In the court, Tai Lieutenant Zhang Wen reported the latest border war to the Son of Heaven.

At the beginning of this month, more than 2,000 cavalry of the Xianbei Tuoba Division in the north attacked Bingzhou, and the Xianbei and Qiang people in the west attacked Beidi County and Wuwei County on the border of Liangzhou with small groups of cavalry, burning, killing and looting, and doing all kinds of evil.

The Son of Heaven was very angry and shouted: "Which minister is willing to go north to the border and kill the barbarians?" ”

There was silence in the lobby, and no one answered.

The Son of Heaven scolded a few words hatefully, because the distance was far away, and no minister heard what he was scolding.

"Your Majesty, Wang Fen, the assassin of Jizhou, has written for three consecutive days, asking for recruiting troops to suppress thieves and eradicate hidden dangers for His Majesty to return to his hometown." The general He went in and out of the column and said, "The New Year is coming soon, and I ask Your Majesty to make a decision as soon as possible." ”

The Son of Heaven said unhappily: "There are 50,000 people in the Northern Army of Luoyang, and the Northern Army does not go to Jizhou to suppress thieves, but let Jizhou Assassin Mansion temporarily recruit troops to suppress thieves, isn't this an extra move?" However, since he pays for it himself, let him go. Quasi-play. ”

Sikong Xu Xiang immediately came out of the ranks, praised Guangluxun Liu Yu, and Weiwei Liu Ting for his outstanding performance in the last two years of his term, and proposed to the Son of Heaven to promote the officials of two people.

The Son of Heaven considered that he would return to his hometown in two months, so he moved Liu Yu to Zongzheng and helped Taichang Liu Yan and others deal with the specific matters of returning home. Liu Ting served as the Taishou of Hanoi County and helped Wang Fen exterminate the Yellow Turban ant thieves.

The general He Jin immediately went out of the class to play, and recommended Tiao Hou Dong Zhong as the guard lieutenant, and Shang Shu Ding Gong as Guangluxun. Dong Zhong is a relative of the emperor, Ding Gong is a native of Peiguo, and he was a close confidant of the emperor when he was in Shangshutai, so the emperor felt that these two candidates were very satisfactory to him, so he played them on the spot.

The expenses of the Son of Heaven to go home to worship the ancestors, whether it should go to the Great Sinong or the Shaofu, the ministers in the court quarreled again.

………………

When the general He Jin returned to the house, he heard that Xu Liang and Wu Tang had returned, and hurriedly summoned him.

"Govern the world with Huang Lao's learning?" He Jin said with a smile, "Huang Laoxue has been abandoned for more than two hundred years. If you want to pick it up again, it will be difficult to climb to the sky. In my opinion, Master Xiangkai is just an idiot. ”

Xu Liang arched his hand and said, "The general is bad." In the more than 70 years since Gaozu to Emperor Hui, Emperor Wen and Emperor Jing, the country has been rich, and the people have plenty of food and clothing, creating a glorious and prosperous era. At that time, the granaries in the urban and rural areas were full of grain, and the grain in the national granaries was too much to pile up. I had to put it outside the warehouse and let it be damaged by mildew. There was surplus money in the government offices at all levels, and the money in the treasury of the capital division had accumulated to a huge amount, and the ribbons of the copper coins were rotten. At that time, people were very simple and self-loving, they didn't dare to break the law at all, everyone put righteousness first, few people did bad things, the road was not forgotten, and there were many places where the door was not closed at night. ”

"After the reunification of the country. The tax collection checkpoints in various places were lifted, and the ban on the development of the natural resources of the mountains was also lifted, so at that time, the rich merchants were all over the world, and there was no way to exchange goods. Everyone gets what they want. The imperial court was fully open in the fields of boiling salt and smelting iron, and stipulated that ordinary people could also operate freely. The imperial court even opened up to the common people in the field of currency issuance, such as copper smelting and coinage, and allowed the common people to engage in the business of minting coins. Due to the arbitrariness and freedom of policies in all aspects, the country became rich in a very short time. ”

"All of this is because the imperial court ruled the country with Huang Lao's learning at that time. It has adopted a policy of quiet and inaction, lightly dispensing with little money, and governing the country according to law. And today's world. Confucianism governs the world, governs the country with virtue, and is punished by virtue, and the consequence is that the Han Dynasty has frequent wars and endless disasters. It is clear at a glance which of the two ways of governing the country is superior and which is inferior. Is the general going to break his promise? ”

He Jin thought for a long time and said: "What I promised Master Xiangkai was to let him preach the scriptures and preach in Dahanzhou County, not to promise him to govern the country with Huang Laoxue. Let's wait until the master succeeds. ”

Xu Liang and Wu Tang secretly sighed, a little disappointed in their hearts. How did they know that Master Xiangkai was on his way to Hefei City at this time.

He Jin immediately urged Henan Yin He Miao to return to Luoyang, the administrative office of Henan County, and did not allow him to stay in Luoyang. He Miao was unwilling, so she soaked in Luoyang every day and ate, drank, prostituted and gambled with a group of fox friends and dog friends, and did not return all night.

He Jin was furious and beat He Miao. He Miao was angry and afraid, and hid in his in-laws' father-in-law's regular servant Zhang Rang's mansion.

Zhang Rang said, the Chinese New Year, of course, I want to stay in Luoyang to have a good time, what are you doing at this time to go to Luoyang to guard an empty mansion? Your brother is unreasonable.

He Miao said, how unreasonable is he, he is also ungrateful to kill you.

Zhang Rang was taken aback, and a trace of murderous aura suddenly flashed in his eyes.

………………

The winter sun sets early on the horizon and the dusk fades.

