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

Chapter 263 In the midst of strategizing, the decisive victory is thousands of miles away

A severe beating!
Under Xia Houyuan's leadership, four guards held Qian Shan down and beat him violently!
The other dignitaries asked their subordinates to pull out their sabers to fight Cao Cao, but who would have thought that the first one to pull out his saber would have his palm cut off by Cao Cao's sword, and immediately... screamed "Wow" in pain.

"Is it the other way around?"

"Dare to use weapons in the mansion of the truth again? Shoot or kill!"

Having experienced the Northern Expedition and the baptism of the battlefield, Cao Cao is not at all afraid of this group of "fake hands" who can only yell and shout, and even...he wants to laugh.

Just them?Have you ever killed someone?
A gang of rich and powerful people had no choice but to fight and dare not fight, and there was no way to save them, so they could only run out, shouting at the top of their lungs while running: "Cao Guoxiang killed someone, Cao Guoxiang killed someone..."

Even Zhang Liu, who had been hit by the board... endured the severe pain and ran out...

Compared to... the head confesses here, the pain in the buttocks... can be tolerated!
A group of people ran away...

Xia Houyuan was a little worried, "Brother, I'm afraid these people won't let it go."

Cao Cao smiled, "This is..."

Xia Houyuan continued: "Brother, you are not afraid of them...would you like to sue Liu Tai, the lord of Jinan?"

Ha ha…

Hearing this, Cao Cao smiled very happily. "Don't worry, this case... our King of Jinan won't take care of it!"

Cao Cao's words came with a smile full of infinite confidence.

It's like seeing through everything...

He is no longer the simple-minded Luoyang northern captain who always knows how to be "reckless";
It wasn't Dunqiu Ling who asked his third brother Liu Yu for help when he encountered a problem;

Today's Cao Cao has matured a lot...

"Brother... I'm still a little worried."

"Don't worry!" Cao Cao patted Xia Houyuan on the back, and explained: "Jinan's dignitaries and officials have colluded for a long time, and the poison is very deep. This...Liu Tai knows better than us, and he knows better...This poison has long been in the past. Challenge the prestige of his ruler in Jinan."

"Liu Tai also wanted to attack them a long time ago, but he didn't dare to do anything real. There are more than a dozen vassal states bordering Jinan. If the rich and powerful are in a hurry, they will move to live in other countries, which will affect Jinan's economy...Now I will do it. , he will definitely not care, he will let me show it first, anyway, he did not do the bad guys, and there is still room for maneuver if things mess up!"

While speaking, Cao Cao blinked his eyes...

Xia Houyuan understood, but scratched his head, a little unbelievable, "Brother...Brother's behavior this time makes Yudi feel that he is not like a big brother!"

"Haha..." Cao Cao laughed, "It's not like me? Who is it like?"

"Like Guanzhu Liu of Yulin Temple... in the midst of strategizing, the decisive victory is thousands of miles away!"

Xia Houyuan's words made Cao Cao smile heartily.

"Miaocai, what you said is right... Eldest brother, I have to learn from the third brother, and in planning, we will win thousands of miles away!"

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The rich and powerful of the entire Jinan Kingdom suddenly realized that they were fucked up!
Sure enough, there were many people who went to the monarch Liu Tai to complain, but Liu Tai always said that he was unwell and it was inconvenient to see guests.

As Cao Cao analyzed...

Didn't Liu Tai not know about Cao Cao's move, he had his own schemes, and he was trying to weaken the power of this group of dignitaries?Cao Cao, the vanguard, is just right!
The next day, Cao Cao asked someone and two hundred strong men to take the money and food raised at the reception banquet last time and the rich gifts from wealthy households to the streets and exchange them for rice and grain, and transport them to Jibei, which was seriously affected by the flood of the Yellow River, for disaster relief. .

Hundreds of truckloads of grain were sent to Jibei, and the land of Jibei, which was devastated by the floods... finally had a glimmer of life.

