Chapter 359: Banquet

After three rounds of drinking, Liu Yan toasted Zhang Yi and Cao Cao respectively, and then withdrew first on the grounds that he was not strong enough to drink. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Liu Yan retreated Zhang Yi also quite understands, after all, Liu Yan is old, and he hasn't had a good rest for several days during the war, and now that the war is over, he naturally can't hold on, so he didn't keep too much, but just politely got up and watched Liu Yan leave.

After Liu Yan retired, Cao Cao and Zhang Yi were left at the celebration banquet, during the banquet, Cao Cao raised a glass to Guan Yu and the three from time to time to praise the bravery of the three generals, and wanted to talk to Guan Yu and the three of them under the pretext, but the three of them were very cold to him, Zhang Fei didn't look at Cao Cao with the right eyes, Dian Wei ignored it, just buried his head in eating meat, only Guan Yu raised a glass with him out of courtesy, but it was just a drink, which made Cao Cao not embarrassed.

Cao Cao's actions and the reaction of the three generals, Zhang Yi saw it in his eyes, and said in his heart: This old Cao Cao is really treacherous, he wants to dig Lao Tzu in front of Lao Tzu, it stinks and shameless, you don't want to think about it, they have worked hard to earn the credit, and you have robbed half of it first, and they will ignore you.

Although he slandered Cao Cao in his heart, Zhang Yi said with a smile: "Brother Meng De, don't blame, our Dingping Army has military regulations, and we are not allowed to drink alcohol outside the battle, and we have drunk three rounds at the celebration banquet, which is already an exception, so we will not drink more, plus our Dingping Army has never had any money and food from the imperial court, so the food is not good, they have not seen such a good banquet for a long time, so please forgive Brother Meng De."

Zhang Yi is telling the truth, he himself has not eaten meat for a long time, let alone Guan Yu and them, if it weren't for Cao Cao, Guan Yu and Zhang Yi would have to take care of face, otherwise they would have been as happy as Dian Wei.

Listening to Zhang Yi's words, Cao Cao sighed and said with some sadness: "Even a meritorious minister like Hou Ye is still treated like this, hey~ The traitorous minister is in charge, the people are not happy, the yellow turban thief rises, and the world will be in chaos!"

Cao Cao's words came from the bottom of his heart, and Cao Cao wanted to support the Han family at the beginning, which is also recorded in the history books.

In 174, the 19-year-old Cao Cao was promoted to filial piety, into Luoyang as a lang, officially entered the official career, soon after, was appointed as the northern lieutenant of Luoyang, equivalent to the county order level, speaking of the beginning of the county order, it is not small, but because Luoyang is the capital of the Eastern Han Dynasty, is the place where the imperial relatives and noble relatives live, so his official can be said to be very small.

Although the official is small, Cao Cao did not slack off, as soon as he arrived at the post, he affirmed the ban, strict law and discipline, made more than ten five-colored sticks, hung around the yamen, and said: Those who violate the ban will be killed.

Jian Shuo's uncle Jian Tu violated the prohibition of night walking, and Cao Cao showed no mercy and executed Jian Tu with a five-colored stick. So, "the Beijing master has a trace, and there is no one who dares to offend", but Cao Cao also offended some of the powerful people of the dynasty because of this, but because of the relationship between his father Cao Song, he didn't dare to really do anything to him, but Cao Cao was transferred to Dunqiu, which was far away from Luoyang, and was appointed as Dunqiu, and later Cao Cao was implicated because his brother-in-law Song Qi was killed by the eunuchs, and was removed from his official position, and returned to his hometown to live in Qian County.

In 180 Cao Cao was conscripted by the imperial court and appointed as a councilor, before that, the general Dou Wu and Taifu Chen Fan planned to kill the eunuchs, but they were killed by the eunuchs, Cao Cao wrote a letter stating that Dou Wu and others were framed for the integrity of the officials, resulting in the traitors and evil people were full of courts, and the loyal people could not be reused, the words were sincere, but they were not adopted by Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, so Cao Cao understood that the Eastern Han Dynasty had rotted to the bones, and he could not correct it at all by his own strength.

