Aspiring to the Ten Kingdoms

Chapter 371 Reasoning is for Convincing
Zhou Ehuang's coquettish and emotional "Your Majesty" made Luo Youdu's bones crumble.

Under Zhou Ehuang's dignified appearance, there is also a charming and daji-like style, which makes people unable to extricate themselves.

Luo Youdu came here with the intention of exploring the rhythm, but he often forgot to eat and sleep, studying Wu Nong's soft language all night long.

Only at dawn the next day, facing his old waist alone, Luo Youdu couldn't help regretting, feeling that his will was not firm enough.

To be honed, to be improved.

This day will be calm, and there will be no sense of tension.

With everyone taking what they need, no one mentioned the matter of Murong Yanzhao beating Zhang Ai.

Even Zhang Ai himself did not want to mention it again, because he was the second to be promoted to governor as a civil servant besides Li Fang.

Li Fang was the result of Fan Zhi taking advantage of Guo Rong's serious illness and using his prime minister power to suppress the imperial power in the hands of Empress Fu.

After Luo Youdu resolved Fan Zhi's rise to power, he immediately handed Li Fang the title of local chief historian.

It is true that Li Fang is talented, but Jizhou is a military center, and if a literati who has not proven his ability is appointed as the governor, if Li Fang is unable to deal with a military incident, would it be a joke?

Experiments can be made in other places for fun, but the borderlands are never the place to try to mess around.

At the price of two front teeth, Zhang Ai exchanged a governor, the top leader of the state government, and was more satisfied with the result than anyone else.

The righteous master is not bothered anymore, and others naturally don't care too much.

As for Murong Yanzhao, he has accepted the new appointment and went to Qinchuan to take up his post.

His new position is Shanzhou Jiedushi. Shanzhou is now an enemy-occupied area, which belongs to the pre-painted pie.

Those who have the ability to conquer Shanzhou will be the number one leader in the frontier. If they are not capable, they will have the title of Jiedushi, and work with Wang Jing in the west, and the Shanzhou Jiedushi will be in charge.

After going to court, Luo Youdu summoned Dou Yi and asked about Luoyang's economic situation.

The city that benefited the most from the re-opening of the Silk Road is Luoyang.

Luoyang and Chang'an have always been the starting point of the Silk Road in the East and the end point of the West.

But now Chang'an is dilapidated, sparsely populated, and its commercial value has decreased. Now it exists more in the form of a transfer station.

Merchants from the West came to Chang'an and shipped their goods to Luoyang by water.

Or the merchants in the east transported the materials to Chang'an by water, and then went west from Chang'an by land.

Merchants from both the East and the West will pass through Luoyang.

Luoyang has thus become the biggest beneficiary.

With the re-opening of the Silk Road, Luoyang's status and benefits have been raised to a higher level.

Dou Yi has a lot of knowledge, and she didn't panic at Luo Youdu's sudden inquiry, she calmly said: "Since the commercial roads became clear, the first batch of merchants to arrive in Luoyang were the Tubo big and small families in the Hehuang area, and they directly transported cattle and horses. When I arrived in Luoyang, I bought all kinds of porcelain and cloth. Since then, the commercial tax in Luoyang has risen every month. From February to March, it increased by [-]%; from March to April, it increased by [-]%; from April to May , rose by [-]%; from May to June, the highest rose by as much as [-]%; from June to July, for unknown reasons, it fell back to only [-]% of the original. Recently, news came from Luoyang that the merchants who came and went It has become less and less, the price is not worth it, and there is a tendency to decline.”

"If your majesty wants to know the specific and detailed figures, I have to go back to the council hall to check carefully before I can report the details."

Luo Youdu said: "No need, I already know what I want to know." After a pause, he said: "Go and check, and ask my businessmen who travel to and from Longyou and Hehuang, if there is any change."

Dou Yi gave Luo Youdu the answer that evening.

As he expected.

The powerful clan in Hehuang, Longyou secretly restricted the qualifications of small and medium-sized tribes in the territory to trade with the Central Plains court.

The most direct impact of the opening of the mutual market is undoubtedly the land of Longyou and Hehuang, which is the closest to the Central Plains.

In Longyou and Hehuang, the Tubo ethnic groups are scattered, with thousands of big families and hundreds of small ones, and there is no reunification.

They all want to trade with the Central Plains, and it is the most convenient.

Goods such as cattle, horses, livestock, leather, etc. are sold very well in the Central Plains and are invaluable.The Central Plains is rich in products, and everything they need can be purchased from the Central Plains.

In the past, the trade in the border market was in the hands of the Hehuang nobles, and the small tribes had to act according to their faces. The cattle, horses and livestock could only be sold to the Hehuang nobles, and then they could be exchanged for daily necessities.

Now that there are fewer middlemen, small and medium-sized tribes are making a lot of money.

This made the Hehuang nobles very anxious.

Before they mastered the source of goods, they took the initiative in terms of price.

Now a large number of small tribes do business directly with the Central Plains, suppressing the price of cattle and horses.

The Hehuang wealthy family made a profit, but they didn't make a profit.

However, merchants in places like Liangzhou, Ganzhou Uighurs, and Guazhou Guiyijun had to pay a lot of tolls when passing through their territories.

Overall it's still profitable.

But who dislikes earning more?
As a matter of course, the Hehuang nobles began to suppress the small tribes and small groups in Longyou, prohibiting them from trading with the Central Plains.

