The finance minister knew that he was deliberately deceiving him, so he had no choice but to agree.
It's better to have a piece of flesh cut off from your body than to have your home confiscated.
He only agreed while wiping his sweat.
Cheng Qianxun sat there and said with a smile: "What kind of tax are you raising?
Such a high tax is coming.
Why is there still no money in the national treasury?
It's not okay to have no money, but it's pointless to ask for so much money.
I just need to have enough money.
I can't make a living."
If you bring it or die, if you have descendants, let them earn it themselves.
If the city is destroyed, no matter how much money you save, it will be cheaper for others, and the more money you have, the faster you will die. " All the ministers nodded frequently, and they all said it was right.
But only they themselves know how many people can listen.
After the morning court, officials can request an audience.
Lagasi asked to be interviewed, and Cheng Qianxun met him in the side hall according to the rules here.
"The Queen made many people feel relieved today.
This guy really made too much money."
Lagasi said with a smile while sitting on the mat, but then asked doubtfully: "But I really don't know, why don't we do it more simply?"
" "Just tell me, do you mean killing him and ransacking his home?"
Cheng Qianxun leaned on the cushion and squinted his eyes slightly.
"Yes."
Lagashi might be doing it for Ekash, or for something else: "His property can buy enough food for five years, why not just buy it all?"
At this time, someone came to report that the old minister wanted to see him.
Cheng Qianxun asked someone to invite him.
He started politely and said tepidly: "Let's just listen to what he said."
When the old minister came in, he saw the queen sitting upright and Ragassi also sitting on the mat in front.
After saluting, he also sat down and began to explain the reason.
It is said that the finance minister is very popular and many officials are his relatives.
The queen is here this time.
Just for fear that they would be dissatisfied.
Cheng Qianxun asked gently: "So are you his relative?"
The old minister was stunned for a moment, then said: "A little bit..."
"Oh" Cheng Qianxun nodded fiercely, as if he suddenly understood.
The old minister's brown face immediately turned red, and he quickly defended: "It's just a distant relative, and I did it for the Queen's benefit.
The Queen immediately ordered him to be killed.
I didn't have any objections, but I was afraid that the ministers would have objections and refuse to work. " "If you are unwilling to work, there are other people, and they are not the only ones who know how to read."
Cheng Qianxun comforted him in a good voice: "If anyone quits, I can't let you down.
You are an old minister.
There shouldn’t be many honest ministers like you here.”
Hearing this, the old ministers all became light-headed: "The queen has given me a compliment.
If the former king was as sensible as the queen and willing to listen to me, how could he have ended up like that?"
Cheng Qianxun then asked about the former king, and the old minister saw that the queen was interested today.
So he started talking.
Not long after he ascended the throne, the former king was besieged by four kingdoms.
He was young and energetic, refused to surrender, and believed deeply in a group of slanderers, so he went out to fight.
The result was just that, dead.
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The old minister said sadly: "I said I couldn't defeat him, but he just didn't believe me.
He got dizzy after just a few words from those traitorous ministers.
We should hide.
If we don't want to be attacked from both sides, we can at least delay it for a while."
Cheng Qianxun chuckled: "He's not dead.
It's God's will why I'm here.
You don't have to be sad anymore.
Let things be in the past."
She turned to Lagasi and said, "Find two people to help repair the old minister's house.
If there is no money in the treasury now, we can repair one or two rooms a month."
"How can this work?"
the old minister said in fear.
"I said it's okay.
You worked hard for Ekash, but the houses you lived in were all dilapidated.
I checked with someone, and it is indeed good to live in the one you live in.
Others are not okay.
Even the slaves are from the past.
The old slave girl who bought her as a bride must not live in such a miserable state."
She said to Lagasi, "Don't forget it.
I will go and see it someday."
"Yes, Queen" Lagasi responded.
"No, no, no..."
The old minister was still modest.
Although he waved his hands, it could be seen on his face that he was extremely happy.
Cheng Qianxun smiled and said: "I also know that I can't kill those ministers at the moment.
After all, they are used to it.
It would be bad if it makes people panic.
So you should advise your relatives who are greedy too much.
Stop being greedy, otherwise, I will copy them all and give you his seat."
"This, this is not possible, how could I possibly do it."
The old minister still waved his hand.
"Of course you can do it.
I don't worry about letting someone else take this good job.
Okay, there's nothing to do.
You go back and rest first.
By the way, tell those relatives not to be too greedy."
Cheng Qianxun dismissed the happy old minister.
Of course the old minister was happy.
The queen trusted him and knew that he had worked hard for many years.
You also have to help him repair his house, what an honor it is.
As for the finance minister who needs to spend money to buy food, he has long forgotten it.
After embezzling so much money, some blood should be shed.
It would be better if he was removed from office, and the Queen might do it for him.
Lagasi said worriedly: "Queen, I agreed just now.
But building a house is not that easy.
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You need to use mud bricks.
Where can you find the money to make bricks now?
Even if you want to use mud to make bricks, you still need to transport them outside the city.
Fit clay mud back.”
Is it possible to scratch the heads of other ministers again?
