Cao Cao, Cao Chong, Zhe Lanying, Lingju, as well as Lingju's mothers Diao Chan and Guan Yinping, as well as other people from the Cao family and Xiahou family, worshiped the Cao family who lost their lives this time.

Cao Cao came to see Liu Zhang, and Liu Zhang asked with a smile: "Father-in-law, what are your plans for the future?" ”

Cao Cao sighed: "When the battle of Guandu ended, I Cao Cao never thought that my Cao Cao would be defeated, and during the battle of Guanzhong, I Cao Cao never imagined that one day I would sit and talk with you Liu Zhang face to face."

Forget it, I've figured it out now, you Liu Zhang is not only superior to me Cao Cao in tactics and soldiers, but also much more clever in politics.

It is better for this Han world to be handed over to you Liu Zhang than to me Cao Cao, the four imperial examinations, the land order, and the price limit order are what the Han people need today.

I, Cao Cao, am not qualified to compete with you for any world, and I don't have the mental strength anymore, the current Cao Cao is close to the age of sixteen, and he just wants to be with Lingju, live a good life, and live like this for the rest of his life.

All the troubles in the Han world, let you Liu Zhang worry about it. ”

Liu Zhang smiled and said loudly: "Back then, the Xiangshi Xu Shao once said, Cao Gong, the capable minister who governs the world, and the hero of the troubled times, now, after more than ten years of turmoil, the world is about to be unified, and the world is about to usher in the rule of the world. ”

"The ruler of the world." Cao Cao read a sentence, and said with a smile: "If I were ten years younger, I would really like to try to implement the new policies of the King of Shu, the four imperial examinations, and the land order, which I Cao Cao would not dare to think of." In the end, it turned out to be the correct decree.

But. I'm old. A year ago, I thought about being a feudal official, but now after so many things, I don't want to do it anymore.

Lingju is only a teenager, and with an old man like me, if I still want to be a feudal official. Wasting my time on politics, wouldn't I be so sorry for her? ”

Liu Zhang was silent for a while: "It's a pity, it seems that the big man doesn't have this blessing." ”

"If the king of Shu can be trusted, the child Cao Chong is smart and wise, Cao thinks it can be used." Cao Cao said solemnly, although Cao Cao has let go of many things now, it does not mean that he is a political idiot.

Although he was held hostage for a year, and now his power has basically disappeared, his influence for more than ten years is still there. Except for Zhi Lanying, who is Liu Zhang's wife, the rest of the Cao family. Cao Cao was not confident that Liu Zhang would use it.

Cao Cao thought to himself, if he was himself, if he destroyed the Sichuan army, he would definitely not use Liu Xun or Liu Kang.

"Hahaha." Liu Zhang laughed: "What does Lord Yue-in-law say, Cao Chong is now my brother-in-law, how can there be a reason that cannot be believed." ”

"Hahaha." Cao Cao also laughed.

At this time, Cao Cao really felt that he and Liu Zhang hated to meet late, although the two acted in different styles, Cao Cao felt that the two still had a lot in common.

The reason why Liu Zhang agreed, in addition to being confident in the foundation of the Sichuan army, was not something that Cao Chong could shake at all, and there happened to be a big thing that Cao Chong needed to do, and if he changed someone else, he couldn't do it at all.

……

Eleven-year-old Cao Chong walked into Liu Zhang's study, Liu Zhang was holding a newly drawn map to watch, this map is the map of the whole Han Dynasty, but it is different from before, joining the Western Regions, the northern grasslands, Goguryeo is also included, even if some places are marked very unclear, but at least it is marked.

"Meet His Royal Highness the King of Shu."

"No need to be polite." Liu Zhang looked at the eleven-year-old Cao Cao, the age difference was too much, thinking that this was his brother-in-law, he was really a little unaccustomed.

Liu Zhang put down the map and looked at Cao Chong: "Last time, you said so many words of refusing to be an official, just to avoid suspicion, now that the Wei army has been destroyed, there is no gap between me and your father Cao Cao, now can you be an official in the Sichuan army?" ”

"If the King of Shu trusts."

"It's pretty succinct, okay then." Liu Zhang threw the map in his hand into Cao Chong's hand, "Look at this map." ”

Cao Chong didn't know martial arts, the map was very big and heavy, so he had to spread it on the ground, bury his body and look at it carefully, it was really like a child playing with mud.

"The map is much larger, reflecting the ambition and ambition of the King of Shu, but I don't know what the King of Shu has for showing this to Cao Chong."

