Chapter 486 Ten million square kilometers, please give me an official account [please subscribe]

Jia Xu and Zhang Liao also followed Cao Cao.

The group soon arrived at Loucheng, which is Jining in later generations, and further south is Rencheng.

Yanzhou was the earliest base of Cao Wei's governance, and all the places under its jurisdiction had already achieved peace.

Cao Cao and his companions did not see any refugees along the way, and when they inspected some warehouses, they found that they had abundant food supplies.

Compared with the chaos in the previous few years, I feel this particularly deeply.

At night, everyone camped in the wild.

"The people of our Great Wei have settled down. Although we are not rich, the number of people dying of starvation is very small, which shows the achievements of governance over the years."

"The present is good enough to be called a well-governed world."

Several people gathered together to talk.

"At present, only the southwest region remains, and there are still sporadic battles."

"News has just arrived from the southwest that our army has reached the plateau and wiped out a large number of Qiang and Di tribes, causing some unrest." Jia Xu said.

Cao Cao was currently urging his troops to occupy the plateau and clear out the remnants of the Five Barbarians, including the Qiang and Di tribes.

Cao Cao thought that if he could take over the plateau area, covering more than 2.4 million square kilometers of land, the territory of the Wei Dynasty would surpass that of the prosperous Tang Dynasty.

While Jia Xu was reporting, Cao Cao pulled up the entry and took a look at it.

[Da Wei’s current territory area: 1173 million square kilometers]

[Population under the rule of Wei: +1+1+1.../ million (mythological reference).]

Current population: 68,742,791]

The "billion" mark at the back of the prompt refers to the population exceeding 100 million, and new myths will appear.

The dynasties with the largest territory in history were the Yuan and Tang dynasties.

The Tang Dynasty was approximately 12 million square kilometers, which is highly consistent with the current borders of Cao Wei, and is almost the same from north to south.

But the western side has more than Cao Wei at this stage.

Its border to the west directly connected with Persia, which is now part of the border of Dayuezhi, and was also annexed by the Tang Dynasty.

But the more than 12 million square kilometers of the Tang Dynasty do not include the plateau area.

The plateau area during the Tang Dynasty was always ruled by the Tuyuhun regime.

At this stage, Cao Wei would not face much resistance if they wanted to occupy the plateau.

After defeating the Xianbei, Ma Chao and Pang De retreated to Hexi, and then took the initiative to ask for orders to go to the plateau to plant flags, in order to accumulate military luck and impact the realm of divine generals.

Cao Cao read the entry and thought that with a population of over 100 million, it would be too difficult to manage in this era.

Internally encouraging childbirth and reducing taxes are far from enough.

One way is to annex the Kushan Empire.

The Kushan Yuezhi had a small population.

But the population of the territories they occupied and ruled was 14 million.

Cao Cao and others arrived in Rencheng in late April.

Rencheng was originally a fiefdom of the Eastern Han Dynasty.

After Cao Cao came to power, it was changed to Rencheng County, and the county was named Rencheng.

Changyi, the capital of Yanzhou when he first ruled it, is not far from here.

……

Diao Chan arrived in Rencheng several days earlier than Cao Cao.

The Wang family members happily came out to greet them, and the whole family was overjoyed.

Mrs. Wu, who was celebrating her birthday, was seventy years old this year and was thin.

But he is well maintained and looks energetic.

in the afternoon.

In the main hall of the Wu family's ancestral home in Rencheng, Wu and Diao Chan sat on either side of the main seat.

"I didn't want to celebrate my birthday because it would cause too much of a stir, but they insisted on doing it and even invited you from the palace."

Wu looked Diao Chan up and down and said with a smile:
“It seems that Master Zi was right to take you to Luodu back then.

It's a pity that Master Zi suffered in Luoyang, which makes people sad. "

Zishi was Wang Yun.

Speaking of her adoptive father, Diao Chan hummed softly.

Chen Ying sat sideways behind her.

When the imperial concubine travels, in addition to the official guards, there is also a team of secret guards led by Chen Ying.

