If you don't wear women's clothes, the big man will die!

Cao Cao stood there stiffly, feeling a puff of air blowing past his ears, shaking his whole body. He lost his mind for a moment, and asked in a voiceless voice: "Why do you say that, Your Majesty? If you give up on the big man, Wouldn't the great man be subjugated in the future?"

Liu Hong pursed his lips: "The signs of the country's subjugation have existed since the time of the first emperor. If you look at the disasters in various places now, they are all blamed on me."

"Don't you want to be emperor?" Cao Cao was horrified: "Wouldn't such a deed be a bad name in the future?"

"Your Majesty, the mountains and rivers are broken, no one can be spared, the big man can still be saved, you can't give up on yourself! It is true that there are many bad policies in the court and the big man is seriously ill, but there are countless people who are willing to sacrifice themselves to save this big man. Can't you see Are you there?" Cao Cao was in a hurry, grabbed Liu Hong, and said repeatedly: "The big man can still be saved!"

Liu Hong shook his head: "No, I don't think the big man can be saved, and I don't want to be Emperor Guangwu, working hard for half my life, and finally letting my relatives control the government, and the power is snatched away."

"The big man is still saved. Your Majesty doesn't want to work hard, and I am willing to do my best to serve your Majesty. I implore you to take a look at the voices of all people in the world, and see how many people are struggling on the line of life and death in the world. If even you give up, you will die even more." If there are many people, the world will be in chaos!" Cao Cao anxiously sweated on his forehead: "I am willing to be the sword in the hands of your majesty, and I am willing to overcome obstacles for your majesty. Your majesty abandoning the big man is because you forgot the agreement with me. Did you even give up with me? "

"Eunuchs, relatives, and scholar-bureaucrats," Liu Hong patted Cao Cao, helped him up, and said slowly, "A balance between the three is the way of an emperor. They check each other, and one ebbs and another grows."

Liu Hong said to Cao Cao: "Don't you understand? No matter whether there are capable ministers to assist you or not, you will end up on the old path of powerful ministers. As long as the Han Dynasty is still the surname you recognize, the emperors will be supported as puppets generation after generation. Flowing water The change of powerful ministers and endless scrambles are all concentrated in Luoyang, and the people everywhere you value will only become more and more miserable, until one day they can't survive and completely explode. Wait until people's awe of the emperor wears off At the end of the day, the emperor becomes an existence that the powerful ministers can handle at will, and the powerful ministers will develop a sense of self-reliance, and there will be countless people from all over the world calling themselves kings and emperors. If this is the case, why not overturn the layout and prepare for the arrival of troubled times in advance?"

Cao Cao no longer knew what expression to use to respond. His throat was dry and he said helplessly, "Your Majesty's actions like this will probably leave a bad reputation forever."

Liu Hong: "Then if I don't want to be the king of subjugation, wouldn't it be beautiful for my son to recite my name?"

Liu Hong was cold-hearted. To him, the harem was just a bunch of playthings. He said, "The beauty He gave birth to a son for me, and I named him Liu Bian."

When he said it, his tone was indifferent, as if he was saying that a kitten and a puppy gave birth to a cub.

It is impossible for Cao Cao to persuade Liu Hong to treat his son with heart. There are countless beauties in the harem, and I don’t know how many people can bear children for the emperor. The emperor regards the harem as a plaything and lives and kills at will. This is a difference in concept. He valued human life, and Liu Hong would ask him if he was sick and out of his mind with surprised eyes.

Thinking about the little doll in his own family, Cao Cao couldn't help feeling sorry for the little doll named Liu Bian, and was soon distracted by Liu Hong's words.

Liu Hongdao: "Cao Jie has been dismissed. Without his protection, it is too conspicuous for Da Sinong to sit still in this position. I will temporarily dismiss you father and son. For the next few days, Ah Mo will wear women's clothes Come to me in secret, let Da Sinong hide at home well and don't show your head, and I will show you a good show of the court's sorrow and joy!"

