Three Kingdoms: Cao Cao and Liu Bei help me to ascend the throne

Chapter 13 The fault is that you are just a Dunqiu

Outside the window, the rain is murmuring.

Under the lamp, Liu Yu concentrated on reading a scroll of bamboo slips.

Tomorrow I will go to Bashu.

However, Cao Cao, who was expelled from the gate of the Cao Mansion tonight, insisted on taking out some "On Two Handles" written by himself for Liu Yu to read.

At first, Liu Yu nodded slightly while watching, but as she looked down, Liu Yu felt that the rhythm was a bit wrong, and she was completely off track!

call…

Exhaling lightly, for a moment, Liu Yu had an ominous premonition.

Tomorrow, he is going to Bashu, this kid will definitely not worry people.

Finally, read the last word.

Liu Yu narrowed her eyes and stared at Cao Cao...

Cao Cao looked full of expectation.

"Two handles, Xingde is also. In ancient times, there was "Han Feizi Two Hands", and now there is my "Er Hands" by Cao Mengde? Brother Yu thinks, if I present this "Er Hands" to the emperor, what will happen?"

Ha ha…

Hearing Cao Cao's words, Liu Yu immediately went "hehe".

His eyes swept to the "Two Handles" again.

——"Foolish ministers' views on 'reward' and 'punishment' are nothing more than rewarding meritorious officials and punishing those who have done wrong. If rewards and punishments are appropriate, all orders in the world will be obeyed, and rewards and punishments are inappropriate, even if the orders are not!"

——"If rewards are ineffective, the civil and military will be dissatisfied, people will resent, and the country's affairs will not go smoothly. If the punishment is meritorious, the world will be silent, and people will turn away."

At first glance, these two sentences...

It seems to be okay, four years of studying too much is not in vain, and I have a little ink in my stomach!

But in the following sentence, the pen sharpened.

——"Your Majesty the Emperor, you should firmly grasp the 'two handles' and not easily give orders to others. Even if you work on it yourself, you will make mistakes, let alone someone else? The 'two handles' hold the hands, order and prohibit, flow from top to bottom, and government orders are perfect! "

Uh…

Seeing this, Liu Yu had goose bumps all over her body!
Cao Cao, who is 20 years old, is simply a standard idealist, just like those college students who graduated from colleges and universities in later generations, and they have never been beaten by society at all!
One word is to change the world, it is to eliminate the injustice of the world, to establish a heart for the world, to establish a life for the people, and to create peace for all generations!

As everyone knows, this world has always been cruel.

A fledgling, passionate college student can basically make zero influence and change in this society!
And Cao Cao's "two-handle theory" is to persuade the emperor to centralize power,

But in fact, the imperial power in this era is subject to the conditions of the general guest officials and cannot be completely centralized.

The gentry, foreign relatives, eunuchs, and generals all hold too much power. The only thing the emperor can do is to check and balance these rights and make them use them for him!
Just like the famous dual monarchy in the Eastern Han Dynasty!
To put it simply, the scholars and officials in the Eastern Han Dynasty generally had two objects of loyalty like the monarch.

One is naturally the Son of Heaven;

The other one is his recommender.

The big man implements the probation system, whoever recommends you to be an official, he is your great benefactor, and even... the relationship between the recommender and the recommended is more similar to that of a monarch, parents, and teachers!
And in the midst of this, there will be many wealthy families with great power and family networks penetrating into various fields!
A eunuch with power over the government and the public was born!

Breeding, a general passed down from generation to generation!
Cao Cao's volume of "Two Handles" is to move their rights, which is to dig their foundation.

Ha ha…

Liu Yu was convinced too.

Others ask for money for writing an official document, but Cao Cao's "Two Handles" can kill him!
Scholars, relatives, eunuchs, generals, one article, Cao Cao offended again!

No wonder, according to historical records, Cao Cao's early official career was not satisfactory, and he didn't emerge until the Yellow Turban Rebellion...

This kid is simply too dumbfounded.

"Brother Yu?" Looking at Liu Yu's weird expression, Cao Cao asked curiously, "You have been reading this for a long time, but you don't have a single comment!"

"This "Two Handles Theory" is to be presented to the emperor, so why don't you criticize it!"

This is out of the way...

Liu Yu directly threw the bamboo slips in her hand into the brazier and lit the fire.

