Chapter Twenty-Nine: Captain Salt and Iron
During this period, several powerful landlords were unwilling to pay taxes, and Liu Chan sent his son to the army and emphasized martial arts, and directly swept away Haoqiangwu Fort.
The family assets were confiscated, and the men were slaves, and the women were assigned to the son's pro-army and the martial arts and righteousness as wives.
From a few small landlords, a lot of money and grain were gathered.
Of course...
Killing these powerful landlords was just Liu Chan's purpose to kill chickens and set an example.
Dare to make trouble?
If you dare to make trouble, you must think about the consequences of making trouble!
There are several examples of being destroyed and exterminated, and the process of Pang Tong's conscription and food collection is much faster.
In such a month, the conscription and food were finally completed.
Outside the city of Chengdu, the army is arrayed, the flag is flying, because there are too many people and new soldiers, the marching army column that stretches for more than ten miles is somewhat untidy, between the marches, the yellow smoke bursts, and the noise rises from time to time.
At dusk, the sun was setting, and the sky was dyed a faint orange-red, shining through the cracks in the city walls, and the pedestrians in the city slowly dispersed, except for some soldiers and patrolling generals still patrolling the city.
The shade of the trees is dappled and the birds chirp endlessly.
There are large fields outside Chengdu, and the ears of wheat and rice in the fields shine golden in the sunset, and the whole field is dyed a golden yellow, as if wearing a golden coat.
"Sir, let's go."
Liu Chan bowed to Pang Tong, who smiled.
"Childe, this trivial matter in Chengdu is in your hands."
In a month's time, Liu Chan has already started to stay in Chengdu.
In addition, with Pang Tong, Liu Ba, Xu Jing and others mentioning points on the side, as well as Liu Chan's ability to never forget, to deal with ordinary affairs, Liu Chan can be said to be handy.
"When I arrived in Hanzhong, I greeted my father for me, Chan is in Chengdu, and he must guard the rear for the army and manage the logistics."
"Good!"
Pang Tong nodded to Liu Chan, then stopped remembering, turned around and rode on the Lu BMW that Liu Bei gave him, raised the whip and galloped, the horses roared, and in a blink of an eye, it was like a wisp of yellow smoke, running farther and farther, looking far away, Pang Tong became a small black dot, and it was still going away.
"Childe, Captain Si Yan and Captain Si Tie have been waiting in the hall of the government for a long time."
Chen Zhou was dressed in the service of a secretary, holding a document in his hand at this time, standing behind Liu Chan.
In last month's lecture martial arts monthly examination, the tenth trailer tail of the Zhou row was awarded a real vacancy.
Liu Chan added the position of secretary Lang and asked Qian Zhou to follow him.
The secretary is in charge of books and classics, and at the same time has the responsibility of preparing for the chief officer's inquiry, which is a very light and noble starting point for entering the office.
Often, this position was held by the children of the scholars.
"Go back to the house."
The lobby of the state governor's office.
Captain Si Yan and Captain Si Tie, or they can be called Captain Yanfu and Captain Tiefu, knelt in the lobby of the government at this moment, their expressions were uncertain, and they turned their heads to look at the door of the lobby from time to time.
Pedal Pedal Pedal ~
Footsteps outside the hall sounded, and the two saw the handsome young man in the lead, and quickly got up.
"I'll see Childe later!"
"No need to be polite."
Liu Chan stepped forward and helped the captain of Yanfu and the captain of Tiefu to stand up.
After sitting on the main seat, Liu Chan saw that the two did not sit down, but felt a little trembling.
"Two, I'm calling you to ask for advice, but I'm not here to interrogate you, please sit down."
The two looked uncertain, but listening to Liu Chan's words, their hearts gradually settled down.
"Childe has a question, we will definitely know everything." Yanfu Captain Wang Lian's waist straightened, and his tone became full of neutrality.
Since it's not about sin, then it's all good to say!
Wang Lian is an old official.
