Foreign trade, which had been stopped due to the war, was started again, but this time it was started differently from before. Merchants no longer had to go to Kushan, or even Anxi and other areas in person. They only needed to rush to Xiting County and enter Fangshi.
Well, Cao Cao built the extremely vast Dafang City in the Xinha area, the original fortress, which could accommodate tens of thousands of people at the same time.
The merchants of the Han Dynasty arrived here, put down their goods here, and waited for the merchants of Anxi and Kushan to arrive. This was naturally extremely beneficial to the merchants of the Han Dynasty. First of all, there were no thieves on their way.
Tingjun was also included in the territory of Xizhou. Within Xizhou, after Jia Xu's large-scale operations, most of the thieves were eliminated and the merchants along the road were protected.
In addition, the Han Dynasty will no longer send out a group of merchants to trade every year like before. The trading market in Xizhou is permanent and will not be closed. In other words, merchants can trade at any time.
You can go back and forth between places, and you can even arrange for people to sell and dispatch people to transport, and just sit in your house and enjoy the results.
Of course, Cao Cao would not treat these merchants so favorably. The commercial tax in Xiting County was the most expensive in all areas of the Han Dynasty. Jia Xu integrated the Xizhou area, but he did not vigorously carry out the elimination of the state and establish counties. He
Still unwilling to do anything too drastic, he started a city-building movement in Xizhou on the premise of preserving the original kingdoms.
However, it did not go all out to build the city, but built a post station as a place for merchants to rest. This was the first time a temple provided a post station for merchants. In the Han Dynasty, merchants could not stay in the post station. Of course,
, not only the merchants, but also the common people could not settle in, because the Han didn't like to see the common people running around.
If you don't work hard at home, why do you go out?
If it is not for corvee service or study, and there is no letter to prove the reason for going out, these people who go out will even be arrested by the guards along the way, imprisoned, and thrown back to their hometown. Of course, the Han people themselves do not like it.
When going out, many people have never even left the pavilions where they live in their entire lives. Only people who have lost their fields and cannot make a living will flee, and these people are called refugees.
Fortunately, there have been no refugees in the Han Dynasty for a long time. The large-scale farmland policy started during the Jianning period has increased the number of cultivated fields in the Han Dynasty. The poor people also have a way to make a living, and the handicraft tax for the people has been reduced.
, some folk textiles and wood products can be sold in the county town, and the commercial tax on them is not high.
This was proposed by Wen Rengong. At that time, everyone was strongly opposed to Wen Renxi, thinking that his move would allow a large number of people to engage in industries such as carpentry, textiles, and construction. Giving up farming would reduce the national strength of the Han Dynasty.
However, this policy has lasted for more than thirty years. In addition to improving people's lives and increasing people's income, it has not produced the situation that the great sages thought.
In Xizhou, Jia Xu set a precedent, providing a post station for merchants and ordinary people, and reducing restrictions on them, allowing them to move around and do business on their own without interfering, and also vigorously supported some local powerful people.
Let them open up large-scale planting areas, cultivate cotton crops, and make a lot of wine without paying any attention to mulberry farming!!
Such behavior, if it were in the hinterland of the Han Dynasty, would definitely be scolded by the officials. Even the local people would definitely be scolded. But this is the convenience of Xizhou. It is far away from the temples and the officials in the temples. , most of them are unwilling to set their sights here. Even Xiliang is regarded as a barbarian land by them, and they have thought of giving it up completely and giving it to the Qiang people, let alone Xizhou?
Jia Xu can do whatever he wants here, he only needs to report it to the emperor, and the emperor is different from the emperors in the past. He himself likes such unique, distinctive, and innovative affairs, and he does not want to hinder Jia Xu at all. Policy, you can do whatever you want. As long as Xizhou develops, you will be my hero!
As a result, under the emperor's instructions, almost no one in the temple would talk about Xizhou or foreign trade. Even Yuan Shao only conspired with the emperor in the palace and completely ignored the other important ministers. The war was over. , there was peace in the Han Dynasty, and the northwest region that had been damaged by the war was gradually recovering. Many officials who passed the examination were sent to the northwest region by the emperor.
In the same month, the emperor appointed many officials in the East Palace for Prince Liu Mastiff.
He worshiped Yuan Shu as the prince's tutor, and was awarded two thousand stones. He was responsible for tutoring the prince, followed the teacher's etiquette, and did not receive any official subordinates.
Many official positions in the East Palace of the Han Dynasty evolved from the Qin system. Different from the previous Han Dynasty, today, the prince and tutor no longer have official affiliations and do not have any administrative power. They only have the function of teaching the prince. This prince is very important to Yuan Shu. It is most appropriate to say that you don't have to pay attention to politics, just do what you have done in the past and continue to teach the emperor.
The Crown Prince Zhan Shi, who really had the administrative power of the East Palace, had been abolished at this time and was led by the Crown Prince Shaofu.
Zhuge Liang was worshiped as the prince's young master, and he was given two thousand stones. He also focused on tutoring. He was in charge of the prince's official staff and would not be a disciple.
This position is much more powerful, but it also depends on the person. If the young master is strong, he can serve as the young Situ of the East Palace and take charge of all the officials of the other princes. If he is weak, then the three officials below will be in charge.