"Your Majesty and I have explained so much, I am not very grateful, but what do you want to do? The more you say that, the more flustered I become," Cao Cao's heart was beating wildly.

Liu Hong said indifferently: "This emperor's throne fell on me by accident. If I can be emperor, other people can also do it. However, even if the things in my hands are destroyed, no one else should think about them!"

After saying this, he saw that Cao Cao still disapproved, smiled and said: "It's okay, just keep your eyes open and watch what happens next. With your understanding, even in a passive situation, you can Get a different feeling."

The unexpected conversation with the emperor stunned Cao Cao, who was worried about the country and the people, and was angry at the eunuch's dictatorship. Liu Hong, how can he persuade His Majesty to change His Majesty's mind and make him feel that the big man can still be saved?

After the fall of Cao Jie, Cao Song, the great minister of agriculture, and Cao Cao, the doctor of the middle school, were dismissed one after another on the grounds of dereliction of duty in official duties. The Cao family seemed to be driven into the bottom of the valley overnight.

Losing the official title due to official dereliction of duty is always less serious than dismissal due to corruption and bribery.

The courtiers all said that the emperor let the Cao family go because of his nostalgia, and even Cao Song thought so. He sighed at Cao Cao: "It's my father who has troubled you! If it weren't for your majesty's nostalgia for the past, our Cao family would have suffered greatly." It's so hard! It's just the way it is now, and there is very little left of His Majesty's affection for you."

Even the old house of the Cao family left by Cao Teng could not be kept.

They were forced to move, leaving the original splendid old house.

Without the protective umbrella of mutual help, Cao Song would not be in vain. Losing an official is better than losing his life. When he compromised and followed the crowd to participate in the corruption with Cao Jie, he did something against his conscience.

The old house of the Cao family was sealed off and the property was confiscated by the guards. The Zou family took their son Cao De by the hand, and Cao Cao hugged Cao Ang. The family temporarily lost their place to live.

Cao Song's mood was stable, and he obviously still had confidence. He said to everyone: "Let's go to your uncle first. He works as the chief secretary in the yamen in the south of Luoyang."

Cao Cao was surprised and said, "My uncle also came to Luoyang to work? Which uncle is it?"

Cao Song said: "It's the father of your brother Cao Ren, Cao Chi. His official position was arranged for him by his father."

He was extremely fortunate that his family's family members had not been affected by the accident, so at least the family still had a place to stay in Luoyang City.

Cao Cao's idea of ​​wanting to dig out gold was dispelled in an instant. He thought of the pile of small gold leaves and gold stones stuffed by Liu Hong in his pocket, showing a slightly tangled expression of knowing the truth but being unable to speak out.

At least his father didn't decide to just go back to his hometown like this.

Cao Cao was secretly happy, so he didn't have to find a reason to stay in Luoyang anymore, and he didn't have to be interrogated by his father.

The whole family packed the only few clothes they could take away from home, squeezed into a carriage, and headed all the way to the south of Luoyang.

Cao Ang hooked Cao Cao's neck, and kept rubbing his cheek against his face, like a sticky white dough. After seven days of not seeing each other, Cao Cao's face was slobbered with excitement when he was finally able to hug his father.

Cao Cao avoided it with some distaste, and the boy showed a toothless smile, and grabbed Cao Cao's beard to play with.

That's the beard of his second baby, how can he let the child pull it casually, what if it breaks? !

Cao Cao hurriedly stuffed his son into his father's arms, and took the handkerchief from his mother to wipe his face.

The young brother beside him shouted innocently: "Brother's beard is broken!"

Cao Cao: "..."

Reflexively, he stretched out his hand to touch it, and finally managed to grow a beautiful beard-shaped beard. It should have been symmetrical, but the left side was torn off and shortened. This unbalanced touch must be extremely ugly!

