Mythic version of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 6501 Persuasion
Cao Ang's mentality towards his father Cao Cao was very complicated. On the one hand, it was the concept of benevolence and filial piety of that era, and on the other hand, it was Cao Cao's previous behavior.

In short, the mutual reflection of the two has led to Cao Ang's extremely complicated mentality towards Cao Cao.

In the past year, Cao Ang tried his best to clean up the mess in Kandahar. In the end, he managed to maintain the situation without any major setbacks. In the process, Cao Ang's character and ability were honed to a great extent.

After all, when you raise your hand, you are faced with such a suffocating situation. If you don’t have some skills, let alone survive the most difficult period, you might even die early.

In reality, the impact of Cao Cao's massacre of the aristocratic families was not as great as the massacre of Xuzhou.

The aristocratic families are basically rational people because of the overall situation, but the people of Xuzhou are not rational. There was no chance before when they didn't come to settle accounts, but now there is a chance. Some old guys really do this with the intention of killing one or two people to give an explanation to their relatives and friends.

Not to mention the Cao and Xiahou families, even people from Li Dian's family died. After Li Dian was furious and captured the other party alive, when he asked the other party why he did so, the fifty-year-old veteran simply said that your father massacred my entire village and dug up my ancestral graves, and this feud is irreconcilable.

Li Dian was almost going crazy at that time. My father was dead, and my brother also died in that battle. But now you found my house and killed my children. What a beast you are.

The old soldier who was caught at that time said calmly, "What about me? All my villagers are dead, and my ancestors' graves have been dug up by you. I will treat you the same way you treated me. What's the problem? It's just revenge. Being captured means I will just die!"

Li Dian was silent and didn't say anything. In this era, revenge for blood relatives and friends is the social morality. Just like he had prepared a lot of things, if he could meet Zhao Yun and kill Zhao Yun, he would try it. This is the kind of society we live in.

"No, you have survived to the point where Lord Chen can abandon you at will." Cao Ang looked at Cao Cao very seriously and said, "I saved you in the Administrative Court just to avoid being stained by politics. Now that you have survived the Administrative Court, it is no longer an impact on Lord Chen. After that, father, have you asked Uncle Chen? Did Lord Chen visit you?"

"Dead people have no value for united front work. Unless they have some special historical significance, they are dead. That's why killing can solve problems." Cao Ang indifferently recounted everything he had learned and understood last year. "It's better to say that you already had this plan to destroy the aristocratic families in Kandahar than to say that it was Cheng Zhongde's plan. So just destroy them. Anyway, they have no value for united front work."

Except for the occasions of fun, he had never been there to visit a patient formally, with gifts in hand. Was he Sikong? An important official of the Han Dynasty? He was just an abandoned pawn.

Cao Cao's face rarely revealed other emotions. That's right, it was not Cheng Zhongde's plan, but his plan. If he didn't have this idea, it would be useless even if Cheng Zhongde said it a hundred times. After all, Cao Cao's wisdom and strategy were not bad among all his counselors. It's just that Cao Cao didn't say it most of the time, and it was Cheng Zhongde who broke the bottom line.

"You should have been waiting for someone to stop you and then back off, but unfortunately you didn't wait that long." Cao Ang sighed lightly, and had a clearer understanding of his father's crimes.

"Father, I didn't understand many of your actions before, but last year, facing the pressure of the funeral, I read a lot of books in order to solve the problem in Kandahar. These were not those classics, but some things from Chen Zichuan, which made me understand your way of thinking more or less." Cao Ang looked at Cao Cao without flinching, fearing that he had been killed in the past year, because there was a real possibility that he would be killed last year. The people of Xuzhou wanted to settle accounts, even if it was equal revenge, their family could not bear it.

This is also the reason why Cao Pi, who should have returned after graduating from the Imperial College, and Cao Chong, who should have returned during the elementary school holiday, did not return. Cao Ang directly told none of his children to return, because if they really returned, the probability of death would be high.

This is actually not something that can be thought of rationally, it is clearly a crazy rhythm.

Liang He took action on the spot because when he came back from a trip, his wife and son were all dead. This was simply unacceptable to him, so he just started fighting and killed as many people as possible. At that time, Liang He even wanted to kill Cao Ang and didn't care who the target was.

Last year, Cao Ang endured the pressure of the funeral and solved everything as much as possible. Now his power is barely stable and Cao Cao has returned.

Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan are indeed very strong, and even Xiahou Ba has already achieved the state of internal energy leaving his body. However, a yard of dozens of acres would take some time to get over. And some people who came here with the determination to die actually have a very simple purpose, which is to kill one to break even, or kill two to make a huge profit.

Because according to the rule of equal revenge, the people of Xuzhou wiped out the entire Cao and Xiahou families, and then dug up their ancestral graves, opened the coffins and mutilated the bodies. I'm afraid they would have to dig up to eighteen generations before it could be considered equal.

Think about it, even a relatively independent officer like Li Dian encountered such an assassination attempt. It goes without saying what kind of intensity the Xiahou and Cao families faced.

