[Comprehensive] The days when I pretended to be a meow in the Forbidden City

To say why Zhuge Liang came to Yanzhou, it is not entirely a coincidence.

Zhuge Liang's father, Zhuge Gui, who died early, was originally the prime minister of Taishan County in Yanzhou. When he was still alive, the Zhuge family lived in Yanzhou. Later, after his father passed away, because Yanzhou was invaded by the Yellow Turban Army, the Zhuge family moved. Relatively stable Xuzhou.

At that time, Xia Anran and others happened to pass Zhuge Liang's father, Zhuge Xuan, when they were going to Yanzhou Dongjun to meet Cao Cao. At that time, he resigned from office and wanted to go to Xuzhou to take care of his deceased brother's widow and young son.

So when he arrived in Xuzhou and was harassed by the Qingzhou Yellow Turban Army going south, Zhuge Xuan immediately thought of Cao Jun with strict military discipline and high spirits.

After discussing with the young people of Zhuge's family, and inquiring about Cao Jun's reputation in many ways, they felt that it was indeed more reliable, so Zhuge's family moved from Xuzhou to Dongjun.

When everyone in Cao Ying was unaware, the family entered the city among the refugees, and secretly observed Cao Jun after they settled down.

They watched Cao Jun build water conservancy, clean up military discipline, go out of the city to suppress bandits, encourage farming and mulberry, and quickly stabilized the hearts of the people when changing five baht coins, and took advantage of the opportunity of updating prices every ten days to teach Dongjun Literacy of county residents.

While the neighboring counties fell into chaos caused by hoarding goods and buying and selling, East County was peaceful.

Afterwards, Cao Cao welcomed Sun Jian's family and resettled them. Later, he sent troops to rescue Yingchuan. Use the method of growing grain promoted by Cao Jun.

All of this was seen by Zhuge Xuan.

After judging that Cao Cao was a trustworthy and kind lord, Zhuge Xuan visited Xun Yu.

At that time, Xun Yu still remembered the scribe who passed by, and he respected him even more when he learned that he had resigned from Liu Biao's office to take care of his elder brother, widow and young son.

After the conversation, he judged that Zhuge Xuan's personal ability was indeed excellent, so he included him in his account as his deputy.

And Zhuge Liang's elder brother, Zhuge Jin, also joined Cao Ying when he was recruiting soldiers, and soon after the selection that month, he became the deputy commander of a squadron.

The younger brother Zhuge Liang was only 11 years old at the time, so he stayed at home to take care of his younger brother and widowed mother. But at this time, when he first arrived here, he was very interested in the new equipment of Dongjun's animal-powered overturning vehicle. After observing it for two days, he found that the gear The design is extremely exquisite and very interesting. Seeing that my brother had nothing to do, he took the wood and made a small one for him to play with.

Later, he heard from his elder brother that there was also a Jingxi water wheel, which could scoop water by himself without manpower, so he was very curious at that time.

It's a pity that the news that came was only a few words, and he couldn't explain the principle of the waterwheel. If the curious boy hadn't been stopped by his uncle, he would have gone to Chenggao to have a look. It was his sister who reminded him. He, since it was Jingxi's water truck, it means that he and this Jingxi overturned the vehicle by himself. Since that person just did the overturn, maybe he hasn't left Dongjun yet?

Zhuge Liang, who was awakened by the words, immediately went to his uncle and asked who this Jingxi was, and then he got the answer that surprised and delighted him. It turned out that Jingxi was in Dongjun, and it was Cao Mengde, the prefect of Dongjun. of a counselor.

The point is that his uncle's boss is Cao Mengde's mastermind and can recommend him.

But the young Zhuge was in the middle of his youthful spirit. He didn't want to borrow the power of his family, but he wanted to meet this Duke Xia with his own ability. So after studying the books, he thought about making something himself, so that he could make a big impact. .

Unexpectedly, as soon as I had some inspiration, I will move again, this time from Dongjun to Changyi.Needless to say, this time the Zhuge family will definitely follow. After all, the head of the family, Zhuge Xuan, and the eldest son, Zhuge Jin, both work in Cao Ying.