Cao Cao was heartbroken, and there was no time to think about Liu Hong's strategy. He was full of thoughts to go to his uncle Cao Chi's house, find a mirror, and save his beard.

As Liu Hong said, Cao Song was timid, he didn’t dare to be greedy for too many things, when it was unavoidable to get kickbacks, he meant to be greedy for a little bit, and the rest was not given to other people in the same camp, It is to show filial piety to Shang Shu Ling Cao Jie.

The rest of the people were not happy with Cao Song's perfunctory, and felt uneasy about his impartiality. They were afraid that if he didn't get dirty with him, he would become the one who would come out and stab them. If you accept it, then send it to his hometown in Qiaojun, and then Cao Jie pressured him to send him expensive treasures, ordering him to buy land to pile up the stolen goods. Cao's manor in Qiaojun became full of gold and silver treasures unknowingly vacancies.

The Cao family ransacked the house and couldn't find much. Among the literati and bureaucrats, many of them had received Cao Song's favor, some had manpower to protect Cao Song, and some started new wars. The focus of everyone's attention soon shifted away from the Cao family. Come on, for the next few days, it will be peaceful and peaceful.

Cao Ren, the son of Cao Chi's family, was able to study at Taixue because of Cao Song's previous relationship.

Although the great Sinonong lost his official position, all those who were promoted survived well, and Cao Ren's studies were not affected at all. I am grateful to Cao Chi, who was pulled by brother Yu, for his enthusiasm for Cao Song's family.No matter whether it was immediately clearing up the empty house for them to live in, or arranging maids and servants for them, it was all done by others.

Cao Chi's house is not as big as Cao Song's house. It used to be just a husband and wife and two sons with a total of four masters. There are not so many houses. It seems a bit crowded to live in Cao Song's family of five at once.

Cousin Cao Ren is kind and gentle, and said: "I live in the Imperial Academy all year round, and I can only come back when I am on vacation at the end of the year. Why don't you let my cousin live in my house and use my study!"

This was the first time Cao Cao saw his cousin after graduating from Taixue. He seemed to have a little impression: "When you were young, did you go to the fields with me to catch crickets?"

Cao Ren laughed and said, "I didn't expect my cousin to remember this. Not only did we catch crickets, but we also beat people who scolded you together, and went into the water to touch fish together."

After he mentioned it, Cao Cao really recalled the carefree childhood, and he was pleasantly surprised: "I remember, I remember you!"

The two fathers were chatting over there, while Cao Ren took Cao Cao to visit his study room. He didn't mind and said, "I'm going back to Taixue tomorrow. My cousin can use everything here. We are blood brothers. Cousin, you're welcome."

When Cao Cao visited Cao Ren's study, he saw only a shelf of bamboo slips, a bow hanging on the wall, and a stone lock on the side. The smooth handle must have been used frequently. With the first impression: good martial arts.

Cao Ren also has a younger brother named Cao Chun, who is six years old this year. He is officially naughty and troubled.

In this way, Cao Cao lived in Cao Chi's house. He stayed in the study all day, living in a simple way. Whenever Cao Song asked about it, he would stop his nagging on the grounds that he wanted to study and study classics.

Cao Chi was surprised and said, "Our study in Yuansheng (Cao Ren's writing) doesn't have many sage classics, but mostly all kinds of art of war and unofficial histories. Didn't you expect Meng De to also like military books?"

Cao Song said helplessly: "No, I still remember that there was a time when he was so addicted to it that he couldn't hear him eating."

Cao Chi said: "It seems that Meng De has the potential to be a general."

Cao Song couldn't help but smile wryly.

Still being a general, he has lost his future and provoked the emperor's disgust. Unless there is a big chaos and he needs to go to battle and earn his future through solid achievements, he will never even think about being a general for the rest of his life.He couldn't bear Cao Cao to risk his life to go there, Cao Song only wanted safety.

