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After another day of coma, Deng Ji had to wake up, the typhoid fever was gone, and all that was left was to spend effort to slowly recuperate.

After two days, Deng Ji had improved significantly and was in good spirits, so Tian Feng Jiaxu told him about the recent military and political events in the three counties.

Because Deng Ji was seriously ill, the six lieutenants who went to Chang'an had been recalled to be stationed in Hongnong, and there was a pardon list of the fake emperor named Zhang before, and there were many escapees, and the power of Li Dao and Guo Yan fell by more than half, and now the two armies together are only 10,000 people.

Need to take the land of the three auxiliaries, Deng Mu'an, the lieutenant of the division is well deserved, and now that the typhoid fever has been removed, he has sent an order to Hongnong, and the sixth lieutenant has come back to fight against Li Guo.

Zhao Yun's school was full of soldiers and ruffians who fled from Li Guobu's department, and it took a period of time to rectify before it could be used, so Deng Ji ordered some meritorious soldiers to be transferred from the Huya Gang to be the backbone of the new school.

The rest of Dong Zhao was ordered by Cao Cao to escort the three thousand young men and women to Luoyang, who were originally going to enter the palace for dedication, but now they are still detained in the school grounds, and they have to consume food every day to feed, when Jia Xu asked whether to castrate men into the palace, Deng Ji snorted coldly: "Nearly two thousand young men are people, not animals, how can they be castrated?" I will never be allowed to do this under my rule, and all the money and food in the palace are from my Henan, and there is less population around the Son of Heaven, not to mention the reduction of expenses, and there is less right and wrong! ”

In China's long history, the two most tragic corporal punishments are the castration of men and the binding of women's feet, which can be described as inhumane.

The time for women's foot binding experience is relatively short, and the real popularity is only in the Ming and Qing dynasties. The popularity of palace punishment is not as good as foot binding, but it is quite long. There is evidence that castration of male genitalia was practiced at the latest in the Yin Shang era. Both the "Zhou Li" and the "Book of Shang" record that the early palace punishment was specifically used for the crime of adultery between men and women, with the purpose of destroying the genitals of both men and women. The husband is adulterous, and he cuts his power." The initial palace punishment also involved the destruction of women's genitals, not just men.

In ancient times, when incense was inherited. The palace punishment of cutting off the offspring can be described as a heavy punishment in addition to the death penalty. After the Spring and Autumn Period, the scope of palace punishment was further expanded, and the charges suitable for palace punishment became more and more extensive, not to mention, when Qin Shi Huang built the Afang Palace to build Li Mountain, more than 700,000 prisoners in the hidden palace served in labor, and the "hidden palace" here refers to the palace punishment, and there must be many people who have received palace punishment among more than 700,000 people. During the Han Dynasty. Some capital offenses can even be substituted by palace executions.

With the exhibition of the monarch's centralized power, for the stability of the harem, that is, because there are too many beauties in the harem, in order not to bring themselves to the green hat, the palace gradually began to use castrated men, called eunuchs. It is also known as the temple people, the eunuch (奄), the eunuch, the eunuch, the middle official, the internal official, the internal minister, the internal servant, the internal supervisor, etc. Eunuchs come from different sources, including from the palace, who were forcibly castrated by the palace for their crimes, paid tribute, abducted and selected, and so on. Castrating the young children of ordinary people and paying tribute to the court as eunuchs was an important way to obtain eunuchs after the centralized society entered a prosperous period. The eunuchs of the local officials and princes who paid tribute to the Son of Heaven. There are hundreds of people, and there are tens of thousands.

Eunuchs often have distorted personalities due to physical disabilities, and because they are closest to state power, they have countless records of causing harm in history. At the same time, such ** castration also brought a negative ideological impact to the Chinese, or extended to spiritual castration, which made the numbness of social sorting out human nature and the loss of martial spirit, especially obvious in the Ming and Qing dynasties. The effect of palace punishment in stabilizing social stability is far less than the disastrous consequences it brings.

Of course, Deng Ji would not know so much about the long-term harm of palace punishment, but as a traveler of later generations, he fundamentally disliked such cruel practices to his kind, not to mention that the misfortune of thousands of people was just for the young son of heaven who was no longer of much use in his eyes.

