperor looked at Fu Su solemnly and said meaningfully,""Fusu, from now on, you should follow the example of the Marquis of Xianyang.
I hope you can learn more about the Marquis of Xianyang's thoughts and actions!”
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