The elite did not migrate south

Chapter 601 Public beauty is very beautiful

You are virtuous!

You are definitely the best!!
Cao Mao stared blankly at the letter in his hand. He felt that it was just an ordinary curse letter, but now it became extraordinary.

It seems that every word in it carries some kind of hint, and every word has another meaning.

Cao Mao was not the kind of person who would quibble with words, so after Zhong Hui's explanation, he just felt that something was wrong, but he couldn't see it clearly. However, he was sure that Sun Xiu would be able to see it.

Because Sun Xiu had just written him a letter in which he pointed out many errors in Cao Mao's allusions and word choice.

When Cao Mao received the letter, he found it outrageous.

Isn't it enough to express the meaning? Why bother with literal words?

Besides, Nai Gong’s letter was written to Lu Kang. Why should you get involved?
But at this moment, Cao Mao suddenly felt that being pedantic was good, really good! Keep it up!

Cao Mao quickly put away the letter and looked at Zhong Hui in front of him.

"Shi Ji! There is no minister in the world as wise as you!"

After hearing this comment, Zhong Hui felt so refreshed that he almost took off.

Such high evaluation is really unbearable.

In fact, if Zhong Hui could be more restrained and make up for his character flaws, he would definitely be a top talent.

Of course, nowadays, he is actually a super top talent, an all-round talent. Except for martial arts, he is the best in the world in other aspects. It’s just that this character flaw prevents him from taking another step forward.

However, after spending a long time together, Cao Mao felt that Zhong Hui was quite good.

Although it requires the user to expend a lot of energy and be very careful and cooperate in various ways, it is really useful!
Especially in this post-Three Kingdoms era when there is a shortage of talent, this guy's strategy and domestic affairs are simply unique.

The rest of the top talents are all in their eighties, and he is the only one over ninety.

If everything goes as Zhong Hui said, Wu will start to rebuild its lake fields, internal conflicts will continue to intensify, and Lu Kang will no longer be able to participate in Jianye's political affairs. Then Wu will really be destroyed and Lu Kang will not know how long he can hold out.

When it came to this name, Lu Xun had a long-term vision.

At this moment, Cao Mao's fanatical expectations for Lu Kang seemed to have cooled down a lot.

You, Lu Kang, are good, but if you want to compare with my Shi Ji, you still need to practice more.

The king and his minister chatted for a long time, during which Cao Mao was the one who praised and Zhong Hui was the one who listened.

Zhong Hui did not bid farewell to Cao Mao until he felt satisfied. Zhong Hui predicted that there would be changes in Wu within a month.

Whatever the situation, the bull has already been blown away.

Cao Mao had no choice but to wait and see.

This friendship between Yang and Lu might turn into the friendship between Cao and Lu.

Yang Hu probably won't have any more interactions with Lu Kang, but he'll probably have a chance to display his talents in the north.
Tuoba Xianbei, Yunzhong.

"General Yang."

When Yang Hu appeared here with his mighty army, even Tuoba Liwei couldn't help but be frightened.

Yang Hu did not come alone this time. He brought almost the entire Hebei army, nearly 30,000 people, stationed in various places. The Tuoba tribe was like a frightened rabbit at this moment, and many ministers even began to propose running away or going to war.

Yang Hu's behavior was extremely dangerous. If not handled properly, he might easily initiate a war with a friendly foreign country, and end up being captured and sent to Luoyang like Deng Ai or Shi Bao.

But he didn't hesitate at all.

Tuoba Liwei appeased everyone in the tribe. He firmly believed that Yang Hu would not go to war with him.

He came with a large army, probably to intimidate himself.

Tuoba Liwei rode his horse carefully to Yang Hu's side.

At this moment, there were 10,000 elite cavalrymen behind Yang Hu. Tuoba Liwei tried hard not to look at those cavalrymen.

Yang Hu looked at him and then smiled and returned the greeting.

Compared to the rude Wen Yang, Yang Hu looks gentle and refined.

Yang Hu pointed to the cavalry behind him and said, "Don't worry, Lord Tuoba. I am leading the army here this time because of the affairs of Liaodong and Liaoxi."

"Oh?"

Tuoba Li was slightly stunned before asking, "What big thing happened over there? If the general has the order, we can go to the battle together."

Yang Hu shook his head. "It's just that His Majesty ordered me to rectify Hebei. This time I sent people to Liao. I learned that the government there was weak, the bandits were strong, and it was difficult to control them, so I went there specifically to govern."

Tuoba Liwei hesitated to speak. "You're going to take the cavalry to govern the local area, right?"

Are your cavalry capable of plowing the land or building roads?

He still felt that the other party was deliberately demonstrating to him. Tuoba Liwei then said, "General Pingbei came to visit my army earlier. We hit it off right away, which further confirmed my desire to get to know the general. That's why I invited him here, especially to meet you!"

Yang Hu smiled, and the two of them walked to a flat ground. Someone had laid out seats and provided delicious food and wine, so the two of them sat down.

