At this time, the suffering Son of Heaven in Luoyang City was called miserable: unkempt, his clothes were tattered, and the crown was about to fall off when he wore it obliquely, but he was in no mood to straighten it. The officials, who usually tell the Son of Heaven to pay attention to his appearance at every turn, no longer have the strength to admonish, and lie in the half-burned palace one by one, like dead dogs.

Decadence and lifelessness permeated the court, and at a glance, it did not look like a royal palace, but like a beggar's den.

In fact, they are indeed similar to beggars now: first, Luoyang City was burned down by Dong Zhuo, the princes and nobles moved the capital with the Son of Heaven, and then they were sacked by General Li Guo Er, and finally escaped from control.

They can't even collect money and food from the people.

On the one hand, Luoyang City has been reduced to ruins, and the victims left behind are as miserable as them, and the other is that there are no soldiers available under them, and no one pays attention to them when they go to collect them.

"My previous worries seem to be a bit redundant, even if this kind of Son of Heaven is killed directly, how much backlash can there be?" Li He thought to himself.

Originally, he thought that it was because the great Han Dynasty was not exhausted that Cao Cao "coerced the Son of Heaven and ordered the princes" to appear, which made Emperor Han Xian linger for many years. But now it seems that the Han Dynasty's qi has been exhausted, and the reason why he was able to hold out for those more years was that Cao Cao was using his own qi to renew the life of the Han Dynasty!

To put it simply, if Cao Cao does not come to "coerce the Son of Heaven", the Son of Heaven will die, and the Han Dynasty will perish now.

It was not Cao Cao who stole the world of the Han Dynasty, but Cao Cao who saved the life of the Son of Heaven!

This is a favor, and it will not be eaten by the luck of the Han Dynasty at all, and the Han Dynasty does not have much luck to be able to eat Cao Cao.

"From this point of view, Cao Cao's son Cao Ang died early, and Cao Pi died of illness soon after becoming emperor, it seems that it has nothing to do with usurping the Han Dynasty, purely influenced by Cao Cao's private virtues, or is it simply fate?" Li He couldn't help but think.

However, this matter depends on thinking, and it is obvious that there is no answer.

Because Cao Cao did not kill Lu Bohao or slaughter Xuzhou City, it is still unknown whether the two will die young in the future.

"Your Majesty, the minister brought you freshly stewed chicken soup." Cao Cao personally stepped forward to serve the Han Emperor for dinner.

Immediately, Emperor Han was so excited that tears came out of his eyes, and he said: "Aiqing, I have not eaten meat for several months!" ”

At this moment, Li He could clearly feel that Cao Cao's luck had prospered a lot, while the remaining luck of the Han Dynasty had decayed a lot. Then Cao Cao proposed to move the capital, and the Han Emperor and the civil and military officials did not want to agree, but under the pressure of Cao Ying's soldiers, they had to agree.

In an instant, Emperor Han's luck attenuated a lot.

At this time, he almost had no imperial luck, and if he left Cao Cao, he was likely to be immediately sacked by horse thieves and killed on the spot.

This undoubtedly shows that Li He's previous worries were completely superfluous.

As long as the personnel are tightly activated, the people who are loyal to Cao Cao are reused, and the people who still have the Han family in their hearts are marginalized, this "coercion of the Son of Heaven and the princes" will be beneficial and harmless, and will not have any negative impact on Cao Cao.

After moving the capital to Xuchang, the Son of Heaven wantonly sealed everyone in Cao Ying, not only Cao Cao became a commonplace, but even Zhao Yun, Chen Gong, Cheng Yu, Lu Su and others were also in high positions.

Although it is only a nominal official position, and the actual power has not changed, it is a reputation after all.

"Canonized, Daoist Li He is the national teacher of the Han Dynasty, and he is in charge of the world!" The eunuch read out the decree again.

Hearing this, Cao Cao was a little surprised, because this was not the canonization he had planned.

And Li He directly rejected this holy decree, shook his head and said: "Now that there are many princes, the world is undecided, and all the Daomen families are also scattered sand, and there is no Taoist system in the world, how to take charge?" I also ask Your Majesty to withdraw the order and not to be canonized indiscriminately. ”

Immediately, whether it was the eunuch who read the holy decree or the civil and military officials, they were all stunned.

Li He decisively refused to be canonized, and said it so ruthlessly, which really caught them by surprise.

