Since the Later Han Dynasty, the currency system was in chaos, and most of the tyrants and powerful people in various places had privately built coins. There were also people like Dong Zhuo who were arbitrary and reckless, coerced the court to abolish Wuzhu coins and replace them with extremely shoddy small money. As a result, the monetary system that had lasted for hundreds of years almost collapsed. By the time Xuande Gong entered Shu, the material exchange in Yizhou and Jingzhou was almost all returned to the original state of bartering.

At this time, coins can only be used in the bustling areas around Chengdu. For the military government, as long as we firmly grasp the flow of bulk goods such as grain, salt, iron, and Shu brocade, it will be enough to support a huge military and political structure.

Later, the imperial court recasted Wuzhu and even issued 100-dollar coins. First, it was used to maintain the circulation of materials within the military and official systems, and secondly it was used to achieve a stable link between the value of precious metals and bulk goods.

With reliable currency and popular commodities, merchants from Yizhou, Jingzhou, Jiaozhou and other places continued to open up trade routes to the Central Plains. As a result, the imperial court's income in municipal taxes, industrial taxes, calculations and other aspects continued to increase, meeting the huge consumption of years of wars and being able to make continuous progress in the military.

However, as the power of the court continued to expand, the territory it controlled became increasingly large, and the military and political structure needed to be maintained also continued to grow. It was not a long-term solution to walk by smuggling to the Central Plains of Hebei. Not to mention anything else, one day Cao Pi made a ruthless move and tried his best to block the trade route. Could it be that the Han court would follow suit?

You have to find a replacement channel, which can also support it when it is urgent.

so……

Everyone turned their eyes to the huge Western Regions geographical map on the screen behind Zhang Fei.

Somehow, there seemed to be many people in the hall breathing heavily.

In the past, the Marquis of Bowang sent Yuezhi, Dayuan and Wusun, and then drove out the Western Regions and connected the Hexi Corridor. In the following three hundred years, the Han family ruled the thirty-six countries and ten thousand miles of land in the Western Regions. The power of the Han Dynasty was in the ultimate territory and was in conflict with thousands of miles, and it was all better than the ambition.

Nowadays, the new Han Dynasty is ambitious, with Chinese civil and military officials from top to bottom, inspiring and striving for progress and striving for progress. Perhaps it will take some time for Hebei to redefine the Central Plains, but can we just leave it alone in the Western Regions?

How can we sit and see the places in Wuwei, Zhangye, Jiuquan, and Dunhuang for a long time wandering outside the control of the court?

How can we sit and see Shanshan, Kucha, Khotan and other countries be arrogant and do not know the news of the revival of the Han Dynasty?

Not to mention, how many commercial benefits can be obtained by opening up the Western Regions! That cannot be let go!

Today's important officials in the court, such as Zhuge Liang and others, are all very talented people with great strategies. At this time, Yang Fu, Zhao Ang and others were representatives of the great clans who lived in Liangzhou for generations. The reason why they overthrew Ma Chao and threw themselves into the court's arms was to take advantage of the court's convenience and share the benefits of trade.

Once the court revealed the idea of ​​connecting the Western Regions and reopening the Silk Road, many people heard about it and pushed it out with all their might, immediately turning this idea into an unstoppable tide.

Before Zhang Fei returned to Chengdu from Hanyang, such meetings had been held several times.

Zhuge Liang himself directly led many of them. At the meeting, he talked about actual interests in a blunt manner, which was not like the usual Confucian scholars. This made Liangzhou officials relax their minds and fill their sights and hearings without reservation.

The court's understanding of the Western Regions has continued to deepen, and it has taken great efforts to repeatedly analyze the Silk Road trade in that year.

In the eyes of everyone, the original Silk Road trade seemed to be stretching for thousands of miles, but was actually made up of many short-distance trade routes.

The routes of Han merchants and travelers are roughly Chang'an as the eastern end and Dunhuang as the western end, and rarely go further. After passing Dunhuang, Hu merchants from Yuezhi, Kangju and other tribes transported goods through layers of transmission to the jurisdiction of the Changshi Mansion of the Western Regions. When they reach tens of thousands of miles west of the Western Regions, they will naturally still transmit them in layers of transmission.

There is a huge problem with such a method of selling goods. That is, the Han Dynasty's Western Regions Changshi Mansion actually exists for the sake of existence. The merchants mainly use Hu people, and their routes rely on the countries of the Western Regions. Their interests of replacing hands several times and dozens of times on the way have mostly fallen into the hands of Hu people in the Western Regions, and have nothing to do with the Western Regions Changshi Mansion.

