Sima Yi sat on the bed and sighed helplessly. Because of Cao Cao's instructions, he had been pretending to be ill these days and did not participate in the construction of the canal. Of course, because of his illness, he was unable to help Xun Jun introduce various places.
He also failed to show Xun Yu the officials, chief planners and documents for the construction of the canal. Presumably Xun Jun would not force him to give him time when he saw that he was so ill.
However, so much time has passed and Sima Yi can no longer rely on him.
Even if he was afraid of Situ, he couldn't bully Xun Jun like this. Not to mention his family's huge power and wide connections in the temple. Just considering his status in the emperor's heart, Sima Yi felt that he couldn't go on like this. However,
After Cao Situ returned to Luoyang, he didn't care about the canal. He didn't even send a letter. He had to rely on him to support everything. This was a bit excessive.
Thinking that the time when the canal could be successfully built was not far away, Sima Yi stood up tremblingly.
Even though there was no one around, Sima Yi didn't look like he was going to let down his guard. He had been pretending to be sick for so long that he had forgotten what he looked like on weekdays. He squinted his eyes, picked up the crutch, and
He slowly walked out of the door, and just when he reached the door, the two servants in charge were chatting at the door. When they saw Sima Yi coming out, they were shocked. They quickly got up, walked to his side, and supported him.
"Master, why did you come out?"
Sima Yi looked at them, shook his head, and said: "I have been in the house for too long and I am very upset. It just so happened that my health has improved a little. I want to go to Xun Gong and prepare the carriage quickly...",
The servants were still a little worried and asked: "How about we go and invite Mr. Xun? The weather is getting colder today, and I'm afraid that the master will get cold again..." Hearing the words of the servants, Sima Yi was furious.
, said loudly: "Xun Gong is a minister of the court, how can there be any reason for him to come to see me?"
"What's more, how can it stop me from serving my country if it's freezing cold?"
Hearing Sima Yi's words, everyone was extremely amazed. His rickety body looked so tall. The servants did not dare to say any more words and directly prepared the carriage. With the support of the servants, Sima Yi trembled.
They got on the carriage, and the carriage drove slowly towards the Governor's Mansion. During the period when Sima Yi was ill, Xun Yu had been handling the affairs of Jingbei on his behalf.
Speaking of which, Xun Yu is indeed a famous official in the world. Although he has no experience as a local official, after taking over Sima Yi, he improved and implemented a series of policies formulated by Sima Yi, and his reputation in Jingbei is far greater.
After surpassing Sima Yi, it was precisely because of this that Sima Yi did not dare to continue to pretend to be ill. Anyway, there was no point in pretending. The officials in Jingzhou had their hearts set on Xun Yu, and there was no point in hiding it himself.
Sima Yi was thinking about these things when he heard the noise outside. Sima Yi rolled up the car curtain with some doubts and looked over. With this look, Sima Yi was immediately shocked. On the street, there were all kinds of people.
Vendors were hawking, some with northern accents, some with southern accents, and even a few barbarians. Sima Yi's eyes widened. There were many cars and horses coming and going, and countless pedestrians. In just a few months, he felt that he
Some people can’t recognize this Xiangyang City!!
The distance from Sima Yi's residence to the Governor's Mansion is not too far, but for such a small distance, Sima Yi walked for a long time. There was no way, there were too many carriages on the street, making the whole street blocked, but Sima Yi still
This was the first time he encountered such a situation. After waiting for an unknown amount of time, the carriage arrived at the gate of the governor's mansion. With the support of his servants, Sima Yi got off the carriage and walked into the governor's mansion unsteadily.
"Sima Shijun!!"
The officials who were busy saw Sima Yi coming and exclaimed in surprise. Sima Yi smiled and returned greetings to them. The officials surrounded him and asked about his situation. Sima Yi answered and glanced at
In the inner courtyard of the Governor's Mansion, as expected, Xun Yu, who heard the noise outside, walked out with a smile while stroking his beard. When they saw Xun Yu coming out, the officials also stepped aside to make room for him.
"Hahaha, Zhongda, why are you here?"
“Mr.
Then he took out some documents from his sleeves. Xun Yu squinted his eyes, nodded, took the documents, and then said: "Come, come and sit with me in the study..."
The two returned to the study and sat facing each other.
Xun Yu just said: "Actually, there is no need to trouble Zhongda. The officials in charge of the canal have come to see me a long time ago. The canal matter is about to be completed. You don't have to worry about the Jingzhou matter.
, I hope you can get better soon so that I can do my job easily..."
Sure enough, Sima Yi thought to himself and said calmly: "Mr. Xun, I have been seriously ill these days and I have really troubled you. I hope you will forgive me!"
