Generally speaking, Liu Xie agreed with Zhuge Liang's opinion.

The rapid peace talks seem to help achieve peace in the world, but that is only superficial peace. If the Shandong tribes do not get the lessons they deserve, it will inevitably become a resistance to the implementation of the new policy in the future.

If the court cannot achieve effective control over Shandong, it will not be possible to make up for the insufficient output of Liangzhou with Shandong's financial resources, and there will be no realistic basis for long-term stability. The confrontation between Shandong and Shanxi still exists, and the awareness of a cultural community cannot be formed.

Therefore, he hopes to be slower and more stable.

But the situation is uncontrollable. When everyone desires peace, hindering the realization of peace is absolutely political incorrect.

Especially for reading that is deeply influenced by Confucianism and is very easy to go to extremes.

Once someone bewitches and incites them, there will be another mass incident of writing a book, and the face will be bad.

Therefore, even though he didn't want to talk, he could only talk. All he could do was to grasp the rhythm and put the blame on Yuan Shao's side.

I hope Yuan Shao can be tougher and not kneel down easily.

The focus of the discussion between Liu Xie and Zhuge Liang was to revitalize Guanzhong.

Guanzhong was once a land and sea, and the 800-mile Qinchuan laid the material foundation for Qin to unify the world. However, while the reflection on Qin's politics in the early Han Empire achieved fruitful results, it also left some serious sequelae, especially after the great rise of Confucianism.

Most scholars' reflections on Qin's politics focus on the moral level, but do not conduct enough meticulous research on the economic and military level, as if the Qin unifies the world is just brutal.

This is obviously a one-sided statement.

No regime can unify the world by brutality alone, including later Mongolia and Jurchens. There must be more complex reasons behind the victory. If we cannot conduct research in a realistic way and only criticize it from a moral level, the conclusions obtained will be difficult to serve as a guiding role.

Liu Xie hopes that Zhuge Liang and others will sort out Qin's government, learn from their strengths and weaknesses, and truly learn from history.

After the Red Eyebrow destroyed Guanzhong, nearly two hundred years passed. Due to too many household registrations, the environmental damage caused by excessive land reclamation gradually recovered, and Guanzhong has become the material foundation for becoming the capital.

After Liu Xie arrived in Guanzhong, someone mentioned that the emperor did not have to return to Luoyang and could build a capital in Guanzhong.

Liu Xie did not give a reply immediately, and took advantage of the situation to conduct in-depth research and re-examine the previous results of Dutian.

He was not very trusting about Situ Zhao Wen.

Zhao Wen is old and no longer as heroic and courage as he was when he was young. He does many things perfunctory. There are many troubles.

This is a common problem among the old ministers. They are more cautious and less pioneering.

The removal of the Grand Secretary Zhang Yi and the promotion of the young Liu Ba from above the level was to be touched.

"The household registration that can be supported by Guanzhong is limited." Zhuge Liang listed a series of numbers and put forward his own point of view. "The Qinling Mountains in the south are blocked, and the cost of transporting money and grain from Yizhou to Guanzhong is too high. There is a danger of being a pillar in the east, and it is difficult for Shandong to transport money and grain from the west. In the long run, Guanzhong can only be a subordinate capital, but not a national capital."

Liu Xie nodded and said, "But the disadvantages of establishing the capital of Luoyang are also obvious. It is too comfortable. The mentality of the court officials will change sooner or later."

Zhuge Liang agreed.

This is a dilemma, and there is no perfect answer.

However, as of now, Guanzhong's household registration is far from reaching the affordable upper limit. This problem is not yet time to face, so they can study it slowly.

A doctor came to report. "Your Majesty, Liu Ba, the Grand Secretary, asked for a meeting."

"Please come in." Liu Xie said, thinking for a while, and then said, "Kong Ming, go and welcome it."

"Yi." Zhuge Liang responded and walked out quickly.

After a while, Zhuge Liang and Liu Ba walked in side by side, talking and laughing. Liu Ba came to Liu Xie, bowed and bowed, and said directly: "Your Majesty, I dare to ask Kong Ming as the chief."

Liu Xie smiled slightly. "You are indeed too presumptuous."

Liu Ba also smiled. "I know it's presumptuous, but I must give it a try. There are too few such smart and pragmatic young people. Although Cheng Yi, the former chief farmer, was pragmatic, was not smart enough. He only focused on farming. He didn't know how to tolerate things and just resisted them. Although it was right, it delayed the main business after all."

Liu Xie raised his eyebrows lightly and secretly praised Liu Ba for his wiseness of knowing people.

Zhuge Liang's cleverness lies not only in his IQ, but also in his EQ. He can make no complaints from those who have been dealt with, and he admires him very much. Even if he is as proud as Guan Yu, he is still stroking his eyebrows and smiling through his hair, which is something that many people cannot do.

"I can let him go to the internship, but I can't let him serve as the Grand Secretary of the Agricultural Chief."

"It's okay to be an intern, so why not let him be the Minister of the House of Shangshu, and I will hand over my future official duties with him."

Liu Xie was amused and crying.

The young and strong are motivated, but they are also very confident and do not regard themselves as an outsider at all.

How do you arrange the people around me? I still have to say something?

Zhuge Liang is indeed very suitable to be the Minister of Household Cao, but he is not only able to be the Minister of Household Cao, but I have higher expectations for him. Besides, the Minister of Household Cao is also doing a good job now, so you can't just withdraw just because you are dissatisfied with your wishes.

Liu Xie signaled to give him a seat and asked Liu Ba to sit down and speak.

Liu Ba thanked him, then took out some books and began to report on various matters in Guanzhong at present, mainly military farming, including water conservancy, mulberry fields, animal husbandry, fishery, transportation, and all kinds of things.

The account book was prepared for Liu Xie, and Liu Ba didn't have to look at it at all. A large number of numbers came out. Liu Xie didn't even have time to flip it, so he had to interrupt Liu Ba many times to slow him down.

When Liu Ba was reporting on his work, there were constant men coming to report to someone to ask for a meeting. When Liu Ba finished speaking, there were already a dozen people waiting outside the hall.

Liu Ba turned a blind eye and said to Liu Xie calmly: "Your Majesty has nothing to understand, I will answer together."

Liu Xie nodded and closed the account book in his hand. "I will arrange for someone to verify the specific numbers and I will discuss them with you tomorrow. Let me first talk about what the silk from Jingzhou is going on and how to deal with it."

"Yes." Liu Ba took out a roll of paper from his other sleeve and sent it to Liu Xie. "This is the grade of Jingzhou merchants and silk fabrics from Wuguan in recent months. The number of people has been ordered to seize them all and prepare for a unified acquisition, so as not to fight each other and disturb the price."

Liu Xie took the paper roll, glanced quickly, and then frowned.

Most of the list is large households in Nanyang, and the remaining half is large households in Nanjun, mainly around Xiangyang. Apart from these two items, there are only a few, and the number is very limited.

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"Is this a merchant in Jingzhou?"

"Nanyang is the largest county in Jingzhou, with half of Nanyang's household registration, so it is normal for many merchants to have many businesses. In the past two years, there has been no war in Nanyang, and the country has been prosperous and the people are prosperous."

Liu Xie immediately heard Liu Ba’s implication. “Since Nanyang has been rich in resources in the past two years, why is the tax paid to the court very poorly?”

Liu Ba smiled. "Nanyang is the imperial town, and there are many heroes who do not have to pay taxes after they are born. Therefore, I plan to take this opportunity to collect some commercial taxes."

Chapter 627: Involuntary
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