And if it is said that the richest place in Shazhou today, it is naturally Dunhuang.

When Zhuge Xu came to Dunhuang, he was really taken aback.

If he can still recognize Qiuzi and other places, and the great changes in Dunhuang are really amazing.

On several roads around Dunhuang, you can often see groups of merchants, and when you enter the city, you can see the crowds of people who originally moved from Bashu, and those big clans have basically settled in Dunhuang.

The population of Dunhuang has skyrocketed, and in the years after Zhuge Xu left, Cao Chao has not been less likely to migrate here.

Coupled with the exemption of poll tax, this Dunhuang is extremely lively and noisy.

All you can see on the street are children running around barefoot.

It was as if the whole city was crowded with children.

The more you go to Luoyang, the greater the changes.

The road where people come and go, and the long queue of merchants who can block the city gate.

The city was crowded with people, and the city was lined with towering shops of all kinds, and the streets were full of vendors shouting.

Zhuge Xu was stunned.

In his opinion, this is already a prosperous era that he can imagine.

Even the Later Han is nothing more than that, right??

It's only been a few years, huh?

The shock that Zhuge Xu felt along the way was simply more than what he felt when he went to Guishuang.

Those who have been here for a long time may not be aware of this change, but after leaving for a long time like Zhuge Xu, and suddenly coming back, they can find the great changes in it.

He couldn't even describe it, but Da Wei before he left was indeed not like this, and at this moment, the time had also come to the seventh year of Ganlu

And at this moment, Cao Chao is in Lu Zhi's house.

This year, Shangshu Luzhi will also officially resign from his official position and start pension.

Lu Zhi is already very old.

In the past few years, his contribution has been great, and the entire Shangshutai is convinced of his contributions.

Cao Chao sat on the top seat, looked at Lu Zhi on the side, and was seriously discussing the financial situation of the treasury with him.

Lu Zhi's face was full of pride.

Most of today's old ministers are like this.

They never imagined that they would live to see such a scene today.

Seeing the prosperous era emerge little by little, everyone felt incredible, and there was a different kind of pride and pride in their hearts.

They really didn't expect that they would be able to achieve such achievements in their later years.

In the future, when it comes to the cure of nectar, who will not mention them?

Today's treasury has not collapsed as expected.

In the continuous work of purging the clan gates, the treasury has been profitable year after year, and it has been proved that as long as you can collect taxes, the poll tax is not necessary.

If, as in the late Ming Dynasty, the squires earned more than the state treasury, then it was useless to collect more poll tax, it would only force countless postmen, and if the emperor was strong and dared to attack the squires of the big clan, then it would be enough to pay the poll tax.

So far, the migration order has been carried out twice.

The results are remarkable!

A large amount of hidden arable land and population returned to the hands of the temple, and coupled with the increase in the production enthusiasm of the people, the income of the temple is increasing every year.

During these days, Cao Chao did not continue to fight foreign wars, the army was constantly being reduced, the treasury was getting richer and richer, and many policies were implemented.

And the most fundamental issue is the issue of grain production.

Recently, there has been a great improvement, and Lu Zhi himself didn't expect that those alchemists really had a way to do this.

Although fertilizer production is still low, there has been a significant increase compared to the past.

There are also special factories in various places to produce, and at the same time, Cao Chao has implemented the rest of the refining methods to continuously improve grain production.

Lu Zhi talked about the grain production and the amount of arable land in various places, and his expression became more and more excited.

Cao Chao listened to him with a smile.

"You're right."

Cao Chao's face suddenly appeared a little embarrassed, he sighed and said: "I don't know if this Xun Miao can do a good job, you suddenly want to leave, I am very frightened in my heart."

Lu Zhi hurriedly persuaded him: "Your Majesty, don't worry about Xun Miao, although he is flattering, but his talent is not low, his prepared mansion, in the past few years, the performance is also very good, several disasters in the north, thanks to His Majesty's early establishment of the prepared mansion."

The retirement of such an important minister, of course, cannot make him feel that he is not good and will be replaced by a young descendant.

You have to make him feel that he has to support his old age as a last resort, and he has to show his reluctance to rely on him.

Even if Lu Zhi knew the emperor's thoughts in his heart, he was very moved.

After all, with Cao Chao's current status, he can still pretend to be in front of the old ministers, which is really worthy of them.

Cao Chao completed the unification and led the world to gradually transition to a prosperous era.

Although many people do not recognize this, many scholars still miss the beautiful and romantic times of the past.

At present, although some people eat and some live, they are always less free and easy than before, and they are not as beautiful as in the past anyway.

Whether they recognize it or not, Cao Chao is firmly on the throne anyway, and from top to bottom, everyone's title to the emperor has been unified into a saint.

