Chapter 221 Establishing a new county and disrupting the grassland
The results of the Youzhou War were finally calculated after a day and night of statistics, and then they were sent to the Hejian Palace in Jinyang by Duan Jun.
Liu Han looked at the detailed battle report on the table and didn't know what to say. He admired the Wuhuan people's courage.
The 5227-strong army had 4718 killed, 1 injured, and nearly [-] casualties. The combat effectiveness of the combined army was quite impressive, and the casualties were almost [-]%.
The results of the battle were fruitful: Zhang Chun and Zhang Ju were captured alive, Qiu Liju was seriously injured and was probably unlikely to survive, Su Puyan died in the battle, Nanlou was captured alive, and dozens of other Wuhuan tribe leaders killed 48772 people and captured them. 42258 people, severely damaging Wuhuan.
"Order: Duan Yan leads his army to Liaoxi County, east of Linyu and south of the Great Wall, and takes the Wuhuan prisoners to build a border fortress and repair the Great Wall at the same time. All the captives and slaves in Bingzhou will be handed over to Xia Yu and Tian Yan."
"Order: Duan Jue, Chen Dao, Qian Zhao, and Tian Yu led an army of [-] people to go north to negotiate with the Wuhuan people. The area west of Beiping was designated as Han land and connected with the [-] miles north of Bingzhou in the west. A new The county is named 'Guanghe', Chen Zhen is the prefect of Guanghe County, Qian Zhao is the general, and the county governs Guanghe City."
"This"
The following Xi Zhicai and Jushou were shocked. The Lord not only wanted to conquer the foreign tribes in the north, but also wanted to divide the grassland into Han territory.
"According to Dong Zhao's order, all the refugees from the Han region will move to Guanghe County in the future."
"I plan to open a forage market in Guanghe City and be responsible for trade with the Wuhuan and Xianbei tribes. In addition to ironware, I will exchange salt and other materials for their war horses, cattle and sheep, sweaters, medicinal herbs and other supplies. The manager of the forage market is Mi Zhu."
"Gan" means monopoly, patent, etc., while "field" refers to venues, etc. It means the trade market controlled and dominated by the government.
The agricultural handicraft industry foundation of the northern nomads is weak, but they have excess livestock products that need to be exported to the Central Plains dynasty, and agricultural and sideline products such as grain, cloth, etc. need to be introduced to dynasties with advanced agricultural civilization.
Therefore, nomadic societies cannot form a self-sufficient society and cannot survive and develop without close ties with neighboring agricultural areas.
Only when both sides share common interests can long-term peace be truly achieved.
Establishing a market can not only reduce the desire of foreign invaders and maintain peace and stability on the border, but also make profits through trade to fill the treasury, killing two birds with one stone.
There are no fools among Liu Han's advisers, and anyone can see the huge benefits of the market. Xi Zhicai sighed: "My lord, what a good plan!"
"We need to set up corresponding rules in the market. I have a few ideas. You guys can discuss them first. We will come up with a charter in the next few days."
"Your Highness, please speak."
The border market focuses on politics, and the sea market focuses on economics.
"[-]. The trade in the market is strictly controlled by the government, and the government has trade priority. If there are nobles or caravans who want to trade in the market, they need to submit an application to Gu here first, and they can only buy and sell after Gu agrees."
This is a big piece of cake. It has just been opened for sale. Will it be opened again in the future?In the future, the market will definitely be the most prosperous place in the took Liu Han ten years and nearly [-] soldiers to achieve such a result. Therefore, the powerful nobles must not take advantage of him, but it was also impossible for the nobles not to eat a bite. At least the nobles under Liu Han's rule had to eat.
Letting the gentry leave their land and allow them to develop business is the major policy policy in Liu Han's heart.
"[-]. The main exports from the Han Dynasty to the north are agricultural products, handicraft products, and overseas fragrances. The north can transport cattle, sheep, leather, medicinal herbs and other materials to the Han Dynasty, and the south can transport copper, iron, sulfur, and saltpetre. Military supplies such as arrows and arrowheads are generally strictly prohibited from leaving the country. At the same time, strategic materials such as war horses are only allowed to be traded officially. If someone is found to be trading privately, or secretly building plank roads under various names, their qualifications will be cancelled. People under Gu's rule would confiscate their homes and exterminate their clans. If not, Gu would have killed them!"
This is Liu Han's rule and the bottom line. It took him 20 years from understanding the rules to formulating them.
Everyone said, "Yes!"
