My father is Yuan Shu?But I want to be a Cao thief

Yizhou, in the general mansion of Chengdu.

When Liu Zhang heard the news from the scholar under the hall, his complexion instantly became cold and a little nervous, or panic.

"Everyone, Cao Cao won Xiliang and married Ma Chao, what should he do now?" Liu Zhang looked at the crowd and asked nervously.

"My lord, Cao Cao coerced the emperor to command the princes. Now that Chu Feng has conquered the Central Plains, Cao Cao has continued to expand. First he conquered Hanzhong, and now he has unified Xiliang."

"I think Cao's next stop will be our Yizhou. And Cao Cao's men are all elites, and now they have Ma Chao and Xiliang's tens of thousands of cavalry to help, I'm afraid."

A document immediately stated,

"That's right, my lord. Everyone knows Cao Cao's intention of perishing in Yizhou. We must be alert to this man. The subordinates think that we should set up troops at various passes in the north to prevent Cao Cao from going south."

Someone else suggested.

"My lord, Thief Cao is treacherous and sinister, with countless schemes and tricks. It is even more difficult to fight against this man with one's own strength. It is better to unite external forces to fight against Cao Cao."

Zhang Song hesitated a little, but also complained.

"Unite with external forces? Now that Liu Biao and Shixie have been eliminated one after another, who else can I unite with?" Liu Zhang frowned, really not knowing what to do now.

He was worried that he would not be able to beat Cao Cao!

His life as an old rich man has not been enough, so he is naturally unwilling to end it like this.

"My lord, why don't you unite with Chu Feng in the east? As the saying goes, the dog eats the dog's hair, and the one who wants to see Cao Cao take Yizhou the last is Chu Feng."

"You might as well form an alliance with Chu Feng and let Chu Feng station between Hanzhong and Chengdu. In this way, Cao Cao has nothing to worry about." Zhang Song suggested with a slight smile and narrowed his eyes.

"Zhang Song, what kind of bad idea did you come up with? Is this tantamount to seeking skin from a tiger and luring wolves into the house? Then Cao Cao wants to annex our Yizhou, so Chu Feng doesn't want to?"

A scribe reprimanded immediately.

"That's right, Zhang Song, why are you so calm? Chu Feng's entry into Sichuan and Shu is even scarier than that of Cao Cao. Now Jiaozhou Shixie has surrendered."

Another scribe came out to reprimand him.

"Everyone, driving away wolves and tigers is the best strategy. As for worrying that Chu Feng will overwhelm the host, we can increase the guards at the pass and let the two of them entangle in Hanzhong."

"Presumably what Chu Feng wanted was to take back Hanzhong and beat Cao Cao back to Guanzhong, but Cao Cao naturally wanted to repel Chu Feng and take down Sichuan and Shu, and the two would definitely collide."

Zhang Song tried to convince these people.

"Zhang Song, stop talking. It's not feasible to lure wolves and drive tigers away. Then Cao Cao is not as dangerous as Chu Feng!" Liu Zhang waved his hand immediately, he didn't dare to do that.

"My lord, what do you think should be done?" Zhang Song asked back.

"Set up the troops at the pass, beware of Cao Cao's movements, and at the same time send people to join forces with Chu Feng to make good friends with this person. If it is really a last resort, then send people to ask for Chu Feng's help."

Liu Zhang pondered for a while, and immediately said.

"Unite with Chu Feng?" Everyone looked at each other.

Liu Zhang looked at Wu Yi, and said in a deep voice, "Ziyuan, Lingmei is doing well these days."

"I'm worried about my lord, so my sister will be fine." Wu Yi didn't understand Liu Zhang's meaning for a while, so he could only reply.

You know, my Wu family had a very close relationship with Liu Yan back then, and they were considered best friends, that's why the whole family came to Yizhou. At that time, Liu Yan took a fancy to the Wu family,
So he asked the third son to marry Wu, but the third son died early, and Wu became a widow long ago, which is a pity, because Wu is very beautiful in history books.

And it is the life of the rich and the rich,

It's just something that Liu Yan didn't expect, the rich and powerful is not his family, but Liu Bei.

Later, when Liu Bei entered Sichuan and Shu, the Wu family was accepted, and he was made the queen. On the one hand, the Wu family had a prominent status in Sichuan and Shu, and on the other hand, the Wu family was good-looking.

"Ziyuan, your sister has been a widow for many years."

"I heard that Chu Feng doesn't like gold and silver, but misses beauties. His sister is beautiful, and Chu Feng owns half of the country. Why don't I take the lead and let him marry your Wu family?"

Liu Zhang rolled his eyes, he was selfish.

Anyway, if he can win Chu Feng over, even if Cao Cao goes south, he will still have the last resort. The key thing he thinks is,
This group of rubbish under the hall may not be reliable,

Who knows how many of these people have already defected to Cao Cao,

But if he wins Chu Feng over, these people will be more or less afraid, which is beneficial to the stability of his Yizhou.

