When Cao Pi was sent to the Zhichong Mansion with Cai Ji's question in mind, his father Cao Cao, who was far away in Yecheng, was also paying close attention to Qi Guo's every move. It is said that since he was crowned Duke of Wei, Cao Cao moved the capital to Yecheng, and renamed Xudu Xuchang to be guarded by his eldest son Cao Ang. The reason why Cao Cao did this was because Xu Du was too close to the borders of Wei, Qi, and Wu, and it was easy to be outflanked by the opponent in the war. Second, Ye is the capital of the ancient Yin Shang Dynasty, and Yecheng was the capital of Wei for a period of time during the Warring States Period. Therefore, the historic Yecheng is more kingly in the eyes of the ancients than the emerging Xudu.

Except for moving the capital to Yecheng, Cao Cao has not done anything shocking in the past year or so. Compared with the Qi state, which carried out institutional reform with reference to the three-trial and six-ministry system in later generations, the system of Wei almost completely followed the Han system, with only minor adjustments in some details to facilitate Cao Cao's strengthening of centralized power. However, this does not mean that Cao Cao is a conservative person. In fact, the reigning tyrant has been keenly following a series of new policies implemented by Cai Ji in the Qi State. Because the relationship between the Cao and Cai families is quite similar to the Yuan and Cao families back then, they are all you and me, and I have you. In addition, Qi and Wei lived next to each other, so as soon as a new policy was introduced, Cao Cao could often get the corresponding information at the first time, and discuss the advantages and disadvantages with his ministers, so as to draw inspiration and experience from it. Among Cai Ji's many new policies, Cao Cao was most interested and interested in the reform of the military system of Qi State.

On this day, Cao Cao sat and played against Xun Yu who was then Situ in the Wei Palace in Yecheng, and saw that he had a son in his hand and asked Xun Yu with great interest, "Wen Ruoke has ever heard that Cai Anzhen sent martial arts students to train soldiers in Zhechong Mansion?" ”

Xun Yu twisted his beard. "I've heard a little. Lord Qi's move is not only a training of soldiers, but also a training of generals. ”

Cao Cao listened to Xun Yu's words and said with a slight emotion. "What do you mean by that?"

"The prime minister starts from the state and county, and the fierce general starts from the pawn. Although the martial arts students are young. There are many deficiencies, but the jade is not cut into a tool, and after some grinding, there will eventually be a general who will stand out from it. Xun Yu analyzed in a deep voice.

"The prime minister starts from the state and county, and the fierce general starts from the pawn?" Cao Cao frowned slightly, then left a son, and asked noncommittally, "Are scholars willing to eat and sleep with the soldiers?" How do you undress your subordinates? What about pushing food? ”

In fact, it is no wonder that Cao Cao would make such a sarcastic question. You must know that Cao Jun has also recruited many students and scholars to join the army before, but unfortunately the vast majority of them are people who think very highly of themselves. Relying on the illusion that after reading the book for a few years, as soon as he enters the Cao camp, he can be reused, and then he will be the marquis and worship the prime minister, and he can neither endure the hardships of the army, nor can he abide by the harsh military regulations. As a result, they were either depressed, or they were severely punished by Cao Cao for violating military regulations, and there were even many people who lost their heads for this. In contrast, martial artists such as Xu Chu and Dian Wei were much more loyal and reliable. Therefore, Cao Cao has always been a martial artist more important than a literati.

Xun Yu, as Cao Cao's mastermind, has recommended many famous and talented ministers for him, and has also seen how Cao Cao humiliates scholars in public, and knows that the man in front of him looks down on those sour Confucian maniacs who are above the top. But Xun Yu always believes that emphasizing military force and ignoring literature is not a long-term solution after all, as the so-called fighting the country is easy to defend the country. If the newly born Wei State wants to be truly strong, it has to rely on these scholars who are full of poetry and books. In order to remove Cao Cao's prejudice against scholars and students, Xun Yu took Qi Guo's "student training" as an example and began to persuade him step by step. "Your Excellency's words are wrong. Although there are flashy and untruthful people among the scholars, the martial arts hall is Cai's private school, and most of the martial arts students are the children of the poor family. and even orphans of displaced people. Such students are not arrogant and extravagant, and they are diligent and studious. In addition, the Lord of Qi invited Xu Yue, Cui Yan and other famous scholars to teach the way of Confucius and Mencius in the martial arts hall. Let all beings know the three outlines and the five constants. And then loyal to the Cai family. After such students enlist in the army, how can they care about eating and sleeping with the soldiers? ”

Xun Yu's words made Cao Cao fall into deep thought. In fact, he didn't take the matter of "student training" to heart at first, and he just wanted to tease Cai Ji when he mentioned it. It wasn't until he listened to Xun Yu's analysis of the martial arts hall and the strategy of "student training" that Cao Cao couldn't help but start to reflect on whether he was too paranoid about his previous prejudice against scholars and students. The reason why Cao Cao has such a change in thinking is not that he has relented, but because his position has changed now. A few years ago, Cao Cao was a Han minister, holding a sword to pacify the world for the Han Dynasty, and issued a recruitment order to select talents for the Han family. Now, of course, he is still Hanchen, but he has an additional identity named "Duke Wei". But it was this layer of identity that made Cao Cao unconsciously put the protection of the Cao family in the first place, so as to realize that now he not only wants to recruit talents, but also needs to cultivate talents for the Cao family.

