Three Kingdoms: My Wife Is Diao Chan

Chapter 22 With Lao Cao around, they can't make waves
Chapter 22 With Lao Cao around, they can't make waves
Cao Cao hated Kong Rong very much, but Kong Rong's reputation was too great. If he was killed, he would not only be ridiculed by the world, but also talented people in the world would not come to seek refuge.

Out of this consideration, Cao Cao endured again and again.

Normally, Kong Rong was at the top of the court, so it was fine if he didn't give Cao Cao face. Today, Cao Chong Haidilao opened, and it was a gathering of colleagues, but Kong Rong still didn't give Cao Cao face.

Cao Cao's old face has been drawn long ago.

"Doctor Taizhong, why did you say that?" Cao Cao put down his wine glass and said with narrowed eyes.

Kong Rong vomited out his unhappiness through the strength of the wine, "In order to develop the economy, the prime minister supports his son in business affairs. This is the prime minister's family affairs, which are beyond the government's control, but the prime minister issued an order to seek talents."

"If you don't want to be virtuous, just have talent, wouldn't this chill the hearts of the gentry!"

"How will those virtuous and famous people view the prime minister?"

After working on it for a long time, Kong Rong was dissatisfied with the Order of Seeking Talents.

As I said before, once the big man was very fancy about his family background, he could be recommended to be an official if he was born with a noble background, but he could only farm at home honestly if he was born with a poor background, even if you were talented, you would not be able to enter the official career.

Once the Order of Seeking Talents came out, it undoubtedly broke the 400-year-old order, and those aristocratic families must complain.

"Prime Minister, the power of the gentry from all over the world should not be underestimated. If you only ask about virtue, the gentry from all over the place turned to Sun Quan and Liu Zhang after being disappointed. This is a huge loss for us."

Situ Zhao Wen followed suit.

Although the head of state Fu Wan did not speak, he kept nodding.

These three old guys have always been on the same boat, and they have always been Cao Cao's thorn in the side.

"Then Situ and the Taizhong doctor only saw it, what should we do?" Cao Cao was already displeased, but he still held back his anger.

Kong Rong was the first to speak, "Naturally, the order to seek talents will be cancelled, and celebrities from all over the world will be hired to serve as officials in the court."

Zhao Wen nodded in agreement, "Only in this way can the hearts of the gentry in various places be soothed, and the stability of the Han Dynasty be maintained."

"Heh..." Cao Cao smiled dismissively.

What peace of mind Kong Rong and others are in, not to mention Cao Cao, even Cao Chong can see it clearly.

They kept saying that seeking talents chilled the hearts of nobles everywhere, but in fact it was their hearts that chilled. Once the seeking talents came out, talented people from all over the world would definitely come to seek refuge.

On the surface, they turned to the Han court, but in fact they took refuge in Cao Cao. When Cao Cao's power became stronger and stronger, as one ebbed and the other rose, their gentry's power in the court would become weaker.

At that time, they still dare to challenge Cao Cao.

It turns out that the Kong Rong who let Kong Rong make pears in the legend is nothing more than that.

Kong Rong's image in Cao Chong immediately went down a notch.

You know, during the Three Kingdoms period, the gentry had a strong idea of ​​being an official, even if this person was a fool, as long as he was from a gentry, he could be an official.

And a poor family boy, no matter how talented he is, is not qualified to be an official.

Cao Cao's order of seeking talents is undoubtedly for the children of the poor family, which opened up the channel for advancement. If all the talented people from the poor family became officials, wouldn't they rob the nobles of their jobs.

Stealing people's jobs is like killing their parents. How could Kong Rong and other nobles bear it.

Cao Chong couldn't stand it anymore. He was a poor family in his previous life, and he knew the hard work of the poor family to get ahead, so he had to speak for the poor family this time.

"Master Kong's words are wrong. The one who seeks talents is the one who seeks talents. Today, Sun Quan is in Jiangdong, Liu Zhang is in Yizhou, and Han Sui is in Liangzhou. The world has long been divided."

"If you want to unify the world again, you must reuse talented people. If you only have virtue but no talent, how can you talk about unifying the world? If the world is not unified, how will the Han Dynasty be stabilized?"

As soon as these words came out, many generals nodded one after another, because they were all from humble backgrounds, and they walked into the spotlight step by step based on their military exploits.

"Shut up!" Who knows that Kong Rongjiu went crazy even more, "Don't think I don't know, the order to seek talents is your idea!"

"What's wrong with learning at a young age? You have to take the edge of your sword and learn from those heretics. For a while, you don't need morality, just talent, and for a while, you don't want status, just money!"

"You are also the son of the prime minister, how can you do business business, the face of the prime minister's mansion has been completely humiliated by you!"

Hey, this Kong Rong, didn't you say that this is a family matter of the prime minister's mansion, you can't control it, why did you talk about merchants again.

Young Master found that you are a little bit flat!

"Since Mr. Kong doesn't like the hot pot restaurant I opened, why did you come here again!" Cao Chong said holding back his anger.

"..." Kong Rong couldn't answer now, he couldn't say in front of all his colleagues that he came here for the wine.

Wouldn't that be a slap in the face.

"It's hard to say, let me help you answer." Cao Chong didn't intend to let Kong Rong go.

If you dare to make trouble in my turf, if I don't clean you up today, wouldn't it mean that in the future, anyone can be drunk and crazy in my hot pot restaurant.

"To put it bluntly, you didn't come here for the wine, food and beauties. Hmph, the world is as black as crows. What kind of gentleman are you pretending to be!"

"You're talking nonsense!" Kong Rong naturally couldn't admit it. If he did, his reputation as a Kong Mingshi would be ruined.

"I'm talking nonsense?" Cao Chong laughed, "As far as I know, Mr. Kong orders the most dishes, drinks the most wine, and has the most girls to accompany the wine. No, there is another sitting next to Mr. Kong!"

Kong Rong drank too much wine, and had long forgotten the girl he had ordered to accompany the wine. Cao Chong reminded him so, turned his head and saw that there was a cheongsam girl sitting beside him, and his hand was still on the girl's shoulder.

Oops!

Kong Rong hurriedly took his hand away, "This...this...you are harming me!"

"Okay, the Taizhong doctor drank too much, Zhao Situ Fu Guozhang, you can send him home first." Cao Cao said with a cold snort.

Now that Kong Rong's face is ruined, staying here will only be a disappointment, it is better to let him go home.

Seeing that their friend was really drunk, Zhao Wen and Fu Wan hurriedly saluted Cao Cao and left with Kong Rong.

"Those who should go have left, and everyone continues to eat and drink to their heart's content." Cao Cao continued.

After an unpleasant episode, Haidilao resumed its bustle again, and everyone continued to indulge in the wine and food.

No one noticed that in a certain corner of the hotpot restaurant, a sinister smile appeared on the corner of Cao Zhang's mouth.

After a while, Cao Zhang got up and came to Cao Cao's table, saying that he was already drunk and went home to rest first, Cao Cao didn't care, and nodded in agreement.

When Cao Zhang left, Cao Pi looked at Cao Zhang's back and smiled sinisterly.

It's just that his sinister smile was seen by Zhou Buyi.

"Young master, as soon as Master Kong left, the second son left, and the eldest son showed a sinister smile. You should be worried." Zhou Buyi reminded Cao Chong quietly at the convenience of Cao Chong.

"Don't worry, with Lao Cao around, they won't be able to cause any trouble." Cao Chong didn't take Zhou Buyi's words seriously.

(End of this chapter)