Weird Three Kingdoms

Chapter 2934 Yujie born Bailu, Zigong has legacy

When Pang Shanmin and Huang Zhong took action, the first thing they sensed was not the spies from all over the place, but the businessmen in Wancheng.

For example, Zhang Shiping.

The three-character name, in the current customs of the big man, represents the origin of the untouchables.

Unlike Pang Shanmin, Huang Chengyan, etc., who can have a one-character name but don't use it, Zhang Shiping wants to use a one-character name, but he can't.

It's like when many children in later generations want to use a word as their name when they are born, but basically they are not allowed.Although there is no law that specifically says no, it is not allowed in "principle" when registering for a household registration.

A pariah is a pariah, a gentry is a gentry, and a parent official is a parent official.

The class is strict and does not allow any arrogance.

Still thinking about fish and water?

Want to eat peaches?
A businessman is inherently humble in the concept of a big man.

It's just right with the cheap name with two characters.

The status of merchants in the Han Dynasty has never been very high.Businessmen, son-in-laws, and prisoners are of the same level. If cannon fodder is needed at any time, those of this level will be caught first and sent to death.Not only in the Han Dynasty, but also in the subsequent feudal dynasties that emphasized the small-scale peasant economy, the idea that everyone is equal and occupations are not distinguished is simply a dream.

Zhang Shiping was born in an ordinary farmer's family. His elder brother inherited a few acres of Susukida from his father, so he could not inherit anything.If one piece of land is divided into two, no one will be able to survive.

Zhang Shiping could only start his business journey with a little money that his parents had accumulated for more than ten years.

From selling needles, threads, brains, rags and wooden basins, to lacquer boxes and bronze mirror jewelry, to food, cloth and war horses...

Along the way, he has seen many businessmen like him die in obscurity.

Like Zhang Shiping, the reason why these businessmen traveled all over the world was because their families were poor.

Because he was poor, he had no inheritance to inherit, and he had no way to eat at home, so he had to come out and fight for his life.

The children of the big family with the noble surnames have declined, and they can still hang out in the clan, receive a share of money and food, and when they grow up, they will become the dog legs of a certain master house, or follower or something, waving the flag and shouting and advocating kneeling and licking, always Can mix a bowl of rice to eat.

Ordinary families don’t have such good treatment. The eldest son is left to inherit the land, and the second son often takes the copper coins that the family has accumulated for several years or even more than ten years, kowtows in front of his parents, and then walks away. foreign land.

Of these, most died.I don't know if he died in the mountains and was eaten by wild animals, or he may have been caught by the government servants who couldn't catch the murderer in a certain town to take the blame. Anyway, the rank is the same, and the county magistrate doesn't care what the truth is. Just smooth it out on the surface.

Therefore, from a certain point of view, those who can survive in the big man business, grow bigger and bigger, and eventually become a good businessman, have a lot of luck and means.

Zhang Shiping felt that he was lucky, at least when he came out for soup and breakfast, he smelled some ominous smells.

Wancheng is almost a city outside the traditional territory of the Han Dynasty.

It is more like a city formed by commerce and merchants, rather than a town formed by agriculture and handicrafts in the traditional sense.

This has led to the fact that in Wancheng, most people are businessmen.

Cities in a region always have their own eating habits.

For example, in the cities of Yunnan and Guizhou, I like to eat all kinds of white umbrellas, and then lay them on the plate, while in the Guangdong and Guangxi areas, I like to eat Hu Jianren, which is crispy after being marinated...

The current living habits of Wancheng start with a bowl of soup.Get up every morning, drink a bowl of haggis soup, and then eat a pancake, and you start your day.This is almost the pattern of life of most merchants in Wancheng, but on this day, there seems to be some different atmosphere spreading.

Every morning, after getting up early, Zhang Shiping would drink a bowl of haggis soup to warm his stomach, and then eat a piece of noodle cake. Make him unable to drink...

Because Pang Shanmin and Huang Zhong locked the four gates of Wancheng, and began a large-scale search for "rats" in the city. Anyone who had no identity and was suspected would be arrested, and anyone who resisted would be killed on the spot.

