Chapter 446 Sequence 29 [Subscribe]

Several people discussed the follow-up matters in the study.

"That Ji Shuling is quite interesting."

"It's a good thing to have an official like him in the court. It's also a reminder for us to improve if there's nothing wrong and correct if there's something wrong."

“This time, we are opening three states to inform the world. I wonder how the people will be encouraged.”

The opening of three states by the Great Wei was the first time in hundreds of years since Emperor Wu of Han expanded the territory on a large scale.

It also marks a significant part in the entire history of China.

"Your Majesty has been on the Western Expedition for half a year, and the shipyards built in Japan have gradually begun to operate."

"The Japanese are quite capable of building ships."

Xun Yu reported to Cao Cao on the situations in Japan, the Three Kingdoms of Korea and other places.

Last year in Japan, forest fires were deliberately set and the remnants of the group were wiped out on a large scale.

To this day, the capture and cleanup of the remaining Japanese soldiers is still ongoing.

Xun Yu didn't quite understand why Cao Cao was so cruel to the Japanese and seemed to be planning to exterminate their entire clan.

When expanding the prefectures this time, Cao Cao did not take Japan into account and treated it as a consumable.

The Kanto, Kansai, and Kyushu regions have begun to cultivate their own land, cut down large amounts of timber in the non-burning areas in the southern part of the country, built shipyards, and entered preparation mode.

Guo Jia then went on to report some military changes, such as the rotation of troops in various units.

During the first few days since Cao Cao returned, he was busy day and night.

In April, Le Jin led his troops northward, entered Buyeo, and began to take over its defense.

The recovery of Buyeo meant that the Wei Dynasty was only separated from the northeast by Goguryeo, and its border would overlap with the national border of later generations.

A month after Cao Cao returned, some changes inside and outside the country tended to stabilize.

It is spring ploughing time.

He came to the neighboring area in the south of Yecheng to inspect the farm work.

The county where he settled was the place where his son Cao Ang was assigned to work.

Cao Ang has been studying and managing local affairs for the past few years. He was first assigned to a remote and poor county. Not long ago, he was transferred to the southern part of Yecheng to take charge of local agricultural affairs.

It was already quite warm in April, the soil had been loosened, and the seeds had just been sown.

Cao Cao was wearing casual clothes and walking on the ridge.

The area around Yecheng has a well-developed water system and fertile soil. Together with Yanzhou and Yuzhou further south, it is considered the heartland of Han territory and the region with the highest agricultural output.

Cao Ang and Her Royal Highness the Princess, along with their son and daughter, followed beside them.

Cao Cao tested his son as they walked:

"You are in charge of agricultural affairs and grain taxes in the local area. There are two counties, one is remote and the other is prosperous. You have been to both places. Tell me what you think."

"I am a dull boy, and I have lived in this place for many years. I have only seen the joy of the people when they received seeds, planted seeds, and harvested.

This land and the produce from cultivating it are the foundation of their livelihood and their life.

Having a harvest and food to eat is the foundation of the people and the foundation of our Great Wei."

Cao Cao turned his head and looked at his son with some admiration.

Looking at the dynasties throughout history, as long as the people were given a chance to rest, and land was evenly distributed and taxes were exempted, at least peace could be maintained and the country could be defended.

"You are right. For thousands of years, it is farming that has maintained the foundation of successive dynasties. Farming is the cornerstone of peace in the world.

As long as there is no mass starvation, no one will rebel and do something that will cost them their lives.

Looking back at history, we can see that every time there is a major upheaval, it is always due to the intensification of social contradictions and the uneven distribution of land and income.

“The foundation of governance is to emphasize agriculture, and farming is the people’s heart.”

“When the largest group is stable, the country will be stable.

We have just experienced the changes in the previous dynasty, so we should learn from them. Why did refugees arise everywhere in the previous dynasty? Because there was a big problem with land distribution.

"With relatives from the outside, eunuchs, and noble families causing trouble, class contradictions are intensifying, and naturally there will be unrest."

Cao Ang pondered and said:
"So my father wants to strike down the nobles, restore class balance, and return the land to the people."

