Simulate the Three Kingdoms, kill Cao Mengde at the beginning

Chapter 159
Cai Shu looked at Cai Yan and sighed lightly.

If she didn't know that she was Cai Yan today, she actually didn't dare to recognize her.

Compared with the bright and charming woman before, the current Cai Yan is too bleak.

If she hadn't seen this similar face and the vaguely existing temperament, it would have been hard for her to recognize that this was the sister Zhao Ji whom she admired.

Entering the inner room, Yuan Xi simply asked some questions, and then Cai Shu and Cai Yan spoke by themselves.

Soon after hearing the news, the other daughters of the Yuan Mansion also rushed over one after another, pulling Cai Yan to talk.

Cai Yan is very famous, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is the star of later generations.

Cai Yan looked at Yingying and Yanyan in front of him, and couldn't help feeling Yuan Xi's flair.

But thinking that Yuan Xi might be the emperor who came for him, he didn't think too much about it.

These days, powerful men have many wives and concubines.

Even if there are very few, there are actually countless maidservants and domestic prostitutes without status.

Cai Yan's reputation is quite large, and of course part of it is due to her father's blessing.

Within a few days after returning, everyone in Yecheng, big or small, whether Cai Yan knew him or not, all came to invite Cai Yan to the mansion to have a talk. On the surface, they wanted to commemorate his father, but actually they didn't know what they were thinking.

"It's time to find a house for sister Cai."

Zhen Jiang found Yuan Xi and told Yuan Xi his thoughts.

"You can figure it out. You don't need to ask me about this kind of thing."

Yuan Xi didn't know much about the thoughts of his daughter's family, but he only felt that Cai Yan lived happily in the mansion.

But the thoughts in his heart were beyond his comprehension.

"The house next to Guo Fengxiao's house is pretty good to me, but it's a bit big."

Zhen Jiang carefully looked at Yuan Xi's face.

Yuan Xi held her in his arms, "Give it to her if you think it's good, because I have to live with someone anyway."

Zhen Jiang chuckled lightly and said, "But sister Cai is alone, living in such a big house, isn't it bad?"

"Then buy her some servants and maids, Yuan Xi pondered for a while, "Her father is a great Confucianist in the world, and it is a sign to support Cai Yan well. "

Zhen Jiang spat and said softly, "Husband, please don't talk like this in front of her, otherwise Sister Cai will be very sad."

Yuan Xi looked at her puzzled.

Zhen Jiang covered her lips with a light smile and said, "Sister Cai is really admirable. She has been in the Huns for several years, and she swore to die unyielding. She set Su Wu as an example. This time, my husband sent someone to redeem her. I don't know how much she can thank you."

Eyeballs rolled, "I don't know that my husband just wants to use people as a sign."

Yuan Xi went to scratch her, "I'll say it casually, are you serious?"

The two made a fuss.

Zhen Jiang sighed and said, "Sister Cai is lonely, why don't we marry her?"

"Don't mention this matter," Yuan Xi said sternly, "These matters are her own affairs. If you introduce something she doesn't like, she won't be able to refuse it. It's just a problem for her."

"That's true."

Thinking of Cai Yan's face eroded by the pain of the northern border, Zhen Jiang sighed.

Before, she only felt that her life was miserable, but after meeting Yuan Xi, she was happy.

But it wasn't until she met Cai Yan that she realized that there was no way to compare her so-called bitterness with Cai Yan.

The two talked for a while, and Ma Yunlu ran in excitedly.

"Husband, great news."

Zhen Jiang hurriedly got up from Yuan Xi's arms, and said with a natural expression, "Why is my sister so happy?"

"That's right, then Liu Bei has surrendered."

"what?"

Yuan Xi was taken aback, got up slowly, and said in surprise, "Liu Bei surrendered?"

"That's right, brother said in a letter that he has already returned to Yecheng."

"Okay, okay."

Yuan Xi slapped his hands straight, he was surprised and happy at the moment.

Liu Bei's surrender represented the complete end of the Three Kingdoms in memory.

Even before the formation of the Three Kingdoms, it was over.

"it is good!"

Yuan Xi walked back and forth excitedly, then suddenly stopped and asked, "Where is your brother's letter?"

Just as Ma Yunlu handed the letter to Yuan Xi, Chunyu Qiong and Guo Tu hurried in.

Give Yuan Xi a secret copy.

Yuan Xi opened it one after another, and it was indeed so.

Inspired by Emperor Han, Liu Bei hesitated for a few days before really surrendering.

At this moment, the big man has basically stabilized.

Yuan Xi took a deep breath, the troubled times were finally coming to an end.

Without the swords and swords he imagined, there are countless heroes who are as brilliant as stars in the history of the Three Kingdoms.

