Han Yan has been ill for more than a few months, his life is dark, and the feeling of being bedridden is uncomfortable, and for a long time he felt that he might die of illness.

Because the medical level of the Han Dynasty was very primitive...... If the cure is not good, people will pin their hopes on the witch god, and all the tricks of the charm and the devil will be used on you, drink runic water, hang a divine sword on the bedside, put broken soil in the tea, etc., and in the end, if it were not for the "Compendium of Materia Medica" prescription passed down by the Ming Empire, Han Yan would probably hang up.

I was almost killed by the "Compendium of Materia Medica" before I crossed it, but it was the one who saved my life at a critical time, and I have to say that this is a very interesting thing.

At the end of July, there was a solar eclipse, which was considered a bad omen by the ancients, and the solar eclipse occurred because of the will of heaven to warn the king. On this day, the people of the Han Dynasty would knock on the door and beat the drum to pray for the sun to return as soon as possible, and the sound gathered together, and the entire Chang'an City vibrate.

According to the records of the ancient book "Avoiding the Town Palace", whenever there is a solar eclipse, the emperor will not go to the main hall to do the early dynasty, but to the small hall next to the side hall to carry out the early dynasty, and everything is simple.

Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty is getting worse and worse, and he has completely let go of the affairs of the court and politics, delegating the power of the emperor to the ministers, and if there is nothing important, he will not go to the court once a month.

And this solar eclipse, the emperor blamed the mistake on Prime Minister Liu She's inability to govern the country, took the opportunity to remove him from his position, and appointed the imperial historian Wei Juan as the new prime minister, a feudal marquis, and a very popular minister, making the most important paving for the succession of the crown prince Liu Che.

After recovering from a serious illness, the first thing Han Yan had to do was to go out for a walk, which almost suffocated him to death in the past three months.

"Shizi, you need to wear more."

Xi'er held the fox fur cloak in her hand, and persuaded her step by step, but Han Yan didn't wear it, and rolled her eyes, "It's July, it's hot, look at the sun in the sky, it's all roasted...... I wear so thick and sick. ”

"But your wind chill has just healed, pay attention to your body." Xi'er covered her eyebrows with her hands and looked at the fiery sun, and then at Han Yan's thin body, she decided to dress him thicker, so that he didn't look so thin.

Han Erdan followed behind, wearing an undershirt with bare arms, muscular and as strong as a cow.

Pig led the carriage, with grass in his mouth, humming a little song, in a good mood, yesterday he finally talked about the last property in the county under Chang'an, so that Han Yan's industry can be spread all over Chang'an, although it is not clear why the master is keen on real estate, but to buy so many houses, someone must take care of it, I will not let it......

The four masters and servants left the palace and went all the way to the market.

This trip is not for fun, Han Yan received a letter from his grandfather a few days ago, the paper of Gonggao Marquis fell into the unsalable stage, the output is huge, but it can't be sold, and some people engage in vicious competition.

At present, elm paper has been completely popular in the Han Dynasty, the price is low, and ordinary wealthy families can afford it.

In terms of shipments, there is mainly Chang'an Paper Division, which monopolizes the paper orders used around Chang'an and the princes.

There is also Luoyang, the paper used by the people comes from there, it is said that there is a rich family to collect the displaced people, in just half a year to develop a thousand people workshop to make paper, and with the help of Luoyang City's prosperous business and sales channels that can lead to the whole country, make a fortune, and the degree of sudden wealth is comparable to Zhuo Wangsun and other iron-smelting families.

Then there is the Marquis of Gonggao, the birthplace of elm paper, but Han Rongdang's status among the princes is not high, there are not many princes who buy it, and there is no geographical advantage, unlike Luoyang, where the business is prosperous, and the market can only be stared at if it can't be opened. Even if a businessman heard the wind and came to buy paper, the price was low enough, and all the profits were taken away by the second-class dealers, and Han Rongdang even became a problem to feed the more than 500 workers in the paper workshop under him.

Han Yan came all the way to the West Market, the blue sky was cloudless, the breeze blew, bringing a touch of coolness to the hot weather, the scene of selling paper was even more popular than he imagined, there was a long queue to buy paper, and the quantity was limited, first come, first served, if it was late, the paper shop would be closed.

Last year, the price of paper was comparable to gold, it was an extremely scarce luxury in the Han Dynasty, only the emperor and the three princes and nine kings were eligible to use, and now ordinary people can afford to use it, but only half a year, so a trend will rise, causing the people to rush the paper, as long as there is spare money in hand, everyone will use a thing that the emperor can make, experience the feeling of being tall, or have paper at home, in order to show a kind of dignity......

Others make a fortune selling paper, and the coins are piled up in the shop, but you only have to watch, which is probably the saddest thing when Shaofu Paper Cheng. The emperor promised you the benefit of paper, but in practice it was not so easy.

Han Yan was not stupid enough to take out the official seal and throw it into the shop, asking people to close the door, and they would close the door, dare to sell paper here blatantly, if there is no Shaofu God behind him, where will he get the paper to sell?

If it is forcibly demolished, people will report to the official, and the impact of the trouble will not be good, and it will leave a reputation for being a gentleman, and it is impossible to imagine that "the tiger body will shake the world", so Han Yan turned around and left after watching it for a while.

"What are we going to do?" Xi'er knew that Gong Gao Houguo was making paper, and she also knew Han Yan's difficulty, so she asked worriedly when she got into the car.