Cao Cao laughed and said, "You have learned to read books and return the land to the people. That's right."

Cao Ang blushed slightly: "I forced myself to read it. I am not as talented as you, so I need to be more diligent to make up for my shortcomings."

"You don't need to be modest. It is not easy to see that civil affairs are the foundation and farming is the basis of the country.

The principles you have learned after two or three years in the field are correct, and you should never forget your original intention in the future. "

"Yes."

"I came to see you. I will be traveling around the surrounding counties in the next few days. You don't have to worry about me."

Cao Cao held the eldest princess's hand and returned to the nearby county with Cao Ang.

That afternoon, Cao Cao took his daughter, Diao Chan, Zhen Yan, Zhen Mi, two generals Dian and Xu, and a small number of personal guards, and crossed the Yellow River south to Yanzhou.

When Cao Cao arrived in Hexi, he had planned to give his concubines more opportunities to go out and about.

So I brought Zhen Yan along this time.

As for Bian Mei and Bai Ke, Cao Cao encouraged them to try other specific affairs besides the existing system of Qingbi Li.

He went south to check on farm work, crossed the Yellow River, and met Xi Zhicai.

He and Chen Qun were leading people westward to survey the construction of a straight road.

The larger the territory, the more efficient the management, timely transmission of information, and deployment of military and resources must be in order to maintain long-term stability.

Therefore, it is very necessary to build a straight road.

After listening to Cao Cao's meaning, Xun Yu went back and moved the construction of the straight road to the highest priority.

However, a straight road was built and the Grand Canal was dug from north to south.

Even though he annexed Wusun, Wakoku, and Buyeo through war, he still felt that his income was not enough to cover his expenses, and his money was spent like water.

Ling Jin and Li Wufang's tomb-robbing work became busy again.

A few days ago, Cao Cao used the entry to point and chose a tomb with the most gold and silver treasures and asked them to take the treasure.

The push given by the entry at that time was:

[The Shang Dynasty practiced lavish burials, and some emperors used half of the country's taxes to build tombs.

The tomb contained human sacrifices, numerous casualties, and countless treasures.

But the evil in the tomb is still there, it is extremely dangerous.]

[Shang Dynasty Tomb, Sequence 29, Tomb of the Shang King! The burial objects contain many valuable Shang Dynasty treasures, including gold, silver, pearls and jade]

[The danger level of this tomb is higher than its sequence]

During the Shang Dynasty, people already had the idea that the soul is immortal, and believed that the soul comes from heaven and the spirit comes from earth. After death, the soul and spirit will separate and return to heaven and earth.

Therefore, tomb mounds appeared in the funeral customs of the Shang people. They were regarded as the "new home" after death, and the custom of lavish burials became increasingly popular.

Seeing that the entries repeatedly indicated danger, Cao Cao thought of the Yellow River Tomb, which was not much higher in sequence than this one.

By comparing horizontally, we can see how dangerous the Shang King’s Tomb is.

The more careful you are with this kind of tomb, the better.

Who will be relatively safer when entering the tomb?
The Taoist Master has just snatched two Buddha relics. During this period of time, he has been refining and guiding the power in them in preparation for re-entering Kunlun Ruins and the Pantheon.

Cao Cao set his sights on Dao Zun.

A few days ago, after he received the push of the entry, he called Dao Zun over:

"In the past few years of war, in order to quickly expand the army, I had people enter tombs to take money. Do you know about this?"

Dao Zun said leisurely:
“The emperor held the power of the world during his lifetime, but when he died he was still buried with the wealth of the country.

They can be brought into the tomb, and the world does not realize their harm. You can take them out and use them for civil purposes, so that China can be at peace soon. It's fine to take them, so why ask me?"

Cao Cao said happily:
"I want to build a straight road, which will benefit the country. You have been idle for a while, so why don't you help me go to a big tomb and bring back some gold and silver?"

Dao Zun felt like he had accidentally jumped into a pit, and said in a muffled voice:

"Those gravediggers under your command are quite skilled. Which grave do you have to drag me into?"

