When Liu Chan was checking the tips in the palace, the General's Mansion also received an unexpected guest.
An attendant in soap clothes quickly walked into the study and reported to Ma Di, who was holding up the "Chun Qiu Zuo Zhuan" and reading attentively: "General, Nanyang Dian Nong Cao Deng Ai wants to see you."
When Ma Su heard this name, he was horrified. Unexpectedly, a copy of "The Jade Girl's New Classic" suddenly fell out of the "Chun Qiu Zuo Zhuan". The kind with pictures.
He calmly put the "Jade Girl's New Classic" back into the "Chun Qiu Zuo Zhuan", closed the book, put it back on the bookshelf, and ordered his attendants to invite Deng Ai in quickly.
The attendant lowered his head and left quickly.
After a while, a middle-aged man who was nearly forty years old walked in from the door holding a talisman. This man had a square face, a wide forehead, thick eyebrows and short beard. His official robes were worn loosely on his body, and he was not very particular about it.
Before he could salute, Ma Di came over to greet him, looked down into his eyes, and asked with half doubt and half joy: "Are you Deng Ai?"
Deng Ai first bowed his hands and gave a salute, and then replied as slowly as possible: "Hui Hui Hui Hui Hui. General. General. Army. Down. Down. Down. Official. That's it. Deng, Deng, Deng. Ai."
After a slight pause, he blushed and continued: "I'm here to report to you about the affairs of the village."
"Oh, don't be impatient. Sit down and speak slowly. I don't eat people." Ma Su nodded magnanimously, not minding that Deng Ai had a stutter. As long as he was good at fighting, it would be fine even if he was mute.
The two sat down at the table opposite each other. Deng Ai took out a roll of official documents from his arms and handed it to Ma Di. After calming down his nervousness for a while, he said: "The matter of farming was originally ordered by the prime minister to meet the cost of conquering Wu.
, Now that the world has been unified, the Prime Minister has concluded the farming affairs a few days ago, and Deng Aite has come to deliver the errand."
After eliminating the tension, Deng Ai spoke more fluently.
"Oh, you did a good job." Ma Su casually took the official document and threw it aside. "In view of your excellent work in the field this time, the general decided to promote you to the rank of general in the army."
Hearing this, Deng Ai was startled and was immediately confused by these words.
"General, my subordinates haven't reported on the farming matters yet..."
How come you have achieved success if you haven't reported yet?
Deng Ai is a straight-tempered person. Although he did a good job in the field work this time and deserves to be promoted, he cannot accept this kind of charity-like official appointment without any reason.
It’s true that you are a general, you can promote anyone you want, but you have to listen to what I have to say!
Seeing that Deng Aiguo was as stubborn as the legend, Ma Su nodded, "Okay, you can report it. By the way, what do you do?"
"The lower official is a dianongcao, the official responsible for farming in Nanyang." Deng Ai emphasized again solemnly, and said softly: "This time, Nanyang has a total of 200,000 acres of farmland, with 40,000 civilian households, and military households.
Ten thousand households in the settlement..."
Ma Su's mind wandered as he listened to his words, and Deng Ai's information appeared in his mind involuntarily.
The Deng family was once a wealthy family in the Xinye area of Nanyang. Deng Ai was born in the second year of Jian'an (197), an era of frequent wars and social turmoil. He lived in the Central Plains where land was highly concentrated and powerful annexations were fierce. In addition, he lost his father at an early age.
, it is conceivable that life was difficult. However, Deng Ai received a good education since he was a child, which had a significant impact on his life.
In the 13th year of Jian'an (208 years), after Cao Cao captured Jingzhou, he forcibly moved the local people north. At that time, Deng Ai and his mother were forcibly moved to Runan (now Shangcai, Henan) as farmers.
Because of his young age, Deng Ai worked as a cowherd for a long time to supplement his family's income.
Although his family was in decline, Deng Ai had great ambitions since he was a child. When he was twelve years old, he read the two sentences in the inscription of the late Taiqiu Chief Chen Shi, "Writing is a model for the world, and behavior is a guide for scholars." He admired it with joy, so he named himself
His name was Deng Fan, with the courtesy name Shize. Later, because there was someone in the clan with the same name as him, he changed his name to Deng Ai.
Among the farmers, there were very few talented people. When he grew up, Deng Ai was recommended as a subordinate to the captain of Diannong because of his talents. After that, if he had merit, he might be promoted gradually.
It was a way to change his career. However, because of his stutter, Captain Diannong thought that he was not suitable for important positions, so he assigned him to be a small official guarding the straw.
However, it was not easy for the people of the farming tribe who came from a poor background to get ahead. Deng Ai spent nearly twenty years in an ordinary way, and finally worked his way up to becoming a meritorious farmer and helping to manage the farming. Once, Deng Ai went to Luoyang to report official business.
When he arrived at Taiwei Sima Yi, Sima Yi appreciated his talent very much and recruited him as a vassal in the Taiwei Mansion, and was later promoted to Shangshu Lang.
