After experiencing that kind of thing, Chen Gong felt that he had also seen it.

There are advantages of the central government in the center, but there are many crises, and there are local disadvantages, but at least the first wave will not be impacted, there is still room for reversal, and we can wait and see the situation.

In addition, after the holding of the imperial examination, Jingzhou scholars entered the imperial court as officials in a large manner, and there was a tendency to rise later, and Chen Gong had realized the changes of the times.

Therefore, he no longer deliberately pursues to return to the central government to hold any position, as long as he can protect his position, it is enough.

Don't ask for merit, but ask for no fault, as long as he does the things that the emperor has explained, he doesn't want to do anything else.

It was one of the duties and obligations of the magistrates to ensure the abundance and integrity of the grain depots and arsenals under their jurisdiction, and although these treasury belonged to the central government office, if something went wrong, the local officials could not escape.

Just like what happened in Jizhou before, how many officials fell to the ground, just because they did not properly control the integrity of the grain depot and arsenal.

Chen Gong learned from the experience and took up this work himself, and the others can be let go a little, and the integrity of the treasury must be guaranteed, otherwise his own life is not easy to say.

This time, the crown prince made a surprise inspection, and it was obvious that he was prepared.

However, Chen Gong was not worried.

Because more than a month ago, he also carried out a surprise inspection to check the reserve level of important grain depots and arsenals around Chang'an to ensure that they were complete.

Therefore, when Guo Jin asked his entourage officials and subordinates to separately check the reserves of the arsenals and grain depots in various places, he did not find any problems, and he felt very satisfied.

"Along the way, seeing that the land of Guanzhong is developing well, the people live and work in peace and contentment, and work hard to produce, this is what my father wants to see, Chen Zhijun is worthy of being a good minister praised by his father, and Chen Zhijun is sitting in Yongzhou, my father will definitely not be worried."

For such praise, Chen Gong smelled something different.

"It is the blessing of the minister to be praised by His Majesty, these are the things that the minister should do, and it is within the minister's duty, I really dare not be praised by this."

Guo Jin smiled.

"Chen Yuanjun is also an old minister who follows his father, he has been diligent and diligent in Yongzhou for several years, and has never slackened in the slightest, turning Yongzhou from this poor and white land into a prosperous place today, how can this not have Chen Yuanjun's credit?

The previous and upcoming wars also relied on a large amount of grain and ordnance provided by Yongzhou, weren't these also the credit of Chen Zhijun? Chen Zhijun's contribution to my Wei is a well-known thing. ”

Upcoming war?

Chen Gong reacted immediately.

What the crown prince said, is it - the war in the Western Regions?

It's really possible!

"Dare to ask His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, the upcoming war, but the war in the Western Regions?"

"Oh? How did Chen Zhijun know? ”

Guo Jin looked at Chen Gong with a smile.

"The war that Yongzhou may support, in addition to the Yizhou war, is only the war in the Western Regions, the war in Yizhou is already going on, it has not yet ended, then Yongzhou needs to contribute, only the war in the Western Regions, I don't know, which country in the Western Regions violated the rules and regulations of my Wei?"

Chen Gong didn't know the inside story, that is, he vaguely knew something.

Guo Jin shook his head.

"It's not that any country has offended the majesty of my Wei, but that their presence makes my father feel unpleasant."

Chen Gong's eyes widened suddenly.

This...... Could it be ......

"Chen Yuanjun, do you know that I reopened the silk trade route, and how much of the profit from the goods along the way was earned by the countries of the Western Regions?"

Chen Gong didn't know much about this, but judging from the attitude of those merchants and magnates from the Western Regions spending money lavishly in Chang'an City, they must have earned a lot.

If you don't make enough money, how can you order Shu brocade with hundreds of thousands of horses as soon as you make a move?

Shu brocade is a real luxury, Chen Gong himself often buys Shu brocade to give to his family, friends, or to make a new dress for himself, his fortune is rich, and he can afford to consume it completely, and people in small countries in the Western Regions can also afford it, and they consume so much, it can only be said that they are really rich.

