At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

Chapter 1011 One thousand and twenty-one I will look forward to the day you return to Luoyang City

Some people in Guo thought that at that time, Zhuge Liang's administrative ability was strong and the world was so big that no one could match him.

After Liu Bei's death, he took over the mess of Shu Han and worked hard to rectify the country for him.

He crusaded against Nanzhong and stabilized the rear, built Dujiangyan, added Jiuli dike, improved fire wells to cook salt, encouraged farming of mulberry, planted mulberry trees and raised silkworms near his home, and called on everyone to contribute to the weaving of Shu brocade.

The Shu brocade industry was the pillar industry for Zhuge Liang to crusade against Cao Wei.

Because Shu brocade sold so well in Cao Wei, Cao Pi wrote many articles during his short seven-year ruling career to dissuade the high-ranking officials and dignitaries of Cao Wei from buying too much Shu brocade.

After letting Zhuge Liang make too much money, Zhuge Liang will rely on Shu brocade business to make money to attack Lao Tzu, are you all blind? !

Of course they are not blind, but how can the fate of the country compare with their own luxury?

Too much money and no place to spend it, isn't it fun to make money?

Cao Wei's high society is not controlled by Cao Pi, and of course it will not be controlled by Cao Rui.

However, Zhuge Liang worked hard to suppress the dignitaries in the middle of Shu, and delegated the central power to the entire Yizhou, so that the Shu Han gained enough mobilization power to launch a strategic offensive.

This is something that neither Soochow nor Cao Wei can understand.

Even before Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition, the ruling group of Cao Wei couldn't believe that the Shu Han, which was a mere state, could burst out with such a powerful force.

So even if he knew that Zhuge Liang was preparing for the Northern Expedition in Hanzhong a year in advance, Cao Rui did not make a corresponding military strategy.

Instead, Xia Houmao was put in Chang'an.

So much so that at the beginning of Zhuge Liang's Northern Expedition, the western theater of Cao Wei collapsed almost instantly.

The three counties surrendered, Liangzhou collapsed, Yongzhou was in jeopardy, and the military and administrative intelligence was in a mess, completely unable to resist Zhuge Liang's offensive.

If Cao Rui hadn't gone mad in time and sent people from Luoyang to aid the western theater, and Ma Di's impromptu performance and psychological quality were really poor, the situation would have been really hard to say.

Therefore, Guo Peng felt that Zhuge Liang was very appetizing to him. Zhuge Liang should actually know where Cao Wei's greatest weakness and Shu Han's only chance of victory lie.

It is a stronger government and stronger mobilization than Cao Wei.

The comparison of national power between Shu Han and Cao Wei is one to ten.

In the western theater, Zhuge Liang was able to make the best use of the one, while Cao Wei could only make the best use of the ten.

The huge gap in mobilization efforts made it less obtrusive to use the weak to attack the strong in the Caowei Western Theater.

Zhuge Liang knew that Cao Weikong had great national power, but his ability to invest was very limited.

Limited by transportation and politics, Cao Wei could not put the national power into the western theater and crush the Shu Han.

After the death of Cao Wei, Cao Wei's mobilization has plummeted, the combat effectiveness of the army has declined rapidly, military talents have gradually withered, and the military strength maintained under the garrison system began to decline.

However, Zhuge Liang was able to put his Yizhou power into Cao Wei's western theater with all his strength, where he would fight Cao Wei to the death to compete for population and resources.

Therefore, in some areas, Zhuge Liang's military strength is not weaker than Cao Wei's, and even sometimes stronger than Cao Wei's.

This was his confidence in launching the Northern Expedition.

If Zhuge Liang was born ten years earlier, or 20 years earlier, Guo Peng felt that the person sitting in Cheng Yu's position should be Zhuge Liang.

A very satisfactory helper for himself.

Those who can help themselves implement the policy of strengthening grassroots governance and control, so that they can lighten their burden a little bit, are those who truly share the worries of the king.

Cheng Yu also had to exist.

To deal with the common people of Li Shu, Guo must use Zhuge Liang.

To deal with powerful gentry, Guo needs to use Cheng Yu.

The two are white and black.

One person is in charge of amplifying the bright side of Guo, and the other is in charge of amplifying the dark side of Guo.

One is as bright as the sun, and the other is as cruel as hell.

Now Cheng Yu is cruel enough, but Zhuge Liang is not bright enough.

