After making the corresponding arrangements, Kan Ze took his leave first. He went back to send some additional personnel to the Western Regions, prepare for emergency preparatory matters, and increase investigation and understanding of the current situation in the Western Regions.
Xun You stayed in the festival temporarily, and he still had something to report to Fei Qian.
After Xun You learned about the Western Regions, he was somewhat confused at the beginning.
On the one hand, Xun You, as the Minister of State, was the two important officials in charge of the administration of officials. Pang Tong is not in Chang'an now, so the issue of administration is equivalent to his responsibility. On the other hand, Xun You also knew the importance of the Western Regions to Chang'an and Feiqian. The Hu merchants and East-West trade in the Western Regions not only provided economic income, but also a large number of slaves supplemented the labor gap, which made the development of the Sanfu in Chang'an change with each passing day.
Although the economy and trade of Chang'an Sanfu today does not rely entirely on the Western Regions, the Western Regions are still very important.
Chang'an's economy is now blooming on all sides. There are fur and animal husbandry in the northern desert in the north, bamboo products and minerals from Sichuan to the south, raw materials from Shandong to the east, and mainly from the Western Regions to the west, providing expensive luxury goods such as jade and spices.
Although the economic and trade routes in the snowy area are expanding, it still takes a certain amount of time to become a climate. Once a major problem occurs in the Western Regions, the Sanfu in Chang'an will naturally be greatly affected. So if Fei Qian does not take any restraining measures immediately, Xun You thinks it is necessary to emphasize with Fei Qian that it may suffer economic losses...
"Lord, if the matter in the Western Regions cannot be decided quickly..." Xun You reported, "The spices, jades, puppet wine and other things will inevitably decline... Once the chaos starts, it may even be cut off... Please make arrangements early."
After thinking about it, Fei Qian did not order to send people to the Western Regions immediately, or to let Lu Bu from the Western Regions come back, but instead started with the administration of the government and started from the assessment. Of course, this means that the current problems in the Western Regions cannot be solved quickly, but it also means that Fei Qian should adopt a more thorough way to solve the problems in the Western Regions, not just to treat the head and feet.
But if you want to completely solve the Western Regions problem, you may need more effort...
Including, but not limited to, economic efforts.
Fei Qian nodded and asked: "What are the inventory in the public warehouses for goods in Western Regions, such as spices and jade?"
Xun You thought for a while, and then said: "Ruochen remembers it well. One spice warehouse is stored in three years, three in two years, and three in a year. There should be more than 30,000 buckets in total... There are only two jade warehouses... There are six wine cellars, but there are not many pudding wine stocks among them..."
More than 30,000 buckets seem to be more, but not actually much.
The amount of 30,000 is of course quite a lot for a person or a family. You may not be able to use these spices in your life, but on average, the number is actually very small when it comes to the Sanfu of Chang'an or the entire man.
There are many spice bins, not large amounts, but because the storage conditions are harsh. Spices have a certain storage time. Even if they are stored dry, they will gradually smell with other debris. Therefore, the stored ones must be stored separately, and ventilation and moisture-proof, sealed, etc. Even if you are so careful, the longer the storage time, the more the fragrance of spices will be, so basically it will not exceed three years. Unlike if the grain is stored properly, it can still be eaten in five or seven years.
Because jade, gold and silver vessels in the Western Regions are less likely to undergo quality changes, they do not require special storage conditions. They can only be stacked in ordinary warehouses, so the number of warehouses occupied is smaller.
Wine cellars? Because the supply of rose wine is almost in short supply, as long as there is excess, it can basically be digested in the market, so there is no way to save much...
As for other Western Regions dried fruits, livestock, minerals, etc., the prices are much lower than those of the three major heads, so Xun You did not list them one by one.
Of course, there is also the slave business in the Western Regions. However, this slave business is different from other items. It is not quantitative or timed, so it is difficult to quantify it in detail, and Xun You did not count it.
Yes, events are never separate, they are related to each other...
