In the twelfth year of Xiping, January

As always, Cao Cao's new policy, at the beginning, was strongly resisted, not only in the temple, but also in the locality, in the locality, the squire, the strong, and even with the officials, are not very recognizable to the new policy, the new policy is only the real implementation of the county, extremely rare.

Without the help of local officials, the new policy could not be implemented at all.

Even if the soldiers are dispatched, it is useless, after all, they have not done it blatantly, most of them are passive and uncooperative, so the generals have no way to deal with it, not to mention, Taishou This kind of big official, not the generals in the army can deal with it privately, the three dukes can't do it, and the Son of Heaven must speak in person, such a situation can be described as even more difficult for Cao Cao.

Everyone thought that under such circumstances, Cao Cao would definitely not be able to survive for too long, but they didn't expect that Cao Cao didn't have a trace of anger or impatience, and even couldn't see the slightest tiredness on his face, and he was much more energetic than before! He spent most of his day in his study, controlling the new policies implemented by the whole country, and solving them accordingly according to the difficulties he was encountering.

The rest of the time, he wandered around Luoyang, from the countryside, to the street vendors, and he didn't know what he was talking about, in addition, every day, he would find the time to go to the Reading Museum, the days were leisurely, but it made the officials even more angry, in just three months, Cao Cao suffered a total of six assassinations, which has broken the record left by Wang Fu.

The Son of Heaven severely criticized Zhang He, so there were more guards who followed Cao Cao, not only the guards on the surface, but also the embroidered messengers in the dark.

Cao Cao sat in the Reading Library, holding a copy of "Political Commentary", frowning, thinking, this political commentary, was left by Cui Gong, after his death, the Son of Heaven was copied and placed in the Reading Library, for the world to observe, however, many ministers scoffed at this book, and could not understand the meaning expressed by Cui Gong in the work, thinking that it was all nonsense.

Cao Cao didn't think so, after occasionally flipping through and reading a few pages, he was fascinated by it, and almost forgot to return home, in this book, Cui Gong actually put forward a statement similar to today's New Deal, but, unlike Cao Cao, Cui Gong is more radical, Cao Cao just wants to collect more taxes, so as not to enclose the family land, the family property continues to expand, in Cao Cao's view, as long as the tax reaches the level of more than the benefits obtained, the family will not continue to expand production.

Cui Gong proposed that the system of selling land should be abolished, and cultivated land should not be bought and sold!

Looking at Cui Gong's books, Cao Cao always sighed, only hating himself for not being able to talk to this Situ more, and only after his death did he find out about this confidant.

"Cao Gong, have you finished reading?"

Suddenly, someone asked.

Cao Cao raised his head, not far away, there was a young man standing, still very familiar, Cao Cao recalled for a moment, then remembered his identity, looked around, and whispered: "You want to read this book?" ”

Sima Yi nodded, this book, he found it first, read it for three days, and when he was about to finish it, Cao Cao came, after he came, he never put it down, and in the entire Reading Museum, there is only one "Political Commentary", just because this book is not favored by others, and the rest of them have been sent to other counties.

He waited for several days, but Cao Cao didn't finish reading it, and he didn't dare to take it, for fear of angering the murderer.

Today, he didn't read much when he saw Cao Cao, and most of the time he was thinking hard, so he stepped forward to disturb.

Cao Cao smiled and handed over the "Political Commentary" to him, Sima Yi bowed again, then returned to the side, hurriedly opened the book, and looked at it, Cao Cao looked at his actions and smiled, Sima Fang has a good son, this son seems to live in the Reading Museum, so many days, you can see this guy reading books every day, not to mention anything else, just this perseverance and studiousness, he will be able to make great achievements in the future!

Cao Cao thought to himself, so he found out "The Theory of the Hidden Husband" again and continued to read it.

The Reading Hall is divided into three floors, the outermost is the scholars and students who go to school, the middle is the officials, and finally the place where the hundred officials of the court can stay, Cao Cao looked around, or because of the affairs of the court, the hundred officials of the court did not have the heart to come to the reading hall, in the inner courtyard of the University, only himself and Sima Yi, this is also... Wait, Sima Yi?