It is worth mentioning that Yin also came to serve as a personal bodyguard. He would lie outside Diao Chan’s bedroom at night, not recognizing anyone and not letting anyone in.

Diao Chan was talking to Old Lady Wu, and Chen Ying glanced at the other people in the room calmly.

Wang Ji, the head of the Taiyuan Wang family, has something to do and has not come yet.

His nephews and nephews, Wang An and Wang Quan, descendants of the main branch of the Wang family, sat beside him as their legitimate grandsons.

There were also several women there, surrounding Wu.

Wang An was over twenty years old, and Wang Quan was less than twenty years old.

The two of them had a kind of pride and self-respect that was unique to children from wealthy families, which made Chen Ying pay special attention to them.

Wu narrowed her eyes slightly, as if smiling:

"You are the adopted daughter of Zishi. Your parents died early, and now you only have my Wang family as your relatives. I know you are favored in the palace, and His Majesty is very kind to you."

Diao Chan opened her red lips and said, "Your Majesty treats all the concubines in the palace the same, without distinction."

Wu reached over and took Diao Chan's hand, saying intimately:

"When Zishi was alive, he was the Grand Tutor and Recorder of the Secretariat, the highest position among officials."

"My Taiyuan Wang family is a noble family. Princess, let me say this with my age. You didn't do well on this point. As a human being, there are some things you have to fight for.

If you don’t fight, you won’t have it.”

“Just like my Wang family, we don’t fight or compete, and now no one in the court has a position at the center!

"It has only been ten years since Master Zi came here, and our family has fallen into decline so quickly. Think about it, isn't this the truth?"

This was to ask for an official position, so that Diao Chan would be on Cao Cao's side and help the Wang family of Taiyuan more.

Diao Chan understood: "I am sorry to disappoint my aunt. I am not qualified to ask about the affairs of the court."

Wu smiled and said, "It is said that women are not allowed to participate in politics. I understand the rules. I am not asking you to be partial. Look at my two grandsons. You know Yan Qing, but Yan Yue was still young and you were not familiar with him. They are both talented. Yan Qing could write poems at the age of ten, and Yan Yue could recite thousands of ancient poems at the age of eight."

Yan Qing is Wang An, wearing blue Hanfu.

Yan Yue is Wang Quan, he is tall and thin, wearing a light brown long gown and luxurious accessories.

“It would be a blessing for the Wei Dynasty if the two of them could enter the court.

Given their talents, it is not impossible for them to be made marquises and prime ministers the next day. You and I can support each other in the palace and continue the Wang family's legacy."

"Isn't it presumptuous of you to recommend my family to His Majesty?"

Diao Chan had guessed that something similar would happen before she came, so she was not surprised.

Over the years, Cao Cao promoted talented people regardless of their relationship with him, and gave a lot to the families of his concubines.

Wu continued:

"I won't make it difficult for you. Given their ages, if we directly recommend them to be the leader of a faction, they will lack some experience."

"In my opinion, perhaps Yan Yue could be appointed as the Minister of State to Your Majesty.

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Yan Qing is my elder brother, and he is old enough. I will sell my age and let him take up a position in Taiyuan County. What do you think?"

The Shizhong was the emperor's close minister.

Huo Qubing, Huo Piaoqi of the previous dynasty, was originally the emperor's attendant.

If a Shizhong can accompany the emperor, if he really has talent, it will be a great opportunity to rise to the top and enter officialdom.

Wu wanted Wang Quan to be the Shizhong (Palace of Imperial Sacrifices) and Wang An to be the Taiyuan County Magistrate's Attendant, which means he would be the second-in-command of Taiyuan County.

Diao Chan said leisurely:
"Your Majesty discussed with Zheng Sinong and other court officials about improving the way officials were selected.

A notice has been posted throughout the country to inform the public, and a notice should also be posted in Rencheng.

His Majesty said that in the future, officials will be tested after being recommended, and the top few can directly enter the government."

"Yan Qing, Yan Yue is a man of great talent and genius. He should be able to rank among the top in the exam. Wouldn't it be better for Your Majesty to personally select him than for me to recommend him?"

Wu was stunned.

