When Gao Fei saw that the government affairs hall was full of people, he walked straight to the top position, raised his hand and said softly: "Everyone, please sit down!"
"Thank you, lord!"
Everyone almost sat down together. After staying in Youzhou for a long time in the past few years, most of these people are used to sitting on benches. After all, the sitting posture in the Han Dynasty was actually kneeling on the ground, which was very detrimental to the blood circulation in the legs. Therefore,
Gao Fei asked people to put up chairs and benches so that everyone would no longer sit on the ground.
Seeing everyone sitting down, Gao Fei looked around and said, "I have summoned everyone here today because I have something very important to tell you. Bingzhou and Jizhou have just been captured, and there are many things that still need to be dealt with.
I would like to hear everyone's opinions on how to recover and how people can settle down."
Among the people present, there are strategists who are proficient in military strategy, and there are also political talents who are good at governing, and there are even more people who have both. Although there are not many of these wise and resourceful people, their age shows the trend of three generations: old, middle and young.
, but he can be regarded as an outstanding leader in Gao Fei's camp.
Cai Yong, Guan Ning, and Bing Yuan originally did not participate in politics, but under the protection of Gao Fei, they saw with their own eyes the people of Youzhou living and working in peace and contentment, and unknowingly, they also put forward some constructive opinions.
After the expansion of Jicheng, it attracted a large number of people to move in. Today, the population of Jicheng has reached more than 500,000. The surrounding areas are cultivated fertile fields, well-built roads, and water conservancy facilities are also complete, covering a radius of dozens of miles.
Inside, Jicheng is like a grain production base.
In addition, the three counties of Liaodong, Zhuojun, and Yuyang are also extremely important grain production bases; the livestock industry in Yunzhou, Changli, Daijun, and Shanggu is relatively developed, and the supply of war horses is mainly concentrated in these four places.
The land of counties; and Lelang County, Hancheng County, Tonghua County, Yanji
Because the counties are too remote, except for Lelang County, the other three counties established when conquering Dongyi have developed slowly. Although agriculture has been introduced, the local people basically maintain their original way of life.
The process of Chineseization still has a long way to go.
Basically, this is the situation in Youzhou, and it is the result of the joint efforts of these people here.
Xun Chen was a talent in internal affairs. After hearing Gao Fei's words, he spoke first: "I would like to inform my lord, post-war recovery is particularly important. Now the whole of Hebei is in a state of desolation, and some people have hid in the mountains.
, some flowed into other states and counties, and my subordinates thought that
, we can imitate the strategy of governing Youzhou, with light corvee, low taxes, extensive farming, and water conservancy projects, which will naturally allow the people to gradually return to the land. Jizhou is vast and has fertile land. If given time, it will definitely become the most important place for food and grass supply.
place."
"My subordinates think that, in addition to this, we can also carry out military camps and cultivate the land guarded by soldiers. We can also increase the supply of grain and grass by conducting strict training while conducting farming." Tian Feng suggested.
After hearing this, Gao Fei nodded, feeling that both of them were right, so he said to the secretary Chen Lin sitting next to him: "That's right!"
After hearing this, Chen Lin hurriedly wrote down a few lines.
When fighting a war, we fight for national strength. The so-called national strength refers to financial, material and human resources. In ancient times, grain, money, and population were the national strength of a country. In addition to having a fixed food production base, a country's monetary policy is also
The rules of survival.
"Now the whole of Hebei is under the rule of our Yan State. Whether it is Youzhou, Bingzhou or Jizhou, I will treat them equally. When Qin Shihuang unified the world, he immediately set up unified weights and measures. I also want to follow Qin Shihuang's example and control the entire Yan State.
The coins will be unified. Based on copper coins and silver as the standard, a unified monetary policy will be formulated and implemented throughout Hebei." After thinking for a long time, Gao Fei said loudly.
Cai Yong was an official in the imperial court. When he heard that Gao Fei was going to implement a new monetary policy, he hurriedly asked: "Does the Marquis want to abolish the five baht currency?"
Gao Fei nodded and said: "No, I want to formulate a new currency. I will not abolish the five baht coin, but mint silver coins and gold coins. One hundred and fifty baht coins can be exchanged for silver coins, and ten silver coins can be exchanged for one gold coin. Five baht coins
Money can be used nationwide and has already been deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. There is no need to go
To be independent, you only need to add silver coins and gold coins to the five-baht coin, but it must be based on silver coins. After all, there are many silver mines and few gold mines in the world. All coin production is handled by dedicated personnel, and private individuals are not allowed to do so.
Anyone who produces without permission shall be beheaded."
The five-baht coin is the longest-used currency in the history of Chinese coins. It is also a coin that uses weight as the currency unit. It has played a certain influence in the five thousand years of currency development history in my country.
In the fifth year of Yuanshou (118 BC), Emperor Wu of the Western Han Dynasty, five-baht coins began to be issued in the Central Plains, which was the first of its kind in the Han Dynasty. It lasted until the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, except for some minor changes (such as the period of Wang Mang's rule).
In addition, within four hundred years of the Western Han Dynasty and the Eastern Han Dynasty, the five-baht coin dominated the world.
The five-baht coin established the Chinese tradition of round square holes. This small copper coin is round on the outside and square on the inside, symbolizing the universe. The word "five baht" is cast in seal characters below. "Baht" is an ancient unit of weight.
