At this moment, Zhao Shu was confused.
He has plenty of ways.
However, these methods are all a Pandora's box. Once opened and not operated properly, it will turn into a devil.
Zhao Shu did not want to tell Qin Wangzheng these methods before he was absolutely sure.
Otherwise, with the character of Qin Wangzheng, he will definitely use it indiscriminately if the war requires it and the court is short of food and grass in the future.
When he thought of this, Zhao Shu couldn't help but smile bitterly and said: "Your Majesty, there are only three ways for the general to do this now."
"One of them is to attract big businessmen to participate, and then exchange the land of the new city and some future plans for the money and food of these big businessmen to invest in its construction."
"It is equivalent to exchanging land and the right to sell the buildings built locally in exchange for money and food investment."
"Doing this will not be conducive to the imperial court's control of the new city, and will also expose the secrets of the new city in a short period of time."
"Another strategy is to develop the real estate economy. Although the imperial court implements a highly centralized planned economy, as long as the imperial government offices, major merchants, and even aristocratic families are aware of what is happening in Shanglin New City."
"As long as we publish the planning map of Shanglin New City, blur the information about the university palaces, and build them as palaces."
"Then, build shops, restaurants, form a commercial street, build mansions, etc."
"As long as the news is released, the closer to the academy's residences and shops, the prices will be extremely high. And when this news comes out, in the future, the prices will skyrocket if it is near the academy."
"Because the closer you live, the more convenient it is to go to school. In addition to the court's compensation for the fallen soldiers of Great Qin's elite, as the place where Great Qin first developed its academy, it must be the place with the strongest teaching staff."
"And in this way, as long as it is stipulated by the imperial court that schools can only go to school according to the place of residence, those wealthy families will inevitably raise the price of mansions near the academy in order to let their children go to good schools, and then use this to drive a series of developments around it ."
"We all know that it leads to the fate of businessmen, but from your description of the real estate economy, I only understand half of it."
Qin Wangzheng's eyes flashed with light. He had no solution to the lack of money and food. He could only think of increasing taxes.
But Zhao Shu gave him three ways to choose, each of which was feasible. Although there was still one that he hadn't mentioned yet, he believed that with Zhao Shu's character and way of doing things, the third one was more feasible. amazing.
The further back you go, the more feasible the countermeasures will be.
"Your Majesty, the real estate economy refers to the economic relations between people that take real estate as its object, that is, the production, distribution, exchange and consumption of real estate."
"In the past, most of the time, the imperial court regarded real estate as a means of reward rather than a commodity."
"In the end, real estate will just be regarded as a new type of soap..."
After Zhao Shu's explanation, Qin Wangzheng roughly understood what it meant, and he pondered for a while and said.
"I generally understand, let's talk about the third method!" Qin Wangzheng took a sip of warm wine and looked at Zhao Shu and said.
Zhao Shu, who had just taken a sip of old rice wine, said in a deep voice: "With the great Qin court, and even with the prestige of the King of Qin, we issue national debt."
"Treasury bonds, also known as national public bonds, are creditor-debt relationships formed by the country by raising funds from society based on its credit and in accordance with the general principles of debt."
"Treasury bonds are a type of court debt issued by the court to raise financial funds. They are debt certificates issued by the court to investors and promise to pay interest within a certain period of time and repay the principal upon maturity."
“Since the issuer of national debt is the state, it has the highest creditworthiness.”
At this point, Zhao Shu's expression became solemn, and he turned to Qin Wangzheng and said: "Your Majesty, the national debt is actually equivalent to borrowing money from the public based on the credibility of the Qin court and the king."
"For example, in Shanglin New City, for example, when issuing national debts, the public must be informed of the purpose of these national debts, how long they will be borrowed, when they will be returned, and how the profits in the process will be calculated."
"All this requires is that the national government agency establish a contract with the people, and then collect the idle money and food from the people to build Shanglin New City."
"Once it is unable to repay when it is due, it will lose the credibility of the government agency, as well as the credibility of the King and Great Qin."
"When Lord Shang carried out his reform, why did he have to establish trust in vain? I think the king knows better than the general the serious consequences of the loss of credibility of the government agencies."
"If the court breaks its trust, it will lose the support of the people. This is a double-edged sword. Try not to issue national debt unless it is absolutely necessary."
"Besides, the current Qin Dynasty's thousands of common people are not wealthy. Even if they issue national bonds, only aristocratic families and merchants will claim them."
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After listening to what Zhao Shu said, Qin Wangzheng pondered for a long time, and then said to Zhao Shu: "The first method is not advisable, the third method requires caution, and now the second method will be the main one."
"Wait until next year. It will be up to you to coordinate at this time. If the real estate economy cannot succeed, we will issue national bonds."
"A few people will not break their trust to the world, and the government agencies will not break their trust to thousands of people. This is the bottom line. Anyone who dares to mess up will be punished according to Qin law."
"promise."
Nodding, a glint appeared in Zhao Shu's eyes. In fact, he still had many ways to make money, but no matter which one he used, unless he used administrative power, he would not be able to make as much money as before.
Last time, the merchants in Daqin almost spent part of their money for soap in order to improve their merchant status.
With the nature of these merchants, it is absolutely impossible for them to continue to endure the pain of cutting their flesh, unless the court provides actual benefits.
However, Zhao Shu also knew that what the Qin court, headed by Qin Wangzheng, wanted now was stability and unification of the world.
In this process, it is impossible to rashly enhance the status of merchants and compete with the most powerful schools of thought and aristocratic families.
After leaving Zhangtai Palace, Zhao Shu looked at the sky and shook his head helplessly.
The year is getting closer and closer, and the weather in Xianyang has become bitingly cold. After staying outside for a long time, my whole body feels cold.
Under Zhao Shu's order, construction of all major projects has been stopped, and corvées everywhere have been sent back.
At least those in Shanglin New City are like this.
At this moment, the only people in Shanglin New City were the prisoners and surrendered troops obtained through the war. Even they did not continue to work, but rested in Shanglin New City.
Zhao Shu is by no means a cruel person.
He knew in his heart that in winter, even if construction started, he would not be able to make much progress, and many people would die.
It's always bad if too many people die. When the news comes out, Qin Wangzheng and him will have a reputation for cruelty.
This is not good for Da Qin.
