Jiangdu Beicheng, the newly allocated humble Shaofu Office.

Not long after Yang Yi came back, Ma Jian came to visit, and Yang Yi had the heart to refuse for a while, but Ma Jian had come several times during his travels, and now although it is a bit unruly to go directly to the door, if he refuses to leave, it is even more unreasonable.

Then he met Ma Tan in the side hall, which was the fourth day of December in the fourth year of Han Zhangwu and the thirty-first day of December in the fourth year of the summer calendar.

Ma Tan presented the five-end Shu brocade as a congratulatory gift...... One horse is equal to two ends, which is almost a new unit of quantity born specifically for the Shu brocade trade.

In a sense, Shu brocade has increased in value.

From Yang Yi's point of view, changing the horse as the end can increase the output and total value of Shu brocade...... Because the width of each Shu brocade is two feet and two inches, and the length is four zhang; Naturally, one end of the Shu brocade, the width remains the same, and the length is two zhang.

A horse of Shu brocade is divided into two ends from the middle, which can indeed increase the total output value of Shu brocade.

Because when the original horse was used as the sales unit, many production processes due to various factors only two zhang long, three zhang long intact Shu brocade became defective products.

There is the original standard Shu brocade as a reference, these are of the same quality, but the length of the Shu brocade is not enough, can only be sold as defective products.

And now, a horse is divided into two ends, and each end of the brocade is a standard unit, naturally many defective products...... It's no longer a defective product.

On the contrary, it turns out that a unit of Shu brocade can be regarded as a first-class product, because of its special use, it can be sold at a better price.

Don't think about it, this is not the prime minister's idea, it is the idea of Dasi Nong Wang Lian.

Yang Yi carefully tasted the five-end Shu brocade carefully selected by Ma Tan for him, tasted the wonders of it, and praised it: "The prime minister has a way to make money, which is convincing." ”

"Hehe, Cheng has a lot of praise for his arithmetic skills with Wei Gong, and he can't do anything with Wei Gong for a long time."

Ma Jian said and looked directly at Yang Yi, Yang Yi looked away, looked sideways at the orange tree outside the door, picked up the tea bowl and lowered his head and blew: "Young Chang, do you know that Da Sima has harvested recently?" ”

"I've never heard anyone talk about it, could it be that Duke Wei and Wei thieves are fighting?"

"No, it's a matter of Liaodong."

Yang Yi put down the tea bowl: "This year, Hebei and the Central Plains are all in a great drought, and in his spare time, Da Sima sent people from Donglai to cross the sea to Liaodong and contact the Gongsun clan. Originally, he wanted to trade horses and lobby Liaodong up and down to submit to the imperial court. Because Sima Yi befriended Donghu, his intentions were clearly revealed, and the Gongsun clan was not at ease, and he also sent people to pay homage to Da Sima. ”

"Oh? Is there such a good thing? ”

Ma Tan's eyes turned left and right, and he was very energetic: "I don't know what Gongsun's intentions are?" ”

Liaodong, Liaoxi, and Korea, a large area, were originally to be given to King Yan in a package in the planning of the first emperor; After the death of King Yan, the plan was divided into three and divided among the three sons of King Yan to make Yongzhen Liaodi.

Yang Yi shook his head: "When I came, I was still negotiating specifics, but the Gongsun clan wanted to call the king of Liaodong, surrender to the Han family, and suppress the eastern soil." Da Sima could not agree, he should have canonized the duke, made him obedient, and sent the prince to serve the court. ”

There is already Ma Chao, the Duke of Zhao, and one more Duke of the Gongsun clan will not be in the way.

Anyway, no one can give the nominal king.

Duke Sanke, above the princes and kings...... It's equivalent to a kingdom-level duke, uh...... Grand duke.

Ma Jian digested this news with a large range of influence, which meant that when the Gongsun clan was hooked, when the four states of Kwantung had enough military food reserves, they would be able to start a war with Cao Wei alone.

It is no longer a simple struggle between the north and south of the Yellow River, but a strategic level to attack Hebei.

This time to flank Hebei, the defenders of the Wei army in Taiyuan, Hedong and other traditional Jin regions will not dare to act rashly because of the containment of Beifu; And the defenders of Luoyang are also chicken ribs and are very likely to be abandoned.

In other words, if the Gongsun clan is negotiated, two or three years later, Zhang Fei will launch the Northern Expedition, and it is guaranteed that he will be able to recover Luoyang and recover the eastern capital!

