Unlike Empress Dowager He, Dong Zhuo's letter to Liu Jian was not completely fooled, although he did not promise Liu Jian an official title and title, but in the name of the Prime Minister's Office, he granted Liu Jian the right to resettle the rest of the Yellow Turban in Qingzhou, and at the same time ordered the full cooperation of all prefectures, counties and county offices.

For Liu Jian, what he needs is this, and Dong Zhuo is very discerning.

As for the official title and the like, Liu Jian no longer needs it, his current official title is completely sufficient, and the position of General Zuo is higher than that of the Four Towns and Four Expeditions on this timeline.

Liu Jian felt that even if his military rank was not promoted in the future, it didn't matter.

As for the so-called general, let others sit down, he just needs to take the facts.

After Liu Jian wrote a private letter to Dong Zhuo, he wrote a letter to Lu Qiang, replying to Empress Dowager He's wooing.

The content of the reply is simple and direct, anyway, it is a sign of loyalty!

Whoever comes to woo me, I will show my loyalty, anyway, I can't offend anyone now.

After writing a letter to Dong Zhuo and Empress Dowager He, Liu Jian asked Zhang Fei, Zhang He, Gao Lan, Xu Rong and others to cooperate with Guan Yu and Gongsun Zhan and began to take over the Qingzhou Yellow Turban of more than 1.7 million.

And Liu Jian himself, together with Liu Bei and Zhao Yun, went to Donglai County to meet Liu Yu.

The danger of the Qingzhou Yellow Turban has been solved, and Liu Yu has finally been able to withdraw, Liu Jian just won't come to see him, I'm afraid that Liu Yu will also come to Liu Jian.

Liu Jian and his entourage came to Huang County and met Liu Yu.

As the lord of eastern Qingzhou, Liu Yu's dress is very simple, his demeanor is friendly, his demeanor is elegant and graceful, and he is approachable, giving people a feeling like a spring breeze.

After seeing Liu Jian, Liu Yu didn't say a word, and immediately grabbed Liu Jian's hand, and the grip was tight.

"Deran, if you hadn't come to Qingzhou, the consequences would have been unimaginable! Qingzhou depends on you to be preserved! ”

Liu Jian said: "Da Sima's words are too heavy, Da Sima governs in Qingzhou, whether it is his reputation or his virtues, he is praised by all the people!" ”

Liu Yu waved his hand and said, "De Ran's praise is too much!" ”

Liu Bei, who was behind Liu Jian, said respectfully: "It's not too much praise, when I was in Luoyang, I also heard that since Da Sima arrived in Qingzhou, he has been lenient, persuaded to supervise agriculture and planting, opened the benefits of the north and south commercial markets, and the salt benefits of the East China Sea, the people are happy to climb the year, and the valley stone is thirty,"

"And although Da Sima is a prince, he can be thrifty by nature, wear clothes and ropes, eat without meat, and those who are handsome and luxurious from far and near, they can not change their minds and return to their hearts."

After listening to Liu Bei's praise, Liu Yu was not only not happy, but felt guilty.

"Although I have the virtue of governing the people, but I have no martial arts, this time the moth thief is rising, I can't calm the local rebellion, so that thousands of Li Shu have been poisoned! How can you be cheeky? ”

Speaking of this, Liu Yu's eyes even flashed a few tears.

Liu Jian hurriedly said: "The work of Da Sima is known to everyone in the world, so don't be presumptuous." ’

Liu Yu waved his hand and said to Liu Jian: "Now that Deran is here, I should let the counties of Qingzhou give way, and only you can hold Qingzhou!" ”

Liu Jian and Liu Bei glanced at each other in surprise.

No matter how geniuses the two of them are, they would never have thought that as soon as Liu Yu saw the two of them, he would say that he wanted to give up Qingzhou.

Of course, Liu Yu is only the pastor of Dongqingzhou, and nominally, the area under his jurisdiction is only east of Beihai, so he can only give way to the east of Beihai.

However, this time in the Yellow Turban Incident, Qingzhou Thorn Shi Lisheng and several county guards in the west have all been martyred, so judging from the current situation, although Liu Yu is in the name of a pastor in Eastern Qingzhou, he has the power to take charge of a state in front of him.

Liu Jian only hesitated slightly, and then said, "Da Sima Mo is not testing me?" Do you suspect that I have the heart to seize Qingzhou? ”

When Liu Yu heard this, he hurriedly waved his hand.

"Don't doubt it, Yu Fei is a villain who is playing with power and scheming, I want you to take charge of Qingzhou on my behalf, it is really sincere!"

Seeing that Liu Jian and Liu Bei were still suspicious, Liu Yu said to the two of them: "Deran, Xuande...... Now that your brother has come, you will follow me around the counties of Donglai County in the past few days, and when the transfer is over, you will understand! ”

Liu Jianyan said: "Since it is a kind invitation from Da Sima, then our brothers are willing to accompany us!" ”

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In the following days, Liu Jian accompanied Liu Yu to inspect the areas of Donglai County, Pingdu, Yuli, Changyang, Buye, Yangle, Yangshi, Xuxiang and other places.

This is not an inspection, but fortunately, under this inspection, Liu Jian and Liu Bei's admiration for Liu Yu began to grow infinitely.

Liu Yu is not only a master of governance, but also in terms of economy and industry, he is definitely a top existence in the Han Dynasty.

He has not been in Qingzhou for a long time, but he has done a lot of commendable things.

