The days when I pretended to be a cat in the Forbidden City[Comprehensive]

The next day, the entire court was busy, not only the Sangong Jiuqing of Zhongshan Kingdom itself, but also the teachers of the school were frequently invited to discuss this strategy.

The gentlemen of the public schools in Zhongshan State are all of you, and many of them are teachers or elders of the current civil servants in Zhongshan State.

They were all dug out from deep mountains and old forests by these "unworthy descendants" when the previous school was established.

As the saying goes, if you defeat the small one...ah no, if you stump the young one, you will go to the old one. The leader has already assigned the task, and even said that if you can't solve it, I would rather not have this willful words of Tongshan, the next one The officials scratched their heads for a long time and found that they could not solve this problem, so naturally they could only harass the older generation.

Then they were horrified to find that the old seniors had a face of "we are going to find you", and after hearing that they explained their purpose, they were even more relieved.

The bureaucratic class of Zhongshan Kingdom is generally relatively young. In this era, the talents recommended are divided into Xiaolian and Maocai. The former depends not only on your character but also on your work ability, and you must also be famous in the local area.

Except for those who are particularly good at promoting themselves, how many people can be famous in a local county when they are young?Even in the modern age with advanced information, no matter how good a child is, unless he can win a big prize and attract reporters to interview him, it is already very good to be famous in the community.

Compared with Xiaolian, Maocai is even more difficult to raise.Xiaolian can still rely on publicity and fame, while Maocai is completely a personal talent.

Generally, those who enter the officialdom relying on these two are basically middle-aged people in their 50s and 20s. It is really amazing that Cao Cao was able to become an official with a filial piety at the age of [-], so he complained at the time that the people around him were all They are in their fifties, and these people are still newcomers to the officialdom.

However, the method of selecting talents in Zhongshan State has attracted a large number of young people because of the "talent-only approach". Young people are energetic, but their experience is inevitably not as good as that of the older generation.They also don't know very well about certain things, so naturally they won't be vigilant.

In fact, even if they didn't come to ask for help, the old people of the academy would go to see His Highness, just because of the Tongshan matter.

The older generation more or less heard or experienced the currency chaos period during the reign of Emperor Huwen. The land where Zhongshan Kingdom is located is rich, but it will inevitably be affected by the currency flow of the two large coinage gangs.

Later, Emperor Jing took one of them, and the other because King Wu wanted to do bad things and needed to accumulate funds to hoard soldiers and rations. For Zhongshan Kingdom, the impact was better.

Unexpectedly, their life has been better for a few years, and His Majesty gave the little king another copper mountain.

Of course, these old people don't know what Xia Anran did to get this reward. In their view, this is the rhythm of Xiong's parents.The little king is young, so is it possible to take gold and silver without squandering it?They used to think that the little king was a man who could be made, so they had the idea of ​​waiting and watching for the elderly here. Now they see that the good seedlings are about to learn to be bad, and the old seniors are not planning to go to class now, so they are ready to roll up their sleeves and scold others. coming.

Now after hearing about the intentions of the students/juniors, their expressions eased a bit, and each of them returned to their glamorous appearance, stroking their beards and smiling kindly.Seeing that the younger generations were shocked by their angry appearance just now, the old gentlemen all expressed: I am ashamed and ashamed. After many years of self-cultivation, the old man still has not cultivated to the fullest, ah ha ha ha.

Seeing that the juniors were still cowering, they immediately blew their beards and stared: They all stood up straight, what kind of virtue, seeing things is not as thorough as a ten-year-old doll, hurry back to make up lessons!

Xia Anran didn't know that all his officials had been taken back to the furnace to make up lessons one by one. He was busy writing letters to his brothers asking about the copper mine.

Copper is a metal that is widely distributed throughout the country. Except for Wu, which has a large copper mine, other vassal states can more or less find it. Even if there is no copper mine, it is the same if there is iron mine. Iron is cheaper than copper, but It can also be sold for money.

Brothers, have you considered the imbalance between industry, agriculture and commerce under the rapid economic development?My brother has no experience, urgently wait online. ?

