Chapter 122 The end of the hero
(Recommended reading: Jibei County, where the center of Yanzhou is located, Cao Cao's 'General Zhengdong' shogunate is now stationed here, on the one hand, it is convenient for him to control the Yanzhou counties remotely, but more importantly, it is to guard against the powerful neighbor in the north - Yuan Shao!
Since Yuan Shao occupied the fertile land of Jizhou, his strength has grown stronger and stronger, and his strategists are like clouds, and the generals are like rain, as if he has become the head of all the princes in the eastern part of the country, and he has the posture of unifying the north!
Now Cao Cao is most afraid of Yuan Shao suddenly waved his army south, with his current strength can not compete with it, fortunately, Yuan Shao has focused on the right Beiping Taishou Gongsun Zan, and actively attacked, it seems that his strategic goal is to first annex You, Qing, and Zhuzhou, after unifying Hebei, connect the desert people in the north, and then turn south to deal with the large and small forces south of the Yellow River!
This is the best, what Cao Cao needs most now is time, his subordinates are trying their best to digest the strength of all parts of Yanzhou, as long as Yanzhou can be managed into a monolith, he is not afraid of anyone's challenge!
The problem is that Yanzhou is not easy to operate! Looking at the big stack of official documents on the bookcase, Cao Cao could only smile bitterly, they all wanted money, food, and assistance, even a great talent like Xun Yu couldn't help but vomit bitterness in the letters, and other places can be imagined!
Yanzhou has just gone through the war, the people are displaced, all industries are tired, and there are millions of Yellow Turban prisoners of war who need to be resettled, and these all need a lot of money and food to support, but Cao Cao is also shy in his pocket, one of the big reasons is that the local heroes refuse to accept the endowment, do not obey the law, even the local guards can not suppress these local snakes, but have been repeatedly controlled by people, think about it is a handful of tears!
'Wangtian roar' is hovering at Cao Cao's feet, during this time it has grown up a lot, already has a bit of mastiff momentum, a black hair is very bright, and quite psychic, seeing the owner's unhappy face, it immediately barked at those culprits, that is, those official documents on the bookcase, there is no good and evil right and wrong in its world, there is only loyalty to the master!
However, when the puppy's nose smelled one of the official documents, the barking suddenly stopped, and then the dog hair exploded all over his body, his ears hung down, and he hurriedly ran back to Cao Cao's feet with his tail between his legs, looking frightened, and the sky could see mercy, and it smelled the demon who liked to play its little Ding Ding again!
"Haha! Hundreds of miles away can make mastiffs chill, it's really powerful! Cao Cao laughed and picked out a letter from it, which was written by Xiao Yi, the Taishou of Shanyang, this little guy neither complained to himself, nor did he reach out to ask for things, on the contrary, he also sent a part of the property seized from the 'Yellow Turban Remnant', and also said between the lines that as long as he let go of his hands and do it, money and food are not a problem!
"Fengxiao, what do you think Xiao Lang means by this?" Cao Cao handed over the letter to his most powerful adviser, if there was anyone who knew Xiao Yi best, the first was Cao Cao, and the second was Guo Jia!
"It's worthy of 'Ghost Face Xiao Lang', a simple letter has a strong smell of blood, it seems that those places in Shanyang County are going to be unlucky!" Guo Jia still keeps drinking from his mouth, especially after getting the winery, he is drunk and smoked every day, but his eyes are extremely bright, and the wine is intoxicating, but he is not intoxicated!
"That's fine, now the ground in Yanzhou is disorganized, clean up the weeds in the fields to grow crops, Xiao Lang is a wildfire, although the fire is ruthless, but after the fire, what will be left is a fertile land!"
Guo Jia's attitude is very clear, he supports Xiao Yi, don't look at the two people who used to fight endlessly for some trivial things, and each other's poisonous tongues', but at the critical moment, he will definitely help, and whether it is right or wrong, Xiao Yi saves people, he supports, kills, he also supports, here is the righteousness of friends!
"Hmmm! Feng Xiao's words are reasonable! Cao Cao nodded slightly, since ancient times, the imperial power does not go to the countryside, the local powerful forces have always been a piece of the ruler's heart, after Qin Shi Huang unified the world, moved 120,000 rich households to Xianyang, just to suppress these land snakes, but once the power of the central government is a little weaker, these powerful people will emerge again like weeds, they annex the land, fish and flesh people, and even paint the land as the king, resist the central decree, the Han Dynasty is so defeated, these people should not be underestimated; It's a good idea to burn them down with a fire now!
However, this fire is not something that anyone can burn, Xiao Yi is undoubtedly a master arsonist, and what he needs to do now is to help him and let this fire burn all over Yanzhou!
"Lord, do you want to reply to Xiao Lang with a letter to show your support? Give him courage! "Guo Jia deserves to be a good friend, and he always wants to help Xiao Yi pull the tiger skin and be a big banner!
"Reply? No! Any letter is a kind of restriction for Xiao Lang, the old man ignores it, let him let go of his hands and feet and do it to his heart's content! Cao Cao laughed and waved his hand, since he has delegated power, then let it go thoroughly, this is his principle of employing people!
