Chapter 1070: Success in the East and Success in the West (Sixty-Three)

"Of course we have to go, but not now!" For Li Ru, there were too many things in the Han Dynasty that he could not understand. For example, in terms of academic disputes, in his opinion, academic disputes were better than those between countries. There was a lot of bloodshed in the battles, just like in the Qin State. In the past few decades, in order to unify the academic schools in the country, King Wulie of Qin killed many academic masters who opposed Li Ru. No one can compete with Li Ru anymore.

But on the contrary, in the Han Dynasty, although Gao Yuan used Jiang Jiaquan's academics as his governance method, he did not prohibit the development of other schools of thought. He even recruited many leaders of other academic schools to give lectures at Jicheng Comprehensive University. Debates between schools were held at Jicheng Comprehensive University from time to time. As the chief political advisor of the Han Kingdom, Jiang Jiaquan also attended such debates many times and engaged in heated debates with his opponents. In the words of Gao Yuan, the king of the Han Kingdom. , that is, a ruler is long and an inch is short. Only with competition can progress be achieved.

One flower blooming alone is not spring, but a hundred flowers blooming together fill the garden. This is Gao Yuan’s summary of this situation where various schools are competing with each other.

Li Ru once thought that Han Dynasty would cause some internal instability because of this, but the reality was exactly the opposite.

"Well, when Da Qin is gone, I believe everyone in Li will be very interested in going there to see it." Gao Yuan said with a smile.

"I'm afraid I won't live until that time!" Li Ru laughed. "Your Highness, King of Han, you have gained enough. The land of Han is yours, and the Kingdom of Wei has been captured by you. Your Highness, you want too much." , it’s very likely that you won’t be able to hold on until you can’t eat it.”

"The land of Han was given to the Chu State by you, so we snatched it from the Chu people, and the Wei State was originally ours. Li family, do you want to give us our own things as compensation? This is also How unkind! I have no doubt that when I tell the Great Council your conditions, they will make the decision to go to war without hesitation."

"Then what do you want?" Li Ru said angrily.

Looking at Li Ru, Gao Yuan thought to himself that this academic master was indeed not a suitable candidate for negotiation.

"For us, land is not a problem. I, the Han Dynasty, are big enough." Gao Yuan's face also became serious, "But this time, Qin took the initiative to provoke us and used force against our Han Dynasty, causing huge losses to our Han Kingdom. When Chao came, the two strategies of burning everything and looting everything were implemented in Yuyang. I think everyone in Li has heard about it. Hundreds of thousands of people in Yuyang are now homeless and have no food to eat. Don't they need compensation? ?”

"This is the price of war, and it is also an accessory of war. From ancient times to the present, there has been no compensation for this." Li Ru said.

"It didn't exist in the past, but that doesn't mean it can't exist now. There was no Han Kingdom in the past, but it exists now." Gao Yuan leaned forward and kept the pressure on Li Ru, "Our request is a war compensation of 10 million taels of silver. .”

"Ten million taels, are you crazy because of poverty?" Li Ru was shocked when he heard this amount.

"I am very poor, but I am not crazy!" Gao Yuan sat back, "I think that only a large amount of silver can calm the anger of our big council, because now they are restless for money and are hoarding money. In Shijun, we suffered tens of thousands of casualties, and a large number of fertile fields that were about to be harvested were destroyed. In Yuyang, not only will we not be able to harvest anything, but we will also need a huge amount of silver to rebuild our homes. The Wei, Han, and Li people, these The place has also been ruined by you Qin people. Forgive me for saying something harsh. It seems that you Qin people are more suitable for destruction than construction. The number I proposed was calculated by us after careful calculation. These places can be restored to their pre-war levels. Would you like to take a look at the budget plan prepared by our Ministry of Household Affairs? The money on it is real money." Gao Yuan waved, and He Weiyuan stepped forward. He placed a thick stack of books in front of Li Ru.

"But our casualties in Jishi County far exceed yours, and our 150,000 troops are all gone." Li Ru said.

"Because you started the war, you must bear such pain!" Gao Yuan said coldly: "I have no obligation to consider the casualties of your Qin country. As the winner, I will only consider the problems of my own country. As for you How you want to handle domestic affairs is your business."

"We can't come up with it!" Li Ru suppressed his anger, "No country can come up with this amount. Are you trying to force us to fight to the death with you? Would you rather have it broken than destroyed?"

Gao Yuan laughed, "The Qin State has hundreds of years of wealth, but it can't even come up with this amount. Everyone Li, it seems that your strategy of governing the country is very problematic!"

