Three Kingdoms

Fei Qian leaves this time, and he doesn’t know when he will come back. As for Wancheng's business matters, Fei Qian has already handed it over to Pei Jun. Once the seeds are planted, what kind of flowers and fruits will eventually bloom will have to be watered by time.

Of course, leaving this time was not so fast. After all, Huang Chengyan had to pack up his family business, and Xu Huang and other soldiers also had to prepare supplies, so it would still take some time before they officially set off. Therefore, Fei Qian stayed at Pangshi Pangshan Min for the past two days. In his mansion, it can be regarded as a kind of guest-dominated one, occupying the halls of Pangshan people.

When dealing with merchants, you can neither get too close nor throw them too far away. Because these guys wallow in the smell of copper all day long, their personalities will inevitably be affected to a certain extent. In some aspects, their performance is indeed relatively disappointing. It is difficult for ordinary people to agree, especially in the Han moral system based on loyalty and filial piety.

When parents and other immediate family members die, do we need to observe filial piety?

If ordinary gentry children would not say anything, they would abandon all entertainment on the spot and settle down in their houses without any hesitation. But for merchants... If they come out after three years, wouldn't all the original market channels be robbed by others? ? Therefore, merchants are disliked and said to be unfaithful and unfilial, whether it is due to external or internal reasons, there is a certain truth.

And then similarly, the local bullies everywhere...

This kind of overlord is not entirely derogatory, such as Pang Shanmin, who is currently facing Fei Qian.

Pang Degong is a good master, and Pang Shanmin is also an honest man, but what about the other Pang people? Will all the Ponzi groups who benefited from Pang Degong be good people? And what about Pang Shanmin’s son? Where is the grandson? Will they all inherit Pang Degong’s excellent qualities? Obviously not. So under such circumstances, will Pangzi eventually become the local bully of Wancheng in the future? Become a guy who nominally recognizes the court, but actually separatizes the local area?

No one knows.

"Why did the general sigh?" ” Seeing Fei Qian sighing slightly, Pang Shanmin couldn’t help but ask.

Fei Qian put down the letter in his hand, pointed it out, and said: "... During the time of Xiaowen, Prince Wu came to see him, and he had to serve the crown prince." Prince Wu was disrespectful and the crown prince killed him. When he was sent to be buried in Chang'an, the King of Wu said angrily: "We all belong to the same clan. If he dies in Chang'an, he will be buried in Chang'an. Why should he be buried in Chang'an?"..."

Pang Shanmin thought for a moment, then reacted and said, "Is this the chaos of the Seven Kingdoms?" 』

Fei Qian nodded, and then said: "There is advice for the later mistakes," he said, "In the past, when Emperor Gao first established the world, he had few younger brothers and weak disciples, and all the princes had the same surname... There was a prince in front of King Wu who pretended to be ill and refused to go to court. , should be punished according to the ancient method. Emperor Wen was not forbearing, because he gave him a few sticks, which were extremely virtuous. He should change his ways, but it would only increase his arrogance. He cast money in the mountains and boiled seawater into salt, luring the people of the world to plot chaos. Now cut them off. If you don't cut it, it will do the opposite. If you cut it, it will happen quickly, and the harm will be small; if you don't cut it, it will happen late, and the harm will be great... What do the mountain people think?"

The slips Fei Qian looked through were the glorious deeds of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty during the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion. The Rebellion of the Seven Kingdoms, or the murder caused by two naughty children?

Seeing Fei Qian's question, Pang Shanmin thought for a moment, "Chao Yushi's blunt words are fierce...but there is some truth..."

Fei Qian smiled, nodded, and said, "Of course." 』

Pang Shanmin frowned slightly.

As Fei Qian becomes more and more powerful, Fei Qian's words and deeds are gradually being demonized. I won't talk about the folk rumors, but when facing Fei Qian, I can't help but try to figure out what Fei Qian is. Do you want to say something? Is there any special meaning behind it? Or do you want to express some hidden meaning...

Later generations often praise the rule of Wen and Jing. It seems that it was so good when Emperor Wen and Emperor Jing were alive, but is it really...

Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty was not at all as mellow, benevolent and unparalleled in mercy as Confucian scholars said.

Look at the viciousness and sophistication of Emperor Jing in dealing with Chao Cuo. First, he held Chao Cuo up to attract firepower, and then in a blink of an eye, he betrayed Chao Cuo to paralyze the princes and kings. After the rebellion was suppressed, he pretended to suddenly realize that he was wrong... …

This series of operations is simply a model textbook for politicians.

Think again about today’s operations...

Well, if today's world is really that powerful, maybe Fei Qian won't have any chance.

So, being stupid today is a good thing?

"So this is where the general's desire to implement the "Law of Jue Tian" comes from? Pang Shanmin was on the sidelines, obviously over-interpreting something.

"Hmm..." Fei Qian pondered for a moment, then thought about it, and seemed to have a little influence, so he nodded slightly and said, "In the early Han Dynasty, if a man didn't plow, or he would suffer from hunger, a woman wouldn't weave." , or suffer from the cold... However, in today's chaos, I don't know how many refugees have lost their homes. I dare to ask, but the world is hungry and cold? Why? This moment and that moment..."

"The land of Wancheng is only a hundred miles in circumference, but the wealth of the world is collected, and Cao's army attacks it. For a while, there is no shortage, and the army and the people are united, so they can hold on..." Fei Qian said, "Without him, it is It benefits from business... Cao Mengde wanted to seize Wancheng, and many people came here because of the abundant money, food and goods..."

Pang Shanmin nodded, "I understand..."

Fei Qian blinked, what do you know?

Forget it, just know it. Fei Qian came to find Pang Shanmin for another matter. To push Wancheng's business to a higher level, this matter cannot be accomplished by Pei Jun alone and requires the cooperation of Pang Shanmin.

Sometimes when Fei Qian looks at historical records, he can't help but feel a little emotional. Although he has learned lessons from the past, the car behind him still crashes into it regardless of the situation. Perhaps it is because of too much inertia, or some historical limitations?

As history has proven time and time again, the shortcomings of the feudal dynasty under the small-scale peasant economy have also returned to the situation of collapse and division time and time again. We clearly know that the peasants are extremely fragile in many cases, and they will lose their lives if they are not careful. Their land, but in many cases they still watch helplessly as they become tenants or slaves of the big landowner class again.

Because the landlord class was not very developed in the early Han Dynasty, and it was said in Wenjing Dynasty that there was "no harm from annexation", the political structure in the early Han Dynasty was very flat and simple. The supreme imperial power was its soul, and all imperial events were centered on it. The bureaucracy system It is the link between the upper class and the lower class, and countless small farmers provide labor and taxes for the country.

Such a structure is actually very fragile. No matter which link has a problem, it will endanger the stability of the entire system.

The first is the close integration of population and land. Without the close integration of population and land, the country will have no source of food and clothing, and the country's ability to control society will quickly lose...

Secondly, it requires officials to have a certain degree of loyalty and not to be submissive or corrupt, otherwise the taxes originally attributed to the country will be lost in large quantities...

Finally, counties and counties must not have strong local power, otherwise it will be like now, the imperial power is basically zero, and any edict issued by Emperor Liu Xie will be louder than the farts of Feiqian and Cao Cao...

These three aspects were not solved by the original laws of the Han Dynasty.

Limited by historical perspective, many laws of the Han Dynasty, and even some laws of later feudal dynasties, made Fei Qian feel like his hands hurt when sawing his hands, his feet hurt when he chopped off his feet, and his head hurt...

Well, bandage it and don’t let others see it...

Can the economic level in the early Han Dynasty be compared with that after development? As the Han Dynasty stabilized, social order was restored, and production increased significantly, both the people and officials had higher demands for quality of life. Proper adjustments and changes based on the development of social productivity were the only way to go.

After decades of recuperation in the early Han Dynasty, the economy recovered, the people became wealthy, the country became powerful, and various rules and regulations of the feudal unification were gradually established. Under such circumstances, the theoretical guidance of the Han Dynasty should begin to shift from "inaction" to "inaction" There is a promising transformation, but unfortunately, although Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty showed superb political skills in the "Seven Kingdoms Rebellion", he was still slightly lacking in managing people's livelihood and government affairs.

