Who is not Cao Cao?

Chapter 151 Xuchang Order · He Yan

It goes without saying how important food was in the troubled times of the late Eastern Han Dynasty.

I don’t know how many beatings Boss Cao has endured since his debut, but the reason why he has become stronger and stronger is that food is always available.

Originally, Henan was a fertile land, and Ren Jun, Han Hao, Zaozhi and others continued to garrison the fields, which caused Boss Cao to grit his teeth even if he fought frequently, or even singled out three states with the strength of one state.

Now, if Boss Cao added a section to the already long board, then Boss Cao would really be fearless.

In particular, the food issue has never represented a single long board.

When there is more food, first of all the population will increase.

The larger the population, the more soldiers there will be.

Boss Cao's biggest shortcoming before was the population, so Yuan Shao pushed him to the ground and beat him up violently.

Now that this problem is solved, that is the real difference in offensive and defensive momentum!

The people present are all Cao Cao's top think tanks. Even if some of them are not familiar with agriculture, they know what it means to increase the grain production by one stone per mu!
Guo Jia asked He Yan in disbelief: "Is it true that all fields are applicable?"

"What? Could it be that the people from Guanzhong and the people from the Central Plains can't pull out the same things?"

He Yan also helped everyone broaden their thinking and said: "It's not just about increasing food production. I also told Ren Jiangjun before that with manure, there is no need to worry about the loss of field power, and crop rotation can be carried out."

"Especially in the rotation of grain and beans, the beans produced can be used as rations for livestock."

He Yan calculated silently in his heart: "In this way, at least one hundred thousand more cattle can be fed every year, and the remaining leftovers can also raise some pigs, chickens and other six animals."

"In a few years, the barren fields in the Central Plains can be replanted, so that there will be no more famine in the Central Plains!"

The increase in food production does not only increase the population.

And the quality of life of the people.

If the people had food in their own hands, they would raise cattle and livestock without the government's supervision.

When the stomachs of the people are full, they will naturally have other pursuits, such as... new learning?
If it is just like "Shang Junshu" that "weak people, foolish people, tired people, humiliating people, poor people, and abuse people", let the people always live on the line of food and clothing, and deprive them of the right to pursue happiness, then such a way to control the people ...Don't worry!
Cao Cao and others still don't know what He Yan is thinking, they are still immersed in the grand blueprint of "there will be no famine in the Central Plains" for the time being.

Since the Yellow Turban Uprising, how many people dare to say that they have never been hungry?
Even Xia Houyuan's own youngest son could be starved to death, let alone others.

If the Central Plains can really recover to the level of "no more famine", it must be a blessing for Cao Cao and a blessing for the people.

"it is good!"

Cao Cao didn't hesitate any more: "I will immediately go to the emperor to order the Diannong school captains to implement the method of manure!"

Making manure is not difficult.

The hard part is collecting the feces.

Under He Yan's suggestion, Cao Cao also decided to order county magistrates and county guards to build dry toilets in the areas under his jurisdiction, and ordered the people to go to them to use the toilet.

It is easy to say a policy, but it is not easy to implement it.

Unless... this policy is a genuine policy that can bring benefits to everyone.

The manufacture of manure is undoubtedly a policy that can bring benefits to everyone.

If there is no accident, next year's grain output in the Central Plains will exceed everyone's imagination, allowing Boss Cao to completely get rid of all the constraints that restrict development.

"This method is more important than Lujiang County! And it's much more important!"

Cao Cao clapped his hands in front of the ministers and laughed loudly: "I told you a long time ago that I am happy to have a unicorn son. Hurry up! Hurry up!"

Given the importance of manure, it is no exaggeration to say that even if He Yan died now, he would be the top three heroes of Boss Cao's subordinates.

But now Boss Cao started to have a headache about rewarding He Yan.

To be a military officer... Even if Cao Cao is willing, He Yan is not willing.After all, since Cao Cao put the hat of "plagiarizing Captain Yao" on He Yan's head, He Yan's next step must be "General Hussars".Otherwise, any other military positions would be an insult to He Yan.

Conferring the title... Don't make trouble, Marquis Shen is already a county marquis, and he is still a top ten thousand household marquis.

Feng Wenguan...

Cao Cao struggled for a while, and finally said his decision: "Shen Hou He Yan is good at civil affairs, and he is a clean and honest official. He is specially listed as Xuchang Order."

