For Cao Cao, his view of Liu Jian has always been changing.

Back then, in Luoyang, Cao Cao realized that Liu Jian was the "hero" among the heroes, and in front of Cao Ren and Cao Chun, he ranked himself and Liu Jian side by side.

But as time passed, Cao Cao realized that it was he who was wrong.

The Liu Jian who was in Luoyang back then was actually hibernating.

As he went down, what Liu Jian revealed was far beyond Cao Cao's imagination.

In fact, Cao Cao himself was somewhat pretending to be in Luoyang back then, but what he hid was really too different from what Liu Jian hid.

Over the years, Cao Cao had been observing Liu Jian's movements, and he gradually discovered that Liu Jian was different from other people in the world who served as shepherds.

Far from comparable, it is better than him Cao Cao.

At this stage, Cao Cao is the one who plots in his heart...... Power, soldiers, families, resources...... Wait a minute.

What Cao Cao is planning, Liu Jian is also planning...... But Cao Cao found that in Liu Jian's heart, there was one thing that he Cao Cao did not have.

Another thing Liu Jian has been planning is to be a strong man.

This "Han" is not the Han court, but the country composed of people from the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty!

This kingdom is surnamed Liu today, and it may have another surname tomorrow, but the race living in this country will not change.

And Liu Jian gave Cao Cao the feeling that what he wanted to revitalize was not the Han family, but the group of people living in the thirteen states, including him Cao Cao!

And as time goes on, the feeling gets stronger and stronger.

Not everyone will observe Liu Jian's ideals through his behavior.

It seems that the emperor Liu Wei, Yuan Shao, Wang Yun, Yang Biao and others could not read Liu Jian's true intentions.

They will only use their filthy minds to study Liu Jian and ponder Liu Jian, and pull Liu Jian to the same level as them to think about Liu Jian.

They have never really tasted Liu Jian, or experienced the height of Liu Jian.

But Cao Cao can feel it more or less.

Of course, he can't understand it as deeply as Liu Jian, but he can understand it somewhat.

The reason why this is so is because Cao Cao's mind and his character are far better than ordinary people.

He was one of the most outstanding figures of this era.

In fact, Yuan Shao is also the most outstanding person in this era.

But Yuan Shao's growing environment since he was a child made his vision only limited to the glory of his Yuan family.

Cao Cao also grew up in a very powerful family, but this family did not bring him fame and glory, and it can even be said that at some point, this family made Cao Cao laugh at the top of the Han Dynasty.

Therefore, Cao Cao's vision and mind will not be shackled by the family.

Once there is an opportunity, his level can go one step higher.

At this point, Cao Cao's environment is superior to that of Yuan Ji, Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shu's brothers.

Only the combination of these various internal and external factors can make the current Cao Cao understand some of Liu Jian's actions.

So, Cao Cao also decided to start emulating Liu Jian in Jiangdong and doing what he was supposed to do.

Sitting on one side and establishing one's own power is the first goal,

On the basis of this goal, like Liu Jian, do something that is enough to leave a name in history, so that future generations can praise it and benefit the "Han", either to solve the things that are difficult for the predecessors to solve, or to expand the territory...... For Cao Cao, this may also be a spiritual enjoyment.

People, there must be some spiritual sustenance!

But to do this, the first thing is to achieve internal stability.

Compared with the Central Plains, Jiangdong may also have more headaches.

The first difficulty is Yamagoshi.

Shanyue is a general term for the "mountain people and thieves" widely distributed in the Jiangdong region from the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty to the Three Kingdoms period.

The Shanyue problem has existed since ancient times, not only in the late Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms.

The composition of this group is quite complex, including Han people, Baiyi barbarian tribes, and bandits...... All in all, the main reason why Shanyue was so strong in the late Han Dynasty was because of social turmoil, the people were displaced, they could not bear the annexation of land by the high-ranking families, they could not stand the heavy taxes of the government office, and they had no way to live, so that Shanyue continued to grow.

There is no doubt that the population of Shanyue is a hidden population and is not in the existing household register of the Han Dynasty.

The world is in turmoil, there are Pan Lin, Peng Qi, You Tu, Fei Zhan, Zu Lang, Yan Baihu, Jin Qi, Mao Gan, Huang Chao and many other local separatist forces, because of social turmoil, do not pay taxes and occupy the mountain as the king, its production mode is mainly agriculture, planting grain, and because of "the mountain out of copper and iron", and often "self-casting armor".

They were scattered in large numbers and lived in small groups, and they were good at practicing martial arts, and they formed armed groups relying on mountain dangers, which posed a serious threat to the Jiangdong region.

Cao Cao understood that if he wanted to do great things, he first had to deal with the civil strife in Shanyue.

In the first thirty years of Sun Quan's reign in Eastern Wu, the battle with Shanyue was almost uninterrupted, and now Shanyue's opponent is no longer the Sun brothers, but Cao Cao!

Compared with Sun Ce and Sun Quan's brothers, Cao Cao's method of dealing with Shanyue was much more powerful.

After all, compared to Cao Cao's comprehensive ability, the Sun brothers are still a little behind.

Especially now, Cao Cao has a reference to deal with Shanyue.

That's Liu Jian!

How Liu Jian smoothed the Taihang Mountains and the alien races in the north, then Cao Cao imitated how Liu Jian smoothed the mountains and Yue.

Centralize power, land in tuntian, land in the field, establish business associations, support foreign forces, and comply with the new policies of the imperial court......

