At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

And this has two great prerequisites.

First, the central government has a sufficient number of accounting officials and local grassroots officials.

This point has been achieved by Mr. Guo after more than ten years of continuous efforts. He has a sufficient number of accounting staff, masters sufficient mathematical ability, and is powerful.

And this second point is the most difficult and most important.

There must be enough writing media.

Without sufficient writing media, detailed data cannot be recorded, and data cannot be updated in real time at a high frequency, and the data will lag behind, which is very detrimental to national governance.

In the era when bamboo slips have become the mainstream writing carrier, the recording limitations, weight and cost of bamboo slips themselves are stumbling blocks to realize the requirements of Mr. Guo for big data.

The endless wars made the paper writing mode that became popular in the late Han Dynasty revert back to the bamboo slip writing mode, which delayed the large-scale use of paper by the Chinese for more than 100 years.

This also affected Guo's plan to promote the Wei government's ability to govern.

In this state, he had to use a large number of bamboo slips to meet his needs, and this was indeed a lot of inconvenience.

Those important data were sent from the local government to the central government one after another. The courtiers generally believed that this was an unnecessary move to toss the local government, but Guo Peng insisted on doing so.

Even so, Guo also accurately realized that this situation cannot last for a long time, and the popularization of paper must be done.

In the past, his power and status were not stable enough, and there were still many challenges. He could not rashly release a large amount of paper to provoke people's nerves. Now that his power has gradually stabilized, he can do it with confidence and start the history of paper replacing bamboo slips. The process is over.

When the imperial court urgently needed a slightly cheaper writing medium to reduce financial expenditure, it was the time when the initial historical change occurred.

Responding to the call of the times is itself a way to divert attention, so that people don't quickly realize that someone from Guo is manipulating behind this.

Under Guo Peng's control, Uncle Zuo stood up.

He announced to the outside world that his paper production skills had improved, and the production quantity of Zuobo paper had increased to a certain extent, and it could be supplied to those in need with a slightly increased amount and at a slightly lower price.

Chapter 933 .940 Three bets on the fate of the Guo Wei Empire

Through some untraceable channels, the news of Zuo Bo's technological innovation in paper production quickly spread to Luoyang.

So someone immediately "listed" and "informed" Guo Peng of such a thing.

Guo Peng immediately reported the matter to the Ministry of Finance and asked Wang Can to send someone to Qingzhou to discuss the matter with "Uncle Zuo" to see if he could get more paper at a lower price.

If yes, buy in bulk, the more you buy, the better.

The Great Wei Dynasty needed paper, the local government needed paper, and grassroots officials also needed a lot of paper.

And the paper obtained can just make up for this part of the needs of the Shouyang Mountain Lecture Hall.

After the Ministry of Finance learned of this matter, Wang Can attached great importance to this matter, and immediately ordered capable officials of the Ministry of Finance to go to Qingzhou to understand the matter.

After learning that this matter is indeed true, Wang Can learned that the price of paper has dropped by about [-]% compared with before, and the quantity that can be purchased is also more. Although there are still reservations, it is not possible to provide it in one go. .

But compared to the past, it is much cheaper, and the quantity purchased has correspondingly increased a lot.

Wang Can was very happy, and immediately informed Guo Peng. Guo Peng was also very "happy", and immediately ordered the Ministry of Finance to increase the purchase of paper, and use this part of paper for the daily official affairs of the court.

Then according to the local population, the local government will allocate official paper to the local government, which is specially used to record data, so as to gradually reduce the amount of bamboo slips used for data and replace them with paper.

Do you have anything to say now?

The teaching needs of the Shouyang Mountain Lecture Hall have finally been met.

In order to please Guo, Wang Can not only approved the budget for the bamboo slips, but also specially approved a batch of "Zuo Bo Paper" to be used in the Shouyang Mountain Lecture Hall.

Guo, who knows the mystery well, is very happy about it.

He really wants to know, when in the near future, the quantity of Zuo Bo paper will increase and the price will become lower, and the quantitative change will produce a qualitative change. When the world changes, what will happen to those people who desire to monopolize?

