I seek economic hegemony in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 142 The Great Han Fish Scale Book

Gao Tanglong continued: "Liu Changshi, you can't say that. I, the Wei Dynasty, do need paper, but if there is too much paper, it may not be a good thing."

Gao Tanglong said it very covertly.

In fact, this kind of thing is not only an economic issue, but also a political issue.

When Lu Xun saw Zhuge Rong waiting for a large amount of paper for the first time, his expression changed slightly, and he thought of this problem.

In this era, knowledge belongs to aristocratic families.

As a carrier of knowledge, once paper is widely popularized, it will easily breed scholars among the civilian class.

Once there are more scholars in the civilian class, their ideas will become complicated.

When ideas become complex, how can we manage them?
Isn't this blocking yourself?
Everyone present could hear the meaning behind Gao Tanglong's words.

After all, no one present was a civilian.

Liu Fang added: "There is some truth to what Tai Shiling said, but the key to the question is, how much paper will we buy? Who owns the paper we buy?"

Cao Rui nodded.

In a short period of time, paper will definitely not be circulated into the hands of civilians.

Even if it continues to circulate, it will take a whole generation, or even longer, for there to be many scholars in the civilian class.

The war between the Wei Dynasty and the Shu thieves will be over in two or three years at most. By then, most of Yizhou will be making paper and no one will be farming, and the demise of the Shu thieves will be just around the corner.

Not only Cao Rui could think of this key point, but most people present also knew it.

"Chen Qing, you were against it just now. You said that buying a lot of paper will help Zhuge Liang?"

"That's right, it will indeed help the enemy."

Liu Fang said: "Everything has yin and yang, and there are two sides to the matter. The Shu thieves got a lot of food, which seems like a good thing, but it is not. The most direct thing is that more people are unwilling to farm."

There was no objection now.

Because the example of Qi Wan and Lu Jin is recorded in historical materials.

Chen Qun was silent for a moment and said, "What if the Shu people don't need all the people to make paper, but only the official paper to satisfy us?"

"Hahaha." Liu Fang laughed, "Chen Sikong said something serious again!"

Chen Qun's wrinkled face showed some confusion and helplessness.

Have I spoken too harshly again?

Just listen to Liu Fang say: "Papermaking is not a simple thing. I heard that Chengdu has built several large-scale papermaking factories, but the amount sold to us now is not enough. Besides..."

"And what?"

"Besides, Sun Wu will also buy it, so just opening a hundred papermaking factories in Yizhou will not be able to meet the needs of the people in the world. After one piece of paper is used, there will be one less."

At this moment, everyone's last doubts and worries disappeared.

Cao Rui stood up and said with a smile: "Okay, Liu Ziqi will supervise this matter!"

Now I can use this strategy to kill Shu, and I can still make a lot of money!

How to see how to win!
Qin Shihuang really touched the telephone pole and won!
It was still snowing lightly in Luoyang in the first month of the year. Master Sima was wearing a black cloak. After putting the letter away, he walked in, walked through the corridor, and entered the house.

Sima Yi is writing something.

Green smoke curled up from the incense burner on the table, and exquisite Shu paper was placed next to it.

"Father."

"How?" Sima Yi didn't even raise his head.

"Liu Ziqi proposed the policy of Qi Wan and Lu Jin."

The pen in Sima Yi's hand trembled slightly, but then quickly returned to normal, his eyes still staring at the strokes on the paper with lucidity.

"What do you think of this strategy?" Master Sima said: "This strategy sounds good, but Liu Fang ignored a crucial issue."

"what is the problem?"

"If Sun Wu also masters the art of papermaking, then should we continue to sell it in large quantities?"

Sima Yi paused with the pen in his hand, looked at Master Sima, and asked: "We can't get it, but Sun Wu can get it?"

"Whether Sun Wu can get it is a matter of luck. None of us can say for sure."

Sima Yi fell into deep thought, and suddenly asked: "Will the Shu people deliberately give Sun Wu the papermaking technology in order to deal with us?"

"No." Sima Shi said with certainty, "Even if the Shu people are aware of our strategy, they will not give it to Sun Wu, because this will not only give Sun Wu an advantage, but will not cause harm to us."

"Then you just said that once Sun Wu takes control, we..."

"What I mean is that Liu Fang's strategy is not [-]% sure. With the uncertain existence of Sun Wu, Sun Wu may steal the papermaking technology."

Sima Yi nodded, understanding what Master Sima meant.

"In your opinion, what should be done next?"

"In my humble opinion, I still want to drive a wedge between Sun Wu and the Shu people."

"How to provoke?"

"In fact, the imperial court only needs to send people to hint to Sun Quan. As long as they have the art of papermaking, all the paper for the imperial court can be purchased from Sun Quan. Once Sun Quan masters the art of papermaking, the Shu people will definitely think that Sun Quan is stealing. There are old enemies between Wu and Shu, and now there are more One piece.”

"I'm afraid Zhuge Liang will not fall out with Sun Quan because of this. He is a person who understands the general situation."

"But Sun Quan has made a lot of money with us and has become a veritable ally with us. What does Chengdu think?"

Sima Yi finally nodded with satisfaction, but thought for a moment before saying: "This requires Sun Quan to get the papermaking technology."

"Send someone to make a promise to Sun Quan, and Sun Quan will definitely find a way to get it!"

Sima Yi walked back and forth a few times and said, "This plan conflicts with Liu Fang's policy, and we cannot propose it to His Majesty yet."

"Father is right," Sima Shi said. "When Liu Fang's plan fails, the country will be in danger. Then my father will come up with another plan. Your Majesty will definitely rely on my father!"

On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, Li Heng arrived at the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Jiang Wan is waiting for him.

In addition to Jiang Wan, Meng Guang and Dong Yun were also there.

"Jian, please sit down."

After Li Heng sat down, Jiang Wan said: "The Dan clan's tribe has nearly 5000 people. How many of them do you plan to send to Jiangzhou?"

"Three thousand is enough. Let's leave two thousand kinds of land."

Jiang Wan nodded and looked at Meng Guang. Meng Guang said, "Now there are [-] acres of land. How will these [-] acres be distributed?"

"Forty acres per household?"

“How should the court give these lands to these households?”

In fact, the question should be asked like this: How can we ensure that these fields are really distributed to real people?
This is a difficult problem.

In fact, the land property records of the Han Dynasty are relatively rough.

Because the world is so big and fields are constantly being cultivated and deserted, the records on bamboo slips simply cannot keep up with the changes in actual conditions.

For example, the imperial court records that a certain county has [-] acres of farmland. There may already be [-] acres there.

"I do have a strategy. The imperial court can create a picture booklet to describe the general situation of folk fields. It can start from Qixian County."

Several people looked at each other, a little surprised.

Li Heng added: "Do you know about fish scales?"

(End of this chapter)