At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

Far water cannot save near fire.

Then what should be done?

Sima Yi walked back and forth in the government office under pressure, surrounded by his subordinates running around like ants on a hot pot.

Suddenly, Sima Yi's eyes widened.

He stomped!

I thought of a solution to some of the problems!

And it must be very efficient!

Chapter 1562 One thousand four hundred and eighty two

After thinking of a way, Sima Yi immediately found the relevant documents in the Duhu Mansion, and asked Chen Qiao, the deputy in charge of civil affairs, to work with him and work overtime overnight.

After several hours, the two finally calculated the list and location of the rest of the rest living in the entire Annan Protectorate's jurisdiction, including their property statistics.

From the beginning of Wei Guo's access to the Western Regions and the development of the Silk Road trade, about ten years after Yande, Anxi merchants chose to live in the Wei State's Western Regions for a long time.

For the convenience of doing business, or for some other reasons, such as liking the business environment of the Wei Empire, a lot of merchants from Anxi came to live in the Wei Empire anyway.

Moreover, they also purchased houses in the Wei Empire, notified their registration and the number of properties, and some even dragged their families to settle in the Western Regions, paying taxes to the Wei Empire government in exchange for permission to live here.

Of course, the local government is willing to have more people who pay taxes and create wealth, so as long as there are people who are willing to live, they will often allow Anxi merchants to settle here after registration.

The number of Anxi merchants in Zhenxi Duhufu is the largest, and the number of Anxi merchants in Annan Duhufu and Beiting Duhufu is relatively small, but they are also on a scale.

Most of them live in the capital cities of the three prefectures, and have some contacts and exchanges with the officials of the Wei Empire, and their economic activities are also inseparable from the officials.

The officials generally let them live together on one street, which is convenient for management and monitoring, and prevents them from making some moths.

These days, the Anxi people who can travel thousands of miles to live in the Wei Empire are all rich people.

They are very rich. Living in the Wei Empire and doing business locally can bring relatively rich taxes to the Wei Empire. If they have strong capital, they will do well in business, and if they do well in business, they will have a lot of assets.

It's a good thing to have a lot of assets.

Sima Yi looked at the list, nodded slowly, with a smile on his face.

Looking at the smile on Sima Yi's face, Chen Qiao suddenly realized what Sima Yi was going to do.

"Zhongda, doing this...will it affect you badly?"

"influences?"

Sima Yi shook his head and said, "Do you want political achievements, the future, the gratitude of the local people, or the gratitude of these Anxi people? How many local people? How many Anxi talents?"

Chen Qiao was taken aback.

And that doesn't seem like much of a choice.

It is impossible for the Anxi people to participate in the internal affairs of the Wei Empire. To put it bluntly, their life and death are not in the eyes of the officials. The officials don't care much about their situation, they just need them to pay taxes to increase their income.

But he was still a little worried.

"But in this way, after the matter is over, there may not be too many An'xi merchants willing to come to the Annan Protectorate to do business, and our reputation will be lost. In the future..."

"The future? Are you still concerned about the future? Don't talk about the future, can you control so much now?"

Sima Yi put down the list and sighed: "In the future, you and I won't necessarily be here, so why do you care so much? The people are so ignorant, they only look at the present, not the future, you don't understand? You think about the long-term Good thing they won't remember you.

But they will remember the benefits you did not bring them for a while, and even resent you for it. You give them long-term plans and futures, they don’t understand, and they care more about whether the next meal can be better. So, why care about their future? "

Sima Yi's words were more explicit.

After ten years of local administration, he is very familiar with the short-sighted and ignorant behavior habits of ordinary people.

No matter how grand the vision and arrangement are, nothing compares to having meat for the next meal.

They can't see that far, and they care more about the present, so if you plan for them in the long run, they may not necessarily accept your favor!

If everyone in the world has a long-term vision, why would there be so much resistance when the Supreme Emperor promoted the construction of the Grand Canal?

Of course, this thing is indeed a little too long-term.

But there are still some things that he won't say—whether the people in the Annan Protectorate will be able to eat in the future has little to do with him.

Anyway, his maximum term will be at the end of this year. Even if he can't be promoted, his term will expire at that time, and he will be automatically transferred and leave here.

Instead of leaving here with infamy and resentment, being transferred at the same level, and wasting another five years, it is better to take advantage of this wave of crisis to make a big wave, earn a wave of fame and political achievements, and be promoted to the governor of the state, and even the central government.

The aftereffects that will appear after several years or even ten years later, can the fools at that time still remember that what he did today is the cause of their decline?

Nobody remembers.

Even if I remember, so what?

Trek thousands of miles to hunt him down?

funny.

If he can help them solve their current problems, they will be grateful to him, they will say that he is a very kind person, they will think that this is a gift from him, and it is their unexpected gain, and they will be extremely surprised and grateful.

They don't care at all whether these gifts have been marked with a price, and whether they need to pay an extra price to get them.

No one will care.

So, doing this, there is no problem, only merit, no fault!

Although Chen Qiao was not from a poor family, he was not from a wealthy family. His family had little property and had more contact with ordinary people. Therefore, Chen Qiao still did not agree with Sima Yi's views.

People who have not had enough to eat for many years don't even know if they can live until tomorrow, so how can they think about the future?

People who don’t have the next meal, of course, have to think about what to eat next meal. Isn’t it funny that you let a person who is about to die of starvation think about the development prospects in ten years?

It's not you, Sima Yi, who has no shortage of food at every meal, and doesn't suffer from back pain while standing and talking.

