Soldiers come to the world

There is a reason why Cao Cao hated the intelligence organization of the Han army in Cao Wei so much. During the Hefei war the year before last, Xianbei envoys came to Cao Wei and offered to exchange cattle and sheep for pig iron, but there was no news after that.

It wasn't until Xianbei sent someone to question again that Cao Cao knew that the envoy was missing in Youzhou. He ordered Cao Zhang to search around, and finally found the body of the Xianbei envoy in an abandoned Shuidang trail. Only then did he know that someone pretended to be Cao Zhang's cavalry and defrauded the Xianbei envoy. This was undoubtedly a disguise of the Han army.

The Han army's spies were so effective that Cao Cao felt threatened. The Han army's spies were no longer as simple as spying on intelligence, but also organized assassinations and sabotage. If they were not eradicated in time, it would cause serious trouble.

Seeing that his son Cao Pi seemed to be absent-minded, Cao Cao snorted again, "Did you hear what I said?"

Cao Pi was indeed a little distracted, he was thinking about how to tell his father about Ding Ling, his father's scolding made him startled, and he quickly bowed his head and said: "My child will start to arrange it immediately after hearing it."

Cao Cao looked at Er for a while, and he saw that Er was worried, so he asked, "Do you have anything to say to Father?"

"The boy had something important to report to his father."

"Don't hesitate, what's the matter?"

Cao Pi had no choice but to bite the bullet and take out his report, and presented it to his father, "Please look at it!"

Cao Cao took the report and read it again, frowning involuntarily, "Have so many people resigned?"

"Father, this is only Hebei, and there are Bingzhou and Yuan. I'm worried that the wave of resignations will intensify."

"Hmph! Can this threaten me?"

Cao Cao dismissed it, and said to Cao Pi: "There are many people who want to be an official. Select young talents from Taixue, and take this opportunity to replace the local government controlled by these aristocratic families."

Cao Pi was stunned, how could his father be so careless, he hurriedly said: "Father, the matter is not that simple, they will provoke the people to rebel"

"You are confused!"

The anger that Cao Cao had suppressed just now flared up again, he slapped the table and scolded: "Don't you just want me to compromise and give up the Ding Ling? I am a dying person, do you still need to do such offending things? ? Isn’t it all for you, for Cao Wei Sun Sheji!”

Cao Pi knelt down again, "Father calm down, please calm down, the child is not so miserable!"

Cao Cao felt dizzy for a while. He leaned against the screen behind him and slowly closed his eyes. After a long time, he asked slowly, "How much is the government's annual tax?"

"Report to father, about 500 million shi."

"Then we now have an army of 30. If each soldier consumes 500 shi of grain a year, we need [-] million shi for military rations a year. We also need to consider the damage caused by rats and insects. The [-] million shi official rations will be replaced by military rations." In the end, how much food is left to pay officials' salaries, daily consumption, and relief to victims of disasters, have you calculated this account?"

"Father, we can use military camps."

Cao Cao sighed softly, "Pi'er, the Han army doesn't have military garrisons. The military garrison has a great impact on training. I guess there will be a war next year. If we don't strengthen the army training, what will we use to fight the Han army? There is not enough food in reserve." , How long can the war last, Pi Er, have you forgotten the lesson of the Hefei War?"

"My child dare not forget for a moment."

"You are in charge of government affairs. You should understand why I am eager to implement the Dingling. Without self-cultivating farmers, there will not be enough food. These gentry have stored a lot of food. If we attack them, we can get military food reserves in the short term and stable financial resources in the long run. Kill two birds with one stone, as for their resistance and dissatisfaction, that is inevitable, and there is nothing to discuss, if they want to resist, suppress them, if they want to surrender to Han, then let them do whatever they want, as long as the foundation of supporting us remains unshakable, nothing else matters.”

Cao Pi originally wanted to suggest to his father to implement the Ding Ling among the powerful to balance the dissatisfaction of the gentry, but his father's last words made him afraid to say it again. After a long while, he had no choice but to say: "Father, my son is not worried about local officials The vacancy, as my father said, can appoint young scholars from Taixue to take up the post, but Hai'er is worried about the officials in Yedu. I am worried that after the adjustment of official positions in April, it will cause a wave of resignations from officials in Yedu, and I am afraid it will be difficult to deal with."

"Do you know why this happens?"

Cao Cao sneered and said, "Last autumn, the officialdom was cleaned up too hard, and the future troubles were gradually exposed. If I hadn't tried my best to keep Zhong Yao, what would have happened?"

