Cao Cao developed rapidly.

It can be said that it is strange that most of them copied Wen Rensheng's practices and developed slowly.

Moreover, his family has money and can quickly recruit a separatist force.

He then used Wen Rensheng's military training methods, coupled with Cao Cao's own liking for the art of war and his recent military exploits, he quickly learned it.

Just three months later, a mountain armed force of 8,000 men was formed.

Relying on this armed force, Cao Cao began to use the authority of the governor to wipe out the bandits.

At this time, Liu Yan's proposal was also approved by Han Emperor Liu Hong, who changed the governor's position to Zhou Mu and ordered Zhou Mu to sweep away the bandits in the territory.

Because thieves are not just in the Yellow Turbans, but everywhere.

"At this time, Hanyang rebels, with more than 100,000 troops, attacked Chencang, and the three auxiliaries were shaken", which directly threatened the core rule.

However, Liu Hong is not stupid, and he did not change everything in one go.

But first came Yizhou, Youzhou, and Yuzhou.

Moreover, Cao Cao's governor was gone, and Liu Yan was still appointed as the governor of the state.

How can this be done?

Cao Cao asked his father to use money to buy a state shepherd.

However, this time the Han Emperor did not sell it.

Look, Liu Hong is not stupid. Of course he knows that Zhou Mu has too much power and is easy to divide, so he has to choose people he trusts.

Unfortunately, due to poor information, he did not know that Liu Yan had a rebellious intention, but Liu Yan died early.

In fact, Liu Hong died just as early.

Liu Hong was only in his thirties when he died. He probably thought that he could live to be in his 60s and still have 30 years to slowly stabilize the world.

But the fact is that he died early.

Being extravagant and lustful can easily corrupt the body.

In fact, even if he can live a long life, he cannot change the dynasty cycle.

After all, no matter how hard he tries, how can he change the situation of land annexation?

There must be a lot of killing before a new king emerges.

Just as Wen Rensheng said, he has been enjoying himself for too long and the emperor has the power, so he has lost his determination to forge ahead and his meticulous patience...

If Cao Cao doesn't want to sell it, he will break up with him.

Anyway, Hanzhong is from his family.

He sent a guy named Xia Houran to stir up trouble in the local area.

However, the Han army could not be quelled due to the difficult terrain and huge expenditure.

This shows that the Han Dynasty is indeed out of money. It is no wonder that Liu Hong wants to drink poison to quench his thirst and sell his official position to win titles.

Anyway, most of the officers who get promoted normally are not good enough, so it is better to harvest their money in advance.

This is probably Liu Hong’s clever idea.

So Cao Cao continued to serve as governor of the state in the name of governor.

Continue to learn what Wen Rensheng did, refine internal affairs, and develop the four majors in agriculture, industry, and commerce.

However, Cao Cao still promoted Confucianism, which helped maintain his rule.

However, Cui Chengcheng soon understood why Wen Rensheng said that everyone is equal.

Because of the rise of Confucianism, Confucian scholars began to belittle industrial and commercial people.

"Those who work and do business often form gangs, ignore etiquette, and often cause chaos. They should be suppressed."

"The miners gather together in a place called work, but in fact they are bandits."

"Businessmen are untouchables. They don't engage in production. They buy low and sell high, which disturbs people's hearts. They should be punished hard."

Cui Cheng learned from Wen Rensheng for a month, so he naturally knew the importance of businessmen.

It can be said that Wen Rensheng spent a lot of time telling everyone that only businessmen can truly solve the problem of chaos.

Why?

Because businessmen can communicate whether or not.

This is his characteristic.

What do the poor have?

There is a labor force.

What the rich have is food.

How to let the poor get the food of the rich through forced distribution?

Coercion will inevitably bring about resistance. Once there is resistance, this thing will not run smoothly and will eventually be inefficient.

so what should I do now?

Through the means of merchants, merchants manufacture and purchase various novelties in exchange for food in the hands of the rich, so that the poor can sell their labor power to the rich and then obtain food.

This is also called capital.

Of course, businessmen have no mercy, and neither does capital.

Once they find that there is too much labor and fierce competition, in order to reduce costs, they can make six-year-old children work in factories.

The reward children ask for is only one-twentieth of adults.

However, repetitive work is only one-third as effective.

So there must be restrictions.

However, it must be handled appropriately.

So Cui Cheng told his lord not to focus on agriculture and suppress business.

Only this time, Cao Cao didn't listen to him.

Soon the suppression of merchants began.

Because Cao Cao discovered that these merchants had a big problem.

what is the problem?

Because these businessmen naturally target Lu Buwei.

Having money is not enough, you also have to get involved with officials.

Surely he understands why?

Only businessmen know what kind of business is most profitable and profitable, and they are not afraid of losing money.

That is the investment emperor.

One is Lu Buwei, the other is Mi Zhu, and the other is Fan Li.

They are all typical examples of successful businessmen.

If these people grow stronger, they will definitely threaten the rule of Cao Cao's family.

Cao Cao needed merchants and needed to suppress them.

Let them act obediently as suppliers of military supplies rather than as decision-makers on state affairs.

And there's another big problem.

Businessmen are more difficult to manage than farmers.

Cui Cheng continued to use the Confucian method of selecting officials, with superiority and inferiority, strict hierarchy, and the shortcomings soon became apparent.

Merchants had difficulty operating in Shu and were often exploited and bullied by officials.

They also collude with larger officials.

Invest in various officials everywhere and let them make profits for themselves.

In short, in Cao Cao's view, businessmen have a good side and a bad side.

The biggest problem is that they are too difficult to control and manage.

Cao Cao decided to restrain them anyway.

So as to reduce more and more management costs.

When Cui Cheng saw this, he immediately felt something was wrong, so he admonished:

"Businessmen seek huge profits and often deceive people, which is indeed hateful. However, they can adjust to the shortcomings of the four seasons and become more motivated. People from Taihang Mountain have said that businessmen are the most dynamic group in the world, the most active and proactive group.

They are also the most destructive and evil groups. Only by making good use of them can we truly solve the causes of chaos."

"Oh, I don't think they can solve any problem except selling high and buying low." Cao Cao said a little arrogantly.

Cao Cao had this problem. He became arrogant when he achieved great achievements.

In fact, all the rulers of the Three Kingdoms had this problem. Liu Bei, Sun Ce, and Sun Quan were all the same.

The only ones who were cautious from beginning to end were Sima Yi and Zhuge Liang.

They didn't suffer much because of their arrogance.

Cao Cao now owns a large state at a young age, and Shu is very wealthy because there has been no great chaos.

Can he not be proud?

And he didn't know that this was much better than his start in history.

Cao Cao in history started his career in Yanzhou, which was the place where the Four Wars were fought. It can be said that Cao Cao relied on his own ability, inclusiveness, and meritocracy to turn a grass belly into a golden edge.
To be continued...