Ji Han Liu Zhang

Chapter 75
Yellow House.

Huang Wan took the wooden box handed over by her brother Huang Quan and asked curiously: "Brother, what is this."

She did not open the wooden box immediately, but joked about Huang Quan: "My brother went to Ba County, but he didn't forget about my little sister. He actually came back with a gift."

"No." Huang Quan said quickly, denying Huang Wan's words, and then talked about the origin of the wooden box.

"This is what the envoy asked me to bring you. It is a rare fox white fur."

Hearing this, Huang Wan's face showed surprise. Fox white fur is a piece of clothing made from the white fur of the fox's armpit. The fur under the fox's armpit is the lightest and warmest, so it is the highest-grade fur. One fur can be worth thousands of gold.

She had read a book and knew that Meng Changjun, one of the four princes of the Warring States Period, had a fox-white coat, worth a thousand pieces of gold, and was unparalleled in the world.

Opening the wooden box, Huang Wan looked at the fox-white fur, which was as white as snow. After receiving it, it was light and warm. It was indeed a rare treasure.

It was one thing that the gift Liu Zhang gave her was expensive, but Liu Zhang personally went to Ba County to conquer the rebels, and he still thought about bringing her a gift, which made Huang Wan's heart warm.

"Brother, where did this fox white fur come from?" She asked about the origin of the fox white fur.

Huang Quan said bluntly: "It was presented by Colonel Lou Fa Lou under the envoy's tent."

"Colonel Lou did not get much credit in the battle of Bajun, so he shot foxes everywhere, collected white furs, and made this fox-white fur to present to the envoy."

Speaking of this, Huang Quan thought of the taciturn captain Lou Fa.

Shen Mi had the merit of killing Yang Ping, the head of the Yang family, so he felt at ease as a captain. Lou Fa did not gain much credit. He also took the post of captain, and could only offer Liu Zhang a fox-white fur coat worth a thousand gold. make amends.

'He is a strong person. 'Huang Quan made an evaluation of Lou Fa's character.

Huang Wan, however, did not pay attention to Huang Quan's explanation. Instead, she held up the fox white fur in her hand, as if Liu Zhang was standing in front of her at this moment.

"Captain Lou was so thoughtful that he dedicated the fox-white fur to the envoy, but the fox-white fur fell into my hands." When she came back to her senses, she felt a little embarrassed.

"Brother, please bring this fox white fur back to the envoy tomorrow."

"Sooner or later, we are one family. They are not the same for you or your envoy." Huang Quan, always quick to speak, continued: "When the time comes to get married, just take it with you."

"Brother." Huang Wan let out a coquettish voice, a blush appeared on her face, and she did not dare to stay in front of Huang Quan for a moment longer.

She put the fox white fur into the wooden box and packed it away. She said goodbye to Huang Quan, picked up the wooden box and left in a hurry.
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Looking at Caiwei who was sleeping curled up like a kitten beside her, Liu Zhang sighed inwardly. It would be nice if he had a cigarette at this time.

Unfortunately, tobacco had to wait until the mid-to-late Ming Dynasty to be introduced into China. Now, naturally, there is nothing for entertainment.

Taking advantage of this sage's time, he thought about the issue of the Southern Expedition.

The number of troops he set for the Southern Expedition was around 8000, but Yizhou had been fighting for years, and the treasury was somewhat stretched. As Biejia Wang Shang said, he could only support 8000 troops for the expedition.

In this case, maybe he can shamelessly issue hundreds of millions of dollars.

Just like Liu Bei in history, before Liu Bei captured Chengdu, he promised the Chengdu treasury to his soldiers. After he captured Chengdu, the Chengdu treasury was emptied by the soldiers. Liu Bei, who was helpless, followed Liu Ba's suggestion to issue hundreds of coins. Use force to pressure aristocratic families and businessmen to recognize them, in exchange for filling the treasury.

If you are more shameless, you can be like Sun Quan, the great emperor of Wu. The entire Daquan five hundred, one thousand, and the most outrageous Daquan five thousand, frantically plundered the property of ordinary people, and converted the currency issued by Wu into Zimbabwean currency, causing Wu to actually It is a situation where Shu Han money is used.

Sun Quan, the great emperor of Wu, was not good at fighting, and he was also a poor man in economics.

Although Zhibai and Dangqian are more notorious when used, these are very good means for plundering people's wealth and filling the state and county treasury.

