[comprehensive] mother instrument world

Shu Yun has already learned a lot about dealing with nomads!Divide the pasture, teach the technology of green storage fodder, let them grow from chasing water and grass to settle in the pasture, and become ranchers!Then, you can buy their wool, cashmere, goat milk, milk, and dried meat. In short, give them enough money so that they can maintain a standard of living. Then, these nomads are not real Born to be brutal.The upper class is militant for profit, and the lower class is militant for survival.And the upper class can get benefits, the lower class can maintain their lives, everyone is stupid to fight, isn't everyone afraid of death?

Afterwards, cooperate with some religious brainwashing, for example, let those Confucian scholars go to the grassland to perform enlightenment, teach them the way of benevolence and forgiveness, and use Buddhism to replace the original belief in longevity. Such a small group of ambitious elements can hardly get the support of the lower herdsmen, and they can't get into trouble if they want to.

What Shu Yun showed Liu Yan was naturally the textile machine made by her Shaofu. Although it was a relatively simple one, it was already a big killer in this era.

Shu Yun said with a smile: "When the Huns who hate the Han are defeated, then we will give the Huns a new way out, and they will naturally not continue to fight against the big man!"

As for enclosing the Huns, Shu Yun felt that this was not a good idea, not to mention that the Huns might take advantage of the decline of the Central Plains to counterattack in the future, and the Huns withdrew from the grassland. Naturally, the Xianbei people and the Wuhuan people would To fill the blank area left by the Huns, is it possible to fight these nomads again?

In this way, it is better to let the Huns occupy the grassland, and those small tribes oppressed by the Huns will naturally attach themselves to the big man in order to survive. It can be said that they are defeated without fighting!

Of course, economic control is based on strong national power, to be precise, strong military power.If you can't beat those people to kneel down and call Dad, they will only covet your wealth, and then they will pick up a knife and rob you.This is what the Huns did before.

"So, now let's read the battle report from the north!" Shu Yun finally came to a conclusion, "The battle report to verify the military strength of the Great Han!"

It didn't take long for the battle report to be sent through the urgent channel.Wei Qing is probably the son of the chosen one. He still took advantage of the emptiness behind the Huns, directly broke through the Huns' Royal Dragon City, and captured many nobles of the Huns. However, in this age of fighting the Huns for many years, and the highest-ranking person who died under the hands of the Han Dynasty is only a big family, the significance of these noble representatives is very great.

Wei Qing also seized the banners representing the various tribes of the Xiongnu in Longcheng, and the wealth of the ancestors in Longcheng, which was used by the Huns to worship their ancestors, and many cattle and sheep raised there also fell into Wei Qing's hands. It can be said that, Even though there were not many beheadings, Wei Qing could be considered a complete victory this time.

As for Li Guang, he lost his way again as expected. This probably has something to do with his ancestors. Li Guang was born in the Li family of Longyou, and the Li family of Longyou has been famous for several generations. It was Li Mu who came from this family, and Li Guang's family was more closely related to Li Xin.As for Li Xin, he was also an unlucky guy who had to use his title to compensate for getting lost.

In the vast grassland, it is not easy to find the direction, even if the Shaofu has equipped the army with a compass.In fact, on the site of the Huns, there are very rich minerals, which has also caused some changes in the magnetic field in many places here. In addition, the Huns themselves generally rely on experience, and even rely on the instinct of those livestock to identify the direction of the road. , How useful can a compass be!

Like Li Guang, Gongsun Ao is also lost. Although he was born in the Yiqu royal family, the Gongsun family has been Sinicized for a long time. Gongsun Kunxie’s parents have already belonged to the big man. Because of this, um, Gongsun Kunxie was in charge of the Honglu Temple, which is the Lifan Academy and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in later generations.Because the other countries that can communicate with the big Han are all small countries, even the Xiongnu, in the eyes of others, they are also Yi Di, so the status of Honglu Temple is not high.However, the children of the Gongsun family still know the races on the grassland and their origins quite clearly.

