The revival of Shu Han

Chapter 75 Worthy of Cao Surname ([-])

The third year of Jingyao in the Shu Han Dynasty, and the fifth year of Ganlu in Cao Wei (260 AD).On the fifth day of May, late at night, at Haishi.

In Luoyang City, in the large study room of General Cao Wei's mansion, dozens of huge Jingyao wax were glowing. Under the dazzling firelight, a middle-aged man in his fifties covered his mouth with one hand and yawned, while the other hand held his hand. Facing the bamboo slips on the case table, he wrote vigorously.

This is exactly this era, the most powerful man on the East Asian continent-General Cao Wei, Kaifu, Lushang Shushi Sima Zhao.

"Sir, it's Haishi, why don't you rest?"

"Oh, huh? It's Yuan Ji. I'm really sorry to make you come here so late."

As a man in this era, polygamy is the norm.Wang Yuanji was already 43 years old at this time, as a woman who had given birth to four children, at this age, she had already lost her beauty.So Sima Zhao has not been to her room for many years.

But the so-called those who use sex to deal with people, the color fades and loves to gallop.A woman can only win the attention of a man for a while by relying on her looks alone.If you want to tie a man by your side for a long time, you can only rely on your own talent.

As Wang Lang's granddaughter and Wang Su's daughter, Wang Yuanji is a woman who is extremely talented.Although the husband and wife have lived in separate rooms for many years, Sima Zhao's spirit is still pinned on Wang Yuanji, and he is always full of respect for Wang Yuanji.

"Didn't you just get sick a few days ago? Why are you watching these performances so late tonight? You are almost 50 years old, you still need to take care of your body."

"Hehehe, am I thinking of doing more now so that I can rest earlier in the future?" Sima Zhao smiled at his original partner, stood up and took Wang Yuanji's hand: "It just so happens that Yuanji is here, please Help me read this booklet. Husband's eyes hurt a little right now."

"Good." Wang Yuanji didn't shirk, took a seat and picked up a booklet and read softly: "The next official, Jingzhou Inspector Lu Zhi, reported to the general. In the past five years, illegal salt in Jingzhou has been rampant... private salt grains The white quality is superior to that of Jiangxia official salt. The price per stone is only [-], which is only half of the price of official salt. The people in Jingzhou all buy private salt and abandon official salt. The next official has written the governor of Jingzhou, the governor of Jiangnan, and the governors of both. The county soldiers were mobilized to clear up the illegal salt. In the past five months, more than [-] private salt dealers have been beheaded and more than [-] stones of private salt have been confiscated. But the overall effect is minimal... After investigation, the illegal salt came from Western Shu. The Western Tomb of the Eastern Wu has entered our territory..."

The flood of private salt in Northern Jingzhou under the rule of Cao Wei was of course caused by Guan Yi and his Fuxing Society: In view of the fact that the Siyan Xiaowei Mansion of the Shu Han set the buying price too low, the selling price was set too high.No matter how large the well salt output of Zigong Pavilion is, it cannot benefit ordinary people in Shu Han.So Guan Yi simply concealed the output from the Shu Han government, and dumped the excess through the Bu family in Soochow, and dumped it on the ground in Jingzhou. The common people benefit.That being the case, why should I give you all the money?It's better to sell private salt to fill the Fuxing Society's own pockets - the more pockets the Fuxing Society has now, the more confident it will be in dealing with the big battle three years later!

In this era, Cao Wei under the control of Sima Zhao has begun to gradually gather the authority of local officials in border areas.

Before Sima Yi came to power, Cao Wei's border areas were governed by the military governor system: the western front was Cao Zhen, who was not only the highest military officer on the front line of Yongliang, but also the highest civil affairs officer.The middle line is Xia Houshang, and the east line is Cao Xiu.They are all from the Cao-Xiahou alliance.

After Sima Yi launched the Gaopingling coup, in order to maintain the stability of the court, he acquiesced to this kind of superintendent of the large military region. He even consciously sent those who were dissatisfied with the Sima family to the border area on purpose—you should react quickly. Annihilate your three clans, and my control over Cao Wei will be further improved.

When Sima Shi was in power, the separation of military and government was implemented: there was a governor in the border area, and only the military was in charge.In addition, a governor is set up to manage civil affairs.

When Sima Zhao was in power, it went a step further: the three major military regions of Yongliang, Jingzhou, and Yangzhou were divided into six small military regions. powerful.

Now, Xia Houshang was in charge of the Jingzhou front line alone, and his military and political power has been shared by three people: General Zhengnan and the governor of Jingzhou. Wang Ji is stationed in Xinye and is the highest official in Jingzhou in name, but in fact He can only control the army in Nanyang County.The general who conquered and captives, the governor of the military states in the south of the Yangtze River, was stationed in Xiangyang, facing the Xiling Army of the Eastern Wu.Lu Zhi, the governor of Jingzhou, was also in Xiangyang and was in charge of the civil affairs of the entire Cao Wei Jingzhou.

