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

Chapter 269 The chaos of the empire, stand up and fight!
Seeing Cao Song's excitement...

Cao Cao held his hand tightly.

Cao Song broke free from his son's grip and picked up the confession letter: "Write this for my father, and hang myself tomorrow. You send my body back to Luoyang to be punished. You have made great contributions in Jinan. As long as I die, no one can Embarrass you!"

Cao Song wants to use his own death in exchange for his son's complete separation from the eunuch... use his own body to win his son's safety.

Cao Cao looked at his father, this smooth, forbearing, cowardly old man.

Once upon a time, for the safety of himself and his family, he stepped into the abyss of crime. Now, in order to keep his son, he would rather exchange his life.

"Father, when the boy was the northern captain of Luoyang, he killed Jian Shuo's uncle, and the father used 20 yuan to settle the matter for the boy. When the boy was Ren Dunqiu's order, he attacked the powerful and borrowed millions of dollars from his father. These... are my father's greed. Did you come?"

"No!" Facing Cao Cao's questioning, Cao Song shook his head, "These are all obtained from your father's salary... What your father was greedy for, except for donating to Cao Jie, the rest are hidden in Chenliu and Langya..."

Yes…

According to the original trajectory of history, when Cao Cao and Chen Liu raised their troops... it was the wealth that his father Cao Song hid in Chen Liu. This was the first pot of gold.

After making some achievements, Cao Cao wanted to bring back Cao Song, his father in Langya County, Xuzhou. Cao Song prepared more than 100 carriages, and it was precisely because of this that he was robbed on the road.

Not to mention that Cao Song spent a "small goal" to buy a one-year "experience card" for Taiwei Sangong...

Even when Cao Cao brought Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty to Xudu, Emperor Xiandi of the Han Dynasty commemorated the imperial palace. Cao Cao built the imperial palace in Xudu City exactly like Luoyang City, and even prepared a large number of imperial artifacts... These are also the credit of Cao Song , Chen Liu's old home hides a large number of royal objects.

Tracing back to the source, everything is money!
"Daddy, daddy..." Cao Cao smiled, "You say you are so rich, and you pretend to be poor all day long... Who is saving this?"

"In the past, the current situation was not stable!" Cao Song stroked his beard, "Prepare some money and leave it to you, maybe... it will produce miraculous results in the future, but now it seems that the country's affairs are gradually developing for the better..."

It's like... Although Cao Song is old, he is not confused... In this current situation, he has seen something, and deliberately wants to leave something for his son.

"That…"

Cao Cao scratched his head, he wanted to say, he felt that he had suffered a blood loss...he didn't spend a big son of his father's greedy ink, but...because of this fear, blood loss!

Sure enough, the money earned like the third brother is the most secure to spend.

"All right…"

Cao Song spoke again, "When I die, don't drag me back to my hometown for burial. It's not because I'm afraid of costing money. I'm ashamed to lie next to your grandfather. I...I didn't do any of the four last words left by the old man. To...Zeng Zi said, "There are three grades of filial piety. The first is to make parents respected and admired by the world, and the second is to not let parents be ashamed..."

It seems to be talking about pain and sadness...

Cao Song stopped talking, maybe he was quickly recalling important chapters of his life with Cao Teng.

Cao Cao didn't want to disturb him. After a while, Cao Song continued slowly: "Not only did I not let him live a good life that people envy, but I made him ashamed... I am ashamed... You just go to the western suburbs of Luoyang Dig a hole and bury it. Bury it deep, so as not to be eaten by wild dogs."

"Then why don't you just bury you in Yulin, Dad? It's surrounded by mountains and rivers, and the most important thing is that there are no wild dogs!" Cao Cao replied with a bit of playfulness.

"Hmph..." Cao Song snorted coldly, apparently not expecting his son to be so direct.

Sure enough, raising a son is not as good as raising a dog.

At this moment, Cao Cao spoke again. "Father, the child is just joking!"

"What time is it, are you still playing around?"

"Isn't dad playing around too?" Cao Cao changed the subject, "Don't be so pessimistic, how much state property did you take? We can refund the compensation! Even if the family goes bankrupt."

Cao Song shook his head: "Those goods were mixed in the treasury. Later, Hua Ronghou suddenly became seriously ill, and the rest were mixed in the treasury, before they could be transported. After that... Zhang Wen worked as a chief farmer for a while, and the accounts became even more chaotic. , even my share is still mixed up in the national treasury and there is no way to get it out!"

hear here...

Only then did Cao Cao understand why when he joined the army, Huang Fusong would say that his father was a fool!

Now it seems... really confused enough.

Cao Cao shook his head helplessly, "Since the Marquis of Huarong, Cao Jie, has gone into seclusion? Why did the father secretly transport it to his house? Also, we have tens of thousands of acres of fertile land in Qiao County, why don't you think it's not enough?"

