Zhang Lu and Liu Bei successively surrendered to Wang Yan, and Wang Yan had begun to rule Hanzhong and eastern Yangzhou, implement various systems, engage in production and construction, and at the same time began to train militiamen. Of course, Cao Cao was anxious.
They knew very well that if they did not attack Wang Yan, then four or five years later, when Wang Yan had developed enough food and trained many reorganized troops, Wang Yan would definitely come to attack them. Similarly, they also knew that if they did not attack Wang Yan in the past few years, then Wang Yan would definitely not come to attack them, and would even engage in friendly business with them to exchange their needs.
Although many wealthy families who did business with Wang Yan in the past have lost their families, no one will give up doing business with each other. Everyone knew that Wang Yan would kill them one day, but the profits from trade were too great, and Wang Yan had a lot of necessary supplies there, so it would be impossible not to trade.
On the one hand, they were happy to make money and their family became stronger and more prosperous in this troubled world, but on the other hand, they lamented about the uncertain future of the family. They looked at the northern land in the distance, thinking about the power of the king thief, and said ugly and dirty words. Angry and frightened, they dreamed countless times in the middle of the night that their skin and flesh were cut off one by one, turning them into skeletons that could be played with. It was really terrifying.
In the past, they still swore firmly, thinking that Wang Yan had no one in his hands, and it was them who relied on him to govern the world. But as they watched, Wang Yan started from papermaking step by step, then printed books, and then found Cai Yong. He attracted many scholars from poor families and promoted literature and education. In more than ten years, he cultivated a large number of people who can write and calculate. As they go deep into the grassroots level, the most basic pavilion-level administrative units are completely included in the scope of governance.
At the same time, the three elders were abolished, the clans were broken up, the clan patriarchal system was eliminated, and students from each village were selected to serve as village chiefs to assist the pavilion chiefs in carrying out governance work, and the king's law was penetrated into the village and into every household.
At that time, Wang Yan had not yet gone south to Youzhou, and everyone realized how harmful Wang Yan was. However, at that time, the princes were fighting on their own, and their interests were mixed, and there was no way to organize forces and gather fire to kill Wang Yan. As a result, step by step, today, Wang Yan has unified the north, and no powerful family has any power under his rule. Even the Zhen family only occupies many positions because of the large number of literate people in the family. The main force is still strong in commerce and trade.
Their family no longer has a huge amount of land, and they no longer have private soldiers. The family is indeed strong, but it is also in decline. Compared with the strength of the Zhen family in Wuji back then, at this time, they did not have the power of a wealthy family at all. They could only be said to be a wealthy family.
But everyone knows that money is never the most important. As long as they have power, they will have money. This is why business has been a lowly industry since ancient times. Only the most unpromising children will go into business. But now we have money but no power, so no matter how much money we have, it is just meat on the chopping board, and it is difficult to achieve success.
The wealthy families believe that even if Wang Yan kills them now, there will still be wealthy families under his rule in the future, and they will still corrode and control the power of the empire bit by bit, and eventually become what the Han Dynasty was before. This is their understanding of themselves and human nature. People are greedy and insufficient.
But so what? Because they are dead. It would be too bad that they would not be the wealthy family that corrupted and controlled the power of Wang Yan's empire...
So they were actually more urgent than Lao Cao. Liu Bei voted for Wang Yan, so that the Yangtze River was not a dangerous obstacle. Zhang Lu voted for Wang Yan, so that although Bashu was dangerous, it was not impossible to invade. Furthermore, Wang Yan unified the north and was strong. No matter how you look at it, there is no chance of life.
As a result, they finally united independently. Jingzhou Liu Biao and Yizhou Liu Zhang were directly thrown off the stage with a sword at their necks. These two people are not decent, so help them be decent. Although it was indeed humiliating, the two men did save their lives.
As a superior person, if there are not two die-hard loyalists, then this position will not last long. So some turmoil still occurred, and a lot of people died. In the end, these powerful families completely eliminated the opposition in the territory, handed over Jing and Yi states to Cao Cao, and beat gongs and drums to welcome Cao Cao to come and attack them. To rule.
