Chapter 1188: The Unable Pang Tong

In Shuchuan, Liu Bei has already proclaimed himself emperor. After one or two years of hard work, Shuchuan has developed very well.

There is no war here. Liu Bei worked hard at the beginning, and his army grew to 300,000.

With the help of Pang Tong, he managed everything well.

However, when Zhang Yu defeated Sun Ce and Cai Hao one after another, and then destroyed Cao Cao, he immediately understood that it was impossible for him to fight out in his life.

There is no chance, unless Zhang Yu dies suddenly.

Even if Zhang Yu had an accident, it was useless, he still had no chance.

Therefore, Liu Bei gradually lost his ambition.

In the past, even if there was a chance, Liu Bei would not give up, but now, there is no chance at all.

So, Liu Bei began to enjoy it.

Once a person has no ambition and is content with pleasure, it is all flaws.

Once Liu Bei was not feeling well and was ill for a few days.

Someone introduced him to the medicine, and when he first came into contact with it, it really relieved his pain greatly.

Since then, Liu Bei has been fascinated by this thing.

This thing not only makes him enjoy it very much, but also makes him very interested in the matter of men and women.

There are more than a dozen concubines in his harem, you know, Liu Bei was not good at it.

But he has no way out in Shuchuan, and there is nothing wrong with enjoying himself.

This caused him to become somewhat alienated from his men.

Pang Tong persuaded him, and Liu Bei listened, but he failed to persist for a month and became an addict again.

Zhang Fei and Guan Yu were fine, they had been training soldiers in the barracks, and although they had heard about Liu Bei, they all understood that Liu Bei had suffered all his life.

This Liu Bei also gave Guan Yu and Zhang Fei Zhang Luo women. After all, they are sworn brothers and must share weal and woe.

Zhang Fei and Guan Yu also accepted women, but they were not obsessed with them.

Liu Bei here,

Gradually addicted, but there is no problem with the internal affairs, because his team is still good, a few veterans, follow him, and help him manage well.

However, in the long run, there are bound to be problems.

This Liu Bei was so addicted to drugs and women that he couldn't extricate himself.

There is also a rift between the monarch and his ministers. Liu Bei is not working hard, which makes his followers very helpless.

Like Pang Tong, he is very ambitious, but he wants to help Liu Bei rule the world, but now that Liu Bei is like this, they have no chance.

There was no chance at all, but Pang Tong wanted to develop Shuchuan well. If this generation has no chance, then the next generation will. In short, as long as the separatist regime can continue, there is still a chance.

But Liu Bei couldn't do it anymore, and Liu Bei started to enjoy it.

Originally, he enjoyed it by himself, and it was no problem at all. He had worked hard for most of his life, but now he settled down and enjoyed a little bit.

The terrible thing is that many officials at the bottom have also learned from Liu Bei.

Seeing that Liu Bei had lost his ambition, he knew that it was impossible to fight out in this life, and he might live here comfortably all his life, so many officials began to buy family property and prepare for their children and grandchildren to live here.

This will breed corruption, and it will gradually reveal the wind of extravagance.

At first everyone wanted to play out, but now they can't, so they started to enjoy together.

The appearance of this terrible sign will cause them a lot of trouble.

Pang Tong went to persuade Liu Bei several times, but Liu Bei quickly agreed, and each time he persisted for a few days, and soon became addicted to it.

Several times of persuasion made Liu Bei annoying Pang Tong, and Pang Tong was also very dissatisfied with Liu Bei, and publicly accused him several times.

At this time, Liu Bei's mentality has changed a lot.

He has proclaimed himself emperor, the emperor.

No matter how you say this, Pang Tong is just a courtier, how could he be so shameless.

Most importantly, Liu Bei felt that he didn't need Pang Tong much anymore.

The reason is very simple, if you can't fight it out, no matter how powerful your massive strategy is, what's the use of it.

Pang Tong is good at strategizing, but he is not good at governing the place, so Liu Bei can do without Pang Tong.

However, Liu Bei did not fire Pang Tong, and still let him be in charge of government affairs.

However, there has been a discord between the monarch and his ministers, and I don't know how long it can last.

They didn't realize that Shuchuan was filled with a huge crisis.

A lot of wealth was lost.

Caravans come in and out of Shuchuan, most of them only sell things in, and rarely sell things out.

This is the trade imbalance, a lot of wealth loss.

The money was constantly being transported to Zhang Yu's side, resulting in less and less money for Shuchuan to use.

At the same time, Zhang Yu controlled the salt trade and blocked the salt, only a few were sent to the big merchants and big families in Shuchuan.

If there is not enough salt, the price will naturally be high.

The result of high prices is that people are getting poorer and poorer, they can't afford it, and they have to buy it.

More and more money was concentrated in the hands of big families and big businessmen.

And Zhang Yu took the opportunity to sell them all kinds of luxury goods, and with these luxury goods, Zhang Yu earned money from these big businessmen and families.

This is Zhang Yu's method of plundering wealth from Shuchuan.

In order not to lose the popular support of Shuchuan, Zhang Yu made it difficult to control later, so he borrowed the hands of these people.

The common people would not think that Zhang Yu was the mastermind behind the scenes, they would only blame those big families and businessmen, and thus Liu Bei.

Zhang Yu is very safe, no one knows that all this has something to do with him.

Although Pang Tong was smart, he didn't notice these problems for a while.

Even if he found out, it would be difficult to deal with, but he suggested to Liu Bei to completely ban these businessmen from coming and going.

However, it didn't last long after it was implemented. Not long after it was banned, those big family and big businessmen stopped doing it. They used various methods, and even directly colluded with local officials and military generals to carry out smuggling.

The consequences of smuggling will be more serious, and military and government officials will gradually become corrupt, and it will be even more out of control by then.

Of course, Pang Tong could also suggest that Liu Bei go on a killing spree and kill all those who violated the order.

But in that case, the whole Shuchuan will be in a panic, and if it is used, it will be in chaos for a while.

Pang Tong was clever, but he couldn't find a way for a while.

He doesn't have so many talents to use. These aristocratic families have talent resources, and most of the officials have some kind of connection with them.

Therefore, this decree cannot be enforced. Instead of breeding corruption, it is better to let it go, and the government collects more taxes to control it.

This made Pang Tong very depressed. He was originally a genius, but he was stuck in Shuchuan and couldn't do anything.

He really can't do anything, Liu Bei is already like this, indulging in pleasure, and Shuchuan's family is also taking the opportunity to grow, he has no way to deal with these.

Liu Bei is the emperor, and the army is controlled by Zhang Fei and Guan Yu. People in the court, such as Jian Yong, are also deeply trusted by Liu Bei. Pang Tong can only watch and is powerless to change the overall situation.

The officials in the court are inextricably linked with the big families in Shuchuan. These families have been raised, and I am afraid that they will not be able to lose their tails.

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