At the end of the Eastern Han Dynasty

Cao Cao's complexion changed drastically.

"really?"

"really."

"..."

Cao Cao took a deep breath, stood up and bowed to Cheng Yu: "Mr. Cheng has a great kindness, and Cao has nothing to repay, so he will keep it in his heart!"

After speaking, he raised his head.

"Chenggong, can you allow me to meet Zilian?"

"can."

Cheng Yu nodded slowly.

Afterwards, Cheng Yu took Cao Cao to see Cao Hong, brought him to the house where Cao Hong was under house arrest, and said, "It won't be long, according to the rules, it's only two incense sticks, try to implement things as much as possible, don't make it difficult for me." Do."

"Thank you."

Cao Cao salutes again.

Cheng Yu nodded, turned around and left, heading for the palace.

The pawns guarding Cao Hong opened the door and signaled Cao Cao to go in. Cao Cao nodded and stepped into Cao Hong's place of house arrest.

The environment where Cao Hong was placed under house arrest was okay, not messy, very clean and tidy, although simple, it was not very difficult to live in.

Cao Hong was confiscated of all his weapons and fine clothes, leaving only his daily clothes, looking flustered and not in good spirits.

As soon as he saw Cao Cao coming, Cao Hong was stunned at that moment, and then burst into tears.

"Brother! Brother, have you come to save me? Can I go out?"

Cao Hong rushed forward at once, but Cao Cao turned ruthless, and kicked Cao Hong, staggering and falling to the ground.

"Brother! Why are you kicking me?"

Cao Hong shouted loudly.

He has rough skin and thick flesh, so it doesn't hurt to kick him, the main reason is that he doesn't understand.

"What did I kick you for? I kicked you for being greedy! I kicked you out of your mind for money! You tormented yourself to such an extent that you still don't know what you did wrong! Do you want to die?"

Cao Cao roared loudly, scaring Cao Hong terribly.

"Brother, I..."

"What are you? Do you know your crime? Do you know why you were arrested?"

"I just don't know! Brother! I just don't know why I was arrested!"

Cao Hong held his head in a flustered face: "I didn't do anything wrong! Your Majesty wants to clear the land, and I accept it. Your Majesty wants my caravan, and I accept it. I have given everything away. What do you want from me?" ? What else should I do?"

"You stupid!"

Cao Cao said furiously: "Why does Your Majesty want to clear the land? Why did the powerful rebel? Land! Land! Land!"

In order to show the importance, Cao Cao mentioned land three times.

Land is the root of all productive forces and the most important basis of productive forces before the industrial age. Without land, there would be no civilization, no country, and nothing.

Guo Peng attaches great importance to agricultural production to the bottom of his heart. Many people can't imagine how much he cares about agricultural production.

For example, Cao Hong couldn't imagine it.

"What about the land! Didn't I ask him to pay taxes for him? What else!"

Cao Hongyue said that the more aggrieved he was, he wiped away tears.

"How much land do you have? Say it yourself! How many acres?"

"23 mu, so what! It's only 23 mu!"

"Isn't it just 23 mu?"

Cao Cai laughed angrily: "You will die sooner or later because of your temperament, let me tell you! It is this 23 mu, the emperor can kill you! Do you believe it?"

"To kill me?"

Cao Hong's eyes widened: "What law have I violated? What crime have I committed? Why did he want my life? Why?"

"Because he is the emperor! He is the son of heaven! He has the constitution of heaven in his mouth, and he follows the law when he says it! He said that you are going to die, you are going to die, and you can't live! This is the son of heaven! The emperor!"

Cao Cao roared angrily, "And what do you have in your manor? Ah? Ten thousand hidden households, ten thousand households! Ten thousand households is more than that, right? At least 6! There are more than ten thousand strong men, what are you going to do? Rebellion?!"

Cao Hong was so frightened that he stood up all of a sudden.

"What rebellion! Don't slander me! I have more than 20 mu of land, don't I have to ask so many people to cultivate it? Otherwise, wouldn't it be a waste of land? Do you want me to let those lands grow grass?"

"The emperor doesn't think so! The emperor only thinks that your [-] strong labor force is [-] troops! It doesn't depend on whether you want to, but on whether you can!"

Cao Cao stretched out his finger and pointed at Cao Hong: "Please tell me honestly, do you know about the hidden ordnance in your manor? Did you lead it?"

Cao Hong was taken aback.

"Ordnance? Then...these are all spoils of war! It's the spoils of my disciples after they cleared up those tyrants! Your Majesty hates tyrants, so I will eradicate them. Isn't this what His Majesty wants to see? What's wrong with me!"

Cao Cao was even angrier.

"Know that you still hide ordnance? What did your Majesty say? You are not allowed to hide ordnance! No! After the Yantie official camp, hiding ordnance is a death penalty! Capital crime! How many tyrants did not rebel, but because they were found out of the ordnance And be exterminated by the whole clan? Are you trying to drag the entire Cao family down to death?"

Cao Hong opened his mouth and remained silent for a while.

"I am a relative of the Cao family, so it must be a little different, right? Our daughter of the Cao family is the queen, and the current crown prince has Cao's blood on him. How could I rebel? I keep the ordnance to guard against bandits and thieves." What, you can’t have no knives, can you?”

He said sarcastically.

Chapter 1322 One thousand 230 two cut him off!

Realizing the fact that Cao Hong has no political sensitivity at all, Cao Cao was really impatient.

