"What are you looking at?" Meng Yi asked as he walked to Shang Wen's side. Shang Wen didn't eat much at lunch and put down the tableware, which looked like a map. Meng Yi, who was watching the reports submitted from various places while eating, felt a little strange and put down the dishes and walked to Shang Wen's side and asked.

"Look at the map." Shang Wen said.

"What did you see?" Meng Yi asked.

"A lot. It's a mess. I don't know where to start." Shang Wen said with a sad face.

"Oh." Meng Yi felt that he couldn't help Shang Wen. Only oh as a reply.

"The military action against Wei is about to start, right?" Shang Wen asked.

"En. The latest telegram said. Our army and the Han army have sent a battalion of troops to conduct investigations and prepare to start an outpost." Meng Yi said.

"En. It won't take long. Wei Jun can be defeated, but after being defeated. What should we do?" Shang Wen looked at the map and asked such a question.

"En. Although defeating the enemy can reduce casualties. You can also pull out Wei Jun's Luca. But the significance of this. I don't think it is too much." Meng Yi said his own opinion.

"Even if we can expel Wei Jun, Wei Guo still lacks effective control methods to solve their taxation problems. Wei Wang has no interest in business anymore. If it weren't for this channel, I could get a generous toll. I I don't think they will take such a big risk against us." Meng Yi said.

"Yes." Shang Wen nodded.

"It's very simple to expel the Wei army. As long as our artillery arrives and fires a few shots, the problem can be solved. However, Wei Guo, and the problems of several other countries are still unsolved. The state imposes too much tax on these ordinary people. The people simply There is no purchasing power to buy our things. This is the fundamental problem." Shang Wen looked at the map and said.

"However, if countries do not tax revenue. Or reduce taxes. I think this is impossible. There are a huge number of nobles in various countries, and the existence of these nobles seriously makes the financial and taxation of various countries. In addition, the country, the nobles repeatedly levy taxes. The burden of the people is naturally huge." Meng Yi continued.

"You are right." Shang Wen nodded and replied.

"The problem is that at present, our country of Qin cannot destroy these noble forces by means of war. The Qin army has no way to solve the problem by force based on the current financial capacity. And it is not in line with the current strategy of Qin. "Meng Yi said.

"You said." Shang Wen said while looking at the map.

"What do you say is the foundation of these nobles?" Shang Wen thought for a while and asked.

"The foundation of the nobility?" Meng Yi asked.

"Yes, the foundation of nobility." Shang Wen said affirmatively.

"This. Blood. Status. And power." Meng Yi could say everything he thought of.

"Yes. Lineage. That's right. Lineage." Shang Wen nodded and said.

"These nobles are because of different bloodlines. They have such a land as an example." Shang Wen said.

"Actually, everyone is the same. There is no distinction of pedigree." Shang Wen smiled and said.

"These nobles. They are taking this bloodline. To distinguish. Actually. There is no such difference at all." Shang Wen said.

"It's just that, what is their foundation, the foundation of the economic foundation? If we want to completely solve this problem, we must know what their root is. These nobles have too many resources in their hands. But what are the fundamental resources? "Shang Wen asked.

"I don't know about this." Meng Yi shook his head and said.

"It can't be a bloodline. How much power can a bloodline have." Meng Yi said.

"I think. It's the land." Shang Wen said.

"Don't forget. Qin was also a country with developed agriculture before." Shang Wen said.

"Only after reforms did the State of Qin have the current taxation method for the purpose of collecting commercial taxes." Shangwen said.

"As far as it seems. The foundation of the nobles of various countries should be land. They rely on land to collect a lot of taxes. Although there have been new changes in some places, there is still basically no change." Shang Wen said with his hands. A gesture was made on the map.

"On these lands, there are all kinds of nobles, large and small, landlords. They rely on the land, and the standard for levying taxes is grain, but it is not worth much money in Qin. But it is the foundation of these nobles. We can only solve this fundamental problem after we knock down this foundation." Shangwen knocked on the map.

And Meng Yi on the side didn't even know what Shang Wen was talking about. He couldn't keep up with Shang Wen's reaction speed.

"I think so." Shang Wen sorted out his thoughts a bit.

"The foundation of these nobles is land. This is a hypothesis." Shang Wen said.

"The source of all of them is land. This land is their main economic income. The more land, the more economic income." Shang Wen said on the table. Meng Yi nodded.

