The Six Arts of the Gentleman in the Bright Moon of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 1178 Bingzhou's Countermeasures [Subscription*Monthly Ticket Request]

Chen Jian nodded, then looked at everyone and continued to assign tasks to each of them.

"Passively taking a beating has never been our Bingzhou character!" After Chen Jian arranged the key tasks, he finally started his counterattack.

Li Yao caused him trouble, so how could he not fight back?

"Your Majesty, please speak!" All the officials in the Grain Administration Office stopped their work.

Everyone was living a good life, collecting taxes, drinking tea, joking around, taking small breaks, and having a great time, but they had to create so much trouble.

If I don't have a good life, no one else can have a good life!
“Don’t provoke disputes between the two countries,” the eunuch sent by Yan Yan reminded.

"Don't worry, Special Envoy. I know what I am doing!" Chen Jian replied with a bow.

The eunuch didn't say anything else.

"I don't care what method you use, whether it's smuggling or sneaking, I will dump all the accumulated materials in Bingzhou into Qin!"

"But there is one thing. Whether you are smuggling or sneaking across the border, you must pay me the taxes you are supposed to pay, not a cent less. Otherwise, I will ask the Imperial Guards, the Red Flame Cavalry, and the Blood Cavalry to encircle and suppress you!"

Chen Jian said threateningly.

There is never a shortage of smuggling and illegal immigration, and the profits are terrifyingly high.

If someone said that there was no one involved in smuggling or illegal immigration in the Grain Administration Office, Chen Jian would never believe it even if he was beaten to death.

As officials of the Neishi Yamen, they could only exist because they turned a blind eye to these smugglers and human traffickers.

After all, for some taboo goods, only smuggling can bring down the price and stabilize it at a certain price.

For example, silk is not produced in abundance in Bingzhou, and it is difficult for ordinary people to get even one or two feet of it.

However, almost every official in the Neishi Yamen in charge of grain had a silk product in his hand.

No one would believe them if they said they were unaware of the situation. However, since this benefited everyone, all government offices chose to turn a blind eye and acquiesced in the existence of silk smugglers.

In addition to silk, this is also true for many other commodities.

Of course, everyone also knows that certain commodities are absolutely taboo, such as Bingzhou's war horses, armor, and weapons. Anyone who touches these things will die, and no one will save you or cover you.

The eunuch envoys and the envoys from the Prime Minister's Office all turned a deaf ear and pretended not to hear.

Which government office doesn’t have some gray income and shameful things?
The Grain and Grain Administration was in charge of taxation and knew and even supported a group of smugglers and illegal immigrants. This was normal and no one would care as long as they were not too excessive.

Besides, if anyone needs to intervene, that is the job of the Censor-in-Chief. If they intervene, it would be like a dog trying to catch a rat. Not only would they offend people, but it would also be a thankless task. The Censor-in-Chief would even scold them for meddling in other people's affairs.

"It's easy for us, but what if we are intercepted by the Qin State?" the adjutant asked hesitantly.

Chen Jianhu glared and glanced coldly at everyone present. "We are the governor of Bingzhou and the tax collector of Bingzhou. We have no mutual respect for smugglers and illegal immigrants. What does their smuggling have to do with us?"

"As for those smugglers who were caught, they make a living from this. Before engaging in this line of work, they must be prepared to be caught. If they don't even have this awareness, what are they doing?"

"What if they are intercepted?" the adjutant continued to ask.

"Just say that the warehouse was stolen and send someone to present a banner to thank the Qin State for helping us recover it." Chen Jian said without blinking.

“……”Everyone was stunned.

The goods you want to ship out are not just a few. Such a large quantity of goods was intercepted. If you say they were stolen, there is no way the Qin State will believe you.

"Without any documents issued by the government and without the shipping documents from the major workshops, are we wrong to say that it was stolen?" Chen Jian asked with a smile.

I don’t admit that I sold this product without any quality assurance. Can you bite me?

As for your claim that it is not made in Bingzhou? Sorry, this craft is only available in Bingzhou, and the products have the marks left by our Bingzhou workshops.

"What if Qin pursues the matter to the end?" the adjutant continued.

"Find Lord Zifei and have him pick out a group of death row prisoners from the Imperial Court and use them as scapegoats. Let them make use of their remaining energy and give them some bounty to leave for their families. I think many death row prisoners would be willing to do it!"

Chen Jian didn't do anything too extreme.

Everyone looked at Chen Jian in amazement. He openly discussed smuggling in front of the Ministry of Grain, one of the highest authority organs in Bingzhou, and even wanted to drag several government offices such as the Imperial Household, the Prime Minister's Office, the Ministry of the Imperial Household, and the Supreme Court into the matter. Only Chen Jian could do such a thing.

But as I said before, the profits from smuggling are really huge.

Even if so many government offices get involved, if the food is divided equally, everyone can have enough to eat.

What's more, even if it is smuggling, taxes must be paid, so they can even shut up the mouths of those above them.

This means that everyone from top to bottom has tacitly agreed to this matter.

The only risk is the smugglers and illegal immigrants.

But just as Chen Jian said, if you do this job, you have to be prepared to be caught.

Without risk, how can you get such huge profits?

This will be a feast for all the smugglers and illegal immigrants in the Qinbing border trade market. The authorities have taken the initiative to ask them to act as white gloves, which is something they never dared to imagine.

The only risk comes from the Qin State.

At least they don't have to worry about being caught in Bingzhou.

"The Qin State will go crazy!" everyone sighed.

"I don't know whether they are crazy or not, but as soon as they pour gold into Bingzhou, we will be crazy!" Chen Jian said coldly.

Although Qin State has not done this yet, Chen Jian has no doubt that Li Yao will definitely do such a thing.

Moreover, if the Qin State did not do this, they would not do this either. Otherwise, the large amount of goods that appeared would also cause trouble for Bingzhou.

So, they just took precautionary measures beforehand.

There was no surprise. After Wang Jian's army escorted the gold and jade back to Xianyang, Li Yao sealed them up immediately, and then used them to settle the money that Qin owed Bingzhou for so many years, and threw a large amount of gold and jade into Bingzhou.

"Bingzhou will go crazy if we do this!" Ying Zheng was also a little hesitant.

If the disaster is diverted northwards, once Bingzhou finds out, who knows how Yan Yan will react.

"This is a war without the smoke of gunpowder, killing people invisibly. Moreover, Your Majesty has underestimated Emperor Xuanwu and that bastard Chen Jian. They must have already prepared a response plan." Li Yao said indifferently.

A dead Taoist friend is not a poor Taoist.

He was still waiting to see how Bingzhou would solve the dilemma caused by the massive influx of gold, and then copy it.

Let your subordinates do it from scratch, and they may not be able to do it well.

But with Bingzhou going to test the mines, it would be much easier for them to just follow suit.

Ying Zheng said nothing, but just looked at Li Yao deeply. There are two people on the other side, and you are only one. Don't cry when you get beaten.

As for why there were two people in Bingzhou and only one person in Qin, Ying Zheng would not think about it. After all, in this kind of situation, whoever is not there will be embarrassed.

(End of this chapter)