Actually, Zhang Xi really wanted to say to Cao Cao, I just don't want to follow in the footsteps of Wang Yu and Xun Yu, so I don't want to join your camp.

It's just that Zhang Xi really didn't dare to say that, after all, the Yingchuan Zhang family is now within Cao Cao's rule.

If you annoy this hero, God knows what kind of catastrophe it will bring to the Yingchuan Zhang family.

Although it is said that in these years, it is very common for the family to split up, and long bets are a common thing.

There are also unspoken rules in these years, everyone acquiesces that one person does not represent the whole family, it is okay to kill one person, and it is absolutely impossible to kill a family because of one person.

For example, Cao Cao can use demagogy as a reason to kill Yang Xiu, but he must not destroy the Hongnong Yang clan because Yang Xiu made a mistake.

But in these years, there will always be people who will break some rules without a bottom line.

For example, when the princes of the Eighteenth Road were begging Dong, Dong Zhuo did not abide by this rule.

Yuan Shao never thought that Dong Zhuo, a big man from the northwest, would be so unruly, because Yuan Shao gathered troops to fight against Dong, so Dong Zhuo directly killed Yuan Kui's family.

Of course, Dong Zhuo's fate is not good, even if he is trapped in Yi Wu, he will be ruined after death.

It stands to reason that Cao Cao witnessed how Dong Zhuo went from being in power to the annihilation of the life and death clan, and he should not have made such a mistake, but this is Cao Cao after all, and he is the Cao Cao who can write "white bones are exposed in the wild, and there is no rooster crowing for thousands of miles", and he can order the slaughter of the city without hesitation.

Zhang Xi really didn't dare to bet on Cao Cao's character, and Zhang Xi was already in his thirties, so he wouldn't offend people everywhere for the sake of not covering his mouth.

Therefore, Zhang Xi just smiled and gave a panacea answer, "My lord Xuande Gong, Rende is in the Quartet, and Xi admires it, fortunately, fortunately." ”

Cao Cao listened to this answer, but he smiled, and continued to ask, "Xuande is certainly benevolent, but the old man has no name of benevolence to pass on to the world?!" ”

No, if you ask that, you really can't have a good chat, right?

Do you yourself have the name of benevolence passed down to the world, don't you count your own psychology?!

What he said, not to mention that Zhang Xi didn't know how to answer, that is, Cao Ren looked at his brother speechlessly. Really, why don't you just say something else, such as the merits of pacifying troubled times?!

Our family has an advantage in this regard, but you always have to go to Rende with Liu Bei, isn't it looking for a draw.

But Cao Cao really doesn't think so.

On the one hand, Cao Cao is very confident in his own achievements.

On the other hand, Cao Cao has heard of Zhang Xi for a long time, and when they met for the first time today, he also wanted to test it.

Therefore, Cao Cao pondered for a moment and began to talk about his merits.

"The old man respects the Son of Heaven, crusades against the ministers, pacifies Hebei within a few years, the Central Plains war, recuperates the people, restores the five baht money, builds water conservancy, dredges the river, and makes the people live and work in peace and contentment. This can't be called benevolence?! ”

"The old man went north out of Wuhuan, slashed at the White Wolf Mountain, eliminated the invasion of foreign races, and maintained the stability of the border, this can't be called benevolence?!"

"The old man appeases the homeless people, makes them farmland, makes them worry about food and clothing, works with peace of mind, and stabilizes the place, this can't be called benevolence?!"

Cao Cao asked three times in a row, which made Zhang Xi feel a little uncomfortable.

Yes, you can't deny Cao Cao's exploits in this era, after all, he is indeed one of the most outstanding military strategists and politicians of this era.

Regardless of whether he is "serving the Son of Heaven to order not to obey", or "coercing the Son of Heaven to order the princes", Cao Cao did pacify the war in the Central Plains and Hebei in just a few years, and at the same time the Hu people in the north did not dare to go south, stabilized the people, and also used the way of Mintun and Juntun to absorb the displaced people, these are his achievements.

But the problem is that you will slaughter the city at every turn, and your army will slaughter the city at every turn.

Moreover, as a member of the warlords of the Three Kingdoms, you yourself are a part of the war and the displaced people, and the violent means you used to pacify the war should have been your responsibility.

As for Tuntian, not to mention, how do you want the displaced people to thank you for your "benevolence"?!

Isn't this holding back to let Zhang Xi complain.

Zhang Xi really couldn't help it, looked at Guan Yu, and found that Guan Yu closed his eyes and recuperated with a look of disdain.

Well, Zhang Xi immediately understood the spirit of the superior leadership and sprayed.

"Duke Cao deceived the Son of Heaven, abolished the queen, killed the prince, and mutilated his colleagues, how can he be called benevolent?!"

"Cao Gong slaughtered the city at every turn, brutalized the people, and acquiesced in the use of human flesh as military food, how can it be called benevolence?!"

"Cao Gong Tuntian, four people and six dukes, the homeless people want to have a hungry stomach and can't get it, how can it be called benevolence?!"

