"Since all the wise men have discussed it, and they all agree that it is possible to levy carts, boats, livestock, and mineral taxes, then" Liu Che stood up and ordered: "Taichang, go and summon the powerful people to the palace!"

Taichang Dou Pengzu immediately went out and was ordered to pay homage: "Nuo! I sincerely obey the imperial edict!"

In the Han Dynasty, Taichang's status was very respected.

Among all the Jiuqing yamen, Taichang is the most noble and the one with the closest relationship with the royal family.

Even Shaofu Ling, who is known as the steward of the emperor, and Zong Zheng, the patriarch of the Liu family, cannot compare with Taichang's relationship with the old Liu family.

At the end of the Western Han Dynasty, the great writer Yang Xiong once wrote a poem praising: Yiyi is too often, he is actually the uncle of the ancestors, Mu Mu Ling Zhuan, and he sleeps in the temple Yiyi.

Because, Taichang was the daily caretaker, repairer and maintainer of the imperial mausoleums of the Han Dynasty. At the same time, he was also the minister of sacrifices to ancestors in the four seasons.

The source of the emperor's authority and legal authority comes from the ancestors lying in the mausoleum.

In some ways, Tai Chang is the divine manifestation of the emperor's will.

Send Taichang to serve as the leader and praise officer who is good at authority.

This expresses Liu Che, the emperor's greatest respect and goodwill towards those who exercise power.

Many scholar-bureaucrats felt a little unhappy when they saw this scene.

Doctoral officers, in particular, feel as uncomfortable as a picky child being forced by an adult to eat dishes he doesn't like.

However, the emperor had given the order, and Taichang had also issued the edict. The plan was already done, and they could only do nothing.

Some people are unhappy, and naturally some people are happy.

Wife Bo Dou, at this moment, really just wanted to look up to the sky and scream: The bet was right!

Many princes' faces were even more rosy.

As early as last autumn, after a large number of princes were pinned to the ground and beaten by the emperor, the princes and ministers who knew that they were no longer worthy of the emperor began to save the country.

Their curved method of saving the country is simply to send a capable domestic slave or a descendant of the branch to enter the grassroots markets in the counties in Guanzhong and obtain the local power position.

If the people sent by one's side fail to replace the local authority.

That doesn't matter.

The talents you sent out were defeated?

For political elites, this is a good thing, as it shows that the other party has the ability to defeat their subordinates who have their own support.

How can we let such a talent go?

Of course we have to incorporate it!

Immediately, a confidant of a certain nobleman, holding his master's name card and pearls and beautiful objects, boarded the house of the authoritarian who had fought hard to maintain his position. He first politely reported his name, and then handed over a gift.

An olive branch.

This olive branch usually looks like this: My prince has a daughter who is only twenty-eight years old. She is waiting in the boudoir. I heard that you are a hero. I would like to take her as my wife. I don’t know what your intentions are.

Who can refuse such a kindness?

No!

If the other party already has a wife and the relationship is very good, he does not want to divorce his wife and marry another.

Then they will not persecute you, but will come again another day with generous gifts: I heard that you have a son (daughter) who is very smart. My master also has a son (daughter) who is a good match. I would like to marry you.

Now, you can't refuse anymore, right?

So, after a lot of confusion, the current powerful people in Guanzhong are basically the people of the relatives of the princes.

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As the top elite of the Han ruling group, the princes and relatives were among the first to react and respond to changes in government affairs and the future.

But now, the seeds that were planted in preparation for a rainy day have come to the harvest season.

The princes were excited to find that they had become the biggest winner of this change in the political situation.

This made them feel extremely comfortable.

Especially the Bo Dou family, they really made a lot of money this time!

Even Dou Pengzu couldn't help but tremble in his heart.

With only a few collateral women from the clan, the Nanpi and Zhangwu families controlled one-tenth of the power in Guanzhong.

Except for the current Longxing Land, no one dares to make any plans in the nine cities in Guanzhong. Among the other Guanzhong markets, half of the most prosperous and lively markets are now controlled by the Dou family.

Apart from other things, just because he had the exclusive rights to these markets, the Dou family seemed to have something extraordinary appearing in this world.

The Dou family is not a family of relatives who lacks foundation.

Back then, Marquis Zhang Wu almost became the prime minister.

There are thousands of diners and staff under the sect.

Especially in the mansion of Wei Qihou Dou Ying, there were hundreds of diners.