When he was an official, he sought security, and when he was a father, he also sought security.Cao Song's wisdom is to cater smoothly and not offend anyone, so no matter when and where, there is always a certain way out.Regardless of his being designated as an "eunuch", many of the scholar-bureaucrats have been helped by him. At critical moments, these people who have helped him selflessly will become the thrust to help him out of the predicament one by one.

Cao Cao sadly looked at his unbalanced beard in the room. In order to trim the beard into a beautiful and symmetrical shape, he bent down and fiddled with a knife for a long time. In the end, the two beards were as short as broad beans, which were funny and sticky to him. Seeing the effect, Cao Cao shaved off all of them in a fit of anger.

Clean-shaven, he looked handsome and young.

After losing his official position, Cao Cao didn't need to go to stand guard every day. Besides going to Liu Hong's side, he would also gather with his friends in Luoyang City by himself.

Yuan Feng was also removed from office because of being implicated. Cao Cao was invited by Yuan Shao to a banquet and learned that Yuan Shao was about to leave Luoyang.

Yuan Shao said with emotion: "I didn't expect Meng De to suffer such a big grievance. If you ask me, it doesn't matter if this official doesn't do it, but if he does, he will be angry."

Cao Cao was surprised: "You resigned?"

Yuan Shao laughed lightly: "They say that I, a 'student officer', don't know how to flatter me, and I can't figure out what to say or not to say, and a group of people are cheating and cheating. I'm just telling the truth. On the contrary, it has become a different kind. It is too boring to curry favor with the superior officials, and the officials who are hypocritical and submissive with colleagues, I might as well not do it, so as not to be angry."

"Then you won't be an official in the future?" Cao Cao could understand Yuan Shao's feelings too well, wouldn't he be angry when he was an official?

"The administration of officials in the court still needs to be cleared up. If we are officials who fail to serve the people and justice, but join forces in the mud, then it is really against the sage's learning taught by the Taixue all along." Yuan Shao shook his head: " If there is a good opportunity one day, I will still become an official, right? Do you know what they say about me? They say that I am arrogant, unwilling to bow my head, and don't think about how dirty the pickling things I do, I am So what if you don’t want this black hat, when a man is alive, retiring and self-education is also a way of life.”

Yuan Shao's words revealed his distaste for the filth of today's officialdom, and he was mostly disappointed with the current imperial court.

Cao Cao tried to persuade him: "However, after Cao Jie was dismissed, His Majesty promoted Qiaozi to Minister of the Book, and Qiaozi wholeheartedly wanted to eliminate officials. Isn't this an opportunity?"

"He's not clearing up the administration of officials. He wants to suppress all the relatives and eunuchs, and promote the poor families in the world to enter the court," Yuan Shaoyu said sarcastically, "Look, he won't be complacent for too long. It is the interests of all the big families, trying to compete with all the big families with one person, Qiaozi thinks very highly of himself."

The interests of the big family are unshakable, where the number of official positions in the world is fixed, if you give it to others, you will lose your own people, and the promotion of the poor family will take up the positions of the children from the aristocratic family?Qiao Xuan began to respect himself blindly since he was in a high position, and even indulged in the basic bottom line.

Yuan Shao thought that Cao Cao's silence was because he was too sad, so he patted him on the shoulder and comforted him: "Don't be sad, even if your beard is pulled out, you don't have to give up on yourself. Although this punishment is a bit humiliating, after a while the beard will come back. The president came out, I think you can change back the name of Cao Jili, and seek the opportunity to become an official again."

Where is this all?This dynasty did have the punishment of plucking beards to humiliate men, and after the plucking, they would be exiled. Cai Yong was dealt with in this way, and it was not officials who could perform "punishments" for Cao Cao, but his little baby.

Cao Cao said helplessly: "I was not punished for pulling out my beard, but I thought of the joke. He is so powerful, and he ended up like that, which makes his face look sad. Why did Qiaozi instigate Yang Qiu to participate in the joke? They don't know Are they all gentlemen from Taixue? I used to think that their relationship was so good, why would a righteous person stab a friend in the back without hesitation?"

