Diqin Designer

Chapter 92 The King’s True Intention

Prime Minister Wang Wan put down his chopsticks and asked, "How does the king want to spread these things to the world?"

The king took out these things to show them today, definitely not to make a casual notice or decree to publicize the production methods, probably he had other ideas.

Ying Zheng said: "The Prime Minister really understands me!"

"I will be crowned the emperor. This is a great event for me, for the Qin Empire, for all the nobles, and for the world."

"Since this is a grand event, how can we not celebrate it with you all and the whole world?"

After hearing this, many ministers thought they understood: the king wanted to spread these things to the world when he was crowned emperor, in order to celebrate his becoming the first emperor in history and to have a universal celebration.

In this way, all the people will remember when the King was proclaimed Emperor, and will be grateful to the King, allowing the King to gain great prestige among the people.

Although these things were made by Li Nian, the king of Xianyang did not forget them when he proclaimed himself emperor and deliberately spread them out for them to use.

But the ministers still thought it was too little.

Ying Zheng then said, "Since we are celebrating together, we should do it on the same day and at the same time. We should send people to deliver these things to all parts of the country first, but keep them secret. We should agree to announce it to the world on the day I am crowned emperor. What do you think?"

After hearing this, all the ministers thought about it carefully and agreed that this was a feasible option. This would allow the whole country to celebrate together with all the people. This was better than announcing it to the world when the king proclaimed himself emperor.

When all the people of the world can truly feel the benefits of having Your Majesty be the Emperor, Your Majesty's reputation will surely rise to a higher level.

At this time, they finally understood why the king was not in a hurry to proclaim himself emperor, but wanted to set the time within two months. He intended to complete his plan within these two months.

Wang Wan said: "Your Majesty is wise, this method is wonderful, this is the way to celebrate and congratulate Your Majesty together!"

This incident will definitely be recorded in history books, and will definitely be emulated by future emperors.

In fact, of course, it would be best for the people of the world to promote the new plow, tofu, and thirteen spices as soon as possible, but the First Emperor and the Qin officials did not give priority to the people, but would first think about how to benefit their rule.

It is not the case that if something is beneficial to the people, they will do it or promote it. Even though the First Emperor currently felt the crisis of the Qin Dynasty and some changes had taken place, it would be too much to ask him to put the people first.

Ying Zheng said: "This method was not proposed by me, but by Li Nian!"

It’s Li Nian again!
The ministers thought to themselves.

Wei Liao said: "Although this method is wonderful, I think there are still a few points to be added."

Ying Zheng looked at Wei Liao and said, "Speak now!"

Wei Liao said: "Although the king had sent the new plow, tofu, and thirteen spices to all parts of the country beforehand, he kept them secret until the king proclaimed himself emperor. How could he attract the people on that day? How could he make the people believe that the king wanted to bestow favors on them?"

"I think it is not wrong to send the new plow, tofu, and thirteen spices to all parts of the country without showing it to the public, but we cannot hide it completely. We must create momentum in advance to attract the public's attention."

"For example, as for the new plow, you can spread the news that there is a new plow that is better than the old one, and it will be compared with the old one on a certain day, which is the day when the king becomes emperor. If there are people who don't believe it, they can go and watch." "When the new plow wins the competition, you can take the opportunity to say that today is the day when the king becomes emperor, and to celebrate with them, the new plow is specially given to the world. Wouldn't that be better?"

Wei Liao was the master of Han Xin mentioned in many rumors.

According to later historical records, he secretly left after the First Emperor proclaimed himself emperor. He believed that "if the King of Qin succeeds in conquering the world, all the people in the world will be captives, and he cannot stay with him for long."

Originally, he did have the idea of ​​escaping, but recently, he found that Ying Zheng had changed a little and was not what he expected, so he decided to stay and observe.

'The king's change must be related to that Li Nian. Who is he?'

Another reason why Wei Liao stayed was because of his curiosity about Li Nian. He wanted to meet this extraordinary man who could change even Ying Zheng.

After listening to Wei Liao's words, Ying Zheng thought for a moment, nodded and said, "I had never thought of this, fortunately the State Commandant reminded me, do you have any other suggestions? If not, then follow what the State Commandant said!"

Feng Jie's father Feng Quji said, "I have something to say. The method proposed by the State Commandant is more appropriate, but we must be careful not to sabotage it when implementing it. New plows are fine, but tofu and thirteen spices are both edible. If someone plots against them, it will be difficult to convince the people."

This is indeed a problem. It is still okay in the areas that Qin has completely controlled, but in the areas of the Six Kingdoms, although Qin has occupied those places on paper, it is still far from complete control. There are countless people in the local area who harbor ill will towards Qin.

When propaganda is being carried out in these places, there is no guarantee that there won't be people who deliberately sabotage, such as deliberately fabricating stories that tofu and thirteen spices are poisonous, and that they were used by the Qin Dynasty specifically to poison the people, or even making up some "evidence".

Ying Zheng raised his eyebrows. What Feng Quji said was very likely to happen. He ordered, "What Feng Qing said makes sense. This matter will be handed over to the State Commandant and Feng Qing. You should tell the two of you that I want to spread the world's things, not just these."

These four things alone can cause a sensation in the world. As for the others, could they also be made by the mysterious Li Nian?

After Feng Quji and Wei Liao received the order respectfully, a minister said, "Your Majesty, I think the recipe of the Thirteen Spices should not be spread to the world. It should belong to Your Majesty and the Qin Dynasty just like the snow salt. The people can just buy it. How can you let them master the recipe? Letting the people buy it will just increase the wealth of the Qin Dynasty."

He was following the example of the minister who had previously advised against spreading the salt-making method.

Before Ying Zheng could speak, Chunyu Yue said, "No, how can the thirteen spices be compared with salt? Salt is a necessity in daily life, while the thirteen spices are just a seasoning, but not a necessity."

"If we sell it to the world, the price will be too high and the people will not buy it. If it is too cheap, how is it different from making it by the people themselves? It is better to spread this method to the world to show the king's benevolence and virtue, and give up small profits for great justice."

There were some problems with Chunyu Yue's words, but they were partly correct. Thirteen spices were not salt and were not essential for people's lives. Ying Zheng rejected the minister's advice.

This matter came to an end for the time being, and Ying Zheng continued: "Today, the world has just been settled. However, to govern such a large world, we must have enough officials. If there are not enough officials, how can we govern the world? Today, I want to ask you, how can we make our Great Qin have enough officials?"

Wang Wan wanted to speak immediately to promote his idea of ​​a feudal system, but there was someone who was quicker than him, Chunyu Yue.

As soon as Ying Zheng finished speaking, Chunyu Yue stood up, but before he could open his mouth, Ying Zheng blocked his mouth.

"Whatever you want to talk about, I already know it. Today, we will not discuss the division of fiefdoms and counties, but only discuss how to ensure that Great Qin has sufficient officials."

(End of this chapter)