—186 A.D.——

Qingzhou, Jinan official road.

Since Cao Cao had effectively controlled the entire territory of Qingzhou, and was accompanied by 1,000 Cao family tribes and Dian Wei and Xu Chu, there were no accidents on the way back to Jinan from Beihai.

After entering the territory of Jinan, Cai Wenji finally didn't have to hide in the car anymore, so she rode an alpaca with a few pieces of armor and pretended to be a war horse to run around the convoy.

Cai Wan had no choice but to find an opportunity to grab the alpaca and threaten "If you dare to fall her, she will make you into mutton soup" Yunyun, and then handed over the carriage to Xu Chu, who ran all the way, and finally sweated a little, and got into Cao Cao's carriage by himself.

"It seems that you have decided to follow the path of the 'Legalists'?" Cai Wan pinched Cao Ang's little face and asked Cao Cao.

"Let go of my son," Cao Cao said, "If you think there is anything wrong with the current practice, just say that it is easy to change any problems in a single state." ”

[The implication is that this situation in the world has not changed? The "stand-in" was beside him, staring at Cao Ang's slightly red cheeks that were pinched, and he looked like he wanted to get started.

Cao Ang, who had a wolf in front and a tiger in the back, could only freeze there motionless.

"At present, there is really no problem," Cai Wan said, pointing to a green farmland outside the window: "The 'green seedling law' you formulated has had an immediate effect after it has been promoted across the state." ”

"But." "But?" Cao Cao and the "stand-in" asked in different tones, of course, the latter sentence Cai Wan couldn't hear.

"However, Mengde, you should know that the pre-Qin dynasty was destroyed because of their harsh laws that were not close to people." Cai Wan continued.

"[Hey, how did the Han who 'deposed the hundred schools of thought and respected Confucianism alone' die? The stand-in scoffed.

The big man is not dead! Cao Cao glared at the "stand-in" covertly.

"Heh, Zhen Ji, do you mean, Chen Sheng and Wu Guang's 'death is also death, and the plan is also death'?" Cao Cao shook his head: "It seems that the disadvantage of being knowledgeable is that it is easy to ignore details. ”

"Speak human words." Zhenji took out the Konghou log and made a gesture to unfold it.

In front of his son, Cao Cao naturally couldn't show his timidity, but just continued lightly: "In addition to fleeing and making trouble, why didn't they 'continue to move forward as originally planned'? ”

"Huh? Isn't it 'if you miss the deadline, the law will be killed'? Cai Wan thought about the relevant books, however, Cai Yong's collection may have history books, but it is impossible to even have the law books of the former dynasties.

"As a former Qin who ruled the country in the way of Legalism, how could there be such a simple and crude decree with no subordinate clauses?" 'Failure to meet the deadline' is a punishment that they deliberately delay without hindrance, but as mentioned earlier in the history books, it 'will rain heavily', which in itself applies to ancillary clauses that may reduce or even exempt the punishment. Cao Cao replied.

"I haven't read it in any books, but it sounds reasonable." Junghime said with a slight suspicion.

"There is only one reason why they really have to flee or do something: the soldiers they escorted escaped more than four times in the heavy rain, and there is no possibility of being captured, in this case, the commander of the escort is to 'behead' or 'use his position to atone for the crime'," Cao Cao shook his head: "Chen Sheng and Wu Guang were 'tun chiefs' at that time, and if they wanted to be exempted from punishment, their positions would be demoted to 'Qianshou', that is, civilians, which is unacceptable to them. ”

"It turns out that Mr. Sima's book is going to be read upside down......" Cai Wan sighed and put away the combination of gonghou: "But how do you know?" ”

"[Of course, I went to the place where the palace stored the historical files to read it myself~]" The "stand-in" replied proudly.

"How so? If someone swears to tell me a 'truth' that I don't know the cause and effect of the cause and effect, no matter how authoritative he/she is, I can't help but doubt and verify it, such as——" In order to prevent himself from rolling his eyes at the "stand-in", Cao Cao turned his head to look at the busy peasants and Tuntian soldiers outside the car window: "-This is the way to govern the world." ”

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Jinan, the county guard.

Although Cao Cao was promoted to the position of assassin, he still ruled Jinan, and Liu Kang, the lord of Jinan, had no intention of finding a new prime minister at all, and still handed over the power of Jinan to Cao Cao, as if he intended to show his support for him.

In this regard, Cao Cao is really grateful for Bumin, now his strategists, no matter how you count it, there is only one Xi Zhi, although he and Cai Wan can help, but it is not a long-term solution after all, so he would rather Liu Kang quickly find a minister from somewhere, as long as it is not too bad, it is good to be able to share the work.

As for the generals, the tiger and leopard cavalry trained by the Xiahou brothers has begun to bear fruit, Zhang Jue and his Qingzhou soldiers can also be called elite, Li Dian and Le Jin, who led ordinary soldiers, have a reputation in the army, and Cao Chun's light cavalry scouts run throughout Qingzhou, capturing Xiaoxiao and popularizing the laws formulated by Cao Cao to the people, while Cao Ren is in charge of the defense of the whole state.