Political matters, life-and-death struggles, so many deaths are not enough to make you realize that this emperor can really kill you?

Cao Cao waved his hand angrily.

"Don't tell me, you go tell His Majesty and see if His Majesty will believe you."

Cao Cao sneered and said: "Oh, by the way, I forgot to tell you, Cheng Zhongde already knew about this matter, he interrogated it, and he has gone to the palace to report this matter to His Majesty, the next step is to investigate, once Check it out, find the ordnance from your manor, Cao Zilian, you are waiting to die."

Cao Cao turned around and left.

Cao Hong panicked, rushed forward and grabbed Cao Cao's arm.

"Brother, brother, don't go, don't go! Save me! Save me! I don't want to die! I don't want to die!"

"Let go! What did you do so early? You are looking for death, don't drag me down! I'm going to plead guilty to His Majesty! If you die, Mrs. Cao can't!"

Cao Cao pulled his clothes resolutely, but Cao Hong held on tightly and refused to let go.

"Brother! I was wrong! Help me, help me! I was really wrong! I have a wife, a son and a daughter, you know them all, you are familiar with them, can you just watch them die? "

In order to survive, Cao Hong did not hesitate to play the card of family affection and pull out his family members for help.

He believes that Cao Cao has a way.

Cao Cao did have a solution, but whether this solution will work depends on whether Cao Hong can do it himself.

Seeing that the deterrence was almost done, Cao Cao heaved a long sigh and stopped pushing.

"If you really want to live, there is only one way, and there is no other way."

"What way? Brother, tell me, I will definitely do it!"

"Hand over all the land except the land around Luoyang and the ancestral land in Yuzhou to the government and give it up. In this way, you will not only survive, but you may even be able to keep your position."

Cao Cao told Cao Hong the solution to the problem.

To put it clearly, it is to spend money to eliminate disasters.

Spend money to eliminate the disaster, but because this disaster comes from an unspeakable object and its power is too great, you need to spend a little more money.

Cao Hong was stunned on the spot, standing there motionless.

"Brother...you...are you joking?"

"Do you think I'm joking?"

Cao Cao looked at Cao Hong coldly.

"I'm not joking with you, I'm telling you seriously, you have no other choice, if you don't want to die, or live in humiliation, you just do it honestly, otherwise, you will lose everything , and even more humiliating, you choose."

Cao Hong stood motionless for a long time.

Then the body began to shake.

"Why did Your Majesty do this? Could it be that Your Majesty really can't tolerate me having so much land? I handed over everything, taxes, caravans, and everything that should be handed over. , why? What else is he going to do?"

He seems to be asking Cao Cao, but also seems to be asking himself.

Ask about the highest level of doubt that has permeated the hearts of courtiers for thousands of years.

What does the emperor want?

When he was chasing and beating a courtier, what exactly did he want?

Cao Hong didn't understand, he felt that he had already knelt down, and he had already given everything he could, so why did the emperor still stare at him?Want to deprive him of more things?Why?

Cao Cao just sighed.

"Just because he is the emperor, you have to give everything he wants. It's as simple as that. There is nothing to discuss. This is the reality."

Cao Hong was terrified, but his face was full of doubts.

"But, the emperor was not like this in the past. In the former Han Dynasty, didn't our family's family business keep well?"

"Now it's Wei State, Zilian, don't have any fantasies about the past, the past can't come back, all in all, for the sake of the Cao family, you have to give, and if you don't give, you have to give. condemned for treason."

After Cao Cao said this, he turned around and left, leaving Cao Hong alone in the room for a long time.

He thought about it and couldn't figure it out, and then he lost his footing, fell to the ground and continued to think, but he still couldn't figure out why he became like this.

Whether it is Guo Peng, Cao Cao, or this world.

why?

Cao Hong is doomed to be incomprehensible, but his land is also doomed to be lost.

Cheng Yu came to the palace, entered the South Study Room, met with Guo Peng, and told Guo Peng about the matter.

"The first thing is that there may be a large number of unhanded ordnance in Cao Hong's manor. The second thing is that Cao Shoufu told the old minister that he can replace Cao Hong to assure His Majesty, except for Luoyang and Yuzhou. , and the rest of the land will be returned to the government.”

After reading the report delivered by Cheng Yu, Guo Peng was very angry.

"The Yantie official camp has been in operation for so many years, and it was only this year that it was discovered that there were some people hiding ordnance. In the manor, outside the manor, Zhongde, how many people are hiding ordnance?"

"I don't know, but I know that those who hide ordnance will not end well."

"Yes, it didn't end well."

Guo Peng threw Cheng Yu's report aside.

"Then, Your Majesty, what are you going to do...?"

"The land should have been given to me in the first place, but now I am still hiding weapons. If Cao Hong is not severely punished, everyone will think that hiding weapons is a trivial matter, but this is obviously a big thing. How can it be considered a trivial matter?" Woolen cloth?

It seems insignificant for a person to hide arms privately, but if he is not punished in time, everyone will hide arms privately, everyone in the world will have weapons in their hands, and everyone will fight privately in the street, killing one person today and two tomorrow, that is not enough. Messed up?Zhong De, what is the crime of hiding arms? "

Guo Peng looked at Cheng Yu.

"Your Majesty...this..."

"What crime, answer me."

"According to the law, the possession of ordnance ... should be executed."

"Then behead him, confiscate his property, and punish him for his crime."

Guo Peng gave the order lightly, and Cheng Yu's eyes widened immediately.

"Your Majesty! After all, Cao Hong is..."