Chapter 2435 Civil Envoys
The reason why Feiqian in Guanzhong is preparing to purchase a large number of slaves is, on the one hand, the demand for labor force, and on the other hand, the surrounding wars are gradually calming down, and the conflict mode has to be transformed into a development mode, so in the process of development, naturally It is impossible to continue to use prisoners of war to obtain more cheap labor to promote sustained economic stability.
After all, we can’t wait until there is a labor shortage, and then turn off the farmer’s lights and let them have more children?
Humans are born animals that adapt to living in groups. A single person is almost like a bug in front of nature, but when the number of people reaches a certain level, all tigers, leopards and insects will avoid people.
Dahan has been encouraging births, but it is still not enough. Agriculture, industry, and commerce are all short of manpower, and slaves can help the people of the Han Dynasty to be freed from some simple, heavy and dangerous manual labor, so that the people of the Han Dynasty can do some more technical work.
Even in farming, those who know some technology and those who don''t understand technology at all are often two different things.
When Fiji was constantly absorbing people in Guanzhong, some special people also came to Guanzhong.
These people are Confucian scholars.
Confucian students in Shandong.
Confucian scholars are not necessarily bad people, just like officials are not necessarily all corrupt.
Some people think that the Shandong here refers to the Shandong of later generations, and there are also some people who don''t know that Feiqian is currently pushing the wheel of history to another direction.
During the Western Han Dynasty, it was Jin Zhang Xu Shi, while the Eastern Han Dynasty was naturally between Hebei and Henan.
And now, it seems the limelight has turned...
Those who smelled the smell earlier came earlier, and those who were confused by the wind behind them also figured out some ways. As for those who still can''t figure it out, they will gradually be eliminated.
Huan Dian arrived in Chang''an.
He came with "many" missions...
Different from Cao Shizi, Guo Jia, or other "official" envoys, he represents the more civil part.
When Huan Dian saw Chang''an City again, he couldn''t believe his eyes. Because in his impression, Chang''an City is dilapidated, decayed, full of chaos and blood, the ministers on the bridge are as dead as the heads of Guizhou, and the officials in the city are more like beggars...
So in Huan Dian''s memory, Chang''an was not very good, and he didn''t want to come to Chang''an at first...
But Huan Dian was sick.
Then he thought that Chang''an, which was "not so good", had the Hundred Medical Center, and then there was Hua Tuo and Zhang Zhongjing in the Hundred Medical Center, and then it was like a magnet that attracted all the doctors of the Han Dynasty to Chang''an, and then of course this is If Huan Dian continues to stay in Xu County, there may be no more...
Why do these **** doctors have to come to Chang''an?
Huan Dian gritted his teeth, on the one hand he did not understand, on the other hand he was in pain.
Of course, Huan Dian did not come here solely for the purpose of curing illnesses. He came to Chang''an with some other ideas, such as the stones in the mountains can be used to attack jade or something.
As a "traditional" man, Huan Dian followed Liu Xie all the way from Luoyang to Chang''an, and then followed from Chang''an to Xu County. He only had a man in his heart, or the "big man" he recognized, like He simply doesn''t approve of an evil heretic like Fei Qian.
But in the current situation, everyone knows that Chang''an Sanfu has changed, and the troubles are not good. The separatism of the East and West will be light. It may not be a few years, and Fei Qian''s **** sits north...
Although it is said that the Sanfu of Guanzhong is still flying the banner of the great Han, and has not shown any abnormal attitude towards the emperor Liu Xie, Huan Dian believes that within the Sanfu of Guanzhong, even if no one has mentioned that "the person who replaced the Han should be "Tu Gaoye" and other words, but in the Guanzhong Sansuke run by this Hussar general, there must be quite a few people who are holding back their energy and want to be the minister of the dragon.
In the past, Huan Dian was not willing to come at all. He often expressed intentionally or unintentionally the spirit of "I am a man of the people, and I will never join forces with barbarians and rebels." But recently, he has not continued to express his political views in public. inclined.