"Ugh." Liu Zhang sighed: "If I discuss with other people, I will definitely be refuted by others, including Yueying, I will definitely not understand, so I can only look for you, I want to ask you, look at this map, where do you think the capital of my Han Dynasty is the best?" ”

Cao Chong looked at the map and looked at it carefully: "According to the geographical situation, you should stay in Chang'an or move to Luoyang, so that you can take into account the Western Regions and take over the eastern part at the same time, but in this case, these places in Goguryeo will definitely not become the territory of the Han Dynasty."

If the capital is in Yecheng, the Western Regions are not easy to manage, and it depends on where the strategic center of the King of Shu is. ”

"That's right, where is the strategic center, if you change it to Yueying, you must tell me, focus on controlling the Western Regions, the Western Regions border the Kushan Empire, the Western Regions are the center of the three major empires of the Han Dynasty and the West, what is a Goguryeo.

But the king felt that the eastern territory should be kept, and that the eastern part of the country should be kept close to the sea, and if we stabilize the eastern part of the country, it will be our territory for generations to come.

In the Western Regions, of course, this king will not give up, but the environment, resources, and population of the Western Regions are all barren, and there are many variables in bordering big countries, so it may be a front-line battlefield. Where there are rich resources bordering the ocean in the east. ”

"What resources does the ocean have?" Cao Chong was puzzled.

Liu Zhang looked at Cao Chong's confused appearance, and then remembered that people's concepts at this time were different from those of later generations.

Later generations know that the Korean Peninsula, Japan, and the sea are much richer in resources than in the Western Regions, regardless of the culture.

Moreover, these places, except for the first point of remoteness in Japan, Liu Zhang felt that the Korean Peninsula and the Northeast could definitely be included in the inherent territory, separated by oceans, and it was difficult to change after assimilation.

Where is it like the Western Regions, because of the constant interaction with Central Asia, the environment is not good and there are few resources, the Central Plains Dynasty does not pay attention to it, and it has not been assimilated for thousands of years.

Although they are all territories, Liu Zhang feels that the center of gravity should be in the east. This is conducive to the future development of China.

"Take the land, for example. Liaodong. Goguryeo can produce more than the Western Regions, and the ocean can not only be used by fishermen to fish, but also have many resources.

So the king wants to focus on the east. ”

"Cao Chong didn't understand the other meanings of the King of Shu, but Cao Chong knew one thing, if he went east, it would be extreme. Surrounded by the ocean, we will be safer. ”

Cao Chong pondered for a while: "To be honest, Cao Chong doesn't understand what the King of Shu is thinking, why he has expanded such a large Han territory, many places, such as west of Shache and Goguryeo, are basically cumbersome, and it will cost the Han a lot of money to control, and the gains outweigh the losses."

But because of the ambitions of these kings. And now that the Han Dynasty is under the governance of the King of Shu, the people live and work in peace and contentment. With abundant food and a strong army, expansion is inevitable and unreasonable.

If the king of Shu must move his strategy eastward, to develop eastward to the extreme, and all the eastern territories are on the verge of the sea, then the capital must be moved from Chang'an to the northeast in order to control Liaodong, Goguryeo, and even conquer the countries south of Goguryeo.

I think Jixian is good. ”

"You and I went together." Liu Zhang said, I really didn't expect Cao Chong to be so smart, and he suddenly thought the same as he thought.

Cao Chong shook his head: "The King of Shu forgives the sin, Cao Chong just guessed, the King of Shu changed Jixian County to Beiping County, Yuyang County to Beiping County, and spent a lot of effort to rectify it, and transferred Jiang Wan there as a guard."

Thinking of what King Shu said just now, Cao Chong guessed it. ”

Liu Zhang was a little embarrassed, these prodigies reacted too quickly.

Cao Chong continued: "Beiping County, although it used to be the capital of Yanguo, but compared with other national capitals, Handan, Yecheng, Beihai, etc., it is still far behind, not to mention Chang'an, Luoyang and Chengdu, which is only a little better than the three cities of Jiangdong. ”

It is really unbelievable that the King of Shu can think of Beiping County, but Cao Chong now looks at the map and really feels that this place is very in line with the ambition of the King of Shu.

Beiping County is located in the western part of Youzhou, close to Goguryeo, if this place is the capital, after the conquest of Goguryeo, it will not take much effort to manage.

Cao Chong predicted that as long as the policy continued and the Han did not change, Goguryeo would inevitably become the inherent territory of the Han Dynasty, and it would not be difficult to expand further south, and it would not be surprising that the eastern ambitions of the Shu king would be easily achieved.

Secondly, in terms of strategic position, Beiping can be said to be the Son of Heaven guarding the country, and the King of Shu has the ambition to include the northern grasslands, and Beiping just controls the northern grasslands.

To the north of Beiping, the Horqin grassland (at that time, it was also called Huo'er Shen, Ghost Fang, and the name of Horqin had appeared, and the familiar place name was taken here) and other fertile grasslands in the east, which was the place where the northern ethnic groups were born and developed since ancient times, second only to Hetao.

