Chapter 698: Cao Cao's kindness
The battle of Jiangdong Huiji is over, and the Cheng family, the Hao family, the Zuo family, and even the Zhang Zhao and Zhang families were all exterminated by Liu Mang.
There are also a group of small scholars behind these big families, and Liu Mang has received a lot of goods this time.
"I thought that Jiangdong was just a chicken rib, but I didn't expect that there would be so much money from Jiangdong!" Liu Mang is simply a little unexpected, in a Jiangdong, Liu Mang got a palm of gold, five thousand gold? Hehe, 50,000 gold? It's still a full 500,000 gold.
Liu Mang went to Jingzhou to blackmail, but only brought back more than 100,000 gold, but he didn't expect to get 500,000 gold from the first battle of Jiangdong.
With this 500,000 gold, Liu Mang could even expand the plan of the warship cannon.
"Jiangdong has been taken, let's build two more shipyards in Jiangdong." Liu Mang is very generous, the painter is 100,000 gold, and the cost of the two large shipyards is equivalent to 200,000.
Xu Shu stood on the side and nodded with a smile.
"Give me another hundred and three thousand cannons." Liu Mang continued to say with a smile.
Xu Shu still stood and nodded with a smile.
"The palace also needs to be rested, I look at the palace left by my father-in-law over there, and now it should be expanded" Liu Mang was also a little carried away, like the princes of Yiqiē, with money, after expanding the armament, he also wanted to nourish his own small life, as long as he was powerful and powerful, he was comfortable in any dynasty.
"Yes!" Xu Shu still nodded with a smile.
"Do you want to build some roads?"
"Yes!" Xu Shu continued to smile and nodded.
"Why don't you give the palace a rest and recuperate?"
"The people will give you some more food?" Xu Shu nodded with a smile.
"Okay, Yuanzhi, go and do it!" Liu Mang waved his hand at Xu Shu unashamedly. He, Liu Mang, is rich, right? You can't enjoy it alone. He Liu Mang is still thinking about those people, Liu Mang is very complacent, the country and the people are safe, this is not the talent that the master should have.
But Liu Mang was not happy yet, Xu Shu on the side stretched out his hand to Liu Mang.
"What's wrong, Yuan Zhi?" Liu Mang was a little puzzled.
"Give money!" Xu Shu said to Liu Mang.
"Give what money? Isn't there 500,000 gold over there? Liu Mang asked suspiciously.
"Hehe, the lord's 500,000 gold has already been taken by the household department." Xu Shu said to Liu Mang.
"All the 500,000 gold was taken by Mi Zhu?" Liu Mang frowned, the household department should have been a place to open source and reduce expenditure, Liu Mang was counting on Mi Zhu, Zhao Yun's eldest brother, to make money for him in Yangzhou. What did he do with 500,000 gold? Could it be that Mi Zhu has the same idea as in Xuzhou before, using the official's money to fill his own pocket, and then waiting for the price to sell.
"500,000 gold, there is nothing left." Xu Shu said to Liu Mang, waiting for Xu Shu's explanation Liu Mang then knew that Mi Zhu took 500,000 gold not to fill his own pockets, but to listen to his Liu Mang's instructions to use it.
500,000 gold, all of which were used to buy and sell land, although there are some in Jiangdong who are like a family, the Hao family. The Zuo family, these rebellious clans of the Zhang family. But there are also some people who continue to follow Sun Ce, or some scholars who wait and see, who have not joined the ranks of the rebels, such as the Lu family, if they don't participate in Sun Quan's rebellion in Jiangdong, you can't kill people.
And Liu Mang's policy is to have a land ownership system, so that all land belongs to the government. But Jiangdong is not Yangzhou, Yangzhou is a barren land, you Liu Mang can do whatever you want, most of the land in Jiangdong is not under Sun Ce's command, nor is it in the hands of the common people but in the hands of those Jiangdong scholars, so this has become a big trouble.
Liu Mang needs to buy those pieces of land back for him. You can't rob it, if you play a game to grab land, hehe, then Liu Mang's reputation in the Shi clan will be completely ruined, even if all the Shi clans in the world rebel, he will not surrender to Liu Mang.
