Three Kingdoms: Salted Fish's son-in-law was overheard by Cao Cao

In order to thank Han Ze, Cao Cao not only took a concubine for him, but also gave him a house.

After explaining everything, Cao Cao got up and left, and the two brothers Cao Ren and Cao Chun also left.

Only the bewildered Cao Jie and the yawning Han Ze remained.

"Ma'am, let's go to bed earlier." At this moment, Han Ze suddenly caught a glimpse of a figure behind him, and suddenly remembered that Cao Cao had just appointed himself a guard.

"Well, Ziyun, you should also go to rest early."

"Here." Knowing that their husband and wife had something to say, Xia Houen left with interest.

Cao Jie calmed down a little at this time: "Husband, what did you do in Wancheng? Did you save the big man?"

"Hey, it's so easy to save the big man, I'm just talking about it, go to bed early."

Ma De, I just want to hang around, you all line up to come to my house one by one, I don't know what will happen tomorrow, these people are too stupid.

I don't know what order Cao Cao gave, or everyone became busy with official duties after returning to Xudu.

In short, the next few days were calm, during which Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty rewarded Cao Cao with a mansion, which was donated to Cao Jie by Cao Cao, and then Cao Ren took over the repair work of that mansion.

After all, the concubines that Han Ze is about to marry are already on their way.

While Han Ze was waiting for the beauties, Cao Cao was in a hurry to discuss a matter that gave him a headache.

"Everyone, Your Majesty once again mentioned the matter of expanding the imperial palace. Do you have any good countermeasures?"

The last time Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty proposed to return the capital to Luoyang, Cao Cao used Han Ze's strategy to deal with it. This time he simply stopped going to Luoyang. The emperor wanted to show the majesty of the royal family and double the size of the palace.

Now Cao Cao has hundreds of thousands of troops to support, and it is the farming season, how can there be extra money and grain to expand the palace.

And even if there is money, there is no need to spend it on expanding the palace. The emperor just needs a place to live. Anyway, he is just a tool man, and he has no self-consciousness as a puppet.

Everyone knew about these things, so naturally no one said anything about it. Just looking at Cao Cao's intentions, it seemed that they still wanted to raise money.

"To tell you the truth, the imperial court is currently spending a lot of money. If this continues, it may endanger the military salary. Therefore, if you ask everyone for advice, there is a way to deal with it."

Xun You glanced at the people participating in the discussion, feeling a bad premonition in his heart.

My lord, it's not like I'm going to take the big family again. I've offended the humble scholars before, and now I'm going to suck the blood of the big family.

If things go on like this, the lord is afraid that he will offend everyone, thinking of this, Xun You hastily opened his mouth.

"It's better to continue to implement the internal prohibition order. This way, you can limit His Majesty's idea of ​​expanding the palace. Second, you can stop unnecessary expenses and spend money wisely. Third, you can use this to punish a group of corrupt officials. treasury."

Cao Cao sighed: "I also thought about implementing the internal prohibition order, but it's not easy."

"Not to mention how your majesty judges, even some princes and nobles will try their best to hinder them, lest they hurt their interests."

Jia Xu suddenly said: "My lord, you can carry out reforms from the bottom up and follow Shang Yang's reform strategy."

"In this way, we can build momentum for the publicity of the internal prohibition order, so as to carry out the follow-up implementation work."

"Secondly, it can make the people trust the lord and establish the image of the lord as a thrifty and public servant."

"Thirdly, it can also plant a kind of expectation for the people, letting them know that the Lord regards reputation as the way to govern the country."

"In this way, the lord will use the power of the people to force the princes of the court to force them to obey the internal commandments. Then this matter will be accomplished."

Cao Cao was delighted when he heard the words: "Wenhe's method is very good, so how should we set up Yimu Lixin?"

Jia Xu thought for a while and said, "Why don't we set up a few doors, and one person in each door will live in it, and each person will be given a hundred coins, and the one who spends the least money in a month will be rewarded with a hundred silver?"

Cao Cao thought about it, in order to obtain a hundred silver, these people will definitely do everything they can to save their own expenses.In the end, I am afraid that 100 yuan may not be able to be spent.

Cao Cao: "This method is very clever, so I will leave it to Wenhe to handle it, and Gongda can assist you."

Although the world is chaotic today, because Xudu is Cao Cao's base camp, it has been relatively stable in the past few years, but the Little Ice Age has begun, and the food supply has begun to decline in the past two years, resulting in an increase in food prices.

100 yuan in today's Xudu, maybe one meal a day is enough to spend.This is not counting the money spent on other clothes, charcoal, etc.

Xun Yu praised in the sideline: "This method can not only attract the attention of the people, but also allow them to discuss carefully how to save money, so as to complete the challenge."

"In this way, the common people can find that there are a lot of expenses in their daily life that can be saved, so they will unconsciously want to save this money, which achieves part of the effect of the internal prohibition order."

Xun You: "That's right, and after the discussion among the common people, it will spread more and more widely, which will help spread the internal commandments among the people."

"It's really a feat, and Wen He is really a great talent."

Cao Cao heard the affirmation from several counselors, so he decided that this method is feasible: "That's good, it's just a challenge, do you guys have a solution?"

Several counselors looked at each other, thinking that Cao Cao's words might be a trap, so they all kept silent.

Seeing no one talking, Cao Cao looked at Guo Jia and asked, "How about Fengxiao?"

Xun You almost laughed out loud when he heard Cao Cao call Guo Jia: "Feng Xiao has good wine, and every rest day, he would gather his friends to drink in the mansion. If the 100 money were in his hands, I am afraid it would not be enough for a meal. Hahaha "

Guo Jia's face flushed a little, everyone has their own hobbies, although he is greedy for what's in the cup, but he didn't make a mistake by drinking, in fact, it's not a big deal.

So he counterattacked with a smile: "I am really good at wine, why don't you ask Gongda, my lord."

Xun You, who was snickering, stopped laughing immediately, cupped his hands and said to Cao Cao: "My lord, let's change to another person. I use more than a hundred dollars for paper and ink for official documents every day. Do you want me to put down the official documents and spend a month in that door?" "

It would be impossible to give Xun You a month off, many things would be messed up.

Then Cao Cao looked at Cheng Yu again, Cheng Yu sat up straight, and said righteously: "Master, I am greedy, if I don't eat fish, I will die of hunger."

puff……

I don't know who didn't hold back and laughed out loud.

This Cheng Yu usually has a poisonous tongue for others, but he didn't expect that he would treat himself as well.

Cao Cao looked around, but there was no one who looked at him. These guys are more than one thief. I really don't know if we can count on them when we are in trouble.

Alas, sighed, Cao Cao didn't think of other better ways, so he sighed: "Forget it, let's make a list first, and see if the master is among the people."

When they saw that Cao Cao was no longer bothering them, they immediately went to work quickly.

The notice was posted all over the city that day, and some scholars read the list for the people beside the list. The people became interested when they heard such a strange challenge, and started talking about it.