Xuande

Chapter 344 Visiting Ma Rizun

The reason for Liu Bei to visit Ma Rixun is simple.

In order to fully spread Liangzhou Fine Salt in Youfufeng and then Zuofengyi and Jingzhaoyin, Liu Bei wants to have some discussions with the Fufeng Ma family, which has a relatively large influence in Sanfu. .

You Fufeng has Meng Tuo's own social connections, so it is relatively easy to spread the fine salt business in an all-round way. Although there are some capable people in the local area who have mastered the benefits of salt and iron, under the pressure of eunuchs such as Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong Under the circumstances, he believed that these people would not dare to mess around.

Not to mention that some of them are themselves eunuchs such as Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong.

In this way, it is very simple to spread the fine salt in Youfufeng.

If there is any obstacle in it, there is only one family.

Fufeng Maoling Ma family.

There are not few families in the Sanfu area, but compared to the Kanto area, they are already very few. After the Eastern Han Dynasty shifted the political focus to Luoyang, the political influence and economic production capacity of the entire Guanzhong area were still weakened a lot. .

Regardless of power or background, most families in Sansuke Land cannot be compared with the eunuch's power.

As for the ones that could bring some troubles to the eunuchs, there were only three families that really belonged to the rich and powerful families—the Jia family of Fufeng Pingling, the Ma family of Fufeng Maoling, and the Kong family of Fufeng Maoling.

These three families are all in Youfufeng, and they all belong to the sphere of influence of the Ancient Literature School, and they are the leaders of the Ancient Literature School.

However, among the three companies involved in the interests of salt, only Ma Shi.

The other two are not engaged in business, and their main interest is in the land, which has nothing to do with the sale of salt.

Only the Ma family in Fufeng Maoling operated business and managed the salt industry, and gained a huge amount of wealth. Ma Rong, Lu Zhi's teacher at that time, was known for his luxurious and refined life.

But now, Ma Rizun, a descendant of the Ma family, can be regarded as the number one important figure in the ancient literature school, and has a good relationship with Lu Zhi, Liu Bei and others. The one who caused them trouble was mainly the Fufeng Maoling Ma family.

For this nail, Zhang Rang and others originally wanted to ignore it, thinking that they should be ignored and just run over it.

However, Liu Bei, considering some human relationships, decided to visit Ma Rizun in person, and talk about cooperation with the Ma family behind Ma Rizun, and strive for win-win cooperation.

Who would have trouble with money?
As long as Mrs. Ma can cooperate, everyone's cooperation must be very pleasant, and the ancient literature school knows everything, and has a flexible moral and political bottom line. Once you find something that violates the principles, you should simply adjust the principles and take the initiative to adapt. good for everyone.

This spirit runs through the entire establishment of the Ancient Literature School, and is the core factor for the Ancient Literature School to please the ruler and eventually replace the Modern Literature School.

So when Liu Bei visited Ma Rixun and mentioned this matter, Ma Rixun was shocked, but not disgusted.

"Xuande, this matter is quite involved, and...you actually choose to be with His Majesty?"

"How can I earn this kind of thing and this money alone? If I don't cooperate with everyone, I can earn this money in Liangzhou at most."

Liu Bei sighed, and said slowly: "Liangzhou is poor. I want to govern Liangzhou well, and I need money, but the imperial court won't give me much money. I can only find money for myself. I found it, and I don't have a strong backer." , This money belongs to me, or two.

Although this kind of behavior is slightly inappropriate, but for the sake of the people of Liangzhou, I have no choice, and this matter is really done, everyone is very happy, can eat good salt, and can also use it to obtain holy family , why not? "

Ma Rixun grew up in a big family, and he was used to such things, so he didn't think there was anything wrong with what Liu Bei did.

On the contrary, if given the chance, he would do it more thoroughly than Liu Bei.

After gaining power, in addition to satisfying spiritual needs, one must also find ways to obtain some practical benefits, otherwise wouldn't this power be lost in vain?

Right now, he has only one small worry.

"What would Zigan think if he found out about this? Xuande, aren't you worried that Zigan will find out about this? He is a person who hates evil like an enemy. This kind of thing involves a lot of things, and it is easy to be misunderstood."

Liu Bei thought about Lu Zhi's changes over the years, pursed his lips, and suppressed the corners of his mouth that were about to twitch.

"The teacher is jealous of evil, but he is also for the country and the people. He will definitely understand my thinking for the people of Liangzhou. As long as my heart remains unchanged, it doesn't matter what the means are. Being an official will benefit one party. I just want to let Liangzhou The state is better, as for the others, I don't want to think too much about it."

Ma Rilun didn't speak anymore, he lowered his head and thought for a while, then nodded slowly.

