Liu Che's words reached the ears of the princes and ministers through Zhao Yu and Yan Yi.
Of course, Zhao Yu and Yan Yi did not dare to repeat it directly.
He just mentioned vaguely, 'Your Majesty believes that the southwestern barbarians have great potential!'
Southwest Yi, as a geographical overview, has resurfaced in the Han Dynasty's vision in the past three years.
After all, who doesn’t have two or three Bo slaves who have all kinds of tricks, know all kinds of skills, and are very good at pleasing and serving men?
Moreover, the market for Ze horses in Guanzhong also began to flourish.
This ancient horse breed produced in the Sichuan-Tibet Plateau is very suitable for transporting supplies in mountains and hilly areas. Moreover, it is very strong and is a good draft horse breed.
In addition, the yaks produced in Bo country are also very popular among the people.
With the smooth flow of trade routes, these southwest specialties gradually became more and more popular in Guanzhong.
Of course there are no fools among the princes and ministers.
As soon as everyone heard this hint, they naturally understood what the emperor meant.
The two father-in-laws of Linqiong, what they have been doing in recent years, cannot be hidden from anyone who cares.
Soon, someone with great eyes and hands quietly obtained relevant information from Xiuyiwei.
After everyone read it, their eyes fell to the ground.
According to the information obtained from the Xiu Yiwei, in the past three years alone, the two heads of state in Linqiong had bought back nearly 30,000 to 40,000 slave laborers from the southwestern Yi countries. This was only known to the Xiu Yiwei. Yes, what Xiuyiwei doesn't know, not even counting, God knows how many bones of slave workers from the southwestern Yi countries are there in the mines and mountains of Linqiong?
"These two relatives of the country are really..." someone said with a look of envy and jealousy: "No wonder they can spend money to repair the ramp for His Majesty without blinking an eye..."
"If it hadn't been for your Majesty's reminder, I'm afraid we wouldn't have known that the slaves of the southwestern barbarians are so cheap..." Some people were jumping up and down, wanting to hang up Cheng Zhengying and Zhuo Wangsun, the two solitary eaters, and whip them.
Historically, aristocrats and officials have always paid attention to sharing their needs and benefiting from each other. What I hate the most is the guy who eats alone!
Of course, there are also people who want to show their level of moral cultivation, so they pretend to be elegant and say: "I don't know how such greedy and immoderate people became relatives of the country. In my opinion, Your Majesty should punish them severely! China Since ancient times, benevolence and righteousness have conquered distant countries, and they have cultivated virtues and brought barbarians to come to court. Could it be that what these two people have done has caused the distant countries to fall into a situation of continuous military disasters?"
But before he could be happy, he discovered that countless cannibalistic eyes were staring at him.
"Your Majesty..." A prince who was not a big enemy of this person sneered: "Don't you hear that Your Majesty once said: The reason why they love the barbarians is because they don't want to show mercy to their neighbors? Moreover, the barbarians are like animals. , Leading beasts to eat people, being vulgar and rude, and not using Chinese characters and systems, how can you be a human being?"
Countless people immediately smiled and liked this Lieutenant's remarks.
"This is exactly what the monarch said!" A minister said: "This is the difference between Hua and Yi!"
A scribe wearing a Confucian robe said: "I have always heard of sage kings ruling the world and praising their people with great virtues. I have never heard of it. The ancient kings had teachings and did not love China and those who loved Yidi! The master said: Three hundred poems, To sum it up in one sentence. Thoughts are innocent! When I look at the style, elegance, and praise of the Poems, there are 305 chapters, and not one of them says: You should love the Yi and Di!"
That Lieutenant's face immediately turned red, and God could see how pitiful he was. He just wanted to show off and gain some reputation. In the past, wasn't everyone like this?
But how could he know.
Nowadays, good news keeps coming from Huaihua.
The heirs and retainers sent by various princes to their fiefdoms have been sent back one after another these days, and there are many reports that make people's hearts beat faster and their blood flow.
At least a dozen princes discovered traces of placer gold deposits in the rivers and mountains of their fiefdoms.
Some people even picked up dozens of gold nuggets just in valleys and river beaches.
Many other promising mineral deposits such as iron ore and tin ore have also been discovered.
Now, almost all the princes are suffering from late-stage population hunger and thirst.
They urgently need cheap labor to help them pan for gold, mine, reclaim land, farm and even build cities.
Now the cheap slaves from the southwestern Yi suddenly appeared in the big guy's sight, and the big guy's eyes suddenly lit up, as if he had discovered a new world.
