Chen Mu was promoted from Sima of the Northern Army of Thousand Stones to Yilang of Six Hundred Stones.
It looks like he was demoted, but actually he was promoted.
Because Sima of the Northern Army was a military official, logically speaking, after the Northern Army returned to Luoyang, he would have to return to the Fifth School of the Northern Army to serve as a mid-level general.
But now he has become Yilang, which is equivalent to the emperor's adviser and can communicate with the emperor at any time.
If you do well in this advisory position and make any good suggestions to the emperor, you will be promoted casually and immediately become the governor and governor, and then transferred to the ninth minister of the central government.
Judging from Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty's praise for Chen Mu, it is possible to be a Jiuqing before the age of thirty, and a Three Duke before the age of forty.
But Chen Mu knew in his heart that Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty was not a long-lived emperor. When the emperor died five years later, there would be a power vacuum at that time. Once the new person in power controlled the power of the young emperor, his fate would be in the hands of others.
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Therefore, it is impossible for Chen Mu to really serve Han Ling Emperor. If he hadn't suddenly seen the true temperament of Han Ling Emperor and remembered his big brother Liu Bei's instructions, he would have almost brought disaster to Han Ling Emperor's country.
After all, I didn't resort to such cruelty.
Chen Mu shook his head, looking at the emperor's happy expression, and thinking of all the people in the world. He knew that if he didn't say the next sentence, countless people would have their families broken up and their families killed because of his words, and countless people would die because of him.
Death means countless blood debts.
Chen Mu didn't know whether his conscience was okay or not, but he knew that if his big brother Liu Bei knew about it, he might have to sever all ties with him. After being together for so long, it was better to have feelings and do less immoral things.
What's more, the people of Li are so innocent. They have no grudge against me, so why bother? Forget it, good people will do their best. Since the world is no longer a disaster, the victims of Luoyang will also be saved by the way.
Chen Mu thought of this and said to Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty: "Your Majesty, in addition to collecting taxes, Chen Mu has another plan to save the victims of Luoyang."
When Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty heard this, he opened his eyes wide and urged: "Does Zigui have any other good plans?"
Chen Mu was thinking of industrial revitalization and national macro-control.
More than 700 years later, a strong man named Fan Zhongyan did this.
In fact, it is related to Roosevelt's New Deal, which was to use work-for-relief to restore the industrial structure.
Chen Mu said to Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty: "Your Majesty, I like to make novel things. Recently, the weather has been cold, so I thought of a way to make the room warm like spring. I call it floor heating."
"Floor heating?"
Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty asked in confusion: "What is this?"
Chen Mu explained the structure of floor heating to Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty.
Northerners should all know about water floor heating. It’s just that the technology of the Han Dynasty was not as convenient as modern times, and floor heating could only be a castrated version.
A boiler is needed to boil water on both sides of the house, and a condensing cylinder is placed on the other side. Metal pipes are buried under the floor of the house. The hot water passes through the floor to heat the ground, and then returns to the condensing cylinder. Due to the different densities of hot water and cold water, a condensation cylinder is formed.
Siphon effect circular flow.
The advantage of this facility is that it can keep the house warm and you won't feel cold in winter. In summer, the boiler no longer boils water, the siphon effect fails, and the water continues to be stored in the pipes under the floor, keeping you warm in winter and cool in summer.
The disadvantage is that to make this floor heating, almost the entire house needs to be renovated, and the boiler must boil water 24 hours a day to ensure that the siphon effect continues.
certainly.
This shortcoming is time-consuming and laborious in modern times, but it was definitely a good thing in ancient times.
As I said before, we will provide relief through work.
Fan Zhongyan used the renovation of Buddhist temples, official warehouses and other buildings and carried out large-scale construction projects to stimulate the economy and achieve the purpose of restoring economic circulation.
Chen Mu, on the other hand, used floor heating to achieve the same effect. As long as Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty ordered the palace to install floor heating, all the officials in Luoyang would see it. Countless people would follow suit, and many houses would be renovated.
With such a large-scale construction project, does it cost to buy materials? Does it cost to hire labor? Does it cost to hire someone to heat hot water 24 hours a day and three shifts?
These are places where money is spent. In this way, the copper coins, gold and silver bought to become moldy in the ground will be dug out by wealthy bureaucrats and flow back into the market to stimulate the market economy. People can buy food if they have money.
You can support your family and survive.
It can be said that once the economic effect of floor heating spreads in Luoyang, every wealthy family will have to renovate their houses. Hundreds of thousands of young and strong laborers outside Luoyang will have jobs and make money, so there will be no need for government relief.
For Chen Mu, who has a background in economics, this is a must-learn lesson. Even if it has nothing to do with economics, Roosevelt's New Deal is a compulsory course in high school history, and everyone should understand the principles of stimulating the economy.
It's just that Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty didn't know anything about economics. He only heard that it could make a house warm, so he couldn't help but be interested and asked: "Is this thing really that magical?"
"The Emperor can give it a try."
Chen Mu responded with a smile: "Find a smaller house and let Mu renovate it himself. After success, renovate the palace again and bring many ministers in the court to experience it."
Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty was very interested and immediately issued an edict: "Okay, then I will leave this matter to you and ask Bi Lan and Song Dian to assist you. If you need anything, just tell them."
Bi Lan once served as the Yeting Order, and Song Dian served as the Hook Shield Order. Both of them had experience in repairing palaces and building novelty things.
Chen Mu bowed his hands and accepted the order.
