"Still didn't dodge."
The next day, after leaving Po Sui, he went south to bypass those familiar paths and Tuntian points, and arrived near Hanging Springs, Ren Hong only sighed with emotion.He deliberately did not go to Dunhuang City before, in order to bypass the difficult "hometown fathers" and Taishou and other officials.However, these people also expected that Ren Hou Ye would miss the old days, and Dunhuang City would be able to pass without entering, but he would definitely come back to see if he was left by Hanging Spring.Ren Hong could only put his son under the horse and let him go to the car by himself, although General Anxi had a high status, but if he accepted two thousand stones with his son in his arms, it would be extremely rude, and there was no need to be so self-defiled.When Ren Hong approached the Hanging Spring, he saw that it was indeed Taishou and Juncheng who came to see the three elders in the county, and called the prince.Dunhuang wealthy first pushed Suo's, this family was sent to Dunhuang during filial piety, imprisoned for three generations, by childbirth to avoid this restriction, their most outstanding disciple Suo Ping first in Xiaozhao filial piety into the dynasty as a lang, but Hexi has always been despised by Guanzhong Guandong, thinking that it is "after the relocation", has never been able to come out, and finally was taken to the Western Regions by Ren Hong, and now it is the head of the main road.This matter was red by other clans in Dunhuang, and today they also brought their own "outstanding children" to come, hoping to get into the eyes of Ren Hong, and he recommended them to the imperial court.The Han Dynasty has an official probation system, but filial piety, as a regular department, is a pit, and he can't go up even if he breaks his head, so he can't meet the demand.Therefore, each family can only go through the relationship, hoping to let the children have a good future, among which the recommendation of the relationship with the villagers is a good way.For example, Sima Xiangru, Xiaojing did not make a name for himself in Chang'an, and even mistakenly voted for Liang Yuan, his political career was over, so he could only go back to his hometown in Shu County to abduct Zhuo Jun, and then take her to open a wine house and show up disgusting Zhuo's family, so as to cheat money and eat soft rice.Unexpectedly, a fellow villager who served as a dog supervisor recommended Sima Xiangru to Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, so that he entered the official career again.Luo Xiahong, who got out of the circle by playing Go, also got the recommendation of his fellow villagers before entering Chang'an, and later put forward the Hun Tian theory.Since then, the relationship between the recommender and the person being promoted has been unusual, and they have become the master and protégé, both glory and loss.For example, Zhu Maichen, the auditor, recommended his fellow villager Zhuang Zhu to enter the court, and later Zhuang Zhu was convicted by Zhang Tang of colluding with Huainan Guo and killed, Zhu Maichen then held a grudge and finally killed Zhang Tang with his life.Except for Han and Zhao, who had spilled their blood with him, and the Hexi rangers who joined the army in the Yuanting Western Expedition, Ren Hong really didn't promote the Dunhuang people and Hexi people too much."
The people of Hedong have gathered around the Huo family, the party is conjoined by relatives, according to the imperial court, I still want to get out of the Hexi party, and play with it for thirty years Hedong and thirty years of Hexi's tricks?"
In addition to the Huo family's relying on Huo Guang's protection to recommend a large number of Hedong people to enter the court, who would dare to do this?
As far as Ren Hong knew, the second-in-command Zhang Anshi resolutely refused to be recommended, and there was a Lang official in the court who had worked hard for many years, but he was not promoted, so he went to ask Zhang Anshi to speak for him.Zhang Anshi said: "The king's merit is high, and the master knows."
As a human minister, how can you talk about your own strengths and weaknesses?
”Not at all.And even if it is an exception, if the recommended person thanks him, Zhang Anshi will immediately turn his face and break up his friendship!
Because he advertises that he is virtuous and capable for the public, and will never form a party.Because of this, Zhang Anshi can enjoy wealth and nobility under the claws of the general.Therefore, Ren Hong praised the excellent talents of the children of various families, but in fact, he did not express any actual expression, and only suggested that they could go to the Western Regions."
From Wusun Shaye River to Loulan Road, from Khotan Kunmi to Jimi Tianshan, the North Court of the Western Regions covers a vast area of thousands of miles, a vast world, and a lot of achievements.""
Since Xiaozhao, those who have been envoys to fight as officials in the Western Regions have produced three marquis, seven or eight marquis in Guannei, and the second and third sons can go out of the jade gate, go to the west exit, and go to the desert and snow mountains to fight for wealth!
is still the same sentence, the young man wears a Wu hook, and rides alone to find the marquis!
