Chapter 316: Human King! [Subscribe]

Don't want to pay attention to me?

It's okay, I guess the Scarlet Sky Sword wants to be reserved. I'll try again another day... Cao Cao made fun of himself.

Twilight.

He walked along the inner corridor, his increasingly strong body swaying, and returned to the bedroom.

Diao Chan has also stood up and is tying her hair. She is only wearing a small dress, and looks graceful.

When she saw Cao Cao, Diao Chan happily stepped forward, took a hair crown and put it on him, and helped him put on his royal robe.

The two of them went to the study together.

Wen Ji yawned and came over.

When he saw Cao Cao, he rolled his eyes at his boss.

Cao Cao saw Wen Ji yesterday, and they exchanged glances. Wen Ji thought he would come over in the evening, so she dressed up carefully and waited until midnight, but he didn't come.

In the study, Yin had already arrived to reserve a seat.

It is in the position closest to Cao Cao, where the tiger sits.

Cao Cao came to the main seat and began to manage affairs and check the files on the table.

People who traveled back and forth brought him news from all over the world.

Occasionally, Xun Yu, Xun You, Xi Zhicai who had just returned from a census of grain supplies, and officials from other places who came to report on their work would come in one after another.

It's approaching noon.

Cao Cao called Guo Jia and ordered Liu Bian to report that someone was embezzling food and money in the local area.

When Cao Wei was first established, some people privately occupied local grain reserves.

This matter needs to be investigated thoroughly and the scope of investigation should be expanded.

If the tendency of embezzlement of food and wages is not curbed and gradually expands, and other places follow suit, it will become a disaster!
When Cao Cao heard this yesterday, he was actually very angry.

Jia Xu and Bian Mei had also obtained similar information before.

He asked Guo Jia to preside over Jia Xu's information system and be responsible for coordination.

Cao Cao then called other people to discuss how to improve the relevant laws.

"In the past few years, the Han Dynasty had accumulated a lot of problems, and there were internal and external troubles, which led to chaos in the country and refugees everywhere."

"We have just established our country and there is a lot of work to be done. If we are to talk about the strategy for rejuvenation, the first thing is to ensure that the people have enough food to eat!

Then we talk about governance.”

"It is not easy for all of us to come together and put down the rebellion over several years.

You must control your relatives and not engage in internal strife. If you have the strength, unite to face the outside world and try to transfer internal conflicts to the outside world."

Led by Xun Yu, all the civil and military officials were called to the study.

Including Zheng Xuan, who was equivalent to the Minister of Education, and also sat in the third position among civil servants.

His identity is different, not because his official position is high enough.

Cao Cao never showed his emotions and rarely had any mood swings.

At this moment, everyone felt that he was really angry.

Even Yin, who was lying next to Cao Cao, was a little scared. He took a step forward quietly and wanted to escape, fearing that the fish pond would be in trouble.

Then he noticed Cao Cao's eyes looking at him, and immediately sat back down, pretending he hadn't moved.

"Only by reducing internal disputes and focusing on practical work can there be hope for revitalization." Cao Cao said
Xun Yu eased the atmosphere and said:
"Your Majesty, you have promoted people based on their talents and not limited to any particular background. This is the way to revitalize the atmosphere. There is no better strategy for employing people than this."

Cao Cao continued, “In addition, we must strengthen the rotation system of local troops and officials.

Try to minimize the number of times an official stays in power in one place for more than three or four years, or try to minimize the number of times officials under the recommendation system return to their hometowns to govern.

If the officials were locals, how could they not seek personal gain for one family or one place? "

This was actually an effective means to target the gentry and strengthen imperial power.

Local grouping, maintaining private armies, and fostering power are the foundation of the gentry and the source of chaos.

Wen Ji was writing quickly, writing down what Cao Cao said, so that she could pass it on later.

"Zhicai, the household grain census should be more detailed. The more detailed it is, the less chance there is for someone to take advantage of it.

If you need anything, please let me know. I will fully support you in doing this.”

