"Uncle, we're here!" Just when Liu Zhang was distracted, Cao Chong's voice came over. It turned out that everyone had arrived at Cao Cao's courtyard. Dian Wei wanted to knock on the door, but Liu Zhang stopped him.
"Come in!" Liu Zhang knocked on the firewood door lightly, and a weak voice came from the door. He pushed the door open and entered the house. He saw not only Cao Cao lying in the house, but also a group of warblers and swallows, ranging from a fifty-year-old aunt to a seventeen-year-old.
There are eight-year-old girls! After Liu Zhang entered the room, everyone stared at him, their eyes full of panic and worry!
"Brother Meng De, are you okay?" Ignoring these women, Liu Zhang walked to the couch with a smile, and looked at the angry Cao Cao, with a look of gloating on his face!
"Liu Jiyu, you are finally here!" Cao Cao didn't even move his eyelids. He was so weak that he had no strength.
Looking at Cao Cao who was furious, Liu Zhang asked in a deep voice: "Meng De, why don't you use doctors from our army?"
"I don't want my life to be saved by my opponent!" Cao Cao suddenly opened his eyes, a flash of light flashed in his eyes, he pointed at Liu Zhang and said: "Liu Jiyu, I will defeat you and never give in!"
"Come on!" Liu Zhang said with a bitter smile: "I'm already sitting here, what's the point of saying this? Meng De, get well quickly and help me!"
"Get better?" Cao Cao said: "Ji Yu, do you think I can get better like this? Don't waste your efforts!"
"Of course you can!" Liu Zhang frowned and said, "Although you look very weak, you will definitely be able to recover after a few years of recuperation! When the time comes, you and I will join forces, and the great man will surely prosper!"
"How many years of cultivation?" Cao Cao said: "Ji Yu, I am nearly sixty years old. After a few years of cultivation, what else can you do? Don't waste your efforts!"
Liu Zhang shook his head and said: "Mengde, in a few years, you may be old and frail, but your experience in governing can help many people! The big man lacks nothing but talents. If you can pass on your experience in governing
Wouldn't it be a wonderful thing to go down?"
"This..." Cao Cao asked: "Aren't you afraid that I will contact the old department and rebel against you?"
Looking at Cao Cao with a smile, Liu Zhang said sincerely: "Mengde, if I can make you unhappy, I can kill you once, but I can kill you ten times! Who of your old troops can compare with Zhao Yun, Guo
Jia and others? If you rebel, you will definitely be defeated! Don’t trust those you employ, and don’t use those you doubt. Don’t worry!”
Cao Cao shook his head and said: "Now that the matter has come to this, what can I do if I don't feel relieved? I am a mortal person. Without that agreement, I would have committed suicide long ago. Since the Cao family will belong to you, I hope you can treat me well!"
After listening to Cao Cao's request, Liu Zhang hesitated. Even for the royal family, he didn't want to grant too many privileges, let alone the Cao family. After thinking for a long time, he smiled and said: "You also know that my subordinates always act according to the rules. As long as
If the Cao family doesn't do anything to endanger our army, I won't force it. But if you want me to make any special arrangements, it's impossible!"
Cao Cao smiled and said: "I know your character and the policies of your subordinates. How can I make it difficult for you? I just hope that you will not kill the Cao family!"
"You can rest assured on this!" Liu Zhang said with a smile: "Actually, except for those families who conspired to rebel, I have never killed anyone from aristocratic families! It's just that the aristocratic families treated me very badly for the sake of power! It's like
When you were the ten permanent attendants back then, weren’t you, Cao Cao, also implicated?”
"What Ji Yu said is true. These aristocratic families are not good at all! If it weren't for you, I would definitely restrict the rights of the aristocratic families!" Thinking of the power of the aristocratic families, Cao Cao was still frightened. If it weren't for Liu Zhang's threat, he would not
Will indulge the wealthy family.
"The restrictions are definitely not enough!" Liu Zhang knew what Cao Cao was thinking. He shook his head and said: "The aristocratic family has a large amount of land, books, and talents, and has formed a monopoly on the court. If you use people from the aristocratic family to restrict the aristocratic family, how can you achieve anything?
The effect? With your ability, you can be called a great strategist, and you may be able to suppress those aristocratic families. But if your descendants cannot withstand the pressure, your efforts will be in vain!"
"Aren't you the same?" Cao Cao frowned and said: "One day, you will also pass away. Can you guarantee that your descendants can withstand the pressure of the powerful family?"
Liu Zhang said: "According to your situation, of course you can't stop it, but I have already thought of a way! As long as the monopoly of the aristocratic family on the court is broken before my death, my descendants will not have to resist the pressure of the aristocratic family.
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"This..." Cao Cao was shocked when he heard this. He sat up suddenly and asked, "What method is it?"
"Don't worry!" Liu Zhang pressed Cao Cao back on the couch and said with a smile: "Don't you want to know the purpose of making paper and books? Let me tell you, I am planning to popularize education in the Han Dynasty so that everyone in the world can be literate and sensible!"
"Are you kidding?" Cao Cao exclaimed in shock: "After the war, although the population has dropped sharply, if we want all the people in the world to be literate, how many books will be needed? How much food will be needed? This is impossible!"
"You are wrong!" Liu Zhang asked with a smile: "Mengde, do you know the cost of the paper for the books I sell?"
