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The Wind Rises in Chang'an Chapter 232 The King Looks upon His Ministers

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    Early July in the third year of Jianyuan, August 139 BC.  ¡ê¡Øw. There is still one month left before the tax settlement, and Zhuangzi under the Hou Mansion is extremely busy.  The master¡¯s father Yan went out early in the morning. He was responsible for supervising the watering and fertilizing of each farm. The soybeans planted last month had to be supplemented with fertilizer, otherwise the rye planted in the next crop of late autumn would have no fertility.  "Hey, the crop rotation is like a war all day long. Busy harvesting, busy planting, busy fertilizing, busy weeding, busy killing insects, busy watering. There is no free time for several months." Zheng Tong straightened up and took the  He picked up a towel and wiped his sweat: "Okay, what's wrong with being busy? I just need to spend more time making fertilizers. From the beginning to the end of the year, one acre of land can produce four stones of rye and two stones of soybeans. The harvest is better than a few years ago."  An increase of 70% to 80%, what else do you have to complain about? " "It's tiring. I haven't gotten married yet and have children. If I get exhausted, which woman will be willing to live with me in the future?" "Bah.  ! How much money did you spend in the hook-and-rail land? You even boasted about several marriages. Who in this country doesn¡¯t know that you, Xu Laitou, are an unreliable person? Looking at your top-heavy and lazy look,  I¡¯m exhausted from working, but I¡¯m exhausted from the torment of women.¡± Xu Ji was scared. He was scolded every time he mentioned getting married. He couldn¡¯t save a few dollars, the hard-earned money he had earned after working all year long.  They were all thrown into the city of Chang'an. Xu Ji was relatively good, at least he was active in his work. Luli questioned whether he could save money, but did not question whether he was diligent or not. There are a few libertines like Xu Ji in every village.  Individuals, folk customs cannot tolerate their existence, and the more lazy people will be directly relegated to another book and become a lowly person.  "Flower Streets and Willow Alleys" have existed since the Spring and Autumn Period. Going back to ancient times, there was such a trade in food and meat. In ancient times, the folk customs were open and open.  However, they do not look down upon women who trade their skin and flesh for food and drink. This does not mean that they look down on the immoral behavior of seducing men.  Rather, they look down upon their speculative mentality of getting something for nothing, which is similar to the discrimination against businessmen in ancient times.  Zheng Tong doesn¡¯t like Xu Ji spending money randomly.  He is the only man in Nanzhuang who spends money recklessly. Men in other families start negotiating marriages after they are twenty years old, and almost have a wife at the age of twenty-five. Men with no money in the family need to be thirty years old to marry a wife.  Xu Jidu is a man in his thirties. He is never short of money, but he has never found a wife.  " Throwing money to women who get something for nothing in Huajieliuxiang is not only unacceptable to the men in the village, but also the women in the village are not happy.  There were some frivolous women in other Zhuangzi who wanted to seduce Xu Ji, but the women in Zhuangzi drove them away. Every time they met Xu Ji, they scolded him for not knowing how to save money. The good girls in Zhuangzi would rather marry someone else.  He is not found in the village, and no good-looking women come here. Women who are not good-looking hang around at the entrance of the village all day long. He has almost ruined the folk customs.  "You can't always blame me. There are a lot of men and women having fornications. I have had sex with women before." "Don't talk nonsense. The fornication is between you and me. It's not exchanged for money. You guys will give it to me."  I'm talking nonsense, be careful of getting beaten." Xu Ji covered his head and said, "I can't change it yet. I will save money this year and get married next year." The master walked around and returned to the Hou Mansion, where the supervisors were discussing matters.  "This year's harvest is better than last year. I heard that Guanzhong can be self-sufficient in grain starting from this year. There is no need to transport a grain of grain from Guandong, and there are still millions of dan of surplus grain every year." The supervisors looked at each other: "Unexpectedly  "So many?" "It's not that much. Half of the 75 counties in Guanzhong are adjacent to mountains and hills, which greatly hinders the increase in the yield per mu of Guanzhong. The increase in the output per mu of Guanzhong is enough to cover hundreds of dollars every year.  