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

Chapter 1195: Cannot be limited to the present [Please subscribe*Please vote for the monthly ticket]

"Your Majesty, you are serious!"

Everyone in the Zhenxi General's Mansion bowed hurriedly and awkwardly, bending their waists low.

The reason they were able to win this battle, apart from their own perseverance and unity, was most importantly that the Grain Administration Office gave them whatever they asked for.

Without absolute logistical guarantees, they would not have been able to go out on the expedition so recklessly.

In the end, they caused such a big trouble for the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and the other party even apologized to them. How could they bear this?

"The rewards for the three armies will be distributed first to the families of the fallen warriors. As for all of you here, you will have to wait!" Chen Jian stood up and said to everyone.

The rewards were too much. Originally, they could have been taken out directly from the spoils of war or from the national treasury. However, now all the money in the national treasury had been used to calm down the price of goods. What he was waiting for was the gold from Dayuezhi to be deposited into the treasury in exchange for cash flow.

Not only did they fail to get the gold back, but the national treasury also had to set aside part of it to reward the three armies.

Therefore, Chen Jian could only give priority to rewarding the families of the soldiers who died in battle. After all, the living can still wait, but the dead cannot.

"Don't worry, sir. I will appease my subordinates soon." The generals nodded hurriedly to show their understanding.

They might be the first people in the world who won the battle but did not take away the spoils.

Chen Jian bowed again before turning around and leaving.

The banquet fell into deathly silence.

"Is Master Zijian mad at us and talking nonsense?"

Everyone is uneasy.

It was clearly their fault, but Chen Jian took the initiative to apologize. Isn't this because he is mad?
"Probably, maybe, possibly!" Luo Bing answered hesitantly.

Even if they were not in politics, they could roughly understand how much pressure the Ministry of Internal Affairs was under, but they messed things up.

"Let the Western Region Protectorate collect the spoils as soon as possible and send the gold to the royal city!"

Luo Bing thought about it and decided to just make up for it later.

"If it really doesn't work, let's loan out all the Suzakus!" The Chief Secretary thought about it and decided that in order to make up for the mistake as quickly as possible, he could only send all the Suzakus in the Zhenxi General's Mansion to escort the gold.

"In fact, we don't seem to need to go as far as Daxia!" The deputy general expressed a different opinion.

"?" Everyone looked at the deputy general in confusion.

"Will you take all your belongings with you when you go out to work?" the deputy general asked.

"You mean, the wealth of Dayuezhi is not to the west of Daxia, nor in the army, but remains in their Zhaowu City?" Luo Bing and others also reacted.

Zhaowu City is the ancestral home of the Dayuezhi and was once their royal capital. They went out for a period of nomadic life and when they came back their home was gone and they could not go back.

Therefore, the wealth of Dayuezhi is likely still left in Zhaowu City.

"That's right, no one would carry their family property around." The deputy general nodded.

It was precisely because of this that after they annihilated the main force of the Great Yuezhi, they did not obtain much spoils and forgot about the matter.

Therefore, the wealth of Dayuezhi was divided into three places. The largest wealth remained in Zhaowu City, followed by their temporary country after migrating westward, and finally in the army.

"What are we waiting for? Send people to Zhangye immediately to find Zhaowu City. Confiscate all the inheritance of Dayuezhi and escort them to the royal city!" Luo Bing gave the order hastily.

It was too far from the west of Daxia to the Beiye Royal City, and it would take at least half the distance and time to get from Zhangye to the Royal City. The Chief Secretary and the Deputy General also withdrew from the banquet and sent elite troops to Zhangye to find Zhaowu City and plunder the wealth of Dayuezhi.

In the backstage, Yan Yan and others looked at Chen Jian who had returned and did not dare to speak loudly. At this time, they suspected that even their breathing was wrong.

If Chen Jian is provoked again, things will become serious.

"Why are you all looking at me? I'm not crazy. It was my fault in the first place and I shouldn't shift the blame to others. The Zhenxi General's Mansion is here to clean up the mess for our Grain and Grain Department. Helping is a favor, and you shouldn't blame me if I can't help!" Chen Jian said with a smile. He knew right from wrong very well.

Helping is a favor, not helping is your duty.

He should not have placed all his hopes on a large-scale military expedition.

This is a bad habit.

Especially since they are the first generation of Bingzhou, they will be imitated by later generations. The saying that ancestral rules cannot be changed will make it easy for later generations to follow their footsteps. When encountering the same thing, the first thing they think of is to start a war. This is not a good thing.

Chen Jian expressed his concerns. Even if Luo Bing and others sent the gold to Beiye Royal City now, he would not touch the gold unless it was absolutely necessary.

He wanted to find a new path for the descendants of Bingzhou, instead of letting them become militaristic and take militarism to the extreme.

"As expected of a man who has been the King of Qi, his vision is different!" Zhao Gao, An Qisheng and Li Ren all sighed.

If you have the best method, don't use it. You must create a new path, not for the present, but for future generations. This kind of vision cannot be achieved if you have not been a king for a few years.

This also served as a reminder to all of them.

They are the first generation of Bingzhou. Their every word, action and gesture will be imitated by later generations, and people dare not even disobey them.

Therefore, when they act and administer in the future, they should not only look at the present, but also consider future generations.

This is just like the princes before the reform, who blindly followed the ancestral system and followed the kingly way.

The best example is the State of Yan. When they had the ability to destroy the State of Qi, they tried to learn the kingly way, but ended up allowing the State of Qi to restore its country, turning themselves from a big country into a minor vassal.

"We should also encourage and reflect on ourselves!" Yan Yan said seriously.

They are the first generation, the first generation. They cannot only consider the present when doing things.

Changing one's orders every day is a taboo and also a danger.

Yan Yan was glad that he did not follow the example of the Han Dynasty in history and lower the marriage age to thirteen because of the population shortage in Bingzhou, otherwise the consequences would be unpredictable.

The Han Dynasty lowered the marriage age to thirteen, but the consequence was that successive dynasties never corrected it, leading to many deaths and difficult births.

"I'll go back to the royal city first!" Chen Jian did not stay any longer and took the lead in riding the Suzaku back to the Beiye Royal City.

Since he had no intention of using this batch of gold, he had to come up with new ways to calm down prices and the backlog of goods.

"Not enough gold, not enough coins, not enough copper ore, so... silver and paper money will make up for it!"

After returning to Beiye Royal City, Chen Jian actually found a solution.

After the Qin Dynasty unified the world, it unified the currency and transformed the currencies of various countries into the Qin half coin with a round sky and square earth shape. So why couldn't it issue a new currency?

Currency itself is a kind of equivalent. It can be copper coins, gold and silver, or even shells and leaves can become new currency as long as the country is strong enough and its credibility is solid enough!

Silver is not widely used in the world nowadays. It is mostly used as a pigment or in acupuncture by doctors, so the inventory of silver is very large.

(End of this chapter)