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Chapter 73: Opening the warehouses to release grain, the Qin Dynasty is destroyed! (Subscribe!)
The First Emperor was particularly irritable.

No matter how I think about it, my memory stops at the moment when the banquet started.

I really can't remember what happened next.

The prepared contract was still safely placed in my arms.

Meng Tian stood there with his head down, sweat pouring down his face!

I remember having a drinking contest with a guy named Li Yuan last night.

I forgot all the process in between.

When he woke up, he was still called out of bed by someone sent by the First Emperor.

at this time.

A burst of triumphant laughter came from outside.

Yang Guang walked in from outside: "Haha, I didn't expect you to be up already, Lao Ying. You haven't eaten yet, right? The food and drinks are ready, let's continue!"

The First Emperor's face changed, and the smell of alcohol was still on his body.

Just keep drinking.

With a bitter face, he said, "Old Yang, can we talk about it tonight? I haven't had any wine yet."

Yang Guang stroked his chin.

"That's not good. The Ministry of Revenue is waiting for the opening wine."

The First Emperor was stunned for a moment: "Opening wine?"

Yang Guang nodded: "Yes, one million dan of grain is not a small amount. We need to find a lot of workers. We have to drink a start-of-work wine before we start the work."

The First Emperor blinked and said, "One million dan of grain?"

Yang Guang looked at the First Emperor suspiciously: "Old Ying, you are not drunk, are you?"

The First Emperor shook his head: "How is this possible? With my alcohol tolerance, I might drink too much, but it is absolutely impossible for me to lose my memory after drinking too much!"

Yang Guang understood what he meant. He used to be stubborn but later he asked the Ming Dynasty to teach him how to behave.

"Aren't you going to borrow food?"

The First Emperor was surprised and asked, "Old Yang, how did you know I wanted to borrow food?"

Yang Guang chuckled: "Look, he said he didn't drink too much."

"You were upset when we were drinking last night!"

"Da Qin is very short of grain right now and wants to borrow several hundred thousand dan. Considering the relationship between us two brothers and the friendship between Da Sui and Da Qin, Da Sui will directly provide you with one million dan of grain, which is equivalent to about 60,000 tons from you, to help you through this difficult time."

"The Ministry of Revenue has already found the workers. They are just waiting to have a drink to start the work, and then start transporting grain to Daqin."

“Ahem, 60,000 tons of grain!” The First Emperor sighed that fortunately he didn’t drink the water, otherwise it might have dissolved in the water. “Is this true? Old Yang, you can’t lie to me!”

Yang Guang's face turned serious: "Who am I, Yang Guang? I think I'm a man of my words. I've got the contract, and I'm just waiting for your signature and seal!"

A guard presented the documents.

The First Emperor hurriedly took it to examine it.

The contract was written in the Sui and Qin languages.

The Sui Dynasty had many talented people, and many of them were familiar with the Qin language.

It is not a problem to write a contract in the Qin language.

After reading it, the First Emperor said excitedly: "Good brother, you really helped a lot. Lao Ying, on behalf of the Great Qin, I am extremely grateful. I won't say anything else. It's all in the wine. Today, I, Lao Ying, will risk my life to accompany you. I won't leave until I'm drunk!"

Yang Guang laughed loudly: "That's right, let's go, the Ministry of Revenue is waiting for us, the food will get cold and won't taste good!"

Li Si had a low alcohol tolerance and was despised by the First Emperor.

Arranged to return to Daqin to be responsible for receiving grain.

The driver trained by Yang Guang came in handy.

Zhu Ming went back and forth to get dozens of cars.

After one vehicle was loaded and towed away, the remaining drivers took the opportunity to quickly load the next one.

Daqin
Li Si looked at the carts of grain and was so happy that he couldn't stop smiling.

With these foods.

The current crisis of Daqin can be overcome safely.

When he saw Zhu Ming, he held Zhu Ming's hands and was so excited that he was speechless.

"Old Li, I'll leave this to you."

"I'll have them move the grain directly to the grain storage point I asked you to designate before, so you don't have to shuffle it back and forth!"

Li Si: "That's great, that's great!"

"If we were to gather a fleet to deliver it, we don't know when it would be delivered."

"Not much to say, if you see a big house in the future, tell me and I will help you to report it!"

Zhu Ming smiled and said, "That's great. You should have the team gather here so I can take them back."

"You'd better arrange some smart people to learn how to drive."