Tired and boring from the long journey, and seeing that his younger brother was too shocked to sleep, Zhuge Liang figured out how to improve the carriage when he moved, and remodeled the carriage at home after arriving in Changyi.

Not long after moving, Zhuge Liang had an opportunity. His uncle came back and said that Xia Gong had studied the drawing method of the map and was about to be sent out to redraw the map of Yanzhou, so he needed an assistant. His uncle recommended him to Mr. Xun Lang. Afterwards, he won Xun Wenruo's approval by virtue of his own ability, and was arranged to be Xia Gong's assistant, and he was praised by Xia Gong for the carriage he transformed.

The matter of drawing was as he expected, Xia Gong did not ignore him because he was a child, but patiently taught him, but it was a pity that they were called back after only running a small area, and this trip made Zhuge Liang determined. Made up my mind.

And when his uncle and elder brother inquired, he gave an affirmative answer.

"You can choose Cao as the master." The little boy sat upright on the roof, his expression was extremely serious, and the elder brother and uncle in front of him also frowned deeply.

He gave his answer to the two who asked him.

Along the way, Mr. Ang rode first and wiped out the bandits along the way. He could be brave. At the same time, when he suppressed the bandits, he was not reckless. the goal of.

Although Mr. Ang is not very old, his words and deeds have the style of his father.

An excellent regime must have an excellent successor in order to achieve a smooth transition.If the father is a tiger and the son is a cat, it will not last forever.

And according to his observations, Xia Anran should be the assistant left by Cao Cao to his heirs. Xia Anran's temperament and knowledge are excellent, but his strategy is slightly worse, and he is better at people's livelihood, which is in line with the needs of starting a business.

One of the reasons why Zhuge Xuan agreed with Zhuge Liang to follow this time is that they needed an opportunity to get close to Cao Ang. They knew that Cao Cao was loyal to the Han Dynasty, but they were not sure whether his eldest son Ang thought the same way.

Now, seeing Zhuge Liang's decision, Zhuge Xuan and Zhuge Jin looked at each other, and Zhuge Xuan asked, "Ah Liang, would you like to worship Xia Jingxi as your teacher?"

He got an affirmative answer.

Although the young boy tried his best to keep a serious face, as a family member, he could see his excitement. Obviously, he also loved this young man named Xia Jingxi very much.

The two men from Zhuge's family glanced at each other, and Qi Qi showed a wry smile.

Although the young man had made up his mind to become a teacher, he stubbornly asked his father and brother not to help him. At this moment, Cao Ying's workshop actually recruited openly, and recruited by asking a question.

This has never happened in the past, but for Zhuge Liang, this is the fairest competition, because Cao Jun is very bold to write that there are no restrictions on the list of posting the order of seeking talents.

There are no restrictions on gender, age, native place, or even whether there is a criminal record. It can be said that this behavior is unprecedented, and it can also be said that Cao Mengde is crazy about wanting talents, but anyway, because of this, when Zhuge Liang went to sign up was not turned away.

The topic surprised him, but he wasn't too surprised. He thought he knew something about this Xia Jingxi these days.

Every one of his inventions is aimed at people's livelihood, not only machinery, but also special cooking and preservation methods, including delicious persimmons, so it is understandable that the topic is for the winter wheat that will be received this year.

Zhuge Liang spent four days looking up information, studying how the common people distinguish grains now, and then looking up previous information, and drew a model. Although the requirement was to only draw a design drawing, he still stayed for three days and three days. Ye assembled the machine and used it to enter the workshop, and then managed to meet Xia Anran again.

After entering the workshop, he realized how many things Xia Anran had invented. He also made the paper and pens he used before, and what is even more valuable is that all the things he made did not hide the recipes, and he did not want to use them profit.

Zhuge Liang looked at Xia Anran who entered the workshop with sparkling eyes.

He doesn't know about the other things, but cheap and mass-produced paper, cheap and easy-to-write ink pens, Xia Anran's...or Cao Jun's idea is already very obvious.

And this idea is very in line with Zhuge Liang's wishes, and Cao Jun's not rejecting him because of his young age is enough to win his favor.

Zhuge, who was still young and very easy to deceive, tied himself to the Cao family's army in this way, and had no plans to get off in a short time.