Diao Chan calmly outwitted her, and turned the tables by saying that her grandson was extremely talented, and let them fight for it themselves.

Diao Chan really can't help with this matter.

Cao Ang was Cao Cao's eldest son and started out as a minor official in the county.

The two grandsons of the Wang family want to directly get the position of a county clerk and a minister. What a pipe dream.

After Diao Chan finished speaking, she stood up and said goodbye, and continued to be protected by Chen Ying.

"Now I have a sharp tooth."

Mrs. Wu picked up the teacup and moistened her throat.

It was in vain that she said so much, but it didn't work. She thought to herself: If it weren't for me, Wang, taking her in, there wouldn't be a royal concubine today. What an ungrateful thing...

After a while, Wang An and Wang Quan left the main hall of the ancestral house.

Wang Quan left the house and sighed:

"I thought my new concubine was stunningly beautiful, but compared to her, she is not as good as a piece of my aunt's clothes."

Wang An recalled that when he followed his father Wang Ji to Yecheng, he saw Diao Chan and saw her in the same way. He couldn't help laughing:
"Don't talk nonsense. I was just like you back then. I praised my aunt for her beauty. My father was afraid that I would get into trouble, so he immediately sent me back to Taiyuan."

"Don't worry, brother. We brothers are talking in private. How could I be so stupid as to spread it around?"

Wang Quan and Wang An separated, left the Wu mansion, and walked around Rencheng with a few servants.

On one side of the main street of the county government office, a crowd gathered. It turned out that the county official was posting a notice and many people were reading it.

As Diao Chan mentioned earlier, Cao Cao was recruiting talents and posted notices in various places to inform the world and announce the new system for selecting officials.

In addition to local recommendations, those who are aware of their talents, regardless of their background, can enter school and become officials.

Cao Cao was trying to implement a new way of selecting talents, encouraging learning, and gradually regularizing the process of entering officialdom.

Wang Quan also came to the notice posted, looked up, and sneered:

"What's there to test? Who's on top and who's on the bottom has already been decided."

"How do you know it was decided long ago?"

A voice came from the side.

Wang Quan turned his head and looked over.

The person who was speaking was standing diagonally in front of him, and only his back could be seen. He was dressed in ordinary clothes, and from the questions he asked, it was obvious that he didn't know the inside story of the recruitment and didn't come from a high-class family.

Wang Quan curled the corner of his mouth in a somewhat sarcastic manner, not even bothering to pay attention to the other party. He withdrew his gaze and walked away surrounded by the crowd.

But he didn't know that he was meeting the current emperor.

Cao Cao was somewhat interested in the new policy he mentioned, as the order had already been decided before the selection began.

This was the first time he reformed the talent selection method. If anyone dared to cheat, they would be walking into trouble.

Night is falling.

Cao Cao came to Yecheng without telling Diao Chan.

He always liked to go through the window. He came to the Wu Mansion in the middle of the night. He moved his ears slightly, and the movement of the entire mansion came into his mind as if he saw it with his own eyes, and then he appeared outside Diao Chan's room.

Yin lay at the door, raised his head alertly, and his tiger eyes suddenly lit up.

Cao Cao made a gesture, and it immediately put its head back and continued to sleep.

Cao Cao opened the window and climbed in with great skill.

Chen Ying, who was in charge of the guard, heard Dian Wei's message and withdrew the secret guards so as not to disturb His Majesty's interest in stealing his own wife.

Moonlight is like water.

There was a faint fragrance in the house.

Diao Chan was wearing a tight-fitting outfit and sleeping peacefully.

The beautiful feet that were poked out from under the quilt were as delicate as cream and silk. The arch of the foot was like a crescent moon in the sky, with a soft curve. The toes were round and tender like a cicada, so delicate that there was no flaw at all.

Diao Chan was awakened by the approaching breath from behind.

But then I was surrounded by a sense of familiarity that I had felt over the years and realized who was coming.

It was impossible for anyone else to enter her room so quietly.

Diao Chan turned around, already full of surprise, and whispered, "Why is your majesty here?"

"Here to do business." Boss Cao said with a double meaning.

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