Using money to win people's hearts? It's not a very clever method, but it's not bad either.
And if the enemy cooperates, then this method will become another situation,
Just imagine, when these prisoners of war return to their hometowns one by one with a sum of money that is not small for them, can they really keep the money?
Even if they can keep their money, Qin will make it impossible for them to keep it.
The people in the hall are all the Qin State's nine ministers and important ministers of the Qin State with the rank of nine ministers and above. As Ying Zheng's confidants, they all know that after five years of domestic construction and accumulation of national strength, the Qin State has been able to achieve large-scale
The land used troops to attack foreign countries, and Wei was the first target of Qin's attack.
Facing the pressure from the Qin State, the Wei State will definitely use all its manpower and material resources to prepare for war. At this time, a huge amount of money appeared in front of King Wei. Can he really withstand such a temptation?
It's difficult.
Just in an instant, Lu Buwei's subsequent plan appeared in the minds of several people in the hall.
"Prime Minister Zuo thinks how much money is appropriate to give to the prisoners of war of the Three Kingdoms?" Ying Zheng asked.
"A thousand dollars per person is appropriate." Lu Buwei said without any further hesitation. Regarding the measurement of money, he didn't need to think too much at all. It was the energy that was already engraved in his bones.
"One thousand dollars, the total amount is more than ten million, but it can be spent." Ying Zheng said.
"Your Majesty, is more than ten million dollars too much?" Wang Wan, Zhi Su Nei Shi, questioned.
In the Qin State, each copper coin had a net weight of half a liang, about twelve baht. If we use another concept, the weight of a copper coin is about eight grams, then the weight of 10 million Qin half-liang copper coins would reach 120
Eighty thousand kilograms, this is real bronze. If it is cast into weapons, it can be enough to arm an army of one hundred thousand.
How could such a huge amount of money not make Wang Wan, who was the governor of Suzhou, not feel distressed? He was an official in charge of money management in the Qin State, and every financial transaction of the Qin State had passed through his hands.
Hearing Wang Wan's words, everyone in the hall did not move at all, because they all knew that Ying Zheng was very good at spending money, just like he was very good at robbing money. For spending money, only if you have enough gains,
Ying Zheng has always been very generous.
Sure enough, I heard Ying Zheng say: "If the money of ten million is distributed, it will eventually return to the treasury of the State of Qin. However, in the process of the money being distributed, countless people can benefit from it.
Such things can still be done, and besides, in the Qin State
The highway system with tens of thousands of miles in the country was built by these people. Giving them a mere ten million yuan is nothing. If it were replaced by conscription of labor for construction, then ten million yuan can solve the problem.
It's over." Ying Zheng said.
Seeing that Ying Zheng had made his position clear, Wang Wan naturally didn't say anything more. He just raised the issues that should be raised in the position of Zhi Su's internal history. As for other things, it was not something he could decide, nor could he.
changed.
While the time for releasing prisoners of war was being discussed in Xianyang Palace, in a house near Xianyang Palace, the prince of Chu State, Wei Yong, the Sikong of Wei State, and the crown prince of Yan State, Yan Dan, gathered together.
The Qin State did not follow the traditional practice of placing envoys from various countries separately to prevent them from exchanging news and communicating with each other. Instead, they placed them together in an unconventional manner.
This surprised the three of them and made two of them a little more excited.
Regardless of whether Qin arranged for them to be together due to negligence or other reasons, it was a good thing for Yan Dan and Fu Chu.
"Yan Dan has met Young Master Fu Chu, Wei Sikong." Yan Dan, who took the initiative to invite Wei Yong and Fu Chu to his residence, greeted them politely.
"The prince invited me here, but for the sake of the prisoners of war from the Three Kingdoms?" Xiang Chu, who was nearly forty years old, seemed to be as impatient as a young man at this time and asked Yan Dan.
"Exactly, I don't know what Wei Sikong thinks of the next thing, Mr. Fuchu?" Yan Dan asked.
"Of course we want Qin to return the prisoners of war from the three countries as promised. If we knew that Qin actually used hundreds of thousands of prisoners of war to build Chidao, we would not have agreed to pay half of the prisoners for Qin under any circumstances.
Money and food are all gone." Fu Chu said with regret.
Hundreds of thousands of prisoners of war are hundreds of thousands of laborers. The Qin State only paid half of the money and food needed to provide for the lives of these prisoners of war, which was the limit of their power.
You must know that these prisoners of war can be used throughout the year, and if the country is normally required to serve as a labor force, it can only be used for labor service during the slack season. The time that can be really used for labor service in a year is only three or four months.
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If the Qin State used its own labor, then the Qin State would at least need to conquer several times the labor force and pay a greater price.
However, in fact, it took the Qin State only five years to build a Chidao system with a total mileage of tens of thousands of miles in the Qin State without increasing the labor of the people of the Qin State. Such a thing is
These people never thought of it.
This kind of thing is also something they regret deeply. If they had known the current consequences in advance, the Three Kingdoms would not have signed such a contract with Qin anyway.
There are only hundreds of thousands of prisoners of war. Although population is an extremely precious resource, it is also a renewable resource. Five years is enough for the three countries to make up for the population loss caused by these prisoners of war.
But for the three of them, the fact that the Qin State has completed the construction of the nationwide Chidao system at the minimum cost is irreversible. All they can do is to bring their prisoners of war back to their home country as much as possible. Only in this way can they
Try our best to make up for the losses of the three countries in this matter.
"It doesn't make much sense to say this now. What we should consider is whether we can successfully bring back our country's prisoners of war." Wei Yong said.
"Yeah, how do you bring it back? Are they willing to spit out the fat that has entered the mouths of tigers and wolves?" Yan Dan showed a sad look as he spoke.
"The King of Qin will never go back on his word." Xiang Chu didn't care much about Yan Dan's worries.
"Mr. Fu Chu, could it be that he has forgotten about his ancestor Huai Wang? Could it be that he has forgotten King Zhaoxiang of Qin?" Yan Dan said to Fu Chu.
"Yan Dan, you..." Hearing this, Fu Chu's face couldn't help but turn red. The fact that King Huai of Chu was deceived by King Zhaoxiang of Qin into Qin and never returned was a matter of concern to the entire Chu Kingdom for ten generations.
An unforgettable shame.
"Don't be angry, Mr. Fuchu. I didn't mean to mock the Chu State and Mr. Fuchu. I just wanted to remind Mr. Fuchu that it is not a once or twice thing for the Qin State to not listen to its feelings. In this regard, the Qin State is a habitual offender.
." Yan Dan said with a sincere expression.
For a moment, Fu Chu didn't know what to say, because Yan Dan seemed to have good intentions.