As a result, the Han Dynasty had political interests in the Western Regions but lacked economic gains. Therefore, whenever the central government weakened, the Western Regions were immediately given up, and there was no reason to maintain it.

This time the court intends to manage the Western Regions, but will not do it like it did back then.

When Jiang Jiu persuaded the Liangzhou family to abandon Ma Chaoshi, he had a rough idea. Later, Liangzhou returned to the Han Dynasty, and Jiang Jiu wrote a letter to make a detailed statement.

His idea was to join the Han people in Liangzhou to organize a large-scale commercial group, including the wealthy merchants in Yizhou, Jingzhou, Jiaozhou and other places. This commercial group is centered on Hanyang, collects specialties from various places, sells them throughout the process, directly crosses the Changshi Mansion of the Western Regions, and at least arrives at the territory of the Great Yuezhi.

In this way, the exploitation of the countries along the Western Regions will be reduced, and the profit of each item of goods can be at least three to five times the cost! And the number of goods transported from each trip will be more than multiples than when transporting layers!

Of course, such a source of wealth cannot isolate the countries in the Western Regions from outside. Business and travel need supply points along the way, which is absolutely inseparable from oasis along the way. The Han family is also willing to cooperate with the countries in the Western Regions to expand and prosper. The more prosperous the trade routes are, the more business travels come and go, the more caravan supply points and even towns are needed, and it is possible to open up new trade routes outside the old trade routes.

As a result, everyone gains the benefits.

Of course, the Han family's power has not reached the limit of Yumen Pass for a long time, and it is inevitable that some bold and arrogant small countries in the Western Regions will not cooperate, and even covet immediate interests and beg for the trouble of military affairs. Then the court needs to face it with force and punish these small countries. In specific circumstances, it is better to eliminate their national destiny and establish a new king.

Who will become this new king will naturally depend on which tribes are respectful and useful during the long journey, and which tribes are interested in the sinicization. The new king will inevitably support the Han court after the throne; and the new king needs to follow the requirements of the Han family and contribute to the interests of the Han family's Western Regions Chief Mansion and even the Han court.

When economic and political interests are tied together, the Western Regions will no longer be abandoned and become an important pillar that the Han court must control.

Considering that Liangzhou is close to the Western Regions and is familiar with the affairs of the Han and Hu, and its huge authority in this regard, countless senior officials in this regard will almost naturally be in the hands of the scholars in Liangzhou.

With this voice, the Liangzhou people can reverse the long-term neglected and discriminated in the Han court, and the Liangzhou people can become the mainstream in the Han court with dignity!

This huge plan has been planned for nearly half a year. Although it has not yet been discussed by the Korean government, it can be seen that it is half open to Jiangdong.

When Zhuge Jin visited this time, he promised on behalf of Jiangdong that he should use powerful means to attract Cao Wei's attention to ensure that the court has no risk of fighting on both sides. The work of the minister will accelerate again.

At this meeting at this moment, Prime Minister Zhuge Liang's presence represents the determination of the center;

The general of the chariot and cavalry, the military officers of Yong and Liang prefectures, Zhang Fei was present, representing the guarantee of force;

Yang Fu and other Liangzhou officials present represented the sincerity of Liangzhou's cooperation with the center;

Finally, Jiang Wei, a young man, was present.

Jiang Wei was the emperor's attendant and was previously promoted to the Central Lang of the Huben for his merits. He was also an outstanding child of the Jiang family in Liangzhou. His father Jiang Jie was now the General of the Cheqi and Cavalry, the prefect of Hanyang, and his uncle Jiang Xu served as the right guard and the general of the pacification of the Yi.

If Jiang Wei acted with Zhang Fei, the local forces in Liangzhou would inevitably be moved by the news.

Since everything is ready, this big event is like an arrow on the string, and it will be triggered if you overcome the situation!

Many people looked at the huge map, as if the strokes on the map slowly turned into real rivers, mountains, deserts, and cities in front of them, as if they were about to hold the Han family talisman and walk into the vast and endless territory!

At that moment, everyone, led by Zhuge Liang, stood up and stood before the map, and began to plan the details.

A meeting lasted directly into the evening, and Zhang Fei left everyone to eat in the mansion. He never liked the red tape, so he asked the servants to bring wine and meat, and everyone ate and drank in the conference hall.

Zhuge Liang suddenly remembered something on the table and waved to Jiang Wei with a smile.

Jiang Wei was a diligent person. He quickly threw down his chopsticks, walked around Zhuge Liang from behind the ranks of officials, and bowed and bowed: "Prime Minister, what's the order?"

Zhuge Liang didn't ask him to get up, but just continued to smile and looked at Jiang Wei up and down, which made Jiang Wei feel a little uncomfortable.
Chapter completed!