Xia Anran didn't know about these things now, he turned around a few times, and finally sat down solemnly in front of Guo Jia, "Fengxiao."

"Huh?" Guo Jia thought this topic was over, but he didn't expect Xia Anran's serious face, and suddenly he was a little puzzled, and saw Xia Anran holding his hand very seriously, "I thought about it again, although A Liang He didn't tell me about apprenticeship, but if he really did say... Cough, I'm still not willing to refuse."

Guo Jia, who was held back by someone, raised his eyebrows, "Then?"

"I have no experience as a teacher." Xia Anran said confidently, "So can you help me teach students?"

Hearing this, Guo Jia's eyebrows were raised high, and he blinked in disbelief, "Are you accepting apprentices, let me teach together?"

Xia Anran nodded.

Seeing this, Guo Jia was a little dumbfounded, "Jia has no experience in taking apprentices either."

"It's okay, let's go together!"

Guo Jia silently withdrew his hand, stood up and wanted to leave, obviously he didn't intend to find something for himself, but Xia Anran said coolly behind his back, "The red bayberry that Feng Xiao just quoted was only soaked for a month. Its taste is not yet at its best."

Guo Jia paused for a moment, his back turned to Xia Anran, showing a tangled expression.

"For the sake of Feng Xiao's health, if Wen Ruo doesn't let Feng Xiao drink more... In this case, it would be a pity not to drink something more delicious every time the ban is lifted."

"In addition to bayberry wine, An Ran also makes rice wine and wine."

Guo Jia endured it, turned around and asked him, "What is wine?"

Xia Anran showed a mysterious smile, "It's like pouring wine, like wearing a sable fur."

It comes from Lu You's poem, which puts wine and sable fur together. Seeing Guo Jia's expression showing longing, he added, "Wine is difficult to make. If Feng Xiao is not interested, An Ran will not make it." Well, if you want to do this, you have to bother to grow grapes."

Make wine from precious grapes!

Guo Jia's gluttons were about to pop out, he took two quick steps and held Xia Anran's hand, and said sincerely, "Jingxi, although Jia doesn't know how to be a teacher, I would like to learn this for you !"

Ha ha.

Xia Anran also held Guo Jia's hand very sincerely, and was so moved that she read "Feng Xiao, you are really my best friend!"

The hands of friendship were tightly held together, obviously they hadn't really apprenticed to a teacher yet, the two of them had already thought about how to teach their children in the future, and they didn't even think about asking Zhuge Liang if he planned to worship the two What about the teacher?

And just as Xia Anran and Guo Jia were sailing the boat of friendship together, Sun Ce walked into Cao Cao's house with a serious face, holding a box, and it didn't take long for Cao Cao to send an order to wave back his men.

The two talked in the house all afternoon, and then Sun Ce left Yanzhou with his small team members and went straight to Yuan Shu's office via Yuzhou. When he came back, he brought back Sun Jian's old department.

One month later, Yuan Shu proclaimed himself emperor holding the Jade Seal of the Kingdom in his hand on the grounds of "following the fate of the heavens".

But that was one month later, and now Cao Ying is very happy because he has another new force.

After Sun Ce came back with his father's old troops, Cao Cao went out to greet them in person. These people were all soldiers who followed Sun Jian to Luoyang, and they had a relationship with Cao Cao, and they gave up Yuan Shu's high standard of treatment to follow the sons of the old master. Entering Cao Ying, this move is extremely respectable.

In order to save Sun Jian's face, Cao Cao personally handed over to Sun Ce the "Sun" character flag made in the days when Sun Ce left.

From then on, Sun Ce will separate from Cao Chun's Tiger and Leopard Battalion and lead an army on his own. His status is similar to that of Lu Bu. Although they are under Cao Cao's tent, they all enjoy certain autonomy.

Cao Cao's move greatly shocked Sun Jian's former generals who were skeptical, and several people shed tears when they saw the Sun Ziqi unfolded by Sun Ce.

But at the same time, according to Cao Cao's army configuration, if Sun Ce is a general, then he will find a deputy general.

Cao Jun has the habit of writing training summaries and combat records. Although inspired by Xia Anran's meeting minutes, the papers sent out have printed forms and only need to be filled out, but such things are still very troublesome.

