Three Kingdoms: Ancestors of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 258 Shu Brocade

Jianxing seventh year, August, Chengdu.

In Chengdu in midsummer, because of thunderstorms for several days, the temperature dropped a lot, making Chengdu much cooler.Liu Chan, who is afraid of the heat, couldn't help being happy.

In the midst of the majestic palace, Liu Chan got up early under the service of the maid, washed up, and attended today's court meeting.

Everyone sat upright, with solemn expressions, waiting for Liu Chan to enter the court for court discussion.

After half a sound, Liu Chan, wearing a gauze crown uniform, stepped up the steps with tiger steps.

After Liu Chan knelt and sat on the dragon couch, all the ministers bowed down and saluted.

After some etiquette, Liu Chan straightened his clothes and said in a deep voice, "Is there anything you want to do today?"

The servant of Shangshu shot Li Fu out of the line, held up the memorandum, and said in response: "Your Majesty, this is the list of rewards for the great barbarian princes in Nanzhong proposed by the minister. Please check it out."

Huang Hao went down the ranks, took over the memorial, and forwarded it to the emperor.

Liu Chan took the memorial and opened it up to browse for a long time. Seeing that Li Fu was distributing Shu brocade according to the strength of different Nanzhong tribes, he couldn't help but feel a little displeased, so he put the memorial on the case.

Although displeased, Liu Chan still looked as usual, and asked: "Li Pushe played Shuli Yan, saying that the big barbarians in Nanzhong are weak and strong, and all who want to be rewarded with Shu brocade. I don't know what you think?"

When everyone heard this, they knew that His Majesty had objections to Li Fu's proposal.

Jiang Wan stepped out from the crowd, held a wat board and replied, "I report to Your Majesty, I think it's inappropriate and goes against the national policy of Shu brocade of the great Han Dynasty."

Liu Chan looked indifferent, raised his hand and said, "Jiang Qing, please speak!"

Jiang Wan slightly bent his back and said, "Your Majesty, the policy of the prime minister to make the brocade is to respect the beauty of the brocade. That's why the powerful gentry of both Wei and Wu respected the beauty of the brocade and preferred the brocade. Yididi, the color of grace and luxury."

"The same is true for the Yihous of Nanzhong. The exquisiteness and grace of the Shu brocade are not produced by the Nanzhong tribe. Therefore, because of the value of the Shu brocade, the Yihous of Nanzhong admire the great Han and attach themselves to the Han. Fang It may be the best policy! I hope Your Majesty will advise you." Jiang Wan raised his voice and said.

Liu Chan nodded slightly. Jiang Wan did have a deep understanding of the Shu brocade national policy formulated by Zhuge Liang.Shu brocade is not only expensive, but it can supplement the treasury of the Han Dynasty. Another meaning of Shu brocade in Nanzhong is that it represents the court of the Han Dynasty.It is the best thing to use Shu brocade to distinguish the loyalty and status of Nanzhong tribes.

Liu Chan looked at Jiang Wan and asked, "I don't know what Jiang Qing's strategy is, can you tell me?"

Jiang Wan straightened his back and cupped his hands in response, "No! Your Majesty, according to my minister's opinion, the people who will be rewarded with the Shu brocade can only be the big tribes, not the small tribes. And it is also not allowed to sell the Shu brocade to the small tribes in the market, so that they will be rewarded." You can't get it if you ask for it!"

"Only in this way can we respect the nobleness of Shu brocade of the great Han, and we can distinguish the big ones from the small ones. The big ones can be divided into honorable ones, and they must belong to my big man. And the small ones will all belong to me when they see this. Nanzhong is safe!"

Liu Chan pondered for a moment, very satisfied with Jiang Wan's suggestion.As the ruler of Nanzhong, if the Dahan wants to make Nanzhong stable and continuously pay taxes, it is undoubtedly necessary to win over the great barbarian princes and let them turn over "gold, silver, dan, lacquer, cattle, and war horses" to "recharge military funds" .

The ultimate goal of the military funds handed over by these big barbarians is to hope that the big men can protect their local status.

Rewarding the Dahan with Shu Brocade can help the Dazhong Yihou maintain his status and majesty, and in turn can better stabilize the situation in Nanzhong for the Dahan.

After all, to govern the barbarians, one can only focus on the big and let go of the small, otherwise, judging from the vast area of ​​Nanzhong, the big man has no time to take care of it.

