I will be the master of Xuande

Chapter 259 Liu Bei, Shepherd of West Qingzhou

Liu Yu sincerely asked Liu Jian to take charge of Qingzhou instead of him so that he could govern with peace of mind. In fact, this was also what Liu Jian wanted in his heart. This time he came to Qingzhou to see Liu Yu mainly for this matter.

Who would have thought that before Liu Jian took the initiative to say it, Liu Yu himself would say it first.

But these words, Liu Yu can say that, but Liu Jian can't take it like this.

Because in terms of official position, Liu Jian is only the shepherd of southern Jizhou, and only the counties and counties in southern Jizhou are under his jurisdiction in name. .

Although Liu Jian can intervene in Qingzhou's affairs, he still can't make too much publicity on the surface. Qingzhou still needs to be managed by Liu Yu, just like Lu Zhi managed the northern part of Jizhou for Liu Jian.

As for the nominal matter, it is still necessary to make it impossible for people to find fault.

Liu Yu helps Liu Jian control Qingzhou, at least it can give outsiders a feeling that he has not interfered in Qingzhou affairs.

There is nothing wrong with developing one's own power by shooting the first bird, but things should not be too ostentatious, otherwise they will easily become the target of public criticism.

Originally, all the shepherds, eunuchs, and distinguished scholars in the whole world are staring at Luoyang's Dong Zhuo, and regard him as a thorn in their flesh.

Dong Zhuo is now the biggest enemy of the noble families in the world, but if Liu Jian is too happy at this time, and suddenly becomes the master of two states or even three states, don't think about it, what about the Yuan family in Runan or the Yang family in Hongnong? People are not crazy.

I am afraid that when the time comes, he will share a lot of political pressure from those people for Dong Zhuo.

Liu Jian of Qingzhou needs to be controlled, but there is no need to talk about it publicly.

Building walls high, accumulating food widely, and becoming king slowly are still the same old methods.

Let Liu Yu take care of it.

"Dai Sima's intentions, Liu Jian understands in his heart, but after all, you are the Da Sima appointed by the imperial court, the East Qingzhou Shepherd established by the late emperor, and has the most legitimate right to control the eastern part of Qingzhou. This land of Qingzhou needs you to continue to govern. No one else can interfere."

Liu Yu still wanted to speak, but Liu Jian raised his hand and said, "Dear Sima, please listen to me."

Liu Yu was stopped by Liu Jian, so he could only listen quietly.

Liu Jianyan said: "Da Sima just continues to manage political affairs in Qingzhou. Later, I still have some matters related to the development of salt and textiles. Please trouble Da Sima. As for the military affairs of Qingzhou..."

Liu Jian turned to look at Liu Bei.

With just one glance, Liu Bei understood what Liu Jian meant.

"I come?"

"Yes, my brother is no longer in Luoyang. I'm afraid I won't be able to continue to serve as the eighth school captain of Xiyuan. This time, the imperial court did not give me a title for destroying the Yellow Turban, but it doesn't mean that our achievements in destroying the Qingzhou Yellow Turban are gone. , I would like to ask the imperial court to play, my cousin is the shepherd envoy of Xiqingzhou. In this way, my elder brother can sit in Qingzhou with Da Sima. You two are both shepherds. Changzhi army rule law, each other can take care of each other."

Liu Yu was overjoyed when he heard this.

He has also heard of Liu Bei's military exploits.

If this person can become the shepherd envoy of Xiqingzhou, then he has a strong support.

From now on, there is no need for Liu Yu to worry about Qingzhou's military affairs. All Qingzhou's military affairs, including defense against foreign enemies, can be entrusted to Liu Bei.

He, Liu Yu, is devoted to economics, development, and construction.

"This method is very good! Deran, I will write to the imperial court together with you, and you and I will jointly protect and recommend Xuande's merits!"

"With the help of Da Sima, my brother's job as a shepherd will be accomplished!"

After hearing what the two said, Liu Bei stood up hurriedly, bowing first to Liu Jian and then to Liu Yu.

"Thanks to the recommendation, I will be sure to fulfill my duties and live up to my trust."

The three Liu family members happily reached an agreement in Huang County for the sake of the Han family and the rectification of the world.

Although there is no actual statement, but among the three, the overall pattern of Liu Jian as the main force, with Liu Bei and Liu Yu as the assistants, is also firmly established.

Liu Bei and Liu Yu form a team to govern Qingzhou together. No matter from which aspect, Liu Jian can rest assured.

The next step is for Liu Jian to go to Youzhou.

Because if there is no accident, the rebellion of Zhang Ju and Zhang Chun in collusion with the Wuhuan Zhuyiluo is imminent, and the northern battlefield of the Han Dynasty has been restless for many years.

Although the deaths of Tan Shihuai and He Lian caused Xianbei, the greatest enemy of the Han Dynasty, to be torn apart, this state of disintegration will not last long.

Opening up the territory for the Han Dynasty, and making the northern battlefield, which involved the national power of the Han Dynasty, a rear area for increasing national power, this is what every man of the Han Dynasty should do, and Liu Jian is no exception.

The stable work of Youzhou needs Liu Jian to do, so before he goes to Youzhou, he must handle the affairs of Jizhou and Qingzhou properly.

