After a while, the mourner and his servants carried the slips into the mourning hall and placed the sixteen volumes of medical books in front of Lantian.
Zhang picked up a volume and handed it to Lantian and said: "My husband said that the general is committed to establishing a school. This Treatise on Febrile Diseases and Miscellaneous Diseases can only be well promoted by the general. My husband's last wish is that 'all diseases in the world can be cured'. Please General, take it back to Jiaozhou."
Lan Tian nodded and took the slip and flipped through it. Handwriting as big as a head fell on the bamboo slip. Zhang Ji still wrote in the ancient way. It seemed that papermaking was not widely used in Jingzhou.
"I already know Mr. Zhongjing's intentions. However, such a precious work must be passed down to future generations. I will have someone make a copy and bring it back to Jiaozhou. The original work will remain in the Zhang family," Lan Tian said.
"Uh... That's fine..." Ms. Zhang did not refuse.
Zhang Ji's disciples in the mourning hall were originally depressed. When they heard that Lan Tian would leave "Treatise on Febrile and Miscellaneous Diseases", they all showed joy on their faces, which was a typical small farmer mentality.
After Lan Tian walked out of the mourning hall, Jiang Wan and Gao Shun entered the room to pay homage and salute respectively.
After the condolences were over, Lan Tian asked Jiang Wan to present the gifts brought by Jiaozhou, and then asked Gao Shun and others to leave with "Treatise on Febrile Diseases and Miscellaneous Diseases".
Guan Yu pointed to the scrolls in the arms of his followers and asked: "Ziyu plans to take it back to Jiaozhou and copy it, or is it just in Jiangling..."
"Mr. Zhongjing's relics are not leaving Jiangling. Gong Yan, please go find Military Advisor Xu now and ask him to recruit a few people from the Yangtze River Newspaper to help us copy and proofread them onto paper. After returning to Jiaozhou, they will make engravings and publish them." Lantian ordered. .
"only."
Jiang Wan handed over his hands and was about to leave, but Guan Yu stopped him in time: "Gong Yan doesn't have to go all the way in vain. I have sent someone to invite Yuan Zhi before, and he should be at Guan's house now."
"Long time no see, just a quick chat." Lan Tian nodded.
"Yuan Zhi happened to have something to see Ziyu." After Guan Yu finished speaking, he waved his hand, and several of his followers brought the horses over.
When everyone returned to the Prefectural Mufu, Xu Shu and Ma Liang were drinking cold soup in the palace. When they saw Guan Yu and Lan Tian coming in one after another, they all stood up and saluted.
"Ziyu, your skills in Jiaozhou are really big." Xu Shu laughed.
Lan Tian asked in confusion: "Why did Yuan Zhi say this?"
Xu Shu took out a piece of drawing paper from his arms. Lan Tian immediately understood it after seeing it. It was the promotional poster "Guangzhou Impression" he asked Jiang Wan to make. Recently, hundreds of copies have been finalized and printed, and he has not yet decided what to approve. way to pass it on.
When Jiang Wan visited his cousin Pan Jun, he gave him a few as gifts. Unexpectedly, Xu Shu took away one of them.
"What is this?" Guan Yu approached.
The city of Guangzhou on the screen is magnificent, and the few quotations next to it make people look forward to it endlessly after reading it.
"I heard that the city of Guangzhou is ten miles in radius. Ziyu, your new city was built very quickly, but you started building such a large amount of construction as soon as you arrived in Jiaozhou. Will it affect the governance of the prefecture and county?" Xu Shu asked curiously.
Jiang Wan rushed to answer: "The prince did not disturb the people. He even created opportunities for the people to make money during the construction of Guangzhou City, which is beneficial to the governance of the state and county."
Guan Yu stroked his beard and praised: "Large-scale construction projects can actually benefit the people. Only Ziyu can do this kind of thing, but why is this happening?"
"Well, actually the reason behind this is very simple. Compare the forced corvee recruitment with the government-funded recruitment. If you compare clearly, you will know how to be more cost-effective and how to benefit the country and the people." Lan Tian smiled slightly.