There are many children of Shandong gentry and Confucian scholars like Huan Dian. At first, these people even felt that the four words "Huqi Feiqian" were a kind of spiritual pollution, just like the period of Han Lingdi. The sons of the gentry were ashamed to talk about money, and they changed their name to "Aduwu". It seemed that any more contact would cause their fragrant body and soul to be profaned.
In the past few years, Huan Dian''s "clear banner" attitude was appreciated and recognized by many people, either explicitly or implicitly, but recently there have been some changes.
On the surface, there are fewer and fewer people who have a clear-cut banner and even heart-piercing roars, and the official mouthpiece is still working harder to discredit the Hussar General, and those who were still in favor and echoed a few years ago People gradually became silent, and even stopped participating in some "official" discussions.
The apparent "opposition" is of course still there, and the "correctness" of Dahan is still in Xu County.
But something is quietly changing.
Although it is said that in Yuzhou and other places, in the bright scenes, there are still loudly preaching the perverse actions of the Hussar General, the destruction of the Han system, the enslavement of the Han people, and the pollution of the spirit of the Han, Xi Ji The speeches of others will still be promoted and sponsored by some official and unofficial efforts, but in the dark, more and more people are beginning to be "warned" because they say something that shouldn''t be said.
Right now, General Hussars is in Sanfu in Guanzhong, prospering day by day. Whether it is people''s livelihood, military affairs, government affairs, business, from ordinary people to dependent gentry, they all benefit from this prosperity, and follow Guanzhong There are more and more products, and some people pretend that they have never said anything like "spiritual pollution" before, and silently put on the brocade sachets with gold-painted fans and silver threads...
This kind of change cannot be eliminated by the suppression of public opinion or continuous smearing on the official level, because this is an instinctive pursuit of human beings. Holding a hand accustomed to gold-painted fans, I feel that the original cattail fan looks so rough and simple, and the skin used to wearing fine silk clothes feels that the original Gebu fine linen is so prickly, and so on.
At the same time, Huan Dian also noticed Fei Qian''s forbearance and fear from many things. For example, Huan Dian has also heard a little about the Shaofu buying so-called "tributes" in the name of the emperor. Ordinary people would probably get angry because of this, and even cut off contact with Shandong, but Fei Qian didn''t, it was as if nothing happened, and he didn''t suffer...
Will the Shaofu buy these things for their own use? Except for a small part of the supply to the emperor to preserve this title, most of the things will be divided up by the people in the Shaofu, and then appear on the market quietly.
Fei Qian suffered a loss in this "business" in the Shaofu, but in fact he made money back in other aspects, maybe even more!
Even Huan Dian himself had to come to Guanzhong to see a doctor.
Of course it is impossible for Huan Dian to tell Cao Cao or others that he came to Chang’an to see a doctor and survive, but he said that he wanted to see the "magic" that Fei Qian relied on, and how to break it...
Deciphering Fei Qian''s "sorcery" and "exotic skills" that were criticized and disdained by the Shandong gentry.
Although it is not the right way to fully despise Fei Qian''s "skills" psychologically, the existence in Guanzhong is indeed getting stronger and stronger, strong enough to "confuse" many people, and even those nobles who have read the poems of saints have begun to follow suit. Depravity, even though these people are still scolding Fei Qian on the surface, and they are unwilling to admit that they have "degenerated", but it still makes Huan Dian feel that this is a very terrible thing.
Huan Dian even doubted that if Fei Qian really marched into Yuzhou, how many people would still stick to the so-called "orthodoxy"?
Huan Dian didn''t know, and he didn''t dare to think about it.
In order to complete the decipherment in name, Huan Dian did not rush to the Baiyi Clinic to see a doctor before arriving in Chang''an, but insisted on going to Qinglong Temple.
Before, some children from Yuzhou also went to Qinglong Temple. Of course, these Yuzhou children are all poor families and offshoots. At the very beginning, the children of these poor families would send letters to the main family in Yuzhou every half a month or a month. On the one hand, they would report what they saw and heard, and on the other hand, To express that he is still loyal to the clan, and to obtain money from the support of the clan in Yuzhou.
