Chapter 2727 The Biggest Leaf

After making corresponding arrangements, Kan Ze resigned first. He went back and prepared to send some more people to the Western Regions to make emergency plans and increase his investigation and understanding of the current situation in the Western Regions.

Xun You stayed in the festival hall for the time being. He had something to report to Fei Qian.

After Xun You learned about the Western Regions, he was somewhat confused at first.

On the one hand, Xun You is the minister, and he and Pang Tong are the two important ministers in charge of the administration of officials. Pang Tong is not in Chang'an now, so the problems in the administration of officials are equivalent to his responsibility. On the other hand, Xun You also knew the importance of the Western Regions to Chang'an and Fei Qian. Hu merchants in the Western Regions and east-west trade not only provided economic income, but also provided a large number of slaves to supplement the labor gap, making Chang'an three Fu's development is changing rapidly.

Although the current economic and trade of Chang'an Sanfu is not entirely dependent on the Western Regions, the Western Regions are still very important.

Chang'an's economy is now blooming in all directions. To the north are the furs and livestock from the northern desert, to the south are bamboo products and minerals from Sichuan, to the east are raw materials from Shandong, and to the west are mainly the Western Regions, which provide jade, spices and other expensive luxuries.

Although it is said that the economic and trade routes in the snowy area are currently expanding, it will still take a certain amount of time to become a climate. Once a major problem occurs in the Western Region, Chang'an Sanfu will naturally be greatly affected. Therefore, if Fei Qian does not take any restrictive measures immediately, Xun You feels it is necessary to emphasize with Fei Qian that he may suffer economic losses...

"Lord, if the matter in the Western Regions cannot be resolved quickly..." Xun You reported, "The spices, jade, wine and other items will inevitably decline... Once chaos breaks out, it may even be cut off... Please make arrangements early, my lord." . 』

After Fei Qian thought about it, he did not order to send people to the Western Regions immediately or ask Lu Bu from the Western Regions to come back. Instead, he started with the administration of officials and started with the assessment. Of course, this meant that the current problems in the Western Regions could not be solved quickly. problem, but it also means that Fei Qian must take a more thorough approach to solve the problem in the Western Regions, not just treating headaches and foot pains.

But if you want to completely solve the problem in the Western Regions, you may need more efforts...

Including, but not limited to, financial contributions.

Fei Qian nodded and asked, "How much goods from the Western Regions, such as spices and jade, etc. are in stock in the warehouse?" 』

Xun You thought for a while and then said: "If my memory is correct, there is one warehouse for spices every three years, three warehouses for two years, and three warehouses for one year. The total should be more than 30,000 dou... There are only two jade warehouses... There are also six wine cellars, but the stocks of Pujiu among them are not much..."

More than 30,000 buckets may seem like a lot, but in fact it is not much.

Thirty thousand is certainly a lot for a person or a family, and they may not be able to use up all these spices in a lifetime, but on average for Chang'an Sanfu, or for the entire Han Dynasty, this amount is actually very small.

There are many spice warehouses, not because of the large quantity, but because of the harsh storage conditions. Spices have a certain storage time. Even if they are stored dry, they will gradually mix with other debris, so they must be stored separately, and attention must be paid to ventilation, moisture-proofing, sealing, etc. Even if you are so careful, the longer the storage time, the less fragrant the spices will be, so basically it will not exceed three years, unlike grains that can still be eaten in five or seven years if they are stored properly.

Because jade, gold and silver utensils from the Western Regions and other items are less likely to change in quality, they do not require special storage conditions. They can be stacked in ordinary warehouses, so the number of warehouses they occupy is smaller.

The wine cellar? Because the supply of peach wine almost exceeds the demand. As long as there is excess, the market will basically digest it, so there is not much to save...

As for other dried fruits from the Western Regions, livestock, minerals, etc., the prices are much lower than those of the three big ones, so Xun You did not list them one by one.

Of course, there is also the slave business in the Western Regions. However, this slave business is different from other items. It is not quantitative or timed, so it is difficult to quantify it specifically. Xun You also did not include it.

That's right, events are never separate, they are all related to each other...

