"Feiyu, are you going too far with me? I'm asking you what price you plan to sell the refined salt at. Are you telling me not to focus on agriculture and suppress business?"

Although these words make some sense, they have nothing to do with his problem.

"How far away is it? My son has been talking about this topic all the time...!"

Xiao Zhengtai did not admit that he was off topic at all, and continued: "My son proposed a retirement system a few days ago, but Brother Fan said that the national treasury has no money to pay the salaries of those veterans after retirement, so since the national treasury is empty, just replenish the national treasury!"

"The Qin Dynasty has just unified the six countries, and the people are recuperating and recuperating, so it is not appropriate to increase taxes!"

Ying Zheng grimaced and shook his head, disapproving.

In this era, if you want to fill the national treasury, the only option is to increase taxes. There is no other way!

"Taxes must not be increased. Moreover, the people have no money. Even if the court wants to increase taxes, the people will not have it!"

There is no need for the veteran Ying Zheng to say this, Xiao Zhengtai knows it better than anyone else.

When he was in Yunyang County, he lived the life of an ordinary person. The people in the village barely had enough to eat, and they had no money left in their hands. They were just barely surviving!

"Then you still said you want to replenish the national treasury?"

Ying Zheng rolled his eyes and pretended to be displeased.

"To replenish the national treasury, you don't have to plunder the people. You can do business, or you can make money from those noble and wealthy households!"

"A noble and wealthy family?"

This was something Ying Zheng had never thought about, and he frowned and looked at Xiao Zhengtai.

"That's right! Look at the nobles in the court. They all have big bellies and are full of fat. If they are not allowed to pay, who else can be allowed to pay?"

"How to pay? Even if those nobles have a conscience if they don't exploit the imperial court, can we still ask them to pay?"

Ying Zheng sneered twice at himself.

It’s not that he didn’t know about the corruption of officials in the DPRK and China, but he just couldn’t stop it.

Corrupt officials emerge one after another. If you want to eliminate them, you have to sweep all officials out of the court!

So, we just turn a blind eye to these things!

"As for doing business, there is no precedent for the imperial court doing business since ancient times!"

Scholars, farmers, industry and commerce, if the imperial court wants to do business, those old censors will definitely be the first to jump out and refuse to agree.

"There is no precedent to set a precedent. Before Shang Yang's reform, many things had no precedent. Didn't they also start from Shang Yang?"

"The imperial court's business will naturally drive the people to do business. Da Qin's economy will definitely develop accordingly, and the people will become richer and richer. This is a good thing for Da Qin!"

"As long as you can make money and develop the Qin Dynasty, the ministers will not refuse!"

Xiao Zhengtai sat cross-legged on the desk in the Imperial Study Room with a stern look on his face, analyzing the pros and cons for Ying Zheng face to face.

Now Ying Zheng also understands why after he asked about the price of refined salt, this guy has been analyzing the benefits of doing business for him. It turns out that the purpose is to let the imperial court do business!

"You mean, you want the imperial court to sell salt?"

"It's not just selling salt, grain, paper, books, fine iron, anything is fine, as long as you can make money and don't harm the interests of the people!"

Little Shota showed a row of baby teeth and smiled.

This old guy finally figured it out!

"Isn't this competing with the people for profit?"

"Won't……!"

Xiao Zhengtai shook his head and continued: "Take refined salt as an example. The imperial court controls the mining and purification, and sells it to merchants. The merchants pay the tax in full, and then sell it to the people in pieces. The salt mines belong to the imperial court, so naturally they do not need to spend money to purify them.

Since they are soldiers, they only need to pay the original benefits, which means that the cost to the court of the whole process is extremely low!"

"You can make some money by selling it to merchants, and you can make some money by collecting taxes from merchants, and the court doesn't need to waste manpower and material resources to sell salt all over the Qin Dynasty. Why not?"

After listening to Xiao Zhengtai's analysis, Ying Zheng stroked his beard and thought about it. After a while, he continued: "Well, it seems to make sense, but this way, the price for the people will be higher!"

"Salt belongs to the imperial court. How about the retail price? Isn't it all in the hands of the imperial court?"

"Also using the analogy of salt, you can set a retail price, for example, it is ten cents per tael, and publicize it so that the people know it. Even if someone wants to sell it at a high price to deceive the people, it will not work!"

As a young shota who has traveled through time in later generations, he has seen too many marketing methods. If he wants to punish businessmen, there are many ways.

"Well, that's a good idea!"

Ying Zheng's eyes suddenly lit up.

This kid seems to be just a naughty child, but he has a quick mind and endless novel ideas. He is more than a little better than the veterans in the court!

"In the future, as food output increases and the number of merchants increases, the economy of the Qin Dynasty will naturally rise with the tide. I suggested reducing taxes so that the people can rely more on the Qin Dynasty. The people of the original six countries will also surrender to the Qin Dynasty and give up the idea of ​​restoring the country!"

He had previously suggested that Ying Zheng should treat the people of the Six Nations equally, so that they could truly surrender.

The same is true now. Let them have enough to eat, make money, and reduce taxes. With such a good policy, who will think about rebellion all day long?

Even if there are just a few of them, they will probably be reported by insiders!

"Others can be discussed, but reducing taxes must wait until the taxes reach a certain level before discussing!"

Now that the state treasury cannot make ends meet, and there are still a lot of places to spend money waiting for, it cannot cut taxes before the money comes in.

"This is natural!"

Little Shota nodded.

His original intention was to wait for Da Qin's business to develop before reducing taxes.

"You just said that you want those nobles to take out the money, but what can you do?"

Ying Zheng suddenly remembered what this kid just said.

Those guys were very good, and he was curious about how to get those guys to pay for it.

"My son plans to use this refined salt incident to make them pay for it...!"

Xiao Zhengtai laughed evilly and told his plan, "The first batch of refined salt is expected to be shipped to the city tomorrow. While everyone still doesn't know the price of refined salt, if we find a few people to sell it, we will definitely be criticized.

The rich and distinguished households are competing for it, even if one tael of gold is exchanged for one tael of refined salt!"

"By the time the first batch of salt is sold out, we should have made a lot of money. By then, the salt in the hands of these people was stolen through improper channels. We will issue a notice saying that they have been severely punished. At this time, the second batch of salt will also be released."

It’s here, and we can sell it normally according to the set price!”

All the ministers in the court had seen refined salt and were shocked by its fineness.

Even the old general Wang Jian regarded refined salt as a treasure and was reluctant to eat it!

The first batch of refined salt to be put on the market will definitely be robbed by wealthy households, and the common people will not have a chance at all!

Moreover, refined salt is not like a piece of paper. The daily output is very large. If a purchase restriction policy is implemented for wealthy households, it will not be long before the common people can also buy it!

Refined salt needs to be mined and purified, and the daily output will not be too large to satisfy everyone.

Rather than the common people not being able to buy the first batch, it is better to take this opportunity to let those noble and wealthy households contribute some blood to the Qin treasury!

"Haha! What the hell is your little brain made of? You can even come up with such bad ideas!"
Chapter completed!