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No ruler in history has ever waged a war on behalf of merchants, and never has been, because the merchants of the Han Kingdom knew that there were merchants in the war zone that were attacked, whether there was an official hook or not.

Lü Zhe attached great importance to the commerce of the Han Kingdom, and did not prohibit nobles or officials from doing business within the scope of legality, but so what? After the strange goods of the Tian clan and Lü Buwei, the merchants were always feared by the rulers, and their choice was to calculate the losses in silence.

What Shang Jia did not expect happened, and the ruling class posted the news of the attack on the merchant brigade in the war zone between Qin and Qi, Yan, and Zhao in an official form. Some businessmen have vaguely asked certain nobles or officials if they pushed for the posting of the notices. The nobles and officials all gave the same answer, they did not push at all, and did not even engage in any topic with the rulers of the country in connection with the attack on the caravan.

Then it is the ruler of the Han Kingdom, Han King Lu Zhe, who is paying attention! The various chambers of commerce began to come alive, and they asked the nobles and officials to test the tone of the Han King, whether the losses in the war zone could be compensated for in some form?

When Lu Zhe was tempted by someone, he immediately understood what was going on, and these people were not the ruling core of the country to be so tempted, after all, the core had been summoned to discuss after the business trip.

Pan-national consciousness is very important, and the head of Qiantou needs to be guided, but it is obvious that after the guidance of the state, the capital of Qiancheng is too gentle, and there is no domineering and pride that the people of the overlord country should have, which is not what Lu Zhe wants to see.

The toughness of a country's rulers is a matter of one generation, and even the toughness of a generation of ruling classes cannot last long. The hegemon should have the momentum of the hegemon, that is, regardless of whether the thing is reasonable or not, it only asks whether the thing is needed. If the other party does not agree that he is right, then fight until what he thinks is wrong is right.

The hegemonic momentum needs to be cultivated, and only if a country's Qiantou believes that his country is a strong country from the bottom of his heart, then it can be considered successful.

A person who feels that his country is strong must identify with the country, and thus has a pan-national consciousness, understanding that he is also a member of the country, and when something happens to the country, he can hope that this person can do something.

This is the time of war. What Lu Zhe needs is a people with a sense of expansion.

Now is the era of expansion, and what Lu Zhe needs is a group of people who are happy to hear the war.

Now is a time when iron and fire are needed, and Lu Zhe is desperate for the country he rules, and the people of her land are intensely belligerent and invasive.

In fact, only the people, from the rulers to the most basic of the state, will be resilient enough in war, and the desire to expand will be strong enough, and the land under their feet will gradually grow larger, so that all the land under the whole world will be owned by them.

Only paranoia can succeed. Only a mad ruler can do great things. No matter how paranoid he is, he deserves to succeed, and only the most crazy ruler can make the country immensely wide.

There has never been a shortage of people in China, and there is no shortage of people who can fight well, and the only thing that is lacking is a ruler who is obsessed with crazy expansion. Lu Zhe sincerely hopes that he is the crazy person. In his lifetime, let the boots of his soldiers step on all the land he can tread, bring death to the natives of those lands, and harvest land and resources for the country. And to do this, he needs a group of people who consider themselves to be members of the country. It takes an army of people who are fanatical, belligerent and aggressive.

The revenge of the Qianshou is too low, and most people's eyes are only fixed on the one-third acre of land under their feet, indicating that they have not yet gained enough benefits from the country's foreign aggression.

Lu Zhe saw a group of people who were desperate for protection in fear. It was the merchants who had been repeatedly ostracized by the rulers, who were so cautious and cowering even if they wanted to seek protection.

Merchants pay taxes to the state, so the state naturally has a duty to protect them, which is written into the laws of the state. Anyone who pays taxes to the state should be protected, whether he is a farmer, a worker, or a merchant, and Lu Zhe remembers stressing these things again and again.

Look, the rulers have repeatedly emphasized that they still don't believe that the country's army will seek justice when anyone is harmed, and Lu Zhe feels helpless.

Businessmen do not dare to stand up and say bluntly, "I am a taxpayer, I have fulfilled my obligations and made contributions to the development of the country, what kind of things have happened to me now, and now the country has the time to fulfill its national responsibility". They hunched up, hunched backs, flattering, cautious, looking extremely flattering and obscene, just wanting to get an answer, that is, will the ruler of the country really fight a war for them?

When Lu Zhe met with the representatives of the merchants, what was his mood when he saw those businessmen like this? He felt helpless and wanted to stand up and walk over, and then slap him a few times one after another.

Then again, which of these businessmen who can enter the palace does not have a backstage? But if they are slapped by Lu Zhe himself, it is estimated that the left side of their face will be slapped on their right cheek, and they will have to ask if they want to slap it a few more times, and they will wait for Lu Zhe to be cool before they will say flatteringly, if Lu Zhe feels that it is unnecessary or troublesome, they will continue to endure it.

