At the end of September, Cao Cao finally surrendered.
It was not that he surrendered voluntarily.
But in the midst of hesitation, there was an internal rebellion.
The soldiers, who had long been unable to bear the pressure, organized themselves and opened the camp gate.
After learning this, Cao Cao let out a long sigh and asked Xiahou Dun to tie him up and walk out.
Bound oneself to plead guilty.
Liu Bei went to accept the surrender in person.
The cold autumn wind howls in the Huaibei Plain.
There was silence on both sides of the vast Suishui River.
Cao Cao, with disheveled hair, walked out of the camp gate, knelt down in front of Emperor Liu Bei.
"Cao Cao, the sinner, comes to see Your Majesty."
At this moment, Cao Cao finally lowered his proud head.
Although he was not from a fourth-generation or third-generation family like Yuan Shao, he was also from a second-rate family.
His grandfather, Cao Teng, was the Great Changqiu, and his father, Cao Song, was a high-ranking imperial officer. He had a prominent family background and a prosperous family background.
Children from high-ranking families like him tend to look down on those from lower-level grassroots backgrounds.
Historically, those who could follow him were from poor families at the lowest level.
Although Liu Bei was strictly speaking, he was from a poor family.
At least he has a clan status.
But compared with Cao Cao, there is a world of difference, not on the same level at all.
Therefore, it is a very humiliating thing for someone as proud as Cao Cao to lower his head and plead guilty to Liu Bei.
This is also the reason why he has been reluctant to surrender.
However, now he has reached the end of his rope, there is no way out, and the final situation has forced him to bow his head.
Liu Bei sat on the chariot driver, raised his hands and said: "Mengde, please get up."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!"
Cao Cao stood up and said sadly: "Sinners who don't know the fate of the world, who underestimate themselves and use eggs to hit rocks, deserve to die."
Liu Bei got out of the car and said in a cold voice: "You deserve to die for your crime. The Cao family lived on the Han Dynasty and served the emperor for three generations. When it comes to your generation, you don't want to serve the country, but commit rebellion and waste your time on Chaogang. You are guilty!
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Cao Cao lowered his head and said nothing.
The three generations Liu Bei refers to do not actually include him, but refer to his grandfather, father and several ancestral uncles.
After Cao Teng became prosperous, several of his brothers and nephews also prospered.
Cao Bao, the prefect of Yingchuan, served as the prime minister of Hejian, Cao Ding, the prefect of Wu County, Cao Yu, the general of the guard, and Cao Chi, the captain of Changshui, etc.
Cao Cao's father, Cao Song, also rose to the rank of Taiwei, so the Cao family has developed in the past few decades. One family has three princes and several two-thousand-stone prefects. It is considered a second-rate family of princes.
It can be said that Cao Cao could not be where he is today without the strong support of his family.
The prosperity of his family is inseparable from the promotion of Cao Teng and Cao Song by Emperor Shun Liu Bao of Han Dynasty, Emperor Huan Emperor Liu Zhi of Han Dynasty and Emperor Kangdi Liu Hong of Han Dynasty.
Now that the world is in chaos, Cao Cao does not want to serve the country, but instead separats the local areas. According to the words of the time, he has brought shame to his ancestors.
However, after scolding Cao Cao, Liu Bei did not seriously order him to be beheaded. He just walked over and looked at him and said, "Although Meng De took the wrong path for a while, he also made great contributions to the Han Dynasty. After all, he served the imperial court.
The death penalty is avoidable."
"Sinners bow down to thank Your Majesty for His grace."
Cao Cao quickly knelt down again.
Liu Bei said: "Get up. The clan will move to Luoyang and be banned from the mansion first."
After saying that, he rolled up his sleeves and left.
For Liu Bei, he also had very complicated emotions when facing Cao Cao.
In the early days, the two had many intersections and were called brothers.
Later, they conquered Dong Zhuo and developed a deep friendship, which can be regarded as a friend in adversity.
To end up like this is something he doesn't want to see, so he has no choice but to do anything.
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In the third year of Emperor Zhangwu of the Han Dynasty, that is, 203 AD, with the destruction of Cao Cao's group, the entire territory of Henan was recovered.