The theory of valuing agriculture over commerce, as a relatively widely used economic thought in the feudal unified dynasty, gradually matured during the period of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty, and grew up with congenital disabilities. Because this theory is limited to the industrial and commercial field, and overemphasizes the role of commodity currency economy in society, emphasizing the circulation field but not paying attention to technical production, although it can play a certain role in combating wealthy businessmen and local separatist forces who are alienated from the feudal state. It can also temporarily increase some of the huge financial expenditures required for centralization of power, so it was basically inherited by later feudal dynasties and became the main economic idea for maintaining the rule of Chinese dynasties.

The key is to suppress the "business", which will bring disaster to the fish in the pond, and sweep away the "workers". Only the "farmers" are still alive, and naturally they are no match for the "scholars", and then the "scholars" can play whatever they want. You can play whatever tricks you want, and you can pose in any pose you want.

Whether this was considered "unintentional" or "intentional", Fei Qian didn't know, but in order to avoid such bad situations from recurring, Wancheng was a pilot window located at the forefront of the Shandong gentry.

It can be seen from this battle in Jingzhou that neither the gentry group in Jingzhou nor the gentry system in Yuzhou is very receptive to Fei Qian. These people are more accustomed to hanging around in their original circles. , unwilling to come out and take a look.

It is obviously unrealistic to ask these people to form a group to visit Guanzhong, so Wancheng is an excellent window for display...

In terms of business, because princes from all over the country have strictly controlled grain and grass, the original grain and grass trade has almost dropped to freezing point, but other aspects of materials have not had much impact, especially the luxuries needed by the nobles' children. On sale in large quantities.

This also brings about other problems.

When Fei Qian was in Guanzhong, he heard people from merchant caravans complaining more than once, saying that there were a lot of things sold out of Guanzhong, and almost everything they brought out could be sold, but if they wanted to go from Shandong to Guanzhong, But there are no products to carry around. Sometimes I have to bring some low-value products such as salted fish, vinegar cloth, etc. I can only make money for traveling expenses, which is really meaningless.

The speaker was unintentional, but the listener was intentional. Fei subconsciously realized that this meant that while the wealth of Shandong nobles was gathering in Guanzhong, it also meant that this kind of business model could not last long...

Buying and selling, selling and buying can be considered business. The Shandong nobles continue to have their blood drawn, and sooner or later they will react. Although Fei Qian is constantly introducing new things, and it is widely spread that only those produced in Guanzhong are genuine, and various luxury goods have been added. Anti-counterfeiting labels, there are still rumors in the market that a certain person was laughed at by someone for buying a counterfeit, etc. However, if this trade model continues, then the Shandong nobles will one day not be able to pay.

Therefore, part of the low-value-added commodities such as cotton and alfalfa were transferred to Shandong, so that the Shandong nobles could have some commodities for exchange, and they could continue to cut their flesh with small knives without causing these nobles to suffer excessive pain due to severe pain. reaction.

This is the important commercial mission of Wancheng without troops stationed within 200 miles.

"Mountain people, please come with me..."

When Fei Qian took Pang Shanmin to the screen, Pang Shanmin suddenly discovered that behind his screen, there was a large wooden table. On top of the wooden table, there was a huge sand table simulating mountains and rivers... …

"This...is this Wancheng?" Pang Shanmin looked at the city in the sand table, a little afraid to confirm, "It seems... there seems to be something different?" 』

Fei Qian nodded, then pointed and said, "The layout of Wancheng needs to be re-planned... The city was originally divided into two, with the north city being used as the official residence, and the south city clearing out all miscellaneous households, leaving only the necessary inns. The market square... build another city wall on the outer circle of the original city wall, with inner squares in the north and south, which can be used for living. The market square is located in the east and west..."

In addition, there are still many things that need to be rebuilt, such as the city wall turrets, the market square watchtower, and open channels and culverts, etc., which all need to be improved step by step.

Pang Shanmin looked at the huge sand table and suddenly felt that his head suddenly seemed to be as big as the sand table.

