Chapter 2 Governance of Shu Affairs

Pang Tong's joke was not funny, but it diluted the atmosphere in the hall.

Kong Ming took the handkerchief handed over by Huang Yueying and wiped the corners of his eyes, and said with a smile:

"That's the Prime Minister of Ji Han, Zhuge Liang......"

"I am Zhuge Liang, the general of the army under the lord's account!" The crowd almost unanimously agreed.

Then everyone burst out laughing.

Kong Ming shook his head and chuckled, not commenting, but just looking at the words on the light curtain, he felt warm in his heart.

Words can convey meaning, and words can express expressions. Kong Ming can see and feel the care of these words for him in later generations.

Jian Yong stretched his legs and said with a smile: "Kong Ming really has to take care of his body." ”

"The lord has been defeated and fought repeatedly, and he is still over sixty years old, but as a result, you are in power, and the oil is exhausted, but there are only four out of fifty."

Health problems have been mentioned more than once, and Kong Ming can only explain with embarrassment:

"Recently, Shi Yuan has helped, and I haven't stayed up late for several months."

Only then did everyone put their hearts at ease, and in the words of the light curtain, this is the embodiment of wisdom!

Zhibi Liuhou? Wisdom over the Hou!

[In 223, the year after the Battle of Yiling, Liu Bei died of illness in the White Emperor, and the Jihan Mansion was about to collapse.

After the death of his second and third brothers, Liu Bei dragged his old body to let go and gamble on his destiny, and gambled on a complete defeat.

After this defeat, even if Liu Bei intended to rise again, his body did not allow it, and Zhang Wu died with regrets for three years.

After Liu Bei died of illness, Liu Chan succeeded to the throne, named Zhuge Liang as the Marquis of Wuxiang, and granted the right to open the mansion to govern affairs.

The White Emperor's entrustment and Liu Chan's decentralization made Ji Han's regrets and dreams, pressure and responsibility, the ruined rivers and mountains, and the withered people's livelihood turn into a big mountain, which weighed heavily on Zhuge Liang's shoulders.

Since then, the prime minister has shouldered Ji Han and started his career in governing Shu. 】

Seeing Liu Bei's face with shame, Jiang Wan was very understanding, and chanted softly:

"The world is divided into three, Yizhou is tired, and this sincerity is in danger of survival."

Pang Tong was more realistic, shook his head and analyzed:

"More than half of the military strength has been lost, the finances are in a predicament, and the Nanzhong rebellion mentioned by the light curtain before should have started at this time."

"The light curtain was right before, the collapse of Shuzhong is imminent, and it is not alarmist."

With no soldiers, no food and no money, how to break the situation in this situation?

[The first dilemma that the prime minister who has just taken over the mess has to face is the lack of money and food.

The defeat of Yiling made Ji Han lose almost everything, and the economy and people's livelihood were crumbling.

But the prime minister seems to have been confident for a long time, not long after Liu Beituo.

The plan for an invisible war took shape in Kong Ming's mind.

This war first needed enough weapons, so in the stormy year 223, the prime minister released "Yanjinjiao":

"Today's people are poor and the country is empty, and the capital of the decisive enemy is only to look up to Jin'er."

This was no one understood at the time, at this time Ji Han was in a difficult situation both internally and externally, and Shu brocade could neither eat nor drink, so what was the use? 】

Not to mention the Ji Han Wenwu ministers at that time, the people who were watching the light curtain didn't understand.

Liu Bei's eyes were blank, he really didn't understand.

Pang Tong thought hard: Since it was Kong Ming's strategy, there was no reason why he couldn't guess it!

Jian Yong smiled, looking like he was eating melons and watching a play.

Mi Zhu thought of the currency war that the light curtain said last time, and there were some vague guesses in his mind.

Zhang Fei chose the straightest way to the ball, and looked at Kong Ming with big eyes:

"Military advisor, there is no money and no food, what can I do with weaving Shu brocade?"

Kong Ming smiled: "Yide is patiently watching." ”

[Almost at the same time as the release of "Yan Jinjiao", the prime minister used his power to add the post of Jin official in Shuzhong.

Jin Guan understands the literal meaning, just like the salt official and iron official in the salt and iron official camp.

The addition of Jin officials means that Ji Han's Shu Jin is officially official, and it can only be purchased in the official market.

And what was the currency in circulation in Jihanguan City at that time? As we said in the last issue, it was Liu Ba who set up a direct hundred dollars.

This has not changed much for the people of Ji Han, but for the prime minister, he has finally completed the layout.

The weapons of this war are finally ready, and the next step is to blow the horn of war.

In 224, Deng Zhi was ordered by the prime minister to go to Soochow for peace talks. 】

"I understand Lao Zhang!" Zhang Fei clapped his hands: "Use Shu brocade to exchange for food." ”

Pang Tong looked at Zhang Fei and shook his head: If it was really that simple, the light curtain would be so laborious?

However, instead of clinging to this strategy that I don't understand for the time being, let's analyze Deng Zhi's envoy:

"Previously, Sun Hou and Cao Pi were false and wronged."

