"Chu County, isn't it good to offend the prefect so openly?" After Zhang Hong left, a chief clerk couldn't help but persuade him.
"You always have to offend people." Chu Nan leaned back and said with a smile. When a person's wealth is like killing his parents, although he hasn't done much in the past two days, he has touched many people's negative feelings. Zhang Hong is just starting to
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This kind of thing cannot be resolved peacefully, because it involves interests. In the farming era, the most important resource is farmland. There are many factors behind the decline of the Han Dynasty, but the lack of local control, the annexation of land in various places is definitely
The most important part is that if this problem is not solved, even if it is a new day, it will still be a virtue.
As he studied Confucianism and Taoism with Chen Gong, Chu Nan learned more about the things of this era. Combining some experiences of later generations, he naturally had his own views on the reasons for the formation of this era.
If there is no chaos in the world and the Han Dynasty is still prosperous, then aristocratic family politics can indeed play a role in maintaining local stability and saving the cost of governance. Of course, the problem is also here, the aristocratic families will continue to grow, from clans to powerful to aristocratic families, the implementation of imperial decrees
First of all, you will encounter obstacles from aristocratic families, absorbing those that are beneficial to you, and ignoring those that are detrimental to you.
If local officials want to do well, they have to look at the family's face. Just like Zhang Hong is now, becoming the spokesman for the family to negotiate with him. If it is fundamentally broken, there will be no way to fix it.
However, I am just a county magistrate now, so thinking about these things is a bit far-fetched. Even if I become a prefect, there is nothing I can do about it. Human beings are meant to move forward. Wanting the family to rise is an instinct engraved in the genes. Whether it is the imperial court or the aristocratic family, or later,
No matter the gentry, they need to maintain a balance. When this balance is broken, it may be the source of the decline of the dynasty.
Even now, all Chu Nan can think of is to win over the small families to fight against the big families rather than win over the common people.
On the other side, Zhang Hong returned home, his face no longer had the warm smile of the past. From being a filial piety to being a celebrity, and then to his current status, although he was not well-known, he was still in a high position. This was the first time he encountered such a well-known person.
A situation in which subordinates contradict each other.
You really didn’t save any face at all!
"Why is Mr. Fu so angry?" Chen Ying, who was drinking alone in the main hall, looked at Zhang Hong and said with a smile.
There are still people in the main hall at this moment, the leader is Chen Ying, and there are three other people sitting under Chen Ying.
"This son Chu Nan, who humiliated me in person, is not worthy of being a son of a human being." Zhang Hong snorted coldly, sat down and said, "Yuanyou, it's just that I don't want to contribute, it's just..."
It's just that he, the prefect, really can't do anything about Chu Nan, the county magistrate. This is Xiapi. Even if he is Chu Nan's boss, if he uses his power to do anything to Chu Nan, Lu Bu may have replaced him before he even takes action.
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My family knew about their own affairs, and I was the acting governor. Although I didn't understand why Lu Bu appointed him like this, I guess his position was reserved for Chu Nan.
If it were another monarch, his words might still be useful, but Lu Bu is obviously not a wise king. Between his own family and outsiders, Lu Bu will choose his own family without reservation. He probably won't listen to other people's words. This will be very difficult.
Already.
Alas, mediocrity!
"In that case..." Chen Ying looked at the other three people and said with a smile: "The three of you are from famous families in Xiapi, you should know what to do."
"Sigh, last time, we tried to force Lu Bu to compromise on the salt village with the price of grain. As a result, Lu Bu brought a large amount of grain from nowhere. Once or twice a month, it cost hundreds of thousands of dan at a time. Recently,
It seems to be more. Not only did we fail to force Lu Bu to compromise, but we also lost popularity. The food loss is small, but this reputation...sigh~"
Raising food prices would generally not be done on one's own territory. After all, the most important thing for an aristocratic family is its own reputation, and they would not dare to do such things to fish and meat villagers.
It's just that after Chu Nan became Jin Cao, he came up with a new method of making salt, which cut off most of their profits from salt. Now the state capital directly trades sea salt with other princes, and they don't have any share at all.
I can watch Lu Bu make a lot of money.
But this is good, at least they now probably know the other party's method of making salt. Now Jiangdong is willing to accept their trade, and they have made some money.
But now, Chu Nan has started to reach out to cultivated fields again after the salt. Although according to Chu Nan's decree, the target is only those cultivated fields that have been registered but have lost their owners, but everyone knows that a lot of cultivated land is sold privately.
, and the farmers who sold their land did so voluntarily, and they were not forced.
Now Chu Nan wants to take back these lands with an official document. Why?
This is also the reason why they gathered together, but no one wants to be the first to go against Chu Nan. Judging from Chu Nan's skills in the past two days, this kid really dares to be ruthless.
"We have not violated the law. When Chu Nan acts now, he respects the law. We are not breaking the law. If he takes action, then he is wrong. Why should you hesitate?" Chen Ying looked at the three of them and said with a smile.
Naturally, the three of them wanted the Chen family to take the lead, but Chu Nan's decree was only implemented in Xiapi County. The Chen family's family property had already been liquidated in Xiapi when Chen Deng went to Guangling to take office. Although Chen Ying
I want to deal with Lu Bu, but I don't want to fight Chu Nan here. Now is not the time for the Chen family to show up.