The first one to be harassed by his younger brother was naturally King Hejian.

As King Zhongshan's neighbor, King Hejian really has nothing to do with his younger brother.They were all born by the same father, did he come out too early to do it alone?Why do you feel that you can't keep up with your brother?How can anyone ask a person such a question.

King Hejian didn't know that this younger brother was not only asking people, but sending mass messages.

But he had no choice but to treat people softly, and now he was operating business routes with people, so naturally he would not return.But the King of Hejian can't answer this question, because there is no mine in Hejian.

Hejian is mainly an alluvial plain, and agriculture is the mainstay, so he happily told his brother: My dear brother, I don’t have this trouble for you.Now that you have sent a letter, my brother happens to be out of paper, so do you have any spare time?Give some more to brother Wei, brother knows that you are short of wheat, so I will exchange it with you.

The second person to receive the letter was Liu Pengzu, the brother of the same mother, Zhao Wang.

King Zhao's fief is in Handan today, but he does have a large iron mine in Wu'an.

Liu Pengzu looked puzzled, what should I do?Handan of Zhao State is very rich and a transportation hub. All the goods going to Zhongshan State have to pass through him.Moreover, he himself is not very interested in making money, and is now busy rectifying domestic crimes.

Therefore, farmers in Zhao State without agricultural tax can of course vigorously develop agriculture. In addition, after the rule of law is clear, farmers are more motivated to produce. Although they have not yet harvested, the current situation is not bad.

In the same way, King Lu scratched his head. There is also a large iron mine in his territory, and the mine is very rich, and he is worried about not enough people every day.

Ludi itself is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and the planting conditions are very advantageous. Coupled with the low price of iron, farmers in Ludi can use iron tools for their farm tools, which is more effective with less effort.

It is precisely because there is no need for him to manage the space, so he is busy building palaces with nothing to do.

By the way, brother, this is the drawing of the palace fence recently researched by brother Wei. I think this is very beautiful, but your fifth brother said it is not good-looking.You help me make a decision, brother, how about using this for the fence of the next palace?

The fifth son of the emperor sneered that his younger brother was just looking for trouble, but it was rare for him to receive a letter from his brother, and he couldn't resist replying.He randomly picked pen and ink, and wrote "Breaking the enemy with strength" and went back to the past.balance?That's what the prime minister does. As the lord of a country, what he has to do is not to balance the forces of all parties.

It's about breaking, killing, and massacring.It only needs to destroy the rafters in the early stage, as long as it is strong enough, why worry about the unevenness in the bottom?

Liu Fa, the king of Changsha, was the farthest away, and when he received the letter, he was helpless.He has one-third of an acre of land and is in a remote area, so he has nothing.What kind of business can there be in a place where there are no roads?

Dongting Lake has been flooding year after year, and it is too late to complete the lake, let alone other things.

But it was rare for a brother to write a letter. Liu Fa, who had been neglected for many years, was also very happy. He wrote a long reply seriously and sent it back, and he also brought some Changsha products.

Of course, Changsha doesn't have any special products to bring now, so he sent some toon oil over there, which is just a gesture of brotherhood.

After the people left, Liu Fa touched the paper sent by his brother and sighed.

When the younger brother is worried about what to do if he is too rich, but he is still struggling with how to develop the local economy so that the people can have enough to eat... People are really incomparable.The King of Changsha smiled wryly and shook his head.

Jiaoxi Wang Liu Duan's reply came the latest, and the content was the most straightforward.

The king with a somewhat sinister personality simply wrote "Mediocrity" and threw it to his younger brother, regardless of whether this action would offend others, anyway, he is not very popular.But he has two capable older brothers, and King Jiaoxi's willful actions can also be supported by his elder brothers.

In short, after the brothers' replies arrived one after another, Xia Anran felt that none of them were of any reference value.The brothers meant to let nature take its course, either because the problem was not discovered at all, or because the mine has a long history, the local residents have already established their own rhythm in the long-term symbiosis with it.

After all, the excavation and use of mineral deposits also has a process, and no one is like him who fell from the sky.