Chen Yi galloped and rushed into the city before the gates of Yuzhou Qiaoguo City were closed.

Chen Yi found a luxurious mansion and knocked on the door and shouted.

"Who is Sir, please?" One of the servants guarding the porter asked.

"I'm a friend of your head of the family, and if you go and report it, you will say that there is a wandering spirit from the mountain who has come to visit."

After a short time, the door opened suddenly, and a loud voice came out: "Brother Boyan, don't come unharmed!" ”

Chen Yi raised his hand and shouted, "Brother Mengde, have you always been good?" ”

"Brother came to visit suddenly, if it is rude, please do a lot of Haihan." With the words, out of the room came a Confucian in Chinese clothes about thirty years old, this person was not tall, his skin was dark, his face was round and his beard was short, and he had a pair of sharp and wise eyes under his thick eyebrows.

This Confucian scholar in Huafu is Cao Cao, who is in the position of the Taishou of Dongjun, and was appointed as a councillor by the imperial court.

For such an appointment, Cao Cao naturally quit. As a large county taishou with a population of seven or eight hundred thousand, it is naturally not comparable to the councillor who has no real power. Besides, Taishou is a 2,000-stone officer, while Yilang is a 600-stone petty official. Therefore, in the autumn of this year, Cao Cao was furious and directly abandoned his official position and returned to his hometown to live in seclusion.

In fact, today's Cao Cao has the heart to do something big. He did a good job during his tenure as Jinan Minister. There are more than 10 counties in Jinan (now Jinan, Shandong), and the county magistrates are mostly dependent on the nobles, corrupt and pervert the law, and have no scruples. Cao Cao's previous ministers ignored it. When Cao Cao arrived, he vigorously rectified and dismissed eight out of ten of the officials, Jinan was shaken, and corrupt officials fled one after another. "Politics and religion are great, and a county is clear".

But it was precisely because of this incident that he laid the root of the bane behind him, and soon after he took office in Dongjun, he was ousted and reappointed as a councilor.

It can be said that this experience has caused a lot of psychological shadow to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao grabbed Chen Yi's arm and said with a smile: "Brother Boyan, we haven't seen each other for six years, brother misses you." Go, go, go home, let's get drunk tonight. ”

Chen Yi smiled movingly and said, "I'm here to disturb my brother again." ”

"Wherever I tell you to stay with me and not wander around, you just won't listen. When you come back this time, are you still leaving? Cao Cao asked with a smile as he pulled him around the room.

Chen Yi smiled bitterly and said, "I'll leave tomorrow." ”

The smile on Cao Cao's face suddenly disappeared, he glanced at Chen Yi carefully, and asked, "Is there anything you need my help with?" ”

"Yes." Chen Yi said, "There is a big thing. ”

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Late at night, Cao Cao walked back and forth in the study, and he couldn't make a decision.

Cao Cao pondered and meditated all night, but it was still difficult to choose, until he saw his concubine Liu. This Liu was originally the maid of Cao Cao's main room Ding, and after Ding married Cao Cao, she filled the house and became Cao Cao's concubine.

But I never thought that Ding had been married to Cao Cao for a few years, and had never given birth to a son and a half daughter, but it was the concubine Liu, who gave birth to two sons and two daughters to Cao Cao within ten years, and now she is pregnant with a fifth child.

Therefore, Cao Cao, who already liked Liu's family very much, valued her even more and named her a flat wife.

Liu was very heartbroken when he saw Cao Cao sleepless all night, and brought him a cup of tea in the early morning.

Liu said: "Husband, my father has already sent a few letters, urging us to go to Luoyang for the New Year, don't get tired and delay the trip, and make my father unhappy." ”

Cao Cao woke up suddenly, patted his forehead and celebrated, he hugged Liu and praised: "Madame is really my nobleman." ”

Cao Cao immediately went to see Chen Yi and politely declined Chen Yi's invitation. Cao Cao said: "Boyan, it's hard not to succeed in this move. Because the abolition of the establishment is the most ominous thing in the world. The ancients were able to do this kind of thing, only Yi Yin and Huo Guang. ”

"These two men were able to succeed because they were loyal, in a position of high authority, and could do whatever they wanted. For example, Huo Guang of the Han Dynasty, he was able to abolish the king of Changyi, first of all, because he was entrusted by the first emperor and was famous, and secondly, the king of Changyi was on the throne for a few days, and there was no climate, and there was no huge power. ”

"Now, do Brother Boyan and Wang Yuanjun think they have the power of Yi Yin and Huo Guang? Was the prestige of the king of Hefei stronger than that of the princes and kings who rebelled in the early Han Dynasty? And when compared to the king of Changyi, don't you know how solid his foundation is? ”

"Brother Boyan, you better give up. The combined power of Dazhitang and the Black Mountain Yellow Turban is not enough to kill the traitors in the court, nor can it shake the Han Dynasty. Even if you succeed and the Son of Heaven is held hostage by you, do you have the strength to resist the imperial army, especially the counterattack of the tiger in Youzhou, and gain a foothold in Jizhou? Is there a way for the king of Hefei to be recognized by the ministers of the court? Do you have a way to get into Luoyang? ”

Chen Yi's face was melancholy and sad, and he was silent.

"I think Brother Boyan is still revenged." Cao Cao sighed, "Brother Boyan, listen to me, give up." My father wrote that the Son of Heaven issued three edicts in a row, and the general Li Yi returned to the capital, and I think it was possible for the Son of Heaven to let him accompany him back to his hometown to worship his ancestors. If ......"

Chen Yi smiled sadly and said: "I am not afraid of anyone coming, and I am not afraid of anyone coming......" (To be continued.) )

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