"At least train some of your drivers!"

"You are very thoughtful. Leave this matter to me!"

It looks like a large truck can overtake a grain transport convoy.

Li Si thought it made sense.

"I'll leave this to you. I'm going to get busy now!"

Li Si patted his chest and said, "Go ahead and don't worry!"

Towards evening.

The First Emperor drank too much again and was sent back to rest.

For several days, the First Emperor felt that he was not awake at all.

"Old Yang, I won't say anything more. Go to Daqin to have some fun when you have time. By the way, who is your ancestor? I'll have someone take good care of him!"

"When I'm done, I'll definitely go to Daqin to take a look. I really don't know the ancestors of the Yang family in Daqin!"

Return to Daqin.

The First Emperor slept for two full days.

Only then did I recover.

He called Li Si and asked, "How is the grain issue going?"

Li Si said excitedly: "There are nearly 60,000 tons of grain in total, and they have all been delivered to the designated locations."

Hearing this, the First Emperor finally breathed a sigh of relief: "That's good, that's good, arrange it and distribute it to the victims!"

Fusu came to the study with a hesitant look on his face.

"Fusu, if you have something to say, just say it. Who are you trying to show your bitter face to?"

Fusu asked, "Father, I heard that the Emperor of the Sui Dynasty was a tyrant!"

The First Emperor snorted coldly: "What are you talking about your Uncle Yang? What tyrant? To my Great Qin, he is a friend!"

"When it comes to cruelty, your father is even more cruel than your uncle Yang!"

Fusu advised: "Father, it is a great virtue to correct one's mistakes as soon as one realizes them!"

After finally recovering, my head hurt even more: "How do you want Father to change?"

Fusu: "If you keep company with the good, you will be good. If you keep company with the bad, you will be bad. Since Yang Guang is a tyrant, how can we use their grain? I think that we should stop dealing with the Sui Dynasty and return the grain. A gentleman will not accept food given out of pity. I will definitely raise enough grain to resolve this crisis."

Li Si was shocked: "Your Majesty, you must not do this!"

"Sir, have you ever thought about what will happen if you can't raise food?"

Fusu: "I plan to sell my house. Even if I have to spend money to buy it, I must buy enough food."

"I am already doing this!"

The First Emperor was very disappointed, but he suppressed his anger because this was the trumpet that he had poured a lot of effort into.

It's not something that can be discarded just like that.

Zhu Ming couldn't bear it any longer: "Fusu, it's a good idea, but it will take time for you to collect food. How are the people going to survive during this time?"

Fusu said confidently: "Find someone to tell them stories and improve their cultivation, and then we can resolve it!"

Zhu Ming was stunned: "Spiritual food?"

Fusu was stunned: "Yes, you are a bosom friend. Just four words sum up my thoughts."

Zhu Ming felt that Fusu lacked a lot of social beatings: "Brother Zheng, I think you should lock Fusu up, give him a cart of bamboo slips, and no food. Let him starve for a few days to see if the spiritual food he mentioned can satisfy him."

When the First Emperor heard this, he thought it made sense.

"Come here, throw Fusu into prison and forbid anyone to visit him."

"Don't give him any food during this time!"

"Remember to send a cart of bamboo slips in so that Fusu can have more spiritual food!"

Take Fusu away.

The First Emperor looked depressed.

"Alas, with Fusu in this state now, what future does Daqin have!"

"Hu Hai is so cruel, can't Fusu learn a little from him?"

Zhu Ming said comfortingly: "You still need some martial arts beatings and less contact with corrupt scholars!"

The First Emperor hesitated and said, "Old Yang's three grandsons are studying with you, as are Daming's grandsons. Can I send Fusu over there to train him as well?"

Zhu Ming nodded: "Okay, I'll make arrangements when the time comes and make sure he feels the beating of society."

Qin Shi Huang: "Then I'll leave it to you. To be honest, none of your brother's children are up to par."

"Sometimes I wonder if unifying the world has exhausted the luck of the Qin Dynasty!"

"Even if I practice the trumpet now, I don't know if it will be too late."

"What if it's still the same? What a waste of time!"

"Let's not talk about him anymore. Let's talk about food. Sixty thousand tons of food is enough for Daqin to survive the crisis, and there will be a lot of surplus."

Li Si: "Then I will open the granaries and release grain from tomorrow so that the victims can receive it?"