The Shang Dynasty was the first to be established, and its ancestral land was in the heart of China, not far to the south of Yecheng.

Dao Zun and Li Wufang ordered Jin to form a team to open the tomb, and they have been gone for several days.

Cao Cao went out on an inspection tour. On the night before returning to Yecheng, he remembered that they should have arrived at the tomb, so he calmed down and used the secret armor beast to check their progress.

The former site of the Shang Dynasty.

Deep underground, the light is dim.

In a tomb passage.

Dao Zun, Ling Jin, Li Wufang, and two secret armored beasts as fast as green smoke are advancing.

When Cao Cao checked, three people and two beasts had just walked out of the tomb passage.

The tomb is not only dark, but also has a cold atmosphere.

As soon as Ling Jin came in, he felt a creepy feeling behind him, as if something was following him. A cold and gloomy aura often invaded his back and shoulders.

It gets creepier and creepier as we walk along.

Ling Jin sent a message to Dao Zun and Li Wufang: "Do you feel that something is following us?"

The two people's responses were surprisingly consistent:
“It’s not a feeling, it’s something really following me.

That thing was filled with resentment, and it chose the weakest of the three of us to test."

"..."

Ling Jin's nervousness suddenly increased, and the hair on his neck stood up.

The three of them came out of the tomb passage and entered a side hall.

This side hall is a bronze room.

On the walls and ceiling, there are many spell patterns from the Shang Dynasty.

Dao Zun looked towards the center of the room.

There stood a huge stone coffin about ten feet high and four or five feet long, as black as ink.

"A coffin hollowed out from a whole piece of black jade."

Li Wufang then approached, reached out and knocked on the coffin wall, and listened attentively to the movements inside the coffin:

"The echo inside this coffin is dull. There must be a lot of things pressing down on the coffin. There must be treasures."

The Taoist priest pressed down the wall of the coffin.

After he placed his hand on the top of the coffin, it moved silently to the side, revealing a gap large enough for a person to enter and exit.

Among the three, Ling Jin was the youngest, so he had to do the dirty and tiring work first, so he gritted his teeth and said:
"I go down?"

"Go."

The two were not polite at all and gestured for Ling Jin to get into the coffin.

He came to the wall of the coffin, looked down, and immediately cried out in pain.

The coffin was as big as a small house, and it was filled with a layer of black air like flowing water, making it impossible to see anything.

According to past experience, whenever this kind of dark source aura appears, it is bound to be bad news.

Ling Jin plucked up his courage and tried it. He first used an object to probe in, but there was no movement.

Then he stepped into the coffin and slowly sank.

When the black air penetrated into his waist and abdomen, Ling Jin suddenly shuddered:
"There's something in the coffin grabbing my feet!"

Before he finished speaking, a layer of blue air appeared on his face.

Li Wufang raised his hand and threw out a red halo, which landed on Ling Jin.

The Taoist Master formed a seal with one hand and reached his hand into the coffin.

Boom!

The coffin suddenly shook, and then the entire coffin room was shaking, the movement was alarming.

After a while, the movement in the coffin gradually weakened.

Dao Zun squatted on the coffin, staring at the darkness inside.

His gaze seemed to be able to penetrate the thick black air.

The Taoist priest reached his hand into the coffin and pulled it out, but he grabbed a severed arm.

The broken arm was green in color, and the hand was still tightly grasping Ling Jin's ankle.

Dao Zun frowned and said, "I left a handprint on the remains in the coffin. He can't break free for the time being. Quickly take the things in the coffin."

"This is just a burial chamber, and yet there is this kind of corpse ghost that has become a big deal."

“The main chamber of this tomb must contain a national-level artifact, which is why it has the remaining luck to produce such a powerful thing.

Let’s go and have a look.”

Cao Cao withdrew his observation and thought to himself that it was indeed an unlucky tomb. It was a good thing that the Taoist priest was allowed to go there.

The next afternoon.

When Cao Cao returned to Yecheng, his ministers came to greet him and said happily, "Your Majesty, you are back."

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