Three Kingdoms: My Wife Is Diao Chan

Chapter 11

Chapter 11

After Cao Cao entered the city, he first took the officials of the prime minister's office and important officials of the court to the palace to say hello to Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, and reported the failure of the Southern Expedition by the way, and asked Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty to deal with it.

How could Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty dare to deal with Cao Cao? He hurriedly helped Cao Cao to encourage him.

Cao Cao thanked him tearfully, and said that he would never let His Majesty down again.

After the process between the monarch and his ministers is completed, it is time for each to be busy.

Cao Cao asked Xun Yu to deal with the affairs after Lu Bu's rebellion. Those who should be arrested should be arrested and those who should be killed should be killed.

He brought his core staff and the four Cao Chong brothers back to the Prime Minister's Mansion to discuss the post-war strategic policy.

In the Battle of Chibi, 80 troops were buried in the flames, and countless materials and military resources were destroyed. This battle was a heavy blow to Cao Cao, whether it was manpower, financial resources, or strength.

It is not an exaggeration to describe it as a serious injury.

If Cao Cao wants to dominate the world, he must recover his vitality, and if he wants to return to the state before the war, it will be difficult to do it in five or ten years.

Cao Cao can't wait that long. He is already 54 years old. In ancient times, when the medical level was low, he was already an old man.

For the elderly, the future is unknown and confused. After all, no one is sure, and how many five or ten years are left for them.

Cao Cao just wanted to see if his staff could come up with a good way to quickly restore their strength to the prime minister's mansion for this discussion.

Of course, Cao Cao also had a selfish intention, that is, he wanted to test his sons, what would they think about returning to work after the war.

When he posed this question, he didn't ask his staff to answer immediately, but turned his attention to Cao Chong, Cao Pi, Cao Zhi and Cao Zhang.

"What plan do you four have?"

Cao Zhang was the first to answer, "Father, my son thinks this is an easy matter, one word, hit!"

"Although we lost the Southern Expedition, we are still in the hegemony. Sun Quan let him go for the time being. We can take over the Southwest first. As long as Yizhou takes over, our strength will increase."

"At that time, the troops will be divided into two groups, one route will go north and south, and the other route will go west to east, and attack the Sun Liu alliance, and then we can avenge Chibi!"

Cao Cao's old face immediately darkened, and his vitality was severely injured in the battle of Chibi. How could he have the strength to conquer Yizhou, not to mention the complex terrain of Yizhou, how could it be so easy to win.

Cao Zhang's idea was immediately rejected by Cao Cao.

"Where are you three?" Cao Cao asked the remaining three brothers.

Cao Pi is the eldest son, so it stands to reason that he should express his opinion first, but he is not usually thick-skinned, so he directly threw the topic to Cao Zhi, "Third brother, you should speak first."

"Uh..." Cao Zhi was a little embarrassed. Although he was quick-witted, he seemed to have more than enough energy for governing the country.

Every time he had a question about governing the country, Cao Zhi's think tank would think up the answer for him first, and then he would tell Cao Cao.

This time was different. Cao Cao had to discuss post-war recovery work as soon as he came back, and Cao Zhi had no chance to discuss with his think tank at all.

Cao Zhi became confused, glared at Cao Pi viciously, and then bowed and said, "Father, the child hasn't figured it out yet. Seeing how confident I am, I must have something good to do. Otherwise, I will let my elder brother answer first."

"..." Cao Pi didn't expect that Cao Zhi would turn defense into offense.

However, Cao Pi's reaction was quick, and he immediately said, "Brother Chong is called a child prodigy, I guess he will have some ideas, as an elder brother, I can't steal the limelight first, why don't I leave this opportunity for the limelight to Brother Chong. "

Cao Chong, who was sitting honestly, had only one sentence in his mind: Cao Pi, Wornima!

I don't know whether Cao Cao intends to test Cao Chong, or Cao Cao thinks that Cao Pi's words are reasonable, so he nodded and said, "In that case, let's talk about it, Chonger."

Cao Chong: "..."

What are you talking about, do you want me to tell you, Lao Cao, that everything you do is useless, because you will never be able to rule the world in this life!

Cao Chong was speechless for a while, Cao Cao didn't even notice Cao Pi's obvious trick.

On the other hand, Cao Pi, who was secretly having fun with his head down, glanced at Cao Chong secretly, showing a smug smirk.

In Cao Pi's view, although Cao Chong was a child prodigy and suppressed Lu Bu's rebellion, he was too young after all. He had never fought a war or been an official.

"Ding, the host has a new mission. He proposes a method for returning to work after the war, and let Cao Cao adopt it. Successfully reward [-] days of life."

I'll go, 97 days of health, plus the previous 150 days, that's more than [-] days, enough to slow myself down for three or four months.

Cao Chong immediately accepted the task and began to think of ways.

"Father, my son thinks that we can no longer fight now, and that we should recuperate and focus on economic construction."

"Oh? How do you say that?" Cao Cao said with a smile, obviously he was interested in this policy.

Cao Chong directly expressed the words that later generations summed up the national conditions at the end of the Han Dynasty. "Since Dong Zhuo's chaos, the society has been in turmoil, the country's foundation has been shaken, and the economy has collapsed. It can be said that the country is not peaceful and the people are uneasy."

"If you want to end this troubled world, you must have someone with great talent and boldness to stand up. From the current point of view, only father is the most suitable."

"It's just that if my father wants to become a king, he needs strength, and the economic foundation determines the superstructure. Domination of the world requires military strength, but military strength requires economic strength."

Cao Cao's eyes lit up, "Continue talking."

Cao Chong sorted out his thoughts and said all the solutions he came up with in one breath.

Overall, it can be divided into two points.

The first point is to encourage production, reduce taxes and taxes, and develop commerce.

Cao Chong proposed to designate Xudu as a special economic zone, and give priority to the development of Xudu's business. After Xudu becomes the economic center of the world, the rich families will naturally come to Xudu to invest.

At that time, there will be a steady stream of money sent to the Xiangfu.

The second point is to introduce talents, and to issue an order to seek talents in the name of the imperial court. As long as the other party is a talent, no matter what his origin and background is, and he doesn't care what his faults are, as long as he can be used by me, I will invite you to come to Xudu, not only Solve the job, send a house and car to the wife, and even solve the household registration problem.

As for non-human beings, as long as they have healthy hands and feet, as long as they come to the north to settle down, they will be given land and food.

Since the beginning of the troubled times, social productivity has been severely damaged, and the land has been barren.

Such a method can not only restore productivity and improve economic construction, but also make up for the loss of 80 people at the fastest speed.

Cao Chong sent another point to train special forces and encourage military exploits.

Nepotism is not talked about in the army, and no one talks about how noble their birth is. Any soldier who wants to be an official will exchange the head of the enemy.

Killing five enemies will advance to one level, killing ten enemies will advance to two levels, and so on.

In the end, Cao Chong concluded, "According to this method, not only the economy and population can be rapidly increased, but also the military strength can be greatly improved, and hegemony can be achieved within ten years."

(End of this chapter)