The Shaofu is a miraculous institution. As early as when Cao Cao's mentor Li Ying was still working in it, he was already familiar with this place like his own backyard.

In this era of supreme dignity of the emperor, the responsibility of the Shaofu is to meet all the requirements of the emperor and the harem, whether it is the needs of the court, food, clothing, daily life, or His Majesty's desire to play, money and effort, all are arranged by the Shaofu.

In addition, it is also the link between the previous dynasty and the emperor.

Under the order of Shangshu, there are six Caos, each of which has six Huangmen servants, a total of 36 people, not everyone lives in the palace.Different from the Xiaohuangmen, the servants of the Huangmen need to leave the palace before the palace gate is locked, and therefore, the Xiaohuangmen are respectively held by eunuchs.

Cao Cao came to work in the Shaofu, and the colleagues here, except courtiers and eunuchs, were all busy with their affairs and seemed to be in full swing.

Cao Jie's complexion was not good. Of course he didn't want Cao Cao, a fool, to come to work under his nose. How could he be a subordinate here?Clearly an ancestor!

If the service is not good, the little ancestor will tell the emperor about his corruption, accepting bribes, cronyism, etc., and he can't bear it and walk away.

"What is my duty?" Cao Cao asked Cao Jie curiously: "Is it to convey the imperial edict for His Majesty? To run errands? Or to sort out the courtiers' appeals?"

Cao Jie took a deep breath. The more enthusiastic Cao Cao was, the more he felt one head and two big. He immediately planned to kick the ball: "Your Majesty transferred you here to discuss state affairs with you. Why don't you go and collect some courtiers to report to me?" How about summing up your opinions and handing them over to me, and discuss with His Majesty the next decree to be promulgated?"

The 36 servants of the Huangmen Gate were already full. When Cao Cao came, he became No. 30 seven, directly under the jurisdiction of Shang Shuling Cao Jie, and had nothing to do with the other six Caos.

Everyone is a close minister of the emperor and knows Cao Cao's identity well.

Isn't this Cao Qingtian and Cao Jili who made a big hole that day?

But Cao Jie introduced to everyone: "This is your future colleague, surnamed Cao and surnamed Cao."

He also said something that he hoped that everyone would take care of the newcomers and discuss and solve problems together, and then he fooled Cao Cao to Liu Hong's side.

Liu Hong was very happy to be able to return to his side as a companion. When dealing with government affairs, Cao Cao was by his side, which gave him a feeling of returning to the scene of studying together in the past, so he felt a lot.

Liu Hong feels that after so many years, they have grown into adults, his throne has been stabilized, and Ah Man has also learned, it is time to share the blessings and difficulties.

He really doesn't care about being nice to a person. Ever since he came to work with the emperor, Cao Cao has been soft on all kinds of rewards for excuses.He wanted to refuse, but the emperor gave him the reward in public, and even used a high-sounding excuse, as if he had really made some outstanding contributions, which made Cao Cao unable to shirk, and felt ashamed for a while.

In private, Cao Cao once again emphasized to Liu Hong: "I am not short of money, and I don't like those precious things."

Whether it is gold, silver, jewelry, or rare antiques, Cao Cao is not fond of them. He likes real things. In his eyes, I am afraid that hoes are even more precious than treasures.

As a dandy who was raised by the rich since he was a child, Cao Cao has what he wants, whether it is the grandfather who was obedient to him when he was a child, or the father who spoiled him as a prodigal son when he grew up, he has never treated him badly in terms of food and clothing. Because of this, Cao Cao didn't pay much attention to those things outside of him.

Liu Hong saw that he was really not interested in precious treasures, so he wanted to give him something else. He asked Cao Cao, "Ah, I haven't married yet, and there is no one around me who knows the cold and the hot. Said that Da Sinong is going to arrange a marriage for you, since there are candidates for the first wife, how about I reward you with some beauties as concubines?"

In Liu Hong's harem, most of the beauties were collected by his subordinates from all over the world. Some beauties he hadn't even touched before. For the emperor, it was quite normal for the emperor to casually reward beauties to good friends and brothers.If Cao Cao's moral bottom line is lower, Liu Hong may invite him to play with women.

It's a pity that Cao Cao has always given Liu Hong an upright and positive image. When getting along with Cao Cao, people can feel the clear and pure sense of justice from him, which makes Liu Hong feel ashamed and subconsciously Avoid Cao Cao while having fun.