The people who didn't believe the food they held in their hands knelt on the ground to thank Cao Cao...

Cao Cao stretched out his hand to hold their arms, and when he helped them up, they believed that this was not a dream.

"Listen to me..."

Cao Cao helped up the patriarch who was kneeling in front, and the others followed suit.

Cao Cao said loudly: "It is what the government should do so that you can have food to eat and survive. If you want to thank, please thank the emperor for his kindness."

Speaking of this, Cao Cao bowed to the north with his hands bowed, leading the people to shout first.

"Long live the Emperor!"

Now... the common people also bowed in the direction of Luoyang, shouting three times: "Long live the emperor!"

Coincidentally, the emperor Liu Hong at this time was mixing up as a refugee and mixed in with the refugee team.

It's incredible to suddenly receive food...

But who would have thought that the common people shouted long live again.

After finding Jian Shuo and questioning him carefully, Liu Hong finally found out... It turned out that this "Cao Guoxiang" raised relief food and distributed it to the people, and he became a good person again.

This comforted the gloomy mood of the emperor Liu Hong who had witnessed the "pretending to be meritorious service" incident.

"Your Majesty... Cao Guoxiang seems to be doing well." Qiao Xuan said with emotion.

Liu Hong nodded, "Liu Yu's eyes are always as vicious as ever!"

"Your Majesty..." This time it was Jian Shuo who said, "In front of us is Prime Minister Cao Guo who wants to overthrow the temple...Do you want to take a look, Your Majesty?"

Liu Hong waved his hand, "I don't want to look at it... This Cao Cao's work is very in line with my wishes... Taiwei Qiao, please draft an edict for me, send it back to Luoyang, and let the Shangshutai reward you!"

"Here..." Qiao Xuan agreed.

Liu Hong said again: "Lieutenant Jian, the next step is to go to the outskirts of Jibei. I want to see more... What kind of evil are those officers and soldiers who are far away from the court in the local area!"

Well…

These words blurted out...Jian Shuo realized that His Majesty has not come out of the incident of "killing the common people and pretending to be meritorious", and...Your Majesty needs to understand deeply.

it's dangerous...

but.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will make arrangements now."

"Don't, startle the snake!"

"Here!"

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In front of Cao Cao is a brand new temple.

Behind Cao Cao, more than 200 strong men have already stood up...

Cao Cao's eyes narrowed slightly, and he looked at the temple carefully. Finally, he raised his arm and pointed his index finger at the temple, "Demolish! There is a ghost coming to me, I will take the blame, demolish it!"

No one expected that in this era when ghosts, gods and temples are regarded as the foundation of Anbang and the country, Cao Cao would actually do such a disrespectful and "ridiculous" thing!
This touched the local tycoons, as well as the fundamental interests of the bribed high-ranking officials and servants in Kyoto!
Two hundred strong men trembling in their hands...

Cao Cao shouted again, "There is a ghost coming to me, I will bear the guilt, and tear it down for me!"

Now, everyone is no longer silent... The big guys are in their positions, smashing and tearing down.

In an instant, a new temple that had just been built and was still alive was demolished.

The unlucky shrine master hadn't enjoyed a year's worth of incense, but the portrait...was turned into mud tire waste.

Speaking of which... Cao Cao is no stranger to this shrine master, a big family in Jinan——Zhang Qian!
He just donated a pontoon bridge, and the government took the opportunity to collect money and build a temple.

As for his details...

Cao Cao also figured it out, his adoptive father is a prominent figure today, Zhongchang attendant Zhang Rang!

certainly…

It's not that Cao Cao always has trouble with eunuchs, it's mainly because...in this era, the followers of Shi Changshi are all over the world, and they are like nails on a wooden boat, nailing the dilapidated ship of the Eastern Han Empire.

