Wait, please don't call me Emperor Zhaolie

Chapter 419 Xiongnu Students

"Let's just leave it at that. I don't want to embarrass Zuo Zhi."

Cao Cao immediately laughed and shook his head. What else could he say? He could only sigh that Cao Zhi did not have this blessing.

Then he asked, "What is George's opinion on the land measurement in Yuzhang?"

"Your Majesty has sent me an imperial decree to be the governor of Yangzhou and to be in charge of land measurement, but I am not familiar with Li Mancheng and Chen Jibi, and I don't know what their abilities are."

"Although I have wiped out the Shanyue tribe many times, with a population of tens of thousands, its power is still huge."

"If some powerful people collude with the Shanyue, I'm afraid it will be quite troublesome. Zixiao and Miaocai have also been recruited to Guanzhong. I don't know if Danyang Commander Gao Shun can defeat the powerful troops in this county."

Cao Cao couldn't help but glance at Xin Pi and asked tentatively with a smile.

He recruited many powerful tribes to fight against the Shanyue and princes. Although they were not elite, they still had the ability to fight.

There are quite a few powerful families in the four counties of Jiangdong who have their own military units, such as the Gu, Lu, Zhu, and Zhang families in Wu County, as well as the Sun family from Sun Wentai. Some of them would be willing to hand over their military units.

This is the vital power of their clan. It is because of their troops that they can maintain a cooperative relationship with the local county magistrate and prefect.

If the land survey in the four counties was not handled properly, the result would be as bad as the Han army having to invade Jiangdong again.

Since Xin Zuozhi was able to secretly contact Zhou Yu of Jiangxia and Chen Deng of Guangling, he naturally knew a lot more than Cao Mengde...

Xin Pi looked at Zhu Huan, Zhu Ran and others with great interest, and then smiled and said, "Since Lord Meng De is able to employ the Zhu family, why not use this as a breakthrough point and lure them with benefits and risks?"

“Where there is profit, the world will flock to it.”

"Now the Yangtze River navy is under the control of Governor Zhou. Once there is a change in Jiangdong, they can immediately go down the river and occupy various strategic locations on land and water."

"If we transport the troops of the three generals Zhengdong, Zhengnan, and Zhengxi to Jiangdong, even if the Jiangdong nobles are strong, can they stop tens of thousands of Han troops from rushing to Jiangdong? By then, the four counties of Jiangdong will be turned upside down."

"He will soon be killed, so why should Lord Meng De worry about that? Please rest assured."

Xin Pi gave Cao Cao a little hint and told him not to worry so much. Why were Taishi Ci, Guan Hai and Zhang Liao not transferred to other places yet?

In addition to targeting you, Cao, previously, there is also the intention to eliminate the powerful people who refuse to obey the land distribution.

The emperor knew that some powerful families would not easily hand over their troops, so he took precautions.

The Jiangdong nobles can only act arrogantly in Jiangdong, but are nothing in front of the real gentry.

Xin Pi stroked his beard, and his eyes and eyebrows raised slightly.

As a scholar from Yingchuan, close to Luoyang, I am quite proud of it.

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Huchuquan, the Xiongnu Chanyu who had lived in the barbarian residence in Yunyang Palace for nearly two months, finally received the summons from the Han emperor.

With trembling hands and sweaty palms, Huochuquan stepped into the Bamboo Palace. Even though it was a palace for leisure, it was much larger than the residence of the Chanyu in the city of Chanyu Tingzuo.

There were huge pillars that could be hugged by two people, soldiers wearing armor and holding sharp weapons with a solemn and murderous aura, and a Tongtian Terrace more than 30 feet high in the distance. I heard that Chang'an and Luoyang would be built better than here in the future. The emperor ordered to expand outward according to the scale of 500,000 people. The inner and outer parts of Chang'an City were renovated or underground channels were dug, and ceramic pipes were laid for drainage.

It is said that Luoyang is even more terrifying. They are going to build a huge city that can accommodate one million people. At this moment, Luoyang City will be directly converted into an inner city, and a large area outside will be converted into the capital.

