Peek at my diary, Cao Cao dominates the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 366 The eventful year finally ushered in the end
In October of the second year of Jian'an, Cao Cao's Biao Zhongyou served as the captain of the servant Zhongshou Sili, and supervised the troops in Guanzhong with festivals.

Prior to this, more than a dozen generals in Guanzhong acted independently, among which Han Sui and Ma Teng were the strongest.

After Cao Cao annexed Xuzhou and defeated Yuan Shu, he began secretly preparing for a decisive battle with Yuan Shao in Hebei.

In order to avoid the threat from Guanzhong in the west, Cao Cao sent Zhong Yao to supervise Guanzhong on the advice of counselors Xi Zhicai, Xun Yu, Xun You, Jia Xu, Cheng Yu, etc., in order to find peace with the Guanzhong army for a while.

Zhong Yao went to Guanzhong under the secret protection of the shadow guards, and later stationed in Chang'an, and sent envoys to Han Sui, Ma Teng and others to analyze the general situation of the world and state the pros and cons.In addition, Cao Cao acted in the name of the Son of Heaven, and his name was right and proper. Han Sui, Ma Teng and others did not dare to confront the emperor for the time being, so they each sent their sons to serve Xudu to show their obedience to the central government, and Guanzhong was temporarily stable.Of course, these are things for later.

In the same month, envoys from Xuchang went to Qingzhou with imperial edicts and heavy gifts.

Cao Cao represented Qingzhou Mu Lu Bu as the general of chariots and cavalry, and supervised all matters in Qingzhou.Feng Chen Gong as Yushi Dafu, Lu Lingqi as Zhendong General
However, Lu Bu did not make it clear that he would form an alliance with Cao Cao, but he still accepted the edict and the reward. This made Yuan Tan, who was also in Qingzhou, quite afraid, and secretly began to deploy troops to guard against Lu Bu.

Sun Ce of Jiangdong failed to attack Lujiang, and was assassinated after returning to Jiangdong.

After Sun Ce's death, his younger brother Sun Quan succeeded to the throne and took charge of Jiangdong.

In order to be able to justify himself, and to reassure his own people and Cao Cao, Sun Quan sent an envoy Zhang Hong to Xuchang to seek an official for himself, and by the way stated that he only wanted to keep his father and brother's foundation, and had no ambition to expand.

Regardless of whether Sun Quan really has no ambitions, what Cao Cao needs most now is the stability behind him.Moreover, the change in Jiangdong was originally directed by his own people. Now that Sun Quan is willing to succumb, Cao Cao followed suit and gave Sun Quan the title of general seeking captives, and let Sun Quan also serve as the prefect of Kuaiji.

Even a great Confucian like Kong Rong went to pay a visit to such a great talent in person when he heard that Zhang Hong had come to Xuchang. Now that it had been delivered to Lao Cao's mouth, it was naturally impossible to spit it out again.As a result, Zhang Hong was retained by Cao Cao and served as the official censor and doctor of Taixue.

Yuan Shao defeated Gongsun Zan and completely secured the area north of the Yellow River; Cao Cao annexed Xuzhou, defeated Yuan Shu, and established his foundation for world hegemony; after Sun Ce pacified Jiangdong, he raided to capture Lujiang, but he didn't want to lose his life in the end
In the second year of Jian'an, under the great changes in the world, it ushered in the end.

The end of the new year is approaching, and it is a rare time for family members to get together during the year.

This year's New Year's Eve, the Hussar General's Mansion was extraordinarily lively.

After more than a year of buffer time, Cao Cao finally took Cai Yan into his mansion. It seems that this talented woman who is well-known in the Kanto region has finally fallen into Cao Cao's clutches.

Although there are fewer Cao Cao and Cai Yan this year than last year, there are two more handsome young men, Lu Xun and Lu Ji.

Perhaps the two of them were precocious because of the hardships they had gone through, but they still retained their youthful nature after all.

Young people like to make noise.

Huang Xu and Guo Yi had two more playmates, and the Hussar General's Mansion naturally became lively.

