Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 534 Enlightenment
"Your Majesty, please... use the Chu goods to build warships and build workshops. At the same time, Chu goods outside the agreement are prohibited from entering Xichuan, or additional taxes are collected. This will not only deter Jingchu, but also bring disaster to the Southern Barbarians. It can also be solved without a fight!" Zhang Song suggested to Liu Zhang.

Zhang Song's proposal is not so much a "strategy" as a general policy.

It is to fundamentally relieve Liu Zhang and some of the great gentry that they benefit from the "middleman" economy, and turn to the convenience of Chu goods to gather people's power and develop Yizhou's own workshops, gradually turning the situation around.

In this way, setting up workshops also requires manpower. The "unemployment" caused by the collapse of the Shu brocade and well salt industries will be alleviated. Naturally, the root cause of the southern barbarian invasion will also be alleviated.

The current Nanban invasion, on the one hand, is that the Chu State is carrying out the "Chu Learning New Nanzhong Construction" in Nanzhong, which has caused some dissatisfied Nanzhong tribes to go north; To cause trouble for one side and attempt to separatist rule and self-government...

If the profits from Chu goods in the agreement are used to develop itself, at least the conflict will be weakened a lot. At the same time, Chu goods outside the agreement will be restricted from flowing in unscrupulously, leaving room for development for Yizhou's own workshops... In fact Yizhou is not without a chance to make a comeback!

Zhang Song actually regretted it. After all, he was the one who suggested to Liu Zhang that the Chu goods imported under the agreement with the Chu State should be distributed to other noble clans as "profits" in order to win over some of them and stabilize Xichuan.

Instead, it caused a chain reaction...

We can't blame Zhang Song for being short-sighted. After all, this scene has never happened before. With the theoretical level of economics at this time... if you understand and understand "Guanzi" thoroughly, you can already be regarded as a famous official in the way of commodity colonization.

I really have never seen this kind of flower work in Chu State!

At any rate, Zhang Song saw from the beginning that the inflow of Chu goods would cause harm to all strata of Yizhou's "scholars, farmers, industry and commerce", but it was a pity... He was still bound by the times, only thinking about mending, and missed the opportunity to start from the beginning. A chance to set things right from the start.

Now Chu State's skills are still improving, and the gap in productivity is getting wider and wider. After seeing the successful example of Wei State, they gradually wake up.

After all, everything changes from its roots. When Zhang Song realized something was wrong, he traced its origins. Although he didn't understand many principles, he vaguely found the problem.

Unfortunately, few people responded to Zhang Song's proposal.

There are also people and nobles in Yizhou who want to develop workshops down to earth - in fact, according to the logic of the aristocratic family, this should be the right way!
The aristocratic family 20 years ago valued the land and the inheritance of classics. But isn't the workshop at that time the land of that time, and the craftsmanship at this time, isn't it the inheritance of classics at that time?

When did an aristocratic family degenerate to the point of abandoning its own foundation and instead pursuing the interests of the mirror?
can only say……

It was Liu Zhang who started the showy operation, and Chu State deliberately fueled the flames, which stunned the gentry in Xichuan, and ran in the wrong direction after "waking up".

In addition, there is actually another fundamental reason...

A large part of the important officials in power in Yizhou Prefecture were outsiders who had entered Yizhou with Liu Yan, and Wu Yi was the leader.

These outsiders have only been in Yizhou for 20 years and have not yet completely taken root. Naturally, they are more interested in profit than seeking roots. Even their external interests are not completely consistent with the Yizhou gentry.

Driven by this group of people, some Yizhou gentry also became "impetuous".

At this time, Zhang Song could still get the support of Zheng Du, Huang Quan, and some of the nobles behind him, which meant that the ancestral wisdom of the Chinese nobles had not been lost.

However, now even Wu Yi, an important official in Xichuan, has been regarded as a "middleman", so naturally he will not have much support, and even brought a lot of criticism to Zhang Song.

Finally, Wu Yi stood up and said something "fair", asking both parties to take a step back, and raised the tax revenue from acting as Chu Huo's agent for the war in the south.

The dispute has been temporarily settled, but...it only treats the symptoms, not the root cause.

At the same time, in Huang Quan's house, his eldest son Huang Chong had completely accepted the enlightenment of the "Enlightenment Department" and recognized the ultimate goal of the Chu State, which was "eight wastes and six harmonies, and four good people as one".

Within the Chu State, or when instigating the lower classes, such as the Koreans, the focus of promoting Chu Studies is "the four good people are one", that is, the absolute equality of "scholars, farmers, industry and commerce" is the ultimate ideal goal.

When persuading middle-level and high-level targets outside of Chu State, the Ministry of Enlightenment, in addition to outputting "Four Good as One", also needs to convince the target to recognize "Eight Wastelands and Liuhe" - that is, "the whole world" and "anywhere". Within the brilliance of Chuxue, there is no such thing as being invincible.

At this time, Huang Chong had already believed that the Chu State was truly for "everyone" and there was no need to worry too much. After Yizhou was merged into the Chu State, it would be "divided and eaten."

Indeed, now it seems that although the distribution of interests in Chu State is not completely equal, it is at least close to equality. The local gentry in Jingzhou are also catching up. The most important thing is that the gentry in Jingzhou...can definitely not be called suppressed.

As for being harvested in the short term, it is entirely due to strength. After all, it started slowly.

At first, Huang Chong didn't know that this Chu businessman with whom he had a good chat was a member of the Chu State's secret department, but now... he has naturally guessed it.

And in order for Yizhou to be integrated into the arms of Chu State as soon as possible, Huang Chong began to use his identity overtly and covertly to inquire about information, and pave the way for other members of the Enlightenment Department in Yizhou. He also secretly tested his father's attitude, and even tried to persuade indirectly. Huang Quan.

The same thing is happening in Yizhou, even the entire Han Dynasty, and the whole world.

otherwise……

Huang Quan will not meet a Chu businessman. Now Huang Quan can guess that the friend who introduced himself to meet this "Chu businessman" a few months ago and got acquainted with him may have already been enlightened and just understood it in his heart. It's just undeclared and unspoken.

Even at this time, Jianwei County, which was at the forefront of pacifying the Southern Barbarians in Xichuan and was fighting with the coalition forces of Nanzhong Baibarbarians and Yizhou County gentry, was raising an army of its own at this time. Under the orders of the commander Zhang Ren, he led thousands of people to defend the city wall. Meng Da is also in contact with the "Ministry of Enlightenment".

And in comparison, Meng Da cannot be regarded as being enlightened, but... simply being incited to rebel!
They just use the Ministry of Enlightenment's influence deep within the enemy to make their own activities more convenient, and at the same time, it is easier to contact Fa Zheng.

Meng Da was a close friend from the same hometown who went to Sichuan with Fazheng. Like Fazheng, he was not very popular at first.

After all, it was only with the help of the Ministry of Enlightenment that Meng Da was appreciated by Zhang Ren and had the opportunity to come forward - otherwise Meng Da would have gone to join his fellow countryman Fazheng!
Now Meng Da wants to play a vital role and make meritorious deeds when he changes sides, rather than simply hugging someone's lap.

Unfortunately, there were also members of the Enlightenment Department who wanted to use the relationship between Zhao Yun, Zhang Xiu and Zhang Ren to persuade Zhang Ren, but Zhang Ren directly beheaded Ming Zhi. Fortunately, Meng Da was not involved...

(End of this chapter)