Three Kingdoms: Ancestors of the Han Dynasty

Chapter 832
In late spring, farming was still idle, and the big Han who was expected to attack Wei after the autumn harvest was also building mansions in full swing, and transported grain and grass materials from all over the country to prepare for the attack on Wei.

Shang Shutai was busy with work, but Liu Chan was free. Today he called his good brother Liu Yong into the palace to express his brotherly love.It's just that when Liu Chan first met Liu Yong, he looked at his questioning eyes, but felt a little embarrassed.

On the terrace, Liu Chan and Liu Yong exchanged a few words, and then played chess with them.

Liu Chan clamped Heizi with two fingers, and asked in a clear voice, "Gongshou, since you ruled Jingzhao, how do you feel? Is there any difficulty?"

Liu Yong probed his hand into the chess box, and said slowly: "Your Majesty, since I was in power, Ren Jingzhao Yin is the most free. As for the difficulties? I secretly think that it is not difficult to govern Jingzhao, and the officials under him are all good officials and talents. As a gentleman, the ministers are only admonishing him or her to help him achieve success."

Liu Chan nodded slightly, sighed and said: "Since the Han Dynasty, there have been very few people who have served as Jingzhaoyin for a long time. There are also 15 people who have been replaced in ten years. It is not easy for Gongshou to be in power for two years. In the future, Gongshou needs to be encouraged. Let Jingzhao not worry about my big man!"

Jing Zhaoyin is really difficult to hold the position, and there are only a handful of people who served Jing Zhaoyin for more than two years during the Han Dynasty.The most difficult thing is the punishment of the dignitaries. Some of the dignitaries have a high family background and are favored by the emperor.

Moreover, there are many people in the city staring at Jing Zhaoyin. If he behaves improperly, he will be impeached.For example, in the period of Emperor Xuan, Jing Zhaoyin Zhang Chang was a thrush for his wife, and he was also impeached for indecentness.Emperor Xuan still protected him, which shows the difficulty of Jing Zhaoyin's appointment as an official.

The same is true of Liu Yong, although he is the second generation of the big man, but he is often impeached by Yushitai officials. The impeachment of Liu Yong's own money to repair Huai City is to invite people's hearts and try to plot rebellion.

However, these were all suppressed by Liu Chan. The task he assigned Liu Yong to be Jing Zhaoyin was to deter those big men, dignitaries and members of the military group, lest they cause trouble in Chang'an.

Liu Yong cupped his hands towards Liu Chan, and said with a smile: "Your Majesty, you can rest assured, your younger brother will know."

Liu Chan did not plan to change Jing Zhaoyin frequently. If it was too frequent, the officials in Jing Zhaoyin would not obey the chief if he knew that the chief's term of office would be short. Nor will he try his best, live quietly, and serve as an official with the mentality of doing nothing wrong.

This is also the reason why Liu Yong is not busy. He has a long tenure and high prestige, and his officials dare not discount the things he ordered.

"Play chess!" Liu Chan said with a smile.

"promise!"

The chess pieces are laid one after another, and the black and white dragons on the chessboard are intertwined. There is me in you, and you in me.

After half a minute, Liu Chan fell into the lower score, and Liu Yong took the upper score instead.

Liu Chan rubbed the chess pieces with his fingers, and sighed, "Gongshou's chess skills are getting better, far from what it used to be."

"My Majesty, the way of chess is like sailing against the current. If you don't advance, you will retreat. Your Majesty is busy with official business and neglects training; while my ministers are mostly playing games in their free time." Liu Yong replied.

When Liu Chan was in deep thought, the attendant said, "Your Majesty, the Shaofu Xiahouxuan is asking to see you."

"Xuan!"

Liu Chan raised his head to look at Liu Yong, shook his head and said with a smile: "It seems that today you and my brother are playing chess, it is really difficult."

Liu Yong put the white piece in his hand into the chess box, cupped his hands and said: "Your Majesty, my brother Jingzhao also has official duties to complete, so I will not disturb your majesty's administration of affairs, and beg to resign."

"Yes! Gongshou can go to the treasury with his attendants, and pick a few Jiaozhou pearls before leaving the palace." Liu Chan nodded slightly.

In order to punish Huang Hao for his misbehavior, Liu Chan had already punished him to carry the dishes for a month as a punishment.

"My brother thank you, Your Majesty!"

"Come and remove the chessboard!"

"promise!"

Not long after, Xiahou Xuanbu came from the long corridor, saluted and said: "Chen Xiahouxuan pays homage to His Majesty!"