The question is, what is the use of knowing the origin and customs?It is good luck to be able to find a water source on the vast grassland, and not even find the way back. Besides, the timing of their departure was not right. There are very few tribes on the grassland, and they are still scattered on the vast grassland. If you want to find them, it really depends on your luck.

Cheng Bushi, on the other hand, was lucky this time. He caught a few scouts sent by the Huns not long after leaving the fortress, and then followed the clues to find a nearby tribe, which was a small tribe under the Baiyang tribe. The old and the weak, women and children add up to thousands of people, which is naturally not as good as the [-] cavalry led by Cheng Buzhi.In particular, Cheng Bushi paid great attention to rules and tactics when using troops, and he also paid great attention to discipline.Originally, I wanted to have another big fight, but in the end, I was worried that the captured Huns would betray me, so I had to give up temporarily and simply returned to the Central Plains.

Although two routes returned without success, consumed a lot of food and grass and even lost some troops due to some troubles on the grassland, but the other two routes can be called great victories.

When the battle report reached Chang'an, everyone immediately burst into joy.Among other things, the victory of these two cavalry represented that in the battle against the Huns, the Han had taken the initiative for the first time, and they could no longer be passively beaten, but could take the initiative to attack.

As for Shu Yun, the rewards he gave next were also very generous. The Shaofu bought the captured livestock at market prices, and then directly rewarded the officers and men below for their meritorious deeds in various ways. All kinds of tools were allocated from the Shaofu continuously. For this reason, the Shaofu and many official lands that had been confiscated before were taken out to grant land.

Now the land annexation of the Han Dynasty has become very serious. The land tax of the Han Dynasty is very low. It was originally [-] taxes, but after Emperor Xiaowen ascended the throne, it directly became [-] taxes. In addition, in the event of natural disasters and man-made disasters, the court will also reduce or exempt taxes. .But even under such circumstances, Xiaomin's burden has never been low.Low land tax is one thing, but the output of the land is another.The easiest thing to make people go bankrupt is actually corvée. Local officials are very flexible when it comes to corvée. For example, those landlords and wealthy households can easily pay a sum of money to hire tenants below, or The poor serve them, and the government only cares that there are so many people doing things, no matter who the doing things are!

In addition, those landlords and gentry who have a certain influence in the local area can easily hand over the heavy corvee showdown to the ordinary people below. If it is worse, modify the age of those males, whether they are underage or overage , still need to serve in the military, then it is really a scam.

When the whole family went to serve in the army, they had to bring their own dry food. If they brought too little, they might starve to death on the road. If they brought too much, the family could not afford it.After all, the lack of strong labor in the family will naturally affect the livelihood of the family. If one dies due to corvee work, it will cost a lot of money just to arrange the funeral.

In short, the people at the bottom have very poor ability to resist risks. As long as there is a slight mistake, they may face bankruptcy.

Under such circumstances, the annexation of land in various places has become very serious, and tenants not only have to pay rent and taxes, but also have to pay taxes. servant.

If it weren't for the Han Dynasty's regular forced relocation of local wealthy households to Lingyi, forcing those local superiors to sell their land for rich and unkind landlords, some of them would naturally be turned into official land by the Shaofu and handed over to those tenants for rent. I am afraid that it has become serious to a certain extent.

As a result, although the Han Dynasty had an order to award land, it had not actually granted land for many years. Now Shu Yun directly asked the Shaofu to take out those official lands outside Guanzhong as rewards and rewards to those soldiers. , everyone cheered.

The soldiers at the bottom have benefited, and as the generals leading the army, they are naturally not too bad. Since Gongsun Ao and Li Guang are force majeure, there is no need to question the crimes. Who told everyone not to understand the Huns? Getting lost on the grassland is really helpless.Therefore, this reward was not for them at all, and the cavalrymen under their hands were also full of anger. They watched the other two cavalrymen get promoted and get rich after they returned victoriously, and their eyes were red with jealousy.

