Three Kingdoms: I help Liu Bei grow thousands of miles

Chapter 441 A Strategy That Benefits the Country and the People
After a while, the bereaved master and his servants carried the book slips into the mourning hall, and placed sixteen volumes of medical books in front of Lan Tian.

Mrs. Zhang picked up a volume and handed it to Lan Tian, ​​saying: "my late husband said that the general is dedicated to establishing a school. Only with the general can this Treatise on Febrile and Miscellaneous Diseases be promoted well. My late husband wished that 'every disease in the world can be cured', please." General, take it back to Jiaozhou."

Lan Tian nodded and took the slips of paper and flipped through them. Handwriting as small as a teeny head fell on the bamboo slips. Zhang Ji still used the ancient method to write books. It seems that papermaking was not widely used in Jingzhou.

"Mr. Zhongjing's intentions are known to me, but such a precious work should be passed on to future generations. I will have someone copy it and bring it back to Jiaozhou. The original work will remain in the Zhang family." Lan Tian said.

"Uh, that's fine." Mrs. Zhang didn't refuse.

Zhang Ji's disciples in the mourning hall were originally depressed, but when they heard that Lantian would leave "Treatise on Febrile and Miscellaneous Diseases", they all showed joy on their faces, which is a typical way of thinking of leaving behind a small peasant.

After Lantian walked out of the mourning hall, Jiang Wan and Gao Shun went into the house to pay respects.

After the condolences were over, Lantian asked Jiang Wan to present the gift from Jiaozhou, and then asked Gao Shun and others to leave with Treatise on Febrile Diseases and Miscellaneous Diseases.

Guan Yu pointed to the scrolls in the arms of his followers and asked, "Is Ziyu going to take it back to Jiaozhou to copy it, or is he in Jiangling?"

"Mr. Zhongjing's relics are not going to be in Jiangling. Gongyan, go find Mr. Xu now and ask him to recruit a few people from the Yangtze River Newspaper to help us transcribe and proofread it on paper. After returning to Jiaozhou, we will make engravings and publish the book." Lan Tian ordered. .

"only."

Jiang Wan bowed his hands and was about to leave, but Guan Yu called him in time: "Gong Yan doesn't need to make a trip in vain, I have sent someone to invite Yuan Zhi before, and now he should be at Guan's residence."

"It's been a while since I saw you." Lan Tian nodded.

"Yuanzhi happened to be looking for Ziyu for something." After Guan Yu finished speaking, he beckoned, and several followers led the horses.

When everyone returned to the State Shepherd's Mansion, Xu Shu and Ma Liang were drinking cold soup in the hall. When they saw Guan Yu and Lan Tian coming in one after the other, they stood up and bowed their hands in salute.

"Ziyu, you have done a lot in Jiaozhou." Xu Shu laughed.

Lan Tian asked suspiciously, "Why did Yuan Zhi say that?"

Xu Shu took out a piece of drawing paper from his bosom, Lan Tian immediately understood when he saw it, it was the promotional poster "Guangzhou Impression" he asked Jiang Wan to make, and hundreds of copies had been finalized and printed recently, and he hadn't decided what to approve yet. way to pass it on.

When Jiang Wan visited his cousin Pan Jun, he gave him a few copies, but Xu Shu took a copy with him.

"What is this?" Guan Yu leaned forward.

I saw the beautiful city of Guangzhou on the screen, and a few quotations next to it made people look forward to it after reading it.

"I heard that the city of Guangzhou has a radius of ten miles. Ziyu, your new city has been built so fast, but you have built such a large-scale construction project as soon as you arrive in Jiaozhou. Will it affect the governance of the state and county?" Xu Shu asked curiously.

Jiang Wan quickly replied: "The Fujun did not disturb the people, and even created opportunities for the people to earn money during the construction of Guangzhou City, which is beneficial to the governance of the state and county."

Guan Yu stroked his beard in admiration: "The large-scale construction can actually benefit the people. Only Ziyu can do this kind of thing, but why is it like this?"