Let them have enough food, clothing, warmth, and culture, and they will naturally think about longer-term things. Do you, Sima Yi, really understand this kind of truth, or do you pretend to understand it?

The old bureaucracy!

Although Chen Qiao still had doubts, Sima Yi had already decided to do this, and Chen Qiao couldn't stop him.

Just do what you say, Sima Yi took advantage of the general dissatisfaction with the Anxi merchants from the residents who had obtained by diverting the conflicts before, and first took the Anxi merchants in Ningmi City.

He sent people to summon these Anxi merchants to the government, coercing them and luring them to pay for the farmers' fruits and vegetables.

"The people are already extremely resentful and angry about the disaster caused by your defeat. If you can't pay to appease their resentment, your safety will be difficult to guarantee."

"You have to know that these merchants outside hate you with gnashing teeth. If you don't do something, are you waiting for them to seek revenge?"

Sima Yi threatened them, saying that if they did not spend money to settle the matter, they would persuade the people to attack them.

The merchants in Anxi turned pale with fright, thinking how could Sima Yi do such a thing?

What does the defeat of the Parthian Empire have to do with them?

They're just here for business, and it's not their fault!

Sima Yi didn't care.

"I understand this, but you ask the people outside if they understand? If you don't spend money to buy things they can't sell, it will make it difficult for me."

"I think it's difficult, so I won't do it, let them do it, do you think it's better for me to do it, or let the people outside do it?"

"Choose yourself."

Sima Yi dropped a few words coldly.

The merchants in Anxi were worried and fearful, secretly cursing Sima Yi as inhuman, but they were also afraid of his methods.

They don't have much power to protect their own safety. Facing the powerful force of the Wei Empire, they don't have the courage to resist at all.

Sima Yi then promised that as long as they bought the vegetables and fruits that the farmers could not sell, they could get the official protection of the Wei Empire to ensure the safety of their lives and property.

So the merchants in Anxi could only swallow the bitter fruit in grief. A group of people gathered together to pool a sum of money and bought the fruits and vegetables from the farmers, which relieved Sima Yi's urgent need.

The perishable fruits and vegetables were sold, and some farmers felt relieved, stopped making trouble, and went home with peace of mind.

If you have money, if you sell things, there will be no loss. The big deal is that you will not grow vegetables and fruits in the coming year and only grow food.

The economic crisis has nothing to do with them at all.

Sima Yi felt less pressure.

Then Sima Yi found out that this group of Anxi businessmen were really rich and had nothing to rely on, they were soft persimmons, easy to pinch and bully.

More importantly, they dare not resist.

He is stupid, has a lot of money, and can't protect himself. If such an easy-to-mob object doesn't make a good one, he will be sorry for himself!

Why don't you use the property of these resting merchants as a sacrifice to sacrifice your bright future!

So Sima Yi continued to bully these Anxi merchants.

He coerced and lured them to buy a batch of handicrafts with additional money, and used their money to subsidize some of the Wei State traders who were unable to sell because of the accumulation of goods, so that they could turn around and escape unscathed.

These merchants who make foreign trade orders for handmade products not only have no money to turn around because of the accumulation of products, but also have no money to pay the wages of hired workers.

The workers surrounded them asking for wages, but they couldn't afford the money, and wanted to use the goods to pay off the debts, and the workers scolded around them—what the hell?It can't be sold at all!Can't eat again!What do we want?

These businessmen were stuck at home and dared not go out at all, for fear that they would be caught and beaten if they went out.

They hope the government can help.

But where does Sima Yi have this money?

It didn't exist before, but now it does.

Sima Yi smiled and asked these Anxi merchants to pay him a favor.

If he didn't pay this money and help him this favor, it would be difficult for him to guarantee the safety of their lives and property.

The merchants in Anxi were very angry and felt that Sima Yi was too dishonorable.

It was promised to protect them when they bought fruits and vegetables, but now they are asked to pay more for more things. Isn't this an act of treachery?

Are Wei officials like this?

Sima Yi sneered for a while.

What does it matter to you if I am such a person?

What if I bully you?

Do you want protection, or do you want money?

Want money? !

Choose one of the two, choose it, cut the nonsense! !

Chapter 1563 One thousand four hundred and eighty three of them are gone

Faced with Sima Yi's coercion and lure, An'xi merchants gathered together and trembled. You look at me, I look at you, helpless.

Money can be earned back when it is gone. Most of them are not pure businessmen, and simple businessmen cannot go so far to do business in the Wei Empire.

Their families are inextricably linked with the rest of the dignitaries, no matter what, they cannot be poor.

But when you die, you really lose everything.

They could see the tyrannical force of the Wei Empire, and the Anxi Empire wanted something from the Wei Empire. It was impossible to have any major conflicts with the Wei Empire, and the possibility of a war was extremely small.

If Sima Yi used some tricks to seek money and kill him, what would they do?

Fighting with Wei Jun?

Without enough force, no matter how rich you are, you are a fat pig. No matter how fast you run, if someone comes up with a knife, white knives go in and red knives come out, you will still die.

Just like the Mi Clan in Xuzhou back then, if it wasn't for their strong force, they would have been unable to take advantage of Tao Qian's rule. If it wasn't for the Mi Clan's own force foundation, Tao Qian would have slaughtered the Mi Clan long ago. up.

Anxi merchants may not understand this truth, but the force they can bring is too limited.

The border gates of the Wei Empire had relatively strict restrictions on foreigners entering the territory of the Wei Empire. One of the very important ones was that they were not allowed to possess iron weapons and crossbows exceeding a certain length.