Fei Qian thought for a while and said: "One is to build a new warehouse and expand storage, and the other is to reduce the quantity and increase the selling price." 』

If the Western Regions were Fei Qian's main food producing area, Fei Qian would naturally not resort to slowing down in a life-and-death situation. However, the specialty of the Western Regions is not grain. At the same time, Guanzhong Sanfu and even other places have a greater demand for Western Regions products. They are also not ordinary people...

If the prices of basic daily necessities such as firewood, rice, oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, tea, etc. increase by more than one-tenth and continue to rise, even if various media talk about price stability, the price increase of these basic supplies will make ordinary people feel uncomfortable. I really feel the embarrassment of life.

But have the prices of spices, jade, and fine wine increased...

The main consumers of these items have never been ordinary people.

Therefore, the price increase of this type of "luxury goods" actually does not have much impact on ordinary people.

Of course, it is not completely without influence. After all, the money of the gentry children is not brought by the strong wind. It must be collected from ordinary people and tenant serfs. Therefore, when the gentry children have to pay more money, for ordinary people, The oppression of tenant farmers became even more severe.

But there is a transmission process, which is much slower than the direct impact of food and other items.

"Lord..." Xun You seemed to have thought of something and frowned slightly, "If the price increases, the people in Shandong will probably know that something has changed in the Western Region..."

Price changes in the Western Region will certainly attract the attention of interested people.

Fei Qian laughed, waved his hand and said, "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter!" By the way, there is no need for labor to raise the price... I will let the Dahan Chamber of Commerce handle it..." Fei Qian said that Xun You only needs to quietly expand the storage of these commodities in the Western Regions. As for the matter of increasing the selling price, Well, naturally let more professional people do it. As for attracting other people's attention, it is impossible to avoid it. After all, this matter cannot be covered up and there is no need to cover it up.

"Besides..." Fei Qian stopped smiling and said in a deep voice, "Instruct generals Ziyi and Zidu to strengthen their military equipment...and..."

Fei Qian's voice lowered.

Xun You's expression became more and more solemn.

After a while, Xun You said goodbye from the festival hall, and then returned to the minister's desk with a normal expression, and sent out Fei Qian's orders in an orderly manner. It seemed that nothing had changed, except for the petty officials who were most familiar with Xun You. Only then could one realize that Xun You's speed in reviewing ordinary writing seemed to have accelerated...

Fei Qian himself was thinking in the festival hall.

Although he does not need to correct a large amount of writing, he still needs to think about many problems, and it is not easy either.

When a society moves in a new direction, in fact, in the eyes of most ordinary people, there may not be any earth-shaking changes, but subtle changes.

Going with the flow may be a state for most people.

Even if you encounter a lot of dissatisfaction in life, even if you want to complain or complain, you may only dare to curse after changing your name on the Internet, but swallow your anger in reality.

This habit is not only found in China, but also abroad.

In fact, the blame lies with the lack of appropriate channels for speaking out and communicating.

In other words, there is no bottom-to-top channel.

Just like the series of bureaucratic system reforms implemented by Fei Qian, in fact, they are more top-to-bottom, and bottom-to-top, basically not at all. Therefore, if Feiqian's assessment system cannot meet the wishes of the people at the most basic level and cannot reflect the needs of the people, then these so-called assessment standards and assessment methods are basically equivalent to being ineffective.

Local chronicles are hidden pieces that Fei Qian secretly threw onto the chessboard.

Xun You and Kan Ze believed that local chronicles were just a means of supervising local officials, but for Fei Qian, local chronicles had another role.

In a sense, local chronicles were compiled and written by local people, not people at court.

Therefore, this local chronicle can be said to have a certain meaning of lower-level versus upper-level. Although it is not very complete, it cannot be said that it will be done well immediately and provide timely feedback. However, for the various projects implemented by the court, This initiative can undoubtedly be regarded as a bottom-up communication channel for the various officials dispatched.

Fei Qian even wanted to use this method to promote the intellectual enlightenment of the local people. If nothing else, he should at least have some memory!

It’s good to be an official, don’t use a more straightforward or a more obscure method, record it in words, and then you won’t be tricked by the same means next time, deceived by the same method, and fall into the same trap. In the cesspool, everyone suffers from the same problem.

