Han family achievements

Chapter 225 Cao Cao returns to Beijing
"Shi Xie?"

Liu Bian thought for a moment, then said, "I'll think about it a little bit more."

The aristocratic family's influence in Jiaozhi is too great, and if Shi Xie is given the position of governor, the entire Jiangdong may fall into the hands of the aristocratic family.

Seeing that Liu Bian didn't agree, Huangfusong didn't continue to persuade him.

Since the middle of the year, the imperial court has been making rumors that Jiaozhi will be changed to Jiaozhou, and Shixie will be appointed as the governor of Jiaozhou, but in fact, the imperial court has never formally discussed this matter.

Pan Yin stepped in quietly from outside the door, handed over a memorial, and said: "Your Majesty, the trial of Tingwei Mansion is over, this is Zhong Tingwei's memorial."

Liu Bian took it over, glanced at it, put it aside, and said to Huangfu Song: "I went to Hanoi to wait, and found that the disaster situation seems to have worsened. I'm afraid people will have a hard time next year, and I intend to further reduce taxes. "

Huangfu Song bowed and did not answer.

Further tax cuts will mean that the already embarrassing treasury will be worsened, which is undoubtedly not a good thing for the imperial court.

Liu Bian turned to Pan Yin and said, "Before the end of the year, I will have another talk with the Prime Minister and Liu Cao Shangshu, please arrange a time."

"The villain leads the order." Pan Yin said.

Wang Yun was convicted, and the "reduction of redundant officials" he originally presided over will naturally sink into the hands of Liu Cao.

Liu Bian thought in his heart that in this way, Liu Cao would have real power.

……

In the first year of Yonghan, on the penultimate day of the end of the year, Wang Yun was publicly disposed of.

As many as 50 people from the Yi tribe were involved.

Countless people applauded him and scolded him as a 'disaster for the country'.

There are also many people who complained about Wang Yun, and talked about Wang Yun's life, thinking that he was "loyal to the country".

Some great Confucians in the opposition commented on him as "Wang Zuozhi is talented, he is proud of his talents, he is virtuous when he is inferior, and inferior when he is high."

No matter what the government and the people say, Wang Yun's punishment has indeed calmed down the restless government and the people, and the government affairs have never been smoother and more efficient.

In the first year of Yonghan, it was peaceful and peaceful.

In the second year of Yonghan (191), the third day of the first month.

Now that he is still in court, Liu Bian is relatively free, and he 'slips' his children in the palace when he has nothing to do.

"Father..."

On the soft couch, three children were crawling around Liu Bian, shouting indistinctly.

Liu Bian held snacks in his hand and fed them one by one.

Liu Shao was sitting there, waiting for Liu Bian to feed it into his mouth.

The second son Liu Yu stretched out his hand to snatch it from Liu Bian.

The eldest daughter, Liu Jing, stared at the two elder brothers eagerly, and then turned to Liu Bian, with her small mouth pursed from time to time, as if she could cry at any time.

"All of them, all of them..."

With a smile on his face, Liu Bian gave the three children an equal share.

Liu Yu quickly finished eating, and stretched out his hand to grab his sister, who pushed her away with her backhand.

Liu Yu was stunned for a moment, then crawled towards his elder brother and grabbed the food from Liu Shao's mouth.

With a calm face, Liu Shao was neither ashamed nor annoyed, and handed him the one in his hand.

Liu Yu took it, sat on the soft couch, and ate it with big mouthfuls.

"Come on, drink some water, don't choke." Liu Bian saw his second son gobbled it up, and quickly poured him some water.

The little guy sat still, stretched his head, bit his teacup, and drank.

puff~
Suddenly, a long voice came from under Liu Yu.

Liu Bian tilted his head and glanced, smiled angrily, and said, "You can understand everything..."

There was no other way, so I had no choice but to say to the maid next to me, "Clean up and take them back."