As for Wei Qing, many people in the court were still full of doubts about him, and some people thought that the reason why he was sent to the war was entirely because his sister and niece were in the palace, they were regarded as hostages, and they were not worried about what would happen to him. But this time, even if it was luck, everyone recognized it!

In fact, for those who fight, they are still very superstitious about luck. Sometimes, in a war, it is often the luck that determines the victory or defeat.Wei Qing was able to find Longcheng and break through there, even though the defense of Longcheng was very empty at that time, this was considered a skill.Therefore, everyone is convinced of this.

Others began to praise the late emperor for his understanding of people and the empress dowager for her tolerance. Not everyone is willing to let the brother of a rival in love go out to make meritorious service. It's not up to the standard of a rival in love at all.

Because of this, Wei Qing was named the Marquis of Guannei in one leap, which can be said to have reached the sky in one step!

As for Cheng Bushi, he originally had a noble title and gained a lot, this time he was directly named Liehou, with five thousand households in the city.

After the two cavalrymen who had direct contact with the Huns described the details of the battle, many people immediately slapped their thighs. It turns out that the Huns are not so terrible!

In the past, in the hinterland of the Central Plains, the Huns were actually demonized for various reasons. The Han people knew very little about the Huns, because there were so many Han soldiers who died on the border every year that many of them were It is said that the Huns are brave and good at fighting, riding and shooting. They are all eagle shooters. There are rumors that the shaman of the Huns can cast curses. Therefore, everyone has some scruples about joining the army, even if they know that military merit represents everything. However, if there is no life, there is nothing. The Han army's compensation for the dead soldiers is not very much, which is just passable.

But now, seeing these cavalrymen go out of the fortress, one by one immediately realized the leap of class. Not only the title, but also the property has also risen to the level of a well-off family. Those with the least military merits can be allocated a few acres of land , a few sheep, you can marry a wife!Immediately, many people's eyes became hot all of a sudden, and they all wished that the court would continue to fight against the Huns, so that they could make some military achievements themselves!Even if you can't enter the combat sequence, you can get military merits as a civilian husband to transport food and grass!

In this day and age, expecting the following soldiers to have any firm beliefs is pure nonsense, but as long as there are enough benefits, everyone doesn't mind joining the army and working hard.

In this era, human life is not as valuable as imagined, like those rangers, except for a few, who value promises and despise life and death, the rest are all for money.The rangers sound good, but they are just a small group of people. The rangers at the bottom often live a precarious life.

Those rangers still have some strength in their bodies, and they usually go to the so-called heroes above, or some dignitaries, to help them do things, but the common people at the bottom really belong to that kind, maybe hundreds of them. Money can buy their lives.Therefore, when it was discovered that the benefits of joining the army were far better than other professions, many people immediately began to ask around where they could still join the army.

Shu Yun has already thought about it now. To improve the quality of the soldiers in the army at this time, she has already planned to take advantage of the fact that the Han family has not yet turned into a customized system, so as to improve the treatment of ordinary soldiers. When low-level officials like Qiang Fu and You Xi were vacant, Shu Yun was going to use those soldiers who were old or retired due to injuries to fill them.

In addition, Shu Yun does not intend to maintain a large number of standing army groups, she hopes that the army will become more professional and of higher quality.In view of this era, reading is the patent of a small number of people, so that even papermaking and printing have come out, and the literacy rate has not really improved much.

The main reason is that the right to interpret knowledge is now in the hands of a few people. Except for the various schools of Confucianism who recruit apprentices, others still hold a very cautious attitude towards selecting successors.

This disappointed Shu Yun. In a healthy and positive society, among other things, literacy work must be done well. People who can read and do not know a single word can do completely different things.

Shu Yun is planning to engage in the industrial revolution in this era, so what she needs is a more progressive group. In this case, it is obviously not so reliable to rely on those private individuals to give lectures in the local area.