You can't invite good brothers to play with women, so it's always no problem to reward beauties.

Liu Hong was kind, but Cao Cao felt strange: "Your Majesty thinks that there is a beauty in the world who is more beautiful than me?"

Liu Hong's mind went blank for a moment, and he immediately retorted: "Do you pretend to be a woman, can it be the same as admiring beauties? You are a man yourself, and you will be surrounded by wives and concubines in the future!"

"It's not as beautiful as mine, I don't like it," Cao Cao shook his head, still using that sentence as an excuse to gag other people's mouths.

In his mind, he should find a beauty with a suitable personality, get along well with each other, the one who can grow up together and support each other is a good partner.

Cao Cao knew that if he uttered his thoughts formed under the systematic education, others would definitely think he was mentally ill!So he simply used his beauty in women's clothing as an excuse to avoid the marriage urging from relatives and friends.

He doesn't think marrying a bunch of beauties as concubines is a great way to show a man's greatness. Besides, it costs money to raise beauties!I have seen so much abroad, and there are so many poor people all over the world waiting for relief. It is such a waste to raise a bunch of flashy and beautiful women there, and spend a lot of manpower and material resources to search for treasures for them.

Liu Hong was blocked by him, and kept rolling his eyes: "Then according to what you said, there is probably no beauty in this world who can have such beauty as you, so you will be single for the rest of your life. If you don't have a biological child, why? To carry on the descendants of your parents? I am afraid that Da Si Nong will be pissed off by you."

Cao Cao shook his head and thanked Liu Hong for his kindness.

"Since Ah Man doesn't like looking at beauties, then I'll take you to enjoy male favourites!"

Liu Hong changed the subject again.

Cao Cao's expression was blank for a moment: "Ah? What do you want to play with male pets?"

There is a special person in the Shaofu who is responsible for the emperor's enjoyment. With the efforts of those people, the palace has raised a group of barbarians who play juggling, wizards who dance with great gods, foreigners who can tame elephants, and cats. Dog specialists, and a large number of male and female actors.

Cao Cao was dazed the whole time, watching Liu Hong throw a banquet for him, invite him to drink and eat delicious food, and then recruited these male favorites to perform for them.

Cao Cao hesitated to speak. Seeing Liu Hong's interest, he boldly asked: "Your Majesty will have a court meeting in the morning, and will you start having fun in the afternoon? What about the court memorial?"

Liu Hong waved his hand, and said relaxedly: "Most of them have been sorted and solved. At that time, I only need to wear red to pass, and I can save it until it gets dark."

His casual and perfunctory attitude made Cao Cao frown severely.

At night, Cao Cao left before the palace gate was locked. Liu Hong dragged his feet to see that it was getting dark, so he invited his concubines to have fun, and left the government affairs to the eunuchs.

Not long after, Cao Cao learned of this and asked Liu Hong angrily: "Your Majesty is in a hurry to play before the memorial is approved, and when it is late at night, he will use the excuse of favoring the concubine and abandon the courtiers. This is what you call Do you want to be a wise king?"

Liu Hong was silent for a moment, his face was a little ashamed, he was lazy, so he got out of the habit of being lazy.

But when the words came to his lips, Liu Hong didn't have the face to say it, so he could only helplessly say: "I'll change it now, and start playing after finishing the memorial today."

Liu Hong is very playful, and there are a group of people who support him. Everyone flatters him, speaks kind words to him, and tries his best to collect all kinds of interesting things. Whenever he encounters something that interests him, Liu Hong will give him The person who sent the plaything was promoted or given other rewards.

The rest of the emperor's servants seemed to be used to this, and the emperor wanted to reward anyone, and everything was done.

On this day, Cao Cao saw someone presenting something interesting to Liu Hong again. It was a good-looking donkey. Liu Hong liked the silly look of the donkey, so he rode the donkey around the palace a few times himself, and was very fond of the donkey around him. The man ordered: "This donkey is good. From now on, my holy chariot will not be drawn by horses, but by donkeys. Go and choose some good ones for me!"

Cao Cao stopped Liu Hong: "The emperor's holy car is the majesty of His Majesty. It has always been custom-made. How can it be pulled by a donkey? Wouldn't that insult His Majesty's face?"