, twenty-fourth of a tael is one baht, so the so-called "five baht" is actually very light.
After everyone listened, no one had any objections. After all, the five-baht coin dominated the world and has been used since the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty. It has become the most standard currency system. Now Gao Fei has upgraded the standard currency system to silver coins, just because of copper mines.
The scarcity of gold mines is also for long-term planning.
Later, Zhong Yao, Tian Feng, Cui Yan and others raised some civil affairs issues one after another. Gao Fei also absorbed everyone's suggestions and decided to re-verify the number of households and conduct a census of the entire Yan Kingdom.
They also formulated strategies to allow intermarriage between Hu and Han, and encouraged more children to increase the population.
Everyone discussed in the government affairs hall for a whole morning and formulated more than a dozen suggestions on post-war recovery. Each one was written by Chen Lin only after serious deliberation.
At noon, Gao Fei hosted a banquet for these people, and continued the discussion after the meal. In a whole day, he deduced more than thirty regulations that were conducive to post-war recovery, and they basically became the national policy of Yan State.
In addition, special laws were enacted to regulate the behavior of the people, abolished slavery, and prohibited the sale of people.
In the evening, everyone dispersed. After Chen Lin drafted the basic national policy, she asked her subordinates to send it to the printing factory for unified printing, and then promulgated it to all counties and counties in the Yan Kingdom.
In the next few days, Gao Fei has been busy with government affairs. On the one hand, he wants to build a currency production institution. On the other hand, he has launched a bank business that has not been appreciated before and changed its name to a bank. Sun Rui, a businessman who is proficient in business, has
Serve as the bank president of the entire Yan Kingdom and be responsible for the direct withdrawal of property.
A few days later, before those wise men left Jicheng, a group of military generals rushed over from various states and counties.
In the hall of the Marquis of Yan, civil and military officials gathered together, and Gao Fei accepted the visits of civil and military officials at all levels in the hall.
"Your Majesty, our Yan Kingdom now occupies a quarter of the entire world, and has pacified the land of Dongyi. Fuyu, the Xiongnu have sent envoys to ask for surrender, and Xianbei has also been driven to Mobei by our army. Since the decree was promulgated,
, the entire Yan Kingdom showed a prosperous scene
, the post-war recovery is also gradually proceeding. However, the Marquis has made great contributions, but this title is not suitable for the Marquis's current status. His subordinates have always believed that the Marquis can be a king, and they would like to ask the Marquis to put all the people of the world first
, shoulder the important responsibility of ruling the world." Jia Xu said first.
"King of the world?" Gao Fei knew it well. He was holding the jade seal in his hand. Let alone the king, no one could control him even if he was the emperor. But he couldn't eat a fat man with one mouthful. The Han Emperor was still there, and he had not yet
When you reach the level of proclaiming yourself emperor, it is naturally a good choice to proclaim yourself king first.
"Please put the common people of the world first, please ascend the throne and shoulder the important responsibility of ruling the world." The civil and military officials worshiped in unison.
Gao Fei felt that it was a bit ridiculous. He clearly wanted to be king in his heart and wanted to be promoted to another official rank. Why did he have to use the common people in the world as an excuse? He stood up without any hesitation. With his current strength, he could not be king.
What's not allowed? He said loudly: "Okay, from today on, I will start to rule the world."
"The subordinates will pay their respects to the king."
Except for those who were enfeoffed by Liu Bang in the early Western Han Dynasty, there will never be people with different surnames who call themselves kings. Even if they did, they would be regarded as traitors. But this time is different. The Han Dynasty has lost its power for several years.
, the Eastern Han Dynasty only existed in name only, and the Emperor was just a decoration. He was still in the hands of Ma Teng and his son, enjoying a peaceful life in Chang'an. The world was in dispute, and heroes were rising together. Gao Fei was just daring to be the first in the world.
In October of 188 AD, Yan Hou Gaofei pacified Hebei, took the lead in proclaiming himself king, and at the same time preached to the world. However, it did not cause much resentment. The people of Hebei returned home, and the Yan Kingdom also began a five-year period of recuperation.
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Yuzhou, Suiyang City.
The dilapidated city walls were stained red with blood, reflecting the sunset, as if heaven and earth were connected into one. There were piles of corpses on the ground, rivers of blood, and the disgusting smell of blood filled the air, making it look so desolate.
"call!"
The soldiers of the Wei army cut off the flagpole hanging the Song army's flag on the city wall and raised the Wei army's flag on the city tower, marking that the city had become the territory of the Wei state.
Cao Cao was wearing iron armor, a cooked copper helmet on his head, and a red cloak tied behind his back. He rode Jueying and drove slowly towards Suiyang City.
Xu Shu, Dian Wei, and Xu Chu followed closely behind Cao Cao. Everyone's face was full of joy. The city they had been attacking for two consecutive days was finally captured. How could they be unhappy?
"Dede..." The scout came running over on a fast horse.
"Lord, there is news from Hebei that Yanhou Gaofei has taken the lead in proclaiming himself king and issued a proclamation to inform the world."
After hearing this, Cao Cao couldn't help but frowned, waved his hand, motioning for the scouts to leave, and said calmly: "Send the order, the whole army will rest outside the city overnight, and speed up the advance tomorrow morning. We must capture the entire Yuzhou as soon as possible!"