My son, Fusu, please abdicate the first emperor!

Chapter 859 Is there anything that our Great Qin can’t do?
"These cloths are the result of the Momen team using a thousand machines in one month."

"That is to say, now the Qin State can use a thousand people to produce the same amount of cloth in a month as tens of thousands of people did in a year in the past."

The ministers were in an uproar.

"There is actually such a thing. I have lived for most of my life, but this is the first time I have seen it."

"It's incredible."

"What kind of machine is this?"

"Where do so many workers come from? A thousand workers, what excellent servants they must be."

Servant...Hearing the discussion of his ministers, Qin II couldn't help laughing.

The Industrial Revolution had already begun, and yet people were still talking about domestic servants.

Obviously, some people with uncivilized ideas are destined to be abandoned by the new era.

The ministers praised him with all their might, and rolled up their seats to congratulate Qin II. Their voices of praise merged into one, just like the croaking of frogs in a pond at the beginning of midsummer.

Although it's noisy, it makes people feel happy when listening to it.

The ministers rolled up their mats, sat together in a circle, hugged the fine cloth, and talked about how great an impact this incident would have on the Qin State.

"Such high efficiency is rare in the world."

"With this machine, and relying on the institutional advantages of our Qin State, we estimate that our Qin State will be able to solve the clothing problem of the people within just a few years."

"That is to say, from now on, the people of Qin will no longer have to worry about the cold. Everyone will have clothes to wear."

In this era, the person who can solve the clothing problem in the most direct way, rather than expressing any strategies for governing the country, is the real God in the eyes of the people.

This time, Feng Quji and Wang Wan didn't dare to have any opinions about Fusu at all.

Feng Quji couldn't utter a word.

To be honest, Fusu is really abnormally strong.

From simplifying characters, to inventing paper, improving papermaking, and developing printing...

This series of practical actions has itself had a significant impact on the Qin Empire.

It should be noted that in order to consolidate their own rule, the kings of the six kingdoms would definitely spread rumors to discredit Qin Shi Huang, Qin Ershi, and even everything about the Qin Dynasty.

It took a very long time for the people of the six countries to eliminate their misunderstanding of Qin, and it was then replaced by positive evaluations and recognition.

Originally, the Qin State's work on popularizing laws and writing required a great deal of manpower and material resources, and took a considerable amount of time to produce results.

However, technology helped the Qin State to skip this step directly. It was equivalent to that the Qin State could easily popularize those laws and texts to the people at the fastest speed without spending much effort.

This effect will naturally come quickly.

Everyone admires the strong.

The Qin State was so powerful and its inventions and designs were so advanced that the moment the paper reached their hands, the kings of the six states had already lost half the battle.

The remaining half will be left to time. It depends on whether the people of the six countries can overcome the contradictions between themselves and the rule of Qin and adapt themselves to the system and environment of Qin.

For this reason, countless people all over the world have been looking forward to what the former Prince Hengyang can bring to them in the future.

The loom was the answer given by Qin II.

This is the technology that most directly benefits people's livelihood and the most direct means to help people out of poverty.

The big promise that Qin II had made to the people of the world finally began to come true.

"I plan to build five more cities, mainly focusing on scientific inventions and industrial manufacturing. What results can be achieved with just an ecological technology city? What do you think?"

Feng Quji was still stroking his beard as the chief. He didn't understand what this Ecological Technological City was all about. How did 20,000 pieces of good cloth suddenly appear and solve the people's clothing problem?

Emperor, what are you doing?

If the emperor has solved the clothing problem for people all over the world, then how will those merchants make a living?

This means that the interests of cloth merchants and even practitioners in related industries will be severely hit.

His Majesty the Emperor is doing this for the sake of the majority and offending a small group.

Unfortunately, most of the people helped by His Majesty the Emperor are a group of scattered people who scheme against each other, have no power or influence, and are of no use at all at critical moments.

On the contrary, it is the small group of people who are offended who are brave, resourceful and united, and can take someone's life in any minute.

This world is so cruel and human hearts are so complicated that people in high positions dare not make even the slightest mistake.

After seeing the results of the loom, Feng Quji was not very happy, he just fell into sorrow.

Suddenly, he realized that countless people were looking at him from behind, and Feng Quji came to his senses.

