"I'm not yet eleven this year," Liu Xie looked at Li Ru helplessly.
"Ugh" Li Ru raised his head and looked at Liu Xie, who was already like a twelve or thirteen-year-old boy, if Liu Xie hadn't taken the initiative to mention this matter at this moment, it would have been easy for people to forget his age.
"It's okay to do this, you can recruit them into the palace first and make a marriage contract."
Li Ru thought about it, if it was another general, it would be fine, but Lu Bu, Li Ru really didn't want Liu Xie to let go. is not only Lu Bu's bravery, but also because of Lu Bu's riding skills, Li Ru has also seen many fierce generals and famous generals, but if you talk about the use of cavalry, Li Ru thinks to himself, looking at the world, I am afraid that there will be no one who can compete with Lu Bu again.
"Hmm."
Liu Xie dragged his chin and nodded, although Li Ru's strategy was a bit obscene, if he could really pull Lu Bu, a general, it would undoubtedly be of greater help to Liu Xie to stabilize his military power.
It's just that no matter whether what Li Ru said is true or not, there must be someone in the army who can restrain Lu Bu in terms of prestige and ability, people's ambitions are not innate, but gradually bred with the improvement of status, this is the so-called ass decides the head.
Xu Huang and Zhang Xiu are all good generals, but in Liu Xie's view, it is not enough to balance Lu Bu, and Xiliang Ma Chao is one, but it has not yet been taken under his command, and it is difficult to say what the future holds, so I can only hope that this recruitment will bring a few good generals to him.
Zhao Yun, Huang Zhong, Xu Chu doesn't seem to have followed Cao Cao now, and his cheap relative Liu Bei, if he is willing to bring Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, Liu Xie will definitely not mind giving him the title of imperial uncle, if he can recruit these people, he can not only rely on these people to restrain Lu Bu, but also deter these people through Lu Bu in turn, forming a good and stable situation, plus Xu Huang, who has already entered his command.
"By the way, how could Cai Weng's daughter be here" After thinking about these thoughts in his heart, Liu Xie had an idea in his heart, and turned to curiosity.
This Yuelai Inn is dedicated to the face of ordinary people, heroes of the rivers and lakes, who come here, basically some of the three religions and nine streams, Cai Yan is a talented woman, Liu Xie never thought that Cai Yan would come to this kind of place.
"It's not the daughter of the Marquis of Wen yet."
Li Ru said with a smile: "Your Majesty, don't look at this woman as well-behaved, but her martial arts are not weak, she is proficient in knives, guns and sticks, and ordinary three or five strong men may not be her opponents, and she is young, but her personality is quite heroic, and she likes to make friends with high-rollers, in this Yuelai Inn, she has many acquaintances." ” "She is worthy of being Lu Bu's daughter."
Liu Xie couldn't help laughing when he heard this: "Jiangmen Tiger Girl." ” Li Ru smiled and nodded yes, isn't it, an ordinary daughter's family, who would run to such a place "Then Your Majesty, what do you think, how do you propose it next" Li Ru looked at Liu Xie and smiled.
"Yes, but don't be in a hurry, I have my own plans in the future."
Liu Xie said noncommittally: "I came here to see how effective this storyteller is, but I also have other things to discuss with Wen You. ” "Your Majesty, please speak."
Li Ru's face was solemn, and he bowed down.
"I asked Wen You to establish this Yuelai Inn, firstly, to rule the world's bull's ears, control public opinion, and collect intelligence, but secondly, it is also to raise commerce."
Liu Xie said solemnly: "At the beginning of my proposal, how did Wen You think about it during this time?"
Although the land of China is still a big agricultural country until modern times, it does not mean that business Tao has no effect, on the contrary, in Liu Xie's view, business Tao is definitely a big booster to promote social progress, even in the feudal era, it is by no means as simple as the Confucian planning of Shinong industry and commerce.
In fact, not to mention that the three categories of agriculture, industry and commerce should not be divided into superior and inferior, which is a mutually promoting relationship, but it is precisely because of the planning of the saying of agriculture and industry that there is a high and low side, so that in the feudal era, the commercial means are extremely primitive.
In fact, from a dialectical point of view, this is not without benefits, businessmen pursue profits, reduce the status of businessmen, although curb the development of commerce, but on the other hand, it will also minimize the harm that businessmen can bring to the society, businessmen are profit-seeking by nature, this is a double-edged sword, if used well, it can naturally enrich the people and strengthen the country, but if it is not used well, the harm to itself is absolutely immeasurable.
But this method is inevitably a bit extreme, because of choking and wasted food, and most importantly, after reducing taxes in an all-round way, Liu Xie helplessly found that he seemed to have no money.
This time it's not that the family is against him, but there is really no money, although the military tun has now begun to bear initial results, but in the entire Guanzhong area, the regular army plus the miscellaneous army that has been recruited one after another, and the county soldiers who maintain law and order in various counties and counties, nearly 150,000 people, maybe it will improve next year, but this year, the income from the military tun is far from enough to feed these troops, and the imperial court is still responsible for most of the expenses.
In addition, the three dukes like Yang Biao, who have 2,000 stones, and the lowest Chinese military officials have 700 stones, and then push down, the county guards, generals, and then county orders, county cheng, and county captains, these are added up, and the tax revenue for this year will basically be used up, and now Liu Xie is worried about the funds needed for the army to fight in three months.
"Your Majesty wants to restart the Silk Road, you have to do it, but there are a few things that Your Majesty still needs to decide."
When Li Ruo heard this, his face became solemn.
"Oh" Liu Xie raised his eyebrows and said: "It's a big problem" "In recent years, my Han Dynasty, the national strength is declining, although since the sandalwood acacia later, Xianbei is divided into three parts, but on the grassland, it is still in a hegemonic position, the countries of the Western Regions, north to Wusun, west to Dawan, are all threatened, and within the countries of the Western Regions, the Cheshi country and Wusun have been fighting all year round, and there is no deterrence between the countries, and it is gradually chaotic, and the Silk Road is almost cut off."
Li Ru sighed.
"In addition, in the land of Xiliang, the forces of Qianghu, Han Sui, and Ma Teng are intertwined, and they are also extremely chaotic."
"Can't do business," Liu Xie frowned.
"It's not impossible."
Li Ru shook his head: "As far as the minister knows, many wealthy merchants and even families in the Central Plains have some contact with the grassland, and they have some communication with each other. ” "They have such skills" Liu Xie raised his eyebrows and said, what the emperor can't do, these wealthy businessmen can "These connections are not the work of several years, but the connections accumulated by these wealthy businessmen for generations, and even the families, all have their own caravans to collect money."
Li Ru said with a smile.
This Liu Xie knew that how Sima Fang was able to invite the Xiongnu army was to rely on the connections established by these businesses to invite them with great profits.
"Wen You knows, what are the wealthy businessmen in this world" Liu Xie pinched his eyebrows, at least in his impression, there didn't seem to be any wealthy businessmen in Guanzhong.
"The Jizhou Zhen family, the Xuzhou Mi family, the Jiangdong Lu family, the Bashu Qin family, and the Youzhou Su family are all relatively famous and wealthy businessmen with no family background." t1706231537: