Aunt Gongsun didn't come to Chang'an alone for the New Year, Diao Chan also came back, but Cai Yan didn't, it is said that she stayed in Hedong to manage the salt farm. Not only that, but Mrs. Feng, who was far away in Changping, also came, and brought Gongsun Ping, the second son of General Wei. In this regard, Gongsun Xun considered that her father's family was in Chang'an, and her future daughter-in-law Dong Bai was also in Guanzhong, so she didn't want to say anything.

And these are just trivial things, what really makes Gongsun Xun care is that he came at the same time with Aunt Gongsun, the so-called legendary Amway project test...... Well, the so-called people who came with Aunt Gongsun have a large number of account offices, shopkeepers, caravan leaders, and local senior executives in the Amway system.

Not only that, but at the same time, hundreds of young 'scholars' who had studied in Changping also came to Guanzhong. In fact, Mrs. Feng came on this tailwind boat.

In other words, because most of these people are from Youzhou, at most they are from Yanmen and the two counties in the northwest of Jizhou, so they generally operate with a northernal accent, and in winter, these people do not wear traditional scarves, but generally wear Amway's northland ear protection magic weapon dogskin hats.

Therefore, Guanzhong said for a while, called 'March Henan June Yan, September canal repair wax moon cold, not waiting for the New Year willow green, and see the dog hat full of Chang'an. ’

"Have you offended anyone?" Aunt Gongsun heard this ballad on the way to inspect Duling, and she also thought it was interesting, so she called her son directly in the car. "Why is there some sarcasm and blame in your words?"

"Mother, I should ask if there is anyone I haven't offended." Gongsun Xunlema, the general of Wei who personally accompanied his mother to Duling, came to the side of the car, but he was quite unimpressed. "Some time ago, in Guanzhong, I used the name of Guangwu Dutian to check the acres of land and recover taxes. This incident, coupled with the expulsion of Yang Biao and Huangfu Song, and the appointment of Wei Duan to Youzhou. At that time, some people said that General Wei begged Dong into the third assistant, Dong Zhuo was so guilty but he could still protect the family, and Han Sui and Ma Teng could also increase the number of officials and enter the knighthood in the local area, but the people of Guan Zhong were exterminated because of this trivial matter of taxation, and the local clan migrated far away, which can be called harsh......"

"Do you kill a lot of people?" Aunt Gongsun couldn't help but be surprised.

"That's a lot." Gongsun Xun said thoughtfully. "Many wealthy families know that I have soldiers in hand, but they still hide it and push back and ...... Human nature is like this...... In the end, Dutian alone killed hundreds of people and wiped out two major clans, which of course caused dissatisfaction. However, these people only saw me kill people in Dutian, but they didn't think about how many people died in the battle with Hongnong in Pujin in order to enter the pass, that is, when the Guanxi Army was reorganized before, some of the troops of Li Dao and Guo Yan killed more than this number, how could I be soft-hearted because of this kind of thing? ”

"How many troops do you have here in Kansai now?" Aunt Gongsun frowned slightly, and then continued to ask.

"Like Youzhou, Hedong and Sanfu also formed a field army of 20,000 people...... However, there are fewer cavalry and more infantry here, mainly Xu Huang, Xu Rong, and Zhang Liao; Then there were three Guanka and local garrison divisions, totaling 9,000 people, one guarding Wuguan, Tongguan, and Huayin; One guards Pujin and Hedong, and the other is in Fufeng, guarding Sanguan, Xiegu, and Fanxukou, in order to Xiliang and Hanzhong; In the end, there are 1,000 tiger troops, who are dedicated to guarding Weiyang Palace. Gongsun Xun replied casually. As for Duan Xuan and Li Meng, there are too many things, and I haven't dealt with them too much, but I also want to calm their hearts, and wait for the spring to begin, and then slowly plan it. ”

"It's fine." Aunt Gongsun opened her mouth and came. "I've calculated, over there in Youzhou, you are about 3 million people raising 30,000 soldiers, ...... here"

