Chapter 162 Governing a Great Country

Luoyang is the center of the world, whether it is elite soldiers and strong generals, or celebrities and beauties, there are more than other places.

There are many beautiful concubines in Cao Cao's mansion, and he is also a talented and self-regarded celebrity. Runan Xu Zi commented on Yuedan, and whether Zang was a hero or a hero in the world, he once evaluated Cao Mengde as "a capable minister who governs the world and a traitor in troubled times". Cao Cao listened and laughed and left. Well, it is said that Cao Cao was holding a knife on Xu Shao's neck at that time, so there is no need to talk about this.

There are so many beautiful women at home, and he himself is a world-famous celebrity, and he has also been favored by the general He Jin, it stands to reason that Cao Mengde should be complacent now, but recently he has been feeling more and more depressed, feeling like a flying insect that has fallen into a spider's web, no matter how he moves, he will only be wrapped tighter and tighter by spider silk.

In April and May last year, He Jin exterminated the eunuchs and expelled Chen Cheng, the Marquis of Julu. At that time, Cao Cao really thought that the great general would take loyal people like them to cleanse the world of evil, and the Han Dynasty would usher in a new chapter.

But a year passed, and the court became more and more dilapidated. Yizhou, Jiaozhou's tribute road was cut off, Youzhou Liu Yu and Gongsun Zan competed, Jizhou had a black mountain thief Zhang Yan raging, and the rest of Qingxu Yanyu and other prefectures and counties, either there were remnants of the Yellow Turban Army, or thieves were everywhere, or there were barbarians in rebellion.

Coupled with the failure of Ding Jianyang, the general of the expedition to the west, he failed to attack Xiliang and turned his head to fight with Dong Zhuo, and this world was even more chaotic than when the first emperor was there. The good news is not nothing, Liu Zhuo single-handedly pacified the nine counties of Jingxiang, and Dong Zhuo slaughtered and merged with the state heroes, which can probably be regarded as good news. But this thorn history, a state pastor, although he occupies a huge territory, how can he be willing to send money and grain to the imperial court, so that the prices in Luoyang City are now soaring, and the people are miserable.

Cao Cao, who was less than seven feet tall, often sighed for a long time and couldn't sleep at night. On this day, he got the first Han Yuefu poem from a friend, and when he saw it, he was shocked. He held a bamboo slip with the inscription "Tanka Xing" and paced around the courtyard while chanting repeatedly.

"Qingqing Zijin, relax my heart. But for the sake of the king, he has been groaning so far. ”

He walked back and forth in the courtyard a few times, and seemed to know a little better about Chen Wenzheng, whom he had met a few times.

"It's a pity, it's a pity!"

Cao Cao took the bamboo slip, shook his head, and sighed: "This person is not under my Cao Mengde!" If you can stay in the court........."

Talking to himself at this point, he paused, imagined the possible situation, and said with a wry smile: "If he dares to stay in Luoyang, the grass on the grave will be a few feet high!" ”

Cao Cao recited "Short Song Xing" again, and liked the opening sentence "When you sing about wine, the geometry of life", but you are a little disgusted by the second sentence. He held the bamboo slip in both hands and said: "For example, the morning dew, the days are hard, but this sentence is depressed, not good, not good!" ”

Concubine Ji came over and said on the side: "General, the ink has been polished." ”

Cao Cao's eyebrows furrowed, and his originally relaxed mood suddenly became heavy again. Although the artistic conception in the poem is forgettable, the call of the concubine makes him have to return to the reality full of difficulties and dangers. He turned around and said in a deep voice, "Got it! ”

Back in the hall, Cao Cao put the poems aside, picked up the brush himself, dotted it in the inkstone, and then began to write his advice, "The minister who governs the country should be like Beichen, living in his place and the stars arching over it." Today's great generals are .........."

After he finished writing the admonition, he read it through himself, revised a few places, read it again, and felt that it was all right, so he copied it neatly on another blank bamboo slip. This is the fourth time that Cao Cao has submitted a letter to He Jin, asking for a wide range of words, the promotion of virtuous ministers, the rectification of the dynasty, and the crackdown on the lawlessness of the powerful and powerful.

In any case, there are thieves outside Luoyang City who rob the road in broad daylight, which is too unusual. To clear out the bandits, you need to send soldiers and horses, and to send soldiers and horses, you need to spend money and food. The vicinity of Luoyang, along with most of the world's places, has been carved up by the powerful officials, if you don't crack down on the strong, where will the money and food come from to support the soldiers?

Cao Cao was the lieutenant of the northern part of the country that day, and he killed Jian Shuo's uncle with a cane, and his fierceness can be seen. Now he still has confidence, as long as he can let go of his actions, he will be able to clear the surroundings of Luoyang and even the entire Henan, and then other states and counties in the world will complete the rectification of the place, and then train soldiers and select generals, and the world is not enough!

He came to the General's Mansion with a letter of advice and asked to see He Jin. The soldiers at the door knew him Cao Cao, so they immediately said, "Captain Cao is here to ask to see the general?" Please wait. ”

The guards entered the palace to report, and after a while, they came out and said, "The general has asked the captain to come in for an audience." ”

Cao Cao held the letter of advice in his hand and walked in with his head held high, and before he reached the lobby, he heard a fierce quarrel from inside. Immediately there was a sound of footsteps, and Sikong Liu Hong, Taiwei Yuan Kui and other important ministers of the imperial court walked out of the hall with angry faces. Cao Cao avoided to the side, folded his sleeves, bowed his head and said nothing.

