September was ugly (the first day of the new year), and Zhidu came to Taiyuan. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

This is his third visit to the city.

The first time, after the Battle of Mayi, he was appointed here to preside over the aftermath of the war.

The second time was the Battle of Gaoque, where he set out from Taiyuan and headed for Heyin.

And this time when he arrived in Taiyuan, Zhidu saw a lot of things that were different from the past.

Taiyuan City has become more lively, and the market has become more prosperous.

Especially now, inside and outside the city of Taiyuan, it is crowded with merchants who come to buy grain.

"When did so many merchants come to Taiyuan to buy grain?" Zhi was very curious, so he asked Zhang Yuan, the Taiyuan Ling who came to greet him.

"Back to the king, these merchants are all ...... who collected grain and sold it to Longcheng" Zhang Yuan is the old department of Zhidu, who once served as a military captain of the Thorn Gate, and in the battle of Heyin, he lost one of his eyes and a palm, and had to retire.

In the past, officers like Zhang Yuan, who were wounded and disabled on the battlefield, could basically only go home and farm with the state's pension.

But now, because of the growing power of the military and the rising status of the military, he can become an official despite his injury and disability and forced to retire.

The transfer from the captain of the Thorn Gate Military Academy to the Taiyuan Order is considered a flat adjustment in terms of rank ratio and status.

But the right to speak is different.

Taiyuan Ling is the fourth person in Taiyuan County, only under the county guard, county lieutenant and county officer.

He also has a military background and backers, and no one dares to underestimate him.

Therefore, during his tenure in Taiyuan Ling, he was able to do a lot of things.

These include promoting the construction of the Taiyuan-Xiaoguan railroad project and the re-widening of the straightway.

"Sold to Dragon City?" Zhi Du listened, thinking in his heart, he knew that in recent months, all the businessmen in the world had formed a team to go to Dragon City.

It is rumored that these people have earned their lives.

Some people even got rich overnight.

But the question is - did the Munan tribes eat so much food?

As far as he could see, the merchants in Taiyuan City would buy tens of thousands of stone of grain every day and transport it to Dragon City.

It's just a Taiyuan!

In Jinyang, Hunu, Yunzhong City, I'm afraid similar situations are also being staged, right?

Thinking like this, Zhidu asked: "This year's Taiyuan harvest, it is said that the yield of corn per mu has reached three stone ......."

"Yes, your lordship......" Zhang Yuan still replied respectfully as he did when he was under the command of Zhidu: "This year, the corn in all parts of Taiyuan County is a bumper harvest, and the maximum yield per mu has reached as much as four and a half stones!" ”

This is the bonus of benefiting from the victory in the war!

Since the Battle of Gaoque, the Han army has captured hundreds of thousands of prisoners of war and slaves.

Although most of them were sent inland, tens of thousands of prisoners of war remained in the Daibei area, and these prisoners of war worked hard every day to build various water conservancy facilities.

In addition, after the Battle of Gaoque, the Son of Heaven issued an edict exempting the counties of Daibei from land tax and forced labor.

This allows the people to have more energy and resources to devote to their own production and life.

At the same time, the Legalist forces began to fully affect the bureaucratic system in various parts of Daibei, and many local officials were simply Legalist officials.

And the most favorite and best thing for Legalist officials is to brush up on their political achievements.

Today, there is no better way to improve political achievements than to build water conservancy and roads.

With free labor, there is enough capacity for organization and mobilization, and the people themselves are willing to build water conservancy facilities.

As a result, since last year, Daiguo, Shangjun, Longyou, and Yunzhong have all set off an upsurge in water conservancy construction.

In Taiyuan alone, the total length of water conservancy channels built last year exceeded 100 miles.

As soon as the water conservancy facilities are perfected, there is no need to promote technology, and the output of corn and wheat will immediately soar.

As far as Zhang Yuan knows, the increase in Taiyuan is actually the lowest among the counties in Daibei.

The highest is Kami-gun!

The average yield of corn per mu in Shangjun this year is said to be close to two and a half stones!

A whole stone added!

It's jaw-dropping, you can hardly believe your eyes!

The surge in grain production is both a good thing and a bad thing.

For example, last year, just to buy the surplus grain in the hands of farmers, Taiyuan County threw almost all the money in its own hands.

In order to save money, it is said that the county guard did not even dare to light more candles at the yamen.

Even so, the finances of Taiyuan County were almost bankrupt, and after the autumn harvest last year, Taiyuan County distributed money to officials, directly distributing corn.

There is no way, there is too much food and too little money from the government.

If the government does not stabilize grain prices and cause them to plummet, then it will not work well, and the grain will be cheap and hurt the peasants.

If it was in the past, the officials would probably not care about the life or death of the mud legs.

