At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

They're done.

Qian Yi, who is an official dispatched by the central government, knows very well the methods of some shameless central government officials.

He couldn't think of a reason, so he naturally thought of Zhuge Liang who knows everything, so he immediately came to discuss with Zhuge Liang.

Zhuge Liang is smart and has connections in the central government. Others can be cannon fodder, so Zhuge Liang can't be cannon fodder, right?

Qian Yi decided so, so he proactively discussed countermeasures with Zhuge Liang.

"Kong Ming, what do you think is the best way to deal with this matter? From my point of view, the involvement is very serious. It will not only worry the officials, but also arouse the anger of the people. It is obviously ill-intentioned for the court to push the matter to us. We..."

Zhuge Liang had discussed this matter with Guo Peng earlier. At this time, Guo Peng had just left for a few days, and he was already prepared in his heart.

After pondering for a while, Zhuge Liang said, "Don't think that the imperial court will pay for it. Many officials in the imperial court are extremely dissatisfied with the affairs of the Northwest, and business taxes are rising steadily. Business playlist.

Now that there is a problem, it is even more impossible for them to ask the court to pay for the relief of the Northwest. There are too many such officials in the court. Even if His Majesty insists, it will be difficult to use the treasury. "

Qian Yi was very dissatisfied with this.

"Short-sighted! Lack of greed! Those high-ranking officials who were born in the investigation should all be dismissed! They know how to squeeze taxes from the northwest! Once there is trouble in the northwest, they only want to make trouble! Liangzhou in the former Han Dynasty was alienated from Luoyang. I don't think there is nothing wrong with it." reason!"

Zhuge Liang shook the fan in his hand and sighed.

"The current conflict between Luoyang and the Northwest is not the opinions of the former Han sects, but the dispute of emphasizing agriculture and suppressing commerce. It is due to different political opinions. It is easy to do with the opinions of the sects, but it is difficult to do it with different political opinions."

Qian Yi frowned.

"Those farmers have worked hard for several years to save some money to open shops, just to subsidize their families. Although the tax for small businesses is not high, they still have to collect taxes. The business tax is not low at all.

Now if something goes wrong, they are directly asked to close the shop and stop doing business, but they have to pay back the debt. How would they think?Don't you blame us to death? "

Zhuge Liang was very calm.

"Since the decision of the imperial court has been made, and it is not a matter of dismissing the Northwest Commerce, it seems that someone in the court has spoken for the Northwest. Under this situation, it is not easy to maintain the existence of the Northwest Commerce. I can't wait for more.

Right now, this matter should not be slow, the sooner it is resolved, the more proactive it will be, and it cannot be forced to do it, otherwise it will be chilling and it will not end well in the future. After all, this is not their fault. The fundamental problem is not with me, but rest in peace. "

Although Zhuge Liang didn't know what happened in the Zhenxi Protectorate's Mansion, he quickly found the primary solution to the problem - to transfer the conflict.

First throw out the pot that did not belong to the Wei Empire, and throw it to the Anxi people, so that the Anxi people become their common enemy, so that it is convenient for Zhuge Liang to gather people's hearts to do things.

Qian Yi didn't think of this at first, but Zhuge Liang's question made him think that the most important thing right now is to stabilize the mood of the officials, and the way to stabilize the mood of the officials is to let them know that they don't have to take responsibility.

Once the responsibility is thrown away, the officials will have nothing to do, and they will be very happy and able to do things.

"It's just that I don't know when Anxi will restore peace and when I will come to the Western Regions again."

Although Qian Yi was very dissatisfied with the group of old men in the central government, he also knew that the problem really lay with the Anxi people.

If the Anxi people don't come, it will be useless even if the central government invests money in it. This is a bottomless pit.

Without consumption, how can you drive a local business...

Therefore, what should be closed must be closed, and he must fully cooperate with Zhuge Liang.

Zhuge Liang decided to use his popularity and prestige to convene the merchants on the list to discuss this matter and negotiate a solution with them. It is best to use dialogue and compromise to solve the problem.

Reputation is very important to a businessman. If you lose your reputation, your career will be over.

The same is true for the government. If it loses its credibility, the government can only use violence to do things.

Violence should always be the last resort, and should not be used unless it is absolutely necessary, and once violence is used, it will be difficult to regain credibility.

Zhuge Liang is well aware of this truth. He has always been very cautious about the use of violence.

Otherwise, the police force will also lose its credibility.

On the other hand, the imperial court also had reservations about whether the county guards and county magistrates could properly use the police force, so they let the Ministry of Punishment intervene to put a shackle on the county guards and county magistrates.