Among the 3,000 boys and women, the oldest is fifteen or sixteen years old, and the youngest is only ** years old. Deng Ji did not agree to castration, but it was impossible to return it to Cao Cao. It's just that now the number of households in the three counties is saturated, and the government has gradually stopped the affairs of new households, and it is difficult to resettle them for a while. Or after Tian Feng thought about it, he said: "The number of three thousand is difficult to resettle, but it is not much, why not let the household of the soldiers adopt it?" ”

Jia Xu said: "The lord forbids the silkworm room (note), which is originally benevolent, but Cao Mengde sacrificed the young man in the palace, the man still has the young, but the woman has reached the ......."

"Reasonable!" Tian Feng had an epiphany, Deng Ji also understood what he meant, closed his eyes and leaned on the couch to think about it carefully, and then said: "It's better to inform the Gongmin family that if you have a son who is an adult and unmarried, you can go to the school to choose a wife within three days!" ”

There are not many girls who can be matched with each other, and only the Gongliang family in Luoyang has such benefits for three days, which can be regarded as a reward for the people's worries when Deng Ji was sick.

And it was settled.

Four or five days later, there was a sudden light cavalry flying report in Liang County: Cao Mengde led 30,000 troops and horses to be stationed outside the county, saying that he wanted to go to Luoyang to meet the Son of Heaven and beg for permission.

Although the two families are allied, Deng Ji never expected Cao Cao to be so bold, and now that the Dangkou Tiger Tooth is in Luoyang, there are still four generals and Zhao Yun's army, he dares to ask to go deep into his hinterland?

Is it because of his illness to provoke or is it really just to meet the Son of Heaven?

If you have evil thoughts, maybe you can kill Cao Cao first after putting it in?

Deng Ji just needs to cultivate, and it doesn't hinder the discussion. When Zhaotianfeng, Jia Xu, Deng Zhi, Han Song and others discussed, Deng Zhi persuaded: "Today, Yuan Shao, Li Guo, and Liu Biao are all enemies of the generals, and it is not easy to get Yanzhou as an alliance, and I hope the lord will treat him well!" Wait for Yanzhou An, send an army to defend Yuan Shao, and we can wait for us to try to close the cool land in the west again! Otherwise, you will be trapped in the three counties, and it will be rare to have a chance to make a map! ”

Deng Ji's own movement is still inconvenient, and he just thought about it before, and listening to Deng Zhi's words, he only nodded his head.

Han Song said: "Cao Jun's intentions are unknown, although we have good intentions, we are afraid that Cao Cao is harboring evil intentions, so we must prevent it first!" ”

Typhoid fever has been eliminated, the army and the people in the three counties are stable, why did Cao Cao choose to come at this time, Deng Ji couldn't figure it out, so he asked: "In the opinion of the two military advisors, why did Cao Jun come?" ”

"Come for the Son of Heaven!" Jia Xu squinted and replied: "In today's situation, we don't want to be the enemy of Yanzhou, and Cao Mengde doesn't dare to provoke Henan lightly!" If I am the mastermind for him, at this time, I should make people better than Yuan Shao Henan, and make every effort to try Xu Yu first, stabilize the foundation, and then talk about others, otherwise it will be unwise! Only by welcoming the Son of Heaven can you get righteousness, and in every battle you can get the merit of cutting the enemy and helping yourself, and I hear that we are not on good terms with the Son of Heaven, and I think I have a chance! When Cao Jun came, he was mostly the son of heaven in the palace! ”

There is Yuan Shao in the north, and Liu Biao and Zhang Ji in the south are the enemy, and the land of Yanzhou is not where Deng Ji can stand firm now, and it is useless to take it, and it is only a loss of soldiers. Tian Feng also said: "Although Yuan's original momentum is great, he has gradually lost his prestige, and the world's talents want to return to Cao. Cao Jun can win the alliance for the time being, but he will eventually be a great enemy for us! If you have to act in the service of the Son of Heaven again, the righteousness will be returned, and it will be difficult to cure in a few years, so it is better not to refuse it now! ”

Jia Xu looked at Tian Feng in surprise, he didn't expect him to attach so much importance to Cao Cao, and his words were very reasonable, and he could get such insight, and he deserved to be relied on by the lord as a humerus and placed above him.

Jia Xu didn't know that Tian Feng attached great importance to Cao Cao at this time, most likely because he was influenced by Deng Ji before, but the more he paid attention to Yanzhou, the more surprised he became.

