Guan Yu and Zhou Cang, Wang Ba looked at the mung beans and saw the right eye.

It's a very inappropriate analogy, but it's the same thing.

Liu Bei's side has begun active war planning and pioneering movements, and Chen Chen has also led new blood to inject into Taiyuan.

Compared with Liu Bei's early foundation preparation activities, Cao Cao still stayed in his hometown, staying at home and living every day.

At this time, it was close to the autumn of the second year of Zhongping.

This season.

This is the scene.

The days go by so fast.

He stood alone in the pine and cypress courtyard, his hands behind his back, looking up at the sky that never seemed to change.

He always had a feeling.

The sky in my hometown is much more beautiful than that in Luoyang.

It is also much clearer than the sky in Jinan.

Cao Cao had a bad year.

At this time last year, he also led 5,000 soldiers and horses as a cavalry captain, broke the Yellow Turban Army, and beheaded tens of thousands of people.

made great achievements, and the class returned to the dynasty and was directly promoted to the prime minister of Jinan.

The responsibilities of the Jinan Prime Minister are heavy, and his status is no worse than Liu Bei's Taiyuan County Shou.

Even the prosperity of Jinan is far better than Taiyuan, and Jinan, which has more than ten county seats, has many families.

So, before Cao Cao went to Jinan.

Although it is prosperous here, the life of the people is not easy.

In Cao Cao's view, the people here live even less energetic and spiritual, he changed into simple clothes before taking office, and personally visited the people of Jinan.

The exploitation of the family, as well as the oppression from some small landowners.

The heavy punishments from the government have made these people, who are crushed by life, more and more numb.

They don't know what life is, they don't know what death is.

They are like ants, living for the sake of living, and dying when they smell death.

Cao Cao has his own beliefs and pursuits, just like when he was appointed as the lieutenant of northern Luoyang, he dared to govern and use politics.

The selection of talents and abilities is not confined to families and nobles.

Therefore, he acted vigorously and resolutely, took the law as the purpose, and carried out reforms in Jinan in a big way, and he personally searched for and collected evidence among the people.

On the day he took office as the prime minister of Jinan, at the inauguration banquet, he set up guards and dismissed some corrupt officials on the spot.

Ten years after taking office, Cao Cao dismissed eight or nine out of ten officials here in Jinan and replaced them with young and capable talents.

For a time, Jinan Dazhi.

Politics and religion are great, and a county is clear.

But Cao Cao was not happy.

Because he was in Jinan, what he saw was just an enlarged version of Dunqiu.

That's what he did when he was the commander of Dunqiu, and now he is the prime minister of Jinan, and he still does so.

But what made Cao Cao really uncomfortable was whether it was Dunqiu, Jinan, or the lands he had visited.

Those disgusting, corrupt officials, moths, who are disgusting and want to kill quickly, will always exist.

Until one day, Cao Cao asked the Xiahou brothers to visit the people he had supported and rescued in Dunqiu, where he had served as the head of a place.

The information in return gave him a fatal blow.

This blow penetrated the heart he had been guarding.

The new Dunqiu Ling is a son of a family who spends money to buy officials, but he is gilded and ready to be transferred back to Luoyang.

Therefore, Dunqiu, which once had a brief period of glorious political clarity, has once again become a permanent spot that moths love to patronize.

There is only one Cao Mengde in the world!

It seems that he has only been healing the superficial wounds of the Great Han all along, and has never been able to really change the rules of this land.

Or should we climb the highest mountain and change the rules and change the status quo completely with the attitude of dominating the world?

Cao Cao was a little confused, but he wouldn't stop.

He will always be a doer, and he believes that he will eventually find his true direction in practice.

However, the statement of selling officials and lords is very popular.

Even the positions of the three princes and the nine secretaries were marked with a clear price, and the officials of the court wore official hats that exuded a copper smell, and the family used money as political capital to wantonly encroach on the country's leading groups.

Cao Cao's spirit has been suppressed for a long time.

He often asked himself in the dead of night.

This big man, what's wrong with her?

What can I do and what can I do?