From this, Zhuge Liang believes that it is not appropriate to mobilize the police force lightly, try to talk, talk, discuss solutions to the problem, make a compromise with everyone, and don't do things that forcibly damage the interests of the people, which is not worth the loss for the government.

It is necessary to learn from the experience of the reason why the former Han Dynasty was replaced by Wei.

Qian Yi expressed his support, and the police force really should not move lightly.

Of course, he felt that once the Ministry of Criminal Justice was involved, Zhuge Liang would inevitably be in trouble afterwards.

Needless to say, Qian Yi said that Sun Buqi, a doctor in the branch of the Criminal Department of Beiting Duhu Mansion, was not very willing to quarrel with Zhuge Liang on this kind of matter.

Although he and Zhuge Liang had no personal relationship, he had a good impression of Zhuge Liang at public gatherings.

Based on this impression, as well as the forces behind Zhuge Liang, Zhuge Jin, and Zhang Zhao, he is more willing to cooperate with Zhuge Liang instead of confrontation, whether it is public or private.

Of course he also wanted to return to the central government to become an official.

Later, before the joint meeting of merchants, Zhuge Liang convened a brief meeting with the main officials in the Duhu Mansion and the officials of the central branch. At the meeting, he confirmed the policy of not using violence and insisting on using negotiation means to achieve the goal.

Zhuge Liang asked all officials to put up 12 points of energy and be prepared to not be able to return home from today until the end of the crisis.

Both Qian Yi and Sun Buqi expressed their support for Zhuge Liang.

With the support of officials from important departments of the central government, Zhuge Liang's back became even harder.

So the officials quickly reached a consensus on this issue, and decided to communicate with the merchants who needed to communicate according to Zhuge Liang's plan, and summoned them all to the Duhu Mansion.

All of a sudden, the whole city was full of turmoil, and many merchants were called to the Duhu Mansion for a meeting. They didn't know what was going on, and the people gathered together were panicked and restless.

Zhuge Liang soon appeared.

Seeing Zhuge Liang's familiar figure appear, the merchants all quieted down, waiting for Zhuge Liang's speech.

Zhuge Liang was holding a fan in his hand as usual, with a calm expression on his face.

Obviously the weather is quite cold now, but he is still shaking the fan all the time.

Everyone in the Beiting Duhu Mansion knew that Zhuge Duhu was holding a fan in his hand and shaking it regardless of the weather.

I don't know what Zhuge Liang is thinking.

Fans were only popular in the south of the Yangtze River in the early days, and not so popular in the north. Except for the ruling class who used fans as ritual objects to show their status, the folks didn't use them much.

Later, Guo Peng's army went south to eliminate the Sun Wu regime in Jiangdong, and brought back a lot of things and customs from Jiangdong, such as the custom of using fans.

The climate in Jiangdong is hotter than that in the north, and the summer heat is unbearable. As a good tool for attracting wind and shading the sun, the fan has been loved by the gentry. The gentry in Jiangdong widely used fans to escape the heat.

Of course, when it comes to the widespread use of this fan, Situ Caiyong, the minister with the highest status in name in the Wei Empire, also has indelible contributions.

He spent ten years avoiding disasters in Jiangdong in his early years, and developed the habit of using fans, and he did not stop this habit after returning to the north.

Although he has little power, he has a high status and is a master-level leader in the literary world.

When receiving guests, he always held a feather fan and shook it, which was soon imitated by a group of arty people. In line with the historical trend of the Wei Empire's capture of Jiangdong, this custom began to prevail throughout the country.

Later, Guo Peng positioned the fan as a summer-cooling product for the general public. In addition to special ritual vessels, small-sized feather fans and hair fans were allowed to be freely produced, consumed and used by the people.

So until now, it is not uncommon for someone to shake a fan in the hot summer season.

But people like Zhuge Liang who are always shaking a fan regardless of cold or heat are really uncommon.

It stands to reason that Zhuge Liang grew up in Jingzhou in the south of the Yangtze River, and it is not a special thing to be used to using a fan, but he also holds a fan when the cold wind is blowing, and he always goes out with the fan, which inevitably makes everyone imagine.

What is this scenario?

Someone asked Zhuge Liang, but Zhuge Liang smiled and said nothing.

Moreover, Zhuge Liang habitually shakes his fan when he is thinking, and everyone around him knows that as long as Zhuge Liang starts shaking his fan, it means that he is thinking about the solution to the problem.

He can always think of appropriate countermeasures to solve problems.

Over time, when people around saw Zhuge Liang shaking his fan, they felt inexplicably at ease, because it meant that Zhuge Liang was thinking of a way.

When the fan stops, it will be more solid, which means that Zhuge Liang has figured out a way.

Now Zhuge Liang is shaking his fan.

