In recent days, there have been some rumors in Jiangdong.
The center of the rumor did not point to any particular person, but most people knew exactly who the rumor was aimed at.
The better rumors are not exaggerated and are relatively realistic. They just say that there are many good doctors in the Hundred Medical Center who can treat many diseases, such as typhoid fever, plague, etc.
There are also exaggerated rumors, such as that there are hundreds of doctors in the Hundred Medicine Clinic, each of whom has a unique skill, and can make the dead alive with flesh and bones...
It's too exaggerated, and most people won't believe it, but they will more or less agree with the relatively simple rumor, that is, Chang'an Baiyi Medical Center is indeed capable of treating some diseases, such as a certain person's disease.
Governor Zhou Yu’s illness is no longer a secret, but the problem is that even in later generations, not everyone can enjoy the services of specialized doctors, let alone in the Han Dynasty?
Most people have personal experience of the pain of life, but giving up life because of these pains is also something that most people cannot accept.
Sun Quan was very embarrassed now, and he didn't even dare to go to Zhou Yu again.
Because Sun Quan didn't know how to face Zhou Yu.
Pretending not to know these rumors not only insults Zhou Yu's IQ, but also lowers Sun Quan's own personality. Although Sun Quan may not have much personality in the eyes of many people, Sun Quan himself cannot say that he has no personality.
What is called personality is needed!
But if you say that you know this rumor, then you don't send Zhou Yu to the Hundred Medical Clinic, which is a bit cold-blooded and cruel, unlike the master. After all, ordinary officials are just that, Zhou Yu can be said to be one of the pillars of Jiangdong, that's all
Sitting back and watching, pretending not to know anything, not hearing anything, and somewhat unjustifiable, how can Jiangdong recruit talents in the future?
While saying that we should give talents good treatment, at the same time we make them work overtime and die from overwork?
Oh, Jiangdong’s treatment is to let talents die?
This is neither easy to say nor easy to hear.
what to do?
Sun Quan was very distressed.
At this moment, in the high hall, Sun Quan, wearing a crimson robe, was sitting in the middle, with two people sitting next to him.
Zhang Zhao, Zhang Hong.
These days, Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong seem to be very low-key, and have not made any comments about Sun Quan or Zhou Yu. On the one hand, both Zhang Zhao and Zhang Hong are relatively low-key, and they are not the kind of people who talk casually to show off.
On the other hand, it is to temporarily avoid the limelight. After all, as the head of Jiangdong, he suffered too much financial losses and his face was somewhat ugly.
But this matter of money is ultimately inevitable.
Jiangdong's expedition some time ago incurred another huge expense.
Unlike later generations who would just turn on the printing press if they couldn't do it, if a big man wants to be rich now, he must come up with physical monetary metals, such as gold, silver, copper, etc. Even if it is mixed with inferior copper, he still needs some copper...
There are also copper mines in Jiangdong, but after all, the output is limited, or it is impossible to expand the output in a short period of time, so it will be a bit tricky when a large amount of money is urgently needed.
This time he called Er Zhang to come, and Sun Quan said that the main topic was money. Of course, there may be some other matters that he would like Er Zhang to advise on, which is unknown.
Jiangdong's deficit is not small.
Delaying cat food, uh, Yin eating Mao food is not a patent of Jiangdong, nor is it a characteristic of Sun Quan, but something that most regimes will do. Those who come out to mess around will always have to pay it back. Even in later generations, even those engaged in finance will
Even a beautiful country that can produce flowers cannot avoid the subprime mortgage crisis.
There are three main factors inducing the subprime mortgage crisis in the beautiful country. Unfortunately, Jiangdong's current financial system is not perfect, but it is also there.
In order to promote economic development, Jiangdong ate a lot of food and consumed crazily. Although there is no Adam Smith in Jiangdong, Jiangdong spared no effort in the consumption of luxury goods. Therefore, Jiangdong invisibly satisfied "a highly secularized lifestyle characterized by urban hedonistic life"
Consumption characteristics, that is to say, under Jiangdong's high consumption, money is not actually invested in real industries, nor can it promote basic production.
At the same time, the distribution of cakes in Jiangdong is also seriously unbalanced. As the main body of Jiangdong's economy, although the powerful local gentry in Jiangdong have more money in their hands than before, in fact the overall income of the people of Jiangdong has fallen instead of rising.
