Three Kingdoms: The identity of the financial master behind the scenes was exposed by Cao Cao

Cao Cao was really shocked.

Thirty million husks of grain and grass.

Before the fall of the Han Dynasty, it was still unknown whether 30 million grains of dendrobium could be harvested a year.

Cao Yuan secretly collected 30 million hu of dendrobium on his own.

This can no longer be described as being extremely wealthy.

"Yuan'er, how did you store so much food and grass?"

Cao Cao, who came back to his senses, asked in surprise but confusion.

Of course Cao Yuan would not tell him that the 30 million grains and grasses were obtained by taking advantage of his position to increase the grain and grass supply of the national treasury over the years.

"As the old saying goes, children have their own methods, so father, don't ask any more questions."

He continued to use the old method to deal with Cao Cao.

Cao Cao couldn't help but be stunned.

Cao Yuan didn't give him a chance to doubt, and immediately asked:"Father, the king only needs to tell his ministers that these 30 million dendrobium grains and grass can make up for the loss. King Mifu exempted the people from the loss of taxes. Cao

Cao's suspicion turned into ecstasy, and he nodded heavily:"Of course it's enough, not to mention three years of tax reduction, even ten years of tax reduction is enough.""

"That's it."

Cao Yuan nodded slightly and said with a smile:"In this case, my father can reduce taxes with peace of mind, win the hearts of the people, and ascend the throne in a dignified manner and proclaim himself emperor. My sons and ministers will immediately transfer the grain and grass from their private warehouses to the national treasury."

Cao Cao breathed a sigh of relief, and the worries in his heart were relieved.

But after a moment of relief, Cao Cao said again:"However, this time my father slaughtered the Xun family, and many Yang family members want to successfully ascend the throne and become emperor, except for In addition to appeasing the people, all the families in the world also need to be appeased."

"This father was wrong. Cao Yuan said disapprovingly:"

Since my father has won the hearts and minds of the people, why do I need the support of the family anymore? What my father has to do is not to appease and win over them, but to slowly eradicate them.""

Cao Cao took a breath.

The principle he adheres to in dealing with the family is nothing more than suppression.

His son, who is as resourceful as a god, actually wants to eradicate the family.

Good guy!

This appetite is too big.

"The annexation of land by aristocratic families turned countless people into landless refugees, which led to the Yellow Turban Rebellion"

"In the final analysis, the fall of the Han Dynasty was not due to the fatuousness of the Han emperor, the monopoly of the eunuchs, or Zhang Jiao's rebellion, but to the family."

"If my father cannot get rid of the noble clan and just wants to suppress them, then he is treating the symptoms but not the root cause, and is continuing to allow them to expand their strength."

"Once they find an opportunity, our country, Cao Wei, will be in danger of being overthrown in the blink of an eye!"

Cao Yuan was also honest and pointed out the harm to the family to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao looked stern and looked at Cao Yuan in amazement.

He obviously did not expect that his son could see the harm to the family so clearly. , so profound

"How could my father not be aware of the calamities of the family? If it were not for the purpose of suppressing the family, my father would not implement the policy of employing people based on merit, regardless of the poor family."

"But suppression is suppression, and it is unrealistic for a father to completely ignore the support of the family."

Cao Cao sighed like this, with a look of helplessness on his brows.

Cao Yuan said:"My son, I don't understand. Since it is only about talents, why does it have to have the support of the family?"

"The family has a large number of private soldiers and endless wealth. This is one of them."

"The most important thing is that to govern a country, we need talents"

"The talents who govern the country must first be scholars, not illiterate people."

"Although poor families don't care about talents, most of them are monopolized by aristocratic families."

"As a father, I want to rely on these people to govern my Wei Dynasty, but I also want to eradicate them. Isn't this a contradiction?"

Cao Cao pointed out the key point.

To put it bluntly, it is knowledge.

To govern a country, you must understand the knowledge of governing the country.

And for this knowledge, in addition to precepts and deeds, the most important source of learning is books.

Most of the current books are bamboo slips , it is expensive to make. One"Historical Records" may require a cart of bamboo slips.

The people face the loess and their backs to the sky. They are satisfied as long as they do not starve to death. How can they afford bamboo slips to study.

Even if they are from a poor family, it is expensive. Bamboo slips are also a huge expense.

Only those aristocratic families with vast hectares of fertile land can support their children, and they can read whatever books they want.

When aristocratic families monopolize land, they have wealth. With wealth, It is equivalent to monopolizing knowledge.

And monopolizing knowledge is equivalent to indirectly monopolizing the power of being an official.

"It turns out that what my father was worried about was that there was no one available. Cao

Yuan smiled disapprovingly and said,"Father, don't worry. I have already thought of a countermeasure for my father. I also asked my father to accompany me out of the palace.""

When Cao Cao heard that his son actually had a way to govern the country without relying on the family, he couldn't help but feel refreshed.

He happily left the palace and followed Cao Yuan away.

The father and son left Yecheng and came to a workshop in the eastern suburbs.

Pushing Cao Cao was stunned when he opened the door of the workshop.

The workshop was filled with wood and dozens of pools were scattered around it.

Hundreds of craftsmen were sawing the wood into pieces, then pouring it into the pool to soak and grind it into pulp.

After going through a series of processes, the wood becomes countless pieces of paper, which are hung on bamboo racks to dry in the sun.

"Yuan'er, are you a paper-making workshop?"

Cao Cao saw the way

"Exactly."

Cao Cao picked up a piece of paper, handed it to Cao Cao, and asked with a smile:"Father Wang Jue, how does this rice paper compare with Cai Lun?"

"Rice paper?"

Cao Cao heard the unknown name of the paper, held the paper in his hands, looked at it carefully, and couldn't help but look happy.

"Yuan'er, what kind of rice paper you have is ten times better than Cai Lun paper. If it's used for writing, it's even better than silk."

Cao Cao looked at Cao Yuan excitedly.

As early as two hundred years ago, Cai Lun paper had invented paper.

However, the craftsmanship of Cai Lun paper was backward. The paper could not be used for writing at all, and it was rough even for toilet paper.

So Cai Lun paper Although it has been around for more than two hundred years, books are still mainly written on bamboo slips, and extremely important messages are written on more expensive silk books and parchment.

"Erchen felt that bamboo slips were expensive, so in his spare time, he improved the craftsmanship of Cai Lun paper and created this new type of paper, called rice paper."

"The texture of this rice paper is far better than Cai Lun paper. It is not easy to rot and is easy to write on. The cost is also extremely cheap, less than 10% of the cost of Cai Lun paper."

"If my father can promote this rice paper in the world in the name of the imperial court, then even ordinary people, not to mention children from poor families, will have the opportunity to afford books written on this rice paper."

Cao Yuan kept talking, talking about the benefits of this rice paper.

Cao Cao's eyes sparkled, and he became more and more delighted, holding the rice paper like a treasure.

"If ordinary people could afford to read, they would naturally succeed in their studies and serve the Wei Dynasty"

"In this way, my father can continuously obtain the talents he needs to govern the country from the poor family. Do I still need to rely on the talents of the family to govern the country for my father?"

Cao Yuan finally pointed out the key point.

Cao Cao suddenly realized, and in an instant, endless surprise filled his face.