Unconsciously, the person who relied on his own brothers and sisters to ascend to the throne and rose step by step by welcoming His Majesty has become a person who has to make others think twice about his words and deeds.

What is the most important thing in mixed officialdom? People at all levels have different opinions, but for people of Cao Cao's level, nothing is more important than eyesight.

Because there's nothing scarier than being on the wrong side. Even if you don't pretend to be nice to a person, and you don't please him, but at the most critical time, if you stand on his side, he will think that you will be good for a lifetime, regardless of any element, that is, to set an example for others, he will also be good to you.

Cao Cao is of course a very discerning person, how to give Hong Ji the best advice, so that he is satisfied and then read his good is the best policy, and this is not an opportunity, Cao Cao, who thought of something, said loudly: "Since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the people have not been able to make a living, bandits have been everywhere, Jingzhou Thorn Shi and Taishou are even more incompetent, they will only cut off the people, and when they encounter bandits, they will either flee or be killed, but a general under a Qu Shuai has annihilated 80,000 Jingzhou troops. ”

"The general has made such an immortal achievement, why not advise His Majesty that Jingzhou is vast and sparsely populated, although the Yellow Turban has been decided, but many thieves have taken advantage of the chaos to rise, causing the people to live in poverty, it is recommended to restore the state pastoral system in Jingzhou, and take Jingzhou pastoral, at that time, all the officials in a state can be appointed and dismissed by you, and their official positions will naturally no longer be a problem. Moreover, the general can also protect the territory and the people, and be at ease. ”

"I'm grass! Isn't this the Emperor of the Earth! Then wouldn't I also have seventy-two concubines in three palaces, six courts? Thinking of the excitement, Hong Ji laughed even more: "Okay! ”

Lu Zhi, Huangfu Song, and Zhu Jun glanced at each other, and said secretly: "Those who rebel against the country, Cao Cao also!" ”

The benefits of the state pastoral system are obvious, once the responsible and responsible state pastor takes office, it is bound to be able to extinguish the bandits that breed in the territory in the shortest possible time; But the disadvantage is even more obvious, the state pastoral rights are too large, it is very easy to form a separatist trend, if the imperial court is in full swing, since the world can withdraw the state pastoral system, but if the imperial court has changed......

Fortunately, Cao Cao only suggested that the state pastoral system be restored in Jingzhou, not the whole world, and the three people who wanted to persuade looked at each other and lost their minds.

"And how are they settled now?"

"Isn't the general or the Marquis of Pingxi Ting, this time I return to Beijing, presumably Your Majesty will give you the seal of Puxian, why don't you let them be stationed in Puxian, and wait for the day when the general takes office as the state minister, how about making other arrangements?"

"Good, good! I didn't expect Meng De to be so thoughtful, and you can't thank Your Majesty for it. ”

"General Xie is loved!"

That night, after writing a good news and sending it to Luoyang, everyone got drunk, and so on.

Cao Cao, who should have been drunk and unconscious, narrowed his closed eyes and scanned the audience through the already dim oil lamp.

Suddenly, there was a rustling sound in what should have been a quiet tent, and about two minutes later, the sound of a wine glass falling to the ground was heard from the sound of the sound coming from.

The sound was so crisp that the guards guarding outside the tent lifted the curtain and looked into the tent suspiciously, and closed it again when they realized that there was no difference.

Finally, a person stood up from the place where the voice came, and because the tent was too dim, Cao Cao, who was squinting, did not see who it was.

There was another sound of rustling, and Cao Cao vaguely saw that the man was carrying a small thing into his arms, and then walked quickly in the direction of himself.

Cao Cao quietly closed his narrowed eyes.

The man groped beside Cao Cao for a while, and murmured: "Hey, why not?" "Clear to the ear.

After a while, the man should have thought of something, and then Cao Cao found out that he had touched himself.

This touch Cao Cao understood, he was going to conquer the general seal of the east.

You must know that as the supreme commander of the first army, all the good news must be stamped with the seal of the general of Zhengdong before it can be sent back, otherwise if any cat or dog can write a good report back to Beijing, then the rebels can cause chaos in the command center as long as they intercept the messenger and casually send the battle report to Luoyang.

Can you imagine how big the consequences of the messenger who originally asked for help turned into a messenger who reported victory?

Hongji, who often handed over the letter of command and good news to Cao Cao, simply sent the general's seal to him.

At the moment when the seal of General Zhengdong was touched, Cao Cao could clearly feel that the frequency of the other party's breathing had changed, and he was obviously overjoyed.

Finally, after making a few covert movements, he returned the general seal to Cao Cao and lifted the curtain.

"Where are you going?"

Not at all polite to the Yellow Turban Guards.

"I want to go to a hut."

The guard observed him, looked into the tent, hesitated, and said, "Go, come back early!" ”

The man nodded and left the tent.

The people around Cao Cao were about to stand up, and Cao Cao, who was on his leg, pressed hard, and although the people around him were full of confusion, they still waited quietly.

Finally, 10 minutes after the man went to the latrine, another person in the tent got up, only this time the man did not hesitate to open the curtain and said that he wanted to go to the latrine.

Seeing that the person left, the people around Cao Cao were about to get up again, and Cao Cao, who noticed the abnormal movement, pressed hard again, and then there was silence for a while.

10 minutes passed, and the two who left were not absent, and the guards were also a little puzzled, but thought about it: "They can't get out of the camp without the general's order, maybe they are too sleepy to find the camp and sleep at random." "Thinking of this guard, there is no superfluous movement.

Twenty minutes passed, and the tent was still quiet.

Thirty minutes passed, there was a sound of rustling, but another person got up, Cao Cao saw him standing still for a while, his hands on his chest, not knowing what he was doing, and then got up and left.

This time, Cao Cao didn't wait any longer, but sat up and shouted to the man who was telling the guards that he was going to the thatched house: "Take it!" ”

It's just that as soon as these words came out, he was surprised to find that most of the people in the seats who should have been drunk and unconscious actually sat up.

When the guards filled the oil lamp with oil and the tent was clear, Cao Cao found that Lu Zhi, Huangfu Song, Zhu Jun, Liu Bei, Sun Jian, and these people were all pretending to be drunk like him.

"You guys?"

"Hahaha!"

Everyone looked at each other and laughed.

"Since the princes have such a tacit understanding, then let's try it together!"

Lu Zhi smiled and said, "Meng De, please speak, let's listen." ”

"Hahaha, good!"

"You're a yellow robe, I wonder if you can show the things in your arms?"

"The general spares his life!"

The yellow robe was so frightened that he wept and kowtowed to admit his mistake.

"Hmm!" Cao Cao waved his hand and motioned for the guards to take out the things in his arms.

After a while, the guard took a look at the note, but there were four big words written on the note: Permission to leave the camp. It is also stamped with the seal of General Zhengdong.