Chapter 422: The shock brought by the establishment of a country [Votes requested]

The ministers followed Cao Cao's carriage all the way back to the city.

Guo Jia was sitting in Xun Yu's carriage and said with a smile:

"Your Majesty is wise. You used the founding of a country as an excuse to promote the True Dragon. How much trouble can this save?

Even a million-strong army could hardly bring such a great deterrent force that would shock and awe the world."

Xun Yu was looking down at the scroll.

The Great Wei Dynasty was founded, and everything was waiting to be done.

After standing on the city wall for a whole day, many things had been put on hold, and Xun Yu had to stay up late tonight to deal with the matter.

On his way back, he started to get busy.

While reading the scroll, he responded to Guo Jia:
"I just followed His Majesty down from the city wall, and before I had time to get in the car, the Cui, Yao, and Liu families came to find me.

They said that the country was in turmoil a few years ago, and in order to protect themselves, they built high walls and occupied a lot of land. "

“But now that the world is stable, they feel it is inappropriate to occupy land in the local area and build high walls.

He came to me and told me that he would tear down the wall when he returned and hand over the land as well. "

"These people are quick to see the opportunity."

Guo Jia said: "Your Majesty, this is called conquering the enemy without fighting.

Besides you, there are also people who come to me, they are the side branches of my Guo family, asking me how much land each household occupies when we founded the Wei Kingdom, and whether it is reasonable, and whether we need to return it?"

Xun Yu glanced at him and asked, "What did you say?"

"Your Majesty, if you want the world to be peaceful, you have to start with us. Only then will others be convinced."

Guo Jia: "I sent a letter back last month asking my family to hand over all the occupied land.

Your Majesty opened up the Western Regions and gave my Guo family a priority share in the East-West trade. The money we earn is enough to make us wealthy for several generations.

This is the special care that Your Majesty has shown us, how could I not know how to act?"

Xun Yu hesitated for a moment and said, "I just realized that you are calling me here."

Guo Jia smiled and said, "I was mainly worried that you were too busy to take care of this.

After the founding of the country, it is no longer the chaotic times of the past. We need to pay attention to many things in advance."

Xun Yu sneered, "I have already told my family that my Xun family is being watched by almost all the noble families.

The more Your Majesty treats us kindly, the more we, the Xun family, will restrain ourselves.

Our fertile land in Yingchuan was returned long ago, and I have already informed Your Majesty of this.

His Majesty said that since we fought with him for the world, it was only natural that we would get more benefits than others, and he returned part of it to me.

But I submitted it anyway.”

Guo Jia sighed: "Wen Ruo, you are really awesome, otherwise you would be our Grand Marshal."

"How about we drink together tonight?"

"Get lost. If you have the time to drink, how much can you do?"

Xun Yu: "Go and call Zhicai, Gongda, and Zhongde over as well.

I have a lot of things piled up for the day, so you guys can come and help me. There is also something else I need to discuss with you before reporting to His Majesty."

Guo Jia wailed, "I have an appointment tonight."

"You are either drinking or sleeping. Come to work first. It will be used in the morning court tomorrow. His Majesty wants to reduce taxes and re-set the reign title. These are all important matters."

Guo Jia regretted it and should have stopped looking for Xun Yu.

While the two of them were talking in the car, the nobles from all sides also gathered spontaneously.

This time they gathered not to discuss how to safeguard the interests of the gentry, but to discuss how to support the reform of the Wei Dynasty.

Envoys from the Western Regions are also gathering.

The same is true for Buyeo.

They have sent fast horses to send urgent news back to Buyeo.

These changes were brought about by Cao Cao's divine power.

Two real dragons, so damn scary.

……

Over the mountains in the heart of the Xianbei region, the sky gradually darkened.

Afu Yu stood on the top of the mountain, looking at the sky to the south.

His robe fluttered without wind, as if he was confronting some kind of aura from a distance.

The high shaman priest ordered people to blow the shaman horn at noon.

evening.

The leaders of several core tribes in the surrounding areas all rushed over.

Starting from the afternoon, snowflakes began to fall on the grassland.

