At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

Before Wang Can helped Mao Jie to speak, it was purely Guo Peng's intention, and he also saw the benefits of doing so, so he helped Mao Jie for the sake of the national treasury and his own political achievements.

In this kind of matter, the Ministry of Finance can share the blessings, but not the hardships. Once there is a problem, the treasury revenue will drop sharply, and they may have to pay to help. Wang Can is definitely not happy.

At that time, in order to get rid of the blame and avoid getting burned, he will definitely do such a thing.

Under the criticism of the courtiers, Wang Can felt worthy of Mao Jie if he didn't follow him, and he was expected to help Mao Jie in the same boat?

do not think too much about it.

Guo Peng shattered Mao Jie's unrealistic vision with practical actions.

Mao Jie was even more frightened and nodded repeatedly.

He can even imagine the scene of his betrayal and even going to jail.

Guo Pengming's superficial identity is already too high, and he cannot blatantly interfere in the government affairs, and he is wandering around, who knows if he will have time to help when things break out?

Mao Jie was deeply worried.

Also considering this point, considering the worrying political integrity of those subordinates he tamed, Guo Peng felt that even if Mao Jie had some preparations, he would not be able to escape.

The financial pressure of the Ministry of Finance is great, and there are many places where money has been spent in recent years. In order to collect enough money, Wang Can has long been a frightened bird, and a little trouble can scare him half to death.

So he became more and more cautious. If it wasn't for Guo Peng's instruction before, he would never interfere with Mao Jie's matter.

Mao Jie is a person who dares to do things, and has ideas for doing things. There are not many such people among senior bureaucrats, and even fewer and fewer.

High-level bureaucrats, do less and make less mistakes, and it is good not to do nothing.

In the foreseeable future, the upper echelons of the Wei Empire are likely to become stagnant, and it is necessary to introduce some courageous people.

Mao Jie wants to protect.

Guo Peng had an idea.

"In this way, Xiaoxian, while you are doing business here, you should submit the form to the emperor, and tell the emperor, I will ask you to submit the form to him, and discuss with him how to stabilize the situation in Yongzhou in the worst case. Say it like that."

Mao Jie froze for a moment, looked at Guo Peng, suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and immediately realized Guo Peng's purpose for asking him to do this.

"Your Majesty..."

Mao Jie stood up, went to Guo Peng, and knelt down in front of Guo Peng.

"The kindness of the Supreme Emperor's help, my minister, I will never forget it forever."

"Get up."

Guo Peng sighed and shook his head: "I'm not helping you for personal reasons. Among high-level officials, there are fewer and fewer people who dare to act like you. There is no shortage of people who eat vegetarian food around the emperor. What is missing is Dare to be a man of courage.

Although sometimes your thinking is not completely comprehensive, but it is better than those Mr. Dots who are afraid of doing things. This time I will help you. Next time, you have to help the emperor. You have to be thoughtful, understand? ? "

Mao Jie's thoughts turned a thousand times, and finally turned into a deep sigh.

"Sir, obey the order."

"it is good."

After talking about this matter, Mao Jie had a bottom line in his heart, and he became more calm.

Guo Peng also relaxed a little, chatted for a while, and suddenly remembered the instigator of this incident, Zhuge Liang.

It was Zhuge Liang who broke the boundaries of the city and the city and bravely developed business to help Liangzhou get rid of poverty.

"Xiaoxian, what do you think of Zhuge Liang?"

"What does the Supreme Emperor mean?"

"Behaviour, handling of affairs, ability, views on these aspects, you are his former boss, you should know something about him."

"indeed so."

Mao Jie nodded, thought for a while, and remembered the thrilling scene at the beginning, as well as his deepened understanding of Zhuge Liang later.

It is true that he is daring, but Zhuge Liang is the one who is more daring than others.

"From my point of view, Zhuge Liang is indeed a very talented person. It was he who first proposed and put into practice the business development that broke the boundaries of fangs and cities. He did a very good job in Dunhuang County. The reason why I decided to do this is also to learn from his experience."