Yang Hu was a very talkative person, and his appearance always gave people a gentle and harmless feeling.

This is completely opposite to Wen Yang.

It was the first time he met Tuoba Liwei, but he did not feel restrained. Instead, he talked and laughed with him. He talked about the situation in the world and interesting stories from all over the country.

If Tuoba Liwei hadn't known him for a while, he would have almost thought he was a good person!
Seeing that Yang Hu had been talking for a long time without getting to the point, Tuoba Liwei finally couldn't help it.

Yang Hu had previously written a letter to Tuoba Liwei, hoping to engage in trade, send scholars to each other, and deepen their understanding of each other.

But Tuoba Liwei did not agree. Of course, he did not refuse explicitly, but just declined vaguely by saying something like "it's a barbaric country" and "he was afraid that the discipline would not be strict enough".

The result is also very clear, Yang Hu sent Wen Yang.

Tuoba Liwei was not afraid of Wen Yang's martial arts. What use was it if Wen Yang was a good fighter?
When hundreds of people are surrounding and suppressing someone, they will eventually run out of energy.

What Tuoba Liwei feared was Wen Yang's character and his identity.

Wen Yang's character is really bad. He should be the worst diplomat. Other diplomats go to foreign countries thinking about how to live in peace, but this guy is thinking about how to provoke war.

He was extremely rude to many Xianbei generals and even had no respect for Tuoba.

Hot-tempered, wild, and reckless.

Tuoba Liwei was very worried that he would cause a big mess, and his identity was also crucial. As the only son of the General Zhendong of the Wei Dynasty and the emperor's nephew-in-law, if something happened to him in the Xianbei, war would be inevitable.

Tuoba Liwei's invitation to Yang Hu this time was actually a sign of surrender. He was prepared to agree to many of Yang Hu's conditions as long as he could bring Wen Yang back.

But Yang Hu refused to bring the topic here this time. Tuoba Liwei was able to keep his composure, but he was a little old and his energy was far less than Yang Hu's, so he spoke first.

"General, what about the trade you mentioned earlier?"

Yang Hu looked at him in surprise, "Is this true?"

Li Wei nodded, "General, there is such a thing. I think that since Tuoba has been canonized by His Majesty, he should exchange what he has with the border fortresses and establish a trade market. I am also willing to send the learned people in my clan to the Great Wei."

Li Wei is quite open-minded. Since he can't resist, he might as well enjoy it!

Taking the initiative to get close to Wei, especially when being a neighbor of Wei, should be considered as drinking poison to quench thirst.

From a historical perspective, those frontier regimes that took the initiative to get close to the government and then actively cooperated with them quickly disappeared. They directly integrated with the frontier residents.

Whoever has an advanced culture will become the mainstream, and will have a dimensionality reduction impact on other imitators.

Although this incident may cause unrest in the future, for now, it will also bring many benefits to the Tuoba tribe.

Advanced culture and advanced technology will accelerate the centralization of Tuoba and allow it to quickly transform from a tribe into a fixed regime. Although this regime may become a pro-Wei regime in the future and actively ask to join the arms of Wei.

But for now, Tuoba Liwei can't do anything about it.

The Wei Dynasty was at its most prosperous time. The emperor was wise, the generals were powerful, and the ministers were numerous, making the surrounding neighbors tremble in fear.

Tuoba had just completed the alliance, and the organization was loose. If Tuoba ordered a war with Wei now, his tribal alliance would be disbanded in a moment, and those who had originally joined the alliance would probably run to Wei.

Faced with such a comparison, Li Wei had no choice but to accept it.

Yang Hu didn't expect that Li Wei didn't object at all and agreed with all his ideas.

This made Yang Hu look up to him a little more.

The two began a series of discussions here.

Yang Hu did not deliberately make things difficult for or disgust the other party. He even promised Li Wei that he would exempt taxes during trade, encourage merchants to come, and would not impose too many restrictions on the items traded.

Since ancient times, the Central Plains regime has always imposed some restrictions when conducting trade with other countries.

For example, when selling cattle, you cannot sell cows; when selling tools, you can only sell defective products; there will be many restrictions on important materials such as food, war horses, farm tools, etc.

But Yang Hu was very open-minded and there was nothing to restrict.

Just take these things, cultivate and develop them well, and remember to cultivate the land better!

Li Wei also made many promises, such as being willing to provide the Wei Dynasty with excellent war horses, stallions, cattle, sheep and other livestock, and protecting the safety of the Wei Dynasty merchants and other people going to Tuoba.

The two sides immediately formulated these policies and swore an oath to each other. Only then did Yang Hu hand the military order to the deputy general beside him.

"Go call Wen Pingbei back to me!!"

"only!!!"

Hearing this, Tuoba Liwei finally breathed a sigh of relief. He was finally free from this dirty thing!
I hope I never run into him again in Xianbei land!!
(End of this chapter)