In early January, the grassland enters true winter.

In a large tent at the foot of the mountain sat the leaders of four of the eight Xianbei tribes.

As for the other families, due to the long distance, they hurried back to their respective tribes after the tribal meeting at the end of the year.

The remaining four families were also preparing to leave and go back to spend the winter.

Before leaving, they heard the gathering horn and hurried over together.

"The high priest blew the call. What happened?"

Tuoba Jiefen and others realized that something was unusual.

The shaman's horn will not be blown easily.

"In the direction of Han territory, there has been a strong change in the luck, affecting a thousand miles."

The high priest's old and thin face was filled with undisguised solemnity.

Several chiefs looked at each other: "What does the high priest have to say?"

"After the defeat in the last battle, the fortunes of our Xianbei clan have been on the rise and are now at their lowest point since the death of Chief Tan Shihuai.

Afu Yu said that if a country is founded with a military sacrifice, the Han people may take the initiative to attack in the spring, summer or autumn of the following year."

"It is not appropriate for the Xianbei tribes to go to war at this moment. I mean that we should retreat to the north to recuperate and not move out."

"As the Han people's national fortunes rise, should we, the Xianbei, move north to avoid them? Give up this lush grassland?"

Several tribal leaders strongly opposed:

"We were defeated last year, so we won't go south this year. There's no reason to retreat before the battle."

"We Xianbei people are a forceful people. We are the ones who attack others. How can we take the initiative to move north to avoid the Han people?"

There was a commotion in the big tent, and a majestic figure appeared out of nowhere.

The tent immediately fell silent. The leaders stood up and said, "Respected Afuyu."

Even the chief of a tribe had to salute this figure with a respectful look.

"The growth of Han territory's fortune is even greater than when Tan Shihuai unified the Xianbei tribes.

At noon, the south sky was red and purple, like a blazing fire.

Retreating this year was a joint decision between the high priest and I.

After the recent defeat, we were at a disadvantage compared to the Han people, both psychologically and morale.

There is no place to defend on the grassland, so retreat first. As long as the Xianbei King's tribe is still strong, the grassland will still be ours, and other tribes will never dare to act rashly."

Afu looked at everyone:
"Migration to the north is not a flight from defeat, but an escape from danger and a way to preserve strength."

----

Yecheng.

After getting off the car, the concubines looked out at the Bronze Sparrow Tower.

The palace seemed like a multi-story building, as if it was connected to the clouds.

There is a giant bronze bird standing at the top of the temple, spreading its wings in the night, with flames all around it, burning brightly.

Seen from below, the bronze sparrow surrounded by flames looked like a phoenix flying in the sky, majestic and magnificent.

"How can the bronze bird catch fire?"

It was the first time for all the girls to see the bronze sparrow on the roof, shining brightly in the early night.

"The surface of the bronze sparrow is inlaid with hollow copper mesh and contains lamp oil, like a giant palace lantern. This prevents the flame from spilling out and causing a fire, while ensuring that the fire can burn at night and can be seen from miles away."

Cao Cao briefly explained:

"But this bronze sparrow consumes a lot of lamp oil. It is not lit at other times except during national celebrations, when it is lit as an ever-burning lamp to offer sacrifices to heaven and earth."

"Let's go into the palace and take a look."

The concubines surrounded Cao Cao and walked into the palace.

Cao Cao in history was a very frugal person and he issued many orders to reduce extravagance.

He built the Bronze Sparrow Tower on a massive scale not for pleasure, but for military and political purposes.

The complete Tongquetai Palace consists of an outer palace and an inner palace.

It has a square shape. The outer palace is where ministers handle affairs. The palaces are lined up one after another, and it is also where Cao Cao handles state affairs.

The main hall of the inner palace is called Bronze Sparrow Tower.

On its left and right wings, two more towers, the Golden Tiger and the Ice Well, were built, collectively known as the Three Towers of Ye.

In ancient times, only the emperor could have three platforms, namely Lingtai, Shitai and Youtai.

It can be used to observe astronomy and the four seasons.

Cao Cao built the Three Towers with the intention of demonstrating his political ambitions to the world.