Fei Qian thought for a while and said, "One is to repair and till new warehouses, expand storage, and the other is to reduce quantity and increase the selling price."
If the Western Regions were Feiqian's main grain production area, if life and death were at stake, Feiqian would naturally not use the slow-moving method. However, the specialty of the Western Regions was not grain. At the same time, the Sanfu of Guanzhong and even other places had a large demand for Western Regions, they were also not ordinary people...
If the price increase of basic daily necessities such as food, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, tea, etc., exceeds one-tenth of the price, and continues to rise, even if various media talk about the stable prices, the price increase of these basic necessities will make ordinary people feel the embarrassment of life.
But are the prices of spices, jades and fine wines rising...
The main consumers of these items have never been ordinary people.
Therefore, the price increase of this type of "luxury goods" is actually not a big impact for ordinary people.
Of course, it is not completely unaffected. After all, the money of the children of the gentry was not blown by the strong wind. It must be collected from ordinary people, tenant serfs. Therefore, when the children of the gentry had to pay more money, the exploitation of the ordinary people and tenant farmers would be even more rigorous.
But this has a transmission process, which is much slower than the direct impact of items such as food.
"Lord..." Xun You seemed to think of something and frowned slightly, "If the price increases, people in Shandong will be afraid that there will be changes in the Western Regions..."
Changes in prices in the Western Regions will of course attract the attention of those who are interested.
Fei Qian laughed and waved his hand and said, "It's okay, it's okay! By the way, this price increase is not required to be paid public service... I'll let the Han Chamber of Commerce deal with it..." Fei Qian said that Xun You just needs to expand the storage of these commodities in the Western Regions quietly. As for the increase in the sales price, it will naturally be allowed to be done by more professionals. As for attracting others' attention, it is impossible to avoid it. After all, this matter cannot be concealed and there is no need to cover it up.
『In addition…』 Fei narrowed his smile and said in a deep voice, 『Let Ziyi and Zidu strengthen their arms...and...』
Fei Qian's voice fell.
Xun You's expression became more and more serious.
After a while, Xun You said goodbye from the hall, then returned to the Shangshu Desk with a normal expression, and sent Fei Qian's orders in an orderly manner. Nothing seemed to have changed. Only the minor official who was most familiar with Xun You could notice that Xun You's speed of reviewing ordinary writings seemed to have accelerated...
Fei Qian himself started to think about it in the ritual hall.
Although he did not need to correct a large number of writings, he had to think about many issues and was not easy either.
When a society is rushing in a new direction, in fact, in the eyes of most ordinary people, there may not be any earth-shaking changes, but subtle changes.
Driving with the flow may be a state of the majority of people.
Even if you encounter many unhappiness and unhappiness in life, even if you have to complain or complain, you may only dare to scold me after changing your name on the Internet, and swallow your anger in reality.
This habit is not only found in China, but also abroad.
In fact, the blame is because there is no suitable channel for vocalization and communication.
In other words, there is no channel for lower-to-high.
Just like a series of bureaucratic system reforms implemented by Fei Qian, it is actually more about top-to-bottoms, while bottom-to-tops are basically non-bottoms. Therefore, if Fei Qian's assessment system cannot be consistent with the wishes of the grassroots people and cannot reflect the needs of the people, then these so-called assessment standards and assessment methods are basically equivalent to invalidity.
Local chronicles are the secret pieces that Fei Qian secretly threw onto the chessboard.
Xun You and Kan Ze believe that local chronicles are just means to supervise officials in the local area, but for Fei Qian, local chronicles have another role.
In a sense, local chronicles are written by people in the local area, not people in the court.
Therefore, this local chronicle can be said to have a certain meaning of bottom-to-top. Although it is not very complete, it is impossible to do it well immediately and provide timely feedback. However, for the various measures implemented by the court and the various officials sent, it can undoubtedly be regarded as a bottom-up communication channel.
Fei Qian wants to use this method to promote the enlightenment of the local people’s wisdom. If you don’t say anything else, you should at least have some memory!