And the 500,000 gold seems like a lot, but once it is used to buy land, it will be stretched.
"Okay, okay! Things about the warship can be slowed down! Liu Mang smiled bitterly twice, the warship is not in a hurry to appear, but it is a top priority to recover the land in Jiangdong and distribute it to the people, only if the people get the land, and the people's land cannot be annexed, so that the people will support your government.
"But Yuan Zhi, let them definitely train their soldiers and horses diligently, this war may be coming." Liu Mang looked at the north with deep eyes, isn't the north of Yangzhou Cao Cao's territory.
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In the north, in Jizhou.
Cao Cao's army is like a bamboo, it can be said that it is basically unstoppable, the Yuan brothers, their father has not been able to play Cao Cao, and the sons of these two losers are not opponents.
Originally, the two of them could still compete with Cao Cao, but now it seems that this is not the case, at least there has been more than one war between the two brothers, and Cao Cao's strategy of killing three soldiers with two peaches made the two brothers turn against each other.
So Cao Cao soon from Yecheng, after occupying half of Jizhou, has spread to the whole territory, the Yuan family brothers, has begun to retreat to the direction of Liaodong, the two are only now reacting, it is too late to jointly deal with Cao Cao, Cao Cao is only a matter of time to win them.
"Fengxiao, you see, that Liu Mang Xiao'er has already taken Jiangdong, so among the nine states in the world, this Liu Mang occupies the land of three continents, which is really a big disaster." Cao Cao couldn't help frowning as he looked at the envelope in his hand.
He really didn't expect that this Shu King Liu Mang would develop so fast, from living in Lujiang to taking Yangzhou as the main guest, and now even Jiangdong has been taken.
"It's possible!" Guo Jia has always been paying attention to the war in the north, or he just wants to pay attention to the things in the south, but he is also more than capable of doing so, because he Guo Jia's condition has worsened, and his face has turned pale in the past few days.
Guo Jia felt that it was impossible, and that was because of Sun Ce. That's Jiangdong Xiaobawang. Good face. The most arrogant person, Liu Mang seized his Lujiang, which slowly developed, this Sun Ce will swallow this evil breath.
"Nothing is impossible!" Cao Cao shook his head, this is true, because Liu Mang's letter to the Han Emperor asking for the title of Marquis has been placed on Cao Cao's desk.
"Zhou Yu!" Cao Cao explained Guo Jia's doubts, because Zhou Yu was seriously injured, seriously ill, and dying. Sun Ce gave up the entire Jiangdong in order to save Zhou Yu. Cao Cao got this information, and couldn't help sighing, if the parties involved in this were changed, Sun Ce would be replaced by him Cao Cao, and this Zhou Yu would be replaced by Guo Jia, maybe he Cao Cao would do the same.
"What does Liu Mang, the king of Shu, think of me, what kind of marquis does he want, what marquis do we have to give him? Could it be that this big man and his surname Liu Mang! Over there, Cheng Yu immediately shouted, very unhappy.
"Huh!" The Guo family and Cao Cao on the side laughed bitterly twice, although Cheng Yu said angrily, but there was one thing that had to be admitted. This big man's world is really still surnamed Liu, and he is really surnamed Liu before this prince tears his face and tears off the last layer of fig leaf.
"My lord. If you want me to say, this Shu king Liu Mang asked him to do what he should do, and he dared to ask us for a knighthood and ignore him. The general of the Xiahou family over there spoke.
This opening represents the thoughts of many generals, generals are inherently upright, whoever makes me unhappy, then I will make you unhappy and fight back. Liu Mang made them very unhappy, and they naturally didn't want Liu Mang to be comfortable, so they persuaded the lord Cao Cao not to send the letter of request for Liu Mang's children's shoes.
Cao Cao suddenly asked a military general below. "What do you think?" There are even some people who don't know who this military commander is, but they still found this person according to Cao Cao's gaze, this person is not a commander or a chief general, but just a commander of the army, with 5,000 soldiers and horses under his hands.
