Chapter 18: Hu Shang

"Three strategies, which three strategies?"

Yang Guang then spoke: "The best policy is to expel all the troublemakers and their families, disperse them to various cities or send them back to the Western Regions and other places, and disperse their ethnic groups." ”

As soon as these words came out, most of the people present were surprised, and Yang Yong immediately said: "Does King Jin completely understand the importance of Hu people and traders?" ”

"It's not that I don't understand the importance of the Hu people's traders, it's just that compared with the traders, the safety of Chang'an City or Daxing City in the future is more important, this group of Hu people now dare to take the risk of disapproval to surround Jingzhao Mansion, don't they just look at it and think that their ethnic group is big enough now, and the interests they represent behind them are also big enough, and they want to see what our Great Sui Imperial Court has towards them?"

"To make a concession is to tell them that the court cares about their interests, the court is afraid of them, there will be one and there will be two, and in the long run, they will ride on the heads of the people of the Great Sui, and they must not promote such an atmosphere, otherwise it will do all kinds of harm to the Great Sui and no benefit."

The voice that refuted Yang Guang immediately sounded: "How can so many Hu people be settled?" What should we do about the trade of the Western Regions? ”

"As far as I know, all the Hu merchants from the Western Regions, the first stop is Dunhuang County, and the merchants and goods who are allowed here can enter the Central Plains, and then trek to Chang'an City, which means that in fact, the most important pass for trade with the Western Regions is not Chang'an City but a border place like Dunhuang County, from Dunhuang to Chang'an, Hu merchants come and go, and the Great Sui merchants come and go, but it is the Hu merchants who hold together that they will always control the trade rights of this journey, which is not a good thing for us in the Great Sui."

Yang Guang's words reminded Yang Jian that this group of Hu merchants was not irreplaceable, but should be replaced, they didn't want to suffer from the wind and sand in the Western Regions, and came to the prosperous Chang'an City, the Great Sui Dynasty treated them well, and now they are relying on the increase in their numbers and the scale formed in vain to challenge the Great Sui Court to obtain privileges.

"His Royal Highness the King of Jin, if you want to disperse this group of people, how can you disperse them?"

Yang Guang has already thought of a countermeasure: "The current Hu people gather together in Chang'an City, and when they arrive in Daxing City, I will not set up any Hu people gathering area, if they abide by the law and want to live like the people of Dasui, I will let the people of Jingzhao Mansion in Daxing City visit the Hu people in the jurisdiction once every six months to register, if they don't want to, it is better to take advantage of this time to send them back to the Western Regions through Dunhuang County." ”

"His Royal Highness the King of Jin, this is too unkind."

Yang Guang snorted coldly: "Unkind? Hmph, if it was the ordinary people of Dasui who made trouble this time, and a group of people surrounded the Jingzhao Mansion, would you say these words here, is it a crime of disobedience? Could it be that the lives of the people of my Great Sui can't withstand the Hu people? ”

In the face of Yang Guang's questioning, a group of people couldn't say a word.

Most of the nobles don't care about the lives of the people, they only care about interests, and the benefits are constantly rolling bigger and bigger in the exchange.

"The Hu people can't ride on the heads of our people in the land of the Great Sui."

Yang Guang's words were loud.

Yang Jian nodded and said, "There is some truth in King Jin's words. But he also took into account the opinions of others, and he understood that the entanglement of interests of the Hu traders in the city had reached the point where it could not be eradicated at this time.

Then he continued: "But Hu merchants, there are no violations of law and discipline, and those who do their duty to trade cannot be beaten to death with a stick, you say that you have three strategies, and the other two." ”

"Zhongce, as mentioned earlier, is to disperse all the Hu people in the new Daxing City, although it will be more difficult to manage, but it can also avoid its long-term gathering and lead to the king of land occupation."

"The next policy, the easiest, gather the Hu people to manage in the same place, it may be easy to manage in the early stage, but after a long time, the number of people has increased, there is a Hu people group of three or five thousand people, if they are united internally, this will become a force to be reckoned with for the Great Sui."

Listening to Yang Guang's three strategies, the most surprising thing was not Yang Jian and Yang Yong, but Yang Su.

This...... This...... Isn't that the same?

With no objections from others for the time being, Yang Jian thought for a while and said: "The Hu man who made trouble at the auction this time hurt people first, and he should be charged with whatever crime he should have, plus a clause of gathering a crowd to make trouble and attacking the government. ”

Yu Qing received the order: "It's Your Majesty." ”

"As for the other people who made trouble, the Hu people who besieged the Jingzhao Mansion, and those who took the lead, no matter what kind of relationship they have, how much business they do, they will all be exiled outside Dunhuang County for the crime of attacking the government, and the rest of the people will be warned, and the Jingzhao Mansion will strictly control the current gathering place of Hu merchants, but anyone who causes any trouble will be punished severely."

