Emperor Chu and King Xian looked at each other with complicated expressions. Emperors of all dynasties knew that those who win the hearts of the people win the world, but they didn't have an accurate method on how to win the hearts of the people.
The only thing we can do is to continuously reform the civil service system, strengthen patrols, reduce taxes, and of course have the government officials post notices to promote loyalty to the emperor, patriotism, national justice, etc.
It can be said that the more they think about it, the more complicated it becomes, but according to Xu Qing, it is very simple to win the hearts and minds of the people. Don't talk about loyalty to the emperor and patriotism, and don't shout slogans about reforming the official system. These are all false. People don't know whether the official system has been reformed or not.
Even if you changed, who would be able to feel it?
What is the simplest and most effective way to win the hearts and minds of the people? Let the people see the real benefits.
What are the real benefits to the people?
Of course it’s land!
As the saying goes, if you have food in hand, you won’t panic.
Where does food come from?
Doesn’t it just come from the land?
Even though Xu Qing's words may not sound very good, they are indeed hitting the nail on the head, but at the same time, they are unable to do it at present, unless the Three Kingdoms of the Central Plains return to the separation of the feudal lords and slowly conquer a piece of land.
Nowadays, it is not so easy to fundamentally change the family business after it has grown.
The Xian King looked at Xu Qing and asked, "So, that's why you nationalized the land back then?"
Xu Qing nodded and said, "Yes, sometimes the land in the hands of the people is not necessarily better than in the hands of the court, because the land in the hands of the people will be annexed by aristocratic landlords, but the land in the name of the court will not be controlled.
By annexing the land, the country can be long-lasting."
When Emperor Chu heard this, he finally smiled and said: "Although I don't like to hear what you sometimes say with your mouth, but it is indeed true. As long as the court returns the land to the state bit by bit, it will not only be able to control the land.
Merger can also curb the rise of aristocratic families, which is a very clever plan."
The wise king nodded and said: "But Xu Qing's method can be implemented on the grassland without any scruples. If the people of all ethnic groups in the grassland join our Chu Kingdom, then the grassland will no longer be a useless place. He
It will become the pasture and horse farm of Chu State in the north, and Chu State will never be short of good horses."
Xu Qing continued: "Originally, the planner did not dare to say it, because all the people on horseback like this are soldiers, especially good at riding and shooting. If we confiscate their war horses to prevent them from rebelling, they will definitely attack me.
Zhongyuan is resentful, but fortunately Wanyan Department has already done this for us, so even if they don't have war horses, they won't be able to blame us."
When the wise king heard Xu Qing's words, he couldn't help but look at the Emperor of Chu and said with a smile: "Emperor, you talk about my heart every day, but now it seems that the person with the most evil heart in Chu country is clearly him! After this series of strategies, the grassland
It will be difficult to stand up in the future, there is simply no bottom line, hahaha, but I like it."
Xu Qing said with a dark look on his face: "Actually, Your Majesty, I have a bottom line..."
The Xian Wang looked at Xu Qing and asked, "You can tie up a mere glazed wolf king in a chain and squeeze out the last bit of value from the grassland. What's your bottom line? What's your bottom line?"
Xu Qing coughed and said, "I have decided that I will never take another penny from the grassland in the future. If I do, my conscience will be condemned."
The wise king had a dark look on his face: "There must be something for you to fish in the grassland..."
Now the fat sheep in the grassland is almost bald by him, and he can't catch one so thin when trying to pluck the wool.
Now all the wise kings feel sorry for Wanyan Khan.
Originally, the Wanyan tribe came to the Central Plains to form an alliance with the Chu State to attack the Zhou State. Who would have thought that if the alliance was not formed, not only would they lose their limbs, but they would also lose 550,000 taels...
In fact, it was not like this originally. They never imagined from the beginning to the end that the Chu State had the ability to make fake colored glaze.
Do you really think that this Glazed Wolf King was given by God?
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Two quarters of an hour later, Xu Qing and Xiao Ye walked out of the imperial study. Xiao Ye also had a tiger talisman in his hand, which could be used to mobilize the imperial army.
Transporting new firearms to the border under the guise of transporting the Glazed Wolf King was the task given to Xiao Ye by King Xian.
Xiao Ye looked at Xu Qing and said in admiration: "Brother Xu, you are amazing. How can a Glazed Wolf King produce so many articles?"
Xu Qing smiled and said, "I didn't think about it so much originally. After all, I was afraid of being exposed if I said too much, but..."
Xiao Ye asked: "But what?"
Xu Qing said: "I find that the grassland is easier to fool than the state of Zhou."
The corner of Xiao Ye's mouth twitched, and then he asked, "Since Brother Xu plans to go to the border again and ask the craftsmen to make another one, what about this one in the capital?"
Xu Qing said: "Break it into pieces and bury it."
Xiao Ye said in surprise: "Buried? How could it be buried? Even if it is one foot tall and broken into small pieces, it can be sold for a lot of money, right? It's such a pity to bury it."
Xu Qing shook his head and said, "Brother Xiao, have you ever heard of this sentence?"
Xiao Ye asked: "What are you talking about?"
Xu Qing said: "Value determines price, and supply and demand affect price."
Xiao Ye wondered: "What do you mean?"
Xu Qingdao: "Nowadays it is easy for us to make colored glaze, but other people don't know it, so the price of colored glaze is still high. Even if we opened a colored glaze exhibition, at that time the price of colored glaze was still high because colored glaze was still scarce. At the colored glaze exhibition
Most of the colored glaze was bought by our people from Chu State, and then we sent two caravans to sell a cart of colored glaze to Zhao and Zhou. Now the supply and demand for colored glaze in the Central Plains market has tended to be balanced. If it continues
If Liuli takes action, Liuli will become less and less valuable."
"The colored glaze in our hands is like a banknote. It cannot be issued at will, otherwise it will become like waste paper. Nowadays, only the grassland has not seen the inflow of objects like colored glaze, so the grassland is our last big customer."
Xiao Ye seemed to understand: "So the only way to maintain high prices is to ensure that the supply of colored glaze from the Central Plains and grasslands is always in short supply?"
Xu Qing nodded and said, "That's exactly it."
Xiao Ye said: "Then we can't sell colored glaze from now on?"
Xu Qing shook his head and said: "Of course it can be sold, but it must strictly control the output and use some marketing methods."
Xiao Ye asked: "What marketing method?"
Xu Qingdao: "For example, we can make pairs of colored glazes into jade pendants, and then bind the colored glaze to the love in this world. I have already thought about the advertising slogan: Love is as dazzling and fragile as colored glaze, and it needs you and me to cherish it together."
Care."
Xiao Ye heard Xu Qing's words and murmured: "This advertisement..."
Xu Qing said smugly, "Okay?"
Xiao Ye: "Good soil..."
Xu Qing waved his hand: "Then find a great scholar to help you translate what you just said into classical Chinese some other time."