"I can't say that your idea is wrong or right, because it doesn't make sense. You just need to think about one thing, that is, if you are killed now, is there any value in united front work?" Cao Ang said calmly while looking at Cao Cao.

It was not the anger of having his power taken away from him, but after realizing that Cao Cao did not realize where he had gone wrong, Cao Ang felt somewhat sad. He was sad for the death of his mother and brother, and for his once great father. He could no longer see this era clearly.

Dian Wei is very strong. Even if he is surrounded by a large group of immortal veterans, Dian Wei can still carry Cao Ang and run away. But there is only one Dian Wei. If he protects Cao Ang, he cannot protect the rest of his family.

When Liang He entered Cao's mansion, he had already proved something, that is, in terms of destructive power, the top veterans' lethality to ordinary people is also full.

Moreover, the real killers were basically not the middle-level officers in Kandahar. Those officers at most provided intelligence to the brothers who came from afar and provided some cover or something. They would not deliberately attack the Cao family. After all, it was only their father-in-law's entire family that died. To be honest, they just felt sad, but not heartbroken.

Cao Cao's mentality, which was originally as holy as Buddha, suddenly exploded because his consciousness wave was cut by Chen Gong. At that moment, the wave of consciousness reached its maximum, and the anger that was originally just a simulation finally took on a human color.

So whether it was the Xiahou family or the Cao family, people died.

"Ang'er, you!" Cao Cao said to Cao Ang with a gloomy face, but Cao Ang looked at Cao Cao calmly. He did not have the previous intention of lowering his head to dodge when Cao Cao glared at him. He just looked at Cao Cao quietly.

"For Lord Chen, if he can be saved, then he will be saved. If he can't be saved, then forget it. As long as he doesn't die in the government, dying anywhere else will not be a moral stain." Cao Ang said softly, "But at this point, don't you understand?"

Cao Cao narrowed his eyes and looked down at the ground. What Cao Ang said was a bit biased, but some things are just like that. Cao Cao has already been abandoned.

“Marquis Chen doesn’t care who owns Kandahar, whether it’s Cao’s, a Central Asian family, or even the Centurion Alliance, it’s all fine, as long as they can occupy this ecological niche, it doesn’t matter who is here.” Cao Ang closed his eyes, “Father, don’t kill me. If you do it again, you won’t even have a decent ending. Marquis Chen doesn’t have the consciousness of not punishing doctors.” Chen Xi would indeed do things like giving three cups of wine as punishment and not doing it again, but it also depends on the object. For Chen Xi, Cao Cao is no longer worthy of such treatment, so when it is time to send him away, Chen Xi, who has already settled accounts, will definitely not be polite.

"The sage is unkind and treats all things as straw dogs." Cao Ang's sigh sounded like thunder in Cao Cao's ears. "To that person, most people are the same. Unfortunately, we are just one of the majority of people to that person."

The affection and value have been used up. This is how Cao Ang felt. Ever since Chen Xi started to treat people in a public manner without any personal friendship, Cao Ang knew that there was no friendship left. No, there was no value at all. If there was more value, this would not be like this.

“You may not admit your mistakes, but please don’t kill anymore. Every person you kill is digging a grave for our Cao family. When the grave is big enough to bury all of us, the time will be up. Killing people in this world can solve problems, but it cannot solve all problems.” Cao Ang said in a low voice, feeling extremely tired.

Cao Cao remained silent, the annoyance in his heart filled his brain, and he maintained his normal state.

"I used to think that some of Lord Chen's arrangements were strange, but after you left and I took control of Kandahar, I realized that I was indeed one-sided. The accounts between aristocratic families cannot be calculated according to the law, but only according to the value of united front work. Even if it is so-called illegal, as long as its value is great enough, it can be regarded as non-existent." Cao Ang suppressed his inner anger as much as possible and told his father what he had learned in the past year, hoping to calm the other party's mentality.

"It is precisely because of this that the more direct order from Lord Chen was issued later, that aristocratic families are not suitable for legal provisions." Cao Ang sighed, "All aristocratic families are not suitable for legal provisions. Conflicts between aristocratic families must be resolved internally, without weighing them, and they must be resolved on their own. Once the country is involved, they will review each item one by one, and finally make a big case to kill the whole family."

"It's not that Lord Chen doesn't know how many outrageous behaviors the noble families have, nor that he doesn't know that what they did would have been punished by death if it happened to ordinary people. It's not that there is not enough evidence to prove these things, but that there is no need." Cao Ang looked at Cao Cao calmly, "Because the law is only the collective will of the ruling class, and the state is a tool of class rule."

"To be honest, when Zihuan had some books sent back, I should have known that there were some things in these books that some big shots wanted me to read. They were just really interesting. So, father, have you considered how much value we have left now?" Cao Ang looked at Cao Cao and asked, "Is our value enough to outweigh the impact of another liquidation?"

If it cannot be exceeded and another reckoning is carried out, Cao Ang probably won't even need to start, as the Cao and Xiahou families will be wiped out. Moreover, Cao Pi and Cao Zhi who are in Chang'an will also be killed. Although they will not be killed in the Imperial Academy, it is really possible that they will die on the way home.