With a shortage of tens of thousands of tons of grain, secondary crop rotation is only implemented in plain areas, and the extra millions of tons of grain are provided by summer soybeans. "So many soybeans should be extracted for oil." "The soybean oil market is approaching saturation, and a bucket of soybean oil costs 150 yuan."  It is the stop loss line. More soybean oil can only be sold at a price lower than 150 yuan per bucket. It is more cost-effective to sell a stone of soybeans to the workshop for 150 yuan to make other soy products. " "The villagers are also smart.  " The supervisors smiled. The soybean oil market has not yet opened. Ordinary families cannot afford expensive soybean oil. The narrow market is easily filled by the influx of soybean oil. Most villagers have given up oil extraction and switched to small-scale soybean products.  For example, Huainan Hou Liu An's "Hong Lie" mentioned the processing technology of tofu. Before Liu An came to Chang'an, tofu had been quietly popularizing. After he came to Chang'an, he started to promote tofu, and tofu workshops sprang up in the capital.  Tofu is cheap and nutritious. It is easy to make and does not require too many technical requirements. Almost every prince has a tofu shop in his house, and there is also a tofu workshop in Pingyang House. The villagers bring their own soybeans to the tofu shop and eat tofu in return.  , except for the cost of making tofu, only a part of the soybeans is charged as a craft fee. The dozen or so villages under the Hou Mansion all like to use soybeans in return.Eat rotten food.  Houfu Tofu Workshop also processes a soy milk drink. It sets up an iron bucket and fills it with beans and water. It heats or breaks the soybeans with water-driven paddles to obtain milky white soy milk. The filtered bean dregs can be used for  As a fertilizer or feed, the effect is similar to that of soybean meal. There are many ways to process soybeans. Take tofu as an example, it can be deeply processed into dried tofu, tofu rolls and other soy products.  Soy products have enriched the recipes on the table, and there are more delicious foods than before. Villagers have become more enthusiastic and motivated to farm.  " The master smiled and cupped his hands: "Congratulations to the Lord, "The Theory of Money" has been selected as the major course of the College of Liberal Arts by Taixue. I have heard the news that the scholars in Chang'an City are painstakingly studying the "Theory of Money", including many Confucian scholars.  Inside.  "    "oh?  That's a good thing.  " Zhu Fuyan said: "Last year, Confucianism hosted a debate. The theme was whether the market role you proposed exists. The pure Confucianism of Qi and Lu denounced the theory of market existence based on scriptures. However, this year, the market for soybean products has been rising all the way. Guanzhong  75 The number of soybean farmers in the county increased sharply. The originally difficult soybean-wheat rotation was suddenly successfully expanded. Farmers in Guanzhong became more enthusiastic about farming. This severely slapped Chunru in the face. Now no one dares to question the Monetary Theory.  ¡·is pseudoscience.  " The core of Huang Laoxin's theory lies in "The Theory of Money". The content is based on currency to explain the impact of currency and market on all aspects of the country and the country. From the formulation of major policies of the military and state to the people's clothing, food, housing and transportation. It affects all aspects of the entire society.  The shadow of money and market, money is the carrier of market transactions. Talking about money is actually talking about the market. The content is too novel, and it feels like being a step ahead is crazy. This has led to continuous doubts from all parties in the three years since the book was written.  Every explanation of "The Theory of Money" has to be added with the word "doubtful", and even more radical people simply denounced it as pseudoscience, just because Cao Shi controlled the Shaofu for a long time and used currency to win an economic war, which directly proved that the role of currency is useless.  It is doubtful that the doubts that were popular at that time all withered. In the past two years, Cao Shi left the central government to train troops and organize the army to preside over the Southern Expedition. Doubts in the academic world gradually increased, and smart scholars bypassed the untouchable currency.  , focusing on the subtitle market in "On Money", trying to prove that the market does not exist, in order to attack the foundation of "On Money". As long as the market is not there, currency will only be the court's credit currency, and it will be a unilateral act between the court and the people.  "However, they failed.  The king is victorious.  " Cao Shi asked: "Is this your Majesty's intention to major in "On Money"?  " "Probably so.  " Cao Shi held up the hardcover "On Money" and turned to the first page. It was the preface written by Emperor Liu Che, praising the insights of "On Money". He called it a rare masterpiece since "Guanzi". This book will be too  It should have been a happy event, but Cao Shi was not in the mood to laugh. He knew the emperor's temper very well, and Liu Che would try his best to use all kinds of influence to serve him.  The development direction of Taixue means that his further interference in Taixue has come to naught. No one can compete with the emperor. Today, he can use "On Money" as a major course, and he can be kicked out every day and still take "Spring and Autumn".  ¡·Making a major course, Cao Shi felt vaguely uneasy and quietly waited for the court's arrangements. The king of Nanyue, Zhao Wan, and the king of Minyue, Zou Ying, were captured, and the crown prince Zhao Yingqi and Zou Chou were captured and presented to the imperial temple in Chang'an.  Once again, he showed his face in front of the Ancestral Temple, and all the civil and military officials praised the emperor as a wise and wise emperor with civilized and military virtues. The emperor's vanity was unprecedentedly satisfied. He won two great victories within three years of being crowned emperor and swept away three countries in the south.  The country was forced to move inward, and no one could deny the contribution of the war. The victory in the war brought great prestige to the emperor, and the opposition in the court became smaller and smaller. The advantage was that the emperor could easily control the situation of the court, but the disadvantages were quickly revealed.  Prince Shaofu Zhuangzhu came to Pingyang Houfu to read out the decree: "General Cao Shi of Chariot and Cavalry has made great achievements in defeating South Vietnam. He will be granted a grant of 3,000 households and a gold of 2,000 jin. The wife of Pingyang Marquis, Wei, will be granted food to 300 households.  General, get up and receive the order!  "    "What?  " Cao Shi stopped his hands when he was about to receive the order. He granted three thousand households and granted two thousand catties of gold, which was only half of the reward for destroying the Yelang Kingdom. He was suddenly blindfolded. "General Chariot and Cavalry What are you doing, General Chariot and Cavalry?  Already?  " "Excuse me, what is this reward" Zhuangzhu smiled awkwardly: "Actually, there have been several court discussions in the court. Prime Minister Dou Ying advocated a heavy reward for generals on horseback and cavalry, which will benefit tens of thousands of households. It is necessary to give eight thousand catties of gold.  , but the Taiwei Tian Fu firmly opposed it. Wang Xin, the Da Nong Ling, and Tian Sheng, the Ting Wei, both expressed firm opposition. Tian Fu said that although the generals of chariots and cavalry were rewarded too much for their merits, the princes who had contributed to the founding of the country were rewarded with 8,000 households.  There are only a fewSir, the implication is that the contribution of the chariot general is not as good as Jianghou Zhou Bo, so he should not be given more rewards. Your Majesty has lowered your reward after repeated hesitation.  " Cao Shi sat on his knees for a long time without moving. He suddenly felt cold all over. He would never believe that the emperor could not distinguish the difference between the lack of supplies in the early Han Dynasty and the rich products now. The feudal princes did not rely on food for their livelihood.  It is a symbol of honor. A prince with a beneficial title is an incomparable honor. A prince without a beneficial title proves that he has no merit. The number of beneficial titles is the emperor's recognition of you. From the second year of Houyuan to the third year of Jianyuan.  In 2000, Cao Shi received two benefits in total. The first time was granted by Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty to 3,000 households. The second time was granted by Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty to 5,000 households. The two benefits were obtained in exchange for hard work. Today is the third time.  Yi Feng was also the one who had the most and least credit. Cao Shi sat silently for a long time before slowly raising his head: "Your Majesty only recorded my contribution to the destruction of South Vietnam. Did the Minyue Kingdom count alone?  " "Yes, the Minyue Kingdom is counted on the Wuqiang Hou Zhuang Qingzhai. Your Majesty has another decree to give the Weiwei. I can reveal the number to the General of Chariots and Cavalry. Zhuang Qingzhai will be granted two thousand households and a thousand catties of gold.  "Zhuang Zhu sympathized with Cao Shi very much. He only gave such a small reward to a great hero who contributed so much to the Han family. If anyone has great contributions, they have to separate them and compare them with money. This hero is too disgusting.  , but he had the responsibility, so he could only help within the scope of his duties, and he did not dare to say more. Cao Shi stood up expressionlessly, took the imperial edict without saying a word, and watched the court envoy leave.  The eldest princess of Yangxin, the eldest princess Liu Wei, came out, took the emperor's decree and scanned it with a single glance. Liu Mei frowned slightly and said: "A gentleman should not accept an order, and he should not accept such a small reward. I immediately left for the Changqiu Palace to serve as a gentleman.  Ask for an explanation.  " "Don't go. Haven't you seen His Majesty's thoughts?  He is worried that my great achievements will shock the master!  "Cao Shichang sighed: "My husband finally understands what Zhao Tuo said. No matter whether the civil servants or generals will eventually come to an end, Xiao Heshang will be greedy for money and commit suicide, and Han Xin will still be a man with his tail between his legs. Your Majesty is telling me that it is time to hide one's strength and bide one's time.  Done.  " "Gentleman, can I help you?  " "You don't need to interfere, Zhou Yafu has learned from his mistakes. I have a full understanding of the emperor, and I have long been concerned about the emperor's performance.  "Liu Han's mood is complicated. On one side is her biological brother from the same mother, and on the other side is the husband who has been sleeping with her for a long time. She is very painful and embarrassed in the middle. She is not only a royal princess, but also a member of the Cao family.  The daughter-in-law of Wei Junru was in good health and walked out in high spirits: "Gentleman, I have good news. The third sister's husband has been taken into the Weiyang Palace. The husband wrote a letter saying that he was sealed after entering the palace.  She is a beauty, and His Majesty promised to make her his wife as soon as she has a child huh?  Junzi and sister look bad. What's wrong?  " Liu Kuan handed her the imperial edict, and Wei Junru's face darkened: "I remember the last time Dayelang's country granted five thousand households, why was there such a small reward after destroying the two countries this time?  The emperor treats the gentleman lightly.  "The faces of the couple are not good. The women can see that the emperor's thoughts are not right. It proves that more than 90% of the residents of the capital can understand that the emperor has made a mess of the good rewards. It seems like he is trying to imitate the late emperor's practice of not rewarding meritorious service and suppressing military merit.  After seeing the imperial edict, the family supervisors were indignant and talked about which treacherous minister had made the slander. Most people did not believe it was the true attitude of the emperor. After all, the close relationship between Pingyang Marquis and the emperor was known to the world.  Master Yan held the imperial edict and read it over and over for a long time before saying: "Although I disdain Confucian scholars, some of what Confucian scholars say makes sense. For example, Mencius once told the King of Qi that if a king treats his ministers as his brothers and feet, then his ministers will regard him as his own.  In the heart of the heart, if the king treats his ministers like dogs and horses, then his ministers will regard him as his own countrymen; if his ministers regard his ministers as dirt and mustard, then his ministers will regard him as an enemy. A small reward is not considered a bad thing for the prince.  " "Oh, how can I say this?  " "The prince can win widespread sympathy, and if done properly, the prince can turn bad things into good things!  " Cao Shi had an idea flash in his mind: "Yes!  The emperor has failed me, not that I have failed him. Since the emperor has rewarded me so little, the reward of 100,000 Confederate troops must be reduced. Spread the news and see how public opinion reacts. I want to see what happens.  Who has a guilty conscience and who is adding fuel to the flames behind the Emperor¡¯s back!  "(To be continued, please search Piaotian Literature, the novels will be better and updated faster!
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