Chapter 1388 Youjian Villa was established in Wu County
Chapter 1,388 Youjian Villa was established in Wu County
It was early spring in March of the 17th year of Jian'an.
The ice and snow are melting and the weather is getting warmer.
Half a month has passed since the Battle of Wancheng.
After Jiangdong expelled Liu Bei from its territory, it quickly regained the lost territory in Lujiang and Qichun. Moreover, due to Liu Bei's army's contraction strategy, most of Jiangxia's territory west of Xiakou was also lost and regained.
And with the strong return of the Mesozoic gentry headed by Sun Quan, Jiangdong is showing a prosperous scene.
Sun Quan adopted Lu Su's suggestion, restored the salt-iron strategy that had been revised during Zhang Zhao's reign, reduced taxes and corvees throughout the territory, and took the lead in the reconstruction of many cities that had experienced wars with the help of the Gu family and the Lu family.
Everything is going in the right direction.
At the same time, Sun Quan generously assigned a piece of beautiful mountainous land to the northwest of Wujun City to Youjian Villa.
When they heard that Youjian Villa was rising in Wu County, people from Jiangdong who had been curious about the legendary figure Yi Xiaotian came to watch it one after another.
However, after learning that Sun Shangxiang was in charge of the villa here, everyone's initially hostile attitude quickly turned to support.
This is what Yi Xiaotian said was the role of Sun Shangxiang.
Even if Sun Shangxiang fled Jiangdong with Yi Xiaotian before, after experiencing the marriage escape incident, most people in Jiangdong felt that it was Sun Quan who forced Sun Shangxiang away at that time. They felt sorry for the little girl Sun Shangxiang before it was too late, so there would be no resistance.
It didn't take long for Qiao and Qiao to cross the river one after another and appear in Youjian Villa with a brand-new appearance. Many people who had experienced Sun Shangxiang's escape from marriage in the past called him "Jiujiu Jian".
As for Youjian Villa itself, the newly opened villa received visits from three heads of the three families with the four dignified surnames of Wu County: the Lu family, the Gu family, the Zhu family, and after the news spread, even those vague gossips disappeared.
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Only Mrs. Zhang, who had had a dispute with Yi Xiaotian, still held her own one-third of an acre of land and watched with incomparable aloofness.
Until - until the richest man in Poyang, Huang Xiang, the madman who was once reviled by everyone in Wu County, came to congratulate him with inkstones that were rumored to be extremely expensive in the world, Zhang finally couldn't stand it any longer - Zhang Yang and Zhang Wen brought the hurriedly prepared gold ink in despair.
After giving a silver gift and making amends to Sun Shangxiang, the matter was finally settled.
Youjian Villa has completely established its foothold in Jiangdong.
Moreover, the impact that Youjian Villa has brought to Jiangdong is not just the so-called commercial impact. The most important point is the introduction of a technology that gave Sun Quandu the green light - the refining technology of cheap refined salt.
Only then did people realize that the batch of cheap and high-quality refined salt that had flowed into Jiangdong and almost disrupted the entire Jiangdong salt market was the work of Yi Xiaotian.
It was also at this time that people in Jiangdong knew how much shady benefits Zhang Zhao had gained from controlling Haiyan for so many years.
The people in the north have been eating cheap and healthy salt for a long time, and they are still cheering for Zhang's slight reduction in the price of coarse salt one day.
With the technology of extracting refined salt, and with Sun Quan's support, the Jiangdong Cabinet took over the entire territory's salt industry management rights in one fell swoop. Although it harmed the interests of most nobles, this matter won Sun Quan great popularity.
Sun Quan finally understood what Zhou Yu told him before his death that the only difference between him and Liu Bei was the meaning of the word "people".
Instead of guarding the gentry's one-third acre of land, winning the trust of all the people, and becoming a leader above the gentry in people's hearts, this is the path he should take.
Sun Quan finally...when he was just thirty years old, after going through ups and downs, he surpassed his elder brother and father who stayed in Jiangdong, and moved steadily towards a better direction.
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At the same time, the Wei State, which had just been established for a year, was experiencing unimaginable turmoil.
The cause of all turmoil is not defeat, but...
In the court hall, the civil and military officials were discussing the matter one after another.
Cao Cao hasn't come yet, but everyone is already quarreling.
The sad faces on the faces of the ministers standing deep in the hall were all the same.
But seeing so many ministers moving their mouths, the mediation of just a few of them was of no use at all.
The center of everyone's discussion was two pieces of news and a package that had just been delivered to Yecheng yesterday.
The person involved was a subordinate of Jiang Ji, the Shouchun prefect named Huang Cheng.
The two extremely explosive news he brought spread throughout the city at once, forcing Cao Cao to hastily announce the morning meeting again after he had already held the morning meeting yesterday.
"You said...the eldest young master wouldn't have already..."
Some people were more pessimistic. Although they did not dare to speak loudly, they made gestures on their necks with their hands after speaking.
"Who knows... That Huang Cheng said that the Second Young Master held back his troops because of a personal grudge. Although he said he killed someone in the process,... he might not have told a lie among them."
"Why?
Didn’t it mean that Huang Cheng still had something to give to Duke Cao today?
Could it be evidence that the Second Young Master and the others committed murder?"
"I don't know, so it's all speculation...Compared with this, I'm more worried that Guild Cao will not be angry with the general because of the eldest son's matter...after all, the general's entire army was wiped out."
"Haven't you heard yet?
It was Yi Xiaotian who brought up the matter of encircling and suppressing Liu Bei. He had a bet with Cao Gong. If he lost, he would have to bear all the responsibilities. Not to mention the matter of assessment was brought up by Yi Xiaotian. In my opinion...
…On the contrary, that Yi Xiaotian will suffer severely because of this.”
Everyone was talking a lot, but the discussion always revolved around the war that happened not long ago.
Yes, in these two days, the various impacts caused by the battle in Wancheng finally reached Yecheng.
One breaking news after another made the whole city restless.
Many ordinary people have even made plans to close their doors tightly and wait until the situation calms down before going out for a walk.
But no matter how widespread these news were, there was no news from Cao Cao.
Everyone...is waiting for Cao Cao's statement.
...Suddenly, not only who raised his head, but also the voices of discussion starting from the end of the hall stopped abruptly.
The atmosphere in the venue instantly dropped to freezing point. As for why...
Da da da--
Crisp footsteps came from far away.
A figure that awed everyone appeared in front of the hall.
Accompanying Cao Cao was Chen Qun, the chief censor, and no one else.
Censor Zhongcheng...
After everyone saw Chen Qun, they were even more surprised than when they saw Cao Cao.
After Cao Cao proclaimed himself a public official and established the Wei Dynasty, Yushi Zhongcheng became an official official and advocated the impeachment of hundreds of officials. He never took the initiative to speak, but his appearance next to Cao Cao at this time seemed to mean that something was going to happen in today's morning court.