Whether the previous official is good or not, it is OK. You can use more straightforward or obscure methods. Record it in words, and then you won’t be fooled by the same method next time, fallen into the same cesspool, suffer losses in the same slumber.
Didn’t the ancient people gradually gain more experience and knowledge because of the inheritance of writing?
Ordinary people were deceived by nobles during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. The nobles said they were inferior mud legs. Ordinary people didn't understand it, just oh oh.
Someone jumped up and shouted loudly, "Is there any kind of king, prince, general, and minister?"
The people were filled with tears in their eyes, "Okay! It's been said by someone!"
But what happened later?
After a while, no one remembered it.
Now the Han Dynasty has this saying again. At the end of the Three Kingdoms in history, Chen Qun changed the name of this set again. Everyone has grades, the royal super product, the most expensive one...
Even in later generations, the United States, which claims to be free, advocates that ordinary people do not need to study and be happy every day. Teachers in public schools cannot physically punish students, nor can they force students to study. They must be free, have nature, be happy and happy, and even blew up several examples of successful business operations of children who dropped out of school every day, but they never describe in detail who the parents of those children who dropped out of school were and what their family background was.
Just fly, wrap it into a different way, and then grab the neck of ordinary people and pour it down. The purpose is to let ordinary people not learn, study, and study it in depth, and cross the line of class until it is so that ordinary people feel that they understand everything they see and feel annoyed when they hear anyone say it. That is the best.
The sound of tiny footsteps came.
After seeing Xun You and Kan Ze leave, Fei Zhen turned out from the back hall.
In the wing room of the back hall, because it is close, you can hear Fei Qian and Xun You and Kan Ze discussing the content of the matter with normal volume...
"You've heard it all?" Fei Qian asked.
Fei Qian did not mean to let Fei Zhen completely avoid the government affairs, nor did he say that Fei Zhen was still young and could not stand these people's hearts. It is not wrong to have a young age, but when will he be considered old?
People's hearts are like the sea, and people's hearts are like prison.
The abyss is not something that can be gone without seeing it.
Fei Zhen nodded slowly, "Reported to my father, I heard some."
"If you were to deal with this matter, what would you do?" Fei Qian asked very directly.
Fei Zhen was silent for a while, "I might order to transfer people back, or send people over..."
Fei Qian nodded, "Yes, this is the most direct way. But why don't I use it?"
Fei Zhen frowned, "Because this method is not very good... Why is it not very good? Because... well, I think about it..."
He was already a little used to Fei Qian's pattern, and he didn't wait for Fei Qian to ask questions step by step, but he set up questions himself and then started to think about it.
Fei Qian smiled, without urging him, and even took a book and started reading it.
After a while, Fei Qian heard Fei Zhen slap his hand, "I thought of it! One is not sure that it can be done well if you send someone, and the other is that you may cry... Uh, no, it will cause trouble..."
Fei Qian was a little silence. How could Lu Bu Lu Fengxian cry?
If Lu Fengxian started crying, what would he look like?
"Well, it's not too much... By the way, how did you think of it?" Fei Qian asked.
Fei Zhen first looked furious, then she looked frowning, "I took my sister to play a few days ago. Sometimes I didn't play anything for her. If I couldn't explain it clearly, I would just take it, and she would cry! Oh, it's really annoying..."
Fei Qian laughed.
"That's the reason." Fei Qian nodded and said, "You know, your sister doesn't know, you are thinking about this, your sister is thinking about that, so you must make it clear... Take what you said just now, did you not make it clear at the beginning? Or did you say it, but your sister just agreed verbally, but she is not clear yet?"
Fei Zhen tilted her head, thought for a while, and nodded, "Yes, my father, although I said I would go back after playing for a while, my sister should have just wanted to play at that time, so she agreed first. In fact, she didn't listen to what I said at all. But... My father, are you too tolerant of this Lu Fengxian?"
『You feel this way too?" Fei Qian looked at Fei Zhen, 『If you have this feeling, it means I did it well... Haha, you have to know that Lu Fengxian is not alone, or in other words, there will be more than one person like him in the future... Can you understand?"
