"Changwen, I'm going to go to Chang'an again this time to congratulate Xiuming." Puyang, Cao Cao's temporary residence, looked at the list of words in his hand, Cao Cao sighed and said to Chen Qun beside him.

In fact, Zhong Yao is more suitable than Chen Qun, but Cao Cao was not sure if Ye Zhao would cut him directly when he saw Zhong Yao. After all, he led the Huns to attack before. With Ye Zhao's attitude towards the Hu people, Zhong Yao undoubtedly violated Ye Zhao's taboo. Cao Cao asked himself about Ye Zhao. Sometimes he was as smart as a ghost, but when he recognized the truth, he could anger people to death.

"Here!" Chen Qun bowed and agreed, then looked at Cao Cao with some confusion: "Lord, Ye Hou is now in Jinyang, here is going to Chang'an..."

Cao Cao laughed and said, "The Xianbei has been destroyed. What's the use of Xiuming still staying in Jinyang? Go, when Changwen goes to Chang'an, Xiuming should almost go back."

Chen Qun nodded and turned around and left.

Xun Yu silently closed a file and looked at Cao Cao and said, "Lord, Ye Zhao's power has been achieved. I think that within five years, we will have a battle between us, and the lord needs to prepare early."

Cao Cao nodded, it was time to prepare, and looked at Xun Yu and said, "I have asked more craftsmen before and imitated Guanzhong. What do Wen Ruo think?"

The changes in Guanzhong over the years have been almost the same as Cao Cao's spies. The changes brought about by encouraging the development of industry to the world can be said to be obvious to all. Not to mention anything else, Ye Zhao's flying boat flies around every day, and it is almost impossible to keep it secret for a long time. Moreover, since Ye Zhao's departure from the customs, various changes brought about by the development of industry have been obvious to all, from small agricultural tools to large siege equipment, flying boats, and other flying boats.

It was precisely because of the discovery of these things that Cao Cao wanted to imitate Ye Zhaoxing's industry. He mentioned it once before, but many people firmly resisted it. After all, is it a strange trick? Ye Zhao can be proud of it for a while, and it will never be able to benefit for a lifetime.

Although Xun Yu was not so determined in opposition, he also disagreed. However, two years have passed since Ye Zhao left the pass. With the endless industrial achievements, Ye Zhao destroyed the Huns. Not only did there be chaos in Guanzhong not occur due to the war, but there was a great momentum. In the past two years, Guanzhong has almost achieved good harvests every year.

This made many people jealous. There were even many aristocratic families who openly criticized these strange tricks and tricks to harm the country, but secretly began to pay more attention to craftsmen. Although Ye Zhao focused on craftsmen from the beginning, most good craftsmen went to Guanzhong. Now they can recruit not many, but the dismantling of many objects in Guanzhong has achieved some results, and the most are agricultural tools.

As for weapons such as crossbows, sky-bombing chariots, and ladders, it is strictly forbidden to leak out in the army. Even if the war is fought on the battlefield, these advanced equipment will definitely be counted and reclaimed. Once it is lost, it will be blocked and investigated immediately and found. Therefore, although Cao Cao tried every means to obtain some advanced weapons from Guanzhong in the past two years, he gained little.

Not to mention something like flying boats that can reach the sky, it is impossible to get it. Therefore, Cao Cao's main research direction for private equity craftsmen in the past two years is how to deal with those flying boats. The existence of this thing really has too much impact on balance.

After hearing this, Xun Yu was silent for a moment and nodded. This time, his nodding was not only representing Xun Yu's own attitude, but also representing the compromise and concession of the entire scholar class under Cao Cao.

When Cao Cao saw Xun Yu nodding, he was not very happy. He sat on Hu's bed, turned his head to look at Xun Yu and said, "Wenruo, do you know that Xiuming had already started planning this step today when he was in Luoyang?"

"What does lord mean?" Xun Yu looked at Cao Cao in confusion.

Cao Cao looked up and looked at the ceiling of the room, as if he was recalling something. After a long time, he said leisurely: "Xu Ming said back then that I was just a chess piece in his hand... I was not convinced at that time, and I didn't understand why he hurt people with such words. Now... I do understand."

Xun Yu looked at Cao Cao, without saying anything, and waited for the following text.

"Actually, I never knew what Xiuming wanted?" Cao Cao looked at Xun Yu and said with a smile: "Borrowing the hand of the late emperor, the implementation of printing technology can be said to have shaken the status of scholars. Over the years, the influence of printing technology has been profound, and Wen Ruo should have known it."

For example, today, the number of scholars has suddenly increased, and various books are emerging one after another. It has a great impact on the world. At least now, although the main officials under Cao Cao are still controlled by aristocratic families, if they extend to the grassroots level, most of the officials and even the magistrates of the county come from poor families. It is precisely because of Cao Cao's strong support for these people that Cao Cao killed the border and rebelled in the county but failed to shake Cao Cao's foundation, but instead was suppressed by Cao Cao.

Because even though the prefects in various places are from aristocratic families, almost all grassroots officials stand on Cao Cao's side. Without the support of these grassroots officials, although the aristocratic family is strong, they are unable to resist Cao Cao.

Not only Cao Cao, Lu Bu, Yuan Shao, Liu Bei, Liu Biao... In the whole world, except for Yuan Shu who only saw his origins, after the leading effect of Li Jue and Guo Si, officials at the grassroots level were basically selected from the common people who studied. For example, Lu Bu and Liu Bei had no choice but to use these people, and they would have no one to use them and lack sufficient talents. However, great princes like Cao Cao and Yuan Shao intended to limit the influence of the aristocratic families in this way.