However, if the state administrative power is used to encourage local governments to run schools, the cost will be relatively high. In addition, it may cause the rebound of those scholars.Even Confucianism, which claims to teach without discrimination, is actually very picky about its disciples, or xenophobic.In most cases, the disciples they are willing to recruit cannot really come from the bottom class, at least they must be the class of self-cultivating farmers. They recruit disciples not to enlighten them, but to impart their own school of thought.The most important thing is that in this era, these teachers are not specialized in pedagogy for later generations. They usually teach according to the text. As for the extended content such as trivial words and righteousness, they are generally only willing to hand over to their disciples.

In short, these scholars were not really responsible for the work of enlightenment.

The problem is, what Shu Yun needs is not a scholar, what she needs is someone who can read and understand basic mathematics knowledge.Therefore, Shu Yun needs to open a door of enlightenment education.

After thinking about it, Shu Yun found that the easiest way was to start with the army.Starting from the army to literacy work, there are only so many Chinese characters horizontally and vertically. Under normal circumstances, if you learn about a thousand characters, you will not have any obstacles when reading official documents, contracts, etc., unlike Latin , there are new words added almost every year. For ordinary people, two or three thousand words may not be enough, not to mention, for those professional and technical personnel, the number of words must be five digits. OK.

Therefore, in the military for enlightenment, if you know three characters a day, you will be able to recognize all commonly used characters in a year. During this period, you will learn some simple addition, subtraction, multiplication and division, and then on the one hand, they can use them in combat. knowledge.At least a fully literate army will not have any trouble understanding orders.

As for these people, if they stay in the army, the smart ones can go on to further studies, and they can become low- and middle-level officers, while those who are stupid, or unlucky, become low-level officials after retiring from the army, then they can be in the army. In the area I am in charge of, engage in social studies, and do a good job in local literacy and enlightenment work. As long as this is taken as a political achievement, within ten years, the literacy rate at the local level will naturally increase.

Shu Yun has gone through several lives, and has never been too anxious about many things. Haste makes waste, and hot tofu can't be eaten in a hurry, so everything has to be done slowly.

If Shu Yun did this, he would definitely offend many scholars, mainly Confucianism. However, Confucianism is really not considered a prominent school now, and the legalists who are more serious about the Eight Classics are actually the Legalists.In the past few years when Liu Che has been in charge, Confucianism has gained some benefits, but Mr. Huang and the Legalists now hold a confrontational and even suppressive attitude towards Confucianism. Therefore, Confucianism can only make a limited voice in the court.

Confucianists have always regarded themselves as scholars, and then shouted all day long not to compete with the people for profit. In their eyes, the so-called people are themselves and the landlord class they represent. As for the ordinary people, they only need to Just listen to them.And Shu Yun, after several generations, has long understood that the Confucianism is actually just a bunch of slogans shouting loudly. In fact, most of them are a bunch of egoists, and there are a lot of truths. , few are really reliable.

As for Liu Che, after the failure of the Jianyuan New Deal, he also saw that Confucianism is a typical way of saying one thing, doing another, and talking about moral cultivation. Tian Fu, who is famously greedy, belongs to Zhao Wan, Wang Zang, and the others who make a lot of money.

The Han Dynasty actually tolerated corruption very well, but most of the other schools did not hide their greed. For example, the officials of the Legalists often colluded with some businessmen in order to implement their ideas. , Naturally, they can make a lot of money following those businessmen.As for the Huang Lao faction, from the founding of the country to the present, they are all distinguished scholars, and almost all of them are big dogs. Therefore, they are not very interested in corruption and bribery.But the Confucianism, when I was in the opposition, criticized other people as villains and treacherous people. When it was their turn to come up, eating was even uglier than other people.

Therefore, after Liu Che was really in charge, his attitude towards Confucianism became less reliance, and more of a use. If your theories suit my taste, then I can gain the upper hand. If your theories make me unhappy, then , Either you guys get out, or you can change it for me.

As for the people in the court, those who can do things and help the court make money are almost all from the Legalist school, such as Zhao Yu and Zhang Tang, who are relatively famous people in the Legalist school today, and they all belong to that kind. They will do whatever the emperor tells them to do, and they are not afraid of dirtying their hands and reputation. Obviously, the emperor likes this kind of person who can do things and is willing to take the blame for his father, and Liu Che is naturally the same .

