I seek economic hegemony in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 241 As long as we are kind enough, we can beat you to death next year

"Two Xiling merchants?" Sun Quan was confused.

"One is called Bi Qiu and the other is Zhang Bin. They are both businessmen from Xiling."

"Is there anything special about these two people?" Sun Quan asked doubtfully, "How could they take away most of the salt in Jiangzhou?"

"It is said that he gave a lot of gifts."

"You can get most of the new salt by giving gifts?"

"There are people behind these two people."

"Who?"

"Gu Mu, the governor of Xiling."

"Nonsense!" Sun Quan's face turned ugly, "Gu Mu is the governor of Xiling, how can he decide who should give Jiangzhou's new salt?"

Liu Ji said: "He is in Xiling. All ships departing from Jiangzhou will stop at Xiling Ferry. Jiangzhou has always had a good relationship with him."

"Just because of this, you gave it to him?"

"Xiling is not far from Jiangzhou. I'm afraid both sides have done a lot of things where we can't see."

Sun Quan fell silent.

Seeing this, Liu Ji began to add insult to injury: "Your Majesty, Xiling is the gate to our great Wuxi. Gu Mu took advantage of his position as the governor of Xiling to steal most of the new salt. Not to mention whether he had secretly colluded with the Shu army. With this move, where does he place Jianye, and where does he place His Majesty?"

"He is the son of the Prime Minister. The Prime Minister has a noble character. I don't believe he would be like this."

When Liu Ji, whose interests were damaged, heard this, he suddenly became anxious. If you don't punish Gu Mu now, wouldn't I suffer a big loss?

"Your Majesty, the Prime Minister may not know about this, but Gu Mu is already doing it."

"Okay, you don't have to say anything, I have my own plan."

Liu Ji did not dare to say any more. He knew that Sun Quan trusted Gu Yong very much.

Sun Quan liked this prime minister very much.

Because Gu Yong has indeed become a secret minister.

The prime minister of Sun Wu was different from those of Ji Han and Cao Wei. The prime minister of Ji Han had monopoly on military and political affairs, and the power of foreign dynasties was almost a cabinet monarchy.

The same was true in the early days of Cao Wei. When Cao Cao was still there, he almost had all the power.

The prime minister of Sun Wu had no military power, and even administrative power was greatly cut off.

This is of course Sun Quan's will.

Gu Yong did his duty in this position and never arrogated even a little bit.

When Sun Quan needed him, he never avoided it.

If Sun Quan had any important military and state affairs, he would feel free to tell him in private, because he never talked much and would not even mention it to his own family.

Any king would love such a minister very much.

Liu Ji failed to persuade Sun Quan, but the most powerful part of the conspiracy was not the probability, but the contradictions arising from conflicts of interest. They must be resolved, otherwise there will be internal problems.

Conflicts will only shift, not disappear.

Just like this Gu Mu case, Liu Ji failed to persuade Sun Quan, but the next day, ministers began to impeach Gu Mu.

The speed is no less fast than Liu Ji.

And in the next few days, ministers sent memorials one after another.

Some even among the censors began to impeach.

Rumors came from nowhere, and Jianye was rumored that Gu Mu might have had many unclear transactions with Ji Han.

Otherwise, why did we suddenly get so much new salt?

At this time, Sun Quan realized that there was no way to deal with this matter coldly.

Because the interests of too many people are involved.

The amount of new salt is increasing month by month, and more money will be involved in the future.

Gu Mu alone accounts for more than half of it, isn't this looking for death?

The core of this incident is no longer as simple as whether Gu Mu was wrongly accused, but that he must be removed in order to quell public anger. Therefore, in mid-December of the fifteenth year of Jianxing, Sun Quan removed Gu Musixiling from his position as prefect and transferred him back to Beijing.

But there were people in the court who refused to give up and wanted to draw the fire on Prime Minister Gu Yong.

A letter of memorial came to Sun Quan like a rainstorm.

In the end, Sun Quan simply closed the hall door and ignored anyone.

It was not until December 22nd, when Lu Xun was summoned back to Jianye from Wuchang and met Sun Quan that Sun Quan took the lead.

"Bo Yan, I called you back because I want to discuss with you the Northern Expedition next year. You must have heard of this military system, right?"

"I have heard of it."

Sun Quan asked: "As long as you have heard about it, Yizhou and Cao Wei have begun to implement the military system. Do you think we can do it?"

Sun Quan had a deep meaning in asking Lu Xun this question.

Lu Xun was born in the Lu family of Wu County, a large family in the southeast, but Lu Xun was not a vested interest in the strict sense.

To be precise, Lu Xun still advocated that Sun Quan could restrain many aristocratic families in Jiangdong.

If Yizhou and Cao Wei are very strict in their management of the upper levels, then Sun Quan's management of the upper levels can be described as indulgent.

Sun Quan's philosophy was to bribe the upper class and punish the lower class, thereby consolidating his rule.

For example, Zhuge Liang often believed that the punishment of soldiers could be light, but if the powerful broke the law, they must be dealt with according to the law.

Sun Quan did the opposite, but Lu Xun agreed with Zhuge Liang's approach, because Lu Xun, like Zhuge Liang, also led troops in war, and they both knew how to cherish soldiers.

So when it comes to the military system, Sun Quan first thought of Lu Xun.

Lu Xun said this: "Your Majesty, I think that it is not impossible for the government troops to be implemented in Jiangdong, but there are many difficulties. I am afraid it will not be as easy as Yizhou. There are many people in Cao Wei, so the Wei Lord must be just organizing households to equalize the people. The government troops were implemented."

"No hope at all?"

"It can only be implemented through household registration and equalization of the people, but the taxes will be much lower."

Sun Quan hesitated, and Lu Xun said: "Your Majesty, Yizhou has to do this because it has a small land and few people, and Cao Wei has to do this because the battle line is too long. We don't need it, at least not now. Our troops are sufficient. "

Sun Quan thought for a moment, then sighed and said, "What Boyan said makes sense, let's put it aside first."

In the blink of an eye, it was December 30th, and Li Heng was staying in Chongqing to celebrate the New Year this year.

Chongqing New Town is decorated with lanterns and colorful decorations early in the morning.

Li Heng and Du Yu were drinking tea when Dong Hong hurried over.

"Good news!" Dong Hong walked over quickly and sat down, poured himself a cup of tea and drank it.

"What good news?" Li Heng asked curiously.

"Gu Mu was dismissed and replaced by Ganchang."

"Who is Ganchang?"

"The grandson of Gan Ning, I heard that this person has no independent opinions." Dong Hong said.

Du Yu smiled and said: "Gu Mu has eaten so much in Xiling. Of course the Jianye princes are worried that a new person will still make trouble in Xiling, so they will recommend a straw bag together. It is not surprising, not surprising."

"Okay! It's not far before we march eastward. Send people to complete all the intelligence on Xiling. By then our army will march eastward, just like a blue dragon marching out to sea, it will be unstoppable!"

"Here!"

In the blink of an eye, the new year began, and Liu Chan changed Jianxing to Yanxi in Chengdu.

As for Cao Rui, while quietly investing troops in the southeast, he sent envoys to the State of Wu to see Sun Quan to express his best friend's most sincere concern.

Of course, Sun Quan returned the gift, and expressed to Cao Rui's envoy the importance he attached to the friendship between Wei and Wu in a very sincere and friendly manner.

I hope that in the new year, the two countries will work together to develop and build together.

As soon as Cao Wei's envoy turned around and left Jianye, Sun Quan immediately ordered to speed up the preparation of food and grass.

(End of this chapter)