Cao Pi originally planned to slowly lead him to Chu Ding Ling. After all, many officials were from noble families, or were disciples of several big families. The local government is too far away. The Jian'an Seven Cases in Autumn really made Cao Pi a little embarrassed.

"Father, don't do it!"

"What does it mean? People's hearts are fleshy. So many innocent people were wronged and died. Do you think others will forget it? Everything that happened in Yedu now has something to do with the clean-up of the officialdom last year."

Cao Pi didn't dare to refute, he secretly hated, obviously his father acquiesced in the Seventh Jian'an case, and now his father pushed the responsibility on himself, which made him very depressed.

At this time, Cao Cao was silent for a moment and said: "Last year in the Jian'an Seven Cases, many officials died innocently. Someone must come forward to take responsibility and give the Yedu officials an explanation. There are many, and putting the responsibility on him can also ease the dissatisfaction of Yedu officials.

A sentence suddenly popped up in Cao Pi's mind, "The cunning rabbit dies, the running dog cooks", and now Yang Tian is the running dog who wants to be cooked. Although Yang Tian is his right-hand man, his father has decided to do something to him, and Cao Pi doesn't want to do it again. Blocked, he nodded slowly, "Follow father's order!"

"Go! Dig out the intelligence points of the Han army for me as soon as possible."

Cao Pi bowed and retreated slowly. Cao Cao's eyes fell on Jiaozhou's intelligence again. He sighed a long time. He now deeply understands the so-called internal and external troubles. He will either make a compromise on the delivery order, or implement it more violently. In any case, he will store up to 200 million shi of military rations before the end of the year to deal with the risk of war next year

What Yang Tian was most afraid of happened. That night, hundreds of elite tiger guards surrounded his mansion and arrested Yang Tian. Shi Huaxin read the investigation order to him, impeaching him for corruption and perverting the law. He was removed from the position of Yushi Cheng on the spot for his misdeeds. Before Yang Tian could complain, the tiger-like guards caught him into the iron cage carriage and drove to Dali Temple Prison.

The news that the cruel official Yang Tian was arrested came out in the morning of the next day, and the government and the people were elated, and the whole Yedu was also boiling. Those families who had been killed by Yang Tian lit firecrackers one after another to celebrate the proud day.

Cao Pi did not expect that the arrest of Yang Tian would have such a huge effect, so he had to admire his father's sophistication, and at the critical moment, he caught Yang Tian to save the field, which greatly eased the oppressive atmosphere in the officialdom.

But Cao Pi is not easy. Yesterday, his father put down two tasks. One is to find out the truth about the Han army's demise in Jiaozhou. He has sent his confidant guards to Panyu. The task made him a little difficult, digging out the intelligence organization of the Han army in Cao Wei.

Of course Cao Pi knew that the Han army had secret agents in Yedu and other places, and had formed a huge intelligence network, but it was not easy to dig out this intelligence network. He had been trying to find the intelligence points of the Han army, but Always get nothing.

Last summer, his subordinates uncovered a secret organization. He thought it was an intelligence point of the Han army, but it turned out to be the remnants of the Yuan family. He was extremely disappointed. Now his father wants him to dig out the intelligence network of the Han army. Where to start?

Cao Pi paced back and forth in the official room with his hands behind his back. He originally assigned Yang Tian to do this task. Now that Yang Tian was arrested, he had to replace him. Who would be more suitable?

Just as he was thinking, a report from a guard came from outside the door: "Report to the world, Dali Cheng Zhou Yuan has something urgent to see you!"

Zhou Yuan is the number two person in Dali Temple and one of Cao Pi's capable generals. He is about 35 years old and was born in the army. He once served as Cao Ren's marching commander. He is responsible for the trial of the case.

Cao Pi cheered up, and quickly ordered: "Bring him in!"

After a while, Zhou Yuan, who was dressed in an official uniform, walked in hurriedly, bowed and saluted, "See the world!"

"Does Mr. Zhou have any good news?"

Zhou Yuan stepped forward and whispered a few words, Cao Pi was startled, "Is this serious?"

Zhou Yuan nodded, "He admitted it himself."

Cao Pi immediately gritted his teeth with hatred, "This damn guy who eats inside and outside, really deserves to be hacked into pieces!"

He immediately put on a robe and said to Zhou Yuan, "Take me to Dali Prison!"

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