"Ahhhh This gentleman was also stunned when Cao Cao named him, logically speaking, he was just a commander of the army, and there were those miscellaneous generals on his head, and there were still those generals on his head, and he couldn't take his turn Zhang He.
What's more, he Zhang He is still a general.
That's right, this person is the general of Yuan Shao in Hebei, Zhang He Zhang Junyi, this person is known as the four court pillars of Hebei in Yuan Shao's army, and Yan Liangwen is the same person, the strength under his hands can be seen, but in Yuan Shao's hands, he has not been reused, only a false name, and after being forced to Cao Cao by the second son of the Yuan family, Cao Cao is very kind to see this Zhang He, and asks Zhang He some questions from time to time, and even although Zhang He commanded the heavy cavalry under Yuan Shao, However, after subduing Cao Cao, he should go to bring the miscellaneous infantry army, but Cao Cao still let this person continue to command the original heavy armored troops, which can be seen.
Zhang He doesn't want to be as rough as some other generals, but a delicate feeling, if you have to use one word to describe it, it is the little white face that these old men will always say, of course, it is with a sour taste.
Zhang He's white face has brought him a lot of trouble, this is not asked by Cao Cao, Zhang He's face is red, if you dress up again, she will be a beautiful girl.
"Sissy!" Sure enough, some big men were jealous and shouted in private.
Zhang He was a little annoyed, he was a little more beautiful but there was a mistake, since you are jealous of my appearance, then let you be more jealous, it is precisely because of his very delicate appearance that Zhang Hu wants to prove himself more and more on his ability, to prove that he is not a person who eats on behalf of his face.
"Lord, I think that not only should we not restrict the application of Liu Mang, the king of Shu, but also go all out to help him Liu Mang succeed in obtaining the title." Zhang He said to Cao Cao, who was on the stage.
"Oh?" Cao Cao was puzzled for a moment.
"Sure enough, he is a white-faced scholar, no need for a child, just say it casually, this mountain does not allow two tigers, that Liu Mang, the king of Shu, does not respect the emperor's order, occupies Yangzhou, and now occupies Jiangdong, for the hidden danger of my Han, I should immediately curb him, otherwise sooner or later it will be the disaster of the prime minister, how can I help this person to get the title!" Someone from Cao Cao's army on the side spoke.
"Are you going to impress Bing Ge for the sake of a mere title? The knighthood is also glorious, but in the hands of the prime minister, it is just a letter. The superior is plotting. Median cuts. The subordinate is a soldier. Zhang He's retort is not inferior at all, some people over there scold him for being a child, and here Zhang He ridiculed him for being an inferior.
"You!" The man who was scolded in anger almost jumped out to fight Zhang He.
"Alright, shut up!" Cao Cao also frowned, in the final analysis, this contradiction was still a disaster left by himself, so he led the original Yanzhou generals and this Hebei generals to discord.
It's also to blame him that Cao Cao loves talent too much, so people like Zhang He who surrendered are all important.
For example, although Zhang He is only a commander of the army, he can say that he has fought more battles than the Xiahou brothers in Hebei. What battle didn't have that soldier's horse? Even these Cao Cao's own families of the Xiahou family were jealous.
If this Zhang He is a straw bag, the generals may not have an idea, even if Cao Cao takes a fancy to you, you can't help it.
But this Zhang He is really a talent, Cao Cao let Zhang He do everything he did can be overdone, so that the credit that originally belonged to them is gone, this Zhang He also grabbed other credits by the way, with Zhang He, what do you let the other brothers do.
Cao Cao knew that if he asked again, then the generals of the old school in Yanzhou would definitely quarrel with the generals in Hebei, and it would be difficult to clean up at that time. You can only play fifty boards each.
Since the military general can't ask, then ask Wenchen.
"What do you think of Bonghyo?" Cao Cao trusts this Guo Jia and Guo Fengxiao the most. Although Guo Jia was already seriously ill, Cao Cao still subconsciously asked Guo Jia.