As for leaving a way out for others, Cao Cao was the first to do it, so don't blame others for sending your entire family to hell. Moreover, even if they did this, to the extent of humiliating the Jingzhao Yin, I'm afraid in the end they would just throw out a few petty thieves as a token of their respect.

Maybe you don't even need to throw out a few thieves.

It's just like when many cases broke out, they implicated a lot of people, just like a general reckoning, causing shock to the world. But in fact, these cases are not without evidence, and there is even hard evidence, but it is impossible to investigate, and we cannot investigate the so-called umbrellas and the so-called evil. The people who have experienced it are still alive, so there is evidence, but the value of this evidence cannot outweigh the value of the other party, so it has no meaning at the national level.

This is what is meant by the so-called dead having no united front value.

Cao Cao's solution logic is the same as the one above. Just kill him. The person is already dead. Then just recalculate. The debt will not increase and will become easier to calculate. As for the relatives of those families, what can they do if they come to the door?

Unfortunately, this idea was rejected by Chen Xi, who did not accept it.

"Zi Xiu, tell me, what do you want to do?" Cao Cao looked at his eldest son, and the few fluctuations of consciousness began to gradually subside, and the expression on his face gradually returned to its original state.

"It's nothing. I just hope you won't do that again. Don't go to the army for a while. If you want to go, go to Beigui." Cao Ang sighed and stared at his father's expression. He didn't know what was going on with Cao Cao. He thought that Chen Xi had just made a fake body to deal with it, but it turned out to be his real body. It seems that he is still undergoing treatment. Sure enough, Lord Chen's moral level is still trustworthy.

"No problem." Cao Cao, who had recovered to his true state as holy as a Buddha, simulated the expression of a normal Cao Cao and said to Cao Ang. After all, there was nothing wrong with many of the things Cao Ang had said before. If it were a normal Cao Cao, he might not be able to save face, but the current God Cao Cao would only act for interests.

"We should make a plan to attack Kandahar, then summon the civil and military officials under our rule for detailed discussions and formulate a detailed plan and send it to Chang'an for archiving. We must not act on our own now. Such a big move is best approved by Chang'an before execution." Cao Ang told Cao Cao his idea. In their current situation, if they attacked without approval and lost, it would be a big trouble.

Of course, Cao Ang also thought that there should be no problem with Cao Cao’s plan, but it is better to be safe than sorry. What if something goes wrong?
If this fails, Cao Cao's forces will bear the losses themselves, and there will definitely be another disaster later. Cao Ang no longer wants to clean up the mess, so he decided to be realistic and send the plan directly to Chang'an, which will review and archive it before taking action.

In this way, even if it fails, Chang'an will help clean up the mess. After all, others have submitted a report and the state has approved it. With Chen Xi's morality, he will at least take responsibility for this kind of failure.

"Sure." Cao Cao nodded and said, "We can have Wen Ruo draw up a plan and send it to Chang'an for archiving. We can even have Chang'an issue a review, so that we can share the risk."

Of course, a normal Cao Cao would not do this. Being adventurous, he does not want to have more mothers-in-law above his head. He would definitely make a decision on such matters without hesitation. But now Cao Cao is in a purely rational state. The rationality given by AI makes him understand what to do to best suit his existing interests.

After all, humans are creatures that sometimes pursue nothing but interests. Emotional value is not necessarily worse than interests for humans, otherwise how could there be a saying that "money cannot buy happiness".

I don’t care about the benefits. I just want to have fun!
After reaching an agreement with Cao Cao, Cao Ang sat there somewhat tired. His father was his father, which was good news. It meant that Chen Xi's morality was truly trustworthy. In addition, they still had at least the lowest level of united front value and had not yet been directly classified as abandoned pawns.

This is the good news. Next, you just need to keep moving forward and strengthen your own value again, so that you will not be abandoned by Chen Xi in anger.

Of course, in addition to good news, there is also bad news. Cao Ang couldn't figure out what was going on with Cao Cao, and he couldn't figure it out no matter how hard he studied it. However, Cao Cao was obviously stronger than before, and Cao Ang could see that his abilities had improved and he listened to advice. That was enough. Besides, he was indeed his father, but under normal circumstances, it seemed that other ways were needed to maintain his status.

"Father-in-law has left?" When Cao Ang was sitting down to rest, Barak walked over slowly and sat next to Cao Ang. To be honest, Barak and Cao Cao were not familiar with each other, but after a year of getting along, Barak and Cao Ang got along well.

"Well, I have convinced my father. He should come to your camp soon to help provide protection. I hope nothing goes wrong." Cao Ang looked at his brother-in-law. Although he was older than him, his strong body and calm and confident eyes made him trustworthy.

"It's okay. You can be guaranteed to be safe when you go to my place. To be honest, my father-in-law's plan is good. I was a little worried before." Barak looked at Cao Ang and said, "In this case, I am still confident. When the time comes, I will solve it together. You can just let the Han army under your command play a supporting role."

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