At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

After laughing for a while, Guo Peng and Man Chong walked and chatted in the palace again, and asked Man Chong to pay attention to some things.

"This road must be repaired. The road from Guanzhong to Hanzhong has been repaired since the pacification of Hanzhong. Now Qishan Road and Luogu Road have begun to take shape, but they need to be repaired. But that is a matter of Yongzhou, and it is Chen Gongtai. thing, you don't have to worry about it.

But the road from Hanzhong to Chengdu, and then extending to Nanzhong, will become the way for the army to march, and it will be the biggest reliance for the army to fight against the barbarians in Nanzhong. This is something that you are responsible for, and the Qin people have not had time to finish it. I have to finish, you have to help me. "

Man Chong frowned and thought about it.

"Your Majesty, what does your Majesty mean to add to the Stone Niu Road from Hanzhong to Chengdu, and then continue to build it to the south, to Nanzhong?"

"Yes, the Shiniu Road will be refurbished. From Hanzhong to Chengdu and then to Nanzhong, this crucial road must be repaired and repaired. At that time, it will be connected with the road from Guanzhong to Hanzhong. I want to That day, the moat will become a clear road, and the road to Shu will no longer be difficult."

Guo Peng nodded.

Man Chong's brows did not stretch.

"The difficulty of the road to Shu is not a matter of a day or two. When Sima wrongly marched into the middle of Shu, he spent a lot of effort for this road. The people of Shu and Qin exhausted their energy to get through the road of Shi Niu, but it was just barely I can walk, if I continue to repair...

Your Majesty, I heard that Luogu Road was repaired in Yongzhou for three years, costing more than 600 million yuan, and more than 3 people died. This is really not a small amount, right? "

Guo Peng nodded.

"It cost a lot of money, and there were more deaths. Basically, the prisoners of war obtained from the crusade against Liangzhou and the remnants of the Yellow Turbans in Hanzhong were thrown into it. It took nearly 4 people and it took more than three years to repair the Luogu Road. Now the project It's almost over, and people are almost dead.

Gongtai asked me on the table before, whether Ziwu Road should be repaired or not, if it is repaired, how to repair it, whether the imperial court directly allocates money to send people, or how to do it, if it sends people, where to send people, how many people can die, he can't guarantee Give me back everyone alive. "

Guo Peng chuckled and looked at Man Chong: "I told Chen Gongtai not to ask me about this matter, but to ask you."

"Ask the minister?"

Man Chong was a little puzzled: "Your Majesty, you want me to use the prisoners of war in Sichuan to build roads?"

"No, building roads in Hanzhong and Yizhou is a terrible thing. The prisoners of war in Shuzhong are all Shuzhong people, and they have to stay to cultivate land and reclaim wasteland to pay taxes. They pay taxes to me, so I have to care about their lives. Who I don't care about their lives without paying my taxes."

Guo Peng smiled and said slowly, "Bo Ning, you know all the vassal states around the counties in Yizhou, right?"

Chapter 854. 860 Four Smart Full Pets

The vassal states around the counties of Yizhou existed a long time ago, and Man Chong naturally knew it.

"I know that it is set up in the frontier to accommodate the barbarians who come to join them. There are often counties in the border area. An area is designated within the county and outside the county. Clan chiefs are self-governing, and..."

Man Chong suddenly understood Guo Peng's meaning, paused, and said: "Basically, I don't pay taxes, I just pay some symbolic tribute, and the barbarians in the country often plunder the states and counties. In order to put down these In the rebellion, the court of the former Han Dynasty also wasted a lot of effort, but often there was nothing to follow."

"That's right, since you don't pay taxes, you will still rob states and counties and rob my taxes. Isn't that against me? There is no need for such a person to exist."

Guo Peng raised the corner of his mouth: "I will not allow vassal states to appear again. I will flatten and ban all vassal states across the country. Starting from Yizhou, if you go to Yizhou to be the governor, you must coordinate the manpower and material resources of the counties and counties. get ready.