"It should be lower than cloth, but not much lower!" After thinking about the price of the paper, Cao Cao made a guess. He knew that Liu Zhang cheated the wealthy family, but how much he cheated, he didn't know!
"Let me tell you, those papers are so cheap that they cost almost nothing. Even books are mostly handmade!" Liu Zhang smiled and told the cost of the books and paper, but Cao Cao was surprised again.
"I remember that when you sold paper to aristocratic families, it was very expensive, only slightly cheaper than cloth, and those books cost ten thousand yuan a copy. According to you, aren't you making a lot of money?" Cao Cao's breathing was a little rapid,
He never thought that Liu Zhang could turn waste into treasure!
"That's not the case!" Liu Zhang said: "I have spent tens of millions of dollars on researching paper, building workshops, and recruiting workers. The books and paper sold to aristocratic families have barely paid off for me!"
"It's not easy anymore!" Cao Cao smiled bitterly, shook his head and said, "When I meet you, these aristocratic families have really suffered eight lifetimes of bad luck, and they have to be plotted by you no matter what!"
"Nonsense, if you don't count them, how can you count the people? How can the people have money!" Liu Zhang rolled his eyes and whispered in Cao Cao's ear: "Let me tell you another secret, I have secretly printed millions of copies
Books have been distributed to various states, and schools have been established in each state. Within twenty years, the aristocratic families will no longer be able to control the government!"
"Millions of books? Twenty years!" Cao Cao said in a daze: "You have actually started to do it. If you can do it, you will be the greatest monarch in the world, and your achievements will surpass Qin Shihuang! I lost to you
His subordinates are not unjust at all!"
"Okay!" Liu Zhang said with a smile: "I have prepared a mansion for you in Chang'an. You need to take care of yourself first, and then go to Chang'an!"
"Are you going to Chang'an?" Cao Cao laughed at himself: "Since you occupied Chang'an, Sun Quan and I have wanted to send agents to sneak in to get information, but we have never succeeded. Now, I actually want to enter Chang'an in person. It has to be said that it was a coincidence.
Man! Tell me, I finally got into Chang'an City, do you think I got what I wanted?"
"You can forget it!" Liu Zhang shrugged, with a look of helplessness on his face. Although he couldn't see Cao Cao being so decadent, he was defeated after all, and he couldn't force Cao Cao to smile!
"When are you going to bring Sun Quan to Chang'an to accompany me?" Perhaps seeing Liu Zhang's helplessness, Cao Cao didn't want to embarrass him, so he changed the topic to Sun Quan.
"Sun Quan?" Liu Zhang sneered: "How can I tolerate such an ungrateful beast who can even harm his own brother?"
"This..." Cao Cao frowned and said, "You mean, Sun Ce died at the hands of Sun Quan?"
"Death? Sun Bofu is staying in Chang'an, how can he die!" Liu Zhang laughed and said: "Brother Meng De once said: Don't compete with a lion. Now, that lion is guarding the door for me in Chang'an!
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"Seriously?" Cao Cao's eyes widened and he was filled with surprise. He couldn't help asking: "Why don't you use Sun Ce to deal with Jiangdong? You know, with Sun Ce's prestige in Jiangdong, even ten Sun Quan are no match for him!"
Liu Zhang said: "It's not that I don't want to, but that Bo Fu doesn't want to. If I use him to threaten Sun Quan, he will die to thank me. After all, he is also my uncle. I can't watch him die, so I have to give up."
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"Thank you!" Cao Cao instantly understood what Liu Zhang meant, and he couldn't help but be very grateful. At the same time, he also felt very lucky for his decision to give his daughter to Liu Zhang as his concubine. At the very least, his family could be saved because of this girl!
"Thank you for what? Your daughter is great, I should thank you!" Liu Zhang joked: "My father-in-law, take your mothers-in-law to pack up and set off as soon as possible!"
"I will rely on you as my son-in-law from now on!" Cao Cao was a bachelor, so he directly made Liu Zhang a junior. He shook his head and said with a smile: "I never thought that I would one day be the heir of the country!"
"Come on!" Looking at Cao Cao with a smile on his face, Liu Zhang shook his head and said, "It's really speechless that the old boy got an advantage and still acted like a good boy. You have a good rest, it's time for me to gather the army!"
"Wait a minute..." Cao Cao said, "Ji Yu, I have another request. I hope you can agree!"
"Say it!" Liu Zhang said with a smile: "As long as it does not violate my policies and laws, everything else is easy to discuss!"
"Although my surname is Cao, I am still a descendant of the Xiahou family. I want you to treat the Xiahou family well!" Cao Cao looked at Liu Zhang with expectations in his eyes, and Liu Zhang nodded with a smile!
"I have said that my purpose is not to destroy the aristocratic family, but to let the Han people live a good life. The aristocratic family is also a Han people, and I am not prepared to give special treatment!" After saying that, Liu Zhang left Cao Cao's bedroom, and after he left
Finally, a cry came from the bedroom, and the cry was full of joy of surviving the disaster!
Hearing the crying in the bedroom, Liu Zhang left without caring. Cao Cao's family needed time to digest such ups and downs. Since ancient times, all failed princes have never had a good end. Shang Zhou and Xia Jie were too far away, so Qin Shihuang and
How can there be any news about Xiang Yu's descendants since the establishment of the Han Dynasty? Cao Cao's family members, who were thought to be dead, are now able to escape with their lives, so naturally they cry with joy!