At this time, it was also spring. After Liu Bei handed over power, Cao Cao completely unified all the forces except Sun Ce and Shi Xie. His sphere of influence included most of Yangzhou, all of Jingzhou, and all of Yizhou except Hanzhong. Under his rule The population reached 13 million, instantly becoming huge.
And it's not just simply huge, because the wealthy families in Jingzhou and Yizhou welcomed Cao Cao very much. This was their hope of jointly fighting against Wang Yan. Therefore, this resulted in Lao Cao's decrees flowing unimpeded, the administrative efficiency under his rule was extremely high, and the ruling class was unprecedentedly united, single-mindedly determined to kill the king's thief and restore stability to China.
This is the thought they summarized. The harm done by kings and thieves has been wreaking havoc throughout the ages, causing turmoil in the mountains and rivers, making the people miserable and restless. Unless the king's thieves are eliminated and his laws are not abolished, China will perish. They have the obligation and responsibility to save all the people in the world, reorganize the Han family, and return the old capital.
For this reason, they also have people writing history, fictionalizing Wang Yan's experience, and making Wang Yan play an important role in the Yellow Turbans, as if the Yellow Turbans were initiated by Wang Yan, aggressively attacking Wang Yan's policies, and criticizing Wang Yan's people character, denying everything he did.
They not only made false accusations, but also imitated Wang Yan's way of promoting policies and promoted them to the people, describing Wang Yan as a devil who deserved to be cut to pieces. Only by killing Wang Yan could the people live a good life.
They are uniting forces, criticizing with words, distorting history, and engaging in public opinion wars. Therefore, these people are the best at self-innovation. They are always changing, but they never change.
Of course Wang Yan knew what they were doing, and he even had the audacity to write an article condemning Wang Yan and send it to the newspaper for publication. Of course they knew it would not be published, so they sent it specifically for Wang Yan to see. This is called attacking the mind, a serious advanced art of war. The biggest taboo in using troops is not to raise an army in anger.
Wang Yan laughed it off. No matter what they said, it would not help. In the end, what matters is strength. If you don't have enough strength, what's the use of just being able to scold? Just one mouthful and that's it.
Before that, when contacting Liu Bei about surrender, Cao Cao had marched into Wuhu and other places in the north of Danyang, which was Liu Bei's territory. Cao Cao hoped to use external military pressure to force the wealthy families under Liu Bei's rule to rebel.
However, although Liu Bei was not as tough as General Wang in killing the wealthy families and did not relax at all, he was consciously suppressing the wealthy families and appointing more poor families.
Of course, people two thousand years from now should not put money on their faces. It is really not qualified to say that they are from a poor family. The poor family is a run-down noble, and the worst the family can do is be a landlord.
As a result, the wealthy families under Liu Bei failed to rebel successfully. Wang Yan mobilized his troops very quickly, leaving no military vacancies, and Tai Shici and others were very strong. When they came over, they had a fight with Lao Cao and drove them back fifty miles, and then turned back to quell the chaos.
From then on, the two sides fought against each other. There were only small-scale confrontations and no large-scale wars. They were all developing independently.
Generally speaking, Cao Cao's development has absorbed some of Wang Yan's experience. Of course, it is not imitation. Otherwise, what they should do is to kill themselves and give away the great country. What they learn the most is farming.
Learn from Wang Yan’s farming methods and farming tools that have been researched and invented by a large number of agricultural and engineering doctors. He even wanted to trade grain seeds from Wang Yan to increase grain production. He also followed Wang Yan's example and organized the army to produce on a large scale.
Another important point is to organize craftsmen, research and produce weapons, and go all out to prepare for war.
Of course, more importantly, Lao Cao used his wise mind and strong political skills to continuously deepen his control over Jing and Yi states.
In contrast, General Wang was very relaxed, and everything was developing step by step.
Production and construction are intensively carried out in various places, such as farming, building roads, water conservancy, building bridges, and so on. The various Ph.D.s in Wenchang Pavilion are constantly solving practical problems.
Of course Wang Yan also encourages the development of theoretical science, but there is no doubt that given the current social status quo, applied science is more needed. What should be done more is to solve actual production and construction problems. There is no bottleneck in the current scientific development. General Wang started his business twenty years ago. On the basis that he only focused on politics, it has developed into a farming society, so there is no need to think about longer-term scientific issues.