With Sima Yi as the Prince's Family Order, the Commander-in-Chief Prince's Cang Order, the Prince's Food Officer Order, Yuan Shang as the Prince's Cang Order, Fuzheng Ren Fazheng as the Prince's Food Officer Order, these are the ones who manage the finances of the East Palace.
With Man Chong worshiping as the crown prince, he leads the order, and the commander-in-chief sacrifices the prince's people, and the prince's concubine, Sun Quan sacrifices his people for the prince, and Pang Tong from Xiangyang is the prince's concubine. These are the laws governing punishments...
Zhou Yu was the servant of the prince, commanding the prince's stable chief and other officials, while Lu Su, a native of Dongcheng, was the prince's stable chief.
Sima Yi, Man Chong, and Zhou Yu became the three ministers of the prince. If you look carefully, you can find that their officials imitated today's temples! They can be regarded as small nine ministers, and you can even directly regard them as Among the three minor princes, Sima Yi is equivalent to Sikong, Man Chong is equivalent to Taiwei, and Zhou Yu is equivalent to Taifu. However, because there are Taifu and Shaofu, they are still regarded as the junior Jiuqing.
As the young master, Zhuge Liang could not directly command the prince and three ministers, but he had direct subordinates: the prince Xima, the prince Zhongdun, and the prince Wei Lv. These three officials were also appointed by great people. They were Cao Pi, Xun Ji, and Lu Yusan. People are in charge.
Of course, many people are still in other places, such as Zhou Yu, Lu Su and others, who are still serving as officials in other places. However, after receiving the emperor's edict, they rushed back to Luoyang. They had nothing to do with serving as the prince's subordinate officials. Although he was dissatisfied, he was still happy in his heart, and the people around him were also celebrating. As the prince's subordinate officials, entering the small temple next to the prince, it was almost certain that they would become the real three princes of the temple in the future.
As for the prince's subordinate officials, he can be said to be the most rumored and the most outstanding. This shows the emperor's love for him. Almost every one of his subordinate officials has won the best in the scientific examination!
Liu Mastiff was so excited that he couldn't fall asleep. At night, he sat in his study, opened the Book of Heaven, and read the names of his subordinate officials. He pointed at them one by one and kept reading them. He couldn't help but want to laugh loudly.
It was very difficult to endure it. The officials my father arranged for me were either those who had accomplished great things in the Book of Heaven and were extremely outstanding, or they were connected to important officials in the court and could protect me!
The next day, as soon as he woke up, Liu Mastiff couldn't restrain his excitement and hurriedly left the house and went straight to the palace.
In the Hall of Houde, looking at the prince who was kneeling in front of him and bowing to him, the emperor remained calm, frowned, nodded, and reprimanded with some displeasure: "They are just mere talents.
Anyway, it depends on how you use it. If you use it well, I can safely leave this great man in your hands, but you have to remember..."
"No one is born with knowledge, they all need to be tempered. You can read the Book of Heaven, but you cannot focus solely on the Book of Heaven. Their talents and temperaments may be different from the Book of Heaven, and you need to carefully examine them.
...Emperor Xiaokang is famous for knowing people, you must think that he discovered so many talented people based on the Book of Heaven?"
"But if you think about it carefully, most of the ministers who were highly valued during the Jianning period, including Wen Renggong, Wang Gong, Zhang Gong, Yuan Gong, and Yang Gong, cannot be found in the Book of Heaven..."
"You have to learn to see people... Do you understand?" the emperor asked.
Liu Mastiff bowed again and said, "My son has received a lesson, thank you so much, father!"
"Well... go ahead and receive your subordinates well. They will be your three ministers and nine ministers in the future..." the emperor said slowly.
"Father, there is something I have been wondering about. I wonder if I can ask?" Liu Mastiff suddenly said. The emperor nodded, and then Liu Mastiff asked: "Since Emperor Xiaokang, as well as Dad, you all know about Duke Cao,
The talents of Zhuge Jun, Sima Jun and others, as well as the recorded talents of Jiang Wei, Deng Ai and others, why not find them in advance so that they can be taught?"
The emperor frowned and said: "If we find them, eat well, drink well, and enjoy all the wealth, I'm afraid that even geniuses will become fools... What's more, we don't want to directly intervene... for fear of destroying the situation.
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"My child understands..." Liu Mastiff nodded.
He stood up and was about to leave, but came back, hugged the big fat man in front of him, kissed him hard on the face, and said, "Thank you, father!" After that, he walked out of the palace with a smile.
, at this moment, he was truly like a child, being his true self. The fat man frowned, wiped the saliva from his face with some disgust, and cursed: "You don't have the posture of a prince at all, go quickly! Go quickly!"
Liu Mastiff smiled and ran out of the palace.
When Liu Mastiff left, the emperor stretched out his head mischievously and took a look to confirm that he had really left. Then he laughed, touched his face, stood up quickly, and ran towards Yongci Hall.
"Hahaha, don't you know, that kid kissed me today!! He didn't kiss you? But he kissed me!!"
Looking at the big fat man showing off proudly in front of him.
Empress Cai snorted coldly and said: "So what? He is tired of staying here every day and tells me everything he wants! How many times has he been to your Houde Hall?"
"Hahaha!"
At this moment, the big fat man smiled so happily, his face was filled with happiness.