As long as there is injustice...then nine times out of ten, there must be shadows of these dead eunuchs!
"Cao Guoxiang... Zhang Qian, the owner of this temple, is Zhang Changshi's adopted son..."

Someone belatedly reminded Cao Cao...

Cao Cao looked solemn, "I don't care who he is. The prince violated the ban and committed the same crime as the common people, captured the thief and the king, and attacked the chief villain. This is what the country wants!"

stunned...

Cao Cao's words stunned the room.

This young prime minister is really tough!
In fact... Cao Cao did go all out, but the rich and powerful in Jinan will never show mercy.

The words Qian Shan said...Cao Cao believed that they were not just used to intimidate him.

In the past... there was a case of being falsely accused by Dunqiu Haoqiang. This time, Cao Cao has experience. Knowing that the rich and powerful are going to send letters to the capital to report, he even sent guards to keep an eye on the rich and powerful's houses one by one, and intercept the servants of the powerful and powerful from going to the capital. Inform the police to gain time for destroying temples and punishing evildoers.

Now, the rich and powerful in Jinan were completely dumbfounded...

This is so meow, this Prime Minister of Jinan doesn't follow the routine at all...

In an instant... the streets and alleys of Jinan became construction sites, and there were destroyed temples everywhere.

The demolition of the temple encountered almost no obstacles, and Cao Cao stepped up to eradicate many other serious illnesses and bad policies.

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When a memorial letter from the Prime Minister was passed in front of Liu Tai, the lord of the Jinan Kingdom.

He was almost trembling all over...

The memorial sent by Cao Cao...is very long in content, and the words are extremely sharp.

——A summary of the facts summarizes the malpractice of Jinan as follows:
——Private salt is prevalent, and the iron smelting of the empire's strategic reserve materials is in the hands of the powerful;
——Farmers pay water conservancy money every year, the Yellow River floods every year and no one cares about it, the river is silted up, and irrigation is not smooth, which leads to aggravated agricultural droughts and floods;

——The taxation issued by the empire, Jinan officials colluded, collected several times more, and brought disaster to the country and the people;

——The farmland is withered, pests, and snowstorms are frequent, and the agricultural supervisors don't care about the poor and the weak, and blindly harm people and enrich themselves;
——Businessmen spend money to buy two thousand stone official costumes to wear, privately raise singers, and leapfrog privately use ritual and music instruments;

——The rich are extravagant and plundered by force, and no one dares to control the officials;
——The state of Jinan also privately melted the standard five baht coins and recast them into thinner and lighter "false five bahts". Such a heinous crime, the imperial court will not avoid them, and the people's grievances cannot be appeased!It will lead to the resurgence of thieves, the destruction of the homes of the people, and the disaster of the country!
Just like back then... Cao Cao promulgated the "Ten Crimes" in Dunqiu County, eradicating powerful bullies in one fell swoop.

This time, the memorial sent by Cao Cao criticizes the current situation...

"Cao...Cao Guoxiang, what are you doing?"

Liu Tai was stunned...

He didn't expect that Cao Cao played so big and so fiercely.

"I request the dismissal of the following eight persons: Fu De, director of salt industry, Qiu Lian, director of agriculture, Huang Zhong, director of forestry, Tong Wei, director of handicraft industry, Li Hui, director of water conservancy, Ning Ye, director of public security, Jin Si, director of taxation, and Zhang Qiu, director of household registration! Qian Shan, the director of the metallurgy industry, resigned, or else he would be included in the memorial!"

Cao Cao's words didn't show any expression...

Frosty.

But these words... reached Liu Tai's ears like five thunders roaring.

Cao Cao is not trying to criticize the current situation...he is going to change the heavens in Jinan!
To know…

In this list alone, Qiu Lian and Tong Yan are related to the ruler of the country, and Li Hui and Ning Ye also get along well.

The others didn't have to turn a few corners to find heavyweights to intercede.

The country of Jinan is a society of human affection... It goes around and around, can it be bypassed, is this human affection?