He Yan:? ? ?
It's good to be good at civil affairs, but where does Boss Cao know that he is a clean and honest official?
And the Xuchang order?
He Yan said that Boss Cao really doesn't know how to feel sorry for himself...

There are high-ranking officials and nobles everywhere in Xuchang, and it is almost an offense to serve as the Xuchang order.

Except for Man Chong, no one can secure Xu Changling's seat.Now Boss Cao made it clear that he asked He Yan to sit in this position to suppress some people who were getting more and more helpless.

It's just that, the people I offended probably have to go from Xuchang to Hebei...

"What? Yulang, you don't have confidence?"

"Yes! Of course there is!"

He Yan immediately cheered up.

Don't you just offend a few people?

This is the order of Xuchang!
Only a fool would refuse to sit in the position of the mayor of the imperial city in one wave!

And as the order of Xuchang, can I justifiably bully Cao Pi?

"That's good."

After Cao Cao rewarded some money and brocades that He Yan no longer liked, he kept He Yan by his side and started the next discussion.

After this move, He Yan knew the real purpose of Boss Cao calling him here.

Rewards are false, but integration into the inner circle is true.

Meetings at this level can only be attended by the core figures of the Cao Cao Group.Letting He Yan stay now is obviously intended to completely let He Yan join Cao Wei's decision-making level.

The first thing after food is to send troops.

In addition to Cangting, Yuan Shao's only stronghold in Henan, there are also traitor Weiping in the Lu Kingdom and the East China Sea.

There were still [-] Yuan troops in the cangting. Cao Cao, Guo Jia and others were afraid that Yuan Shao would send troops to reinforce and the war would fall into a seesaw again, so they decided to lead the troops to quell the chaos.

The area around the State of Lu is the counties and counties that surrendered to Yuan Shao before. Most of these people are people who follow the trend and are vulnerable.All the staff members agreed to let Zhang Liao lead the troops to Pingding.

The situation in Donghai County is a bit complicated.

Donghai County, also known as Tan County, belongs to Xuzhou and is an important channel for Xuzhou to enter Qingzhou.

This place was originally occupied by the Taishan thief Changxi. Later, after Lu Bu was defeated by Boss Cao, Zang Ba, Sun Guan and others surrendered to Cao Cao, Changxi also surrendered to Cao Cao, and was designated by Cao Cao as the governor of Donghai County.

It's just that Chang Xi is different from Zang Ba.

Since Zang Ba surrendered to Cao Cao, although he did not say that he completely surrendered, he still obeyed Cao Cao's command very much in terms of military affairs.During the Battle of Guandu, Zang Ba personally led troops to garrison the Qing and Xu areas to resist Yuan Shaodong's attack, and he can be regarded as a man of integrity.

Chang Xi is a [-]-year-old who no one knows what he is thinking...

When Liu Bei went to Xuzhou last year, Changxi voted for Liu Bei, and was later conquered by Cao Cao himself.

I thought he would be able to settle down for a few years, but now that the Battle of Guandu has just ended, it's the other way around.

Before Cao Cao was busy confronting Yuan Shao and didn't have time to talk to him, now that he pulled out his hand, he decided to attack him.

"You can send General Xiahouyuan to discuss it."

As the mastermind, Xun You gave his advice: "Shill General Xiahouyuan to encircle them. After Zhang Liao pacifies Lu, he can go directly to Donghai County and join forces with General Xiahouyuan to encircle and suppress."

Xia Houyuan had been to Xuzhou to collect food before, and he had a good relationship with Zang Ba, who was guarding Xuzhou. Let Xia Houyuan go, at least not to make Zang Ba suspicious.

After listening to Xun You's proposal, Cao Cao nodded, "Yes."

However, just as Cao Cao nodded, he noticed He Yan's hesitant expression, and asked curiously, "Yulang, do you disagree with Gongda's plan?"

For a moment, everyone turned their attention to He Yan who was attending the meeting for the first time, wanting to see what he had to say.

"No, Xun Shangshu (Cao Cao recruited Xun You as Shang Shu, Xun Yu as Shang Shuling, Xun Lingjun) has a good strategy. Uncle Miaocai and Zhang Wenyuan send troops at the same time to take Changxi in one fell swoop."

He Yan completely acted as a good man, and did not express his opinions lightly.

Seeing He Yan's behavior, Boss Cao didn't ask any more questions, and started discussing other matters instead.

This kind of meeting is exactly the same as the emperor going to court. All kinds of government affairs and military affairs have to be resolved here, so the meeting time is quite long.

