Shangcai City, prefect's office.
Yuan Yao looked at the information from Xu Du's silk book in his hand, and a hint of playfulness appeared in his eyes.
It seemed that the matter of the imperial edict had broken out in advance.
Cao Cao was truly ruthless, killing seven to eight hundred people in a row. Xu Du was probably already rolling in heads by now.
However, this was Cao Cao's true nature. He had always been at peace with the Emperor Party. Although there were many conflicts in the dark, everyone was polite on the surface.
This time, they had really shed all pretense of cordiality. Most of the Emperor's Party in Xu City had probably been killed.
In history, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, Liu Xie, had probably become a complete loner.
Although Cao Cao called him a traitor, his own actions were much better than his own.
If there were still people who had a glimmer of hope that Cao Cao would return the throne to the Emperor, then now everyone knew that it was absolutely impossible.
Although the imperial court in Xudu had yet to change into the Cao family's signboard, it no longer had much to do with the Liu family.
"Zilong, do you think there's still hope for Han Ting?”Yuan Yao handed the silk book to Zhao Yun.
After seeing this, Zhao Yun was silent for a moment before cupping her hands and saying,"Your Majesty, the Han Emperor of Xudu is probably already a plaything in Cao Cao's hands. There should be no hope for this Han court.”
"Good, Zilong, it's good that you understand this. Since Qin lost its deer, the world is chasing after it. Liu Bang, a mere chief of the Sishui River Pavilion, was able to wipe out the heroes and rise to the top, creating the 400-year-old Han Dynasty.”
"Now that the Han Dynasty has lost its deer, heroes have risen in the world. I will not be much worse than Liu Bang. I will create a dynasty that is even stronger than the Han Dynasty.”
"Being born in a chaotic world is not only the misfortune of the people of the world, but also the great fortune of men who desire to make contributions.”
"Becoming a marquis, becoming a prime minister, gaining glory and wealth, leaving your name in history!”
"These are the lifelong pursuits of a good man.”
"Zilong, although you decided to assist me because you want to return peace to the people of the world as soon as possible, I am still a little worried.”
"But you won't let me down, I won't let you down!”
"When I rule the world, I will build a Lingyan Pavilion and worship the portraits of all the meritorious officials. As long as the dynasty is not destroyed, the worship will continue.”
As soon as Yuan Yao finished speaking, the ministers fell silent.
Then, a tsunami of voices erupted.
"We are willing to die for Your Majesty and help Your Majesty pacify the world as soon as possible!”
"We are willing to die for Your Majesty and help Your Majesty pacify the world as soon as possible!”
"We are willing to die for Your Majesty and help Your Majesty pacify the world as soon as possible!”
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Yuan Yao looked at the civil and military officials who were so excited that they seemed to have been injected with chicken blood, and he felt a little proud in his heart.
To make others follow him to conquer the world, in addition to giving him immediate benefits, he also had to give him fame in the future.
Fame and fortune are nothing more than this.
Drawing portraits of meritorious officials was a simple and effective way for the emperor to win over the hearts of the people.
Han Xuan Emperor Liu Xun's 11 heroes of Qilin Pavilion, Han Ming Emperor Liu Zhuang's 28 generals of Yuntai Pavilion, and the famous Tang Taizong Li Shimin's 24 heroes of Lingyan Pavilion.
Now that he had learned from Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, Li Shimin, and announced the establishment of the Lingyan Pavilion to offer portraits of future meritorious officials, how could the ministers not be moved?
After all, this was a good thing that would go down in history.
Even Zhao Yun, who had always been calm, could not help but feel a surge of emotions and yearn for it.
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After giving his subordinates a boost, Yuan Yao began to arrange the governance of Runan.
Runan's biggest Yellow Turban thieves, Liu Pi and Gong Du, had already been exterminated by him. He Man, He Yi, Huang Shao, and the others had either been killed or had already escaped.
However, Runan had experienced several military disasters, and its degree of destruction was even worse than Huainan.
It was no wonder that the refugees from Runan ran to Huainan under his rule.
Now that Runan was in his hands, how to govern it was really a headache.
Although they could recruit refugees to open up wasteland like they did in Huainan, Runan was too close to Cao Cao's lair.
If they were to open up wasteland on a large scale, it was very likely that Cao Cao would take the opportunity to plunder them and make them work for others.
Yuan Yao was also a little unwilling to give up Runan. After all, Runan was his hometown. Runan's Yuan family had four generations and three dukes. They were famous.
Now that he had fought his way back to his hometown, wouldn't he be a joke if he went back dejectedly?
To him, Runan was like a piece of chicken rib. It was tasteless to eat but a pity to throw it away.
Yuan Yao immediately started to rack his brains and think of a countermeasure.
It was tough. He didn't have a single useful strategist by his side, and he had to personally go into battle when something happened.
It seemed that he had to recruit a few famous talents when he returned to Huainan.
Yes, even if he had to kidnap her, he had to kidnap her back.
After all, a transmigrator was a transmigrator. He had a database that spanned five thousand years. There were countless cases that he could refer to. This was also one of the greatest advantages of a transmigrator.
Yuan Yao quickly thought of a good countermeasure.
Runan had many refugees and barren lands. Moreover, the aristocratic families here had long been harmed by the Yellow Turban Army several times.
If the huge local tycoons no longer existed, he could not control the place through these local tycoons. He could directly register the people into households and turn them into the country's tax collectors.
In a chaotic world, there was no lack of wasteland, but there was a lack of people.
Since there was a lot of wasteland, they would implement a land sharing system. They would directly give the adult men land, and each person would be given a hundred mu of land at a time.
Then, they would choose the strong men from these adult men who obtained the land and choose them as soldiers to form an army.
He gave preferential policies to the selected soldiers. Once they were selected, they would be exempted from taxes for life.
If any of the soldiers died in battle, the government would not take back their land. They could leave it to their families.
These soldiers were busy farming and training when they were free.
The weapons, armor, and rations were all provided by the prefecture soldiers, so there was no need for the government to provide them, which could save a lot of expenses.
The soldiers who had made contributions in this battle would be rewarded with Runan's land, leaving a portion of the army here to carry out military operations.
He would let some of the core members of the army be the commanders of the villages, responsible for training the prefecture soldiers during normal times and leading them in battle during wartime.
Letting military personnel become local officials at all levels could not only maintain law and order, collect taxes, levy labor, but also firmly control the grassroots at the township and village level for the country.
He could also train the army to lead troops in battle and obtain a low-cost army with decent combat strength.
It could be said to be killing multiple birds with one stone.
Even if Runan was attacked by Cao Cao's army, these trained soldiers could hold out for a while until the Huainan army came to support.
In this way, Runan was not a piece of chicken ribs to Yuan Yao. It could also become a stable source of soldiers and a base for taxes.
It could even be used as a sharp knife to stab into the Central Plains and become a springboard for Yuan Yao's Northern Expedition.
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