"Hey, you're not pretending to be sick and obeying Cao Cao's order to prevent me from intervening in building the canal. How can I blame you? Don't worry, you see, the canal is mostly completed. After it is officially used, Jingzhou will
Can it be like Yangzhou and develop sea trade..." Xun Yu seemed to have something in his words. Sima Yi ignored him and just asked curiously: "Mr. Xun, I haven't been out for a long time. I went out today and was shocked.
, I wonder why Xiangyang has changed so dramatically?"
Xun Yu laughed and handed him an article on the document. Sima Yi took it with some confusion. He didn't know what it was. It seemed to be from the Di newspaper, but it was a little different. The top part said:
"Cao Situ's New Policy: A Report on Sixteen Cities in Ten Years!" Sima Yi read it carefully and suddenly realized that this was the recent policy of the temple, proposed by Cao Cao. Although everyone in the temple objected, they could not
hinder his execution.
The main content of the policy is to build sixteen large capital cities in the Han Dynasty and become the most important places in the Han Dynasty. The temples will provide heavy funds to support these counties and cities, so that these cities will become key hubs with large scale and large population. Moreover, within these cities,
According to Cao Cao's intention, he should reorganize the county soldiers and be responsible for protecting the surrounding areas. He wanted to choose a county town across the country to become a super capital like Luoyang, which would serve as a hub for the common development of the Han Dynasty.
First of all, Luoyang is the first county seat, the largest city in the world, with a population of more than several million. At present, someone in the government has proposed to divide Luoyang into two parts, and divide Luoyang into two parts, one called Luocheng and the other
It is called Yangcheng, otherwise the population will be too large and the city will be congested, making it difficult to manage. The second city, Chang'an, is not far from Luoyang, but it is particularly important. The third county town is Ye, and here is
The key hub from Luoyang to the north, followed by Nanpi County, Changping County, Jinyang County, Jincheng County, Shule County, Guanzhong County, Chengdu County, Xiangyang, Lingling, Wu County, Qiantang County, Xiapi County, Dong
Lai County, etc.
Sima Yi frowned and did not rush to speak, but he understood in his heart the reason why Xiangyang had changed so much. Xun Yu said with a smile: "In order to implement this strategy, Cao Situ did not hesitate to offend Liu Sikong and reluctantly passed.
Now, these sixteen counties have started development plans, and the temple has funded a lot of money. I have used these properties for the development of Xiangyang. Xiangyang has a superior geographical location and can become a north-south hub, which can connect with Yangzhou, Yi
State, and even the entire North..."
Sima Yi nodded and continued to read the Di newspaper in his hand. Various policies in the temple, which were about to be implemented or were about to be completed, were clearly written on them. The key point was to write down what would happen after the policies were implemented.
Sima Yi was even more surprised by the benefits brought by it. Mr. Situ was indeed Mr. Situ. Not long after he returned to Luoyang, he came up with such a thing. He was really talented!
With this in mind, he opened the back again.
Hmm?? The secret of Sikong getting a son at fifty?
Xun Yu shook his head and said, "Laugh if you want, I won't tell Sikong!"
"Hahaha...ha...ha..." Sima Yi just started laughing, but his laughter suddenly stopped and stopped because he noticed the bottom line.
"Next issue: The unknown stories of the Yankang twins, Zhuge Liang and Sima Yi."
Sima Yi's eyes widened, his face turned red, he gritted his teeth and raised his head.
Xun Yu cleared his throat and said: "Zhongda, this is Hua Xiong's nonsense. Don't worry about it. Before you, Situ Gong and Sikong were not spared. I thought it was the Taiwei's turn.
I didn't expect it. It's your turn. Don't worry. I can probably guess what your title will be next. It's probably "Surprise!" Nong Sang can serve as a servant. This kind of nonsense... I don't care anyway.
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“Mr.
He put it aside and then picked up the letter written by Fazheng. Just yesterday, a soldier at the post suddenly gave him a letter from Yangzhou. The person who wrote the letter was Fazheng. He had nothing to do with Fazheng.
Because I have been busy all day, I don't have time to look through it. Now is the perfect time to see what this guy wants to do.
Picking up the letter, Xun Yu quickly read through it. He didn't even read the previous greetings from Fazheng. After reading it like this, Xun Yu couldn't laugh or cry. It turned out that this was a letter to himself.
In order to trade with myself.
"I heard that Mr. Xun is interested in conducting sea trade. In the whole south, our overseas company is the only one that is the fastest in building ships. We can only build ships, carriages, and ships with Yangzhou. If Mr. Xun is interested, I can build ships for Mr. Xun at a low price.
Sending it to Jingzhou will facilitate Jingzhou's trade. If you buy my Yangzhou carriages and ships now, I will send you a hundred skilled sailors and all kinds of repairs and maintenance items for the carriages and ships. I have admired Duke Xun for a long time, and I have no intention of being greedy for money. If Duke Xun is interested, I should