Government officials longed for more paper and more convenient writing work to help them, so someone Guo complied with their expectations and even overfulfilled such a task.

How would they feel?

Can they realize that the occurrence of this kind of thing will have an impact on their monopoly position?

Will you react immediately, or will you dawdle for many years before realizing it?

To be honest, the paper business is really hard to do.

This business is sensitive.

More than once someone tried to test Qingzhou's paper industry.

If you want to know the production method of paper, or explore the mystery of paper production, or even get the permission to produce and sell paper, you want to get a share.

Originally, the papermaking industry in Qingzhou was not simple, and the water was very deep, but the Yellow Turban Rebellion and the warlord separatism completely disrupted the original pattern.

Damn it all dead.

The latecomers are obviously not easy either.

If it weren't for Guo Peng pulling the flag and pulling the tiger's skin to connect the paper business with the Mi family, using the Mi family as the backstage, and then serving as the Mi family's backstage, Uncle Zuo's business might not be able to continue.

Mi's identity is quite easy to use, it is simply a white glove for everything.

But Mi's can withstand it for a while, but not for a lifetime. With the increasing use of paper and the increasing output, Mi's will not be able to withstand this pressure.

That's why Guo Peng used such a more secretive and gentle method to release the paper little by little, intending to complete the paper revolution in a more gentle way rather than a radical way of exploding in one go.

At the same time, he is also looking forward to what kind of views some people will have on such facts and what kind of things they will do.

The release of paper is relatively slow, and the output of each month is higher than that of the previous month, and the price of each month is slightly cheaper than that of the previous month.

Paper becomes more plentiful, more usable, and more affordable.

Boiling frogs in warm water is not a good proposition, and Mr. Guo has no way to cover the pot to death, but Mr. Guo is very interested in how long the frog will endure before jumping out.

How far can they insist on compromise before they explode?

Someone Guo doesn't know, so an experiment is going to be done.

But once this experiment starts, it cannot be ended, and there is no turning back.

Therefore, the day when paper books are published all over the world is not far away.

The real Armageddon is not far away.

What kind of waves the paper revolution and the printing revolution will set off are something that Guo cannot predict for the time being.

But the war must be very fierce.

It is impossible to seize this part of the interests from those with vested interests without bloodshed.

This kind of thing is not a simple treat to dinner.

Somebody Guo wants to gamble the fate of the Guo Wei Empire for this.

Right now, the Shouyang Mountain Lecture Hall is certain, it can be kept and stabilized,

Anyway, the teaching needs of the Shouyangshan Martial Arts Hall have been met, and the enrollment can be further deepened and accelerated.

At the same time, Mr. Guo has already begun to select the teaching content, teaching method, and teaching instructors.

He believes that these 500 people must be trained to be the mainstay of the future army.

The combat effectiveness of the army must be maintained. After the older generation of generals grow old and cannot continue to fight, there must be new replacements in time, so as not to appear in the state of incompleteness that occurred in the Shu Han and Wu Kingdoms.

The most unreliable part of the generals lies in the inheritance, that is, they are not connected. Once there is no reliable descendant, it means that the military talents of a country will have a gap. How terrible is that?

In the case of a veteran in his 70s as a pioneer, Guo would never allow Wei Guo to appear.

After finishing these things, someone Guo also just received a secret report from Yu Jin requesting Zhang Fei to be transferred away.

It said that Zhang Fei was too noisy, he just wanted to fight, and he couldn't take it easy.

Yu Jin felt that he had no way to torment Zhang Fei over this kind of thing, so he asked Guo Peng to help him, for the sake of Yu Jin's pity.

After reading Yu Jin's secret playlist, Guo Peng felt dumbfounded.

Zhang Fei, when will you be able to settle down?

No, if he had settled down, he would not be Zhang Fei.

The general's destructiveness seems to be directly proportional to the level of trouble.

Zhang Fei has always been very noisy and destructive, whether it is against Wei or foreign enemies.

It is precisely because he has not changed. From before the founding of the People's Republic of China to after the founding of the People's Republic of China, from a small soldier leader to a general with tens of thousands of people, he has always been like this.

