Three Kingdoms: Cao Ying's mastermind, from nine to five

Three days later, Xu Zhen's inspection tour began.

The configuration brought Jia Xu and Yang Xiu to follow.

Chen Deng and Zhuge Liang guarded Qinghe's internal affairs.

Dian Wei led his Qinghu Army of 2 people to guard the city and obey Zhuge Liang's dispatch.

Qi Yue, Wang Meng, and Wang Hu have already returned from Hefei because of Xu Zhen's transfer order. Naturally, the [-] heroes of Zhang Liao's headquarters also came here. At this moment, most of Xu Zhen's troops have returned to Jizhou.

Jizhou and Cao Ren personally led the 16 soldiers and horses guarding Yecheng, a total of [-] troops, plus the gradual recovery of various places and the slow recruitment of troops, they can continue to station troops within a few years to counter Youzhou and Bingzhou.

In fact, it cannot be said to be a countermeasure, but a threat.

Yuan Shang still needs to quell the chaos in Bingzhou. The 10,000+ soldiers he got are all the headquarters that Yuan Shao brought out from Jizhou. one.

If Yuan Shang offered him up as a treasure, perhaps the road to quelling the chaos would go smoothly, and it would take a few more years. In the land of Youzhou, Yuan Xi usually went into battle by himself, and was ambushed and defeated by Xu Zhen in Youzhou. After that, I already had a shadow on the sword and shield soldiers, and even felt fear.

Xu Zhen's parade was to inform all the counties, and he did not conceal his actions. The soldiers and horses he brought were the most famous armored cavalry. Xu You and Xu Chu actually worked together as ministers of civil and military affairs, and were in charge of all matters along the way.

So half a month passed in full swing, and the parade soldiers and horses traveled about three counties, stopped at Changshan County, stayed in Zhending, followed Zhao Yun to his hometown, and accompanied Zhao Zilong to return home.

Zhao Yun set up a banquet in his ancestral home in his hometown. His ancestral home was not very big, just a courtyard near a hill, where three families lived. Now only his elder brother Zhao Feng's wife and family.

There is also a little nephew, Zhao Ning, who is not very young, and Zhao Yun was a baby before he left, but now he is a child.

Under an old tree in the courtyard, Xu Zhen and his party sat in line, and the rest of the people were celebrating. Only Xu You and Yang Xiu were called in front of them, and Xu Zhen and Jia Xu continued to share what they had seen and heard along the way to comment. Officials from Zhending, Changshan and other places.

"This year's weather has been good, and the harvest should be self-sufficient. Changshan Kingdom has always been tepid, and Zhang Yan and others hid in the mountains and no longer show their faces. Perhaps the Black Mountain bandits can gradually turn into ordinary civilians in a few years. Resettlement stand up."

"The ruler's policy is to stop chasing and suppressing the Black Mountain bandits, but to allow them to be resettled as refugees, and they can also join the army as soldiers under his command in the future, so that they can be governed."

"So, it's a good plan for the stubborn disease to disappear within a few years," Yang Xiu said with his hands behind his back. These days, he has been thinking about Xu Zhen's favorable policies for the refugees. The momentum is huge, and there is a kind of effect that can actually digest the black mountain bandits. It is estimated that all the officials in the past could not have such courage.

"Looking at the situation of Changshan, Hejian, and Bohai counties, they are all self-sufficient. This year's opening of granaries to release grain is also fruitful. Waiting for people to come in next year, but the next year's cultivation will be more abundant than this year's, and the tide will rise. Mr. Hou, the policy has been completed, and it is already in operation now, so there is no need to worry about it."

"Then, what I think about now is Fuqiang."

Xu Zhen looked at the summary report on the letter, and he could basically see the whole territory from the three counties. At this time, the harvest in the three counties was already self-sufficient, and he was not afraid of being poor in winter, which meant that it would be impossible to double the surplus next year. Down.

If there is a surplus of food, the common people can live more prosperously, and with the cultivation of piglets, the villagers don’t have to worry about meat, and the cattle, hogs, wild birds, etc. can be enriched and increased.

The population can continue to increase, and Jizhou can also eat more refugees and bandits, and these people are enough to settle down.

Now that the urgent needs of wood and stone have been solved, reserves are gradually being built up, manpower felling and mining, and at the same time planting trees and protecting forests, taking the remote and dense talents, and planting them in the barren ridges near the city. The achievements of several years can be seen.

Then, cities, villages, and the residences of these people are also increasing.

