After the Chinese New Year, although the weather warmed up and the ice and snow began to melt, it gave people a much colder feeling.

Cao Cao sent someone to congratulate him, but it was reasonable to expect that. Ye Zhao remembered that Cao Cao could not see any shadow of a hero in troubled times. He treated others sincerely, but had his own principles and persistence, and had some sleekness. However, most sleekness is for self-protection, not a person who sticks to the rules. In short, putting aside all external factors, Cao Cao was probably a friend that Ye Zhao was truly willing to make in love with after he came to this world.

Cao Cao also regarded Ye Zhao as his friend, but neither Cao Cao nor Ye Zhao would surrender to each other. Their ideas still conflicted, but they did not hinder their appreciation of each other. Now Cao Cao sent someone to congratulate him, so Ye Zhao naturally could not be stingy and warmly received Chen Qun, who was moved to represent Cao Cao.

"Brother Meng De is really willing to travel like a thousand miles!" In the banquet living room of the Taiwei Mansion, Ye Zhao was above the commander's position, and looked at Chen Qun and smiled: "This Chang'an is newly established, and everything is in trouble. If there is any negligence, I will ask Chang'er to take care of it. Don't go to Meng De to complain, saying that I don't know how to treat guests."

"The Taiwei is so serious!" Chen Qun nodded and bowed: "My lord often misses the Taiwei, talk about some interesting things in Luoyang at the time, and often tells us that if the Taiwei can help the Han Dynasty with him, why worry about the uncertainty of the world."

"The long article bullies me, this is definitely not Meng De's words. Based on my understanding of that black man, I guess I will say bad things behind my back, saying that I am insidious and unkind." Ye Zhao said with a smile.

A look of embarrassment flashed across Chen Qun's face. Cao Cao would really say this when he was drunk. However, as a minister, he couldn't answer Ye Zhao's words. He could only laugh twice and shift the topic: "I will enter Guanzhong this time. Although it was abandoned after the war, Chang'an was quite prosperous. The people I saw along the way were not panic. The Taiwei really had a way to govern the place."

"This Chang'an has been in chaos for a long time, and the people's minds are settled. The people's requirements are not much. They are full and warm in clothing. Unfortunately, few people can do it." Ye Zhao smiled and said, "If Changwen is interested, Zhicai will accompany Changwen for more trips in the past few days. Meng De was called a capable minister in governing the world and a hero in the troubled times by Xu Zi. I heard that Meng De was well-managed in the Central Plains, and it was just right for communication. It depends on how to make my Han Dynasty more prosperous. It just so happened that Zhicai was also a person from Yingchuan, so you can also communicate."

"Then I'll bother Brother Xi." Chen Qun glanced at Xi Zhicai in confusion. The circle of famous scholars in Yingchuan was so big, including poor families. Even if Chen Qun had never seen it, he should have heard of it. However, Xi Zhicai had no impression. However, as the chief planner under Ye Zhao, Chen Qun felt that he should know this Xi Zhicai well, and immediately bowed to Xi Zhicai and said with a smile.

Xi Zhicai smiled and returned the favor. He looked at Ye Zhao, but saw Ye Zhao blinking at him. He immediately understood Ye Zhao's plan. He wanted to tell Cao Cao this set of administrative methods in Guanzhong through Chen Qun's mouth, obviously he wanted to join forces with Cao Cao to suppress the aristocratic family.

The aristocratic families in Guanzhong and Shu have almost been suppressed by Ye Zhao, but the Central Plains are still aristocratic families, and Ye Zhao cannot reach the Central Plains, so Ye Zhao hopes that the people in the Central Plains can suppress the aristocratic families like him, and Cao Cao is obviously a suitable candidate.

A long time ago, Ye Zhao had talked to Xi Zhicai about some issues about aristocratic families. Aristocratic families can survive, but now the aristocratic families have expanded to a point that they can influence the world. They will not create any value themselves, but they enjoy 80% of the wealth of the Han Dynasty. This is also one of the reasons why Ye Zhao suppressed the aristocratic families.

But it is undoubtedly not enough to have only Ye Zhao. Even though Ye Zhao has taken over Guanlong and the land of Shu, it will be subject to fierce resistance from the aristocratic families.

Improved papermaking, ink and inventing printing techniques can shake the foundation of the aristocratic family, but cannot shake its status. If the Central Plains are now out of the Central Plains, I am afraid that the Central Plains family would rather surrender to Lu Bu than Ye Zhao. Therefore, Ye Zhao cannot send troops to Guandong for the time being. He needs to subtly add some ideas to the princes. After all, Ye Zhao’s new policy is beneficial to the princes. For his own interests, the princes will somewhat imitate some Guanzhong systems.

First, it can suppress the aristocratic families, and secondly, it can also make the aristocratic families confront the princes. In this way, the aristocratic families will lose a lot of resistance to Ye Zhao sending troops to Guanzhong. From this point of view, the princes in the world are actually Ye Zhao's chess pieces, helping Ye Zhao break the circle of this aristocratic family in one fell swoop.

When he was in Luoyang, the Chen family refused to seek enlistment due to the party ban. Although his father Chen Ji refused to be recruited by the court. Although he was about the same age as Ye Zhao and a famous scholar in Yingchuan, he did not become an official, so naturally he had no intersection. However, after Dong Zhuo supported Liu Xie, his father Chen Ji was appointed as the General of the Five-Secret General. He had met Ye Zhao several times, so the two sides naturally had topics.