Generally speaking, the ability to solve problems is still there. Although it is very primitive, scientific thinking has been developed and developed very rapidly. At this point, the Chinese have never been bad, and are even far ahead.
Just watch Wang Yan, it will always surprise him. He heard that there was a lunatic in Wenchang Pavilion recently who had studied boiling water, and he knew it was done. After all, boiling water is known as the highest technology of mankind. Although it is a joke, the meaning is not a joke.
And all of this is just that he encouraged invention and creation, solved practical problems, and confirmed the status of craftsmen.
As long as the system is established, the work process is adhered to, and there is strong supervision, everything will develop smoothly.
The common people farmed the land and served in the military, so the corresponding doctors solved the problems of farming and armament, and the generals studied the problems of better training soldiers and fighting wars. If people participate in public construction to make money, various PhDs will solve the problems behind the economy, construction tools, rationality of construction, and how to build efficiently.
People's lives require oil, salt, sauce, vinegar, salt, sugar, cloth, and various tools. Then various doctors and businessmen will solve and enrich these things.
People always have all kinds of strange disputes. The law cannot provide detailed regulations. There are always problems that local officials don't know how to solve. Then, based on reality, the central government continues to introduce and improve laws, consider them as comprehensively and meticulously as possible, and keep up with social development.
Businessmen are distracted, studying various ways to evade taxes, and then fill in various loopholes. If you dare to collude with officials and commit lawlessness, you will be served with an iron fist.
If officials are distracted and do not do their jobs well, then we must strengthen supervision and supervision, constantly improve laws and regulations, and never tolerate them.
If the army is wandering and showing no discipline, then we should reorganize the army and kill those who deserve to be killed and beat those who deserve to be killed.
If the scholar is distracted, then he should straighten out his writing style.
If the trend has drifted away, then we must step up efforts to correct it and forcefully reverse it.
In the final analysis, if we take care of the people well and live a good life, then everything will not be a problem and there will always be a way to solve the problem.
Therefore, Wang Yan did not just stay in Luoyang City in recent years, but went to various places to conduct inspections. Nowadays, the vast land under our control still retains its former appearance, and many ancient monuments that later disappeared are all fresh at this time. In fact, he hasn't been to many places since he came here. It's nothing more than a general inspection as the expansion progresses.
This time it's relatively leisurely, and everything has its own rules. With him or without him, it's actually not much different. So he asked Jia Xu and Liu Bei to supervise the country and take charge of the affairs, while he himself took a bunch of children over ten years old and a hundred personal guards to start a grand inspection work, and took an ancient tour by the way.
Bringing a bunch of children was certainly not an observation, it was just that they heard about it and wanted to go, so they brought them along. As for the so-called danger, under his rule, no one dared to assume his name. No matter where he went, he just raised his arms and shouted, and in an instant, there was an army on his side, beating whoever he asked.
Similarly, Jia Xu and Liu Bei did not have the conditions to rebel. Even if they did take action, Wang Yan would not have to go too far. He could only circle Luoyang once, and there would be an army of 100,000.
This is the important role of people's hearts and the absolute manifestation of his personal supreme influence.
Starting from Luoyang, he first inspected the construction work in Yangzhou and Henan, and then went north to Jizhou, Youzhou, and all the way to the northeast. He walked a long way until he reached the northernmost village on the list. Then go west, enter the grassland, and then go to Liangzhou to inspect the construction status of these two places, and more importantly, the integration of ethnic groups. He even left Liangzhou and led troops to the Western Regions.
Han Sui, an old boy, was more of a thief. He leaned on his staff and led the barbarians in the Western Regions. Along the way, he destroyed various countries and swept the barbarians further west.
However, Han Sui did not go too far and did not dare to stay in the Western Regions without leaving. Wang Yan let him go just to fight Guishang, not to settle down in the Western Regions. Han Sui had no doubt that if he didn't take real action, Wang Yan would really send an army to kill him. There is no way, Wang Yan is really too powerful. Liao Hua led more than 6,000 cavalry and defeated him in one winter. Wang Yan still had more troops that he had not mobilized.
