Picked up a copy of Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 551
Sitting in the courtyard, Yuan Shu told everyone about the current situation. According to the theory of the third generation, today's big man should first find a way to make the country rich, whether it is business or taxation. Priority should be given to enriching the national treasury. Everyone regards merchants as despicable and keeps suppressing commerce. Yuan Shu thinks this is wrong. Judging from the situation in Xizhou, it seems that commerce is the most important way to make the country rich.

In addition, on the sea road, Yuan Shu still vaguely remembers that when Wang Fu served as the governor of Yangzhou, the Yangzhou navy was away all year round, and the gold was shipped to the treasury of the big man by boat. Gold, spices, human beings, everything, but after the death of Wang Fu, no one in the temple paid any attention to overseas. Now the overseas of the big man is limited to the kingdom of Wa.

Yuan Shu repeatedly emphasized the importance of overseas. If Wang Fu's policy could have been continued at that time, I am afraid that the wealth brought back by the big man from overseas is enough for the big man to wipe out Guishuang! !It's a pity that today's officials don't value the enrichment of the treasury like the Legalists, value the country's wealth, and don't value the wealth of the people like the Confucians. They only care about the treatment of the scholar-bureaucrats. If a talented person is not good enough, he will despise a great virtuous person, and the country will be ruined.

Of course, they are all scholar-bureaucrats, and they see their own interests in their eyes. This is not wrong. What Zhuge Liang and others admire is that Yuan Shu, as this scholar-bureaucrat, is also the most powerful member of them. He can jump out of his position and look up at the bottom The people of the country, and even the whole Han Dynasty, therefore, everyone is willing to listen to him talk about his thoughts, speaking, they also benefit a lot.

As for the evening, Yuan Shu put away the book, waved his hand, and said, "Go and do your own work."

Everyone retreated one after another, but Liu Mastiff did not leave. He walked up to Yuan Shu and said, "Master, I still have something to ask you." Yuan Shu nodded with sweat dripping on his forehead, and said, "Just ask." .”

"Maybe go to the study to talk?"

"No, there is no one else here, you can just say it."

Liu Mastiff could only continue to say: "Father intends to let me go to Shangshutai to take care of everything, but I have never talked with Mr. Xing, so I don't know what to prepare." Yuan Shu smiled and said: "There is no need to prepare. Your Majesty This is for you to be familiar with the affairs of Shangshutai, Shangshutai has been quite busy these years, you can go and have a look, but you still can’t do it together.”

"In Shangshutai, Xing Gong is a close friend of Emperor Xiaokang. He has been with him for many years and has good morals. You don't need to prepare any big gifts. As for Xun Yu, he was the emperor's playmate when he was young. He was also one of the officials in the East Palace. The relationship is very good, you don't need to prepare anything, but this Guo Jia, he is the prince's disciple, he behaves waywardly, and has taught your younger brother, this person is not easy to get along with."

Yuan Shu thought about it, and suddenly said: "Go to my study, there is a letter in the third column, it is written by the prince himself, it is a letter with my father, if you take it, you will give it to him, the relics of the prince must be He will also be very happy, and will be grateful to you naturally, and will not embarrass you." Hearing what Yuan Shu said, Liu Mastiff hesitated and said: "That is a letter written by the prince to the old man. How can I take it like this? gift"

"It's okay. To me, it's just a piece of waste paper. It's useless. Just take it."

Yuan Shu didn't care much.

Liu Mastiff nodded, and went to the study room. After a short while, he came here with the letter. Yuan Shu said impatiently, "Okay, I have to deal with my own affairs, so hurry up and leave!!"

Liu Mastiff bowed to Yuan Shu before walking out.

After Liu Mastiff left, Yuan Shu bent down in pain and beat his back continuously with one hand. Under the severe pain, he could hardly get up. Fortunately, the servant rushed over and helped Yuan Shu up. , handed him the crutches, and then let Yuan Shu walk towards the study little by little. The piercing pain made him almost unable to bear the medicine, but he remembered Hua Tuo's words, the medicine Although it can relieve pain, it is harmful to him.

Enduring the severe pain, he walked towards the house, and said slowly: "Don't tell others."

The servant on the side nodded, but did not speak again.

Just as Yuan Shu thought, the emperor wanted Liu Mastiff to be familiar with Shangshutai in advance. Others didn't know, but the emperor knew very well that after Wang Fu, Shangshutai had a huge responsibility. The most important official position, of course, will definitely be reduced in the future. The reason why there is no reduction at present is because Xing Ziang, Xun Yu, and Guo Jia are all trusted by the emperor.

When Xing Ziang leaves office, Shangshutai will surely usher in downsizing. However, the current government orders are indeed implemented in Shangshutai. As a prince, if he does not pay enough attention to Shangshutai, it will definitely lead to disaster in the future. The emperor thought, even if he Instructing him hundreds of times is not as good as going to see him in person, so Liu Mastiff was sent directly to the Shangshutai. It was Yuan Shao's policy from the beginning, and the Shangshutai implemented it, so Liu Mastiff was asked to go to monitor it.