"And the light curtain also said before that the realignment between Sun Hou and Ji Han caused Cao Pi to ask Jia Xu for advice, and then sent troops with anger."

Pang Tong shook his head, Cao Pi, a lord who doesn't listen to the left and doesn't accept the right, is really unlucky.

With Jia Xu's talent, it is really a pity that the dying policy can be put on the shelf.

[In fact, although Liu Bei intended to counterattack after the defeat of Yiling, the deterioration of his condition soon prompted Liu Bei to change his mind.

At that time, Sun Quan sent an envoy to make peace, but Liu Bei did not refuse, and also sent Song Wei and Fei Yi to Jiangdong in response.

The peace talks ended without a hitch because of Liu Bei's death, but at least it shows that the two sides have a tendency to re-align.

In 224, when the prime minister felt that the time was ripe, he sent Deng Zhi, who was recommended by Mao Sui, to envoy to Eastern Wu.

This intentional alliance between both sides was passed after Sun Quan hesitated slightly, and Ji Han and Eastern Wu became allies again.

It also means that Soochow is open to the prime minister.

After the re-alliance, the merchants of Eastern Wu came to Shuzhong with the intention of purchasing Shu brocade, but soon found dumbfounded:

Because Shu brocade was returned to the official camp, it could only be purchased with 100 yuan in the official market.

Where does the straight hundred dollars come from? At this time, Ji Han put forward a request:

Wouldn't it be beautiful for you to bring grain to exchange for 100 dollars, and then use 100 dollars to buy Shu brocade?

The merchants of Eastern Wu did not understand why they could not directly exchange grain for Shu brocade, but they still did so.

Because the demand for Shu brocade in Soochow is too great! And it can even be smuggled to Cao Wei in exchange for higher profits.

Because there is a clear record in the "Book of the Later Han Dynasty and the Records of Public Opinion", from the lady of 2,000 stones to the queen, they all use silkworm clothes as court clothes.

And Shu brocade is the best in silkworm clothes, and no one can refuse.

Since then, the money and grain needed by Ji Han began to be sent into Shu by merchants in a steady stream, and they were exchanged for 100 coins in Ji Han's official market, and then used to buy Shu brocade.

And between this entry and exit, Ji Han's official market quietly won this invisible war and harvested a fortune.

Ji Han's treasury began to be sufficient, and Ji Han, who was already on the edge of the cliff, was successfully pulled back by the prime minister. 】

The light curtain was too straightforward, so Pang Tong roughly understood it after simulating it in his mind.

One of the most critical is ......" the pricing power of Shu brocade. ”

Pang Tong grasped the key.

The official city is official, so how much Shu Jin is worth is completely up to Ji Han himself, as long as it is not too outrageous.

And counting the grain and goods that are exchanged for 100 dollars in and out, there is room for operation.

And the merchants can only accept it, because as long as they bring Shu brocade back to Eastern Wu, or smuggle it to Cao Wei, they can reap more profits.

As for the consequences of the circulating coins slowly turning into straight hundred coins, this is not something that Pang Tong can figure out.

But want to come...... It shouldn't be a bad thing for Ji Han, right?

"Strategist's Divine Strategy!" Mi Zhu is completely admired.

As long as it can be circulated in the market, it is Ji Hanche who is really exchanging one dollar for a hundred dollars!

Seize the copper and iron of Eastern Wu and fill the treasury of Ji Han!

Liu Bei still didn't quite understand, and Pang Tong adopted the most simple and crude statement about this:

"My lord, you should be like a salt and iron official camp, and if this Shujin official city says how much it is, it will be how much it is."

"Unless the scholars of Eastern Wu and Cao Wei can not use Shu Jin, they can only pay obediently."

In this way, Liu Bei understood, and instantly thought of Dongwu's method of breaking the game.

As long as you don't use Shu brocade, it's fine.

But is it possible? Completely impossible.

[Of course, the prime minister did not pin all his hopes on the merchants of Soochow.

At the same time as the establishment of the Jinguan system, the weir official system was also established at almost the same time.

In ancient times, water conservancy has always been the key to the rise and fall of a place.

Li Bing's father and son built Dujiangyan to make Chengdu a country of abundance, but the construction of Dujiangyan does not mean that it will be done once and for all.

The river will be silted up and the embankment will deteriorate, so the prime minister has set up a weir officer with 1,200 people.

These weir officers were not only soldiers who protected Dujiangyan, but also river workers who dredged the river and maintained the embankment.

This measure made the Jihan grain harvest year after year, and the grain warehouse was full.

The weir official system was followed and emulated by later dynasties, and it was a system that truly blessed the millennium. 】

"Blessed for a thousand years!" Jiang Wan somewhat understood why, until later generations, the Wuhou Temple was still full of incense.

Li Bing and his son and Prime Minister Zhuge Cheng, one pioneered and the other maintained, and together created the country of abundance in Yizhou for 2,000 years.

No wonder posterity revered!

Pang Tong didn't want to speak, he hadn't been in contact with water conservancy when he was in Jingzhou, but he never thought that the river he dredged could be left behind for thousands of years.