Xi Zhicai bowed: "Thank you for your trust, Your Majesty."

A detailed grain census can effectively curb the local tyrants from annexing land or even falsifying and concealing the population.

Relatively fair land distribution can appease the people and ensure that they have land, a place to live, and surplus food.

"If the king has good policies and the people have something to rely on, they can die for their country, and the world will be stable," said Xun Yu.

Cao Cao finally smiled.

Xun Yu seldom patted his horse, and this time he was deliberately trying to smooth things over.

When he wants to get angry, he only says nice things.

The two of them sang together.

Cao Cao slowed down his tone and said, "We should use our surplus money to support agriculture and mulberry planting, and help the people expand their farming scale.

Internally, the development of water conservancy projects can revitalize commerce, grain and taxes, and get merchants from all over the country moving.

Water conservancy construction can also provide young and strong people with something to do and reduce social unrest.”

"Wen Ruo, please remember this and have all places post notices to inform the entire territory of Wei that the chaos has been resolved and encourage the localities to promote commerce."

This was thanks to the fact that when Cao Cao was in Yanzhou, he ordered the construction of water conservancy projects.

By last year, two canals along the Yellow River in the Yanzhou section had been connected after deep excavation, dredging and new road sections had been opened.

It will be put into use this year.

Increasing irrigation will increase agricultural output and the size of fertile land.

At the same time, it plays a positive role in sorting out and diverting disasters in the rainy season.

If there are no major disasters this year, grain production will definitely increase significantly compared to last year.

Cao Cao talked about military affairs:

"It's already spring. Han Sheng, do you want to go north to defend the border and fight against the nomadic tribes this year, or go west to open up trade routes?"

These are two different directions.

Cao Cao's current strategy towards the north is to maintain strength, suppress the enemy bloodily, and fight to the death.

It is necessary to be strong enough before we can talk about further development of the North Korea policy.

Although there were wars on the west side, when doing business and exchanging materials, people's attitudes would always be more moderate.

Huang Zhong: "The Hexi Corridor has been opened. It is a critical time. I will cooperate with Ma Shoucheng (Ma Teng) to deploy troops westward."

Cao Cao nodded and glanced at Ma Chao, who was sitting in the second to last position among the generals.

His father, Ma Teng, was a great wronged person in history, who was badly betrayed by this kid. "Zilong, you should go back and station troops in the north of Bingzhou.

I predict that Dong Xianbei suffered a great loss last year and was severely damaged by us, so this year they will have to seek external help."

"The Central Xianbei and the Western Xianbei are of the same ethnic group after all.

If the two move, they may avoid the Great Wall area. In the east, they will still attack Liaoxi County. In the west, they may attack the Hexi Corridor.

You go to Bingzhou, which is the front line, and you can form a pincer attack and defense with Han Sheng."

"Reopening the western trade route is of utmost importance. If any foreign enemy dares to attack Hexi, we will not tolerate it."

"promise!"

Huang Zhong and Zhao Yun obeyed the order in unison.

Cao Cao said again: "Mengqi, Lingming, the two of you will also go to the north this year and station in Dai County to coordinate with Zilong's position to improve the overall defense line in the north, but you must not attack rashly."

Ma Chao and Pang De were overjoyed as they could finally use them to deal with external forces.

Cao Cao waved his hand to adjourn the meeting.

In the afternoon, Wen Ji and Diao Chan also returned to the inner house.

In the evening, Diao Chan came personally to bring dinner to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao invited her to eat with him, but Diao Chan shook her head:
"My husband's family members all eat in the inner house. I always eat with my husband, as if I am competing for his favor."

Diao Chan has always abided by her own rules of advance and retreat. In order to keep the inner house stable, she sometimes has to avoid suspicion.

She returned to the inner house to find Wen Ji.

Cao Cao sat down at his desk, wrote a letter, carried it on a wooden kite, and flew out.

Mrs. Du, who lived in the small courtyard in the city, soon received the letter brought by Mu Yuan.

