Chapter 524: First-year duty

"Let's go, there is no need to buy it. Just give away ten and a half items." Shang Wen grabbed Yingyu and said.

"Are you ill." Ying Yu asked.

"No. This is a bad habit. I am about to order a ban. And stipulate a series of legal provisions. Let's go." Shang Wen said.

"But I haven't chosen a gift yet." Yingyu shouted.

"Send greeting cards." Shang Wen replied.

"Greeting card? What is that?" Yingyu asked.

"Let's go." Shang Wen drove Yingyu back.

The two had just entered the door in a hurry. Shangwen saw a valuable gift of a coffee table.

"Look, I said the gift-giver will be here soon." Yingyu said.

"Guards, send all these gifts back. Leave none of them." Shang Wen ordered.

"Hey, wait. Let me see if there are any good things." Yingyu said, she was going to take a look.

"Don't look. Quickly send away." Shang Wen waved. He is very disgusted with gifts. This set of so-called etiquette is a vice. Slowly it will be better. In fact, the Shang Yang Reform of Qin State had already changed the customs once, but that customs did not involve here. And the conditions at the time could not be covered. And Shangwen's reforms are mainly in the economic field. Qin's economic development has greatly exceeded the scale of Shang Yang's reform period. Every household has money. Therefore, the gift-giving aspect is suddenly much wider than before. The simplicity and frugality of the Qin people quietly changed with the sudden expansion of the economic level. This cannot be said that economic development is not good. It is developing too fast.

Shang Wen immediately called King Qin. When the phone was connected, Shang Wen wrote a note for people to find Meng Yi. He asked the media to publicize the matter. The impact of this incident is too bad.

"What about my greeting card?" Yingyu was still thinking about her greeting card.

Shangwen motioned when he was ready to do it for her. The call is connected.

"Hello. Is that Mr. Qin?" Qin Wang asked after answering the phone. "Hey." was used as a special language for calling Qin Wang.

"Yes, Wang Shang. That's right, Wang Shang. I found a very bad thing on the street today." Shang Wen's voice was a little anxious.

"Don't worry, sir speak slowly." King Qin heard Shang Wen's voice a little anxious. Then comforted.

"My lord, when Qin is celebrating the New Year's Eve, the people giving gifts to each other must be controlled. Otherwise, if the wind is not controlled, the consequences will be very serious." Shang Wen said simply.

"Why is this?" King Qin thought it was nothing.

"Gifts must originally mean courtesy. This is not wrong. But if you regard the value of gifts as a kind of respect. Especially the gift-giving style among officials. They often bring the most expensive gifts to give. I already have one. A large number of them. I just returned. This may become a bribery between officials. It will cause the government to be unreasonable. This is a great harm to our Qin State. Especially the bureaucratic style. The harm to us is difficult to verbalize. Expression." Shang Wen said excitedly.

"En." King Qin nodded at the other end. If it is not Shangwen remind. I'm afraid King Qin hasn't noticed this problem yet.

"What do you mean, sir?" King Qin asked Shang Wen's opinions and solutions.

“It is expressly stipulated that the value of gifts given by officials to the public cannot exceed ten and a half taels. Violators should be severely punished, and some heavy penalties should also be imposed on those who donate equity dividends. It is best to change gifts to ordinary greeting cards on the holiday." Shang Wen said.

"Greeting card?" King Qin and Yingyu were both interested in greeting cards.

"It's just a kind of card. You can make it yourself. This kind of sincerity is the most precious. This can show the kindness to the elders and relatives." Shang Wen said on the phone. Ying Yu stomped her feet in a hurry. Because Shangwen said what Yingyu planned to do.

"Okay, just do what the husband said." King Qin said on the phone.

"My lord, I would like to ask you to call on the people to do so in the newspaper. Let them return to the simple atmosphere of the festival." Shang Wen continued.

"Okay. The widow agrees to Mr.. That's right. Sir, on the evening of thirty, the widow will drink with her husband and look forward to the new year." King Qin said happily. In fact, this is inviting Shang Wen to the dinner. According to the practice, the King Qin held a banquet on major festivals in the State of Qin in order to draw closer the relationship between the monarch and his subjects.

"This, I'm afraid it won't work." Shang Wen thought for a while and refused. Yingyu on the side was stunned. She didn't understand why Shangwen did this.

"Oh. Why?" King Qin was also very surprised. For the invitation he sent, he refused directly.

"My lord, the scale of Qin is very large now. We are celebrating the festival, but this country cannot stop operating because of the festival. Our soldiers on the border are guarding our frontier. Some of our workers are working overtime to produce. In some important Some people are still sticking to their posts. As the prime minister of Daqin, you should lead by example. Even on important festivals, you must personally be on duty. Hold your own responsibilities for Daqin." Shang Wen said calmly. This is what Shang Wen just thought of. But it's not that Shangwen deliberately went on show. It's a responsibility to stick to. In some important positions, someone must stick to their responsibilities. The consequences of irresponsibility are very serious. Shang Wen felt that he was the prime minister, the head of the hundred officials. Obliged to do so.

"Mr. Dayi. Fortunately for the widow, Daqin is fortunate." King Qin said gravely. After a few conversations, King Qin hung up the phone.

The reporter that Shang Wen ordered to find also came. Shang Wen wants to make some important speeches immediately. Time waits for no one.

Yingyu took a look. I felt very wronged in my heart. "Fucked by this guy again. This guy is busy to death."

Then Shang Wen was at the press conference. First of all, I would like to congratulate all the people on the major festival that Qin has come to. This is the first time that Prime Minister Qin has congratulated the people.

Subsequently, Shangwen urgently issued an order issued by the Prime Minister's Mansion, requesting that the value of the gift should not exceed ten and a half taels from the date the order was issued. And try to require people to use homemade greeting cards instead of traditional gifts. The reporter was puzzled. Shang Wen could only explain the reason slowly.

The reporters also slowly understood the prime minister's approach. However, it is easy for reporters to draw inferences from one another. They began to turn their attention to other officials, such as dereliction of duty in certain positions, or other mistakes. This gives reporters other things to do. The supervisory role of the media is being guided by Shang Wen. Because few reporters paid attention to this issue before. Their thinking is still focused on those strange things. The affairs of officials have been neglected a lot.