No one can disturb my retirement life in the Red Mansion

Chapter 1013 Resistance
"What do you mean, Commander? Today, Jiangdong is a country of peace and prosperity, with the people living and working in peace and contentment. It has already regained the prosperity of a hundred years ago." Zhang Zhao actually knew what Zhou Yu meant, but it is not acceptable for you to say that our internal affairs are not doing well.

Before her death, Mrs. Wu told Sun Quan that if he had any questions about domestic affairs, he should ask Zhang Zhao, and if he had any questions about foreign affairs, he should ask Zhou Yu. He was in charge of domestic affairs and would never bow to Zhou Yu.

Zhou Yu and Zhang Zhao were nothing special. Basically, they were a small court. Zhang Zhao was the prime minister, and Zhou Yu was the commander-in-chief. One was civil, the other was military, and they were the pillars of Jiangdong.

In principle, the prime minister actually has a higher position, but this is Jiangdong, and Zhou Yu is a founding member. Compared with Zhang Zhao who joined in the middle, the difference in status is obvious, so naturally Zhou Yu has more power.

"My lord, is Wu Hou Jian too popular?" Zhou Yu looked at Sun Quan with a bitter face.

When it was first made, they all thought that the point was not the money, but the social effect. Now the social effect is out of the question, but the problem is the money. How can there be so much money?

Money can move people's hearts, and many Jiangdong families are already secretly dissatisfied. You have occupied the position and you want to steal the business. Isn't that too much?

Although Zhou Yu despised these stupid and arrogant noble families, he was also afraid of a fire in his backyard. He was discussing with the army how to take Yizhou first. While Liu Bei was ill, they were marching towards Shu. However, now, a little Wu Hou Jian had obviously touched the nerves of some people.

"I think this is a very good idea. Once the Wu Hou paper comes out, the literary style will flourish. Who in the world would not envy it? And even if it is papermaking, the paper-making workshops do not have to pay taxes. However, once an industry starts, all industries will prosper. The Jiangdong market will be prosperous, and all the money in the world will flow to Jiangdong. This is a sign of the prosperity of our Jiangdong." Zhang Zhao, who was in charge of internal affairs, said hurriedly.

Zhang Zhao has been in a good mood recently, because Wu Houjian and old friends from all over the country have been asking him about papermaking. He feels that his status in the martial arts world has been raised a lot.

Moreover, because Wu Houjian made money, I used to think that medical schools and national medical halls would cost a lot of money and would lose money to gain publicity. As a result, they were self-sufficient and made Nanxu a prosperous city besides Luoyang and Kaifeng. Not to mention collecting taxes, just relying on the coming and going of these people and the prosperity of business, the people became rich, and as a result, everyone became rich.

Now with Wu Houjian, Jiangdong has surpassed the north in an instant, and is directly said to be the south, a place with beautiful humanities. These days, he is always smiling, feeling relaxed physically and mentally.

"My lord, some noble families in the south are talking about restoring the prosperity of a hundred years ago and calling back their sons to revitalize their hometowns." Zhou Yu glanced at Zhang Zhao and reported to Sun Quan. This was the point Zhou Yu came to discuss. The army was unstable!

Sun Quan nodded. Even the Xu family represented by Madam Xu had sent a letter asking for an experienced papermaker. Some of the Jiangdong noble families had also sent people to test the waters. In our territory, we have to give each other some face.

Are they afraid of these noble families? Really not. They have so many soldiers and horses. No matter how big the noble families are, they can't die. But the problem is here. These noble families control a lot of land. Above the counties, there are noble families. They can raise private soldiers, they have the right to read and write, and they can recommend people to be officials, so they are above the imperial power.

Why did my mother hate the Zhuge family? Did she hate the Zhuge family? No, she hated all the big and small families that were betting on the parties. It can be said that these aristocratic families were the biggest cancer in the court. But let alone that he could not do anything to these aristocratic families, even the imperial power actually had no way to do anything to these aristocratic families.

Like his own ancestors who were born as minor officials, Zhuge Liang still despised them. How can a family be called a family if it has not experienced a hundred years of accumulation? And these aristocratic families are even more so. Otherwise, they would not be called a thousand-year family and a hundred-year dynasty.

Therefore, every generation of emperors wanted to support the emergence of new families, but the aristocratic families did not care. They felt that it was meaningless. It was just to overthrow the dynasty. What did the lives of the people have to do with them?
These people train their children and then fill the court with them. It's like a big net. As long as the court doesn't satisfy them, as Zhou Yu just said, they will call back their family members. If one of them brings a few loyal followers and then joins the hostile forces, then everyone will lose everything.

"The Queen Mother had carved a stone scripture on the method of papermaking and placed it in the academy. From the beginning of pulping, it was the same method as Cai Hou Paper. She did not keep it to herself. She also said that she hoped everyone in the world could afford good paper. It's already like this, and you still want people to feed you food?" Zhang Zhao was angry.

This is really what Ou Mengmeng said. Only when the papermaking technology is promoted throughout the country, these aristocratic families will not be able to monopolize the business, just like they can completely prohibit people other than the gentry from reading and writing. As long as more and more people can make paper, the paper will become better and better and cheaper.

That's why Zhang Zhao was so happy, because he would tell everyone he asked, and said that they could come and learn. This is the mind of Jiangdong! This also made the scholars in the world respect Jiangdong and Wu Hou. Before, they only thought that he was standing on the shoulders of his father and brother, but now it seems that it is not the case at all. He has a more literary temperament than his father and brother!
As a scholar, he was more sensitive than the average person. For example, Sun Quan didn't like him and Zhou Yu. Zhou Yu knew this, not to mention him. But even so, after so many years, even if the lady passed away, he would accept the opinions raised by him and Zhou Yu, regardless of whether he really agreed with them or not. In fact, he and Zhou Yu admired him in their hearts. Otherwise, they wouldn't have stayed here until now.

In the past year, he clearly felt the difference in Sun Quan. He was more confident. He no longer agreed to their suggestions as he did before, regardless of whether he agreed or not. He would listen carefully and ask for their ideas in a nice tone. Although it was just one more inquiry, they all felt that they had more confidence in this lord.

"Now each family is putting pressure on Jiangdong. There should be the shadows of Cao Cao and Zhuge Liang behind them. After all, the three families have just reached a state of balance." What Zhou Yu cares about is the stability of the army.

Jiangdong seems to be thriving now, and this atmosphere will actually affect the military.

Also, in such a prosperous market, are ordinary people really the ones who benefit? Actually, that is not the case. Most of the land and shops are in the hands of the powerful, and it is these powerful people who make money.

All I can say is that people may be living a little better now than before, but they can afford to see a doctor, but still cannot afford medicine. Even if doctors are becoming more down-to-earth and know how to prescribe medicine for the general public, the poor still cannot afford it.

When the powerful have more resources, their voices will be louder. For example, in the military, the more resources the families they rely on give them, the louder their voices will be. The military is raised with money!

I've been on duty all day today and I'm so sleepy now!