Dongfanghong returned to Chang'an, and when he arrived home, he was naturally bombarded by his mother and wife, and spent the entire two days chatting between them. Dongfanghong made up his mind directly in his heart, and will resolutely stop looking for a mistress in the future and engage in a concubine! Just such a self is now dizzy, if you really do ten or eight, you don't need your own life! He even admired the emperors and ministers very much. They were really energetic, and could easily cope with three thousand pinks, three wives and four concubines. Dongfanghong thought he might not have that ability.
Two days later,'Tianji Zhenren' came back, sat in Dongfanghong's study and told Dongfanghong about the situation in the capital, and accused the'Qi Kingdom' emperor of burning the'Tai Chi Hall' on the head of'Chen Guo' , And had already prepared to issue a war table to the'Chen Guo', and even sent someone out of the'Turkic' to talk to Jie Li Khan about this matter. It seemed that Jie Li was resolutely extricated from this matter. There is also the emperor has ordered the reconstruction of the'Tai Chi Hall', which is actually estimated by Dongfanghong.
"It seems that your plan to turn the'Qi Kingdom' and the'Turkic' over their faces fell through. Not only did you fail to get them to fight, but instead let the emperor use a trick to frame and frame the country, making the whole country unanimous and vowing to make peace." Chen Guo's fish is dead and the net is broken. Haha! This is the same as your sneak attack on the'Turkic' tooth tent to blame the'Qi State'!" The old Tao concluded at last.
"Oh! The apprentice didn't realize that the king of this country would actually play this hand, and he was more blatant than the disciple. It is estimated that the top three parties know what is going on, and they are purely fooling the people! It's really invincible if you are the cheapest! "Dongfanghong is also somewhat convinced.
"Tianji Zhenren" said this is quite suitable for his precious apprentice, so he asked: "Then what do you want to do next? As a teacher, don't you believe that your kid will be a good kid safely and securely."
"Haha! Really know the apprentice Moruo Master! As for what to do next? It depends on what our Emperor Lao Er and the "Yingtian Pavilion" Kotou Sergeant will do next! But from a disciple's point of view, we have one thing. It can be done right away. And as for "Qi Guo" to attack "Chen Guo"! Hey, the disciple must have a business again! "Chen Guo" will definitely send someone to ask Jie Li, and Jie Li Khan also guarantees the right direction The other party recommended us. Think about it when the apprentices brought the mercenary group and beat the'Qiguo' to the ground. Not only did the morale of the'Qiguo' be ruined, it could also destroy their strategic deployment, and it was the opportunity to let me have The cousin who was able to fight for the position of Patriarch has since been bitter and loses the qualification to compete. Haha! It's a great deal!"
After hearing this, the old way really admires the five-body cast of the disciple. No matter what countermeasures you have, Dongfanghong can make it a thing that benefits you. And the old Tao said to Dongfang Hong that there was one thing he could do now that he was more interested in. He knew that what Dongfang Hong wanted to do would not be a good thing, at least for Qi Guo. So he asked: "What are you talking about that you can do now?"
"Master, you just said that the emperor has ordered the reconstruction of the'Tai Chi Hall', and the apprentice has just received information. Father has already calculated the loss of this'Yongzhou'. The good guy's all aspects add up to six or seven million. Of course, Yongzhou was the place where the biggest losses were suffered in this war, but even if the losses in other places all add up, it must be a lot. It is estimated that the total losses in the whole country will add up to 134 million. Now add the reconstruction of the'Tai Chi Palace' It also has to spend two million yuan. Since the imperial court has issued a battle table against the'Chen Guo', it can't be suspended without fighting! This way the emperor's face will be lost, so if it is to fight, it may be early next year or even this year. Start at the end of the year, and this war will cost money. Of course, the court should prepare this part of the money! And the court should always reserve some money to deal with emergencies and live life! So the total amount, Master Do you think the court took it out?"
Listening to Dongfanghong's analysis, the old way is a little worried about the "Qi State". I really didn't expect that Dongfanghong's fire would actually burn the'Qi State' emperor as trousers! I couldn't help but shook his head and said, "It's not bad that they can take out 10 million from the treasury. It's not enough to be the aftermath of this war! Insufficiency should be solved by local officials, and according to you. This gap will be even greater, and I am afraid that even local officials will not be able to deal with it."
"Haha! Not bad, so is it! The apprentice is ready to help the emperor and Lao'er through this difficult situation, who let this thing be caused by me! As the saying goes, help others to the end and send the Buddha to the west."