At the time of Dong Zhuo, because Jiangdong was a peripheral area of the Han Dynasty's overall economy, Dong Zhuo couldn't find a replacement for the next one due to Dong Zhuo's drumming and spreading of waste money. After all, most of the Yue people in South Vietnam relied on things.
Barter does not have much of a system for using money, and it cannot accommodate so much waste money.
If Fei Qian had not come up with any money to conquer the West, then most of these waste money would have returned to the Central Plains after a period of time. After all, bad money still has the effect of driving out good money. But if you want bad money
To expel good coins, bad coins must have the same purchasing power as good coins. However, it is obvious that after the circulation of Zhengxi money and Huqi money, not only Chang'an but also many places did not accept bad coins such as five-baht coins.
How do you have the ability to expel bad coins?
It costs money to remelt it, and it also costs money to counterfeit Zhengxi Qian and Huqi Qian. What's more, Zhengxi Qian and Huqi Qian are both a headache for counterfeiters in terms of style and weight. In an era without precision chemicals,
, unable to clearly know the coin proportions, just a simple scale can make coin counterfeiters turn gray with worry.
Therefore, under such circumstances, the powerful nobles of Kodong will of course try their best to pass on the damaged parts, and the direction of the transfer is naturally upward and downward. The upward embezzlement of Kodong's assets will transfer the money that originally belonged to Kodong from the public to the public.
Privately, and then pass the losses on to the public at the same time...
Just like the beautiful country advocating the myth that housing prices will never fall, they try their best to put the hot sticks in their hands into the hands of the people. The Jiangdong gentry also took advantage of various opportunities to pass on losses, which led to these few
On the surface, Jiangdong's industry has developed, goods have increased, and total trade has increased, but in fact, the income of the people at the bottom has actually dropped sharply.
Of course, Er Zhang was ignorant about these economic accounts and might have some sporadic insights, but he was unable to form an effective understanding, let alone compete with Changan's financial strategy.
Sun Quan was even more confused when he couldn't figure out the two pictures.
So Sun Quan summoned two Zhang to discuss the problem, which could only focus on deficit.
As for why deficits occur, how to avoid the next deficit, and how to learn from experience...
Sun Quan didn't understand at all. He just wanted to know how to make up for the deficit now, how to plug the holes, what necessary expenses were there, what expenses could be diverted, etc.
In addition, military expenditures also need to be discussed.
But what Sun Quan didn't expect was that both of his suggestions were rejected.
Sun Quan initially expressed whether he could consider raising taxes...
Immediately he encountered strong opposition from Er Zhang.
Whether from the perspective of benevolent government or people's livelihood, Er Zhang's reasons are impeccable. Sun Quan reluctantly made his second suggestion, which was to reduce the treatment of Jiangdong's official officials and reduce their salaries.
He was rebutted by Er Zhang again.
The reason is also very clear. How much does the total salary of the Koto civil servants add up? Using salary to make up for military expenses is like a drop in the bucket, and it will also cause dissatisfaction of the Koto civil servants, inactivity and sabotage, etc., which will cause more problems.
, a hundred harms and one gain.
Two suggestions in a row were rejected. Sun Quan was a little unhappy and almost wanted to turn his back and walk away. However, after all, Jiangdong Foundation belongs to him and he couldn't ask for overtime pay like a worker, so he could only hold it in and said indifferently.
: "In this case, I wonder if Zhang Gong and the East have any wise ideas that can solve the urgent need for military expenditures?"
The two looked at each other and did not speak immediately.
Sun Quan sighed, closed his eyes, and held back his anger. "You two, most of Sun's property has been used for various expenses in Jiangdong... If you two say anything about using Sun's property to subsidize... then it's better to just change Jiangdong's ownership!"
This is a bit serious, but it is also true.
In the past few years, Jiangdong's finances have indeed been poor, and many people have been talking about the Guanzhong Hussars using their own properties to supplement their finances and military affairs, etc., so Sun Quan had to learn from the Sun family.
A large amount of money was allocated from the assets for various expenses in Jiangdong.
Even if Sun Quan himself doesn't think much of the money previously allocated, it is no less painful for other members of the Sun family. Moreover, this method cannot last long, otherwise Sun Quan will not even be able to protect his family's fundamentals.