Yongning Palace, the maids of Yongan Palace hurried over, changed diapers, scrubbed, and took the three little guys away.

"Father..." Liu Jing spoke in a childish voice, and stretched out her little hand to argue with Liu.

Liu Bian stretched out his hand and pinched her small face, and said, "Father will play with you again tonight..."

The little girl didn't know if she understood or not, she was still holding her little hand.

Liu Shao opened his eyes wide and blinked occasionally.

Liu Yu lay on the maid's shoulder, drowsy.

After the three little guys left, Liu Bian stretched himself and sat down on the chair.

Pan Yin came in at the right time from the outside and said, "Your Majesty, Cao Cao has arrived in Beijing."

Liu Bian reached out to pick up the teacup, his eyes moved slightly, and said: "Let him go back to celebrate the New Year, we will talk about it after the New Year."

"Yes." Pan Yin said calmly.

At this moment, Cao Cao was standing outside Suzaku's gate.

He is much thicker than last year, with a bushy beard and bright eyes, waiting to be passed on.

Click click
There was a rumbling sound of the carriage, and Yang Biao's carriage stopped behind Cao Cao.

Cao Cao turned his head and saw eighty imperial guards escorting them, with pennants lined up, gongs and drums clearing the way, majestic and prominent, with only an ordinary carriage in the middle.

Cao Cao's long and narrow eyes flashed a strange color, and he raised his hand calmly, ready to greet him.

Seeing the majestic and pregnant Yang Biao lift the curtain and come down, Cao Cao was suddenly shocked: Is this the prime minister?
"Cao Cao has met the prime minister." Cao Cao raised his hand and bowed.

Yang Biao didn't even look at him. With the help of the guards, he got out of the carriage with difficulty, straightened his clothes, and walked into the palace.

Seeing that Yang Biao ignored him, Cao Cao's expression remained unchanged, and he watched Yang Biao enter the Suzaku Gate from the corner of his eye.

When Yang Biao walked in completely, Cao Cao put down his hands, straightened up, looked at the guard of honor standing outside the palace, couldn't help but envy him, and said to himself: "In the future, I, Cao Cao, will have a more prestigious guard of honor!" '

A Zhonghuangmen came in a hurry and said to Cao Cao: "General Cao, Your Majesty is busy, and Da Changqiu sent a message to let you come back next year."

Cao Cao remained expressionless, raised his hand and said, "Your Majesty, do you know I'm coming?"

Zhonghuangmen looked hesitant, and said: "General Cao is embarrassing the villain. The villain can only pass on the word, but he can't reach the Chongde Palace."

Cao Cao felt a little uneasy, nodded slightly, and said, "Then Cao Cao will come back after the next year."

Zhonghuangmen answered, turned around and left quickly.

Cao Cao got on his horse and started to return home. After walking a few steps, his calm expression suddenly became serious.

Not seeing him in the palace may be because he is really busy, but it is also possible that he is dissatisfied with him!
Cao Cao subconsciously beat his horse vigorously, galloped through the streets of Luoyang, and entered the mansion.

Without making out with his wife and concubine, Cao Cao went straight to Guo Jia's small courtyard.

Guo Jia was watching the servants tidying up and drinking leisurely. Seeing Cao Cao with a serious face, he came in a hurry and waved the servants away.

Cao Cao took off his cloak, looked at Guo Jia with a gloomy expression, and said, "Feng Xiao, Your Majesty has never seen it before."

Guo Jia sat opposite Cao Cao, took a sip of wine, and said with a smile, "If my predictions are right, the general's chance has come."

Cao Cao was taken aback, raised his hand quickly, and said, "Please teach me in your filial piety."

Guo Jia put down the jug, looked serious, and said, "Your Majesty's importance to generals is well known. Now that Dong Zhuo and Yuan Shu are constantly growing up, the imperial court is at the time of employing people. It stands to reason that Qingzhou cannot do without generals." , but His Majesty still ordered the general to return to the capital, which is of great use. Seeing him now makes this even more certain."