Cao Cao suddenly raised his head and looked at Sima Yi.

Sima Yi was so addicted to books that he couldn't extricate himself, and he didn't feel Cao Cao's gaze at all.

He saw that in the evening, Fang had closed the book, stood up, shrugged his shoulders, and sat for too long, and his whole body ached.

When he turned his head, he was startled, in front of him, Cao Cao was looking at him with a smile.

"Your cousin Zhongda?"

"Exactly...."

"Zhongda, what kind of official position do you hold?"

"Back to Cao Gong, I didn't join the office..."

"And how did you get here?"

"This..."

Sima Yi was speechless, looked at Cao Cao, and said helplessly: "Hope forgive the sins!" ”

"Hahaha!" Cao Cao laughed, suddenly stopped, looked around, here, should not laugh loudly, he closed his voice, looked at Sima Yi, patted him on the shoulder, and said: "Don't be so afraid...", he said: "In the future, you can come in with me, come a few more times, I will not be there in the future, and the guards guarding the door will not dare to embarrass you..."

"Thank you Cao Gong!"

"Hey, it's okay, Zhongda, this "Political Commentary" was spurned by hundreds of officials and called nonsense, why do you still watch it?"

"Isn't Cao Gong watching it too?"

"I think it's because of the New Deal, could it be you?"

"I read it because I respect Cui Gong."

"That's fine, what do you think of today's new deal?"

Sima Yi's face was calm, and he replied: "Gong Cao, the kid is dull, and he studies in the museum all day long, and rarely goes out, so he doesn't know about state affairs and can't answer, and I hope that Gong Cao will forgive his sins!" ”

Cao Cao laughed, nodded, and didn't ask again, Sima Yi was relieved, the Reading Hall was about to close, Cao Cao and Sima Yi were about to leave, walked out of the inner layer, and came to the outer courtyard, many scholars and students gathered together, were talking in a low voice, seeing Cao Cao come out, the outer courtyard was suddenly silent, facing this important minister of the court, there was no one to salute.

"Zhongda, I will use the suggestion you put forward today, thank you, the new deal needs the help of young scholars like you!" Cao Cao said, patted Sima Yi on the shoulder cordially, and left the Reading Hall.

Sima Yi was stunned, watched Cao Cao walk away, turned his head, and looked at the scholars.

The scholars here looked at him faintly, and Sima Yi could vaguely hear words such as "acting for the tiger" and "traitorous scum".

That's it!

Sima Yi hurriedly slipped out of the Reading Hall, and he noticed that there seemed to be four or five people following him behind him, which made him even more uneasy, why did Cao Cao frame himself? Why do you do this? Sima Yi thought, first of all, Cao Cao has no grudge against himself, and the same is true with the Sima family.

So, why did he treat himself like this?

Does he want to make himself serve him, to be his help?

Sima Yi thought about it, and couldn't help but smile bitterly, in his opinion, the new deal is bound to fail, without him, the resistance is too great, and the new deal is not perfect, there are still flaws, there are shortcomings, this is not something that can be settled by soldiers, in the future, the new deal not only can not enrich the treasury, suppress the big clan, and may even cause the people to be poorer, the big clan is more prosperous, in short, the new deal is unreasonable!

He doesn't want to be a part of this, whether it is success or failure, and the courtiers who participate in the innovation will not end well.

How can you defile and protect yourself?

If you write an essay now and scold Cao Cao, you will be able to crack Cao Cao's slander immediately, but behind Cao Cao is the Son of Heaven, if you anger the Son of Heaven, isn't it self-defeating? Regardless of whether the new deal is successful or not, the Son of Heaven cannot be angry, but he is afraid that the new deal will fail, and only Cao Cao will suffer in the end, and no one dares to hang the crime on the Son of Heaven.

Leaving Luoyang?

It may be a good idea, but if you want to leave Luoyang, where are you going?

Alas... Cao Gong... Cao Gong, why is this so?

I want to cry without tears!!

I don't go to the Reading Library anymore, and I don't know what evil I have committed, and once I go to the Reading Museum, there is nothing good about it...