In order to achieve her goals, the Empress Dowager Shu Yun quickly launched a new round of tax reduction and exemption plan with the help of this victory over the Huns. By the way, she absorbed the wisdom of her father-in-law and husband back then, Directly stated in the court that in the future, they will simply share their income with each other, and never add any taxes.Of course, the premise of doing this is to first re-measure the land in the world, and then collect taxes based on the land properties. No one is allowed to cheat and transfer taxes to those self-cultivating farmers and tenants.

Immediately, the reputation of the empress dowager Shu Yun reached a new level. Of course, Liu Yan also gained a good reputation, because this edict was issued by Shu Yun and the emperor Liu Yan together.Even if Liu Yan hasn't been in power yet, this can be regarded as his achievements.

When her reputation was established, Shu Yun directly stated that she planned to add lecturers and teaching assistants in the army, who would be responsible for teaching the soldiers to read and count. At the beginning, there were still people who opposed it. After all, according to Shu Yun's plan , about 200 people, just need one lecturer, three teaching assistants, these people, no matter how they add up, the rank ratio is also a thousand shi, it’s not that they can’t afford the money, the main thing is, where do these people come from.

Then, Shu Yun directly threw out the policy of serving officials and gentry together. In fact, the Han Dynasty had this policy. Unless the title was higher than a certain level, otherwise, everyone had to perform the task of corvee service. The rich can pay a sum of money and let other people serve.But now, Shu Yun said, there is an additional service content, that is, in the teaching of social studies and rural studies. Anyone who can silently write a sage article and briefly explain its meaning can apply for this corvee task. Of course, Not everyone is qualified to teach. This has to be selected by the government. After the selection, the government can arrange the time and place of service. Of course, as a preferential treatment for scholars, it will be arranged according to the principle of proximity.

But in the army, soldiers and teaching assistants can no longer be regarded as serving. They are officials with a serious establishment. Therefore, at the beginning, these people can be transferred from various departments as a transition. After that, they need to be recommended and evaluated by various places. up.

To be honest, a group of courtiers are a little confused by Shu Yun's imagination, but Shu Yun's suggestion can be said to be beneficial without cost. Anyone who has led the army knows that there is organization and discipline There is also an army of knowledge, which is much stronger than those mobs. Therefore, most of you support the popularization of literacy in the army.

However, what they are worried about is that after such an extra link in the corvee, will someone play tricks in it in the future, so that the heavy labor will be oppressed on ordinary people who have no chance to study.

As a result, Shu Yun once again put forward an idea, which is to reform the corvee system. In the future, the corvee will be arranged directly in the village. In the past, everyone was more resistant to corvee, mainly because they left their hometowns and had to bring their own dry food. Most of the things that everyone can't understand why it is like this, because it doesn't do any good to themselves.And to build water conservancy and pave roads for their hometown, these people are always willing!

Han Anguo endured for a long time, and finally came out and said that this policy is indeed beneficial to the people, but many major projects of the imperial court need to collect corvees. , and things like transporting food and supplies to the Great Wall, who should be allowed to do it then!

Shu Yun put on the appearance of a big dog with no shortage of money, and waved his sleeves, what's the point, these will be handed over to prisoners and prisoners of war in the future, and in addition, he will directly spend money to recruit workers, all of which will go to the account of the Shaofu, and will not be given to the people add extra burden.

Han Anguo felt that there was no problem, and the Shaofu Ling suddenly felt that his legs were weak!Just kidding, as the order of the Shaofu, seeing the money in the treasury of the Shaofu's treasury being spent like water, but not seeing much money back, this Queen Mother is really a prodigal!If you really spend all the Shaofu's money, what should you do when you turn around?

However, although the Shaofu Ling is also one of the nine ministers with a rank ratio of two thousand stones, in fact, more people with this position are regarded as the emperor's family slaves, and they don't have much say in the government. If he jumps out at this time If you express your opposition, you are afraid that other people will join forces and attack you.