"Lord Shengming!" Guo Jia tidied up his clothes and made a rare formal salute, not only to celebrate that he met a master, but also to thank Xiao Yi, to have such a lord who has great trust in his subordinates, and he is very fortunate in life!
"And how do you reply to the letters of the other adults?" What a mountain of letters of grievances!
"Easy to do!" picked up an official document casually, it was the East County Tai Xun You, this good old man was also complaining about the local tyrants violating the law and discipline and restricting everywhere; With a cold smile, Cao Cao walked the dragon and snake and gave instructions in five big words--- "It's just to kill everything!" ”
"Report! Lord, Chang'an 800 miles fast horse hurry! ”
As soon as Cao Cao and Guo Jia finished processing the official documents at hand, they saw a Hongling messenger break in from the outside, and they knew from the appearance of the dusty servant that something must be wrong, Chang'an? Court!
took the sealed letter barrel and slapped it open, Cao Cao's eyes swept away, and he was immediately stunned on the spot, his expression was uncertain, and then Guo Jia took it and read it at a glance......
There are not too many details in the letter, only a few very simple sentences, "Situ Wang Yun, beauty plan,...... Lu Bu turned against the water, received Zen Tai, and assassinated Dong Zhuo......
After a long time, the two glanced at each other, and almost at the same time said to themselves, "Dong Zhuo is dead!" ”
A generation of heroes will eventually return to dust!
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Eight hundred miles of Guanzhong, Hongnong County, after moving the capital to Chang'an, Zhang Ji, the general of the Xiliang Army, stationed troops here, he usually concentrated on training, and basically ignored what happened in the capital Chang'an, and never stepped into it.
It's a pity, the tree wants to be quiet and the wind does not stop, three days ago from Chang'an came the news, Dong Taishi is going to be Zen in the Han Dynasty, ascended the throne as the emperor, like a thunderclap, the Xiliang army suddenly set off an uproar, once Dong Zhuo sits on the dragon chair, then these generals are all the founding heroes, glory and wealth, fragrant car beauty, what do you want......
At the first time, all the Xiliang people frantically rushed to Chang'an with large bags of gifts, and while running, they were busy preparing flattering words; Everyone knows that the first thing the new emperor did after ascending the throne was to reward the ministers, if he didn't lean forward now, when would he wait, even if he walked two more laps in front of Dong Zhuo, he was familiar, and the title of a founding marquis was indispensable!
The only one outside the crowd was Zhang Ji, after getting the news, he still practiced soldiers and horses on time every day, hoarded grain and grass, and had no intention of leaving; This is very bad for his nephew Zhang Xiu, how much bloody rain has been suffered, and he is about to be rewarded for his meritorious deeds, why did he retreat?
"Uncle, my nephew thinks that you should enter Beijing as soon as possible, and walk around in front of the Taishi for a moment or two, with your past merits, it is estimated that the position of a 'Great Sima' is nine out of ten!" Zhang Xiu was extremely excited, such a God-given opportunity, it will not come again!
"Idiot, don't be blinded by the clouds of wealth and wealth in front of you, have you forgotten what Xiao Lang said to you and me when you were in Luoyang? No matter how big the official position is, no matter how rich and noble, you must not step into Chang'an City! Zhang Ji's expression softened a lot, since he let go of hatred, his heart has gradually calmed down, and he has seen things more thoroughly.
"No matter how resourceful Xiao Yi is, how can he predict today's events? Besides, he is thousands of miles away, how can he know the changes in Chang'an City; Eternal wealth is in front of you, if you don't take it at this time, wouldn't it be a pity, my uncle still rushed into Beijing as soon as possible! ”
"Huh! Don't you hear that 'in the midst of strategizing, winning thousands of miles away', my uncle can come to this point because he listened to Xiao Lang's words at a critical moment, and this time, it will not be wrong! Zhang Ji wiped the sword in his hand with a smile, and touched the blade on it from time to time, "Besides, do you think that the official can be obtained by giving gifts and patting horses?" ”
"Then we're going to see the big opportunity missed?"
"Idiot, remember, for generals, soldiers and horses are the foundation of our lives, as the so-called 'there are soldiers who have power, and those who have power have officials', this is the eternal truth......
Dong Taishi can replace the Han family because he has military power in his hands!
The Kwantung princes were able to divide one side and form their own world, also because they had military power!
As long as you and my uncle and nephew hold the soldiers and horses in their hands tightly, even if we don't take half a step into Chang'an, high-ranking officials and Houlu are indispensable! ”
"Uncle Takami!" Although he said yes, Zhang Xiu's heart was obviously still a little unconvinced, "Since my uncle is unwilling to enter Beijing, why don't you let my nephew do it for you?" Otherwise, if Master Dong is to blame, it will be easy to explain a ...... or two."
"It's good! Then it's up to you to take a trip, remember, bring more guards and soldiers, each with two horses, and flee back immediately once there is a change in Chang'an City, and you must not hesitate; Uncle will send someone to answer you on the way! ”
After a little thought, Zhang Ji still agreed to let his nephew run this trip, the young man will never grow up without training, and he also wants to know what the earth-shattering changes predicted by Xiao Yi will be......"
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