The reason why Liu Bei visited Ma Rixi was simple.
In order to fully spread Liangzhou fine salt in Youfufeng and then spread it to Zuo Fengyi and Jing Zhaoyin, Liu Bei wanted to have some discussions with the Fufeng Ma family, which has a relatively large influence in Sanfu. .
You Fufeng has Meng Tuo's own social connections, so it is relatively easy to fully launch the fine salt business. Although there are some local experts who have the advantage of salt and iron, under the pressure of eunuchs such as Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong, Underneath, he believed that these people did not dare to mess around.
Not to mention that some of them were themselves eunuchs such as Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong.
In this way, it is very simple to spread the fine salt in Youfufeng.
If there is any obstacle, it is only one family.
Fufeng Maoling Ma family.
There are not many powerful families in the Sanfu area, but compared to the Kanto area, they are already very few. After the Eastern Han Dynasty shifted the political center of gravity to Luoyang, the political influence and economic production capacity of the entire Guanzhong area has weakened a lot. .
Regardless of power or backstage, most families in Sanfu Land cannot compare with the power of the eunuchs.
There are only three really wealthy families that can cause some trouble for the eunuchs - the Pingling Jia family in Fufeng, the Ma family in Fufeng Maoling, and the Kong family in Fufeng Maoling.
These three families are all in Youfufeng, and they all belong to the sphere of influence of the Ancient Literature School. They are the bosses of the Ancient Literature School.
However, among these three companies, only Ma's is involved in salt interests.
The other two are not engaged in business. Their main interests are in land and have nothing to do with selling salt.
Only the Maoling Ma family in Fufeng was engaged in business and salt industry, and gained a huge amount of wealth. Ma Rong, Lu Zhi's teacher at that time, was famous for his love of luxurious and refined life.
Now, Ma Rixi, a descendant of the Ma family, can be regarded as the most important figure in the ancient literature school. He has a good relationship with Lu Zhi, Liu Bei and others. Therefore, in the process of promoting fine salt in Liangzhou, he can be among the three assistants. The main person who caused them trouble was the Maoling Ma family in Fufeng.
Regarding this nail, Zhang Rang and others originally wanted to ignore it, thinking that they could just run over it without worrying about them.
However, Liu Bei took into account some human relations and decided to personally visit Ma Rixi and discuss cooperation with the Ma family behind Ma Rixi to strive for win-win cooperation.
Who can have trouble with money?
As long as Ma can cooperate, everyone's cooperation will be very happy, and the ancient literature school understands everything and has flexible moral and political bottom lines. Once something goes against the principles, then simply adjust the principles and take the initiative to adapt. good for everyone.
This spirit ran through the establishment of the Ancient Literature School and was the core factor that enabled the Ancient Literature School to please the rulers and ultimately replace the Modern Literature School.
So when Liu Bei visited Ma Rixi and mentioned this matter, Ma Rixi was shocked, but not very disgusted.
"Xuande, this matter is quite involved, and...you actually chose to go with His Majesty?"
"How can I earn this kind of thing and this money by myself? If I don't cooperate with everyone, I can only earn this money in Liangzhou."
Liu Bei sighed and said slowly: "Liangzhou is poor. I want to govern Liangzhou well and need money, but the court will not give me much money. I can only find money to earn by myself. I found it, but there is no strong backing." , whether this money belongs to me or not, there are still two opinions.
Although this kind of behavior is slightly inappropriate, for the sake of the people of Liangzhou, I have no choice. And if this thing is really done, everyone will be happy, they can eat good salt, and they can also obtain the Holy Family. , what’s not to do? "
Ma Rixi grew up in a big family and was used to this kind of thing, so he didn't think there was anything wrong with what Liu Bei did.
On the contrary, if given the chance, he would do it more thoroughly than Liu Bei.
After obtaining power, in addition to satisfying spiritual needs, you must also find ways to obtain some practical benefits. Otherwise, wouldn't this power be in vain?
Right now, he only had one small worry.
"What would Zi Gan think if he knew about this? Xuande, aren't you worried that Zi Gan knows about this? He is a jealous person. This kind of thing involves a lot and can easily be misunderstood."
Liu Bei thought about Lu Zhi's changes over the years, pursed his lips, and suppressed the corners of his lips that were about to rise.
"Teacher hates evil, but he also serves the country and the people. He will definitely understand my thinking for the people of Liangzhou. As long as my heart never changes, it doesn't matter what the means are. I serve as an official and benefit the whole country. I just want Liangzhou to benefit." The state is better, and as for the rest, I don’t want to think too much about it.”
Ma Rixi stopped talking, lowered his head and thought for a while, then nodded slowly.
