Chapter 160
In history, Cao Cao didn't want to be emperor, but there were too many things restricting him.

First of all, he has not yet unified the world. If he proclaims himself emperor, his internal affairs will definitely be unstable first.

Secondly, other princes will also have an excuse to attack him, and the righteousness of "following the emperor to order but not ministers" he possessed will be gone.

But it's different now. Gongsun Kang in Liaodong is gone, Sun Quan in Jiangdong is gone, and Zhang Lu in Hanzhong has also surrendered. There are only two little princes left in the land of Sichuan and Shu and Liu Bei in the land of Jingzhou.

Once Hanzhong is lost, the land of Sichuan and Shu will definitely not be kept.

As for Liu Bei's territory, there is no danger to defend at all, and it will be a matter of time before it is eliminated. Even if Liu Bei and Liu Zhang join forces, it is impossible to defeat Cao Cao.

At this time, the general situation of the world has become clear, and the forces of Cao Cao in the north will surely unify the whole country.

At this time, Cao Cao was not afraid of the threat of foreign enemies at all.

Internally, he can calmly rectify without threats from foreign enemies.

From the analysis of the above points, it will be a matter of time before Cao Cao becomes emperor.

Zhang Qingfeng wanted to manipulate public opinion, create public conditions for Cao Cao to proclaim himself emperor, and make his proclaiming emperor justifiable.

The Youzhou Daily is Zhang Qingfeng's first step, and there are still many steps that have yet to be implemented.

"Teacher, many newsstands of Youzhou Daily were smashed, and some people who went to the countryside to read newspapers were also threatened and beaten."

On this day, Wang Anshi found Zhang Qingfeng and said.

"What?" Hearing this, Zhang Qingfeng was very surprised, he didn't expect that someone would dare to do it directly.

"Who did the rounds?" Zhang Qingfeng asked.

"I don't know, the other party moved very quickly, and immediately hid after smashing it."

Wang Anshi said: "A few days ago, I also found some sneaky people around the newspaper office, so I stepped up security, but nothing happened, but I suspect that the secret people will definitely continue to be harmful to the newspaper office."

"You did a good job in this matter, but you still need to take precautions. How about this, I will ask Yang Shen to assign some people to you to protect the safety of the newspaper."

Zhang Qingfeng said: "As for the matter of smashing the newsstand and beating the newspaper readers, you can give me some compensation. I think I can roughly confirm that those people did it. I will deal with this matter."

"Since the teacher can handle it, then I can rest assured."

Wang Anshi said: "I still have some things to do, so I won't bother the teacher, I'll go back first."

"Go." Zhang Qingfeng nodded.

After Wang Anshi left, Zhang Qingfeng called an errand guard.

"Go and call Liu Jing." Zhang Qingfeng instructed the guards.

His bodyguards are all carefully selected loyal and reliable people. In addition to protecting Zhang Qingfeng's safety, they will also help Zhang Qingfeng with some things.

Not long after, the guard brought a young man in his thirties to Zhang Qingfeng's study.

"Teacher, you are looking for me." When the young man saw Zhang Qingfeng, he quickly saluted and said hello.

"I have a list here. Send your people to monitor day and night. You must find out their abnormalities and report to me." Zhang Qing and Zhang Qingchao handed over a list to the young man and said.

"Yes, I'll do it right away." Taking the list, the young man just glanced at it and immediately agreed.

"Go." Zhang Qingfeng nodded.

After the young man left, Zhang Qingfeng called the guards again.

"Go and call me Chen Yi."

Hearing Zhang Qingfeng's words, the guards took orders and left.

Not long after, Chen Yi arrived.

"Teacher, you are looking for me." Chen Yi saluted Zhang Qingfeng.

"Well, someone recently targeted Youzhou Daily, not only smashing the newsstand, but also hurting people who went to the countryside to read the newspaper."

Zhang Qingfeng said to Chen Yi: "Send your people out to secretly protect the newsstands and newspaper readers. If you encounter someone who destroys a newsstand or beats a newspaper reader, arrest them directly and send them to repair roads. Resist, you can shoot."