Liu Hong said strangely: "I am the emperor, who dares to embarrass me? This world belongs to me. There is no difference between horses and donkeys in my eyes. Everything depends on preference."

Cao Cao was deeply unbelievable, he never imagined that in just six years, the humble and sensible little boy became the lawless and indifferent look he is now.

Liu Hong not only rode the donkey by himself, but also invited Cao Cao to play with him. Cao Cao shook his head and refused, and said with a cold face: "Your Majesty should go to deal with government affairs."

Liu Hong's face darkened: "Government affairs, government affairs, government affairs all day, can't I have a moment to rest?!"

The words Cao Cao wanted to persuade him suddenly stuck in his throat. His black and white eyes stared at Liu Hong for a moment, and then lowered his eyebrows lightly: "Your Majesty wants to rest, of course, I have no objection, as long as you are happy." .”

He finally put away that old stubborn manner, and didn't bother Liu Hong anymore.But it was such a submissive attitude that made Liu Hong feel quite uncomfortable.

Cao Cao quietly waited for Liu Hong to finish playing, but he himself was like a door god, or an obedient gourd, flicking and moving, not at all interested in playing.

Cao Cao no longer criticized Liu Hong, but instead made Liu Hong even more upset. His original high-spirited heart followed Cao Cao. A look of disappointment was seen.

"Forget it, I can't play anymore, I'll go back and deal with the government affairs!" Liu Hong said angrily.

Cao Cao raised his eyes and escorted him all the way back to his palace, his face was expressionless the whole time, his emotions were like a pool of stagnant water, calm and calm.

Liu Hong scolded in a low voice: "I have already said that I have come back to deal with government affairs, what do you really want?"

Cao Cao finally spoke. He raised his head and said to Liu Hong, "I made an agreement with Your Majesty back then to make a good story for the monarch and his ministers. Do you still remember? Your Majesty once said that I would like to be a sharp sword in your Majesty's hand and kill all evil spirits. To remove obstacles for His Majesty and assist His Majesty in governing the world, would Your Majesty be willing to be the one holding the sword?"

Liu Hong stared at him blankly for a moment, then glanced away unnaturally, not daring to meet his gaze, he was afraid that he would not be able to bear the expectation inside.

Cao Cao was even more disappointed. When the time came, he knelt down to bid farewell to the emperor and left the palace.

Liu Hong wanted to persuade him to stay, but he stretched his fingers, but they fell back to his side in vain, and he clenched them quietly.

Is Ah Man angry?

Thinking about it, Liu Hong couldn't help being aggrieved.

They clearly agreed, and their friendship with each other remains unchanged!

I don't know when, the gap between the monarch and his ministers has become wider and wider. Cao Cao drew a boundary between himself and Liu Hong, an invisible wall, which is difficult to cross easily.

Cao Cao was not in a good mood when they broke up this time. He lowered his head and thought: Who has been instigating the emperor to have fun?Who gave His Majesty the wrong guidance, causing him to lose himself in the enjoyment?And who are those people who keep sending treasures to feed His Majesty's appetite, making him commit more and more stupid mistakes?

Why has it reached this point and no one has come to stop it?There are so many close ministers of the emperor, so many virtuous ministers who taught the emperor, but no one has stepped forward to persuade His Majesty?Or did their persuasion not work at all?

Cao Cao thought of the beggars he saw during the grand tour, and thought of the barrenness and chaos of the whole world, and his heart was even heavier.

The king does not rule the country, the courtiers flatter, and the people complain everywhere, which is a sign of troubled times in the future!

It was rare for his son to come back from the palace, so Cao Song came to stop Cao Cao in a hurry. He said very quickly, "No matter what you say today, you must stay at home. If you ask for leave tomorrow, follow me to Cui's house!"

Cao Cao was upset, and immediately replied: "My son will not marry a wife, and he should not marry a daughter of Cui's family."

After speaking, he shut himself in the study without giving Cao Song a chance to react.

Cao Song wondered for a while: "This kid, who made him angry?"

Cao Cao stayed in the study, the more he thought about it, the more annoyed he became, and the more he thought about it, the more he felt unwilling.He thought hard, wrote a memorial for what he wanted to advise the emperor, and sent it up early the next morning.

The letter of advice written by Cao Cao finally fell into the hands of Cao Jie.After carefully reading Cao Cao's memorial, the great eunuch sneered, "I don't know what it means!"

Turning around, he threw the memorial into the fire and burned it as firewood.