Can't even keep it up.
There was an awkward silence in the high hall.
Sun Quan took a few hard breaths, and then suppressed his anger again, which made his face somewhat red and purple. After a while, Sun Quan slowly opened his mouth and started talking about business again.
No matter what, the problem still needs to be solved.
Losing your temper will not solve any problem, nor will it increase your money.
"Now the Sun family has so much property..." Sun Quan showed his sincerity, "In the past few days, it was used for military expenses and funeral expenses, so there is really not much left... Now Jiangdong is in an extremely difficult situation, with various taxes and
It is extremely difficult to use as you come in, and turnover is extremely difficult. Zhang Gong, Dongfang, knows that money and taxes in Jiangdong are not easy, but now I want to see if there is any way...or if there is anything that can be used to divert the money, I will give it to you first..."
Jiangdong is indeed riddled with holes at this moment.
At this time, Jiangdong did not have the so-called humiliation of Edinburgh in later generations.
From the Spring and Autumn Period until the Eastern Jin Dynasty, Jiangdong was a marginal area and was called a barbarian.
Most of the countries in the Spring and Autumn Period suppressed the Chu State. For example, Yanzi said that their oranges grew in Huainan and became oranges. Lu's Spring and Autumn Period said that they carved boats for swords and Jing people waded in rivers. Han Feizi said that they contradicted themselves. The Warring States Policy said that they were superfluous. Only those who belong to Xirong
The Qin State extended some loving hands to the Chu State.
Anyway, in the pre-Qin period, all three characteristics of the contempt chain were already present. The first was to look down on those who were different from oneself, such as the Song Dynasty; the second was to look down on those who were weaker than oneself, such as the Zheng Kingdom; of course, the most important thing was to look down on civilization.
Those with a lower level than myself are like the Chu State located in Jiangdong.
By the Western Han Dynasty, these places had become Chinese, so the chain of contempt extended further south. The Yunnan-Guizhou region filled the gap of being despised and contributed to Yelang's arrogance. Later, because Guanzhong was the capital of the Western Han Dynasty, the people of Guanzhong began to look down on Shandong people, and even Yang Pu wanted to improve himself.
Because of his own origin, he moved Hangu Pass dozens of miles eastward so that he could become a Guanzhong native.
Even people from the Central Plains took refuge in the south of the Yangtze River, and of course they had to show off their sense of superiority. Wu Niuchuanyue gave it to the Jiangdong people without any ceremony. The native people from the south were called Nanraccoon dogs by the people from the Central Plains who crossed south. So the Jiangdong people also gave it to them.
The Central Plains people who escaped from all walks of life were called Beiqin.
This started the process of people from Jiangdong despising the whole country...
But for the current Han Dynasty, Jiangdong people really have nothing to be proud of. The population is not as good as that of the Central Plains, the technology is not as good as that of the Central Plains, and the economy is naturally also inferior, and there are no decent local products.
You can't give away shells as luxury goods? In addition, Jiangdong's continuous use of money has been staggering. Last year's taxes were almost zero, which made both of them somewhat disgraceful.
Even if we include this fall's taxes first, we still can't make up for the shortfall.
Many things that must be taken the lead by Jiangdong officials cannot be done now. What can still be managed is the salary of officials and the expenditure of military supplies. This only makes up for part of the early stage, and the subsequent military expenditures are not yet known.
Where to come from.
As for the daily problems in Jiangdong, such as water conservancy and floods, roads and walls, construction in various places, and ordinary relief for the orphans, the elderly and the young, etc., we should deal with them if we can, but if we can't deal with them, we can only stare at it.
But the question is, does Jiangdong really have no money?
Obviously not.
The prices of luxury goods in the Western Regions have already skyrocketed, but they are still sold as they come, sold out as they come, and don't include lakes at all.
The war horse has been upgraded from hundreds of thousands to one million level, and it is also a hot seller.
The people on the streets were in rags and struggling, but the nobles could still ride horses worth millions through the streets.
It’s not that Jiangdong doesn’t have money.
At this moment, Jiangdong is in urgent need of rectification, but the core power of the Sun family, which serves as the center, cannot control these local gentry children in Jiangdong.
The people in Jiangdong are very poor.
Today's Sun family is also very poor.