Wolongfengchu, Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong, Zhou Yu, Lu Su, Zhang Fei, Guan Yu, Yu Jin, Zhang Liao and others all survived.

Among these people, if you pick any one at random, they are all famous people.

When they will work for themselves in the future.

Thinking of the short-lived Eastern and Western Jins after the Three Kingdoms, and the ensuing Five Random China, the Han nationality was almost wiped out.

Yuan Xi couldn't help but took another deep breath. He knew that with these people around, the humiliation of the Han people would never exist again.

Unable to stop the agitation in his heart, Yuan Xi rushed back to the study immediately.

Record all the people who can work for you at present.

Seven of the top ten military divisions: Chun Yuqiong, Cheng Yu, Jia Xu, Guo Tu, Pang Tong, Lu Su, and Xu Shu.

Yuan Xi planned to add Zhuge Liang, Zhou Yu, and Fazheng to the list.

In this way, besides Chun Yuqiong, there are nine other members of his advisor group, which is already very impressive.

At that time, the world will be settled, and these people will be named the top ten honorary counselors.

Then each of them was given other official positions, but during the war, most of their duties were to give ideas.

Yuan Xi really wanted to know what kind of dazzling sparks would emanate from the combination of these top strategists in the Three Kingdoms.

He was very excited just imagining it.

By the way, in addition to these strategists, there are also fierce generals.

Zhang Xi and Gao Lan are not top-notch in ability, but they are their own people, so they cannot be chilled.

Yuan Xi thought for a while, and began to record on paper, the five generals: Zhao Yun, Ma Chao, Zhang Fei, Guan Yu, Huang Zhong.

These people are all there, and Yuan Xi does not intend to separate from the ranking of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".

After becoming emperor, it doesn't matter if these people have certain factions. Guan Zhangzhao belongs to Liu Bei's faction, while Ma Chao and Huang Zhong belong to his own placement.

After all, although one of these two people is famous, he is like a lost dog, and the other is still a little famous in a corner.

For such a gift, Yuan Xi believed that both of them would be very grateful to him.

Although he will be close to Liu Bei's faction in the future, he will definitely be closer to himself.

Next are the five good generals: Yu Jin, Le Jin, Zhang Liao, Zhang He, and Xu Huang.

There is no difference from the ones in history, but like the Five Tigers, among them Zhang He belongs to himself.

The rest are former Cao faction.

Apart from these people, there are Xu Chu, Gao Lan, Zhang Nan, Jiao Touch, Wei Yan, Han Meng and others, as well as a group of young generals in the future.

However, Yuan Xi didn't plan to rank the rest of them. Soochow also had many famous generals, and there was no need to rank them. It was enough for Yuan Xi to give them the title of majestic general.

Of course, more important is the actual rights.

The above-mentioned people, except Wei Yan who has not yet appeared, are all his direct descendants, although Zhang Nan and Jiao Touch cannot be reused.

But as long as they are in power, it is impossible for them to betray.

Yuan Xi wrote and painted, and granted these people official positions.

The more you seal, the happier you feel. The generals under his command were stretched before, and now they can't count them.

If these people go to fight the Xiongnu or foreigners together, how powerful will they be?

"Huh! Cool!" Yuan Xi shouted excitedly.

Chunyu Qiong and Guo Tu who were waiting outside were taken aback.

The two looked at each other and both laughed.

One of them followed Yuan Shao and the other followed Yuan Tan, but now they all surrendered to Yuan Xi.

This is undoubtedly a very correct decision.

Now that Yuan Xi is about to make his fortune, they are the direct descendants of the direct descendants, and they are the real servants of the dragon.

For the future, both of them are full of endless fantasies.

Therefore, both of them mistakenly believed that Yuan Xi was also happy for the future.

"By the way, they have four colleges, and they should also set up a military school."

Yuan Xi rubbed his chin, intending to get some former generals out of the martial arts school and let them join the military school.

The martial arts school serves as the foundation, and the Internet is a military school, which specializes in training generals.

For example, in the post-Three Kingdoms era, some famous generals can be trained in advance.

Such as Deng Ai, Zhong Hui, Jiang Wei, Wang Shuang and other generals.
When these people were young, they were listed in the military academy, and there would be a steady stream of future warriors who wanted to come to their own.

Otherwise, relying only on imports from aristocratic families and selection from the army, the military will change over time.

This is worthy of vigilance.

The martial arts school can be put aside, but the military school must be in the hands of the emperor.

Yuan Xi decided to have himself as the honorary gentleman of the Military Academy.

Yuan Xi couldn't help but feel very proud of showing the grand plans one by one in one breath.

This is also the reason why he suppressed his killing intent everywhere, and even kept Sun Quan and Liu Bei behind.

Otherwise, once they disobey, they will all be killed.

