Taking the opportunity of the great victory of the imperial court, the imperial court represented by Liu Xie issued three edicts in a row. The first is still the order to seek talent, but this time is different from the last time, when the last order was issued, the imperial court was still in a state that was difficult to protect in the eyes of outsiders. And this time, without the internal trouble of the Xiliang Army, the future of the imperial court seems to have become brighter, and the young people who feel that they have skills in various places begin to pack their bags and prepare to go to Chang'an.

The second edict was to announce the reopening of Taixue, and at the same time invite scholars from all over the country to Chang'an to serve as professors. Since Dong Zhuo's rebellion, Taixue has become a virtual reality, and Taixue, as the highest institution of learning in the Han Dynasty, has an incomparably attractive meaning to scholars. Moreover, this time, the enrollment of Taixue is no longer recommended by people, but in the form of examinations, but anyone who can pass the examination can enter Taixue to study, and the expenses during the school period are all responsible for the imperial court. Even if it is a student who has not been admitted, the imperial court will issue a travel fee home, so that people have no worries.

Compared with the first two edicts, the third edict is less striking. Taking advantage of Dong Cheng's incident, Liu Xie took the opportunity to adjust the positions of officials in the DPRK and China, and the old ministers of the DPRK and China who had been appointed to serve as county guards in various places were all rerecruited back to the DPRK. Liu Xie paid some high-ranking positions in exchange for his control of the locality. Except for the two counties of Hedong and Pingyang, which have not been moved, the other counties controlled by the imperial court have been replaced by Liu Xie's people.

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In the eyes of others, it was a temptation of the imperial court to all the princes, but in the eyes of Cao Cao, it was to exclude dissidents. Although the imperial court did not announce to the public that Dong Cheng colluded with others to try to blackmail the Son of Heaven to return to the east, Cao Cao, who had a ghost in his heart, knew that this was just a delaying tactic by the imperial court. The more this was the case in the imperial court, the more Cao Cao could not be at ease.

The biggest weakness of smart people is that they are easy to scare themselves, and what is originally very simple can be easily extended in the eyes of smart people, so as to come up with one chilling conspiracy after another. If the court issued an order to reprimand, Cao Cao could rest assured, but the court didn't mention it, which made people inevitably suspicious.

Seeing that Cao Cao was getting thinner and thinner because he was worried, Ding, as his wife, was very distressed. But she knew that she couldn't persuade Cao Cao, and among the people she knew, except for her father-in-law Cao Song, there was no one who could make Cao Cao bow his head and be obedient. In order to help her husband get rid of his heart disease, Ding found his brother-in-law Cao De and asked him to go to Langya to pick up his father-in-law Cao Song to reunite with the Yanzhou family.

Cao Song moved to Langya with his family to avoid trouble, and Cao Cao always wanted to send someone to pick up his father after gaining a foothold in Yanzhou, so when Cao De resigned to him, Cao Cao did not stop him, but urged Cao De to go back quickly, in order to ensure Cao De's safety, Cao Cao even sent ten tiger soldiers to accompany him.

Cao De rushed to Langya day and night, and things went smoothly. Cao Song learned that Cao De was ordered by Cao Cao to pick him up, and readily agreed. The elderly are always afraid of loneliness, and always hope that their children and grandchildren will be happy on their knees. Although there are concubines to accompany you in Langya, how can there be temptation to have children and grandchildren to serve by your side.

Cao Song is very rich, and Cao Song does not plan to come back after leaving Langya this time, so there are as many as 100 cars accompanying him. The gold and silver are fine, the grain and grass are heavy, not to mention the robbers, even good people can have evil intentions when they see it. Cao De was also worried about the safety of the journey, and once suggested that Cao Song travel lightly, as long as the person arrives safely, these belongings can be transported to Yanzhou little by little in the future.

It's just that Cao Song is unwilling, and he insists on taking these belongings not just for the sake of enjoyment. Instead, he wanted to hand over the wealth accumulated by the Cao family for several generations to Cao Cao. When Cao Cao raised his army, Cao Song was not optimistic about Cao Cao's future, so the support given to Cao Cao was limited. And now, Cao Cao has sat in Yanzhou Mu, Cao Song wants to repair the relationship between father and son, and the best practical action is to provide material support for Cao Cao's career.

For the sake of safety on the road, Cao De had to send someone to inform Cao Cao to send troops to respond, and he went to meet Xuzhou Mu Taoqian, hoping to borrow soldiers and horses from him. In Cao De's mind, the disaster will not affect the family, although Tao Qian has a gap with his brother, but his father Cao Song and Tao Qian have no contradictions.