Huochequan thought about the future prosperity of the Han Dynasty, and then thought about the increasingly weak Xiongnu. It was as if a huge rock was pressing on his heart, making him feel breathless.

After ten years of war, the Han Dynasty not only did not collapse directly, but it turned out to be a blessing in disguise. Natural disasters and plagues in various places gradually decreased, and officials were able to take root in the villages for no more than 20 to 30 years.

The big man who had recovered from his wounds was about to strangle the necks of the surrounding tribes.

Attached to such a huge tiger, the Huns could only tread lightly and serve cautiously to avoid danger, right?
Thinking of this, Huochuquan exhaled with difficulty and suddenly wanted to give up the position of Chanyu.

Based on what he saw and heard in the Barbarian Residence during this period, the current Emperor of the Restoration is nothing like Emperor Guangwu. Instead, his behavior and style towards foreigners are more like Emperor Xiaowu... This really makes one's scalp chill.

"Your Majesty has ordered to summon Chan Yu Huchuquan to the palace!" An attendant walked out of the palace in the distance and shouted loudly.

This voice instantly made Huochequan tense up. He held his breath in his chest, pretending not to notice the armored soldiers on both sides, and trotted into the Bamboo Palace. Before the attendant could continue speaking, he looked up and saw the Emperor of Han sitting on a high place.

Huchuquan immediately knelt on the ground, patted his head and saluted, saying: "I, the Chanyu of the Han Xiongnu tribe, Huchuquan of the Luandi clan, bow my head and kowtow to the emperor. I wish the emperor a long life and eternal happiness!"

After saying this, he knocked his head on the cold and smooth ground again to show the Huns his complete obedience.

After all, he was just a puppet Chanyu who couldn't even unify the command of the Xiongnu tribes. The tribal kings grazing in Shuofang, Wuyuan, Yunzhong, Hexi and Shangjun all did not recognize his identity as the Great Chanyu.

This forced Huchuquan to lead his tribe to stay in Hedong County, unable to return home. How miserable it was.

Now they have been forcibly summoned to Guanzhong by the Han emperor, and even the nobles in the tribe have followed them. No one knows what the situation of the tribes left in Hedong is at this moment.

Liu Bei looked over, put down the document in his hand, and said with a smile: "The Chanyu is very righteous. He did not join forces with the Baibo bandits and led his troops to surrender to the Han Dynasty in time. He really deserves a reward."

"When Luoyang Imperial Academy reopens in a year or so, I will grant 300 places to the Xiongnu, so that the children of all nobles can have the opportunity to study Confucian classics. If they are eager to learn, they can be enrolled as Jijiu and Doctors in the future and serve as officials in the Han Dynasty."

"Your Majesty, these... Xiongnu children are all barbarians. I'm afraid it's difficult for them to learn Confucian classics, right?!"

Huo Chuquan gasped and cold sweat instantly broke out on his forehead.

Taking away 300 sons of Xiongnu nobles at once would cause a lack of successors among the nobles. This was not a reward at all, but an attempt to cut off the roots of the Xiongnu.

"You don't know, Chanyu. Confucius, the forefather of Confucianism, pointed out the difference between the Chinese and the barbarians hundreds of years ago. If they use barbarian etiquette, they will be treated as barbarians, while if they enter the Chinese plains, they will be treated as Chinese. The Xiongnu have been stationed in the Han Dynasty for a long time. Don't they want to get close to the Han people, learn more about Han etiquette, and still want to return to the northern desert?"

Liu Bei raised his hand and pointed at the Xiongnu Chanyu, saying with a smile.

This kind of coercion made Huochuquan look anxious. He immediately bowed and said, "Your Majesty, the Xiongnu are of course willing to get close to the Han people. Unfortunately, the customs and language are different. Even if we come to Luoyang, we can't learn it!"

"It's okay. Nothing is difficult in this world if one is determined. As long as you have the will to learn, why would you be afraid of not being able to learn? There is no need to discuss this matter further, Chanyu."

Liu Bei made the decision immediately and settled the matter without any doubt.

(End of this chapter)