Chapter 85: Chapter Eighty-Five: The Way to Manage Hexi
Chapter 85 Chapter 85: The Way of Managing Hexi
Fusu knew very well that turning the land west of Hexi into an important commercial port in the Qin Dynasty was not as simple as building a huge city. He also had to fully consider how to attract merchants from the Western Regions to Ganzhou City. Not only did he have to attract them, but he also needed to
Keep them.
The most important thing is to ensure the safety of these people on the way to Hexi. Natural disasters are unpredictable, but man-made disasters can be avoided by helping.
Fusu thought of the Silk Road, so Fusu secretly decided to put the Silk Road on the stage of history in advance.
The next day for the court meeting, the ministers gathered in a large tent in Ganzhou City. This was where Shusun Tong's temporary office was located. Since the Duhufu was still under construction, tents became the best choice for temporary arrangements.
Taking advantage of the opportunity of the court meeting, Fusu put forward all the strategies for managing the land in Hexi that he had thought up last night:
First of all, the Shang Duwei Mansion was set up in Ganzhou City to specifically manage foreign merchants doing business in Hexi. All foreign merchants doing business in Hexi need to register with the Shang Duwei Mansion. As long as they are registered merchants
, all the treatment is the same as that of the people of Qin Dynasty. What is commendable is that as long as these foreign merchants register in the Shang Duwei Mansion, they no longer need to do any registration. They only need to hold the business festival issued by the Shang Duwei Mansion (similar to
Later generations of business licenses, but more like a combination of business licenses and ID cards), can travel in Hexi without hindrance.
Secondly, in the city of Ganzhou and the other three county offices, the various counties built buildings such as post offices, stores, warehouses and shops, and rented these shops and buildings to merchant caravans at low rents, regardless of foreign merchants.
They are all businessmen from the mainland of Da Qin, and they are all treated equally, and their rental rates are the same.
The third step was to form the Great Qin Merchant Protection Army. Fifty thousand soldiers were selected from the Great Qin soldiers to form an army specifically for protecting trade routes. They were divided into several groups to patrol along the trade routes from the Great Qin to various countries in the Western Regions, and to protect merchants from various countries who went to the Great Qin to do business.
Finally, he mobilized elite soldiers and generals to form thirty Qin envoys to Yanqi, Qiuci, Wusun, Shule, Loulan and other countries in the Western Regions, as well as many cities in the Mauryan Dynasty, to discuss with these countries the opening of ports for trade.
Fifteen of these thirty missions were prepared by Fusu for the countries in the Western Regions, and the remaining fifteen were arranged by Fusu to go to the Mauryan Dynasty. Fusu also planned to add ten people who were good at surveying and mapping to each mission.
Soldiers, let them secretly map out the general geographical information of the Western Regions countries and the Mauryan Dynasty for future conquests.
After listening to Fusu's strategy for managing the land west of Hexi, the ministers didn't know what to say. They felt that it was a waste of time and money, and they had nothing to say because Fusu had made arrangements that they had never heard of.
Whether it was the Great Qin State building a trading post or sending thirty envoys to the countries in the Western Regions, they had never thought about it. As for the Maurya Dynasty mentioned by Fusu, they had never heard of it.
"Sir, I, the Qin Dynasty, are the rulers of this world. All the countries in the Western Regions are barbarians. Why do we waste our people and money by interacting with these barbarians? Isn't it too childish?" After hearing Fusu's plan, an old minister objected.
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"Yes, sir, our Da Qin occupies 89% of the world. Can we send thirty missions to the remaining 20%?" Another minister echoed.
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Due to the lack of geographical knowledge during the Qin Dynasty, these courtiers did not know how big the world they were in was, so they naturally thought that the Qin Dynasty accounted for most of the world. After all, the Qin Dynasty was established after wiping out the Six Kingdoms.
In their cognition, except for Da Qin, no country can be as big as the Seven Kingdoms, so in Fusu's view, they have the arrogance of sitting in a well and looking at the sky, but this cannot be blamed on them, after all, "Fusu's" geographical cognition
It's not something they can compare to.
After hearing the objections of the ministers, Fusu did not refute or explain anything. Instead, he told the ministers that he had made up his mind on the matter. After all, these ministers had no idea about the vastness of the Western Region and the wealth of the Maurya Dynasty. They had to wait for those who were on the mission.
They would only know something about it after the mission came back. At this time, Fusu's explanations would be in vain, because these ministers knew very little about the countries in the Western Regions and the Mauryan Dynasty, and explanations would be in vain.
Seeing that Fusu was determined to do these things, the ministers did not raise any objections.
Seeing that the ministers were a little unhappy and obviously had some opinions on the decision he had just made, Fusu glanced at these people and then looked at Shusun Tong and spoke.
"General Protector, I wonder where is the fertile land that I gave to these ministers before? Is it properly arranged?"
After hearing what Fusu said, Shusun Tong immediately understood Fusu's intention. He had just decided on the strategy for Hexi despite the objections of these ministers, which made these ministers dissatisfied. Fusu immediately threw out "candied dates"
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When they heard Fusu mentioning the fields that had been awarded to them, these ministers looked at Shusun Tong with bright eyes, and their dissatisfaction was immediately wiped away. They were eager to know how the arrangements for their fields were going.
"Sir, my lords' fields are just outside Ganzhou City. I have arranged for soldiers to cultivate them. If you lords are willing, I will immediately send someone to take you to take a look."
All the ministers nodded and urged Shusun Tong to take them to see their respective fields.
It stands to reason that with Fusu's current prestige, there is no need to take into account the objections of these ministers. The reason why Fusu did this was that he did not want to dampen the enthusiasm of these ministers. If he became too powerful in the future, the enthusiasm of these ministers to give advice would be dampened.
, then no ministers would be willing to tell the truth anymore, which would be too dangerous for the Qin Dynasty, because an emperor who no ministers dared to refute could easily lead the country into a military situation.
In fact, Fusu had secretly ordered Shusun Tong to arrange for his soldiers to cultivate the fields he had given to the ministers. After all, he still owed the ministers a lot of money for issuing bonds of the Qin State. If he did not implement the land awarded to others, he would
It's a bit unreasonable.
Three days later, Fusu led his troops to leave the land of Hexi and embarked on the return journey to Xianyang, because the ministers had truly seen the effectiveness of Shusun Tong's governance in Hexi, and they also helped him take care of the Fusu area.
Su rewarded him with the land, so they all started to praise Shusuntong for his ability in border management.