The emperor was inexplicably shocked and was shocked when he saw Yang Xiu's memorial. He stared at Xun Yu, opened his mouth several times, but he didn't say a word, but his heart was beating violently, and he could pop out of his mouth at almost any time.

"Ling...Lingjun, you..." The emperor swallowed and said with difficulty: "Do you know what you are talking about? How come you have been working hard for so many years... are you wrong? We... haven't we made progress now, if not..."

Xun Yu lowered his head. "Your Majesty, I am ignorant. I bought a box and returned a pearl. I wouldn't draw a tiger but became a dog. I would implicate Your Majesty." He stood up, helped the emperor back to the imperial throne, and gently pressed the emperor down. The emperor was a little panicked, and he grabbed Xun Yu's arm tightly with his eyes panic.

"Your Majesty, what is the biggest advantage of King Wu?"

"What is it?"

"Is it the Nanyang Iron Officer, or the Printing Bookstore? The Martial Arts Hall, or the Wood School? Is it a military farm or a military training?"

"Yes..." The emperor blinked his eyes hard, barely recovering himself. "Yes..." He rolled his eyes and thought about Xun Yu's question carefully, but could not find a satisfactory answer. In his opinion, these are Sun Ce's advantages. It is not easy to distinguish which one is the strongest. Nanyang Iron Officials produce the best military equipment, but only the weapons and no elite soldiers, so the martial arts hall seems more important. It is not enough to have people alone, no food, and farming is also important. These factors are important, which one is the most important?

"Your Majesty, you are a man." Xun Yu said word by word: "He is a person who reads and reads."

"Scholars? I also attach great importance to scholars."

"Your Majesty is talented and wise, no less than the King of Wu, but Your Majesty is burdened by his ministers and has never known the way of using people. The King of Wu has many ideas, but his greatest ideas are employing people. He uses people not to grant official titles or to govern the people, but to make them the best in all walks of life."

The emperor seems to understand but not.

"Your Majesty, who is the priest of the Iron Official of Nanyang? Huang Chengyan. Who is the transformer of the building boat? Huang Yueying. Who is the person who improves the loom? Several women led by Qin Fu. Although these people are familiar with the literature and literacy, they are not Confucian scholars who are familiar with classics, nor are they guarding a county or a county, but are those who are proficient in the skills of all craftsmen. These people are not craftsmen, but they are smarter than craftsmen and can do things that craftsmen cannot do. Therefore, Huang Chengyan can create the best military equipment, and the progress within a few years has exceeded the craftsmen's hundred years. Huang Yueying can transform the building boat and let the building boat run on the sea. Qin Fu and others can transform the loom and increase the efficiency several times."

The emperor finally understood. They built workshops in Guanzhong, but they did not have wooden schools. The craftsmen in the workshop came from Nanyang. These craftsmen had certain skills. However, after leaving Nanyang Wood School, they lost their source, and the technology they mastered stagnated and could not be continuously improved like Nanyang Workshop. The latest and best products will always be produced in Nanyang.

"We... can do that too."

"It's too late." Xun Yu shook his head and blamed himself. "Cultivating such talents takes time, and even more money and food. Guanzhong is already struggling to support the court and the army, and he has to implement the sage family system. How can there be extra money and food to support these people? Even if Your Majesty can practice frugality, how can you catch up with the Central Plains, which has a far superior household registration to Guanzhong? Your Majesty is me... I missed the best opportunity. Now the King of Wu is full of wings, the court..."

Xun Yu opened his mouth and swallowed the word that rushed to his mouth. The emperor's face was already ugly, and he was afraid that if he spoke the word, the emperor would collapse on the spot.

The emperor turned his head and picked up Yang Xiu's memorial. His face turned red and pale for a while, and his eyes were desperate and fierce. He knew why Yang Xiu said that the government affairs of the court were in disarray. In fact, Xun Yu had no responsibility, and the real responsibility lies with him. Yang Xiu's focus was on new systems such as the sage family system, and the charge was the same as the Qin Dynasty, rather than Xun Yu imitating the workshops and farming grounds built by Sun Ce.

"Lingjun, this is not your fault." The emperor raised his hand and threw Yang Xiu's memorial on the desk. His face quickly calmed down, and his eyes became more determined. "The situation in Guanzhong and Guandong is not the same, so we cannot force consistency. Since we cannot learn, we should simply stop learning."

"His Majesty……"

The emperor raised his hand and interrupted Xun Yu. "You are right. Sun Ce is already full of wings. We have few opportunities. We can only fight quickly and win in a dangerous situation. Alas..." The emperor sighed. "I thought the victory of the Western Expedition could alleviate the crisis and show the people of the world the situation. I didn't expect that it would be difficult to save the nearby fire. Please go and meet Yang Xiu, find out his purpose and see what Sun Ce was thinking."

Xun Yu looked at the emperor's blue face and felt uneasy. "Your Majesty, I think..."

"Let me..." The emperor shook his head and signaled Xun Yu not to persuade him anymore. "Let me think about it, let me think about it." After that, he got up and headed towards the back hall.

Xun Yu sat in the hall, watching the emperor disappear behind the door, feeling lost and feeling empty.

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The General's Mansion is located in Jiadi, at the north gate of Weiyang Palace. It was once Huo Guang's residence. After Huo Guang's death, the whole family was killed. The house was passed by several noble relatives until the Red Eyebrow entered Chang'an. The house was robbed and only some broken walls were left.

