Chapter 180 Let them chat for a while first

Author: big bell

Chapter 180 Let them chat for a while first

One day later.

Xianyang Prison is where the imperial court imprisoned serious criminals. It is a purgatory on earth. Anyone who enters this place will be subjected to various tortures.

The Qin Dynasty was harsh on people, and all kinds of tortures were endless, which is vividly reflected here. From time to time, you can hear miserable screams.

Li Zhao was imprisoned here, but his treatment was completely different from that of others. It was as if he was not the guilty person, but rather the owner of this place.

Although this is a prison cell, it has all the necessary facilities and is even more treated with hospitality. The jailer is like a slave. It is common for him to nod and bow before him, and to kneel down and salute.

Of course, this relied on Tingwei's care, and Li Zhao could guess it.

"General, I'm sorry that you have to stay here for a few days. Once the matter is over, I will welcome you out immediately." The jailer is a sensible man. Perhaps he was arranged by the Tingwei to serve Li Zhao properly.

Li Zhao was very satisfied and looked around the entire cell with emotion.

After he entered Xianyang Prison, what he saw and heard was completely different from what he saw here. He sighed for a moment that being a powerful person was good, at least he would be treated well even if he was convicted.

Of course, he was not convicted, but His Majesty had no time to care about it.

"It's easy to talk about!" Li Zhao glanced at him sideways and quickly issued an eviction order, "You can leave! Don't disturb me today."

Waving his hands, he walked aside and sat down. He really wanted to think carefully about whether what happened today was a coincidence or some conspiracy.

He was fine last night, so why did Huang fall ill this morning? Originally, Feng Quji could have excused him from going to jail, but why didn't he do so?

"Yes, yes, I will go out now." The jailer bowed and left quickly.

As soon as I thought about Feng Quji, Feng Quji arrived.

"General Li, you have been wronged." Feng Quji handed over his hand as soon as he arrived, as if he had done something wrong.

Li Zhao was complaining, so naturally he didn't give him a good look.

But he also handed over his hands and said: "Mr. Feng, you are not kind. You can handle this matter. Why did you put me in prison? This does not trap me in being unkind."

"This is His Majesty's will." Feng Quji couldn't explain it, so he quickly told the truth.

Li Zhao couldn't speak for a while. He had just been thinking that something was fishy, ​​but he didn't know that it was His Majesty's problem.

"Why did Your Majesty do this?"

He was puzzled.

Feng Quji smiled and said, "Your Majesty's heart is unpredictable, and it is not easy for a minister to guess."

Asking was in vain, so Li Zhao simply stopped asking, but he vaguely guessed that it must have something to do with him.

"In short, you can stay here with peace of mind. It is much safer than Chang'an Township. After all, you only have more than 20 guards in Chang'an Township, which is really not enough."

Um!

Li Zhaomeng turned his head and looked at Feng Quji, trying to figure out the meaning of these words.

The two dozen guards in Chang'an Township have not been disclosed to the public, but Feng Quji actually knows it. He must have investigated Chang'an Township. What does this mean? It is safer than being in Chang'an Township? Could it be that Chang'an Township is unsafe? Someone

We must attack Chang'an Township.

As if seeing Li Zhao's thoughts, Feng Quji patted him on the shoulder and said, "Don't think too much. In short, your Majesty is doing it for your own good."

"Well, since it is His Majesty's will, I will stay here a little longer. Chang'an Township hopes that Prime Minister Feng will take more responsibility." Li Zhao had no choice but to say this.

Since Feng Quji said this just now, someone must be eyeing Chang'an Township. If he is not here, only Feng Quji can help him.

"It's okay. Chang'an Township is very safe now. Please note that Chang'an Township is not just Chang'an Township." Feng Quji seemed to be smiling, but there was something in his words.

Li Zhao was confused. He said this as if Chang'an Township had many secrets. It was just a farming place, but he was relieved.

"By the way, Your Majesty asked me to tell you not to have any grudges, lest you spoil your mood."

Li Zhao muttered to avoid spoiling his mood. He was already spoiled, but he couldn't say this, "Li Zhao is deeply grateful for the divine grace and will never hold a grudge."

"That's good!" Feng Quji smiled with satisfaction and changed the topic, "General Li, what do you think of the rich merchants hoarding food in the court yesterday?"

This is what the emperor asked Feng Quji to ask.

Li Zhao had already had his own thoughts on the matters discussed in the court, and when asked now, he did not hesitate to say: "Businessmen pursue profit, and it is not surprising that hoarding occurs. This is the drawback of suppressing business. Even if the court strictly controls it, it is not surprising."

It can only be suppressed for a while, but it is difficult to restrict them in the long term."