"Okay, I'll arrange it right away." Hearing Zhang Qingfeng's words, Chen Yi nodded in agreement.

Just when the various forces in Youzhou were fighting openly and secretly.

In the south of the Yangtze River, Cao Cao has completely occupied the entire sphere of influence of Sun Quan, and most of Sun Quan's officials have surrendered to Cao Cao.

There is a poem in later generations, Tongquechun locks Erqiao deeply.This kind of situation did not happen here, and Cao Cao did not occupy Joe and Joe.

In history, Cao Cao himself was really lustful, but the women who occupied the enemy were more concerned with the family factors behind these women, because as long as they married these women, they could get the support of the families behind them, which is also the reason why Cao Cao can grow rapidly one of the reasons.

Moreover, Cao Cao is not the only one who is lustful among the princes, but there are very few who can always take care of these wives. Not only do they marry as wives, but they also take care of the sons born to these women.

It can be said that Cao Cao's tolerance for women is beyond the reach of ordinary men.

Now that the general trend of the world has been set, Cao Cao does not need to use the family power behind the women to strengthen himself. In order to appease the people who have taken refuge in the Eastern Wu area, Cao Cao not only cannot embarrass Da Qiao and Xiao Qiao, but also must respect them. This is What a qualified politician must do.

After all, Zhang Xiu rebelled and killed Cao Cao's son Cao Ang and his general Dian Wei because Cao Cao robbed his aunt.

It can be said that since then, Cao Cao has restrained a lot.

In the south, after Cao Cao completely controlled the entire Jiangdong, he began to use Jiangdong as a springboard to prepare to conquer Liu Bei.

"What did Liu Zhang say? How many troops is he willing to send over?"

On this day, Liu Bei finally waited for the messenger sent back from Sichuan and Shu.

"My lord, Liu Zhang is unwilling to join forces with us. From what I see, he seems to be ready to surrender to Cao Cao just like Zhang Lu."

"What, Liu Zhang wants to surrender to Cao Cao?" Liu Bei frowned when he heard the messenger's words.

"My lord, now that the general situation of the world has been decided, and there is no danger for my land of Jinghu, I think it should be the end of decency." At this time, Zhuge Liang stood up and said.

After hearing Zhuge Liang's words, Liu Bei was silent for a long time, not knowing what he was thinking.

In history, Zhuge Liang was a figure who devoted himself to the revival of the Han Dynasty, but in the final analysis, it was because each was his master.

Zhuge Liang's family bet on several princes, Zhuge Jin is a subject of Sun Quan, Zhuge Dan is Cao Cao's subordinate, Zhuge Liang follows Liu Bei, so no matter who will unify the world in the future, the Zhuge family can continue very well .

The Romance of the Three Kingdoms portrayed Zhuge Liang as a god-like figure, but to find him, there are many people who did not lose to him in history. For example, Zhang Juzheng in the Ming Dynasty was similar to him, and the real Zhuge Liang was not as written in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms. god.

Compared with Zhuge Liang, Zhang Juzheng is not inferior to Zhuge Liang in terms of intelligence. Zhang Juzheng has been famous for being smart since he was a child.

Politically, Zhang Juzheng is obviously stronger than Zhuge Liang. It can be seen from the political achievements he created during his ten years as chief assistant, but Zhuge Liang made many mistakes in politics.

In terms of merit, Zhuge Liang helped Liu Bei establish a three-point world situation when Liu Bei was in the most difficult time.

Zhang Juzheng revived the impoverished and weak Ming Dynasty, allowing the Ming Dynasty to last for many years.

In terms of military affairs, although Zhang Juzheng did not directly lead troops to fight, Qi Jiguang, who he supported, was a famous general.

Zhuge Liang is actually superior in his character, which is why he is sought after by scholars of later generations. If he is not safe at the end of the year, no matter how many good things he has done in history, he will be scolded by later generations of Confucian scholars just like Cao Cao.

(End of this chapter)

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