If you want to be rich and strong, you can use the way of business.

"Exchanging things for things is the original trading principle. Because of man-made planning, there are more currencies. Now it is five baht coins, and gold and silver."

"The amount of five baht coins circulating in Jizhou is not very effective. They still use minced meat, cloth, gold and silver as currency. The five baht coins are not effective. We want to restore the utility of the five baht coins back then. As currency, it is now circulated within the country and spread to various places, as for gold, silver and cloth, it still has a valuable effect.”

"In the territory of Jizhou, grain stores can be opened. After the autumn harvest this year, the grain stores can only use five baht coins to exchange for grain, so as to improve the circulation of five baht coins. I want to see how much money can be spent in the territory."

After all, after Dong Zhuo changed it to small coins in Chang'an, the five baht coins lost their effectiveness within a few days at a rapid speed. After January, someone took a load of five baht coins to the street, and they could only buy A few buns and a few pieces of ordinary cloth.

Since then, five baht coins have been abolished.

If we want to circulate it again now, we must take Xu Zhen's reputation as the standard, first use grain to increase the value of the five baht coins, and at the same time set a price so that the people in the territory can get the five baht coins conveniently, and use all the coins hidden in the family back then. Just spend it.

Wait until the end of the year to calculate, basically you can calculate how much five baht the people in the territory have, and then set a price in the coming year.

This kind of policy similar to the promotion of currency may be just a decision for Xu Zhen, but the real effect is huge.

A little carelessness will cause turmoil among the people, and the grain business in the entire Jizhou will be uneven. This requires officials and merchants from all over the country to constantly measure and change.

Yang Xiu immediately thought: "We can set our own prices. The same is true for minced meat and grain. Only when five baht coins generate value can the common people circulate among them."

"That's right, let's set a price."

Nowadays, the five baht coins of small coins are only the size of a finger, and it is easy to hold a hundred pieces in a bag. Iron tools are used for casting. Now there are many molds in government offices in various places. The place carves a unique mark.

If there are counterfeit coins, they will be confiscated. In the Luoyang era, five baht coins were still the most circulated coins, so until now every household still has them.

But after making it smaller, its value is still there, but the value of its own production has been reduced by more than half.

Regarding the pricing, several people discussed for a long time, and then decided to wait for the autumn harvest to pay taxes on the grain, first open grain stores in various places, and wait for the government merchants to sell the grain.

"Besides, the more goods we produce in Jizhou, the more money we can make, and the rare goods can be lived in," Xu Zhen rubbed his chin, "the Tiangong Institute is researching new things, woodworking Its furniture is very popular among Xudu gentry officials, and its sales in the south of the Yangtze River are not bad, among which small reclining chairs and wooden stools are the most popular."

"There are also round table utensils that can be used in the kitchen at home, which can be kept by ordinary people in their homes, and they don't need Confucian etiquette to entertain guests."

"I think, let the people in these places divide their household registrations by villages, pavilions, and groups. Every [-] households are integrated into a public household. He can take the lead in business, business, and even coolie work, which will facilitate the formation of a cohesive pattern of people from all over the country, and unified management and deployment."

"Everyone, what do you think?"

What Xu Zhen said under the big locust tree in Zhao Yun's house made several people hear some cognitions and ideas across the ages again. He planned to let the so-called "account" be a small official to manage three hundred households. people.

That is to say, the common people resettled the common people, and even brought [-] households to work continuously, increasing the harvest of a family, so they could increase the income of money and food every year, and develop and grow stronger.

This is a good way... to compete for profit. As an official, he only needs to manage at the top, or publish opportunities to make money in the form of favorable policies, and the rest will be managed by the people themselves. Of course, they will not waste the opportunity casually if they want to find a way out.

As for the slaves of the gentry family, of course, when the household registration is checked, the people can be re-counted and included in the household registration of the common people in Jizhou.

In this way, how many people in the territory can know, and the family background of the gentry can be clearly seen, and it can also allow the common people to have a new career. As for how to make the territory rich and strong, of course, the tax revenue of merchants will be increased, so that public households can pay taxes and distribute them among the people. People's money is real.

They will naturally still spend. Once the spending is in circulation, the money will continue to generate value. At this moment, a few people have a clear mind. From the standpoint of the state pastor, they actually don't care about how much money they have. .

Instead, it can make money flow back and forth among the people like running water, as if Jizhou is a lake. The deeper the lake, the better, and the fish in the pond will be more prosperous.

