The Three Kingdoms become stronger when they get treasures

Chapter 391 National High-end Academic Forum
Now Zhang Wu occupies the three big states of Jingzhou, Yizhou, and Yangzhou. With the natural barriers of the Yangtze River and the high mountains of Bashu as obstacles, he divides the world equally with Cao Cao in the north.General Zhang stationed his troops at Jiameng Pass, Fancheng, and Jianye, and controlled them with Xu Shu, Pang Tong, and Zhuge Liang respectively.

Cao Cao stationed troops in Hanzhong, Wancheng, and Hefei, with Xiahouyuan, Xiahoudun, and Cao Ren as commanders respectively.

For the time being, neither of the two parties can do anything to the other, so they have to immerse themselves in development and wait for the opportunity.Since the Yellow Turban Uprising at the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty, the situation of the feudal lords and endless wars in China has temporarily stopped, and it has entered a period of relative peace and stability.

Now that the soldiers had been dismissed, and because of the large amount of Shu brocade sent by Zhang Wu, Cao Cao also agreed with the emperor Liu Xie to make Zhang Wu the Marquis of Chu. It's over.

As a result, Zhang Wu formally ruled Jingzhou, Yangzhou, Yangzhou and other places as the Marquis of Chu and General Cheqi.

In this era, both the population and the degree of development of the northern Central Plains far surpassed that of the South. It can also be seen from China's topographic maps that Cao Cao occupies the Jianghuai Plain, Huanghuai Plain, North China Plain, and Northeast Plain to the north of the Yangtze River. large area of ​​grain production.

Although the area occupied by Zhang Wu is not much smaller than that in the north, most of them are hills and mountains, which are suitable for farming near Dongting Lake, Poyang Lake, Taihu Lake, Jianghan Plain, and Sichuan Basin.The overall area is smaller than that in the north, and the agricultural technology of this era is underdeveloped, and the grain output is low.

Fortunately, during the melee in the north, Jingzhou and Yizhou were relatively stable, there was no large-scale war, and a lot of food was saved, which was cheaper for Zhang Wu, but the war in the past ten years also consumed almost the same amount of food. up.

Zhang Wu knew that if he competed for development potential, he would definitely not be able to defeat Cao Cao. This has been proven in history.When the Three Kingdoms were at odds, Sun and Liu together could still be on par with Wei, but as time went by, Wei's comprehensive national power surpassed that of Shu and Wu.

Zhuge Liang also saw this fatal weakness, so he took the initiative to make the Northern Expedition, using offense instead of defense.It can be said that Zhuge Liang's decision was correct. Every time he took action with Soochow, Wei State was exhausted, and even suppressed Wei State in the early stage.

But Zhuge Liang couldn't start the situation for a long time, and the small land area of ​​the Shu Han could no longer support his great cause of the Northern Expedition. At the later stage of the Northern Expedition, many people began to drag him back.Since there is no hope that the Northern Expedition will succeed, why not enjoy the blessing behind closed doors?Why waste so much food and grass resources on war?

Once Zhuge Liang died, Jiang Wei's prestige was not enough to suppress the various factions, and there was no hope at all.

Of course, the current Zhang Wu is much stronger than the Shu Han in history. The most important thing is that Zhang Wu has traveled through the party and knows the general development of the Northern Cao Cao Group and their internal conflicts.

Now there is a big hidden danger within the Cao Cao Group, that is, many aristocratic families are becoming more and more dissatisfied with Cao Cao's actions, which mainly focus on two points.

One is that Cao Cao is really good at killing people, especially likes to kill some famous people, such as Bian Rang, such as Kong Rong and so on.These great celebrities are not the masters who are packaged in modern times, but have real talents and learning, and their influence is relatively large. They have many relatives and friends, classmates and students.

Now that Cao Cao is old, he especially can't see others opposing him, even if it's for his own good, he will kill if he is unhappy, no matter who that person is or how much he has contributed to him.For example, Liu Fu, Xun Yu and others, this is a bit chilling, so these counselors who are still alive have learned to be good, and we should talk less, anyway, the more we talk, the more mistakes we make.

The second is that Cao Cao's intention to usurp the throne is becoming more and more obvious. Many people were dissatisfied when he became the king before, but now he wants to be the king. Although it is temporarily shelved because of Xun You's death, everyone knows that it will be a matter of time .Once Cao Cao became the king, he would no longer be a subject, but the king of a country. Although it was a feudal country of a big Han, which king would think that his country was small?Cao Cao definitely wanted to take the whole world as his territory.

Although the Great Han Dynasty has existed in name only, and the Great Han Emperor has become a precarious puppet, the Great Han Dynasty has existed for so many years, after all, it still has some power. For example, some nomads in the surrounding area are still very afraid of the Great Han.There are also some loyalists, such as Fu Wan, the father of Empress Fu and the father-in-law of Emperor Liu Xie.Of course, there are other people, but they are temporarily photographed by Cao Cao's lust, and they dare not take any action yet.

Even among those who often show their loyalty to Cao Cao, there is no guarantee that there are no ones who secretly want Cao Cao to die. There are some in the central court, and there may be some in the localities.Once Zhang Wu, the foreign enemy, gains a little advantage in the future confrontation, maybe someone will want to join forces with Zhang Wu to kill Cao Cao.

Cao Cao is still alive, maybe no one dares to rebel, even if rebellion, Cao Cao's prestige and ability can easily put down the rebellion, but what if Cao Cao is dead?
In order to further split the major families under Cao Cao, in the spring of the 16th year of Jian'an, Zhang Wu convened the world's great Confucianists and academic leaders of various schools and schools in Xiangyang to discuss the printing of classic books with annotations.

The news spread, and the world shook. This was an unprecedented event, and it was also a major event that opened a new era.

From all over the country and from all directions, doctors, great Confucians, and celebrities from all schools and factions flocked to Xiangyang, and scholars from all over the world flocked to Xiangyang, wanting to personally participate in this grand event destined to be famous in history.

Because Zhang Wu had already said in advance that this meeting was purely an academic exchange and did not involve politics, military affairs or other aspects, so basically all the major families in the north also sent people to participate.

If you don’t come, you won’t be able to do it. If you don’t come, people will abandon your theory, and you will no longer be an orthodox knowledge. In the future, scholars in the world will no longer accept your theory, and after decades of your school and die.

Some people are not afraid of physical death, but very afraid of spiritual death, especially scholars.

Therefore, there are many people coming this time. Since the author himself does not know who the famous scholars are in this era, he cannot list them all. In short, basically all the famous Confucian scholars and representatives of various schools of this era are here. He also brought many of his proud disciples with him.

Zhang Wuling Jingzhou State University was in charge of organizing this national high-end academic forum, which was received by Mi Heng, Pang Degong, Sima Hui, Gu Yong, Qin Mi and other people with prestige and status in the academic circle.Zhang Wu also arranged a good job for Huang She, asking him to take the scholars from the state school to run errands and do odd jobs.This is a good opportunity for Huang She to show his face, and it is also a very rare opportunity for the scholars of the state school to increase their knowledge and practice.

All the world-famous celebrities stay in the luxurious and high-end hospitality hotels next to the state school, and specially trained chefs are responsible for their meals.All well-educated people with certificates issued by the local government can stay in the finely decorated dormitories of the state school for free and have free room and board.

For a while, Xiangyang became the cultural center of the country, and Jingzhou Prefecture became a place that scholars all over the world yearn for.

(End of this chapter)