Chapter 438: Foresight
When Chen Mo returned to Luoyang, it was already the assembly of the autumn harvest, and it was really normal to go out for a year and a half to go out for a year and a half, especially when there were female dependents like Chen Mo, and there were many people and he was not in a hurry, at least two or three hours a day were used in the process of setting up camp and pulling out the camp, after all, it was the only king with a different surname today, and he usually had to pay attention to pomp and circumstance, plus Chen Mo attached great importance to his own safety, not to mention that this time the whole family was dispatched.
However, the situation of assassins everywhere like last time did not happen this time, after all, Cao Cao has been destroyed, and the families and families who are almost the same in the Central Plains have either chosen to take refuge in Chen Mo, or have chosen to be silent, and the rest are basically no longer found.
After returning to Luoyang, the days returned to dull, Chen Mo divided his time into three points, three hours to deal with government affairs and military affairs, unless there is an urgent matter, Chen Mo will not easily break his daily plan, Jia Xu These people also know Chen Mo's work and rest time, so try to put the things that need to be dealt with by Chen Mo in this time, which is about a morning plus noon.
In the afternoon, Chen Mo will set aside an hour to work hard, and the next time is to accompany his family and teach his children.
There is no need for Chen Mo to worry about things at home, Cai Yan, as the eldest woman in the family and the real hostess, has been with Chen Mo for so many years, and the big and small things in the family can be handled in an orderly manner.
The Prime Minister's Mansion is naturally not small, and the furnishings are also quite exquisite, Chen Mo will not pursue pleasure excessively, but if he has the conditions, he will not pretend to let himself suffer, in fact, honesty is worthy of praise, but it is a matter of virtue, and it has nothing to do with the ability of government affairs, in this regard, the court and the people see things differently.
Most people will think that as long as they are honest, they are good officials, but from Chen Mo's point of view, as long as you are not excessive, it doesn't hurt to be greedy, as long as you can implement the decrees of the imperial court well and make the people live well, then you are considered a good official.
But if you really want to use these things to trouble these officials, you will find that it does not constitute a crime, at most it is a fine or demotion, and it is basically impossible to beat people to death with one shot.
The Prime Minister's Mansion also has its own rules, Chen Mo now has five wives and concubines, Cai Yan, as an eldest wife and wife, is naturally undoubted in the Prime Minister's Mansion, especially Chen's mother is now old, basically can't take care of things, sneaks the dog every day, hugs her grandson or gets together with familiar old women to talk about some short things in the family, and there is nothing else, and because of this, Cai Yan has a very high prestige in the Prime Minister's Mansion, but most of the time, Cai Yan will not use the rights of his eldest wife.
The relationship between wives and concubines is still relatively harmonious, following Chen Mo for so many years, Cai Yan still understands these management arts to some extent, power is more of a deterrent at home, can be seen, but it is easy not to use, she knows what kind of atmosphere her husband likes, so she will deliberately create such an atmosphere at home, the literary and artistic atmosphere in the early years is still there, but she has a temperament that is not angry and powerful.
Strictly speaking, Zhen Mi, Yun Si, Juan'er, and Diao Chan are all concubines, but there is also a difference between this concubine and a concubine, among the four daughters, if you talk about your background, she is naturally the best Zhen Mi, and because of her age, she is also a very favored one, but since Chen Mo crossed the line of the Zhen family the year before last and beheaded eight Zhen family descendants in a row, Zhen Mi has been more cautious in doing things, although she will not be unreasonable in the past, and Chen Mo treats her very well, but since that incident, Zhen Mi has understood that she is herself, and the Zhen family is the Zhen family. My husband doesn't like my mother's family to do too many outrageous things with his own identity.
Yun Si and Juan'er, as the first women to follow Chen Mo, although they are concubines, they also have their own permissions at home, Yun Si is in charge of wealth and assists Cai Yan in managing the family, and Juan'er is in charge of the maids and servants in the house, and she can also be counted as Cai Yan's henchmen.
As for Diao Chan, Chen Mo's glamorous temperament is also quite addicted, if you count it over the years, she is the one who has spent the most nights with Chen Mo, she has always wanted to have a child all these years, but for some reason, she has not been able to conceive, it is clear that Chen Mo has done the most hard work on her, but it is a long time, which also makes her quite melancholy, especially as she grows older, the possibility of childbirth is lower, which also makes her quite anxious.
However, Chen Mo is not too concerned about this, now that he has three sons and one daughter, Chen Mo is not too concerned about reproducing more offspring, but Chen Mo is more concerned about Diao Chan's emotions, for him, children are important, but his own women are equally important.