The veteran looked at Dongfang Hong contemptuously, thinking that your kid would still help others? If you don't fall into trouble, it's not bad to beat the dog in the water! Of course Dongfanghong sees the old way of thinking! So he laughed and said, "Master, don't look at me like that! The disciple has always been compassionate! The apprentice thinks that the court has no money this time, isn't it necessary to exploit the people and increase the burden on the people! Oh! No! The innocent people will suffer because the disciple is tired by one person! So no matter how the disciple should help the court to solve this problem, it can be regarded as a blessing for the people and accumulate some yin for themselves."
The old Taoist listened to Dongfanghong's head, but he wouldn't believe that Dongfanghong would show kindness even if he was killed, so it still looks like you said you would not believe it in the future.
Dongfanghong thought depressed,'Am I so bad in the eyes of others now? If you want to do something good in the future, you can't do it by showing kindness! People didn't even think they were calculating him and scared away. But thinking about what I was going to do, it seemed that it wasn't a kindness, on the contrary, it was very sinister! 'Dongfanghong smiled at the thought of this.
"Well! You know that your kid is not kind, and you don't want to see the people suffer. If you have this kind of thinking, your kid will not do these things at all. Similarly, if you are a gentleman, the teacher will not treat this The millennium mission is entrusted to you to complete. How can those who succeed in big things care about these fetters?" said the old way.
"Haha! Heaven and earth is a game of chess, and I am the one who controls the chess game. The world is my pawn. The ancients said, "Heaven and earth are inhumane and everything is a running dog." Since God can play this way, of course I can also live in Dongfanghong. It's fun, I can't help it!" Hearing Dongfang Hong's rebelliousness, but his heroic words, he really admired this disciple for coming home.
"Okay! I'll talk about how to help the court tide over the difficulties." Dongfanghong drank his saliva and said, "I will suggest to my father how to get money without increasing taxes and burdens on the people. My father put this suggestion on the court and asked the entire'Qi State' to do it."
"How can I get the money?"
"Hey! Asking merchants and shoppers for money, that is, looking for merchants for money!"
"What? Do these people have so much money?" The old-fashioned thinking is the same as that of the people of that era, who emphasized agriculture and despised business.
"Haha! Are you there? Master, look at the disciple’s business in just four years, and the current value of the disciple is nearly ten million! Think about those guys who have been in business for generations and have been in the business world for decades. What a fat oil! Besides, the imperial court has only charged these merchants with tariffs, and there are basically no other fees, so you can just scrape these people without adding a burden to them, because they have never been burdened."
Hearing Dongfanghong's words, I feel that it is true. But Dongfanghong feels like he is helping the court by doing so. It is really impossible to see any conspiracy and tricks here. This is also the traditional thinking of the old and the old, and the meaning of business is incomprehensible, so he can't see Dongfang. Red is a shameful trick!
"Does the master think that some of the disciples are really helping the court by doing this!" The old Tao nodded, and Dongfang Hong continued: "That's the master. You don't understand the importance of business to a country. Master, please think about it. Our food, clothing, housing, and transportation have left the merchants? Everything from the firewood, rice, oil, salt, pots and pans we eat to the pots and pans we use is purchased by the merchants. Merchants are not just buying and selling. They communicate the circulation of the world’s goods and make From the top officials and dignitaries down to the people of the Li people, they can do what they need. Moreover, the people can sell the goods and grains they produce to merchants, so that they will have more savings in their hands and live a better life. One of them is very important, the people’s When the demand increases, the number and quantity of goods shipped by merchants will inevitably increase. This will pay more tariffs every time they pass through a checkpoint city. Doesn't this increase taxation for the country? Once the business develops, the benefits are many. Unclear."
The old way of hearing is in the clouds, but he still understands one thing, that is, everyone is inseparable from the businessman. Lao Dao really never thought that a businessman, who is the lowest among all people, actually has such an important role. After all, in ancient times, people were ranked according to the ranks of'Science, Farmers, Industry and Commerce'. "Then if you do this, it's more like helping the court, and becoming more and more confused as a teacher!"
"Haha! Master, if you want to collect money from these merchants who have never paid, of course, the money must not be collected according to tax, so we have to collect it according to donations. For example, this time it is called Anti-Japanese War donation, which will be collected if a natural disaster occurs in the future. 'Disaster relief donations', but these donations will be compulsory, and the larger the store, the larger the business, the more you will receive. What do you think of those businessmen? It must be complaints. And what will happen to the court? It must be cheers. Laughter.