Some people even went to investigate, and copied some of the basic knowledge provided by Fei Qian to the Bachelor of Agriculture and Bachelor of Engineering, and sent them back as much as possible...
Then the Yuzhou clan will also reply, most of the children of these poor families, don''t forget the "sage''s words", don''t be fooled by the "demon heretics", and stick to the "Han family orthodoxy" and so on.
But I don''t know when it started, these poor family members gradually reduced the frequency of letters, often procrastinating with various excuses, and some even asked for money instead of describing the three events in Guanzhong as before. The "evil government" of the assistant, and there are many people who even cut off the news in the future.
At the beginning, the old guys in the Yuzhou clan thought that the children of these poor families were being persecuted by Fei Qian, and they were very angry and openly criticized Fei Qian on many occasions. The talk of eating people''s hearts is very popular, and the more it spreads, the more intense it becomes.
Until later, some people in the caravan discovered that the poor children who had disappeared were not captured and killed as they said before, but became enlightened envoys, bachelors of agriculture and engineering, and even local small children. official...
After getting the real news, the old guy in the Yuzhou clan was silent for a long time, and gradually stopped saying that Fei Qian was a man-eating monster in public.
The so-called children from poor families in the clan are generally those whose parents have problems, especially those whose father died early, and then the family declined. During the process of these families'' decline, although the clan would give these children some support and benefits, but the same It can also cause harm. This is unavoidable. Just as bullying is inevitable in schools of later generations, bullying in ancient clans is even more cruel and terrifying.
If the wealth in these families can still be maintained, then they will not become poor families. After the pillars of their families collapse, the property under their original name will be deprived of it in various names. The most common ones are "custodianship", "Managing on behalf of others", and after a period of time, these originally entrusted properties will close down due to poor management, and perhaps in the same place, there will be an identical store with a different brand.
So the "loyalty" of these humble children to the clan...
Unnecessary.
It is like the young emperor''s emotion of "gratitude and respect" to the regent minister.
After Huan Dian arrived at Qinglong Temple, he found that there were not only scriptures, debates, and speeches that he was most familiar with, but also arithmetic that he was slightly involved in but had never studied systematically, and even some astronomy and geography. , the astrological calendar, which is called the study of things by General Hussars.
For example, on the day when Huan Dian went there, someone said that the boat can only float on the water because "water can carry the boat". The more, the greater the strength to lift the boat up...
While dumbfounded, Huan Dian couldn''t help muttering something like "a bunch of nonsense" in a low voice.
In Huan Dian''s cognitive world, the reason why boats can float on the water is because the boats are made of wood, and wood itself can float on the water, so of course the boat can also float on the water. .
However, the news that Huan Dian learned later made him a little shaken. In the Xuanwu Pool, there is actually a building boat that is faster than ordinary boats! Travel without a paddle!
Huan Dian thought it was a rumor at first, but more and more people confirmed it. Could it be General Hussar''s tricks? It''s like Fei Qian didn''t make any less "auspicious" contribution...
Then more and more things made Huan Dian feel novel and weird, and he began to doubt whether his judgment was accurate.
Huan Dian did not see the boats in Xuanwu Pond, but first saw the "public carriages" operating between Qinglong Temple and Chang''an, as well as the counties around Chang''an.
There are private carriages and horses for rent in Chang’an Sanfu. At a fixed location, a fixed route, and a scheduled departure, a carriage can accommodate up to ten people, or if you are willing to squeeze, you can also stand a few more. As long as there is space, you can stand on the side of the street and wave your hand. , the speed is not fast, after all, the carts are all old horses.
After the initial feeling that Fei Qian was a prodigal son subsided, Huan Dian really thought about the benefits of these "public carriages". Ordinary gentry children would not take this kind of public carriage, nor would they be willing to squeeze with others, but ordinary people would. Perhaps people who originally lived near Chang''an would not take this public carriage, but other people in remote areas like it very much.