"Cao Gong stole and dug up the tombs of his ancestors, but Cao Gongxing's five baht money was established and wasted, Cao Gong"

As soon as Zhang Xi said it, he couldn't keep his mouth shut anymore, except for the north out of White Wolf Mountain, which eliminated Wuhuan and didn't spray, everything else was sprayed.

If it weren't for the second master's careful cough and interrupting Zhang Xi's chanting, Zhang Xi would not have noticed that Cao Cao's face on the other side was already difficult to see that he was about to eat people.

"According to what you say, Lone in this life, mediocre and brutal, without any merit?!" Cao Cao asked in a gloomy voice with a gloomy face.

Cao Cao said this, Guan Yu's brows furrowed.

It's not that Guan Yu thinks Zhang Xi said too much, it's just that Guan Yu noticed that Cao Cao changed his name here.

Cao Cao claimed to be an old friend reunion before, so Cao Cao's self-proclaimed names were all "me", "old man" and the like, and even Cao Ren subconsciously called him "King Wei", which Cao Cao stopped.

But now, here Cao Cao's self-proclaimed "Lonely" is "Lonely".

It can be seen that Cao Cao is really angry.

And Zhang Xi also chuckled in his heart, and before he said badly, he thought that he couldn't overstimulate Cao Cao, so as not to bring disaster to the Zhang family in Yingchuan, but now it's okay, it seems to have gone too far.

I have to quickly find a way to make up for it, find someone who can dissipate Cao Cao's anger, but at the same time will not go against his own position, and coax Cao Cao to be happy.

"However, Cao Gong attacked Wuhuan in the north, slashed the formation, moved to the Huns in the south, and ensured that the border of the Han Dynasty was worry-free.

Zhang Xi's words really praised Cao Cao, saying that he attacked Wuhuan in the north and eliminated the threat in the north, which had the same credit as Wei Qinghuo's illness, and it also showed what Cao Cao said in "Let the County Know Its Own Ambition", he just wants to be a general who conquers the west.

But. It seems that Cao Cao is still not too happy, and his face is still gloomy.

Yes, Zhang Xi felt that he still had to think about it, what else could he boast about.

But the problem is that Cao Cao's merits are indeed not small, but his black spots are too bright, if you want to praise him, those black spots will remind you of its presence all the time. How do you boast?!

After thinking about it, Zhang Xi still remembered "Romance of the Three Kingdoms".

Of course, it is not the original "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", but the Mao version of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", in which Mao Zonggang quoted two sentences from Zhong Hao's "Ye Zhong Song", and these two sentences are indeed quite accurate when used to evaluate Cao Cao.

"Cao Gong has made a mistake, and Xi steals that he can hide it in a word!" Zhang Xi said again, "There are not two culprits in the first place, and the stench is all over the place. Xi would like to dedicate Cao Gong with this word. ”

After Cao Cao listened, he paused for a moment.

Merit?! Chief criminal?! Not two?!

Smelly?! Liufang?! Ben Yiyi?!

These two sentences, the more I pondered, the more Cao Cao felt that it was not a taste, but the more I pondered, Cao Cao felt that what he said was too right.

Extraordinary times, doing extraordinary things, this is Cao Cao's choice.

In the troubled times of the Three Kingdoms, many of his actions were actually helpless.

In order to quickly calm down this troubled world, some of the decisions made by Cao Cao were indeed very cruel.

In fact, Cao Cao also knew, but Cao Cao could convince himself to do so because Cao Cao believed that these costs were acceptable compared to quickly pacifying the troubled times.

But knowing is knowing, it doesn't mean that Cao Cao's heart will choose to approve, otherwise how did his head stroke come about? !

In fact, Cao Cao's inner pressure has always been very great, and some of the things he does, he knows that they are wrong, but Cao Cao still has to do them, and he has to make up a suitable reason for himself afterwards, so as to convince himself that it is right to do so.

It's okay for a short time, but after a long time, the pressure in Cao Cao's heart will only get bigger and bigger, and eventually crush him.

But as soon as Zhang Xi's two comments came out, although Cao Cao still felt a trace of ridicule, he also got a sense of recognition.

Although I am the main culprit, I am also the culprit.

I'm the culprit, but I'm also the culprit.

Two sentences, different interpretations, all depend on your own needs.

Whether it is a hundred years of history or a stench of ten thousand years, for Cao Cao, it doesn't really matter, as long as someone thinks that he can live for a hundred years, then Cao Cao feels that the things he has done are worth it.

Repeating these two sentences back and forth, the more Cao Cao chattered, the better his spirit became, and in the end, his face was still red, and he laughed.

"Fun, fun!" Cao Cao laughed and said, "Listen to people, Yingchuan Zhang Yuanchang is good at judging characters, and when I saw it recently, I didn't deceive me." ”

As soon as Cao Cao said this, Guan Yu and Zhang Xi immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

Seeing that Cao Cao was so happy, and said such a thing, he went back to Yingchuan to slaughter the Zhang family, how can he not say it? !

Guan Yu was temporarily relieved, and Zhang Xi also kept thanking Mao Zonggang in his heart, and thanked Mr. Zhong Yi for being really, you are really good people who save lives.

Cao Ren is not very happy.

If he Zhang Yuanchang is good at appreciating characters, then my Cao Ren's name of "slippery side too shou" can be.

(End of chapter)