Merchants have lost a lot of money. With the character that merchants cannot afford to be profit-only, will they suffer? The answer is definitely no, so how do they make up for the loss! That is to increase the price of the goods you sell. Who will suffer from this increase? Those high-ranking officials and dignitaries naturally do not matter. The unlucky ones must be the people, because their small amount of money will now be spent faster.
The same court has tasted the sweetness of the merchants this time. Then next time it is short of money or the court wants to save more money, will it think of these hapless gangs again? The answer is also yes, no matter what the court will do in the future, none of these merchants can run away anyway.
So there will be such a vicious circle. When the court has no money, it will scrape merchants-merchants will increase the price of goods if they lose money-goods will increase in price and the money in ordinary people's pockets will quickly disappear-ordinary people have no money and no more consumption-if you don't consume merchants, there will be no Make money-merchants will no longer circulate goods if they have no money to make money-goods will no longer circulate, and tariffs will be sharply reduced-countries with reduced taxes will levy taxes on the people and exploit the merchants-finally get the people out of money and the business will fail , The circulation of materials is stagnant, the people's lives are difficult, the things in their hands cannot be sold, and the outside things cannot be passed in. Such consequences are generally raised by the people. In this way, the country will inevitably break down. "Dongfanghong is very clear that what businessmen are most afraid of is not war or natural disasters. They can even use these to make huge profits. What they are afraid of is excessive taxes and endless donations in various names.
Listening to Dongfanghong's talk, the more he listened to the "Tianji Zhenren", the more chilling he became. Dongfanghong's hand seemed to be kind to others, but it was actually a snake-hearted. It can be said that killing people without seeing blood, compared to burning the'Tai Chi Hall' with such a vigorous thing, this plan is vicious and abnormal. However, the old way also said: "Your strategy makes people tremble to hear. Can the court be fooled by this kind of thing? Don't forget that there are people from the'Yingtian Pavilion'!"
Dongfanghong thought for a while and said, "You should be fooled! Because the apprentice discovered that few people in today's world have a deep understanding of business. Even a man of literary and military talent like Dad actually looks down on businessmen and told his disciples. Don’t just focus on this kind of unpromising things in the future. Isn’t it that even the master, you, a character who travels north and south, also disdains merchants! Let alone the court, the humble gentleman who is full of benevolence, righteousness and morality! Among them One of the most despised people is a businessman. I think'Yingtian Pavilion' has always been very arrogant and overly arrogant, even people with poor behavior are lazy to look at them, let alone profiteers! I'm afraid they I would hate to knock these businessmen out!" Dongfang Hong's analysis also makes sense. After all, in the eyes of those literati and doctors in ancient times, they didn't care about business and despised businessmen at all.
Based on Dongfanghong's analysis and Dongfanghong's estimate of future developments, the "Tianji Zhenren" has seen the future of "Qi Guo" full of grievances, and the people are not living. At the same time, he is becoming less and less able to see Dongfanghong. How does Dongfanghong understand such a profound thing that no one has ever cared about? This also made Lao Dao couldn't help but think of Dongfang Hong's story about encountering immortals. Lao Dao analyzed that the immortals must have taught Dongfang Hong something, but Dongfang Hong didn't tell him.
If Dongfanghong knew what the old Dao thought now, he might be able to lie down with joy. Unexpectedly, I was completely convinced of my own nonsense for a while! Ugh! This is the cultural tradition left by the Chinese from ancient times to the present.
Two days later, Dongfang Hong came to Dongfang Lunde's study, which had already gone home. At this time, Dongfang Lunde was worried about the court's will in his hand! Dongfanghong knew what the decree was written without having to look at it. It was nothing but the imperial court being nervous nowadays, allowing the local governments to resolve the funding gap on their own.
Seeing that his son had arrived, Dongfang Lunde handed the court's will to Dongfang Hong, who took it and looked at it. In addition to the ones that Dongfanghong thought of above, there are also some commendations. For example, Qin Qiong fought bravely and defeated the'Turkic' striker to grab the Jieli Khan commander banner, so the court was promoted and formally appointed Qin Qiong as the left general of the'Beiying', that is, the first lieutenant of the'Beiying'. Moreover, according to Dongfang Lund’s suggestion, the imperial court organized a rapid reaction force of 20,000 troops in the'North Camp' with the purpose of being able to respond to the changing battlefield needs in a timely manner. This force was handed over to Qin Qiong, and the troops were in the'North Camp'. The battalion is now selected from the remaining less than 30,000 horses, and the court has given it the name "Iron Cavalry".