The favorite thing for merchants in Chang'an City is to do business with these people from the Western Regions, they spend lavishly and sweep goods on a large scale, and sometimes the eastern and western cities of Chang'an City will even be swept to the point of shortage of goods.

What a big dog.

Originally, Chen Gong didn't know why they were so rich, but now that Guo Jin said it, he could be considered to have reacted, and all this was due to the silk trade route.

But think about it, how much money can the silk trade road make for Wei every year, that is a real astronomical number, many people don't know the specific number, Chen Gong has also inquired from some special channels, and knows this terrible number.

That's why the imperial court has so much money to continuously emigrate to the four counties of Hexi for several years, constantly building roads and construction, and constantly doing this and that, which has not caused a financial crisis.

Guo Peng has a lot of money in his hands, if you want to talk about spending money lavishly, the magnates of the Western Regions are not as good as Guo Peng in any case, but Guo Peng's spending money is planned, spending money in order to make more money, and in order to activate the local economy.

The Western Regions magnates spent money, which was pure consumption, and greatly stimulated the external demand of the Wei Empire.

But in reality, how much do these guys want?

The small markets of the Western Regions were no match for those of the Kushan State and the Roman Empire further west, and the tolls they earned were far from what they deserved.

This is the reason why Guo Pengda decided to destroy them from the beginning.

They earn too much, but they don't give that much.

The Wei business travelers worked hard to prepare the goods, Guo worked hard to spend money to build roads, and then the business travelers worked hard to travel long distances, and the small countries in the Western Regions lay down to enjoy the dividends of the silk business travel, and lay down to enjoy the dividends of the Wei Empire's commercial reform, don't be too cool.

Before, there was no way, I had to let them enjoy it, in order to gain enough time to repair the road, and by the way, let them buy more things, the wool came out of the sheep, and when the time came, it was directly stewed.

Now, it's time for a spoonful of stew.

Therefore, Chen Gong also understood that Guo Peng wanted to settle an economic account with the countries of the Western Regions, and after calculating, he found that the Wei Empire had lost money, so Guo Peng felt dissatisfied and decided to kill these middlemen and make the difference himself.

Anyway, Chen Gong really didn't expect that Guo Peng would have such a strong desire for expansion and territorial ambitions, and he was not even willing to let go of the Western Regions and wanted to occupy them all.

But when it comes to occupying and governing, these places are not so difficult.

Directly turn the homeland of those small countries into counties, the big ones are counties, and the small ones are counties, and send county guards to be responsible for governance, serve the silk trade routes wholeheartedly, and develop agriculture.

In this way, extend the road directly to the Kushan country and the rest country, directly do business with these two big countries, and directly earn that part of the profits.

"The minister understands what His Majesty means."

Chen Gong figured it out, and felt that this was also a routine operation of the Wei Empire.

Anyway, even Xianbei has been destroyed, let alone the countries of the Western Regions?

Seeing Chen Gong's understanding, Guo Jin was very happy.

"So that Jun understands the righteousness, once I Wei expand the territory to the Western Regions, I can directly do business with the Kushan Kingdom and the Sabbath State, and even with the more distant Great Qin State, the Great Qin State is a real big country, and it is said that the territory has a radius of thousands of miles.

It is said that during the former Han Dynasty, the Great Qin State came to communicate with the former Han Dynasty, saying that he liked the silk and fired pottery and porcelain of the Central Plains very much, and the former Han Dynasty also sent envoys to visit the Great Qin State, but unfortunately it did not succeed, otherwise, if this business can be done, how much profit can be made. ”

Seeing the word "make money" written in Guo Jin's eyes, Chen Gong suddenly felt that even if Guo Peng was gone, the Wei Empire would continue to maintain this vigorous policy of pioneering and enterprising with foreign countries.

Because Guo Jin also likes to make money, and he also likes to make money from other countries.