Chapter 128: The Great Thief
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In Weiguo, Zigong's family, the Duanmu clan, has been in decline for many years, and there has been no doctor for several generations, and now it is no different from ordinary poor people and countrymen.
But because he studied with the master, he was quite arrogant in his heart, and subconsciously thought that "meat eaters despised".
Indeed, many aristocrats of this era had lost their monopoly on knowledge and were not highly literate.
Most of their pursuits are full of corn and wheat, and their perception of profit is only to seize more land from the common people, classify the mountains and forests into private ownership, and set up more barriers on the roads to collect pedestrian and commercial taxes. Taxes and levies, from eleven to five days of taxes, and then to two and a half of taxes, Qi country even has two-thirds of the tax!
All in all, it is a short-sighted behavior of killing chickens and taking eggs, and the master once said, "Harsh government is fiercer than tigers"! These harsh policies caused the common people to rejoice, starve and starve each other, and the people heard of the public order, such as fleeing from the court, and forced the trade routes to be blocked, and the roads were blocked.
And the Zhao gentleman's light taxation, once there is a harvest, will share the benefits with the people, and do something to help the orphans, widows, old and children. The new decree he promulgated will not only increase the population, but also completely eradicate the bad habit of infant drowning!
He also spent the useless hard currency corn decisively, bought cattle and horses, and made new farm implements, which is really rare.
"Gentleman, these actions of yours are quite similar to those of the Qi State Chen Clan......
Zigong has been to the country of Qi, so he has this saying.
Zhao Wuxian became interested when he heard it, Qi Guo Chen's family, in fact, was the Tian family that later succeeded Qi Cheng, Chen and Tian had the same pronunciation in the Spring and Autumn Period.
Like Zhao Wei Han of the three-point Jin Kingdom in history, the Chen family is also the best one who has been killed from dozens of Qing Dafu clans in the Qi State, and it is even more powerful. Because Chen Gongzi, the ancestor of the Chen family, did not enter the Qi State until the time of the Duke of Qi Huan, his status is not only inferior to the two clans of Guo and Gao, which were respected by the Son of Heaven as Shangqing, and the two clans of Xiaqing Guan and Bao, but also compared to the Cui family, Qing family, Luan family, etc., which were once dedicated to Qi later.
Chen's journey from an unknown "Gongzheng", that is, a doctor who manages hundreds of workers, has slowly accumulated all the way and completed the historical mission of his own generation, and the difficulties and twists and turns of his struggle are a miracle.
This is also Zhao Wuxian's future opponent, and it is also the object that he can learn from humbly.
As soon as asked, Zigong talked about some of the Chen's actions in the Qi State. "Qi originally had four measuring instruments: beans, districts, kettles, and bells. Four liters are one bean, each in four positions, all the way up to the kettle, and ten kettles are one bell. The capacity of Chen's beans, districts, kettles, and bells is a quarter larger than that of the office. ”
As a result, the Chen family used a large number of private vessels to lend grain to the Chinese people, and used small quantities of public vessels to take it back, and the timber, fish, salt, clams and other seafood from their territories of Gaotang and Donglai were transported to Linzi City, and they were still sold at the same price as the place of origin. Does the gentleman know what the purpose of Chen's behavior of harming himself and benefiting others, which is completely opposite to the way of goods and colonization? ”
Zhao Wuxian said in his heart, isn't this just being courteous and courteous, either a traitor or a thief.
But of course he can't say that, because their Zhao clan also did the same thing: since Zhao Jingzi conquered the northern Jinyang, it began to stipulate that the Zhao family's field in Jinyang is one acre one hundred and twenty steps wide and two hundred and forty steps long, which is much larger than the acres demarcated by the Jin Office, Han, Wei, Fan, and Zhongxing, and the tax is low, only half of that of Zhuqing.
Therefore, when the land is given to the scholars and the people, it is equivalent to giving away half of the land. The people of the country were happy to join the Zhao family, escaped from the office field, and moved to Jinyang and other places, which enriched the population of the Zhao family.
A smile appeared at the corner of Zhao Wuxian's mouth: "The Chen family's desire is not money, but the people's heart!" ”
The goals of Chen and Zhao are actually similar.
The traitor is not a petty traitor, but a great traitor, and a thief is not a petty thief, but a thief who steals the country!
Zigong glanced at Zhao Wuxian meaningfully and said, "Therefore, Doctor Qi Yan Ying said that his love is like his parents, and his return is like flowing water. Gentleman, if you want to win the people, will you get rid of it? ”
Zhao Wuxian laughed, didn't answer, and skipped over the topic that would sooner or later lead to a dead end.