After the peace in the middle of Shu, I will order the banning of the counties and states, and from then on, the barbarians will not be allowed to attach themselves, and I will let Le Wenqian lead the army to pacify the barbarians in the counties, and destroy them all. Kill those who resist, and those who are captured The population becomes coolies to build roads.

I estimate that there are hundreds of thousands of barbarians in Yizhou, and there must be 10,000+ men. You can use part of the 10,000+ to build Stone Niu Road and Nanzhong Road, and give Chen Gongtai all the rest to let him Continue to build Qishan Road and Luogu Road. When the road is almost repaired, it is time to open up Nanzhong. "

Man Chong understood Guo Peng's thinking.

"In this way, without wasting the power of the people in Sichuan, it is possible to repair roads, improve traffic and public security. Wouldn't it be great to kill multiple birds with one stone?"

"Well, this kind of good thing can't be missed, and when Nanzhong is pacified, there will be more barbarian coolies to use, and more roads can be built. The same is true of Yangzhou before and Jingzhou now. Wen Qian attacked Jingnan before. In the four counties, tens of thousands of barbarians from the four counties were arrested, and I sent them all to build roads."

Guo Peng looked happy.

It's not that Man Chong doesn't understand why the emperor wants to build roads, so Man Chong is going all out to help him in his road building.

He always felt that wherever the emperor went, he had to build roads. Road building became as important as governing the place, even the top priority.

Some people think such a move is not good, the emperor is a bit strange.

The roads extending in all directions on the land of the Central Plains and the flat roads that can run horse-drawn carriages cost an unknown amount of money, manpower and material resources. Although they are convenient for the army and wartime, aren’t the merchants the most convenient in peacetime?

The emperor did not levy taxes on a considerable part of the family's commercial properties, which basically meant building roads for them for free. The powerful gentry made a lot of money by organizing caravans to do business.

In this regard, some officials in the court can't see the past, thinking that the court spends so much money, and under the premise of being unable to reduce expenditure, it should open up more money, so taxes should be levied on these wealthy businessmen.

This suggestion was immediately opposed by many officials, saying that the city tax and city gate tax already existed, so how to collect taxes?Even the tax that was not in the previous dynasty has to be added now?

Some officials cited the examples of the Mi family and the Cao family, saying that the examples of the Mi family and the Cao family should be used. Merchants travel all over the world to make a lot of profits but do not pay taxes. If things go on like this, the rich will become richer and the poor will become poorer. of!

Most of the supporters are from family backgrounds who do not engage in business, while most of the opponents are from family or relatives who have interests. Everyone sits in different places, and the methods of discussing issues are naturally different.

It is naturally pleasant to do such things as being generous to others, let alone in the name of national righteousness.

Those with vital interests will naturally feel heartache, and opposition is natural.

Since October of the first year of Yande, this kind of controversy has existed widely, but Guo Peng, as the emperor, has not responded positively to this matter. Some confidant ministers know the reason for this.

As a confidant, Man Chong knew that this matter was essentially a compromise between the emperor and the powerful family.

He built roads to make it easier for these guys to make money, but he didn't increase taxes, so when he wanted to promote the salt and iron franchise, the opposition from the sober-minded wealthy and powerful households was relatively weak, basically just pretending.

This is of course due to Guo Peng's great power and prestige, but there are also factors in this regard.

Some of their interests were protected, so when the emperor deprived them of another part of their interests, they didn't jump up and object.

Making an exchange will also prevent the emperor from directly attacking them, making the internal instability when the world is not yet unified.

Does the emperor really not want to attack those rich and oily merchants?

It is nothing more than that they also have their own backers behind them. Tracing back to the source, they can still be traced to the group of officials in front of the emperor. Whether to levy taxes is not in the merchants, but in the court.

In fact, Man Chong also knows that Mr. Guo has far-reaching plans for everything he does. Everything he does is not something he came up with for no reason, and must have some intentions.

Everyone used to wonder why the emperor was so obsessed with building roads. Was it just to facilitate the war?