Xia Anran stuffed the letters from his brothers into the small box, and then began to nibble on the local specialties brought along along the way.He chewed and thought about it.

Then he soon received another letter from his biological brother.

Although I don't understand why this younger brother has so many strange attentions in his head, but as the elder brother, he still helped to check the information. After the investigation, the older brother sent a letter to mock him!

Even if you have copper at home, where can you get unlimited coins?Silly brother, go and study the coinage process first!

And do you think that all the coins produced will really be used?

Well?

what does this mean?

Xia Anran was confused, and then he was popularized by science - even if there is copper, but with the ability of the princes, the amount of coinage cannot be too large.

Because pouring legal coins are used today.

The pouring method is a method in which the formwork is built and then molten copper is poured in, and then the mold is broken and taken out.Even if the craftsman tries his best to make the formwork more colorful, it is bound to be limited by one thing - the drying time of the clay.

These clays are still disposable, which means that even if the craftsman keeps minting coins day and night, he has to repeat the process of "making a clay board, waiting for it to dry in the shade, pouring copper liquid, breaking it, taking it out and polishing it".

This kind of production efficiency is naturally not much higher.Generally, a dozen or so copper coins can be made in a mold, and it is remarkable that a craftsman can produce two hundred coins a day. In addition to weather factors, work will be suspended in particularly humid seasons.

Such ultra-low production efficiency is the reason why there has not been large-scale inflation before. In addition, rich households will collect money and melt it to make copperware.Of course, there will be copper coins that are not willing to spend, and the rich will take the copper coins into the field as a funeral, and so on.

Under the accumulation of various factors, in fact, the money in the market has not been enough.The market is waiting for food, and the official coinage is too late to supply the market.Otherwise, why do you think the emperor didn't collect the coins as state-owned?Why do you think our grandfather adjusted the weight of half tael to four baht?It is to prevent the currency from being collected by these rich people in large quantities and then make copperware to hit the poor currency market!

If Dad gives you copper mines, you just mint coins obediently. If you are really worried, just mint the money and throw it to Dad as an annual tribute, isn't it over?

Xia Anran was silent... This, this is really an unexpected discovery for him.

The slow production process barely made up for the currency gap, is it a blessing in disguise?

But... Cough, Xia Anran knows a faster way to mint coins!Is it too cruel to let him watch the current artisans work slowly without using new methods?Moreover, his father has already exempted him from the ten-year-old tribute. Isn't it a little bad to rush to give gifts at this time, or take the things sent by his father and send them back?

Just when the little king was worrying, two little heads came in from the door.He beckoned them in, and the two children saluted him respectfully.

The former is Liu Zhi, and the latter is A Ru's younger brother, named A Qing.

Although ducklings are fun, they can't speak or communicate after all, so Liu Zhi soon got involved in the circle of playing with children of the same age.Moreover, he led the ducks to swagger through the city, not to mention how eye-catching, especially attracting the attention of children, and soon attracted a group of children's onlookers.

The friendship between the children was quickly established, Xia Anran was busy these few days, and one of them noticed that his younger brother had a little tail on his back.

Compared with Liu Xiaozhu, who roamed around the world, teased cats and dogs, and wanted to climb on horseback every day, this kid named Ah Qing was much quieter. He was a very shy kid.

When looking at people, the eyes are also wet, like a deer.

Liu She chose his little partner entirely out of his own preferences, but in fact he originally thought that Liu She liked skinny children like him.It wasn't until he saw how the two children got along that Xia Anran realized with black lines: his younger brother could be regarded as a nanny.

I don't know if it's the sequelae of raising ducks. For this new little friend, Liu Zhi also protects him like a mother duck protects her cubs.

The children he has must also have them. If someone tells him that such things are unreasonable and that children cannot have them, then he will not want them immediately.

That set of postures coaxed the children into thinking that this little brother was the best in the world, and he became a little follower ever since.

Xia Anran watched the two children having sex and being moved into a big box, and the two were so excited that their faces were flushed, so they approached curiously.Liu She didn't give a shit, and when the box was opened, two porcelain pillows inside were revealed.

