Soon after Cao Cao returned to Yanzhou because of the exhaustion of military rations, there was another incident in which the famous scholar Bian Rang was killed, which caused a panic among the Yanzhou scholars, and the situation took a sharp turn for the worse.

Bian Rang, the word Wenli, a famous man in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, a native of Junyi County, Chenliu County, Yanzhou. When he was young, he was erudite and eloquent, and he could write articles, and he once wrote "Zhang Huafu", so he became famous for a while. During the reign of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, the great general He Jin took military conscription as the history of the order. The official went to Jiujiang County, Yangzhou. Because of the war, he resigned and returned to his hometown in Yanzhou to be a celebrity.

Bian Rang was good at debating, resigned, and became famous when he was young.

In the third year of the first peace (192), Cao Cao entered Yanzhou, pacified the Yanzhou Yellow Turban Army, and led the Yanzhou Assassination History. And Bian Rang relied on his talent, did not take Cao Cao in his eyes, and belittled Cao Cao many times. There was a border that asked fellow villagers to frame Cao Cao and Bian Rang, and Cao Cao asked the county officials to kill Bian Rang on the spot.

The reason why Bian Rang was killed is recorded in the official histories such as "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms", "Book of the Later Han", and "Zizhi Tongjian": "ridiculed" Cao Cao.

Bian Rang was very famous at that time and won the respect of Yanzhou officials and scholars. Bian Rang was dissatisfied with Cao Cao's bloody bath in Xuzhou, and Cao Cao's background after being eunuched has been criticized by the world, and the ridicule between his words finally made Cao Cao unbearable.

In the "Zizhi Tongjian", it is said that "he killed him when he heard about it, and his wife".

Bian Rang's "ridicule" was not said to Cao Cao in person, but was mentioned in a private discussion with Yanzhou officials and scholars, because Bian Rang's fame, his "ridicule" caused a wide resonance, which had a great negative impact on Cao Cao's rule in Yanzhou, and Cao Cao had to kill Bian Rang;

"And his wife" shows that Cao Cao hated Bian Rang to the bone, and in turn, it can also show that Bian Rang's "ridicule" is vicious, poisonous, and widespread, and Cao Cao's move is to kill chickens and set an example for monkeys.

However, Cao Cao's behavior this time was obviously miscalculated, and he did not expect the serious consequences caused. Cao Cao has just entered Yanzhou for a year, and the people's hearts have not yet been attached. Originally, some Yanzhou officials and scholars were worried about Cao Cao's existence in Yanzhou, and the bloodbath in Xuzhou made them have a psychological fear of Cao Cao, and the killing of Bian Rang caused a huge panic, and the original minority opinion has now become a consensus, plus Zhang Miao has long been dissatisfied, and rebellion is a matter of time.

Therefore, the family is the foundation of the Han Dynasty's rule, and it is also the class that cannot be offended. What to do if you are offended? Kill them all! Just like Gongsun Du did in Liaodong. It's a pity that the strength of the Central Plains and Kanto families is too strong, and it is impossible to kill them all like Liaodong.

Chen Gong was Bian Rang's best friend, and Cao Cao's ability to enter Yanzhou was the result of Chen Gong's running up and down and lobbying officials of all classes in Yanzhou. In Yanzhi, Wan Qian and Bao Xin went to Dongjun to welcome Cao Cao as the pastor of Yanzhou.

Now Chen Gong's only feeling is that he is blind. At the beginning, Cao Cao belonged to Chen Gong in the eyes of "the talent of the world, if he welcomes Muzhou, he will be born to the people".

Cao Cao's bloodbath in Xuzhou changed Chen Gong's view of Cao Cao's "Bunning Shengmin"; The killing of Bian Rang made this Chen Gong, who was "rarely connected with well-known people at home and abroad" and was deeply influenced by celebrities, hate; I think it was Chen Gong's strong recommendation that persuaded the Yanzhou officials and scholars to accept Cao Cao, and now Cao Cao's despicable behavior cannot but say that it will also damage Chen Gong's reputation and prestige among the Yanzhou officials and scholars.

The so-called "Tao is different and not conspiratory", although Chen Gong also wanted to follow Cao Cao to do something, but it was diametrically opposed to Cao Cao's political views and ideas, so "Chen Gong, engaged in Zhonglang Xu Yan, and Wang Kai conspired to rebel against Taizu" (see "Three Kingdoms? Zhang Miao's biography) is also relatively normal.

Now Chen Gong began to run up and down Yanzhou again, lobbying officials of all classes in Yanzhou, but contrary to last time, this time he was persuading everyone to drive Cao Cao out of Yanzhou. To achieve this, his strategy was to bring in Liu Bei. Let Liu Bei take over Yanzhou.

At this time, Dong Zhuo was not dead, Lu Bu was still in Chang'an, and all the princes had their own territory. The only one who can choose is Liu Bei, Liu Xuande has now begun to wander around. At present, Liu Bei is a soldier Xiaopei, helping Tao Qian to take care of the family, but it is not his own territory after all.

Chen Gong said that Zhang Miao said: "Today, the heroes are together, the world is falling apart, the king is thousands of miles away, when the land of the four wars, the sword is enough to be proud, and counter to others, not to be despised!" Jinzhou army eastward crusade, its place is empty, Liu Xuande is benevolent, and is a member of the Han family, if the right to welcome it, together with the herd of Yanzhou, the situation in the world, and the flexibility of current affairs, this is also a time. ”

Zhang Miao listened to Chen Gong's words and privately sent someone to contact Liu Bei. Wait for the next time Cao Cao sends troops to Xuzhou. greeted Liu Bei as the pastor of Yanzhou, according to Puyang.

Liu Bei really felt that pie had fallen from the sky, and he was happy. He summoned Guan Yu and Zhang Fei to drink, and secretly told them about it, so that they could prepare to go to Yanzhou. And repeatedly told them to keep it a secret.

To put it mildly, Liu Bei is now looking forward to Cao Cao quickly attacking Xuzhou again.