"I will naturally have a caravan under me, and I will divide it according to the year. I know that you are from a poor family and your family is not very rich, so you will also have your share in the future. I will take [-]%, you will take [-]%, and the remaining [-]% will be used to pay for the fallen soldiers. Families and retired soldiers.”
"Thank you my lord!"
Most of Liu Han's subordinates came from clean and poor families. Although they were treated very well and it was not a problem to support their family, as the lord, who would not be moved by doing this for them?
Just like Xi Zhicai, he got lucky and got married this year to Zhen Jiang, the eldest daughter of the Zhen family. Xi Zhicai was an orphan in his early years, and his marriage was between Liu Han and Cai Yan from beginning to end. Cai Yan, especially Cai Yan, handles everything single-handedly, and the mistress of the palace is marrying Liu Han, Cai Yan suddenly seemed like a different person. It may be because she had been accompanying the Queen Mother for many years. She quickly adapted to the role of the Princess of Hejian, gentle yet majestic.
The one who touched her the most was Cai Jue. In the past, her sister was like the spring wind, making people feel very gentle. Although she is still gentle to her now, there is an invisible sense of alienation.
(I’m going too far. If any readers want to read these things, I’ll write some extras, focusing on life.) "10. The quarry market is under the jurisdiction of the supervisory department and the state military commander in the area, and special officers are set up to inspect the goods and collect commercial taxes. [-] small businessmen have signed a guarantee, and each time they bring half of the goods to the other party's quarry market for transactions. The big businessman will keep him in custody until the other party's merchants come to pay tribute."
The source of income depends on this. The attributes of businessmen have long been revealed. If there is 10% profit, capital will be used everywhere; with 20% profit, capital will be active; with 50% profit, capital will take desperate risks. ; For 100% profit, capital dares to trample all human laws; with more than 300% profit, capital dares to commit any crime, and even risk hanging.
In market trading, the profit of some commodities may reach 100%, so the laws must be fully formulated from the beginning to not give any opportunities to speculators.
"[-]. Officials grade the goods, negotiate for delivery, and collect taxes. Both parties to the transaction must be mediated by officials and are not allowed to have direct contact."
This is an official step to set the standards for goods. The most basic principles of transactions are voluntariness, equality, fairness and trustworthiness of both parties. With official endorsement, if there is cheating and abduction, there will be some justification.
In other words, both parties to the transaction can only trade small commodities. For bulk commodities, no matter which party, they must hand over the goods to the official for a reasonable price range, or sell them to the official, who will then sell the goods.
"[-]. All commodity transactions are prohibited from bartering and shall be settled in five baht coins or gold."
"Here."
Everyone was puzzled, but they still did it.
Only Liu Han knows that the power of currency is the most terrifying. It can destroy the enemy's finances without spending a single soldier. A large amount of five-baht money flows into the grassland. When the foreigners get used to using the currency of the Han Dynasty, their financial lifeline is controlled. In your own hands, if they make trouble, let the interior fall into chaos first.
"[-]. Those who trade with the grassland must be tribes that have good relations with my big man or are willing to make good friends with the big man and show sincerity."
Another desperate move!
The tribes that can trade with Liu Han are not worried about scarcity but inequality. As long as the goods are enough, they will gradually be able to live a good life in the future. The things in their tribes do not have the qualifications to become commodities. They have only value and no use value.
When something can satisfy people's certain spiritual or material needs (that is, the usefulness of the thing), or when something is useful to people, then the thing has a value at this time, which is called use value.
It can only play its role by trading with the Han people.
In the future, the grasslands will inevitably be divided into two factions, one is the tribe that is on good terms with Liu Han, and the other is the tribe that is at odds with Liu Han. Naturally, the petition is to eliminate those hostile tribes designated by Liu Han.
Can those tribes not think of it?
You must strike first to gain the upper hand! Then the grassland, unless one faction disappears completely, or there is a leader like Mao Dun and Tan Shihuai who can unify the tribes in the grassland (like Genghis Khan and Kublai Khan), it will always be in war.
Having been in war for a long time, they hope for peace, and Guanghe County has always been peaceful. All they have to do is wait for the foreigners to voluntarily move south, and then assimilate them.
So cruel!
It can only be said that this is indeed a disciple taught by Duan Juan and Zheng Xuan. Duan Juan can kill without blinking an eye, but he only knows how to use a knife. When it comes to fighting big men, no one can disapprove of him.
But Liu Hanqing is better than his master. He not only knows how to use a knife, but also a soft knife. This invisible way of killing people is helpless even if someone discovers it, because it is a conspiracy.
"My lord, it has become deeper and more unpredictable."
In the hearts of everyone, Liu Han was even more awe-inspiring.
(End of this chapter)