As the saying goes, the emperor is not bad for hungry soldiers, no matter how elite the Wei soldiers are, but they are still people after all, not immortals who can open the valley, there is no money and food support, and the Wei army that went to Tongguan is no different from sending it to Ma Teng and others to slaughter.

As for abandoning the recovery project of the four northern states, it is impossible to do so, not to mention that the money and grain have been distributed at this time, and some northern places close to Chendu have begun to work, even if there is none, Cao Cao will not be able to let the four northern states go.

Internal and external troubles, the strictest zhòng, Cao Cao has always believed that it is internal worries rather than external troubles, a typical example is the Ming Dynasty, if there is no Li Zicheng and the Great Western Army and a bunch of peasant rebels, completely wiped out the Ming Dynasty, how could the Manchu Qing Dynasty take advantage of the chaos in the Central Plains to enter the Central Plains.

Before modern times, the Han people in the Central Plains could be said to be the most powerful nation and state in the Eastern world, and it was not outsiders or barbarians who were able to defeat or even rule them, but most of the time, it was because of themselves.

Whether it is Wuhu Chaohua, or the later Song Dynasty and Ming Dynasty, a large part of the reason is that they destroyed the Great Wall, exhausted their own strength, and beat themselves to the ground, which gave the barbarians who were watching on the side a chance.

If the four northern states are left alone, Cao Cao is 100% sure that there will definitely be a big mess, although the Han people, many times are very hard-working, but it does not mean that they are the same as those natives in India, honest and obedient, no matter what, they will not rebel against the upper castes.

The primary reason for the hard-working people of the Central Plains is to be able to make them full, for the Han people in the Central Plains, to be able to eat, then there is nothing, in their opinion, the Son of Heaven who can make them full, that is, the Holy Monarch is the Ming Jun, and it is necessary to make the Ming Jun, from this point of view. The Han people are both cute but also a little emotional.

However, if you can't eat enough, then the sentence that Chen Sheng and Wu Guang shouted at the beginning, Ning You's words, may be set off again in the four northern states. The peasant uprisings of all dynasties and dynasties are, to put it bluntly, because the people do not have enough to eat.

The money and food used for internal affairs could not be moved, and the treasury was just empty at this time, but it was necessary to send a large army into Tongguan to block Ma Teng and others. Don't let Xiliang's army get out of Guanzhong, Cao Cao's head can be said to be about to explode.

"It would be nice if we could get money from other sources."

I don't know who said such a sentence in the house, but it was a flash of inspiration in Cao Cao's mind, the idea of copying the homes of wealthy merchants and using their family wealth as military resources flashed in Cao Cao's mind, not to mention anything else, as long as they can copy the homes of several wealthy merchants in the capital, then the military resources for sending troops can be said to be almost accommodated.

Ancient China was arguably the richest in the world, but its money and food were not concentrated in the hands of the upper or lower classes. Instead, it is concentrated in the hands of the middle class, and the representatives of them are those rich businessmen.

The huge amount of money in their hands can be said to be comparable to the financial taxes of a country sometimes, which is why Cao Cao had this idea in his mind.

The idea of destroying the rich merchant's house can be described as tempting, but Cao Cao thought about it and gave up, after all, although he was the king of Wei, according to the words at this time, the entire Wei country and one of them were his. But he wouldn't go and destroy a rich merchant's house for no reason.

Thousands of miles away, destroyed in the anthill, Cao Cao, as the king of Wei, if he took the lead in doing so. It is equivalent to personally knocking out a hole in the big wall of the law, no matter whether the hole is small or large, the sacredness of the law can be said to have been destroyed.

However, although the idea of copying the house of a wealthy merchant was denied by Cao Cao himself, Cao Cao really thought of a way to end because of this. And this ending method is in a person's body, even if that person is Zhen Mi, who has just entered the mansion, why did he welcome her into the mansion, Cao Cao is still the same, Zhen Mi's beauty is only one of them, and more importantly, it is the financial support proposed by the rich businessmen in Hebei in the north.

It's time for them to contribute, wanting to get benefits, but not wanting to pay the price, where in this world is there such a cheap good thing!

Thinking of those wealthy businessmen in Hebei, the corners of Cao Cao's mouth jumped coldly, and he looked at the prime ministers of the three provinces and the six Shangshu below: "The matter of money and grain, Gu has already thought of a way to solve it, so I don't want to say more, the Ministry of War and the Ministry of Industry!" ”

"The minister is here!" The two Shangshu, who were named by Cao Cao, stood up with Guiyu in their hands and bowed down to Cao Cao.

"After you wait, the Ministry of War Shangshu immediately prepared for the expedition, the Ministry of Industry, this time the enemy army suddenly appeared an improved catapult, you also have to be vigilant, immediately lead everyone in the Ministry of Industry, and give Lone a good study, how to improve our army's catapult, understand?!"

"The minister is on order!"

Although Xun You, the secretary of the military department, had some doubts about Cao Cao's order, he did not object, but honestly agreed, and after preparing to go down, he immediately dispatched the people of the military department to prepare for the expedition.

As for Liu Ye, the secretary of the Ministry of Industry, after being scared out of a cold sweat by Cao Cao, he was even more confident in his heart, and in the following days, until the improved catapult was studied, otherwise, he would eat and live in the Ministry of Industry.

"Well, in this matter, the prime ministers of the three provinces must all cooperate, and the expedition will not exceed ten days at the latest, and I hope that you will be able to handle these matters well during the period again."

The three prime ministers looked at each other for a moment, and didn't understand why it was within ten days, as the so-called soldiers were fast, and ten days was a little too slow, but in the face of Cao Cao's unobjectionable eyes, the three of them couldn't and could only respond.

Ten days, but it is a bit long, but there is no way, after all, from the money and grain from Hebei to Chendu, together with the connection or something, I want time, ten days, or Cao Cao is ready to take out the remaining money and grain in the treasury first, and first send out a small force to block Ma Teng and others.

"Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, you immediately enter the palace to meet the Son of Heaven, and ask the Son of Heaven to issue a crusade against Ma Teng and others."

Although Cao Cao is now the king of Wei, but with the mentality that he can use it full, Cao Cao still wasted the use of a handful of Han Xian Emperor, regardless of whether this text is useful to the people of the world or not, but the division is famous for the Wei army, it is still very useful.

Lu Su, the secretary of the Ministry of Rites, obviously understood this, and did not have the slightest objection to the task assigned by Cao Cao: "The minister receives the order!" (To be continued.) )