Chapter 1557. One thousand four hundred and seventy seven So everyone, there is really someone who can solve problems better than me

When Zhuge Liang shook his fan, everyone felt that everything was under his control.

Like a wonderful magic, everyone can't help but believe that Zhuge Liang can find a solution to their problems.

Instead of harming them.

This is a wonderful thing, many people can't do it, not only can't do it, but dare not even think about it, such as Sima Yi, he never thought that he could sit with a group of ordinary people and talk and laugh happily.

Isn't this talking about it?

But Zhuge Liang can do it.

He can not only talk and laugh, but also solve problems through talking and laughing.

"Today Liang invited you here not for anything else, but to tell you about a huge injustice and disaster, and please be prepared."

Businessmen, you look at me, I look at you, collectively confused.

What is a great injustice?

Zhuge Liang shook his fan slowly, and sighed: "You are all merchants in the city, some run wine shops, some run hotels, some sell grain, vegetables, fruits, and meat, and some specialize in buying and selling bulk goods with foreign merchants. , Liang knows.

Your business is not done with our own people, but with foreigners, and the money you earn is also from foreigners. This is naturally a good thing, but you should also understand that this business can continue mainly because of the continuous flow of foreign countries. Merchants.

But have you ever thought that one day foreign merchants suddenly stop coming, and these merchants who came to Wei State with a lot of money to buy goods everywhere will stop coming and buying things, so what kind of situation will your business be like? ? "

Everyone still looked at each other in blank dismay.

The owner of a small merchant who runs a wine shop raised his hand.

"Guardian Zhuge, if you have anything to say, just speak up, we are ready."

A group of merchant chickens nodded repeatedly, staring at Zhuge Liang with both eyes.

"Ok."

Zhuge Liang stopped shaking his fans, and said, "You have two main sources of customers, one is Guishuang, and the other is rest in peace. Now, Guishuang is safe and sound, rest in peace... suffered a tragic defeat in the war with the country of Loumo, the capital of the country Falling, is at stake."

The merchants were all stunned, you look at me, I look at you, no one spoke for a while.

Suddenly, a businessman with a quick head raised his hand.

"Guardian Zhuge, do you mean that the Anxi Kingdom is defeated and gone, so their merchants... are gone?"

Saying this, the businessman himself showed a horrified expression.

The rest of the businessmen also showed horror expressions one after another.

They are not stupid, and they are somewhat smart to keep their business up to this point and maintain it until this point. Opening a shop and doing business is an extremely test of skill and endurance no matter what time it is.

So they soon realized what Zhuge Liang meant.

Zhuge Liang followed the trend.

"It's not that it's gone, but the country's capital fell, Anxi was hit hard, and many rich and powerful households were looted. How many of them came to us to buy goods? We don't know. After the defeat, people panicked. It’s really hard to say how many people who have money and needs come to us to buy things.”

Zhuge Liang waved his fan again: "So everyone, Liang called you here to tell you that Anxi was defeated and suffered heavy losses. There is a possibility that a large number of merchants will disappear, and your business may not be able to be done."

As soon as Zhuge Liang finished speaking, all the merchants below turned pale with fright, and then began to talk to each other, with anxiety and panic that couldn't be concealed in their words.

"It's broken, it's broken, what should I do?"

"My family's business has just improved, why don't you come here?"

"If they don't come, who will I sell my things to? I just bought a lot of goods. If this person doesn't come, who will I sell them to?"

"My family still owes money to the government! How can I pay back the money if they don't come! How can I pay back this?"

"It's over, it's over, it's over now!!"

Seeing the chaos underneath, Zhuge Liang said loudly: "Everyone, everyone, be quiet, be quiet, listen to me!"

Zhuge Liang was very famous, and when he spoke, the merchants were panicked, but out of trust in him, they calmed down.

"I know that many of you are struggling to operate. There is not much money and goods in the family, the business is not good, the income is not much, and you still owe money to the court. It won't be long before the number of merchants here is greatly reduced. Your business will definitely not go on.

At that time, you will not be able to continue doing business, and you still owe money to the court. Your family will have nothing but land and houses, and your life will be tense, and you will have to squeeze out money to pay back to the court. These days are really hard to live on. "

The merchants that Zhuge Liang said were all depressed, lowered their heads, covered their heads, and didn't know how to live anymore.

An anxious middle-aged merchant stood up and saluted Zhuge Liang.

"Guardian Zhuge, all the merchants in the Beiting Duhu Mansion know that you are omnipotent. As long as there is a problem, you can always solve it. Now that you have called us over, do you have a solution?"

After the words of the middle-aged merchant came out, everyone looked at Zhuge Liang with hope.