"How about being a human being? How about being a human being?"

Guo Peng continued to ask.

"For a human being..."

Mao Jie remembered that Zhuge Liang wanted to bring the Liangzhou corruption case to the central government, and couldn't help but feel scared for a while.

If the previous incident had really been brought to Luoyang by him, he would probably have been homeless long ago. It can be said that Zhuge Liang is an oddball in the officialdom, and there is no trace left by the unspoken rules of the officialdom in him.

He seemed to be the same as him, never changed.

Such Zhuge Liang made Mao Jie feel a little surprised and a little incomprehensible.

But this did not prevent Mao Jie from praising him.

"It should be said that he is a good official. At least he has never been corrupt. Everything he does is for the sake of the local residents. Everywhere he goes, he has a very good reputation among the local residents. To this day, people in Dunhuang County still praise Zhuge Liang."

Guo Peng nodded.

"Zhuge Liang, Zhuge Kongming...Xiaoxian, after I die, the one who can inherit my will and continue to govern Wei is this Zhuge Liang."

"........."

Mao Jie was stunned for a while.

He suddenly remembered that Zhuge Liang was a cabinet staffer next to Guo Peng, and the winner of the Talent Discussion Ceremony. He had been a central official by Guo Peng's side for many years. Guo Peng should have seen and understood him.

Afterwards, Guo Peng released him and sent him somewhere to be the county magistrate, the sheriff, and now the governor, and let Zhuge Liang go westward, farther and farther away from Luoyang. If it weren't for his brother who was a doctor in the Ministry of Civil Affairs Even Mao Jie wondered if Guo Peng had forgotten about Zhuge Liang.

As a result, Guo Peng not only remembered, but also had a very high evaluation of Zhuge Liang.

After his death, Zhuge Liang was the one who stabilized Wei?

Isn't it His Majesty today?

Mao Jie was puzzled.

"Your Majesty, is this Zhuge Liang?"

"It was I who agreed to let him go out, and it was also my hope that he could exercise his ability in the local area, increase his knowledge, and know what effect a government order in Luoyang will have in the local area. I want him to understand this. After he understands, he will I can go back to Luoyang."

Guo Peng smiled and looked at Mao Jie: "Xiaoxian, I'm sorry, Zhuge Liang's status is not high, and it's okay to return to Luoyang to take up a middle-level position. Your status is too high for a middle-level position to bear." , so you have to wait for a while."

Mao Jie just looked at Guo Peng so stupidly, and suddenly felt that he still underestimated this Zhuge Liang.

His background seems to be not only his elder brother Zhuge Jin, but also...

The emperor?

Is Zhuge Liang really in the heart of the emperor?

Mao Jie swallowed, feeling a little complicated.

Chapter 1517 One thousand four hundred and fifty seven Sima Yi and Mao Jie

After the discussion with Mao Jie ended, Guo Peng ended his journey in Chang'an.

He gave Mao Jie a bad check and asked him to wait slowly for the opportunity to return to Luoyang.

As for when to cash this empty political check, that is Guo Jin's business, and Guo Peng is only responsible for giving it.

After Guo Peng left, Mrs. Mao complained to Mao Jie that Guo Peng came too suddenly, and she was unprepared, so she was really nervous when entertaining Cao Lan and the others.

Mao Jie laughed and cried a lot.

"Nervous? That's what you call nervous, ma'am, if you're nervous, what do I call it?"

"It's just the Supreme Emperor's visit. The Supreme Emperor is no longer the emperor. Anyway, it's just the old man coming out to relax. What are you afraid of?"

"Say you have no knowledge."

Mao Jie shook his head: "The Supreme Emperor abdicates. Believe it or not, if he says he wants to dismiss me, we can pack up and go back to our hometown in a month's time!"

"Isn't it?"

"Isn't it?"