"Tai Chu is free!"

Liu Chan raised his hands slightly, and said, "I don't know if Taichu entered the palace today to seek an audience, what is there to report?"

Xia Houxuan took out the memorabilia from his bosom, offered it with both hands, and said respectfully: "I follow your majesty's decree to revive the system of the Shaofu, and I take the four things of fishing and hunting, spinning room, papermaking, and coinage as my department, and make some progress. So far, it has been quite effective, and it should be reported to His Majesty, so that His Majesty can review it."

In order to expand Shaofu's rights and increase Shaofu's income, Xia Houxuan spent a lot of effort on Shu brocade and paper making.After all, fishing, hunting, and coinage were owned by the big man earlier, and it is difficult to change them quickly in a short period of time.

In Shu brocade, Xia Houxuan used a new silk weaving machine improved by Ma Jun.The old silk weaving machine had 120 creeps, and the operation was complicated. In the Eastern Han Dynasty, it evolved into two kinds of weaving machines: fifty and sixty. Increase by four to five times, and the flower pattern is varied.

Although there were twelve silk weaving machines in the country of Cao Wei, they were not widespread.After Xia Houxuan entered the Han Dynasty and took charge of the Shaofu, he found that the old-fashioned weaving looms were still being used in Jinguan City in Chengdu. He ordered to improve the weaving looms of Shu brocade according to the twelve weaving machines in Luoyang City, so that the weaving speed of Shu brocade was improved. raised dramatically.

The increase in the weaving speed of Shu brocade means that the output of Shu brocade has increased, and it also means that the financial revenue of the Dahan for Shu brocade has increased.In this regard, Xia Houxuan undoubtedly used his achievements to prove his achievements to everyone, and those who questioned Xia Houxuan in Shangshutai had nothing to say.

Not only that, Xia Houxuan brought the paper industry into Shaofu.Although papermaking technology has appeared at present, due to the high cost of paper and printing, current books are still valuables.

Xia Houxuan discovered the printing technique that appeared in the Great Han Dynasty, and also knew Liu Chan's idea of ​​promoting books in the future. Feeling business opportunities, he went to Shu Liu Chan to implore the paper industry to be included in the Shaofu, and Liu Chan had no choice but to do so.

In this way, Xia Houxuan asked the Shaofu to engrave characters, print the popular "Guanzi", and sell them in colleges in the prefectures and counties, and the results are remarkable.In papermaking, Xia Houxuan made another fortune for Dahan Shaofu.

As a result, Yang Yi, who was dissatisfied, closed his mouth, and instead praised Xia Houxuan's political skills.After all, the extra money will be assigned to the Duzhi Shangshu who will be assigned to Shangshutai in the coming year, and will be allocated by him.This is also the price that Xia Houxuan has to pay for rebuilding the Shaofu. After satisfying the internal expenses of the Shaofu, the excess money must be included in Duzhi Shangshu.

Liu Chan looked through Xia Houxuan's achievements and was very satisfied.Xia Houxuan really has the knowledge of politics, and he is not a person who does not live up to his name. On Shu brocade, he is an innovation in technology, and in papermaking, he has a keen sense of the future market.

After closing the memorandum, Liu Chan praised and said: "Taichu really has economic talents, I am very pleased, and I will reward you with fifty pieces of Shu brocade. As for the rest of the effect, I will wait and see in the future."

Xia Houxuan sat on the couch and saluted, and said: "Thank you for your generous reward, I will serve your majesty, I dare not abandon it!"

After a pause, Liu Chan pondered for a while, and said: "Jiaozhou's overseas merchants are quite intensive. Now you can pay attention to one or two, and see if they can or collect taxes from them, so as to increase the money of the Han."

During the Han Dynasty, the maritime trade between Jiaozhou and India was relatively active. During the Southern and Northern Dynasties, there were a large number of temples in the Southern Dynasties, which had a lot to do with monks from India entering the south to preach.

For example, Kang Senghui went to Wu to spread Buddhism, and Sun Quan built temples for him. As Kang Senghui spared no effort to preach, the Jiangnan area gradually believed in Buddhism, and at the same time, more monks arrived in Jiangdong.

At present, Liu Chan didn't know whether the overseas trade in the Jiaozhou area could be taxed, so he put forward an opinion and asked Xia Houxuan to decide for himself.

"And don't kill the chicken to get the eggs. Although the Hu people are not converted, their money can be used for profit." Liu Chan urged.

"No!" Xia Houxuan replied.

(End of this chapter)