Survival Three Kingdoms

Chapter 430 Northern Tour of Liaodong
When Cao Cao was promoted to prime minister, the more powerful he was, the more troublesome things he had to do, and he could arrange them as much as possible, but some things could only be thought of by himself.

First of all, it is the issue of unifying the world. The north is settled. Zhou Cang is in the east and Ma Teng is in the west. Han Sui does not need to think about using troops for the time being. The next step is to conquer Jingzhou in the south. Jingzhou is the waist of the world. Only by taking Jingzhou can we make progress Yangzhou in the southeast and Yizhou in the southwest.Dong Zhao excavated a large amount of earth and rocks in Dajian Yedu and Tongquetai. Cao Cao ordered to continue to dig deep, divert water from the Zhang River to build an artificial lake, named Xuanwu Pool, and transferred Yu Jin and Mao Jie to practice the navy.How can the small Xuanwu Pool be compared with the rolling Yangtze River? The so-called navy is just practicing rowing.

The second question is about the emperor Liu Xie. He is restless towards Liu Xie, and often engages in small tricks and tricks. Cao Cao is very dissatisfied, but he has no good solution. Criticizing Xun Yu put Xun Yu in a dilemma.

The third question is the most difficult. Although Zhou Cang has been cooperating with him, he has gained a lot of advantages. How to use Zhou Cang and what Zhou Cang's plan is really unclear.In theory, Zhou Cang now controls Xuzhou, Pingzhou, and Jeju, and half of Qingzhou. This is not in line with the court's laws, let alone Cao Cao's interests.Cao Cao had imagined countless possibilities. The most ideal ending was that Zhou Cang would give up Xuzhou and Qingzhou without using swords or guns. In return, he would give Zhou Cang all the interests in the north of Jinzhou and make Zhou Cang the Northwest King.

But to achieve this goal, with the current military strength, it is obvious that Zhou Cang cannot be forced to submit. Then the only way is to unify the world and form a squeeze on Xuzhou, so that Zhou Cang has to give up Xuzhou.In the process of unifying the world, we still need to rely on the power of Zhou Cang. One is to rely on his military power, especially the navy. If Sun Quan refuses to surrender in the future, there will be a war. Obviously, his own navy cannot conquer the Yangtze River.The second is to take advantage of Zhou Cang's current changes to suppress the gentry class that still has absolute influence and consolidate Cao's rights.

Cao Cao has sufficient reason to believe that Guo Jia's suicide note also meant this.Then the most urgent task is to appease Zhou Cang, let him be his help, and take Jingzhou as soon as possible to form a deterrent to the southwest and southeast.Thinking of this, Cao Cao immediately sent someone to send a letter to Cao Ren, ordering Cao Ren to use troops tentatively against Liu Bei who was stationed in Xinye, and to test the reactions of Liu Biao and Liu Bei.

In the 11th and 12th year of Jian'an's major exams, Xuzhou did not have any outstanding talents.The prestige of Cao Cao has been resounding all over the world, and students have flocked to Yedu and Xudu. After all, that is the center of the world, and most people are optimistic that Cao Cao can unify the world. How can anyone not want to be an official at the foot of the emperor? .On the contrary, there are more people studying in Xuzhou in subjects such as calendar, mathematics, and infrastructure.Zhou Cang thinks this is very reasonable. Such a large number of middle and lower classes are employed in Xuzhou. Pragmatic people who lay a solid foundation are the mainstay of Xuzhou.

After discussing with Zhou Wen, Zhou Cang decided to inspect Liaodong. It has been five years, and he doesn't know what Liaodong is like. There are many major events there that need Zhou Cang to plan and decide.

In September of the 12th year of Jian'an, Zhou Cang took Wu Gang's independent camp, Dianman's personal guard camp, and Deng Ai across the Bohai Sea to Lushun. He was accompanied by Liu Qing all the way to the north. The busy scene of autumn harvest in various places was no longer barren and barren. Situation, when the common people heard that Marquis Liao was making an inspection tour in person, they knelt down one by one and called out to their benefactors.

Zhou Cang accepted the kindness of the people but frowned. He ordered Liu Qing to cancel the kneeling ceremony in Liaodong from now on. Hands over, and those who kneel down will be fined with a stone.

Both Liu Qing and Wu Gang were born in the army and didn't think much of it. This order spread to Xiangping and caused quite a stir in the officialdom.Wu Gang also asked that since the etiquette of civilians and officials has been established, should it be standardized and unified in the military?Soldiers and generals have armor on their bodies, which is obviously not conducive to bowing, and they all hold weapons in their hands, which is not conducive to clasping fists and bowing hands.

There are many military salutes in later generations. Zhou Cang thought about it again and again, and finally decided to perform only one military salute: the right hand is clenched and fisted on the left chest, and equals respect each other.However, it is not allowed to salute in wartime to avoid being found by the enemy.The soldiers and civilians performed their own salutes, but Zhou Cang himself only had to nod his head.

As soon as this order was issued, it spread rapidly in the army and was immediately implemented, with good results.It's just that some people made a slight change. Originally, the right fist was intended to be placed on the left chest, and some people changed it into a right fist and beat the left chest. They were even imitated. Zhou Cang just smiled and said, "Don't punch too hard." Unexpectedly, the soldiers listened When it comes to Zhou Cang, he beats harder. It depends on who is louder. For example, Dianman often says that his subordinates are not strong enough.

Liu Qing introduced to Zhou Cang that Mi Zhen's achievements in Liaodong are really great. Through his efforts, Liaodong people can also eat southern rice, and the yield of new grains in Liaodong has increased by nearly [-]%. With the use of farm tools and waterwheels, Zhou Cang originally wanted to meet Mi Zhen, but learned that Mi Fang brought Mi Zhen to Jeju as soon as he came, and invested in local agricultural production.

After a glimpse of leopards and seeing Lushun and other places in southern Liaoning, Zhou Cang had a general understanding of the agricultural situation and quickly went north to Xiangping.Inspector Zhang Jiong and Pingbei General Pei Yuanshao led the civil and military general Zhou Cang to welcome the governor's mansion. They encircled and suppressed them for five years, and they were extraordinarily intimate.

"It took five years to build Liaodong in an orderly manner, and Ziming and Yuan Shao have contributed a lot."

"This is the result of the lord's planning and everyone's concerted efforts." The two said modestly.

"Yuanba returned to Xuzhou to tell about the situation in Liaodong. I am very relieved. Ziming will explain it to me again."

"My lord, the current population of the counties in eastern Liaodong has reached 120 million, double that of the beginning of the year." Zhang Jiong said proudly, "The reason for the rapid growth is that 20 people immigrated from Xuzhou, and the second is from Jizhou and Youzhou. And Wuhuan moved nearly 30 people, and it is due to the increase in births and life expectancy in recent years."

Zhou Cang nodded. The migration population is an absolute majority, and his own reproduction is very small, but now that the base number has increased, the number of births will also increase.

"Liaodong is now self-sufficient in its production, but it still needs a large amount of supply for the two prefectures, so it still needs to buy a large amount of grain from Jiangdong to meet the needs of the two. I estimate that this situation will take at least two to three years, Only then can it be relieved. Liu Li has found iron ore and coal, and he can mine [-] catties a year. Now there is no shortage of armor and weapons in the army, and there is coal and charcoal for heating in winter, so it is not difficult."

(End of this chapter)