The question is, Nanyang is in the hands of the Northern Mansion, is the Northern Mansion willing to let the main force of the imperial court go north?

When the first emperor was there, this problem did not exist.

But now the political situation, when the army, the front army, and the guards of the imperial court went north to Luoyang and passed through Nanyang, it was similar to the fake way to destroy Yu and Cao Cao's attack on Hanzhong to annex Guanzhong.

The three armies passed through Nanyang and the Northern Expedition, and such a huge military situation was enough to break the fighting spirit of Nanyang officials and soldiers; Because of such a huge military situation, it is bound to require a lot of logistics.

Relying only on the Yangtze River and Han water transportation to replenish the normal supply cannot ensure normal supply, and it is necessary to absorb Nanyang's materials on the spot, and mobilize Nanyang's manpower to assist in transportation.

Therefore, when the imperial army's northern expedition passed through Nanyang, it was the time when Nanyang belonged to the imperial court.

Therefore, Beifu is definitely not happy...... If there is another battle of Xiangfan, the imperial court will be attacked by the enemy, can it still win?

Ma Jian secretly thought that the four county lieutenants of Xiangzhou had been recalled by Guan Yu to the central government, although the county soldiers in Xiangzhou were still the original group of county soldiers, but the Beifu could no longer control the garrison of Xiangzhou through the county lieutenants, nor could they mobilize troops on the spot. Now the knife on the waist of Jiangdu is temporarily lifted, and there is only Nanyang hanging above his head, and Wuchang He Qi at his feet.

Seeing Ma Tan thinking and groaning, Yang Yi was not in a hurry, she drank tea by herself, and she didn't say anything.

Ma Tan wanted to understand the key in all aspects, and felt that the current situation had opened up in half, and he couldn't help but feel bad.

Zhang Fei colluded with the Gongsun clan and had a strategic advantage against Hebei, which laid a chance for victory in the next Northern Expedition. Therefore, the need to solve the Nanyang problem has been formed, and if there is such a demand, the general will definitely start to prepare.

The general made an early move on Xiangzhou, recruited four county lieutenants into the court, and broke the control of the Beifu over the Xiangzhou garrison, which opened up the situation for solving the Xiangzhou problem.

Half to the north and half to the south, together they are exactly two halves.

Thinking of his mission, Ma Jian sincerely felt a lot easier, and now it has become a trend of riding a tiger, as long as he grabs the tiger's ears, covers the tiger's eyes, and doesn't let the tiger eat enough, it will take a little longer, and the call for righteousness of the court will eventually overwhelm Tian Xin's personal prestige.

The mood was soothing, and Ma Jian also followed the tacit understanding and said: "The prime minister intends to make me lead the history of Xiangzhou on behalf of the assassin, and I mentioned this matter to the general Xi Cao Peng Pei Fengxian. ”

In this regard, Yang Yi also analyzed, and when she thought of Liao Li's words, her heart was a little calm.

At least, he is facing a person with a bottom line, and if he wants to die, he will only die.

The six Shangshu, the left and right Shangshu servants, and the Shangshu Ling, these nine positions, constitute a complete Shangshutai procedure for announcing the edict.

Every relevant edict lacks the seal and signature of the relevant book, that is, ...... False edicts.

But as long as the system exists, there are loopholes...... For example, the high prestige of the founding generals.

At present, regarding the matter of the conquest of the lieutenants of the four counties of Xiangzhou to report on their work in the court, they have bypassed Shangshutai and Deng Zhi, the secretary of the military department. It's just that the lieutenants of the four counties came to Jiangdu to report on their work at the General's Mansion, and after the debriefing was completed, they were transferred, or released to their own posts, or promoted; Procedurally, there is no question of principle.

It depends on whether anyone dares to jump out and impeach the general, and if he is impeached, it is a safe operation.

But what about ...... It's a pity that there are no people from Beifu at present among the councillors, counselors, middle doctors, and free-riders.

It turned out that Tian Rui, a counselor promoted by the first emperor, did not work as a counselor for a few days, so he worked part-time as a master craftsman, and soon became a full-time master craftsman, and now he worships Huai Lihou.

Other officials can also impeach Guan Yu, but it is the same as Guan Yu's handling of the four county lieutenants, which is an illegal operation.

may not have been investigated for Guan Yu's violations, and Guan Yu will deal with these people's violations first.