Dou Yi said angrily: "This group of barbarians are so shameless, how long will it not count?"

Luo Youdu was not surprised, and said: "The benefits are soul-stirring. In the face of such huge profits, no one can keep the bottom line. We don't have the power and influence of Li Tang back then..."

Dou Yi said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, you can't let it go like this. Ignoring their nonsense will cause the Quartet to follow suit. In this business way of thousands of miles, everyone is messing around, and it is equal to nothing."

Luo Youdu agreed, and said: "You write a book for me, so that the Hehuang nobles can protect the business way, and don't mess around. Remember, we are a country of etiquette, and we have to be courteous before soldiers. The tone must be gentle, and you must reason with them , Convincing people with virtue."

Just like his father, Dou Yi is an upright gentleman, with excellent administrative skills, but twists and turns of planning are not his expertise, and she was surprised: "Your Majesty, what is the difference between reasoning with barbarians and playing the qin with cattle? At this moment, you should sternly reprimand, Only by coercing and showing the power of my celestial dynasty can we achieve results."

Luo Youdu pointed at Dou Yi, with a helpless expression on his face, "You, you are too upright, you have to change... Forget it, I don't expect you to change."

If Zhao Pu and Lu Duoxun were all in the court, he would also have a headache.

Luo Youdu explained solemnly: "The other party really wants to listen, what reason do I have to beat them? I reasoned with him, not to convince him, but to convince him..."

Dou Yi realized it, and hurriedly said: "I'm going to write it now!"

Luo Youdu's edict soon appeared in front of the Hehuang nobles.

There are countless tribes in Longyou and Hehuang, but there are only four tribes that stand out.

The clan, the Dang clan, the Zhangmi clan, and the Miaochuan clan.

Among them, the Zong family is the most powerful, and built a city belonging to their own tribe near Huangzhou, named Zongge City.

The head of the clan family is Wen Chengbu, who is young and vigorous, and has always wanted to dominate Hehuang.

Looking at the imperial edict of "Zhihu Zhe Ye" in his hand, he was at a loss.

Many years ago, the upper and lower families in Tubo were proud of knowing Chinese, and the upper-level exchanges and even official documents were mainly in Chinese characters.

However, as the power of Tubo increased in terror, they began to reject Han culture, and even forced all the people in the territory not to speak Chinese and use Chinese characters.

In the end, the turmoil in the Central Plains was far less influential than before, and no one cared about using Chinese characters for Chinese.

In the past, Tubo leaders like Wen Chengbu were not proficient in Chinese culture and were not even qualified to take office.

Now!
Wen Chengbu was pretty good at knowing a hundred or so Chinese characters, but he couldn't understand the imperial edict written by Dou Yi at all.

He called Fei Lin, who was proficient in Chinese culture, and Wen Chengbu asked him to translate it for him.

Fei Lin's expression was stiff, and he was obviously a little afraid of Wen Chengbu, so he read the content of the edict with some reverence, and barely translated it.

Dou Yi has the intention to respond to the call, but also understands the serious situation of Hehuang Huhua.

Wen Chengbu frowned and said, "Are you sure the translation is correct?"

The words of the imperial edict are too gentle, mainly to comfort, without the slightest meaning of coercion.

Wen Chengbu wondered if the guy in front of him was afraid of him, he didn't dare to translate seriously, so he just kicked him.

Feilin rolled three times on the ground, couldn't get up, hugged his stomach and said, "Don't dare, big boss, how dare a pariah, I can translate it one by one."

Wen Chengbu didn't believe it, so he told him to leave, and asked another person to translate.

It wasn't until I heard that the translations of the two were almost exactly the same that I was sure.

"It seems that the emperor of the Central Plains is not a stunned young man! I know that without Lao Tzu's nod, this business route will not pass!"

After confirming that the translation was correct, Wen Chengbu immediately understood that outside the Central Plains, Khitan, and Dingnan were sworn enemies, and there were old places inside that had not been recovered. Obviously, he did not want to have any friction with the tyrants in his own place, so he did not put on the airs of the emperor of the Central Plains , good words to persuade.

"It's also interesting!"

Wen Chengbu was quite complacent. It was a matter of great honor for the emperor of the Central Plains to speak to him in such a tone.

Let the great leader of the clan feel a little smug.

After thinking about it for a while, Wen Chengbu wrote letters to the patriarchs and chiefs of the Dang clan, Zhangmi clan, and Miaochuan clan respectively, asking for their opinions so as not to be cheated.

Several people received Luo Youdu's imperial edict.

For a local powerful like them, reasoning with them simply doesn't work.

They both showed disdain for each other.

Once again a consensus was reached.

Ignore!

This is not because they are obsessed with money and are enemies of the Central Plains for the sake of immediate interests.

The main reason is that the situation in Longyou and Hehuang is complicated, and there are many large, medium and small tribes.

If trade develops naturally, many small and medium-sized tribes will become stronger and stronger because of trade.

Once they grow stronger, they will be a threat to the four great powers of the clan, the Dang clan, the Zhangmi clan, and the Miaochuan clan.

When the powerful oppress the weak, it is not because they like to bully the weak, but because they do not suppress when they are weak. When the weak grow stronger and the strong grow old, the old and strong will be bullied.

Therefore, unless they are forced by force from the Central Plains, there is really no way, they will not change their way of bullying the weak and strengthening their position.

　Gathered with relatives, there will be another chapter later!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)