Chapter 474 Announcement to the World [Subscription Request]

The front hall of the Tongquetai Palace is magnificent and solemn, with huge wooden pillars inlaid with copper.

Upon hearing that Cao Cao had something to announce, all the ministers bowed their heads and listened.

"As autumn approaches, I intend to raise an army to defeat the nomadic threat in the north and annex their territory to become part of Wei.

The ritual officials have repeatedly advised me to perform the Fengshan ceremony at Mount Tai. I intend to perform the Fengshan ceremony at Mount Tai after defeating the Xianbei and announce it to the world.”

The emperor wants to perform Fengshan!
The ministers below looked at each other and showed joy.

Fengshan is a ceremony to report to heaven and earth. For all the civil and military officials in the court, it is an opportunity to become one with the destiny of the country and with heaven and earth.

"Also, all of our Wei people who have many children will have their taxes reduced accordingly starting today."

The entry shows that the number of people has a direct boost to the dragon soul and national destiny.

Based on current productivity, the amount of farmland that can be reclaimed will increase with more people.

Using tax cuts to stimulate childbirth is a powerful policy.

"In addition, I have issued an edict to inform all tribes on the grassland to join the expedition against the Xianbei. Those who bring back the heads of the Xianbei can offset their past crimes!"

Cao Cao made some targeted arrangements on how to fight the Xianbei.

Guan Yu, Zhang Fei, Ma Chao, Pang De, Qu Yi and other generals have all been mobilized and are heading to different war zones.

It is August now, and the beginning of autumn is the time to mobilize the military.

The political power on the grassland was formed by hundreds of ethnic groups.

They were led by the Xianbei, but not all of them were from the Xianbei tribe.

In recent years, the Xianbei have suffered frequent attacks, and the strength of the Xianbei headquarters has been continuously weakened.

Among the tribes that were dependent on it, disloyalty gradually grew.

At this time, Cao Cao announced to the world, calling on all ethnic groups on the grassland to jointly deal with the Xianbei, and clearly stated that those who killed the Xianbei people could come to the Wei Dynasty in exchange for pardon, and even receive rewards for meritorious service. What would be the result?
Cao Cao's goal was to further amplify the ambitions of the various tribes on the grassland and oppose the ambitions of the Xianbei people.

The Xianbei made concessions many times in the past, also for the same reason.

They were afraid that their own troops would continue to suffer setbacks, internal unrest would break out, and they would be unable to suppress it.

They themselves were in a similar situation back then. They took advantage of the Western Han Dynasty's response to the Huns and took the opportunity to pounce on the Huns and attack them. Only then were they able to occupy the grassland, annex various tribes, and grow into the leader of the grassland.

As soon as Cao Cao issued this decree, undercurrents would surge among the tribes on the grassland.

The imperial edict was delivered to Beiguan via message beads on the same day, and then spread to the grassland through various channels.

Killing a Xianbei person could absolve oneself of the guilt of following the Xianbei in the past, and one would be spared from death when the Wei Dynasty attacked the grassland.

If you kill two or more Xianbei people, you will receive corresponding rewards.

This imperial edict, like a seed, may not take effect immediately.

But as long as it is planted in the soil, it will eventually take root and sprout.

While Cao Cao's will was fermenting and spreading, Cao Wei was also implementing a new system internally.

That is the equal-field system.

The so-called equal land distribution system was a system of distributing land according to population implemented from the Northern Wei Dynasty to the early and middle Tang Dynasty in history.

It stipulates that after a certain number of years of cultivation, the land becomes the property of the individual, and is returned to the government for redistribution after death.

In the early years of the Northern Wei Dynasty, there was a long period of war and chaos, the people were displaced, a large number of fields were left barren, and the state taxation was seriously affected.

To ensure the source of tax revenue.

The equal-field system distributed unowned land to small farmers according to population for cultivation, further suppressing the interests of the old landlord class (aristocratic families).

It clarified land ownership, which not only reduced land disputes, but also facilitated the reclamation of unowned wasteland and played a very positive role in agricultural recovery.

The equal distribution of land echoed the three-chief system implemented after the founding of the Wei Dynasty.

Its implementation in the current Wei Dynasty would allow farmers to further break away from the gentry and become registered as state households, thus significantly increasing the number of small self-cultivating farmers under the government's control.

At the same time, it further strengthened centralization and consolidated rule.

The equal-field system in history was terminated after the middle of the Tang Dynasty due to serious land annexation and the emergence of a new aristocracy that occupied a large amount of land, repeating the old path of history and was replaced by the Two-Tax System.

But for Cao Wei at this stage, the parallel implementation of the equal-field system and the three-chief system is very suitable as a transitional system.

Before its drawbacks become apparent, Cao Cao will adjust it again and promulgate a new system that is more suitable for the social situation.

Two days later in the evening, a real dragon appeared south of Yecheng.

However, it was Cao Cao who pushed the Dragon Soul and traveled around the Wei Dynasty, gaining a lot of reputation, before the Dragon Soul returned.

When he approached Yecheng, he shrank his body, dropped from the sky, and returned to Cao Cao's body through the fontanelle.

August is hot.

A bedroom in the Tongquetai Palace was covered with red silk.

Zhen Mi returned to Zhen's family several days earlier. When the wedding day was approaching, she got on the ceremonial carriage and entered the palace gracefully.

On the day when a concubine married into the palace, she would walk through the gatehouses on both sides of the main gate of the palace to show that it was a formal marriage and a grand process.

When the emperor got married, except for the grand wedding, he did not need to go in person to welcome his concubines.

