Dimensional Invasion of the Real Earth

  Chapter 621 625. Cao Cao's entanglement

  625, Cao Cao’s entanglement

In Xudu, Cao Mengde was full of spirits and returned from the battle of Guandu, which made his position of prime minister more stable, and the posture of the northern hegemon was fully manifested.

  Xunyou a letter that brought Cao Mengde back to reality, and the sorrow hidden deep in his heart was implicated by him and emerged.

The victory of the Battle of Guandu, in the final analysis, was just to stop Yuan Shao’s invasion of the south. In addition to gaining a lot of prestige, it can also be said to be useless. Looks powerless.

  In ancient wars, besides the loss of weapons and armors, the biggest item is the problem of food and grass;

The weight of the army is usually two meals a day, enough food and clothing. Once the war starts, three meals a day are not mentioned. If you eat it open, the loss will be more than double. Need to accumulate, which can be said to be ten times the usual effort before it can support the war.

Cao Mengde in front of him understands that in the next one or two years, small-scale conflicts are feasible, and major battles are almost impossible. Resting and restoring is the right reason.

  Xunyou’s letter reminded Cao Cao of the situation that he would encounter in the future. Yuan Shao in the north would take a few years to settle down, and the situation in the south would be too big by then, but he could only watch, which made Cao Cao quite weak.

  I don’t know, it’s okay, I see, this kind of stare but helpless hurry, Cao Mengde can feel comfortable in his heart.

  Xunyou’s letter was written on a full stack of paper, sprinkled with 10,000 characters, that is, Liu Hao provided unlimited paper, so that Xunyou could tell Cao Cao in every detail.

  In the first more than ten pages of content, Xun You was describing the changes in Liaodong. The first sentence of the opening mentioned that Liu Hao cancelled the city gate tax;

Not only that, but also built a hotel two kilometers away from the city to facilitate the residence of merchants who failed to reach the city before nightfall, cast beacon towers, and garrison troops to almost pull out the defense line of the entire city, that is, to ensure the access to merchants. Convenience, and brings safety to Siye.

Such small reforms can be seen everywhere in Liaodong. After Cao Cao reads this at the beginning, his thoughts have begun to fly. He must admit that this is a reliable thing and kills two birds with one stone. The consumption of businessmen in hotels and inns can also support such a small scale. The garrison can also make businessmen more willing to come and go.

  This is an upgraded version of the ancient post. Liu Hao values ​​the logistics industry very much. Almost all of these post stations in eastern Liaoning have been upgraded, not only increasing the size of the post and inn, but also building an affiliated warehouse of the post, which is leased to merchants;

   Merchants use vouchers to withdraw goods after trading in the trading market, which greatly eases the situation of merchants tossing about goods. While it is convenient for merchants, it also increases transaction volume and speeds up the circulation of goods.

These warehouses can also store Liaodong specialty products, such as glass, paper, books, etc., especially the storage area planned by the port city, which has greatly increased the number of maritime merchants. From the beginning, only a few agents formed a fleet, until now Many coastal areas saw profitability, and successively joined them with large and small fleets, selling products from the Liaodong Land to all parts of the Central Plains, which further strengthened Liu Hao's finances.

   Cao Cao is also a great talent. Xun You’s detailed explanation made Cao Cao startled. Before he finished reading the letters, he began to convene think tanks, suppress the excitement in his heart, and continue to check Xun You’s letters.

  Next, Xun You talked about the situation of border trade, that is, Liu Hao opened up the trade with Wuheng for cattle, horses and sheep, and a large number of cattle and sheep entered Liaodong, even the top horses;

This information made Cao Cao frown. He was worried that Liu Hao would continue to grow bigger in Liaodong and threatened him in the future, but he was also a little happy. After all, Yuan Shao blocked the Jiao horse transaction and had a gap with Liu Hao, who had no conflict of interest with him. To open a gap, not to mention the specific Jiao Ma, the second-class difficulty is bound to be not great, and the large-scale purchase makes him more confident in the next war against Yuan Shao.

After tangling a bit, Cao Cao made up his mind that, no matter what else, Yuan Benchu ​​is the greatest enemy in front of him. If he does not cross Yuan Benchu, the future is the future. The checkpoints must be passed one by one, and the future will be left to the future.

   Having made a decision, Cao Cao wanted to continue reading. Xun Yu, Guo Jia and others reported inside. Cao Cao stopped his eyes, waved his hand, and passed what he had read to Xun Yu, so that they could discuss it first.