Yuan Shao burst out laughing: "They are just colleagues in the Taixue, not friends. Besides, Duanzi is really a good person? You don't even look at what he did. He really dedicated himself to teaching us. But it is an indisputable fact that he became a eunuch's henchman for his own status, and persecuted and killed innocent scholars."

Yuan Shao and Cao Cao talked about what Duan Ying did, for example, he "followed eunuchs in order to preserve wealth", and for example, he helped Wang Fu and killed his colleagues in vain.

In this regard, Yuan Shao commented: "If you commit evil yourself, you cannot live."

The intrigues in the officialdom are so dangerous, there is no justice, right or wrong, some are just the interests of all parties involved, Yuan Shao has already figured out the relationship, and if he doesn't take it to heart, even talking about Cai Yong's exile, he is also indifferent Of.

That's why Cao A lied to this fool, handed over his sincerity and trust easily, liked to be true in everything he did, and didn't know he was being used.

"Let's not talk about that, we are meeting for the last time today, and we don't know when we can meet again in the future, let's drink!" Seeing Cao Cao's silence, Yuan Shao smiled heartily, and ordered the beautiful maid to serve and drink.

After Yuan Shao resigned from office, he planned to go back to the Yuan family in Runan to live in seclusion. The Yuan family had a great career, so it was nothing to lose their official position.

Seeing Yuan Shao off, and hearing that Zhang Miao was about to go to his post, he saw off his classmates and friends one after another, and there were even fewer friends in Luoyang City. Cao Cao felt a little lost, and his heart was empty.

At this time, the only way to relieve my mood is to communicate with my pen pal Xun Yu.

As soon as it got dark at night, he slipped to Liu Hong's side. So far, Cao Cao has not given up persuading Liu Hong to rekindle his confidence, and Liu Hong doesn't know whether he listened or not.

Bingxinfang's lightness kung fu can be as light as a feather falling to the ground, and it can be blown into the distance like being blown by the wind. Although it is far away from Cao Chi's house to the palace, Cao Cao's speed allows him to reach it in a short time. The eaves were trampled over and over again by the shadows under the moon flying over the eaves and walls.

In the palace, most of the time is brightly lit, especially the emperor's bedroom, which is as bright as day.There are neatly arranged lamps, precious luminous pearls, and the floor is covered with high-quality tiles.

Liu Hong was still in the mood to announce to Cao Cao: "Qiaoxuan will make another big move soon."

He not only wants to open channels for the world's poor families to become officials, but also allows more people to learn precious knowledge. He also wants to eliminate the bureaucracy. , allowing funds to be allocated to build roads and build farmland.

"The death of his son made this old official go all out," Liu Hong commented: "He is also a capable person. If he were placed in a prosperous age, he would be famous forever. It's a pity that standing in the current position, he is destined to offend most people. Benefit."

Cao Cao said one sentence, if not from his own point of view, but from the perspective of the overall situation, Qiao Xuan did nothing wrong, and the decree he promulgated was extremely in line with his wishes.

When Liu Honggang said that Qiaoxuan was going to make a big move again, the old official really made a comeback, and joined many people in the court to participate in the performance of Gai Sheng, who was seeking wealth for the queen mother.

Because the government suddenly launched an attack and the evidence was conclusive, Liu Hong had no choice but to order Gai Sheng to be imprisoned.

In order to reward Qiao Xuan for his meritorious service, Liu Hong promoted him to the rank of Taiwei, the head of the three princes.

Empress Dowager Dong was furious when she heard the words, and came to Liu Hong and said, "Wang Fu died, Cao Jie was demoted, and Gai Sheng, who helped us, was killed by that bridgeman. All the people around your Majesty were killed by the party members. Who will be loyal to you?"

Liu Hong asked: "What does the Empress Dowager think should be done?"

