"Ziqian, do you know how many Lingjun have been appointed in Dunqiu County in the past thirty years?" Cao Cao asked.

"Twenty?" Yang Ming guessed a number.

Cao Cao has this question, this number should not be low, in two years, there are fifteen, twenty is already overcounted.

Cao Cao shook his head, pressed his left thumb to four, and his right index finger and middle finger to two, and said, "Forty-two." ”

Hearing this number, Yang Ming was very surprised, this translates into two county commanders in a year?

How can this county be well governed?

"Twenty-two were transferred in less than a year, ten were replaced, six abandoned printing and fled in the middle of the night, and four died unexpectedly." Cao Cao smiled bitterly, and after speaking, he picked up the wine that Yang Ming poured for him, and drank it all after clinking glasses with Yang Ming.

Yang Ming also had a more accurate understanding of Cao Cao's "promotion" at this time.

Yang Qi's opinion, he disagreed.

Cao Cao was transferred to the county commander and stayed away from the center, so naturally it could not be a "promotion" move.

But now it seems that this is not just a simple matter of staying away from the center, but a real punishment.

"Murder and arson are purely common, it is natural to rob money and goods, conflicts between the government and the people, and collective fights, and the list goes on." Cao Cao continued.

"That should have been when Meng De first came, and when I came, I saw the long queue outside the county lieutenant's office, and it should have changed a lot?" Yang Ming asked, helping Cao Cao pour wine again as he spoke.

Cao Cao hurriedly picked up the wine glass to greet him, and when the wine was full, he put it down, and said with pride on his face: "Now the officials in Dunqiu have fulfilled their duties, there are almost no weapons to fight, the people have their land, they are committed to production, there are no thieves in the city, there are no unjust cases in prison, and there are countless homeless people who have gone back and forth." ”

"Meng De is talented." Yang Ming raised his glass.

This is true, Cao Cao has only been in Dunqiu for half a year, and it is extremely rare to have this kind of governance effect.

The two clinked glasses and drank them all.

"Even so, why does Meng De still sigh?" Yang Ming continued to ask.

Cao Cao wanted to speak and stopped, and finally took out a bamboo slip from his arms.

Yang Ming took it suspiciously, and after unfolding it, he saw that it was written by his father Cao Song.

The content of it is that there have been more than 10 letters on the Shangshutai side, most of which are for the impeachment of Cao Cao's life, and Cao Cao is asked to resign from the government to avoid accidents.

Yang Ming put down the bamboo slips, recalled what Cao Cao said, and suddenly realized a problem.

If Dunqiu is really as Cao Cao said, it must be a place of strong and powerful, how did the people get their land?

"Ziqian, I'll tell you something." Cao Cao recounted the first thing he did in Dunqiu.

Soon after arriving in Dunqiu, Cao Cao, who was familiar with military books, knew that in order to govern such places, he must first be armed, so he sent people to other villages to recruit more than 100 villagers.

After the completion of the training of the village warrior, he began to promulgate the "Ten Punishments" order with great fanfare, stipulating that those who kill people and set fires, forcibly buy people, gather crowds to fight, provoke trouble, harbor criminals, fail to report what they know, commit adultery and plunder, oppress the good, obstruct official business, and enclose land without permission will be punished.

This order was issued, naturally, ...... There is no effect.

Most of those who were oppressed were ordinary people, that is, they were deeply oppressed by the powerful and powerful, and they didn't know Cao Cao's ability.

So Cao Cao started from the prison again and found a prisoner who was Sun Pi.

His home was set on fire in the middle of the night, and the 11 members of the family were spared except for him who went out temporarily, and the rest were buried in the fire.

Unexpectedly, he was convicted of false accusations by the previous county magistrate and thrown into the county jail.

Arson is bound to be vengeful, and Cao Cao ordered him to carefully recall the people who might be enemies.

After some elimination, Chengnan Du became the biggest suspect.

So Cao Cao spent a month investigating the case privately, and sure enough, he found the arsonist, and then found the arson equipment, and the human and material evidence was complete.

That night, he led his townsmen to Du's Wu Fort.

He opened the gate of the fort by deception and led the villagers to enter, but Du was defenseless and was captured.

Du De, the head of the Du family, was undeniable in the face of the evidence, so he could only confess it to him, hoping to get Cao Cao's leniency.

It turned out that the reason why Du De wanted to burn Sun Pi's family was because Sun Pi's family's field was located in the middle of his house, and he couldn't change the land several times, so he used this method.

"Pity that the youngest of the Sun family is the grandson of Sun Pi, but he is only a two-year-old child." At this time, Cao Cao took the wine glass and drank it all, his eyes slightly red.

Yang Ming didn't say anything, but silently poured wine for Cao Cao again.

Cao Cao also continued to tell.

Naturally, he did not let go of the Du family, and more than 20 people from the Du family were beheaded in Dongshi by him for the crimes of stealing other people's property, killing people and setting fires, harboring criminals, and oppressing the good.

In this way, the "Ten Punishments" decree he had previously promulgated became a decree in the true sense of the word.

Of course, that's not enough.

The previous county orders in Dunqiu did not last long, and the local families must have communicated with each other and were in calution.

So he found evidence of his collusion with other families and fish and meat in the Du family's account room.

He selected ten heroes from them, and led the township to search for one every night.