"This great talent will kill three birds with one stone. The upgrade of a station in a district can provide convenience to merchants and bring early warning to the city. More importantly, it accelerates the circulation of goods, saves costs for the people, and gives us Bring profits and feed more sergeants!"

  Xunyu's three sentences, clarify the essence of Liu Hao Logistics;

  “It’s just that this early construction requires a lot of money, and the North Korea-China Finance...”

  Cao Cao nodded slightly. He had just thought about this point, but compared to the benefits, the contribution needs to be taken out. Xun Yu looked at Cao Cao’s expression and did not mention it again. He was also happy to see such a construction;

The letters were passed on by Guo Jia, Cheng Yu and others, and they all expressed their opinions one after another, and Mao Jie made it clear that the sergeants stationed around the post can also be used to open the land. After all, the post is not full of merchants and merchants every day. Jackal, Cao Cao's rule is more stable, and the level of defense has also been lowered a lot. In some areas around Xudu, the sergeant of the post station is more to deter the surrounding areas.

  Mao Jie’s proposal made Cao Cao overjoyed;

  "Wenruo, follow up with Xiaoxian (Mao Yan's words) on this matter, and you need financial support. Be sure to speed up!"

   "Yes! Lord!"

  A decision is made on one thing, and the next issue of the horse-and-horse trade, a group of people will have some Muggles. Without them, they are short of money.

   is not an ordinary shortage. The cost of fighting will almost finish Cao Cao's years of accumulation. It is almost impossible to buy a horse on a large scale.

  Talking about it for a long time, and there is no good strategy. You can't pay for it, right? Cao Cao thought, but he and Liu Hao have never seen each other, and don't think he can really get it on credit;

  There was no way, so I had to put this issue aside and continue to read Xun You’s letter.

Next, Xun You mentioned the policy of'Han'er not as a slave', the division mechanism of citizens, civilians, servants, and slaves. The foreign slaves replaced the family's Han'er tenants, which allowed the family to maintain the past economic model while at the same time. Allowing Liu Hao to obtain Han'er population of hundreds of thousands out of thin air, this made Cao Mengde's eyes stare and his heart beating fiercely.

Cao Cao is very aware of the family’s troubles, but he has been unable to think of a solution, which has caused delays and large-scale promotion of the poor family. To this day, he still cannot bring any change to the family, almost making Cao Cao desperate, Liu Hao. This policy gave Cao Cao a plan. After careful consideration, it seemed that it was not impossible.

  Cao Cao did not expect the family to release all the Han'er tenants, but as long as part of it was released, it was equal to the increase in his population under Cao Mengde's rule, which was equal to the strengthening of his own strength, and the released population naturally stood on Cao Cao's side.

  He could not wait to read down, and saw that the tax exemption policy of 30 acres of land per household in Liaodong has caused Cao Mengde's heart to have a tendency to suddenly stop.

   "Agriculture without tax", if any emperor in the feudal era can achieve this, the status of this emperor in the history will inevitably be equal to or even surpassed by the ‘Qinhuang and Hanwu’!

This is something Cao Cao dared not even think about, but now Liaodongque has begun to implement it. Although it is only 30 acres of tax exemption per household, it has almost included ninety-nine percent of the people in it. What is the difference with the'no tax on agriculture'? the difference?

Cao Cao had to admit that he was jealous and did not see that Liu Hao did it. He also extended his hand to the aristocratic family and broke the'Tax-free Taxes' policy. The taxation was openly linked to the amount of land occupied. The more land, the greater the tax revenue. Heavy;

Taking the household as the foundation, dispersing the interests of the family's clan model, it has the same effect as Emperor Wu's "Tweeting Order". Under Hongguoguo's plan, Cao Mengde could even imagine that after the family spread the land into the household registration , The unity of the aristocratic family can no longer be the same as in the past, everything is decided by the patriarch, the aristocratic family may exist, but the foundation has been gradually lost.

One link after another, from the disintegration of the family’s private arms, to the promotion of “Han’er is not a slave”, and then using the “agricultural tax” reform as a breakthrough to completely uproot the family’s true foundation, without using a single trace of the family’s money. It’s like boiling frogs in warm water.

Cao Cao tightened his hands, glanced downwards, stopped for one point on each think tank, and folded the information quietly. He did not plan to let the think tank discuss it on a large scale, but chose to leave some of the core after the meeting. Down.

After   , Cao Cao speeded up the reading speed of Xun You's letter. He kept reading the entire letter before extracting some parts and handing it to Xun Yu.

   "Tian Yu?"

