Wei Ba has been preparing for these things for more than a day or two. It can be said that from the moment he was in Yong'an, he decided to accept the secret mission assigned by Zhuge Liang and wanted to fight for his future, he began to prepare for this day.

Whether it is forbearance or obscurity, it is just a weak person seeking survival, and when he gets through that difficult period and officially walks on the stage, he still relies on strength. With strength, why do you need to keep your eyes dirty?

At this point, whether it is Zhuge Liang or Li Yan, they will no longer treat him as the young man who is just a little stubborn, they will value him as a real opponent, and the reason why they have not dealt with him now is because they have not yet divided the winner and loser between them, and they can only temporarily make a false dispute with him. When they have their hands freed, he will not be able to survive no matter how much he wants to, unless he is willing to give up the interests in his hands and be willing to be driven by others and slaughtered by others.

Wei Ba is not such a person, he does not have such loyalty and courage, he will not be killed for a ridiculous reason, whoever wants to kill him must be prepared to be killed by him.

At the moment, he was like an eagle mixed in with a flock of chickens, although his wings were not yet full, and he could not soar for nine days, but he had already revealed his beak like a hook and claws like iron, and was ready to spread his wings and fly high.

Encouraged by this passion, Wei Ba kept persuading, explaining, and even coercing and inducing, and finally reached an agreement with those people: in the case of a 10% drop in the tax on Guanjin, more funds will be gathered for Jishu upgrades or new projects.

Thanks to the introduction of new rice varieties, grain production in the ten counties under Wei Ba's rule already had a certain foundation, plus the vigorous promotion of various agricultural machinery from the beginning. The level of agriculture in the ten counties has been at the forefront of this era. At present, it has not yet reached the level of Huguang ripe and the world is full, but in the future, Wei Ba will no longer have to worry about food.

The biggest disagreement between Wei Ba and those families was the distribution of the foreign population. The family wants to be more dependent on the population, although machinery can replace the work of many people, but the current machinery is still just a simple machine after all, can only replace some simple repetitive work, and a large number of things have to be done by people. The families hoped to get a piece of the pie from more and more demographic dividends, but Wei Ba resolutely refused to let go, he forbade the family to recruit subordinates, and even forbade them to conceal the population. Once discovered. With both hard and soft measures, he also wants to take back these populations.

His toughness in this regard is very different from his flexibility in other aspects, and even Liao Li and Xiahou Hui can't understand it, but Wei Ba knows it. The Three Kingdoms have been fighting for so many years. The loss of population is too great. It cannot be increased rapidly in a short period of time, and in order to maintain a sufficient number of troops, it is necessary to control a large number of people as much as possible. Once these people are swallowed up by the family. If you want to come back, it will be difficult, and only by tightening your pockets from the source can you prevent it from happening.

In addition to being a soldier and fighting in war, workshops and merchants did not need freemen, and just to build a shipyard that was beginning to take shape, he needed two or three thousand craftsmen. Where did these craftsmen come from, of course, they were recruited from among the freedmen. If you ask those families, can they not take the opportunity to threaten them?

How many people are needed to provide services along the way in order to revitalize the trade route, and where do these people come from? Of course, it is those who are free people who have to work part-time because of the lack of land, or those who want to improve their quality of life even though they have enough food and clothing. The basis of the modern industrial revolution is a large number of landless peasants, and now Wei Ba has a large number of human resources, how can he give these resources to those families for nothing.

The families were very dissatisfied with this, Wei Ba used all his resources to take out a part of the mine Lin Ze to alleviate their resistance, and Zuihou even contracted out the bead officials, leaving only military-related workshops in their hands, such as the workshop for making ignition objects in pottery bullets, such as the metal machine spring workshop for crossbow cars. These things all involve military secrets, and of course he will not let them out.

After more than ten days of consultations, Wei Ba was finally completed, and everyone returned satisfied.

……

Wei Ba called Jin Dongliu to the study, called Deng Ai over, and then spread out the map and asked Deng Ai to explain the strategy of defeating Wu. Jin Dongliu didn't pay much attention to it at first, but after listening to Deng Ai's half-talk, he realized that the stuttering farmer in front of him was not simple, and he suddenly came to his senses and discussed with Deng Ai. The two discussed for half the night, and Jin Dongliu was convinced, and said to Wei Ba in surprise: "Young master, where is this master?" ”

"My mother's people." It was only at this time that Wei Ba told Jin Dongliu Deng Ai's identity: "I want him to go to Guiyang to Tuntian and be your deputy, how about it?" ”

Jin Dongliu stroked his palm and smiled: "Young master, don't say that he is my deputy, even let me be his deputy, I am willing." Deng Jun is a genius, a buried genius. He has been in Xiangcheng for so many years, and no one has used him, it seems that Wei is really exhausted. He sighed: "This nine-grade official law is really buried." ”

Wei Ba laughed: "The Jiupin Official Law was originally formulated by the family in order to protect their own interests, how can you and I take advantage of these poor families." Forget it, although Shizai has ideas, but after all, he lacks practical experience, hello haode take him, and in the future, you will fight side by side and teach those gate valves a good lesson. ”

"Whoa." Jin Dongliu bowed in response, and saluted Deng Aishi again: "Brother Deng, please help me more in the future." ”

Deng Ai's face was red, and he hurriedly bowed and returned the salute.

……

Dasi Nong Ma Tan read the music transferred from the Prime Minister's Mansion twice, and was still a little confused. He didn't understand what Wei Ba was doing, did he really think that the world was peaceful, and he wanted to benefit the people, rest with the people, and have a good reputation for loving the people like a son?