Didn't the ancient people slowly gain more experience and knowledge because of the inheritance of writing?

Ordinary people were deceived by the nobles during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. The nobles said they were despicable mud-legged people, but ordinary people didn't understand, so they just oh oh oh.

Someone jumped up and shouted, "Princes and generals, Xiang Ning has the guts!" 』

The people's eyes filled with tears, "Okay!" But someone has said it! 』

But what happened next?

After a while, no one remembers it.

Now the Han Dynasty has this saying again. At the end of the Three Kingdoms period in history, Chen Qun changed the name and brought it out. Everyone has a grade, the imperial grade, the higher grade...

Even in later generations, the so-called free United States does not preach every day that ordinary people do not need to study and can be happy. Teachers in public schools cannot punish students corporally, let alone force students to study. They must be free, be natural, and be happy. Happy forever, even boasting about the successful business success stories of a few dropouts, but never details who the parents of those dropouts are and what their family background is like.

Take a sip, package it in different ways, and then grab the necks of ordinary people and drink it down. The purpose is to prevent ordinary people from studying, studying deeply, and crossing the class line, until ordinary people are fed it to the point where they feel nothing. It’s best if you understand it and don’t feel bored listening to anyone else’s words.

The sound of soft footsteps came.

After seeing Xun You and Kan Ze leaving, Feizhen came out of the back hall.

In the side room in the back hall, because they are close, you can hear Fei Qian and Xun You Kanze discussing the content of the matter at a normal volume...

"Have you heard everything? Fei Qian asked.

Fei Qian didn't mean to let Feizhen completely avoid these government affairs, nor did he say that Feizhen was still young and couldn't see these people's hearts. There is nothing wrong with being young, but when is it considered old?

The human heart is like an ocean, and the human heart is like a prison.

The abyss does not exist just because you close your eyes.

Feizhen nodded slowly, "Return to my father, I listened a little." 』

"If you were to deal with this matter, what would you do?" Fei Qian asked directly.

Feizhen was silent for a while, "I may give an order to bring people back, or send someone over..."

Fei Qian nodded, "Yes, this is the most direct way." But why don't I use it? 』

Feizhen frowned, "Because this method is not very good... Why isn't it very good?" Because...well, let me think about it...』

He was already somewhat accustomed to Fei Qian's pattern. He didn't wait for Fei Qian to ask questions step by step. He just asked the questions himself and then started to think about it.

Fei Qian smiled, and without urging, he just picked up a book and started reading.

After a while, Fei Qian heard Fei Zhen clap her hands, "I thought of it!" One person may not be able to do well even if he sends someone, and the other one may cry... uh, no, he may make a fuss..."

Fei Qian was a little dumbfounded. Will Lu Bu and Lu Feng cry first?

What would Lu Fengxian look like if he started crying?

"Well, that's pretty much it... By the way, how did you come up with the idea?" Fei Qian asked.

Feizhen was beaming at first, and then frowned, "I was playing with my sister a few days ago. Sometimes I don't give her something to play with. If I can't explain it clearly, and I just take it directly, she will cry!" Oops, this is really annoying..."

Fei Qian laughed.

"That's it. ” Fei Qian nodded and said, “You know, your sister doesn’t know. You are thinking about this, and your sister is thinking about that, so you must make it clear... Take what you just said, did you first Didn't you make it clear? Or maybe you said it, but your sister only agreed verbally, but it’s not clear yet? 』

Feizhen tilted her head, thought about it, and nodded, "Yes, Father, although I said I would go back after playing for a while, my sister probably only thought about playing at that time, so she agreed casually. In fact, Didn't even listen to what I said. But...father, are you too tolerant of this Lu Fengxian? 』

"You think so too?" Fei Qian looked at Fei Zhen and said, "If you feel this way, it means I'm doing well... Haha, you have to know that Lu Fengxian is not alone. In other words, there will be more than one person like him in the future..." Can you understand? 』

"..." Fei Zhen frowned, "I understand a little bit, but I still don't quite understand." 』