If the grain hurts the peasants, the grain hurts the peasants.

Just killed a group of yeoman farmers and had a good feast with the merchant landlords.

But today, no official dares to sit idly by and watch such a thing happen.

At least in Daibei, no one dares to play like this.

Because people don't want to die......

Today, almost all the counties in Daibei and the local grass-roots counties and townships have complete grass-roots militia organizations.

Some areas of Yunzhong and Shangjun, and even every township, have built a basic arsenal.

The arsenal is crammed with a large amount of weapons and equipment.

A heavily armed army can be pulled out anytime, anywhere.

As for the common people's homes, almost every household has a sword, a bow and a crossbow, and the young people are all skilled in bows and horses.

them off?

Every minute, you can make a change in Zhangqiu, enter Taiyuan City, arrest corrupt officials and send them to Chang'an.

Once such a basket is out, judging from past experience, the Son of Heaven and the Jiuqing of Chang'an will probably only encourage and reward the people.

Some schools, such as Simeng and Chongmin, may even jump up and applaud.

After the people got their guns, the bureaucrats had to admit it.

Therefore, the princes of Taiyuan have to do things to prevent a change in Zhangqiu.

Recalling this incident, Zhang Yuan was also full of emotion, and in his heart he even agreed with what the Son of Heaven said, 'The sage system of the five soldiers is not to harm each other, but to prohibit violence and punish evil'.

Today, as expected, the swords, guns, bows and crossbows in the hands of the people have forced the bureaucrats to do something that is beneficial to the people's livelihood.

However, because of this, at the beginning of spring this year, the officials of Taiyuan County all looked sad.

Because, in order to maintain stability last year, Taiyuan County almost spent the last copper plate of its treasury.

The grain in the official warehouses in various places is piled up like a mountain, and it is impossible to deal with it at all.

If there is another bumper harvest this year, I am afraid that everyone in Taiyuan County will have to resign......

Fortunately, at the critical moment, the businessmen came to the rescue.

The prosperity of Longcheng's trade made merchants come one after another, and the grain in the official warehouse was directly bought.

Even the surplus grain in the hands of the people was swept away.

Last year's financial constraints have turned into financial prosperity this year.

With the money, the county guard directly began to think about building straights and railcars.

Spending money to brush up on political achievements is something that a fool will do!

As a result, every official in Taiyuan became the beneficiary of the Longcheng trade.

Even many people believe that whether they can be promoted and make a fortune is directly related to the prosperity of Dragon City's trade.

The more prosperous the trade in Dragon City, the more achievements everyone has.

As soon as the news that Zhidu was appointed as the general of the Huns and had full authority to control the various departments in the south of the shogun, Taiyuan County and even the entire northern counties were all nervous.

Everyone was afraid that Zhi had gone to Dragon City, which might suppress the now thriving Hanhu trade.

The reason is simple.

Because Zhi is a famous minister of the Legalist, and the Legalist has looked down on businessmen since ancient times, and he is eager to kill all the businessmen in the world.

So, he sent Zhang Yuan over to plead and deliver words.

Tens of thousands, let Zhidu understand the difficulties of the northern counties today, raise your noble hand, don't mess up the source of the big guy's political achievements.

Where did Zhi Du know these things, he just looked at the prosperous market and the businessmen shouting everywhere, a little displeased, he said to Zhang Yuan: "Zhang Gong, you are the Taiyuan Order, why don't you rectify the Taiyuan market?" Let the merchants run rampant, buy and sell grain, and sell it to the Huns? You need to know that food is the foundation of the country and the people! ”

He bowed in the direction of Chang'an and said: "The Son of Heaven has taught the ministers many times: Hong Fan Bazheng, one is food, and the other is goods!" Food before the goods......"

When Zhang Yuan heard this, his face was bitter, and he said: "The king is a wise man, and the lower officials don't like businessmen, and they never have a good impression of this generation......

This is the common mentality of most officials today.

On the one hand, the big guys look down on businessmen.

Whether it is Confucianism, Huang Lao, or Mo, they all feel that businessmen are the root of all evil.

But on the other hand, no one can refuse a small amount of money from a businessman.

In particular, when a businessman's small money is directly tied to their political performance......

Li Kui changed the law, and he still needed Bai Gui's small money to assist!

Today, the entanglement and entanglement between the merchants of the Han dynasty and the bureaucracy and the academic circles are far deeper than those between Li Kui and Bai Gui in those years.

Therefore, contemporary officials and scholars have a very tangled psychology.

Many people became famous by scolding and suppressing merchants, but when they became famous, they found that they had been captured by the merchants' money.

Scholars want to open a school, and they can't do without the funding and donations of Jujia.

Officials want to improve their political achievements, and they are also inseparable from the business taxes and trade support of businessmen.

