Chapter 304: The Northern Protectorate

"Gongsun Du is rebellious, and when the Central Plains is pacified, it will be the day when Lone leads the army and personally conquers, and at that time, Gongsun Du and other party henchmen will be completely wiped out!"

The correctness of the political position is the most important, in the face of Tian Chou's statement that Gongsun Du has the idea of becoming the emperor, Cao Cao cannot say nothing, in this way, Cao Cao's political position is incorrect, and the consequences are not what Cao Cao wants.

Of course, although it is a statement of political position, but at the same time, it is also what Cao Cao thinks in his heart, the land of Liaodong, as long as the Central Plains is unified, then Cao Cao will not let it go, but will lead the army to recover, not to mention the others, Liaodong is the three eastern provinces of the future, the potential of this land, Cao Cao is much clearer than everyone in this era.

"The king has this ambition, the minister is pleased, and the minister only hopes that one day, when the king re-enters Liaodong, the minister will be able to go out with the army."

Looking at Tian Chou, who was dewed in joy, Cao Cao once again understood one thing, that is, the idea of great unification, until today, has become an inevitable part of the subconscious of all Han people, and great unification is not just a slogan, but has been transformed into a norm, a clear thing.

Before the Han Dynasty, during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the world was in turmoil, and the Central Plains region was divided into several or even dozens of small countries, and most of the citizens of each country did not regard the citizens of other countries as their own people, just like Europe after the collapse of the Roman Empire.

At that time, in the minds of the citizens and even the monarchs of various countries, their unification was often first the unification of their own territories, and then spread to other regions, but in this way, it was not a reunification at that time, but a territorial expansion.

However, since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty monopolized Confucianism, the central idea of Confucianism was unified, and under the continuous brainwashing of the emperors and Confucian officials of the Han Dynasty, at this moment, if you want to repeat the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, the world is divided. The situation that all countries can coexist is simply impossible unless the emperor is incompetent and the national power is weak.

For this. Cao Cao actually had a joyful mentality, and the idea of great reunification was deeper in everyone's hearts, which meant that no matter how big changes happened in China, it could eventually move towards reunification. The history of that time and space in the previous life obviously proves this, what happened in China in the previous life, if it were changed to other countries, that country would have already been divided, such as Rome, such as Egypt, such as Persia, such as the Ottomans, the Arab Empire, etc., these countries that were once powerful in the world, after their decline, ushered in a great split, and never reunified.

"Don't worry. At that time, Lone would inevitably let Qing follow Lonely. ”

After Cao Cao agreed to Tian Chou's request with a smile, he waved his hand to stop him without waiting for him to stand up and thank him, and continued: "However, there is one point, Gu still has to say, as Qing said earlier, Liucheng is not only located outside Youzhou, but also the bridgehead of Youzhou, and it is connected to the barbarians outside the Saizhou in the north. Gongsun Du, who is already not allowed to order the imperial court in the east, is resolutely self-reliant, and at the same time it is the outpost of Youzhou and even the entire north, once Liucheng changes. Then Youzhou will inevitably change, therefore, the weight of Liucheng is even heavy with Jicheng, and as the Taishou of Liucheng, it needs to be guarded against. Not only the barbarians in the north, but even the guards against the secession of Liaodong to Gongsun Du. ”

"What the king said is very true, Liucheng not only has to guard against the barbarians in the north, but also against the Gongsun Du of Liaodong, and Liucheng is located outside the Great Wall, once there is a change, it is difficult for the Central Plains army to arrive in time, when Liucheng fell and the hands of Wuhuan, one of the reasons is precisely because of this, and after Liucheng fell, in the land of Youzhou, there was no outpost that could peep into the barbarian action, which led to the subsequent years, the imperial army could only passively defend the barbarian army that broke into Youzhou."

Tian Chou's face became solemn, Liucheng was finally recovered, as a native of Youzhou, of course he didn't want Liucheng to fall again, which meant that Youzhou would once again be blindfolded, and he could only passively defend against the attack of the northern barbarians.

Thinking of the consequences of each barbarian attack, the countless casualties, Tian Chou's face flashed a touch of pain and determination, he got up and came to Cao Cao, knelt down on his knees, raised his hands, put them on his chest, and then separated, pressed on the ground, and lowered his head deeply: "If the monarch believes in the minister, the minister will ask himself to be the Taishou of Liucheng, for the king, for the court, for the people of Youzhou, for the people of the Central Plains, guard Liucheng, the city is in the people, and the city is dead!" ”

"Hurry up, please!"

A trace of appreciation flashed on Cao Cao's face, and he didn't let him kneel on the ground again, but got up, quickly helped him up, held his hand in his hand, and said solemnly with a hint of relief: "How can you not believe in Qing, Qing is full of worries about the country and the people, how can you doubt it, but the weight of Liucheng is more important than Mount Tai, Liucheng is too guarded, I don't know if it is the mortal duty in the eyes of many officials, Qing's talent, Lone really doesn't want it." ”

"Your Majesty, the monarch who can do so much in this life, although the minister has no regrets in death, the monarch, although the minister is shallow, but he is still willing to do his best for the monarch and serve the dogs and horses!"

Looking at Tian Qian, who broke free from himself and bowed solemnly and deeply to himself, I don't know if it was because he was infected, at this time Cao Cao also had an inexplicable feeling in his heart xù rising up, the plot of the Ming monarch and the virtuous courtiers unique to the Chinese, the plot of the monarch and the courtiers knowing each other, even Cao Cao is no exception.

With both hands on Tian Chou's arms, Cao Cao said solemnly: "That is the case, the land of Liucheng, as soon as you ask Qing, whether our army can finally control the grassland through Guò Liucheng, or even through Guò Qi, in the future, the Eastern Expedition Gongsun Du, this qiē is on Qingzhi, this go, I hope you will cherish it!" ”

"Gentleman"

Cao Cao's sentence of hope for Jun is cherished, it can be said that Tian Chou was completely moved, compared to Yuan Shao, it can be said that it is a heaven and an underground, which makes Tian Chou, who has a plot of Mingjun, extremely moved at this time, and made a big gift to Cao Cao again.

In the afternoon, Cao Cao issued his appointment to Tian Chou, and at the same time, he issued an order to announce that Liucheng would be the seat of governance and the northern capital would be established.

This order can be said to have caused an uproar among all the officials in Youzhou, not only because of the establishment of the Northern Protectorate, which represents a great achievement in opening up the territory and expanding the territory, but more importantly, in their opinion, the Northern Protectorate set up by Cao Cao is simply a joke, except for a Liucheng, what else is the Northern Protectorate? ! (To be continued.) )