Spring and Autumn I Am King

Thanks to the book friends Niubi xxxx, d Xianyun Yehe f, born for Gao Xin, like a bear, falling snow like winter, Xiao Y-jun's reward!

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In Wei Kingdom, Zigong’s family, the Duanmu clan, had been in decline for many years, and they had not had a doctor for several generations. Today, they are no different from ordinary poor people and Chinese people.

But because he studied with the Master, he was quite arrogant in his heart, and subconsciously thought that "meat eaters are contemptible".

Indeed, many aristocrats in this era have lost their monopoly on knowledge and are not very knowledgeable.

Most of what they pursue is to fill the warehouse with corn and wheat, and their perception of profit is only to seize more land from the common people, put mountains, zes and forests under private ownership, and set up congestion on the roads to collect pedestrians and business taxes. Taxes and taxes, from 11th to 51st tax, to 2/2 tax, Qi State even has 2/3 tax!

All in all, they are all short-sighted behaviors of killing chickens to get their eggs. The Master once said, "Tough governance is fiercer than tigers"! These tyrannical regimes made the common people stop, starving and facing each other in the road, and the people heard the public order, such as fleeing the pirates, and also forced the commercial roads to be blocked and the roads were blocked.

And the gentlemen of the Zhao family who are light on taxation, once they gain something, they will share the benefits with the common people, and do some things to help the orphans, the widows, the old and the young. The new decree he issued not only increased the population, but also completely eliminated the bad habit of infanticide!

He also accumulates useless hard currency corn, spends it decisively, buys cattle and horses, and makes new farm tools. This kind of courage is really rare.

"Gentleman, these actions of yours are quite similar to the Chen Clan of Qi State..."

Zigong has been to the state of Qi, so he said this.

When Zhao Wuxi heard it, he became interested. The Chen clan of the Qi state was actually the Tian clan who succeeded on behalf of Qi. Chen and Tian pronounced the same in the Spring and Autumn Period.

Just like Zhao Weihan, who divided Jin into three parts in history, Chen Clan was also a leader among the dozens of high-ranking officials and clans in Qi State, and even more powerful. Because Chen Gongzi Wan, the ancestor of the Chen family, did not enter the state of Qi until the time of Duke Huan of Qi, and his status was not only inferior to that of the state, the Gao clan, the lower Qing Guan and the Bao clan, which were respected by the emperor as the upper minister. The Cui, Qing, Luan, etc. are far inferior.

From an unknown "gongzheng", that is, a subordinate doctor who manages Baigong, Mr. Chen has gradually accumulated all the way, and completed the historical mission of replacing Qi alone. The difficulty and twists and turns of his struggle can be called a miracle.

This is also Zhao Wuxi's future opponent, and at the same time he can learn from it humbly.

When asked, Zigong talked about some of Chen's actions in Qi.

"The state of Qi originally had four kinds of measuring instruments: beans, districts, kettles, and bells. Four liters made up one bean, and each of them was in four digits, up to the kettle, and ten kettles were one bell. The capacity is a quarter larger than that of the office."

"So, the Chen family lent food to the Chinese people with private large-scale utensils, and used the public small-scale utensils to take them back. The timber, fish, salt, clams and other seafood from their territories Gaotang and Donglai were shipped to Linzi City. It is sold at the same price as the place of origin. The gentleman knows what is the purpose of Chen’s act of harming himself and others, which is completely opposite to the way of farming?”

Zhao Wuxi said in his heart, isn't this just being diligent for nothing, not a traitor or a thief?

But of course he couldn't say that, because they, the Zhao clan, did the same thing: after Zhao Jingzi conquered Jinyang in the north, he began to stipulate that the field of the Zhao clan in Jinyang should be one acre wide and one hundred and twenty paces long and two feet long. Hundred and forty paces, compared to the fields designated by the Jin Gongshi, Han, Wei, Fan, and Bank of China, are much larger, and the taxes are still low, only half of that of the ministers.

Therefore, when Yontian gave to the scholars and the people of the country, it was equivalent to giving away half of the land. The people of the country were delighted, and they all joined the Zhao clan, fled from the land of the office, and moved to Jinyang and other places, which enriched the Zhao clan's population for nothing.

A slight smile appeared on the corner of Zhao Wuxi's mouth: "Chen's desire to be hired is not about money and silk, but the hearts of the people!"

Chen's and Zhao's goals are actually similar.

A traitor is not a petty traitor, but a big traitor in the dynasty, a thief is not a petty thief, but a thief of the country!

