Survival Three Kingdoms

Chapter 687 Zhou Cang Reigns as King (1)

Xu Shu is used to Zhou Cang's whimsical ideas, especially some practices that have been verified after many years, but he still raised his doubts.

History has changed. As a latecomer, Zhou Cang gradually felt that he was losing his foreknowledge of events. The reversal of the time of the Battle of Hanzhong and the flooding of the Seventh Army is the best example. Lu Xun left the camp of Sun Quan and went to the North Conquest will further change the course of history.

Naturally, Zhou Cang would not say that he was taking precautions to prevent the occurrence of the "five random China" from bringing huge disasters to the Central Plains and the Han people.I can only explain to Xu Shu, take advantage of your illness to kill you, take advantage of the chaos among the various tribes in the north and the decline of power, and solve your worries.As for giving Cao Cao and Sun Quan a chance to breathe, there is a better explanation. Losing Jingzhou and Guan Yu, Liu Bei must have an explanation, whether it is for the sake of face or to his subordinates. There will be a big battle between Sun and Liu soon. Dare to provoke himself, so he will definitely seek to gain benefits in the battle between Sun and Liu.At that time, it will be decided whether to attack Cao Cao or Sun Quan first.To put it bluntly, strength is everything.My current chassis is large enough, so I am not in a hurry to expand. The most urgent task is to develop, enrich the population and expand the force.

Zhou Cang originally planned to expand the five land armies and naval forces to 10 in three to five years, with a total force of 60.With so many troops, there is a lot of pressure from the economy and the source of troops. Normally, 800 people can support one soldier, which requires [-] million people. I don’t even have half of it. If you want to expand the army, you will be militaristic. An army with enough support is a paper tiger.

Xu Shu still strongly agreed with this statement, so he turned to the issue of being a king. Xu Shu suggested that since Zhou Cang did not set up a fief, it does not matter Liao Wang, Yan Wang, Qi Wang, and it is better to simply be called the Regent.

The so-called regency is to assist the monarch who is temporarily unable to handle state affairs. During the Western Zhou Dynasty, the Duke of Zhou was the regent, and Wang Mang of this dynasty.Zhou Cang shook his head, although the name is good, it is not appropriate.

Xu Shu also suggested that he be called the King of Political Affairs.Uh~~~ Zhou Cang had a chill, it was really hard for Xu Shu to come up with these two names, those who didn’t know thought Xu Shu came from the Qing Dynasty, isn’t the regent Dorgon, isn’t the deliberative king Guizi Liu?
Forget it, the King of Discussion is much better than the King of Regents. The Regent is often suspected of usurping the throne, and sooner or later the Regent will be returned to the King, while the Discussion of Government can continue forever, and this title is obviously softer and more reliable.

After discussing the title, it is time to determine the official position.The imperial court formally appointed Zhou Cang as General Zhengdong and Xuzhou Mu. Later, Sun Quan pretended to be General Hussars, but Cao Cao ignored him, and Zhou Cang called himself General Hussars.Since he is called king, his official position must also be promoted.Cao Cao is now king of Wei, prime minister, and Mu of Jizhou. Xu Shu suggested that Zhou Cang be the general.In view of the current chaotic official position system, especially since the emperor is still in the hands of Cao Cao, Zhou Cang had no choice but to adopt Xu Shu's suggestion.

After sending Xu Shu away, Zhou Cang began to think again.According to historical records, Cao Cao can live for another three to five years. After Cao Pi succeeds, he will force Xiandi to proclaim himself emperor. I don't know if it will develop like this.If it develops to this point in the future and I have to find a way to rescue Liu Xie, then the formation of a new central government will be a matter of course, and I can establish a new political system and social order according to my own ideas.

Thinking of this, Zhou Cang secretly ordered Zhou Chong to come to Jinan quickly.

With the introduction of a series of new measures, various departments and states are busy. The busiest of them is Jiang Gan, the Department of Propaganda and Education. The editorial department has just started on the right track, and the fund department has also been launched. It is not easy to do a good job of publicity and guidance. Zhou Cang had no choice but to transfer the chief bookkeeper Pengcheng Zhanghua and Guangling Chen Jun to Jiang Gan, and the six chief bookkeepers under him became two again, Jinan Liu Xuan and Tancheng Zhang Miao.Wang Can, the head of the Honglu Division, was seconded to Sun Qian to organize the academy.

At the end of October, messages from all over the place returned, and without exception, Zhou Cang was urged to become king.In November of the 22nd year of Jian'an, Zhou Cang proclaimed himself King of Discussion and General, and sent envoys to Jiangdong Zhi and Sun Quan, the Lord of Wu.

At this time, Zhou Cang has spent 53 years in this era. Since he was born in the impoverished Peijia Village, Zhou Cang has been struggling for survival. Chen Deng, the first nobleman in his family, got his first pot of gold by selling salt.Then I got to know Mi Fang and Gan Gong, relying on Gan Gong's recommendation to become Tao Qian's master book, officially entered the official career, and at this time formed his first team: Pei Yuanshao, Gan Chi, Chen Zhong, Dian Wei, Zhang Jaw, Zhang Jiong, Liu Li, and became acquainted with Gongsun Zan.

At the age of 20, he traveled west with Tao Qian and met Lu Bu on the way. In Xiliang, he was appreciated by Zhang Wen for his bravery and wisdom.The contacts with Dong Zhuo and Niu Fu have accumulated contacts for him, and relying on Niu Fu's support, he has his own team.

At the age of 22, he returned to Luoyang with Tao Qian, met Cao Cao, and started a 30-year grievance with him; he recruited Zhou Chong and Zhou Xi, two people who should not have existed. At the age of 24, he was excluded in Xuzhou, but he took the opportunity to open up two bases, Wonigang and Dabie Mountain, to gather people, money and food for himself.

At the age of 26, he followed Cao Cao to participate in Yuan Shao's crusade against Dong Zhuo; at the age of 30, he went to Guanzhong, took the emperor Liu Xiedong from Li Jue and Guo Si, and took Xu Huang and Li Ru under his command. At the age of 32, he served as the prefect of Guangling, opened a college, and trained talents. At the age of 34, he took advantage of the battle between Cao and Liu to obtain half of Xuzhou. At the age of 36, he took advantage of the battle of Cao Yuan at Guandu and became the governor of Xuzhou.

In the past 20 years, Zhou Cang has been tossing and turning among the powerful vassals, becoming one of the vassals from the cracks, opening the prelude to the struggle for supremacy in the world.After that, he crossed the sea to attack Liao, flattened and wiped out the Japanese, and used Liaodong as a base to capture the four prefectures of You, Ji, Qing, and Bing, and completely became the overlord of one party.

37 years, a flick of a finger.Looking back on the past, Zhou Cang only sighed.Although the current status mainly depends on one's own control of history and knowledge of talents, how many twists and turns and dangers are there?It's not easy for someone to start a business from nothing, steal graves, dig people's corners, deceive Yuan Shu, deceive Cao Cao, kidnap Xu Shu, deceive Li Ru, and finally climb to the top.

Zhou Cang suddenly thought that perhaps the situation where Cao Pi, Liu Bei, and Sun Quan proclaimed themselves emperors successively would not appear, then the Three Kingdoms might not appear on the stage of history again.How should this period of history be written?Where will the future historical development go?

"Uncle, what's the matter? Sometimes he is in a daze, and sometimes laughs..." Dianman looked at Zhou Cang, wondering.

(End of this chapter)