Feng Quji smiled and said, "Your Majesty is blessed with good fortune. He first reduced taxes, and now he has invented and manufactured thousands of looms to solve the worries of food and clothing for the people of Daqin."

"Your Majesty is blessed with good fortune. It is a blessing for the country and the people to have your Majesty."

Feng Quji kept praising the emperor.

There was no mention of anything that should have been expressed.

Some of the other ministers were smart and immediately realized that there were too many things involved. As the saying goes, to cut off someone's financial resources is like killing their parents.

If there is too much cloth, then the cloth will become worthless.

If the fabric is worthless, how can we make money?

The ministers began to pretend to be honest people again, acting diligently, and sitting quietly with their heads down.

As if they were some honest farmers...

Qin II looked at this group of chameleons with a chill on his face.

Wang Wan saw Feng Quji's reaction and naturally knew what he was thinking. But in Wang Wan's opinion, the excess supply of fabric was not a problem.

The Qin State had originally been cracking down on merchants, trying to lower their status as much as possible.

This is a great opportunity for the empire to suppress merchants.

Merchants are in the business of buying and selling, so they sell things that cost three cents for five or six cents.

This way of making money is too easy. The more businessmen there are, the faster the trust system in society will collapse.

Because commercial transactions are inherently sinful.

You are just reselling something worth three cents. If you take into account the transportation fee and add a proper profit, it is still reasonable. However, if you sell something worth three cents for ten cents just by reselling it, isn't that harming others?

It harms others but does not benefit oneself.

If you are engaged in business, you must also have business ethics. This is not just talk.

There are too many businessmen who have tall buildings in one day and go to jail the next.

It is for this reason that the most basic principle - morality - is violated.

However, what people in the world despise most is virtue.

If someone is not tactful and wants to advise everyone to pay attention to morality, then this person will be miserable, because she will be scolded, who are you? Who are you to dare to teach me? Who are you to dare to instruct me?

However, Wang Wan didn't intend to say it at this moment.

The situation in the court was always complicated. Some people might pretend to be attentive and loyal in front of him at one moment, but they might run to the enemy camp the next.

Everyone is silent now, and no one knows what they are thinking.

It is not wise to reveal your true thoughts too early.

Feng Quji's reaction was actually very correct.

Wang Wan planned to support the emperor later and get the job done quietly without consulting the ministers who were just sitting there doing nothing. At this moment, most of the emperor's ministers inexplicably felt a sense of crisis.

Mo Ge has been innovating frequently, and each time it has brought huge benefits to the empire. This time, it has actually solved the clothing problem of tens of millions of people.

If the people's desires are satisfied, will they still listen to the country's court?

How ridiculous.

The emperor was truly overly kind-hearted, but the consequence of this being so was that his authority would be overthrown by the very people he was trying to help.

Instead of showing mercy to strangers, why doesn't the emperor show more mercy to these ministers who are diligent and frugal?

What hypocrisy!
All the ministers felt that the emperor's actions were too radical, but they were too embarrassed to speak up.

Meng Tian felt that the atmosphere in the court was somewhat subtle.

He knew what everyone was worried about.

The policy that Qin State has always implemented is to make the people ignorant, tired and weak.

With these three measures in place, the people were able to firmly cling to the state's rule and would not dare to leave the country for even a moment.

But His Majesty the Emperor has now given up on the tired, the weak, and the ignorant people.

The emperor intended to ensure that the people's food, clothing, housing and transportation were fully guaranteed, so that the people could stand up.

This naturally caused panic among the ministers.

But for some reason, as a subject, Meng Tian felt that there was nothing wrong with this.

He still supported Qin II as always.

He believed that the emperor's judgment was correct and that he would definitely not make a mistake.

Qin II was definitely a rare emperor who governed the country well.

"Your Majesty, I believe that the increased production of this cloth will undoubtedly be a great help to the army building our Great Qin Empire."

As mentioned earlier, at the end of the war and the beginning of the Qin Dynasty, people were short of material means of production. Soldiers from the two countries had no uniform clothing to wear, they had to prepare their own clothes and only put on a layer of armor on the outside.

So when the two countries were at war, the scene was very lively, just like the New Year for modern people.

Both sides were dressed in colorful clothes, but their weapons and attack directions were different.

