It's time!
Official lists are posted everywhere in Xianyang.
The soaring prices in various counties, counties and Xianyang City were caused by wealthy and unkind merchants.
What they did violated the laws of the empire, and they were the merchants who drove up prices at tomorrow's vegetable market!
As soon as this list came out.
Suddenly, the other merchants who were keeping their duties were shocked and felt sad and happy at the same time.
Fortunately, they did not raise prices, otherwise they would be the ones to be punished.
The common people also understood the whole story under the explanation of the government officials.
They all yelled at the businessmen for being unkind and morally corrupt!
In turn, he praised the Eighth Young Master for serving the country and the people, and punished the profiteers.
The next day.
Xianyang City.
Caishikou.
One by one, the merchants were placed in prison cars and escorted over.
On the execution platform.
Dozens of executioners were holding large knives and their faces were full of flesh.
Under the execution platform.
Countless people gathered here to watch.
Everyone looked excited, raised their hands in the air, and shouted: "Kill these businessmen who are unkind for the sake of wealth!"
"Your Excellency is wise!"
"The Eighth Young Master is wise!"
On the supervisory stage.
Xiao He sat upright, holding the token, and shouted lightly: "You are businessmen, but you are speculating, raising prices, and making a lot of money for the country."
"Harm the interests of the people."
"If you violate the laws of the Qin Empire, you will be killed!"
Hearing the verdict, the people in Li became even more excited.
"Kill, kill these profiteers."
"Bah, it's unkind to be rich."
"He deserves it, and death by a thousand cuts is not an exaggeration!"
boom!
The officers and soldiers opened the prison car and took out the merchants one by one like chickens.
"No, my lord, please!"
"We really didn't know anything about it, and we didn't know that it would violate the laws of the empire."
"Spare us, my lord, please!"
The merchants were struggling, unwilling to move.
However, he was forcibly held down by the officers and soldiers, and he knelt down on the execution platform.
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu"
After being put on the execution platform, each merchant cried loudly and became incontinent.
Xiao He threw the token and shouted: "Behead!"
boom!
The token lands.
The executioner spit out a mouthful of wine and landed on the long knife.
Poof!
There was a muffled sound.
The long knife cut through the void.
The merchant's head was chopped off, and blood spurted out.
After a whole day of killing, Caishikou was filled with heads, dripping with blood, and rivers of blood.
The blood is soaring!
The news that the unscrupulous businessman was beheaded spread throughout Xianyang City in an instant.
The eldest son’s mansion!
Young Master Fusu looked gloomy, with a hint of fear, and said in a deep voice: "Eighth brother, I never thought you could be so iron-blooded."
Zhang Liang and Chun Yuyue also felt a little numb.
There were so many merchants, hundreds or even thousands of them, who were killed at will!
"The Eighth Young Master is so iron-blooded. We should have expected that this method would be useless to him."
Zhang Liang frowned, and Chunyu Yue sighed deeply.
As time passed, the incident spread to the entire world.
"What?!"
"Eighth Young Master is so ruthless!"
"There are hundreds or even thousands of merchants!"
"It seems that if you go against the Eighth Young Master, you will risk your life..."
All the merchants in the world were shocked by this. They did not expect that Ying Ziye would be so fierce. They were frightened and terrified.
They all put away their little thoughts, not daring to go against the rules at this time, or hoard goods for a while, etc.
It would be bad if he accidentally becomes the next one to be beheaded.
Xianyang City.
Eighth Young Master's Mansion!
Ying Ziye summoned Xiao He and Zhang Han.
"Master!"
"Eighth Young Master!"
The two bowed their hands and sat down.
"You two, the merchants who are driving up prices and disrupting the market have been killed."
Ying Ziye looked at the two of them with a solemn expression and said, "The market prices should be stabilized now."
"As for how to stabilize the market, I have a charter here. You just need to follow this."
As he spoke, he took out a charter full of regulations from the bookshelf on the side and handed it to the two of them.
"promise!"
Xiao He and Zhang Han bowed their hands.
At dusk.
Zhang Han bid farewell to Ying Ziye and left the Eighth Young Master's Mansion.
It's time!
In Zhangtai Palace.
"His Majesty!"
Zhang Han's figure appeared and he bowed his hands.
"Um!"
The First Emperor Ying Zheng glanced at Zhang Han and responded calmly: "What's wrong?"
"Reporting to your majesty, this is the Eighth Young Master's plan!"
Zhang Han presented the charter.
"oh?!"
The First Emperor Ying Zheng smiled with interest, took the memorial into his hand, and said in a leisurely voice: "I want to see if Midnight has any good ideas."
After unfolding the memorial, we can see that the above content was set in order to stabilize market prices.
First, since the empire uses books, documents, and carriages to track and unify weights and measures, it might be possible to set market prices.
Second, the imperial court should set a unified price range for the daily needs of the people, such as grains, vegetables, cloth, candles, medicines, etc., and the range should take a maximum value and a minimum value.
Third, depending on the local material conditions in counties and counties, prices fluctuate, and the prices of goods sold by merchants must not exceed or fall below the standard price range!
fourth……
All these are aimed at regulating market prices, restricting merchants from hoarding goods, etc.
The first point alone made the First Emperor Ying Zheng elated.
Books and documents are on the same track, and weights and measures are unified!
It is one of the most proud things he has done in his life.
The Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period were extremely chaotic, with numerous languages from different countries, and the methods and units for measuring the weight, volume, and length of things were even more different.
It’s really too confusing and complicated!
Therefore, manpower and material resources are wasted.
After unification, these unnecessary needs must be reduced.
And Ying Ziye actually used this idea to unify market prices.
As a result, merchants all over the world can no longer set the prices of goods as they please, so as to hoard goods and exploit the people for profit.
Later, the empire set a price range and determined the price according to local conditions. Prices were also variable and took care of the differences in each place.
"good!"
The First Emperor Ying Zheng praised it and ordered: "This strategy is feasible and can be done."
"promise!"
Zhang Han cupped his hands and bowed respectfully.
A few days later.
In Zhangtai Palace.
After the various Guanneihou and Chehou sent letters to Zhuoqinghou and received a reply, they all made up their minds.
At the same time, we also established contact with the following military knights, ministers, officials, etc. and reached a consensus.
They all decided to write to His Majesty the First Emperor together to force His Highness the Eighth Young Master to give up.
"His Majesty!"
The accompanying eunuch respectfully said: "These are the imperial dignitaries, including the Marquis of Guannei, the Marquis of Che, and the chief concubine, etc. They have submitted letters to me."
As he said that, he presented the memorials one by one on a tray and placed them on the table.
The First Emperor Ying Zheng opened the memorials one by one.
The contents of the petitions are all roughly the same!
They all pointed to the strategy proposed by Ying Ziye to recruit troops from the noble fiefdoms of the imperial marquises.
The First Emperor Ying Zheng looked at the memorials one after another, his eyebrows were furrowed and he was silent.
After a moment, he said calmly: "Summon the Eighth Young Master to come."
"promise!"