"It's three million over here, too." Gongsun Xun sneered on his horse and responded. "There are too many wealthy families here in Guanzhong, which have been inherited for a hundred years, and because of the Qiang chaos, most of the people are willing to join the wealthy families as servants in order to avoid military service...... This time, there were 600,000 registered people in Guanzhong, but in fact, one million dingkou was detected in the 800 miles of Qinchuan...... In addition to the 600,000 people from Hedong, the 7.8 million people who moved in from Hongnong and Henan, and the displaced people who heard that Guanzhong had returned from Wuguan and Sanguan, 3 million was about the same. Renyouzhou, the two counties of Jizhou and Dai County, and Shanggu have not yet been able to reach the field, I am afraid that there are still many imaginary numbers, and they should still have spare strength if they are carefully cleaned up in the future. ”

Aunt Gongsun couldn't help sighing: "The key is, once the troops are dispatched, there are more than these 40,000 soldiers, how many auxiliary soldiers and Ding Zhuang will be used to assist in logistics?" If it is 60,000, it is a real army of 100,000, and the army of 100,000 is abroad, how can it be supported only by traditional calculation? At that time, it is inevitable to use things like military tun and min tun to collect high land endowments in disguise, and use commercial monopoly to collect money...... You let those Henan people who have no place to settle in various places, and let so many Changping-born scholars come over, don't you still want to learn from Changping to build Mintun? Let me hurry over again, or don't you want Amway to monopolize Sanfu's industry and commerce quickly? ”

"yes." Gongsun Xun did not deny it. "This is the so-called troubled times, but if not, how can it be possible to mobilize forces to quell the chaos? This in itself is a paradox. ”

The mother and son were silent for a while, and for a while, only the sound of wheels and horses' hooves colliding with the ice slag on the ground, plus the sound of the fat cat snoring in the carriage was in their ears.

"Actually, mothers don't have to worry too much." After walking a few more steps, seeing Du Ling in front, Gongsun Xunfang smiled reluctantly. "Troubled times are also good for troubled times...... Under the knife handle, whether it is Dutian or Mintun, they can make up nursery rhymes at most, what else? Anti-sightseeing Emperor Wu, he waited until the world was unified before going to Dutian, but didn't he still use the knife? Didn't we talk about it in Taiyuan? At this point in me, I have been taught so many things by you, to say that there is no intention to change the banner, it is nonsense. But if you take it, you have to give it...... What our mother and son can do now is to quickly sweep away the troubled times and save so many bad things; One is to take advantage of this opportunity of the collapse of the world to clean up in a grand manner...... Don't expect thousands of generations, but you can also be worthy of your heart. ”

Aunt Gongsun smiled, and then didn't mention it more. And the convoy rumbled forward and soon came to Duling.

In other words, Aunt Gongsun did not come to Duling this time to enjoy the mountains and rivers, but to receive the workshop...... You must know that Guanzhong, as the capital of the Western Han Dynasty, the so-called Shoushan District, has already formed a complete industrial and commercial system for hundreds of years, although after the destruction of Wang Mang's Rebellion and the slow decline of Luoyang, the capital of the Eastern Han Dynasty, some of the systems are still far higher than the rest of the Han Empire in terms of scale and technical level.

For example, it seems that there are more than 40 iron officials in the world, and the most technologically developed and largest smelting base in the entire empire is, of course, Nanyang Tieguan, but what about Nanyang?

The answer is Hedong, Qingzhou, and Guanzhong.

Jinan is the best because there is a demand for mining in these years, and Qingzhou not only has a large number of iron ore, but also provides iron support for Youzhou and Jizhou, so there are a large number of arsenals and smelting bases. And Hedong ...... The reason why the iron in Hedong is on par with the salt in Hedong is that it is not nice to say, who made her belong to Sili?

This is a smelting base that was forcibly set up for political and military reasons.