Cao Cao studied in a muffled voice over the years.

He learned a lot from Liu Jian.

Liu Wei is also learning from Liu Jian, but at most he learns a little fur.

Cao Cao was really able to learn a few essences.

Although Cao Cao did fight Liu Jian for Yuan Shao before, in his heart, Liu Jian was actually a great teacher.

Maybe Liu Jian didn't expect that in Dahan, the best apprentice he brought out was actually not by his side.

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The main force of the Southern Xiongnu was wiped out by Liu Jian, and Liu Jian collected a lot of Xiongnu people, horses, cattle, sheep and population, which can be regarded as a complete victory.

If it were someone else, he might feel that the merit was enough, and there was no need to continue to kill the Huns.

But after all, that is someone else's idea, not Liu Jian's idea.

Now that he has included the merger state, he must completely solve the trouble!

However, Liu Jian's thoughts are only known to him, but others don't know, such as the Right Sage King Huyan Tuli.

Before annihilating the main force of the Xiongnu, Liu Jian had promised Huyan Tuli to make him the great Danyu of the Southern Xiongnu.

At first, Huyan Tuli didn't believe Liu Jian's promise, but later, Liu Jian used his sincerity to make Huyan Tuli feel that Liu Jian was sincere and wanted to support him to take the position.

So Huyan Tuli used all his strength with joy to help Liu Jian defeat the main army led by Xubu Guduhou.

Now, the army of Xubu Guduhou was wiped out, and the vitality of the Southern Xiongnu royal court was greatly damaged, and there was no strength to compete with the Han army, and Huyan Tuli, who was the right virtuous king, stood up at this time and took the initiative to write a letter to the remnants of the Southern Xiongnu royal court, asking them to come to the Tabu Tuo Luohai Military City where Liu Jian was located.

The so-called military market, which was used for trading next to the ancient army, first appeared in the Warring States period, when annexation wars between princes and separatist forces were frequent, and there were not enough soldiers to purchase what each soldier needed.

The business-minded people of the time saw the situation as a business opportunity, and at first it was only a few people who traded privately, until later the deal became known to more soldiers and merchants.

The government set up an area next to the army for soldiers to buy daily necessities, and this area is also a type of market, which is called "military market".

And Tabuda Luohai, where Liu Jian is now located, is one of the first military cities established by Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty in the Hetao area many years ago.

After Liu Jian defeated the army of the Southern Xiongnu, he set up his soldiers and horses here, and also wanted to investigate the terrain here......

"Ladies and gentlemen, you see, the military market here is close to two rivers, and there are mountains in the north and south, which is a rare place on the plain that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and I have let the prospectors of Hebei explore here during this time, although it is not completely certain, but this place also seems to contain graphite, marble and other minerals......"

Speaking of this, Liu Jian couldn't help but look at the green grassland in the distance, and said with emotion: "The sky is like a dome, covering the four fields, the sky is firm, the wilderness is vast, and the wind blows the grass to see cattle and sheep!" ”

"Here, it can be used as a strategic place for my Han military and civilians to be stationed in the Hetao, not as a military city, but as a fortress and fortress! Or it can be said that as an important transit place for the Han Dynasty to continue to the north in the future! ”

As soon as they heard Liu Jian say that as an important transit place for going north, the spirits of Zhang Fei, Zhao Yun and others were suddenly shocked.

Huang Zhong stroked his beard and sighed: "The great general's ambition is really admirable, but if you want to continue to expand north in the land of Hetao, it seems to be a little difficult in terms of the current national strength of the Han Dynasty......

Liu Jian said with a smile: "Han Sheng is right, with the current situation of the Han Dynasty, it is indeed unrealistic, according to my current opinion, the Han can hold the Hetao in the north, control the countries of the Western Regions in the west, and annex Fuyu in the northeast, maybe it is the limit......"

Zhang Fei said in surprise when he heard this: "Then brother, why do you still ......?" ”

Liu Bei, who had not spoken on the side, suddenly coughed heavily and said, "How many of you...... Alas, what can't be done with the current national strength of the Han Dynasty, will it not be done decades later, when the national strength of the Great Han Dynasty is prosperous? ”

When everyone heard this, it was suddenly realized.

Liu Jian looked at Liu Bei with satisfaction, but saw Liu Bei winking at him.

The current Liu Xuande is completely different from history.

Under the influence of Liu Jian, his vision has become more and more long-term, and his ambition has become more and more ambitious, it can be said that among the many subordinates, in addition to Xun Yu, Liu Bei is the person who can best understand Liu Jian's ambitions.

"What my brother said is very true."

Liu Jian squatted down, picked up a handful of dirt from the ground, put it under his nose and sniffed it.

"In my opinion, this place can be used as a barrier for the farming people of the Central Plains to resist the major nomads in the north, if the nomads occupy here, they can graze horses in the Central Plains at any time, and if the people of our Central Plains occupy here, they can chase the north in the grassland and desert!"

"From here to the area of Wuyuan County, I want to set up a military town under the direct jurisdiction of our Han Dynasty, and at the same time set up the largest pasture in the world in this area to provide cattle, sheep and horses for my Han people, and use this as a base to continue to promote the culture of our Han Dynasty to the north, so that the people of the north can be educated and returned to my Han rule!"

Zhang Fei said: "Since my brother likes this place so much, let's rename this place, right?" ”

Liu Jian stood up and said slowly: "From now on, this is the first important town of my Han in Hetao, and this place is called ...... Naturalization! ”

(End of chapter)