After playing for a long time, Liu Hong didn't respond, and Cao Cao became more and more lost in the tormented waiting.

Liu Hong couldn't hold back anymore, he said helplessly to Cao Jie: "I originally wanted to wait for Ah Mo to bow his head and admit his mistake to me, so that we can reconcile as before, why is he so stubborn? With me Is it that hard to admit a mistake?"

The past few days of Cao Jie can be said to be like years!

Liu Hong was in a bad mood and kept tossing him, but he was sandwiched between Cao Cao and Liu Hong. All the conflicts between the two were pointed at him.

Cao Cao was better, he would not abuse Cao Jie, while Liu Hong kept squeezing Cao Jie's energy, making him miserable.

Cao Jie said in a low voice: "Ah, with this temper, if you get stubborn, ten cows will not be able to pull it back!"

is not that right!

Liu Hong secretly agreed, unable to hold back anymore, he planned to take the lead in giving Cao Cao a step down.

"Didn't the palace just raise a litter of puppies? You send someone to pick out the most beautiful one, and I will reward it to Ah Man. It's an apology. Ah Man will definitely understand."

Cao Jie frowned slightly, feeling incredible.

It is unprecedented that the emperor, who has always been selfish, wronged himself to apologize first!

The subordinates quickly picked out the puppy, which was cute and clever, with a pair of peas-like eyes reflecting the whole world like a mirror.

Liu Hong was very satisfied, and gave the puppy an official robe and an official hat, making it funny and amusing.

He called Cao Cao over and ordered the puppy to be released.

But he saw the dog head in the official hat running over foolishly. The puppy stumbled and knocked over the official hat, stepped on it again, and pulled a pile of shit on the spot.

Cao Cao was trembling with anger, and Liu Hong's contemptuous attitude towards official positions and official robes made Cao Cao, who regarded all these as honors and spiritual symbols, furious.

He gritted his teeth and said, "What is your majesty doing? Are you mocking me as a dog official, or are you mocking me that being an official is not as good as a dog?"

Liu Hong was stunned, and he said urgently: "I didn't mean that, how could I use such means to embarrass Ah Mo?!"

Perhaps all of this is Cao Cao's misunderstanding, he may have wronged Liu Hong, but one thing will not change, that is Liu Hong's contempt for official positions at the root.

Once again broke up unhappy, this time Cao Cao walked away directly, and even hung the official seal of the servant of the Huangmen in the Shaofu, this is planning to abandon his official position!

Liu Hong was panicked and angry, what did he do wrong?

"Ah, why did he treat me like this? Didn't I treat him well enough?"

It's not a question of good or bad, but that Cao Cao's upright brain doesn't know how to change it, and he can't even hide his emotions!

Cao Jie didn't want Cao Cao to fall, but he didn't want Cao Cao to stay under his nose either.

He seized the opportunity and used what Cao Cao asked Liu Hong before to persuade him: "Aman is a precious sword. Because your majesty loves him, he offered him to the high platform to admire. No matter how sharp the sword is, don't use it. That's just a flashy display, destined to be covered with dust. Is Your Majesty willing to let the sword become dusty and the blade dull? Your Majesty is the one who holds the sword, so it's hard not to feel the humming of the sword wanting to be unsheathed?"

Liu Hong was silent, how could he not know Ah Man's ability and temperament?

Liu Hong hesitated: "But the last time Aman did such a big thing in the north of Luoyang, he finally came up with a way to change his name to avoid the disaster..."

Cao Jie bowed his head and said: "Luoyang can't do it, there is outside. There is always a place that can restrain him. He is not involved in the matter deeply, and he doesn't know right and wrong in the officialdom. He only wants to benefit the people. How can that be enough?" What? Your Majesty might as well give Ah Man a chance to sharpen it, and when the edges and corners are smoothed out, and when he is no longer as stubborn as he is now, and can reason, wouldn't it be good to move him back?"

Liu Hong didn't want to demote Cao Cao: "Ah Mo is still angry, if he is demoted now, he will think that I am no longer with him."

Liu Hong decided to promote Cao Cao again!

Recently, the court has been arguing over the barbarian rebellion in Jiujiang County, Yangzhou, and the officials of the DPRK and China are arguing endlessly over the manpower to suppress the rebellion.

In the end, San Gongqi recommended Dr. Lu Zhi as the prefect of Jiujiang County to suppress the rebellion.

