Survival Three Kingdoms

Chapter 145 Don't worry
In the first year of Jian'an, Xuchang was also known as Xudu since the emperor's capital here.When Cao Cao built the city, he divided the imperial palace and the minister's mansion, and organized a welfare housing distribution according to the position. After that, unless he was a new minister, he had to buy land and build houses at a price.

The children of poor scholars don't pay much attention to it. Since there is a house allocated by the unit, they can live in it with peace of mind and don't think about it.The sons of the gentry had a lot of money and felt that the house they were allotted was too small, so they tried to build another house or bought the neighbors and expanded it.Cao Cao put all the income into the national treasury. Although no penny fell into Cao Cao's personal pocket, he was still crowned as greedy and profit-seeking.

There were not many residents in Xuchang, because the capital is here, and hundreds of officials gather to stimulate consumption. The real estate, transportation and catering industries are the leading industries, driving various local industries and economies. Foreign merchants come here to pan for gold. There are many handicraftsmen. Although Luoyang is not as prosperous as it used to be, it is more prosperous because of the stability of public security, genuine goods at a fair price, fair trading, and no exorbitant taxes.

Ever since a few sons of the gentry were beaten up by Man Chong for cheating on their debts, and they were arrested and ordered to be redeemed by their families, the merchants have gained more confidence and confidence.However, Man Chong was dubbed a cruel official, and Cao Cao was criticized by Qingliu for maintaining Man Chong's impartial law enforcement.

Xudu is stable and prosperous, and the ministers finally ended their lives of starvation and fear. However, all these were ignored intentionally or unintentionally. While building houses, taking concubines, and recruiting servants, they complained that they were treated unfairly .

After Cao Cao welcomed back the emperor Liu Xie, he always felt internal and external troubles every day, and he was restless. After some cleaning in Yanzhou, Zhang Miao, Zhang Chao, and Chen Gong were cleaned up. I don’t know how many unstable factors are still there; Minister Liu Xiehe With their arrival, there must be some people who are not with him, but they haven't shown it yet, and there are still many hidden dangers.Externally, my sphere of influence is still too small, surrounded by princes, with Yuan Shao in the north, Yuan Shu and Liu Biao in the south, Liu Bei and Lu Bu in the east, and only Li Jue and Guo Si in the west have little power. They are in Guanzhong If you fight together, you can ignore it.

Fortunately, Yuan Shao is currently competing with Gongsun Zan, and he can't take care of himself for the time being. Zhou Cang in the east can check Liu Bei and Lu Bu for him.

The financial problem is the most difficult problem that plagues Cao Cao. You can fight wits and courage with the enemy, but if you don't have money and food, can you change it?With so many more people all of a sudden, the already stretched money and food were completely exhausted.Fortunately, there is something reassuring. The locust plague has finally passed. This year's rain is plentiful. It is estimated that it will be a bumper year. By stimulating domestic demand, Xuchang's economic prosperity will increase some financial resources.

However, all these are far from enough, and far from quenching thirst.Cao Cao had no choice but to seek financial assistance from foreign aid.Lu Bu and Yuan Shu were enemies who would only make things worse, and Liu Bei who turned to Yuan Shao would only sell lip service. Yuan Shao asked Cao Cao to send the emperor to Hebei, so only Zhou Cang was very generous and sent [-] rock salt and [-] cattle.Then there is Liu Biao of Jingzhou, who offered some tributes symbolically.Ever since, Cao Cao became a big salt dealer, selling salt to Hebei in exchange for property and food.

Don't worry, you have to worry about everything.Cao Cao suffered from another headache, and many good doctors could only relieve it but could not relieve it.

On this day, Cao Cao felt better and summoned his subordinates to discuss matters in the mansion.Xi Zhicai has died of illness, and the main counselors are Xun Yu, Xun You, Cheng Yu, Guo Jia, Mao Jie, and Dong Zhao.The generals are: Xiahou Dun, Xiahouyuan, Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Cao Xiu, Cao Chun of the Cao clan, the old generals Jin, Man Chong, and Le Jin when Chen Liu started his army, and the surrendered generals Zhu Ling, Han Hao, and Shi Huan.

"Everyone, now we have welcomed the emperor to make Xuchang his capital, but the situation is very serious. What is the best way to convene everyone today?" Cao Cao said.Alas, there is a lack of money, food, soldiers, and people, but there is no shortage of enemies.

Xun Yu said: "My lord, no matter whether you are in the court or in the opposition, people's hearts are uncertain. Now it is time to stabilize people's hearts, recruit talents, and diligently improve government affairs. Yanzhou has been exhausted after several wars. More soldiers. It is better to vigorously promote farming, self-sufficiency within three years, and enough food for soldiers within five years. In addition, I suggest: First, promulgate a ban on alcohol, prohibiting private wine making and selling. Second, encourage the common people and big households Offer food to the court."

"Alcohol prohibition, yes." Cao Cao mused, "If the common people and big households donate to lose, wouldn't that be selling officials and nobles? If it's just a reward, I'm afraid not many people are willing to give it out, and it is inevitable that some people will make use of it. This one Let's adjourn for now."

Cao Cao sighed: "You showed me Kong Wenju's memorial the day before yesterday. He said that he should cultivate virtue and implement benevolent government, and he also said that King Wen of Zhou won the hearts of the princes of the world with a land of hundreds of miles. It is a school of pedantry. If he can speak The feudal lords lay down their arms and serve the imperial court, so I, Sikong, don't do it."

"Hey, don't say it's him, even his ancestors had no food for two days and were panicked like a bereaved dog," Cao Cao said more and more angrily, "I heard that when he was in Beihai, he didn't teach the people how to farm, weave, fish and herd. Running schools and giving lectures everywhere, blindly preaching to the people, not thinking about the hunger and suffering of the people, and some people fainted from hunger in the school. Thousands of remnants of the yellow scarves beat him to find his teeth all over the floor, crying for help. When Yuan Shao occupied Qingzhou, how did he Why don't you try to reason with Yuan Shao? Then why didn't you have the ambition to be a piece of jade rather than a tile?"

Xun You said: "Kong Wenju doesn't understand military and state affairs, why should my lord bother with him?"

"The clear will be clear, and the turbid will be turbid." Dong Zhao said, "My lord, don't block the way of speech because of one person's words."

"Let's not talk about him, the most annoying thing is that he still has a large number of followers." Cao Cao waved his hand like waving away flies, and couldn't help but said, "It's just that time waits for no one. Now that the princes are divided, we are in Surrounded by the feudal lords, the power is alone and the power is alone. If you don’t expand as soon as possible, you will be under the people. How can you unify the world?”

Xun You said self-consciously: "We must vigorously cultivate the land, and also stabilize the defense of Yanzhou. You can refer to the strategy of far-distance and close-attack. Now the closest to Xuchang is Wancheng. For the city, you can take Wancheng as the first barrier, and you can also beat Liu Biao of Jingzhou."

Cao Cao said worriedly: "I also intend to send troops to Wancheng, but this will leave Yanzhou empty. What if Yuan Shao, Liu Bei or Lu Bu take advantage of the opportunity to attack?"

Cao Cao set out to conquer Xuzhou, and Lu Bu captured most of Yanzhou. The shadow of being almost homeless lingered in Cao Cao's heart. With Liu Xie, a big piece of fat, he didn't know how many people were staring at him.

(End of this chapter)