The First Emperor: "Okay, but someone needs to keep a close eye on them to prevent the remnants of the six kingdoms from causing trouble!"

Zhu Ming shook his head: "I think you should not open the warehouse to release grain."

Li Si was shocked: "If we don't open the warehouses to release the grain, what will happen to the disaster victims? Are we going to abandon everything?"

The First Emperor frowned and said, "Most of them are the remnants of the six kingdoms. It's not that we can't give them up. We just need to protect the old Qin people."

Zhu Ming was stunned for a moment: "Are you guys misunderstanding what I mean?"

Isn’t this what it means when Qin Shi Huang and Li Si have question marks on their heads?
Li Si asked curiously, "Brother Zhu, what do you think?"

"I can't say I have a brilliant idea, but I do have a suggestion, which is to use work-for-relief!"

The two of them blinked in confusion: "Work-for-relief?"

Zhu Ming: Work-for-relief means "working instead of relief." You use grain as wages and let the victims build infrastructure instead of directly opening warehouses to release grain.

After hearing this, the two of them immediately understood.

The idea of ​​using work as a substitute for relief first emerged in the Spring and Autumn Period.

However, the two are still not very clear about the advantages and disadvantages between the two.

Li Si felt that he, as the prime minister, needed to learn more.

But since they are from later generations, their knowledge is definitely not comparable to mine.

"Brother Zhu, I roughly understand the work-for-relief policy. I think it is better than opening warehouses to release grain. But is there any advantage? Please explain."

Zhu Ming scratched his head and said, "Let me make it up now."

"Opening the granaries to release grain is nothing more than the court directly taking out grain to help the victims."

"Among these, a lot will definitely end up in the pockets of corrupt officials!"

“Basically, everyone is greedy from top to bottom.”

"All dynasties have learned lessons from blood!"

"Moreover, some people who can afford to eat will pretend to be disaster victims and receive the free food when they see it. This way, the number of 'disaster victims' will continue to rise."

"As a result, less food will reach the mouths of the real victims."

"Even if you have more food, it's not enough for disaster relief!"

“Is this relief for disaster victims or a free nationwide food distribution?”

The First Emperor thought about it seriously and said, "It is indeed possible."

Meng Tian said: "If I exchange the grain for wine, even if it doesn't taste good, but it's free and the quantity is large enough to satisfy my hunger, maybe I will disguise myself and go get some wine!"

Zhu Ming:

"They are all disaster victims, you can't expect them to pay attention to personal hygiene!"

"Opening the warehouses and releasing grain will definitely cause a large number of disaster victims to gather together in a short period of time."

“It could easily lead to the spread of the plague.”

"Your dynasty basically has no way to deal with the plague."

"It's better to be surrounded in one place and live or die by your own luck!"

"It's even possible to kill them all directly in order to stop the spread of the plague!"

The First Emperor nodded and said that there was a plague in the past.

It's not like I haven't done that before.

There is really no way to stop it.

I once read in bamboo slips that when the plague came, it was like hell on earth.

Zhu Ming:

“Opening the warehouse and releasing the grain will easily lead to laziness.”

"I thought since there's food to eat, I could just find a place to lie down near the food storage!"

"When the grain is distributed, we can go and get some food."

"Exercise consumes energy, so lying down can help you live longer."

"By then, there will definitely be a large number of disaster victims gathered together."

"After collecting the food, find a place to bask in the sun."

“We even expect the disaster to continue.”

"They can wait to get food every day!"

Li Si thought for a moment and said, "If I were a disaster victim, I would get free food every day."

"Then I guess I can just lie down all the time and not go anywhere!"

Meng Tian: "Don't think too much. If you put the wine there, I will definitely stay there and not make any noise."

The First Emperor also agreed and enjoyed free food and drink every day.

Then why bother working so hard!
Zhu Ming: "Once they develop laziness, they may get used to it!"

"After the disaster, we can return to our normal lives!"

“They have trouble adapting!”

"It's worse than a disaster!"

"Or find out where else it's stored and go over there and lie down!"

“When a place is hit by a disaster, people come here after hearing the news!”

“People don’t farm anymore!”

"Anyway, we can just find a place to lie down when the time comes."

"As a result, a large amount of farmland was abandoned, food was in short supply, and a large number of refugees were caused!"

"You can imagine what this will look like in the long run!"

"What will happen to Daqin!"

The First Emperor was stunned. How could this be possible?

