The next day!

In Xianyang Palace.

The civil and military officials gathered together, and Xiao He also followed Ying Ziye, wearing an official robe and came to the hall.

On the high platform.

The First Emperor Ying Zheng stood tall.

Under the platform.

The civil and military ministers looked solemn and bowed their heads and bowed: "We pay homage to His Majesty the First Emperor, only the Great Qin Dynasty has been around for thousands of years!"

"Flat!"

The First Emperor responded lightly.

The face is hidden under the crown and pearl, making people unable to see clearly and cannot figure it out.

"His Majesty!"

Xiao He stood up at this time, bowed his head and bowed, and presented a book.

"This is the law and orders I once implemented with the Eighth Prince in Pei County. Now, after summary and modification, it is as perfect as possible. Now I offer it to His Majesty the First Emperor!"

"oh?!"

The First Emperor Ying Zheng thought that it was Ying Ziye’s actions. He was interested and raised his hand and said, “Come on!”

A eunuch came forward to take the book from Xiao He and presented it to him.

The First Emperor Ying Zheng looked at the contents of the book with bright eyes, and his laws were reformed and changed, and his expression remained calm.

"Tell me about the current situation of Pei County after reform."

A faint and majestic voice sounded.

"promise!"

Xiao He had a serious expression and said, "Report to Your Majesty, whenever a man and a woman of the right age in Pei County is now a matchmaker, they all say that they will get married."

"The men and women who have become relatives, no matter men and women, will no longer be drowned in baby girls!"

In the Central Plains, or the entire world, drowning babies has been very serious since ancient times.

During the Warring States Period, drowning babies became a trend.

"Han Feizi" records: "When parents are children, they congratulate each other when giving birth to men, and kill them when giving birth to women!"

This leads to the phenomenon of many girls and boys, and many men cannot marry.

Of course, there are also cases of high-ranking officials, nobles, powerful gentry, and landlords not only have three wives and four concubines, more than a dozen wives and concubines, but also possessing a large number of maids and maids.

If wars are raging and wars often break out, and there are many men and women who are killed or injured, then there are more men and girls.

"Um!"

The First Emperor Ying Zheng looked at the book and nodded slightly.

"The court officials encouraged widows to remarry. This folk custom was like this, and it was nothing."

"It's still unaware of the population."

Xiao He looked thoughtful and began to tell the story carefully.

"Although Pei County has lowered a lot of taxes to the people and farmers, and even reduced corvee labor."

"But relying on the increased tax on horse and horse tax, commercial tax, etc., the fiscal revenue is completely far exceeding the agricultural tax!"

When the ministers in the court heard this, they frowned and then sootheed.

Li Si's eyes became brighter and he agreed with it in his heart.

"These commercial taxes can be used to hire people's workers to work for the empire and supplement the cut off corvee."

"Unlock some of the constraints on merchants, improve their status and limit them. For example, the Taxation Department has independent military armed forces and can collect taxes from merchants more effectively. Whoever dares not follow, the army will be dispatched directly!"

But when he heard that the status of a businessman was improved, the civil and military officials couldn't help but frown again.

Since ancient times, Central Plains has been based on agriculture and focused on agriculture and suppressed commerce.

Scholars, farmers, industry and commerce are the second most!

Merchants were chaotic, like Lu Buwei.

Merchants were defeated by customs, and scholars in the world believed that they had gained money without effort and sought benefits by buying and selling from both sides.

"At the same time, commercial tax is not charged to reduce the burden on the people who sell their own grains, vegetables and fruits, as well as other types of goods."

"Hongfan's eight policies are called food and goods!"

"It can be seen that merchants are also beneficial to the country. We cannot just look at the negative impact. Trading can increase the flow of goods between the various counties of the empire, increase the economy and increase the imperial fiscal revenue!"

Xiao He explained one by one, and at the same time he also noticed the reactions of the ministers in the palace, and had expected them in his heart.

He looked solemn and said, "The ancestor Guan Zi Zeng said, 'The four people of scholars, farmers, industry and commerce are the stone people of the country!'. Merchants are not useless, they just need to put shackles on them and bind them!"

"As for the reclaiming of wasteland, Pei County is also doing it now. The government leads the people, and whoever reclaims will be the one who belongs to them, many wilderness fields have been opened up."