In the early years of Zhengshi (240-249), the Wei State was preparing to establish farming in the southeast area to accumulate military supplies and deal with the Wu State, so it sent Deng Ai to inspect. Deng Ai inspected from Chen County and Xiang County to Shouchun.
After investigation, Deng Ai put forward two important suggestions: first, dig rivers and build water conservancy projects to irrigate farmland, increase output per unit area and smooth water transportation; second, implement large-scale military settlements in Huaibei and Huainan. So,
He clarified his views in "Jihe Lun".
Sima Yi was very satisfied after seeing it, and adopted and implemented Deng Ai's views. Starting from the second year of Zhengshi (241), the Wei State opened rivers in Huainan and Huaibei and started farming on a large scale. A few years later, from Luoyang, Kyoto, to Shouchun,
Along the way, soldiers and villages looked at each other, and the sounds of chickens and dogs were heard, creating a prosperous scene. From then on, Wei's defense force in the southeast was also greatly strengthened. Whenever there was a war, the army could go down by boat and quickly reach the Yangtze River and Huaihe River.
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It can be said that in the original time and space, the Cao Wei regime could always maintain the strongest strength among the Three Kingdoms. Especially in the later period, it was able to quickly widen the gap with Shu and Wu. Deng Ai took the greatest credit.
Deng Ai is the kind of talent who has outstanding domestic and military abilities and a clean slate of political abilities. If he uses it well, it is a sharp knife; if he uses it poorly, it will hurt himself.
…
Ma Su collected his thoughts and looked at Deng Ai, who happened to have finished his report at this time and looked over with expectation.
"Well, not bad, you did very well!"
Deng Ai was overjoyed and repeatedly raised his hands and said, "Thank you, General, for the compliment."
Ma Su said "hmm" and then asked: "I heard that you like to talk about military affairs. Whenever you see mountains and rivers, you will survey the terrain and point out the military camp locations. You don't mind being laughed at by others. Is this true?"
Deng Ai was startled, then overjoyed, "Come back to the general, this is indeed the case."
No matter how idiotic you are in terms of political ability, you still know what it means when a subordinate is paid close attention to by your boss, and even old stories are clearly understood.
Either it's going to be cleaned up or it's going to be upgraded.
Obviously, this time it's the latter.
Deng Ai has reason to be happy.
Ma Su looked at this upright Dianong Cao in silence, "I would like to, in view of your outstanding performance in the field, I will make you a general in the army and follow General Jiang Wei to conquer the Qiang. What do you think?"
"Thank you, General. Thank you, General. I dare you to disobey your orders!"
Ma Di waved his hand and motioned to the general's officials to take Deng Ai to change his identity talisman.
It was his impromptu plan to bring Deng Ai and Jiang Wei together.
He once heard someone say that people with different horoscopes are born enemies, even if they are in the same camp. Now, bring these two enemies together, with Jiang Wei at the top and Deng Ai at the bottom. Let Jiang Wei
Let's take good care of Deng Ai.
Hey hey hey, Boyue, no need to thank me.
Thinking of this, Ma Su burst out laughing.
Just at this moment, the five-year-old Ma Feng, the sixth son of his first wife Ma, ran in with his short legs, chasing a bouncing inflatable Cuju.
Whenever he sees Ma Feng, Ma Su will think of Ma Feng's twin, Lao Qi, Ma Yun, but Lao Qi died when he was very young.
Because the framework of the King of the Western Regions was still being established and it would take at least a year to move in, the entire family gathered at the General's Mansion in Chang'an, including Axiu, who had returned from Xiqiang, and her son, Ma Pang.
Because his mother's health was relatively good, Ma Pang was fat and chubby when he was a child, and he was particularly popular, so Ma Su gave him the nickname "Pang Pang", and later simply called him Ma Pang.
Compared to the well-behaved, sensible and cute Ma Pang, Ma Su is a little less fond of the naughty and mischievous Ma Feng.
Therefore, the moment he saw the Cuju rolling over, Ma Su raised his foot and stepped on it.
Ma Feng stopped his short legs, raised his head, looked over expectantly, and called "Father", hoping that Ma Su could kick the ball back to him.
Ma Di also felt that one should not favor one against another, and should give Ma Feng a little fatherly love and interact with this brat to prevent him from being naughty all day long and causing trouble everywhere.
So he raised his leg and kicked it under the expectant eyes of the little one.
I stepped on this inflatable Cuju.
Ma Feng cried "Wow!" and his little body tilted and he rolled on the ground.
Ma Su breathed a sigh of relief, feeling extremely clear all over.
After a while, Ma Shi, who was still charming, ran in in a panic, glanced at Ma Su in fear, picked up the little one and ran away.
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At the same time, the Imperial Palace, Guangyang Hall.
The fat Liu Chan looked at the five words on the kit and was dumbfounded.
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