Cao Cao is also a smart person, he can see through a little bit, and his uneasiness is gone, he laughed and said: "If there is no filial piety, what should I do?"

Guo Jia didn't laugh, but said instead: "General, what do you plan to do about Miao Cai?"

Xia Houyuan was escorted back from Jinan, Qingzhou by the Da Sima Mansion. Not to mention the heavy responsibility, he was sentenced to 'three years' by the Da Sima Mansion and imprisoned in the prison.

Cao Cao's smile disappeared, and he said in a deep voice: "Miaocai was imprisoned for me before, and this time, he was also punished for me. I can't just sit idly by! Tomorrow I, I plan to visit Da Sima and argue with Da Sima. "

"Will Da Sima not let go?" Guo Jia asked.

Cao Cao said with a firm face, "Then I will demote my rank and offer ransom. I will lose my family and property, and I will do whatever I want."

The so-called 'redemption for degrading rank', in simple terms, means ransom to pay for crimes.

Guo Jia's face became more serious, and said: "The matter of Miaocai seems to be too blatant, but in fact, it is also the dissatisfaction of the government and the public with the general's "arrogance". The general is dissatisfied, and Master Zhu of Qingzhou will also not agree. General, this is going to offend the government and the public."

Cao Cao never expected that a little Xia Houyuan would have so many problems behind him, so he couldn't help frowning.

Guo Jia looked directly at Cao Cao and said, "It doesn't matter if you offend Da Sima's Mansion, Shangshutai, even Qingzhou, as long as the general is in the emperor's heart."

Cao Cao's long and narrow eyes flashed a bright light, and he hurriedly said: "Bong Xiao means that I ask to beg His Majesty?"

Guo Jiadao: "It's not a plea. It's a plea. The general wants to take Miaocai's guilt to himself, and tell the whole story about everything he did in Qingzhou. I beg Your Majesty to spare the general from the general who conquered the North, so as to atone for the crime."

Cao Cao's eyes widened suddenly, and he looked at Guo Jia in surprise.

Confidential?General Zheng Bei is gone?

Guo Jia picked up the jug, took another sip, lay down halfway, and said, "It's been a bumpy journey, so I need to sleep well."

Cao Cao shook his heart and said with a smile, "Feng Xiao rests first. I will hold a banquet tomorrow. Please Feng Xiao have a good drink."

Guo Jia smiled and went straight down.

Cao Cao left Guo Jia's small courtyard, his face was calm as usual, and his heart was overwhelmed.

General Zhengbei was acquired by him after exhausting half his life, how could he give up so easily?
But Xia Houyuan grew up with him, blocked swords for him, and saved lives. He can't sit idly by, otherwise who would want to follow Cao Cao?
"Husband,"

At this time, Mrs. Bian hurried over and said, "I have been looking for you for a long time."

Cao Cao frowned, and said with a serious face: "It's such a big mansion, what happened? If you can't manage it well, I'll let someone else take care of it!"

Mrs. Bian was dumbfounded by Cao Cao's sudden reprimand.

But he chased after him immediately, and said: "It's not the mansion, it's He Xian who is going to die."

Cao Cao paused, turned his head abruptly, and said, "Didn't it be fine last year, why is he dying all of a sudden?"

Mrs. Bian said: "I don't know who I am. I heard that I'm seriously ill. I'm afraid I won't last a few days."

Cao Cao thought for a while and said, "Prepare some things, and I'll take them there for a visit."

Mrs. Bian agreed and accompanied Cao Cao to the backyard.

Cao Cao entered the study, calmed down for a while, recalling Guo Jia's words, the corners of his face twitched again and again, his long and narrow eyes were as cold as electricity, he still picked up the pen and began to write the notebook.

After writing it quickly and examining it again and again, Cao Cao still hesitated.

If this plea is written, most of his General Zhengbei will really disappear.

