I seek economic hegemony in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 216 This is a bloody storm!

The fifteen years of Jianxing were destined to be eventful.

Since Cao Wei suffered a setback on the Chencang front last year, Luoyang was forced to issue a new round of forced military service orders.

Cao Wei's finances faced further pressure. Some people proposed to increase taxes again, but Cao Rui suppressed them.

Amid huge external conflicts, in mid-February, Luoyang announced with a high profile the establishment of Taifu Temple to govern the world's commerce.

Taifu Temple was temporarily managed by Cui Lin, the great minister of Cao Wei, and Wei Ting began to formulate the "Regulations on the Management of Dawei Trading Company".

At this point, the wind of reform finally blew from Yizhou to Luoyang.

Along with the reform, papermaking came to Luoyang.

It was none other than Cao Shuang, the governor of Liangzhou, who presented the art of papermaking.

This made Cao Rui so excited that he couldn't sleep well all night. Unfortunately, the next day, at the suggestion of Liu Shao, the regular servant of Sanqi, Cao Rui decided to give up papermaking temporarily.

Liu Shao's suggestion left Cao Rui speechless: once the imperial court produces a large amount of paper, the purchase demand for Sun Wu will decrease, which will inevitably destroy the last demand in Sun Quan's heart.

At that time, Sun Quan will most likely raise 100,000 troops and march to Hefei again.

Cao Rui is naturally not afraid of Sun Quan, but now that the battle in Guanzhong is like this, and Sun Quan is involved on the eastern front again, Cao Rui may not be able to sleep again.

Therefore, Cao Rui decided to give up papermaking temporarily.

But the terrible thing about conspiracy is that it is not based on human will.

Li Heng not only gave Cao Shuang the papermaking technology to Cao Shuang, he gave it to Cao Shuang in the hope of increasing Cao Shuang's political bargaining chip in Wei.

But he had people spread papermaking technology to the people of Wei.

Such huge profits will soon be targeted by local wealthy families, who will then produce large amounts of paper locally, and finally be targeted by senior officials in the capital.

As long as there is huge profit margin, papermaking will sweep through the entire Wei State like a scourge.

Cao Rui?

He is just an emperor, can he forcefully suppress the general situation?

The changes at the beginning of the fifteenth year of Jianxing were not limited to Cao Wei.

Almost in the same month of the same year, Sun Quan established Taifu Temple in Jiankang, under the supervision of Liu Ji, the great secretary of Sun Wu, and also promulgated the "Regulations on the Management of Dawu Trading Company".

Sun Quan's move was undoubtedly to strengthen the paper export to Wei, as well as the Wu merchants' out-of-control incident in Jiangzhou last year.

Li Heng's trading company management regulations not only include a profit distribution system such as the shareholding system, but also specific management strategies for trading companies.

For example, in the trading company registration policy, any trading company that is not registered with Taifu Temple is illegal and needs to pay a huge fine and then register with the local government within a month.

Finally, they were collected and sent to Taifu Temple, which sent people to the local area for regular inspection and verification.

All policies are inseparable from formulation, promulgation, implementation, monitoring and revision.

Taifu Temple has almost gone out of a closed loop.

Not only that, Sun Quan also established weaving departments in Wuchang and Jiankang respectively.

At this point, the three countries entered a period of restructuring.

A new balance emerges.

Of course, the most eye-catching thing in the political arena this month is Sima Yi's return.

In mid-February, Sima Yi returned to the military and political circles and gathered 20,000 troops in Luoyang to march north. Cao Rui also ordered Guan Qiujian to recruit another 20,000 troops and horses in Youzhou, all under the command of Sima Yi, the general who conquered the north.

Sima Yi's return seems to be far away from the core battlefield of the Three Kingdoms, but it shows the failure of Cao Rui's weak Sima.

During Zhuge Liang's fifth Northern Expedition, Sima Yi lost Chencang, allowing the Han army to advance westward to Longyou, breaking the old balance of the Three Kingdoms and creating a new situation.

For this reason, Sima Yi was dismissed from the post of governor and stayed at home for more than a year.

What seems to be a reasonable dismissal is actually Cao Rui's political wisdom in weakening Tuo Gu and Chongchen.