Zi Gong gave Zhao Wuxi a meaningful look and said, "That's why Doctor Qi Yan Ying said that he loves his parents like his parents, and he returns like running water. Gentleman, if you want no people, how can you provide them?"

Zhao Wuxi laughed and didn't answer, skipping the topic that would lead to a dead end sooner or later.

As far as Zhao Wuxi knew, there were still a group of talents among Zigong's apprentices and brothers. No wonder Confucius pulled up the student team and was able to go from a poor man who was only the slaughter of the Chen family all the way to the political arena of Lu State. peak.

Of course, since ancient times, those who steal hooks are punished, and those who steal the country are princes. The Confucianism of this era has begun to emphasize the superiority and inferiority of monarchs and subjects, and it is impossible to change positions.

Although they said it on the lips, these people who started from the slightest have always been straight-talking. If Confucius was the same as in history, living in exile among other countries, when there is no choice, he will naturally come over with a shy face and serve Zhao Wuxi and other "thieves of the country"...

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By the end of May when it was cool in late summer and autumn, Zhao Wuxi's two-month confinement was finally over.

With the help of Sang Yangweng, the modified farm implements have been distributed to Dou, Sang, Jia, and Cheng Geli. The cows and horses were put on their quilts, pulled the plow, and began to plough the 30,000 mu of land in the city, and began to gradually sow summer millet.

After asking Ji Qiao, Sang Yangweng and others for their opinions, Zhao Wuxi summed up the experience of previous years, and also made regulations on the number of seeds to be sown per mu.

"One bucket of corn per mu, and half a bucket of Rongshu per mu. If it is fertile land, the amount can be reduced as appropriate."

On Cheng Wu's side, Zhao Wuxi also instructed him to quickly control the newly acquired Cheng's manor. The thousands of acres of land there are grown with spring millet, which will mature in a few months. Just because the Daida method is not used, it seems to be quite sluggish, and I am afraid the harvest this year is average.

After arranging a series of affairs, Zhao Wuxi and Zigong went out of the wall and headed for Xinjiang, followed by more than a dozen ox and horse carts full of wheat flour and sacks. Zhao Guangde had an accident in the kitchen yesterday and sprained his waist, so he could only stay in Chengxiang.

After the great success near the Lower Palace, this small market has been saturated. Although the literati and officials will buy a certain amount of wheat flour every market day, it is not as much as it was at the beginning.

So Zhao Wuxi and Zigong turned their attention to Xinjiang again.

The population of Xinjiang is several times that of the lower palace, and it is even richer. Jin State has been the hegemon for a century and a half, and Xinjiang has become the end point of the flow of wealth in Zhuxia. In the official district, the mansions of the nobles and officials are one after the other, and each family is supported by one or several fiefs, towns and cities, and the purchasing power is considerable.

Based on his own business experience, Zigong decided to take advantage of the big sale of wheat flour, go to the millet market to start a fire, and break into the big market of Xinjiang millet market!

Because half of Zigong's caravan remained in the central capital of Lu State, Zhao Wuqi successively added some manpower to him~www.wuxiahere.com~ Of course, it can also be said to have placed cronies, because many of them, It is the clever and intelligent person who was directly picked out from the pawns. For these, Zigong knew what he knew, and thought it was understandable, but he didn't break it.

What's more, he also got an unexpected joy because of this. Two weak-crowned teenagers in Jiqiao Academy also joined the caravan under Zhao Wuxi's instruction, holding a pen and a brief booklet, and asked Zigong how to use "Zhou" Figures" to reasonably calculate the accounts.

After entering the city, on the broad avenue, the two carriages were about to part ways.

Zhao Wuxi handed over to Zigong's strong journey, and after watching him leave for the south of the city, the car turned east and drove towards the official district. Zigong has been in business between Jin, Wei and Lu all year round, and he is familiar with the Xinjiang market, and with the background of Zhao, he should not be exploited by the city officials.

And this time, Zhao Wuxi came to Xinjiang mainly for two things.

The first is to go to visit Zhang Mengtan, not only to thank him for his rescue of Han and Wei's second son in the Pan Palace last time, but Zhao Wuxi also has the intention of making friends.

Second, it was mentioned by Zhao Yang in his letter that the monarch will hold a grand shooting ceremony in the Pan Palace, and the children of Liuqing must attend!

The time is tomorrow.

At that time, he will not only be able to meet the Marquis of Jin, but maybe also have a face-to-face with his future rival "Zhibo"...

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PS: I suddenly discovered that Chen's strategy is a bit like the "tyrants" of the ancient Greek city-states...

Ask for collection, ask for recommendation, ask for Sanjiang ticket...