Cao Cao moved to Jinan for the pacification of the Yellow Turban. During the term of office of Jinan Prime Minister, Cao Cao governed things as before. There are more than 10 state-owned counties in Jinan, and most of the county magistrates are dependent on the nobles, corrupt and bend the law, and have no scruples. Cao Cao's previous ministers ignored it. When Cao Cao arrived, he vigorously rectified and dismissed eight out of ten of the officials, Jinan was shaken, and corrupt officials fled one after another. "Politics and religion are great, and a county is clear".

At this time, the politics of the Eastern Han Dynasty was extremely dark, and it was even possible to buy and sell official positions. Cao Cao refused to cater to the magnates, so he returned to the township due to illness, studied in spring and summer, hunted in autumn and winter, and lived in seclusion temporarily.

"Today's harvest is good!" Cao Cao picked up the spotted deer that he had just shot from between the mountains and forests, and said happily.

"Brother, what are you still hunting?" Cao Cao's brother came on horseback, dismounted in front of Cao Cao and said.

"Huh? It's coming! Cao Cao smiled lightly and said: "I haven't opened meat for a few days, and today I have nothing to do and go up the mountain to look for game." ”

"Brother, what are you doing? Isn't there a sister-in-law cooking at home? ”

"How can the meat you buy compare to such a wonderful game?" Cao Cao lifted the spotted deer with both hands and bolted it to the horse and said, "What are you looking for me to do?" ”

"Uncle Cao Mingyuan came to recruit his brother to return home, it seems that he has something important to discuss!"

"Oh?!" Cao Cao didn't say much after being curious, and he knew when he returned home. Tie up the spotted deer, beckoned Xiahou Yuan to get on the horse and said: "At dinner, call Shangyuan Rang, Zixiao and others to come to the brother's mansion, warm some wine for the brother, and our brothers have a good gathering!" ”

Xiahou Yuan nodded and followed Cao Cao.

"Father, what's the matter with being so in such a hurry to get back to?" Cao Cao returned to Cao's Mansion in Qian County to find Cao Song and ask for peace.

"Wu'er has nothing to do lately?"

"There's nothing else to do, just enjoy poetry and hunt and play!"

"It's not easy to teach my son for my father, the court takes a fancy to it, and worships it as Yilang, why does my son resign and don't obey?" Cao Song's face was slightly angry, Cao Cao had been persuaded many times about this matter, but Cao Cao avoided talking about it.

When Cao Cao saw Cao Song like this, he sighed secretly in his heart, "It's better to talk about it today, so as not to ask his father again in the future."

"Father, now that the DPRK and China are treacherous, the child does not like the struggle between the DPRK and China, but just wants to use his meager strength to benefit the people and contribute some great things to the Han."

Cao Dian bowed to Cao Song: "Father, if you are a local official, no matter what county is too guarded or what country is the prime minister, your son can at least benefit one party." But it is really difficult to let the child enter the court as an official. ”

"Hey..."Cao Song sighed deeply: "Being a father is not to force my son, but..."

"Hey... That's it! Cao Song shook his head and walked away in annoyance.

Father, now the court is chaotic, treacherous and blinded, the people are not happy, and the world is in chaos, it's not that the child doesn't want to enter the court as an official, but he doesn't know how to help the big man. Cao Cao felt a little uneasy in his heart, and secretly thought to himself worriedly.

That night, Cao Cao gathered the Xiahou brothers and Cao Hong brothers to drink and have fun in his courtyard.

"Brother, if you don't go home, why are you idle?"

"Zixiao is bored?"

"Brother, Ah Ren is still willing to go on the horse with his brother to fight, it's really boring to be idle at home!"

"Huh!" Cao Cao swallowed the liquor in the bowl and laughed: "Zixiao doesn't have to worry, there will be a lot of meritorious service on the battlefield in the future!" ”

"Oh?! What does my brother mean by this? Are we going to conscript troops again? ”

"Did I say that?" Cao Cao pretended not to know and said: "Where did Zilian hear about it, why didn't he know it as a brother?" ”

When Cao Hong heard this, he looked at Cao Cao speechlessly, and bit off the large piece of meat on the deer leg in his hand.

"Haha! Zilian is angry! Xiahoudun laughed when he saw this.

"What is Yuan Rang Xiaohong doing, does Yuan Rang know?"

"Uh..." Xiahoudun was stunned when he heard this, of course he didn't know.

"Drinking!" Cao Cao chuckled and interrupted everyone: "If it is recruited by the imperial court, you will go with me on the expedition!" ”

Cao Cao raised his glass, and everyone followed, drinking the wine in the cup. Everyone laughed, only Cao Cao looked up at the bright moon in the sky, and sighed secretly in his heart.

Seeing this, everyone didn't ask much, as the elder brother of everyone, he would not have any answers after asking.

"Yesterday, the old man saw you at the city gate and waited to return home!"

"Old man Li, how is your cow?"

"Huh?!" The old man known as Old Man Li pretended to be confused: "Hey! Old Zhangtou, what are you talking about? What happened to the old cow? ”

"Jun Hou is still recovering Lady Fan's City, how can he return to the General's Mansion?" The old man said with a disdainful face: "The cattle have been blown to the sky by this old man, you said that your cattle are good?" ”

"I'm angry!" Old man Li stomped his feet angrily: "The old man really saw you yesterday!" It's still that dark dress, mighty and extraordinary! ”

"Grandpa Li, Grandpa Li! Did you really go home? ”

"I went back, I only came back after yesterday's hour, and I saw the guards open the city gate to welcome the city, and there were many soldiers and horses accompanying them! That mighty momentum, really..."Old man Li sighed, shook his head, and looked safe.