"Lord, General Jiahe Zhang He generally thinks, this Shu King Liu Mang's letter of request, not only to give, but also to be fast, to give quickly, quickly, not at all to give that Liu Mang an excuse to march into the Central Plains, annoy my Yanzhou abdomen, first to stabilize his body, and when I calm the north, it is time to fight with that Liu Mang!" Guo Jia's idea is to give the benefit to Liu Mang, the king of Shu, first, and stabilize him, only if he is stabilized, then there will be no problem, so that Liu Mang thinks that we are afraid, and wait for the war in the north to be completed, and then wave the army back to the division to go to war with Liu Mang.
"Hold this person back?" Cao Cao frowned, this is a bit unsafe, Cao Cao's soldiers and horses in Yanzhou are less than 100,000, and there are many elites in them, but Cao Cao is still worried, because although Liu Mang's soldiers and horses are also more than 100,000, their combat effectiveness is not weak at all. I'm afraid that this letter of invitation can't impress Liu Mang.
"The lord might as well give Yangzhou Mu and Jiaozhou Mu to Liu Mang, the king of Shu." Guo Jia's capital is a bit high, which can be justified, Jiaozhou, Yangzhou, got these two official positions, Liu Mang is the embodiment of justice, otherwise in the final analysis, it is still the position of the king of Shu to temporarily replace Yangzhou Jiaozhou.
"Yangzhou and Yuzhou, all of you should withdraw your troops and horses to strictly guard against Yanzhou, Qingzhou generation!" Guo Jia continued.
"Xuzhou? Why! "There are generals over there who are not convinced, Yuzhou is okay to say, after all, Cao Cao only has three or two cities in Yuzhou, Cao Cao left soldiers and horses in Yuzhou to disgust Liu Mang, the king of Shu, but this Xuzhou is different, now Liu Mang only occupies half of Xuzhou, and half is in Cao Cao's hands, this Xuzhou is really Cao Cao's Yanzhou generals rely on blood step by step to fight over, you are now going to give away people as soon as you open your mouth, these generals are not in a hurry.
What's more, in Xuzhou, the lord lost his brother Cao Chun.
"Although the city is lost, Xuzhou is not lost!" Guo Jia shook his head and said to the generals under his hand, Guo Jia chose to withdraw his troops and horses from Xuzhou, that is, to leave a buffer zone with Yangzhou, and now Liu Mang swallowed Jiangdong and is about to finish digesting, once the digestion is completed, then naturally the next target will be Jingzhou or Xudu.
Guo Jia's purpose is to exchange space for time, throw Xuzhou to you, let you digest it for a while, wait for you to digest Xuzhou, and our north is also calm, how you eat will give me how to spit it out. Therefore, the Guo family only gave the city of Xuzhou but did not give the official position of Xuzhou Mu. Speaking of this, these Xu Du's generals nodded.
"What if Liu Mang, the king of Shu, is insatiable?" Someone questioned, if this Shu king Liu Mang directly looked down on the city of Xuzhou, or the city also wanted to fight this Yanzhou.
"Then it depends on whether he Liu Mang is powerful or my 100,000 army is powerful!" Only then did the generals remember that Cao Cao had also left 100,000 soldiers and horses in Yanzhou, commanded by Cao Ren.
"Where is the lord of Liaodong Gongsun Du, did the lord send someone to go?" Guo Jia asked Cao Cao over there.
"Feng Xiao rest assured. I have sent messengers. I'm afraid this letter will be on the table of Gongsun Du in a few days! Cao Cao nodded. Contacting Gongsun Du is Guo Jia's plan.
"That's good! The lord should discuss with that Gongsun Du as soon as possible, not afraid that his Gongsun Du has a big appetite, but he is afraid that he has no appetite, we must hurry up and take down the two brothers of the Yuan family, so that we can move to the Central Plains. Guo Jia's idea has been used a long time ago, that is, in the face of the pressure of Yuan Shao's army in the north, Cao Cao also sent troops to Xuzhou to suppress Liu Bei, and the fight was a time difference. Let Yuan Shao react with him, and suppressed Cao Cao to restore Xuzhou. Now Guo Jia regards Liu Mang as Yuan Shao, and the second brother of the Yuan family is like Liu Bei.
