Chapter 164: Big Money

After Cao Cao returned home, he immediately instructed the servants at home, "Raise the brazier, the temperature is a little low today." ”

Concubine Ji said in surprise: "The weather is okay today......... The general is not feeling well? ”

Cao Cao said with a straight face: "Noise! ”

He shouted at the servant, "Come in with another jug of wine!" ”

When everything was ready, he threw out the servants and concubines, and threw a few rolls of bamboo slips into the brazier. Seeing those bamboo pieces first turn yellow and burnt, and then turn into ashes, Cao Cao was relieved. He didn't drink either, but picked up the flask and spilled some on the table and the floor, and then lay down on the couch, and the wine rushed up, and he soon fell asleep.

By the time he woke up, it was already dark and the sun was already rising. Cao Cao groaned on the couch and looked to the side, but saw a person sitting on the side, looking at something. He was shocked, but then a smile appeared on his face, and he said, "Why did you suddenly come here at the beginning?" I don't have anything ready here. ”

Yuan Shao put down the bamboo slip and said, "I will go to Jizhou in a few days, and before leaving, I will come to meet with Meng De." I have already brought the wine and food, and since Meng De has woken up, he has come to conspire with me to get drunk! ”

Cao Cao increased his forehead with his hand and said, "I was drunk yesterday, and I want to drink it again today...... Anyway, it's for you Yuan Benchu. ”

He got up and left the bed, arched his hand casually towards Yuan Shao, and said, "I'll go wash up first." ”

After he had washed up and sorted out his mood, he returned to the hall. Yuan Shao had already asked people to put the wine and food on the plate, and when he saw Cao Cao taking his seat, Yuan Shao asked, "Does Meng De know why I suddenly want to leave Beijing for Jizhou?" ”

Cao Cao said without thinking: "Could it be for the Black Mountain thief Zhang Yan?" ”

Yuan Shao stroked his palms and smiled, and said, "I knew that Meng De would definitely know!" Yes, those remnants of the Yellow Turban have recently shown signs of resurgence, and both Zhao and Wei have suffered greatly, and the imperial court appointed me as the assassin of Jizhou. This time I went to return Jizhou to a peaceful world! ”

Cao Cao smiled and raised his wine glass, and said, "Then I wish you a successful success." ”

Yuan Shao and Cao Cao drank a cup together, then pondered for a moment, and said: "In the past, we were listed in the West Garden, but now Bao Hong and others are dead, Chun Yuqiong will also go to Jizhou with me to conspire with me, Meng De knows the art of war, why don't you go with me?" ”

Cao Cao said with a smile: "Chun Yuqiong is brave and dares to fight, since he helps, why should I have another Cao Cao?" If one day I can't stay in the middle of the court anymore, then please ask Ben Chu Nian to give me a position of Taishou on the love of working together. ”

Yuan Shao smiled and said: "Meng De's talent, is it not just too guarded? If that day comes, I will naturally offer the position of assassin with both hands. ”

Cao Cao laughed, but when he saw Yuan Shao, he just smiled. Gradually, he stopped laughing. After pondering for a moment, Cao Cao asked, "If there is disharmony." What was the original desire? ”

Yuan Shao said angrily: "I should be based on Hebei in the south, the Yan Dynasty in the north, and the people of the desert, and fight for the world in the south, can you help?" ”

He asked Cao Cao rhetorically, "What about Mengde?" ”

Cao Cao closed his eyes and pondered for a while, opened his eyes, and said in a deep voice: "I am the intelligence of the world, and I can do everything with the Tao!" ”

At this time, Cao Cao was thirty-six years old, and Yuan Shao was in his forties, and they were no longer the high-spirited youth, but they still retained their high-spirited spirit, thinking that there was nothing to do in the world, and they did not fall into depression. With their wisdom and wisdom, how could they not see that there was a big problem in the court? So the two spoke directly, no longer a hidden temptation to each other.

Now that the soldiers in Luoyang City are scattered and the people's hearts are in turmoil, anyone with a discerning eye can see that if it continues like this, there will inevitably be disasters. However, knowing is knowing, and those who are in it, even if they know, will not hesitate to follow the path they have always followed until they hit the south wall headlong or fall into the abyss.

Cao Cao and Yuan Shao looked at each other and smiled, everything was silent. Yuan Shao raised his glass again, saluted Cao Cao, and then got up and said, "I'll go now, Meng De will do it himself!" ”

After Yuan Shao's carriage was gone, Cao Cao turned back to the lobby from the door. His face gradually sank. Yuan Shu and Yuan Shao left Beijing one after another, but I was afraid that those people had already made up their minds. He stood at the edge of the lobby, looked in the direction of the general's mansion, and said in his heart: He Jin, He Jin, there is not much time left for us, you should also make up your mind!

When he was thinking about floating in the center of the courtyard, Xiahou Yuan suddenly broke in, with an anxious look on his face.

Cao Cao saw it and asked, "Why is Miaocai flustered?" ”

Xiahou Yuan strode forward and said in a low voice: "He Jin sent troops to surround the mansion of the guard captain Dong Chong, and Dong Chong has already killed himself with a sword!" ”

Cao Cao's face changed slightly, but he said calmly: "It's nothing to die a Dong Chong, there's no need to make a fuss." ”

Xiahou Yuan's voice became even lower, "It is said that the King of Bohai suddenly died this morning, and the Empress Dowager also had a heart attack, and suddenly died!" ”

"Ahh Cao Cao shouted, his eyes revealing an angry light, "How can He Jin be so unwise? ”

The Empress Dowager is the former Empress Dowager Dong, Weiwei Dong Zhong is her nephew, and the King of Bohai is Liu Xie, who is a small person named "Dong Hou".