Although Xia Anran couldn't understand what his younger brother was making, but seeing the pride on his face, the good brother didn't ask this question.

When Liu Xiaozhu first arrived here, he told his younger brother that he could make pillows by himself, but was temporarily put on hold because of various incidents.Unexpectedly, when he was too busy to take care of his younger brother these days, his younger brother made pillows!

Although it was a bit ugly, his younger brother actually wanted to get him, and even brought him a pillow, which moved Xia Anran to the core.

But his emotion dissipated the next moment, because his younger brother told him that one of the two pillows belonged to him and the other belonged to the little servant.

He just brought it to his brother to take a look and appreciate it.

No wonder the mother-in-law always dislikes her daughter-in-law, Xia Anran suppressed his sour heart, he pinched his younger brother's cheek flesh and pulled it up and down, feeling uncomfortable, so he maliciously said Tell my brother: brother has good news and bad news, which one do you want to hear first?

Liu Zhi had never seen this battle before, so he hesitated for a while and decided to listen to the good news first.

The good news is - Hot Spring Zhuangzi is partially built.

Before the child jumped up, Xia Anran immediately told his brother the bad news - the elder brother was hurt by the bad brother, and decided not to take the younger brother to the hot spring!

Little friend Liu Zhi immediately became unhappy, he came to Zhongshan Kingdom just for the hot springs!

He immediately threw away the small pillow, raised his fist, and started pounding his brother's back, showing that he was a good boy with practical actions.

This trick was [-]% feasible on their old father, and it didn't make much difference on their elder brother.

Liu Sheng's small body is only 12 years old, even according to the calculation here, he is only 14 years old. Children in their teens have tender skin, and their muscles are not hardened. They don't need to be beaten and massaged. Beating up is no different.

Although it was a small fist of love, it was really painful. In the end, the little king who was "moved" took his younger brother and drove to the hot spring Zhuangzi, which was half built.

In this era when the construction period is often four to five years, Xia Anran wisely asked people to build a small one-story house for them to wash first, as for other overall buildings and gardens, they can take their time.

Although it is a temporary building, it is for the king to use after all. The overall shape is still well done, and it can't be seen that it is a product of cutting corners.

There are three and a half pools that have been completed, and the other half is outdoors for open-air bathing when the weather is suitable.

The warm soup pool is made into a rectangular bath with a bamboo and wood bottom, with three steps, and you can sit on different steps with you.This is to take care of the future little princes and masters, and now it is enjoyed by Little Douding Liu Zhi.

There is also an area made of a gentle slope, where the water is not deep enough to allow people to lie down, and there is a small pillow on their head for squinting for a while.

Xia Anran is leaning here now, with a small towel covering his forehead, he is so comfortable that he feels relieved!

Fresh water pours in from three bamboo corks, two of which are hot water and one of which is mountain spring water. Using the corks to control the amount of water can achieve the effect of temperature control.The outlet hole for the old water is located two inches above the top of the pool, and the water will be discharged when it overflows.

The bed and the soup pool in the room are separated by fresh reeds, which is very rustic.However, it is said that this part has not been completely finished, and the craftsmen are still experimenting with which plants can be planted here.

Of course, due to drainage needs, although the hot spring pool is indoors, the bathing pool is still some distance away from the sleeping area.

So I used stones to make a stone bed, and the bottom of the kang is the hottest place, and it is very comfortable to lie on it for a while after soaking in the warm soup.

In order to keep warm and dehumidify, the whole room is heated through floor heating, and the flue is connected to the kitchen of the villa.After a winter of data collection, the craftsmen found that the temperature of the hot spring water will drop significantly after passing through layers, and in the end it can only barely reach the temperature of body temperature, even after they wrap the bamboo tubes.

Although I don't know how the pottery pipes will be updated at that time, in order to avoid the cold spring water in winter and lose the meaning of soaking in hot spring water, a stove for heating hot spring water is specially set up after Xia Anran's approval.

