Although Zhong Hui detested Xun Xu, he had never disparaged or obstructed his department.
He was, in fact, very supportive of Xun Xu doing these things.
When Xun Xu finished describing his accomplishments over the years, Zhang Hua and Lu Kang exchanged a glance and nodded.
Cao Mao was not entirely without capable men under his command. Those at the very top certainly understood how much this mattered.
Cao Mao sat in the seat of honor, frowning.
He had come to Great Wei for only three things... the Menfa, the barbarians, and natural disasters!
He had done quite well with the Menfa. Two policies had directly reduced the great clans' local influence to an absolute minimum. Once the grand education policy was gradually perfected, the Menfa would have no choice but to leave the stage.
Of course, with something like education, no amount of impatience on Cao Mao's part would help. It was a century-long undertaking, and truly substantial results would probably only emerge in his children's or grandchildren's time.
For now, he only needed to keep them firmly pinned down while instilling in Cao Wen the idea that the Menfa meant destruction, ensuring that these dog-thieves would not stage a comeback for two generations.
As for the surrounding barbarians... come to think of it, Great Wei seemed to have no barbarians left now.
Since Pei Xiu's Three-Step Civilizing Policy had been fully implemented, and Ji Kang and other scholars had traced their ancestry and changed their surnames and customs, these people were no longer the barbarians of old.
Hell, even Liu Yuan had become Great Wei's top graduate.
Could someone like that be called a barbarian?
The civilizing policies had been completed swiftly throughout the frontier regions. These people now had household registrations and new identities. All that remained