[At the same time, the prime minister also made improvements to the salt administration in Shuzhong, and set up a salt school captain.

The method of boiling salt in the fire well that is still used in Sichuan until now comes from the improvement of the prime minister back then.

Changing the home fire to boiling salt in the fire well, improving the efficiency of the fire well, and adding salt wells are all improvement measures left over from the time of the year.

These improvements more than doubled the salt output in Shuzhong, which became an important source of economic income for the Ji Han Dynasty.

Tie Zheng naturally could not escape the poisonous hands of the prime minister, and set up the secretary Jin Zhonglang general.

The Three Kingdoms period happened to be a time when iron-smelting technology developed rapidly, and with the support of the prime minister, Jihan's iron-smelting technology developed rapidly.

The improvement of iron-smelting technology not only brought sharper weapons, but also made Ji Han's agricultural tools more useful, which led to the development of agriculture.

The establishment of the positions of Yan Guan, Jin Guan, Si Yan Lieutenant, and Si Jin Zhonglang General laid a very good foundation for the prime minister to govern Shu. 】

There was complete silence in the side hall.

Although the generals couldn't understand it, it was very powerful to hear it.

And Jiang Wan and the others were completely silent.

It is already very powerful for other civil officials to have a policy that lasts for a hundred years.

As a result, today's prime minister is here, and if he takes it out casually, it will be a blessing for a thousand years.

Water conservancy is so simple? Is it so easy to make salt? It's that easy to make money?

But thinking about the praise that the light curtain gave Kong Ming before, everyone was balanced again, and even had a sense of right.

After all, the embodiment of wisdom is very reasonable.

Since the embodiment of wisdom is called Wolong, isn't the phoenix chick......

Feeling the gaze focused on him, Pang Tong pretended not to be aware of it, and had a thought in his heart:

Don't bring such a bully!

[After having money and food, the prime minister also began to think quietly: No way, Nanzhong is too jumpy.

Perhaps because of the defeat of Yiling, Ji Han's prestige was damaged, in short, when Liu Bei was thinking about whether to counterattack or negotiate peace, Nanzhong began to make trouble.

And after Liu Bei died of illness, the prime minister looked at Ji Han's mess and summed it up himself: everything is always prioritized.

After all, when you can't eat, you run to Pingnanzhong, it's purely because you don't die fast enough.

Liu Bei died of illness in 223, and after that, the prime minister had to be busy with Jinguan, salt and iron politics, water conservancy, and Deng Zhi to negotiate peace with Sun Wu.

It wasn't until 224 that Ji Han and Jiangdong re-aligned, and the following year Cao Pi was so angry that he attacked Wu for the second time, that the prime minister was finally able to free up his hands to clean up Nanzhong.

The time of Pingnanzhong is 225 years, and the teacher list says that he set off in May, and the historical records record that he took the class in Chengdu in December.

The prime minister is in a hurry, after all, the Northern Expedition will be going on next year, and he will be able to rest early if it ends early this year.

Therefore, the direct army was divided into three ways and strived to fight a battle.

The prime minister's main force went out of Yuewang County and King Yiwang Gaoding successfully exterminated it, Ma Zhong led the army to successfully break the Zhu Bao of Qike County, and Li Hui suppressed Yonghong in Yizhou County. 】

Talking about the war, Guan Zhangzhao and other generals finally raised their spirits, but soon became disappointed again:

"So weak?" This is Zhang Fei's exclamation.

The map projected by the light curtain is clearly marked, even the so-called King Gaoding, there are only 2,000 men under his command.

What is 2,000 people for? Zhang Fei thought for a while, can Hefei break the city...... Oh no, Zhang Wenyuan, that's an elite soldier.

If the crowd gathers, 2,000 people will only be swept away.

Ma Liang had just gone to Wuling County to make friends with Wuxi Man, and when he heard this, he shook his head and said:

"The terrain of the south is complicated, and if you can't get it to your heart, it will be troublesome to rebel repeatedly."

Zhao Yun nodded and said:

"Conquest and Yiyue has always been a policy, so that they admire the Sinicization as a long-term policy for long-term peace and stability."

This is actually the experience of the entire Han Dynasty, after all, the army can't enter the mountains when it comes over, and it's not cost-effective to consume grain and grass every day.

Everyone couldn't think of any good way for a while, so they finally looked at Kong Ming: If it's a military advisor, there must be a good way, right?

Kong Ming frowned and looked at the light curtain, thinking of his own lifespan in the history of the light curtain, he always had some bad premonitions.

[Cheng needs to be looked at comprehensively from two aspects.

On the one hand, in a short period of time, Nanzhong rebelled many times, and even led to the death of generals such as Xiang Zhong.

On the other hand, for a long time, until 1,600 years later, there were still ethnic groups who regarded the prime minister as their ancestors, abided by their agreements, and guarded the country for China.

This is an extremely divisive and even somewhat cognitively conflicting situation, and it may involve a competing interest in the Ancient Body Poison Dao. 】

I'm still not satisfied with this chapter, I'm sorry. There are still today.

(End of chapter)