"Yes! The matter of rewarding will be according to what was discussed today. Sun De and Jiang Qing will discuss it again, and if there is no mistake, it will be decided at that time. Thank you Sun De!" Liu Chan resent the memorial to Li Fu and said.

Li Fu took the memorial and said in response: "This is the duty of a minister!"

"Sun De, where are the governors of Yijiang and the prefects of Nanzhong now?" Liu Chan asked.

Li Fu stopped walking back, clasped his hands and said, "Your Majesty, the governor and others have arrived in Qianwei County, and there is still ten days' journey from Chengdu."

Liu Chan nodded and said, "At that time, I will invite Li Qing and others from Nanzhong to a banquet in Jue Palace."

"No!" Li Fu replied.

Liu Chan straightened his body and asked, "Is there still something to be said about today's court meeting?"

Don't drive Cheng Ji in Yizhou, put his hands together and go out, and reply: "I need to report about the three guards."

Liu Chan was a little curious. Sanwei affairs are generally not under the jurisdiction of the local counties and counties, but are handled by special affairs officers. How could it be reported by Cheng Ji, who is in charge of Yizhou Biejia.

"Cheng Qing, please speak!" Liu Chan said.

Cheng Ji held the wat board and said solemnly: "Your Majesty, among the three guards, often go to Nanzhong to capture slaves, and resell them to big families in Yizhou. They make a lot of money and make a living from this. Even a few guards even plundered the barbarians as slaves. Regardless of the law, please ask your majesty to order your ministers to investigate this matter."

Liu Chan frowned slightly. He didn't expect that the privilege of arresting slaves granted to the three guards would develop like this. This matter must be dealt with.However, the three guards belonged directly to the palace, so how could Cheng Ji be allowed to investigate alone.

After pondering for a moment, Liu Chan said: "The Three Guards have not been naturalized since the beginning of their establishment. They are guard households. It is very inconvenient for Yizhou to investigate. But this matter also involves Yizhou civil affairs, and Cheng Qing must investigate. That's why I ordered Gong Qing (Gong Lu) who is in charge of Sanwei civil affairs to investigate this matter with you, I wonder what Cheng Qing thinks?"

Cheng Ji had nothing to do, and said, "Your Majesty is wise!"

After a pause, Cheng Ji added, "Who will deal with the Sanwei's crimes against civilian households?"

Liu Chan hesitated, thought for a while, and said in a deep voice: "In the future, the three guards will be punished according to the military law when they violate civilian households. If there is no provision in the military law, the judgment will be based on the local civilian households."

"No!" Cheng Ji agreed.

The military law is stricter than the general "Shu Ke" regulations, which is also Liu Chan's move to contain the three guards.The military system of the Three Guards is very special. At the beginning, the treasury of the imperial court was empty. In order to enhance the strength and combat effectiveness of the Han army, the slavery of the barbarians themselves was used to govern the interior and Sinicize the barbarians.

So they deliberately let them catch slaves by themselves, don't do production, and make a living by war, and now they need to be contained.

After Liu Chan dealt with a few more state affairs, he was about to leave the court, so he looked around at all the civil and military officials, and couldn't help asking: "Why hasn't Yang Dongcao of the inner government seen him recently, but he is sick?"

Zhang Yi sighed slightly, and put his hands together to go out: "Yang Zizhao (Yang Yong's character) has been seriously ill recently, and it is difficult for him to be a director, so he is on leave at home. Xicao Lingshi (Lai Yi) suddenly became seriously ill, and he has been in a coma for several days, and it is difficult to get out of bed."

In fact, the family members of the two of them are basically preparing for the funeral, and Zhang Yi's words are only euphemistic.Such a serious condition basically implied that the two of them were dying soon!
Hearing this, Liu Chan couldn't help but sighed, and said: "Why is the sky so thinner than my big man, Yang Jue, Lai Lingshi and Lai Lingshi are all loyal to my big man. Now that he is seriously ill, it is the court's profit and loss!"

Restraining his expression, Liu Chan turned to Huang Hao, and said, "The Chinese physician of Suming Palace went to investigate and spare no effort to treat with medicine and stone."

"No!" Huang Hao stepped back, walked out of the hall, and arranged for a doctor.

(End of this chapter)