As far as Zhao Wuxian knows, there are still a group of talents among Zigong's brothers and sisters, no wonder Kong Qiu pulled up the student team, and he was able to go from a poor man who had only been the head of the Chen family to the pinnacle of Lu politics.
However, since ancient times, those who steal the hook are punished, and those who steal the country are marquis, and Confucianism in this era has begun to emphasize the dignity of monarchs and ministers, and the upper and lower levels cannot be transposed.
Although they say it, these people who start from the end have always been straight-mouthed. If Confucius was like in history, he was in exile among the nations, and when he had no choice but to do so, he would naturally come over with a shy face and serve "thieves like Zhao Wuxian......
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By the end of May, when the summer was late and the autumn was cool, Zhao Wuxian's two-month grounding was finally over.
With the help of Sang Yang Weng, the transformed farm tools have been distributed to Dou, Sang, Jia, and Chenggeli. Oxen and horses were put on their wheels, pulled plows, and cultivated 30,000 acres of land into a city, and began to sow summer millet gradually.
After asking the opinions of Ji Qiao, Sang Yangweng and others, Zhao Wuxian summed up the experience of previous years and also made regulations on the number of seeds sown per mu.
"One bucket of corn per mu, half a bucket of corn per mu, if it is good land, the quantity can be reduced as appropriate."
On Chengwu's side, Zhao Wuxian also instructed him to hurry up and control the newly arrived Cheng Manor, where thousands of acres of land are planted with spring millet, and in a few months, it will be ripe. It's just that because I didn't use the Shirota method, it looks a little sluggish, and I'm afraid that this year's harvest will be average.
After arranging a series of affairs, Zhao Wuxian and Zigong walked out of the wall and headed for Xinjiang, followed by more than a dozen oxen and horse carts full of wheat flour sacks. Zhao Guangde had an accident when he was cooking yesterday and sprained his waist, so he could only stay in Chengxiang.
After the great success in the vicinity of the lower palace, the saturation of this small market was ensued, and although the various scholars bought a certain amount of wheat flour every market day, it was not as much as it had been at the beginning.
So Zhao Wuxian and Zigong set their sights on Xinjiang again.
The population of Xinjiang is several times that of the lower palace, and the wealth is even greater. The Jin Kingdom was the overlord for a century and a half, and Xinjiang became the end point of the flow of wealth in Zhuxia. In the official office area, the mansions of the princes are one after another, endlessly, and each family is supported by one or several feudal townships and cities, and the purchasing power is considerable.
Based on his business experience, Zigong decided to take advantage of the wheat flour sales, go to the Su Market to start a fire, and enter the big market of Xinjiang Su City!
Because half of Zigong's caravan stayed in the capital of Lu State, Zhao Wuxian successively replenished some manpower for him.
Of course, it can also be said to be the placement of cronies, because many of them are clever and intelligent people who are directly selected from the main pawns. For these, Zigong knew it in his heart, felt that it was understandable, and he didn't break it.
What's more, he also got an unexpected joy because of this, there were two weak-crowned young men in the Jiqiao Academy, and under the instruction of Zhao Wuxian, they joined the caravan with a pen and a booklet, and asked Zigong how to use the "Zhou Ji number" to calculate the accounts reasonably.
After entering the city, on the wide avenue, the carriages of the two were about to separate.
Zhao Wuxian gave up his hand to Zigong, and after seeing him leave for the south of the city, the car turned to the east and drove towards the official office area. Zigong has been doing business between Jin, Wei and Lu all the year round, and he is also familiar with the Xinjiang market, and after having the background of the Zhao family, he should not be exploited by the city officials.
And this time he came to Xinjiang, Zhao Wuxian mainly for two things.
First, he was going to visit Zhang Mengtan, not only to thank him for his rescue of Han Wei's second son in Pan Palace last time, but also to make friends with Zhao Wuxian.
Second, it was mentioned by Zhao Ying in his letter, the monarch wants to hold a big shooting salute in the Pan Palace, and the children of Liuqing must participate!
Time, just tomorrow.
At that time, he will not only be able to meet the Marquis of Jin, but may also be able to meet his future nemesis "Zhibo......
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PS: I suddenly discovered that Chen's strategy was a bit like that of the "tyrants" of the ancient Greek city-states of the same era......
Ask for collections, ask for recommendations, ask for Sanjiang tickets......
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