Chapter 20 The First Hero

The 'Tiger and Leopard Riders' suddenly surrounded Shelu Mountain, searched all over the mountain villas, the workshop was destroyed, the steward was killed, and the money was confiscated.

"The old man's money, a full five million, in the first emperor dynasty, it was enough to buy an official position of Jiuqing, and it was gone all of a sudden......"

"Cao Agui is too ruthless, he raided the villa, robbed money and killed people, the old man wanted to enter the palace to sue the royal court, and he fought ......"

"Your Majesty can't control this Lord of Yama, let's go down the door and try to get the money back, the old man's brother-in-law's classmate and friend's godfather's cousin...... It's a distant relative of the Prime Minister, maybe you can be accommodating! ”

After waking up, the officials began to jump up and down, using various relationships to try to get back the lost money, and it was nothing to kill a few people, but confiscated a large amount of money, which was to dig out their hearts!

Putting on court clothes, preparing the carriages and horses, and cheering up their courage, the officials were majestic and high-spirited ready to operate, but as soon as they went out of the gate, they were immediately stunned by the scene in front of them!

The four gates of Xuchang City are closed, the streets and alleys are full of soldiers, the bow is wound, the knife is out of the sheath, five steps and a post, ten steps and a sentry, firmly control the situation, especially the palace and the mansion of the hundred officials, it is the key monitoring target, it can be said that it is strictly guarded, seeing this scene, who dares to go out!

"The ruthless Cao Apu, don't you have to kill and bloodied hundreds of officials in the court?"

No matter how much money you have, you don't have your own little life, just now it was heartache, now it's cold, the Xuchang garrison is Cao Cao's henchmen and generals, if you are ruthless, you can definitely kill all the civil and military officials!

The white blade is approaching, the officials are completely panicked, some pray to God and worship the Buddha, kowtow to incense, some sharpen their knives, ready to fight to the death, and some people call the whole family together, one person has a glass of wine, as long as Cao Jun rushes in, he will take poison and commit suicide, and would rather die than be humiliated!

"At the moment of life and death, how can it be good?" Question marks are being drawn in everyone's hearts, and as for money, it has long been thrown out of the clouds!

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Martial law lasted for three days, the officials also suffered for three days, the fear of death hung over their hearts, and the nervousness almost collapsed, just when people felt like they were going to suffocate to death, a turning point appeared!

The soldiers of the Cao army withdrew from the streets one after another, martial law was lifted, and Xuchang City returned to its former calm, and then the envoy came to the door and sent a big red invitation, "The Prime Minister wants to invite a banquet for civil and military officials to discuss state affairs!" ”

The Prime Minister is invited, who dares not to go, after a little preparation of the officials, they went out with a worried heart, of course, they did not forget to say goodbye to their families, the Prime Minister's Mansion is the Longtan Tiger's Den, this life and death are unpredictable, can they return safely?

Suzaku Street, Prime Minister's Mansion, the middle door is wide open, the lanterns are hanging high, Cao Pi, Cao Zhang, and Cao Zhi are standing outside the door, welcoming the guests on behalf of their fathers, greeting the arriving officials with a smile on their faces, shouting for warmth, and an easy-going attitude!

"The three sons are a talent, and they will become pillars of talent in the future, and they will enter the phase, and they are really envious of me!"

"The prime minister teaches his children well, and the old man should follow suit......"

"The three sons are young and promising, I don't know if there are famous ladies as matches, and the old man has more than a dozen daughters, all of whom are beautiful and beautiful......"

Before entering the house, the officials flattered the Cao family brothers in every way, and they were very respectful, the younger ones had to cut off the heads of chickens, burn yellow paper, become brothers of the opposite sex, and worship a godfather with them, and the older ones began to sell the daughters of the family, who could be wives and concubines, even if they were given away for nothing!

Human nature is like this, the more painful you beat, the more afraid he is in his heart, if it was three days ago, the officials would definitely be angry, Xingshi asked for the guilt, and wanted to cut the Cao family's father and son with a thousand knives!

But three days of pain and suffering smoothed their edges and corners, and also frightened their courage, what money, what official position, they can give up, as long as Cao Cao does not destroy their full door, they will be satisfied!

"The sky is ruthless, first there is a military disaster, and then there is a locust plague, the four seas are boiling, the people of Li are devastated, fortunately thanks to the protection of the ancestors and ancestors, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty work together, and finally turn the crisis into peace, turn the disaster into the invisible, today the prime minister set up a banquet, just to celebrate, nothing else, everyone drink heartily, a drunk party!"

In the lobby, Cao Cao was in a high position, holding a golden cup, and frequently toasted to the officials, in order to appease people's hearts, Xu Chu retreated to the hall with his own soldiers and guards, in order to show a group of harmony!

Cao Cao first used thunderbolts to deter hundreds of officials, and then spent three days slowly tormenting, differentiating and disintegrating, now, it's time to exert favors and gather people's hearts, otherwise the strings are too tight, and there will be chaos!