Huang Zhong is a very good father and husband at home.

At the moment, he is bringing his wife and daughter with him, and he is preparing the ingredients together with the Guo family's wife. This year is still the same as usual, and it is still hot pot.

Lu Yan was alone, and the population of the house was simple, so naturally there were not so many rules for keeping the year old.The adults sat around the big round table, while the younger ones played wantonly outside the hall.

Lu Yan sat in the lobby with Guo Jia, Xi Zhicai, Zhao Yun, Tai Shici, Dian Wei and others, chatting while looking at Xia Houlan, who was called the king of children outside, commanding Huang Xu, Guo Yi, Lu Xun, Lu Xun, and others. Snowball fights.

Huang Xu's body has recovered very well, not only is he much stronger now, but his height has also increased sharply.

Among the four cubs, Huang Xu has the strongest strength and the best endurance due to his martial arts training, and he is not afraid of being beaten because of his rough skin and thick flesh.With his ingenious cooperation with Guo Yi, he obviously suppressed the two brothers Lu Xun and Lu Ji.

In order to prevent himself from losing, Lu Xun begged Huang Wudie, and under three-on-two, the battle finally returned to balance.

Guo Jia looked at the two brothers Lu Xun, hesitated for a moment, and then asked, "Changsheng, these two brothers may not be as innocent as they appear."

After hearing Guo Jia's question, Xi Zhicai also looked at Lu Yan, waiting for Lu Yan to express his own thoughts.

In fact, they were not worried that Jiangdong Lu's family would have any dissent, they were just worried that Lu Yan would be taken advantage of by others because of his kindness.At the beginning, Guo Jia saw this weakness of Lu Yan, so he used Lu Lingqi to teach Lu Yan a "hard" lesson.

Hearing this, Lu Yan smiled slightly and said, "The Lu family gave up their foundation in Jiangdong, gave up all their contacts, and migrated to Xuchang a long way away. All they want is stability."

"But they are also from famous families, if we get too close to them," Xi Zhicai said rather worriedly.

Lu Yan sighed: "It is impossible to completely eliminate the family, all we can do is suppress and balance."

"That's right, even if a group of aristocratic families fall, new ones will emerge. The offspring of you and me may also develop into an aristocratic family. Zhicai, you should not force yourself too much." Guo Jia Xiang Xizhicai comforted him.

Xi Zhicai nodded, but still said unwillingly: "I also know the truth, but I just don't want to."

Lu Yan opened his mouth and continued: "As we discussed before, although the aristocratic family will not disappear completely, it will be supervised.

If they can accept the supervision of all levels and be judged by those in power and the people at any time, then the aristocratic family will not be too much of a threat. "

At the beginning of the Tang Dynasty, the aristocratic family was so powerful that it could even despise the imperial power.

However, under the collapse of the Tang Dynasty that night and the social turmoil, the old elites and aristocratic families gradually disappeared.

After the founding of the Song Dynasty, the rulers became more aware of the harmfulness of a large family that had been officials for many generations to the concentration of imperial power, so they further strengthened the selection of talents through the imperial examination system and established the concept of disciples of the emperor, so the wealthy families finally gradually disappeared in the long river of history.

The disappearance mentioned here refers to the kind of powerful family with great influence, but the family still exists.

Even in the Huaxia of later generations, there is still family power, but in front of the state and various regulatory agencies, they can no longer make waves, and their influence cannot be compared with those famous families before and after the Tang Dynasty.

Lu Yan deeply understands these principles, and he has been working hard towards this goal.

Lu Xun and Lu Ji now made it clear that they wanted to hug the thigh of a man with the same surname, Lu Yan.

Lu Yan knew it very well, but he didn't feel disgusted either.

Because he knows that in the not-too-distant future, as long as he and others complete the reforms, then with the concentration of imperial power and the improvement of the talent selection system, it will be as difficult as heaven to have a thousand-year-old powerful family with great influence.

The second year of Jian'an finally ushered in the end, and the third year of Jian'an, let us roll up again!

(End of this chapter)