Therefore, Cao Cao's sigh in front of Zhang Yi was completely sincere, not pretended.

"Hey~" also sighed, Zhang Yi also said sadly: "The situation is like this, you and I are ministers, we can only do our best, and there is no other way."

"I just don't understand," Cao Cao, who became more and more sad the more he spoke, slapped his thigh and said bitterly: "What's wrong with His Majesty the Emperor?" He can't see the loyalty and traitor, who has the talent to govern the world, and who is the corpse? Loyal ministers like Dou Wu and Chen Fan were actually corrected by the Fa, and meritorious people like Hou Ye did not have a fair treatment, but those traitors above the court who slipped around and did all kinds of evil could be reused? What's going on in this world? ”

Cao Cao, who was more and more sad the more he spoke, poured down the wine in the cup and began to talk about the current situation endlessly, while Zhang Yi had been listening quietly, sometimes nodding yes, sometimes echoing Cao Cao sadly, anyway, he did everything a listener could do.

After talking endlessly for half an hour, Cao Cao said that he was tired and began to ask Zhang Yi what he thought about the current situation, but Zhang Yi did not answer him positively, and still said something like "The current situation is like this, you and I are ministers, we should do our best" and so on, until the banquet was over, Zhang Yi did not say a word to comment on the current situation.

Looking at the back of Zhang Yi and the others walking out of the county office, Cao Cao secretly frowned.

Cao Cao, who felt a little unable to see through Zhang Yi, turned his head and asked behind him, and a person who had just walked into the lobby asked, "Song Ye, what do you think of this person?"

This Song Ye is the player next to Cao Cao, and he is helpless to follow Cao Cao, because his identity in this life is Cao Cao's family slave, and if he wants to get ahead, he has to follow Cao Cao.

Slightly owed to Cao Cao, Song Ye said respectfully: "Lord, this person will definitely become a stumbling block to your hegemony in the future."

"Achieve hegemony, achieve hegemony..."After repeating those four words, Cao Cao said a little confused: "Can I really achieve a great feat as you said?"

"If the lord asks about karma, karma is still the same sentence," bowed to Cao Cao, and Song Ye said earnestly: "The Han family will die, and those who settle the world will also be the lord!"

Song Ye's earnest tone made Cao Cao's eyes light up, and he couldn't help but feel proud in his heart, if he hadn't taken care of the people around him, Cao Cao would definitely have to make some macro statements.

When Cao Cao and Song Ye were talking about Zhang Yi, Guan Yu was also asking about Zhang Yi's attitude towards Cao Cao, and he didn't understand why Zhang Yi had not answered Cao Cao's questions positively.

Walking side by side with Zhang Yi, Guan Yu hesitated for a moment, and finally asked: "Big brother, little brother is stupid, why don't you tell that Cao Cao what you usually say to us?"

When he usually brainwashed Guan Yu and them, Zhang Yi criticized the current situation a lot, Guan Yu thought that after Cao Cao's high-minded talk, Zhang Yi would say something that convinced Cao Cao, but he didn't expect Zhang Yi to be silent, which made Guan Yu very incomprehensible.

Guan Yu had doubts in his heart, Zhang Yi had already seen it, and waited for him to ask, so after listening to Guan Yu's words, Zhang Yi didn't think about it, and immediately asked Guan Yu: "Yun Chang, what do you say in the eyes of those people in Luoyang, who am I?"

"It's a great hero to recover the county."

Without thinking about it, Guan Yu immediately said the answer.

"Wrong," after directly vetoing Guan Yu's answer, Zhang Yi said with a smile: "In the eyes of those people in Luoyang, I am a dog of the Ten Standing Servants, I think not only those people think so, but the Ten Standing Servants themselves must also think so, even those emperors who you think are mediocre and incompetent, must also think so."

