Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 465 Wei State Government
After Liu Ye conveyed Chu's request to "jointly build Tuyin Port" back to Yecheng, a great controversy broke out in the Wei Dynasty.

Although military advisor Guo Jia strongly opposed it, most of the internal government ministers headed by Xun Yu and Chen Qun agreed...

Guo Jia is indeed Cao Cao's most trusted adviser - not only is he resourceful and good at strategy, but he also comes from a poor family and does not have many interests entangled. At the same time, he may seem cynical, but his loyalty to Cao Cao is beyond reproach!
However, most of Guo Jia's suggestions were in terms of military strategy and internal affairs... Guo Jia is not ignorant, but he prefers to "comment" and analyze the impact of internal affairs on military strategy, and is "too lazy" to actually govern.

Of course, Cao Cao also knew that Guo Jia's "laziness" was partly due to his unstable personality, and partly because Guo Jia's body really couldn't bear it - if Liu Bei hadn't facilitated the Han emperor's entry into the Pass, the conflict between the Han Dynasty and the Wei State would have Having his luck cut off indirectly reduced the pressure on Guo Jia to pass on his luck, and he was afraid that Guo Jia would already be dead.

From the perspective of military strategy, Guo Jia believed that Chu's navy traveled on the sea for a long time, frequently traveling to Liaodong and even overseas. As well as the strength of Chu's armor and the strength of Chu's troops, it cannot be regarded as the same as the ordinary southern navy...

Normally, in everyone's mind, when northern troops go to fight in the south, their strength is compromised because of the hot, humid and miasmatic climate, especially if it is a water war. Similarly, when southerners come to fight in the north, the cold and dry climate will As well as the generally greater physical advantages of the Northerners, once they fight on land in the north, it is difficult to compare with the Northern Army.

This applies not only to generals, Ji Zao's soldiers are also affected by the population quality of the "soldier source"!

However, Guo Jia felt that Chu's navy had already overcome the incompatibility of the climate. As for physical fitness... Ordinary people in Chu could often eat meat, occasionally supplement with eggs and milk, fresh fish from the coast, and inland Pickled fish and pickled vegetables are also eaten daily...

Especially recently, the State of Chu has even frantically encouraged the popularization of Qi cultivation among the people. The daily meal of ordinary people is probably comparable to that of the grassroots generals in the elite army of Wei State!
The gap in physical fitness has long been no longer a problem. Even if there is a gap, I am afraid that Wei is lagging behind...

Therefore, Guo Jia believed that handing over Tuyin Port to Chu was equivalent to opening a hole in the rear.

However, Chen Qun and Xun Yu look at it from different perspectives...

The enemy comes from the sea and goes deep alone. Whether it is supplying from Liaodong or from the south, it is very inconvenient. As long as Tuyin City can be defended, what can the navy alone do?
What's more, this time it's to trade Chu's new ships!
If the Chu State's navy is really that strong, then they should get the opponent's ship structure as soon as possible and start imitating it.

Otherwise, if one's own navy is about to collapse, wouldn't they be forcibly landed as well?
And Chen Qun also had his own considerations - the Wei State only agreed to hand over Tuyin Port to the Chu State, and the Chu people could not leave the sixty-mile range, but... the Wei State did not agree, and others could enter the sixty-mile range!

Didn’t Chu want to do business in Tuyin Port?

That could completely block Tuyin Port and only give limited permission to caravans, turning Tuyin City into a real trade hub.

In this way, it is convenient for the privileged caravans to jointly lower prices, and Tuyin Port can only play the role of material distribution. Tuyin City controlled by the Wei State can easily develop into a business no less than Shouchun and Wancheng. Big city!

Moreover, according to the conditions negotiated by Liu Ye, Tuyin Port is only the military port part, which Chu can blockade, while the port itself can dock Wei's merchant ships, and Chu cannot stop it.

Chen Qun's argument was supported by the vast majority of Wei officials, and even Xun Yu was persuaded, which further persuaded Cao Cao.

In general, the State of Wei was not too entangled, and agreed to the State of Chu's assistance in the construction of Tuyin Port - handing over the land of Tuyin County, which is a hundred miles along the coast and [-] miles in length and width, to Chu State.

But regarding the specific development plan of Tuyin County, Chen Qun and Xun Yu, the future husband-in-law, once again argued!
"What Xun Lingjun said is wrong. Only the official caravans of Wei State will entrust all the needs of the Wei State to Chu State, and the imperial court's sea ships are really enough? Who will be responsible for it in the future? The goods entering from Tuyin are distributed all over the country, even to Liaodong and Bingzhou?" When Chen Qun was discussing politics in the court, he naturally would not call Xun Yu Zhangren.

Even if they are just engaged now, Chen Qun's performance can be called "brave".

"This time, the imperial court specially purchased a batch of ships from Chu State. What's not enough? Tuyin Port is also connected to the imperial court and is exclusively used by the imperial court, so why not? What's more, the imperial court will hire various ships or buy them with money. That’s the qualification.”

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"Tuyin County is originally a lower county. Even if Tuyin is further developed due to the port in the future, at most it will only be raised to the middle county commercial tax. Is there any reason for a special tax? Previously, companies were encouraged to take the initiative to purchase Goods imported into Chu Kingdom!”

"In the future, the status of Tuyin County will naturally be different from that of other counties. Once Tuyin Port is opened, it will be directly connected to the sea of ​​Chu State, which will naturally be different from the previous situation."