These records are an important reference for each battalion's payment of military salaries and credits, and must not be written indiscriminately.

Originally, it was not Sun Ce's turn to worry about these things, but now it's no longer possible.He went back to the camp and told the generals that it was a pity that the generals left behind by his father fought first... But when it came to documents and records, their expressions were more bewildered than Sun Ce's.

In desperation, Sun Ce insisted on writing for a week, but he couldn't take it anymore!

He felt that he had to find a helper, the kind who was versatile in both civil and military affairs.

It just happened that he heard the craftsmen in the workshop complaining about the lack of people, and said, "If we can't find people like this, I will recruit my childhood playmates!"

At this moment, Sun Ce's eyes lit up.

He couldn't recruit a buddy when he was young, but he had a buddy when he was young!

At that moment, he returned to his home and spread out a blank sheet of paper. Not long after, a letter full of thoughts and emotions was sent to Jiangdong by Sun Jiajun.

Of course, Xia Anran didn't know what Sun Ce had done. He had just been invited by people from the workshop, and it was the boy Liang who came to look for him. Obviously, even Zhuge Liang had encountered "office bullying" at this time. Seeing Zhuge Liang this time, Xia Anran An Ran feels completely different from the bright boy he saw in the past.

This time, he saw Zhuge Liang's eyes shining with wisdom and his golden soul a few years later!

But after he heard what the boy Liang said to him, he no longer cared about the conjectures in his head. He stood up with wide eyes, his face turned cold and serious, "Ah Liang, you said just now that the drawing and the records are consistent." error?"

"Yes."

Xia Anran took a deep breath.

This is really...an unexpected harvest.

Xia Anran looked at the data booklet handed over by the young man Liang, and the data was shocking by comparison. What he made was the farmland comparison map.

Today, the area of ​​cultivated land in Yanzhou is calculated based on the records recorded in the county register, and the data is completely reported by the officials of the Eastern Han Dynasty. However, these data are nearly one-fifth less than the data obtained from the current map drawing.

Xia Anran was about to be laughed out of anger, but this was a historical issue, so she didn't intend to fool Cao Cao.

There is no doubt that the person who did this kind of thing is a local wealthy family.

Because the calculation of the area of ​​cultivated land will be measured by special officials every few years, and the taxes and fees that need to be paid between cultivated land and wasteland are completely different. The previous governor probably also tacitly agreed to this matter, and should have even obtained it from it. Some benefits, and for the newly appointed Governor Cao, these people certainly would not deliberately say that in this war-torn time, it is naturally impossible to ask new officials from the court to re-measure the land, and to put it bluntly, the tyrants can completely shirk themselves I don't know, they just pay taxes according to the requirements of the state, and they don't mean to evade taxes on purpose.

Xia Anran couldn't help thinking that when Cao Ang led troops to suppress the bandits... If he hadn't gone to suppress the bandits first, would it be their turn to be killed by the bandits soon?

While thinking this way, Xia Anran decided to suggest that for the happy life and safety of the people of Yanzhou, as the protectors of Yanzhou, we should go to suppress the bandits without incident!

This matter is beyond his ability to deal with. He stood up and prepared to send someone to secretly investigate. If the data drawn on their map were indeed correct, Yanzhou might also cause an earthquake.

"Mr. Xia is going to investigate secretly?" Just as he stood up, Zhuge Liang suddenly called out. He looked at Xia Anran who was looking back at him in doubt, stood up and bowed and said, "Liang thinks it's better not to waste time." I'm afraid that after Xia Gong's secret investigation, when the lord sends people again, the extra farmland will become wasteland."

Xia Anran paused, blinked his eyes, reached out and pressed Zhuge Liang's small head, touched it lightly twice, and then said with a smile, "Ah Liang is smart, I'm going to report to the lord, first send someone to delineate the area before Measure slowly. They will not let them pass easily."

What he didn't say was, Cao Cao, I'm afraid he has been waiting for this opportunity for a long time.

Now that Yuan Shu is proclaiming himself emperor, his thoughtless move has attracted crusades from various princes, especially Liu Biao who just shook hands. Pass on the jade seal of the country, obediently put him to death, otherwise we will send troops to attack.

