Chapter 1080: One Year Period

It is not surprising that Cai Mao changed his attitude towards Zhang Yu. Zhang Yu was too powerful, and he had so many states and counties at once. He was already the number one prince, and he was already proclaimed emperor.

After Cao Cao failed, no one could stop him.

At this time, Zhang Yu was developing rapidly, all over the country were training troops, and lost hundreds of thousands of dollars. Before the winter passed, he had already recovered.

Although there is some difference in combat power, the difference in strength will not be too great.

In winter, Zhang Yu had no intention of going to war.

But the south has been mobilizing food and grass.

The winter in the south is not too cold, and Zhang Yu ordered people to start transporting the harvested grain and grass to various places.

Mainly Yuzhou and Yanzhou, which may become battlefields in the future, reserve grain and grass in advance.

Speaking of Cao Cao, after his failure, he was seriously injured, and his condition worsened after being sent to Luoyang.

He was already injured, and he couldn't get a rest on the road. The bumpy journey back almost cost him half his life.

Cao Cao was seriously ill, and the entire force was on the defensive.

Cao Ang took power temporarily.

He summoned several important advisers of the Cao Group, but Xun You was not among them.

Xun You was originally one of his most important counselors, but what happened to the Xun family last time made Cao Ang have to exclude him from the core.

In fact, Xun You was also placed under house arrest, and his daily life was not affected, except that he was followed when he went out, so he could not be allowed to leave Luoyang City.

If Xun You is like Xun Yu this time, it will have too much influence on them.

"Everyone, Zhang Yu is already powerful, he controls half of the country, and it is a rich land, so we have a chance to fight it out." Cao Ang asked.

Cheng Yu came out and said, "My lord, Zhang Yu himself is wise and has capable people under his command. To be more realistic, it's not easy, so our strategy should focus on defense and wait for opportunities."

Jia Xu also said: "Defense can consume the enemy the most. Zhang Yu is a man with great ambitions. He will definitely think about unifying China. If he resorts to military force, we have a chance to fight out."

Several counselors are in favor of defense,

Then look for opportunities to fight out.

But Cao Ang knew that it was very difficult, as long as Zhang Yu was alive, there was basically no possibility of fighting.

Zhang Yu will not be aggressive.

Although he has great ambitions, in order to develop the economy and develop his strength, he has been reluctant to expand.

Now that everything has developed, he is powerful, even if he is aggressive, it is not what Cao Ang and the others can support now.

After thinking about it, Cao Ang said: "I will try my best to convince my father, form a separate regime, and wait for the opportunity."

The most important thing for Cao Ang now is to calm people's hearts. This time, everyone knows that Zhang Yu has gained an overall advantage in this big defeat.

Cao Ang and the others had no other way, they could only try to maintain the current state as much as possible.

In fact, they have a great advantage, because there are two big cities before, Chang'an and Luoyang, the population here is also large, and the development is also very fast.

As for Zhang Yu, he braved the wind and snow and returned to Peiping.

Now, the matter has temporarily come to an end, Zhang Yu has to go back to discuss the next strategy.

On the way, Zhang Yu specifically asked about the situation in Jiaozhou.

"As expected, I did not disappoint. It took Zhuge Liang more than half a year to clean up the entire Jiaozhou. Now it is no longer a place outside the law, but completely under my control." Zhang Yu was very happy after receiving the report.

Many people committed crimes, or became rich, and all went to the port cities of Jiaozhou, or evaded taxes, and then became extravagant, or tried to get away with it.

However, after Zhuge Liang went, it was very effective.

With the help of Ling Cao, Zhuge Liang started things very smoothly, especially with the support of Zhang Yu's large number of talents.

"When Jiaozhou develops, it will definitely contribute a lot of wealth."

Zhang Yu learned about the financial situation again.

Naturally, this year was not enough to make ends meet. After playing for about nine months, a lot of wealth was consumed, and Zhang Yu's finances were empty.

But he can hold on and he'll be back in no time.

Before the new year, Zhang Yu finally returned to Peiping.

When Zhang Yu went back, he was not in a hurry to deal with government affairs, but asked the cabinet to prepare first, to sort out the reported situation first, and then he would go again.

Zhang Yu came back and spent a few days with his wife and children.

After that, Zhang Yu held a meeting.

After entering the meeting, Zhang Yu sat at the head of the round table, and there were several cabinets on both sides. The difference was that two people who took the meeting minutes were added this time.

These two people cannot be taken on by just anyone, because it will involve a lot of secrets, they must be high-level talents, and they may be reused in other places in the future.

"Okay, Zibu will report on our government's finances first." Zhang Yu said first.

Zhang Zhao took out the materials he had prepared and said, "My lord, we will collect taxes this year. After the statistics, we can basically cover the consumption of military expenses. Now we owe tens of millions of dollars. It's not a big problem. It doesn't take a month. Pay it all back."

In this war, hundreds of thousands of troops were killed, which cost an unknown amount, but now, with the income from the autumn harvest tax and other money, it can be basically balanced. This has to be said to be a great miracle.

Zhang Yu raised a lot of military expenses before the start of the war, and during the war, the cabinet did not start any major projects, so they saved some money.

After understanding, Zhang Yu knew it in his heart.

Afterwards, Zhang Yu asked Gu Yong, "How much money can we transfer from the bank?"

"My lord, although there are a large number of families in Yanzhou and Yuzhou who have deposited money in, we have to open up banks in these two prefectures immediately, and there will not be many that can be transferred."

Zhang Yu nodded, that is to say, he doesn't have much cash in his hands now, but he has a strong ability to make money, and there are more and more funds compared with overseas.

From the development to the end, it is all net income.

"Okay, the cabinet will make arrangements immediately. I need to build some roads."

Building roads, building roads again.

Zhang Yu said: "Jizhou and Yanzhou are both rich and prosperous places, and the roads must be connected. In the future, it will be very important whether it is mobilizing troops or economic development."

"In the coming year, there won't be too much war. We must use one year to effectively link all the sites, develop well, and reserve talents well."

"One year later, all the mechanisms will be completed. At that time, there will be endless battles. If China is not unified, the war will not be stopped easily."

The cabinet has no objection. They are developing too fast, and the talents cannot keep up. What Zhang Yu is most worried about is that the cabinet and the multi-department system cannot effectively play a role, and he must take time to sort it out.

Now the various departments can basically have the manpower in place, but in practice, many problems will still occur.

Zhang Yu asked the cabinet to slowly solve these problems in a year and reserve talents. After a year, it will be time for a big battle.

The princes are also preparing nervously.

Sun Ce, Cao Cao, and Liu Bei are ready to become emperor, and Cai Mao is also planning to become king.

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