There is no need for people to take special care of it. After the hot spring water is introduced, it will be connected to a section of tortuous iron pipe. Just like the principle of a water heater, the iron pipe is heated, and the temperature of the spring water will also be raised during this tortuous path. .

The heat from the stove heating iron pipe will also be transferred to the room to ensure indoor heating. At that time, almost two rooms can share one heating system.

Of course, considering that such a temperature is not easy to control, a cold water pipe was introduced.

Liu Zhi is very curious about this setting, but for safety reasons, the three pipes that finally enter the indoor water outlet are actually placed in a wooden box, and outsiders can only touch the water that comes out after mixing the temperature and the controls. pole.Xia Anran also let him play casually.

After a while, Liu Xiaozhu felt bored and the cat spit bubbles in the water.In addition to the waiters in the room, there are only two brothers, and Liu Zhi, who has left his little friend and duckling, is extremely boring.

Seeing his pitiful appearance, Xia Anran reached out and took out some small toys from the box next to him.

He took out a bamboo tube with one hand, Xia Anran, the bad brother, stuffed the opening of the bamboo tube into the water while his younger brother wasn't paying attention, then pulled the stick at the back and sucked up the water, then suddenly raised it up Liu Zhi yelled.

As soon as Liu Xiaozhu turned his head, his face was splashed with water.

He was stunned!

Before he could figure out what happened, Xiao Douding was "squeaked" again.

Brother has a new weapon!

Liu Zhi stared at the weapon in his brother's hand and immediately quit, but Liu Xiaozhu is a very strategic little Douding, he immediately picked up the cloth towel beside him and began to throw water to disturb his brother's sight, then sneaked up to grab it Brother's water gun.

Then happily walked to the other end of the pool with short legs.He saw Xia Anran's movements when absorbing water just now, and Liu Zhi immediately followed suit, and the first time he didn't make the right direction, he got stuck on the top of his head.

The second time he sprayed towards his brother.

Xia Anran turned his back wittily, letting the water fall on his back.He was treated to a wave of artificial showers, then he reached for a water pistol and fired back at his brother.

The two brothers had a lively fight between you and me, and they went ashore happily after ruining the water in the pool.Xia Anran wiped his hair with a cloth towel, while Liu Zhi was rough. He shook his head frantically on the spot, and after successfully throwing his brother all over, he rushed into the room giggling.

Xia Anran saw that he was about to rush onto the bed with a wet body, so she hurriedly shouted: "Grab him!"

The waiter took two steps forward and stopped the little prince, Xia Anran also hurried over, covered Xiao Douding with a cloth towel and rubbed it, then patted his brother's soft buttocks: "Wear it!" Clothes, wipe your hair, don’t forget that we still have three chapters of the contract.”

Liu Zhi bulged his cheeks, and finally, considering the power of the three chapters of the covenant, he obediently asked someone to cover him with layers of clothes.Xia Anran sat side by side with him, and the waiter took over the task of wiping his hair. The waiter's hand strength was just right, and the room was warm. Soon Liu Zhi fell silent. Xia Anran saw that his younger brother's eyes were closed. up.

It took a long time to drive from Lunu to here, and then there was a lot of noise in the water just now, and Liu Xiaozhu's physical strength had bottomed out.Xia Anran touched the humidity of the child's hair with her hands, and then ordered the waiter to wipe it dry.Liu Zhi was in a daze and let others mess with him. In the end, he didn't know how he was moved to the bed. As soon as he touched the bed, he kicked his feet and fell asleep.

Xia Anran's hair was a bit longer than his, so naturally it didn't dry so quickly, he waved his hand to signal that he didn't need to wipe it, and let the child look after him and went out.

After a short walk, there is a public area, where many people are already waiting for him.

Because it was a working day, Xia Anran simply brought a few courtiers with him, he and the little prince made one soup, and the ministers made another.

Think of it as a team building activity.

There are many young people in Xia Anran's team, and she has adapted well to her immediate boss's blatantly leading people to skip work. Now that the spring is strong, it is also very beautiful to be young.