Like Liu Jian, Liu Yu implemented the tuntian system in Qingzhou under his jurisdiction, although it was not as large as Liu Jian's action in Jizhou, but the scale of Qingzhou tuntian could not be underestimated, and to a certain extent, it restored the grain output within his jurisdiction and maintained regional stability and tranquility.

But Tuntian is only one aspect, and what Liu Jian and Liu Bei admire the most is that Liu Yu took Donglai County as an experimental point to engage in various industrial economies.

One of the most important is that as soon as Liu Yu arrived, he reorganized Qingzhou Salt Affairs.

Donglai County, also known as the Shandong Peninsula in later generations, has had one of the biggest industrial benefits since ancient times, that is, the sea salt industry.

In the Han Dynasty, salt was a symbol of wealth, and the benefits of salt were so great that many people could not imagine.

During the Western Han Dynasty, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty implemented the monopoly of salt and iron, although there was a suspicion of competing with the people for profit, but this also reflected from the side how huge the profit of salt is, only the interests are large enough to affect the national fortune of the industry, will be the imperial court to the state monopoly.

In the Eastern Han Dynasty, salt and iron affairs were sometimes liberalized, sometimes controlled, but on the whole, the affairs of salt and iron were still liberalized to a certain extent, although several monarchs of the Eastern Han Dynasty wanted to shrink the control of salt and iron, but the market economy is constantly improving and evolving with the progress of human beings, and some things can not go back.

However, this is only reflected in the political level, but in terms of practical use and economic level, the affairs of salt and iron have always been the industrial pillars of the entire Han Dynasty.

In the Han Dynasty, the types of salt are sea salt, pool salt, well salt, rock salt, etc., and Qingzhou is the Qi country in history, sea salt is mainly distributed in the coastal areas under the jurisdiction of Qingzhou, the inland is edible pool salt, and the well salt is prevalent in the Bashu region.

After Liu Yu arrived in Qingzhou, in order to increase the local finance and salt tax in Qingzhou, he began to control the local salt affairs, one was to control the financial income, and the other was to start a government-private alliance to control the stability of the sea salt industry.

The reason why salt was a very lucrative industry in the Han Dynasty was mainly because it was still relatively difficult to extract.

In Qingzhou, the main way to take salt is to take brine as raw materials, and refine salt through firewood.

The method is to scrape the sea salt and pour brine, take the brine and burn the salt, this process will consume a lot of firewood and grass, laborious and laborious.

A lot of manpower and firewood and grass are wasted, and the salt extracted is naturally extremely precious, and because of the large amount of productivity, the overall price can not be reduced, and the salt production of the Han Dynasty is still not much for the population, so the local private salt family will take advantage of this to make huge profits, and the families who pour salt in Qingzhou have become the local rich and powerful, and they have controlled huge resources in the local area by virtue of salt affairs.

If Liu Yu wanted to govern Qingzhou, he had to compromise with them on certain matters.

Of course, Liu Yu will not give all the benefits to these families in charge of salt affairs, he delineates the interests with them in the capacity of state ministers, so that each family can absorb enough benefits under the condition that the local counties can also collect enough salt taxes, and at the same time, the people can also obtain certain practical profits through dedication of labor in the process of salt production.

At the same time, Liu Yu also reached a consensus with the local ethnic groups in Qingzhou, demanding that the market price of salt in Qingzhou must be set by the Pastoral Administration, so that the people under his jurisdiction can buy as much salt as possible.

Of course, what is the specific level of salt prices in other states, Liu Yu can't control it.

However, compared with the previous officials who secretly colluded with local salt tycoons and used salt to make huge profits and disregarded the lives of the people, Liu Yu's ability to achieve this level is already very commendable.

Liu Jian and Liu Bei, after visiting the folk salt workshops in various counties and listening to Liu Yu's account, both expressed their admiration for his achievements.

In the case of not being able to change the productive forces, Liu Yu really took care of the interests of all parties from a political perspective and handled the matter to the best.

But there is a premise for this matter, that is, "in the case of not being able to change the existing salt production in Qingzhou".

Liu Yu has no way to change the existing production of sea salt in Qingzhou, so he can only compromise and try to make people from all walks of life get certain benefits in salt affairs through communication and coordination.

Of course, even if people from all walks of life can benefit, the biggest vested interests in Qingzhou Salt are the wealthy families who operate and control salt production in the local area.

Although they regularly pay salt taxes to the government, Liu Jian knows that they will not be able to evade taxes by various illegal means.

Moreover, taxation is only one aspect, and the government has to constantly negotiate with them on the issue of salt production and external sales and pricing power related to people's livelihood, and the initiative is not on the side of the local government office.

The higher the cost of making salt, the more manpower consumed, and the more cumbersome the process, the more likely this kind of thing to happen.

But now, the time is ripe, and Liu Jian feels that Qingzhou's salt affairs can be changed.

The method of reform is very simple, as long as the overall salt production of Qingzhou can be increased, the cost of salt production can be reduced, and the output can be expanded, it can naturally squeeze out the voice of those old Haoyou clans who are in charge of salt affairs.

Whether it is ancient or modern, the reason why many valves, families, and families are awesome is that they have mastered scarce and precious resources!

This resource could be books, it could be population, it could be land or salt.

But when the resources they control are no longer precious and become rotten goods, they don't need to use too much political means, and their advantages will collapse in an instant.

Regarding the salt affairs in Qingzhou, Liu Jian already had an idea in his heart.

As long as the salt drying method is popularized and the output of salt is greatly increased, the highest initiative can be controlled in Qingzhou.

This method was popularized in the Northern Song Dynasty...... But now, the time has come to figure it out in advance.