The matter of the Ministry of Officials was also drafted by Zhongshu Province, and after being reviewed by Yang Fu, it was submitted to Ma Chao at the right time. Of course, the construction of this ministry is somewhat huge, and it is basically about the same difficulty as implementing the new policy. Therefore, Ma Chao didn't expect to see this draft before leaving Fufeng.

The matter for the moment is to first issue the appointment of the county warden, and then the things that promote the new policy will also be carried over to a few county wardens. As for Ma Chao, after Ma Chao came back from Chang'an, what happened to these people, everything is still unknown.

However, at present, the situation of the Majia Group can only cross the river by feeling the stones. Summing up experience from success, summing up lessons from failure, improving the integration step by step, and finally establishing a sound system to achieve the strong rejuvenation of the Ma family.

This is the end of the discussion. Next, there is the visit of Han Sui and Yan Pu.

In fact, this kind of thing that everyone knows is well known, and there is nothing to talk about. It's nothing more than discussing the bottom line and what the Ma family wants, and then using various means to defeat the other party in the negotiation field.

For Han Sui, Ma Chao and the bigwigs' opinions and requirements are very simple: first, the Tieqiang League moves eastward to disintegrate Han Sui's peripheral forces; Second, to carry out the trade between the two states of Yongliang, of course, because Han Sui was at fault first, the previously negotiated three-seven division was changed to twenty-eight division;

These are the best results imagined by Ma Chao and the big guys. But at the same time, they also knew that with Han Sui's scheming virtue, they would definitely bargain with Han Ying, Blade, BMW and other means.

Dealing with a Han Sui, Ma Chao felt that it was enough of a headache, the problem was that there was also a messenger of Zhang Lu here: Yan Pu.

In fact, when Ma Chao learned about Yan Pu, the envoy sent by Zhang Lu, Ma Chao felt uncomfortable. Because of this Yan Pu, in history, it was the person who married Ma Chao's daughter-in-law!

Historically, after Ma Chao was defeated by Yang Fu, he defected to Zhang Lu. Seeing that Zhang Lu governed the county with morality, he learned that Zhang Lu could not succeed, and he was depressed.

After the Battle of Chibi, Liu Bei occupied four counties in the south of Jingzhou, and was caught between Cao Cao and Sun Quan, making it difficult to make a difference, and dreaming of extending his tentacles to Xichuan. But Liu Zhang's stupid boy actually took the initiative to invite Liu Bei into Xichuan, and asked Liu Bei to help him resist Zhang Lu in the north of Shu County, Liu Bei was ecstatic, and quickly led the troops to Xichuan. After receiving Liu Zhang's money and food supplies, not only did he not attack Zhang Lu, but he showed kindness in Jiamengguan and bought people's hearts.

Faced with this serious situation of fighting wolves and attracting tigers, Liu Zhang's subordinate Huang Quan persuaded Liu Zhang to ask for help from Zhang Lu, because the change in the situation had turned them from enemies to allies. Huang Quan said: "The east and the west are two rivers, lips and teeth depend on each other; If Xichuan is broken, Dongchuan will not be able to protect it. If you are willing to send troops to your rescue, my lord will promise to cut twenty states and counties as a reward. ”

Zhang Luben didn't want to agree, but Ma Chao was not a hero who had lived under the people for a long time, so he took the initiative to ask Ying to fight. However, Liu Bei already had Zhuge Liang in his hands at that time, and a little discord made Ma Chao unable to advance or retreat, and after Liu Hui's persuasion, he returned to Liu Bei. Ma Chao's family members who were stranded in Hanzhong ended up extremely miserable: his son Ma Qiu was killed by Zhang Lu himself, and his wife Dong was given to Yan Pu by Cao Cao after Zhang Lu surrendered to Cao Cao.

Therefore, for Zhang Lu in Hanzhong and this Gong Cao Yanpu, Ma Chao has half a good impression and is not flattered. Especially Yan Pu, who made Ma Chao a cuckold!