Guan Yu still has expectations for the Han Dynasty in his heart, and there is a lot of evidence in history, such as when everyone was persuading Liu Bei to be the emperor, Guan Yu was silent, so that later, Guan Yu was defeated and killed, and later generations have always believed that Liu Bei was responsible.

Guan Yu was defeated and Maicheng was finally killed, whether Liu Bei was responsible, Zhang Yi didn't know, but Zhang Yi knew Guan Yu's wish to help the Han family, so Zhang Yi had been constantly erasing the expectation in Guan Yu's heart through words, just like now, he mentioned Emperor Han Ling.

The so-called food of the king, the matter of loyalty to the king, Guan Yu's expectations for the Han Dynasty in his heart are nothing more than expectations for the emperor, because Guan Yu once said something like "Qingjun side", which shows that Guan Yu has always had high expectations for Emperor Han Ling, and he has always thought that as long as those traitors are swept away, Emperor Han Ling will definitely become a good emperor, so Zhang Yi is going to plant a seed of doubt in Guan Yu's heart now.

Sure enough, when Zhang Yi mentioned Emperor Han Ling, Guan Yu's pair of lying silkworm eyebrows immediately wrinkled together.

"The emperor thinks so too?" Frowning and thinking about it, Guan Yu shook his head and said, "No, the emperor has been deceived by traitors all along, he shouldn't know these things, right?"

"Yun Chang, you are too naïve," shook his head at Guan Yu with a smile, Zhang Yi leaned his horse's head towards Guan Yu, and then asked in a low voice: "Your Majesty is the most favored by the Ten Standing Attendants, right?" This can be seen from the fact that he handed over the forbidden army to the commander of the Ten Standing Guards, but why did he hand over the capital garrison to He Jin? Why did you hand over the Northern Army to Lu Zhi, who fell to He Jin? Because he was afraid that the power of the Ten Permanent Servants would be too great and his throne would be unstable, he had to balance the rights of both sides. ”

"But if the emperor knows that the eldest brother is a member of the Ten Standing Guards, why should he hand over the Northern Army to the eldest brother?"

Guan Yu is also a resourceful person, as soon as Zhang Yi's words were finished, he immediately thought of doubts, but Zhang Yi had already arranged all the words, where would he be asked.

"Because he has no choice," looking directly at Guan Yu, Zhang Yi said conclusively: "Why does he have no choice, I can't tell you clearly in a few words, but together with the Yellow Turban Rebellion, he immediately worshiped He Jin as a general, and at the same time lifted the party and implemented a series of favorable measures. Shows that he knows what is right and what is wrong, and what does that mean? It shows that he is not a mediocre and incompetent emperor, but he just doesn't want to be a good emperor for the country and the people, because being a good emperor is tiring, but being a faint emperor can be easy. ”

Listening to Zhang Yi's words, Guan Yu's brows furrowed even tighter, and a thoughtful expression leaked from his face.

Seeing that Guan Yu began to think about his words, Zhang Yi struck while the iron was hot and continued: "From the fact that he balances the rights of both sides, this shows that he knows how to be a king, and from the measures he implemented in the Yellow Turban Rebellion, it shows that he knows the way to be a king, and he understands the art of being a king and the way of being a king but makes the world chaotic, which means that he just doesn't want to be a good emperor, emperor, son of heaven, is it the son of heaven?" No, it is the son of all the people of the world, a person, but to be the son of all the people of the world, to let all the people of the world live a life of abundant food and clothing, how tired should it be? It is absolutely unimaginable to ordinary people, which is why there are more faint monarchs than Ming monarchs in all dynasties. ”

Zhang Yi's words were easy to understand, and if Guan Yu didn't understand it, even a few of Zhang Yi's pro-soldiers around him understood, and Dian Wei patted his head and said after listening to it, it is hard enough to be a son for a person, and the emperor wants to be a son for the people of the world, and it is really not a human being.

Zhang Yi's words were finished, but he wasn't sure how much Guan Yu could understand, but this was not a hurry, so Zhang Yi didn't dwell on it, but hurried back to the camp outside the city.