Ye Zhao asked about Chen Ji's situation and held a banquet for Chen Qun. He arranged a place to stay until very late.

"Lord, I think Chen Qun came here, in addition to congratulations and sending the edict of King Yong, there were probably something to ask for." The next morning, Xi Zhicai went to visit Chang'an with Chen Qun, and was overwhelmed by the work openly. Li Ru sat down while Ye Zhao, but had no intention of working, but told Ye Zhao about Chen Qun's affairs.

"Meng De's situation is indeed not good now. Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu attacked from north to south, and there is also the unstable factor of Lu Bu in Nanyang!" Ye Zhao knocked on the table and said, "I heard that Yuan Shao has begun to mobilize troops to attack Youzhou. Although Liu Yu defeated Gongsun Zan, his own losses are not small. Now that Yuan Shao has brought the three states of Ji and Qing, Liu Yu may not be able to block it. Once Yuan Shao swallows Youzhou, it is probably time to go south."

Although the situation is different from the history, Gongsun Zan died at Liu Yu before he even fought with Yuan Shao, but the general situation will not change much. The unification of the River/Beijing has already been achieved. Even if Liu Yu has Liu Bei and Zhang Fei under his command, it is not only the powerful generals who fight in wars. Youzhou is already poor. In addition, the two families have been fighting for the past few years, and Youzhou's vitality has almost been exhausted. No matter how powerful Liu Bei and the others are, they cannot cook without rice. What's more, Youzhou has no danger to defend. If you can't fight against Yuan Shao in overall strength, it will be a matter of time before you can be destroyed.

Moreover, Ye Zhao did not think that Liu Bei would be Yuan Shao's opponent at this time. Although judging from the information from Youzhou over the years, Liu Bei's growth was indeed very fast. In addition to Zhang Fei, there were also many talents around him, but in terms of quantity and quality, it was difficult to compare with Yuan Shao, who was in his heyday.

Yuan Shao is currently in an upward period, and both talents and financial resources are in an upward period. Although Liu Bei, although Liu Yu is very good to Liu Bei and gives Liu Bei enough trust and rights, even if Liu Yu is gone and Liu Bei has mastered Youzhou, his power has reached its limit. It is difficult for him to see a large increase in a short period of time, whether it is talent, wealth or population.

Li Ru nodded, looked at Ye Zhao and said with a smile: "So, I think that Cao Cao sent Chen Qun to come this time, probably because he wanted to form an alliance with his lord."

"Are you forming an alliance?" Ye Zhao narrowed his eyes when he heard this: "If Meng De had such thoughts, he would not let Liu Yu go!"

"I wonder if my lord accepts it?" Li Ru looked at Ye Zhao and asked with a smile.

"Accept it." Ye Zhao nodded naturally: "It is not a bad thing to form an alliance with Meng De now, and at most we can help him restrain Lu Bu and order Zhang Ren to station Shangyong so that Lu Bu dare not move lightly, which will not affect the future development of our army. I want to promote the alliance between Meng De and Liu Yu, and attack Yuan Shao from the north and the south, and the chances of victory will be greater."

Li Ru nodded: "If this is the case, even if Yuan Shao is defeated, Cao Cao will still face Liu Yu and it will be difficult for him to dominate the He/Bei!"

"But the direction of Jiangdong..." Ye Zhao shook his head. For a moment, he could not find anyone to limit Sun Ce's development. In Ye Zhao's opinion, Sun Ce's threat was much greater than Yuan Shu.

"Did your lord worry about Yuan Shu?" Li Ru looked at Ye Zhao and said.

Ye Zhao shook his head: "Yuan Shu is not worth worrying. But Sun Ce, let's watch it. I always feel that this Jiangdong will be occupied by Sun Ce."

"Sun Ce?" Li Ru was shocked when he heard this. There was also information about Jiangdong. Now Sun Ce was only leading three thousand soldiers and was fighting Yan Baihu in Wujun. He had few soldiers and few generals. No matter how he looked at it, it was difficult to oppose Yuan Shu.

"I'll wait and see. However, after the pacification of Xiliang, our army should form a naval army. However, the generals in the army mostly come from the north and do not have water wars." Ye Zhao sighed.

"If we form a naval army, I think Gan Ning is good." Li Rusi asked.

"Gan Ning?" Ye Zhao looked at Li Ru in surprise. In history, Gan Ning was indeed a general of the Eastern Wu naval army, but that was later. Now Gan Ning has joined his command early and has not made him familiar with the water-like environment at all.

"Don't you know?" Li Ru looked at Ye Zhao in confusion: "Before Gan Ning defected to his lord, he had been struggling with a group of idle men and had a lot of trouble in the Dianjiang area. The eight hundred thieves in brocade clothes often walked on the water, which made the officials of Ba County at that time suffer so much that they were often beaten by his father for this. If it were water nature, I was afraid that no one in our army would be able to compare with Gan Ning."

"Is this actually happening?" Ye Zhao's eyes lit up when he heard this, but he didn't expect that Gan Ning would have such a past.

"This is true, but Gan Ning is much more serious now. I think that I can order Gan Ning to station in Yufu and train the navy in the Zigui area, or pretend to be a thief and rob down the river to increase practical experience. When our army sends troops to Jingxiang, we will definitely be able to achieve great achievements." Li Ru bowed and smiled.
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