Cao Jie informed Liu Hong of the discussion results, and said cautiously: "Your Majesty, the number of barbarians in Jiujiang County is not large. They only need someone who can deter them to control the place, and they will be afraid. Lu Zhi is a talented man with both civil and military skills. For a talented person, it is safe for him to put down the rebellion. No matter who your Majesty sends to accompany Lu Zhi this time, they will all have military merits to gain."

Liu Hong said unexpectedly: "You mean you want Ah Man to follow Lu Zhi to gain military merits?"

Cao Jie nodded again and again: "As long as you have solid military achievements, you will be able to block the mouths of Youyou, and your Majesty will be able to conceal you as a general."

What Cao Jie said was too reasonable, not only Cao Jie wanted to transfer Cao Cao away from the position where he and His Majesty could be watching at this moment, but even Liu Hong himself regretted impulsively recruiting Cao Cao to serve in the palace.

It is said that distance creates beauty, and when they get along day and night, the original beauty will be destroyed in reality.

Liu Hong is not as noble as Cao Cao imagined, and Cao Cao is not as stupid as Liu Hong imagined.

Cao Cao hopes that Liu Hong can be a wise man who is diligent in government affairs, and Liu Hong hopes that Cao Cao can play with him like he was a child. The gap in concept and status between them is also getting bigger and bigger.

Liu Hongdao: "I know that if this goes on like this, I will go further and further away from Ah Man, I have always known that Ah Man wants to be a capable minister who governs the world, and which capable minister stays by the emperor's side to play with him? "

In the end, Liu Hong ordered that Cao Cao be moved to be the cavalry superintendent, and lead [-] cavalry to follow Lu Zhi to Jiujiang County, Yangzhou.

Cao Song was overjoyed when he heard this, and praised Lu Zhi's ability to Cao Cao: "That is a great talent with both civil and military skills. , You can know the past and the present! Ah Man can go to Jiujiang with Lu Zhi, that is a good job, as long as he gets a little bit of credit, he will be promoted when he comes back."

In Cao Song's view, how could the barbarians in Jiujiang be as powerful as the Qiang people?Those are a bunch of idiots!I'm afraid if I hit it.

Following Lu Zhi this trip, not only will he not have to worry about his life, but he will also get credit for it, how wonderful!

Cao Song's elation did not affect Cao Cao.

Cao Cao thought he was finally able to go out and show his ambitions, so he was excited, and he was grateful and guilty to Liu Hong.Cao Song's joyful words were like a basin of cold water, extinguishing his enthusiasm in an instant, and he lowered his head in disappointment: "What! It turns out that this is not a difficult task, but a battle that is destined to be won. Then send me What to do?"

Cao Song stared wide-eyed, and poked his forehead repeatedly: "You silly boy, His Majesty is plating gold for you, don't you understand?"

"It turns out that my father became an official in order to get benefits, not to feed the common people?" The flames in Cao Cao's heart became more and more intense. What he saw and heard these days shattered his long-standing beautiful fantasies. Let his heart cool down.

Especially when these words were spoken from his respected father, it was even more unacceptable to him.

Cao Song was stunned for a moment, and said euphemistically: "If you want to benefit the people, you have to learn to be devious first. In order to feed the people, the premise is that you have to be in a high position. You can't even guarantee the most basic rights. How do people listen to you? How do you do things for the people?"

"Father is making unreasonable words," Cao Cao covered his ears, not happy to hear Cao Song's eloquent defense.

Cao Song calmed down, and when his son calmed down a little, he said earnestly, "The naive words of being an official and serving the people were not mentioned a few years ago."

"Yes, I don't need to ask for help when I do something. My father taught me the beauty of being an official since I was a child. I don't need to ask for help everywhere. It's a wonderful feeling to have my subordinates finish their errands, isn't it?" Cao Cao tilted his eyes and sneered road.

Cao Song said helplessly, "Ah Man, you are immature, you haven't actually experienced those things, and you don't know the dilemmas and choices involved."

"Yes, I am immature, so I listened to my father's advice and abandoned Cao Man, the name that I have used for 20 years, the northern yamen that I have worked so hard to build, and the group of poor people who would have their families ruined without me. Cao Cao excitedly said, "I don't know anything, but what did you teach me? You taught me to lie to His Majesty when I wrote the report, taught me to ignore the suffering of the people, taught me to be a coward and change my own The name, now teaches me to get something for nothing, and get credit for it!"