In this way, it seems that Cao Cao is Ye Zhao's chess piece. How many princes in the world are not? Although Ye Zhao has not yet come out of seclusion, his influence on Guandong has already been very deep.

Cao Cao did not stop, but continued: "Guanzhong's revitalization of the work and the division of land was so significant. Wen Ruo also saw that if we don't want to be pulled away by Xiuming, we can only learn from him. But in this way, it will inevitably touch the interests of scholars. Even if we don't want to, we will be forced to move forward and join him to suppress the entire scholar class. I, Benchu, and Liu Bei, Liu Biao..."

Cao Cao smiled bitterly and said, "At the beginning, Xiuming was just an enemy of the scholars in the world. At that time, whether it was me or Benchu, many people suggested that we give up what we were doing at that time and attack Guanzhong with all our might. It was just not easy. Now, even if we want to work together, we may have no choice but to use Xiuming~ Chess pieces... The game of chess played by Xiuming is very bold. Unfortunately, it took Cao Cai a few years to see its layout. In this world, no matter who loses in the end, Xiuming has actually won, and his goal is still achieved."

Xun Yu was silent when he heard this. As a main member of the Xun family, Cao Cao pointed out the topic at this moment. Xun Yu knew what Cao Cao wanted. He wanted to use this to make further compromises from the scholars. He wanted to change, just as Ye Zhao wanted, but he was afraid that he could not bear the pressure from the entire scholar class alone, so he hoped that Xun Yu could help him.

So, Xun Yu was silent. He fell into confusion for the first time. Cao Cao opened his heart to him, but Xun Yu would rather know nothing. Ye Zhao... The weight of this name is too heavy, so heavy that Xun Yu feels like he can't breathe.

Cao Cao didn't say anything more. Now as Ye Zhao's popularity grows, it's only a matter of time if he doesn't change and is eventually eliminated by Ye Zhao.

Like Liu Bei, who only saw the surface situation differently. What Cao Cao has been paying attention to over the years is how Ye Zhao develops. Cao Cao is clear about every step of Ye Zhao, and he found Ye Zhao's real path from it. However, Ye Zhao can walk on this path, but it is difficult for him to walk on Cao Cao. Therefore, he hopes that scholars can compromise, not for him, Cao Cao, but for the scholars himself. After all, if Ye Zhao really entered the Central Plains, if he was still in his current state, then the most hurt was not Cao Cao, but the entire scholar class.

Therefore, in fact, it is not Cao Cao who is anxious now, but the entire scholar class. Especially in the past two years, Guanzhong has printed a large number of novels and books that have been despised by scholars, but have been widely circulated among the people. In addition, the views of Ye Zhao by the people in the world are gradually no longer influenced by the scholar class. This is what Ye Zhao is terrifying.

If a scholar does not want to be oppressed by Ye Zhao, he must make concessions and compromises. In this way, Cao Cao can let go of his hands and steps to innovate the current corrupt administration and people's livelihood. If the scholars are unwilling to compromise, no matter how capable Cao Cao is, he will not be able to fight with Ye Zhao, who holds a crossbow and sharp blade.

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"So? Cao Gong has already made his words clear. What questions do Wen Ruo have?" In the Xun Mansion, Xun Yu returned home in a daze and discussed the matter with Guo Jia. He wanted to seek Guo Jia's opinion, but was pushed back by Guo Jia.

"What does this mean by worshiping filial piety?" Xun Yu looked at Guo Jia in confusion.

"Wen Ruo didn't understand, but just didn't want to understand." Guo Jia sneered: "Since Wen Ruo asked, Jia would help Cao Gong make this clear. Cao Gong wanted to follow Guanzhong to reorganize the administration, encourage industry, business, promote farming and sericulture, and even divide the land. This will inevitably touch the interests of the aristocratic family. Now Cao Gong does not want the border to happen again, so how to make a choice, Cao Gong handed over this right to the scholars to choose."

"Divide the land? Is it necessary?" Xun Yu looked at Guo Jia and sighed.

"This is the fundamental. Wen Ruo should know how the Taiwei has the momentum today, and the division of land is the fundamental. If there is no such thing, encouraging the workers and merchants is just a joke." Guo Jia shook his head and said.

The rise of industrial and commercial industry in Guanzhong was precisely because Ye Zhao gradually became official land and could not be sold privately, which made the people not worried about food and grass. It was precisely because the people did not have to worry about food and drink that the current industrial and commercial industry was prosperous. If this was not the foundation, the innovation that was done was just a change of the rules of the game among the scholars, and it was impossible to stimulate the creativity of the people.

"Wenruo, I have been under house arrest by you for a year. Are you trying to keep me here forever?" Seeing Xun Yu falling into deep thought, Guo Jia looked at Xun Yu with some dissatisfaction.

"Then is the lord who is willing to become an official in Gongxiao?" Xun Yu looked at Guo Jia and said.

"Wen Ruo should know my personality. Since Wen Ruo did this, I think Wen Ruo also knows that my heart is not here, so why should I force it?" Guo Jia sighed.

"Then Fengxiao should stay in Xun's Mansion. It's good to comment on the world." Xun Yu smiled and turned around to leave.

"Okay, just follow Wen Ruo's words."

"Fengxiao is probably just thinking about getting out of trouble at this moment, right?" Xun Yu sighed, shook his head silently, and turned around and left.
Chapter completed!