Cao Song burst into tears with remorse: "I swore to him that I would give him what belongs to him. Besides, who thinks the money is short? Even compared to the opposite door, our family..."

The opposite door that Cao Song refers to is naturally the original Yuan family...

Don't look at Cao Song as a big farmer who is in charge of the treasury of the Han Dynasty, but in fact...the Yuan family is greedy for ink more, and there are more places for ink...

certainly…

Now, with the collapse of the Yuan family... all of this has disappeared.

And greedy ink is not a game of greedy more than anyone else.

Cao Cao interrupted Cao Song: "But you have to know, this is corruption and theft! Stealing the treasury will be ransacked by the whole family, and the crime will destroy the nine clans! Is money or life more important? Besides, is there a way to be a minister? Father has learned the teachings of saints for so many years?"

This is the first time Cao Cao "turned over" after being a son, and he even condemned him as a father.

Cao Song was so ashamed that he couldn't explain it, so he burst into tears: "Hua Ronghou is your grandfather's disciple, and he has sworn brotherhood with his father. After your grandfather was buried, our Cao family lived in Qiaopei...not a third-rate family. It is also because of him that my father once again gained a foothold in the court, and it is also because of him that all the disasters that your kid caused can be settled...how can my father owe him?"

Cao Cao felt it was funny, what his father did, people who really value faith and righteousness would not do it, but he was so indifferent to right and wrong that he was so obsessed with his obsession.

Thinking of this, Cao Cao couldn't help but said sadly: "You are joking with the lives of yourself and the whole family."

Cao Song said with emotion: "Life is nothing but loyalty and righteousness. I have lost loyalty, and I can't lose righteousness again."

Cao Cao felt that Cao Song was really old and ridiculously confused.

Put yourself in danger of exterminating the nine clans, but you have to honor the dead Cao Jie, and the premise is to steal the country's property.

Of course Cao Cao didn't understand that when Cao Jie promoted Cao Song from the Confucian Academy to Da Honghe, the wave of gratitude that was higher than ten floors of a building surged in his heart.

Cao Song will never forget, because he recalled countless times.

Cao Cao was afraid that Cao Song would not figure it out and commit suicide in the middle of the night...

After some dinner, I stayed in the side room.

Where can I sleep?
He was full of thoughts about what to do, if he told Zhang to force them to fight, not only would he have to pay for his father's corpse and go to prison.

Their whole family, even cousins ​​Cao Hong, Cao Ren and other clansmen were not spared...

He is also a father, and he has a younger brother who is still a teenager, how can he let them die?

"Ugh…"

With a long sigh, suddenly... Cao Cao thought of something, his eyes opened, and his eyes widened.

"I know what to do."

He quickly picked up a bamboo slip... wrote words on it...

——"Third brother is well, brother Yu is very worried, but... brother Yu has encountered a big problem this time..."

Small characters in seal script are displayed on the bamboo slips one by one.

Because there are too many contents, Cao Cao can't make the font as small as possible, but even so, such a letter...is still urgent!
"Wonderful talent..."

Cao Cao found Xia Houyuan, "You run fast, this letter must be handed over to the third brother... this matter, matter..."

Cao Cao hesitated for a moment...but he still said the next thing.

"This letter may be related to the life and death of the entire Cao and Xiahou clans..."

Huo…

Xia Houyuan was stunned by Cao Cao's words. Regardless of not having a good rest, Xia Houyuan got on his horse and headed towards Youzhou.

Cao Cao witnessed Xia Houyuan's leaving back...

murmuring...

"Father, if someone can solve it...I'm afraid there will be only the third brother left!"

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Youzhou.

Originally, everyone was in a sea of ​​jubilation.

Defeating Wuhuan in one battle... This matter is too great, and this feat is too great...

Also, during this period of time, Liu Yu became extremely busy.

How to expel those remaining Wuhuan forces?

How to establish city-states in various places in western Liaoning and bring Han people to live in them?

How to resolve the hatred between Hu people, Han people... people of Hu and Han blood, and... how to divide the mine veins?The joining of miners... the mining of ore veins, and the acquisition of Huma.

These...are problems, huge problems...

Fortunately, people in this era are very "curious"...Liu Bei is like this, Gongsun Zan is like this, Jian Yong is like this...even Guan Yu, Zhao Yun, and Zhang Fei have spared no effort in...the reconstruction of western Liaoning.

This made Liu Yu a lot easier...

On the contrary...the letter from Cao Cao sent by Xia Houyuan made Liu Yu frowned.

It even made Liu Yu think of a lot...

He thought, this time period in history...

——The court is dark, the emperor sells his officials to force his life;

Shi Changshi colluded with corruption;
Hundreds of officials are unable to fight, and their positions are empty;
The common people have been humiliated, and if they don't want to die, they will do their best, and they will die in the end.

On the side of the Hulu invaders, the Han Dynasty is about to fall into a doomed situation...

The monarch who is in poverty does not know how to show compassion, but the people have resentment towards the court, but they do not know it.