It's strange, if Lu Zhe remembers correctly, during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Shangjia was always a guest of the nations, and if he was a wealthy businessman, he would even be courteous to the kings of the countries. And it seems that whether it is Qin, Qi, Yan, or Zhao, the status of merchants in these countries is not too low, why are these merchants in Han like this?

When Lu Zhe saw the cunning and greasy in the eyes of some businessmen, he understood that these bastards were just pretending to be like each other, and one qiē was just to show obedience.

As the ruler of a country, Lu Zhe is very busy most of the time, he doesn't have much free time to act and talk nonsense, he glanced at the businessmen who were still pretending, stood up and left without saying a word, leaving behind a group of businessmen who didn't know what to do.

Overloaded? When the businessmen were looking at each other, Yan Bi and Lu Jia appeared.

Lu Jia is holding a large stack of papers, and Yan Bi is empty-handed, they are the main and deputy protagonists of today's scene, as for how to sing the big play, it all depends on whether the supporting roles such as businessmen have enough courage.

The Han army was about to go north soon, and the first group of foreign countries to go to war were Qi, Yan, and Zhao, but as the ruler of the country, that is, the Han king Lu Zhe, although he had the responsibility to protect every taxpayer, what kind of revenge should he take, and whether the merchants who suffered losses could be compensated, or even the benefits they received were far more than ten or a hundred times more than the compensation, and it all depended on what kind of role the merchants themselves had to play.

What the!? It turns out that the regulations written in the law of the Han Kingdom that will protect every taxpayer are not face projects? The merchants looked at each other for a while. The nations respect the merchants, after all, every country understands that only the merchants can transport the goods they lack, but the nations have never protected the merchants, and even let alone wage war to retaliate for the losses suffered by the merchants. How could they not be surprised to hear the meaning clearly expressed by the retainers of the Han Dynasty and the guest secretary Lu Jia on behalf of the Han King?

After being stunned for a long time, the bold businessman asked, what is the amount of revenge, how to get compensation, and at the same time how to get ten times or a hundred times the benefits?

The answer is simple: to invest in war, not only to buy bonds from the state, but also to build momentum for the war.

Bond? War bonds? Han doesn't seem to be short of money!

Of course, the Han State is not short of money, not to mention the two years of war wealth, the consequence of expanding such a large territory is to obtain a large amount of copper mines, the country already has the power to make money, how can it be short of money?

Lu Jia was very eloquent, and he explained what a war bond issued by the state is, which is nothing more than a kind of credit interest money that can be paid for by the state. It's as simple as having the people buy war bonds and then use them to get dividends after the war.

Sounds like you're giving money? And it seems that it is not only for the merchant class, anyone who wants to buy can buy it? The businessmen who understood but did not understand why the country gave money for nothing were confused and hesitant.

At this time, Yan Bi appeared on the stage, and he was very unceremoniously criticized the businessman, shouting that it was the lord who was implementing a set of war dividend plans, to put it bluntly, he wanted anyone with courage to get the benefits from the war, because it was a new thing, and he needed these businessmen with heads and faces to make a start, and also help to publicize it to Qianshou.

Even more surprised, they knew that the king of Han liked to give money and gifts to the whole people when he won the foreign war, and he heard that this time he would no longer give it in vain, and he wanted to play a new trick to change the way to send money, that is, to invest in the country's foreign wars with confidence first, and then be eligible for dividends.

Beginning to calculate, Qi, Yan, Zhao and Qin fought for two and a half years, and some hearsay showed that although there were many armies of the nations, their combat effectiveness was really not very good, and they had been pressed to the ground by the Qin army, which was at least three times less than their own, and they were beaten all over the ground. The predecessor of the Han army and the Qin army have won many battles, Qi, Yan, and Zhao have fought with Qin for so long, and they should be fatigued divisions, and the other is that the Han side must be stuck in the trade route, and the Han Qi and Yan and Zhao wars do not know how, but the final result must be a steady win. So...... It must be that the ruler is giving money for nothing, why not invest in this war!

As for what propaganda war? They had hoped that the Han State would go to war against the country that attacked Shangjia to export their evil anger, and they also wanted to win the sympathy of the Qianshou, and if such a thing was encouraged by the ruler, it must have been with joy to do it.

The question is...... They just wanted to break their heads, but they didn't understand the reason why Lu Zhe did this. (The novel "The Rise of the Great Qin Empire" will have more fresh content on the official WeChat platform, and there will also be a 100% lottery gift for everyone!) Open WeChat now, click on the "+" sign in the upper right corner to "add friends", search for the official account "qdread" and follow, hurry up! (To be continued......)