Liu Bei appointed Dong Zhao as the Mu of Yuzhou, Wang Lang as the Mu of Yanzhou, and Mao Jie as the Mu of Xuzhou.
Three senior ministers took charge of the local government to restore people's livelihood and the economy.
At the beginning of October, the army returned to the court, held a banquet with all the ministers, and discussed merits and rewards.
The current situation in the world is very clear.
Sun Ce fled back to Jiangdong and barely survived. Sun Jian pursued him all the way. Huang Zhong and Tai Shici also landed at the mouth of the Yangtze River.
Attacked from two sides, Sun Ce currently only has less than 10,000 troops, and defeat will be a matter of time.
If everything goes well, by the end of this year, Sun Jian will be able to take Sun Ce back to Luoyang to plead guilty.
In the north, Guan Yu defeated the coalition forces of Ma Chao, Han Sui, Zhang Lu and others, stationed troops in Chencang, Longyou and other roads, and prepared to recapture Xiliang and Hanzhong.
The Huns surrendered to the imperial court, and Zhang Fei went north to settle in Shangjun and Xihejun. He was eyeing Lu Bu and was ready to attack Taiyuan at any time.
The time for reunification is very close now, it could be one or two years at the earliest, or three or four years at the earliest.
Chen Mu was still doing research in Huaibei at this time. He was studying the canal and the planting of double-cropping rice in Huaibei. At this time, there were many lakes in Guangling and the water system was extremely complex, making it a good place to plant double-cropping rice.
At the end of the year, Sun Jian attacked Shouchun, Hefei, Liyang and other cities, and directed his troops towards Danyang. He joined Huang Zhong and Tai Shici, captured Hushu, and surrounded Moling.
Sun Ce was desperate and finally surrendered to his father. Sun Jian took Sun Ce, Zhou Yu, Lu Su and others back north to Luoyang, and since then Jiangdong has been recovered.
It was a big trouble to recover and manage easily. Fortunately, there were many reserve officials. The number of graduates from Taishan Academy in Qingzhou every year was countless. Under the coordination of the Organization Department of the Han Dynasty, that is, the Central Officials Academy, a large number of low-level officials began to relocate to Jiangdong, Henan.
This process naturally takes a long time and is not something that can be solved overnight.
After Chen Mu learned that Jiangdong had been recovered, he went south across the Yangtze River and arrived at Dantu, which was later known as Zhenjiang City. He inspected the water conservancy, land conservancy and agricultural planting conditions non-stop.
He was accompanied by officials and generals of all sizes, walking and observing the situation. He not only had to observe the situation, but also dealt with local government affairs, which took a lot of time.
Fortunately, after Liu Bei learned that Jiangdong had been recovered, he quickly sent Cui Yan to serve as the shepherd of Yangzhou, and asked the Li Yuan to dispatch officials immediately.
Cui Yan is a few years older than Chen Mu. Historically, when he was thirty years old, the Xuzhou Yellow Turbans conquered Beihai, which was probably around the first year of Chuping. Calculating his age, he is already forty-four years old this year, older than Chen Mu.
Mu is eight years older.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Although he is older than Chen Mu, he never dares to think that he is older and always humbly asks Chen Mu for advice. This is because the master of Confucianism is his teacher.
, Confucius also worshiped Xiang Lu as his teacher.
So this time Cui Yan was sent to serve as the shepherd of Yangzhou, he immediately came with the officials who were to be sent to various places to pay homage and inquire about how to govern Yangzhou.
When Cui Yan met Chen Mu, he was doing research on the Taihu Lake Basin in Yangxian County, Wu County, which later became Yixing City, Jiangsu Province.
Since the current Taihu Lake Basin is more than twice as large as that of later generations, the later Gehu Lake and Changdang Lake were connected together at this time. The southern half of Changzhou City and Wuxi City are soaked in the lake water. Therefore, how to carry out sustainable development?
Protecting the original lake area for agricultural reclamation is also a problem.
Although the current situation due to war has resulted in a small population and a large amount of arable land, there is no need to build land around lakes. However, we must prepare for the long term, so we must use these lakes and rivers to store water, dig and build a large number of ditches, and create artificial lakes to deal with droughts.
