I will be the master of Xuande

Chapter 685: Merger of Eight Chefs

Liu Jian did not make things difficult for the Fifth Patrol, but he also did not forgive the Fifth Patrol.

He is not a dictator, and I also want freedom for the people under his command, including freedom of speech.

But the current situation in the Han Dynasty is that those powerful people control huge resources, whether they are material resources or propaganda resources. The nobles who control these resources are free... No one in other classes is free.

Since other people are not free, then simply deprive these powerful people of their right to free speech temporarily, and then re-formulate a new public opinion system that is conducive to national development.

Everyone must be treated equally.

Great governance requires great chaos. This is the mindset Liu Jian has always adhered to.

Within a few days, many nobles and nobles began to write letters and suggestions to Liu Xie, hoping that Liu Xie could issue an order to stop all this.

But what can Liu Xie do?

Not to mention that he couldn't stop Liu Jian at all. Even if he could stop Liu Jian, he wouldn't do it. After all, Liu Jian was his financial backer.

……

……

Of course, the Prime Minister's Office headed by Liu Jian should not just focus on such a small thing. Liu Jian has never been behind on the big plan of recovering the Central Plains and developing various industries in the Central Plains.

After Zhang Fei and Zhao Yun were confirmed as generals, Liu Jian immediately sent Zhao Yun to lead his troops to Yanzhou and began to send troops to occupy the counties and counties in Yanzhou.

Liu Dai, the governor of Yanzhou at that time, had long been attacked and killed by the rebel army in the local chaos. The prefects of Yanzhou's prefectures and counties were also scattered like birds and beasts. Now Yanzhou is in chaos. From top to bottom, there is no mature system at all. System, no one has taken up important positions in government agencies at all levels, refugees are everywhere, people are dying of hunger, bandits and bandits are everywhere, and the people are living in dire straits.

After Zhao Yun arrived in Yanzhou, he traveled around and wiped out several of the most powerful bandits in the area. Then he sent a letter to Liu Jian, stating that there were no officials in Yanzhou to govern, and asked Liu Jian to deal with the situation in Yanzhou quickly. Staff deployment.

As for Guanzhong and Sizhou, it has now reached the stage of autumn harvest. Since it is only the first year to start farming and gather refugees, and at the same time, keel waterwheels have not been widely spread throughout Guanzhong, so the grain harvest of Guanzhong and Sizhou this year is far less than that of Guanzhong and Sizhou. Liu Jian's prediction was so good, which disappointed him.

However, if you think about it carefully, it is very good that the situation in Guanzhong can be restored to this level.

After all, the previous lands of Guanzhong and Sizhou were a dilapidated scene, with refugees everywhere, barren fields everywhere, and hundreds of thousands or even millions of rebels. It could be said that everything was in ruins.

To be able to recover to the current level is beyond most people's imagination.

At least, the basic situation has been stabilized. Although the population is still much smaller than in its heyday, a lot of fertile farmland has been destroyed, and various industries have tended to wither, but after nearly a year of recovery, the existing Most of the population has settled down, and food has become self-sufficient. Although it has not yet formed an effective scale in terms of commerce and trade, this is also very normal.

After all, most of the previous foundation has been destroyed, and it is indeed unrealistic to restore the heyday in such a short period of time.

Although Guanzhong and Sizhou have not reached Liu Jian's expected standards, since they are basically stable, Liu Jian can start to work on Yanzhou.

First of all, Yanzhou needs a capable governor to manage it, but who should be this governor?

Liu Jian already has a suitable candidate in mind.

……

"The Prime Minister wants me to be the governor of Yanzhou?"

After hearing Liu Jian's appointment, Liu Chi jumped up from where he was in surprise.

He is also a very old man, and he can still possess such strong skills, which really opened Liu Jian's eyes.

"Uncle, why are you so surprised?"

Liu Chi smiled bitterly and said, "Can you not be surprised... I've never done this before."

After Liu Jian entered politics, his father Liu Zhou had always been in charge of all matters in the clan. However, it was Liu Jian's uncle Liu Chi who was responsible for assisting Liu Zhou in managing the affairs of the Liu family.

When Liu Jian was in the clan, he felt that Liu Chi was a useful person, so all the affairs of the clan were handed over to Liu Chi, and he was asked to train the clan's children well. Liu Jian wanted resources. Give resources, ask for money, give money.

After ten years of development, the Liu family in Zhuo County has become the largest family in Youzhou.

This is natural, after all, the person standing behind them is Liu Jian.

However, although the Liu family in Zhuo County has become the largest clan in Youzhou, Liu Jian has very high requirements for the people in the clan. He has made regulations for the clan members. No one is allowed to bully the people, and every person, every household, The monthly allocation of house money is fixed.

The Liu family of Zhuojun, as the representative of Youzhou, never annexed land, and under the control of Hebei's program and minutes, they could not annex land, because the more land they annexed, the more taxes they would have to pay in the future.

Therefore, the main development experience of the Zhuojun Liu family in recent years has been in business. Through the resources provided by Liu Jian, the Zhuojun Liu family mainly sells local materials from Youzhou and Hebei to the north and northeastern countries, and also cooperates with the Bachi Group , transporting precious materials from Hebei to the south, and working with Bachhu Group to create a shipping channel in the Central Plains that is conducive to transactions to the south.

These things are not something that ordinary families can accomplish. Maritime logistics is an emerging industry in this era. Currently, only the official offices in Hebei can control maritime ports.

If you want to do business at sea, you must go through the Han Dynasty's overseas official office.

No matter how strong the government agency is, it is impossible to say that all sales are contracted by the government. When it reaches a certain level and scale, it will naturally benefit the people, and private organizations will be responsible for the main trade.

Since the Liu family in Zhuo County is Liu Jian's family, they naturally bear the heaviest burden.

The Liu family of Zhuojun in the Han Dynasty became one of the few wealthy and powerful families that prospered not by annexing land or sucking the blood of ordinary people, but by doing business.

In Liu Jian's view, this is also a trend in the future of the Han Dynasty.

Of course, the Liu family has been in business for so many years, and many talents have emerged in the family. These talents were also recruited by Liu Jian to various levels of government offices in Hebei for training.

At the same time, a large number of Liu's descendants entered the Hebei Chamber of Commerce and Trade.

Now, the Hebei Chamber of Commerce and Trade has become the official spokesperson of the Han Empire. Coupled with the establishment of the Commerce Department, many people from the Liu Group have entered the Commerce Department and become pillars of the imperial court.

Although the younger generation has produced many talents, there is little support from the older generation.

For so many years, Liu Chi, who has worked diligently to take care of the Liu family in Zhuo County for Liu Jian, can be said to have made the greatest contribution.

If Liu Jian is the first contributor to the development of the Liu family in Zhuo County to this day, then Liu Chi must be regarded as the second contributor.

As for Liu Jian's biological father, Liu Zhou, he was only a nominal head of the clan. In fact, Liu Zhou did not have much influence on the Liu clan. He was just a hands-off shopkeeper who raised children and grandchildren every day. Living a very nourishing life, I basically don’t care about anything serious.

Over the years, the Liu family in Zhuojun has been able to develop to this extent, largely because Liu Jian provided many official channels for the Liu family in Zhuojun.

Among the Liu family in Zhuo County, Liu Chi was the one who had the most dealings with these official channels.     So it doesn’t matter that Liu Chi is just an ordinary member of the Hebei Chamber of Commerce and Trade.

However, he knew more about Hebei's officialdom, business operations at all levels, and even many local government orders in Hebei than ordinary officials among the officials.

There was no way, this was Liu Jian's hard request to him.

In fact, Liu Chi himself didn't know that after ten years of growth, he was almost qualified to be a governor.

It can even be said that he is more qualified than the governors of other states in the Han Dynasty, because the place where he grew up is Youzhou.

Youzhou is a magical place that has been completely transformed after being governed by Liu Jian and Xun Yu.

Liu Chi didn't know much about his abilities, but Liu Jian knew his abilities very well.

But Liu Jian stood up with a smile, walked to Liu Chi and said, "Uncle, don't belittle yourself. With your current ability, you can definitely become the governor of a party, and among the Liu family in Zhuojun, it is true that We need some figures to step up and hold important positions in the local area.”

"And you have previously performed duties in the Hebei Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Now the Hebei Chamber of Commerce and Industry has been merged into the Commerce Department. Since you are a member of the Commerce Department, you are also qualified to work locally, so you don't have to worry. As long as you are willing to do it, I will definitely be able to support you."

Now Liu Chi's vision is naturally different. After listening to Liu Jian's words, he also knew that Liu Jian wanted to use him to help the Liu family reach a higher level, but he still didn't have much confidence in himself.

"Prime Minister, the land of Yanzhou is in ruins. Do you think I have the strength to manage the land of Yanzhou?"

Liu Jian nodded seriously: "Uncle, based on your experience, there should be no problem in running Yanzhou well. At least when Youzhou was broken, you were closest to Wen Ruo in the Hebei Chamber of Commerce and Trade. , we often communicate with each other, and you had a deep understanding when Youzhou was defeated."