How good it would be to hope that the battle of Guandu would happen again.
"What if the lord is too big for his grandson to lose his tail?" Someone frowned, what he was afraid of was that after the Yuan family brothers were destroyed, there would be an additional Gongsun family in the north, which would be bad.
"Don't worry, this Gongsun Du is still knowledgeable about current affairs, if you don't know each other, it's good to take him to destroy Miè together!" Over there, Guo Jia said in a cold voice. can be targeted by the Guo family and Guo Junshi, none of them will end well.
"In this way, according to what Feng Xiao said!" Cao Cao said to Guo Jia, and the people below had no objections.
"Bong Filial Piety. Do you have any research on this Sun Quan and Sun Zhongmou? Cao Cao suddenly asked about the Guo family over there.
"Huh?" Guo Jia was stunned for a moment, and then looked at Cao Cao suspiciously. How did Cao Cao ask this question. Cao Cao handed another letter to Guo Jia, and Guo Jia saw that it was written that Liu Mang, the king of Shu, recommended such a person as the Han Emperor's companion, and this person was Sun Quan.
"Send Sun Quan to Xudu?" Guo Jia also frowned, who is Sun Quan, Guo Jia still knows a little, Guo Jia wants to kill Sun Ce after he wants to let that Sun Quan take power and fight against Yangzhou with the Jingzhou Alliance, but Sun Quan carried a little bit and didn't succeed, this person is a handsome man who knows the times, or purple-haired and blue-eyed, and scheming.
"This man is talented!" Guo Jia knew that Sun Quan was a person, and if Sun Quan calmed down, it would be very terrifying.
"Then why did this Liu Mang recommend Xu Du."
"But it's also troublesome!" Guo Jia thought for a while and smiled bitterly and said to Cao Cao, Sun Quan is ambitious, Emperor Liu Xie's ambition is not small, and Emperor Han's other companion Cao Pi is not a good person.
Sun Quan wants to make contributions and compete in the world. Liu Xie wanted to suppress Cao Cao and return to power, and the other Cao Pi and Cao's second son were also always instigating their father Cao Cao to ascend the throne and become emperor, so he could inherit the unification.
Guo Jia looked at Cao Cao with a wry smile, he had the heart to explain to Cao Cao, but he didn't know how to say it, could it be that your son wants you to seek a dynasty! Does your son want to be emperor? Or are all three people who want to be in that position?
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"Cao Cao is so kind?" In Yangzhou Shouchun, the monarchs and ministers of Yangzhou are also calculating the group of people in the north.
Liu Mang took the holy decree in his hand, and what was written on it was that Liu Mang gave Zhou Yu a letter to Sun Jian and others asking for a knighthood, which not only agreed, but even Cao Cao gave Liu Mang two blank tattoos, and the two big seals on the side were shining on the table, one was the seal of Yangzhou Mu, and the other was the seal of Jiaozhou Mu, Cao Cao was so good at talking.
"Report, report to the lord, a letter from Chen Deng, the governor of Guangling!" The herald rushed in and brought Liu Mang the news of Guangling Chen Deng.
Liu Mang looked over, except for the resistance occupied by Liu Mang in Xuzhou, the other cities, Cao Cao's soldiers and horses were retreating, and the direction of their retreat was Yanzhou. Now the original Cao Cao's army has all empty cities and has become a borderless land.
Chen Deng couldn't make up his mind, so he sent a message like Shouchun.
"The lord Yuzhou also wrote that the cities occupied by several Cao troops in Yuzhou were also empty." There was a general on the side who spoke to Liu Mang.
Cao Cao sent the title, the official position of the state pastor, and Cao Cao retreated from Xuzhou over there. What is this Cao Cao playing? Could it be that Cao Cao's conscience found out that he was going to engage in charity, and Xuzhou over there made it clear that it was given to Liu Mang!
If Liu Mang swallows this half of Xuzhou again, then Xuzhou, Yangzhou, Jiaozhou, plus most of Yuzhou, it can be said that Liu Mang has played the role of three continents, almost four states, and the world is only nine points, occupying four, almost half. (To be continued......)