Xun Yu brought Cao Cao's orders.

Cao Shuo didn't have time to return to Shouchun, so he had to ask him to enter Haixi City.

If it was the previous Haixi County Order, Cao Shuo would have just bought some seafood for him at most.

The newly appointed Haixi County Commander arranged the banquet very richly.

Sitting at the banquet, Cao Shuo lowered his voice and said to the frustrated teacher on the side: "This Haixi County Order is not as good as the one I transferred away. ”

"Gongzi transferred the Haixi County Order away, and I don't know how many people cried and sent each other off." "He has gained a lot of popular support here. ”

"When he is an official, he is mostly in charge of the people, and of course the people support him." Cao Shuo said: "The new county magistrate still needs to learn from him. ”

"The new county order is not bad." "Many things can be solved very quickly. ”

"That's the atmosphere of our officials here." Cao Shuo said: "Haoran righteousness is the mainstream, of course, there will not be a few people who dare to engage in crooked ways. Once someone pulls up the evil wind, it will be difficult to save it. ”

"Since Gongzi has controlled all places, the law has been done well, so he will be upright." Frustrated with his hands, he said.

When the two were talking, Xun Yu was listening.

He asked Cao Shuo, "Gongzi only makes decisions according to the law in various places?" ”

"Of course." Cao Shuo said: "I also asked people to compile the code, and when the compilation is completed, everything will be done in accordance with the code." ”

"I am afraid that it will not work to just follow the law without the slightest rule of virtue." Xun Yu said.

"Tokuji?" Cao Shuo pouted and smiled with contempt: "Where can there be character and virtue in lawlessness?" Morality has always been bound by law, and only those who are dirty in their hearts and think about how to take advantage of the common people will preach the rule of virtue all day long. Because the rule of virtue cannot punish them, it can give them more loopholes to exploit. ”

Cao Shuo's words made Xun Yu fall into deep thought.

Picking up the wine glass, Cao Shuo said to Xun Yu again: "Xun Gong came from afar, and I just got off the ship, let's not talk about this, just drink, how about it?" ”

"We have to talk about important things." After drinking with Cao Shuo, Xun Yu asked, "Dare to ask when Gongzi plans to send troops and merge with the state?" ”

"I still have to go north." Cao Shuo said with an embarrassed face: "There are also many things in the north that are not complete, and it is better to let Zihuan go to crusade and merge the state." ”

"The second son is not in Xudu now." Xun Yu said: "Not to mention that the first thing that Cao Gong thinks of is Gongzi, even if he takes into account the second Gongzi, he can't make him crusade against the state." ”

"Where did Zihuan run again?" Cao Shuo said with a smile: "The high-ranking cadres in Bingzhou are not very strong, and crusading against him is just a matter of moving your fingers. It's a pity that Zihuan doesn't want such a credit. ”

"Didn't the eldest son say that he should crusade against Hanzhong?" Xun Yu said: "The second son led the troops to Hanzhong, and I don't know when I will be able to come back. ”

Having known the news for a long time, Cao Shuo still pretended to be surprised and asked, "Zihuan went to Hanzhong?" ”

"Exactly." Xun Yu asked rhetorically: "Could it be that the eldest son doesn't know anything?" ”

"I'm in Yizhou, how can I know this." Cao Shuo said: "It's a pity like this. ”

"The crusade against Hanzhong is the same credit as the crusade against the state, and there is no pity." Xun Yu said: "If the second son succeeds in capturing Hanzhong, of course, it will be a great achievement. ”

"That's what Xun Gong said." Cao Shuo sighed and said, "It's a pity, I'm afraid Zihuan won't be able to get the credit for this award." ”

Looking at Cao Shuo in surprise, Xun Yu asked, "How did Gongzi know that he couldn't get it?" ”

"It's simple." Cao Shuo said: "Hanzhong is adjacent to Yizhou, where the terrain is complicated. Zhang Lu's subordinates were very familiar with the terrain, and Zihuan should not have made any preparations before. You know, every time you go to an unfamiliar place and get a little more understanding, you always have to die a lot of people. The soldiers and horses brought by Zihuan should be his newly recruited, bringing new recruits and going to a new place, but his opponent is the powerful Zhang Lu, how can he return triumphantly? ”

Xun Yu was stunned, and he asked Cao Shuo, "Since Gongzi saw this, why didn't he say it earlier?" ”

Cao Shuo said innocently: "I don't know about this matter, I want to say that the key is that I am not in Shouchun, but in Yizhou." I don't know what's going on in the Central Plains at all, who should I talk to? ”

As soon as Cao Shuo asked, Xun Yu realized that he had said the wrong thing.

Holding his fists and arching at Cao Shuo, Xun Yu said: "After returning to Yecheng, I will convey what Gongzi said to Cao Gong, whether the second son withdraws or not, it depends on how Cao Gong chooses." ”

"The army has set off, what can my father do?" Cao Shuo said: "That's it, presumably Zihuan has already tried to fail at this time, and it won't be long before he returns." It's okay if Xun Gong doesn't tell his father, once he tells his father, if his father asks, how can Xun Gong deal with it? ”

"What's the hard way to deal with it?" Xun Yu asked.

"There's too much to deal with." Cao Shuo said: "If my father asked, since you saw this, why didn't you say it at the beginning, I don't know how Xun Gong answered?" ”

"I just said that it was the eldest son's reminder, and I just thought of it." Xun Yu said: "There doesn't seem to be anything wrong with answering like this. ”

"There's really nothing wrong with that." Cao Shuo said: "But if Xun Gong answers like this, my father will definitely not be very happy in his heart." Wouldn't it be inappropriate to let Xun Gong come and give me an order, but Xun Gong told me this? ”

Xun Yu looked at Cao Shuo in amazement: "Is it difficult to see the second son defeated?" ”

"Zihuan should have a long time to set off." Cao Shuo said: "He is anxious to make meritorious contributions, and when he enters Hanzhong, he will definitely launch an attack with Zhang Lu without negotiation." And Zhang Lu has been in Hanzhong for many years, and now our Cao family has preserved His Majesty, and with Zhang Lu's temperament, he should not be deeply hostile to the Cao family. If there were peace talks, he might have agreed to do so. On the contrary, they used troops against him, which could only force him to raise troops to resist. Extrapolating like this, when we sat here for a banquet, Zihuan had already fought with Zhang Lu. The battle has already begun, and it will be too late to send people to stop it. The only way now is to hope that Zihuan will not be defeated too ugly, and it will only be more trouble to persuade Zhang Lu in the future. ”

"I didn't expect Childe to have calculated this." Xun Yu said: "We, the staff members around Cao Gong, are really ashamed, and none of us can see it. ”

"It's not that I see through this, it's just that I prefer to study the heroes from all over the world." Cao Shuo smiled slightly, and said to Xun Yu: "Xun Gong doesn't have to think too much, we will only hold a banquet today, we will only drink alcohol, and wait until after the banquet." ”