Picked up a copy of Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 534 This is father and son
The 16th year of Xiping, April
The foreign trade that was stopped due to the war has been opened again, but this time it is different from the past. Merchants no longer have to go to Guishuang, or even Anxi and other areas in person. They only need to rush to Xiting County and enter Fangshi That's right, Cao Cao established an extremely vast Dafang City that can accommodate tens of thousands of people at the same time in the Xinha area, the original fortress.

The merchants of the Dahan arrived here, put down their goods here, and waited for the merchants of Anxi and Guishuang to come. This is naturally extremely beneficial to the merchants of the Dahan. First of all, there were no robbers on their way. Ting County is also listed within the territory of Xizhou. Within Xizhou, after Jia Xu's large-scale operation, most of the thieves were eliminated, protecting the merchants along the road.

In addition, Dahan will no longer send a group of merchants to trade every year like before. The trading square city in Xizhou is permanent and will not be closed. You can go back and forth between places, and you can even arrange manpower there for sales, dispatch manpower for transportation, and just sit in the mansion and enjoy the results by yourself.

Of course, Cao Cao would not treat these merchants so favorably. The commercial tax in Xiting County is the most expensive in all regions of the Han Dynasty. Jia Xu integrated the Xizhou area. He did not vigorously remove the country and establish counties. Still unwilling to do it too harshly, he started the city building movement in Xizhou on the premise of preserving the original countries.

But it is not to build a city with all its strength, but to build a post station as a place for merchants to rest back and forth. This is the first post station provided by a temple for merchants. , not only merchants, but also common people cannot settle in, because the big man doesn't like to see common people running around.

If you don't obediently farm at home, what do you do when you go out?
If it is not for corvee service or study, if there is no letter to prove the reason for going out, even these people who go out will be arrested by the pavilion guards along the road, imprisoned, and then thrown back to their hometown. Of course, the Han people themselves do not like it. When going out, many people have never even been out of the pavilion where they are. Only those who have lost their fields and cannot make a living will flee, and these people are called refugees.

Fortunately, there have been no refugees for a long time in the territory of the Han Dynasty. The large garrison policy started during the Jianning period has increased the farming land of the Han Dynasty countlessly. The poor people also have a way to maintain their livelihoods, and the manual tax of the people has been reduced. , Some folk textiles and wood products can be sold in the county, and the commercial tax on them is not high.

This was proposed by Wen Rengong. At that time, everyone strongly opposed Wen Renxi, thinking that his move would allow a large number of people to engage in industries such as carpentry, textiles, and construction, and give up farming, which would weaken the national strength of the great man. However, this policy has lasted for more than 30 years. Apart from improving the lives of the people and increasing the income of the people, the situation that the great sages thought of did not appear.

In Xizhou, Jia Xu has opened up another precedent, providing post stations for merchants and common people, and reducing restrictions on them, allowing them to move on their own, doing business, without interfering, and vigorously supporting some local tycoons. Let them open up large-scale planting land, cultivate cotton crops, and make a lot of wine, without paying any attention to farming and mulberry! !
If this kind of behavior is in the hinterland of the Han Dynasty, it will definitely be scolded to death by the officials, even the local people will definitely scold it, but this is the convenience of Xizhou. It is far away from the temple, and the officials in the temple , and most of them don't want to set their sights here. Even Xiliang is regarded as a barbarian land by them, and they thought about giving it up completely and giving it to the Qiang people, let alone Xizhou?
Here, Jia Xu can do whatever he wants, all he needs to do is to tell the emperor, and the emperor is different from the emperors of previous dynasties. He himself likes such unique, different, and innovative things, and he doesn't want to hinder Jia Xu's plans at all. Policy, you can do whatever you want, as long as Xizhou develops, you will be my hero!
Ever since, under the order of the emperor, in the temple, almost no one would talk about Xizhou or foreign trade. Even Yuan Shao was only conspiring in the palace with the emperor, completely ignoring the rest of the important ministers, and the war ended , Taiping in the Han Dynasty, the northwest region that was previously damaged by the war is gradually recovering, and many officials who passed the assessment were sent by the emperor to the northwest region.

In the same month, the emperor confirmed many officials in the East Palace for Prince Liu Mastiff.

Taking Yuan Shubai as the prince's Taifu, he won two thousand stones, in charge of tutoring the prince, following the teacher with courtesy, and not receiving official affiliations.

Many official positions in the East Palace of the Han Dynasty evolved from the Qin system, which is different from the early Han Dynasty. Today, the crown prince and Taifu have no official duties, no administrative power, and only the function of teaching the crown prince. This man is very important to Yuan Shu. It couldn't be more appropriate, don't pay attention to politics, just do what you used to do, and continue to teach the emperor.

And the real prince Zhan Shi, who has the administrative power of the East Palace, has been abolished at this time, and the prince Shaofu is in charge.

With Zhuge Liang worshiped as the prince's young master, two thousand stones, and mainly tutoring, knowing that the prince is an official subordinate, he does not follow the teacher.