In the past, sages were used to refer to Confucius and other sages, but now, it has become the exclusive term of Cao Chao alone.

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This shows how terrible his prestige has become.

The two talked for a long time.

Lu Zhi still inevitably talked about today's big clans.

Migration was very useful, and when Cao Chao forcibly relocated the large clans from all over the country to different regions, the lives of the people were much better, and the income of the treasury also increased.

But this is only a blow at the economic level, and the real foothold of the big clan is still in the monopoly of knowledge.

Lu Zhi said very seriously at this moment: "Your Majesty, although the land annexation and other problems have been curbed now, the situation of this virtuous and talented family will not be truly changed if it is not improved for a day."

"The Ministry of Rites still needs a more resolute person to take on the role."

Lu Zhi said again: "Pei Xiu is not talentless, but he may not be able to help you do things wholeheartedly. ”

Cao Chao nodded, indicating that he knew.

Cao Chao got up at this time, and ordered the heirs of his family to take care of Lu Zhi, and then said goodbye and left.

Walking out of here, Yang Zong was already waiting for Cao Chao's arrival by the car.

The two got into the car together and drove towards the palace.

"How's the matter with the imperial examination?"

"As Your Majesty expected, in this exam, Liu Yuan is really the first"

Cao Chao couldn't help laughing.

This year's spring exam will be very fierce in the eyes of many people, because Zhong Hui released words very early, saying that he wanted to see whose disciples were better.

He just wanted Liu Yuan to compare himself with Zhang Liang.

However, Zhang Liang did not participate in this assessment at all, Zhang Hua thought that he was too young and needed to continue to sharpen, so he retained him.

Liu Yuan participated alone.

But for some reason, this guy, who doesn't read much on weekdays, did well in the first two exams.

The first exam is the Ming Sutra, to put it simply, it is a special classic fill-in-the-blank question, give you the first half, and you will continue to write the half.

The second exam is to test your understanding of the essence of scripture and to relate it to current or historical events.

When he learned that Liu Yuan's results were extremely good for the first time, Cao Chao knew in his heart that Liu Yuan was going to be in the limelight this time.

For Liu Yuan, probably the most difficult thing is this first exam, fill-in-the-blank questions.

After all, Zhonghui's teaching method is not to teach disciples to memorize scriptures at all, but to let them understand scriptures.

This is the first time he has passed the test, so the rest is not a problem for Liu Yuan.

Just as Cao Chao thought, Liu Yuan won the first place.

And next, it is necessary to face Cao Chao.

Cao Chao will choose the first place, and according to their answers, they will be assigned official positions.

Liu Yuan, this guy is only sixteen years old this year.

Although some people start to be Shang Shulang when they are more than ten years old, this guy is admitted by himself, which is still quite scary.

With Zhong Hui's degree of cultivation of his disciples, Cao Chao felt that no one should be able to defeat him on topics such as governing the country.

Cao Chao was thinking about how to solve the problem.

Yang Zong said again: "Your Majesty, Zhuge Xu has returned to Luoyang"

Cao Chao was stunned, Zhuge Xu has already returned?

This guy is walking fast enough.

I thought it would be at least another year.

Cao Chao immediately returned to the Taiji Hall and ordered Zhuge Xu to come to see him immediately.

When Zhuge Xu appeared in front of Cao Chao again, he bowed to Cao Chao, and almost tears fell in his eyes.

This is the case when going out at this moment, every time you travel far away, you are gambling with your life, and Zhuge Xu never thought that she would come back alive.

Looking at Zhuge Xu in front of him, Cao Chao was also quite moved.

It's just a few years later, Zhuge Xu seems to have changed as a person, and Cao Chao almost can't recognize him.

After several years of wind and rain, he looks no different from the Qiang people.

"Zhuge Qing, sit down."

Cao Chao let Zhuge Xu sit beside him, and then took his hand, "Along the way, I'm afraid I have suffered a lot." ”

Zhuge Xu hurriedly shook his head, "How dare you work hard for the king?" ”

"Your Majesty has already compiled all the information along the way, and sent it over in the hands of the Yellow Gate Official."

"The situation of Kushan is really difficult to describe, Guishan has long been divided, no longer the grand occasion of the year, the minister thinks that if you want to open a trade route, you still have to deal with the Persians, and the Kushan people are no longer enough to bear such a heavy responsibility."

Zhuge Xu slowly talked about what he had seen and heard.

Cao Chao listened even more seriously.

The era of the four empires has finally passed.

Cao Chao knew that the Guishan Empire had also ushered in its decline, but he really didn't expect that the empire that was glorious in the past would now be so miserable and even begged for help from Great Wei.

How can this be saved??

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