Yuan Kui, who was in the lead, saw that it was Cao Cao, squinted, made a "hum" sound in his nostrils, and then walked away with a group of ministers. When they were far away, Cao Cao raised his head, looked at the figures of everyone in the distance, and then looked at the admonition in his hand, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

"Smack! Syllable! Syllable! Syllable! ”

There was a sound of throwing things in the lobby, but it was He Jin angrily smashing things on the ground. Cao Cao stepped forward, just as He Jin smashed a vase to the ground. The sound of "popping" sounds, and the porcelain pieces are everywhere. Cao Cao held the bamboo slip, took a few steps back, and said with a smile: "Who made the general so angry?" Say the man's name, and I, Cao Mengde, will go and get his head back now!" ”

When He Jin saw Cao Cao, his face was a little angry, and he snorted, and said, "Taiwei Yuan Kui, Sikong Liu Hong, Situ Ding Gong, do you dare to kill?" ”

Cao Cao bowed and said, "As long as the general issues an edict, he will lead troops to arrest them!" ”

"That's it!" He Jin's eyes were a little sunken, and the whole person looked anxious and a little nervous, "Meng De is here, what's the matter?" ”

Cao Cao presented the letter of advice and said, "Please take a look at the general." ”

He Jin waved his hand and said, "Take it." ”

The soldier on the side stepped forward, took the bamboo slip, and then handed it to He Jin's hand. He Jin knelt on the futon, forcibly unfolded the bamboo slip with impatience, only glanced at it, and threw it on the desk unhappily, "It's this cliché again!" ”

He said to Cao Cao unhappily: "Don't I know that we need to increase the income of the imperial court? Now the problem is that I can't collect money and food, and this is what I just discussed with Yuan Kui and Yuan An! ”

"But I don't know what solution they have come up with?" Cao Cao deliberately asked, "Could it be that you continue to raise taxes?" ”

Although He Jin has stood at the apex of the military generals of Wenchen and is very far away from the people at the bottom, after all, he once personally killed pigs and then sold them on the street, and he still knows a little about the difficulties of the people at the bottom, which is completely different from Yuan Kui, Yuan Ang and others, and it is naturally impossible to agree with Yuan Kui and others to continue to raise taxes.

He said hatefully: "I have already added it once last year, but within a month of the edict, there were more than ten more rebellions in the world!" This is still reported by various states and counties, and I don't know how many have not reported it. What's the oil and water on those mud legs? If you scrape it again, you really have to peel the skin and remove the bones! ”

Cao Cao looked at the guards on the side and said, "I implore the general to retreat!" ”

The pain in He Jin's head came from one after another, he pressed his forehead with his hand, and when he heard this, he raised his head and glared at Cao Cao, seeing that the latter's face was calm, he said to the left and right: "You all go down first!" ”

After hesitating left and right, but without making a move, He Jin waved his other hand again and again, shouting, "How can Meng De be an assassin?" ”

In the past few days, He Jin has been assassinated several times, so the guards are a little nervous. It was only after he gave successive orders that the guards withdrew outside the lobby. But there were still several pairs of eyes staring at the hall, and if Cao Cao dared to make any moves, these guards would immediately rush forward.

He Jin slowed down his tone and said, "Now there are only you and me here, please tell me if you have anything." ”

Cao Cao took two steps forward and said in a low voice: "Around Luoyang, there are millions of fertile fields, if I can clear the fields and pick up the land, I can raise 100,000 soldiers!" ”

He Jin listened to it and was quite moved, he was now troubled by the lack of money and food in his hands, otherwise, he would not have dropped his favorite vase in anger just now. But after thinking about it, he still said dejectedly: "What Emperor Guangwu can't do, how can we do it?" ”

Cao Cao said disapprenously: "The general holds the power of the army, and the two armies of the north and south plus the soldiers and horses of King Qin in various places are 150,000. Whoever dares to resist will slaughter his people, and he will not have his family funds for military expenses. ”

He Jin sighed and said, "Where is it so simple? The wealthy families help each other, marry each other, and move the whole body. If you really do what you said, the surrounding areas of Luoyang will immediately turn into a battlefield, where can you and I still drink tea here? ”

Cao Cao said excitedly: "If you want to achieve great things, how can you cast a mouse taboo?" Today's generals dare not be the first in the world with heavy troops, if the time is extended, the spirit has been frustrated, even if he wakes up, there is no hero available, and he will regret it! ”

He Jin just shook his head and refused to agree. Cao Cao was helpless and decided to break some more fierce news to force He Jin to agree to his plan. He leaned forward and said in a low voice: "The general has heard that the ministers of the court and the central government are haunting the Bohai Palace?" If you don't act early, I'm afraid that the abolition of the establishment will reappear in this dynasty! ”

He Jin was shocked, and his head didn't seem to hurt anymore, he jumped up and asked in surprise, "Is there really such a thing?" Didn't Mendemo deceive me? ”

He Jin is the uncle of today's son Liu Bian, so he can sit in the position of a general as a relative and lead hundreds of military officials in the world. If Liu Xie is replaced as the emperor, where will he be in anything? In the past year of imprisonment, he has offended a lot of people, if he loses his authority, then there will be a good end? The Han family system is harsh, and the political struggle is even more cruel, and the exterminated relatives are not one or two families!

Cao Cao said calmly: "If the general doesn't believe it, he can send someone to investigate secretly, and he can know that what I said is true." ”

Listening to Cao Cao's words, the color on He Jin's face changed, he stood up, walked a few steps in the hall, and then stepped forward, held Cao Cao's hand and said, "Meng De's words made my mouth stop!" He will be rewarded one day! ”