Empress Dowager Dong said solemnly: "Then Qiao Xuan is almost seventy years old, and it is time to go home to recuperate from illness. It is really not easy to contribute to a big man at such an advanced age. Since he likes to promote future generations, let him set aside time for future generations." position!"

Empress Dowager Dong controls the power in the harem, and most of the women in the harem want to curry favor. She only needs to give a word, and someone with connections will act on her own.

Empress Song persuaded the Empress Dowager: "Women's interference in politics is a sign of national subjugation. Your Majesty has grown up and is in charge of the government. Why should the Empress Dowager embarrass Your Majesty?"

Empress Dowager Dong became furious, and issued an order to abolish the queen.

Hearing this, Liu Hong promoted the nobleman He who raised Liu Bian to be the new post, and then promoted the relatives of the He family.

In this way, the new relatives were supported again, and the He family became a kind new star, participating in the chaotic court.

Empress He is extremely knowledgeable, respectfully serves the Empress Dowager, obeys the emperor's orders, and turns a blind eye to the "Golden House Cangjiao" in the emperor's study.

Once when Cao Cao went in and out of the imperial study and faced He Shi, He Shi actually bowed his knees and saluted him.As for Liu Hong, he still had the interest to laugh at him for being timid.

"That's the queen! The queen!" Cao Cao retorted Liu Hong: "I have no official position, how can I let the honor of the queen come and salute me?"

Liu Hong said indifferently: "Women are like clothes, and brothers are like siblings. She is just a toy who knows the basics. I know that honor and favor are all in my mind. You don't need to take her too seriously."

"Since His Majesty doesn't pay much attention to her, why should he be promoted as a queen and make her the most honorable woman of the big man."

"The most honorable woman is the Empress Dowager," Liu Hong said lightly, "The others are nothing."

Cao Cao felt that Liu Hong was unreasonable even more, His Majesty, he is completely indulgent, is he going to ignore everything?

Liu Hong pointed out the memorial to impeach Qiao Xuan to Cao Cao.

Some impeached him for killing innocent people indiscriminately, some impeached him for privately enclosing land, and some impeached him for appointing party members...everything.

Cao Cao has heard of every decree issued by Qiao Xuan, and they are all decisions that are beneficial to the big man. What is more important is that he has a clean sleeve, never appoints his own family members, promotes poor bachelors, and subsidizes poor students to study!Even if you set up a school, you will be impeached because you are cultivating your cronies. What is this court?

Layers upon layers of memorials piled up into mountains, all of which were people's hatred and scolding towards Qiao Xuan. Among them were eunuchs who were persecuted, some rich families whose children were killed, and some relatives and courtiers whose interests were violated. They were not stingy. Yu attacked Qiao Xuan with the most vicious words, and when he asked Liu Hong to call the shots, he also mentioned that Qiao Xuan would "kill the whole family".

"This is the consequence of trying to change," Liu Hong pointed lightly to Cao Cao. There were so many impeachments that the whole room was filled to the brim. Not only the courtiers joined forces to send them here, but also all over the country. The "Wan Min Blood Book" was delivered, every word weeping blood, as if Qiao Xuan was really a villain who disregarded human life.

Qiao Xuan is like an eagle looking at the blue sky, galloping towards the highest point, spreading his wings to embrace the sun that is close at hand, before he can really embrace the warmth of the sun, the rain of arrows swishing from bottom to top will He was so stabbed that he fell to the ground suddenly, and before he even had time to struggle, he became a corpse in the wilderness.

No matter how high he climbed, how miserable it would be if he fell down. It is difficult for Cao Cao to explain why Qiao Xuan failed by saying "it was because Qiao Xuan fought alone and no one helped him", and the people who helped Qiao Xuan , Almost all over the world, poor families and common people, the voices of the people at the bottom are often ignored, and the really arrogant and domineering ones have always been the big and wealthy families who have mastered the lifeblood of the court.