"Dong Chengwei, the general of the sealed chariot cavalry, is a great Honglu, enters the first level of the knight, and eats 500 households......"

"Crowned Prince Shilang as Guangluxun, 200 households......"

"Seal the captain of Changshui - the kind of servant is a servant, and there are 200 households......

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If you want to win people's hearts, the best way is to add officials to the knighthood, a lot of official hats are buttoned down, the atmosphere in the lobby suddenly changed, many officials are smiling, kneeling down and thanking, a storm down, although a lot of money has been lost, but the title has been upgraded by one level, and it will not be a loss!

Of course, while promoting everyone, Cao Cao also did some tricks without showing any traces, transferring Dong Cheng, Wang Zifu and others, who had always been at odds with him, from the positions of holding military power, and becoming some empty and honorary positions, which can really be described as killing two birds with one stone!

According to the rules, at the celebration banquet, Prime Minister Cao Cao wanted to hold a golden cup, pour wine in person, and take a few sons to pay tribute to the officials with the greatest merits this year as a special reward.

Breaking Xiao Pass, taking Xuzhou, surrounding Pi with soldiers, and killing Lu Bu wisely is the first achievement!

Eating locusts, burning grass and trees, relieving the victims, and pacifying the Quartet are the second achievements!

Running thousands of miles, arriving in Wancheng, redeeming the defeat, and retreating from the army is the third merit!

Yuan Tan in the north, Zhou Yu in the south, deterring the princes of the north and south, and protecting the court is the fourth merit!

With these four merits, who can compare with the civil and military officials, and who dares to compare, so the first hero at today's banquet is none other than Xiao Yi!

Sure enough, after three rounds of wine and five flavors of food, when the banquet reached its climax, Cao Cao tidied up his clothes, held a golden cup, and walked to the ...... with a smile on his face In front of Xun Yu!

"Mr. sits in the rear, pacifies the people, raises grain and grass, and works day and night, so that the army has no shortage every day, so that he can defeat the enemy and achieve great achievements, the glory of the first meritorious hero, it is none other than Mr. Wenruo, please sit down and be worshiped by Mengde!"

Cao Cao saluted the wine, took two steps back, took a few sons, bowed and saluted, and his attitude was extremely sincere, "Mr. Wenruo is today's Xiao He!" ”

"Wow! ~~Rushing! ”

Cao Cao's actions shocked everyone by being scorched on the outside and tender on the inside, speechless, and then there was a loud uproar, "I didn't expect it, I really didn't expect it, treacherous ambition, ordinary people can't predict it?" ”

The hundred officials were so surprised, first of all, the first hero was not Xiao Yi, who had made outstanding military achievements and killed countless people, but Xun Yu, who was sitting in the rear and did not kill anyone, it was really a bit incredible, but if you think about it carefully, Cao Cao's evaluation is also very reasonable, without Xun Yu and these people sitting in the rear, working in obscurity, where are the great military exploits of the army?

Secondly, everyone was surprised by Cao Cao's evaluation of Xun Yu...... Today's Xiao He, this sentence has a deep meaning!

Everyone knows that Xiao He is the first hero of the founding of the Han Dynasty, famous in history, a model for all generations, and an object for courtiers to emulate.

Is it the little emperor Liu Xie? Or Cao Cao himself?

If it is the former, I'm afraid it's not appropriate, with Sun Bizu, there is an offense, besides, Liu Bang, the ancestor of the Han Dynasty, is the founder of the king, Liu Xie has struggled all his life, at most he is a master of success, and he may not be able to accept it?

If it is the latter, it will make people think deeply, Cao Cao compares himself to the founding ancestor, what is he going to do? What can he do?

The hall suddenly fell silent, and even the first hero, Xun Yu, stood there awkwardly holding a golden cup, drinking it, and was disloyal,...... If you don't drink, you don't dare!

"Hehe, today's celebration banquet, the Prime Minister doesn't appreciate the wine and drinks, and the Governor of Pontus has to be cheeky and take it for himself, my lords, win the drink!" At the critical moment, there must be someone who breaks the game, Xiao Yi smiled and raised a wine jar, signaled to the hundred officials, and raised his head to drink!

"Respect the Metropolitan Governor, hard work is high, and you win the drink!" Not the first hero, at least the first capable minister, the hundred officials have their own evaluation in their hearts, and they all raise their glasses to toast, taking this opportunity, Xun Yu also drank the wine in his hand, which can be regarded as resolving an embarrassing situation!

Light singing and dancing, fine wine and food, when the civil and military officials were intoxicated, the change was sudden......

"Newspaper~~ Xiliang Army News, 100,000 are in a hurry, Ma Teng and Han Sui are in a fight!" A Hongling messenger rushed in and fell in front of Cao Cao, and the military newspaper in his hand did not dare to let go, and held it high in the air!

"Xiliang is in chaos, Ma and Han are fighting?" After listening to the military report, Xiao Yi, who was drinking heavily, immediately became energetic, and after exchanging glances with Guo Jia beside him, he nodded secretly, "We have a big business with a lot of profits~ here!" ”