All the negative emotions accumulated these days erupted, and Cao Cao's questioning was like a knife, bloody piercing Cao Song's chest.

Cao Song rubbed the center of his brows, he was always refined and never spoke with any serious tone, not to mention he was even more reluctant to blame his son who had been filial to him since he was a child.

What is Cao Cao most afraid of?warmth!

His temper is as fierce as fire, and it is his nature to be soft and not strong. If someone treats him with sincerity, he will return ten percent.The reticence and melancholy these days are not caused by Liu Hong's sincere treatment of him?

Even if Liu Hong is a stupid king in the eyes of others, but he treats Cao Cao well, can he still call Liu Hong a stupid king?

Cao Song warmly explained: "To be an official, you need ingenuity. You must strive to be promoted without offending others. How to deal with the relationship is a compulsory course for an official to practice, and it is also something that an official must learn all his life. It is right to seek the well-being of the people, but you cannot be unscrupulous and offend too many people who will affect your policy of governing the world.”

"If anyone gets in the way, just kill them," Cao Cao snorted coldly, "Those powerful and powerful landlords who have no conscience can die no matter how many times they die. The common people can only applaud!"

"Look at you, the three words are inseparable from killing," Cao Song shook his head and sighed: "After learning so many words of sages, have you not even learned the value of life? Whenever you deprive others of their lives, do you have Think twice? Think about whether there are other ways to make up for his fault, think about the weight of life, think about the awe that life brings to you. If you kill Jiantu today, you can kill someone with a higher status tomorrow, you know , Your Majesty executed Jian Shuo and nearly a hundred relatives of Jian’s family for you? Including an 80-year-old man and a three-year-old child! In the harem, eunuch Zhang Rang and Zhao Zhong and their henchmen, their heads fell to the ground, for you The number of dead people this time has reached more than 200 people.”

Cao Cao was taken aback, he couldn't believe it: "I killed Jian Shuo because he committed a capital crime, what did he do to his family, what did he do to a three-year-old child?!"

"This is what you need to understand," Cao Song patted Cao Cao on the shoulder, and said earnestly, "Ah Man, you should grow up, you are very smart, but you are always arrogant, now that you have seen through the original intention of my name change for you , why can’t you see why His Majesty issued the killing order? Do you really not understand, or are you unwilling to believe this?”

Cao Cao was speechless, he just felt a block in his heart, the great love from the emperor made him feel oppressed like a mountain.

Yeah, why doesn't he know yet?Of course, it is to nip all disasters in the cradle, to preserve him, so that he has no enemies and no worries!

However, Lu Zhi had been known to the world as early as three years ago. Cao Cao had been in love with this famous scholar for a long time. Even Duan Ying praised him as an all-rounder in civil and military affairs.

After Cao Cao obtained the new official seal, he came to his third official position to report. He received [-] regular troops from Duan Ying, the largest general stationed in Luoyang, and officially reported to the future chief Lu Zhi.

Lu Zhi had already heard about the imperial transfer, and had been waiting for Cao Cao to come to him!

In his opinion, a son of such an extraordinary background must be a tough nut to crack. The reason why the court arranged for Cao Cao to find him is self-evident. .

Lu Zhi didn't expect Cao Cao to help him, he just hoped that he wouldn't hold back.The sad thing is that the imperial court asked him to suppress the rebellion, but he didn't even give him a soldier, only gave him the official seal and transfer letter of Jiujiang prefect.On the contrary, Cao Cao, the elder brother with extraordinary wealth, holds [-] regular troops in his hands. Isn't it clear that he is asking for help?At that time, we will have to rely on these regular troops to start a business and go to Jiujiang to recruit troops.

Therefore, when Cao Cao came, Lu Zhi was very polite to him, implying that he hoped that he could cooperate with this trip to Jiujiang to suppress the rebellion.

"If we can't work together, we won't be able to suppress the rebellion. I think you know what the consequences will be." Lu Zhi means that he won't be able to get credit for it. At that time, the son and brother will go to Jiujiang for nothing, and he will probably lose it. Put on this official hat!

"I know, I know! If we can't work together, the people will suffer."

Cao Cao nodded again and again: "Don't worry, Prefect Lu, I will fully cooperate with your actions. If you have any requirements, just ask, as long as I can do it, I will go to the battlefield!"