But there will be corresponding etiquette.

After dealing with state affairs, Cao Cao returned to the inner courtyard, where a eunuch came forward to change his ceremonial crown and formal attire.

The night was hazy.

All kinds of decorations in the bedroom looked brand new, and red candles were burning brightly.

Diao Chan, Wen Ji and others who were friends with Zhen Mi just came to talk to her before leaving.

Zhen Mi was dressed in a silk robe and a gorgeous ornament, like the goddess of Luo River putting on her makeup, with beautiful eyes and unparalleled beauty.

"His Majesty."

The girl in front of me was wearing a glass crown with pearls hanging from her head. The pearl light swayed with the light of the lamp. Her skin was as white as jade and as delicate as quiet snow.

The entry also gave a push notification. Zhen Mi's inner aura is second only to Diao Chan.

The later generations based their judgment on appearance and believed that only during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Three Kingdoms Period were there two beauties at the same time, who were together ranked in the top ten beauties over the thousands of years.

The two people in the late Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period are Diao Chan and Zhen Mi.

In recent years, Cao Cao also intended to promote some of his luck to bless himself.

After raising it for several years, the right time finally came.

The two people's luck blends together, which is beneficial to both of them.

Cao Cao took off his outer robe first, then went closer and took off Zhen Mi's wedding robe.

Zhen Mi, wearing a white middle-length gown, had a slender and well-proportioned figure, and her bust was as charming and tall as a spring mountain. Her stockings under her skirt were white, and she sat on the couch with her feet tucked in, her face flushed.

Her lips are red, her teeth are white and shiny, her eyes are bright and charming, and she is graceful and considerate.

The red candle burns out and the night deepens.

……

The clouds collect and the rain stops.

Cao Cao left Zhen Mi to sleep in the bedroom, and he got up and went to the quiet room to enter a state of meditation.

He blended his own luck with the luck gathered by Zhen Mi, and the energy in his body followed the changes of the harmony between heaven and earth.

When Cao Cao practiced again and combined with the energy from the earth, a real dragon emerged from his body and traveled around China.

Cao Cao's spiritual consciousness traveled with the dragon soul, and unknowingly his understanding of cultivation and the world became deeper.

[Your yin and yang are in harmony, your luck is rising, and your dragon soul is transforming: ...94...95]

Sure enough, it grew a little longer.

For a period of time thereafter, the edict issued by Cao Cao spread across the grassland.

An August night in the Xianbei tent.

Afu Yu, the high priest, Tuoba Jiefen and others sat around in the tent.

The light flickered, making everyone's faces appear bright and dark.

"We sent envoys to meet the Lord of Cao Wei, but it was useless and we gave away many things for nothing."

"Now, in just one month, he has issued an order to offer a reward for the heads of our Xianbei people."

Tuoba Jiefen looked gloomy:

"The Wei people bully us Xianbei, and we dare not fight!"

The high priest said in a hoarse voice: "I heard that several tribes have quietly gathered together to graze together, and have sent out scouts outside the camping area."

“Who are they guarding against?”

The beauty of Cao Cao's decree is that it can have a two-way effect.

Even some small tribes on the grassland did not dare to directly target the Xianbei.

But after Cao Cao issued the imperial decree to kill the Xianbei people, the Xianbei began to be suspicious of other tribes.

This is a kind of suspicion that is bound to arise when one's own ruling power weakens.

During this sensitive period when the Wei Dynasty could launch an attack at any time, the Xianbei would not allow any unrest on the grassland.

They wanted to wipe out some tribes and make an example of them.

Tuoba Jiefen and others gathered together with the intention of raising an army to first wipe out a few tribes and prevent any changes.

"If Cao Wei were to attack now, some tribes would definitely secretly collude with each other, targeting us Xianbei and clinging to Cao Wei."

"It's better to act early than late. Let's first eliminate a few tribes that have disloyal intentions."

"If we move first, we will fall right into the Wei people's trap."

"But not moving is more disadvantageous."

"Should we do nothing and wait for other tribes to rebel against us?"

“When we gathered our troops last time, several tribes including He Lai and Mo Xing found excuses and did not join us in our march south.

This time, the emperor of the Great Wei sent an edict to kill the Xianbei people, and some tribes are ready to take action.

If Cao Wei attacks, Mo Xing, He Lai and other tribes will definitely surrender to the Wei army and rebel against our Xianbei. "

"Get rid of them first to avoid future troubles."

While the others were discussing, Afu Yu remained silent.

At present, no matter whether to advance or retreat, or to take action first or not, there are both advantages and disadvantages.

What Cao Wei used was not a conspiracy, but an open conspiracy.

For the various tribes on the grassland, what is hidden beneath the surface is interest.

Everyone wanted to replace the Xianbei and become the new master of the grassland.

Forming an alliance with Cao Wei and destroying the Xianbei provided them with this possibility.

Afu has no idea of ​​the solution after weighing the pros and cons.

"We keep retreating, and Cao Wei is pressing us step by step. Only by fighting to the death can we survive!"

Tuoba Jiefen: "If the Wei people come to fight on the grassland, what do we Xianbei have to fear?!"

end of August.

The Xianbei main force suddenly attacked the Helai and Moxing tribes and beheaded their tribal leaders as a public display.

However, Mo Xing, He Lai and other tribes were not unprepared. Many of them retreated in time, then rebelled against the Xianbei and went south to join Wei, becoming the pioneers of the Wei army.

By mid-September, Cao's troops at the border began to advance northward and into the grassland!
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