Grow up quickly, Zhuge Kongming.

The person who can maintain such a strong mobilization force for the Wei Empire in the future is none other than you.

Go learn, go experience, see clearly how I hold this empire in my hands, go see what is going on at the bottom of this country, what is warm and dirty .

With such expectations, Guo Peng stretched out his hand to help Zhuge Liang up.

"Your ambition, I know, Kong Ming, I am looking forward to your outstanding achievements. I will watch you in Luoyang City, and I will also look forward to the day you return to Luoyang City."

Zhuge Liang looked at Guo Peng in surprise, as if he didn't expect Guo Peng to say such a thing to him.

Then, he nodded.

"I will not disappoint Your Majesty."

"Go."

Guo Peng waved his hand, temporarily bidding farewell to this belated real Wang Zuozhi.

Zhuge Liang was arranged by Guo Peng to go to Liangzhou and served as the magistrate of Dunhuang County in Dunhuang County, Liangzhou.

At this important port connecting the Western Regions, someone Guo expects Zhuge Liang to make achievements, so that someone Guo can know that he has read the right person, and let him know that Zhuge Liang is Zhuge Liang.

He hoped that Zhuge Liang could light up his glory and era, and grow up quickly, so that he would not worry that Guo Jin would not have an excellent assistant to help him after he died.

News of Zhuge Liang's appointment as County Magistrate of Dunhuang soon spread through the cabinet.

As one of the few people who are deeply appreciated by Cao Cao, Zhuge Liang's action is quite incomprehensible.

There are also official ranks within the cabinet.

In addition to the chief assistant of the cabinet, there is also a second assistant and a maximum of eight group assistants, in order to connect with the eight ministers of the Shangshutai, pass on the emperor's decree, and work together when necessary.

In addition to daily administration, the first assistant is mainly in charge of the auditing power and checks for the emperor. The second assistant is the actual daily person in charge. As for the group assistants, the number has never reached eight anyway.

For example, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has not had a single business deal for several years, and there is no need for a special assistant minister to deal with it.

Because of Zhuge Liang's strong ability and clever mind, he has always been in the team of the Ministry of Civil Affairs, which is the busiest in dealing with things, and is deeply appreciated by Cao Cao.

Some people even said that Cao Cao intended to recommend Zhuge Liang to Guo Peng, so that Guo Peng could promote Zhuge Liang as an assistant minister, and let the young Zhuge Liang emerge in the cabinet.

And I have to say that Zhuge Liang's ability is really strong, his thinking is clear, and he considers issues very comprehensively, which is recognized by the cabinet.

But this time, Zhuge Liang asked himself to be released, and no one knew why, and Cao Cao didn't know either.

Cao Cao did not lose his position, but because he was involved in this turmoil and also participated in Cheng Yu's general attack, he was fined several months' salary and cut down a hundred households.

This is also considered punishment, but compared to Cui Yan, it is simply scratching an itch.

So many people can still see that although Cao Cao is Cheng Yu's supporter, Cao Cao's identity is different from Cheng Yu after all, he is still deeply trusted and will not fall down.

Compared with those officials released outside, or the bosses of Shangshutai, Cao Cao is simply the undefeated golden body itself.

But Zhuge Liang chose to leave the cabinet at this time and chose to go abroad to a remote place like Liangzhou...

He really didn't offend anyone so...

No, Zhang Zhao, the newly appointed Minister of the Ministry of Officials, is also from Xuzhou.

What is this operation?

Everyone can't figure it out even if they think about it.

Zhuge Liang didn't want to tell too many people what he thought.

After bidding farewell to Cao Cao, he called his friends and set up a small banquet in a restaurant in Luoyang City. He invited these friends and said goodbye to them briefly.

chapter 1012 the emergence of wine shops

Speaking of which, the wine shop is a new type of existence slowly emerging under Guo Peng's leadership.

The hotel for dining in the modern sense did not exist at least in the Eastern Han Dynasty.

That's not to say that there are no other forms. There are also government-run state-run hotels, but they are not for the general public, but for officials and foreign officials and businessmen from the Western Regions.

Some will be set up inside some important cities or along the main roads.

At that time, the population mobility was infinitely close to zero, and the population and land were bound together. Many procedures were required to leave the place of household registration, so there was no such thing as tourism.

There are also food stalls and the like in the city, but there are no hotels in the special sense.