The combat power of his generals will be reduced by at least two-thirds.

This is a very cost-effective deal no matter how you look at it.

There are also some internal affairs talents, Yuan Xi thought of Zhuge Liang.

I said at the beginning that once the country is unified again, Zhuge Liang will be the prime minister.

At present, Zhuge Liang is serving as the shepherd of Jingzhou, which is only temporary.

With Zhuge Liang as the prime minister, he developed the economy, plus some crops provided by himself.

Yuan Xi believed that the cultivation of life and rest of the Emperor Wenjing of the Han Dynasty would reappear, but the time would be shorter and the people would be more prosperous.

I dare not say anything else, but Yuan Xi still believes in Zhuge Liang's talent.

In history, after Zhuge Liang's defeat in Yiling, the Shu Han was in such a mess, he tried his best to turn the tide, and he recovered in a few years.

This is not something ordinary people can do.

As for talents, if you think about it with Zhuge Liang's perspective, you should find more useful talents.

Regarding this point, Yuan Xi thought that Zhuge Liang's vision should be better than his own.

Unless it is a famous talent in history, Yuan Xi really wouldn't be able to see it if he was asked to look for it.

Putting away the written paper, Yuan Xi took a breath and walked out of the study slowly.

"Lord."

Chunyu Qiong and Guo Tu hurriedly saluted.

Yuan Xi ordered: "Send a letter and ask Zhuge Liang to come back immediately."

After a pause, he said again: "Jingzhou Mu, who do you think is the most suitable?"

Guo Tu and Chun Yuqiong looked at each other in blank dismay, neither of them thought about it.

Seeing the confused faces of the two, Yuan Xi waved his hands and said, "Forget it, let Zhuge Liang recommend it."

He smiled, "This is the end of the war. From this year, within five years, the common people will be exempted from the agricultural tax, and any unreasonable excessive taxes will be removed."

Yuan Xi suddenly remembered something and said, "It's not right."

Chunyu Qiong asked hastily, "My lord, do you have any other comments?"

Regarding Yuan Xi's meaning, although he felt a little too urgent, he still chose to obey unconditionally.

Exemption of agricultural tax, in fact, the biggest impact on them is that the money they do not earn is less.

As for national finances, if there is no war, you can refer to the second emperor Wen Jing.

Famine or something, the agricultural tax is exempted, what else do you want?
At that time, the people will have enough food and clothing, even if there is a famine, they will survive it if they think about it.

But Yuan Xi waved his hand suddenly and said no, which made Chun Yuqiong a little confused.

After all, Yuan Xi had said before that the agricultural tax would be exempted.

"If the land exceeds [-] mu, the agricultural tax will not be exempted," Yuan Xi looked at Chunyu Qiong, "but the tax will not be collected according to the head, but according to one mu of land."

Chunyu Qiong nodded heavily, "Master, I understand."

Guo Tu was taken aback. Chun Yuqiong might not understand what this meant, but he did.

He took a deep look at Yuan Xi and knew that Yuan Xi was going to attack Da Fu's family.

In doing so, it can not only protect the poor people, but also increase the wealth of the imperial court, which can be said to kill two birds with one stone.

"Go and call Zhuge Liang back first." Yuan Xi said with a smile.

Guo Tu and Chunyu Qiong took orders and left.

Looking at Chunyuqiong's proud appearance, Guo Tu shook his head and sighed: "No one else needs to pay taxes, but you and I have to pay a lot of taxes. How can you be so happy?"

"Why aren't you happy?" Chunyu Qiong laughed, "Based on our identities, the lord can still lose us in the future? So, as long as the lord thinks, he agrees with everything."

Guo Tu stroked his beard with a smile and said, "You think clearly."

Chunyu Qiong chuckled, and said triumphantly: "You think I don't understand the meaning of the lord? Let me put it here. The lord does not collect taxes from the common people, but only collects taxes from rich families. It will definitely cause a group of people to resist."

Guo Tu nodded secretly, this is what he thought too.

This is tantamount to touching the interests of the major families, how can they ignore it?

"And this is just a rough plan, I think there should be more in the future."

Chun Yuqiong said with emotion: "It's time to tighten our pants to live, but when the people are rich, we can live a better life. It's useless to squeeze the people. If we kill chickens to get eggs, sooner or later we will lose our own wealth." .”

Guo Tu was surprised and said: "Zhong Jian really taught me to look at him with admiration."

Chunyu Qiong laughed and said, "I often go to the Liberal Arts Academy to enrich myself these days. You think I went for nothing? In the future, our lord will not only rely on fighting to build a country, but rely on brains!"

He pointed to his own brain, "I'm a rough person, I can't compare with you, and my martial arts are average. It's all because of my seniority and my lord's favor that I can have my current status."

(End of this chapter)