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When Cao Cao heard the quarrel between the two, his head started to hurt slightly. Cao Cao himself didn't know whether it was a blessing or a curse for him to "untie" the noble family before...

The quarrel between Chen Qun and Xun Yu was nothing more than dividing the interests between the aristocratic family and the imperial court!
Who is Chen Qun?
Coming from a famous family, after the Chen family in Yingchuan, the Chen family's family background is no less than that of the Xun family, and Chen Qun is also engaged to Xun Yu's daughter.

Because Xun Yu is a more upright person and has more sympathy with Cao Cao. Although he is from a family and has some interests involved with the family, he pays more attention to the interests of the Cao Cao Group, or the Wei State, so most of the northern families use Chen Qun as their court Hope in the middle.

One of the things that Chen Qun is most famous for in history is that he promoted the "Nine-level Zhongzheng System" - which can be regarded as a continuation of the "Inspection and Examination System". Its essence is to standardize the "Inspection and Examination" process and transfer the power of "Inspection and Examination" to , implemented in the big and small Zhongzheng bodies, and have clearer standards.

In history without the white picture effect, the nine-level Zhongzheng system had already begun to take shape during the Cao Cao period. After Cao Pi became emperor, he completely implemented the nine-level Zhongzheng system into writing...

Theoretically, the Jiupin Zhongzheng system is a higher form of the investigation system. In theory, because the standards are clearer, it has the effect of clarifying the governance of officials.

However, on the one hand, starting from Cao Pi, the emperors and powerful ministers of the Cao family were not happy with the Cao family, and gradually began to rely on the family. On the other hand, it was also because of the system in which officials were selected and promoted by the big and small. I believed too much in "human nature" from the beginning...

The so-called "results" were too short-lived, and the Nine-Rank Zhongzheng System quickly became an official selection system with clearer barriers and more monopolized by aristocratic families than the "Inspection and Examination System", which caused the nobles who controlled almost all the paths of advancement to completely transform into a powerful family.

Even Cao Rui, the Ming Emperor after Cao Pi, seemed powerless against the over-expanded family. He expressed dissatisfaction with the recommendation system for officials several times, but was pushed back by the soft nails of the courtiers.

It can be said that it was the official implementation of the Jiupin Zhongzheng system that made the gentry a symbol of real power, and the Gaopingling change, the clan forces headed by Sima Yi, killed Cao Shuang and other warlord forces, and it was also the Three Kingdoms period. Beginning to overwhelm the warlords and become a symbol of the mainstream...

The Sima family, which was favored by the family members, naturally continued to use this system. By the Western Jin Dynasty, it had the bad image of "there are no poor families in the upper class, and no noble families in the lower class".

Perhaps the current Chen Qun didn't think about the consequences of the "Nine-Rank Zhongzheng System", but what can be known so far is that Chen Qun definitely considers the interests of the family more.

Chen Qun's current status in the Wei State is similar to that of Lu Kang in the Chu State - he is responsible for coordinating the aristocratic families... but he does not have Lu Kang's qualifications.

At the same time, he did not have Lu Kang's support for his own king and his own court, so Cao Cao's "use" of him only valued this channel of communication with the aristocratic family!

Xun Yu was more interested in Wei, but as a result of ignoring the interests of the family, even the family did not regard Xun Yu as a "spokesperson".

From the perspective of the wealthy family, Chen Qun is their "Lu Kang", but in Cao Cao's view, Xun Yu plus Chen Qun can be regarded as "Lu Kang".

Regarding Tuyin City this time, Xun Yu agreed with Chen Qun and believed that he could agree to the promise of Chu...

However, the pair of father-in-law and son-in-law had differences over the development of Tuyin City.

In other words, it is a concentrated outbreak of inherent differences!
Wei Guo had long hoped that he could learn from Chu State's commercial tax system, that commercial tax and agricultural tax should be cut across the board, and both should be ruthless.

However, it encountered widespread opposition from northern families. After all, for the north, business tax...isn't it just the tax collected by Gu Quehaoyou?
Taxes are also collected on land, and taxes are also collected on trade...

Then why should we accompany you?

After the Han Dynasty and the imperial court broke away from control, although Cao Cao stabilized the situation with the assistance of a group of civil and military officials, his legitimacy was greatly affected. In order not to overturn, he transferred part of his power to the wealthy families in the north, and the Yuan family originally belonged to it. The Saga Group also focuses on peacemaking.

Cao Cao even personally married Yuan Xi's wife, Zhen Mi, the daughter of the Zhen family of a prominent family in Yecheng, as a sign of appeasement.

What?Zhen Mi is Yuan Xi's wife?Cao Cao: Isn't that better?
The root cause is that Cao Cao gradually felt unable to cope with the rapid development of Chu State, and decided to try to find a new way - the rise of Chu State was too idealistic, and there was actually a simpler way to replicate it...

It's just that things that are too dirty cannot be done by the "Great Wei Court". Instead, it can be done more "efficiently" by using the aristocratic family.

This also requires mobilizing the enthusiasm of the wealthy family, that is, allowing the wealthy family to get part of the benefits. This can also directly bypass the wealthy family's resistance to change!

The Chu State's situation of being the first for the world and relying on technological advantages to forcibly smooth out internal differences cannot be replicated, because the southern nobles have never seen Bai Tu's method before, while the northern nobles... have already seen the results of Bai Tu .

If other "shortcuts" were not taken, Wei would have no chance.

Inevitably, when facing the group opposition of the gentry, Wei Guo will be more restrained than in history...

(End of this chapter)