However, Cao Cao was still jealous of the family that was in charge of the famous Confucian religion. Even if Xun Yu takes martial arts students as an example, it proves that students from poor families do not have many shortcomings of children from families. However, in Cao Cao's view, students are influenced by the teaching of Hongru, and the teaching of Hongru is mostly from famous families, so the scholars are still more reliable than the children of the clan who are not as reliable as the children of the clan. On the other hand, Cai Ji's practice of teaching martial arts and sending students to train soldiers did give Cao Cao considerable inspiration.

So the next moment, I saw Cao Cao signaling Xun Yu to continue playing chess, and said proudly, "If Wen Ruo's words are reasonable, it is imperative to set up officials and scholars." As for the matter of student training, Cai Anzhen, an orphan girl, sent students to train the army, which was a last resort. There is only one child to help, so why bother the scholar from Rong. ”

Seeing that Cao Cao still regarded military power as a forbidden part of the Qian Pei family, Xun Yu knew that the relevant issues could only end at this point today, and any further entanglement would only cause Cao Cao's unhappiness and suspicion. Therefore, he should echo Cao Cao's words and say, "What the king said is extremely true. Qian Pei is an outstanding person, Wu Youzixiao and Yuan Rang General are the pillars of the country, and Wen Youding Sikong is the pillar. ”

Hearing Xun Yu mention Sikong Ding Chong, Cao Cao's face sank slightly inadvertently. Cao Cao's trust in the Qian Pei warriors does not mean that he can tolerate the dominance of the Qian Pei warriors and even their heirs. Ding Chong, as a rare courage in the Qian Pei family, instigated Cao Ang to accept Cai Ji during Cao Cao's trapped Dangyang, "Bu Du Dingding, return the political son of heaven, and divide the princes." The "16-character initiative" has actually violated Cao Cao's taboo. But Ding Chong enjoys the power of the dragon on the bright side. Not only was he recognized as a hero by the Qian Pei family, but he also won the trust of Cao Cao's eldest son, Cao Ang. Cao Cao was hindered by the creation of the Wei State at the beginning. Inevitably, there was internal turmoil, so he pressed down the killing intent in his heart, and did not take Ding Chong to open the knife, but instead made him an official and knighted, and let Ding Chong become one of the three princes of Wei.

For Cao Cao, Ding Chong is a thorn that needs to be removed, but now is not the time, so Cao Cao should even pull the topic back to the chessboard, "Qing and others are all lonely and pillars of the country." Come. Come, come, hand talk, hand talk. ”

Xun Yu quietly glanced at the chess game in front of him, and then replied indifferently, "Your mind is not on the chessboard, let's stop here today." ”

Cao Cao was reminded by Xun Yu like this, and then he realized that his mind was not on the chessboard at all just now, so that the whole chess game was already chaotic. Seeing this situation, Cao Cao naturally had no intention of playing again. I saw him throw away the chess pieces casually. He sighed abruptly, "It is reported that the Qi State Zhichong Mansion has recruited more than 70,000 soldiers. Cai Anzhen was anxious to send martial arts students to Zhichong Mansion to train the army, and he must have wanted to make these 70,000 young men become an army as soon as possible. But I don't know what Wen Ruo's response to? ”

Cao Cao's question seemed to be asking Xun Yu for advice, but in fact, he was exploring the tone of the family behind Xun Yu. It must be known that Cao Cao was the first prince to implement the tuntian system in the late Han Dynasty. As early as the beginning of the conquest of the Yellow Turban Thieves in the past. Cao Cao used a series of preferential policies to attract retail investors and displaced people to cultivate in the areas under his control. The Tuntian system allowed Cao Cao to obtain a stable granary, allowing him to stand out from the many warlords and princes of the late Han Dynasty and become the overlord of the dominant side. However, Cao Cao's tuntian system is nothing compared with the Juntian system and the government military system implemented by Cai Ji in Qidi. According to Cai Ji's current public announcement, there are a total of 73 Zhichong mansions in the Qi country. It is divided into upper, middle and lower three. 1,200 in the upper government and 1,000 in the middle government. Eight hundred people in Xiafu. That is to say, once Cai Ji recruits seventy-three soldiers from the Zhichong Mansion, Qi will be able to have more than 70,000 soldiers and horses at once. Not to mention that these government soldiers also brought their own pack horses, weapons and other military materials.

For Cao Cao, the most direct way to deal with these 70,000 soldiers and horses was to follow Cai Ji's example and also implement the government military system in Wei. However, after years of observation, Cao Cao knew that the basis for the implementation of the government military system was the Juntian system. Thinking about Cao Cao, he has offended many families in order to implement the tuntian system. If it is further upgraded to the tuntian system to the uniform field system. It is bound to further deepen the contradiction between him and the family. Therefore, Cao Cao needs to test the bottom line of the family before formulating the next countermeasures.

