Peek at my diary, Cao Cao dominates the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 322

Just when Yuan Shu fell into the memories of the past and couldn't extricate himself,
"Bang Dang!" With a loud noise, the prison car seemed to have run over a big rock, was bounced hard, and then fell hard to the ground.

Under the violent turbulence, Yuan Shu's forehead and back of his head bumped against the iron-covered wooden railings, and suddenly he felt like stars bursting out in front of his eyes.

After a long time, Yuan Shu regained his composure. He licked his chapped lips and subconsciously shouted: "Come here, bring me a bowl of honey syrup!"

After Yuan Shu finished shouting, he waited for a long time before seeing the honey, but there was a burst of laughter,

"Hahaha!"

"Does this person want to laugh at our brother? Hahaha!"

"Yuan Shu, who has four generations and three generations, has fallen to such a point, alas. I am so happy!"

"I'm sorry 'Your Majesty', there is no honey syrup, but there are quite a few fresh yellow soups. Whoever you want, just ask!"

Yuan Shu listened to the jokes around him, his eyes were blank.

After a long time, Yuan Shu finally came back to his senses. He looked at the extremely harsh environment in the prison car, and the surrounding soldiers Yuan Shu, who wanted to laugh and talk freely, finally just shook his head and sighed deeply: "I, Yuan Shu, how did I fall into such a state?" Where?"

After the surrounding soldiers heard Yuan Shu talking to himself, they burst into laughter again, but this time before they could start teasing again, Yuan Shu suddenly vomited blood.

The soldiers were startled, and hurriedly opened the prison car to try to rescue Yuan Shu.

But when they dragged Yuan Shu out of the prison car, Yuan Shu had already passed away.

In the second year of Jian'an, at the beginning of February, Yuan Shu died!
Yuan Shu died on the way, and in the end he was wrapped in a straw mat, and his body was sent to Xudu.

The emperor deeply hated Yuan Shu's act of proclaiming himself emperor, so he ordered his body to be divided into five horses and thrown into the suburbs to be fed to wild dogs.

At the same time, Yuan Shao in the north initially occupied Youzhou and ordered Gongsun Zan's ashes to be sent to Xudu, as if telling Cao Cao, "Gongsun Zan is gone, and it will be your turn next!"

The Yuan family's family members are all over the world, and Yuan Shu proclaimed himself emperor because of his own death, which made everyone avoid him.

But Yuan Shao is different. He has to be more cautious and restrained in politics. In addition, those aristocratic families that originally supported Yuan Shu have all turned to Yuan Shao. Therefore, Yuan Shao now relies on the strength of more than 150 million households and countless aristocratic families under his rule. Sit firmly on the throne of the world's largest prince.

There has been no war in Yanzhou for several years, and now there are almost one million households in one state, and the newly acquired Xuzhou and Huainan also have almost 150 million households.But when it comes to the wealth and quality of private households, Cao Cao's rule is not at the same level as Yuan Shao's rule.

The Central Plains region was ravaged by the Yellow Turbans, the social economy was severely damaged, and the population was severely reduced.

The Yellow Turban Uprising swept away the original ruling order. The aristocratic families either went north to Jizhou or south to Jingzhou in order to take refuge, creating a power vacuum in many areas of the Central Plains.Although it is convenient for the Cao family to take over and reform the group, it is also difficult for the people's livelihood to recover due to the economic downturn.

Later, Lu Yan vigorously developed farming in Chenliu, clarified household registration, and absorbed refugees, which achieved remarkable results.

After Cao Cao extended his series of policies to the whole territory of Yanzhou, the number of people and productivity were quickly restored.

Although Cao Cao acquired Nanjun, Xuzhou, and Huainan County later, these three places were all ruined by Yuan Shu. Just cleaning up the mess left by him is already enough of a headache. Don't expect them to have too much damage in a short time. output.

Even after several years of stable development in Yanzhou, the overall economic level has not recovered to that before the Yellow Turban Rebellion, let alone be on par with Jizhou, which was already very prosperous.

In the prime minister's mansion, Cao Cao and Cheng Yu sat opposite each other.

"Zhongde, you should know that since Yuan Shao sent Gongsun Zan's ashes urn, the aristocratic gentry under our rule have started to move around. You have dealt with them before, in your opinion, how can we best suppress Yuan Shao The impact?" Cao Cao asked Ce Yu Chengyu.