『…』 Fei Zhen frowned, 『I understand a little, but I can't quite understand it yet.
"Let me say that," Fei Qian pointed to the small courtyard far away in the hall. "For example, this is a wasteland. I went to open the wasteland, pulled out the weeds, removed the stones, and planted a few peach trees... At this time, someone came over and said that it was not good for me to plant this way, and the peach trees would have bugs, and there were problems with peach trees. Then he asked me to leave. The peach trees were his own care, and the land was his own. It was just that when I collected the peaches, I would divide them into two or three... If it were you, would you? "
Fei Zhen shook her head, then suddenly realized, "But this tool for destruction, peach trees, etc. cannot be considered his own!"
Fei Qian nodded, "Yes, that's right. But according to the Han Dynasty, whoever opens wasteland has the right to dispose of, otherwise who else will go to open wasteland? Should I be tired of clearing the wasteland, or should I stand behind and wait for the land to be cleared and plant peach trees, and then throw insects into it?"
"Top the bugs in it?" Fei Zhen widened her eyes, "Master Father, are you talking..."
"Not yet, but what about the future? In the future, not only will there be those who throw insects into the newly opened wasteland, but also those who bring insects into their own Han area..." Fei Qian smiled, but his smile was a little meaningful.
Fei Zhen's eyes moved, and his heart trembled. He wondered if Fei Qian was indicating that Fei Qian was not afraid. But when he was old, those people might not be so peaceful?
Actually, Fei Qian doesn’t have this meaning. Well, maybe there are some, but Fei Qian actually thought of the future generations. Even if they don’t mention the public intellectuals who throw insects into the minds of the people, there are many idiots among ordinary people. They throw various real insects into their own country with a few dollars and may lead to ecology malignant changes...
This is because the average life expectancy in later generations has been greatly extended. If it were a feudal dynasty that died at an average of 40 years old, there would be more people who were flooding behind them.
Only when the people have brains and have to feel that they have tomorrow, will they think about tomorrow...
"If someone sees insects in wasteland, they will be taken back. You can divide the peach trees without any effort. Will someone think about staring at the newly opened wasteland without bugs and throwing some insects in it? Is it easy to open wasteland or throwing insects? Wasteland, peach trees, insects, those who are watching behind, and farther and larger distant mountains and rivers. What do you think in your heart? What are you seeing... A leaf is blinding and you can't see Mount Tai. Is it the fault of the leaves or the fault of Mount Tai?"
Fei Zhen was silent for a while, then bowed down, "I'm sure to receive the teachings."
Fei Qian laughed and said, "Since you are taught, just write something... The gift I wrote last time is pretty good... It would be even better if I didn't go to find your second mother..."
Fei Zhen's little face collapsed as she saw it collapse, then took a deep breath and collapsed again, "As for the order!"
Fei Zhen said goodbye, took two steps and turned back, "My father, if I don't care... wouldn't the peach tree be eaten up by insects?"
Fei Qian smiled and said, "How do you know if you don't care? You didn't read what I'm reading this book?"
Fei Zhen stretched her head, then blinked, "Zuo Zhuan? Oh..."
Fei Zhen bowed and said goodbye again, then walked out of the back door of the hall, turned around in the corridor, then paused, scratched the back of his head a little embarrassedly, gave up his idea of ​​going to Cai Yan's courtyard, and then secretly looked back and walked in another direction. While walking, he frowned, muttering something, as if he was still thinking about what Fei Qian said to him just now.
After walking for a while, Fei Zhen stopped suddenly, tilted her head and closed her eyes. He seemed to think of something, and then tried to grasp the little tail of inspiration in his mind...
『Wildland... peach trees... insects...』 Fei Zhen raised her head, closed her eyes, whispered, and then suddenly opened her eyes, 『Wildland! Raw land! Han land! Hahahaha... I have it, I have it... Hahaha...
Fei Zhen danced and jumped to his small study. He relied entirely on himself and found a way of thinking, so he naturally seemed very happy.
Chapter completed!