In the past, these people were just a burden, spending money to buy their reputation.

But now, the value of these diners and hangers-on has finally been shown during the political changes since last year.

First, the emperor went to the Salt and Iron Government Office. Many of the Dou family's retainers and diners passed the examinations and entered official careers, and then entered the Salt and Iron Government Office.

After these people become officials, although they have a low starting point and a humble position, they are still officials!

Dou's network began to expand unconsciously.

Then, there is the grace order.

Many princes did not have enough manpower to manage the newly acquired land.

But the Dou family didn't have this problem. They didn't even need to go to the feudal country to recruit retainers and domestic slaves. They just relied on diners and hangers-on to organize the construction of the new fiefdom.

Wei Qihou Dou Ying sent more than 200 diners to his Jiaen fief at one time. At this time, it caused a sensation throughout Guanzhong, and even the emperor asked about it.

Next, it is time to fight for and incorporate the power in Guanzhong.

In this process, in order to reflect their own value and be worthy of the generous treatment and status given by the owner, Dou's diners made plans, investigated and collected evidence.

Then, reports one after another, and investigation records one after another, were sent to the heads of the Dou family before their cases, and some were even sent directly to Zhang Wuhou, who devoted himself to cultivation.

Many of these reports are written in excited words, stating a fact to their lord: Those who are good at power are the foundation of a thousand years of wealth and an unshakable foundation for generations. If they are good at power, they can win ten thousand hectares of land! The king will check it out.

After careful study, Dou Pengzu discovered that this was indeed a fact!

A person with authority controls the trade, prices and goods circulation information of a market.

Often, a fixed market regulated by the government is the commercial and trade center of a county.

Whether merchants want to sell their goods or people want to buy or sell their own supplies, they all have to come to the market to trade.

As a middleman who mediates conflicts and negotiates between businessmen, common people and the government, power may seem inconspicuous, but in fact it is an extremely important key.

If we say that in the Han Dynasty, the postal system of pavilions all over the local counties and villages was the node that connected this huge empire, the 2823 three elders who received the rod in the country were the nodes that glued the entire world together.

With the same nail, the powerful people in thousands of important trading markets throughout the world are the valves of the world's wealth.

Just as Dou Pengzu's uncle Zhang Wuhou Dou Guangguo said: Hong Fan's Eight Policies. One is food, the other is goods. Today's desire also lies in this, food protection. So that the people will not be hungry, salt and iron will be built by the government, so that the people will have no worries.

, if he wields great power and establishes lords and captains, he will have enough goods. In this way, he can control the whole world, and he can turn over the clouds and turn the rivers upside down. This can be said to be the biggest change in China since Qin Shihuang!

Dou Pengzu took a deep breath.

Yes, if His Majesty really created this whole system.

From then on, the center of the Han Dynasty was able to control the general trend of the world through grain, salt, iron, and trade logistics, quietly.

Drought in the South, good!

As soon as the emperor gave an order, the government bought all the food in all the markets in the country immediately, and then arrived in the disaster area via Chidao, waterway and Liulu.

Then, with another order, the Lord Commander and the Ting Commander informed all the big merchants one by one: Listen up. We want to buy these things!

Who dares not to sell it?

What's more important is that once the court has complete control of the market, it only needs to know the general situation of the market's trade.

Then, the country can easily know the basic situation of society.

Because the rise and fall of commodity prices must be closely connected with the social economy and people's livelihood in the whole world or in a local area.

In this way, even in Chang'an, the emperor can know what has happened recently in the southern country and Xinhua, thousands of miles away, what is the social order, and whether state intervention is needed.

Maybe, this is a bit fanciful.

But look at the two rail-carriage lines built in Guanzhong today, and then look at the Chidao built by Qin Shihuang all over the world, and the postal system established by the Han Dynasty, with a unit of ten miles and one pavilion.

It can be seen that this is not a fantasy, but a very possible future. A hundred years ago, when the countries were at war, who would have thought that today, the emperor sitting in Chang'an City would know that a month ago, he was born in a distant country.

The actions of the South Vietnamese on the southern border?

Dou Pengzu had never thought of these things, but his uncle had a pair of eyes that seemed to be able to see through the future.

After his uncle's description, Dou Pengzu was so frightened that he broke into a cold sweat.

After the shock, there is an uncontrollable impulse.
To be continued...