Even a powerful state like Qin was unable to provide each soldier with a set of clothes during the war with Chu, let alone other countries.

Only when Fusu produced 20,000 pieces of cloth in a month did it become possible to solve the clothing problem of the army soldiers.

The Qin State was a country that combined farming and warfare, and its ministers were both civil and military.

The idea proposed by Meng Tian was deeply welcomed by the generals.

Zhao Tuo immediately seconded the proposal, "Your Majesty, I think these cloths are indeed produced at the right time."

"Didn't your Majesty mention last year that he wanted to build an invincible army to shock the world?"

"The abolition of the conscription system and the adoption of the recruitment system, and the construction of a standing army according to the original Wei Wuzu regulations, itself requires a high price."

"At the very least, everyone should have two sets of clothes."

"Now that Mo Ge has solved this problem, it has solved the urgent need for building an army."

"Your Majesty deserves to praise Mo Pavilion."

The young man Zhao Tuo usually kept silent in the court. The generals behind him were the same as him, as if they had chosen to hide collectively after returning from the battlefield in South Vietnam.

Who knew they would stand up at this time? It really scared those corrupt people.

Recruiting soldiers to strengthen the army, Meng Tian, ​​Zhao Tuo, and the Nanyue army...

This is the strongest trump card of Qin II.

Not to mention, there was also Li Xin who was slacking off and snoring.

Among the beneficiaries of the old military merit system, those who were dependent on Qin II basically remained in Guanzhong.

It seemed as if they all expected that the so-called feudal system was just a cover.

Now it seems that this move was extremely correct.

Once the right time comes, they will automatically stand up to help Qin II remove the obstacles that threaten him.

Now, the ministers were even more cautious and were unwilling to support, but also afraid to oppose.

Once the nobles with military merit took the lead, Qin II's side became very powerful.

Zhang Cang immediately praised Mo Ge, "Not to mention five cities, even fifty cities can be built."

"Twenty thousand rolls of cloth a month, with only one thousand people working, this was something the Qin State could not even think of."

"If the Qin kings knew about this, they would be smiling in their graves."

"We couldn't afford to repair it in the past, but now that Qin can, we must repair it even more."

"I originally thought that those ideas were simply out of reach. Now it seems that the problem of providing clothes for all people can be solved."

"Is there anything that our Great Qin can't do?"

After Zhang Cang said this, the people from the Censorate also followed suit and made their own memorial.

As the new Imperial Censor, Feng Jie did not dare to speak easily. He could only look at his father again and again to see if he could give him any hints.

Most of the ministers were discussing it.

However, Qin II was not carried away by this good news.

Instead of being ecstatic, Qin II looked at who were the majority who remained silent this time.

Almost no one in the court supported him except the legion forces behind Meng Tian and a few upright people in Zhang Cang's group who shouted at the top of their lungs but it was useless.

Fusu also looked at Wang Wan specifically, hoping that the old man could give him some support.

As a result, Wang Wan did not speak a word from beginning to end.

This made Fusu depressed.

Building a city was a trivial matter for the former Qin Empire and did not require anyone's consent.

Building a city is nothing more than reclaiming wasteland, repairing the city, constructing houses, diverting water, setting up drainage canals, and establishing markets. In other words, everyone can build houses.

But now what Qin II said about building a city is not such a simple matter.

He wants to continue to expand production, create jobs, and provide jobs for more people. This is a question of the future policy direction of the empire.

Should we open the gates to allow the people to enjoy the fruits of inventions created by the imperial elites, or close the doors to allow only the imperial elites to use them internally?

This court meeting ended in a bad mood.

Fusu seemed to have returned to the afternoon of more than ten years ago, when his father Ying Zheng obtained the papermaking technique. Fusu thought this was a good opportunity for the people to learn knowledge, but the result disappointed Fusu.

Paper was circulated only among the nobility.

After working hard for more than half a year, the result was nothing but a monopoly by the aristocracy.

But it was obvious that the people who liked to laugh at me the most for inventing things were the nobles. They always said that I was not doing my job properly and that being a craftsman was a menial job.

Only the lowest-ranking people in the palace accompanied him in making paper.

The result was that the nobles enjoyed paper, while the officials and common people could only hope to read the laws and learn the characters, but had no right to use it at all.

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