Mao Jie sneered for a while: "It was the Supreme Emperor who established the Wei State, not His Majesty the current Wei State, and have you seen the eldest grandson of the Emperor with him?"

"I saw it."

"That's the next emperor."

"........."

Mrs. Mao had some difficulty understanding Mao Jie's leaping thinking.

How could that young man be the next emperor?

His Majesty has not been on the throne for less than a year now, so why is he the next emperor?

Will this be too fast?

There will be no one to help Madam Mao explain things that she doesn't understand, and naturally Mao Jie won't either.

Of course, there is no need for Mrs. Mao to figure it out, as long as Mao Jie figured it out.

Mao Jie has figured it out now, so he knows that the most important thing he needs to do now is to speed up the rectification of Yongzhou's economy, grasp the overall market of Yongzhou's economy, and firmly control it to deal with the coming shock.

An extraterritorial war thousands of miles away will actually affect my economy here?

Mao Jie deeply felt the wonder of the world.

Then he turned around and went back to the Yongzhou Governor's Office, while writing a memorial to Emperor Guo Jin, he issued a decree - from now on, no more restaurants, hotels and foreign trade shops will be approved.

All existing applications will be rejected, and all subsequent applications will be rejected.

Among other things, we should first rectify from the source to contain the external torrent, and then find a way to deal with the internal flood that has begun to rage.

If you don't check, you don't know. After checking, you are startled. For the first time, Mao Jie felt that his steps were too big.

The number of shops related to foreign trade, as well as those wine shops and hotels in the territory of Yongzhou is really unexpected.

Moreover, quite a few of them are small in scale and low in quality, so they will be the first to fall if they encounter an impact.

These are private small shops set up following the trend during the prosperous economy at that time. They were designed to make a small profit. When the economy was prosperous, the big shops ate meat, and the small shops could also drink some soup. In this case, let alone soup , there is no water to drink.

While wiping off his cold sweat, Mao Jie began to prepare for the coming economic and political storms in the near future.

Whether you can cross the past is your chance to go to the next level.

In the past, a book can be expected.

If you can't make it through, then simply resign voluntarily, and save yourself from being chased and beaten by those old conservative bureaucrats.

Mao Jie thought so.

After leaving Chang'an City, Guo Peng thought that no matter what, he would stay in Beiting Dufu for a while.

He wanted to see how far Zhuge Liang, who was sent out to grow and train by himself, had grown.

A change in business should not be enough to reflect Zhuge Liang's talent and growth.

As he said, in the future, after he dies, it will be Zhuge Liang who can really inherit his will and govern the Wei state.

At present, in Guo Jin's own talent pool, Lu Yi is considered top-notch. Lu Yi is indeed smart, but he does not have much administrative experience at present, and he is not yet a pillar of the country. He is alone and needs help.

In terms of military affairs, the Wei Empire currently has countless military professionals, and the main force of the Mesozoic Era also has many military talents. It is not Zhuge Liang's turn to rule the roost.

But when it comes to administration, among the administrative officials of the Mesozoic era, Zhuge Liang is definitely the first choice when it comes to administrative ability.

Zhuge Liang should stay by Guo Jin's side and help him handle major national affairs. Guo Jin needs to give him full power to let him fully display his talents and implement his ideas.

Whether it is economics or administration, or strengthening centralization, the experienced Zhuge Liang should be a good hand.

And judging from his daring to break the boundaries of the market and develop business in an aboveboard manner, he is also a politician who dares to act.

He deserves his place in history.

With a mere one state against the strong Wei ten states, using the strength of 100 million registered population against the strength of 500 million registered population, we took the initiative to launch five offensives, and even had two large-scale strategic offensives. ring life.

Not to mention the results of the battle, being able to launch five offensives with the power of one state can itself reflect Zhuge Liang's strong political ability.

Without this kind of political ability for overall planning and enforcement, it is impossible to launch an effective strategic offensive. Before discussing military capabilities, Zhuge Liang's political ability should be given full marks.