Uh…

This time, Cao Cao was taken aback and rushed to rescue him, but was stopped by Liu Yu.

"Ah, don't save me, this bamboo slip can kill you!"

"My life?" Cao Cao was stunned... and asked quickly: "Didn't Brother Yu teach me to use heavy codes in troubled times? I followed Han Feizi and resumed this reward and punishment? What's wrong with advising His Majesty as an official?" Is there?"

"The fault is that you are just a Dunqiu Ling!" Liu Yu replied without thinking, and his expression became serious.

He must explain this to Cao Cao clearly and thoroughly!

There are not only right and wrong, but also rewards and punishments in this world...

And sophistication!

"Ah, being an official is like walking in a primeval forest. Not a single person can survive through the past. There are tigers, leopards, bears, and cockroaches hidden in the forest. In addition, there are poisonous snakes and assassination arrows!"

"If you want to get to the opposite side safely, your courage and courage alone are not enough. You also need to have wisdom and a pair of eyes that can see the essence through phenomena!"

Liu Yu patted Cao Cao's shoulder, trying to comfort him!
Immediately afterwards, the two sat down...

The rain curtain hangs outside the window, and the stove in the Yulin Viewing Room is burning. It is only separated by a wall.

Liu Yuyu's earnest words came out one after another.

"Brother Man, do you think that His Majesty's heavy use of eunuchs and eunuchs is a sign of stupidity? It runs counter to the Mingjun in your mind!"

This…

In Cao Cao's impression, this was the first time that Brother Yu took the initiative to chat with him about such a sensitive topic, and talked about it today.

pondered for a while.

Cao Cao nodded firmly.

"Yes, many people say that His Majesty favors eunuchs today, causing eunuchs to commit crimes and commit crimes, and the people of the Han Dynasty have no way of life! Could it be that His Majesty is not a close relative, far away from virtuous ministers, persecuting loyal ministers, regardless of right and wrong?"

"Wrong!" Liu Yu immediately retorted. "Ah Mo only saw eunuchs persecuting loyal officials, taking money and breaking the law, but didn't see that the whole big man, only these eunuchs are the people His Majesty can trust the most!"

"How is it possible!" Cao Cao stood up abruptly. "Brother Yu? According to you, the civil and military loyalty of the Manchu Dynasty is not as loyal as these eunuchs? Cao Cao's loyalty is not as loyal as the ten permanent servants?"

"that is the truth!"

Contrary to Cao Cao's excitement, Liu Yu looked very calm.

You can't just look at the surface of everything, let alone make a decision with a slap on the head!

You know... Cao Cao stepped into several big pits in his life, all based on this!

Not to mention the stunned youth when I was young;

After becoming the shepherd of Yanzhou, he killed Bian and surrendered, causing Yanzhou to rebel, and his good classmate Zhang Miao defected;

Xuzhou slaughtered the city, causing a large number of talents including "Zhuge Jin", "Zhuge Liang", "Lu Su", "Zhang Zhao" to seek refuge in the south, and it even gave him the notoriety of "the number one butcher knife of the Three Kingdoms"!

These are all the shortcomings and weaknesses of Cao Cao's character. He is too obsessed with using heavy scriptures in troubled times, but ignores the more important "morality of the world" and "sophistication of the world"!
In Liu Yu's opinion...

Tomorrow I will go to Bashu...

It is necessary to give this young Cao Cao a big lesson today!
"In today's imperial court, no matter if it is a foreign relative, a gentry, or a general... They all have their own families behind them, and they are all driven by various interests. They are loyal to the big man, the court, but not the emperor!"

"But the eunuchs are different. Their rights are bestowed by the emperor, and the emperor is the only one behind them! It is precisely because of this that only the eunuchs and the emperor are in a deeply bonded relationship. One is prosperous and the other is hurt! It is also because of this, They will be willing to be the eyes and ears of the emperor and help him consolidate the imperial power! Besides..."

Liu Yu paused for a moment... it was a trick.

What he intends to instill in Cao Cao today is a kind of "underlying logic"!
——Compared with honest officials, why did the emperors in history like to use corrupt officials and treacherous officials!

In many cases, even knowing that these treacherous and eunuchs were doing evil and greedy for money, the emperor turned a blind eye!

The twists and turns in this...

Naturally, Cao Cao, who is 20 years old, still can't understand it!

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(End of this chapter)