Emperor Zhou E's charming and emotional words of "Your Majesty" made Luo Youdu's bones go numb.
Underneath Zhou Ehuang's dignified appearance, he has a charming and all-round charm like Daji, which makes people unable to extricate themselves.
Luo Youdu came here with the intention of discussing music, but he often forgot about food and sleep, and stayed up all night studying Wu Nong's soft language.
Only at dawn the next day, facing his old waist alone, Luo Youdu couldn't help but regret it and lamented that his will was not strong enough.
It needs to be tempered and improved.
It will be a calm day and there will be no sense of tension at all.
Everyone got what they wanted, and no one mentioned the fact that Murong Yanzhao beat Zhang Ai.
Even Zhang Ai himself did not want to mention it again, because he was the second person besides Li Fang to be promoted to the governorship as a civil servant.
Li Fang was still the result of Fan Zhi taking advantage of Guo Rong's serious illness to use his power to suppress the imperial power in the hands of Queen Fu.
After Luo Youdu eliminated Fan Zhi and took power, he directly appointed Li Fang as the local governor.
It is true that Li Fang is talented, but Jizhou is an important military area. If a literati who has not proven his ability is appointed as the governor, if Li Fang encounters a military situation and Li Fang cannot handle it, is that not a fool's errand?
Experiments can be carried out in other places for fun, but border areas are never the place to try and fool around.
Zhang Ai spent two front teeth in exchange for a governor, the top leader in the state capital, and she was more satisfied with the result than anyone else.
The rightful owner is no longer entangled, and others naturally don't care too much.
As for Murong Yanzhao, he has accepted the new appointment and went to Qinchuan to take office.
His new position is that of Shanzhou Jiedu Envoy. Shanzhou is now an enemy-occupied area, so he is planning to draw the big picture in advance.
If you have the ability to conquer Shanzhou, you will be the top leader in the border area. If you don't have the ability, you can hold the title of Jiedushi and cooperate with Wang Jing in the west. The power of Shanzhou Jiedushi should be taken from afar.
After going to court, Luo Youdu summoned Dou Yi and asked about Luoyang's economic situation.
The city that would benefit the most from the reopening of the Silk Road is Luoyang.
Luoyang and Chang'an have always been the starting point of the Silk Road in the East and the end point in the West.
But now Chang'an is dilapidated, the population is sparse, and the value of trade has decreased. Now it exists more in the form of a transfer station.
Western merchants came to Chang'an and transported goods to Luoyang by water.
Or merchants from the East transported supplies to Chang'an via waterways, and then went west from Chang'an by land.
Merchants from both the East and the West would pass through Luoyang.
Luoyang has also become the biggest beneficiary.
With the reopening of the Silk Road, Luoyang's status and income will be upgraded to a higher level.
Dou Yi, a well-read man, did not panic at all about Luo Youdu's sudden inquiry and said calmly: "After the trade routes were opened, the first batch of merchants to arrive in Luoyang were the wealthy Tubo families in the Hehuang area. They directly transported their cattle and horses.
When I arrived in Luoyang, I bought all kinds of porcelain and cloth. Since then, the commercial tax in Luoyang has increased every month. From February to March, it increased by 10%; from March to April, it increased by 20%; from April to May, it increased by 20%.
, rose by 40%; from May to June, the highest rose by as much as 70%; from June to July, for unknown reasons, it fell back to only 50% of the original level. Recently, news came from Luoyang that businessmen coming and going
There are fewer and fewer of them, the price is not cost-effective, and there is a big trend of downwards.”
"If your Majesty wants to know the specific and detailed figures, I have to go back to the Council Hall to investigate carefully before I can report back the details."
Luo Youdu said: "No need, I already know what I want to know." After a pause, he said: "Go and check and ask my businessmen who travel to Longyou Hehuang if anything happened."
Dou Yi gave Luo Youdu the answer that evening.
Just as he expected.
The wealthy clan of Longyou River and Huang secretly restricted the qualifications of small and medium-sized tribes within the territory to trade with the Central Plains court.
The area most directly affected by the opening of mutual markets is undoubtedly the land of Longyou River and Huangland, which is closest to the Central Plains.
In the Longyou River and Huang area, the Tubo ethnic groups are scattered, with thousands of large families and hundreds of small families, and they are no longer unified.
They all want to trade with the Central Plains, which is also the most convenient.
The sales of cattle, horses, livestock, leather and other goods are very good in the Central Plains and are extremely valuable. The Central Plains are rich in products, and everything they need can be purchased from the Central Plains.
In the past, the border market trade was in the hands of the Hehuang wealthy people, and small tribes had to act according to their own faces. Cattle, horses and livestock could only be sold to the Hehuang wealthy people, and then exchanged for daily necessities from them.
Now that there are no middlemen, small and medium-sized tribes are making a lot of money.
This made the Hehuang wealthy family very anxious.
Previously, they controlled the supply of goods and took the initiative in terms of price.
Now a large number of small tribes are doing business directly with the Central Plains, driving down the prices of cattle and horses.
The Hehuang wealthy family made money, but it didn't mean they made anything.
However, merchants from places like Liangzhou, Ganzhou Uighurs, and Guazhou Guiyijun had to pay a lot of tolls when passing through their territories.
Overall, it's still profitable.
But who would object to earning more?
Naturally, the wealthy Hehuang clan began to suppress the small tribes and ethnic groups in Longyou, prohibiting them from trading with the Central Plains.
