Xu Qing has always been a warm-hearted person, but he really couldn't bear to see his neighbors being harassed by bandits. He was very sad.
Although the neighboring states do not have the same serious collusion between officials and bandits as in Weizhou, so much that even the governor Sima was forced to fall, many lower-level officials such as county magistrates and lieutenants still colluded with bandits, and most of the money robbed by bandits was also
It fell into their hands, and the money was turned into a stepping stone for the county magistrate and county captain and was sent up.
Catching these county magistrates and county lieutenants will inevitably make them confess and expose the corrupt people in the court.
No matter how bad it is, we can appoint a governor. If we can do better, then maybe some of the ministers in the Jinluan Palace will have to be replaced.
In this way, a perfect industrial chain was born.
Suppressing bandits is not the goal, but punishing corrupt officials is.
Now that Chu's foreign troubles no longer exist, it can only solve its internal worries.
Xu Qing's bandit suppression is a good way to solve internal problems.
The first thing we release to the surrounding area is a false signal. We are here to suppress bandits. We are not here to be censors and catch corrupt officials, so you don’t have to be on guard against us. However, during our suppression of bandits, if we find that any official is colluding with the bandits.
That would be embarrassing.
This is a naked conspiracy.
If you don't let us go over to suppress the bandits, then you must have something up your sleeve!
We must suppress this bandit!
As for the evidence found...
Lord Governors, Lord Sima, Lord County Magistrates, you don’t want these documents to fall into His Majesty’s hands, right?
Then you must govern your jurisdiction well, treat the people well, and donate some money to Weizhou by the way. Otherwise, I can't guarantee what I will accomplish.
Xu Qing's operation made officials everywhere tremble in fear.
However, Xu Qing did not go too far. He only symbolically suppressed the bandits in three nearby states and accepted the kind donations from these officials. He did not go too far.
Xu Qing still understands the principle that going too far is not enough.
This fundraising is not the purpose, the purpose is to sound an alarm in the hearts of corrupt officials in various states, don't go too far, otherwise we wouldn't mind going to your jurisdiction to suppress a bandit.
If the water is clear, there will be no fish. Sometimes deterrence is more effective than killing them all.
After Weizhou had accumulated huge assets again, it was finally possible to continue building palaces and mansions.
The money collected by three states is barely equal to that of one state in Weizhou. The corrupt officials this year are really weak.
Of course, Xu Qing's operation would inevitably involve Li Xun copying his homework, but in the end, we are all a family, so copying is what he did.
As the palace began to be rebuilt, the most satisfying thing for the Emperor was that he now had a place to live.
Now that the negotiations have been completed, cement has finally been purchased. Not only cement, but also soap, toilet water, soft paper and rice paper, which have unknowingly become the necessities of life for most people, have also been negotiated with Zhou Guo.
The price has been calculated on a truck-by-car basis for shipment to Zhou Guo.
These things that only Chu State can make are huge profits, and they are completely monopolized by Chu State. Although Xu Qing gave Zhou State a large degree of preferential treatment for Li Mingyue's sake, Xu Qing still made a lot of money.
Naturally, Li Xun also knew how profitable the products produced by the Chu State Commercial Academy were. These days, he had been ordering the skilled craftsmen of the Zhou State court to study and imitate them non-stop.
As for toilet water, white sugar and white rabbit, they can already make things that are not painful or itchy. Although the quality is still quite different from that of Guoshang Yuan, they have finally taken the most difficult step.
But soft paper, rice paper, soap, and bamboo leaf green are all puzzling for things that are considered high-end products in this era!
The most pitiable thing is the soap, but the others are pretty good. Although I can't make it, my research direction is not bad, and I know I have found the right raw materials.
The Zhou people’s research on soap was skewed from the very beginning.
To effectively remove oil stains, they can only look for honey locust and plant ash to research and imitate it, but who would have thought that this thing is actually made of fat?
It’s so off the mark!
It was a tragedy for the craftsmen of the Zhou Dynasty to be deceived.
After these prices are negotiated, the next step is the issue of tariffs.
If you want to attract customers, lowering tariffs is necessary, right?
Otherwise, if they were following the old trade route well, why would they take your new path that is full of uncertainty?
This issue was discussed personally with Xu Qing by Li Xun, who had been here for a long time and rarely appeared in public.
After all, Li Mingyue still knew very little about major issues related to trade and commerce between the two countries.
Seeing that Zhou State directly sent Emperor Xiao Ye, he was naturally unwilling to be outdone and sat directly over to give Xu Qingzhuang momentum.
Unfortunately, today the Supreme Emperor, King Xian, and King Ming, who had nothing to do, came to fight with Su Jiyuan, and they happened to bump into them.
So Xu Qing's camp added two more people.
Now there are four representatives of the Chu State with an absolute advantage, two representatives of the Zhou State have the second advantage, and the only representative of the Zhao State is the Ming King.
Ask Xu Qing to explain that the king is really persistent. Even though he was tortured like this by Zhao Guo, he still didn't forget to always side with his country.
It is true that Zhao Guo abused me thousands of times, and I treat Zhao Guo like my first love.
However, considering that Weizhou will have to trade with Zhao sooner or later to earn more money, Zhao will definitely agree to whatever questions Chu asks now.
How pitiful.
The Emperor of the State of Zhao has now made the State of Zhao extremely weak, and King Ming, who is in exile in the State of Chu, is still speaking out for the greatest interests of his country.
Originally, this negotiation represented the final chapter of the negotiations between Chu and Zhou, but now it was abruptly turned into a summit of the Three Kingdoms of the Central Plains.
It’s really something that no one had thought of.
After intense negotiations among the three parties, the plan was finally determined.
That is to build a prosperous city at the border of the three countries. Yes, it is not to build a city, but to build a city for trade, and it is also a super city.
If there is such a prosperous and huge market that occupies the territory of the three countries respectively, not only can tariffs be greatly reduced, but it will also be more convenient for caravans from the three countries and even from all over the world to exchange supplies.
In the future, this city will also become the most prosperous trade center among the three countries. Such a city will definitely play a huge role in prospering trade among the three countries.
Of course, the biggest role of this city that connects the three countries is not only trade, but also a link in dealing with the relations between the three countries in China.
If there is any conflict, let's not start a fight. Let's sit down and talk.
The meeting lasted for a full hour and a half.
In this way, the improvised summit actually managed to resolve major issues between the three countries.
Naturally, this prosperous city needs someone who can manage it fairly and justly. Xu Qing, who was entangled with Chu, Zhou and Zhao, was honored to be elected as the first mayor...