Seeing that everyone did not answer, Chen Yingdao: "Everyone, my brother has offended Lu Bu by gaining the prefect of Guangling this time. If the Chen family moves now, Lu Bu will definitely move. If you guys take action, Chu Nan will still talk some sense, but if it leads to
Got Lu Bu..."
If Lu Bu personally asked, he might have only two choices, whether to give it or not.
It's as simple as that, you just can't choose not to give it.
With the help of Chu Nan, Lu Bu has now gradually got rid of his dependence on the nobles. Now he has the advantage of Xuzhou Mu, even the emperor of Xuzhou. When Lu Bu comes forward, the nature changes.
"That's all, let's see how Chu Nan ends up!"
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Early the next morning, when Chu Nan came to the government office, he saw that the government office was deserted, with only a few of his chief registrars and government servants there.
"Where are the others?" Chu Nan asked. It is almost a rule set by Chu Nan to come here every morning and tell them what to do today. Although the county government office is small, it is well-equipped. It is responsible for money and food, tax collection, and maintenance.
Public security is not just a matter of a few bookkeepers.
"I'm sick." A bookkeeper said with a wry smile: "Although not all of them, most of them are there."
Chu Nan glanced at the few people who were still there, nodded with satisfaction and said: "That's all, just complain about illness. What happened today..."
"Reporting to the county magistrate, the large and small markets in the city are now closed and declared to be out of business." A government official came over and saluted Chu Nan.
"I know, let's go down." Chu Nan nodded, indicating that he already knew.
A group of county officials looked at Chu Nan carefully. They didn't know what Chu Nan was thinking. He was too calm. Was he confident? Or he didn't know the seriousness of the matter.
"Chu County, the closure of businesses in this city will cause panic among the people." A bookkeeper reminded.
"I know, I have my own concerns about this matter, don't worry, everyone does their own thing." Chu Nan nodded. He started as a businessman, how could he not know the problems involved, but he had already thought of this.
After preparing for so long, it is time to give it a try. This battle is fought, and it will serve as a leader for other counties.
"Today, we will continue to clean up the cultivated land. I have marked the fields in the county that are currently in doubt and are to be recovered. You should work harder and go there individually. If the other party does not agree, don't conflict with them. When you come back, someone will pick it up. ." Chu Nan marked each one on the map: "Master Li, you are going to collect the fields here today, Master Zhang is here..."
After Chu Nan explained what he wanted to do today in an orderly manner, he looked at everyone and said, "Go ahead, I have my own arrangements for things in the city."
"Here!" Since Chu Nan said this, everyone stopped talking and followed the instructions and left.
"Go and invite some people over for me." Chu Nan said to an official.
"Here!"
A quarter of an hour later, Xue Nian, Tian Yang, and Ren Zhao arrived at the Yamen Office. When they saw Chu Nan, they smiled and said, "Zi Yan, what do you want from me today?"
Since the opening of Yanzhuang, the three of them are considered the biggest winners besides Chu Nan, and are now also prominent figures in Xiapi.
"Previously I proposed to form a chamber of commerce, which would be directly under the jurisdiction of the state government. How many people are participating now?" Chu Nan looked at the three of them and asked.
Previously, Chu Nan had intended to gather some capable traveling merchants together to form a chamber of commerce, which would be directly managed by the state government. He was very busy during this period and had no time, so he left the matter to these three people.
The Chamber of Commerce actually already existed, and now the Chamber of Commerce is involved in the trade between Xiapi and the princes.
"There are more than seventy people. Most of them are traveling merchants from Xiapi in the past, and some are also from Xuzhou. They know everything." Xue Nian said with a smile.
"The Chamber of Commerce secretly prepared the store, and now it can be opened." Chu Nan said with a smile.
How do those powerful people deal with themselves? When violent confrontation fails, they will naturally use soft knives. What is soft knives? It means that no one will work for you, and people's livelihood will wither under your rule, and all businesses will not prosper. This is also the way that local wealthy families used to evade county magistrates in the past. Method.
In the government offices, the officials are all arrogant, and local commerce is controlled by them. Outsiders cannot get involved. If the county magistrate dares to go against them, nothing can be done under their custody.
This is also the reason why Chu Nan is only now working hard. He has been preparing for these things before. In addition to food and other things, Chu Nan and Lu Bu have come to exchange for them from the princes from various places. They can last for a while, and they In the past, these traveling merchants were engaged in the supply of downstream raw materials, such as Xue Nian's supply of silk, which the big family looked down upon, but now that they have joined forces, they can reversely cut off the supply of goods to the big family.
It just depends on who can control whom.
A collective strike? Just make room for me!
"I've been waiting for this day for a long time!" Among the people, Xue Nian said bitterly. He was the most oppressed before. He couldn't even spend all his wealth to open his own cloth village, but now he can get what he wanted. , he can still grab a lot of business, and he is the one who relieves his anger the most.
"Are you ready to start?" Tian Yang looked at Chu Nan and asked.
"Well, now that everyone is closed and closed, why should we be so polite?"