This tangled state makes many people entangled, tossing and turning at night, and it is difficult to sleep.

This is a manifestation when ideals, beliefs, and reality collide.

Zhang Yuan was one such patient, he lowered his head and said to his old superiors in the past: "The king doesn't know something, although the lower officials hate the merchants, they can't wait to ban them all, so as not to bewitch the pure and virtuous people and the lowly industry of industry and commerce...... However, the lower officials are inseparable from the businessmen......"

He raised his head and looked at Zhidu and said, "Your Majesty...... To put it bluntly, if there were no Jia people, the Taiyuan you see today may be a city where the people's grievances are boiling, the market is depressed, and the people are complaining......"

As he spoke, Zhang Yuan told Zhidu about the troubles caused by the ups and downs of grain prices and bumper harvests in Taiyuan from last year to this year.

Zhi Du listened and was silent for a long time.

As the ruling Jinwu, as the absolute confidant and cronie of today's son.

The things that Zhi can touch are naturally far beyond Zhang Yuan.

And after being appointed as the general of the Huns this time, Zhidu gained the power to open the palace and build teeth, and hundreds of strategists and warriors defected to him to give him advice.

Therefore, Zhi can know that businessmen are gradually stepping onto the stage of the world.

Their power is pervasive and affects all aspects of the world.

Anton doesn't say it, Luoyang and Suiyang and Nanyang are now all Jia Daxing.

Whether it is Confucianism or Huang Lao, no matter how he scolds the businessman, but in private, everyone has a close friend of the giant.

Chao Cuo's old friend is the Tian family, Zhang Tang's Taishan is also the Tian family, behind the Xunzi school is the Linqiong Cheng Zheng family and the Zhuo family, behind the Simeng school stands the Liang Wang family, and behind the Chongmin school is the Luoyang businessman.

Even the Shi family, which has always been noble, has recently begun to quietly devote itself to the business of industry and commerce.

Even if he is in Zhidu, he is actually close to the Da Jia Bing family.

And in local affairs, the influence of merchants is also increasing.

The market arbitrary power system relied on the law of equality, and gradually had the power to bargain with the government.

If the magistrates want to handle local affairs well, they cannot do without the generosity and assistance of the businessmen in their jurisdictions.

Jia people are gradually replacing the landlords of the past and becoming a group with great influence.

Just like what happened in Taiyuan, many times, it is these businessmen who are discriminated against and looked down upon by others that play a role in stabilizing the market and benefiting the people.

Thinking of this, Zhidu remembered a topic that Zhang Tang had discussed with him when he returned to Beijing last year to report on his work - should the Legalists revise something to adapt to the current era?

This question has made Zhidu think about it countless times for several months, but there is still no answer.

Seeing that the old boss was silent, Zhang Yuan knew that there was a play, and he hurriedly smiled and said: "Please also understand the hardships of the people in the northern counties, and don't waste the city of Longcheng lightly......"

Zhi Du listened, but he smiled and said, "Where do I have the power to abolish the city of Dragon City?" Longcheng City is the meaning of the Son of Heaven! ”

This answer made Zhang Yuan ecstatic, as long as the Dragon City trade continued to exist and flourished, then he could have a lot of money to rest assured and boldly brush up on his political achievements.

Although I have a physical disability, I have limited room for improvement.

But as long as you work hard to brush up on your political achievements, there should be no pressure to get the title of a middle doctor before Zhishi.

"Then you want to go to Makunan on this trip?" Zhang Yuan couldn't help but ask curiously.

Zhi Du glanced at Zhang Yuan, and did not hide it from him, and said directly: "This trip, I am ordered by the Son of Heaven, but in the south of the curtain, the Great Enlightenment Qundi!" ”

"The Great Apocalypse?" When Zhang Yuan heard this, he couldn't help but be frightened.

In history, during the time of King Wu of Chu, the state of Chu conquered the Han River valley, conquered dozens of Fang countries, and turned them into Zhuxia, known as the Great Apocalypse and Barbarians in history!

Since then, the Han River basin has never separated from China.

In those days, King Wu of Chu enlightened the barbarians, relying on the army to open the way, supplemented by education.

Now, there is no doubt that since Chang'an is determined to digest Munan, it has also sent a cadre like Zhidu.

This is bound to be a bloody storm, and the status quo of the entire Munan will be completely changed!

Thinking of this, Zhang Yuan couldn't help but bow: "Your Majesty, the lower official has two sons, the eldest son Jian, and the second son Xin, both of whom are powerful and powerful...... May the king accept it and make it a cow and a horse! ”

If you want to digest Munan, you naturally have to kill people, as long as you kill people, you will have meritorious deeds!

And today, merit is the most valuable!