Survival Three Kingdoms

Chapter 702 Why is the father not happy?

It is most normal to eradicate eunuchs and meddle in politics, but one of the chief culprits of the chaos in the world is caused by the ten permanent servants controlling the government.Although the original intention of the first emperor Liu Zhi to reuse and favor the ten permanent attendants was to balance and contain relatives and scholar-bureaucrats, all the blame was taken by the eunuchs.

The problem is that this decree should have been issued by the emperor, but it is unreasonable for Wei Wang Cao Pi to issue it.In addition, since Cao Cao welcomed the emperor, all the power has fallen into the hands of the Cao family, and the eunuchs live like walking on thin ice, how can they have any power?When Cao Cao was alive, there were no relevant decrees. Why did Cao Pi issue them with great fanfare as soon as he came to power.

As a result, many people keenly sensed the difference. Cao Pi was not satisfied with being the king of Wei, and Cao Pi wanted to become emperor!

As for the Jiupin Zhongzheng system, it seems to be beneficial to clarify the governance of officials and establish the criteria for selecting people to be officials: family background, morality, and talent.But whose hands did Zhongzheng fall into?Gentlemen, wealthy families!
When Cao Cao was in power, he put talent first, regardless of his background, and he could tolerate small losses in virtue, so the relationship with the gentry was not harmonious.Therefore, someone soon interpreted that Cao Pi was trying to ease the relationship between the Cao family and the gentry and gain their support.Further interpretation is that Cao Pi wants to make more use of scholars to strike a balance with the Cao clan.

What is the purpose of Cao Pi's relationship with the gentry?proclaim oneself emperor!Why did Cao Pi want to balance the clan?The clan has too much power, and Cao Pi is worried, not because he is worried about his own status, but because it is not conducive to the governance of the country. The ultimate goal is to become emperor!

Hua Xin, Hua Ziyu, Liu Ye and Liu Ziyang quickly interpreted Cao Pi's thoughts, and put them into action first, publicizing the great achievements of Cao's father and son, and began to plan for Liu Xie's Zen throne to be replaced by the emperor in Cao Pi.Veteran officials such as Jia Xu and Zhong Yao consciously handed over this achievement to these new batch of competent officials; while Wu Zhi, Chen Qun and other Cao Pi confidants are still waiting, waiting for the reaction of everyone in the court.

At this time, Cao Pi abandoned the Jian'an year name that had been used for 25 years, and changed it to Yankang, which was the first year of Yankang.

Zhou Chong excitedly reported Cao Cao's death to Zhou Cang.Contrary to his expectations, Zhou Cang did not show much surprise, but sighed and remained silent.

"Why doesn't the father like it?" Zhou Xin asked in surprise.

"Although Cao Mengde is my opponent, he is still a hero!" Zhou Cang sighed sincerely.When he first debuted, Zhou Cang wanted to rely on Cao Cao, the big tree, and hoped that Cao Cao could change history. Starting from flattening eunuchs and refusing Dong Zhuo to enter Beijing, Zhou Cang made a lot of efforts to save Cao Cao's life several times. He unswervingly supported and helped Cao Cao, but failed to change the course of history. In the end, he had to rely on himself.

Zhou Cang couldn't pay homage to Cao Cao because of this sadness, let alone send someone to mourn Cao Cao. I don't know what kind of commotion this will cause.I can only express my emotion on a small scale: "Without Cao Mengde, the world would not know what kind of chaos it would be."

Zhou Chong thought this was a great opportunity, "Cao Cao's new funeral, people's hearts are fluctuating, it's a good opportunity for me to use troops, why don't you take advantage of this to raise troops?"

"What does Yuan Zhi think?" Zhou Cang was a little moved.

Xu Shu frowned: "Reporting information from all parties, Cao Zhang, Xiahou Dun, Cao Zhen, and Zhang Liao are very strict against me. If we send troops, it will inevitably set off a big battle. Now our troops are slightly insufficient."

