Chapter 40: Suppress the Rebellion (2)

In June, Liu Chan issued an edict to posthumously posthumously titled the former generals Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Ma Chao, Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun. As soon as this edict was issued, the court praised Liu Chan for his priesthood. Seeing that his ancestors were posthumously titled, descendants felt great glory and were grateful to Liu Chan. Since the founding of the country, only a few people in Shu Han have posthumous titles. Now he posthumously posthumously titled five people, showing the changes in His Majesty's ruling philosophy to the ministers.

The so-called posthumous title is the evaluation title of the deceased, both good and bad. The one in charge of posthumous title was Zhang Shao of the Great Honglu. Among the five people who posthumous title this time, they happened to have their own father Zhang Fei, which is considered God's will. What Liu Chan said in the edict also understood that these five people "was born with merit, so they should add a good posthumous title." Zhang Shao did not dare to neglect and drafted posthumous titles overnight.

The posthumous title of Guan Yu, the ancestor of the Guan family, was "Zhuang Miaohou". According to the literal explanation, it is not a good posthumous title. "Zhuang" refers to Wu Wu's failure, which means that Guan Yu is defeated and killed by a soldier; "Miao" is the original meaning of name and reality, which means that Guan Yu is not worthy of name. Putting the two words together means that Guan Yu's name is not true, and he is defeated and killed by a soldier, which is equivalent to a bad posthumous title. Of course, Zhang Shao's original intention of issuing the edict is not like this. The correct posthumous title is "Zhuang Mu Hou". Wu Wu Wu Wu Wu is called "Zhuang"; Bu De holds the righteousness as "Mu", which is a beautiful posthumous title. It praises Guan Yu's loyalty and righteousness, and points out the pity of defeat and death, which contains the meaning of a failure of ambition. It is indeed the best portrayal of Guan Yu's life. However, the character "Mu" is in the same word as the Empress Mu of the previous lord Liu Bei, and "Mu" is actually common in the text at that time. Therefore, the text situation is "Zhuang Miaohou".

Zhang Fei's posthumous title is "Henghou", and the land is far away, and the country is called "Heng". It means that Zhang Fei has opened up the territory for Shu Kingdom and is powerful in the enemy country. Ma Chao was posthumously named "Weihou". In the ancient posthumous title of "Henghou", the strong fruit of Qiangyi was called "Wei", which means that Ma Chao is brave and brave, has a strong style, and upholds justice. Huang Zhong's posthumous title is "Ganghou", which means that Zhao Yun is similar to Ma Chao. He posthumous title of "Shunpinghou", soft and virtuous as "Shun", and the deacon has a ban and is "Ping", which is also a very appropriate portrayal of Zhao Yun. Several of them are meritorious ministers, and now they have received posthumous titles, which are passed down between the court and the country, and people think that this is an amazing honor.

When the news reached the Pranma Village, Ma Cheng and his son were shocked and happy at first. They kowtowed several times in the village towards the northern palace. This great glory came so suddenly, and the intention behind it was self-evident. Your Majesty intends to re-activate the Ma clan, and at the same time he also took advantage of the posthumous title to all the ministers.

Several sons looked at their father, waiting for their decision. Ma Cheng looked at the expectant eyes of several people and shook his head. Ma Cheng understood the young man's ideas. He had thought of making achievements and serving the country and revitalizing the Ma family's prestige. In the end, he was full of passion and nothing was done. With Ma Chao's ability, he would have to end up in a depressed state under this treacherous political environment, and his strength was even more insignificant. At most, he would just be a part of the imperial guards. If he wanted to gallop on the battlefield, he would never get a chance in his life. All of this was what His Majesty meant.

Let your son follow his old path of bitterness, which is impossible to do no matter what. But no young man is eager to make achievements, especially these three sons are indeed extraordinary and have a high opinion of themselves. Now seeing that their ancestors were posthumously named by the country, the three little guys are all excited and want to do their best to serve the country.

"What do you know? The outside world is not as simple as you think!" Ma Cheng shouted back the three brothers in a deep voice.

Tomorrow is the day for the two families of Chen Qi and Xu You to start a trial. There are many rumors about this matter. Some people say that this time it was a massacre. Some people say that Chen Qi will be restored sooner or later. Some people say that Chen Qi will be over after suffering some flesh and blood. Will he be unable to buy his life if he bribed more gold and silver? There are all kinds of messages, which makes Liu Chan feel funny. Hu Leique has not yet been established, but some functions have been gradually implemented.

Through the arrangement of high-quality play, many ears and ears have been installed in Chengdu. These ears and ears do not need to be in office in the yamen, nor have they been officially appointed, and are mostly ordinary people. It is not very large under the scheming, but news has begun to spread to the palace. Liu Chan did not mind the boring discussions among the people, but just regarded them as fun.

There was no useful news for the time being, and I still learned about the basic people's livelihood and conditions. Gao Wan did not dare to hide anything, so he sorted out the collected information about the lives of the people and presented it. Liu Chan had never learned the way of governing the country, and he came to this era and did not learn it thoroughly. The most important thing in agricultural society is manpower and food. Shu Han did not lack human power, but at least half of the actual population was in the hands of aristocratic families.

The population controlled by the state pays a certain amount of harvest as taxes every year, and the rest is personal income. The tenant uses the country's land, and the harvest is divided by the owner's family. Liu Chan, who came from later generations, was very unsightly about the current situation. The state supports you, gives you salary and land, and in the end they all seek personal gain by damaging the national interests. What is this? This is one of the problems.

