Han Dao world

Chapter 638
In general, Liu Xie agreed with Zhuge Liang's opinion.

Reaching an agreement quickly seems to help bring about peace in the world, but that is only a superficial peace.If the big clans in Shandong do not get the lessons they deserve, they will inevitably become obstacles to the implementation of the New Deal in the future.

If the imperial court cannot achieve effective control over Shandong, it will be impossible to use Shandong’s financial resources to supplement Liangzhou’s insufficient output, and there will be no realistic basis for long-term peace and stability. The confrontation between Shandong and Shanxi will still exist, and the consciousness of a cultural community will not be formed.

Therefore, he hopes to be slower and more stable.

But the situation cannot be controlled by anyone. When everyone desires peace, it is absolutely politically incorrect to obstruct the realization of peace.

Especially for scholars who are deeply influenced by Confucianism and are very easy to go to extremes.

Once someone confuses and incites it, and there is another mass incident of writing a letter, it will not look good on the face.

Therefore, he obviously didn't want to talk about it, so he could only talk about it. All he could do was try his best to grasp the rhythm and shift the responsibility to Yuan Shao's side.

I hope Yuan Shao can be tougher and don't kneel easily.

The focus of the discussion between Liu Xie and Zhuge Liang was to revitalize Guanzhong.

Guanzhong used to be land and sea, and Qinchuan, eight hundred miles away, laid the material foundation for Qin to unify the world.However, while the reflection on the Qin government in the early days of the Han Empire achieved fruitful results, it also left some serious sequelae, especially after the great prosperity of Confucianism.

Scholars' reflections on the Qin government mostly focus on the moral level, but they have not done enough detailed research on the economic and military levels, as if Qin's unification of the world was just brutal.

This is obviously a one-sided statement.

No regime can unify the world only by brutality, including the later Mongols and Jurchens. There must be more complicated reasons behind the victory.If the research cannot be carried out in a realistic manner and only criticizes from the moral level, the conclusions obtained will hardly play a guiding role.

Liu Xie hopes that Zhuge Liang and others will sort out the Qin government, learn from each other's strengths, and truly learn from history.

After Chimei destroyed Guanzhong, nearly [-] years have passed. Due to too many household registrations, the environmental damage caused by excessive land reclamation has gradually recovered, and Guanzhong has the material foundation to become a capital again.

After Liu Xie arrived in Guanzhong, someone mentioned that the emperor does not need to return to Luoyang, but can establish his capital in Guanzhong.

Liu Xie did not give an answer immediately, and took advantage of the opportunity to conduct in-depth research and re-examine the previous results of field surveys.

He didn't trust Situ Zhao Wen very much.

Zhao Wen is old, no longer heroic and courageous when he was young, and he does many things very perfunctorily.There is no small trouble.

This is a common problem among old ministers, who are more than cautious and not enough to develop.

The dismissal of the chief minister Zhang Yi and the leapfrog promotion of the young and strong faction Liu Ba are all in the hope of being touched.

"The households that can be supported in Guanzhong are limited." After Zhuge Liang listed a series of numbers, he put forward his own point of view. "With the Qinling Mountains in the south, the cost of transporting Yizhou's money and grain to Guanzhong is too high. There is a danger in the east, and it is difficult to transport Shandong's money and grain to the west. In the long run, Guanzhong can only be used as a companion capital, not a national capital. "

Liu Xie nodded, and said again: "But the disadvantages of making Luoyang the capital are also obvious. It's too comfortable, and the mentality of the courtiers will change sooner or later."

Zhuge Liang agreed.

It's a dilemma with no perfect answer.

But as far as the current situation is concerned, the hukou in Guanzhong is far from reaching the upper limit that can be tolerated. This problem has not yet reached the time when they have to face it. They can study it slowly.

A doctor came to report. "Your Majesty, Da Sinong Liu Ba is asking to see you."