Of course, there were not many people who really had the courage to resist, so the smell of blood was not too strong at the beginning, but I don't know if Zhang Shiping's nose is too easy to use, or a gust of wind just happened to blow to Zhang Shiping.

He smelled blood.

The smell of human blood.

Wancheng can be said to be an exception in a big Han town.

Because of Wancheng's unique geographical location and background, Wancheng has become the most tolerant place for businessmen among all the cities of the Han Dynasty.

But such tolerance did not gain the "loyalty" of the merchants.

Although the merchants themselves have no concept of loyalty, only the relationship of interests, but for most merchants, being able to enjoy the same treatment as ordinary people in Wancheng is enough to make these people praise them.

That's right, it's just a "flattering compliment".

After all, in the concept of many businessmen, Wancheng is a good person, while other places are evil people, so the attitude towards good people and evil people is of course different.Isn't it the most appropriate way to survive to give false praise to good people and practical benefits to wicked people?And sometimes, selling news or some special commodities can make a lot of profits, which makes these merchants not follow the rules of Wancheng so much on the surface.

Now these merchants who feel that there is no need to obey the rules are starting to be unlucky...

The breath of death pervading everywhere made many people uneasy.Especially for the low-status businessmen of the big man himself, once a war breaks out, these businessmen, who are equivalent to the son-in-law and the prisoner, may have their property confiscated at any time even if they have not made any mistakes, and then put a piece of money in their hands. Take a knife, or a stick, and go to the front row to die.

Not to mention that there are businessmen who are doing something secretly, basically being caught is equivalent to the end of the game.

Zhang Shiping was silent for a long time after he knew that Pang Shanmin and Huang Zhong had started to attack.

It's not that Pang Shanmin and Huang Zhong didn't clean up the "rats" before, but they didn't have such a big battle like now.In other words, before, it was like a mouse ran out into the street blindly, and of course it was killed, but now it's like lifting the cover of the gutter, and then cleaning it one by one.

These are two completely different concepts.

Zhang Shiping wandered around a few times, before Pang Shanmin and Huang Zhong found him, he arrived at the Wancheng government office first, and knelt down in front of Pang Shanmin with a thud, "Xiaomin is willing to make the king follow his lead, and only asks for a way to survive!" 』

Pang Shanmin was noncommittal.

Zhang Shiping kowtowed again and again, and continued: "Xiaomin is also willing to advise the envoy to establish the business regulations of Wancheng, so as to prevent the current disadvantages from happening again in the future!" 』

Only then was Pang Shanmin a little interested, and he focused his eyes on Zhang Shiping, pondered a little, and ordered people to watch.

"What did you do?" ’Pang Shanmin asked.

Zhang Shiping lowered his head, respectful, "The grassroots did not do anything illegal. 』

"Um? 』Pang Shanmin frowned slightly.

Zhang Shiping took out a slightly old silk cloth from his bosom, handed it to the guards, and passed it on to Pang Shanmin.

Pang Shanmin's eyes froze slightly, and his waist straightened a little.He knew the thing that Zhang Shiping took out.

In order to commend those who have done good deeds, Hussars specially issued silk cloth similar to the awards of later generations. Multicolored silk threads were woven into the cloth, and then lacquer was used as pen and ink, red and black, to describe the people who were commended. And examples, named "Zi Lu Bu".

"this is yours? 』Pang Shanmin glanced at Zhang Shiping.

Although the official did not recognize "Zilubu", and did not specially publicize it, but for the common people who can produce such a certificate, they can get certain preferential treatment under the hussars, but they can only be used once.Just like the military merits of ordinary soldiers and generals, they can be exchanged for money, acres of land, or accumulated for greater benefits, but after the exchange, the merits will be counted from scratch.

So some people joked that this is the people's death-proof cloth...

Therefore, Pang Shanmin asked solemnly.

"It's not owned by the grass people..." Zhang Shiping's voice was a little low, "It's left by the grass people's friends, the name of the Su family..."

"Su Shuang..." Pang Shanmin unfolded the Zilu cloth and saw the names on the silk cloth, "There are more than a thousand living refugees... Ah, it's not easy..."