"Humph, you want to take my food for free? Dream on!"

"I will never let such a thing happen in Daqin!"

Li Si stroked his beard and said, "It's too scary. If a large area of ​​people lie down, it will be unimaginable!"

"Even the Sui Dynasty can't afford it!"

Meng Tian scratched his head: "Maybe all the soldiers under my command will lie down!"

"One hundred thousand soldiers turned into one hundred thousand lazy people basking in the sun."

"What should we do if we encounter a war?"

Zhu Ming:

"Open the warehouses and release the grain. The court will provide free food and drink!"

“This is unearned gain.”

"It's all clear in my mind!"

“It’s easy to be provoked by others.”

"Just think about it, if the nobles of the six countries told them that the court would not give them food tomorrow."

“What will they think?”

"I'm definitely unsure."

"There is no such thing as a free lunch. When the disaster victims become panic-stricken, someone might start shouting, 'Are there any kings, princes, generals or ministers who are not of the same race?'" A huge chaos would then break out.

The First Emperor's face changed drastically.

This is very likely to happen!

The decision was made immediately: "No, we cannot open the warehouse to release the grain, absolutely not!"

"It's really terrible. I never thought that opening the warehouse to release grain would have such hidden dangers!"

"If any one of them comes true, it will be a big trouble!"

"I took my previous thoughts for granted!"

Li Si was also stunned.

I originally thought that the food had arrived.

If the Qin Dynasty opens its granaries and releases grain, it can easily overcome this crisis.

Unexpectedly, things are more complicated than imagined!

Meng Tian couldn't help but ask: "Opening the granaries to release grain has so many disadvantages, what about using work in lieu of relief?"

“Will there be huge hidden dangers?”

Zhu Ming: "Work-for-relief has many advantages and can certainly solve the above problems."

The three of the First Emperor asked in surprise, "Is it really so?"

Li Si frowned and asked, "Let's not talk about anything else. Can the problem of official corruption be avoided by using work-for-relief?"

Zhu Ming shook his head: "That's just overthinking!"

"The corruption problem has not been solved for thousands of years, so how can it be solved by using work-for-relief?"

“Those who are supposed to embezzle will still embezzle!”

The three of them were stunned. They didn't expect Zhu Ming to say this: "Then why do we still need to use work instead of relief?"

Zhu Ming:

“Although corruption cannot be avoided, the scale and amount of corruption can be reduced!”

“It can reduce some corruption!”

Li Si took out a pen and a piece of white paper: "Can you explain it in detail?"

Zhu Ming:

"Work-for-relief certainly doesn't mean just finding something to do!"

"Let them dig a hole on the west side and get some soil to fill the hole on the east side!"

"Then dig a hole in the south and fill it with soil from the west!"

“It must be a detailed project!”

"The court can think about what kind of infrastructure is needed in the disaster area or its surrounding areas!"

"For example, reclaiming wasteland, clearing rivers and dredging water conservancy projects, and repairing official roads will definitely require a lot of labor."

"The imperial court can then arrange for these disaster victims to complete these projects!"

"Use money and food as reward!"

Meng Tian asked doubtfully: "It's a good idea, but I don't see how it can reduce corruption?"

Zhu Ming:

"The court arranges the project and makes a budget, roughly how many workers and how much food are needed!"

"Assign an official to be responsible!"

"Send someone to inspect it then."

"You said it was corruption, but the project is clearly there. If the progress is not completed, the court can convict you!"

"It took half a year to build a house, but you haven't even finished the foundation. There must be a reason. Investigate the officials responsible directly."

"If inferior goods are passed off as good ones, the acceptance officials will be directly held accountable."

"For example, if a road is guaranteed not to break down for three years, but it breaks down within three months, don't be polite, just kill those who deserve it!"

"In order to complete the progress, the responsible officials must think twice even if they want to embezzle money!"

"The inspectors have to ensure quality."

"This is not false accounting. It can be fooled. It's all obvious!"

The Emperor's eyes lit up: "It can indeed effectively avoid the problem of corruption!"

"The money and grain can be falsified, but the project is there."

"You can't fool people with this!"

You just need to manage the project manager and supervisor.

Li Si nodded repeatedly. He didn't dare to say that there was no corruption, but at least it would not exceed a certain limit!
Meng Tian couldn't help but ask, "Why don't they find other people, like their own servants, to do these things?"

(End of this chapter)