While eating, Guo Jia pulled He Yan to his side and asked quietly: "Marquis Shen, just now did you have a problem with that old boy Xun You's plan?"

"It's not really an opinion."

Seeing Guo Jia's question, He Yan responded in a low voice: "I'm just thinking about how to deal with Chang Xi."

Guo Jia:  …

"Everyone is thinking that Changxi can be taken down like this, but you have already started thinking about how to deal with Changxi?"

Rao is Guo Jia's conspiracy, and he also feels a little outrageous about He Yan's "so high-minded".

He Yan disagreed: "Uncle Miaocai and Zhang Wenyuan are both famous generals in the world, and now there is no pressure from Yuan Shao, wouldn't it be easy to get Changxi?"

"Why are you so confident?"

Guo Jia talked about Chang Xi's achievements to He Yan: "Last year, Sikong sent Liu Dai and Wang Zhong to lead troops to attack Chang Xi, but they were all defeated by Chang Xi, so Sikong had no choice but to lead the army himself. How could such a person Can you easily ignore it?"

He Yan also argued with reason: "It's not that I underestimated Chang Xi, but that Feng Xiao underestimated Zhang Wenyuan."

"Besides, Feng Xiao, you just said that Chang Xi rebelled last year, and this year... If you don't deal with this person well, Donghai County should not think about An Sheng in the future."

If He Yan remembers correctly, after Zhang Liao forced Changxi to surrender, Changxi rebelled a few years later...

This is why Zhuge Liang wrote in "The List of Later Teachers" that "Cao Cao's five attacks on Changxi can't go down, and he can't cross Chaohu Lake four times."

It's not Cao Cao's cuisine, it's simply because Chang Xi is so disgusting.

Guo Jia didn't continue to ask He Yan whether Zhang Liao could beat Chang Xi, but turned around to help He Yan analyze how to deal with Chang Xi.

"Changxi? Interesting..."

At this time, Guo Jia suddenly realized that this seemed to be an extremely difficult matter.

"If so, let's kill him...Chang Xi used to be a Taishan bandit after all, and he has some friendship with Zang Ba and others. If he is killed, Zang Ba will inevitably feel sad, and thus alienate the relationship between Sikong and Zang Ba."

"If you let it go... Then it's really like Shen Hou said, this Donghai County will not live in peace in the future!"

Donghai County Unicom Qingxu, putting Changxi, a jumping pawn, in such an important position is undoubtedly asking for trouble.

"Is there any good way, Marquis Shen?"

He Yan scratched his head: "If I knew, I would have said it just now!"

After careful consideration, Guo Jia suddenly slapped his thigh: "Should Zang Ba and General Xiahouyuan send troops together? Then promise Zang Ba and others to hand over Donghai County to him after they defeat Changxi?"

Anyway, except for Guangling County, Xuzhou is basically in the hands of Xuzhou scholars. Who is in charge of Donghai County is not that important to Cao Cao.

Handing over Donghai County to Zang Ba's management will naturally eliminate the barrier of killing Chang Xi, and even make Zang Ba more loyal to Cao Cao.

"That's a good idea."

He Yan was not very familiar with the area in Xuzhou, so he felt relieved after hearing Guo Jia's suggestion.

A Changxi is big and small, but it is always uncomfortable for the common people to keep him in Xuzhou.

After eating, everyone took care of the rest of the government affairs before leaving one by one.

Only He Yan was left in the Sikong Mansion by Cao Cao, which surprised He Yan.

"What? I can't even leave you for a meal?"

Seeing the expression in He Yan's eyes, Cao Cao became a little dissatisfied: "Don't you want to stay at home when you get older? I haven't seen you staying in Sikong Mansion for a few days after coming back for so long!"

He Yan became embarrassed.

It's not that he doesn't want to stay.

He was afraid that Cao Pi and Cao Jie would really fight him hard this time...

"Baby stay for dinner tonight! Definitely!"

Seeing that He Yan was quite well-behaved, Cao Cao snorted arrogantly: "This time I want to eat fried food!"

"The child will make it for the father himself!"

"That's like talking!"

Seeing that Cao Cao was appeased, He Yan was dragged back by Cao Cao when He Yan was about to resign: "What? You don't even want to stay by Weifu's side for a while longer?"

He Yan:? ? ?
Didn't you ask me to cook? ? ?

Seeing He Yan's bewildered look, Cao Cao laughed happily: "Come here!"

He Yan immediately came to Boss Cao's side nimbly: "Father, tell me."