"Husband, get ready." Madam Bian's voice sounded from outside the door.

'That's all. '

Cao Cao was heartbroken, picked up the playbook, went out of the study, handed the playbook to the guard beside him, and said, "Send it to Da Sima's mansion. Ask Zixiao to come and follow me to He Xian's mansion."

A group of people responded and arranged presents, Cao Cao went out and went straight to He Xian's mansion.

He Xian, as the son of He Jin, is also very embarrassing in the government and the opposition.

Grandma doesn't hurt, uncle doesn't love, and is tabooed by the ruling and opposition parties.

After being taught a lesson twice by Liu Bian, he stayed in the mansion all the time.

When Cao Cao came to the door, he saw it was deserted, and there were hardly any visitors.

'Humph! '

Cao Cao was also used to seeing people take tea to cool down, so he groaned in his heart and went straight into the mansion.

Guided by his servants, Cao Cao went straight to He Xian's ward.

There was a strong and pungent smell of medicine, so exciting that Cao Cao almost didn't go in.

But without changing his face, he entered the door and came to the bed.

He Xian's complexion was pale, his eyes were haggard, and it was obvious that he was about to die.

"You, how did you become like this?" Cao Cao was taken aback, and quickly sat beside him.

He Xian gave a difficult smile and said, "I thought I would never see you again."

Yin's standing next to him got up, wiped his tears and said, "General, sit down for a while, and I will make tea."

Cao Cao turned his head to look at her, only to see that she was wearing plain clothes, with a delicate body and watery skin on her face, she was extraordinarily charming amidst the sadness.

Cao Cao's heart skipped a beat, he quickly looked away, frowned and said to He Xian, "You are so seriously ill, why didn't you write to me sooner?"

He Xian held Cao Cao with a withered hand, and said: "The doctors in the palace are in the mansion, and they can't cure them, so what's the use of telling you. Mengde, I only have one friend. I have one thing to ask you."

Cao Cao held He Xian's hand firmly, and said in a deep voice, "Don't worry, I will take care of your wife and children."

He Xian shook his head slightly, and said: "My aunt and Your Majesty like He Yan very much, I'm not worried. I just hope that one day, you can bury me and my father in our hometown."

Cao Cao didn't expect this to happen, he was silent for a moment, and said, "Okay. I agree."

He Xian smiled and said, "Thank you. Meng De can take everything in my house."

Yin came over with a teacup, handed it to Cao Cao, and said softly, "General, please drink tea."

Cao Cao stood up, took the teacup, and said, "Madam sister-in-law has worked hard."

Yin forced a smile and said, "You talk."

Cao Cao looked at Yin's sad back, feeling great pity in his heart.

When Cao Cao turned his head, He Xian slowly closed his eyes without making a sound.

Cao Cao opened his eyes slightly, stretched out his hand, and reached for He Xian's breath.

Withdrawing suddenly, Cao Cao's heart was extremely complicated and heavy beyond words.

He put down his teacup, came to the door, and saw Yin Shi squatting at the door cooking medicine, he sighed and said, "There's no need to cook it."

The spoon in Yin's hand fell to the ground with a bang.

All the people in He's house were filled with grief and crying loudly.

The first person in the palace to get the news was the Empress Dowager He. Hearing the maid's report, she suddenly collapsed on the ground with a silent expression, and then couldn't help crying.

The relationship between the brothers and sisters of the He family is still very good. For He Xian, the Empress Dowager He has always taken good care of him. After she got sick, the Empress Dowager He visited him several times in person. She never thought that a person in his early twenties would die if he said nothing.

"Help me, help me over there." Empress Dowager He struggled to stand up and said anxiously.

The maid hurriedly supported Empress Dowager He and hurried out of the palace.

On the other side, Da Sima's Mansion had just received Cao Cao's plea, but Huangfu Song was on his annual leave and Lu Zhi was still sick, so he had to be sent to Chongde Hall in a hurry.

(End of this chapter)