Chapter 2205: Descendants of the First Emperor? Impossible (Part 2)
Chapter 2202: Descendants of the Ying family? Impossible (Part 2)
Cao Cao was also unlucky enough and chose Yanzhou as the place where he started his career.
Facts have proved that Yanzhou is really not a good place. It is fine if the terrain is flat and it is easy to attack and difficult to defend. It is still the state that has the most harmed by the Yellow Turbans.
After Cao Cao unified Yanzhou was poor and deserted, with nothing but people, and the strength of the princes from all sides was not weak, so it was difficult to develop it as high as hell.
The situation Cao Cao faced in this life was several times more difficult than the original history, but even so, he still gritted his teeth and heard it. The main way he could survive was to hug Qin Hao''s thigh.
Cao Cao lowered his arrogant head and temporarily acted as Qin Hao''s younger brother. He first recognized the orthodox nature of the Luoyang court, and then followed Qin Hao''s leader in all aspects, thus exchanging various development resources for Qin at the cheapest price.
At first, Cao Cao thought that he would make sure to make a profit when trading with Qin Hao. After all, Wei was too poor, and Qin was also sold at a cheap price. He could not make much money in Wei. On the contrary, Wei could rely on Qin''s money, grain and weapons to grow stronger.
But as time went by, Cao Cao found that something was getting worse and worse. Wei was too dependent on Qin and did not look like an independent country at all.
To what extent does Wei State rely on Qin State?
Isn’t the food obtained from the military farm enough to support the army? Buy it from Qin State.
After the expansion of the army, were there insufficient weapons and equipment? Buy it from Qin State.
If you want to build your own weapons, isn’t iron ore enough? Buy it from Qin State.
Chief a cavalry without war horses? Buy it from Qin State.
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Anything needed by Wei State, from weapons, armor, war horses, ores, to small food, cloth, and salt, all of them need to be bought from Qin State.
Through this silent way of moistening things, Qin State subtly influenced all aspects of Wei State, and even reached the point where Wei State cannot do without Qin State.
The national strength developed by Wei State was all put into Qin State''s pockets, which meant that people across the country were working for Qin State.
After realizing this, Cao Cao deeply felt Qin Hao''s horror and was eager to get rid of Qin''s control.
If you do not get rid of the control of Qin, once Qin and Wei get into evil, the Qin army does not need to fight. You only need to prohibit trade with Wei and block the transportation of materials, and Wei will be in chaos without fighting.
In order to get rid of Qin Hao''s control, Cao Cao''s advisers came up with many solutions.
Fan Li offered a plan to recruit blacksmiths on a large scale.
Cheng Yu proposed to look for iron ore in Yanzhou.
Chen Qun is responsible for promoting new high-yield grain varieties.
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These strategies have also worked.
Cheng Yu now discovered a large iron ore in Chenliu, and later discovered a medium iron ore in Dongjun, which completely got rid of the shortage of iron ore and no longer needed to spend money to buy iron ore from Qin.
With enough iron ore, enough weapons can be built, and Fan Li has also recruited enough blacksmiths, so naturally there is no need to buy enough weapons from Qin.
In these two aspects, although Wei State got rid of its dependence on Qin, it still had to purchase materials such as war horses and cloth from Qin. In addition, after the new grain seeds were promoted by Chen Qun, although the Wei State''s grain production increased significantly, due to the large number of troops raised by Wei State and the continuous large and small wars, the food was barely self-sufficient.
Wei still needs to buy food from Qin, but the amount is definitely not as large as before.
It is precisely because of the shortage of food that Cao Cao urgently wanted to capture the Jianghuai River, because only by occupying the Jianghuai Granary could the Wei Kingdom get rid of the current predicament and start a whole new situation.
But Cao Cao never expected that Zhu Di, who inherited his father''s business, would be so difficult.
Under Cao Cao''s various strategies, although Wei has not completely escaped from its dependence on Qin, the situation is much better than before. At least there will be no situation where there will be no war and chaos without fighting.
But what happened in Wei now gave Cao Cao a wake-up call, telling him that Wei still relies on Qin, but it has only been transferred from material and economic to the hearts of the people.
In fact, the public opinion of Wei State would be so biased towards Qin Hao. In addition to Qin State''s long-term kindness to the people of Wei State and Qin Hao''s own achievements, there is another important reason, that is, Cao Cao''s reputation is too poor.
Cao Cao was really a wolf. In order to govern the country well, he used all the means he could use, completely ignoring his reputation. This also made the people outside Wei basically complain when they mentioned Cao Cao.
Even Cao Cao''s reputation in Wei State was mixed. Even if the people of Wei State were the benefit, not everyone could understand Cao Cao''s painstaking efforts.
Cao Cao''s plastic surgery was second only to Qin Hao. It is easy to analyze the reason why Qin Hao was so popular in the Wei Kingdom. In addition to Qin''s always giving favor to Wei, Cao Cao''s own reputation is also a great reason.
Cao Cao was very regretful about this, but he had no choice. He had no choice at the beginning, and if he didn''t do that, he wouldn''t be able to get there at all.
"Reported to the lord, news came from the school office, and a message came from Luoyang, saying that the King of Qin may be a descendant of Qin Shihuang and that the Qin family has royal blood." Cheng Yu reported with a serious face.
The School Office is a spy agency established by Cao Cao. It supervises civil and military officials internally and inquiresponsible for all important information from the outside. It is currently under the leadership of military advisor Cheng Yu.
After hearing Cheng Yu''s words, Cao Cao was stunned at first, then laughed and said, "Hahaha, even the reason for the descendants of the First Emperor can be thought of. The King of Qin can''t wait to usurp the throne. I don''t know if Brother Qin Wen will stand up from the wheelchair and scold this unfilial son when he knows it."
"Lord, the descendants of the First Emperor may not be dead, and the Qin family happens to be from Xianyang, Guanzhong, and it is really possible that they are descendants of the First Emperor." Chen Qun said.
“Impossible, this is absolutely impossible.”
Cao Cao decisively denied it and said with a confident look: "I have checked that the Qin family''s ancestors have been farmers for three hundred years. They have neither a complete inheritance nor any prominent figures have appeared. It was not until the Qinshan lineage gradually became prosperous by relying on the business of the Shang Dynasty. How could it be a descendant of Qin Shihuang?"
"But the Qin family''s family-born mental method is called "Ancestral Dragon Jue", which corresponds to the name of the First Emperor. Is this still..."
Chen Qun was interrupted by Cao Cao before he could finish his words.
"Brother Qin Wen mentioned to Gu that the Zulong Jue was an accidental gain from his father Qin Shan. If the Qin family had the Zulong Jue before, could they resist the temptation and not let their children practice?"
"this…"
Chen Qun was speechless.
"Okay, the Qin family is a descendant of the First Emperor, it is definitely fake. There is no need to continue discussing it. What should be discussed now is that Qin Hao''s intention to be emperor has been settled. How should our Wei Kingdom deal with it after he becomes emperor?"
Cao Cao looked at the group of strategists below and asked in a deep voice: "Do you continue to respect the Han Dynasty? Or change the rules and flags and respect the Qin Dynasty?"
(This chapter ends)