It only takes craftsmen a few days to build a sand table, but it takes more than a few days to build such a city...

"Mountain residents don't have to worry...Money, civil engineering arrangements, Guanzhong will also support it at that time..." Seeing this, Fei Qian comforted him and smiled, "Besides, after some time, a certain person will be able to Send Zhuge Kongming to assist... Well, after next spring, we will start one after another... there is no rush, no rush..."

In fact, there is not much suspense in this internal battle in Guanzhong. When Fei Qian returns to Guanzhong, he will reveal his trump cards to determine the outcome. After that, if Zhuge Liang continues to stay in Guanzhong, he will not have much room to grow. It is better to arrange it here in Wancheng. If Zhuge Liang can really serve as Pangshan people's assistant, implement the sand table plan and build a new Wancheng, So basically, Zhuge Liang can be considered a graduate in people's livelihood and government affairs...

"As for the labor force... Nowadays, there are many sick people among the refugees in Jingzhou..." Fei Qian said with a smile, "Such people are being diagnosed and treated by doctors from the Baiyi Hospital in Danshui... It is not inconvenient to recover from a serious illness. If you do, they will all be sent here... The mountain people can settle down and farm first, farm around Wancheng, and then arrange construction during the slack season. If they are properly dispatched, no one will have to worry about lack of manpower..."

Although Pang Shanmin also knew that Zhang Zhongjing had great medical skills, he was still a little hesitant when he heard what Fei Qian said, "Can this plague disease be cured?" 』

Although during the Western Han Dynasty, some people had already begun to summarize treatment plans for the plague, but most of the time, perhaps because the treatment effects were not ideal, or local officials only wanted simplicity, the treatment system for the plague was reduced. It has never been better constructed and developed. When a plague occurs, more often than not, the road is simply blocked so that people in the plague area cannot run out. Once the ball is dead, that's it.

This obviously lazy approach also puts the people in a state of extreme fear of the plague, because even if they are lucky enough not to be infected, they will be treated as infected, and will eventually die.

When a plague breaks out, it is always fierce. If it can be organized and responded to effectively, then the plague can generally be controlled within a certain range, just like some occasional outbreaks of human or animal plagues in later generations. , influenza, avian influenza, foot-and-mouth disease, etc. Basically speaking, they will not affect the entire human race too much.

But once it is out of control and allowed to spread without anyone taking care of it, or failing to control it, or simply giving up on management, the result will inevitably be corpses everywhere.

Officials in the Han Dynasty often did not understand this, so they often treated the plague too passively or too aggressively. Some even directly massacred all the people in the plague area in order to prevent the spread of the plague...

Cao Cao and others thought that throwing a bunch of diseased seedlings to Fei Qian was equivalent to throwing out a bunch of hot yams. They could not only exempt Cao's army from the risk of contracting the plague, but also cheat Fei Qian and earn Guo Feng. Xiao and Xia Houyuan...

But what Cao Cao didn't expect was that through the research and treatment of the plague by the doctors of the Hundred Medical Hall, especially Zhang Ji, the plague that broke out in Jingzhou this time was not as bad as Pangshan people and some ordinary people thought. Serious, but still controllable to a certain extent.

And Fei Qian almost turned a waste into a treasure. After the people of Jingzhou who were abandoned by Cao Jun recovered and experienced such a plague crisis, they naturally developed loyalty to Fei Qian and hated and hated Cao Jun. This will be very beneficial to the subsequent stability and development of the Feiqian political group.

Fei Qian looked at Pang Shanmin and said with a smile, "...the day this city is completed will definitely be the time when the mountain people's name will be remembered in history!" 』

Pang Shanmin's eyes were obviously brighter, "I will obey the order of the hussar!" 』

Fei Qian, who has the experience of later generations, naturally knows that when a commercial center is built, the huge commercial circle will be like a black hole, destroying and attracting the wealth of other small merchants in the surrounding area and sweeping them away! Just like the opening of large supermarkets in later generations, the business of surrounding small grocery stores was greatly weakened. Once Wancheng's large business model is established, it will definitely strongly shake the surrounding towns, especially the economic systems of those manors in Yuzhou...