"If this matter is told by others, I may not be able to accept it, but since Xuande said it, even if some people don't accept it, I will let them accept it. Xuande, go and let that Meng Tuo talk to my family. , I will write a letter and send someone to take it back, the Ma family is not a stubborn family."

"Magong Gaoyi, I admire him very much."

Liu Bei complimented Ma Rixun a few words, but Ma Rixun just smiled and didn't say much.

Judging from the current momentum, Liu Bei's rise is beyond doubt, and there is no doubt that he will hold greater power in the future.

They are willing to take Ma Shi to earn this money, Ma Shi can't give face to shame, it is better not to make any disturbances in the ancient literature school for the time being, otherwise, judging from the current weird situation, it is definitely not a good thing.

What's more, Ma Rong brought extravagance to the Ma family back then, but now each of the Ma family values ​​ostentation more than anything else, and they can't get tired of every bite, every bite, and every detail, as if they all want to emulate Confucius.

As a result, the Ma family's ostentation expenses rose sharply, and the family's financial situation was slightly problematic.

Ma Rixun doesn't like this kind of family tradition, but there is no better way to improve it. Now that he has a chance to increase his income, he is of course willing to start a mutually satisfactory cooperation with Liu Bei.

After Ma Rixun got it done, Liu Bei notified Zhang Rang of the news and asked Zhang Rang to make preparations.

After the biggest scourge is eliminated, as long as the goods are in place, using the official salt shop and some private salt shops, the remaining guys will be squeezed out quickly, and then their business will be snatched, and everyone will share this delicious piece of food together. big cake.

With common interests and common needs, in these places, Liu Bei, the fierce tiger, does not need to face the siege of a group of hungry wolves alone. There are other tigers and more hungry wolves around him, enough to fight against the locals Insignificant resistance.

Liu Bei made a little prediction, feeling that once this wave of Liangzhou fine salt spreads out, within three months at most, the salt industry in Sansuke will undergo a fundamental change, and those big salt sellers and the umbrellas behind them will all Losing the ability to resist, he was forced to surrender and hand over his interests.

Don't hand it over?

Then go to hell!
In the matter of using special means to fight for interests, Meng Tuo was much more vicious than Liu Bei, and Liu Bei was more vicious when attacking political opponents, while Meng Tuo showed his teeth and claws in all directions without dead ends.

In the next few days, people kept coming to see Liu Bei. Some were from high families, their elders were senior officials in the court, and some were from humble backgrounds. They just sent a post to meet Liu Bei, hoping to get Liu Bei's appreciation and progress. The rank of the body.

The young scholars of the ancient literature school in Luoyang City rushed over one by one to meet Liu Bei and Lu Zhi respectively, hoping to be appreciated by Lu Zhi and Liu Bei.

Liu Bei also hoped that he would be able to select some truly talented people from among these people to take to Liangzhou to expand his talent pool, so he took time to meet with these young scholars in groups of ten, and asked them about government and military affairs. , to judge their talents.

Regardless of whether he has the talent in this area or not, Liu Bei knows a lot of people, and he has a steelyard in his heart, knowing who is worth cultivating and who is not.

He is like an HR who selects talents for his own company. He takes some difficult questions to test the young job-seeking students facing him, and judges whether they have the value of training, or whether they are perfect and able to do things after leaving the factory.

Among them, Liu Bei is more inclined to scholars from ordinary landlord families, rather than scholars from noble families, because the demand of the latter is obviously greater than that of the former.

His power has become relatively strong, and the interest groups under his command have gradually formed. If he continues to include the support of a family with great power, he also needs to share the benefits with the other party. This will inevitably cause some internal disputes.

The situation in the world is uncertain, and Liu Bei doesn't want to spend too much energy on internal issues, so maintaining internal stability is the first element at present, and everything else can be put in the back row.

After about three days of interviews, he selected more than 20 bright, quick-witted and promising people from this group of Luoyang scholars to enter his team for training.

And he also said that although they will not be able to arrange formal jobs for a while, they will be allowed to receive training and internships. After the internships, they will be assigned jobs.

In short, I will assign assignments, but you must obey professionally, why not?

Do you want to do it?
This question is meaningless to scholars.

They came here because of the lack of advancement. Now that Liu Bei is willing to take them away and give them a chance to be an official, why not?

Apart from anything else, one or two immediately expressed their loyalty, willing to follow Liu Bei through thick and thin, going up the mountain of swords and going down the sea of ​​fire without hesitation!

As long as you pack the assignment, what does professional obedience count?
On the fourth day, Liu Bei declined everyone's visits and settled down at home with peace of mind. He used this last day to spend time with his family, his mother, his wife and children, eating and talking with them.

Later, Xun Shuang brought Xun You to the door.

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PS: I didn’t feel comfortable eating breakfast today, and I’m not satisfied, so I won’t add more.

(End of this chapter)