If the capital of the Han Dynasty is here, the northern grasslands will be in the palm of your hand, just. ”

Cao Chong sighed when he said this: "Everything has advantages and disadvantages. First of all, Youzhou is poor, and it will consume a lot of manpower and material resources to determine the capital.

Beiping is close to the north, and the control of the southwest Yunnan Prefecture and the Western Regions will definitely be affected.

But this is not the most important thing, with the influence of the King of Shu in Yizhou and Dian Prefecture, the complete protection model of the Western Regions, and the rich material resources of the Han Dynasty now, it is not difficult to solve.

The hardest part. Cao Chong said that he raised his head to look at Liu Zhang, and said in a deep voice: "Dingdu Beiping is not in the interests of the ministers under the command of the Sichuan army. ”

Liu Zhang listened to Cao Chong's words, and also sat on the ground, hearing Cao Chong's last sentence, Liu Zhang's heart moved, Cao Chong really saw the key to the problem, and it was also the biggest worry in Liu Zhang's heart.

Cao Chong was a native of the Three Kingdoms period, and he could only analyze these advantages of his capital Beiping, that is, the control of the Korean Peninsula and the northern grasslands.

But Liu Zhang deeply knows that the eastern city of Dingdu, facing the ocean, plays a vital role in the development of China. To the west of the Western Regions, it is simply a place where birds don't poop.

But this is not in the interests of the ministers.

First of all, now under the Sichuan army, especially after the grain harvest, a large number of merchants have emerged, in addition to domestic trading, the biggest reliance of these merchants is the Southwest Silk Road and the Western Silk Road.

If the capital is Beiping, they can still continue to buy and sell, but after all, the capital is the center of a country and the headquarters of merchants, and if it is transported to Beiping, it will be a lot of waste.

Merchants would not approve of moving the capital to Beiping.

And when it comes to ministers, don't look at the surrender of so many civil and military troops under Cao Cao, in fact, most of the civil officials of the Wei army did not surrender, and most of the civilian officials of the Sichuan army came from the west.

Everyone has a local complex, and who is willing to go all the way to Beijing.

Liu Zhang didn't think that this measure of moving the capital would be supported by many people, not only those ministers and businessmen who considered their own interests, including Huang Yueying, would definitely not understand him.

But Liu Zhang had to do this, first, because the eastern region had more resources than the western regions and Central Asia, and should become the center of gravity, second, in order to control the northern steppes and the Korean Peninsula, third, it was conducive to the development of later generations in China, and fourth, as Cao Chong said, in the face of the sea, the territory was stable.

Fifth, Liu Zhang didn't want to weaken the current civil and military influence of the Sichuan army, the Sichuan army originated in the west and developed in the west, and the east was too fast, and the east and west will definitely be divided in the future.

If the capital is set in Beiping, this effect will be well balanced, and a conservative force in the west will not be formed, which will be more conducive to reunification.

These reasons were enough for Liu Zhang to make up his mind to move the capital.

This is also the reason why he ordered Wang Yue to defeat Goguryeo, if the capital is Chang'an, Goguryeo will not be able to hold it even if it is defeated, but if the capital is Beiping, it will be completely different.

"That's why I came to you for advice." Liu Zhang said to Cao Chong.

Cao Chong looked at Liu Zhang with wide eyes, his eyes were very clear, but his eyes were very complicated, and after a while, Cao Chong said: "King Shu, you are using me as a gunman." ”

Liu Zhang wanted Cao Chong to preside over the relocation of the capital, Cao Chong didn't understand in his heart that as long as he took over this task, all the opposition forces would be aimed at him.

Obviously, the officials of the former Sichuan Army would not be willing to move the capital, and they were from the east, or the son of Cao Cao, who came to support the move of the capital to the east and move the capital to the remote Youzhou.

It is easy for others to think that they are weakening the Harakawa military group and then seeking benefits for the people in the east and north, isn't this putting themselves on the fire?

"Do you dare to be this gun?" Liu Zhang asked.

"Can you move the capital to Yecheng first?"

"No, it's one step." Liu Zhang said resolutely.

Cao Chong frowned, as a studious and talented person, Cao Chong didn't want to be so wasted, and from now on he would live an ordinary life, always wanting to show his strengths.

Therefore, Liu Zhang is willing to appoint him with important responsibilities, and he is happy to accept it.

But this task is simply a hot potato, if you don't do it, you have to die at the hands of those Sichuan army courtiers, since ancient times, this kind of behavior that offends the interests of everyone, and everyone who comes out is a death.

However, with Liu Zhang's strength, Cao Chong is at least not very worried about changing hexagrams in Liu Zhang's lifetime. (To be continued......)