"My lord, no way!"

"Lingmei is Liu's daughter-in-law, how can she remarry someone else halfway." Wu Yi quickly refused, who knows what kind of medicine is sold in Liu Zhang's gourd, if you test him, it will be over.

If he really just wants to use his younger sister to form an alliance, he really doesn't mind, after all, Chu Feng owns half of the country, and if his younger sister can be taken as a concubine by this person, he is very likely to become a relative of the emperor.

"Hey, my third younger brother passed away many years ago. My Liu family and your Wu family are also family friends. How can we keep my sister from marrying for life because of these things? That's it!"

"I will send someone to Hefei someday to contact Chu Feng and tell him about it. See what Chu Feng has to say. You can also explain to Lingmei when you go back."

Liu Zhang waved his hand, as if beating first and playing later.

"But." Wu Yi hesitated,
In fact, he was secretly happy. After all, it was an opportunity to climb the big tree of Chu Feng. As the saying goes, it is good to enjoy the shade under the big tree. Maybe his Wu family can ride the wind.

Of course, there are also disadvantages,
Even if he joins Cao Cao and takes Yizhou directly, no one can say whether he will be implicated by Chu Feng's concubine of the Wu family.

"Okay, this matter is settled!" Liu Zhang confirmed.

Everyone cast envious glances at Wu Yi. After all, it was a good thing to be in-laws with Chu Feng. At the same time, these people were also thinking that the situation in Yizhou might not be so dire if Liu Zhang allied with Chu Feng.

At this time, it is obviously not so wise to jump out and stand by Cao Cao.

Wanting to understand this, everyone remained silent, each keeping their own small calculations in their hearts.

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On the other side, Jiujiang Hefei.

Compared with the depression in Yizhou, Hefei is another scene.

In autumn, Hefei, and even the whole of Yangzhou are filled with joy. Autumn and July are the autumn harvest season, and countless people are busy in the fields.
The heavy food made them laugh a lot.

This year Hefei has a good weather, and because of Chu Feng's vigorous construction of water conservancy, the harvest in Yangzhou is much higher than in previous years, which can be regarded as a bumper harvest.

In the fields, there are countless voices of toil.

Inside and outside the city of Hefei, there is a lot of traffic, and the flow of people is like weaving. There are businessmen from the north and the south everywhere, and there are also rich people in the city. Coupled with the towering city of Hefei, it is full of prosperity.

Many people were puzzled by Chu Feng's decision to build the huge Hefei city back then, but now it seems that Chu Feng is foreseeable, and with the Central Plains recovering,
Hefei is the only waterway in the middle of the Huaihe River and the Yangtze River.
Countless ships transported goods between the two places, and several shipyards worked overtime day and night to increase water transport capacity.

At this moment, the general's residence in the city.

Chu Feng was at the top, and all the civil and military ministers in the hall, including Jia Xu, Lu Su, Zhang Zhao, etc., were all here, discussing the new five-year plan.

"Everyone, if a country wants to run well, it cannot do without strict laws, it cannot do without a slack economy, it cannot do without thousands of working people, and it cannot do without grassroots officials."

"Now that Jiaozhou is newly attached, there are a lot of wastes waiting to be rebuilt, but Hefei to Jiaozhou is beyond reach, and there is nowhere to be taken into account for the time being. The focus of development is still on the Jianghuai River Basin."

"Now that Cao Cao has captured Xiliang, and his power has further expanded, his next step may be to capture Yizhou. The time left for us is also relatively hurried."

Chu Feng briefly explained the current situation.

Everyone looked at Chu Feng, and they also wanted to know how Chu Feng planned to develop next, because they always felt that the current development had fallen into some kind of bottleneck.

"This five-year plan focuses on three steps."

"One, to expand the economic drive and increase economic development, the country must take the lead here."

"Secondly, to increase military capabilities, the other two princes are eyeing each other, and they must ensure absolute superiority as a military division in order to gain a firm foothold in the Central Plains."

"Here, the artisan battalion and the textile battalion should quickly build equipment such as crossbows, horizontal knives, cloth armor, vests, etc., to arm our soldiers as much as possible."

"You know, with Wuhuan at his back, Yuan Shao has tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of cavalry. Cao Cao took Xiliang again, and he also has tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of cavalry."

"Only our army is located in Jianghuai, Central Plains and other places. The only cavalry was obtained from the two sides before. They are extremely valuable, so we must come up with other ways to fight against the cavalry."

"Third, increase personnel training."

"This can't be achieved overnight, and this move will overturn the cultural monopoly of the family for many years. I don't know what you think?"

When Chu Feng said this, he asked a little bit.