In fact, Cao Cao mentioned the canonization of the national teacher to Li He, but Li He refused, so it was not in Cao Cao's canonization plan. And the reason why Emperor Han canonized Li He was to win him over and use his power to balance Cao Cao.

Because now, Li He's own fame is already a force to be reckoned with.

But obviously, their sycophants slapped on the horse's hooves, not only failed to win over Li He, but were scolded by Li He.

"Li He, Your Majesty canonized you can afford ......" An official stood up to accuse, but before he finished speaking, he was glared at by Cao Cao, and he didn't dare to beep half a word again. Then, Cao Cao looked at Li He and persuaded: "Dao Chief, it is easy to act only if you are famous, the Dao system in the world can be slowly closed, there is no need to refuse the position of national teacher, right?" ”

Hearing this, Li He shook his head and said: "Don't persuade Mengde, the matter of principle, the poor way must be paid attention to." ”

After finishing speaking, he got up directly and left, returning to his Taoist temple.

It didn't take long for Cao Cao, who had finished dealing with the affairs of the court, to hurry over and say to Li He: "Dao Chief, the matter of the edict is not my idea, and it is unintentional to persuade him. ”

Because Li He left the scene halfway, Cao Cao thought that he had violated the taboo of the Taoist with everyone in the court, which made him angry.

"Poor Dao is not angry, Mengde don't think about it." Li He shook his head and said: "It's just that the position of the national teacher, now I really can't ask for it, even if it's just a false name, I can't ask for it." Because for the poor road, it is not a reward, but a pit! ”

Cao Cao was stunned when he heard this, and said in amazement: "Why? ”

He had also talked to Li He about the canonization of the national teacher before, but Li He just refused, didn't say much, and he didn't ask more, just because Li He didn't want a false name.

But now it seems that there is a Tao in it that I don't know?

Li He did not answer Cao Cao directly, but asked rhetorically: "Meng De, what do you think is the purpose of going out of the mountain?" ”

"Rescue the common people?" Cao Cao said tentatively.

"Definitely." Li He shook his head and said: "The blessings and misfortunes and sufferings of the common people are all part of the operation of the Heavenly Dao, and the world's 'long-term union must be divided, and long-term division must be combined' is a fixed number, how can manpower contend with it?" The real desire of the poor road to go out of the mountain this time is to share the fortune with the country and cultivate itself through its blessings! ”

Hearing this, Cao Cao was even more puzzled and asked, "Then why did you refuse the position of national teacher?" ”

"The national teacher of the Han Dynasty, do you have luck and blessings? If the poor road is suffered, I am afraid that I will be unlucky, and my cultivation will not advance but retreat! Li He said.

Cao Cao suddenly, bowed down and said: "I don't know the number of days, I talk and persuade in vain, and I ask the Taoist to forgive me." ”

"Those who don't know are not to blame, Meng De doesn't need to care." Li He shook his head and said.

Next, Cao Cao, who was already powerful, continued to grow in the name of the Son of Heaven and became stronger and stronger. At the same time, Yuan Shao started a war with Gongsun Zan of Youzhou and was dragged down. Yuan Shu hurriedly proclaimed himself emperor, thinking that he could be the first in the world, but he was attacked by the tripartite forces of Lu Bu, Liu Bei, and Cao Cao, and was the first to withdraw from the historical stage.

Then, history seemed to have returned to the original point, Lu Bu and Liu Bei competed, Liu Bei was defeated and defected to Cao Cao, leading Cao Cao to catch Lu Bu with a trick.

"Cao Mengde, if you let me go, I can be your general and fight the world for you." After Lu Bu became a prisoner, he begged Cao Cao for mercy.

It's just that he was hit by a critical blow from Liu Bei, and he only heard him say: "Lu Bu once recognized Ding Yuan as his father-in-law, and later killed Ding Yuan with his own hands, and once recognized Dong Zhuo as his father-in-law, and killed Dong Zhuo with his own hands." Now, Meng De, you may also be his father-in-law and see if your life is harder than Ding Yuan and Dong Zhuo. ”

Hearing this, Cao Cao's eyes immediately revealed a murderous intent.

But he didn't kill Lu Bu directly, but turned his head and asked Li He next to him: "Dao Chief, don't you know that there is a way in the world to control a capricious person like Lu Bu?" ”