This is not like Wei Ba's temper, if he is so stupid, can he still live to this day?

Ma Tan didn't understand what Wei Ba was doing, but he understood what Jiang Wan and Zhang Yi of the Prime Minister's Mansion were doing. As the former chief thinker of the Prime Minister's Mansion, Ma Jian knew Jiang Wan and these people too well. Ma Jian estimated that Jiang Wan and the others could not understand what Wei Ba was doing, and they only saw that Wei Ba took the initiative to lower the taxes of Guanjin under his rule and had the possibility of robbing the Prime Minister's Mansion to control the taxes, so they pushed this problem to him.

After the Nanyang War, Ma Tan was promoted to the rank of Great Si Nong for his merits. Dasi Nong is ranked in Jiuqing and is in charge of the world's wealth. In terms of the relationship between superiors and subordinates, he is under the command of the Prime Minister's Mansion. Li Yan arranged him in this position, which can be said to be a heavy thank you to him -- from the general of Zhenbei in Qianshi, Changshi, who jumped to one of the nine kings in 2,000 stones, it cannot be said that it is not important, and it can also be said that he is not important, and it can also be said that he has cultivated him -- in the future, he will take over Zhuge Liang as prime minister, and lead the world's financial endowment, and practice it in the position of Dasi Nong first, which is undoubtedly the safest arrangement.

However, Ma Yan had other ideas, and Li Yan did so. In fact, I don't want him to touch his interests. He was forbidden to touch the military power again. Even if he takes over as prime minister, he is almost the same as Gu Yong of Wu State, just a decoration, and he wants to grasp the military and politics like Zhuge Liang. That's not even a thought.

Because Li Yan intends to hand over the military power to someone he trusts more.

In the near term, it's Mengda. Meng Da jumped from General Zhendong to General Wei. Second only to the general Li Yan and the chariot general Wu Yi. Wu Yi is Zhuge Liang's vassal, and as soon as Zhuge Liang loses power, Wu Yi will inevitably lose power. Meng Da can naturally become the supreme general under Li Yan, and can help Li Yan control the army.

In the long run, it could be his son Li Feng. Li Feng has just been promoted to the rank of lieutenant general of the auxiliary army because of his meritorious service in defending Chengdu. This is a fictitious position, but he is in charge of all the affairs of the General's Mansion, and he is actually Li Yan's deputy.

In time, with Li Yan's father behind him, Li Feng's status in the army will gradually rise, even if his ability is limited. If Li Yan sends his daughter to the palace again and becomes the queen, there is no doubt that Li Feng will take over as a general. There are too many such examples, and a great general has never been able to serve by virtue of military exploits.

Ma Yan knew Li Yan's careful thoughts, and even disdained to protest. According to the tacit agreement at the beginning, this position should be his, and then Wei Ba's, and now Li Yan is selfish and wants to leave this position to his son, and he doesn't consider Wei Ba's reaction. If Wei Ba was a person who was willing to accept reality, why would he have quarreled with Zhuge Liang to this point.

Ma Jian knew too well the contradiction between Wei Ba and Zhuge Liang.

Whether it's the Prime Minister's Mansion or the General's Mansion, Ma Jian doesn't care. What he cares about now is Wei Ba's attitude. Before Li Yan and Zhuge Liang didn't decide the winner, he still needed Wei Ba's support, and at this time, he wouldn't be stupid enough to make Wei Ba suspicious.

Suspicion is like a weed, once a seed has fallen, it is difficult to eradicate. This is especially true of their alliance of interests, which have a weak foundation of trust.

After thinking about it repeatedly, Ma Jian came to the General's Mansion with the official document.

After reading the official document, Li Yan was also puzzled. "Young Chang, what do you want to do Wei Ba? In doing so, what could he add but to attract merchants from several other trade routes under his rule, and to increase taxes a little? If you count the extra food consumed, he will have a limited income. And it's easy to let go of this kind of thing, but it's hard to take it again, he wouldn't have thought of this, right? ”

Ma Tan smiled and said: "Ming Gong, I want to think about it, except for these points mentioned by Ming Gong, I can't think of any other reason." I can understand that he competes with the Wu people for business interests, but he competes with Nanzhong Dao for business interests, which is a bit excessive, and I am worried that the prime minister will have ideas. ”

Li Yan smiled silently: "In this way, it is possible." Don't we also want to snatch those interests, but Wei Ba took the lead. Although our purpose is the same, but you can't be careless, ask Wei Ba what he wants to do. If he wants to compete with Cheng Xiang, then he has to make up a little bit for us, this should have been for us, don't you say? ”

Ma Jian nodded again and again, with a bright smile on his face: "Ming Gong spoke, does he dare to do it?" I'll ask him right away. ”

"Youchang, when you say that, it's as if I'm overpowering people." Li Yan said solemnly: "With the trust of Bixia and the promotion of all sages, I am in the position of a general, a very human minister, and I should be self-denying, but I can't do such a thing." I happen to have something to discuss with you. ”

"Ming Gong, please speak."

"I want to change my name to Ping, do you think it's feasible?"

Ma Yan's eyes rolled, and he immediately understood what Li Yan meant. He thinks that this name makes people stay away, and he wants to change his name to Ping to show that he is approachable and fair. However, you can just change your name, you are just deceiving yourself. He thought so in his heart, but his face did not show the slightest flaw, and he responded: "Ming Gong, this name is good." ”…… (To be continued......)

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