However, the children of the Jiangdong gentry have accumulated an incredible amount of wealth.
The polarization between rich and poor in Jiangdong has also continued to intensify during this process, and at the same time, this has further deepened the accumulation of private wealth.
This is also one of the reasons why Sun Quan has always been trying to control the Jiangdong gentry in history.
The property that belonged to the Sun family in the hands of Sun Quan was actually good at first. However, the previous Northern Expedition to Guangling was not very supported by the Jiangdong nobles. Then Sun Quan insisted on going his own way, which of course meant that he had to bear most of the military expenditures, millions of dollars.
Tens of millions of dollars were spent, almost wiping out the Sun family's bottom line, but there wasn't much profit...
On the one hand, the sons of the gentry who handled the business were switching hands, and the middlemen made money from the price difference. Everyone was rich, and only the Sun family, who was the master, was paying compensation. On the other hand, when they were about to see the money back,
Another incident broke out, and Sun Quan had to give up his last profit. It could be said that he was losing money from the beginning to the end, while the Jiangdong nobles all made a huge profit.
Zhang Zhao pondered for a moment, then bowed his hands and said, "My lord understands righteousness very well, and I admire you very much. I am stupid and useless. My lord entrusted me with the power of managing finances, but I didn't do my best to support him. Today Jiangdong is short of money."
Money fraud is my fault, I really feel guilty..."
Sun Quan frowned slightly, but still said: "Mr. Zhang, how can we say this is Gong Zhang's fault? Let's not mention the matter of guilt anymore, let's talk about how to deal with it!"
Zhang Zhao thanked him and then continued: "My lord, my property has been in short supply for a long time. I cannot do my best in this matter, and I am already extremely frightened. How can I let my lord supplement the military budget?"
The words that came out of Zhang Zhao's mouth were both beautiful and majestic, which made Sun Quan feel happy, and then surprised. The happy thing was that Zhang Zhao was Zhang Zhao after all, and with his support, the Sun family would be able to survive no matter what.
It is half stable, but the other surprising aspect is that military expenditure is still a problem. If other families are to come up with money, it means that the Sun family has to compromise in some aspects again.
There is no free pie in the world.
If you want money, you must give the Jiangdong nobles some authority...
Sun Quan's face turned purple again.
Zhang Hong glanced at Sun Quan on the side and said in support, "My lord Mingjian, the current situation in Jiangdong is not a day's work, and the march into Sichuan and Shu is not a day's work. Although we have conquered Yi Dao now,
, however, there is no income at all, and in order to build a military stronghold in Yi Dao, tens of millions of expenses are needed... Previously, heavy rains occurred in Wuling, which caused disasters, and other places in Jiangdong were also prone to floods.
, if it is not cured, the autumn harvest will inevitably be greatly affected."
Zhang Zhao nodded and said, "That's right. The power of my lord now lies between this and seizing. If everything in Jiangdong is in short supply of wealth, and what's not enough is used, it means holding on to the power. What's the point?"
Is there anything? According to Lao Cao’s opinion, the lord might as well match his power with his responsibilities. Those who want to obtain their power should match their responsibilities. In this way, on the one hand, the lord’s property will not be too expensive and scarce; on the other hand, between this and taking it away,
It’s all in your lord’s hands. This is my humble opinion, please lord, please take a closer look.”
These words went a little deeper, and Sun Quan couldn't help but be startled when he heard them.
What Zhang Zhao said actually makes some sense. After all, Jiangdong is not small, and unlike Guanzhong or other areas, it can be directly accessed by fast horses. In areas without waterways, there are large areas in Jiangdong that are mountainous and hilly, making it difficult to pass.
Therefore, it is not very realistic to attribute all of them directly to the Sun family.
Especially since the Sun family just carried out a wave of major purges...
Now it is no longer like when Sun Jian and Sun Ce were in power. They would treat any headache, foot pain, and scratch the eyebrows and beard, and just ignore it. When Sun was in power in the early days, no one thought so far-reaching. After all, at that time
Even my butt has not been able to sit firmly, but it is different now. Not only do we have to sit firmly, we also need to consider more issues.
So, what should we do?
Are you exchanging power for money?
Or should we hold the power and think of other ways?
Sun Shiwan's face turned blue, white, and purple...
Why does he have to keep compromising? Why can't he kill him just once?