In fact, there are political reasons in Qingzhou as well...... The empire is too big, and Hebei has border troubles, so there must always be a large smelting base and arsenal to dispatch nearby, and although Qingzhou theoretically belongs to the 'four states of Hebei', in fact, most of them are in the south of the Yellow River, and the largest military smelting base is placed here for the central government's consideration of preventing regional forces in Hebei.

One more thing to say here, this is actually why the world is in chaos, and the two Yellow Turban remnants of the Baibo Bandit and Taishan Thief are the most powerful, because the people of Qingzhou and Hedong are not short of weapons, not to mention that there are arsenals in the local area.

In the same way, here in Guanzhong, because of political, historical, and military reasons, the development of industry and commerce, especially industry, may be second only to Nanyang and Henan, and the scale and degree of development of some civilian industries are even the best in the world.

For example, Duling in front of him, there is the largest pottery production base in the Han Empire in Duling, so much so that Dong Zhuo used this to talk when he moved the capital.

Back in front of him, General Wei's mother and son came to Duling City, Duling County Commander has naturally already brought local officials and people out to greet him, and the interesting thing is that after the ceremony, his people raised their hands to introduce these people who came out of the camp, but they were not the three elders of the place and the famous people of the world, but a certain clan in the city, how many pottery workshops they have, and how many pieces of pottery can be produced every year.

Gongsun Xun immediately frowned...... You must know that this is the first industrial base that Gongsun Auntie came to see after entering Guanzhong, so he threw down many military and political things in the house and accompanied him personally, and in order to ensure that he could take it, this time he also specially brought hundreds of white horses to escort them from along the way, and those Amway shopkeepers and accountants were not conspicuous at all.

In other words, the purpose of preparing to use the Amway to annex and monopolize the industry and commerce in Guanzhong should not be known to outsiders, and how can it be exposed in public?

Is the county in front of him too smart, or does Du Ji from Hedong know the purpose of his mother's visit to Guanzhong in Hedong, and then send a message to his hometown in advance?

But Du Bohou is not so stupid!

In fact, not only Gongsun Xun, but also Aunt Gongsun were a little confused, so she didn't get out of the car for a long time.

In this way, outside the city gate, the convoy stood still, and the surrounding white horse Yi surrounded the city gate from the ring, but the mother and son of Gongsun Aunt and Gongsun Xun were in the car and one on the horse, and they were puzzled and did not say much for a long time...... Shocked that the Duling County Order and the local potters were so frightened that they leaned over and did not dare to look up.

And at this moment, a young man with bundled hair riding a white horse next to him suddenly woke up, and then went straight to the horse, crossed Zhang Ji and Pang De, who were the leaders, and said to him proudly on the horse: "General, I'm afraid you misunderstood Du Ling...... Not only them, but also up and down Guanzhong, I am afraid everyone guessed that the old lady came here to annex Guanzhong Industry and Commerce with the Amway. ”

There was a 'huh' in the car, and Gongsun Xun also turned back curiously, but saw that it was Yang Xiu, the son of Yang Biao. He was previously a disciple of the minister, and when he was in Luoyang, he was pulled by Dong Zhuo to serve as an internal guard, which meant to act as a hostage with the Son of Heaven.

And since he knew that it was this smart man, Gongsun Xun immediately believed it: "Carefully, why is this? ”

"Returning to the general." Yang Xiu explained unhurriedly. "This is the custom of Guanzhong, originated from the former Han Dynasty, at that time the industry in Guanzhong was directly operated by Shaofu, but later it was not operated by Shaofu, and it was still under the control of Shaofu. In the former Han Dynasty, there was a public system, and the land tax and Ding calculation (poll tax and property tax) were returned to the country, and the industrial and commercial tax was returned to the Son of Heaven...... When he arrived in Shizu Zhongxing, at that time, the field was successful, and the calculation of the endowment increased greatly, so he abandoned the state-owned industry of Shaofu, and even put salt and iron to the private sector to avoid competing with the people...... Having said that, businessmen are powerless, but they can only take refuge in the powerful to maintain their business. Today, the general, you pacified Sanfu, and the fields cleaned up the wealthy and powerful households, but there is a system of industry at home, so these Guanzhong businessmen and owners naturally understand who to entrust the industry to. ”

Gongsun Xun can be regarded as a long insight.