Although Yuan Shao was the most powerful at this time, he only had the ambition of the male lord and no talent of the male lord, and he only appointed people for private purposes and famous people, and his advisers only cared about fighting each other, and the sons fought for the reserve, and the internal friction was great; Bai has a good family background, but he has an enmity with Yuan Shu, and even the Runan Yuan family can't be encircled; After Koji left, there was no more handsome under his command to use, and although his momentum was blazing, it could not be held for a long time. Those who have knowledge are reluctant to invest any further.

On the other hand, Cao Cao, the princes of the heroic and strategic are unmatched, they are extremely accurate in seeing things, and there is a move of Tuntian to recruit talents, enveloping the homeless wealthy families, and also treating the family well, gradually making Yanzhou one heart, and more Xiahou Cao clan and the two clans to help with all their might, but I can't wait for the time, if it takes time, I am afraid that it will be more difficult to defeat than Yuan Shao.

"When I don't know whether I live or die, I once spoke arrogantly to the Son of Heaven, but I can't act indiscriminately at this time, bearing the name of a thief, if Cao Cao wants to, how about giving the Son of Heaven to him?" Hearing that Tian Feng wanted to refuse Cao Jun abroad, Deng Ji smiled on the couch: "I don't have to die, the Son of Heaven is like sitting on pins and needles in the palace, and it is inconvenient to stay in the two phases." The Son of Heaven and the people of the Quartet only watched Cao Cao's actions before, thinking that they would be loyal to the Han family! If Cao Cao takes it, but sooner or later he will regret it, but it's none of my business, how about it? ”

If there were no other things about killing Dong Guifei and persecuting the Son of Heaven later, Cao Cao would have left only the name of a loyal minister to future generations, but who would know at this time? Tian Feng couldn't believe it, and hesitated: "Cao Cao or Hanchen!" If you win the Son of Heaven again, it will be like a tiger with wings! It's not good for me! ”

Regardless of anything else, Tian Feng's words no longer meant to consider the Son of Heaven, but it was Deng Ji's joy and wanted to make a bet on the previous occasion.

It's just that if you talk about understanding people's hearts, Jia Xu really wants to be above Tian Feng, and said: "At the beginning, my heart was Hanchen, and I was afraid that I would miss the position of power for a long time, and I would not give in to the Son of Heaven!" He acted like Wang Yun. It's a pity that the Han family has no power now, so they sent the Son of Heaven to Cao Cao, but the two can't fight against each other in the future, so it's better not to do it. ”

Tian Fengjia did not agree with Cao Cao to pick up the Son of Heaven, and Deng Ji hesitated.

At this time, Cao Cao only wanted to go to Luoyang to meet him, and did not clearly propose to welcome the Son of Heaven, and whether to allow his army to enter the country was also a difficult problem.

While everyone was discussing, Jia Xu didn't know what nerve was touched, and suddenly his eyes lit up again, and he said: "Cao Mengde can't be allied for a long time, and he will be the enemy sooner or later." Now if he wants to welcome the Son of Heaven and get the name of Zhengshuo, it is better to damage Yanzhou and fat the Han room! If there is any mention of wanting to welcome the Son of Heaven, it needs to pick out thousands of elite soldiers and Dong Cheng to enrich the Northern Army! When Dong Chengke is rough in the lead, Henan will help the army to become an army of its own, or Cao Mengde can tie his hands and feet, and the two will fight in the future, and the Son of Heaven will have the strength to fight, and the name of Cao Cao will also break Yanzhou's wings, how about it? ”

There is a life and death gambling in front, but he can't do adverse things at this time, Deng Ji Deng Zhi only regards the Son of Heaven as a hot potato; Tian Feng was afraid that if he stayed in Luoyang for a long time, his own disciples would have the idea of killing the monarch in the future, so it was better to send him away as soon as possible. Hearing this, everyone said in unison: "It is feasible!" ”

Note: Silkworm room, quoted as a prison for palace punishment, refers to palace punishment. The palace torturers are afraid of the wind, they must be warm, and they make a fire in the kiln like a silkworm room, because they are famous. In order to prevent wound infection after uterine execution, it was implemented in a sealed room, which is perhaps the earliest concept of a sterile room. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point to vote for the recommendation vote, your support is my biggest motivation. For mobile phone users, please go to read. )