Therefore, in the past many years, Han Sui has begun to fight with Kushan. He heard that the fight was good and he was advancing outward. Wang Yan was his steadfast logistical supply line. Various medically developed battlefield first-aid medicines, finished cotton clothes, and weapons and equipment were continuously transported from Liangzhou across thousands of miles.
Wang Yan led his troops to the Western Regions just for precaution to see if there were any hidden dangers. He didn't really want to go to Han Sui's side to see Han Sui's situation. After all, it was too far away and he really couldn't do it. He would never have the chance to take a look in his life.
After inspecting Liangzhou, he went to Bingzhou, then to Hanzhong, and finally passed through Chang'an, passed Hangu Pass, and returned to Luoyang.
On this trip, General Wang wandered for six years. Along the way, he killed many people, gained more people's hearts, and saw a lot of scenery, which was very good.
Of course, the furry kids who followed along the way changed batches, after all, the rain and dew were all exposed to it. As for the wife who has been keeping an empty bed for six years, that's all.
Luoyang has become more prosperous, all kinds of buildings have come to an end, and a new city is surrounded by dilapidated city walls. The city is crowded with people, bustling with people, and very prosperous.
Wang Yan had his hands behind his back, and he didn't look like he had been traveling for many years. Instead, he had a natural look, which seemed a bit like being out of the world.
He smiled and nodded at the wide-eyed people who recognized him, and then walked on the street towards the imperial city.
There are many people who recognize him. After all, his portrait is realistic, exactly like the real person, and he has not changed much over the years. Every household has his longevity plaque and his portrait hanging on it. One or two people can't recognize it, but they will recognize it when there are more people.
Just like that, I walked for a long time on a road that was not close, and had a meal in a delicious restaurant in the middle. It was not until evening that I really returned to the imperial city.
Jia Xu and Liu Bei had been waiting for a long time, and they happened to have dinner with Wang Yan.
Wang Yan ate meat with big mouthfuls and listened to the two men reporting on their work.
In fact, he knows many things clearly, and he has always received their reports. To sum up, after six years of major construction, the people under the rule have become wealthy and have sufficient food. Especially in recent years, the population has grown explosively and has exceeded the 20 million mark.
This is exactly why the children born under Wang Yan's rule in recent years have grown up, got married one after another, and given birth to one child every two years, which means there are several batches of children. Coupled with the development of medicine, corresponding health construction, and the continuous training of professional female doctors, the baby's survival is guaranteed. What's more, Henan's newly added population had a lot of women and children, so it's not surprising that the population exploded.
It’s just that the new ones are all children, so it’s not ready for use yet.
Various other undertakings are developing steadily and the situation is excellent.
Then there is Lao Cao, who has been developing for many years. He is also well-equipped with troops and ready for action. The recent small friction in Danyang has become more and more serious. It has developed from a confrontation between scouts to a small-scale war involving hundreds or even thousands of people.
It can be seen that Lao Cao can no longer hold back and wants to fight as soon as possible. The main reason is that Wang Yan's development is too fast. It has also been six years, and there is a significant comparison in Yangzhou. Lao Cao does not dare to delay any longer. Wang Yan was already out traveling, so he really didn't take him seriously.
So to sum it up, it’s time to start a war.
"After the autumn harvest, attack Cao Cao."
Wang Yan decided to start the war this year, and then asked, "How about improving the potatoes, sweet potatoes, corn, peanuts, etc. found overseas?"
Jia Xu smiled and said: "Potatoes and sweet potatoes have been cultivated several times, and now they are twice as many as my grain. In addition...General, from now on, there will be no grain shortage in China."
Liu Bei also laughed along, sighing deeply for Wang Yan's persistence and investment.
Potatoes, sweet potatoes, and corn have many uses. They can be eaten by humans and livestock. They can also be used to make starch, vermicelli, etc. They have been fully promoted in the past few years. In the future, you will really never be hungry again.
Before his eyes, General Wang is about to realize the slogan he shouted when he started his business: everyone will have enough to eat. He is really doing it...
I would like to express my daily gratitude to the good brothers who vote monthly for their support.
Thank you to all the brothers who recommended me for your support,
Thanks to the big brothers who read silently for their support.
(End of chapter)
