The appointment of Yang Hu was the last appointment of this day. After that, Guan Yi directly ordered the maids to serve food and start the banquet.

During the banquet, the old ministers of Jin who were not appointed, such as Pei Xiu, Zhang Hua, He Qiao, Ren Kai and others, had a normal expression and were very decent in all kinds of social engagements. However, Xun Xu, Xun Kai, Yang Xiu, Wang Rong and others could clearly see that it was because they were not in the mind and forced to smile.

These things are so obvious that Guan Yi can see them, but Huo Zaizai also sees them as simple as sitting on his side. There is no doubt that the former is worthy of winning over. The latter, uh, if it is introduced into the court, it will be a teammate of the pig.

Among these people, Pei Xiu doesn't need to be said. Zhang Hua? On the historical level, in the early stage of the Eight Kings Rebellion, in the early turmoil of the country, Zhang Hua was responsible for government affairs, not only to maintain the operation of the court, but also to allocate money and food to quell local rebellions. This alone is amazing. And He Qiao and Ren Kai's government affairs abilities are very good, with bottom lines and principles.

What about the people behind? Xun Xu has the ability, but he has no bottom line and principle of being a human being. Everything is about pleaseing the leader and making the leader happy. Such a person will quickly degenerate: if a person only hears praise and flattery for decades, he will definitely be inflated.

Next, Xun Yu's great-grandson Xun Kai. Well, the Xun family's children are still very good at government affairs. Xun Kai is also a master of his ability to escape on the battlefield: from the five attacks on Shu to the destruction of Jin, Xun Kai has been in charge for all his troops in the twelve years, and so many famous ministers and generals were killed, but even this one was not even scratched!

But like Xun Xu, this politician with no bottom line and principles. In order to get promoted, he can do any shameless things... Well, Mr. Xun Yu seems to have used up all the justice, principles, and persistence of their family.

Yang Xiu? This is the typical playboy who appears in textbooks. Well, let’s learn about the fourth young master in Beijing…

Wang Rong? This person is considered qualified to govern the country. He is also a normal person to lead troops to fight. But this guy is a master of Qingtan. Well, many people in the Wang family of Langya are masters of Qingtan. This person is considered to be a master of Qingtan from the metaphysics of the Wei and Jin Dynasties: Upward, he is the youngest of the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest. Upward, he is Wang Yan's cousin. Giving such a person a high official position is too good, and he needs to be ruined to seek balance?

Oh, and this tycoon Shi Chongshi, what do you think of this guy? You have the ability and integrity? That's not to expect at all. Such people, hey, should be sent to the Western Regions to harm the four powerful countries in the future. Don't even think about the position in the court.

Because everyone was worried, and this was the first time that the former general Ji Han gathered together with the former Jin ministers. So everyone was a little reluctant to let go of the banquet. Therefore, the banquet ended without lasting for long.

As the owner, Guan Yi was still very dedicated to standing at the door and sending all the guests away. After all the guests left, Guan Yi turned around and said to Shi Qiao: "Hongzu, go and get Pei Jiyan, Zhang Maoxian, Ren Yuanbao, and Changyu back to me."

Don't have your own brother? But that's fine. At least it's safe to take back the position of the head of the Shi family: "OK!"

...

"We'll pay homage to Grand Sima."

"I'm sorry for your turn late at night."

"I dare not, what will the Grand Sima do to do to us? But please give me some advice."

"How dare you tell me? Come, please sit down first."

After the guest and the host sat down, Guan Yi cleared his throat: "I'll ask you to return late at night, but I'll just seek a way to stabilize Guandong."

This proposition is too big, so Pei Xiu and others heard this and didn't know how to answer it for a while.

When Guan Yi saw this situation, he couldn't help but smile: "This is the topic of talking tonight. Well, before I do things, I must ask about money and food first. So..."

The direction of this question is very clear. Zhang Hua stood up and said, "Report to the Grand Sima, Jianwu, uh, no, in the first year of Guiyuan, there were 3.25 million national rosters of the eight states of Guandong, with nearly 20 million stones of grain in stock and 15 billion yuan. On June 26, the third year of Guiyuan, there were more than 11 million stones of grain in Luoyang City and 7 billion yuan in money. However, what I want to explain below is that these money are all new money in Jianwu, with copper content of about 20% of the money in Yanxing of the Great Han. As for the household registration, there were 3.02 million yuan on the list, but Luoyang lost contact with the outside world for a long time, so how much is it? It is really hard to say..."

"Well, Maoxian is telling the truth." Guan Yi pondered for a moment and said, "I received a letter from Chen Chengzuo (Chen Shou), the new governor of Jizhou, saying that in the first year of Guiyuan, there were 480,000 words in the Jizhou roster. After he took office, only 290,000 were left. Excluding the 60,000 recruited soldiers, 130,000 were missing!"

Speaking of this, Pei Xiu and others could only smile helplessly.

The Han and Jin Dynasty fought for two years in life and death. In the past two years, it was the time for the rich families to have a feast for the aristocratic families: the country's energy is in combat, and it cannot and dares to react to the aristocratic families embezzling the country's self-cultivated farmers. Therefore, before the war started, Pei Xiucai told Sima Yan that war was a small matter, and the damage to the national foundation caused by this was a big matter.

In fact, in the historical plane, the so-called Five Barbarians invaded China, more than 90% of the Han people in North China died, which is unreliable: when foreign races invaded, many Han people must have died in wars. But it is this large-scale war that has ushered in the golden period of development among the aristocratic families in various places.

Due to the weakening of the government's power, ordinary civilians cannot be effectively protected. When aristocratic families embezzled ordinary people, they would be unscrupulous. After entering the Central Plains, the population on the national list was more than 90%, but most of them were swallowed up by aristocratic families from all over the country.

Otherwise, why do you think that in the Sui and Tang Dynasties, five or six outstanding emperors took nearly a hundred years to completely suppress the five surnames and seven hopes of North China? That is because of the more than three hundred years of division and division, these aristocratic families had enough time to develop into super monsters!

"So, Maoxian, what you said is 3.01 million, I am very pessimistic. Even if I count the prisoners of war released from home this time, the final number can be two million, I should burn the incense."

Guan Yi was speechless when he talked about this: the family in Kanto and the family of Yizhou that had been suppressed, as well as the Yongliang family, which had never developed into a super monster due to natural conditions, are completely different concepts. They are also different from those of the Dongwu people who only know how to pick weak chickens and repeatedly pinch them.

These aristocratic families are the most greedy and aggressive families on the land of China. In the historical plane, they are also the most shameless and bottomless families. At the same time, they are also the most good at disguising families.

This is the most powerful enemy Guan Yi has encountered in this era as a time traveler!
Chapter completed!