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"The problem is that at present, our state of Qin cannot use war to destroy these aristocratic forces. Based on the current financial capabilities of the Qin army, there is no way to solve the problem by force. It is also not in line with the current strategy of the state of Qin. " Meng Yi said.
"Tell me." Shangwen said while looking at the map.
"What do you think is the foundation of these nobles?" Shang Wen asked after thinking about it.
"The foundation of nobility," Meng Yi asked.
"Yes, the foundation of nobility." Shang Wen said with certainty.
"This. Bloodline. Status. And power." Meng Yi was able to say everything he thought of.
"Yes. Bloodline. There is nothing wrong with that. Bloodline." Shangwen nodded and said.
"These nobles have different bloodlines. They own such a land as an example." Shang Wen said.
"In fact, everyone is the same. There is no distinction between high and low blood." Shang Wen said with a smile.
"These nobles. They use this bloodline to make a distinction. In fact, there is no such distinction at all." Shang Wen said.
"It's just, what is their foundation, what is the foundation of the economic foundation? If we want to completely solve this problem, we must know what their roots are. These nobles have too many resources in their hands. But what are the fundamental resources? "Shang Wen asked.
"I don't know about that." Meng Yiye said.
"It can't be a bloodline. How much power can a bloodline have." Meng Yi said.
"I think. Land." Shang Wen said.
"Don't forget. Qin State was also a country with developed agriculture before." Shang Wen said.
"It was only after the reform that Qin State had the current taxation method for the purpose of collecting commercial tax." Shang Wen said.
"From the current point of view, the foundation of the nobles of various countries should be the land. They rely on the land to collect a lot of taxes. Although there have been new changes in some places, they are basically unchanged." Made gestures on the map.
"In these lands, there are all kinds of nobles, big and small, landlords. They rely on the land, and the standard for taxation is food, but it is not worth much money in Qin State. But it is the foundation of these nobles, We can only solve this fundamental problem after knocking out the foundation." Shang Wen tapped the map.
On the other hand, Meng Yi had no idea what Shang Wen was talking about.He couldn't keep up with Shangwen's reaction speed.
"That's what I think." Shangwen sorted out his thoughts a little.
"The foundation of these nobles is the land. This is an assumption." Shang Wen said.
"Their source of everything is land. This land is their main economic income. The more land, the more economic income." Shang Wen gestured on the table.Meng Yi nodded.
"And the land needs someone to cultivate it, and they cultivate the land through lease. Then part of the harvest is handed over to the country, which is just the tax they have to pay. And the other part has to be handed over to these nobles, the landlords." Shang Wen said.
"In this way, farmers and other ordinary people will have to pay a lot of taxes. In this way, they will naturally have no ability to consume." Shang Wen said.
"En. It's just. How to solve this problem. You know. It was the same in Qin before." Meng Yi said.
"En." Shangwen thought for a while.
"Land annexation." Shang Wen said.
"Land annexation," Meng Yi looked at Shang Wen in disbelief.Shang Wen actually said such a method.
"Yes. Land annexation. Let more land be annexed. Let the nobles own more land. Let them spit it out. It's very difficult. These nobles are very greedy." Shangwen said.
"However, what if you let them eat all at once," Naomi asked.
"This." Meng Yi swayed.
"I don't know either." Shang Wen said with a smile.
"Actually, my idea is, money. A lot of money. As long as there is a lot of money. These nobles will use the money to buy land, so that the land will be merged. In fact, it counts. The land is a fixed asset .Because he can’t move. But the capital is flowing. If we can give these nobles a sum of money, let them annex the land. Then they can solve part of the labor. The remaining labor will be transferred to other places, industrial and mining. Commerce, trade, mercenaries for military expansion, etc. There are many places that need people.” Shang Wen said.
"In this way. Then these farmers also have money. They either join commercial activities. Or become cheap labor. Set up various industrial and mining enterprises to hire them," Meng Yi asked Shang Wen.
"Yes. That's what it means." Shangwen nodded and said affirmatively.What Shangwen thought at the beginning was how to revitalize this seemingly dead end.At present, the nobles have no money in their hands, and the common people have no money in their hands either.However, Qin State had countless money in its hands, almost all the gold from the six countries poured into Qin State crazily, coupled with the continuous expansion of Qin State, this made Qin State's gold reserves reach an unprecedented height.King Qin was very happy about this.But Shangwen couldn't be happier.If it weren't for Qin to use banknotes to press it.Or have a more complete financial system.I'm afraid it won't take long for these golds to have a huge depreciation effect.Let Qin's currency depreciate rapidly, but that's it, Qin has depreciated to a certain extent.
It was really such a pressure, and Shang Wen thought of many ways.But there is no good way to make use of these funds.Ordinary people have no money in their hands.Nor is there anything of equal value that can be loaned.Shangwen is also thinking about this question.
In comparison, there are more things that can be revitalized in the hands of nobles.Various antique curios.Rare treasures.There is still a lot of land.Shangwen has been thinking about how to carry out capital expansion before, but many things cannot destroy the original foundation, so it is difficult to implement it.
For example, a very simple thing.Shangwen couldn't think about it.Qin State needs a lot of coal mines.Zhao Guoyou.Just dig.And it's high-quality coal.But only nobles in Zhao State participated, and others did not participate at all.Although Zhao Guo also needs heating, the scale is not very large.And there is the factory.According to Qin's inference, these places need loans from Qin, but surprisingly, none of them need Qin's loans.In this way, Qin's funds will not be able to go abroad.
The current situation of Qin State is very bad.Qin's products cannot form a huge impact on the opponent.On the other hand, Qin's capital also has great resistance to external expansion.All these factors weighed on Shangwen and he was out of breath.
"That's right." Shangwen suddenly remembered something when he thought of this.
"Does Zhao Guo have a listed company in Qin State?" Shang Wen asked.
"Yes. Jia Company." Meng Yi said.
"Engaged in coal mining, transportation, and utilization." Meng Yi said.
"En. The breakthrough starts here. In addition, for the Wei Kingdom, we also bought all the land by sampling meat. Weaken the nobles' control over the land. Only in this way can we fundamentally change the current situation. "Shang Wen said.
"How to do it," Meng Yi asked.
"It depends on the state of Wei. If the state of Wei is a thing that cannot be supported, we don't mind establishing a new government, or a puppet regime." Shang Wen said with determination.
"We still need to discuss with South Korea how to solve the problem of Wei Guo." Shang Wen continued.
"Prime Minister. A telegram from Zhao Guolai." At this moment, the assistant walked in and said.
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Shangwen took the telegram and glanced at it quickly.
"Li Mu was actually elected as the prime minister of Zhao. The term is two years." Shang Wen said and handed the telegram to Meng Yi.
"Besides, Li Mu actually wants to visit us in Qin." Shang Wen continued to Meng Yi.
"Visit our state of Qin," Meng Yi asked.
"Yes. It's just normal diplomacy, nothing more." Shang Wen said.
"En." Meng Yi nodded.
"Li Mu came to Qin. What did you say it was for," Meng Yi asked.
"I don't know." Shangwen swayed.
"However. My guess is." Shang Wen looked at Meng Yi and said.
"Solve Zhao's financial crisis. The biggest problem in Zhao's country is not riots. It's high taxes, and financial expenditures are extremely chaotic. If Li Mu wants to solve Zhao's problems, he must do this." Shang Wen said arrive.
"En." Meng Yi nodded.