"Let's put it this way," Fei Qian pointed to the small courtyard far away from the hall, "for example, this is a wasteland. I went to clear up the wasteland, pulled out the weeds, removed the stones, and then planted a few peach trees. Tree... At this time, someone came over and said that I couldn't plant well like this, that bugs would grow on the peach trees, and that there were problems with the peaches. Then he wanted me to leave, and he would take care of the peach trees and the land. He just said that he would harvest When I get a peach, I will give it to two or three... If it were you, would you like it? 』

Feizhen shook her head, and then she felt a little enlightened, "But not all of the tools for land reclamation, such as peach trees, can be considered his!" 』

Fei Qian nodded, "Yes, that's right." But according to the laws of the Han Dynasty, whoever opened up wasteland has the right to deal with it, otherwise who would open up wasteland? Are you tired from clearing land, or are you tired from standing back and waiting for land clearers to finish planting peach trees and then throwing bugs into them? 』

"Throw bugs in there?" Feizhen's eyes widened, "Father, you mean..."

“Not yet, but what about in the future? In the future, not only will there be people who throw bugs into the newly opened wasteland, but there will also be people who bring bugs into their own land..." Fei Qian smiled, but his smile was a little meaningful.

Fei Zhen's eyes moved, and her heart trembled. He wondered if Fei Qian was saying that Fei Qian, those people didn't dare, and when he was older, those people might not be so peaceful?

In fact, Fei Qian didn't mean this. Well, maybe there was some, but Fei Qian actually thought about future generations. Even if we don't talk about the public intellectuals who throw bugs into people's minds, there are many idiots among ordinary people. Pay a few dollars and throw all kinds of real bugs into your own land that may cause ecological deterioration...

This is despite the fact that the average life span of later generations has been greatly extended. If we were in the feudal dynasty where the average person died at the age of forty, there would be even more people who would not care about the floods behind them.

Only when people have brains and at the same time feel that they have a tomorrow, will they think about tomorrow...

"If someone sees that there are insects in the wasteland and they will be taken back, so that they can divide the peach trees without any effort, will there be people who want to stare at the newly opened wasteland that is free of insects and throw some insects into it?" Is it easier to open up wasteland or throw away bugs? Wasteland, peach trees, bugs, those who are watching from behind, and the distant mountains and rivers that are farther away. Whatever is in your heart is what you see... A leaf blinds your eyes, and you cannot see Mount Tai. It is the fault of the leaf. , or is it Taishan’s fault? 』

Feizhen was silent for a while, then prostrated, "I would like to be taught." 』

Fei Qian chuckled and said, "Since you have been taught, let's go and write something... The gift I wrote last time was pretty good... It would be better if I didn't go to your second mother..."

Feizhen's face collapsed before her eyes, then she took a deep breath and came back, "Yes!" 』

Feizhen said goodbye, walked two steps and then turned back, "Father, if you don't care... wouldn't all the peach trees be eaten by insects?" 』

Fei Qian smiled and said, "How do you know you don't care?" Didn't you see what this book I'm reading is? 』

Feizhen stretched her head, then blinked, "Zuo Chuan?" oh……"

Feizhen saluted and said goodbye again, then walked out of the back door of the festival hall and turned around the corridor. Then she paused, scratched the back of her head in embarrassment, gave up the idea of ​​going to Cai Yan's courtyard, and then secretly looked back. , and walked in another direction. As he walked, he still frowned and muttered something in his mouth, as if he was still thinking about what Fei Qian had just said to him.

After walking for a while, Fei Zhen suddenly stopped, tilted his head and closed his eyes. He seemed to have thought of something, and then tried to grasp the tail of inspiration in his mind...

"Wasteland...peach trees...insects..." Feizhen raised her head, closed her eyes, and whispered in her mouth, and then suddenly opened her eyes, "Wasteland!" Birthplace! Rehmannia! Han Dynasty! Haha, hahaha...yes, yes...hahaha..."

Feizhen started dancing and skipped towards his small study. He completely relied on himself to find an idea, and naturally seemed very happy.

Fei Zhen was happy because she had an idea, but Fei Qian, who was in the festival hall, became unhappy because he received another news...