Back at the station outside the city, Zhang Yi saw a large number of Yellow Turban prisoners of war, which gave him a headache, because these prisoners of war are different from Xianbei prisoners of war, Xianbei prisoner of war Zhang Yi can be persuaded to surrender or forced to surrender, and these prisoners of war are ordinary people, although they rebelled against the Yellow Turbans, rebelled with the Yellow Turban Army, burned, killed and looted, and did a lot of bad things, and they were also very hateful, but let Zhang Yi use the means to deal with the enemy to deal with them, Zhang Yi was really a little bit helpless.

Looking at the people who were squatting on the ground and trembling with fear, Zhang Yi turned his head and asked Guan Yu, "Yun Chang, what do you think they should do?"

Hearing Zhang Yi say that he was going to dispose of himself, those Yellow Turban prisoners of war immediately raised their heads and looked at him, and at this time Guan Yu also followed Zhang Yi's hand to look at those prisoners of war, from the eyes of those people, Guan Yu saw fear and panic, and also saw hatred and resentment, but more of them were confused, because those prisoners of war themselves didn't know what was waiting for them next.

"Give them to the court?" Guan Yu asked tentatively, but then he shook his head and said: "No, they will all die if they are handed over to the imperial court, although they are very hateful, but many people are not guilty to death, otherwise they will be co-opted?"

"Adopt them?" Raising his eyebrows, Zhang Yi raised his finger and pointed at those golden soldiers: "Look at their status, do they meet the recruitment standards of the Dingping Army?" Look at their age, up to forty or fifty, fifteen or sixteen, and adopt them, and we will take a small amount of food to support them? ”

"This..."Guan Yu, who was dumb and was asked by Zhang Yi, hesitated for a moment and asked Zhang Yi: "What is the eldest brother going to do?" You can't kill them all, can you? ”

Guan Yu, who had witnessed Zhang Yi's abuse of those Xianbei prisoners of war, was really afraid that Zhang Yi would kill these people with gritted teeth, of course, with Zhang Yi's current temperament, he was indeed capable.

Smiling, Zhang Yi asked Guan Yu rhetorically: "I'm going to say that I'm going to kill them all, let you execute them, do you want to do it?"

"It's... I..."

Guan Yu, who was asked again, muttered for a long time, and finally shook his head.

Naturally, Guan Yu, who has always been known for his benevolence and righteousness, could not do that kind of thing of slaughtering prisoners of war.

Seeing Guan Yu shaking his head, Zhang Yi turned his head and asked Zhang Fei: "Yide, do you want to do it?"

"Me?" Suddenly pointed by Zhang Yi, Zhang Fei looked a little surprised, he pointed to his nose, shook his head like a rattle and said: "I can't do it, I will never be soft when I see me on the battlefield, but now the eldest brother has asked me to kill them all in this state, then I might as well die headlong."

Although Zhang Fei is brave and aggressive, he is not the kind of ruthless person, he has a temper, he may beat and scold the soldiers, but the slaughter of prisoners of war is absolutely impossible to do.

"There are times when you can't do it?" After glancing at Zhang Fei playfully, Zhang Yi turned his head and asked Dian Wei again: "What about the evil?"

"Huh?" After being stunned for a while, Dian Wei shouted coaxingly: "I listen to the lord, the lord will kill me if he says to kill me, no matter who it is."

Listening to Dian Wei's words, Zhang Yi was stunned for a moment, but immediately laughed again.

Dian Wei's answer was both expected by Zhang Yi and unexpected by Zhang Yi, he knew that Dian Wei was loyal and brave, but he didn't expect to be loyal to this extent, which made him glad that he met Dian Wei first, otherwise, Dian Wei would definitely become the most headache for himself on the battlefield in the future.

In fact, Zhang Yi thought wrongly, it should be the current group of generals under his command, no matter which one is not under his command, it will give him a headache in the future, of course, it is impossible now, but how to deal with these prisoners of war at the moment is indeed a headache for Zhang Yi.