What I have to say is that Yuan Shu's move this time has filled up everyone's hatred, and even surpassed Dong Zhuo for a time.

Dong Zhuo acted perversely and harmed the people, but this is actually very normal in this era. What many princes can't stand is that he interfered with the imperial power, he abolished the first emperor, and promoted a new emperor. This is the main reason for the princes to send troops , but even so, at least Dong Zhuo is still surnamed Liu. What do you think is going on with you Yuan Shu?

Yuan Shu's reason is also very simple, he thinks his family is good enough, the ancestors are great, and the blood is also very noble, how can my Yuan family be inferior to Liu's family?What's more, I also got the Jade Seal of Chuanguo. The only surname in this world is Liu. Isn't the old Liu family usurping the throne to put it bluntly?

There is nothing left to say, his brother Yuan Shao immediately sent a call to action, angrily reprimanding his stupid brother's behavior, and unilaterally stated that if his brother did not call Yuxi out, he would sever ties with him and send troops to attack, and the rest of the princes followed. The call to action was issued, and the whole point was to hand over the Jade Seal of Chuanguo.

Yes, Yuan Shu is not the only one who is interested in the throne. Yuan Shu's surname is Yuan, but there are also many princes surnamed Liu. Whether it is to support one, or to take the throne himself, the ambition that was originally suppressed by Dong Zhuo is raging at this moment. combustion.

At this moment, Cao Cao, who personally ignited the fire, was also sighing, holding a cup of tea and furrowing his eyebrows. The development of the situation exceeded his expectations. He originally thought that Yuan Shu would secretly hide it when he got the Jade Seal of the Chuan Kingdom. It only needs to send a letter to Liu Biao quietly to ignite the suspicion between the two parties. Who would have thought that Yuan Shu's head was kicked by a horse, and he took it out so openly, and said proudly that he is the God destined to be the master, don't All the princes in the country bowed their heads and professed their ministers obediently?

Oh, be silly.

When Sun Ce told him that he had the Jade Seal, Cao Cao instantly felt that it was like glutinous rice cakes, and he must not touch it.

"The jade seal is the destiny to those who believe in it, and it is not even a carrot to those who don't." Cao Cao twisted the chess piece and clicked a piece in the center of the blank chessboard. His eyes fell on the chessboard, as if looking from the square You can see a world in between "fuck you don't believe this stuff."

"My lord is wise." Zhong Yao, who was playing chess with him, dropped a piece on the side. His eyes were calm, as if he didn't hear Cao Cao's rebellious words just now. Cao Cao sighed and said, "This is a good opportunity... …If there are heroes who are willing to march into Chang'an with Cao, they will surely relieve His Majesty's power."

It's a pity that at this moment, all the princes are staring at Yuan Shu, and they don't think of Chang'an's Emperor Xian... At the same time, even Cao Cao himself dare not move, the Yanzhou Yuzhou he owns is on the side of Yuan Shu, Yuan Shao in the north If you want to attack Yuan Shu, you must borrow from him.

Borrowing this thing... There are too many borrowings and repayments.

Cao Cao let out a long sigh.

I lamented that I dared to fight hard when I had nothing, but now I can be regarded as a small family... On the contrary, my hands are tied.

Regarding this, just as Zhong Yao wanted to comfort him, he listened to the report from the soldiers, and Xia Anran asked to see him.

This has never happened before. Since Xia Anran entered Cao Ying, he has been extremely strict with his duty. His boss is Xun Yu, so unless Cao Cao asks him directly, he will report everything directly to Xun Yu. , reported by Xun Yu, but now skip Xun Yu and go directly to Cao Cao...

Cao Cao waved for people to come in, but his heart started beating wildly, he couldn't tell whether he was excited or nervous, and then he saw Xia Anran's eyes.

A hint of excitement flashed in the bright eyes.

Cao Cao then laughed, he knew that Xia Anran would definitely bring him good news.

The fact is exactly the same, he gave himself an excellent excuse, an excuse to attack the rich and wealthy family in Yanzhou.