The larger the chassis, the longer the battle line, and the scattered troops, while Cao Jun's defense line was shortened and denser.On the southern front of the main battlefield, Xu Huang's southern army was almost wiped out, and it has not recovered its vitality until now. A group of recruits are too embarrassing to use as the main force.On the northern line, although only 2 troops were lost in the recapture of northern Xinjiang, another 5000 troops were allocated to garrison due to the new construction of Mengzhou, and there were not many troops available in Bingzhou and Jizhou.Then only the Eastern Front is left, that is, sending troops from Qingzhou to attack Yanzhou.Although Xu Shu has many tricks, fundamentally Xu Shu is very cautious.

Duanmuling laughed and said, "How can there be a battle where everything is ready? I am not prepared enough, and Cao Pi is even more so. In my opinion, the two governors, Jun Yi and Yuan Shao, are going south. The Lord's troops leave Qingzhou, and there will be another battle of Guandu." .Unfortunately, the lord is not Yuan Shao, and Cao Pi is not Cao Cao either!"

Another Guandu?Xu Shu smiled wryly: "Zifan, do you know that Yuan Shao's army was able to cross the river because the Yellow River was frozen in winter, and now that the flood season is approaching, my Yellow River navy is not ready yet, how can I send the army and food across the river?" Xu Shu also said It's embarrassing to say that Pei Yuanshao's leadership ability is not as good as Cao Zhen's.

Pei Yuanshao is Zhou Cang's shortcoming. He may be a good logistics minister or a general who defends the city while taking advantage of his position, but he is by no means an excellent war commander.Zhou Cang suddenly thought that it was not very good to put Wu Gang in the position of governor of Bingzhou. His military ability is far better than politics.Where is Deng Ai?Too young, not enough prestige, not to mention Deng Ai is still his student.

"If you can't fight big, then fight small. Cao Cao died, and Cao Zhang must go to the funeral. Send Deng Ai to Bingzhou, and let Jun Yi raise his troops to go south to capture Gaoping." It seems that it is impossible to start a big war in a short time, Zhou Cang made up his mind. "Let Ma Xiu go to Jizhou again, and Pei Yuanshao to train his troops and prepare to go south."

It's not that no one can replace Pei Yuanshao, except for Deng Ai who is inexperienced, Yu Jin who is far away in Taizhou is both wise and brave, but Yu Jin still lacks the running-in with the Han army, and he will be a surprise soldier who will raid Jiangdong in the future, so Zhou Cang will not move easily The ban.He planned to ask Deng Ai to practice in Bingzhou first, so that he could take over Pei Yuanshao's class.

Xun Chen raised a very practical question. If Jian'an was changed to Yankang, should Zhou Cang's rule also be changed to Yankang?Otherwise, it will cause confusion in time, and the joke of Jian'an's 26th year cannot appear.And he also raised another concern: gold and silver coins have year names, and in the future, if the yuan is changed, it will not be necessary to change the mold every time.

This problem is really troublesome. Only Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty is already the sixth year name. The shortest use is only one or two years. It is just that Jian'an has used it for 25 years so that Zhou Cang ignored the problem of changing the Yuan. Even every emperor in the Ming and Qing Dynasties had their own. own year number.

Zhou Cang thought for a long time, and finally came up with a plan: "It has been 420 years since Emperor Gaozu established my Han Dynasty. I intend to count the years by this. As long as my Han Dynasty lasts forever, the method of counting the years will not change!"

"This method is good!" Duanmuling clapped his hands.Starting the time with the year of Liu Bang's founding of the country, others can't find any faults, and it won't appear abrupt and disrespectful to today's world, but it will appear that Zhou Cang cares about the big man.

Therefore, the Privy Council issued a decree to adopt this method in all future years. That year was the 25nd year of the Han Dynasty, and the [-]th year of Jian'an or the first year of Yankang was no longer mentioned.The coins were minted in this way from the following year, and Jian'an Wenxuan was renamed Dahan Wenxuan.

(End of this chapter)