Now, in the eyes of the princes, every slave worker is moving gold.
The desire and madness for gold stimulated them.
Under such circumstances, let alone the slave trade, even if it means destroying the world, these guys can rush forward without blinking an eye.
Therefore, this guy who couldn't clearly see the situation was naturally attacked by everyone.
Now, everyone just wants to send people to Shu County to contact the two relatives: if there is money, let's make money together.
Didn’t you see that even Confucianists, who always talk about benevolence, righteousness and morality, and love others with kindness, have silently removed Yi Di from the list of ‘human beings’?
For the noble princes and powerful scholar-bureaucrats, they can even exploit their own hometown and neighbors without hesitation. How can they care about the life and death of those barbarians who walk on two legs?
After labeling Liehou, who pretended to be sexy but was being criticized instead, as a dog, the others immediately changed the subject.
Someone took a map of the southwestern barbarian countries that had been handed over from the Prime Minister's Palace, placed it in front of everyone, and said with laughter, "Gentlemen, what your Majesty said, I also feel that there is indeed much to be done..."
"Just wait and see, the southwestern barbarian countries, including the largest Yelang, Dian, Kunming and Qielan countries, all have populations ranging from hundreds of thousands to hundreds of thousands. If they can be wiped out, not only the country can expand
Thousands of miles away, spreading the teachings of the saints to the barbarians, so that all the plants and trees can benefit, is of great benefit to us!" As the man said this, he was already intoxicated and filled his cellar with gold. A hundred years later, in
In a bright future where coffins and tombs are filled with gold objects.
When other people saw it, their eyes also shone.
Facts have proved that in the face of gold, morality and integrity are worthless.
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Luoyang, the capital of the Han Dynasty.
It is also the world's commercial and trade center and north-south transportation hub, and it is also the most prosperous city in the world.
This city's status in the Han Dynasty was quite the devil's capital.
Even more so than that.
The Luoyang Order was the only local county magistrate in the Han Dynasty with a two thousand stone level. The Liu family still had a complete palace complex and the emperor's palace in Luoyang.
In fact, Liu Bang did rule the world for several months with Luoyang as his capital.
It's a pity that the traitorous and sycophantic Lou Jing deceived the king, causing Emperor Gaozu to suddenly move westward.
The residents of Luoyang are still aggrieved, and most people believe that without Lou Jing, the people of Luoyang would now be able to enjoy the political and economic benefits of the people of Chang'an.
Therefore, the people of Luoyang deeply hate Lou Jing, and they hate Wujiwu. In Luoyang City, there are not many people named Lou, and even if they are, most of them are forced to change their surnames.
Even if he stayed to wait for Zhang Liang, his reputation in Luoyang was not good.
The golden legend of Huaihua spread to Luoyang at an alarming speed a month ago.
Suddenly, the entire Luoyang City was boiling.
In the past month, there has been only one focus of discussion in the entire city: Is the Jinsha River in Huaihua real or fake?
The people of Luoyang were more interested in and concerned about this issue than the people of Chang'an.
This is because Luoyang has been the commercial center of the world since ancient times.
The people living in this prosperous city, even the scholar-bureaucrats who passed down their families through farming and reading, were inevitably involved in commercial activities.
And Luoyang and the Henan County centered on Luoyang were the real base camp of the Han Dynasty Rangers!
The famous knight Zhu Jia in the early Han Dynasty, who was the general spiritual leader of knights in the world, made his home base in Luoyang.
The idol of today's knight-errants and the absolute confidant of today's emperor, Captain Huben Wei. Captain Prince Consort Ju Meng also traveled from Luoyang to Chang'an.
Today, there are thousands of rangers living in this city, and their number is the highest in the world.
Luoyang's developed commerce and handicraft industry also have the foundation to support and maintain the life of such a large number of rangers.
In addition, there are hundreds of big merchants and thieves who have made Luoyang their base for a long time.
"Have you heard? Huaihua County paid tribute to the emperor with four full carts of gold sand!"
The ranger who ran out of Hangu Pass brought the news to Luoyang.
Suddenly, no one could hold on anymore.
Luoyang people's pursuit and love for wealth, they dare to take second place, no one in the world dares to take first place.
This ancient capital of the Zhou Dynasty has been a hot spot and home for merchants all over the world since the Spring and Autumn Period.
Basically, the residents of Luoyang were either merchants, handicraft workers or caravan buddies working for others, rangers and bandits who were parasitic on commerce.