"The state feeds the people, and the people pay taxes. This is a matter of course. If corvee service is eliminated and the government funds the recruitment, wouldn't the treasuries of various places be quickly emptied? What will we use to support the soldiers? Those who have lost support will The soldiers must have mutinied..." Ma Liang, who was listening in, asked curiously.
Lan Tian shook his head and explained: "The labor force drafting will make the people resist. The farming season will also make the land barren. In the event of natural disasters and man-made disasters, the people will not be able to pay taxes. The people will either flee to other places or become bandits. The cycle will sooner or later harm the country."
"The suffering of corvee has existed since ancient times, so the Ming Dynasty will not easily build large-scale construction projects. Only by reducing corvee can the people cultivate and thrive, but sometimes it is really a helpless move..." Xu Shu sighed.
"When I was building the city in the South China Sea, the main participants were soldiers who did not work, and the rest of the civilians were also recruited for a fee. It seemed that all the money and food in the treasury were consumed, but in fact the money and food would come back on their own." Lan Tian smiled slightly.
"Ziyu, please explain something more clearly." Guan Yu also became interested after hearing this.
Lan Tian took out a copper coin from his arms and compared it, "This is equivalent to the money and grain in the government treasury. It was originally used to pay salaries to officials and soldiers. In good years, there will be a lot of taxes collected, so the treasury will be full. In bad years, the government will be full." If the tax cannot be collected in the disaster year, the treasury will be empty.
If a part of the money and grain is invested in the people in good years, such as repairing city walls, dredging rivers, building water conservancy projects, etc., the people will not panic or flee in disaster years if they have surplus food. Then the land will not be desolate and taxes can be sustained.
When people get rich, they will buy cloth to make clothes, farm tools to farm cattle, and clay pots, tables and chairs. Craftsmen and herdsmen will buy rice and vegetables when they get it. Merchants will pay taxes to the government during their operations. In the end, this copper plate can still be returned to the government. In the treasury, wherever the copper plates circulate, everything is satisfied..."
Guan Yu nodded frequently, "Ziyu's words are like clearing the clouds and seeing the sun, and enlightenment..."
Ma Liang bowed his hand and said, "It's really thought-provoking. Ma Liang has learned a lesson..."
"It is difficult to do anything in troubled times. When the world is settled and we implement this method, we will definitely make the people rich." Xu Shu sighed.
"That's right." Lan Tian agreed.
While several people were talking, Guan Ping asked people to prepare drinks, melons and fruits, and Guan Yu immediately asked everyone to take their seats in the hall.
"Guan invited Ziyu to Jiangling this time. In addition to seeing off Mr. Zhongjing to express his condolences, he also had two other more important things to discuss. One was that Cao Cao overran the throne of Wei in Yecheng last month. Yuan Zhi believed that The Yangtze River should be repaid by doing something; secondly, Lu Zijing sent people to express his goodwill many times and suggested that the Sun and Liu families resume trade. It was probably because Sun Quan was defeated in Hefei last year and he was afraid that Cao Cao would go south to seek revenge from Jiangdong, so he thought We are our allies." Guan Yu explained, stroking his beard.
Lan Tian looked at Xu Shu: "What does Yuan Zhi think of the Yangtze River repayment?"
Xu Shu's face was solemn: "Emperor Gao once said, 'Anyone who is not the Liu family but is a king will be punished by the whole world if he has no merit and ignores others.' It has become a fact that the Cao thief has claimed the king and usurped the Han Dynasty. Now the Yangtze River News has been circulated throughout the country. It is necessary I will continue to write articles condemning this act and call on heroes from all over the world to punish the national traitors."
Guan Yu interrupted and said: "Now that the world has become a tripartite power, we and Jiangdong are already hostile to Cao Cao. I'm afraid it's useless to just rely on newspapers to condemn. I think Yuan Zhi should not waste his efforts."
"Yun Chang, don't underestimate the power of public opinion. I think Yuan Zhi might as well do it with a big fanfare. Let's publish articles continuously for one or two years, so that celebrities from all walks of life can stand up and point out Cao Cao's treason. By then, the sand will form a tower and the water will form a gulf, destabilizing the Wei Dynasty. The public sentiment is also good." Lan Tian nodded in affirmation.