It was only later that I realized that these roads are really important in terms of people's livelihood and business, and they are also of great help in the implementation of new policies.

Because the existence of these roads facilitated commerce and made commerce flourish, and the emperor did not raise taxes, so when the emperor implemented the official salt and iron camp, the voice of opposition was much weaker.

The emperor did not use his supreme prestige to suppress it, but made a compromise in a certain sense. During the unification war, he maintained the internal unity to the maximum extent, so that the Guowei regime could be unified externally, and not internally Split.

How could the founding emperor of the Great Wei Empire be a simple character?

From the son of a county magistrate to the throne of the emperor, will such a character be simple?

No one would think so.

So the emperor was obsessed with building roads, or to consolidate his rule, and as his confidant, Man Chong knew that he had to follow in his footsteps in everything, and he had to work hard on the same front with him in everything, and his orders had to be fulfilled .

This is his way of survival as an official who has made many enemies in the court.

Among other things, the grievances and grievances with Cao Hong cannot be easily resolved.

Moreover, the clever Man Chong didn't want to resolve it. A bad relationship with Cao Hong was also a good thing for him. If he got too close to the Cao family, Guo Peng might not be happy.

Cao Cao, Cao Ren, Cao Chun, Cao Hong, Cao Xiu, and the second generation of the Cao family, and even the prince Guo Jin have half of the Cao family's blood. As the emperor, will Guo Peng pay attention?

The Cao family itself is the most important part of the Qijia Yuancong Group, and has considerable influence in both the military and political circles.

There are also many people in the court who are not clear about the power of the Cao family, and they like to get close to the Cao family. There is a tendency to form cliques for personal gain. Is this really good?

Man Chong knew very well that Liu Bang, Lu's family, and Liu Ying's example, Guo Peng would not be ignorant, and it was not a good thing for the royal family to be too powerful.

Therefore, Man Chong, who married Guo's daughter, knew that as a member of the royal family, he should not have a good relationship with the Cao family at all. Instead, he should target and suppress the Cao family to a certain extent, and his relationship with the Cao family would become worse.

In this way, your own value will be greatly improved.

Anyway, his wife is a daughter of the Guo family, a woman of the royal family. He is equivalent to a relative of the royal family. With such a heavy status, the Cao family wants to take revenge on him?

When Guo Peng is blind?

Man Chong took Guo Peng's order seriously, and then placed his children and parents in Luoyang. He got up and rushed to Yizhou to take up his post with only his wife.

Chapter 855. 860 Wuzhen thinks that Emperor Wei is being taken advantage of?

Arranging Man Chong as the administrative head of Yizhou, Guo Peng was relieved, and then began to prepare for the surrender ceremony in Luoyang, waiting for Liu Zhang and the officials in Shuzhong to come to Luoyang.

He couldn't wait to have a good communication with this group of people.

Guo Peng's order was quickly delivered to Shuzhong through Hanzhong.

At that time, Guan Yu's army had already arrived in Chengdu to join Le Jin.

After the two armies joined forces, under the arrangement of Guo Jia, the generals of the Wei army separately sent troops to the counties and counties in central Shu for military occupation, and determined the occupation of central Shu by the Wei army.

The whole process was considered stable and harmonious, without any changes.

The production order issued by Guo Jia appeased the hearts of the people in the middle of Shu with the fastest speed. Everyone has a certain degree of trust in the Wei army and believes that they will not burn, kill and loot.

Wei Jun did exactly this, showing a high degree of organization and discipline, and Yu Minqiu committed no crimes, and was praised by the Shu people as a real king's teacher.

The situation quickly stabilized, and all parts of central Sichuan began to urgently resume agricultural production. Guo Jia issued orders three times in a row to order officials in central Sichuan to immediately organize agricultural production, thinking about ensuring as much agricultural harvest as possible, even if it was only half of previous years.

In such an atmosphere, Guo Peng's imperial decree came.