"There is also a saying of the ranch, and now some people have been assigned to it. Some people have become Rangers because they have many children in their families."

"Now I heard that the northern border of the Great Wall was distributed to pastures and even wives and concubines on the grassland. I just needed to work for the empire with labor, but I was extremely moved and went to the northern border through the government!"

The Great Qin Empire has now reached the Yinshan area of ​​the northern grassland, and then seized the Baiyue area south, thinking that it was Guilin and Xiangjun.

The Hu people dared not go south and shed horses, and the soldiers dared not bend their bows and complain!

It can be seen that the powerful national strength of the Qin Dynasty.

Of course, there are also some thorns who are dissatisfied and provoke the Qin Empire.

The Yinshan Mountains built a city, but only the army and a small number of people were sparsely populated and could not form an effective rule.

Because the water and soil climate are different from the Central Plains, farming is very harmful to the water and soil, and it is extremely inappropriate, and no one is willing to go there.

But now we can immigrate, implement grazing policies, and then transport materials from the Central Plains for exchange. In this way, there is no shortage of living resources and the population can be developed.

The allocated ranch was captured by the Great Qin Empire, and the wives and concubines were also barbarian women captured by the Great Qin.

You only need to work for the empire to get a ranch, money, and buy barbarian women in the front and back, which is an exotic style.

This instantly ignited the enthusiasm of those rangers, and countless people were excited about it.

The First Emperor Ying Zheng was also moved by the heart.

This plan is very wonderful, which is a good idea to consolidate the border, increase the empire's population, and increase fiscal revenue.

The ministers in the court all frowned and showed joy.

These policies are both good and bad!

It has both benefits and disadvantages for them.

For example, for people with too many property and land, they will pay more taxes, or even limit a certain amount, and the excess will be rushed into the treasury, and pay more commercial taxes, etc.

At least they have thousands of acres of fertile land, and there are also many 10,000 mu of them. They also have industries and many shops at home.

The big tax on merchants is simply scraping their bones!

The First Emperor Ying Zheng looked calm and said in a deep voice: "This matter is very important, and we will discuss it later."

No statement was made on this.

"promise!"

Xiao He was not discouraged. He knew that it was not because His Majesty the First Emperor did not agree with this matter, but because it involved too much.

The civil and military ministers expressed their opinions, reported to each of them to handle their affairs, etc.

In the main hall, a discussion started.

After retreating from the court.

Ying Ziye was about to take Xiao He away, but received the order.

"Eighth Prince, Your Majesty summons you."

The eunuch said respectfully.

Ying Ziye nodded slightly and followed immediately.

In the Zhangtai Palace.

Emperor Ying Zheng sat on the seat and saw Ying Ziye coming and asked lightly: "Mid-ye, do you know why I have not expressed my opinion on the law proposed by Xiao He?"

When Ying Ziye heard the question, he knew that he was taking the exam. After thinking for a moment, he looked serious and said, "Limiting the amount of land, over-capturing the land acres of land, and raising taxes from households, and commercial taxes have damaged the interests of high-ranking families and high-ranking officials and prominent officials."

"Maybe they are not doing business, but the family branches below them are doing business."

"If these two policies cannot be implemented, then the empire cannot collect enough taxes and naturally cannot bear the benefits needed to encourage people to have children!"

He let out a breath, his eyes flashed, and then he continued in a deep voice.

"So, the involvement is too great, and now the empire is fighting against South Vietnam, so it can only delay."

The First Emperor Ying Zheng nodded slightly and said indifferently: "Yes, Xiao He proposed it well, but it is not suitable for now."

"You should know more about these than me. If you want to conquer Nanyue, you must use their strength to weaken their strength in disguise!"

The Qin Empire was martial, and basically all the high-ranking officials, powerful families, gentry and good families, etc. would join the army to fight.

Now the Qin Dynasty is using them. Not to mention whether it will cause public outrage if their interests are cut off, the imperial court is not authentic.

Some things need to be slowly transformed.

Let high-ranking officials understand that it is better to do business than to make profits from farming.

The benefits from business operations are too huge and part of them must be handed over to the country.

In fact, whether it is a high-ranking official or a wealthy family, they attach more importance to land than business. Business is just their subordinate branches or subordinate industries.
Chapter completed!