Chapter 483: Rich and Powerful [Subscription Request]

"His Majesty."

Huang Zhong delivered the message: "Kangju and Tianzhu, southeast of Kushan, learned of the defeat of Xianbei and sent envoys to Yecheng to meet with the emperor.

Among them, Tianzhu even proposed to join forces with our Great Wei to attack Kushan from both sides."

Tianzhu is the ancient name of India.

Before the Eastern Han Dynasty, they were called Shentu. Probably during the reign of Emperor Ming of Han, they were renamed Tianzhu.

The Indians had contacted the Wei Dynasty before and wanted to form an alliance.

This time, even the Xianbei were defeated by the Wei Dynasty. The shock to all parties brought about an impact far more than what was seen on the surface.

The relevant news is spreading further through the Western Regions.

After the Indians went to the Western Regions to meet Huang Zhong last time, they also traveled between the Western Regions and the Wei Dynasty to do business through the Yuzong line.

Its fundamental purpose was to establish closer relations with the Wei Dynasty and jointly deal with the Kushans.

Precisely because they maintained contact with the Western Regions, they reacted quickly this time.

"Han Sheng, tell the Indians to trade with the Western Regions in the future using copper, iron or gold. We don't want anything else."

"I have noted it down."

Cao Cao remembered that India's iron and gold production had always been among the highest in the world, so he would do well to take advantage of it.

Huang Zhong continued, "The Indian envoy said that they have selected two Brahman goddesses in their country, who are beautiful and would like to present them to Your Majesty. They also want to give me two women from the Kshatriya tribe."

God damn goddess, using this to corrupt old cadres.

"Brahmins and Kshatriyas are the two highest ranking groups in the Indian caste system."

Cao Cao teased: "I don't want women from India, but if you want to try, Han Sheng, I won't stop you."

Huang Zhong said: "If your majesty doesn't want it, how can I dare to accept it?"

"What if I want it?"

"I don't want that either. I have a fierce wife at home, so I really don't dare to keep a concubine outside."

Cao Cao laughed dumbly.

After he finished his conversation with Huang Zhong, he looked at the map in front of him for a moment, then picked up a pen and began to draw.

If any Kushans saw what Cao Cao had outlined, they would be shocked.

He marked out two broad strategic lines within the border targeting the Kushan Empire.

Judging from the map, Cao Cao was planning his military deployment to divide the Kushan Empire into different combat areas.

He stared at the border of Kushan for a long time, and then looked at it on the current map of Wei.

Soon after, Cao Cao put down the map and picked up another scroll filled with names.

There are quite a few names in the booklet, and behind some of the names, there is specific information about the relevant personnel.

When Cao Cao put down the booklet, he heard footsteps outside the door.

Dian Wei, Xu Chu said in a muffled voice: "Greetings to the Imperial Concubine."

"Is your majesty busy?"

After a brief conversation, Diao Chan came in from outside.

She was wearing a Titian red long dress with a fitted waist and a layered collar, which brought out her plump chest and the round curves of her back in a very artistic way. Under the flying skirt were her long, straight, white legs.

Seeing that there was no one in the study, Diao Chan came close to Cao Cao, sat in the right seat, and could hear his breathing.

"I have to go out of the house for a while. I passed by the courtyard next door and wanted to come and see Your Majesty."

Diao Chan narrowed her eyes slightly and held down Cao Cao's hand...

"During the court meeting this morning, a court official told me that the number of merchants coming and going has continued to increase in the past few months, and Yecheng has changed a lot. I also plan to go out for a walk, which is perfect."

The two of them first went to the inner room of the study and changed into casual clothes before going out together in a car.

Today, Yecheng has completed the initial expansion of the outer city and added a commercial area for foreign trade.

The streets are bustling with people, and the business atmosphere is strong.

Merchants traveling from the south to the north, Hu merchants from the Western Regions, and people from countries further west such as Parthia and Kangju can occasionally be seen.

"My husband, is the Great Wei going to move its capital?"

Diao Chan lifted the curtain of the carriage and looked out to see the hustle and bustle on the street.

Cao Cao did say that he would consider moving the capital after eliminating the nomadic threat in the north.

From a military perspective, stationing heavy troops in Yecheng will make it easier to respond to changes in the north.

However, after the threat of nomadic people in the north is completely eliminated, the strategic focus of Yecheng will decline.

The relocation is based on the longer-term overall situation.

If it were a prosperous era, from an economic perspective, Luoyang would be the first choice for building the capital.

If we consider the macro-strategic position, we should choose Changan.

There are pros and cons to both.

Or we can learn from the prosperous Tang Dynasty, including the Han Dynasty which also had a dual capital system for a period of time.

Chang'an is the main one, Luoyang is the auxiliary one, or vice versa.

Cao Cao emerged from troubled times, and the first thing he considered was the strategic location, and he tended to focus on Chang'an.

But moving the capital is still just an intention and will not be implemented within one or two years.

The two men rode in a chariot and, escorted by the guards, first arrived at the construction camp on the outskirts of the city.

Diao Chan followed Cao Cao into the camp and saw people coming and going, carrying things.

The heat wave was overwhelming in the house.

The clanging sounds of iron and other metals came one after another.

A craftsman in charge came forward, performed the formalities, and then took Cao Cao and Diao Chan for a walk in the streets.

The place Cao Cao came to see was a metallurgical workshop.

The gold extracted from current gold smelting is of very high purity.

But the smelting method is relatively primitive. Simply put, the ore is broken into pieces, and then the buoyancy of water is used to complete the panning. After preliminary screening, the gold is smelted at high temperature.

This preparation workshop in Yecheng is the final step in the process of turning it into pure gold.