"I think you can definitely use your talents in Yanzhou, and you are just a governor. You are not required to implement all the decrees in Yanzhou, but to supervise the local county magistrates and government agencies at all levels, and supervise whether they are Implement the imperial decree on Yanzhou in place."

"Looking back, I will appoint the governors of each county in Yanzhou one by one. You only need to cooperate with them to implement Yanzhou's decrees. That is enough."

When Liu Chi heard Liu Jian's instructions, he immediately raised his hands and said, "Thank you so much! The Prime Minister trusts me so much... Hey, although I am old, as long as the Prime Minister is still willing to use me, an old man, then I am willing to do it."

"I will work hard and try not to embarrass the Prime Minister, nor will I embarrass our Zhuo County Liu family."

"very good!"

Facts have proved that Liu Jian's vision was correct.

After Liu Chi arrived in Yanzhou, he began to farm Yanzhou according to the farming method of Youzhou.

Moreover, the performance indicators implemented in Youzhou in the past have also fallen on officials at all levels in Yanzhou.

Compared with the upward accounting system of the past, the current performance indicators are clearer and more standardized than the upward accounting system of the past, making it even more difficult for local officials to cheat.

The above calculation is an evaluation of a county's overall performance.

However, as long as the subordinates use fraud to conceal reports or deduct additional money from the people, they can complete the superior indicators of the county governor. However, the performance indicators are for all levels of government offices in the Han Dynasty, referring to every official.

Liu Jian issued a death order, ranging from a county guard to an ordinary official in a county. Even if he just entered the government office without a monthly salary, he had to memorize performance indicators as long as he entered the government office.

The performance indicators of ordinary officials can directly reflect the performance indicators of his superior county guards. All performance indicators are connected. In this way, it is more difficult to cheat, because from the superior to the lowest level, one link is linked to the other. Huan, if you want to cheat, you have to unite all the officials in the county to cheat.

Of course, it is not impossible to cheat, but the cost of such cheating is relatively high.

Rather than cheating, it might be better to complete the tasks in the performance indicators in a down-to-earth manner.

Especially now, the Discipline Inspection Commission and the Independent Commission Against Corruption conduct irregular inspections of officials at all levels.

Therefore, under Liu Jian's appointment, Liu Chi became the governor of Yanzhou, and the prefects of Yanzhou counties also took office under Liu Jian's appointment. A vigorous rectification campaign against Yanzhou began.

Farming, water conservancy, and caring for the refugees are all things that are naturally indispensable.

The local Bachi Group in Yanzhou has also had a cooperative relationship with Liu Jian's Hebei Chamber of Commerce and Industry for many years.

Today's Yanzhou Bachhu Group has always relied on the support and cooperation of the Hebei Chamber of Commerce and Trade to survive to this day.

Now, with the establishment of the new Yanzhou governor, Hebei Trading Group has officially entered Yanzhou.

As the representative of the Bachu Group, Zhang Miao felt a little uneasy after learning about this matter. After all, if Hebei Trading Group entered Yanzhou in large numbers, what would be the future outlet for the Bachu Group?

It is impossible for them to compete with Hebei.

In order to find a way out for the Eight Chefs Group in the Central Plains, Zhang Miao personally went to Chang'an to meet Liu Jian.

Liu Jian warmly received this old friend who had cooperated with Hebei for many years. At the same time, Liu Jian patiently explained Zhang Miao's doubts.

If the Bachhu Group wants to continue to survive, it is completely impossible to continue to be independent from the Central Plains.

Now, there is only one way left for them, and that is to completely enter the Dahan Business Association and share their resources with the country.

At the same time, they will accept the management of the State Administration of Commerce. From now on, they will engage in business activities in accordance with the country's legal system.

As long as the Bachu Group can take the initiative to merge into the Department of Commerce and set an example for all the famous families in the world, then it will be a logical thing for the imperial court to manage commercial activities across the country in the future.

Therefore, the attitude of the Eighth Kitchen Group will still be of great benefit to the future New Deal.

It depends on whether they are willing to lower their heads.

But from Zhang Miao's current position, does he have any choice?

From the beginning of his cooperation with Hebei, he no longer had the right to make independent choices.

Year after year, Bachhu Group has become completely dependent on Hebei.

Therefore, Zhang Miao expressed on behalf of the Bachhu Group that he was willing to submit to Liu Jian's rule, and all the resources of the Bachhu Group would be handed over to the imperial court.

(End of this chapter)