The order of the government and the people has been chaotic, and the rules and regulations have fallen into disrepair.

Even if a savior of the world turns out to be born, it is difficult to withstand the wind and rain, and it is difficult for a single tree to support it.

Under such circumstances, what is Cao Cao's so-called "Emperor's Assistant Prime Minister", and what...is "the pillar of the country"?
Not only did Liu Yu murmur...

Because of his existence, the big man of the scorpion has reversed a lot, at least... the ten permanent servants were suppressed to a certain extent, the emperor did not open the west mansion to sell his officials, and the uprising of the Yellow Turban Army... was suppressed like a thunder, without arousing Greater public grievances...

Even the problem of the barbarian invaders was resolved to a certain extent because of the Nanyang clan's desire for money.

seem…

Except for the collusion between officials and businessmen in some places, who poisoned the common people... Today's big man can be described as thriving.

Happily... in this situation.

A good student of Taixue, Cao Cao, who always puts "the emperor's minister and the country's pillar" in his heart, is still burdened with heavy shackles.

The eunuchs are also good...

Regardless of Cao Song's huge greed for ink...these...all make Cao Cao tread on thin ice.

in memory...

In history, Cao Cao raised troops in Chenliu, no... to be precise, before he "all the kings go north, I look west", before he shouted "Shuzi's insufficiency and strategy", he failed, the failure of Luoyang Beiwei, The failure of Dunqiu Order, Yilang's emotional injury...the defeat of Jinan, these are all failures.

Many people say that Cao Cao went from sailing to Wei Wu's dominance... all the way was smooth and smooth.

Wrong... It was because he had failed too much and failed too much before, so he... was able to understand the world and understand the world later, in exchange for a series of successes.

But... now.

Liu Yu was silent for a long time, and finally, he took a pen and wrote a reply on the bamboo slips.

"The ten permanent servants have been in chaos for too long, and many courtiers choose to turn a blind eye... There are also many ministers, like Qiao Xuan and Yang Qiu, who try to defeat the ten permanent servants by themselves! Fight with the ten permanent servants In the end! At such a critical juncture, what will the elder brother choose? Yudi doesn’t know, but... Yudi remembers that when elder brother’s grandfather Cao Teng faced the same problem, he would choose—to stand up and fight!”

most of the time…

Liu Yu would think.

When the emperor is not upright and the country is in slump, what should he do as a man with ideals and ambitions like Cao Cao?
It is brave to stand up!To shoulder the mission for the country and the nation!Dedicate yourself!Like countless martyrs, walk bravely and stride towards the guillotine!

Still huddled up...reclusive, doing nothing!

At least…

Liu Yu didn't want it, because his appearance made his elder brother Cao Cao weak!

"Brother Xiahou..." Liu Yu handed the letter to Xiahouyuan: "Give it to my elder brother, tell him...I'll go to Jinan after I finish handling the matter here!"

"Okay!" Xia Houyuan knew the importance of this letter.

He didn't care about rest, he got on his horse and walked away.

Seeing Xia Houyuan disappearing on the official road of Youzhou alone, Liu Yu was filled with emotion...

"Brother, hold on!"

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Cao Song did not return with Cao Cao...

The secret documents filed by the adopted son Zhang Qian of Jinan and others entered Beijing one after another, and the emperor became more and more angry at the "chaos of the empire"...

They have even begun to openly select cruel officials...

To order chaos!
Zhang Rang was completely anxious.

It seems that Xiao Huangmen who arranged to go with Cao Song is not strong enough, Zhang Rang must go out in person.

Ten days ago... Zhang Rang disembarked by boat owner and went all the way to Jinan in secret.

First go to the house of adopted son Zhang Qian to find someone to lead the way. A group of people hurried on the road at night and will soon arrive at the Xiangguo Mansion.

That night, Cao Cao received a letter from his third brother Liu Yu...

The above content, every word and every sentence is extremely powerful.

Especially the last sentence - rise up and fight!
Let Cao Cao's whole body ignite.

Cao Cao decided that he wanted to overthrow Zhang Rang and others, and completely overthrow the cancer of the empire!

never thought...

He had just written a letter to sue the emperor when he heard the news that the first of the ten permanent attendants had come to Jinan.

Both Cao Cao and Cao Song were brought to the lobby of the Prime Minister's Mansion. The grease lamp made a burning sound, illuminating the lobby brightly. Zhang Qian, Xiao Huangmen, and the Imperial Forest Army from the capital were all standing in the room...

Zhang Rang sat on the prime minister's seat, and the light from the oil lamp illuminated the nasolabial folds on his face like two sharp knives.

Feels like a bully first...

Then there is the eunuch who is missing something.

The sinister smile on his face was the most disgusting expression Cao Cao had ever seen in his life.

This is the first and sharpest confrontation between Cao Cao and Zhang Rang!
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(End of this chapter)