”Ren Hong, the former wave who had just retreated, had already begun to wholesale poisonous chicken soup to the back waves.Young people who have never experienced social beatings are instigated by Ren Hong's words, and they can't wait to ride a horse and fight with a sword tomorrow.Their elders looked at each other, feeling the coldness of Xi'anhou, and they didn't dare to say anything more.After Ren Hong entered the Hanging Spring, all the clans stayed outside and did not dare to enter, but the Dunhuang Taishou still chased after him.This Dunhuang Taishou is named "Kuai", surnamed Zhen, Zhen Kuai?
It's a wonderful name, and I don't know if it's fast or that.Zhen Kuai was only transferred to Dunhuang last year, because of the incident of the "former residence of the Marquis of Xi'an", Ren Hong's senses for him were very ordinary, thinking that he was another 2,000 stone who only knew sycophancy.Unexpectedly, after Xu Fengde beckoned everyone to enter the table, Zhen quickly flattered and flattered, and his head was on the table when he toasted, but when the drunken Xi'an Marquis finally smiled, he took out a note from his arms: "The subordinate has a word or two about the trade of the county, but when he first arrived in Dunhuang, he did not understand the local customs, and hoped that the prince could advise." ”Ren Hong didn't care about it at first, and took it and looked at it a few times, but he was a little surprised, so he just sat upright and looked at it carefully.This Taishou made astonishing words at the beginning, and he openly said that he was beneficial!
Zhou Shu said: If the farmer does not come out, there is no food, if the work does not come out, there is no work, if the business does not come out, the three treasures will be absolute, and if the food is not out, there will be little wealth.These four are the origin of food and clothing for the people."
However, the land of Dunhuang is poor and sandy, and Yu is not enough to produce wealth; The weather is dry, and there is more effort in farming and less harvest; There are few people, and the workers are not enough to build salt and iron; According to the opinion of the subordinates, if you want to make Dunhuang prosperous, you can only lure the merchants of the Western Regions to come with the Three Treasures!
”He has a basis: "In the past, there were hundreds of foreign envoys, and there were more than 100 people.The Han rate is more than ten years old, the few are five or six generations, the distant ones are eight or nine years old, and the close ones are a few years old. ”The following is a list of data to show that Dunhuang received Han and Hu envoys frequently, and it has reached the extent that they look at each other, and when receiving these officials and envoys, in addition to rice, millet, wheat and other daily meals, each place must also have wine and meat, and then collect a cheap amount of money.For example, in a certain year and month, Hanging Springs received 31 officials from the Central Capital who went to Tuntian in the Western Regions, 208 wives and private servants, a total of 239 people.Passing by to eat two meals, use a number of rice, rice, meat, vegetables, melons and fruits, sauce, salt, etc.This is a domestic guest, no wine, only eight catties of meat.But this consumption is still not small, a total of 4,200 yuan.And if it is a foreign guest, it has to be a little more expensive, and finally calculated the account, although the cost of receiving envoys and officials last year was much, but it also benefited in Dunhuang, and the income was three times that of taxes!
But isn't it, after many years of continuous immigration, there are still only 10,000 households and more than 30,000 people in Dunhuang County.However, the expenditure was extremely large, and the Dunhuang Taishou had to manage the daily administration of the six counties of Dunhuang, lead the four commanders of Yumen and other prefectures to garrison the long border of more than 600 kilometers from north to south, guard the border passes of Yangguan and Yumen Pass, and also had to be responsible for repairing the Silk Road and maintaining the operation of the station, which cost a lot of money.Therefore, the main source of income for Dunhuang is first, the central government's appropriation, and second, it relies on fishing for oil and water from the Hanhu mission.And Dunhuang Taishou Zhen Kuai thought that now the Han Dynasty's method of placing the silk market outside the Yumen Yushuquan trade was really sitting back and watching the gold mountain outside!"
The pipes are all together, the city is few but not levied, so that the merchants of the princes Jia Li Ke House, one passenger has food, three people have stalking, and five people have Wu Yang.The merchants of the world are all like flowing water. ”Ren Hong was halfway through reading, raised his head and looked at Zhen Kuai: "Listening to Zhen Taishou's accent, could it be from Qidi?"