However, the Son of Heaven did not let Liu Mastiff take the officials of the East Palace to go, but only let the prince go alone, and the rest of the people followed Liu Bei and continued to practice official learning. This time, the scope of official learning is farther than before. , Bing, Yang, Jing, these four prefectures, this can be regarded as the rise of official schools in the south. Official schools are not valued very much in the south. The powerful families here are still strong.

Originally, the aristocratic families in the south were all weak and could not be compared with the north at all. However, after several suppressions by Emperor Xiaokang and the current emperor, the aristocratic families in the north were no longer as strong as they used to be. They are sent to government schools and dare not disobey them, but the south is different. In the south, the elders of the family are still teaching the rest of the people, and they will not be sent to government schools.

This is a very serious problem for Liu Bei. Therefore, before his trip, Liu Bei specially came to the palace to meet the emperor.

For this clan, the emperor still respects him very much, not to mention how he is recorded in the heavenly scriptures. Now, he has obviously become an indispensable important minister in the country. In the heart of the emperor, this, and Cao Cao, They all have the qualifications of the three princes. Perhaps Liu Bei is more suitable for the position of Situ than Cao Cao. If Cao Cao is the Situ, according to his temperament, I am afraid that he will be a maverick Situ like Wang Fu again!
Although such a person can bring great changes to the big man, the emperor still doesn't like this kind of Situ. He hopes that the temple is still under his control and everything is within his plan. A wild horse pulled the big cart of the temple, and ran wildly, so that the owner of the carriage could easily be thrown off.

Out of respect for Liu Bei, the emperor is usually very gentle when facing Liu Bei. When Liu Bei entered the Hall of Houde, he sat in front of the emperor and exchanged greetings for a long time. Then Liu Bei talked about all the things in the south. The Son of Heaven naturally knows about the affairs of the south. In his heart, he will sooner or later take action against the south. My father once ruled Yangzhou and made the south rise, so I must surpass my father and let the south revitalize completely. stand up.

But Liu Bei said directly: "However, I am not worried. If there is one person in the entourage, it will be a success!"

The emperor looked at him with some doubts, since you are not worried, then why did you come to see me? ?He still cooperated with Liu Bei, pretended to be different, and asked, "I don't know who it is?"

"Full of pets!"

Before Liu Bei opened his mouth, the emperor had already thought of this person, but he still nodded his head suddenly and said, "So it is this person!"

Liu Bei continued: "However, I would like to second the [-] Northern Army for the use of Manjun... I wonder if Your Majesty may agree?"

"Eight hundred Northern Army???" The emperor was surprised, are you going to build an official school in the south or go to bloodbath the south?He asked with some doubts: "If there are aristocratic families blocking it, just order the local county government. Why do you need the Northern Army?"

"Your Majesty, there are many connections between this official and the family. What's more, we went to the south just for the sake of official education, and there is no name to mobilize the local army. If there are [-] soldiers from the Northern Army to help, I'm afraid no one will dare to stop it." As Liu Bei said, the emperor thought about it, tapped his finger on the copy, looked at Liu Bei in front of him, and said, "Okay, I agree, you go to the Northern Army to find Huang Zhong, and ask him to find you eight hundred Jianer. , I’ll transfer you another lieutenant, and let Guan Yu go with him.”

"Thank you, Your Majesty!!" Liu Bei bowed to the emperor.

After walking out of the palace, he did not go to the Northern Army, but went to find Man Chong, and took Man Chong to the Northern Army. When he saw Huang Zhong, the emperor had already ordered him. , I have been waiting for a long time, Liu Bei couldn't help but bowed: "General Huang and Captain Guan, I hope you will forgive me!" Huang Zhong shook his head and said: "No problem, the soldiers are all ready, when will you leave?"

"I'm going there today."

"That gentleman has to wait for a few hours, the accompanying luggage is not complete yet"

After more than an hour, Liu Bei, Man Chong, and Guan Yu led more than 800 people out of the Northern Army's school grounds. Walking on the road, Liu Bei was still talking with Guan Yu kindly. Liu Bei didn't ignore this Sino-North Minister. Liu Bei occasionally asked him about the war, and occasionally talked about going south.

It wasn't until Guan Yu went to inspect the army that Man Chong came up, stood beside Liu Bei, and said, "Mr. Liu, as an important minister of the country, it is wrong to make friends with generals in private."

Liu Bei smiled helplessly, and said, "Thank you Manjun for reminding me."

Man Chong nodded and said nothing. The rest of the officials in the East Palace had already left two days ago and left separately. Only he and Liu Bei did not leave. Everything in the south depends on the two of them. Just as Man Chong was thinking, Liu Bei suddenly spoke. Said: "Mr. Man, the emperor gave me an order."

"Ok?"

"The second most important thing in this trip to the south is to find out the treacherous people in the south. To rectify the officials and govern the Manjun, do you understand?"

Man Chong frowned and nodded.

(End of this chapter)