Han Zuo Gaomen

Chapter 1055
After the beginning of winter in October, the atmosphere in Huainan, especially Shouchun, is not as good as in previous years. The most obvious point is that there are fewer tourists. Not to mention the busy scene after the Central Plains victory last year, it is even worse than the previous two years. Much worse.

There are naturally many reasons for this phenomenon.One reason for optimism is that the development of Huainan has reached a critical point. After years of sparing no effort in laying out business routes and attracting merchants, almost everyone who is capable of crossing the border north to do business in Huainan has the experience of doing business here.

In this process, there are naturally wins and losses, some are eliminated, and some gradually grow.And the part that benefited from this, in the wave of investment at the end of last year and the beginning of this year, most of them turned from merchants to merchants, and bought expensive properties in Huainan, as if they have become locals.

In addition, Huainan's commercial transportation model has matured. During the months from late spring to early autumn, due to the convenience and prosperity of water transportation, it has become a prosperous transportation and storage period.After autumn, the cost of transportation has increased several times, and the local storage in Huainan is astonishing, which can basically meet the needs of the market. Even if it takes time and effort to transport the goods, it is difficult to get a good return.

Moreover, after a year of development and accumulation, the Huainan Governor's Mansion already has a fairly solid self-sufficiency capability, and the orders issued this year are even less than one-third of last year's.

In addition, Huaibei Yuzhou, Yanzhou and other counties have been converted from occupied areas last year to the governor's government. Those township clans who were originally buyers also enjoy the care of the governor's government, so naturally they don't need to purchase in large quantities.

As a result, both the official and private markets have shrunk to varying degrees, so this year's market is naturally particularly sluggish.To sum it up in Shen Zhezi's words, the window of opportunity of the times has gradually closed, and the golden opportunities similar to those in previous years have become less and less.

Of course, Shen Zhezi himself knew that the sudden downturn in business was also related to the change in the government's decree.In previous years, in order to attract Jiangdong's manpower and goods to the north, the Governor's Mansion was extremely extensive in terms of management. Except for the strict control of a small number of prohibited items, there were almost no greater constraints in other aspects.

Especially in terms of the most important transportation channels and freight charges for merchants, the convenience and guarantee provided by the Dudufu can be said to be superior to previous dynasties, including some separatist regimes.

However, since the first half of this year, the Dudu Mansion's control in this area has become increasingly strict.For example, the smuggling incident that directly triggered the Hefei incident last year has become a major crackdown this year.

Although the Governor's Mansion has shown its attitude by punishing Na Yuzhang Luo's family last year, how many people can restrain themselves from this kind of almost free income?

As the relationship between the Jiangdong imperial court and the Huainan Dudufu became increasingly severe, local restraints also increased, and the prestige of the Huainan Dudufu was hit by focusing on punishing this part of the merchants.Therefore, a considerable number of merchants have their goods confiscated, their personnel imprisoned, and heavy losses due to such reasons.

Last year's Hefei Incident, Shen Zhezi had a reason to explode, but this year, even though he knew that Taichung had the idea of ​​retaliation, Shen Zhezi could no longer abuse the authority of the Governor's Mansion to cover up these merchants who knowingly committed crimes.

And when it came to Shen Zhezi's position, he had to think about it as a whole.The prosperity of business affairs in previous years was based on Jiangdong's accumulation over the years and lack of communication.

However, with the large-scale south-to-north export of goods in recent years, those private reserves are gradually reaching a dangerous critical point, and once they encounter any natural or man-made disasters, they may still ask for help from outsiders.

However, the potential of the land of the Central Plains is still there, and the biggest difference is the start-up funds that are waiting to be developed. If frequent external blood transfusions are needed to maintain operations, the greatest meaning of regaining the land itself has been lost.

Therefore, even if there is no suppression from Taichung, Shen Zhezi does not intend to continue to vigorously extract Jiangdong's vitality.Although his basic market will be moved to the Central Plains in the future, if Jiangdong is too short-lived, it will not be in the long-term interests.

Any ruling structure is spread out layer by layer. After a ruler's idea is magnified layer by layer, when it is implemented at the bottom, it will often be completely different.The more bloated the management structure, the more pronounced this distortion will be.

Shen Zhezi also faced such a problem. People in the world are not his answerers, and some things are not stopped when he wants.Even if he has such a scale in his heart, not everyone can look at gains and losses from his standpoint.

If the line that has been maintained for a long time suddenly stops, not only will the people complain, but even the structure of the Dudu Mansion itself will be turbulent.You must know that in his Dudufu, there are many families behind the officials who are making profits from this. The sudden change of the policy that has been maintained for many years will make many people uncomfortable, and even cause many disadvantages and collapse from the inside.

From this perspective, Shen Zhezi would also like to thank Taichung for its vigorous suppression of Jia Shi this year. The political confrontation between the two sides has stepped on an emergency brake for the over-prosperous business that has exceeded the level of productivity.While the effect was remarkable, it also allowed Shen Zhezi to avoid many moral accusations.

From this point of view, confrontation with a bottom line is not necessarily a bad thing. If there is genuine internal and external collusion, the voice of those in power will easily be engulfed by the tide of the people, and a steady pace and rhythm cannot be guaranteed.

