Xia Houyuan returned halfway, but he didn't know the situation in Yedu, so he had to respond: "Your Majesty will bring great blessings to the sky, and you will definitely be able to turn danger into safety."

Cao Pi just asked casually. Now that Xia Houyuan's soldiers and horses are escorting him, there should be no problem in returning to Ye.

After a few miles, another army of soldiers and horses came to kill them. The leader was Guan Yunchang, the general with red phoenix eyes, silkworm eyebrows and a face like heavy jujubes.

Guan Yu arrogantly raised the Qinglong Yanyue Sword slowly and said: "My dear Cao Pi, why don't you quickly dismount your horse and accept your surrender?"

Dianman stepped forward with his sword: "Don't hurt my lord, Dianman is here."

Guan Yu didn't answer, so he stepped forward on his horse. Without fighting, he slashed Dian Man under the horse with his sword.

Xia Houyuan said angrily: "Guan Yu, how dare you do this? I will send you to see Liu Bei today."

Having said that, he was about to step forward, but Cao Pi stopped him.

When Dianman stepped forward, he mounted his horse first and then shouted. Cao Pi had no time to stop him. Xia Houyuan shouted first to express his intention to advance, and then he mounted his horse. Cao Pi had the opportunity to stop Xia Houyuan.

In Cao Pi's view, it would be difficult for Xiahou Yuan to defeat Guan Yu even in his prime. Now our army is tired and hungry, and the opponent is waiting for work. In this case, Xiahou Yuan has almost no chance of winning, so he stopped him.

So, when doing the same thing, the order is important.

A different order may mean the difference in a life.

He had heard for a long time that Guan Yu was a powerful man but did not humiliate him. Since he could not defeat Guan Yu with force, Cao Pi began to show weakness and said: "General Guan is so powerful that we are invincible. I hope General Guan will remember the friendship with my father in the past and let him go."

I am... willing to be bound by my group of civil servants and generals."

After saying that, tears came out of my eyes, and I was completely copied from Cao Mengde.

Seeing Cao Pi's pity for me, Guan Yu suddenly couldn't bear it and agreed, "Okay, then I'll capture you and go back alone."

Cao Pi: "???"

There seems to be something wrong with the script!

Shouldn't he not be able to bear to attack me when he sees how pitiful I am and let them all go?

The Wei generals were also stunned for a moment, and saw that the Tang soldiers had taken out hemp ropes to tie up Cao Pi, and they all rushed forward: "Don't hurt my lord!"

Guan Yu sneered and said, "If you want to show your loyalty and act like a hero, Guan doesn't mind."

Just kidding, not just anyone can take advantage of someone's weakness.

In the mighty Wei Kingdom, there were indeed loyal protectors, but at the end of the road, all of Guan Yu's elite opponents were wiped out in the blink of an eye.

Guan Yu captured Cao Pi alive and escorted him back to the Tang army's camp.

When Li Qi heard the news, he lined up to welcome him and expressed his prestige for Guan Yu.

Finally, Li Qi sent Cao Pi to see him and said: "Since the end of the Han Dynasty, the princes have been fighting and killing each other, and the world's population has dropped sharply. The people of Li are living in water and fire. I don't want to use weapons to destroy the lives of the people. I don't know what Zi Huan wants?"

On the surface, Li Qi was seeking Cao Pi's opinion, but in reality, Cao Pi had no choice.

At this time, Cao Rui was underage, and there were no ministers in the court who could take care of him. Moreover, Cao Pi did not like Cao Rui, but planned to pass the throne to Xu Ji's son Cao Li, but Cao Li was also young, so compared to Cao Rui and Cao Li have no foundation in the court. If Cao Pi refuses to surrender, he will definitely die in a foreign land, and the Wei state will be shattered.

After several trade-offs, Cao Pi expressed his willingness to accept the Tang Dynasty's offer of peace. Li Qi made him the Marquis of Han Ping and granted him a county seat. He ordered the release of Cao Pi's family members, reunited them, and then moved to Fuling County, Bashu.

When the news reached Xuzhou, Sun Quan secretly rejoiced: Fortunately, he succeeded in joining the team. At least he is a king, and his treatment is far better than that of Cao Pi.

In 220 AD, Wu Guotai passed away. In the name of condolences, Li Qi led his army to Jiangdong and persuaded Sun Quan to take the title of King Wu and guard the territory of Wu County. He also reorganized Zhu Huan, Xu Sheng, Ding Feng and other troops and returned them to the state.

In 222 AD, Jia Kui planned to unite with Wang Ling and other loyal ministers of the Wei Dynasty to rescue Cao Pi and restore the Wei Dynasty. Li Qi sent Guan Yu to lead his troops to attack him, and greatly defeated Jia Kui, Yi Jia, and Wang Qi.