The content of the imperial decree is the arrangements for various places in central Shu, the arrangements for officials in central Shu, etc., such as who goes to Luoyang, and who stays and does not move, etc.

For example, Liu Zhang's whole family must follow.

Then all officials from Dongzhou must follow along, regardless of whether you are a resistance faction or a surrender faction, the Dongzhou faction bureaucrats were uprooted by Guo Peng, and the whole group moved out of Shuzhong.

As soon as this policy was announced, the local faction in central Sichuan immediately became overjoyed and praised Guo Peng's wisdom.

As losers, the people of the Dongzhou faction were already psychologically prepared, and they didn't feel any psychological gap.

That is to say, someone like Xu Jing, who is not human inside and out, feels a little embarrassed, and doesn't know what to do better.

But then, the imperial decree was announced again, which means that the former Yizhou local officials of the main combat faction will also go to Luoyang with Liu Zhang, such as Huang Quan, such as Zhang Song and Zhang Su, etc., they will all go to Luoyang and leave In the middle of Shu, the clansmen also moved together.

Obviously, Guo is going to uproot those who have resisted him, together with the Dongzhou people, pull out the resisting forces in central Sichuan, and leave a compliant and clean Yizhou.

Tsk tsk tsk, this method, this decision.

It is really not an order of magnitude with Liu Zhang, and Liu Zhang is not wronged at all for losing.

Some people's complexions are not very good, but most people still accept their fate.

Who made them the real winners?

The [-] Wei army stared at them, their steel knives were sharp and their spears were cold, who would dare to make a mistake?

The candidates for the governor of Yizhou are also quite strong. The former governor of Yuzhou is full of favors, and he is favored by Guo Peng as a cadre with strong administrative capabilities.

But when he heard this person's name, Cao Xiu felt a little uncomfortable.

Back then, dozens of Cao Hong’s guests were killed, Cao Hong’s miserable old enemies were made up, and the entire Cao Clan conducted a wave of self-examination, rectified the family tradition, and abolished many clansmen and house slave.

Even Cao Hong has been paying huge taxes to Guo Peng honestly so far.

This guy Man Chong has nothing to shy away from Cao's, he can do whatever he wants, and he is not soft on blows.

The key is that Guo Peng still likes him very much, married Guo's daughter to him, and defends him everywhere, making it impossible for people to attack him.

Cao Hong really wanted to take revenge on him several times, wanted to show him some color, and made him feel uncomfortable, but he couldn't find a chance, and he didn't dare to really do it.

He's been too steady.

Now let him be the governor of Yizhou and take over a Yizhou that was a bit chaotic after the war. It can be seen that Guo Peng trusts Man Chong and values ​​him very much. He believes that he can rectify the situation in central Sichuan.

In addition to Man Chong, it is a list of a large number of newly appointed state officials, county guards, county officials, county magistrates and county officials in central Shu, which basically carried out a round of succession to the official positions and powers originally occupied by the Dongzhou faction.

Not only those Dongzhou people, but even the resistance faction in Yizhou were replaced by the emperor.

And it has been thoroughly implemented to the point of county officials and county officials. In the past, these were arranged by the chief executive himself. Now Guo Peng has directly confirmed the list. Many people are from the Central Plains, not locals.

It was only then that the local factions in Central Shu discovered that the emperor didn't show kindness to reward them, so he drove away all the people they hated, but to drive away this group of people and insert his own people.

Yizhou is no longer the Yizhou of Yizhou people, but Yizhou is the Yizhou of the Wei Empire.

Local officials felt a great psychological gap, but they dared not object or have any opinions.

The [-] Wei army is still there. If you oppose it, isn't that tantamount to making a statement?

Think you've lived too long?

Only in this way, Emperor Wei will hold many key and important positions and powers in Shuzhong, and will continue to grab the interests of Shuzhong, and Yizhou people will also face coercion and oppression from the central court.

This is not what Yizhou people expected, but it is helpless.

Hearing this, many officials of the resistance faction smiled mockingly, thinking that the local capitulation faction was too happy.