”Zhen Kuai arched his hand: "The subordinate is a native of Qiancheng County." ”Sure enough, it's Qidi, no wonder the brain is more flexible, Qi people are not ashamed of words, and it is also a coincidence, this is another person who believes in the law of management.Guan Zhong's economic reform in Qi State, specifically in terms of business, is to stimulate economic development internally and reduce tariffs externally.Domestic fishing and salt clearances are only registered and not taxed, and a single tax system is implemented for export commodities.For foreign merchants who come to Qi to do business, the country is even more open, and there are even guest houses dedicated to entertaining foreign businessmen, providing meals and driving domestic consumption.Since then, "the world's businessmen have returned to Qi like flowing water", business has flourished, and Qi has been rich so far.Dunhuang's suggestion is that now the Western Regions have belonged to the Han Dynasty, and there are no police along the way, and even bandits like Ruoqiang and Xiaoyue are good.Dunhuang is no longer a border fortress that may have a war at any time, but a passage post road, it is time to change the way of thinking, and move the market outside the fortress during the security period to Dunhuang City.In this way, not only Yumen and Yangguan can collect customs duties, but also the people of the Western Regions will be able to travel for their lives, and they will not stop for time and month.Merchants and traders, Japanese money under the plug, foreign objects, coming from all sides, leading to Chang'an!
”Zhen Kuai estimated that if the Yumen Pass could be opened and Hu merchants could be allowed to do business in Dunhuang, on the one hand, it would save the cost of transporting the silk silk from the Central Plains to the outside of the Saiwai, and on the other hand, it would make Dunhuang prosperous, and the annual increase would be three to five times more.Ren Hong only secretly sighed: "The legacy of filial piety and martial arts still exists, and it seems that Sang Hongyang, Dongguo Xianyang and other ministers of speech and benefit are not extinct." ”At the same time, he is also impressed by Zhen Kuai, who is not only good at flattery, but also can seriously think about the future of Dunhuang, and does not stick to the three axes of ordinary county guards to develop water conservancy, reclaim land, and promote education, but according to the actual situation in Dunhuang, he wants to follow the government of Guanzi, which is indeed a rare talent.Dunhuang is the pearl of the Silk Road, but now it is still covered with thick dust, Ren Hong hopes that the prosperous Dunhuang of the Tang Dynasty can show its figure as soon as possible, only the economy goes up, there is no place to spend the money, and the nobles have the leisure to invest in digging the splendid Mogao Grottoes.Different from the perfunctory Dunhuang Haochang clans, Ren Hong replied to Zhen Kuai and said with a smile: "What Zhen County Shou saw, it is slightly the same as mine." ”He also has a similar plan, but it is not limited to Dunhuang, but wants to propose that the Han Dynasty open the entire four counties of Hexi as a pilot to see if it can really bring the effect of "different foreign objects, coming from all directions, and making the place rich", and if it is really useful, then increase the efforts.Ren Hong decided to write a note in his spare time on the road, and the main content can be extracted in the official wording of later generations: "An action plan on intensifying efforts, comprehensively deepening reforms, and expanding the important measures of opening up the four counties of Hexi!"
”By the end of October of the first five years, the weather was getting colder, and Ren Hong had already crossed the entire Hexi Corridor with his son, crossed the Yellow River, and arrived at the "Longxi Subject" of Longxi County.This is Huo to go to the sick to pierce the west of the river, after recruiting the local Huns, Xiaowu in order to settle the slaughter department.As a special administrative region within the territory of the Han Dynasty, it maintained the system of various ministries of the rest of the country, let them plough and pasture in this place, and conscripted into the army to pay taxes during the war, from the Battle of Mobei to the Western Expedition of Yuan Ting, and made many military exploits for the Han Dynasty.The Marquis of Xi'an passed by, and the subject country of Longxi, like the rest of the counties, had officials to greet the hospitality.But unlike the previous avoidance of the county guards and lieutenants, Ren Hong was very happy to see the lieutenants of the subject countries of Longxi come to greet him.The one who served as the governor of Longxi was Zhao Han'er, the Marquis of Tangyi, who dismounted from afar, and Ren Hong also smiled and hugged his old subordinates, laughing at him and seemed to be fat after not seeing him for four years.Just as he was about to turn around to introduce his son, Zhao Han'er said something hurriedly in Ren Hong's ear."
Junhou, there have been rumors in Beijing recently, saying that the general urgently summoned Junhou to return to the court, and he wanted to kill him!"