When will he be able to entrust his back with peace of mind, in the name of the general of the Han Dynasty to conquer the west, for the people of this land, for this country that he loved as a child, to expand the territory and leave a name for eternity.

His idol is also the young figure who took a detour and stepped on Sesi.

He hoped that after his death, his inscription would be given the glory of the general of Han Zhengxi and the champion of the Hou.

What made him really make a decision in his heart was that he had just managed Jinan well, but he was bought by someone for money and transferred to Dongjun Taishou.

Is that all real officialdom is all about?

For the first time since Cao Cao came out, he was so disgusted and hated officialdom, and he was suddenly unwilling to continue to stay in this filthy place.

He chose to resign and return to his hometown.

After returning to his hometown, he studied in spring and summer, hunted in autumn and winter, and lived a relaxed and comfortable life, but this did not make his heart settle down.

The capable minister who rules the world, and the traitor of the troubled times.

The traitor of Qingping, the hero of troubled times.

Cao Cao still remembered these two sentences that Xu Shao gave him.

No matter which sentence it is, he feels that he doesn't seem to be worthy of it now, and he doesn't seem to have the original intention and courage anymore.

A person can be driven by blood and courage to do something, but it is difficult to do it with blood for a lifetime.

Especially if you are hit hard.

Cao Cao is the same.

He didn't even realize that his mentality and ideas were quietly changing, and he was dabbling in more and more books, and adjusting more and more ideas.

Occasionally, he would think of the boy in Luoyang.

Drunken Immortal Lou is drunk and poems, arrogant.

The march is silent and roundabout.

The celebration banquet refers to Sang scolding Huai, indifferent.

He became more and more convinced that he had lost his eyes, and more and more he felt that his original concept had been wrong.

A goal had sprung up in his heart that had never been so firm and clear before.

In the future, if he has the opportunity to shepherd the world and open a government to recruit people, he will not use age, family background, identity, and personality as the criteria for likes and dislikes, but must uphold a criterion.

Virtue and ability are important, and talent is the best.

The selection of talents and the ability of meritocracy, only the ability to move.

If one day he ascends to a high position, he will do so, and he will not disobey his will.

"Husband, it's time to rest."

A beautiful woman slowly walked out of the house, with a thin body and a sign of perseverance.

She took a shawl in her hand, gently draped it over Cao Cao's body, took his hand, covered it with her palm, and rubbed it slightly to keep him warm.

In her heart, no matter what Meng De chooses, she will follow and take care of the family affairs for him.

"Over the years, I've worked hard for you, let you go back here with me from Luoyang, in a safe corner."

Cao Cao felt that Mrs. Ding had been with him for all these years and had never complained, but he really couldn't stand her.

During this time, away from officialdom, he became a good husband and was able to accompany his wife more.

"How hard it is."

The beautiful woman smiled skillfully, her bright eyes were bent into a crescent shape, and her fresh and pure appearance made Cao Cao feel that she seemed to have returned to her when she was young and had just met her.

It was Cao Cao's year today, and he fell in love with her at a glance.

"It's a lot cleaner here, and I love it."

Mrs. Ding smiled.

"It's better than being in Luoyang, you will go to the Drunken Immortal Tower from time to time to look for those Yingyan girls."

"Without you indulging in the song and dance of the warbler, I can eat a lot of flying vinegar."

It's not that Mrs. Ding doesn't know about Cao Cao's affairs in Luoyang, but her own man loves and respects herself, and she will save face for Cao Cao, just pretend not to know.

"Ma'am, do you know?"

Cao Cao, who was still worried about state affairs, was like a cat that had stolen a fish and was caught, and his old face turned red.

"Not really."

Madame Ding grabbed Cao Cao's shoulders, leaned her chin lightly, and followed Cao Cao to look at the sky in the countryside.

"Madame, I actually ......"

Cao Cao's desire to survive is still very strong, and he wants to defend himself.

"I don't blame you, I don't need to say much, and look at the sky......"

Madame Ding gently pressed her fingers to Cao Cao's lips, asking him to accompany her and enjoy the beautiful scenery in the air for a while.