"And the land needs someone to cultivate the land. They cultivate the land by renting it out. Then they give part of the harvest to the country, which is only the tax they have to pay. And the other part has to be handed over to the nobles and landlords." Shang Wen said.

"In this way, farmers and other ordinary people will pay a lot of taxes. In this way, naturally they will not be able to consume." Shang Wen said.

"En. It's just. How to solve this problem. You know. Qin was the same before." Meng Yi said.

"En." Shang Wen thought for a while.

"Land mergers." Shang Wen said.

"Land annexation?" Meng Yi looked at Shangwen unbelievably. Shang Wen even said such a method.

"Yes. Land merger. Let more land be merged. Let the nobles own more land. Let them spit it out. Very difficult. These nobles are very greedy." Shang Wen said.

"But, if you let them eat enough at once. What will happen?" Shang Wen asked.

"This." Meng Yi shook his head.

"I don't know either." Shang Wen said with a smile.

"Actually, my idea is capital. A lot of money. As long as there is a lot of money. These nobles will use the funds to buy land, so the land will be merged. Actually, land is regarded as a fixed asset. .Because he won’t move. But the funds are flowing. If we can give these nobles a sum of money, let them merge the land. Then they can solve part of the labor force. The surplus labor force will be transferred to other places, industrial and mining. Mercenaries for commerce, trade, military expansion, etc. These places need a lot of people and places." Shang Wen said.

"In this way. Then these farmers are also rich. They either join commercial activities. Or become cheap labor. Set up various industrial and mining enterprises to hire them?" Meng Yi asked, looking at Shang Wen.

"Yes. That's what it means." Shang Wen nodded and said affirmatively. At first, Shang Wen thought about how to revitalize this seemingly dead end. At present, nobles have no money, nor do ordinary people. However, Qin State has a lot of innumerable money, and almost all the six countries' gold has rushed into Qin State madly. Coupled with Qin State's continuous expansion, Qin State's gold reserves have reached an unprecedented height. King Qin was very happy for this. But Shang Wen couldn't be happy. If it weren't for Qin's use of paper money to press. Or there is a relatively complete financial system. I am afraid that it will not be long before these golds will have a huge devaluation effect. Let Qin's currency depreciate quickly, but that's it, Qin has already devalued to a certain extent.

It's really such a pressure, Shang Wen thought of a lot of ways. But there is no good way to revitalize these funds. Ordinary people have no funds in their hands. There is also nothing of the same value that can be borrowed. Shang Wen is also thinking about this issue.

In comparison, there are more things that nobles can invigorate. Various antiques and antiques. Exotic treasures. There is still a lot of land. Shangwen had been thinking about how to expand capital before, but many things couldn't destroy the original foundation and it was difficult to expand.

For example, a very simple thing. Shang Wen couldn't think about it. Qin State needs a lot of coal mines. Zhao State-owned. Just excavate. And they are all high-quality coal. However, only the nobles participated in the Zhao country, and the others did not participate in it at all. Although Zhao Guo also needs heating, the scale is not very large. There is also the workshop. According to Qin's inference, these places need Qin's loan, but it is surprising that they do not need Qin's loan. As a result, Qin's funds would not be able to go abroad.

Qin's current situation is very bad. Qin's commodities could not form a huge impact to hit the other side. On the other hand, Qin's capital is also very resistant to foreign expansion. These factors are pressing Shang Wen out of breath.

"Right." Shang Wen thought of this and suddenly remembered something.

"Is Zhao Guo a listed company in Qin State?" Shang Wen asked.

"Yes. Jia company." Meng Yi said.

"Engaged in coal mining, transportation, and utilization." Meng Yi said.

"En. The breakthrough starts here. In addition, for Wei Guo, we have also adopted this method to buy all the land. We weaken the control of the nobles over the land. Only in this way can we fundamentally change the current situation." Shang Wen Speaking of.

"How to do it?" Meng Yi asked.

"It depends on the State of Wei. If the State of Wei is a person who cannot be helped. We don't mind establishing a new government or a puppet regime." Shang Wen made up his mind to say.

"How to solve the Wei state problem, we still need to discuss with South Korea." Shang Wen went on to say.

"The prime minister. Zhao Guolai's telegram." At this moment the assistant walked in and said.