The emperor's final decision was extremely harsh for the Hu people, and exile outside Dunhuang County was equivalent to driving out the Great Sui, and the Hu merchants who took the lead were the most powerful, and these people would definitely cause a lot of turmoil.

Yang Yong wanted to say something at this time, but was stopped by the people around him, signaling that he must not speak.

The emperor is so resolute, since the incident of Hu Wei being the Jingzhao Mansion Ya, the emperor's attitude is actually very resolute, this group of Hu merchants has violated the emperor's bottom line, and the emperor will be severely punished.

Hu people's wishful thinking is in vain, if they are replaced by an emperor who will weigh the pros and cons, and an emperor who is hesitant to do things, their purpose may succeed, but Yang Jian is not such a person.

The disposition of the Hu people was issued on the same day, and the Hu merchants in the city were in a hurry for a while.

The emperor's will has always been like this, the emperor has issued it, and when it comes to the last execution of the little officials, they will often add oil and vinegar, and officials at all levels are too figurative about the emperor's meaning.

The Hu people who took the lead were arrested, and at first they were not afraid, but when more and more people were arrested, they began to be afraid.

The officials didn't care so much, the emperor had ordered, and those who had come before would be arrested first, and for a while, the Hu people gathering area was in chaos.

And the Hu people were not as united as they imagined, and they were arrested and quickly confessed to the leaders.

At this time, the few people who took the lead wanted to spend money to buy a way and deal with familiar officials, but it was too late, and now no one dared to accept this money, who would dare to disobey the emperor at this time.

Of course, Yang Guang also listened to the emperor's advice and did not let people continue to investigate the instigators behind Hu Renshi.

……

It took more than ten days for the storm to calm down, and everyone bullied the weak, and the Hu people were naturally the same, seeing that the Great Sui Imperial Court was so strong, they all shrank up and became a good law-abiding trader.

On this day, Lu Ben came to the door and brought two cloth bags.

The cloth bag was opened, and inside was a rectangular clay block, and the other bag was a copper block.

"Your Highness, according to the method you said, the craftsmen of the workshop made the clay blocks in a few days, and then used the clay blocks to make molds, imitating the casting method of ancient bronze utensils to make these copper blocks and then polishing, after these days of research and improvement, the words made now should be quite good."

The Chinese people have mastered the production of fine bronzes a long time ago, and one of the most important points is that the model is to make molds, the technology is ancient and practical, and the technical requirements for craftsmen are high.

In China, the skills of craftsmen can always be at the top, but tools and technology limit the development of ancient manufacturing.

Put the well-made copper block in your hand and observe carefully, I originally planned to use the clay block for a period of time, but I didn't expect to be able to use the copper block directly, and I sighed that I can't underestimate our craftsmen.

"The copper block is fine, have you tried the effect?"

"I've tried, I have to say that His Royal Highness has a wonderful idea, in this way, the speed of making books will be much faster, I opened a book printing workshop yesterday, and in the future, Your Majesty can help even if he wants to print books."

For Lu Ben, who was so obvious as Xiao Jiujiu, Yang Guang did not speak.

Lu Ben smiled happily when he saw that Yang Guang didn't speak: "Of course, this printing company must have His Royal Highness behind it, and forty percent of the annual income will go to His Royal Highness." ”

At this time, Yang Guang stood up and said: "There are not enough literate people now, the newspapers I print need to be read, and the demand for books is not so great, don't think about how much money the printing office can make now." ”

"I'll follow Your Highness, and we'll see what will happen in the future."

"It's good to have this idea, you may not make much money in the short term, but in the future, this is definitely an indispensable industry in the future, since the movable type block is OK, and you can continue to help find some people with good writing to help write articles, you can let them play, except for some things we have formulated, you can write stories at will, I have seen and thought it is good to publish it in the newspaper."

"There are also some people in the city who can read, and when the newspaper comes out, I will let these people read the stories in the newspaper to the common people in the newspapers and periodicals in various parts of the city."

The storyteller meeting is a very important part of Yang Guang's arrangement, and it is also a channel to popularize the literacy rate in the Great Sui.

In the future, we must vigorously develop firearms and develop the manufacturing industry, and the basic work in the early stage must be continued.

Yang Guang said to Lu Ben: "Don't say anything about the printing office or anything like that, I will set up the Daxingcheng Newspaper Group, and then this printing office will be under the name of the newspaper group, and you will take the shares of Yicheng Newspaper Group." ”

Lu Ben's face showed a bitter face: "Your Highness, am I only one percent?" ”

"What do you think, I'm only thirty percent, and the rest have to be counted as the imperial court, otherwise how can I do it."

When Lu Ben heard this, he was overjoyed: "What His Highness said, what His Highness said." ”

(End of chapter)