Liu Hongdao: "Since the prime minister was abolished, the big man no longer has the position of being the number one civil servant or military officer. The prime minister's status is enough to threaten the king, so this position was abolished. Qiaoxuan has connections but no army. If you have an army but no morale, you can’t do anything well. Where do you lose? The defeat lies in trying to strike a stone with an egg, and acting too hastily.”

Obviously Liu Hong was a few months younger than Cao Cao, but he taught Cao Cao like an elder brother. The bloody example was placed in front of Cao Cao, so that he could witness with his own eyes what it means to fall to pieces.

Cao Cao couldn't bear it anymore, and begged for Qiao Xuan: "After all, he is not doing things for himself, and his family members are also innocent. He is now 70 years old, and he is already at the age of half a foot in the coffin. , Qiaozi dedicated his whole life to the great man, can His Majesty save the life of this veteran?"

Liu Hong said with emotion: "Qiaoxuan once used you, and you can still intercede for him regardless of the previous suspicions. Ah Manguo has a big heart."

Cao Cao couldn't help showing a wry smile: "How can I be broad-minded? I just thought that if Cao Jie hadn't recruited me into the palace to accompany His Majesty, with my temper, I'm afraid I would become one of Qiao Xuan's henchmen. Arouse His Majesty's dislike? Maybe he will be like Cai Yong, who will be dismissed by His Majesty, either exiled or demoted, and the best result is to go back to his hometown and live in seclusion."

"No if," Liu Hong reprimanded in a low voice, "Qiao Xuan really taught you to be upright and selfless."

This is also a common problem of Qiaoxuan's party members, but unfortunately, he was born at an untimely time, and he is destined to be wiped out by other people.

Before Qiao Xuan returned to his hometown, Cao Cao went to see him off, which was the last time he saw him in this life.

The powerful minister who used to give advice to the country with high spirits, and the teacher who taught them this year's students gently and patiently seemed to have been drained of all energy, aging like a dead tree, and the vitality was gone.

After losing his beloved son and being demoted from office, Qiao Xuan's face was unexpectedly calm. His cloudy eyes fixed on Cao Cao for a moment, and he smiled: "I thought you would never come to see me again."

"Qiaozi travels far, and the students should bow and see them off. It is the master who taught the students what is a real officialdom." Cao Cao bowed to Qiaoxuan, saying goodbye to this old man who used his backbone to top a big man.

Before leaving, Qiao Xuan slowly said to Cao Cao: "You still treat me as a teacher, then I will finally treat you as a student and teach you the essence of my life."

He looked so old that he had to take three breaths even to speak a word.

Thinking of the joke about the coldness of the bones, Li Ying who died of illness in his hometown not long ago, and Qiao Xuan who was no longer energetic in front of him, the cruel time made Cao Cao's eyes blush.

He respectfully worshiped his teacher and said solemnly: "Qiaozi, please tell me, the master teaches, and the students will never forget it for life."

Qiao Xuan suddenly said: "You need to read more military books."

Cao Cao paused slightly, and when he raised his head, Qiao Xuan had already turned and left, and the wind blew his last whisper.

"Today the world will be chaotic, and the one who lives in peace with the people depends on the king..."

Liu Hong ordered Qiao Xuan to be exonerated from the death penalty, ordered him to retire from his old age and return to his hometown to recover from his illness, and then reinstated Cao Jie, who had been defeated by Qiao Xuan before, to his original post!

Cao Jie drifted away like a gust of breeze, and returned to Cao Cao lightly. He smiled slightly, as if the previous experience of being demoted was like a dream, and he was still interested in greeting Cao Cao.

"After all this time, does Ah Mo still hate me so much?" Cao Jie gently asked Cao Cao, making him angry.