After Tao Qian knew Cao De's intentions, he originally wanted to take the opportunity to repair the relationship with Cao Cao, so he agreed to Cao De's request and sent his subordinate Zhang Min to lead troops to escort Cao Song and his party to Yanzhou.

Tao Qian has good intentions, but the problem is that he uses people inappropriately. Zhang Min was originally born in a yellow scarf, but he was forced to submit to Tao Qian. It's just that Tao Qian is ready to use and prevent Zhang Min, which makes Zhang Min very dissatisfied. It was at this time that Guan Hai, who was also born in the Yellow Turban, came to contact Zhang Min.

Guan Hai was originally killed by Guan Yu, who came with Liu Bei to relieve the siege, when he was besieging Kongrong in Beihai. It's just that Guan Hai here did not die, but was captured by Guan Yu, and later led the crowd to obey Liu Bei. Liu Bei didn't bring Zhao Yun with him to relieve the siege of Beihai, but here in Beihai, he received a few helpers who didn't belong to him. didn't get Sun Qian, but got Wang Xiu, didn't bring Zhao Yun, but got Guan Hai, and more importantly, the thousands of yellow scarves in Guan Hai's hands also belonged to Liu Bei, which more than doubled Liu Bei's strength.

Liu Bei is like a special person at this time, collecting what others have missed, and at the same time, Liu Bei has been playing the idea of Xuzhou.

Qingzhou is not suitable as a place to raise soldiers. The land is barren and sparsely populated, but Xuzhou is different. It's just that Xuzhou Mu Taoqian has not agreed to Mi Zhu's suggestion, and Liu Bei wants to maintain his good reputation in front of people, so he can only stay in Qingzhou honestly. Of course, this is only on the surface, behind the scenes, Liu Bei has been looking for opportunities.

Zhang Min's news made Liu Bei feel that he had finally waited for the opportunity he had dreamed of. If there is no external trouble in Xuzhou, then Liu Bei will naturally have no chance to lead troops into Xuzhou, but if he can provoke the dispute between Cao Cao and Tao Qian, Tao Qian, who can't kill Cao Cao, will inevitably seek foreign aid, and then he will have the opportunity to enter Xuzhou justifiably.

For the sake of safety, Cao Song's team did not leave Langya immediately, but waited for Zhang Min to lead people to arrive late before starting. That is, the work that has been delayed in the past few days, Liu Bei's order was also sent to Zhang Min's hands through Guan Hai. Zhang Min didn't want to do it at first, and offended Cao Cao and Tao Qian at the same time, this kind of stupid thing is a fool's ability.

But the wealth is moving, and when Zhang Min saw the team in charge of escorting this time, Zhang Min was moved. Once you succeed, don't say you won't worry for a lifetime, you won't have to worry for a few lifetimes. Zhang Min was already fascinated by the carriages at this time, and he had long forgotten all about Liu Bei's advice, and after fooling Guan Hai away, Zhang Min started his own plan.

With so much money to make a meeting gift for Liu Bei, Zhang Min didn't do such a stupid thing. He had already thought about it, and when the matter was completed, he would flee into the mountains with this windfall, hide it for ten or eight years, and wait until the limelight passed. As for Liu Bei, Cao Cao, or Tao Qian's anger, with so much money, what's wrong with him.

The entire team is almost Zhang Min's world, and the soldiers in charge of escorting were originally Zhang Min's subordinates, Zhang Min only needs to promise to share the blessings, and it is not a problem to get these people to agree to do this big deal with him. The only thing that made Zhang Min a little uneasy was the ten tigers brought by Cao De this time.

Zhang Min had also rolled in the pile of dead people, and he could clearly feel the invisible oppressive force of the ten tigers. But the ten tiger warriors are still less after all, and it is still unrealistic to deal with Zhang Min's five hundred men and horses. In order to cut the grass and eradicate the roots, Zhang Min did not do it immediately, but quietly waited for the opportunity.

On this day, when the team passed by a temple, it suddenly rained heavily, in order to avoid the rain, Cao Song and others could only temporarily hide in the temple, and Zhang Min also realized that the opportunity he was waiting for had finally come. Cao Song and the others hid in the temple, which means that these people gathered in one place, as long as they brought people to surround the temple, they didn't have to worry about leaking the news.

The temple is not very large, and it is already insufficient to accommodate the more than 100 domestic slaves brought by Cao Song, and the 500 soldiers brought by Zhang Min naturally have nowhere to shelter from the rain. According to Zhang Min's plan, he brought more than 100 soaked soldiers to the front of the temple and asked Cao Song to allow these soldiers to go in and change into dry clothes before coming out.