Guo has built many roads for economic and military development.

Starting from Qingzhou, it has gradually been built throughout the Central Plains, and it will be built across the country in the future, and commercial development is encouraged, which in a sense increases population mobility.

As the population moves, these caravans will have the need to leave the city to live and eat.

At that time, the post station set up by someone Guo was prepared for the government and not open to the public, so a large number of business travelers were still on wild roads, bringing their own food and tents to sleep in the open, which was very inconvenient.

This incident was discovered when Mr. Guo was inspecting various places. Realizing that this era is not friendly to people who leave the place of residence, Mr. Guo found an opportunity to make money.

So someone Guo began to order to build [hotels] around the official station.

The hotel is under the name of Cao's Caravan and Mi's Caravan, and special personnel are assigned to manage it, and it is specially aimed at unofficial people, that is, caravans traveling far away, and provides them with accommodation services.

Of course you have to pay.

Since the occupation of Yanzhou, Mr. Guo began to build such hotels, and there were more and more hotels.

By the time of proclaiming the emperor, there were more than 500 recorded hotels in the two chains of Cao's Hotel and Mi's Hotel, which is a large number.

In the Central Plains, Hebei, Kansai, Yangzhou, Jingzhou and Yizhou, along the main traffic arterial roads, there are offices and establishments all over the place, forming a large-scale chain, providing services for business travelers, earning a lot of commissions, and in a sense, also collecting their money business tax.

Staying in a hotel is not something you can do whenever you come and go, but there are strict requirements, which are stricter in ancient times than in modern times.

The household registration system of the Wei Empire was very complete and strict, and the population and land were bound together. There was no need for ordinary people to leave their places of origin for long distances and high frequency. Those who needed to leave were often business travelers.

Before Guo Peng proclaimed himself emperor, he stipulated that within his own jurisdiction, anyone who left his original place of residence had to issue a guide from the government of the place of departure before he could set off.

Guides are not divided into teams, but one for each person. Everyone who leaves their place of origin needs a guide.

The road guide records where the guide started from, where he was going, what he was going to do, where he passed along the way, and so on.

When starting out, the government will leave a mark on the road guide, and then the business traveler can set off and pass through certain cities. If you want to do business, you have to go to the local market management office to hand over the road guide for registration.

If you just stay for accommodation, you also need to issue an official registered guide, and submit it to the store for registration before you can check in.

After returning from a journey, the guide should be returned to the government of the place of origin for record keeping. Once something happens, the responsible person can be traced according to the guide.

After confirming the guide system, Mr. Guo further thought about the food needs of business travelers.

Of course, solving the food needs of business travelers is also a big business opportunity, so Mr. Guo further ordered that relatively simple catering services be provided to and from business travelers in major hotels.

Of course, you have to charge money, and sometimes it is quite expensive, because some hotels are not in the city, but on the side of the road, far away from the city.

But it is more economical to be able to carry more cargo than to carry transshipment food by themselves.

So these expenses are not what the caravan is unwilling to bear. Besides, it is really convenient and safe, and they will not worry about encountering bandits or the like.

So along the main traffic road built by Mr. Guo, the hotel business and catering business began to flourish.

The food trading business, which had never appeared before, began to bloom in a different kind of brilliance in Guo's jurisdiction.

Later, with the increasingly stable situation and the increasingly developed transportation, coupled with Guo's policy support, more and more people began to manage business, and the number of traveling caravans also increased, so the demand for hotels increased. Also increasing.

Mr. Guo didn't build in time and didn't have much energy, so he gradually relaxed the approval for building hotels.

Then, hotel management was regarded as a new industry, the tax level was stipulated, and the hotel was included in the scope of tax collection, and the people began to allow their own operation.

Afterwards, not only the hotel chains of the two major caravans of the Cao family and the Mi family, but also people from the private sector took over the hotel business, opening hotels around the official post station to earn money from those traveling merchants.

With the continuous development of this hotel model, Guo, in order to earn more money for war, thought of the existence of hotels, and thought this was very interesting.

In the city during this period, there were clear divisions between the various squares and cities, and there were clear boundaries.

Bazaars are used for trading, and there are no taverns and inns in the modern sense. That is all after the Tang and Song Dynasties.

At this time, the dignitaries lived in large houses and had a banquet hall in their own homes, where they held banquets, singing and dancing, etc.