Salt is second only to grain in people's livelihood.Salt tax is the second largest tax in feudal countries after land tax.Therefore, the proliferation of private salt in Jingzhou is of course the governor of Jingzhou reporting to the central government (now Sima Zhao is the central government).

"Hmm..." After listening to Wang Yuanji's reading aloud, Sima Zhao pulled his beard and pondered for a while: "Yuan Ji, take the booklet from the seventh grid on the third shelf at the back."

Sima Zhao mentioned that this notebook was sent by Lu Zhi in November last year.The general content is that there are merchants from Xiling in Eastern Wu who bought a large amount of grain in North Jingzhou.

After revisiting the contents of this booklet, Sima Zhao said to Wang Yuanji again: "The fifth shelf, the fourth grid."

The excerpts in this grid come from Cao Wei's "Jin Zuo Cao", which is Cao Wei's spy agency.The content of this notebook is the conflict between the Bu family and the local government of Fuling County in the Shu Han Dynasty, and a series of cooperation after the conflict.

After referring to each other in the three copies, Sima Zhao frowned, but there was an appreciative smile on the corner of his mouth: "This grandson of Guan Yunchang is really not simple. He has done such a big thing in less than four years."

"What do you mean, the overflow of private salt and the outflow of food were all caused by Guan Yi, Guan Zifeng?"

"Of course!" Sima Zhao paused, sorted out his thoughts in his mind and said: "Yuan Ji, look at the candles on this candlestick, all of them are so-called Jingyao wax, which are all produced in Fuling County, Western Shu. .Look at this clean table. The so-called Yanxi lacquer is painted on it, which is also the first product in Fuling County. There is also the teacup that my husband is using now. It will not break when dropped on the ground, and it is also produced in Fuling County. New porcelain (Guan Yi: It can’t be called bone china, otherwise it will leak the secret. There are a lot of high-quality soil suitable for firing ceramics in the land of Cao Wei and Dongwu.), and we often have banquets in the past one or two years. The fruit wine used is still from Fuling County. The soap used by the nobles in the house is still from Fuling County... Oh, yes, there are also toothpaste and toothbrushes that must be used before going to bed for my husband... This Guan Zifeng, It's really amazing."

"Well, I've noticed it too. The output from Fuling County has been deeply integrated into our daily life. After using these things, I can't do without them...the profits..."

"That's right, just for those things just now, Guan Zifeng's annual income may not be as high as Xishu's annual sales of Shu brocade! Now, he has even put his hand into the salt industry! This is not a country that is invincible, it is the world's richest what!"

(Guan Yi: Big brother, you can eat whatever you want, and you can’t talk nonsense! Young master, I want to support a corps now, and I have to hand over most of the profits to the emperor, and I also need to support the tens of thousands of employees of my Fuxing Society. They are all spent immediately after changing hands, and there is no savings at all!)
"In my humble opinion, it would be great if this Guan Zifeng was truly the richest person in the world. In the small country of Western Shu, one more wealthy businessman is no big deal. What I am afraid of is that this Guan Zifeng is earning money for the false emperor of Western Shu and the treasury. money."

(Guan Yi: Auntie Beauty, you are so right!)

"What Yuan Ji said is very true! This is what I am afraid of. Hey, my husband originally planned to become a duke this year and a king next year, and then go to conquer Shu. Now it seems that this matter of conquering Shu should have happened sooner rather than later." Get ready."

"Last month, Gonglu (Jia Chong) mobilized hundreds of officials in the court to submit a memorial requesting that Zishang be Duke of Jin. Does the emperor still stay in the court?"

"Yes!" Sima Zhao walked back and forth anxiously: "This Cao Yanshi is really shrewd. Last year, I just wiped out Zhuge's birthday. At that time, it was a temptation to launch a court meeting to ask for the title of Duke. But he was very straightforward. Yes. In the end, I had to decline a few times by myself. It made me very embarrassed. This year, the split of the three major governorate districts has been completed. I will not refuse to ask for the title of Duke this time, but this time he actually failed to stay. Fa! Sure enough, as Zhong Shiji said, Cao Yanshi is the same as Chen Si in literature, and the ancestor of martial arts. He is the most outstanding person among the younger generation of the Cao family!"

The husband and wife were talking, when suddenly the servant outside the door attracted two sweaty officials to rush in: "General, it's not good!"

"Huh? Wang Ye? Wang Chen? Aren't you accompanying His Majesty in the palace? What's the matter?"

"Great General! Your Majesty has launched an army! He will personally come to attack you!"

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