At the same time, Yecheng was located in the Jizhou Plain, and the Bronze Sparrow Tower was built on a ten-zhang-high platform inside the city.

The palace was built on a low mountain, with a tall building ten feet high.

The height of his main hall was unprecedented at that time.

If the low mountain that forms the foundation of the Bronze Sparrow Tower is included, it is more than twenty feet high.

It can also serve as a beacon tower and observation tower.

Once the fire starts, people hundreds of miles away can get the news and build a defense line.

At the same time, living on an upper floor, he could command the battles in the entire city by using lights and fire signals. It was a war fortress that dominated the four directions.

Once the northern border is broken, the road to the south will be smooth, and Yecheng will become an important town guarding the heart of Han territory.

At this time, the Bronze Sparrow Tower was brightly lit.

On both sides of the main hall are the Golden Tiger and Ice Well platforms.

The three platforms are collectively known as Bronze Sparrow, Golden Phoenix and Jade Dragon.

Among them, the Bronze Sparrow Tower is the most spectacular. It has connected buildings, front and back palaces combined, flying pavilions with double eaves, carved beams and painted rafters, and more than a hundred rooms.

The hall's beams were made of huge wood and reinforced with copper mortise and tenon joints, serving both aesthetic purposes and those of war.

Every time the sun rises, it shines in, colorful and magnificent.

The Ice Well and the Golden Tiger Pavilion on the left and right are connected by flying arch corridors. Walking between them feels like walking in the air.

The ladies who entered the Bronze Sparrow Tower all looked around with their beautiful eyes, vying to see their own palaces.

Everyone lived in the Bronze Sparrow Palace, back and forth, up and down, each person had his own palace, which made it much more convenient to visit each other at night... Cao Cao walked in the palace with the concubines.

As the night deepened, the new palace was filled with the chirping of birds and the sound of laughter.

But soon the laughter changed...

early morning.

After a series of hard work, Cao Cao got up on time with amazing physical strength and willpower, went to the quiet room on the top floor, and entered a state of meditation.

Bronze Sparrow Tower was the tallest building in the world.

The top seems to be able to touch the stars and the moon, so it is called the Near Heaven Pavilion.

When Cao Cao was on the city wall during the day, he felt the power of his cultivation boiling in his body.

At this moment, he was sitting cross-legged, and the strength in his body was surging.

On the top of the Bronze Sparrow Tower, purple air surged like a rushing river, sweeping across the stars and the moon.

This was the second time that the Lord of Cao Wei appeared in person in one day.

Cao Cao's consciousness once again merged with heaven and earth, and he visualized the Nine Cauldrons of Shenzhou.

If we look at it from the perspective of luck, in Jizhou, the first of the Nine Provinces, deep in the earth's veins, somewhere where one of the Nine Cauldrons is located, Cao Cao's imperial dragon actually appeared here.

Its dragon head sticks out, absorbing the energy in the cauldron.

Rumble!
When the real dragon swallows and spits out the Nine Cauldrons.

Cao Cao seemed to have obtained the most core energy of Shenzhou. His strength increased and he officially broke into a new realm that he had always dreamed of.

Around the Bronze Sparrow Tower, purple air and the stars and the moon are intertwined, creating a magnificent scene.

After an hour, Cao Cao stopped practicing and opened his eyes:
“The barriers to this mythical realm are more difficult than expected.

Using the national destiny to break through and absorbing the fate of the Nine Cauldrons has only just crossed that threshold. It will take some time before it can really stabilize. "

He came out of the quiet room and immediately felt the differences between himself and the world.

He stood there for a long time, feeling the situation, before coming to a living hall.

Diao Chan waited in the hall, took out a new dragon robe, prepared to put it on Cao Cao, and asked him to go to the main hall to preside over the founding court meeting.

Ps: I will put the pictures aside later. I am working on it. There are four or five pictures, including the restored model of the Bronze Sparrow Tower in the museum, the reconstruction of the ruins, the excavated Bronze Sparrow Tower stone sculptures, and the map of Yecheng. I don't know how many pictures I can put up~
Bronze Sparrow Tower:

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