In the first month of the first year of Xingping, Juancheng.

The first lunar month is a festive month for modern people, but in the Eastern Han Dynasty, it was as plain as water.

At that time, they didn't celebrate the Spring Festival like now, they celebrated the beginning of spring.

In fact, it's not a festival, it's just that the month of the beginning of spring does not report prisoners and arrest people, that is, December, because the beginning of spring is generally in the middle of December.

On the day of spring, the yang energy arrives, all things are born, and it is suitable to live but not to kill.

Some county guards will also recall the post inspector on the day of the beginning of spring, and the post supervisor is like the Commission for Discipline Inspection, going down to the county to inspect the negligence.

The officials of the Rikyoshi division also had to wear all the blue clothes.

The officials of the county and county roads below should all wear green curtains, set up green flags, and make the shape of oxen and ploughmen out of the soil, and stand outside the gate until the beginning of summer.

However, military attachés are not in this case.

After Cao Cao led the crowd back, Cao Ren immediately sued Li Xian, saying that he had indiscriminately killed the soldiers and soldiers.

Cao Cao thought that Li Xian could not be such a person, so he summoned Li Xian to confront him.

"What Zixiao said, is it true?"

Cao Cao looked at Li Xian and asked lightly.

Li Xian replied confidently:

"Zixiao's soldiers slaughtered the innocent people in the city, and the army waited to hunt down and kill the women and young sons in the city, and I saw him stop, but I knew that he dared to disobey the military order, so I executed him on the spot."

Cao Cao stood up, walked in front of Li Xian, grabbed Li Xian's shoulders with both hands, turned his head to look at Cao Ren, and said, "Zixiao, not straight, now we are all a family, and we can discuss if we have something to decide." If you can't get along, you can ask me for a decision. Don't be reckless anymore. ”

"But he killed ......" Cao Ren wanted to say something, but Cao Cao glared at him, so he swallowed the words back and answered: "No." ”

Li Xian knew that Cao Cao's words were mainly for him, which meant to blame him for killing the military commander without authorization.

Although there was no punishment for the crime, it could be regarded as a warning to him.

Cao Cao also slaughtered so many people in Pengcheng, it was impossible for him to blame Cao Ren, and he might even have to praise him, because Cao Ren did what he wanted.

Li Xian had no choice but to respond: "No." ”

Cao Ren saluted Cao Cao again and withdrew.

Cao Cao returned to the desk and sat down, and said to Li Xie: "I heard that you taught Ang'er the policy of governing the people, governing the good and the people with grace before authority, and governing the evil with the authority before grace?" ”

"Yes."

"Then you say, are the people of Xuzhou good or evil?"

Cao Cao stared at Li Xian, and Li Xian said calmly: "No evil is good." ”

"Then who is evil?" Cao Cao asked again.

"Tao Qian can be evil."

Li Xian felt that Cao Song died at the hands of Tao Qian's generals Zhang Min and Que Xuan, and whether Zhang Min was instructed by Tao Qian or not, he was primarily responsible.

"Tao Qian is evil, and his people support Tao Qian, that is, to help evil, and to help evil is the same as evil. You are so benevolent, how will you kill and fight in the future? ”

"You go to Shanyang County, I will show you as Shanyang Taishou." Cao Cao said lightly again.

Li Xian understood that because of the conflict between him and Cao Ren, Cao Cao had robbed him of his military power and did not let him command the army.

Although being the Taishou of Shanyang County is considered a promotion, it is useless to be a big official compared to not being trusted.

"No."

Li Xian responded, saluted Cao Cao again, and withdrew.

When he returned to the door, Cao Min greeted him: "Why is my husband's face so pale?" ”

Li Xian smiled reluctantly: "No, it may be that I have been tired from the recent battle, and I am fine." ”

Cao Min is also very considerate and attentive to him.

"There shouldn't be any fighting lately, right?" Cao Min took Li Xian's hand and walked into the house.

"Not now, even if I have, I don't have to go, my father asked me to go to Shanyang for Taishou."

Li sat down on the bed and lay down, he felt that he was really tired.

Cao Min was smart, and he had already guessed why Li Xian seemed so tired, so he walked over and sat next to him and said with a smile: "It's so better, then I can always be by your side." ”

Li Xian didn't answer, but he slept comfortably this night.

On the morning of the second day, Xun Yu and Xi Zhicai came to visit.