Ma Chao only wanted to get the two families safe before, and never took the initiative to provoke Zhang Lu. As a result, Ma Chao didn't look for trouble, but Zhang Lu took the initiative to provoke Ma Chao. Now that he learned that the Ma family was powerful, he took the initiative to apologize.

Sorry for the fart!

Ma Chao really understands: These military and political events are not like children playing at home, saying that after a fight, he will return to the past!

As soon as the battle of Guangwei County began, although the sword and gun were not used, it was also destined that the Ma family and Zhang Lu in Hanzhong could not have no intersection from then on. In the political game, what is paid attention to is the art of the four directions. And if the Ma family doesn't even have the means and guts to deal with this, then it will be too ridiculous and generous.

What's more, Ma Chao has always coveted an important strategic material in Hanzhong: Hanzhong salt!

In ancient times, it was not as convenient as in modern times, when there was no salt in the stir-fry, I went to the supermarket to buy a bag, and when I came back, I found that the dish was not burnt, so I just put salt and stir-fry it, and then put it out of the pot and serve it......

During the Han Dynasty, salt and iron were both strategic materials, both of which were run by the government, which meant that if you wanted to buy salt, you had to go to the government to buy it, and you couldn't buy too much at a time, just like the planned economy.

Hanzhong is a large county that produces brine salt, and in Ma Chao's impression, Zhang Lu, an unlucky child, does not understand what a legal society is, and he uses religion to manage the county and county, and there are no officials at all. As a result, Hanzhong asked Zhang Lu to do this, and the salt did not form an industry, let alone a scale.

If we take this opportunity to make the salt industry in Hanzhong bigger and stronger, implement monopoly management, form an industrial chain, and sell it in Liangzhou and other places and even farther away. The stakes are absolutely terrifying! The Ma family's GDP will definitely not be as simple as just doubling! In Taijun's words: the benefits are greatly reduced!

Therefore, for Yan Pu's visit, even if Ma Chao was uncomfortable in his heart, the little abacus in his heart still had to be calculated: last night, Ma Chao carefully pondered the matter of brine salt, and felt that from the root point, there was really some possibility.

First, Zhang Lu belongs to the kind of idealist, who only relies on people's subjective initiative to do things, and does not consider objective laws, which can be seen from his use of religious ideas to govern a county. This shows that Zhang Lu is a representative of the metaphysical school, and the further inference is that he does not see the value of salt.

Second, Zhang Lu accepted the Taoist idea of non-action, and did not have that kind of awareness in terms of business and financial management. Yan Pu accepted the orthodox Confucian concept, and still recognized the social positioning of 'Shinong Industry and Commerce'. In other words, even if Zhang Lu or Yan Pu saw the value of salt, they would think that engaging in business was a 'businessman's vulgar matter' and hindered their reputation......

Therefore, these two conditions determined that Zhang Lu and Yan Pu were unlikely to prevent themselves from getting involved in the salt industry in Hanzhong. Judging from the current situation, Zhang Lu came to pull the relationship this time, and he shouldn't be unable to save face because of this 'little thing'......

Therefore, on the basis of this discussion, Ma Chao deliberately proposed the important strategic resource of brine salt, in addition to agreeing with the strategy of 'connecting horizontal and vertical and using it lightly' discussed by those bigwigs. And after Ma Chao's edification, the bigwigs have already been much more advanced in their thinking than those pedantic Confucian students, and they have indicated that they can try to contact this matter. If necessary, trade cooperation can also be achieved.

Meng Da was particularly concerned about this, and even suggested to Ma Chao after discussing with the bigwigs: "Lord, the salt industry in Hanzhong must be held in your hands." If this negotiation is acceptable, I recommend my father to go to Hanzhong for a return visit......"

After Ma Chao heard this, he was shocked, and he was simply moved by Meng Da's spirit of making money for the Ma family: Meng Da, he is worthy of being the first financial member of our Ma family! In order to make money, even his father dared to sell it!!