And immediately after the arrest, he also immediately issued an example, asking the victims, as long as the evidence is conclusive, the encroached land can be returned, the freedom can be redeemed, or the fertile land can be occupied, and the order is not to be falsely accused, and those who violate the order are also beheaded.

For a time, Dunqiu was boiling, and there were countless complainants, and Dunqiu was able to regain his clarity, as Cao Cao said before.

Yang Ming was greatly touched after hearing this.

First promulgate a decree, and then find a model to establish the prestige of the decree, once the prestige of the decree exists, it must be an order to prohibit, advance and retreat in an orderly manner.

Cao Cao is using the law of governing the army to govern the people.

I have to say that this room full of military books is not an ornament.

It's just that this account is very different from what Yang Qi said when he left Luoyang.

In fact, with his understanding of Cao Cao, he knew that what Yang Qi said must be wrong, but he did not know the truth, and his judgment based on cognition alone was biased.

Now after listening to Cao Cao's description and seeing Changlong outside the county government, I realized that the so-called "careless disregard for human life and unauthorized abuse and killing" was just the revenge of the family.

"Now that Dunqiu has been governed, I may also be able to resign." Cao Cao picked up the wine glass and drank another glass, then took back the bamboo slips on the table, and put them away in his arms.

Yang Ming shook his head at this time.

Cao Cao's hand stopped and looked at him suspiciously.

"If Mengde is because of the bamboo slips, there is no need to be worried." Yang Ming then said.

"Ziqian has a good plan?" Cao Cao Fu put down the bamboo slip again, looked at Yang Ming full of anticipation, and when he saw Yang Ming's empty cup, he also picked up the wine jug and poured it full of wine.

"I don't have a good plan, but when I left, I heard my father mention the matter of books on the platform."

"How?" Cao Cao put down the wine jug when he heard this, and looked at Yang Ming expectantly.

"Gong Qiao admonished Meng De, and His Majesty did not pursue this matter." Yang Ming said with a smile.

Cao Cao's face was pale, his expression was quite complicated, and he smiled bitterly and sighed: "Qiao Gong values me. ”

Yang Ming didn't say anything about Cao Jie and others, Cao Cao wanted to become a scholar, and he said that Cao Jie was humiliating Cao Cao if he helped.

But even if he didn't say it, Cao Cao's reaction showed that he could actually guess.

The so-called Qiao Gong is the world-famous Qiao Xuan, who has served as Situ and Sikong, but Qiao Xuan is now old and has long ceased to participate in political affairs, but is only a temporary Guanglu doctor, and it is not enough for him to speak.

"Dunqiu was able to be ruled because of Meng De, if Meng De goes, those people who have your protection will be doomed." Yang Ming continued.

Cao Cao was stunned when he heard this, and when he came back to his senses, he looked at Yang Ming, and said gratefully: "Ziqian's words woke up the person in his dream, and Cao Dawei was taught." ”

With that, he spread out the bamboo slips again, turned them over, picked up the brush, and wrote on his back.

Yang Ming looked and saw the sixteen characters written by Cao Cao: The father is above, the son's will has been decided, he will not get rid of cruelty, and he will not give up.

At this time, Xu Shao's comments on Cao Cao's words suddenly appeared in his mind, "The capable minister who rules the world, and the traitor who is in troubled times", which is not inaccurate.

"Mengde, I toast you." At this point, Yang Ming raised his glass.

Cao Cao put the bamboo slips aside to dry, and also raised his wine glass to clink glasses with Yang Ming.

When Yang Ming raised his glass and wanted to drink, he couldn't help but say to himself: "When you sing about wine, life is geometric." For example, the morning dew is bitter in the past. Be generous and unforgettable. How to solve the problem? Only Du Kang ......"

Cao Cao was stunned when he heard this, and looked at the Du Kang wine in the cup and fell into deep thought.

"This situation and this scene, this short song is refreshing, and Ziqian's writing is brilliant." Cao Cao heard Yang Ming stop, and couldn't help but ask curiously, "Just down here?" ”

"It's gone down there." Yang Ming was a little embarrassed, he remembered so much.

"It's a pity!" Cao Cao sighed when he heard this.

"It's a pity, Meng De can continue to work one day, and what you and I have done will be able to last forever." Yang Ming's expression was at ease.

Cao Cao also laughed when he heard this, and then nodded seriously.

The two of them drank until the end of the day.

Yang Ming could not go back, but stayed and slept with Cao Cao.

Cao Cao was already snoring like thunder, and Yang Ming couldn't sleep at night.

Cao Cao's experience in Dunqiu is, in a sense, Xun You's three strategies.

Although Yang Ming is a traverser, he may not be stronger than Cao Cao in terms of his ability to govern the place.

It is inevitable that the interests of the local family will be violated, and it is inevitable that it will be written.

It must be known that the imperial power of the two Han Dynasty is not lower than that of the county, and Liu Hong naturally cannot know what the truth is.

In fact, don't talk about Liu Hong, Yang Qi, a servant like Yang Qi, who is a subordinate officer, doesn't know.

So if he is replaced, if he is written, can Yang Ci or Liu Kuan save him like Cao Jie and them?

The answer is most likely no.

There is a gap between the weight of scholars and eunuchs in Liu Hong's heart, otherwise where would the disaster of the party come from?

He can still see the tricks when he is in Luoyang, but when he leaves Luoyang, he is the same as Cao Cao now, he has become a fish on the chopping board, how can he still do it.