"Well, the reason behind this is actually very simple. Comparing forced labor with government-funded recruitment, you can know more clearly which is more cost-effective and how to benefit the country and the people." Lan Tian smiled slightly.

"The state feeds the people, and the people pay rent and taxes. This is a matter of course. If the corvee is exempted and the government is used to fund the recruitment, won't the treasuries of various places be emptied soon? What do we use to support the soldiers? Those who lose their support The soldiers must have mutinied." Ma Hao, who was watching, asked curiously.

Lan Tian shook his head and explained: "Corvé labor will make the people rebel, and taking labor during the farming season will also easily make the land barren. In the event of natural disasters and man-made disasters, people will not be able to pay rent and taxes. The people will either flee to other places or become bandits. The cycle will sooner or later harm the country."

"The suffering of corvee has existed since ancient times, so Ming lords will not easily build large-scale construction projects. Only by reducing corvee can we cultivate and live with the people, but sometimes it is really helpless." Xu Shu sighed.

"When I was building the city in the South China Sea, the main participants were soldiers who didn't need to farm. The rest of the civilians were recruited for a fee. It seemed that the money and food in the treasury had been consumed. In fact, the money and food would come back by themselves." Lan Tian smiled slightly.

"Ziyu, please explain more clearly." Guan Yu also became interested when he heard this.

Lan Tian took out a copper coin from his bosom for an example, "This is equivalent to the money and food in the treasury. It was originally used to distribute officials and soldiers as salaries. If the rent and tax cannot be collected in the last disaster year, the treasury will be empty.

If some of the money and food were invested in the folks in good years, such as repairing city walls, dredging rivers, building water conservancy, etc., the people would not panic or flee in disasters with surplus food, and the land would not be barren and taxable.

After the people are rich, they will buy cloth and clothing, farm tools and cattle, and clay pots, tables and chairs. Craftsmen and herdsmen will buy rice and vegetables when they get it. In the treasury, the places where the copper plates circulate have been satisfied."

Guan Yu nodded frequently, "Ziyu's words are like seeing the sun through the clouds, and he suddenly opened up."

Ma Liang cupped his hands and bowed: "It's really thought-provoking, Ma Liang has been taught."

"It's difficult to do anything in a chaotic world. Waiting for the world to settle down before doing this method will surely make the people rich." Xu Shu sighed.

"Exactly." Lan Tian agreed.

While the few people were talking, Guan Ping asked people to prepare drinks, melons and fruits, and Guan Yu immediately seated everyone in the hall.

"Guan invited Ziyu to Jiangling this time. In addition to sending condolences to Mr. Zhongjing, there are two other important things to discuss. One is that Cao Cao usurped the title of King Wei in Yecheng last month. Yuanzhi believes that The Yangtze River newspaper should do something; the second is that Lu Zijing sent people to show his goodwill many times, suggesting that the Sun and Liu families resume business exchanges. It is estimated that Sun Quan was defeated in Hefei last year. He was afraid that Cao Cao would go south to seek revenge in Jiangdong, so he remembered We are an ally." Guan Yu explained, scratching his beard.

Lan Tian looked at Xu Shu: "What does Yuan Zhi think the Yangtze River will repay?"

Xu Shu's face was solemn: "Emperor Gao once said, 'If you are not the Liu family but the king, if you don't have any achievements, you will be punished by the whole world." Continue to write articles condemning this act, and call on the heroes of the world to punish the country's traitors together."

Guan Yu interrupted and said: "Now that the world has become a triumvirate, we and Jiangdong are already hostile to Cao Cao. It is probably useless to rely on newspapers to condemn. I think Yuanzhi should not waste his efforts."

"Yun Chang, don't underestimate the power of public opinion. I think Yuan Zhi might as well do it with great fanfare. Let's publish articles for one or two years in a row, so that celebrities from all walks of life will stand up and point out that Cao's traitor is treasonous. People's hearts are also good." Lan Tian nodded affirmatively.

(End of this chapter)