Dou Yi said angrily: "These barbarians are so shameless, how long has it been before they are no longer counted?"
Luo Youdu was not surprised and said: "The interests are exciting. In the face of such huge profits, no one can keep the bottom line. We don't have the power like Li Tang back then..."
Dou Yi said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty, we can't let it go like this. Ignoring their nonsense will make everyone else follow suit. In this thousand-mile business road, everyone is messing around, and there is no difference between what is good and what is not."
Luo Youdu agreed with his face and said: "You can write a letter for me and ask the Hehuang wealthy people to protect their trade routes and not mess around. Remember, we are a country of etiquette. We must be polite first and then fight. We must speak softly and reason with them.
, Convince others with virtue.”
Dou Yi was a gentleman like his father, with great administrative skills, but convoluted planning was not his specialty. He was surprised and said: "Your Majesty, what is the difference between reasoning with the barbarians and playing the harp with the ox? At this moment, we should rebuke sternly and use military force to advance.
Only through coercion and showing the power of our celestial dynasty can we achieve results."
Luo Youdu pointed at Dou Yi with a look of helplessness on his face, "You are too square, you have to change it...forget it, I don't expect you to change it."
If the entire court were to be filled with Zhao Pu and Lu Duoxun, he would also have a headache.
Luo Youdu explained seriously: "If the other party really wants to listen, why should I beat them? I'm trying to reason with him, not to convince him, but to convince him..."
Dou Yi understood and hurriedly said: "I will write it now!"
Luo Youdu's edict soon appeared in front of the Hehuang wealthy family.
There are numerous large and small tribes in Longyou River and Huang, but only the four tribes stand out.
Among them, the Zong family was the most powerful. They built a city belonging to their own tribe near Huangzhou and named it Zongge City.
The leader of the Zong family is called Wen Chengbu. He is young and powerful and has always wanted to unify Hehuang.
Looking at the edict in his hand, he was confused.
Many years ago, the wealthy families in Tubo were proud to know Chinese, and upper-level communications and even official documents were mainly in Chinese characters.
However, as the power of Tibet increased in terror, they began to reject Chinese culture, and even forced all the people in the territory not to speak Chinese or use Chinese characters. As a result, both Han and Tibetan people in the Lianglong Land spoke Tubo language.
The final turmoil in the Central Plains was far less influential than before, and no one cared about using Chinese characters in Chinese.
In the past, Tibetan leaders like Wen Chengbu were not even qualified to take office if they were not proficient in Chinese culture.
Now!
Wen Chengbu could recognize about a hundred Chinese characters, which was pretty good, but he couldn't understand the edict written by Dou Yi at all.
Wen Chengbu called Feilin, who was well versed in Chinese culture among his people, and asked him to translate it for him.
Feilin's expression was reserved, and he was obviously a little afraid of Wen Chengbu. He read the contents of the edict with a tone of awe, and barely translated it.
Dou Yi was willing to respond to the call and also understood the serious situation of barbarism in Hehuang.
Wen Chengbu frowned and said, "Are you sure the translation is correct?"
The wording in the edict was too soft and was mainly comforting, without the slightest hint of coercion.
Wen Chengbu wondered if the guy in front of him was afraid of him and didn't dare to translate seriously, so he kicked him directly.
Feilin rolled three times on the ground and couldn't get up. He hugged his belly and said, "I don't dare, big leader. How dare you, a pariah? One-five-ten translation."
Wen Chengbu didn't believe it, so he told him to get lost and called another person to translate.
It wasn't until I heard that the two people's translations were almost exactly the same that I was sure.
"It seems that the Emperor of the Central Plains is not a fool! He knows that without my nod, this trade route will not be possible!"
After confirming that the translation was correct, Wen Chengbu immediately understood that outside the Central Plains and the Khitan, it would be difficult to become mortal enemies, and there were still old lands that had not been recovered internally. Obviously, he did not want to have any friction and estrangement with the powerful people in his country, so he did not act like the emperor of the Central Plains.
, good words and advice.
"It's quite interesting!"
Wen Chengbu was quite proud. It was extremely honorable for the Emperor of Central Plains to speak to him in such a tone.
This made the great leader of the clan feel a little elated.
After thinking about it, Wen Chengbu wrote a letter to the chiefs and chiefs of the three clans, namely the Zhangmi clan and the Miaochuan clan, asking for their opinions so as not to be deceived.
Several people received Luo Youdu's edict.
For local powerful people like them, it is impossible to reason with them.
They both expressed disdain for each other.
Once again a unity of opinion was reached.
Ignore!
This is not because they are obsessed with money and are enemies of the Central Plains for the sake of immediate interests.
Mainly because the situation in Longyou River and Huang is complicated and there are many large, medium and small tribes.
If trade develops naturally, many small and medium-sized tribes will become rich and powerful because of trade.
Once they grow stronger, they will be a threat to the four powerful clans: the Clan, the Dang Clan, the Zhangmi Clan, and the Miaochuan Clan.
When the strong oppress the weak, it is often not because they like to bully the weak, but because they do not suppress the weak while they are weak. When the weak become strong and the strong grow old, the strong will be bullied.
Therefore, unless they are forced by force from the Central Plains, there is really no way for them to change their way of bullying the weak in order to consolidate and strengthen their position.
－－－－－－Digression－－－－－
I got together with relatives for a while, and there will be a chapter later!