Although the Shaofu of the Han Dynasty is not as large as the Shaofu of the Qin Dynasty, it is still a monster with a large body size. There are many people who stare at the Shaofu. The prime ministers of all dynasties are jealous of the income of the Shaofu. into his arms.Therefore, if he really catches the wrongdoing of the Shaofu, he will definitely pursue it fiercely.

Therefore, even though his heart was like being stabbed by a knife, the Shaofu Ling still had to honestly shout the words of the queen mother's kindness, the queen mother's sageness and so on.

As for Shu Yun, it is naturally impossible to really treat the Shaofu as being taken advantage of. In fact, Shu Yun has long thought that she will turn the Shaofu into a government department for macroeconomic regulation. Therefore, for the Shaofu The reforms are actually very profound.

Therefore, after retiring from the court, Shu Yun directly gave Shaofu Ling a plan. At first, this person thought he was going to bleed again, but after reading it for a while, he almost fainted from excitement. It's clearly sending money to Shaofu!

Liu Che abolished the original four baht coins and three baht coins back then, and started to implement the five baht coins. As for Shu Yun, he is now ready to completely take back the power of private minting coins, and then use administrative means to let the five baht coins really replace the ones on the market. Those messed up currencies.

In this process, the Shaofu will assume the role of the central bank, mint currency, and implement a healthy monetary policy. To maintain a fiscal deficit to a certain extent is actually conducive to the healthy operation of the country. Of course, in this material is not so In the era of abundance, what is needed is to convert currency into a large amount of material reserves to deal with bad things that may happen.

This is just the beginning. With the help of those surviving disciples of the Mohist family, Shaofu has begun to research many good things, and has even restored some craftsmanship that had been lost for decades in the Qin Dynasty.However, this kind of pure handicraft is difficult to industrialize. What Shu Yun wants is standardized industrialized assembly line production. Things that have too low production efficiency can be used to make luxury goods. If the production efficiency cannot be improved, then only The ability is to preserve the craftsmanship and pass it on as a characteristic, but not to really promote it.

As for Shu Yun, now she has started to order the Shaofu to buy all the mines of later generations, and then, in this era, she is planning to smelt steel. Anyway, she has relatively mature technology and craftsmanship in her hands, so she will hand over the principles and blueprints to Those Mohists, then, they can easily turn these into finished products.

With enough steel and the corresponding technology, it is easy to make advanced tools.

Shu Yun doesn't want to do something like sheep cannibalism in the big man, so even if it can't be done in one step, it must reduce the dependence on labor to a certain extent. Then, making the tools more advanced and more efficient is It is very necessary!

As for these, Shu Yun simply handed them over to the Shaofu. The Shaofu Ling only felt that in this booklet, he gradually smelled the smell of money, and his eyes turned red.

However, Shu Yun wanted to tell him that you were too happy too early. In fact, Shu Yun had already planned to spin off some functions of the Shaofu and set up another department. The Shaofu is too huge now, so huge that Shu Yun Some are worried.

The Shaofu decree did not expect such a long time ago. Compared with the former emperor, although the queen mother spends a lot of money, the method of earning money is even more powerful. The Shaofu is an institution that completely serves the royal family. Spending money is what it should be.It's just that in the past, the Shaofu's ability to make money was even stronger, so a lot of money and materials were accumulated in the treasury.

But no matter how much money is spent on an emperor like Liu Che, who has been building a lot of land since he came to power, he can't stand it.Emperor Xiaowen was famous for his simplicity. All the concubines in the harem had to weave their own clothes, and their skirts could not be dragged on the ground.As for Emperor Xiaojing, compared to his father, he was a little more able to toss around, but under normal circumstances, it was not very extravagant to spend money, and he did not engage in any major projects.The most expensive time was just to suppress the Wu-Chu Rebellion, but soon, the Shaofu was brought back from the land of Wu-Chu.