Originally, he had never thought of helping Han Ling Emperor with this method before.
After all, he originally wanted to bring trouble to the world.
But for a moment I felt compassion.
I don’t know whether his hidden nature is not that bad, or whether he was influenced by his big brother Liu Bei. In the end, he turned all regrets into a sigh and decided to help the decadent Han Empire one last time, at least to save the hundreds of people in Luoyang.
All disaster victims have been resettled.
Once the floor heating economy is activated, the number of victims who will freeze to death this winter will be reduced by more than 90%.
Those who give generously to the people and can help everyone must be holy.
Chen Mu didn't know if this was considered a saint's behavior, but at least at this moment, he chose to do so.
Afterwards, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty asked some more questions about how to govern the country, and Chen Mu answered them one by one. It was not until evening that the emperor still wanted to let him go.
Zhang Rang accompanied Chen Mu out of the palace. He was very happy along the way and said: "Zi Gui, the emperor thinks the method we came up with today is very good. You are a talented person and should not be buried. You will wait until you graduate from the Hongdu School."
After that, let’s go to the Chancellor’s Desk.”
Although the Chancellor's Office is not as high as the Three Officials and Nine Ministers, it has great power, which is somewhat equivalent to the cabinet of the Ming Dynasty. The cabinet of the Ming Dynasty only had five-rank bachelors, but it actually had power close to that of the prime minister.
The highest official in the Han Dynasty, the Shangshu Ling, only had a thousand stones, but all the documents from the world and the emperor's review of memorials had to pass through here.
During the reign of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, Cao Cao was in power and Xun Yu was the Shangshu Ling. Cao Cao was out on expeditions, and Xun Yu always stayed in the center and took charge of all affairs of the court with the official position of Shangshu Ling. This shows the importance of this official position.
It can also be seen from this that Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty and Zhang Rang really wanted to cultivate Chen Mu.
pity.
In the end, I can only say it's a pity.
If Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty could live to be seventy or eighty years old, everyone would be happy.
Since I can't live, I can only say goodbye.
So after hearing Zhang Rang's words, Chen Mu also smiled and said: "It's not good to go directly to the Chancellery. If Zhang Gong and the emperor really want Mu to serve the country well, they should first let me take up a local post and work step by step.
Only by observing the various conditions of local life and people can we come up with better policies for governing the country, what do you think, Mr. Zhang?"
Chen Mu didn't refuse, he just said he wanted to go somewhere to experience it, but it was just a delay anyway.
Zhang Rang didn't know that Han Ling Emperor would be dead in a few years, so he nodded and said, "That's not bad. You can graduate next year. Wherever you want to go, the emperor will definitely be able to arrange it."
"Let's go to Qingzhou."
Chen Mu thought for a while: "There happen to be some experiments on governing the people that I want to do here. Qingzhou is a good place with a lot of waste waiting to be revitalized."
Zhang Rang sighed: "Then I will talk to the emperor when the time comes. When the emperor returns, do you know that if all the princes in the court are half as talented as you, why does the emperor need us to make money, and why does he need us to bear such infamy?"
"I didn't know it before, but I know it now."
If Chen Muruo pointed out something, there was something in his words.
Of course Zhang Rang didn't know that his answer was based on a combination of history books and current reality, and he said happily: "I'm very happy if you think so."
After leaving the palace gate, two carriages each carried people home.
Chen Mu sat in the carriage with his eyes closed and thinking.
My actions today completely broke my original plan.
According to his original idea, he planned to make Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty more dilapidated, so that when the world was in chaos, it would be even more chaotic and it would be easier to win in chaos.
It's a pity that I can't be cruel in the end.
In fact, for Chen Mu, he has never been afraid of changing history. After all, he has thought about it a long time ago. Smart time travelers always move forward in an indomitable way. So what if history has changed? It is better to create history by yourself.
But today's scene reminded me of big brother Liu Bei's words again. Due to some strange combination of circumstances, I still haven't made up my mind.
However, it is not without gain. It has changed history and gained an official position, so why not do it.
Historically, Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty demanded a tax of 10 yuan from the fields all over the world.
Now if we only collect land taxes and cancel the arithmetic and oral taxes, then the people of the world will be much more peaceful. Needless to say, the people who have been hidden by the powerful will not need to pay taxes.
Even if you are a self-cultivated farmer, compared with the hundreds of dollars of land tax you have to pay every year, plus various corvee taxes and miscellaneous taxes, a family of three has to pay hundreds of dollars a year. This year, you only need to pay a hundred dollars of land tax.
good.
Even if you have a lot of land at home, a few hundred dollars is still a very good deal compared to thousands of dollars.
Therefore, the history that Chen Mu changed has saved countless people and harmed the interests of countless aristocratic families. If this matter is exposed in the future, I am afraid that Chen Mu will be eaten alive by countless aristocratic families.
The only good news is that Chen Mu very cleverly used the strategy of boiling frogs in warm water. Every year, three states in three states collect land taxes.
As a result, when the powerful family members woke up, Chen Mu had already established a foothold in Qingzhou and occupied the foundation of the state together with his big brother Liu Bei. The time had come for the world to be in chaos.
At that point, in fact, it has nothing to do with the policy of governing the country. In troubled times, if you have soldiers, money and food as your king, you can seize the world with one state, you have strong soldiers and strong horses, and you are sharpening your swords in your hands, are you still afraid that those wealthy and powerful families will come to attack you?
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