Feng Quji nodded. Since the Shang Dynasty was suppressed, the imperial court has indeed spent a lot of manpower and material resources to control it, but it has never been able to absolutely prevent this phenomenon from happening. On the contrary, it has caused some people to hide and operate secretly, creating more hidden dangers.

"Instead of being so strenuous, it is better to relax it as soon as possible. When there are more merchants, all parties will be constrained, but it will not make one company dominate, and the phenomenon of disrupting the market will not happen."

Feng Quji thought for a while and listened quietly without saying a word.

"Just like this time, a wealthy businessman secretly hoarded food. Even if the court finds him out, there may be another wealthy businessman, and there may even be more in the future."

"When the government stabilizes and people live a stable life, this trend will become more and more obvious, and then censorship will no longer be effective."

"This can be said to be the law of social development, and banning and suppressing business is the best policy."

Having said so much, Li Zhao still strongly recommends suppressing business.

There was no other way. He had told His Majesty many times about the ban on suppressing business, but Your Majesty never responded. Since he was asked to explain at this moment, he could not let go of this opportunity.

This was a national policy. Feng Quji couldn't draw a conclusion, but he wanted to solve the problem this time.

It should be noted that what Han Shaofu investigated has become a fact. The food supply in Xianyang is already in crisis. It is scary that in a few days, food prices will skyrocket, just like the jade market back then.

Food is different from jade. Food is related to the survival of the people. If there is no food or the price of food reaches sky-high prices, it will definitely cause civil unrest.

This is very detrimental to the imperial government.

"How to deal with the current situation?" Feng Quji lowered his attitude and asked Li Zhao for advice.

"It's actually very simple. Since they want to hoard, let them do it!"

This is the trend.

Feng Quji frowned, he couldn't understand.

"The purpose of the wealthy businessmen in hoarding food is very simple, which is to control the price of food, let the price be determined for them, and make huge profits from it."

Of course Feng Quji knew that it was out of this consideration that His Majesty had yesterday's plan to see who would jump out to oppose it, but these people were all human beings and no one would jump out.

If a wealthy businessman really controls the price of food, it is equivalent to controlling the lifeline of the imperial court. This is something the imperial court will never allow, so he has to find out this person.

"Feng is very puzzled. If they are allowed to hoard, prices will be manipulated and Xianyang will be in chaos." Feng Quji expressed his worries.

Li Zhao smiled and said, "Of course, when the price reaches a certain level, it will definitely cause chaos, but if you don't take this step, some people will become more and more outrageous, and it will be difficult to solve the problem by then.

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Feng Quji pinched his head, increasingly unable to understand Li Zhao's words.

In fact, Li Zhao had no experience, he was just speaking based on what he had been exposed to in his previous life.

Yes, in previous societies, there was competition between countries and between businessmen. In an era of overflowing information and advanced science and technology, if businessmen wanted to win, under the same conditions, they relied on nothing more than means.

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Whoever has outstanding means will have a chance to win.

The means are nothing more than financial, material and human resources.

For example, if you want to defeat your opponent in a certain industry, you need to know the opponent very well, and overwhelm him financially. Your product is better than his, so that he cannot occupy the market, and you need to suppress him step by step, and become your opponent.

When you can't persist, you win.

By the same token, the current economic situation of Da Qin is similar to the situation above. If it is allowed to develop, it will definitely lead to the collapse of the country, which is the defeated party mentioned above.

Da Qin did not want to be the defeated party, so it had to resort to measures.

Li Zhao's suggestion is to do the opposite. Since the wealthy businessmen want to hoard, let them hoard. If they want prices to soar in order to make huge profits, let the prices soar.

When the time comes, use a surprise to win and take some measures to catch them off guard.

"What do you mean?" Feng Quji rubbed his head, still not understanding.

Li Zhao did not respond immediately, but asked: "I want to know, what are they mainly hoarding?"

"Mainly rice and millet."

In fact, Han Shaofu also said this, and Li Zhao just wanted to remind him.

"That's right. Rice, millet and the like are staple foods and are indispensable to the people. However, it is okay to be short of them for a while. It will not cause chaos in Xianyang. Then the court can do this."

So, Li Zhao approached Feng Quji and spoke in his ear.

Feng Quji was greatly shocked when he heard it and even said that this method was wonderful.

He left soon. He wanted to tell His Majesty this method so that His Majesty would know it well.

In Zhangtai Palace, Feng Quji met with Ying Zheng and told Li Zhao's method. Ying Zheng greatly praised it and the frown he had been frowning for the past few days was finally put to use.

The next moment, Feng Quji frowned and said, "Your Majesty, although this method is good, if you continue not to go to court, I'm afraid Zong Zheng will get into trouble."

