Established a thousand-year family from the end of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 51

one year later
The first year of Han Yuanguang

Liaodong
Royal Manor
In the Patriarch's study, Wang Tairan was looking at two letters made of wadding paper in his hand.

Although the royal family of Liaodong advocated frugality in recent years, it was only advocating in general terms, such as some special circumstances, how to do it or how to do it, it would not be necessary to use a deadly heavy bamboo slip to deliver a letter.

The two wadding papers were written by Wei Zifu, the newly appointed wife of the palace, and Youlian Dongfang Shuo, who was by the emperor's side.

This Dongfang Shuo is not good at governing the country or fighting at war, but his mouth is so powerful that even the old masters in the court who have read poetry and books can't compete with his sharp teeth.

It is precisely because of this that the Wang family gave Dongfang Shuo the number of nominations. Anyway, he is only talkative, and staying in the Wang family will not help the Wang family. It is better to let him go to the Chang'an court to rely on his mouth to get an official position, and then use this official position Come to provide some convenience for the Wang family to seek personal gain.

As for Wei Zifu, after the concubine Tang lost her power, the Wang family fawned on the new generation of concubine in the palace. The purpose was the same, to convey some important information in the palace to the Liaodong Wang family, so that the Wang family could make corresponding measures.

In the two pieces of paper, Dongfang Shuo's paper said: The new emperor Liu Che often discussed with him whether it is feasible to normalize the behavior of scouting talents and make it a fixed system.

The method of selecting talents for Chaju Xiaolian existed as early as the period of Han Gaodi Liu Bang, but it has always been only something that the emperor would do temporarily when he is free, and has never formed a system.

Now, the new emperor Liu Che is going to fix this occasional selection of talents into a system, and he will come every few years.

Wang Tairan didn't care much about this matter, whether it was the procuratorial system or the procuratorial system, as long as it didn't affect the interests of the royal family in Liaodong, he didn't care.

Therefore, Wang Tairan directly wrote on Dongfang Shuo's cotton paper: We will unconditionally support all your majesty's decisions, and we will all believe that all your majesty's propositions are correct. That is Liu Che, Emperor of the Han Dynasty.

This is actually Wang Tairan's sincere words. Although he thinks every day how to bribe officials, annex land, and turn all the self-cultivated farmers of the Dahan into tenant farmers of the Liaodong royal family, he is absolutely loyal to the Dahan, otherwise he would not let the Dahan His nephew Wang Changzhi went to join the army to help the Han Dynasty fight against the Xiongnu and other foreign enemies.

The national righteousness of fighting against the Xiongnu's foreign enemies and leaving a name in the history of future generations, my Liaodong royal family wants it; annexing land, colluding with county and county officials to force people to go bankrupt and become tenant farmers of the Liaodong royal family, so as to expand the real interests of my Liaodong royal family, my Liaodong royal family also wants it!

It is necessary to have a good reputation in future generations, but also to satisfy the extravagant enjoyment of the family children by enslaving tenant farmers in this world; it is necessary to be loyal to the court to fight against foreign enemies, and it is also necessary to embezzle state assets to nourish one's own family.

These two things can go on at the same time and are not contradictory.

After putting down the wadding paper from Dongfang Shuo, Wang Tairan took out the wadding paper sent by Wei Zifu, and saw that it said: When the emperor and I share the same bed, he often talks in his sleep, such as what All the salt and iron in the world must be owned by the royal family, at least let the government manage it, and absolutely no longer allow the world's powerful nobles to manage it on their own. Seeing the resolute expression on his face when he said these nonsense, I am afraid it is not pure nonsense, your royal family You have to make plans in advance, oh yes, I really like the gifts your Wang family gave me this year, thank you very much.

When he saw Wei Zifu's paper, Wang Tairan frowned and became serious. It's not that he respected the emperor's favorite concubine. The children of the Wang family never really cared about these etiquettes in their hearts. All the etiquettes in the Central Plains are just for the children of the Wang family In order to facilitate communication with the gentry of the Central Plains, I had to learn and pretend later.

It is so serious, but the content on the cotton paper is too important. If the emperor really intends to nationalize the salt and iron industry of the wealthy people in the world, the royal family of Liaodong, who has a big business, may not be spared.

Thinking that the many smelters and saltworks of the Wang family will be taken over by the emperor Liu Che, Wang Tairan, who is loyal to the big man, can't help but curse inwardly: "The dog emperor is really ungrateful. Our powerful gentry will govern the country for you and help you fight against the enemy. Foreign enemy, you still want to nationalize our property, you have no conscience!"

After cursing, Wang Tairan shook his head and said to himself: "Although you are a heartless emperor, my Liaodong royal family will still be loyal to the big man and you. Who told us to be so loyal?"

