Chapter 743: Ben, Beginning
Cao Cao's face was gloomy, as if he was about to drip water, and anyone could feel that he was in a bad mood. Especially the low air pressure that permeated him, which made people feel depressed, and it was transmitted to the side of the clouds.
If ordinary people are allowed to sit next to Cao Cao now, then they must be the one who is out of breath. Unlike ordinary people, if ordinary people are angry and in a bad mood, they can only be seen by people and will not affect other people. But Cao Cao is different, because of his official position, he has an official authority, and he is a person in the military, so he naturally has a prestige.
Usually it's okay, but at this time, his momentum is not concealed at all, nor is he suppressed.
Yun Ting felt that he had almost eaten, stopped eating, took out a handkerchief from his arms, carefully wiped the corners of his mouth, and then his hands. He was not in a hurry at all, and he had no intention of comforting Cao Cao.
Cao Cao doesn't need him to comfort him at all, if someone like Cao Cao doesn't need other people's comforting words, if there is something in his heart, just digest it himself. Just give him a little time, a little time. Even if he hasn't fully digested it, he will come out of that state on his own, and it won't affect more important things.
Therefore, people like Cao Cao are the most terrifying, ordinary people will be affected by emotions, and it is even more difficult to get out of the bad state after being affected. But people like Cao Cao are different, he has completely abandoned the bad habits such as hesitation that most people have.
"What do you think now?" Yun Ting asked. The reason why he did this slightly ridiculous temptation was entirely to test his attitude, whether it was Dong Zhuo's or Yuan Shao's, there were both.
Cao Cao didn't answer, still in the same state of thinking about something.
Yun Ting could understand Cao Cao's current problem, and if it was him, it would be the same now. After all, speaking of Yuan Shao, Cao Cao and his friendship are very deep, whether it was in Luoyang City at the beginning, or when the two were officials, they basically stood on the same front.
pacified the yellow scarves together, and became officials under He Jin's account together, basically when they were youngest, the two were together. They have witnessed each other's growth, and they have seen the same time, and there are also times when each other is the most ridiculous.
Not only friends, but also bad friends.
It is impossible for anyone to recover quickly when they feel that they are about to lose such a friend, even if he is Cao Cao. If he recovers quickly, Yun Ting will say that this is not Cao Cao, after all, Cao Cao is not a cold person, if he is like the traitorous male Cao Cao in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, it is impossible for him to tolerate Liu Bei and Zhang Xiu.
People have two sides, and it is precisely Cao Cao, a rational person, who attaches more importance to love and righteousness, not just like Liu Bei and Sun Quan.
Liu Bei is a personal affair, except for the first group of people who followed him, no matter how strong the ability of other people is, he can't delegate power for them to perform. Look at Zhuge Liang, after three visits to the thatched house, he was really reused? In fact, Zhuge Liang couldn't even command Zhang Fei and Guan Yu, and Liu Bei didn't listen to his advice when he attacked Eastern Wu, until Liu Bei himself died and the three brothers died, he could really display his ambitions.
Not to mention Sun Quan, after Sun Ce's death, he took over the foundation laid down by his father and brother, but he has actually been keeping it all the time, relying on the budding shade of his father and brother. But even so, he still suppressed a group of old ministers who had followed Sun Ce for a long time, including Zhou Yu, and even suppressed the heirs left by Sun Ce. For example, Zhou Yu's Metropolitan Governor, and later Lu Xun as the commander, were all at the end of the day, and there were not many people under him who could use them, so they were pushed to that position.
The hero of the Three Kingdoms, in the eyes of Yun Ting, is only Cao Cao, who not only has the capacity to accommodate people, but also the posture of employing people. But looking at his account, it is not the Cao generals who occupy all of them to know this, and at the same time, many of the famous generals under his account are all demoted generals, and all of them were subdued by Cao Cao.
No matter what his background is, no matter how he behaves in other forces, he can be reused under Cao Cao.
If it's Liu Bei or Sun Quan, who can? If someone kills Guan Yu, even if Liu Bei doesn't kill that person in front of him, he will find an opportunity to kill him later, and even the nine clans will be destroyed. Cao Cao is different, look at Zhang Xiu, in the end, he didn't get a good death, you must know that Zhang Xiu killed his general Dian Wei, and his son, even he almost hung up.
These are all too far, Yun Ting knows, now just give Cao Cao a little time.
Yuan Shao had a problem and gave Cao Cao a preventive injection very early, unlike in history, Cao Cao did not have any awareness. In fact, Cao Cao was also clearly perverted in history, but he didn't have any effect, and he couldn't say too much in front of He Jin.