"You use my father and son as pawns, how can I not hate you?" Cao Cao returned with a cold face, even though he was picky with him, Cao Cao had to admit that without Cao Jie's pressure, he would be a ghost There are so many that the court and the harem have been mixed up into a miasma. At least in recent years, it has been impossible to clean up this group of little devils.

Liu Hong's words echoed in Cao Cao's ears again, "The big man is rotten from the root."

Cao Cao wondered without thinking, what is life after death, he understands death, how can he be born after death?What does Your Majesty want to make of the court so that it can be called a place of death, and what should be done to achieve a future life?

Time didn't give Cao Cao much time to think deeply about Liu Hong's plan. The accident happened too fast, just like a sudden change of midsummer, a heavy rain broke the silent humming of cicadas. Thunder flashed, and the whole city of Luoyang was in an uproar!

Cao Jie was not young, and gradually lost his energy during the day and night toil, and finally died of a cold, and passed away when Cao Cao was 26 years old.

Rise and fall of honor and disgrace, with his passing turned into loess overnight, Cao Jie has had glory and troughs in his life, his greatest contribution is to support the emperor Liu Hong on the throne of emperor, and his biggest mistake is to control The government allowed its subordinates to poison the people.

Cao Jie died suddenly, and Cao Cao expected it. From Cao Jie's illness, to his gradual weakness, and even his appearance before death, Cao Cao, who was funeral for Cao Jie, saw it in his eyes.

After returning, Cao Cao didn't feel happy, but was full of sorrows. He couldn't help but sighed to Liu Hong about the unforeseen events in the world: "Who would have thought that this mountain that countless people wanted to overthrow would die of disease silently?" Woolen cloth?"

Liu Hong said: "Eunuchs don't have a long lifespan. If you take care of them carefully, your body will collapse when you get old."

After Cao Jie passed away, all the suppressed demons and monsters rushed out one by one, trying to take a bite out of the fat of power. People were busy amassing wealth, embezzlement, and oppressing the people. Luoyang was so rich. Oil, the barn is piled up until the door is opened, and you can see a few fat rats escaping in a hurry, while the people are poor, and disasters, famines, and riots continue to occur.

Finally, small-scale riots occurred frequently and condensed into large-scale riots. Poor people from all over the country rose up one after another, wearing coarse yellow scarves on their heads, following the orders of the "great virtuous teacher" Zhang Jiao, and overthrew the local government like locusts crossing the border. , killing dogs and corrupt officials, approaching Luoyang aggressively all the way, shouting slogans.

"The sky is dead, the yellow sky should stand, the age is in Jiazi, and the world will be prosperous!"

Countless battle reports from various places were piled up on Liu Hongyu's case, and the scouts flocking to report for help from all over the place were almost drowned out.

Liu Hong ordered the entire government and the public: "My dear friends, can someone please go to suppress the rebellion?"

As soon as these words were said, the audience was silent, only a few generals, eager to make military achievements, volunteered to charge forward.

The huge number of rebels cannot be suppressed by just a few people. Liu Hong asked again, but still no one answered.

So Liu Hong ordered the Eighth School Lieutenant of Xiyuan to lead the army to fight, and also issued an edict to recall the talents who were demoted and returned to their hometowns during the party's imprisonment to be reactivated.

Among them is Cao Cao, who should be one of the eight school lieutenants. Liu Hong ordered Cao Cao to join the general Huang Pusong and participate in the suppression of the rebellion.

As soon as this decree came out, Cao Song strongly opposed it and asked Cao Cao to refuse to join.

Cao Cao wondered: "Is this rebellion very dangerous?"

No, based on what he knew about His Majesty, this His Majesty, who always liked to open the back door for his own people, must have come up with another idea for him to gain military merit.

Sure enough, Liu Hong whispered to Cao Cao quietly: "All the treasures I collected were sent to all parts of the country, and I also had people dig a few graves to store those things, the supplies and food needed for the formation of the army. Indispensable, tools and swords are also, after I sent people to investigate, I found that there is an empty mountain in Chenliu."