Because these public carriages provide convenience, they also shorten the traffic time in surrounding counties. In the past, when going to the market, most people had to walk. They had to get up early in the morning, and then go to the market in the evening. They often arrived at the market at noon, and they had to go back in a hurry to buy something. There was a little delay, and it was dark. Can''t make it home either.
Under such circumstances, unless it is really necessary, these people who are farther away are not willing to go out to the market. And with a fixed public carriage, if you go out in the morning, you can go home sooner at noon, and you don''t have to worry about being robbed halfway, after all, you are riding a public carriage under the name of Hushi.
In this way, the more people participated in the market, the bigger the market became. Most of the counties in Guanzhong Sanfu changed from two episodes a month to four episodes, and some even turned into eight episodes. , and then the shops and goods under Fei Qian''s name became more and more sold.
Then the farmers and people in Sanfu, Guanzhong, began to "walk" out. When Huan Dian saw that some farmers began to collect some handmade items in the village, and sold them in large bags and frames in public carriages, while feeling that the local people of the hussars were "declining", they also faintly rose. A trace of fear.
Although he is not very clear where this fear comes from?
It was as if Huan Dian couldn''t figure it out, but General Hussars let people learn some knowledge at will.
Farmers can also learn scriptures? !
What a ridiculous thing this is in Yuzhou, but in Chang''an Sanfu, Huan Dian saw the real happening. On the long bluestone in front of the bookstore, there are copybooks and sandboxes that can be borrowed for free. You can learn to write on the sandbox with branches or simply with your fingers.
What made him feel even more disturbed was that there were some children around the ordinary houses, when they gathered together to play, they shouted some sentences in a crisp voice, similar to "know what you know" and "say what you say" Wait, this almost made Huan Dian feel inexplicable panic, as if something very valuable had been lost unknowingly.
Then Huan Dian began to understand those poor children who gradually no longer had contact with their own clans, because this place is indeed an "evil heretic". The longer he stays, the more he feels the difference from Shandong...
Because in the final analysis, this is just the "seeking profit" of human nature. Those children from poor families are also human beings, so naturally they cannot escape the word "human desire". The so-called academic excellence leads to officialdom, and the vast majority of people superficially say that they are for the country and the people. But in fact, it is more for their own fame and fortune.
It is basically difficult for these children from poor families to study and become an official in the original clan, because these children from poor families are subject to too many restrictions. As long as there are children from the main family in front, even if they are very good, It may not be possible to get a chance to show, let alone get a high position. But now under the Sanfu of Chang''an, it has given these poor children a brand new path, no, many brand new paths...
Before there were only scriptures, but now it is not only scriptures, but also agriculture, arithmetic, astronomy, geography, etc. Even if you are not interested in these, go to Hudi to be an enlightenment envoy, and you will definitely be able to be a place when you come back in three to five years Little official, to live a decent life, you don''t have to look at the faces of some people in your clan, take care of some people''s children, and give up the opportunities and positions that should belong to you.
Clearing up bandits and bandits, setting up work for disaster relief, relieving refugees, repairing water conservancy, building bridges and paving roads, rewarding businesses, helping farmers and farming, setting up schools, promoting education, public welfare, etc., all of these are costly and may not be possible in a short time. How much income is produced. If the local officials in the past could seriously do one or two of these facts when they were in office, even if only one-tenth of what Feiqian did now, it would be enough to show that he was a good official and let everyone in the county The common people were all grateful, sent Wanmin umbrellas, and made offerings in the shrine.
Not to mention that since General Hussars came into charge of Guanzhong, the people in the Sanfu area are getting better every day, and not only are the people in Guanzhong getting better, but Feiqian has also taken in a large number of exiled refugees from other places. They can settle down, settle down again, have food and clothing. Although Guanzhong Sanfu is still not a place of sages, it can achieve "not picking up lost things on the road, not closing the house at night", but the lives of the people have indeed become better. This is a fact that cannot be denied.
Huan Dian felt a lot of pressure, and the so-called "seeking a solution" became an incomparable worry in his heart, which made his condition even more serious...
(end of this chapter)