The silk cloth roughly tells about Su Shuang’s turbulent times in Heluo and Chang’an at that time. When many rich and powerful families in those areas fled, or were shrinking their heads, Su Shuang stood up as a businessman and took in refugees. , organized production to save themselves, distributed money to these refugees, until they ran into Ma Chao...

Then his friend, Su Shuang died.

He died in the hands of Ma Chao.

Because at that time Ma Chao heard that Su Shuang had refugees there, and more importantly, Su Shuang still had some horses.

Ma Chao was about to start a big career at that time, whether it was a refugee or a horse, it was fine.So he found Su Shuang and asked Su Shuang to be an angel investor.

In history, Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang met the three brothers Liu Bei. It is hard to say whether it is a good thing or a bad thing.But at least one thing is certain, the angel investors in Dahan must have the consciousness to really go to the "heaven".

In troubled times, there are many people who have no rice to cook, and they gather together, and there are a few leaders with high martial arts skills leading them, and there are people who have rice to cook right next to them, so it can be regarded as nothing, no problem Wouldn't it happen?Only by obediently sending out all the rice to show that I have nothing to lose, will I get a sentence of "Mr. Gaoyi, so I can leave without giving away", and barely survive.

And it is still necessary to take the initiative to send money first without the other party doing anything, so that angel investors can do it safely, otherwise they will not be angel investors, but give away their heads thousands of miles away.

Su Shuang is almost equivalent to giving away a head from thousands of miles away.Ma Chao accepted Su Shuang's war horse with a smile, and took Su Shuang's head by the way.

Later, Fei Qian defeated Ma Chao and comforted the people in the Sanfu area of ​​Chang'an, not only to comfort the soldiers who died in the battle, but also to commend ordinary people.

Although Fei Qian said that this move was also used to buy people's hearts, but after all, Fei Qian gave these strangers a commendation and memorial service.Including Su Shuang, those who built a stable place in the Heluo area of ​​Chang'an at that time to accommodate the refugees all had such a piece of Zilu cloth, and Su Shuang obviously did not leave any family behind when he died, but it was only because of Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang. Shuang was a business partner, and Zhang Shiping also had a share in the war horse, so Su Shuang often talked about sending it to Zhang Shiping, so Su Shuang's son Lu Bu also came into Zhang Shiping's hands.

After hearing the news of Su Shuang's death, Zhang Shiping sat alone for a long time. He was very sad. He thought he would cry bitterly, but found that he couldn't shed a single tear.It seemed that he had long realized that people like him and Su Shuang would end up dying in an inexplicable chaos, so after he heard the news, there was only sadness, not tears.

Su Shuang was a better man than Zhang Shiping, so he died earlier than Zhang Shiping.

In history, Zhang Shiping and Su Shuang became the angel investors of Liu Bei's three brothers, and they are more or less recorded in history, but in the current historical torrent, because of Fei Qian, a big rock that suddenly appeared in the river , causing many subsequent water flows to quietly change.

"Your Majesty, the grassroots dare to ask for an opinion with this proposal, not for other reasons, but just want to speak like your Majesty," Zhang Shiping bowed his head and said, "There are good and bad people in this world, this is common sense, and businessmen are also people in the world , so there are good and bad... However, it is the same as in the world, good people often die first, because good people seldom guard against bad people... It is a good thing for you to lock the four doors and investigate spies, but... a little inappropriate... ...'

Pang Shanmin frowned, looked at Zhang Shiping, was silent for a while before saying: "What's wrong? 』

"There are rewards and punishments, that's the rule. Zhang Shiping still lowered his head and said, "Little people are walking in the wilderness, walking through the grass, knowing that most of the people in this world are seeking advantages and avoiding disadvantages... There is nothing wrong with making you use thunderbolt methods, but ...It is better to imitate the method of hussars, and also use some methods of spring breeze to transform rain, rewards and punishments are the rules. 』

"Hey..." Pang Shanmin couldn't help thinking.

In the feudal dynasty, the superiors seldom rewarded the lower-class people, because in the concept of many superiors, the authority given is already the greatest reward, but the question is how many people can the authority give?And is authority really given by the superior?If a city doesn't have any low-class people, can it be possible to change the left pocket to the right pocket out of thin air with just one authority, and then there will be a lot of supplies that can't be used up inexplicably?