But Liu Zhang didn't want to issue a currency that was unpopular when he first came to the throne. What's more, the capital of Guizhou only had a lot of money. Who is the richest now is of course the wealthy families.

He doesn't want to make poor people's money. He wants to make money from whoever has money. This is his original intention.He could scrape his head back and forth but couldn't get any oil or water out of it, but if he ate a few wealthy people from aristocratic families, it would be enough to fill his stomach.

'Forefathers planted trees, and future generations enjoy the shade. '

Regarding the current situation, Liu Zhang thought of the Han Guangwu Emperor Liu Xiu, who was nicknamed the time traveler. Liu Xiu was considered by many to be an almost perfect emperor in history.

Liu Xiu was born in the common people, became emperor in three years, and conquered the world in 15 years. After winning the world, he did not kill the heroes, which is indeed perfect.

But Confucius said that a person who everyone says is good is not as good as a person who has good people saying he is good and bad people saying he is bad.

As the founding emperor, Liu Xiu conquered the world with the support of the wealthy families of Nanyang and Hebei. For this reason, Liu Xiu also sold his body by marrying Guo Shengtong, the niece of King Zhending Liu Yang.

This left hidden dangers for the Eastern Han Dynasty. When Liu Xiu unified the world and conquered the fields, some deep-seated problems broke out.

'You can ask about Yingchuan and Hongnong, but not Henan and Nanyang. '

'The Imperial City of Henan has many close ministers, and the Imperial Township of Nanyang has many close relatives. '

As soon as the Eastern Han Dynasty was founded, the powerful families were already at risk of becoming bigger. Although Liu Xiu, as the founding emperor, was still able to rely on his own authority, he got angry and killed more than a dozen prefects in an attempt to suppress the powerful families.

But after the death of Liu Xiu, the founding monarch, most of the subsequent Eastern Han emperors lost Liu Xiu's authority. Furthermore, most of the Eastern Han emperors were young, which resulted in the decline of imperial power. As a result, the rise of wealthy families was out of control.

Since the Eastern Han Dynasty, the trend of mergers and acquisitions of aristocratic families has been prevalent. The rich have vast fields and the poor have no place to stand.

In the feudal era, the most important thing was land. If you owned land, you would have wealth. Therefore, the aristocratic families had an economic advantage. By turning to economics, they also had a great political advantage.

Now that the treasury is not full, he naturally sets his sights on wealthy and luxurious aristocratic families.

Therefore, Liu Zhang first used Bajun's letter of rebellion against the wealthy families to threaten the wealthy families in Shu County, and secondly, appointed the famous scholar Chen Shi as the prefect of Shu County to convey the hearts of the wealthy families in Shu.

With such kindness and power, Wang Shang, the king of Shu, was allowed to go to the wealthy families to gather the food and grass needed for this southern expedition. It must be easy to capture.

If he acts like this and there are wealthy families who won't give him face, he, the Yizhou Shepherd, doesn't mind using a knife to reason with the wealthy families.

These days, the feudal lords who rule one side are worthy of being called lords if they don’t kill the local nobles.

When Liu Biao first entered Jingzhou, he lured more than 50 clan thieves and destroyed them in one fell swoop.

As soon as Gongsun Du arrived in Liaodong, he was unhappy with the local powerful and annihilated more than a hundred families.

Yuan Shao was lenient in politics, but Gongsun Zan's denunciation of Yuan Shao angrily accused Yuan Shao of "cutting off wealthy families and collecting money for examinations." 'That is, to extort powerful people for military supplies.

Of course, there was also his father Liu Yan, who in vain executed Wang Xian, Li Quan, the governor of Bajun, and more than ten people to establish a powerful punishment.

"Emissary?"

The sound in his ear interrupted Liu Zhang's thoughts. Caiwei, who was a little drowsy in sleep, noticed that Liu Zhang was not asleep and shouted.

Liu Zhang put aside his thoughts, hugged the shy and charming Caiwei, and joked: "What do you call me envoy? Just call me husband."

"My maid dare not." Caiwei woke up a little, opened her big eyes as round as black pearls, changed the subject, and asked softly: "Why aren't you asleep yet?"

"Long nights, heartless sleep."

After Liu Zhang replied, he leaned forward and pressed forward, and then there was a sound of picking up the weed.

(End of this chapter)