"I'm going to fight again soon. There shouldn't be any major battles this time. You take good care of your mother and other people in the mansion at home! Don't keep thinking about running to Mrs. Wu Hou!"

He Yan's eyes widened: "How does father know?"

"Hehe~~"

Although Cao Cao was a good wife, he didn't need to argue with He Yan. He just told He Yan: "Marquis Wu has a special status, and he also has Sun Ce's posthumous son by his side. You can decide for yourself."

"Father, don't worry! Children have no standards!"

"..."

After mentioning He Yan, Cao Cao talked about serious business with He Yan.

"Do you know why I let you be the order of Xuchang?"

"Father has someone who doesn't like it, and wants the child to kill him?"

"Almost, but it didn't let you kill someone."

Cao Cao was very satisfied with He Yan's ability to understand everything.

"Since the last spring plowing meeting, Kong Rong and others have been holding on to Yang Biao and Xinxue. You came up with this new study anyway. Wipe your own ass, don't bother others."

Because of the solar eclipse, Xinxue became famous before, but at the same time, a conservative scripture family like Kong Rong also formed a deadly feud with Xinxue.

Fortunately, with Cao Cao in Xuchang, Kong Rong and his gang can't turn the sky.

But now that Cao Cao is going to fight, he naturally has to leave a person to help him keep an eye on Kong Rong.

The position of Xu Changling is very special, low in weight, and Cao Cao can feel at ease even if he leads the troops to leave with He Yan sitting in this position.

"And..."

Cao Cao stroked his beard: "My father also wants to test the attitude of some people with the reward of ennobling you as the Order of Xuchang."

He Yan, a military general, was suddenly promoted to the order of Xuchang, which actually did not conform to the law of the Han Dynasty.

Well, despite the fact that He Yan still has the official position of "engaged in Zhonglang", he is still a general.

Even if He Yan is the Marquis of Shen, this still does not conform to Han law.

After all, He Yan was not born in the procuratorial system, and he did not have the status of "filial piety" or "maocai", so he could not be regarded as a "Qingliu" normal way to become an official.

The promotion of He Yan to the "Order of Xuchang" was actually Cao Cao's test of the aristocratic family.

It is an attempt to reform the talent promotion policy.

"The child understands!"

He Yan knew that Cao Cao had begun to dream of "Duke Zhou's Great Dream" again.

The so-called "Duke Zhou's Great Dream" is to change the current decadent rules and re-establish the order in line with the current world.

The problem is... Boss Cao seems to be going in the wrong direction.

Before the wisdom of the people was enlightened, the attempt to use the power of the poor to suppress the gentry was undoubtedly hitting a stone with an egg.

Just relying on one or two poor families to kill the accumulation of hundreds or thousands of years in a family, He Yan just wanted to ask why?
The really safe way is to use quantity to overcome quality, and then boil the frog in warm water.Either reduce the distance between the gentry and the poor, or directly reduce the size of the gentry group to prevent them from occupying too many resources.

So He Yan suggested: "Anyway, it's just a test. Why don't we wait for the child to build a few Xiangxu after he takes office as Xuchang Ling?"

Cao Cao became interested: "Tell Yulang carefully."

"The background of the aristocratic family is undoubtedly far better than that of the poor family. It is impossible for my father to support the poor family for the sake of supporting the poor family."

At present, scholars from aristocratic families crushed children from poor families in almost all aspects.

Even if Cao Cao wants to support the poor family, he can't take out a bag of wine and food, right?Not to mention that he is a crouching dragon and a phoenix when he debuts, at least he is a talented person who can govern a county.

When there are enough such "hundred-mile talents", the policy of "counties encircling counties", "counties enclosing prefectures", and "states enclosing the central government" will be implemented, and then the poor families will be able to stand up.

After the support is established, these poor families can unite to smash the old family to death, and become a new family by themselves...

There is only one way to really change this situation, and that is to make material resources unlimited and personal morality infinitely high.

So far, except for the new learning, He Yan has not been able to find a banner that can achieve this goal.

"educate."

In the end, He Yan just spit out these two words.

"Father must have enough time to do a good job in real education, so that the 'poor family' can completely defeat the 'aristocratic family'."

"Otherwise, no matter how high the 'poor family' goes, it will be like a duck without water, and it will not be a big deal."

Cao Cao looked at He Yan strangely: "Why is Yulang different today?"

"Have it?"

He Yan touched his face: "Maybe the boy has become handsome again?"

Cao Cao: ...

(End of this chapter)