"I didn't want to get involved in the officialdom struggle, but now I can't get away from the interests." Han Yan sighed as a young man, as if he was nostalgic for the carefree years of the past year.

"But ......" Xi'er understands the stakes, the paper can be passed out for sale, and there must be someone behind it, Han Yan has to face the court predators such as the Three Princes and Jiuqing, and compete with those treacherous and cunning characters, how can he be someone's opponent?

"It's just a young god, I didn't want to deal with him before, I was too lazy to treat him as an opponent, but now that I treat him as a person, he must not be my opponent." Han Yan smiled, confident. I have seen and heard and knowledge across the ages for 2,000 years, even if I have never been an official, but I have read many officialdom novels, and there will naturally be no shortage of means.

Xi'er didn't say anything more, but her expression was more worried......

Han Yan didn't say anything more, just held his forehead and pondered......

Fighting with others, force is only the last resort, even if you win, it is not worthy of respect, only wisdom is the foundation of convincing people, to solve this matter without blood, in fact, it is not difficult, it is a good way to lift weight.

The next day, Han Yan wrote a copy of the chapter, reported it to the next level, and handed it over to Prime Minister Wei Juan for review, and because it was about his disciples, in order to avoid suspicion, Wei Juan handed over the chapter to the emperor again, Han Yan wrote like this:

"Chen Han Yan has been ill for a long time, and he is guilty of delaying the papermaking matter. Now that he has recovered from a serious illness, he heard that the papermaking department has backward technology, low production capacity, mixed personnel, and thousands of artificial paper, wasting the court's money and food in vain, and the minister is deeply saddened by His Majesty. Now Han Yan learned from the pain, and voluntarily paid to upgrade the process level, increase the output of the paper division, and the paper needed by the imperial court during the suspension of production was provided free of charge by the Gonggao Marquis Papermaking Workshop, hoping that His Majesty would approve it! ”

After Emperor Han Jing read this recital, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he glared at Wei Juan, "It's a big fart to bother me." ”

Then he said: "Han Yan is loyal, accurate!" ”

Of course, the emperor will approve, someone pays out of his own pocket to contribute to you, and also provides you with free paper, so that the state agency reduces the salary expenditure of thousands of people, this kind of cheapness is liked by everyone, and even can't wait to withdraw the paper department.

A few days later, the paper division under the Shaofu organization completely stopped production, all the 1,000 workers were on vacation, and the production base that occupied the vast wilderness became a dead land, thousands of people lost their livelihoods, and the person who could control their fate was called Han Yan.

At the same time, Han Yan sent a letter to his grandfather Han Yandang, asking him to transport a large amount of paper to Beijing, firstly to supply the imperial court, and secondly, to fill the paper gap needed by the people of Chang'an City.

And Shaofu God was completely confused, and only accepted the truth after a few days...... Chickens that lay golden eggs are castrated so easily?

……

The womb, the sun is dazzling, the clear water in the pond ripples in circles with the wind, Han Yan has recovered from a serious illness, and of course his good brother Liu Che wants to come to condole.

"Do you really plan to pay for the repair of the paper division yourself, and also supply the court paper for free?" Liu Che is very puzzled by this kind of loss-making business, even if he has begun to deal with government affairs, but after all, he is a minor, and many secret games cannot be seen clearly.

Han Yan smiled and said: "Shaofu God is my top boss, he will elevate me in the air, let the people below disobey me, if you change the eldest brother and you are in this position, how are you going to take back control of the paper division?" ”

"This ......" Liu Che pondered for a moment, at a loss. Thinking of Han Yan's recital again, I understood his intentions and the beauty of this move, the sword went sideways, completely leaving aside the Shaofu God, and the matter could be achieved without confronting him face to face.

Let the paper division stop production, and suddenly take the livelihood of those people below, when to start work, who to use, of course, it is the Shaofu paper Cheng who was ordered to upgrade the paper division has the final say, if you don't listen to me, Lao Tzu will let you get out, so that you can kick out the disobedient people of the paper department, and the rest are all their own people, integrating the personnel, and it is even more difficult for Shaofu God to intervene.

As for paying to upgrade the paper department, it is not a big deal at all, the emperor doesn't care about this, and no one cares about this, they are the same as Liu Che, they are concerned about how Han Yan can do a loss-making business, and how long he will supply paper for free......

There is no free lunch in the world, the wool is out of the sheep, and the money that Han Yan paid to the court is out of the people, but it is only from the Shaofu God who "uses power for personal gain" to a "loyal and patriotic" Han Yan, the emperor is happy to see it, and the minister is also happy to see it, as for the Shaofu God - the interest group is also powerless, how good can you compare to the emperor?

Thinking about this, Liu Che understood that Han Yan was a "fake public and private", and he played a good game of power and strategy, but the difficulty was that ordinary people really couldn't come up with this kind of "upgrading" idea.

"Next, it's time for you to integrate the paper division, right?"

"Don't worry, I'll go to Luoyang first, that's the big head of paper sellers, if I don't pull it out, it's always like a fish in my throat, and I hope my eldest brother will allow me to go."

"You haven't been out to play for months since you've been sick, so I'll give you a long vacation this time, just take care of things and come back, and if you have any difficulties, feel free to write to me."

"Thank you, big brother." Bow deeply.