Shu brocade is abundant in Shu brocade, which is a veritable luxury jewelry. If anyone in the world has Shu brocade, it will be enough to show off for a year or two. Even Wu and Wei countries may not be many in the treasury. This is an active and intimidating product in the West. Liu Chan's mind is on business. The issue of tenant customers involves the entire society, and it is not something that can be done overnight. Before that, he focused on business and strengthened national strength through trade.

Business in this era is simply heaven and earth compared to agriculture and industry. First of all, the people's lives are not well-off. If you have enough food to live in your family throughout the year, you can live in peace, and there is no wealthy materials for exchange. The metal currency used for transactions is not circulating. It is another reason. I can't use what you give me, and I can't spend what I give you. In this way, the people and officials prefer to barter.

Shu and Wei were hostile and started wars for many years, and there was no trade between them for decades. Emperor Wen of Wei Cao Pi once ridiculed himself in his edict to his ministers and it was difficult to get Shu brocade. This shows the preciousness of Shu brocade and the trade state of the two countries. There is more trade between Shu and Wu, and the number of transactions is limited. Shu County is a place with a prosperous textile industry within a radius of hundreds of miles. Compared with the materials used by Wu and Wei to trade, the output of Shu brocade is far beyond what Wu and Wei can afford. Just like Wei used horses to exchange for the rare treasures of Wu, and Wu and the Wu used rare treasures to exchange for Shu brocade. The inventory of Shu brocade is increasing, but Wu and Wei treasures and horses are limited, which is also an important reason why Shu brocade prices continue to rise. In the final analysis, it is the low productivity of this era. Liu Chan could not help Wu and Wei improve their productivity and increase their purchase of Shu brocade. He could only find other methods and find other methods to expand sales.

Foreign trade needs to be strengthened, and internal production of the country must be strengthened. Low productivity is not the patent of Wu and Wei, but the same is true for Shu. The most important one is salt and iron. Wei State has vast territory, with salt ponds inland, and sea salt can be produced along the coast, which can be called a major country of salt. Wu State has many sea salt and sea salt, so it is not difficult to be self-sufficient. Only Shu State has neither salt pond nor sea salt, and only well salt.

Li Bing, the prefect of Shu County in the Qin Dynasty, dug well salt in the Chengdu Plain very early, and its history is long. The so-called well salt is to dig wells, extract underground brine, and then fry it into salt. Well salt is a specialty of the Sichuan Basin, but in this era, there are very few places for digging wells and getting salt. Due to tools, the wells are not very deep and can only absorb shallow brine.

The only metals in this era were copper and iron. The copper output was slightly better, and iron was very small. Iron was used in all kinds of farming equipment and military equipment. There were only two mountains in Shu Kingdom that were found in iron, and there were not many copper ores, and the location was still in Nanzhong.

From this point of view, the change in Wuyang should be taken seriously. The stability and unity in Nanzhong directly affect the output of strategic materials. If Liu Chan wants to develop and strengthen the country, Nanzhong region should pay special attention.

After the plan was made, it was time to take action, so Liu Chan ordered the two guards of Hu Ben Yulin to draw out 200 people to protect him, and took Guan Yi and Zhang Zun and others to travel south to the Benmazhuang.

Yang Xi and Fan Jian were interrogating the Chen and Xu family in Shang He at the mansion. Chen Qi and Xu You were certainly guilty, but most of the people in these two big families were implicated. Speaking according to the law, it was a joint position. This is a punishment system and a means to shock the world. Yang Xi and others will not feel sorry for innocent people, because this is a common thing.

But compared to conviction, what is more important is to get the inside story of the rebellion of the four counties from Chen Fu. The key is to pacify the four counties as soon as possible. The back of the tens of thousands of barbarians may be the southern central region of Shu Han. This matter must be resolved as soon as possible, and it must be done properly. If one accidentally intensifies the conflict between the two tribes, then the Shu Kingdom will be disasters.

But Chen Qi is a person with extraordinary wisdom and talent. He was taken down by Liu Chan by chance and probably still was not convinced. It was not easy to convince Chen Qi. The two of them thought about it carefully and it seemed that they would need to have an interview with Chen Qi.

There was a joyful scene in the galloping horse farm. Ma Chao was posthumously named Yixi by His Majesty, and the production of stallions was Erxi. The horses to be born this time were Dayuan horses, and there was a high chance of harvesting a good horse for thousands of miles. During the reign of Emperor Wu of Han, Zhang Qian opened the Western Regions and once arrived in Dayuan. At that time, Dayuan was a country with a population of hundreds of thousands, mainly agriculture and animal husbandry. Especially when good horses were produced, the horses there were red and bloody, and they traveled thousands of miles a day, so some people called it a sweat-blooded BMW. Emperor Wu of Han once sent people to trade such sweat-blooded BMWs, and the two sides fought because of the transaction dispute. After all, the envoys of the Han Dynasty fought on the land of Dayuan, so they were killed.

When Emperor Wu of Han learned about it, he was very furious and asked General Li Guang to attack Dayuan. Li Guang was not the one from Xuzhou, but Li Guang, known as the "Flying General". After a series of attacks, he finally captured Dayuan and obtained dozens of good horses, with more than 3,000 horses below. There were only dozens of good horses in the entire Dayuan country. Now the horses he cultivated were finally going to produce, and the Ma family and his son were very excited.

When everything was ready, everyone stayed outside the stable and waited for the mare to give birth. A group of people stared at the movements in the stable. As soon as the door opened, a group of people walked in. The first one smiled and said, "Why are you here, please do you know how?" Ma Cheng turned his head and saw that the person coming was Liu Chan, the current emperor of Shu Kingdom, and was shocked and knelt down and shouted long live.
Chapter completed!