"That's it! Everyone in the army trained by the monarch can be a thousand troops, and we are in the northern region, which is a blessing! ”

"Yes, yes, yes!"

"Yay! Brother Jun is waiting for his brother to return home, and the girl is going to the city to tell everyone! The little girl ran away happily, leaving the two old men behind.

The two old men didn't say much, and watched the little girl leave with relief.

"When the people in the city learned that the lord had returned home, they were setting off firecrackers again!" Hu Zhao's face was full of helplessness: "I don't know how long it will take to clean up this time!" Every time Xiang Ao came back from the expedition, the people spontaneously greeted each other, and it was common for him to whip gongs and drums, and Hu Zhao was both relieved and annoyed by this matter. The people of the city set off firecrackers, and then the cleaning of the city had to be busy for several days.

"This is a good thing, Kong Ming should put more thought into it!" Xi Zhong comforted him, but in Hu Zhao's opinion, the ridicule in Xi Zhong's eyes was not concealed at all. Hu Zhao glared at Xi Zhong and didn't say anything more.

"It's really hard for Kong Ming." Xiang Ao patted Hu Zhao's arm and said: "It's rare for the people to be happy, anyway, it's almost the end of the year, so it's good to make the people happy!" Xiang Ao is not worried that the people are too wasteful, after all, in the Northern Regions at this time, as long as they are willing to work hard, the people have a way to save a lot of surplus money.

"The lord, the mother has been pregnant for several months, and the midwife said that she will give birth in about the New Year, and the princess will put aside the affairs of the house for the time being, and protect the children in the mother's womb is the most important!" After Xiang Ao returned home and learned that Cai Yan was pregnant, he was excited and worried. I am excited that I am going to be a father, and I am worried about how I will be a father.

"Kong Ming is too worried, Yan'er has Xiaoya and so many guards watching, it will be fine." Xiang Ao was slightly embarrassed and said, "Besides, haven't you arranged for several midwives to watch it every day?" ”

"Lord!" Hu Zhao was unhappy when he heard this, and instantly said with a solemn face: "My lord, my lord's mother's arms are the hope of my Northern Regions' successor, and I hope that my lord will value this matter!" ”

"Lord, what Kong Ming said is extremely true, the lord must not be capricious!" Even Xi Zhong, who is not serious on weekdays, got up and said solemnly.

Xiang Ao looked at the two of them, helpless, so he had to nod and say, "Okay, okay!" I'll ignore the affairs of the house for the time being, and listen to your arrangement, okay? ”

"As it should be!" The two of them still bowed solemnly.

Xiang Ao had no choice but to return to the general's mansion and accompany Cai Yan every day.

"Brother Kong Ming, Zhong finally knows why Kong Ming often keeps a straight face!" After Xiang Ao left, he secretly thought about it for a long time.

"Oh?! Why? Hu Zhao was secretly happy in his heart, could it be that Xi Zhong had opened his mind?

"Such a solemn admonition to the lord, the lord still has to listen, this feeling is really..."Xi Zhong replied a little seriously. It's just that it's not good to say much after that, so Xi Zhong didn't finish it.

"Zhicai, you are really... It's really..."Hu Zhao's hands trembled with anger when he heard this, pointing at Xi Zhong and not knowing what to say. In the end, I had to shake my sleeves and say angrily: "I'm angry!" ”

Xi Zhong touched his chin slightly embarrassed, coughed lightly twice, and said no more. Hu Zhao was so angry that he didn't know how to explain, so he had to leave in great anger.

Soon it was the end of the year, and the Northern Regions Protectorate was still the same custom as Xiang Ao first came, and each county still set up a hall to inform the people in the county that as long as they were willing to go, everyone could enjoy the same house on Chinese New Year's Eve.

After a long period of construction, there were countless villages around the surrendered city and the declining city outside the border of the original Han Dynasty, and Xiang Ao was established as a separate county, which was managed in a unified manner like other counties. Although the cities outside the northern regions are not suitable for farming, grazing is extremely developed.

After the discussion of Xiang Ao, Hu Zhao and others, the grazing matter was also managed by the government. The government sells the young children of livestock, and if they want to sell them when they reach adulthood, they can be purchased by the government or sold to other territories themselves. However, most of the people still trust the General's Mansion very much, and after the General's Mansion buys it, the price will be much cheaper when they buy their young son again in the next year.

At this time, the entire territory of the Northern Regions was a mixed living mode, regardless of the so-called Han people, Xianbei people, Qiang people, and Xiongnu people in the past, now they all call themselves the people of the Northern Regions. Under the leadership of Xiang Ao, the people of the Northern Regions are not xenophobic, and they hope that more people will join the Northern Regions to strengthen the development of the Northern Regions.

The popularization of pedant studies in the Northern Regions is also proceeding smoothly, although it is still only teaching the most basic knowledge such as writing and calculation, but it has greatly promoted the racial integration, economic development and cohesion of the Northern Regions. As for the management and supervision of various places, Xiang Ao took turns to send his cronies to various counties to inspect and collect public opinions, resulting in the few officials in the northern region appearing extremely clean.

Even the history of the state assassination began to follow Xiang Ao's approach, but there were too many local families and they were deeply rooted, which led to the fact that the reform of the state has not yet begun to end. If it weren't for the fact that the history of the assassination of the state was collected very quickly, I am afraid that it would have been jointly suppressed by the Korean and Chinese families at this time.

As for the Xianbei in the far north, under the cholera left by Jiang Lu, they no longer fight each other all the time, and all the Xianbei departments are unable to take care of the Han border, which leads to a lot of Xianbei on the border of Youzhou, so that Youzhou can also have a stable New Year.