Three Kingdoms: The opening incorporates Li Cunxiao

Chapter 635 A whimsical idea

Chang'an remains prosperous.

It's just that as Cao Cao traveled all the way, it was difficult to find the familiarity he once had in this bustling city.

Here, the opposite door to the Wei Palace is not the General's Palace.

In the palace, the skinless monkeys were chasing and fighting.

Outside Wuyang Gate, there are no out-of-town vendors who stay there all year round to get a glimpse of the sky.

Even the Yunxiao Pavilion, which he personally ordered to build, is not what he remembered.

Cao Cao raised his whip and pointed at the majestic city wall: "Zi Qian captured your sworn brother Ma Chao at the foot of Chang'an City. Now, can you still point out the place where he captured the horse?"

Zhang Wu shook his head helplessly: "My father-in-law is in a difficult position. Time has changed, and today's Chang'an is Chang'an, but it is not Chang'an, at least it is not the Chang'an I am familiar with."

Cao Cao chuckled and shook his head. Not to mention Zhang Wu Changan took Ma Chao, and then forged a deep brotherhood.

In all the historical documents in this world, there is no record of the friendship between Zhang and Ma.

And Ma Mengqi eventually voted for Liu Xuande.

It is this sudden sense of confusion that reminds Cao Cao all the time that this world is not a continuation of history.

Zhang Wu had explained this to him a long time ago.

But it was precisely the existence of such a sense of confusion that made Cao Cao relax.

The more outstanding a monarch is, the more perfectionist he is.

If things really go as recorded in the historical documents of this world: the Cao family is exterminated, the Hu people invade the south, the Jin people move south, and the Central Plains is devastated.

If this is the case, Cao Cao would rather not be the supreme leader of the Ninth Five-Year Plan.

At the same time, such a tragic history also tightened the string that Cao Cao was about to loosen at any time.

A mediocre person, doing nothing, coveting glory and getting by.

The British Lord has great ambitions and is working hard to make the country peaceful and the people healthy.

Of course Cao Cao is the wise master.

But he's going to do more than that.

Now that he has learned from the past through the fog of history, he will nip all possible and impossible hidden dangers in the cradle.

He wants to be the eternal king who leads the nation to the top of the world and stands there forever!
"After the southern land is pacified, it would be better for Ziqian to go to the Mobei grassland. There are many remnants of the barbarians there."

Cao Cao said softly without starting or ending.

Zhang Wu naturally knew that the southern land Cao Cao was talking about was not the Southern Jin Dynasty of the Sima family, let alone the barbarians in this world.

"Does my father-in-law want me to avoid any future troubles?"

Cao Cao shook his head: "Mencius says that one is born in sorrow and dies in happiness. How can a country without foreign enemies last long?"

"If it's not a permanent problem, I can't possibly give them food and drink, right?"

"Hahahaha, I can't do this stupid thing to raise a bandit's self-respect. Besides, even if you, the mighty prairie devil, are really going to deliver food and drink, I'm afraid not many barbarians would dare to use it."

Zhang Wu became even more confused after hearing this.

"Father-in-law, please stop being so secretive. I don't understand."

"Imagine, as long as you appear on the grassland, these remaining tribes will be forced to unite under the stimulation of external forces and will not be annexed by other ethnic groups or even dissipate."

"And then?" "And then? I ask you, how do the Hu people make a living?"

"Nomad."

"I can form a Northern Army and plunder half of the cattle and sheep from them every year. After the world is at peace, generals who have served in the Northern Army for more than three years can be granted the title of marquis. Princes who personally serve in the Northern Army for two years can Only those above can obtain inheritance rights.”

What a beautiful thought!

Zhang Wu heard a black line, but he couldn't directly criticize Cao Cao's whims: "My father-in-law's idea is not bad. It not only provides a controllable range of foreign troubles, but also gets a huge pasture that does not require any investment. But the problem is that he is reckless. People are not fools. If they can’t be beaten, how can they not run away?”

"So I want you to go. In my lifetime, I plan to build a Great Wall imitating the First Emperor at the border of the Hu people's activities, and you will be the supervisor of my plan."

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The Great Wall is one of the ten wonders of China. How much manpower and material resources did it take to build?
And how long would it take for the Great Wall to contain the barbarians? I'm afraid two thousand miles are not enough.

On the grassland, transportation of materials, continuous labor input, and most importantly, preventing the barbarians from causing trouble, and ensuring that after the construction of the fortifications is completed, the barbarians still live within the confinement area.

Moreover, once the construction of the long Great Wall is completed, several more cities will have to be built to supply the garrison troops.

These are all big problems.

But as the saying goes, the land is as productive as the people are bold.

There are things that you are not afraid of not being able to do, but that you are afraid of not thinking about.

"Since my father-in-law has such ambitions, Zhang Wu will accompany him to the end."

After walking around Chang'an for a while, Cao Cao was also a little tired.

In the next few days,

Cao Cao inspected the current Northern Wei's administration, economy, agriculture, and laws in detail.

Then, he played with Cao You in the last few.

It's the day,

Pavilions in the palace.

"When I was sixteen, I rode my horse, flying eagle, and dog on the streets of Luoyang, befriending the Yuan brothers Shao and Shu. I wandered around the place of wine and sex every day, feeling confused and unhappy."

"Master Xuan, are the Yuan brothers called Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu? Why are they all ambitious traitors in the history books you read? Why would Master Xuan be friends with such people?"

Cao Cao really liked this great-great-grandson from the bottom of his heart, otherwise he wouldn't have called himself 'Old Man'.

At this time, he lovingly stopped Cao You and shook him gently.

"A traitor? Is this what your father taught you?"

"It's not my father's words, it's just what the teachers said."

This sentence made Cao Cao laugh, and then he fell into reminiscing: "Let's not mention Yuan Shu for the moment. Yuan Shao has a good appearance, a little magnanimity, and strategy. He treats friends kindly, values ​​righteousness and despises wealth and silk. Put it aside. Regardless of his position, he can be called a good friend."

At the end of the stay.

What Cao Cao told Cao You was not about country-governing strategies or lofty ambitions.

Instead, he carefully taught this great-great-grandson of later generations how to teach his friends.

It was such a lonely position.

Cao Cao hoped that Cao You would at least make a few good friends before ascending to that position.

(End of this chapter)