While it may seem that there is an abundance of talent and a thriving development, their actions themselves have created a lot of work that only civilian personnel can handle.

Even though it was specifically stipulated that the low-level and middle-level clerks, masters, practitioners, and long-term scribes had the right to handle some work within the scope of their authority, when Cao Cao returned to the county guard's office, the books on the table in front of Xi Zhicai were still piled up.

"Lord, you happened to come, there are two good news and two bad news, which one do you plan to listen to first?" Xi Zhicai put down his feet on the other chair, turned around as if nothing had happened, and said to Cao Cao.

What are the messages you found while working on an official document? Cao Cao thought for a moment and asked, "Good news...... But has the 'Recommendation Order' yielded results again? ”

Due to the lack of talents in Jinan, specifically referring to civil officials, Cao Cao originally planned to issue a "merit-seeking order", but was stopped by Xi Zhicai, and the reason is also very good: this kind of decree that makes talented people think they are "virtuous" and have to come to the door in person, according to his previous temper, he will never come.

But the "Recommendation Order" is different, only for the neighbors who know the "great talent", as long as the person recommended by the recommender is indeed "virtuous" enough, then it will be given a certain reward, if there is anyone recommended by many people at the same time, then this person can be called "great sage", after being summarized to Xi Zhicai, depending on the situation, the corresponding level of senior officials in Qingzhou will go to invite each other.

The reason why it is "again" is because there was a response soon after this order was issued, and a sage named "Du Ji" who was good at political affairs was invited...... Then the "stand-in" laughed intermittently for two hours because of the name.

"I know the person who was recommended this time," Xi Zhicai said: "His name is Xu Shu, and he is a classmate of mine in Yingchuan. ”

"Oh? Since he is a student of Yingchuan, then there is no need to worry about wisdom," Cao Cao responded: "Where is his home, I will go to visit." ”

"Hmm...... The bad news is that I went to look for it, but he refused to apply," Xi Zhicai spread his hands: "There is an old mother in his family, who thinks that the assassins in all states are the 'dog legs' of the 'dog emperor', and the good governance of Qingzhou is the credit of the middle and low-level officials, so he is not allowed to go out - a dog or something, so the original words are so." ”

"This ......" Cao Cao was a little stunned: "If you let Zhen Ji go ......"

"[Wen Ji is about the same,]" "Stand-in" said: "[Old ladies with sons like little girls who are the same age as his sons. 】”

"No way!" Cao Cao blurted out.

"Hmm...... It's really not good," Xi Zhicai, who thought Cao Cao was talking to him, responded: "If you don't agree with each other, Miss Cai may tie up their mother and son back." ”

"[You're not really going to use her to catch Zhao Yun, are you? The "stand-in" added: "[Although...... I like Zilong a lot, but the beauty trick is still too much. 】”

This time, Cao Cao refused to respond, and asked Xi Zhicai again: "I wrote it down, then, what about another bad news?" And which great sage refused to be recruited? ”

"No," Xi Zhicai opened an official document: "The father-in-law, Mrs. Cao was attacked by an unknown army on the way to visit relatives in Qian County——"

Whew-

With Cao Cao as the center, the temperature in the county guard mansion rose suddenly, and even made those bamboo slips and books emit a slight mushy smell, Cao Cao's clothes and big air were windless and automatic, hunting and flying, and in his originally empty hand, a strange long sword with a red background and cyan embellishments appeared out of thin air.

The expression on the face of the initiator of the drama Zhicai, which is a combination of "as expected" and "it turned out to be so", looks quite strange.

"[You didn't report this kind of thing as soon as possible?!] Cao Cao took a step forward and shouted at the same time as the "stand-in" who had rushed to Xi Zhicai and was dancing his teeth and claws.

"Uh...... This ......" drama is still in a daze.

Wrong...... After a slight gaffe, Cao Cao reacted quickly, if his father was really in trouble, even if it was a slight bruise, Xi Zhicai would never have this attitude, combined with the fact that he still had good news to say, he was playing some kind of trick again.

"Hmph," as Cao Cao became calm, the heat and the flame sword disappeared with it: "Say, what's the good news?" ”

"The good news is that ......" was only slightly taken aback, and now began to look at Cao Cao's joke with curious eyes before replying: "We may well have discovered a trick used by the emperor to save himself, and if it is used well, it can make the succession of the princess of Wannian justified." ”

"......" Cao Cao didn't say a word, and continued to stare at Xi Zhicai.

"In addition......" Xi Zhicai felt that the air temperature had risen a little, so he wiped his sweat: "Old lady Cao was rescued by [the most handsome one-eyed man in Kunlun Mountain and has the most gorgeous moves]. ”

"Speak human words."

"Rescued by Xiahoudun."

“……”