Japan is short of supplies, except for a few abundant resources such as gold and silver mines.

When Cao Cao was discussing matters with Xun Yu in the morning, Xun Yu submitted a memorial to him.

It says above that gold and silver mines mined from Japan are being transported in continuously and then transferred to Yecheng for the final step of refining.

The purchasing power generated by these gold and silver was exchanged for various materials needed by the Wei Dynasty from other countries through trade routes.

Including Goguryeo, the Three Han Kingdoms, Wusun, etc., all used their respective resources to strengthen China.

Cao Cao planned to continue to exploit the available resources of Japan and eventually turn it into an outer island chain of China, an external island state for pure military settlement and resource development.

In another direction, Cao Wei's ships exploring the South China Sea, led by Gan Ning, had landed on Yi Island, which was known as Taiwan Island in later generations.

The island is still a barbaric land with large areas of mountains and dense forests, and its utilization rate is very low.

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But it can be used as a springboard for exploring the southern seas and as a base for stationing troops and supplies.

The next step is to pass through Yi Island and advance to the Philippines further south.

At this time, Cao Cao took Diao Chan into the inner storehouse of the smelting workshop.

There are several "golden mountains" ahead, all made of gold bricks and filled with gold and silver.

Cao Cao is using the huge resources transfusions from all sides to offset the consumption caused by the war and enrich himself.

It was already the end of the afternoon when the two returned to the city.

Cao Cao came to the east of the city.

This is mostly residential area for ordinary people and is densely populated.

Cao Cao asked Dian Wei, Xu Chu and several personal soldiers to visit several farmers' households. He also got off the car and went to take a look at the home of an elderly couple.

Cao Cao dressed himself as an ordinary person and said that he was an official in charge of registering households and was visiting the surrounding areas.

He chatted with the old couple over tea, then returned to the car and waited.

After a while, Xu Chu, Dian Wei, and several personal soldiers came back one after another and reported the news to Cao Cao.

Diao Chan listened for a while in the carriage before she realized that these families were all military households.

Some of the veterans in Cao's army have joined Cao Wei for more than ten years.

In the next few years, more and more veterans will retire from the army.

Cao Cao personally came to see the families of these old soldiers, which was related to the retirement and aftermath issues of Cao's army.

"The families of our elite soldiers live in this area. I just went to that family. They had four sons, three of whom died on the battlefield. The remaining youngest son was sent to the army two years ago!"

"Your Majesty, do you want these military households to have a better life?"

Cao Cao smiled.

He was considering how to expand internal governance, strengthen laws, adjust the structure of people's livelihood, and allow retired soldiers to become "police officers", which could not only strengthen the internal legal system, but also improve the institutional system for retired military households.

There are examples of this in the Qin and Han Dynasties, the Sui and Tang Dynasties, but they are all imperfect and require a lot of revisions to the relevant policies.

Cao Cao was thinking about things all the way and returned to the palace with Diao Chan.

Diao Chan returned to the inner courtyard, and Cao Cao returned to his study and said to the eunuch:
"Go and call Guo Jijiu, Xun Yushi, Cheng Weiwei and others to discuss the matter."

Soon, all the ministers came rushing over.

The lights were just coming on and the study was still brightly lit.

Cao Cao proposed the reforms related to the military after disarmament, and Guo Jia, Xun You and others jointly discussed the specific feasibility of cooperation among the various departments.

Things were discussed one by one, and some that could not be resolved immediately were put on hold for the time being and discussed later.

Cao Cao then asked: "What is the current situation in the plateau area south of the Hexi Corridor?"

"It's being advanced. Most of the people living on the plateau are minority tribes such as Qiang and Di," Guo Jia replied.

The Five Barbarians were the Xiongnu, Xianbei, Jie, Di, and Qiang ethnic minorities.

After the Xiongnu suffered a disastrous defeat and moved westward, the part that remained in the northern part of China was incorporated into the Xianbei.

Another part is the Southern Xiongnu.

In the past few years, the world was in chaos, and Cao Cao had ordered Zhao Yun to launch targeted attacks on the Southern Xiongnu. He launched several attacks on the northern front and defeated and beheaded many people.

This time, when conquering the Xianbei, the emphasis was once again on beheading them. Currently, the remaining branch of the Xiongnu in China has been basically wiped out.

The Xianbei were the most powerful of the Five Barbarians, and have now been completely defeated.

The Jie people were dependent on the Xiongnu in their early years.

After the Xiongnu were defeated, they still operated in Hexi and the northern part of Han territory. A small number of them moved to the Western Regions, and even to Dayuezhi and Wusun, and the ethnic groups were scattered.

The Di and Qiang tribes have always been fixed in the north and south directions of Hexi.

After years of attacks by Cao Wei, its remnants are currently mainly concentrated in the plateau areas.

Starting from the year before last, Cao Cao issued orders to occupy the plateau area and squeeze the living space of the Qiang, Di and other ethnic groups.

Cao Cao's campaign against the Five Barbarians had entered the second half, and he was determined to completely cut off their roots.

The night is getting darker.

After the ministers left, Cao Cao returned to his inner residence.

early morning.

He came to the quiet room again and took out the Moon Shadow Mirror and the Immortal Platform Seal.

In the past two years, Cao Cao has not paid much attention to Tomb No. 4, where the Sun Shadow Mirror corresponding to the Moon Shadow Mirror is located.

At this moment, it was as if there was some kind of qi sensing in the dark. He took out the Moon Shadow Mirror and sent qi into it.

In an instant, the Moon Shadow Mirror reflected the scene inside Tomb No. 4 where the Sun Shadow Mirror was located.

The scene that appeared in the mirror made Cao Cao's eyes sparkle.

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