Even if there are a few who have opinions, most of them are the minority obeying the majority.What's more, Hot Spring Zhuangzi is a day away from Lu Nu, and everyone can go back to work the next day after staying here for one night. After Zhidu asked to bring a rest day, it was a waste of a day.

This is still acceptable when Zhongshan is full of officials, just go back and work overtime.

Xia Anran doesn't need it here, but the officials' side has also been arranged for massage services. The office crowd who have been sitting in the case for a long time are now fully charged, and their faces are radiant.

Although it was a group building, under the leadership of the workaholic prime minister, this group of people still took on official duties.

Anyway, the official documents of Zhongshan Kingdom are now changed to paper. "Using precious paper to write official documents for you is for the convenience of carrying", these are the original words of Zhidu boss, Xia Anran has never said such words that are full of unscrupulous businessmen.

During the five-day dynasty of the Western Han Dynasty, Xia Anran and these officials did not often see each other on weekdays. They were mainly under the prime minister's rule, and they would report directly to the prime minister if they had any problems.

According to the court regulations of the Western Han Dynasty today, the emperor is equivalent to the chairman, and the prime minister is the executive president.The small court of the vassal king is the same. For example, Xia Anran is in charge of asking: Our Zhongshan country will enter a well-off era this year, and the prime minister is in charge of telling him: Your Highness, this is impossible. According to the current development plan, we can work hard in 100 years. complete this goal in time.

What Xia Anran can do is to choose to accept the century-old plan or replace the prime minister... Oh yes, he can't change yet, after all, the post of prime minister was sent by the imperial court.

But the good thing is, compared with some vassal kingdoms who are incompatible with each other, the relationship in all aspects of Zhongshan Kingdom is still very harmonious.

Everyone is happy now.When they saw the little king, everyone stood up and saluted, and chatted for a while, which was very pleasant.

This harmony came to an abrupt end after Xia Anran expressed his thoughts.

The author has something to say:

Xia Miao: If there is a problem, send it in groups and harass the brothers! Y(^o^)Y

Liu Zhi: get.

some years later.

Liu Zhi: Brother! !I'm in trouble!

Liu Zhi: Brother! !I'm in trouble again!

Liu Zhi: Brother, come here. There is a lot of trouble, and I can't tell for a while.

Liu Zhi: Brother, why don't you go back?Let's change the law and put the princes and kings in the capital?

Liu Zhi: Brother! ! ! !

Xia Miao (future): ...? ? ?Your Majesty, your brother is not too old to beat someone up!

I touched Liu Zhi's tender butt, hehehehe

In the comment area yesterday, a few youngsters mentioned how to deal with money... It is indeed a macro adjustment, and we are actually using this method now, otherwise paper money would not be more convenient than copper coins?

In ancient times, iron was cheaper than copper, because copper still has ornamental value, but copper ware is shiny and golden, which looks no different from gold plating, and looks good.

As for money, if you export a lot of it, the result is that the domestic supply is not enough, and then there will be cash coupons, and finally banknotes (refer to Song, Ming and Qing Dynasties). Of course, there are no banknotes now, but there are currency.

It is "one counts as one hundred"

Put a stamp on your 1 yuan saying that this thing is used as 100 yuan.

By the way, during the Three Kingdoms period, apart from Cao Wei, Soochow and Liu Han played like this. The reason for the final collapse of the two countries was also related to economic policies. Cao Shizi (of course he was already king at that time) was desperately holding on to money , and finally had the last laugh.

If the economy collapses, it will never recover.

Buying and buying in large quantities will also impact the domestic market. The result of everyone planting cash crops is that the lifeline is held in the hands of others.

In ancient times, lack of food in the ground was fatal.At the time of the "Three Kingdoms" volume, Guo Jia used this to cheat food and cooperation from that person.

In the early Western Han Dynasty, the casting method was used to mint coins, which was very inefficient, so the officials did not have the strength to do it.

It was improved until Emperor Wu...cough cough, and then it was invented in Tang and Song Dynasties...cough, let’s not talk about it, otherwise I will write something (rubbing hands)