At this time, Li Xian had already gotten up, because Cao Cao asked him to go to Shanyang in a few days to take up his post.

He didn't need to go to the barracks to train soldiers now, so he sat in the courtyard and read.

Xun Yu was still a Sima in the army at this time, and Xi Zhicai also gave a position as a military fake Sima.

Seeing the two of them coming, Li Xian hurriedly stood up and took a few steps forward and said with a smile: "Brother Wen Ruo, Zhicai, come to visit early in the morning, there must be something to teach, let's talk quickly." ”

Xun Yu just smiled, and the drama next to him said: "Brother No, I'm about to go to Shanyang, let's just see him off, how can I see you off." ”

"Haha...... If you are not straight, you can be idle, but General Cao is one less general next to him, and his career is difficult to determine. Don't you remember the ambition you made when the white horse met? ”

Xun Yu sat on Li Xian's back chair, which Li Xian made himself when he was idle.

Although the process is rough, it is still stable.

Xun Yu sat on his ass and stood up before he could sit hot.

He felt comfortable sitting, but he didn't feel good in his heart.

Li Xian only dared to sit in his own home, and he didn't sit on it when guests came.

Because people at that time were kneeling, and if you sit on a chair and look high, it is disrespectful to others.

Li Xian thought for a while and said: "Remember, I haven't had much ambition since I was a child, and since I ...... Later, when he saw the chaos in the world, he had the will to help General Cao calm the world and make the people safe. But before in Xuzhou, innocent people were slaughtered, how could I sit idly by. ”

Xi Zhicai observed the chair for a long time, and also sat on it to feel it, but he quickly stood up.

Xun Yu looked left and right, and when he saw that no outsiders were there, he said: "Now the world is falling apart, the imperial power is lost, and the troops everywhere are mainly attacking each other. Don't think directly, how can we stop the chaos in peace? ”

He hadn't thought deeply about this question, and he couldn't think of any good countermeasures after thinking about it for a while, so he had to say, "What does Brother Wen Ruo think? ”

Xun Yu looked at Xi Zhicai with a smile and said, "You ask Zhicai." ”

Li turned his head to look at Xi Zhicai, waiting for him to answer.

Xi Zhicai said: "Stop the war with war." ”

"Ending the war with war?"

Li Xian lowered his head and thought for a while, as if he understood: "You are saying that if you subdue everyone else, there will be no war in this world, right?" ”

"Yes, those who serve will take their will, and those who do not obey will take their soldiers."

Li Xian was still a little puzzled: "It's easy to seize the army, but how to seize the ambition?" ”

Xun Yu said: "Accompany him with strong soldiers, or hold his family members hostage." ”

Xi Zhicai went on to say next to him: "There are three expeditions for soldiers, the upper one is to attack the heart, the middle is to attack the plan, and the lower is to attack the city. Those who cut hearts use coercion, those who slayer outwit them, and those who cut cities attack with force. ”

Li Xian listened, and looked like he didn't understand.

Xun Yu saw it and said: "It's not straight, it doesn't matter if you don't understand it now, you just need to keep it in your heart and think about it slowly in the future." ”

"We're taking our leave." Xi Zhicai bowed his hand and said.

Xun Yu also made a salute and walked out with Xi Zhicai.

"Wait, Wen Ruo, Zhicai, I have something to tell you."

Li Xian called out to the two of them.

Xun Yu and Zhicai stopped, turned around and walked back.

"What?"

"Jiuyuan native Lu Bu, since killing Dong Zhuo, was defeated by Dong Zhuo's general Li Dao Guo Yan, escaped from Chang'an, and is now throwing himself at Zhang Yang. General Cao attacked Tao Qian the day before yesterday and cannot take revenge, and I expect that I will want to fight again this year. When the state was empty, Lu Bu was afraid of attacking, and Brother Wangwen Ruo and Zhicai reminded General Cao that they had already taken precautions. ”

Xun Yu said: "Lu Bu is repeated and changeable, and it should be guarded against. Even if General Cao went east to Xuzhou, Yanzhou left a lot of troops, and Lu Bu did not dare to attack. ”

Li Xian didn't want to say that Chen Gong would rebel, after all, it was something that hadn't happened yet, and now that he said it, others wouldn't believe it, and he would think that he had framed Chen Gong.

Anyway, he already had a countermeasure, and now he just reminded Cao Cao to be more careful.