"Cao Guoxiang...these people!"

"It must be dismissed!" Cao Cao didn't sound like a discussion at all...

Liu Tai was helpless now, he waved his hand, "It's up to you!"

He knew that tonight... there would be a lot of dignitaries coming to intercede again, but in fact, Liu Tai couldn't help it. Cao Cao was sent by the emperor, that is, the emperor's minions. It's not good to confiscate his fief and title together.

Qiu Lian and Tong Yan belonged to big families in Jinan, and they were able to climb up to Liu Tai as relatives, and they were also quite related in the court.

Seeing that Liu Tai's road was blocked, they made an appointment to find another way.

here...

The work to bring down Cao Cao is underway urgently.

The temple demolition troops commanded by Cao Cao worked day and night, and demolished more than 200 large and small temples in just ten days. .

Cao Cao tore down a statue of a living person in public, and ordered the people not to worship living ghosts and gods.

Not to mention worshiping in these so-called ancestral temples.

And issued a notice-those who build ancestral temples in the future are not allowed to gather crowds to amass wealth, and those who violate it will be beheaded!

The shrine was destroyed...

Seeing that Cao Cao dared to offend ghosts and gods, Jinan dignitaries still put them in their eyes?

Quickly organize family members to smuggle money and flee to other counties.

But this time...they underestimated Cao Cao again!
In response to such a situation, Cao Cao had long been prepared, and he sent special personnel to guard the pass.

People can travel to other countries and counties, but all property must be registered and kept in the register...

After it is found out that the owner of the property has not committed crimes such as embezzlement and breaking the law, the temporarily detained property can be returned intact.

this time...

The sky in Jinan exploded!

Cao Cao won't kill anyone this time... Just like his father said, he needs to know how to respect life.

But Cao Cao's moves were so terrific that the rich were almost desperate, but there was nothing they could do.

They knew that Cao Cao would never give up after doing this... If Cao Cao followed the vine, who would not be corrupt and pervert the law?

Except for the dozen or so families who escaped earlier, none of the later wealthy households could escape, let alone their belongings, but they couldn’t sit still and wait for death!
Rich households took the initiative to gather, and violent incidents such as attacking checkpoints and beating servants occurred, but these incidents ended with thunder and rain because of Cao Cao's vigorous execution.

There are more than 600 ancestral temples. After one and a half months, all the family temples built by the clan were preserved, and most of the other living temples were destroyed, leaving only a dozen historical records and evidence-based ones.

So far... Jinan Kingdom's task of overthrowing evil temples has been a great success!
"Brother... This time, I am really convinced!" Xia Houyuan looked at the increasingly full treasury and the overthrown temples, and couldn't help but sigh with emotion.

Once... in Dunqiu, Cao Cao relied on the money subsidized by his family to mediate with local bullies. For this reason... he did not hesitate to cause the Cao family to suffer a huge loss of wealth.

But now, the eldest brother Cao Cao not only didn't spend a big character of his own, but instead seized a lot of wealth.

As long as he thinks about it, which powerful and rich man... can't find some criminal evidence?

The sky in the entire Jinan country seemed to be clear all of a sudden.

"Cough cough..."

Faced with Xia Houyuan's praise, Cao Cao coughed lightly, "I have learned a little from the Yulin temple with my third brother these years. Violence can't solve anything. What can solve it is the brain and the command... If there is one more time, When Luoyang Beiwei, I can't cast five-color sticks, I can use better methods to solve problems, and this...is what I have learned from my third brother these years!"

Cao Cao was filled with emotion...

Xia Houyuan asked a new question, "Now that the national treasury is so full, how do you plan to use the money of the rich and powerful?"

this problem…

Cao Cao laughed, in fact...he had thought about it early in the morning.

To be precise, in the letter from the third younger brother Liu Yu early in the morning, he was taught how to use this money!
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(End of this chapter)