"Today is a long insight, it turns out that as early as the former Han Dynasty, the industrial and commercial monopoly was already a precedent, which shows that my son has little reading." As a fat cat jumped out of the carriage and stretched out a lazy waist on the ground with ice slag, Aunt Gongsun finally got out of the car with a smile on the hand of Diao Chan beside her. "But who is this talking boy? It's much more than that king. ”

Seeing Gongsun Auntie coming out, those Duling officials hurriedly bowed their heads again, and they didn't dare to look at it, but many righteous servants riding white horses also dismounted and bowed their heads...... However, when Yang Xiu leaned over, he couldn't help but be happy.

"Back to Mother." Gongsun Xun, who was said to have read less, didn't care, but hurriedly got off the horse to help his mother, and casually introduced it by the way. "This is Yang Xiu, the son of Guanglu doctor Yang Biao and Yang Wenxian...... is about the same age as Ma Chao, Fa Zheng, Meng Da, and Wang Cang, all of them are before and after the bunch, and after the New Year, they are all fifteen, sixteen or seven. ”

Aunt Gongsun couldn't help but look at it a few more times, and then nodded slowly: "It turned out to be Yang Biao's son, no wonder he is so knowledgeable...... I remember you said that Liu Zhang is also in righteousness? ”

"Liu Zhang is older and has been crowned." Gongsun Xun didn't care. "I assigned the task according to the strategy of adult righteousness, and asked him to go to the clouds as an envoy, and to send a reward to Zhang Ze, the Taishou of the clouds."

Aunt Gongsun laughed for a moment: "This kind of day to send a letter in the clouds, don't you still want him to go to the battlefield?" If you die, how can you explain to Liu Yan? ”

"If you're dead, who will you give it to?" Gongsun Xun said with a smile. "Since you have joined the White Horse Righteous Servant, you must always treat everyone equally, if you really say Liu Yan, as long as Liu Fan is here, what is Liu Zhang in his eyes?"

Aunt Gongsun didn't care, and after shaking her head slightly, she hurriedly beckoned everyone in Duling in front of the door and invited them to discuss.

In other words, since there has long been a custom in Guanzhong that industry and commerce directly take refuge in the supreme authority, then Gongsun Auntie's trip is inevitably much easier, and it seems redundant for Gongsun Xun to bring so many righteous followers...... In fact, after only about half an hour of discussion, General Wei's mother and son withdrew from the meeting, and only the shopkeepers discussed the details with the local big families on their own

And since the mother and son came out, they couldn't help but follow what Yang Xiu said just now, such as land endowment, money calculation, industrial and commercial taxation, and talked about population tax, property tax, and the issue of land endowment...... In the end, it is inevitable to get involved in the only way to deal with the powerful and conceal the population and annex the land.

As for the so-called apportionment into the mu, it is necessary to calculate all the 'oral calculation (population tax)' in the money and convert it into the 'property tax' and the land endowment. In an agrarian society dominated by agricultural production, this undoubtedly reduced the burden on the poor on a large scale, and prevented those powerful landlords from semi-openly throwing tax pressures on the poor while annexing land.

However, this issue has long been discussed by the mother and son in private...... The conclusion is simple:

The first one is that it must be implemented;

The second one is to have the means of measuring the land first, so as to ensure that the specific distribution of land and property can be grasped;

Finally, since even a Sanfu and Dutian in the four counties of Hedong need Gongsun Xun to take Dong Yuwei and close the gate of Sanfu with a knife and forcibly implement it, then if you want to implement a policy of this level of apportionment, there is not enough military and political deterrence, and I am afraid it will not work.