Xiahou Yuan asked, "What should we do?" ”

Cao Cao took a few deep breaths and said, "Miaocai will prepare the horses, and we will leave the city as soon as I finish writing the resignation." ”

"Good!"

Sitting in front of the desk, Cao Cao's heart was full of sadness and anger. He mentioned the wolf and wanted to put pen to paper, but found that he had nothing to say when he was full of thoughts in the past. He endured the mania in his heart, mechanically and numbly wrote the reason for his resignation on the bamboo slips, but he was thinking about other things in his mind.

Dahan ....... It's the end of the day!

originally thought that the general He Jin had killed the eunuchs and could sweep away the demonic atmosphere in the world. However, all this did not save the Han Dynasty, which was already in devastation. Eunuchs, relatives, scholars, officials, heroes, these people are all lying on the body of the court desperately sucking blood, even if they know that if they continue like this, an earth-shattering disaster will erupt, no one is willing to take a sip.

He wrote the last word on the bamboo slip, and the resentment in his heart had reached the point of not vomiting and unhappy.

He Jin, a fool, did not dare to send troops to clean up the wealthy families inside and outside Luoyang City, but instead killed the Bohai King and his family, who were no longer any threat. Ridiculous, ridiculous! Do you think that this can scare Yuan An, Yuan Kui, Yang Biao, and those people? Eunuchs and relatives are the two pillars of imperial power, the eunuch group has been completely wiped out, and He Jin, who is a relative, did not want to strengthen the royal prestige, but did such a stupid thing!

The brush made by the wolf slammed the table, and with a "snap", it was interrupted into two sections.

That's it, that's it, the Han family is declining, how can a single tree support it? In the world in the future, let me Cao Mengde save it!

Cao Cao summoned the servant and asked him to send his resignation to the general's mansion, and then together with Xiahou Yuan, who had been waiting for a while. Beat the horse out of the east gate. When the horses crossed the moat, Cao Cao reined in his horses and looked back at Shenjing Luoyang. After restoring some of the areas that were burned by the flames, Luoyang is still shining and majestic, and people will feel a wordless power when they see it.

But such a sacred place will soon be reduced to a battlefield again. It was obviously a sunny day, but Cao Cao seemed to see flames and blood. His spirit was in a trance, but suddenly there was a voice on the side, "Mengde, Mengde? ”

Hearing Xiahou Yuan's shout, Cao Cao immediately came to his senses, he glanced at Luoyang again, and then slapped the horse's ass hard, shouting: "I will definitely come back again!" ”

Cao Cao's departure did not have much impact at the time, even He Jin, after receiving Cao Mengde's resignation, only lost his temper, and then quickly put this matter behind him. Cao Mengde is capable, but after being a eunuch, He Jin still dislikes him more or less in his heart.

Besides, the things in Luoyang City were enough to make He Jin anxious, and he didn't have time to pay attention to such trivial matters as Cao Cao running away.

He Jin's deeds of killing the King of Bohai and Dong Zhong and others exposed his weakness. Lacking money and food, the soldiers who originally supported him began to become alienated, and the evil consequences were soon revealed. The angel sent to Bingzhou to announce the decree was beheaded by Dong Zhuo, Dong Zhongying immediately sent troops to expel the Taishou appointed by the imperial court, and monopolized Hedong County, Taiyuan County, Yanmen County, and Dai County, Dong Zhuo also sent troops to block the border, seize the treasury, and sent people to contact Zhang Yan in the Taihang Mountains, as if it was a country of its own.

He Jin immediately ordered to send troops to conscript, and before the army went out to Hanoi County, there was a mutiny in Luoyang City. In the name of "Qing Jun's side", some generals led their troops to rush into the city of Luoyang, burned and killed them on a large scale, and besieged the general's mansion and the mansions of many princes and nobles, and also attacked various government institutions.

He Jin escaped into the palace alone and was spared. He Jin then recalled the rebel army, which quelled the turmoil. But the newly entered northern army, like the rebellious sergeants, took the opportunity to plunder not only the civilians, but also the residences of some important court officials.

When the matter was calmed down, He Jin in a fit of rage executed more than a dozen generals and hundreds of soldiers, but it did not solve the problem fundamentally, and the harsh military law led to more soldiers joining the ranks of the bandits. No matter how righteous it is, when people are about to starve to death, they can't care about anything.

In the face of the army that began to get out of control, He Jin had no choice, on the one hand, he threatened the important ministers of the court to donate a large amount of money and food, and on the other hand, he began to mint a plan to mint "big money". The so-called minting of "big coins" is the issuance of a new copper coin, one of which can be used as a thousand copper coins in the past.

This is a good way to naked plunder the wealth of all people in the world, and no one wants that kind of inferior "big money" at all, but the imperial court immediately ordered that the people must accept this kind of "big money", and those who dare to refuse will be held accountable. This kind of accumulation method is so bad that it even surpasses the "big water release" of later generations.

Because of this decree, there are many complaints inside and outside Luoyang, He Jin doesn't care about this at all, being able to feed the stomachs of the soldiers under his command is the top priority he has to face now, what is the abuse of the people? Can you still scold him to death?

No matter how bad the means are, as long as they can be used, they are good. Ironically, it is easy to distinguish between official and non-governmental "big money", because the "big money" minted by the private sector is more sufficient, while the official "big money" is too poor. Later, it was even more incomprehensible, and children could easily break it.