Chapter 153: Wang Fu's Worries

As mentioned last time, Liu Hou persuaded Guan Gong to become a professor in the college, so that his skills could be better inherited. If you are an ordinary person, when you hear the emperor say such things, you will definitely think that the emperor wants to cut his military power, and wants to transfer himself back to Chengdu as a professor at the academy, so that he will stay away from the center of power and become a teacher.

However, Guan Gong didn't think about it like this, he trusted this nephew very much, just as Liu Hou also trusted him, so after he heard Liu Hou's words, he raised the issue that he was in Jingzhou and it was inconvenient for him to go to Chengdu to teach his apprentice.

Sure enough, Liu Hou said after hearing this: "Second uncle, don't worry about this, we can set up a branch of the Great Han Longteng Academy in Jingzhou." At that time, the second uncle can give apprentices in this Jingzhou branch nearby. You don't have to go every day, just take some free time to go.

Not only the second uncle's peerless martial arts, but also the second uncle's military strategy and art of war can be taught to students. In this way, in a few years, we will be able to have a group of more generals, and then why worry that the Han will not be able to create brilliance. ”

"Hehe, okay, okay, this is no problem, although Your Majesty has established a branch college in Jingzhou, the second uncle will definitely teach that class of rabbit cubs how to fight when he has time." Guan Gong was relieved, stroked the iconic long beard and said with a smile.

After the establishment of the Great Han Longteng Academy in Chengdu, the famous generals in the Shu army took turns to teach the knowledge of marching and fighting in the academy, and Huang Zhong, Zhao Yun, Ma Chao, etc. all took classes in the academy. Going to the academy to be a professor has become a trend among the senior generals of the Shu army, and it is also an honor. If you've never been a professor in an academy, you're embarrassed to say you're a celebrity.

However, Guan Gong and Zhang Fei, the two most heavyweight generals in the Shu army, have never had the opportunity to be professors in the academy because they have been guarding in other places for a long time. Guan Yu is very much looking forward to being able to go to the academy to give a lecture and be a teacher, he often envies Zhao Yun and others for teaching so many apprentices, but the reality does not allow him to do that, he must guard in Jingzhou to ensure the safety of the east gate of Shu.

Now when he heard that the little emperor said that he would establish a branch college in Jingzhou and invite him to be a professor, he was so happy that he immediately agreed. Liu Hou was also very happy to see that he agreed, and immediately summoned Guo Youzhi and instructed him to arrange for all the people to do everything possible to handle this matter.

The two continued to chat, when they suddenly heard a person shouting loudly outside the hall, "General! Checkmate! Why did you close the gates again? Not long after, I saw a middle-aged man dressed as a Confucian student "kicking" into the living room where Liu Hou and Guan Gong were. Liu Hou looked at it, and it turned out that it was Sima Wangfu who came to see Guan Gong.

Wang Fu originally shouted very loudly, but when he came in, he saw that Liu Hou was also there, so he immediately put away his loud voice and bowed respectfully to Liu Hou.

Liu Hou said: "No courtesy, flat body." Wang Fu straightened up, and Guan Gong glared at him and said, "Wang Sima, what's the noise?" ”

Wang Fu glanced at Liu Hou and said, "Originally, there was something to discuss with the general, but since His Majesty is also here, I won't delay His Majesty's time, let's find the general later." ”

Guan Gong narrowed his Danfeng eyes, his eyes were faintly shining, and he shouted: "Bastard, do you have something to say that you can't see?" Is there anything Your Majesty can't hear? If you have something, say it quickly, and if you have a fart, let it go, don't let your mother-in-law do it. ”

Wang Fu hesitated and said, "This ...... It's not a big deal, so why bother with His Majesty. ”

"Wang Sima has something to do, but it doesn't hurt to say, I am also idle now, maybe there is something I can help with the details." Liu Hou saw that Guan Gong's men were asking Guan Gong for instructions, and he didn't want to meddle in things, but when he heard Wang Fu spitting out, it aroused his curiosity, so he also asked Wang Fu to quickly explain the matter.

"Yes! Your Majesty, in fact, it is not a big deal, that is, the minister just saw that all the city gates were closed, and it was not yet time to close the city gates, and there were many people and merchants entering and leaving the city. I am afraid that this move will bring great trouble to the people and merchants.

You must know that some time ago, the Dongwu Navy Chen Bing was at the border, and many merchant ships could not pass through this section of the waterway, which has seriously affected China's import and export business to Dongwu.

Salt, in particular, could not be shipped during this time, which had a great impact on the country. You must know that China's salt is basically sold from the East China Sea to China, and the people of Dongwu have such a card, only bits and pieces of small batches of smuggled and smuggled salt can still be smuggled over, and there is not a single grain of salt transported by big ships.

Affected by this incident, the price of salt in China has doubled again and again. Fortunately, thanks to His Majesty's fortune, he used mines to expel the Soochow fleet. Seeing that the trade between the two countries is about to slowly resume, who knows that the city gates are closed again, what will make those merchants think? They finally waited until the border was quiet, and they thought they could start their business, but when the city gates were closed, their business would inevitably be affected again.

In the long run, if there are so many unstable factors, the merchants will feel that Jingzhou is no longer a safe environment for doing business, and it is guaranteed that many of them will not come to Jingzhou to do business in the future. ”

Guan Gong Danfeng's eyes widened, and he shouted: "What do you care about those merchants?" If they don't come, they won't come, what's the matter. ”

"General, you can't say that, because of the influence of the Dongwu Naval Army, during this time, our tax revenue has been reduced by half, if the city gate is closed, the tax revenue will continue to decrease, what will we use to feed this army of hundreds of thousands?"

"Is there so strict?" Guan Gong asked in surprise.

"It's really very strict, don't believe it, I even brought the account book." As he spoke, Wang Fu handed over the account book to Guan Gong to see.

Guan Gong took the account book, frowned and looked at it, and after a while, said, "Then what do you want?" ”

Liu Hou saw that Guan Gong had finished reading the account book, and felt very curious, he had never seen how the ancient account books kept accounts, so he stretched out his hand to Guan Gong and made a asking gesture, and Guan Gong casually handed the account book to Liu Hou.

"I want to come and ask the general, why do you want to close the city gates? If it weren't for the very strict thing, would it be possible to open the city gate as much as possible, so that merchants and people who come and go can enter and exit the city gate freely. If commerce and trade prosper, tax revenue will gradually recover. Wang Fu said.

"Do you know that His Majesty was assassinated just now?" Guan Gong said lightly.

Wang Fu was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly knelt down and said to Liu Hou: "The minister deserves death, the minister didn't know that such a big thing happened." Please forgive me, I don't know if your majesty is okay, are you hurt? Those fanatics dared to assassinate the saints, they were really bold and bold people, so the ministers went down to arrange for the city gate to be closed, and the whole city was suo, and they must do their best to bring these rebellious ministers and thieves to justice and exterminate the nine clans. ”

ps. I went shopping today and bought a new mobile phone, delayed the code word time, and finally only made up enough two thousand words, barely a chapter, and please forgive me, tomorrow must be updated normally.