He raised his head and looked at Lu Zhi's eight-foot-two-inch height, as if looking at a high mountain.

The young man's speech was full of vigor, sonorous and forceful, as if he had endless energy, and even his eyes revealed the light of determination.

Lu Zhi looked at him twice unexpectedly: Is this the silly boy who ran out from there?

"The imperial court sent us to suppress the rebellion. I am your future chief, and I can be regarded as half of your colleagues. I think I need to know what your identity is so that I can evaluate what you can do for me so that we can Future job assignments," Lu Zhi said in a loud voice, he didn't like to beat around the bush, and if he wanted to find out where Cao Cao came from, he asked openly!

Cao Cao replied: "Prefect Lu, my father is Da Si Nong, and I am Cao Cao, a college graduate this year."

Cao Cao?

Lu Zhi had never heard of this name before, but he had heard of Cao Song, the chief minister.

"So you are the son of Da Sinong," Lu Zhi said, "Do you know how to manage accounts?"

"I've only learned a little in college, so I'm not proficient," said Cao Cao. "Don't worry, the prefect. My father gave me a lot of pocket money."

Lu Zhi:? ? ?

Cao Cao blinked: "For conscription."

Lu Zhi couldn't laugh or cry: "The public account is used for conscription, why do you need to use your pocket money? Of course the account is waiting for us to go to the Jiujiang prefect's mansion to settle the legacy of the previous term. No matter how poor we are, I don't need my subordinates to pay for it!"

Lu Zhi chatted with Cao Cao for a few more words, and his first impression of Cao Cao was very good.

Originally thought that the imperial court had stuffed him with a squeamish relative of the emperor, but unexpectedly came a stunned young man!

During this conversation, Cao Cao was also observing what kind of person the future chief would be.Hearing that Lu Zhi was going to Jiujiang for the sake of the peace of the people, and that he planned to take command of a horse and go to battle in person, he was obviously not a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death, and his affection increased greatly.

In order to allow Cao Cao to cooperate with him, Lu Zhi also explained to him the long-standing struggle between the Han people and the barbarians in Jiujiang County, and the root cause of the suppression of the barbarian rebellion.

It turned out that this poor place in Jiujiang County was adjacent to a river, and floods often flooded the fields. The original barbarians there had been assimilated by the Han people and worked like ordinary farmers.

"The local tyrants took advantage of the flood to erase the signs on the farmland, occupied the land, and bought and sold barbarian slaves. After a few years, the barbarians were unwilling to become slaves, and the conflict with the Han people reached its peak. Only then did the rebellion break out."

Mentioning this, Lu Zhi sighed: "Now Jiujiang County must have been invaded by those rebels, and everything is waiting to be done!"

It's all a waste, so where is the money to recruit soldiers? !

Without soldiers, how to suppress the rebellion? !

Cao Cao was awe-inspiring, and he knew Lu Zhi's difficulties when he thought about it carefully.

The imperial court sent Lu Zhi there, saying that they believed in his ability, but in fact they wanted the horse to run, but also wanted the horse not to eat grass!

Cao Cao sympathized with Lu Zhi very much, and said to Lu Zhi: "According to the regulations, generals should go to the public account and have supplies and military pay when they go abroad. There is no reason why you are not asked to recruit soldiers to suppress the rebellion. Lu Taishou and others Wait for me, I'm going to my father right now!"

After Cao Cao said this, he left Lu Zhi's residence in a hurry.

Lu Zhi was a little dumbfounded, and stretched out his hand to call Cao Cao: "Wait, hey, why did you run away all of a sudden?"

He was just talking, how could the court really pay the soldiers?Those people are quicker than anyone else when it comes to taking bribes, and when they really want to allocate money, they keep refusing. After all these years, how many troops from all over the world have asked for military salaries, and how many disaster-hit places have asked for support , the imperial court didn't pay any money, he had no relatives in Luoyang, no one to help and talk, and he had no intention of flattering his superiors. Lu Zhi had long since given up any hope for this.

Unexpectedly, when things turned around, the imperial court sent a foolish boy who foolishly ran to his own father to steal a large sum of money and came back to pay the public account. The emperor approved it, and Da Si Nong personally allocated the funds!

Lu Zhi received the [-] military salary that fell from the sky, as if he was dreaming.

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