Cheng Qianxun thought for a while and said, "I heard that some people left the city?"
"Yes," Ragassi replied: "Although the Queen said that if someone leaves, it will be deemed as giving up the house and all the property inside.
But some people still left."
Cheng Qianxun's eyes lit up.
Anyway, if no one lives in the houses here for a long time, they will break down: "Then tear down their houses and use the available bricks and mud to repair the houses.
One house is enough to repair one room."
Well, we will need space for business in the future, so you can go and plan it.”
Lagasi smiled bitterly and stepped on the east wall to make up for the west wall.
Probably only this queen could think of it.
Fortunately, all the bricks used here are mud bricks.
This kind of bricks are made by adding water to mud, grinding them with grinding tools, and drying them in the sun.
The advantage is that it is fast to build a house, but the disadvantage is that it is not strong.
After a generation, if the house is not repaired, it will basically be ruined.
The crisis is temporarily over, and the forced marriage of the four kings has come to an end.
Then we must find a way to consolidate the city in case one of them can't wait and brings troops to fight again.
Therefore, you must have enough food stored, eat well yourself, and no matter who comes to help rescue, if there is no food, you will only eat people.
In the morning of the next morning, before the ministers spoke, Cheng Qianxun had already stood up.
He stood in front of the sand table and pointed with his finger: "I want to dig a trench outside the city wall.
It is two meters deep and four meters wide.
How much is needed?"
day completed" Everyone was stunned, and the old minister asked: "Why does the queen want to dig this ditch?"
Cheng Qianxun smiled and said: "We still need to fill it with water, and the city's water will be collected there."
"But with water, the city wall may not be strong.
It will definitely collapse in less than ten years."
Some ministers muttered.
Don't worry about it for ten years, as long as it lasts for eighty-four days.
When he heard that it would take a month, Cheng Qianxun clapped his hands and said, "Then dig it."
The finance minister did not dare to speak and poked the minister next to him.
The minister said: "Queen, then money also needs people."
Cheng Qianxun looked at the Minister of Finance with a smile, making him tremble, wondering in his heart whether he was asked to contribute money and effort again.
I just scraped the grain yesterday and let him have a rest today.
Cheng Qianxun then said: "Aren't we going to open up business soon?
Merchants from the four countries will come.
Didn't we have to charge entry fees before entering the city?"
"Yes queen, take five sons."
"Then from now on, people with no money can also enter the city.
All they have to do is dig two baskets of soil for me.
If this person can't dig, others can help."
Cheng Qianxun stopped laughing and stood there.
There, he made a sharp stroke with his finger and drew a ditch on the sand table beside the city wall.
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She said loudly: "I don't believe it, this ditch can't be dug."
As soon as the news came out, people doing business in the four countries were all excited.
The tithe tax, how can there be such a low tax?
And if there is no entry fee, you can still pay for it with digging soil.
There is a place to sleep, there are military patrols, and big customers are personally escorted to the border.
But they didn't believe it, so they sent someone over to take a look first.
Cheng Qianxun sat outside the city gate, leaning on a mat, with linen cloth wrapped around the top and around the wooden poles to form a small tent.
She had to hold the battle herself, she couldn't let a fly spoil the pot of porridge.
"What, no money?"
the soldier shouted, and then pouted to the side: "If you don't have money, just dig the soil.
Just dig two baskets of soil for each person."
"Just dig two baskets of soil."
The poor man looked aside and saw many people digging.
After all, it was only five yuan.
Some merchants had clerks and slaves, even though they even paid their share of the city fee.
"Yes, do you want to go into the city?
If you want to go into the city, dig quickly.
If you don't want to go into the city, go to the side and don't block the road."
The soldier glared, and then shouted: "Next one."
Cheng Qianxun picked up the straw and took a sip of beer.
He straightened up, gently pushed it aside with his hand, and looked at the pit.
It only took half a day to dig more than three meters, and the city gates were opened everywhere.
They dug everywhere together, so that it could be completed in less than two months.
Then it depends on how long the moat, which is two meters deep and five meters wide, will block the city.
Cheng Qianxun stayed at each of the four city gates for three days.
More and more people are coming, dust is flying everywhere, and the speed is very fast.
Many people heard that digging pits into the city was free of charge, and some people from neighboring countries also came.
They often bring a basket of food, dig two baskets of soil, lift it up, dump it to the side, and then take the food to the city to sell it, which can make a lot of money for them.
The demolished house could be used as a market place, and at night it could be used as a place to spend the night in the open air by letting the vendors lay out mats on the ground.
Cheng Qianxun sat with the ministers in front of him on the mat, listening to the trade situation in the past half month.
"The entrance fee is ten silver coins."
The clerk looked at the record on the clay tablet and reported the number.
"It's just that little."
Immediately a minister shouted: "It's not as much as half a day ago."
"Yes, too few, too few."
The ministers discussed one after another.
The finance minister lowered his head, and you could still see a gloating smile on his face.
The income in half a month is not as much as half a day in the past.
It depends on what the old minister who is already responsible for tax collection has to say
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