"If others say this, I may not be able to accept it, but for Xuande, even if some people don't accept it, I will let them accept it. Xuande, go and let that Meng Tuo talk to my family. , I will edit a letter and send someone to take it back, the Ma family is not a stubborn family."
"Mr. Ma is so righteous and I admire him very much."
Liu Bei complimented Ma Rixi, but Ma Rixi just smiled and said nothing more.
Judging from the current momentum, there is no doubt about Liu Bei's rise, and there is no doubt about his greater power in the future.
People are willing to take Ma to earn this money, but Ma cannot be shameless. It is better not to cause any trouble within the ancient literature school for the time being, otherwise, judging from the current weird situation, it will definitely not be a good thing.
Moreover, Ma Rong brought luxury to the Ma family back then. Now everyone in the Ma family values ostentation more than anything else. They never tire of eating fine food and don't tire of fine food, as if they all want to be like Confucius.
As a result, the Ma family's ostentation expenses increased rapidly, and the family's financial situation had some minor problems.
Ma Rixi didn't like this kind of family tradition, but he had no better way to improve it. Now that he had an opportunity to increase his income, he was of course willing to start a mutually satisfactory cooperation with Liu Bei.
After Ma Rixi got it done, Liu Bei notified Zhang Rang of the news and asked Zhang Rang to make preparations.
After the biggest disaster is eliminated, as long as the goods are in place, using official salt shops and some private salt shops, we can quickly squeeze out the remaining guys, and then snatch their business away, and everyone can share this delicious piece of salt. Big cake.
With common interests and common needs, in these places, Liu Bei, the tiger, does not need to face the siege of a group of hungry wolves alone. There are other tigers and more hungry wolves around him, enough to fight against the locals A negligible amount of resistance.
Liu Bei made some predictions and felt that once this wave of fine salt in Liangzhou spreads, within three months at most, the salt industry pattern in Sanfu Land will undergo fundamental changes. Those big salt traders and the protective umbrella behind them will also Losing the ability to resist, they were forced to surrender and hand over their interests.
Don't hand it over?
Then go to hell!
When it came to using special means to fight for interests, Meng Tuo was much more ferocious than Liu Bei. Liu Bei was more ferocious when attacking political opponents, while Meng Tuo showed his teeth and claws in all directions without blind spots.
In the following days, people continued to come to see Liu Bei. Some were from high families, whose elders were high-ranking officials in the court, and some were from humble backgrounds. They just submitted a greeting card to see Liu Bei, hoping to gain Liu Bei's appreciation and gain advancement. Body level.
The young scholars of the ancient literature school in Luoyang City came one after another to pay homage to Liu Bei and Lu Zhi respectively, hoping to be appreciated by Lu Zhi and Liu Bei.
Liu Bei also hoped that he could select some truly talented people from these people and bring them to Liangzhou to expand his talent pool, so he dedicated time to meet with these young scholars in groups of ten and ask them about government and military affairs. , to judge their talents.
Regardless of whether he has the talent in this area, Liu Bei knows a lot about people, and he has a strong balance in his mind. He knows who is valuable to cultivate and who is not.
He is like an HR who selects talents for his own company. He tests the young job-seeking students opposite him with some difficult questions to judge whether they have the value of training, or whether they are complete and capable of doing things right out of the factory.
Among them, Liu Bei prefers scholars who come from humble landlord families rather than scholars who come from high-ranking scholar families, because the needs of the latter type of people are obviously greater than that of the former.
His power has become relatively strong, and his interest groups have gradually taken shape. If he continues to include the support of a powerful family, he will also need to share profits with the other party, which will inevitably cause some internal disputes.
The world situation is uncertain, and Liu Bei does not want to spend too much energy on internal issues, so maintaining internal stability is currently the first factor, and everything else can be put in a back row.
After about three days of interviews, he selected more than 20 smart, alert and promising people from this group of Luoyang scholars to join his team for training.
And he also said that although he could not arrange formal jobs for them for a while, he would allow them to receive training and internships. After the internship, they would be assigned jobs.
In short, I will take care of the distribution, but you have to be professional and obedient. Do you want to do it?
Do it or not?
This question is meaningless to scholars.
They came here because they lacked the qualifications to advance. Now that Liu Bei is willing to take them away and give them the opportunity to become officials, why not?
Without saying a word, one or two people immediately expressed their loyalty and were willing to follow Liu Bei through fire and water, no matter what the sword or the fire!
As long as you cover the distribution, what does professional obedience mean?
On the fourth day, Liu Bei declined everyone's visits and settled down at home to prepare. He spent the last day with his family, his mother, his wife and children, eating and talking with them.
Later, Xun Shuang came to the door with Xun You.
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PS: I felt uncomfortable and unsatisfied with breakfast today, so I won’t update it.
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