Through the Hebei Chamber of Commerce and the Tuntian System, including Daxing Water Conservancy Irrigation, coupled with many measures such as recruiting halls and charity houses, the local agriculture in Jizhou has become very prosperous, and Jizhou has become a large granary, which is provided to Liu Jian every year. The amount of food is enough for him to travel north and south, and this is still under the condition of ensuring the population growth in the jurisdiction.

Now that things in Qingzhou are basically settled, after Liu Bei becomes Qingzhou pastor, let him introduce the Hebei Chamber of Commerce and Trade to Qingzhou. Liu Jian must find a way to contain all local prominent families economically.

Next, Liu Jian discussed with Liu Bei and Liu Yu the issue of governing Qingzhou. As for papermaking, Liu Jian felt that Liu Yu had done a good job. The next step is to need Liu Yu and Liu Bei to reform the salt affairs in Qingzhou. Another point is to develop the textile industry.

When Liu Yu heard that Liu Jian wanted to reform the salt affairs, he seemed a little hesitant.

Obviously, Liu Jian was not satisfied with the weight ratio of the Han Dynasty officials in Qingzhou's salt affairs, and Liu Yu also knew this.

But there are some things that Liu Jian or Liu Yu can't just do as they want.

The situation of Qingzhou Salt Affairs has been maintained for many years, and the interests are intertwined and deeply involved, like a ball of broken threads that are constantly being cut and messed up, making it impossible for you to start.

The interests in this, even a person in the court has a lot to do with it.

However, Liu Yu couldn't help being moved when Liu Jian told about the cost-effective salt production he knew.

"Is the method you said really effective?"

Liu Jian said affirmatively: "Believe me, although I just gave a general idea, this method is absolutely effective. It just needs salt farmers to experiment a few times and explore the experience. We can figure out the way of this."

Although Liu Jian has never dried salt himself, he knows a general process of drying salt.

This method has a very high output and can save a lot of labor costs, but it needs to build evaporation ponds and crystallization ponds in areas near the sea, and introduce seawater into the evaporation ponds. When the water reaches a certain level, then replace the remaining brine into the crystallization pool, continue to expose to the sun, the seawater will become a saturated solution of table salt, and then gradually precipitate table salt.

The crystals obtained at this time are the common coarse salt, and the remaining liquid is the mother liquor, which can be used to refine chemical raw materials, but for this era, the mother liquor is useless.

After Liu Yu heard this, he seemed a little hesitant. He couldn't figure out how Liu Jian, a native of Youzhou, knew how to process sea salt.

But after thinking about it carefully, Liu Yu was relieved.

Wasn't Liu Jian like this when he discussed printing and papermaking with himself?Everything is almost a theory that he imagined out of thin air, but after practice, he found that it can be successful.

With the successful examples of papermaking and printing, Liu Yu felt that Liu Jian's method might not be worth a try.

Try it on a small scale first. If it doesn’t work, forget it. If it works, you can vigorously promote it.

But Liu Yu is a veteran of politics after all, so he quickly thought of a problem.

"Deran, I understand what you mean. If the production of sea salt can be expanded, the local salt profits in Qingzhou can be diluted. It's just that the salt family in Qingzhou has been in charge of the salt business locally for many years, whether it is the export channel or in Qingzhou. The number of workshops it owns far exceeds that of the government office,"

"We are now promoting sea salt in the name of the imperial court. In a short period of time, the benefits may be in the government office, but after a long time, I worry that the local rich and right will use various excuses to secretly purchase the sun-dried salt industry. In the end, the benefits will remain will fall into the hands of local people."

Liu Jian understood what Liu Yu meant.

Throughout the dynasties, there have never been a few incidents of transfer of public affairs to private affairs, and collusion between officials and businessmen.

Maybe you can keep it for ten years, 20 years, 30 years... But can you keep it for 50 years, 100 years?
In the past 100 years, it doesn't take much, as long as there are three or five officials and scum, the speed at which they can destroy the country's property in one year is enough to match the results of ten years of protection by other officials.

Seventy percent of Qingzhou Salt's cake is now in Haoyou's mouth. Liu Jian can't understand them, and wants to make the cake bigger, while expanding the proportion of power in the government office, while diluting the cake in Haoyou's mouth.

However, it is conceivable that when the cake is made bigger, the appetites of those aristocratic families will grow accordingly, and they will try to monopolize the sun salt through mergers and acquisitions, or by means of extortion.

The cake is getting bigger, and it is very likely that the local nobles will still account for [-]% of the cake.

But Liu Jian immediately comforted Liu Yu and told him to rest assured that what Liu Yu was worried about would not happen.

Because since the establishment of the Han Dynasty, there has been a clear division of land, mountains, forests, lakes and ponds.

Land can belong to an individual, whether it is a famous family, or a wealthy family, you can buy and sell land, but places such as mountains, rivers, lakes, jungles and beaches cannot, all of which belong to the royal family, not individuals, Unification is in charge of Shaofu.

The evaporation ponds used for drying salt are basically near the sea, and most of the land there is seaside beaches and non-cultivated land. Therefore, in a practical sense, these sandy lands near the sea have absolute jurisdiction in name and cannot be used as Private transactions, so as long as the evaporation pool needs to be built near the sea, the Liu clan can always have absolute control over the coastal salt industry.

　Another correction is being written and will be posted later
　　
　
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