That's why Guo Peng likes Zhang Fei so much.

It is rare to have a subordinate who does not change from beginning to end, so Guo Peng is more tolerant of Zhang Fei in many things.

Forget it, then think about finding something for him to do.

Guo Peng thought about it again and again, thinking that the Liaodong War was basically short of finishing work, and Yu Jin could easily complete it without Zhang Fei, a super killer.

However, there are still four counties in Liangzhou that are not actually under the jurisdiction of the Wei Empire, which can be regarded as unfinished tasks.

Hexi four counties.

Wuwei County, Zhangye County, Jiuquan County, Dunhuang County.

After the elimination of Ma Teng and Han Sui's separatist forces, Guo Peng did not continue to order Cao Ren's army to advance westward due to logistical problems.

Prepare to enter the Hexi Corridor officially after other problems are resolved, take back the remaining four counties, and then formally prepare to enter the Western Regions.

Now that everything that needs to be cleaned up is almost done, I have a little free time on my side, so I can arrange it.

Chapter 934 .940 Four Return to the Western Regions Strategy

Zhang Fei is a guy who can't stay idle without a fight. It happened that Guan Yu was in Yizhou to assist Le Jin in the crusade against the barbarians in Yizhou. He couldn't get away for a while, so let Zhang Fei go to Liangzhou to replace Guan Yu.

Anyway, Guo Peng doesn't plan to launch an attack on Mobei Xianbei right now.

The attack on the Xianbei in Mobei will be completed by Guo Peng's future royal conquest. At least [-] cavalry will be used to go deep into Mobei to destroy the Xianbei regiment and consolidate the grassland animal husbandry economic zone.

Completely eliminate the threat of Xianbei, beat it until there are no seeds left, completely annex it, and make it follow in the footsteps of the Huns.

That is not something Zhang Fei can accomplish with more than 1 people.

By the way, maybe Nanlou and his Karasuma cavalry will have to be troubled by then.

Ha ha.

So right now, it is better to send Zhang Fei to Liangzhou to go to the four counties of Hexi, and harm the local Qiang people and Han people.

Anyway, the relocation of the Hanyang camp in Liangzhou has already been completed, and Cao Ren is also stationed in the Hanyang camp. He can launch an attack at any time and take back the four counties in Hexi.

With the rise of the national power of the Wei Empire and the growth of Guo's power, Guo became more and more hungry and thirsty for the Western Regions.

To return to the Western Regions, the four counties in Hexi are an indispensable strategic route.

Before and after the Yellow Turban Rebellion, due to the Qiang rebellion in Liangzhou, the Eastern Han government gradually lost its influence on the Western Regions.

It is a pity that the efforts of the Ban clan to maintain their influence and dominance in the Western Regions were in vain and were not continued by the Eastern Han government.

This is true for the Eastern Han Dynasty, and it is also true for Guo.

Because of the weakness of the Eastern Han Dynasty government, the information about the Western Regions in Guo's hands was decades ago. He still doesn't know what happened in the Western Regions now.

However, it is very important that the Eastern Han Empire defeated the Northern Huns and controlled the Western Regions for decades.

The Western Regions cannot be integrated, and they cannot unite to fight against foreign enemies, which gives someone Guo an opportunity.

The Southern Huns were wiped out by the Guo Peng regiment, and they were integrated into the Han nationality as a whole. The Northern Huns were beaten away and disappeared since then, so the Huns' power no longer exists.

The huge empire that once threatened the life and death of the Han Empire no longer existed.

The powerful enemies who could threaten Guo to seize and manage the Western Regions are gone, and the Eastern Han Empire spent 100 years to wipe them out.

This can be regarded as one of the few contributions made by the Eastern Han Empire to Guo.

To manage the Western Regions and become the father of the countries in the Western Regions, Mr. Guo no longer needs to fight the Huns to death.

You only need to talk to the small countries in the Western Regions, give sweets to the obedient ones, and do business together, and rub the disobedient ones on the ground, and then destroy them casually.

In front of a big country, a small country is sad.