In 223 AD, Li Qi named Zhang Liao the general of the Eastern Conquest, and ordered the Gongsun family to provide him with food, grass and baggage. He led his army to attack Goguryeo and Fuyu in the north, and destroyed Gaya and Silla (today's North Korea) in the south. Zhang Liao took the formation and killed it. With this sudden power, he defeated the enemy's army. From then on, the world was at peace, and there would be no more wars in a short period of time.

Soon after, Li Qi used some pretext to interrogate the Hanoi Sima clan.

By 230 AD, Li Qi had successively eliminated several aristocratic families such as the Cui family in Qinghe. He nationalized the land annexed by the aristocratic families, and then subleased it to refugees who lost their land due to war. He also opened schools in various counties and counties to teach knowledge.

One day, Prince Li Wei came to see Li Qi and asked: "Since the Han Dynasty, the influence of aristocratic families has been intertwined. My father has repeatedly attacked aristocratic families. Aren't we afraid of causing group resistance?"

Li Qi smiled and said: "Son, my father will teach you the most important thing today: political power comes from the barrel of a gun. It's true that aristocratic families have resources, but if I have military power, I can plunder their resources. In the past, Cao Cao killed Yang Xiu , killed Cui Yan, forced Xun Yu to death, which one of them is not a big family? Why can't they resist in groups? The reason is very simple, the military power is in Cao Cao's hands. Of course, what you said is not unreasonable. The power of aristocratic families cannot be underestimated, so we must Plan it slowly, don't rush it. You still need to be famous, don't get rid of aristocratic families just to get rid of aristocratic families."

Li Wei asked again: "Why is it famous for being a teacher?"

Li Qidao: "If you serve as officials for them, it's impossible for them not to make mistakes. At least in terms of corruption, not many people can escape."

Li Wei asked again: "I have heard that those who practiced good deeds in ancient times will not enlighten the people, but will make them stupid. The people are difficult to govern because they are wise. Therefore, governing the country with wisdom is a thief of the country. Today, my father is vigorously promoting schools. , isn’t it contrary to ancient precepts to make people literate and sensible?”

The sentence quoted by Li Wei comes from the "Tao Te Ching". From the literal meaning, it is a typical policy of obscuring the people.

Sometimes, the reason why the people are difficult to govern is because they are knowledgeable, cultured, have their own ideas and pursuits, and the court is difficult to control. The rulers do not allow the people to be literate and sensible, but only use them as tools for cultivating mulberry trees. People are forced to run around for a living all day long. In this way, the numerous people in the world have no time to think too much, and they have no ability to rise up to rebel, thereby maintaining social stability.

This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! But Li Qi, who has a two-thousand-year perspective, does not agree with this view.

If everyone can eat and drink well and have fun, who would be willing to risk their lives with their heads in their belts?

Therefore, improving the level of science and technology, increasing production capacity, and mastering core technical weapons are the only ways to stabilize society.

Speaking of technical weapons, Li Wei added: "I heard that my father set up the Shenji Camp and asked Ma Jun to study an item called 'gunpowder'. Aren't you afraid that the common people will also master this technology and use it to deal with the court?"

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Li Qidao: "There are only two reasons why the people resist the court: one is that they don't have enough to eat and are forced to revolt; the other is that they are deceived by people with ulterior motives. Therefore, we must vigorously develop productivity, increase the output of grain and cloth, and solve the problem as much as possible

The problem of food and clothing for the people; at the same time, let the people study and understand reason, and distinguish right from wrong, so that they will not be taken advantage of by those who are interested."

Li Wei nodded slightly and wanted to say something, but couldn't.

Li Qi also understood that what he said was not entirely correct.

The sky is cloudy and ever-changing, just like the world. How can a few principles be able to analyze it thoroughly?

Perhaps the aristocratic family will one day understand what Li Qi wants to do and unite to resist;

Perhaps the common people had mastered more advanced ideas or technological means, no longer surrendered to the Tang Dynasty, and wanted to establish a new mechanism;

Or maybe the descendants will be insignificant and ignored by powerful ministers.

These are all inevitable.

Finally, Li Qi smiled and said to Li Wei: "Throughout the ages, and even in the next two thousand years, no court can stand firm. But a nation can."

Li Wei: "Ethnicity?"

Li Qi nodded: "Wei'er, you have to remember that there is a world outside China." If you like to travel through the Three Kingdoms, start from the time when the grass falls into the bandits, please collect it: (https://www.wuxiayue.com) Travel through the Three Kingdoms, start from the time when the grass falls into the bandits.
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