This requires a long time of planning. Chen Mu has sent a large number of geological officials to conduct inspections and provide guidance these days. Therefore, he is very busy and is studying how to do it around Taihu Lake.
Hearing that Cui Yan had arrived in Yangxian, Chen Mu, who was convening officials at the Yangxian County government office for discussion, asked the officials to disperse first and let Cui Yan outside the door come in.
Cui Yan led dozens of newly arrived officials, large and small, into the hall. They all raised their hands and said, "Meet the Prime Minister."
Chen Mu sat on the main seat, waved his hands and said, "No courtesy, please sit down and talk."
Everyone sat in rows on the left and right.
After everyone sat down, Cui Yan raised his hands and said: "Prime Minister, Yangzhou has just been recovered. I don't know the situation here yet. I would like to ask the Prime Minister how to restore people's livelihood as soon as possible?"
Chen Mu muttered: "Just do whatever you want to do to restore people's livelihood. Just follow the previous system. In troubled times, heavy laws are used and the army is dispatched. First, strict crackdowns are used to control public order, and then public announcements are made to appease the people, and corrupt officials and powerful families who oppress the people are punished.
, don’t be afraid of offending others, just do it boldly.”
Cui Yan was waiting for this sentence and said solemnly: "Yan understands."
"The emergence of Taishan Academy is actually to break the monopoly of powerful aristocratic families on local and high-ranking officials. Everyone wants to be a member of an aristocratic family, but for the ruling class, the last thing they want to see is the emergence of the so-called Four Generations and Three Dukes like Yuan Shao."
Chen Mu glanced around and said seriously: "If you want your descendants to become high-ranking officials, you should adopt proper channels to cultivate outstanding children of your family and provide talents for the country. Instead of relying on nepotism and letting those with mediocre talents take the lead.
In high positions, every one of them has nothing to offer, and they have made no contribution to the court, do you understand?"
Everyone was shocked and quickly raised their hands and said, "We understand."
Chen Mu nodded and said to Cui Yan: "Brother Ji Gui, I am thinking about a problem. Can you help me analyze it and think it is feasible?"
Cui Yan said: "Prime Minister, please speak."
Chen Mu touched the goat's beard on his chin and thought: "Although Yangzhou has been recovered now, I don't think the imperial government's governance should cover the entire Yangzhou. I want to move all the Han people in the south of Jiangji to Jiangdong and put the core of governance there."
In Wu County and Danyang County."
Cui Yan frowned and said, "What does the Prime Minister mean to give up the large territory south of Yangzhou?"
Chen Mu shook his head: "That's not true, it's just that now the south of Kuaiji and Yuzhang are like chicken ribs, tasteless to eat, and it's a pity to abandon them. Among them, the mountains are rampant, and they don't obey the king's rule. If an army is raised to conquer them, it will waste the people and money, so let them go and let them go.
, don’t worry about it, just run Wujun and Danyang.”
"What about Jiujiang and Lujiang?"
"I have my own arrangements."
"But there are many minerals in the south..."
Cui Yan hesitated.
Although Kuaiji and Yuzhang have many mountains and little land, they are extremely rich in minerals.
Since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, Kuaiji and the south of Yuzhang have been extremely important sources of minerals for the Han people.
The most famous one in later generations is the Zijinshan Mine in Fujian, which produces high-quality gold and copper ores.
Chen Mu smiled and said: "Now the imperial court is not short of minerals."
"I understand, what does the Prime Minister want me to do?"
Cui Yan understood that the court was not short of money.
Chen Mu raised two fingers: "Two things, one is to promote double-cropping rice in Jiangdong, and the other is to dig a ditch to connect Taihu Lake and Zhejiang. Do you understand?"
"clear!"
Cui Yan's heart trembled, and he accepted the order.
Zhejiang is the Qiantang River in later generations, and it is also the source of the name of Zhejiang Province in later generations.
Chen Mu decided to migrate the southern Han people to Jiangdong and abandon the large southern areas of Kuaiji and Yuzhang. In fact, he gave up Zhejiang Province, Jiangxi Province, and Fujian Province.
There is certainly a reason why he did this.
The Jiangdong area in the Han Dynasty actually included Nanjing, Wuhu, Zhenjiang, Changzhou, Wuxi, Suzhou, Hangzhou, and Ningbo.