And, even so, you have to think about the infamy rolling behind you, don't you see that kind of nursery rhyme in Sanfu Dutianhou?

Of course, fortunately, Gongsun Xun is a shameless person, he is never afraid of others hating him, since he didn't stay in Liaodong at the beginning, how can he care about this today?

Although thousands of people have been in the past, there are some things that must be done...... When Yecheng was full of displaced people, when the yellow scarves in Dongjun threw themselves into the river, and when Guo Tai in Hedong committed suicide, he had already understood this truth!

"Call Yang Xiu and Fa Zheng to come in together." In the backyard of the capital pavilion in the city, bored left and right, Gongsun Xun saw that his mother had already begun to tease the cat, but he suddenly remembered something, and then asked Jia Kui to summon the two.

"Meet the old lady, meet the general!" Although Yang Xiu and Fa Zheng are both recognized as smart people, they are only fifteen after all, and they are suddenly summoned again at this time, and they can't help but be surprised, especially Yang Xiu, who has been praised before, and is even more proud at this time.

"There's something I'd like to ask you both." Gongsun Xun sat beside his mother, looked at the two and chuckled. "Jia Kui can also listen to it, did you hear the ballad on the road?"

Jia Kui's face did not change color, while Yang Xiu and Fa Zheng changed color slightly, but they bowed their heads in unison.

"Any ideas?" Gongsun Xun continued to smile and asked. "Do you think I caused this rumor by evil to the Minister of the DPRK and China before, or did I cause trouble from Dutian before?"

The young Yang Xiu was speechless for a while, but Fa Zheng couldn't wait: "General Hui, I'm afraid it is the disaster caused by Dutian...... Because nursery rhymes are such a thing, they need to be easily spread in the local township. Moreover, the whole song is from the perspective of Guanzhong people, 'March Henan June Yan', refers to the place of Guanzhong, in March because of the relocation of the capital, a lot of Henan people came at once, and in June, the general asked Dong to enter the customs, and many Yandi people came; Needless to say, the last two sentences are a mockery of the general, you can't wait, and if you don't wait for the weather to get warmer, you will have to collect the benefits of Guanzhong Industry and Commerce. ”

Gongsun Xun immediately laughed, and then just about to speak, Yang Xiu next to him suddenly interjected, and raised his voice: "General Hui, there is something wrong with what Fa Zheng said!" ”

As soon as these words came out, the grandchildren, mothers and sons were stunned, and the Fa Zheng next to them was even more undisguised, and his eyes were angry.

"And what do you think it is?" Aunt Gongsun saw it interestingly, so she took the initiative to ask.

"Back to the old lady." Yang Xiu replied reluctantly. "According to the kid, this rumor should have nothing to do with Dutian, expelling the minister, etc....... It was the local scholars who saw that countless Changping scholars had arrived, and they were afraid that they would not be able to use it, so they made sarcastic remarks about the general, because the focus of this ballad was on the last sentence. And just now the old lady and the general also saw it, for the monopoly merger of Guanzhong Industry and Commerce, everyone had already expected it, how could they be sarcastic about this matter? Therefore, the word dog skin refers specifically to the scholars who came to Changping School! ”

Gongsun Xun and his mother glanced at each other, and couldn't help but become serious: "I'm afraid what you said is wrong, right?" I issued a merit-seeking order before, and I promised the world's talents to come to meet me...... They didn't come at that time, but now they are worried that the Changping scholars will take their official positions? Isn't that ridiculous? ”

"General!" Yang Xiu glanced at Fa Zheng beside him and earnestly bowed his head to answer. "If you think about it carefully, if it weren't for the impure family name, how many people would be disdainful of their own fame? Such as Fa Zheng and Meng Da, the grandfather of a family is known as a celebrity, but he was born in Wei Wei and does not govern the classics; is a father who is a well-known eunuch in the world......"

Before he could finish speaking, Yang Xiu stopped abruptly, because Fa Zheng had already swung a punch and knocked him to the ground.

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