Cao Song didn't know about the fraud and agreed to Zhang Min's request. Unexpectedly, Zhang Min suddenly became troubled after opening the courtyard door. Although the tiger warriors were fierce, they could not withstand the group attack and were soon killed. And without the protection of Hushi, where are Cao Song's old and weak women and children Zhang Min's opponents......

After succeeding, Zhang Min ordered people to burn down the temple, and then led people to drive the carriage straight to Cangshan, preparing to live incognito for a while after hiding these belongings.

Zhang Min thinks that this matter has been done seamlessly, but there is always a mistake in Baimi. After killing Cao Song's family, Zhang Min did not count the number of people. It was raining heavily outside, and Zhang Min felt that no one would be stupid enough to run outside to get drenched in the rain, but he didn't know that Cao De brought his son Cao Anmin with him when he came to invite Cao Song to Yanzhou this time.

This kid has not been very comfortable in the past two days, and he was even more cold by Yu Yilin today, when Zhang Min brought someone to kill Cao Song's family, Cao Anmin happened to run out to find a convenient place. It was precisely because of this convenience that Cao Anmin's life was saved. Out of courtesy, you always have to find a place to carry someone, and the one that is convenient in front of the public is called exhibitionism.

Cao Anmin ran out of the temple to find a leeward corner, and as soon as he was halfway out, he heard miserable screams from the temple. Cao Anmin, who was squatting on the ground, almost screamed, but fortunately he covered his mouth in time. I couldn't care about being flattering, so I put on my pants and hid. It was Cao Anmin who should not be said to be fated, not long after Cao Anmin hid, several Cao Fu slaves were chased and killed here, Cao Anmin, who was hiding in the shadows, was frightened, and it was not until the rain stopped that he could no longer hear any movement in his ears, and Cao Anmin came out of the soil hole where he was hiding.

Looking at the temple that was being ravaged by the fire, Cao Anmin knew that it was not suitable to stay here for a long time, in order to avoid the murderer from discovering it, Cao Anmin did not dare to take the main road, and stumbled and fled to Yanzhou along the way.

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Yanzhou

Knowing that his father was coming, Cao Cao was in a good mood these two days, and today after accompanying Ding's family to see the mansion prepared for his father, Cao Cao set up a banquet in the evening to invite the ministers. The first is to tell everyone that they have cheered up, and the second is to ask everyone what to do next, where will Yanzhou develop next? There is no need to think about it for the time being, but the cause must be done eventually, doing things is like sailing against the current, if you don't advance, you will retreat, Cao Cao can't slack off.

It's just that in the face of Cao Cao's question, Guo Jia and others were also a little hesitant. There are only two directions in which Yanzhou can develop at this time, either Yuan Shu or Tao Qian. It's just that Tao Qian just sent someone to show goodwill, and at this time he sent troops to attack Xuzhou, which was easy to tell the truth. But Yuan Shu is also not easy to fight, at this time Yuan Shu did not claim the title of emperor, so he was not the target of the public, and Cao Cao did not succeed in holding the Son of Heaven hostage, and Cao Cao alone dealt with Yuan Shu, which is still a bit hanging.

"You are all great talents in the world, can't you share my worries?" Cao Cao saw that everyone didn't speak, and his tone couldn't help but become a little impatient.

Guo Jia looked left and right, and suddenly saw a person rushing in, kneeling down in front of Cao Cao with a thud, and crying loudly: "Uncle, something is wrong~"

"Who are you? Keep your head up. Cao Cao was taken aback by the visitor, first, he didn't recognize who it was. When the man looked up, Cao Cao recognized that it was his nephew Cao Anmin who was kneeling in front of him and crying loudly.

"Anmin, why are you here? What about your father? Cao Cao's heart suddenly felt bad, and he hurriedly stepped forward to help Cao Anmin and asked.

"Uncle, my nephew went to Langya with my father to greet my grandfather's family, just because my grandfather brought a lot of property, so my father went to ask Xuzhou Mu Tao Qian to send troops to escort him, but I didn't expect that Tao Qian's old man was cunning and sent troops to escort him in person, but in fact, he was secretly killing. Five days ago, when the team was marching to a monastery, it suddenly rained heavily, and my grandfather's family took refuge in the monastery. I didn't want the people sent by Tao Qian's old puppet to also do it at that time, and my nephew was in a hurry at that time, so he escaped the catastrophe. My father and grandfather's family, all, all ......."