After reading the wadding paper, Wang Tairan replied on the wadding paper: "Thank you for your concern and reminder. If your mother likes those gifts, our Wang family will send more next year."

After replying, he added a sentence "Patriarch Wang Tairan personally pays tribute to Wang Family" at the end.

As for Dongfang Shuo's wadding paper, there is no need to pay tribute. Dongfang Shuo is just the son-in-law of the Wang family. Although he is a genius and worthy of attention, that's all.

After finishing writing, let a loyal soldier of the royal family personally send the letter to Chang'an in a carriage, and must personally hand it over to Wei Zifu's personal maid in Chang'an City.

After dealing with these, Wang Tairan began to think about how to deal with the matters in those two letters.

The inspection system is easy to handle. At that time, more money will be spent to open up relationships, and the Wang family's children will be inspected as officials in the court. It is nothing more than more frequent than before, so it will cost more money.

The money should go to the tenant farmers.

In order for the Wang family to continue to mess around in the probation system that may appear in the future, they can only continue to suffer for the tenant farmers of Luoyueyuan. Let me, Wang Tairan, bear the infamy.

Wang Tairan has a very sense of responsibility. He voluntarily bears the blame for the hard work of the tenant farmers. He has no complaints or regrets. He will not feel that he has suffered a loss, nor will he feel that he is not worth it. He is a true daredevil. Be a brave gentleman.

Just thinking about this, Wang Tairan remembered another thing.

Wang Changzhi sent a letter before and told him: Wei Zifu's younger brother Wei Qing is a talent with great military talent, and he will definitely shine in the war against the Huns in the future. I hope that my uncle will also give Wei Qing a gift by the way. Fortunately, Wei Qing who has not grown up yet, as the so-called icing on the cake is not as good as giving charcoal in the snow. Wei Qing will give gifts before he has developed a talent. In the future, he will repay our Liaodong Wang family. When Wei Qing becomes famous, he will not bother to accept gifts from our Wang family. up.

Wang Tairan didn't take this matter to heart before.

What military genius?Can there be geniuses in my family's soldier Li Xi and the eldest nephew Wang Changzhi?Hehe... let's blow it!

Because I haven't seen it, I don't believe it, and because I don't believe it, I don't bother to send it.

But considering all kinds of terrible reforms that the emperor may carry out in the future, making one more friend is always an extra layer of insurance, so Wang Tairan added the name of Chang'an City Weiqing Wei Zhongqing to the gift list.

After the matter of the gift was dealt with, Wang Tairan still couldn't think of how to deal with Emperor Liu Che's possible future restructuring of the Yantie official camp.

When he was distressed, he casually flipped through the memorials sent by the family children on the table, but found such a memorial, which read: Luming Island lacks silk paper to write on, and the bamboo slips are too heavy. Requesting the opening of papermaking technology and using lower-cost paper for writing, Luming Island manager Wang Ruojiao wrote it herself.

"Cousin Jiaojiao is too childish."

Seeing the proposal of open papermaking, Wang Tairan laughed.

Papermaking technology was invented by the ancestors as early as Wang Kang's time, but the ancestors' legacy said very clearly that the descendants of the Wang family are not allowed to open papermaking technology at will, and the reason is very simple. If this technology is stolen by others, no matter how much you keep it secret, there will be negligence. Once the papermaking technology is completely popularized in the world, and the people of the world can study at a lower cost, then how can a powerful gentry like the Wang family monopolize knowledge?

Isn't this shooting yourself in the foot?Therefore, although the Wang family already had papermaking skills in the time of their ancestor Wang Kang, except for some craftsmen who made paper when they couldn't afford it decades ago, all the craftsmen who participated in papermaking were used to bury their ancestor Wang Kang. Afraid of leaking technology.

Thinking of this, Wang Tairan was about to reply 'no' on this paper report, but suddenly he had an idea.

island?
Didn't Wang Taiyang and Wang Roujing discover many indigenous islands overseas?
Although they are all wild places, they are not worth mentioning. Unless they are really at risk of ransacking their homes, it is impossible to go overseas to suffer in wild places, but...

Why can't the Wang family's salt and iron industry be transferred to those overseas islands?
Even if his court can take all the powerful salt and iron industries in Liaodong into official operations, is it possible that it can also take over my overseas industries as official operations?
Thinking of this, Wang Tairan became more and more excited. He took out the overseas route map that Wang Taiyang gave him before, and carefully considered the feasibility of transferring the assets of the Liaodong Wang family overseas.

After thinking for a long time, Wang Tairan let go of his heart and chuckled lightly: "This plan, why not just call it...the golden cicada escapes its shell!"

(End of this chapter)