But in the fifteenth year of Jianxing, Gongsun Yuan was powerful in Liaodong and faced multiple threats. Cao Rui had to rely on Sima Yi again.

As the great era rolls forward, Yizhou's restructuring has moved from the superficial business model innovation at the beginning to the deep-water area of ​​land reform.

With the murder case of Lu's father and son in Qixian County as the trigger, Yizhou is about to usher in a bloody storm. On February 19, Chang Bo's head began to be passed down in Shu County.

The heads of the Lu family and his son were sent back to Li County and hung on the city wall, attracting countless people to watch.

On the 20th, news of Chang Bo's death spread in Shu and Bajun, causing a sensation in both the government and the public.

Especially when the news reached Jiangyuan, Jiangyuan Chang's anger began to burn.

So far, the court in Chengdu has been extremely calm about Chang Bo's death.

Many officials seemed to have never heard of this matter, and they went to court as usual, handled official duties as usual, and went to court as usual.

It was not until the 23rd that Huang Chong, the trusted county magistrate who had just arrived in Li County for a few days, read through a large number of documents in the yamen, mobilized all the staff in the yamen, and started to do one thing separately: take the fish scale book and measure the fields!

Instead of measuring one family, all the big households in Qixian County were surveyed.

And every official who participated in measuring the fields was accompanied by a group of imperial guards.

The imperial guards wore armor, held crossbows, and wore ring-headed knives, looking around.

This incident was reported back to Chengdu within half a day, and for a while, the atmosphere in the Chengdu court became even more eerily dead.

In this strange atmosphere, the General's Office expressed its stance on Huang Chong's behavior: he proposed that all counties and counties learn from Huang Chong!

On the evening of the 23rd, Ma Yong hurried back and presented a secret letter to Li Heng. It was a letter from Wang Peng, the governor of Bajun.

"Wang Peng promised to hand over all the fields to the court." Li Heng said calmly after reading the letter.

He held the letter in his right hand, and his left hand under his long sleeve could not help but feel excited.

Everyone present breathed a sigh of relief.

"Taifu Temple gave half of the profits from the first batch of salt to Wang Peng. He should have this awareness!" Lu Zhi sighed with emotion, "The Wang family in Li County has already stood up, and everything will be easier to handle next!"

On the same day, a wax-sealed document was quickly delivered to Huang Chong in Li County.

On the 24th, the sky was overcast and the clouds were low.

In the south of Qi County, farmers are planting spring seeds in the fields.

Several officials and some people were measuring the fields as usual. However, these people were temporarily separated from the imperial guards because they measured the fields too quickly.

At noon, it started to rain.

These people were forced to take shelter under big trees (friendly reminder: it is not recommended to take shelter under big trees during thunderstorms).

"Hey, when will this measuring field end? My legs are going to be broken in the past few days." A thin man in green clothes muttered in a low voice.

Another man in plain clothes smiled and said: "It should be soon, just wait until the measurement is completed. Speaking of weather like this, I used to go fishing in the river in previous years. After the measurement is completed, I must catch a few more and give them back to the boy." Eat enough!"

"Why are the fields suddenly being measured? And I heard that not only the south of the city is being measured, but the entire county is now being measured."

"Hey, don't ask nonsense. Let's not think too much about the above matters. By the way, we seem to have gotten lost with the Imperial Guards?"

The man just finished speaking.

Suddenly, a group of people appeared in the drizzling fields. This group of people came closer. At first, they just walked normally.

The person taking shelter from the rain thinks that the other person is also here to take shelter from the rain.

But soon, those people began to trot, drew their knives one after another, and then began to run wildly in the fields.

At this time, those who were hiding from the rain also noticed that something was wrong, with a look of horror on their faces.

Before he had time to figure out the other party's purpose, he saw a thin and agile man rushing towards the man in plain clothes like a cheetah.

Before the man in plain clothes had time to escape, his chest had been pierced by the ring-headed knife.

He was stunned for a moment, as if he hadn't reacted yet, or even felt pain. He just touched his chest in surprise, and a large pool of blood appeared.

"you……"

The other party showed a ferocious smile and twisted the knife that was still inserted into the chest of the man in plain clothes.

(End of this chapter)