"My lord, how can I increase the cultivation of talents?" Under the influence of Chu Feng, Lu Su had already opened up the situation. In his opinion, now he lives for Han instead of himself.

Jia Xu, Zhang Zhao and others also looked at Chu Feng,
After all, the previous talents were all recommended by various aristocratic families, including the earlier ones, they were all recommended by each other. Chu Feng's words about cultivating talents can't help but make people curious.

You know, talents are not easy to cultivate.

"The imperial examination system! For example, a nationwide imperial examination is held every year, and everyone answers the questions and many other aspects. Regardless of birth, family background, and connections, it only depends on talent."

"The answer papers will be approved by everyone sitting here, so as to select the best talents and give them reuse. On the one hand, it will increase the chances of talents, and on the other hand, it will launch the imperial examination."

Chu Feng looked at the crowd with the intention of asking.

Everyone was surprised when they heard the words, but they were all smart people, and they could understand Chu Feng's meaning in an instant. To put it bluntly, it is to change the recommendation system into an exam?

Then why did Chu Feng say that this thing would subvert the cultural monopoly of the aristocratic family?
"My lord, the imperial examination system you mentioned sounds really good, but those who take part in the imperial examination are nothing more than members of major families. The biggest difference from the previous recommendation is that it is fairer,"

"If that's the case, wouldn't it be a big deal? After all, launching the imperial examination nationwide is a waste of financial and material resources!" Zhang Zhao asked with a frown.

Jia Xu also looked at Chu Feng with curiosity,

However, he did not raise any doubts. He felt that the reason why Chu Feng said this was clearly planned long ago. In his impression, Chu Feng would not fight a battle that he was not sure about.

"There is a long way to go. The purpose of the imperial examination is not to give everyone in the family a chance, but to give the people all over the world a chance." Chu Feng said in a deep voice with deep eyes.

"Everyone in the world?" Everyone was surprised.

"This" everyone didn't know what to say.

Lu Su fell into deep thought. He could vaguely get what Chu Feng meant, but it wasn't very clear, so he couldn't help asking: "My lord, let's not talk about exams, people."

"They only know the five grains, and they don't know calligraphy and painting at all, let alone do the questions. What's more, most people need to farm land to survive, and they don't have time to study. What should we do?"

"So, there is a long way to go!"

Chu Feng smiled wryly, thinking about future generations, it took tens or hundreds of years to popularize education, and there are still many who only have primary and junior high school education.

"First, find ways to increase food output so that people have the opportunity to get out of the fields. Only by increasing the population base can we select more outstanding talents."

"Secondly, establish schools in various places to increase the knowledge transfer of students from all over the world. As I said earlier here, there is a set of simple literacy methods that can be popularized!"

"Thirdly, tuition fees are exempted. Only in this way can the common people have another way, so that the aristocratic family is no longer dominant, and let outstanding students from all over the country cultivate excellent talents for the court."

"The construction of schools in various places can increase the number of jobs, and it will not take a few years for this series to come out, but tens or hundreds of years."

Chu Feng looked at the crowd with burning eyes. In his eyes, it was magnificent. The big man is destined to surpass the whole world. In his hands, the big man is destined to come to court.

The reason why he dared to raise this matter was because of the trust and respect of tens of millions of people. It was necessary for him to advance this matter hundreds of years.

Because he has these people at his back, he has nothing to fear.

The words fell, everyone was stunned,

Everyone looked at Chu Feng with strange eyes.

My boss wants to train the common people to take power?
Fuck, is my boss crazy?What all dynasties and dynasties have thought is to let the common people only know how to cultivate the land at home and obey the enlightenment. Chu Feng is good at that, to train the common people to take power!
What kind of thinking is this?

Or did he think it would be better for the people to be in power?

But according to Chu Feng's thinking, if this can be achieved, there will be tens of millions of people's children participating in the study, and perhaps the results will not be seen in a short time.

But tens of hundreds of years later,
How tyrannical should the big man be at that time?
After all, 100 people researching items is not as fast as 10,000 people researching items, but the idea of ​​enlightenment for all is too crazy.

This would be an investment of untold amounts of money with no immediate return on sight.

"My lord, isn't this too long ago? The world has not yet settled down. If these are released at this moment, will it cause turmoil in various places?"

Zhang Zhao clasped his fists and asked, wanting Chu Feng to dispel this idea.

"Preparing for a rainy day is what the superiors should do. No matter how strong a well-behaved dynasty is, it will only last a few hundred years." Chu Feng looked at Zhang Zhao and said in a deep voice.

These words also made Zhang Zhao's face blush,
"Remember, knowledge is the source of progress."

"A hundred years later, there may be 1000 or 10,000 talented people in other empires, but I have [-] or a million talented people. Dare I ask, who in the world can fight against me?"

Chu Feng's eyes were deep and his pride was overwhelming.