The foundation left by the two emperors is very deep. The copper coins in the treasury are so piled up that even the ropes are rotten. But after Liu Che came to power, he needed to raise soldiers, expand Shanglin Garden, and build palaces. When the first emperor passed away, almost all the gold wares cast by the Shaofu over the years, as well as various other dark wares and decorations, were buried with him.

When the Empress Dowager came to power, the Shaofu almost cheered.When the queen mother was still a queen, she had already demonstrated her ability to turn stones into gold. Whether it was paper or printing, these have brought a stable source of income to Shaofu. Because Shaofu has a lot of resources, It can reduce the cost to a level that ordinary businessmen can't even imagine. Therefore, even if the papermaking is spread later, the white paper produced is not as good as Shaofu's paper, and the price cannot be lowered.

As for the appearance of pasta, Shaofu did not make much money in it, but Shaofu can do other things. Shaofu directly set up a waterwheel in Shanglin Garden, and there is also a water-powered mill. It can be used every night, and it can grind noodles every moment. Therefore, after that, Liehou, who realized the deliciousness of noodles, and the officials and landlords in Guanzhong began to pay for Shaofu to help build a waterwheel mill. The car can irrigate the land, and the mill can grind noodles, soybean milk, and tofu.Just from these, Shaofu has made a lot of money.

Nowadays, wheat planting in Guanzhong is relatively popular. There are also disciples of farmers in Shaofuzhong who are studying the planting techniques of winter wheat and other crops. In the future, Guanzhong can also produce twice a year, which can feed twice as many people. !

In fact, what Shu Yun was looking forward to more was the return of Zhang Qian and his mission from the Western Regions. Unfortunately, it is not like the later generations. Going out of the country means applying for a visa. It doesn't take a day's work, but now, it takes two or three days to ride a fast horse out of the customs.

Therefore, people have been out for two or three years, and there is still no news of the mission. Some people even suspect that they encountered the Huns on the road and were killed by the Huns.

Shu Yun felt that one should not rely too much on the missions, some things could be obtained by other means!It seems that the Huns have obtained a lot of good things from the Western Regions after several expeditions to the West. It is better to let those merchants get them from the Huns through smuggling.

The government is still at war with the Xiongnu, and many things cannot be done, but many businessmen can still do it!In fact, in places like Yunzhong, Shanggu, and Yanmen, some smugglers even got the private support of the local county guards, because they needed these merchants to get information from the Huns, as long as they didn't use rhubarb crossbows or the like If the sharp weapon is smuggled out, then the government simply turns a blind eye to it.

After thinking about it for a while, Shu Yun directly ordered the Shaofu Order to post rewards, mainly for various crops that are not available in the Central Plains, no matter if they are from the Western Regions, Fujian, or Southwest.

These days, most of the people who defeated a dynasty were not foreign enemies, but famine. Because of famine and serious land annexation, serious peasant uprisings were caused. During the war, a large number of people were consumed, and then they returned to the Every time when the country was founded, the land resources were reshuffled, and the farmers who had lost their land got the land again. As long as the rulers were not so idiots, a new round of the so-called prosperous age would take place in a few decades.

Shu Yun has seen too many of these things. People always like to attribute disasters to the end of the dynasty. The emperor is stupid, the politics is not clear enough, and there are no virtuous ministers and gentlemen, but all the sycophants, so the world is chaotic. up!

In fact, these are simply blame. When an avalanche occurs, no snowflake is innocent.Everyone is busy with land mergers. Even those businessmen, after they have money, will not continue to invest in production and start bigger businesses. Instead, they will go back to build houses and land to turn themselves into landlords.Because although merchants are rich, their political status is very low. They cannot take imperial examinations, cannot be officials, and according to strict laws, they cannot even wear silk.

Of course, these are all empty words now. There is no such thing as the imperial examination now. A businessman can quickly change his household registration after spending a sum of money. It is to pursue those businessmen, and it will not be pursued from this kind of matter.Capital has been stained with blood and original sin since it came into the world. Especially in this era, few businessmen are really law-abiding, and if they are, few can continue to work.

As for Shu Yun, he wants to reduce the possible food shortage in the future and curb land