"Please come in." Liu Xie said, after thinking for a while, he said, "Kong Ming, go and meet him."

"Wei." Zhuge Liang agreed, and walked out quickly.

After a while, Zhuge Liang and Liu Ba walked in side by side, talking and laughing.Liu Ba came to Liu Xie, bowed and saluted, and said directly: "Your Majesty, I take the liberty to ask Kong Ming to be your prime minister."

Liu Xie smiled slightly. "You are indeed too presumptuous."

Liu Ba also laughed. "I know I'm presumptuous, but I have to give it a try. There are too few young people who are so smart and practical. Although Cheng Yi, the former chief secretary of agriculture, was pragmatic, he was not smart enough. He only cared about farming. Blindly resisting. Although it is true, after all, it has delayed the business."

Liu Xie raised his brows lightly, secretly praising Liu Ba for his understanding of people.

Zhuge Liang's brilliance is not only in IQ, but also in EQ.He can make those who have been dealt with by him have no complaints, and those who oppose him have a lot of admiration.Even Guan Yu, who is as proud as Guan Yu, still smiles when he strokes his hair, which is something that many people can't do.

"I can let him be a trainee, but I can't let him be the prime minister of agriculture."

"A trainee is also fine, why don't you let him be the householder Cao Shangshu, and I will hand over the official duties to him in the future."

Liu Xie couldn't laugh or cry.

The young and strong faction is energetic, but also very confident, and does not regard itself as an outsider at all.

How do I arrange the people around me, and you still need to make irresponsible remarks?

Zhuge Liang is indeed very suitable to be Hu Cao Shangshu, but he is not only able to be Hu Cao Shangshu, I have higher expectations for him.Besides, the current Hu Cao Shangshu has done a good job, so you can't withdraw just because you are dissatisfied with your wishes.

Liu Xie motioned for a seat and asked Liu Ba to sit down and talk.

Liu Ba thanked him, then took out some account books, and began to report on various affairs in Guanzhong, mainly farming, including water conservancy, mulberry fields, animal husbandry, fishery, transportation, and so on.

The ledger was prepared for Liu Xie. Liu Ba didn't need to look at it at all. A lot of numbers came out of his mouth. Liu Xie didn't even have time to turn them over. He had to interrupt Liu Ba many times to slow him down.

When Liu Ba was reporting on his work, Lang Guan kept coming to report that someone asked to see him.When Liu Ba finished speaking, there were already a dozen groups of people waiting outside the hall.

Liu Ba turned a blind eye, and said to Liu Xie calmly: "If there is anything you don't understand, please answer it together."

Liu Xie nodded and closed the ledger in his hand. "I will arrange someone to verify the specific figures, and I will discuss with you tomorrow. First, tell me what happened to the silk from Jingzhou, and how you plan to deal with it."

"Wei." Liu Ba took out a roll of paper from the other sleeve and handed it to Liu Xie. "This is the grade and quantity of Jingzhou merchants and silk fabrics that have come from Wuguan in recent months. I have ordered people to seize them all and prepare to purchase them in a unified manner, lest they fight on their own and disturb the price."

Liu Xie took the scroll, glanced at it quickly, and then frowned.

More than half of the list are big families in Nanyang, and the remaining half are big families in Nanjun, mainly around Xiangyang.Other than these two items, there are only a few here and there, and the quantity is very limited.

"Is this a merchant from Jingzhou?"

"Nanyang is the largest county in Jingzhou. Its household registration accounts for half of Nanyang's population. It is normal that there are many merchants. There has been no war in Nanyang in the past two years, and things are abundant and people are prosperous."

Liu Xie immediately understood the implication of Liu Ba's words. "Since Nanyang has been rich in wealth and wealth in the past two years, why is there so little tax paid to the court?"

Liu Ba smiled. "Nanyang is the hometown of the emperor, and there are many heroes who don't have to pay taxes. Therefore, I plan to take this opportunity to collect some business taxes."

(End of this chapter)