Of course, Xun Yu knew that Cao Cao was Xiang Zhuang's sword dance, which meant Pei Gong. Seeing that he pondered for a moment, he replied thoughtfully, "The minister thinks that although the government military system is wonderful, there are three resistances. ”

Seeing this, Cao Cao hurriedly humbly asked for advice, "I would like to hear about it." ”

"One of them is a family." Xun Yu raised a finger and said, "As we all know, the Qi State recruits good people as government soldiers. In order to enable the people to send their sons to join the army, the Lord of Qi specially set up the Juntian Law, and Juntian was given to the people. However, the people must check their household registration and measure the land, which will definitely offend the family. Therefore, it is one. ”

The first obstacle Xun Yu said was already expected by Cao Cao, so he just nodded, and then couldn't wait to ask, "What is the second?" ”

"The second is the people." Xun Yu replied.

"People?" Cao Cao frowned and blurted out. Obviously, the second point Xun Yu said was beyond his expectations.

Xun Yu explained without hurrying, "It's the people." Although the common people benefited from the equalization law, a household could be granted 100 acres of fertile land, but joining the army and enlisting in the army eventually had risks. If the world is peaceful, it doesn't hurt if the government soldiers usually work in agriculture and serve in the agricultural gaps. If the war is fought together, the Qi army recruits and deploys government soldiers to fight, and the people have to abandon the fields and flee in order to avoid military service, or even turn to the family to act as a shadow household. ”

Regarding the phenomenon predicted by Xun Yu, Cao Cao can be said to empathize. Because of the incidents of military households abandoning their fields and fleeing from time to time in Cao Juncantonment, incidents occurred. For this reason, Cao Cao had to sacrifice extremely harsh punishments to punish the fleeing military households to set an example, and even severely punish all kinds of families who took in the military households. But even so, there will still be people who choose to take risks. This is because some military households, as Xun Yu said, are afraid of fighting and refuse to go to the battlefield. Second, it is also related to the poor living environment of military households. In the final analysis, the so-called "military households" are actually Cao Jun's serfs, they have no freedom, no status, not only have to bear heavy labor, but also serve as cannon fodder in wartime, so carefully calculated may not be as good as the shadow households in the family Zhuangzi.

Of course, the soldiers of Qi are all homesteaders, with their own land and assets, the right to migrate, and even send their own children to study in the school of the official office. It is very different from Cao Jun's military household. However, as Xun Yu said, once a war starts, facing a sea of corpses and blood all year round, and facing relatives who continue to die in battle, ordinary people may not necessarily continue to work for the monarch for the field. This is also a major reason why Cao Cao's control over the military tun is particularly strict compared with that of the Mintun.

"It makes sense." Cao Cao nodded thoughtfully, and then asked, "What is the third?" ”

"The third is a warlord." Xun Yu raised a third finger and said.

"Warlord? Taishi Ciye has been transferred to the assassin history, where did the Qi State come from the warlord? Cao Cao bowed his head and muttered to himself for a moment, then raised his head and said, "Wen Ruomo refers to Zhang Hehu?" ”

Xun Yu and Cao Cao exchanged glances, nodded and analyzed, "Zhang He was Yuan Shao's general in his early years, and because of his discord with Yuan Tan, he betrayed Yuan and joined Cai. It is not Tai Shici, Zhang Qingna and other close ministers of the Cai family, nor is it Zhang Liao, Gao Shun, Gao Lanna and other generals. In addition, Zhang He has been entrenched in Xuzhou for many years, and the soldiers under his account are all his cronies, which is comparable to the unusual Qi generals. Therefore, he and the lord of Qi are called monarchs and ministers, and they are actually allies. Now, in order to collect the right to collect troops, the Qi lord has set up government soldiers to balance the warlords, and divided the military town to strip the military and government. Although the whole army of Qi did not touch Zhang He's root this time, the two of them will have a gap in the long run! ”

Cao Cao heard the words "must be born", and his spirit was suddenly lifted. The opponent's troubles are their own opportunities. I saw him lower his voice and ask Xun Yu, "Can you take the opportunity to get in touch with Zhang He?" ”

In the face of Cao Cao's proposal, Xun Yu twisted his long beard and said indifferently, "As far as the minister knows, Yu Shi Gao Fan is a fellow villager of Zhang He, and he has quite an old friend. It doesn't hurt to talk about old friends, but let the Lord know what to do. ”

Gao Fan is Yuan Shao's former minister, and he was born in Hejian, and he is at most Zhang He's fellow countryman. But as long as there is a gap in the groundless matter, it is enough Seeing that Xun Yu had made it clear that he wanted to make a divisive plan, Cao Cao immediately showed his understanding and said with a smile, "Good, just act according to Qing's plan." ”

Xun Yu hurriedly surrendered his promise. But before his words fell, Cao Cao suddenly changed the conversation again, "Wen Ruo lists many obstacles, and every word is fine. However, if Lone has the heart to emulate Cai's Juntian and the people and open a military government, what is the solution for Qing? (To be continued......)