As for the money you want during the war, you can take it at any time.

If there is enough water in the lake, it can even be achieved without affecting the stability and circulation, and preventing the people from being in turmoil, so that enough money can be obtained for military funds to march and fight.

This is also a good idea.

"Your Majesty, although I haven't figured it out yet, I already have a faint feeling of expectation in my heart. Maybe I can try it for a year, but please consider the slaves among the nobles. If you recount all of them, I'm afraid there will be huge repercussions. .”

Yang Xiu knew that the party was imprisoned back then because the eunuchs wanted to eliminate the influence of the gentry, so a huge persecution of the party members was carried out, which eventually led to too many collapses.

Many people even speculated that many party members organized persecution behind the Yellow Turban Rebellion that year, trying to overthrow the court in vain, forcing relatives and courtiers to kill eunuchs.

Therefore, apart from the family of the gentry, it cannot be accomplished overnight, not to mention that Yang Xiu was born as the head of the gentry. Even if he was loyal to Xu Zhen, he would not dare to let the gentry be completely extinct.

Now that it is about to stir up the resistance of the scholars in the world, its power should not be underestimated. Even Cao Cao may not be able to bear the consequences, and it is possible that all the existing achievements will be in vain at any time.

Everyone was silent for a moment, then Yang Xiu continued: "My next suggestion is to let the slaves among the scholars form caravans to go around and make money by doing business. , I, Yang, can set an example and serve the princes."

"A good way," Xu Zhen nodded immediately, "Just as I said, first send the book back to Xudu with what I thought about today, and implement it immediately after we go back."

"Here!"

Yang Xiu got the order and felt a little more comfortable. What he was worried about was that he had become a sinner. Now Xu Zhen obviously wanted to reform. Compared with the past, his new policy was more severe, and the impact on the gentry was even greater.

From the very beginning, Yang Xiu understood that Xu Zhen had always thought of the slaves in the gentry family, because he said more than once that if the slaves returned to the Han household registration, the population would probably increase by millions.

A population of one million, placed in any state or county, will cause a qualitative change. The incompetent will be dragged down to death by these million people, and the capable people can even generate more than [-] soldiers.

Moreover, Xu Zhen also said that the current situation is not even about unifying the world, but how can the big man continue to maintain national power after unifying the world, prosper for several generations, and keep his family business from being destroyed.

Otherwise, the end of the troubled times will depend on the outcome of mutual injury. At that time, although the internal strife is peaceful, how will the great Han resist the insult of foreign enemies.

The letters from Changshan Kingdom were recorded in the form of Xu Zhen's miscellaneous talks, written by Jia Xu, sent to Qinghe County, and reached Zhuge Liang and Chen Deng within a day.

During the discussion, the two understood Xu Zhen's intentions.

"Business is feasible, let the word out first, let the slaves among the gentry form a caravan, prepare merchant horses, and run merchants along the road."

"How do you say that?" Chen Deng expressed doubts.

There are also thousands of slaves in the Chen family, who all cultivate the land in the village and have food to live every year, but most of them have to submit to the hundreds of dead warriors trained at home.

There are probably more of the rest of the family.

Zhuge Liang shook his head with a wry smile, and said: "My younger brother is now in Jingzhou, and my elder brother is a subject in Jiangdong. There are less than a hundred slaves in the family."

"It's omnipotent to form a caravan. As long as you and I take the lead, write a letter to inform the family, and act in a high-profile manner, many people will follow suit."

"Brother Yuanlong, do you still think that no one is watching us?"

Zhuge Liang smiled confidently.

"Heh, hehe..."

Chen Deng immediately shook his head with a wry smile. This is the reason. There are indeed so many pairs of eyes staring at them. As long as there is any change, the gentry will follow suit after knowing it, for fear of losing half a step.

"I'll write a letter home and send it to Xuzhou."

"Okay, in addition to this, we must take the lead in building food stores, and then order officials from all over the country to issue an announcement to the people, informing the people that five baht can be exchanged for money and food, so that the family can prepare money, and most importantly, let the people everywhere prepare to go to the village. The matter of membership."

"We asked the slaves to form a caravan immediately, and at the same time ordered the people to prepare for registration, so that the gentry could prepare in advance and follow my example."

Chen Deng stroked his beard lightly, smiled lightly, and praised Zhuge Liang, "It's a clever plan, you don't say anything, but you have already started to lead them by the nose. .”

"As expected of being the only disciple of Junhou, it's really ingenious to think differently."