"He?" Ying Zheng showed his anger, "If you fail to succeed, you will fail. Those who are in power know that governance is difficult, and those who hope to be in power think that it is not enough. Since he does not forget his authority, let him try what it means to be exhausted!"

"From today on, you no longer have to act in government affairs, you only need to keep an eye on me secretly."

"promise!"

In the morning of the next day, Ying Zheng issued a decree saying that Feng Quji was unable to act effectively as an agent of the government, so he asked Zong Zheng to take his place, with Feng Quji assisting him.

This is the other way around.

Zong Zheng was so excited after hearing this that he walked lightly.

Since King Xiaowen succeeded to the throne, his lineage has been operating in many ways, hoping to be appreciated and gain power. However, King Xiaowen prefers Yingchu, and Winning Chu allows Yingzheng to ascend the throne, which makes his lineage very unconvinced and thinks that they are the only ones.

They were the most capable of governing the country and they were the orthodox ones. They made a stumbling block when Ying Zheng came to power, but were eventually suppressed by Ying Zheng.

So far I still feel dissatisfied.

Now that he has this opportunity, how can he waste it? He must give full play to his governance skills and govern the country better, letting the clan know that his lineage is the most capable, and that Yingzheng is just relying on my protection.

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Two days later, Xianyang Prison welcomed an uninvited guest, who came directly to Li Zhao's cell and sat in front of Li Zhao carelessly, seemingly not paying attention to Li Zhao at all.

"Li Zhao, how about jail time?" The visitor laughed with contempt.

This person is none other than Jia Xiong.

"It's a pity that even if you kill the students, you can't be killed. This shows that His Majesty is interested in you." Jia Xiong laughed.

When Li Zhao saw this man, he became angry. They just had a gap because of the rice issue, but this beast wanted to kill him. In fact, he knows people but knows faces but not hearts.

"Is it your fault that the student attacked and killed me?" Li Zhao asked deliberately.

Jia Xiong did not respond, but he did not deny it, nor did he say anything.

Li Zhao felt that it was unnecessary, so he tried again: "I have no enmity with you, why do you want to harm me?"

This time, Jia Xiong's reaction was very strong, but his smile did not diminish, "Nonsense, I, Jia Xiong, am upright, why would I harm you?"

"Really?" Li Zhao sneered, but he no longer talked nonsense in this regard. This person obviously refused to admit it, and it would be useless to talk too much. However, this person came here knowing that he was not on good terms with him, which is a bit intriguing.

Then he asked, "If you have nothing to do, please come to the Three Treasures Hall and tell me the reason for your visit!"

Jia Xiong stopped smiling and looked serious, "It's easy to deal with smart people, so I won't beat around the bush."

"I hope you will sell me the killer weapon. As for the price, it is up to you. I will never bargain." This was the purpose of his trip.

Li Zhao sneered, sighing secretly that this man was really naive, how could he sell his life-saving weapon?

Jia Xiong saw Li Zhao's attitude, waved his hand and said: "Don't refuse in a hurry, let me analyze your situation, maybe you will change your mind."

"You don't know yet! His Majesty issued a decree two days ago to let Mr. Zongzheng act as the agent of the government. Remember, it is not Prime Minister Feng, but Mr. Zongzheng. Why did he do this? It must be that his health is getting worse and he is no longer able to go to court.

Since he can't go to court, he naturally can't take care of you. If Lord Zongzheng decides to convict you of death, it's a sure thing. If you sell me a murder weapon, the situation will be different. You must know that Lord Zongzheng and I have some relationship.

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"And your Chang'an Township is becoming increasingly prosperous, and there are countless people coveting you. If you stay in prison for a long time, some people will inevitably have ideas. Maybe Chang'an Township will no longer have the surname Li by then. Do you want to see this? Of course.

If I come forward, it is possible to save Chang'an Township, but of course, the premise is that you want to sell me a big killer weapon."

Listening to Jia Xiong's nonsense, Li Zhao secretly laughed.

If Feng Quji came here, he would have been a little worried, but now that he has come and explained his purpose, he has nothing to fear.

Zong Zheng wanted to touch him, but he was not qualified; as for Chang'an Township, with Feng Quji taking care of him, there would probably be no big problem.

"In such a situation, what's the use of having a powerful weapon? I am a general with an army of 100,000, ready to go to the battlefield at any time. Having a powerful weapon can provide an extra layer of protection for the country. As for you! Although you are a general, you don't have any

Real power and a big weapon are wasted in your hands."

"Besides, if His Majesty resents your possession of a big killer weapon, what does he think he will do? Hehe!"
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