But in many cases, confrontation often has no bottom line. The struggle of ideas and the conflict of interests can easily turn into moral accusations and even human harm.

Therefore, although Shouchun, the capital of Huainan, has reduced management pressure due to fewer people coming and going, its defense force has increased a lot. Mao Bao's troops guarding the gap have withdrawn [-] troops to strengthen Shouchun's guarding force.The Shengwu Army, who had stayed in the North to recuperate, also withdrew to Huainan, and was directly responsible for the personal protection of Shen Zhezi and other important officials in Huainan.

Even Shan Xia, the cruel official in charge of Huainan's laws who are too strict and unpopular, has more than 200 people to protect him when he goes in and out.

Of course, Shan Xia was put in a dangerous situation, and this time he really took the blame for Shen Zhezi, the governor.He proposed a decree that made all officials in the entire Dudu Mansion look up to him, that is, officials declare their property.

Official declaration of property is not an original creation of later generations to combat corruption. This behavior may not be a routine system, but many times officials do it either out of their own moral requirements or out of political trade-offs. class action.For example, Zhuge Liang, the most famous prime minister of Shu, clearly listed his family property in his memorial to Liu Chan, the Empress of Shu.

Since China and North Korea, including the Eastern Jin Dynasty, there have actually been several edicts restricting the private property of officials. Although the execution and effectiveness are worrying, it can be seen that this is not a taboo topic.

In Jiangdong Zhongxing, in order to stabilize people's hearts, the administration of officials is mostly magnanimous. The so-called "net leakage swallows boats", the constraints on officials can be said to be extremely loose.Yu Liang, including his successor Chu Chong, also had a bad reputation because of his harsh governance.The Shen family, including Shen Zhezi, are all beneficiaries of this atmosphere, at least on the surface it is difficult to criticize.

Previously, Huainan had few rules and regulations on the administration of officials, especially on corruption, especially a large number of temporary positions, which was full of a phenomenon that one would be an official while in office, and one would be a businessman if one were not in office.

This is not only the limitation of the times, but also Shen Zhezi's intentional connivance. Before that, his main task was to exert enough influence on the manpower and material resources of this era as quickly and as much as possible, and raise enough capital for the Northern Expedition.

If he follows the conventional means, strives to rectify the administration of officials, and strengthens the ability to centralize power and collect funds, let alone whether the political situation in Jiangdong will be chaotic, and wait until he has accumulated enough strength to go to the north. The golden opportunity for the Northern Expedition was political turmoil.

Everything is urgent and slow, it's about weighing, besides, Shen Zhezi himself is not a lone saint who is obsessed with personal morality and cleanliness, all means are pragmatic.When he made the Northern Expedition his top priority, the problems before him were power first and money second, and all his actions revolved around these two centers.

Now that the phased tasks of the Northern Expedition have been completed, it will be difficult to carry out more intensive conquests in the short term. The first task naturally becomes digestion and integration.Moreover, he just happened to become the truly powerful Fang Bo who was in charge of worship and was able to transform many of the cheap structures of the Dudu Mansion into a formal system. Taking this opportunity, it is natural to carry out a vigorous rectification of the interior.

The original Shen Zhezi, as the general who conquered captives, the governor of Yuzhou, and even the quota of subordinate officials in the Huainan Governor's Mansion, was retained, but even so, there were less than a hundred subordinate officials of the mansion with real rank.A large number of other subordinate officials actually participated in the management as temporary appointments of official heads.

After accepting the appointment, Shen Zhezi is the real military and political monopoly, and can directly appoint local officials without Taiwan orders.Guangzhou and the four prefectures, even Xuzhou, Qingzhou and other places have already half-shake hands, how many official positions with official ranks can be produced among them?

So even though Shen Zhezi is currently in a delicate political situation, his power has reached a new height.Although there are few merchants in Huainan, the number of people who came to seek advancement increased sharply.

For these people, as long as they don't become the highest-level officials of the Dudufu, there is no problem of standing. Even if the Shen family loses in the final battle of power, in order to stabilize the situation in several states in Jiangbei, it is impossible for Taichung to accept the appointment of the Dudufu. Officials are making a one-size-fits-all approach, and this is a good opportunity to seek a family background!

In the past years, he had no choice of talents, but now the supply exceeds demand, and the Dudu Mansion's own training system has already established a strong foundation. The township sects in the recovered land, and Jiangdong, who are eager to enter the north and south, all flock to .

Faced with this situation, Shen Zhezi naturally wanted to ask them, whether they want a future or a profit!

If there is no such hated existence as Shan Xia, Shen Zhezi can only do it himself at this time. It is not appropriate to hand over this kind of matter to Du He, and it is very easy to form a faction.

So after returning to the town from Jiangdong, Shen Zhezi immediately summoned Shan Xia and confided a little bit of his idea.

Shan Xia itself has a harsh and solitary character, and has long been displeased with Shen Zhezi's tolerant and conniving style. It can be said that Da Dao is already hungry and thirsty. A teeth-gnashing "Letter to the Group Liao" has just been released.

　Alas, the holidays are over, and I, a little bitch who has been nestled at home, has suffered from post-holiday syndrome, with work and rest disorders, and insomnia for several days. I took a nap last night and slept through the early morning. . .sorry sorry. . .

　　
　
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