"It is true that our Daqin cannot afford so much money, but we do not owe money either!" Li Ru said coldly: "How much money does your big man owe? Is there any surplus money in the treasury?"

Gao Yuan spread his hands, "Sometimes, being able to borrow money is also a skill! If it weren't for the war you started, I believe that my big man can easily borrow 10 million in a few years. The two pieces of silver are all because of the abominable war. Everyone, Li, since you dare to provoke a war, you must bear all the consequences. Would you rather be broken into pieces than destroyed? Haha, now, I am afraid that it is your piece of jade. It will really break, but my tile will be fine."

"We can't take it out!" Li Ru was speechless by Gao Yuan's threat. The current Great Qin indeed cannot withstand the war. King Qin Wulie can't survive for a few days, and the new king has only a few years to take the throne. It is difficult to straighten out domestic affairs.

"Can the amount be lower?"

"Okay, then five million taels, one price!" Gao Yuan was more straightforward than Li Ru imagined, and the speed of the price reduction made Li Ru dumbfounded.

"Of course, if there is less silver, there will be other compensations. Don't you think so?" Gao Yuan said.

"What kind of compensation do you need?" Li Ru asked.

"First of all, Qin allows our Han merchants to go to Qin to trade without any restrictions. The Qin people are not allowed to collect taxes from them, and they must provide security guarantees." Gao Yuan said.

"That's no problem!" Li Ru agreed immediately.

Gao Yuan smiled secretly in his heart. Li Ru is really a pleasant negotiating partner. He doesn't understand what is implied here at all, because Han strongly suppresses the annexation of land and adopts policies such as national redemption. It buys back land from landlords and then sells it to landless people at low prices. This makes the original landlord class have a lot of cash. In order to turn these dead money into living money, the landlords can only invest the money in business. The influx of a large amount of silver and money has made business develop by leaps and bounds. The fierce competition made business owners try their best to reduce the cost of goods. What made Gao Yuan happy was that these business owners began to re-develop new technologies, and in terms of production, they also came up with various tricks to reduce costs. Although there were many bad tricks that exploited workers, there were also many new concepts. For example, cost control theory, for example, the emergence of assembly lines, and in Jicheng Comprehensive University, some businessmen paid for students and teachers there to study how to control costs and make profits.

Allowing Han merchants to enter Qin without paying taxes was just a cover. The real purpose was to allow a large number of low-cost goods from Han to flow into Qin, thus causing a devastating blow to Qin's local industries. As a person who traveled from a later era where goods were extremely developed, Gao Yuan knew the harm of doing so even if he only knew a little bit.

This would cause a large number of small family-run businesses in Qin to go bankrupt, thus causing a devastating blow to Qin's economy. Qin was gradually falling into a greater economic crisis. of the predicament.

Of course, people like Li Ru simply cannot understand the hidden traps and the great malice here.

"Second, your country will definitely not return Shannan County to us, but we must take Dai County back." Gao Yuan said seriously.

"As far as I know, our country has now returned Dai County to Zhao." Li Ru shook his head and said, "We can't return it to you."

"You didn't give it to Zhao, but Zhao Qi. We will take it back ourselves, but Qin must not intervene."

"If you want us to agree to this request, then we also have to ask His Royal Highness the King of Han to agree to one of our requests, that is, neither you nor I can intervene in the internal affairs of Zhao." Li Ru said.

"No problem at all! Let them handle their own affairs!" Gao Yuan laughed, "I think the existence of Zhao will make both of us feel more secure, right?"

"Does His Royal Highness the King of Han have any other conditions?"

"Of course!" Gao Yuan said: "In addition to signing a peace agreement, I think we must We need to sign another alliance agreement, that is, the alliance between Han and Qin. The reason for our alliance is that we have a common enemy, that is, Chu. We ask Qin to attack Chu in the shortest possible time. "

"Now we don't have the power to launch another war against any country. Your Highness the King of Han should be very clear about this." Li Ru said angrily.

"Or you just need to make a gesture, but I don't think Zhou Yu will think so!" Gao Yuan smiled and said, "Of course, if you really attack the Chu people, whatever you grab is yours. What we grab is ours, how about it? I think you will be interested in this, and the Chu people are even less capable of dealing with our two-way attack on him."

Li Ru pondered for a while, "Okay, we agree, but Your Highness the King of Han also understands our current situation, and it is uncertain when to send troops."

"That's up to you!" Gao Yuan laughed, "These are all our conditions, Mr. Li, if there is no problem, I think we have reached an agreement." (To be continued)