Not only Chen Mo, Cai Yan also cared about Diao Chan, and invited her to diagnose and treat her, but the result was a little frustrating, Diao Chan seemed to have taken some drugs when she was with Wang Yun before, which damaged her fertility!
After learning about this incident, Diao Chan almost collapsed, but fortunately, Chen Mo and Cai Yan and others accompanied her every day, so that she gradually came out of that sadness, for women, it is naturally a pity to not be able to have their own children, but because of this, Diao Chan is the object of everyone's care in the house, since he has no possibility of having children, he will transfer this maternal love to other children, and treat other children as his own.
In order to avoid Diao Chan being sad, Cai Yan took the initiative to let her live with her, and accompanied Chen Mo to ......
Of course, the family can get along so well, in addition to Cai Yan himself, it is also because Chen Mo can take care of everyone's mood most of the time, and he has a lot of time to accompany him, which is also the reason why Chen Mo has not been looking for a woman since Zhen Mi, five has already made him a little unable to take care of it, if there are a few more, he is worried that his backyard will become a Shura field.
Besides, all the women in their own family are good-looking, Cai Yan is knowledgeable, Zhen Mixiu is wise, Yun Si had a rough early life, and he was cold to outsiders, but in front of Chen Mo, he was gentle like water, Juan'er accompanied Chen Mo the longest, the small jasper, Diao Chan's beauty was overwhelming, and most of the beauty characteristics were collected here, so Chen Mo rarely thought about the women outside now.
In the fifteenth year of the Han Dynasty, for Chen Mo, it was no surprise that it was another bumper year, as long as the Central Plains was stable, the annual grain output was almost higher than that of Guanzhong and Hehe. The north adds up to more, the most important thing is that this is far from the limit, the Central Plains still has a lot of potential has not been tapped, the government affairs of Luoyang in the past two years are mainly around Guanzhong, including the division of clans, the reform of official governance, the establishment of academies, and various water conservancy projects.
And the feedback brought by so many things also made Chen Mo very satisfied, if he continued like this, he would get richer and richer, until he reached the balance that Chen Mo expected.
It's just that if the balance in Chen Mo's budget is really reached, and when the new source of resources has not yet been developed, I am afraid that after the prosperity, there will be another turmoil and decay, which is something that Chen Mo does not want to see, but it will inevitably happen, although that day will not be very close to now, with the current development speed, it will not be possible to reach it in a hundred years, but the powerlessness that can foresee that day will come, but it cannot be stopped, makes Chen Mo very sad.
Now the only way I can think of is to increase grain production as much as possible, reclaim the land, Zeng Guang resources to help, this problem, he has also discussed with Xun You, Jia Xu, Li Ru, Xu Shu and other top wisdom, but even if all the top talents under Chen Mo are gathered, they have not been able to come up with a very good solution.
Without considering any limitations, all that everyone wants is to acquire more land, but in this case, at the current speed of messaging, the farther away it is, the less easy it is to control, and it is still possible to fall apart in the end.
Jia Xu proposed that through commerce and cultural dissemination, envoys could be sent to the countries that are currently known, including the foreign powers of Shentoxin, Daqin, Kangju, and Wusun, to promote Chinese culture, and second, to attract high-end talents from these countries to work in the Central Plains, and at the same time to encourage the people to do business with foreign countries, and after establishing diplomatic relations with these countries, they can start trade and transport more resources to support the world.
Today's porcelain and silk of the Han Dynasty are treasures for these foreign countries, which can be used to plunder more wealth and resources from various countries to enrich the clothing, food, housing and transportation of the people in the Central Plains.
Jia Xu's idea is undoubtedly the most suitable, although it is far from reaching the point where the population is so large that it paralyzes the country, but we must start thinking about this aspect and make arrangements as soon as possible, but even so, Chen Mo feels that this is just a time to delay the coming of that day.
But for now, the strategy Jia Xu said is the best way to think of it, set the tone first, and when the world is really peaceful, you can start arranging.
In fact, Chen Mo's idea is a bit advanced, but it is realized from the rise and fall of the Han Dynasty, every time the population reaches a certain level, there will be various problems to reduce the population, the biggest way to reduce in the past is war, but there may not be no other way, so even if Chen Mo knows that it is difficult or even impossible to solve this problem, he wants to try it, even if it can't be solved, but at least it can provide an idea for future generations of people of insight, maybe it can be solved in the future.