She discovered that this time, along with the letter, there was also a small bottle containing the liquid medicine of the elixir of immortality.

Cao Cao's wives and concubines all have them.

study.

After dinner, Cao Cao divided his thoughts and sank into the body of the secret armored beast on the other side.

In the underground Yellow River Tomb, two secret armored beasts were moving quickly on the top wall of a corridor like two wisps of green smoke.

During this period, Ling Jin and Li Wufang have explored the Yellow River Tomb many times.

But it is always difficult to enter its depths.

There are extremely evil things in that tomb that are beyond the ordinary.

The acupoints of heaven and earth, where the veins of the earth intersect, give rise to many anomalies.

The three Taoists somehow managed to get into the tomb.

Wang Yue, Ling Jin, Li Wufang, and a few other extraordinary people who had joined Cao's camp were exploring the tomb again.

They are behind the Secret Armor Beast.

Ling Jin and others went deeper several times and had already groped their way through the strange and amazing Yin-Yang Road where ghost soldiers passed through.

Behind the Yin-Yang Dao jade disk is a long and narrow corridor, dark and damp.

It continues to slope downward and eventually enters another underground cave.

Soon after Cao Cao immersed his thoughts into the body of the secret armored beast, the armored beast passed through the corridor and came to a huge, dark, bowl-shaped space.

The armored beast's body was covered with flickering spell patterns.

Both are suspended on the top wall. When you enter the cave, you can see the ground below from a bird's-eye view.

But all I saw were corpses, like the Terracotta Warriors in the Qin Emperor's Mausoleum, standing in this space.

The creepy thing is that these are all corpses of real people, not figurines!

So many dead bodies, standing in neat rows, looked like an army ready to fight at any time. It was shocking to see.

Looking down from above, the scene is even more bizarre.

Tens of thousands of corpses gathered in this underground cave.

Some of the corpses were wearing armor and holding weapons.

Judging from the styles of armor, they are from the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the Warring States Period, the Qin Dynasty and the Han Dynasty. They are actually corpses from different periods.

All the corpses were not decayed and their skin looked like that of a newly deceased person.

There seems to be some mysterious power here that keeps the corpses from decaying.

No wonder there were ghost soldiers appearing and marching on the Yellow River before.

With so many corpses, the heavy yin energy made the cave chilly and bone-chilling.

The corpses from different periods are arranged in an orderly manner, which is even more difficult to explain.

It's not like someone comes here regularly to place the bodies.

What force makes them so united?
With the help of the Secret Armor Beast's perspective, Cao Cao also saw a person sitting cross-legged in the deepest part of the cave.

Almost all the corpses, the hostility, yin energy, and death energy formed by them all gathered towards the sitting figure.

He had long hair and a thin body. It was hard to tell whether he was a man or a woman, and his aura was terrifying.

Its neck was twisted in a strange reverse shape, turning towards the secret armored beast, as if it had sensed the intrusion of the armored beast.

At this time, the armored beast quietly returned to the ground from the top wall above and hid behind many corpses.

Ling Jin and others also came to the entrance of the corridor at the back and made a gesture to keep quiet.

"That thing again... the head of the evil spirits!"

Order Jin and Li to spread the message to the five directions.

Deep in the cave, the sitting figure suddenly moved.

The next moment, he crossed a distance of dozens of feet and floated silently in front of the secret armor beast.

Cao Cao immediately pushed the luck and power of the totem dragon through the air.

A purple halo rose from outside the secret armor beast's body.

Wherever it is, the power of heaven and earth gathers.

The totem true dragon appeared faintly in the purple air, floating above the armored beast, and using the power of humanity to attack the evil ghost-like thing.

The figure froze and stood still after the aura of the totem dragon appeared.

Then, he suddenly knelt on his knees.

Cao Cao inexplicably sensed an obscure fluctuation on the spiritual level: "Human King!"

This guy is just a bootlicker, he kneels down when he sees the totem dragon!

Ling Jin and others were stunned.

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