In the past, when the Shi family was in Luoyang, they accumulated nearly tens of millions of property just by being a second-tier dealer, reselling and selling goods from all over the world.
Therefore, when Sima Qian later wrote "The Biography of Huo Shi", he commented on the people of Luoyang and said: Luoyang Street is located among Qi, Chu, Qin and Zhao.
In the magical city of Luoyang, even a poor man's son dreams of one day becoming richest in the world and showing off his wealth.
Now, when the Jinsha River in Huaihua was confirmed, the city went crazy from top to bottom.
The merchants immediately began to prepare to raise funds, hire manpower and assistants, vehicles, horses and materials, and prepare to move towards the hot land of wealth.
The rangers gathered in small groups, preparing to anchor in the caravan and set off with the caravan.
In this way, they can save travel expenses and travel expenses.
Of course, necessary preparations still need to be made.
Sufficient preparations must be made for swords, bows, crossbows and all kinds of wound medicine necessary for traveling in the rivers and lakes.
The people of Luoyang know very well that it is very dangerous to travel far away.
The heroes in the world would never mind doing a business without capital as long as they have the opportunity.
Even the workers who originally worked in various handicraft workshops in Luoyang and the servants who worked for wealthy families were also ready to move.
In Luoyang, no one will be content with being ordinary, and no one will be content with being ordinary.
If given the opportunity, the residents of this commercial capital will decisively risk everything they have to win even an illusory future.
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This trend crossed Luoyang and continued to blow south.
Within half a month, all the cities of the Han Dynasty, especially those big cities, were destroyed on both sides of the river and in the north and south of the river.
Almost everyone does not know that in the far north, on the land newly conquered by the Han Dynasty, a river of gold has been discovered, and the local government has begun mining it.
Countless people tossed and turned, unable to fall asleep.
In Guangling, thousands of officials, generals and counselors' family members of the former King of Wu Liu Bi, who were waiting to be moved to Huaihua by the government, were collectively detained in one place. They all had their heads drooped and looked dejected.
However, almost overnight, the officials responsible for guarding these people discovered that the families of these criminal officials seemed to have regained their vitality.
The person who was originally all kinds of mischief and unwilling to leave Wu Di suddenly changed his face.
These guys showed off their spirit of never wanting to leave, and when they saw the officials, they asked: "May I ask your superior, when will we set off?"
There are even weird stories of people bribing officials with money and requesting that the departure time be moved earlier.
In Pengcheng, the situation is even more serious.
Some officials even discovered that the family members of criminal officials, whom everyone was afraid of avoiding and even being afraid of coming into contact with, seemed to have suddenly become a favorite.
Many people in Pengcheng, mainly civilians and rangers, attached themselves to the families of these criminal officials like magnets.
There are those who are willing to be their adopted sons or adopted brothers.
There are also those who are willing to marry other people's daughters.
Some people simply said: I think your daughter is dignified in appearance and well-behaved. Otherwise, I will be your son...
These people are taking the initiative to ask to join the family members of these criminal officials and conceive them together.
At first, the officials thought it was incredible and almost thought these guys were crazy!
However, when the news about Luoyang reached everyone's ears, everyone suddenly realized that this was the case!
In the Qilu area, the situation is different.
Qilu was the stronghold of Confucianism, and the landowners here were the most powerful within the Han Dynasty.
When the news came, the entire Qilu region, from the government to the people, felt like they were facing a formidable enemy.
The powerful landowners immediately took every means they could to defend the country to the death, and even set up roadblocks to strictly prohibit all people, especially tenant farmers, from escaping.
They even took action together with the princes and officials to strictly inspect all caravans coming from the north on the main transportation routes, and warned merchants one by one not to spread news about Huahua in Qilu.
But even so, the fleeing situation of poor people in Qilu area is still very serious.
Every night, there are poor people, dragging their families and families, quietly taking their only property and embarking on the road to the East.
Their destination was the port of the Han Dynasty's two shipbuilding yamen in Jiaoxi and Jiaodong.
Here, every five days, there will be more than two large ships carrying grain, cloth, silk, salt, and iron along the coastline toward the Port of Inchon in North Korea and Qinhuangdao in Liaodong.
The hopes of the fleeing tenants rested entirely on these boats.
They will use every possible means to squeeze onto these ships.
People fall into the water and die every day, but those who come after are still coming one after another. (To be continued.) For mobile phone users, please visit http://m.piaotian.net