   Cao Cao underestimated him, with a smile on his face. This name could be regarded as entering Cao Cao's field of vision.

  Release is inevitable. Cao Cao is also happy to see Tian Yu go north to Liaodong. This idea can be overwhelming, and more, he should put his mind into the ‘Confucianism and Taoism cultivation system’.

  He felt that the Three Kingdoms world would usher in a huge change, and the first prince to get the news, Cao Cao, should have been optimistic, but after careful consideration, he was still a little worried.

Civil ministers and generals are the foundation, but the military system has been in the hands of military generals for a long time. The addition of the Confucian and Taoist cultivation system will greatly increase the military power of civil servants, which will inevitably impact the power of military generals and cause an imbalance between the two sides.

  Once the military power of civil servants increases, will they continue to settle for the status quo?

  As a party prince, Cao Cao considered more about his ruling power, or in other words, the ruling power of his descendants.

  In his hands, Cao Mengde believes that he can suppress the civil servants. No matter how powerful the civil servants are, he is not afraid of Cao Mengde;

But once the throne is passed to his descendants, the struggle for power between the monarch and his subjects will inevitably arise. As the successor, the prestige is not high, and the restriction of power becomes inevitable. Can you still be on the throne? ? Will he be as powerful as his Cao Cao? Hold the emperor to make the princes?

  Cao Cao is very contradictory, but he also knows in his heart that even if he wants to ban the Confucianism and Taoism system, he can’t do anything. If the ban is true, it is likely to have the opposite effect;

  In this case, the military power of the civil servants is increasing, and the generals are not the same? The military training system alone is enough to change the entire battlefield war. Once one's own side does not practice, if other princes learn, not to mention in the future, it is very likely that they will be buried in front of other princes.

   Cao Cao has a headache, and his thoughts about Liu Hao have become more complicated. He has read two volumes of "Spring and Autumn" by Liu Hao, one is cold, one is hot, one is serious and the other is ridiculous;

The former is good, and if you like history books, Cao Cao has also read a lot. The latter ridicules history, but it is an experience that Cao Cao has never had before. When reading, he will always unconsciously substitute his personal emotions into it and see himself as Part of the Spring and Autumn Period, can't wait for the impulse to play in person.

After reading it, Cao Cao admired Liu Hao very much and regarded him as a great Confucian. But in a blink of an eye, this Confucian-Taoist cultivation system told Cao Cao that it was just a great Confucian. Just creating the'Confucian-Taoist cultivation system' would be enough to make Liu Hao a hundred. It will be a matter of time before the family worships and becomes a'saint'.

With such a "sage" as an enemy, Cao Cao will be under great pressure no matter if he wins or loses. If he wins, he will not only lose his reputation, but will also make Cao Cao famous forever. When he passes away, his children and grandchildren are likely to be overthrown by a hundred schools.

   Lost, he Cao Mengde will be taken for granted, he deserves to be ridiculed for hitting a rock with an egg.

   "Difficult, hard, hard!"

  This is what Cao Cao feels now. He can't wait to meet Liu Hao. He needs to talk to Liu Hao in person, make a detailed assessment of Liu Hao, and prepare for the next plan.

  When the Confucianism and Taoism system was circulated, all of Cao Cao’s think tanks were inexplicably excited, even Guo Jia.

   Cao Cao glanced around, sighed in his heart, more sure of his determination to meet Liu Hao, and the sooner the better.

Liu Hao underestimated the power of the'Confucianism and Taoism system' in the Three Kingdoms world. He knew that the impact would be great, but he didn't expect it to be so great. He just released it and let him establish it among the three kingdoms world literati.' The rudimentary form of the sage, and he is still a sage who reads through the Hundred Schools. According to the views of the natives of the Three Kingdoms, who cannot read through the Hundred Schools, how can such a practice system be created?

Xu Du, the Prime Minister’s Mansion, the meeting that was still discussing issues, has become an experience venue for the'Confucianism and Taoism System'. The people sitting in it are all highly talented people. It didn't take long for them to step into the Mengtong stage one by one. Soon he stepped into the life of a child again, established a self-statue in the sea of ​​knowledge, developed a literary spirit, and truly stepped into the practice of'Confucianism and Taoism'.

Fortunately, they all knew that enough was enough. These people did not continue to practice, suppressing the excitement and impulse in their hearts, and looked at Cao Cao with a red light on their faces.

   Cao Mengde sighed in his heart and waved his hand, leaving only Xun Yu, Guo Jia, and Cheng Yu three. The others couldn't wait to go home and continue to practice.

  (End of this chapter)