Cheng Yu thought for a while, and then replied: "Actually, there are some things that the Prime Minister and General Hussars have already started to do. If you want to eliminate the influence of the Yuan family, it is actually to eliminate the influence of the famous family. But this is not a temporary matter. If you want to completely solve the problem of the aristocratic family, it may be difficult to achieve."

Cao Cao nodded and sighed: "I know it's difficult, but the aristocratic family doesn't suppress it, and one day they will grow into towering trees. Mr. Lu even described to me a kind of big family that has been passed down for thousands of years. They use the country as their soil , absorbing the essence of the world as offerings, it can be called terrifying!"

Cheng Yu was shocked by the description from Lu Yan in Cao Cao's words.

He never thought that the aristocratic family had such terrifying potential in Lu Yan's heart.

But this also just explains why Lu Yan has always been jealous and always targeted the aristocratic family, and it can even be said that he has formed an indissoluble enmity with the aristocratic family.

"The new household registration system, the new paper and the birth of the library are all aimed at the aristocratic family and trying to break the monopoly of the aristocratic family. I just don't know what the prime minister and Lu Yan have behind the Taixue matter. But I dare For sure, these two guys must be watching quietly from behind, just waiting for the family to make a mistake, they will quickly hand out the knife in their hands, and stab the family's waist fiercely!"

Thinking of this, Cheng Yu said to Cao Cao again: "I have a few words of advice about the aristocratic family."

Cao Cao served tea soup to Cheng Yuman and said, "Speak, I'll listen."

"The prime minister wants to restrain the aristocratic family, but he must not be moved to kill. The current predicament Jiangdong Sun Ce is facing is a lesson from the past.

What's more, today's emperor and some ministers in the court who are not satisfied with the prime minister are always worried that if the prime minister recruits troops to leave the court, will the emperor and these people conspire against the prime minister behind.
So when necessary, the prime minister should guard against them.

Our next biggest opponent is Yuan Shao, if we win, it will be difficult for the world to have an opponent of the prime minister; if we lose."

When Cheng Yu said the last sentence, Cao Cao suddenly interrupted Cheng Yu, and said with great confidence: "We will not lose."

Cheng Yu didn't know where Cao Cao's self-confidence came from, but he still nodded knowingly, as he agreed with Cao Cao's words.

After a short pause, Cheng Yu continued: "The noble family needs to be suppressed, but it must also be used. After all, most of the talents available in the world today come from famous families. Whether it is a poor family of scholars or ordinary people, there are still too few people with real talents and real learning.

And although the aristocratic family is somewhat arrogant, their structure is still much larger than that of poor families and ordinary people.

The way of governing the country is above the military strategy. Great talents in governing the country like Wen Ruo, Yuan Chang, and Chang Wen, even if they are from a poor family for a hundred years, it is difficult to find one! "

After Cheng Yu finished speaking, he looked at Cao Cao, but saw that the expression on Cao Cao's face did not change significantly. He knew that Cao Cao should have thought of this long ago.

In fact, Cao Cao had thought of this a long time ago, and had discussed it with Lu Yan, Xi Zhicai, and Guo Jia many times.

However, Cheng Yu openly and honestly expressed his deepest thoughts to Cao Cao today, and Cao Cao still thanked him solemnly: "Thank you Zhong De for your advice, Cao will definitely remember it."

There was silence between the two of them again, and after about ten breaths, Cheng Yu suddenly asked, "Prime Minister, Yu has a son named Wu, who just reached the weak crown this year."

After Cheng Yu finished his official business with Cao Cao, he naturally couldn't forget his purpose of making a special trip to the Prime Minister's Mansion.
"Send it to Taiyuan Academy, just say that I have specially approved it." Recently, too many people came to find Lao Cao through the back door. As soon as Cheng Yu opened his mouth, Cao Cao knew what he meant.

Cheng Yu smiled a little embarrassedly, and felt that he had no face to stay any longer, so he cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Prime Minister, I won't bother you, so I leave."

"Well, don't tell others about today's conversation."

"Yuzi should keep his mouth shut."

"Go!"

"Farewell!"

(End of this chapter)