"Oops~ It hurts me." Cao Cao covered his chest with his hands, screamed, and fell backwards on his back. There was a sudden chaos in the hall, and it took a while for Cao Cao to be rescued. After waking up, Cao Cao burst into tears and scolded loudly: "Tao Qian, old horseman, I swear to kill you!" ”

No need to negotiate anymore! Cao Cao decided to send troops to defeat Tao Qian and avenge his father. Cao Cao, who was angry, did not listen to anyone's persuasion, and Guo Jia, Cheng Yu and others, who were strategists, knew Cao Cao's temper very well, and they did not look for bad luck and went separately to prepare for the dispatch of troops. There was no excuse to fight Xuzhou before, but now there is an excuse, which can not only expand his power, but also allow Cao Cao to dispel the hatred in his heart, killing two birds with one stone.

Xuzhou has always been a major grain producer, which is a must-win place for Yanzhou, which lacks arable land. And Tao Qian, the current owner of Xuzhou, is old and decrepit, and there are no famous generals under his command, so it is not difficult to win Xuzhou in the eyes of Guo Jia and others.

At this time, anyone who disagrees with Cao Cao will not end well, but there are people who do not believe in evil by virtue of their identity as celebrities. Bian Rang is a famous man in Yanzhou, but he doesn't look down on Cao Cao, and always ridicules Cao Cao in public as a eunuch, and even makes people put a pitcher at home.

At that time, Cao Cao had just arrived in Yanzhou, and it was the time to buy people's hearts, so he could only endure Bian Rang's actions. But Bian Rang regarded Cao Cao's patience as weakness, especially after learning that Cao Cao's father Cao Song was killed, he even asked people to put a few more pitchers at home, one of which had the word Cao Song written on it.

Heaven is still alive, self-inflicted, you deserve to die! Let yourself die! Facing the wolf-like soldiers of the Cao Army, Bian Rang's identity as a celebrity could not protect him. Even if there were friends Chen Gong and Zhang Miao who pleaded with Cao Cao, Cao Cao, who was angry, couldn't listen to persuasion.

Bian Rang was punished by the Ming Dynasty, and before Cao Jun set off, Cao Cao ordered him to sacrifice the flag, and then Cao Jun went straight to Xuzhou in a murderous manner.

Knowing that Cao Jun had been killed, Tao Qian was about to go crazy. He really didn't expect Zhang Min to meet Cai Qiqi and intercept and kill Cao Song's family halfway. However, after seeing that the envoy he sent was sent back, Tao Qian knew that he and Cao Cao's festival could not be solved.

I can't care about the trouble of finding Zhang Min, the culprit, and how to deal with the vengeful Cao Cao is all that matters. At this time, Tao Qian couldn't take care of Liu Bei anymore, and ordered Mi Zhu to go to Qingzhou to ask Liu Bei for help overnight.

Mi Zhu was ordered to rush to Qingzhou day and night, and Liu Bei was sulking at this time. Zhang Min not only tricked Tao Qian, but also flashed Liu Bei a lot. Originally, Liu Bei was full of hope that he could accept a large sum of money to expand the number of people, but he didn't expect Zhang Min to swallow this property privately. Liu Bei wanted to send someone to find him, but if he wanted to find Zhang Min in the vast sea of people, it was no different from looking for a needle in a haystack.

The only thing that makes Liu Bei feel relieved is that this time it is not in vain, at least Cao Cao sent troops, Tao Qian can't stop Cao Cao, he is bound to ask himself for help, and his goal of wanting to enter Xuzhou has been achieved. As for whether he can defeat Cao Cao, Liu Bei is still a little confident at this time, and with his two generals, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei, he doesn't believe that Cao Cao's subordinates can find someone who can match him.

When Mi Zhu sent Liu Bei's long-awaited good news, it was inevitable that the night would be long and dreamy, Liu Bei even said goodbye to Beihai Taishou Kong Rong, and led the men and horses to leave Qingzhou in a hurry and rush to Xuzhou.

After this period of time of contacts, Kong Rong has already recognized what kind of person Liu Bei is, and now seeing Liu Bei leading the people to leave, Kong Rong can't help but breathe a sigh of relief in his heart. Sitting in the hall and thinking about it, he instructed the housekeeper at home: "Housekeeper, go down and clean up, and when the new Beihai Taishou arrives, you and I will leave for Chang'an." ”

“…… Master, this war is in chaos, will there be any danger if we leave? After all, even Cao Yanzhou's father encountered an accident. The butler said with some concern.

Kong Rong was silent for a moment when he heard this, his eyes rolled, he thought about it, and said to the housekeeper: "You just go and clean up, I will arrange other things." ”