All wealth is created by the people at the bottom, and the officials at the top are tax eaters.But because the upper-level officials have vested interests, they will naturally use various means to protect their status and interests.

It is a characteristic of feudal dynasties that there are many fines and few rewards. It seems that giving more rewards to the lower-level people is like digging out a piece of meat from the upper-level officials.In the mouths of these officials, the lower class people seem to be untouchables forever, and the most common principle of human nature, no matter what class there is, there are good and bad, it seems that these officials can turn a blind eye.

Pang Shanmin looked at Zhang Shiping, then looked down at Zhang Zilubu, pondered for a long time, Fang nodded and said: "You are right, but...there are many people in this world who are just trying to gain fame..."

Zhang Shiping cupped his hands and said: "Even if you are trying to gain fame, at least you have done a good deed on the surface and got a good result... just like the cattle in Zilu... If more cattle are sent, won't the labor of farming be saved?" 』

Pang Shanmin pondered for a while and remained silent for a while.It's not that he doesn't understand the truth, but as the prefect of Wancheng, his butt is naturally in a different position from Zhang Shiping's.Although Pang Shanmin also farmed at the foot of Lushan Mountain before, but at that time he farmed more for entertainment, just like a hermit on Zhongnan Mountain, he didn't really make a living by farming, so Pang Shanmin can't be regarded as a real grassroots people.

Zhang Shiping looked at Pang Shanmin, and then continued: "My lord, this Wancheng... is located in the middle of the Han Dynasty, north, south, east, west, and has all kinds of conveniences. Merchants and merchants... this merchant's business is most profitable..."

"Hmm..." Pang Shanmin's eyes fell on the Zilu cloth on the table case, he pondered for a long time, and finally nodded and said, "That makes sense.Since you offer this policy, you must think about it, it is better to speak out. 』

Zhang Shiping bowed again, and then said: "We can follow the example of the Chang'an Chamber of Commerce and form the Wancheng Chamber of Commerce, use the Chamber of Commerce to control merchants, and formulate industry rules so that the good will be rewarded and the wicked will be punished. better...'

Chamber of Commerce, there are those who do real things in their real names, and there are also those who sell dog meat under false pretenses. Wancheng Chamber of Commerce, it’s hard to say that it’s the latter, but it doesn’t do much.

Pang Shanmin stared at Zhang Shiping, and suddenly smiled, "Do you have spies under your command? 』

Zhang Shiping left the table and fell to his knees, "I dare not hide it from the envoy...it is true.The status of the grassroots is humble, and they are powerless to refuse... Most of the merchants in the city are like this, so the grasslands know the importance of this rule. If the envoy can establish this Wancheng business regulation, it will naturally be able to win over the merchants who are now wandering everywhere... 』

Zhang Shiping bowed his head deeply, "The grassroots are scattered all over the world, and they know that merchants are not as good as a dog... If there is a loss in Wancheng, the one who hurts is definitely not the envoy, but also like the grassroots. Settle down in Wancheng, no longer a wandering merchant...』

There is no shortage of big men.

In other words, under the small-scale peasant economic system, the population will always be surplus. After all, there are so many acres in the family, how many people can it support?

Therefore, China's feudal society will inevitably maintain a certain amount of unemployed, and use this to form an invisible involution, forcing the lower-class workers to accept lower rewards, and there is no extra energy and time to look up.

Merchants are the unstable factors in the small peasant economy, so they are not recognized by the traditional gentry in Shandong. In the eyes of these Shandong gentry, merchants are the dogs they raise. Just another dog.

Therefore, Zhang Shiping's words can be described as blood and tears.

When government officials only take money and do not work, do not formulate regulations that should have been formulated by the government, or even do not abide by the rules themselves, there will naturally be other underground parties to supplement the rules, and such supplements are often Chaotic, disordered, and even hindered normal development.

Pang Shanmin pondered for a long time, and finally nodded in agreement.He may just feel that Zhang Shiping's suggestion can better manage the merchants in Wancheng, but what he doesn't know is that Wancheng is also moving from an agricultural city at this moment, which seems to be a matter of course for many years, to a business-oriented urban route... …

(End of this chapter)