This position is much more powerful, but it also depends on the person. If Shaofu is strong, he can be the little Situ in the East Palace and manage all the other princes. If he is weak, then the three officials below will preside over it.

Taking Sima Yi as the order of the prince's family, commander of the prince's warehouse order, the prince's food official order, Yuan Shang as the prince's warehouse order, Fufeng Ren Fazheng as the prince's food official order, these are the people who manage the finances of the East Palace.

Taking Man Chongbai as the crown prince to lead the order, commanding the crown prince's family, the prince's concubine, Sun Quan as the prince's family, and Pang Tong from Xiangyang as the prince's concubine, these are the ones who manage the law of punishment
Taking Zhou Yu as the prince's servant, he commanded the prince's stable chief and other officials, and Lu Su, a native of Dongcheng, was the prince's stable chief.

Sima Yi, Man Chong, and Zhou Yu became the three servants of the prince. If you watch carefully, you will find that their officials are imitating the temples of today!It can be regarded as the small Jiuqing, or even, you can directly regard them as the small three princes, Sima Yi is equivalent to Sikong, Man Chong is equivalent to Taiwei, Zhou Yu is equivalent to Taifu, but because of Taifu and Shaofu, it is still necessary They regard it as the little Jiuqing.

Zhuge Liang, as the young Fu, could not directly order the three ministers of the crown prince, but the crown prince Xima, the crown prince Zhongdun, and the crown prince Wei led the three officials directly under him. person in charge.

Of course, many people are still in other places, such as Zhou Yu, Lu Su and others, who are still officials in other places. However, after receiving the emperor's edict, they hurried back to Luoyang. They are nothing to the officials who are the prince. Those who are dissatisfied are still happy in their hearts, and the people around are also congratulating. As the prince's subordinate officials, if they enter the small temple next to the prince, then they will become the real three princes of the temple in the future, which is almost a certainty.

And the prince's subordinate officials are the most dazzling and outstanding ones, which shows how much the emperor loves him. Almost every one of his subordinate officials has won the best in the scientific examination!

Liu Mastiff was so excited that it was difficult to fall asleep. At night, he sat in the study, opened the heavenly book, and read the names of his subordinates, pointing at them one by one. It was very difficult to endure. The officials my father arranged for me either achieved great achievements in the heavenly scriptures and were extremely outstanding, or they were connected with important officials in the court and could protect me!

The next day, just after waking up, Liu Mastiff couldn't hold back the excitement in his heart, and hurried out of the mansion, heading straight for the palace.

In the Hall of Houde, looking at the prince 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. It depends on how you use it, if you use it well, I can safely hand it over to you, but you have to remember."

"Anyone is not born with knowledge, they all need to be sharpened. You can study the heavenly books, but you can't focus on the heavenly books. Their talents and temperaments may be different from the heavenly books. You need to carefully examine them. "Emperor Xiaokang is famous for knowing people, you must think that he discovered so many talented people by relying on the heavenly book?"

"But if you think about it carefully, Wen Rengong, Wang Gong, Zhang Gong, Yuan Gong, Yang Gong, most of the courtiers who were reused during the Jianning period are not found in the heavenly book."

"Learn to see people. Do you understand?" the emperor asked.

Liu Mastiff bowed again and said, "My child is educated, thank you Father!!"

"Well, let's go, treat your subordinates well, they will be your Sangong Jiuqing in the future..." the emperor said slowly.

"Father, I have something I can't figure out. I don't know if I can ask?" Liu Mastiff suddenly said, the emperor nodded, and then Liu Mastiff asked: "Since Emperor Xiaokang, and Father, you all know Mr. Cao, The talents of Zhuge Jun, Sima Jun and others, as well as the recorded Jiang Wei, Deng Ai and others, why not call them in advance so that they can teach them?"

The emperor frowned, and said: "If we bring them here, they will eat and drink, and enjoy the riches and honors. I'm afraid that even geniuses will become fools. Besides, we don't want to directly intervene. I'm afraid it will backfire."

"My child understands." Liu Mastiff nodded.

He got up, was about to leave, but walked back, embraced the big fat man in front of him, kissed his face suddenly, and said: "Thank you, father!" After speaking, he walked out of the palace with a smile At this moment, he was truly like a child, becoming his true self. The big fat man frowned, wiped the saliva off his face with some disgust, and cursed: "There is no posture of a prince at all, go away! Go away!"

Liu Mastiff smiled and ran out of the palace.

When Liu Mastiff left, the Son of Heaven stretched out his head treacherously, looked to confirm that he had really left, then he laughed, touched his face, stood up quickly, and ran towards the Hall of Eternal Mercy.

"Hahaha, you don't know, that kid kissed me today!! He hasn't kissed you before? But he kissed me!!"

Looking at the big fat man who was showing off triumphantly in front of him.

Empress Cai snorted coldly, and said: "So what, he is tired of staying with me every day, and tells me everything! 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.

(End of this chapter)