It was decided to grant Sun Ce the king and conquer Sun Ce into the court to rule. The emperor decided to arrange for Sun Ce to live here and sent someone to renovate it. This place is close to Weiyang Palace, so that it is convenient to summon at any time. General Huo Guang's residence is enough to show his respect for Sun Ce and... warning. Halfway through the project, he learned that Sun Ce himself refused to come and only sent Chief Yang Xiu to act as the government affairs. Xun Yu knew that the plan was failed, so he stopped the project.

Yang Xiu stood in the tidy yard and smiled slightly.

The sound of footsteps sounded behind him, and Ma Chao walked in quickly, looked around with interest, and looked at Yang Xiu again. "Yang Changshi, are you okay?"

Yang Xiu looked at Ma Chao. "General Ma, I am still the same, just taking charge of the accounts for the King of Wu. You are the one who is on the rise. In the past, the King of Wu, and now the Emperor of the Emperor, have a princess. If you come here to see me, aren't you afraid of gossiping?"

Ma Chao laughed and bowed. "Okay, okay, brother Dezu, don't say you're kidding me. What's so great about Princess Shang? As long as you have some soldiers in your hands, anyone can do Princess Shang. To be honest, I'm not afraid of offending the King of Wu, I'm no different from those Qiang people now."

"What does this have to do with the King of Wu? The King of Wu is the eldest princess."

"Do you want to do this? Do you want to do this? If you do this again, I will leave." Ma Chao pretended to be unhappy and turned around and looked like he was about to turn against him.

Yang Xiu ignored him, held his hands behind his back and turned back and forth twice. "Meng Qi, what happened to Lingzun and Cao Yizhou last year?"

"Last year?" Ma Chao turned back, his eyes rolling. "Don't the King of Wu know?"

Yang Xiu refused to comment. Seeing that he was stingy, Ma Chao scratched his head. "It's nothing. Cao Cao killed Liang and took advantage of his achievements and slaughtered several Qiang tribes. The Qiang people were so angry that they went to petition his father. His father was not obeying the imperial edict to control Wudu, but the Qiang in Longxi Han Dynasty naturally could not ignore it. However, he did not attack Cao Cao, but Cao Cao took the initiative to attack him. As a result, Cao Chun died in battle. Later, he fought for a few days, and there was no victory or defeat, and it was left alone."

"Why did Ling Zun leave Guanzhong?"

"Your Majesty wants to implement the system of sages, and he will not give money and grain, but only give land. Most of our Ma family members are Qiang people, who do not know how to farm and have no pasture in Guanzhong, which is not good for feeding war horses. It is better to go to Wudu and Longxi to shed sheep and shed horses."

"How are you doing in Chang'an without Ling Zun and his leadership?"

Ma Chao closed his lips tightly and didn't say anything for a long time. Ma Teng withdrew from Guanzhong, with the support of the Qiang people, and gained a firm foothold in Wudu and Longxi, and lived a pretty good life. He was not so comfortable in Guanzhong. There are two main parts of the military force in Guanzhong: one is the Bingzhou cavalry led by Lu Bu, and the other is the Liangzhou soldiers who implement the sage system. Those people support Yang Fu and others, and they have nothing to do with him. Except for some of the Ma family corps around him, no one can talk to him. Fortunately, the emperor still trusts him, and no one dares to bully him.

Seeing that Ma Chao didn't say anything, Yang Xiu didn't ask again. "You came to me today, you didn't come empty-handed, right? This is not like the Jin Ma Chao I know."

When he heard this once familiar nickname, Ma Chao laughed and shook his hands repeatedly. "Brother Dezu, how could I come empty-handed? No, I know that the house is empty and I don't even have all the slaves. I will definitely not be able to live in a while. So I'll ask Brother Dezu to come to my place for a few days first, pick some people to serve, and then move over. Let's go, I'll welcome you, you must be proud of your face."

"Of course I can't refuse Jinma Chao's treat. But I want to see how big the yard is, so that it can be rewarded with the King of Wu and let the King of Wu know the sincerity of the court. Meng Qi, let me go around? With you as a master, even if someone wants to be unfavorable to me, there is a knife blocker."

Ma Chao laughed loudly and went there boldly. "Let's go, I'll accompany you for a while. Don't say that no one will be bad for you. Even if there is, Ma Chao will have to hide far away when he sees me. Oh, let me tell you that my boxing technique has made great progress in the past two years. Even if I go against King Wu, I will probably be able to last more than a dozen rounds. Brother Dezu, is King Wu still insisting on practicing martial arts? He is so busy, he must have no time, right?"

"Don't worry, even if the King of Wu has no time to practice martial arts, it's still more than enough to defeat you." Yang Xiu took two steps and said inadvertently: "Why did I hear people say that you were beaten up by Wen Hou Lu Feng first?"

"Who is talking nonsense and ruining my reputation?" Ma Chao felt guilty and deliberately changed his face. "I have fought with him, but there is no winner."

"Is that so? I don't think it's possible. Have you been the righteous cavalry governor of the King of Wu and often practice martial arts with the King of Wu. Even the King of Wu praised you for your talent. How could you be beaten up? This is to smear the face of Marquis Wu." Yang Xiu paused and turned to look at Ma Chao. "Why would I witness it with my own eyes one day when I asked Marquis Wen to fight again?"
Chapter completed!