On that day, Cao Cao sent several generals under his tent to lead his troops straight to the counties with the largest deviations. When they arrived, they felled wood on the spot, inserted sticks into the fields, and tied them with strings to prevent anyone from entering this place. At the same time, the soldiers measured the land to check Household registration, although many aristocratic families took emergency measures after learning that Cao Jun had drawn a map to measure the land. Some even pulled up the crops in the field and covered the land with mountain ash to try to create the impression that the land was not cultivated. However, this time the soldiers mobilized farmers from many places to conduct cross-checks.

In the absence of interest, the farmers can quickly tell whether this land is fertile land or wasteland. If the local people do not admit that this land is planted, then it is okay. After re-measurement according to the registered quantity, the surplus If no one recognizes the land, it is a new field that [well-known unkind people] helped to reclaim. It has been designated as Cao Ying's farmland, and the local garrison will be responsible for the cultivation.

Every time Cao Ying went to a county, he set up a dark room, which was guarded by soldiers. The soldiers said that the dark room was set up by Mr. Cao, and it was only open at night. If you were bullied, you could report it in the dark room. Mr. Cao will not forgive you lightly.

Naturally, no one dared to report at the beginning, until they found that there were always people there, and there would be soldiers to protect them and send them out. Gradually, some people dared to smear them, and yelled at the kind official and lord. After expressing his grievances, he pressed his fingerprints again, and then left in the dark with the reward of a bucket of corn given to him by the soldiers.

Then the news spread quickly, and it turns out that you can get rewards for reporting the villains!There are even more people who hesitate now.

In less than a month, the local situation was quickly found out.

Afterwards, in accordance with the laws of the Han Dynasty, Cao Cao arrested a group of wealthy people who had bullied and colluded with the enemy in the name of the governor of Yanzhou. They all settled down, and a large part of their benefits were forcibly taken away, but the feeling of Fang Zhanli made them extremely aggrieved, and at the same time, they had to spend their energy to appease the relatives whose land was confiscated.

All of a sudden, the whole of Yanzhou became quiet, and because of this, Cao Cao had the spare energy to turn his eyes to Yuzhou. He got inspiration from Yanzhou, and sent people directly to Yuzhou to suppress the bandits and measure the fields. Facing this kind of hooliganism, there is nothing to do but tremble with anger.

It is worth mentioning that Cao Cao's move can be said to have severely beaten the prefects in various places, and also dismissed several reported prefects.

Of course, all his actions were in compliance with the state regulations, and he even wrote an official form and submitted it. Was it Yuan Shu who was removed?No, this is your illusion. Fuck has always enforced the law impartially. If you don't believe it, look at Fuck's sincere eyes.

Another month later, Cao Cao finally stabilized the two states and issued a call for action.

Although an appeal was issued, no one would start a war at this time.

Because it is September, the autumn harvest season.At this time, all the princes were busy receiving the army rations, but Cao Jun resolutely.

This autumn harvest, Cao Jun’s confiscated land contributed a lot of free food and grass, and those fields where the crops were shoveled were also planted with alfalfa and mint grass. This is the most tender time.

As soon as the soybeans were harvested, Xia Anran organized people to make soy sauce with fresh soybeans while the temperature had not dropped. At the same time, there was also fishing and drying the fish. It would not be long before the military was launched. If this is the case, we must hurry up Hoarding rations.

During this period, there was a young boy by his side all the time, it was Pang Tong who ran away from home not long ago.

When Xia Anran saw Pang Tongtong running over by himself, he was almost frightened to death. Cheng Gao had to travel six or seven days to Changyi, and he was only a kid in his teens, yet he dared to come here alone!

Immediately, he ordered people to go to Chenggao County to report to Pang County Magistrate that he was safe, and then hurriedly stuffed Xiao Fengchu, whose face was tanned by the wind and dust, into the tub for him to take a bath.

Then Pang Tong followed Xia Anran and refused to leave with the Pang family who came to pick him up. Xia Anran didn't know what was wrong with the Pang family, so Pang Tong made up his mind not to go back, and he didn't ask any more questions. It's too late for a phoenix chick to be happy.

Drive people back?If it doesn't exist, don't even think about it!

I have all the crouching dragons and phoenix chicks, and I think I am still short of a Zhou Dadu.

The appearance is not obvious, Xia Anran, who actually has a floating heart, thinks so.