In the period of Liu Zhang, he entered Shu and served as the commander of Zitong County, Liu Bei raised troops in Jiameng and marched to the south, Wang Lian closed the city gate and refused to surrender, Liu Bei thought he was very righteous and did not force him.
After Chengdu was pacified, Wang Lian was appointed as the county commander of Shifang County, and later transferred to Guangdu County.
This salt and iron captain is an important position, and he has a lot of oil and water, and he can just buckle a little corner of the wall, which is enough for him to be a king for ten years.
It is precisely because this official position is a fat shortage that he is neither a relative nor a close confidant of Liu Bei's Yuancong, so he has been trembling, for fear that he will not do well and attract criticism.
"The weight of salt and iron does not need to be repeated." Liu Chan looked at Wang Lian.
The development and utilization of salt and iron has always been a strategic issue related to the national economy and people's livelihood.
Since King Zhou Li, the "patent" policy has been implemented, that is, monopolizing the benefits of mountains, forests, rivers and rivers in the name of the state, and not allowing Chinese people to enter to make a living.
During the Spring and Autumn Period, Qi was rich in fish, salt, copper and iron resources, and Guan Zhong proposed the policy of "Guanshan Hai" to Qi Huan Gong according to local conditions, that is, the state would implement monopoly management of important resources such as salt and iron.
In the Warring States Period, due to frequent annexation wars, the vassal states were lax in the management of the salt industry, creating many merchants who became rich with salt, such as the Wei merchant Yidun who made a fortune by selling salt from Hedongchi.
In the Han Dynasty, in order to raise military supplies for the war against the Xiongnu and cope with financial difficulties, Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty appointed Sang Hongyang to carry out a series of economic reforms, the most important of which was the salt and iron official camp.
However, the government-run policy of salt and iron has excluded and cracked down on private business, and the beneficiaries behind it are those rich businessmen and local tycoons.
This is also the reason why Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty has to cut a wave of strong leeks every once in a while.
Emperor Guangwu of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Liu Xiu, ruled the world with "judo", abolished the salt monopoly law, allowed the people to make salt, trafficked freely, and the government levied taxes, so it was called the "on-the-spot taxation system".
In Yizhou, because of the need to compete for hegemony, the monopoly system was implemented.
That is, in the monopoly, the salt is allowed to be made by the people, which is equivalent to the law of Guan Zhong: recruit civilians to boil salt, the government provides iron pots, and after the salt is boiled, the government buys all of them.
The production process of iron is directly controlled by the government, which is equivalent to the law of Shang Ying: the mining and smelting of iron ore and the casting of iron tools are designated by the government to do hard labor, and a part of the migrant workers are requisitioned to engage in production and transportation; The iron tools produced are owned by the government and sold by the government, and no one is allowed to make their own iron.
However, the salt works in Yizhou are not the same as the coastal or salt lake salt works.
Most of the salt farms in Yizhou are well salt!
The difficulty of mining well salt is not the same as that of those salt lakes in the salt sea.
"The Hanzhong War lasted for many days, the government treasury was not surplus, the military expenditure was huge, and the salt and iron had been profitable since ancient times.
I don't want Wang Lian's face to turn pale, and said: "I'm afraid that Gongzi doesn't know the difficulty of mining well salt, if you want to increase production, you not only need manpower and material resources, but also choose a good salt well. ”
Liu Chan is quite confident.
"If I get a method in an ancient book, I will be able to increase production."
How to increase production in ancient books?
Although Gongzi is not a layman, as a courtier, there are some words, whether they are good or bad, he has to say them!
"Childe, please think twice about this matter!"
"Tomorrow, follow me to Guangdu Yanjing in Shu County, whether it's a mule or a horse, just pull it!"
Sichuan Yanjing is famous all over the world, and when Liu Chan watched the news in later generations, he really saw the clips, and his research on Yizhou Yanjing during this period of time made him very confident in increasing the production of official salt!
As a liberal arts student, if you can't rub a nuclear bomb with your hands, forget it, isn't it your strong point to engage in some economic construction?
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