The main territory of the Sun Wu regime was almost in this area.
Because this is the two plain areas of Jiangsu and Anhui along the Yangtze River and the Yangtze River Delta. In addition, it is close to Taihu Lake and has a good agricultural foundation. Although the Jiangdong Plain is not large, it can support millions of people.
After passing Hangzhou in the south, there are continuous mountainous areas. There is a saying in Fujian that there are eight mountains, one water and one field, which refers to the special terrain with more mountains and less land in the south.
So if you study deeply, you will find that from Zhejiang to Fujian, there is such a large area, but it is full of mountains and ridges.
Chen Mu believed that although these places belonged to the Han Dynasty in name, they were actually controlled by the Shanyue people. If they were forcibly included in the rule, troops would have to be mobilized to fight against the Shanyue people who were not convinced by the king. This would not only waste people and money, but also delay economic development, and the gains would outweigh the losses.
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Therefore, it is better to ignore them and ignore them all in the south, and just focus on the three-acre area of Jiangdong Plain. First, connect Wu County and Danyang County to Guangling in the north, build water conservancy projects and build canals.
In economics, this is called stripping off non-performing assets and reducing the parent company's investment in subsidiaries to achieve the purpose of cutting costs and reducing losses.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! As for the canal.
Naturally, it is one of the greatest projects of the feudal dynasty, the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.
It starts from Hangzhou in the south and enters Youyan in the north.
With this canal, transportation and communication between the north and the south will be many times easier, and the central government will be able to penetrate deeper into the grassroots.
Although Chen Mu once had a dream about trains running all over the country in his later years.
But it’s better for people to keep their feet on the ground.
Because trains require too much steel production capacity, with the current steel production capacity of Dahan, let alone laying train tracks, it cannot even build a few trains.
Therefore, from a practical point of view, it is more feasible to pave cement roads and dig canals.
The cement roads in Dahan today are actually very different from the cement roads in later generations. The quality is so different that there is no comparison at all.
The advantage is that it is relatively simple. There is no need to lay steel bars. It is enough to ensure that people and carriages can walk easily.
Therefore, Chen Mu believes that the three counties of Guangling, Danyang and Wujun are now using full power to carry out double-cropping of rice to increase grain production.
Then, through government employment, civilian men were recruited to build canals to connect the north and the south.
And he adopted a subcontracting system.
Since each county contracted a section of the river, the imperial court sent a large number of supervisors to supervise it, and the money allocated was controlled by the state and county. Officials, big and small, who dared to stretch their hands would have to bear the consequences.
Although this will definitely put an end to corruption.
But since Chen Mu takes this matter seriously, he will keep an eye on it all the time.
Therefore, if you want to make money from river projects, you must be prepared to be cut off.
In this way, canals are built in the south and cement roads are laid in the north. It may not take more than ten years for large-scale industry to begin.
And the rubber needed by industry...
Chen Mu was thinking in his mind.
He used to know that my country's rubber production areas are located in Hainan, Yunnan, Guangxi and Guangdong.
Because rubber likes high temperatures, high humidity, calm winds, and fertile soil, it is mainly grown in low-latitude areas such as Southeast Asia.
Now these places belong to Jingzhou and Yizhou, and are not under the control of the imperial court.
Um.
We must regain Jingzhou and Yizhou as soon as possible.
But before that.
Chen Mu looked towards the south.
In addition to Hainan, Yunnan, Guangxi and Guangdong, there is another place that is very suitable.
Luzon!
Traveling by land during the Han Dynasty was really troublesome.
If we really plant rubber in Yunnan, Hainan, Guangdong, and Guangxi, not only the land route will be difficult, but also the local ethnic minorities will be troublesome.
So if you want to save trouble, you can follow Sun Quan's example and send a fleet to Taiwan, and then go to Luzon through the Babu Islands.
Even if there are indigenous people in Luzon at this time, they are probably just a bunch of savages, who are better than fighting against the mountains.
After the rubber is planted in Luzon, it is transported to Dongye County in Fujian through Taiwan as a transfer station. By then the canal should have been dug, and it can be transported to the north through the canal.
The road to industrialization is a difficult game to play.