If he knew that Dong Zhuo would cause such a catastrophe in the end, Yun Ting believed that Cao Cao in history would also choose a different way of acting. For example, now, a long time ago, Cao Cao has been plotting with Yun Ting how to assassinate Dong Zhuo, a member of the imperial court, who is also a feudal official in later generations.
If others knew, Cao Cao would have no place to stand at all, but he still chose to do so, and he has been determined to do it now. So whether it was before or now, Yun Ting felt that having a Cao Cao was really a blessing to the Eastern Han court, as well as those courtiers who swore allegiance to the Eastern Han court.
In the future, which court has so many loyal ministers and good generals? Including the Song Dynasty and the Ming Dynasty after the Common Era, which dynasty did not collude with internal and external parties and finally perished?
Even if it is the so-called prosperous Tang Dynasty, the last festival is not all tailed? If there was a Cao Cao, at least the Tang Dynasty would still have a period of afterglow at that time, rather than a complete annihilation.
Yun Ting waited quietly, waiting for Cao Cao to come back to his senses. Regardless of whether Yuan Shao really doesn't care, or fake doesn't care, he knows something, he doesn't know something, his attitude has already indicated the problem.
The problem is not that all this was planned by Yuan Shao, but it can be determined that Yuan Shao will help Dong Zhuo even if he is unaware.
Including Dong Zhuo, anyone with a discerning eye will see that there is something wrong with him. It's not that there are no discerning people in this era, but the information is not clear, otherwise everyone will know that Dong Zhuo has a problem with those deeds of Dong Zhuo in Liangzhou.
During the reign of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, after the end of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Dong Zhuo was summoned to Beijing to give him an official position to enter the court. However, he was rejected by Dong Zhuo, which can already be seen from Dong Zhuo's ambition, he is unwilling to be accepted by others in Liangzhou, or gradually weakened.
"Are you alright?" Yun Ting asked again.
"Ah, alright." Cao Cao turned around and nodded, his expression becoming solemn.
If he still had expectations for Yuan Shao before, then now, he has completely seen it. Since Yuan Shao doesn't believe him so much, then let him go, many things are not things that can't be done without Yuan Shao.
If all this was done by Yuan Shao on purpose, then they were enemies, not even the most basic friends.
Cao Cao turned his head and looked out through the open window to see the streets of the busy city of Luoyang.
All this, he did not allow anyone to come and destroy it, absolutely not allowed!
In the past, he would feel that the appearance of the alien endangered the stability of the land under the rule of the imperial court, but now, he realized that compared to the alien, some of the people around him were actually more terrifying. Obviously here I am watching the sun rise and moon set every day, living in such an era, but I want to change everything and fulfill my ambitions.
What is ambition? Ambition is a desire to climb upwards and expand into the distance.
He Cao Mengde also has it, but he doesn't want to climb to that position, that position is too high, and he is also lonely, and at the same time, he can't help himself. It is not only the emperor who can do what he wants to accomplish, nor is it only the emperor who will be remembered.
Wei Qing, Huo Quai, Ban Chao, who is forgotten? They are more memorable than the emperors of all generations, and until now, no one has forgotten their names and the things they have done. And those emperors have been forgotten too much.
Pacifying the alien races, opening up the Western Regions, and purging the surrounding alien races that are becoming more and more rampant to make them bow down, this is exactly what he wants to do. Even, Cao Cao thought that one day, his deeds would also be remembered and placed in the territory he had expanded.
That's how it should be!
"What are you trying to write?" Yun Ting asked curiously, he could see that Cao Cao was thinking about something.
"Thinking of the champion, Ban Dingyuan." Cao Cao replied.
These people, since he was a child, after reading their deeds, Cao Cao can no longer forget. That's why he didn't want to read for a while, because what's the use of reading? Everything in books often needs to be proved by practice, and if you want to change something, you can't change it with books.
"It seems that you, Cao Mengde, really want to learn for a while." Yun Ting smiled, recalling Huo Quai's illness and Ban Dingyuan's deeds, he was also a little excited.
In the history of the empire, it is precisely because of these heroes that it will be extraordinarily bright, the starry night sky.
He continued: "If you have the chance, I know that you would rather go to the frontier than stay in the court. ”
Cao Cao was surprised at this time, he didn't know why Yun Ting would say such a thing, but what Yun Ting said was exactly what he didn't say.
On the edge of the town, Dingyuan, if he can do it, he will definitely do it. Including the Western Regions, who had been cut off for so many years, the distant place that was only recorded in the book, he also wanted to take a look.
(End of chapter)