Han family achievements

Chapter 88 Cao Cao's Merit (for Subscription)
Xun You and Zhong Yao returned from the Jingfu Palace again without success, and their expressions were a little dignified.

Zhong Yao said worryingly as he walked, "Shangshu Xun, I think His Majesty may be really ill."

Xun You was thoughtful, and said, "However, judging from Da Changqiu's words, there shouldn't be any serious problems."

Zhong Yao nodded, his mind quickly turned to the outside of the palace, and said, "How do you think this matter should end?"

Dealing with the Yuan family is not difficult at all, the most difficult thing is to deal with the aftermath and minimize the impact.

It can be predicted that no matter what the court does, the case of the Yuan family will hit the court's prestige and control more than the extermination of the eunuch party, and the local government will definitely "respect and stay away" from the court.

Xun You glanced at him and said, "My idea is to settle the case quickly and close the case as soon as possible."

Zhong Yao replied decisively, and said: "I think so too, then tomorrow, when His Majesty wakes up, close the case in the name of an imperial edict, just like eunuchs and generals, stop here and don't pursue further."

But Xun You shook his head and said, "The case cannot be closed in the name of His Majesty's edict, but the Ting Wei's Mansion."

Zhong Yao looked at him suspiciously, and asked, "What does Xun Shangshu mean?"

Xu You looked at him and explained: "The case of the Yuan family was investigated by Shangshutai and concluded by the Tingwei Mansion. It has nothing to do with His Majesty from the beginning to the end. Your Majesty has never issued a decree, nor instructed Shangshutai."

Zhong Yao is a very smart person, otherwise he would understand, and said with a smile: "Xun Shangshu is still brilliant!"

By doing so, the "sage" of His Majesty the emperor in the palace was successfully preserved. Everything was done by Shangshutai. Those former officials of the Yuan family, looking at the nobles of the Yuan family, would only point to Shangshutai when they felt dissatisfied. It has nothing to do with Liu Bian.

Liu Bian, the emperor, is still holy and the hope of the great Han world!
After talking, the two came to Shangshutai.

A small official had been waiting for a long time, trotted over, and said: "Ting Wei, the prince tortured the Yuan family in Ting Wei's mansion to extract a confession, and asked for a list of their party members."

Xun You, Zhong Yao's expressions changed slightly, it was obvious that Wang Yun didn't want to stop here.

"I'll stop the prince!" Zhong Yao said, and walked quickly.This case must not be delayed, it must be closed as soon as possible and passed.

Xun You watched him go, then turned to Shangshutai.

When Zhong Yao hurried back to Tingwei's mansion, almost all the members of the Yuan family were tortured except Yuan Kai.

Wang Yun was far away from the execution room, and looked at the interrogation records sent by the criminals from time to time, and his face was always unhappy.

He feels that these lists are wrong or not enough.

Zhong Yao walked in, raised his hand and said with a smile, "Your Majesty, there are so many things outside, why bother spending them in my little Tingwei's mansion."

The Yuan family was arrested, and the outside was already fried, and Chao Ting'e had to do something to appease him.

Dong Zhuo doesn't show up, Yang Biao avoids suspicion, Situ and Sikong are in hiding, and now only Wang Yun can do things.

Wang Yun sullenly said, "Eliminate the evil, if you can't wipe out the Yuan family, there will be endless troubles!"

Seeing Wang Yun's attitude, Zhong Yao tentatively pretended to be worried: "Your Majesty, the former officials of the Yuan family are all over the world. If you really want to investigate, more than half of the gentry will be implicated."

Without raising his head, Wang Yun said, "What does Tingwei want to say?"

Zhong Yao's heart jumped inexplicably. He sensed a danger from Wang Yun's words, paused, and said, "My lord, the overall situation of the court is important, so I will leave it to the lower officials here. After the trial is over, the lower officials will present the ministerial documents to you." tower."

Wang Yun suddenly raised his head, stared at Zhong Yao with a cold gaze, and said, "Aren't the members of the Yuan family already being arrested?"

Zhong Yao bowed slightly and said, "This... I don't know."

Wang Yun's face was a little ugly, he threw away the confession in his hand, and left directly.

He remembered that the confession was obtained from the Huangmen North Temple Prison, which showed that the palace had already prepared for it, and there was no need for him to interrogate here!

Seeing Wang Yun leaving, Zhong Yao heaved a sigh of relief and walked towards the execution room.

As soon as I saw it, I saw more than 20 male members of Yuan's family, all tied to torture racks, all covered up and down, begging constantly.

Zhong Yao's expression was complicated, he sighed lightly, and said, "Put them down so that they can be taken care of."

The jailer was a little surprised, but said: "The villain takes orders."

Zhong Yao came out of the prison cell, summoned all the people in Tingwei's mansion, held a secret meeting, and planned to close the case of Yuan's family quickly.

Xun You in the palace was very busy, going in and out without stopping for a moment.

The one who recorded the affairs of the book was not there, and it was all up to him to support him. He needed to deal with things, but also to comfort people up and down, and he had to go to Jingfu Hall to inquire about news from time to time.

He was a Shangshu who was suddenly overthrown and lost his reputation. He was soft-spoken, but now he seems to have recorded the affairs of the Shangshu.

But Wang Yun, who recorded the book affairs, was not idle, and found Li Ru again.

As soon as the two of them sat down, Li Ru raised his hand and congratulated him: "Your Majesty has wiped out thieves for the country this time, and his contribution is in the country. His name will go down in history and his name will last forever!"

Wang Yun's appearance is very ordinary, with flat eyebrows and pleasing eyes, facial features neither fat nor thin, nor square nor round, and he is usually out of gregariousness, thrown in the crowd, he is the most ordinary and inconspicuous one.

He didn't have any joy, instead his face was unwilling, and he said: "The evil has been eliminated, Yang Biao and Dong Zhuo are still at ease, if these two thieves are not eliminated, there will be disasters in the future!"

what!
Li Ru was startled, Wang Yun actually wanted to catch Yang Biao and Dong Zhuo all at once?Aren't you afraid that the sky will collapse?

He quickly regained his composure and said, "Your Majesty, what happened to the Yuan family is already earth-shattering, and the Yang family must not be added!"

The Yang family is the same as the Yuan family, with four generations and three princes. They are famous all over the world. If these two great families are cut off at once, the noble families in the world will not be able to do without frying pots.

Wang Yun knew this, but he still couldn't explain his unwillingness, and said with a calm face: "If you don't get rid of the two thieves, you will definitely reverse the case for the Yuan family in the future!"

This is also one of the important reasons why He Jin and others vowed to kill the eunuchs.

Seeing that Wang Yun had no intention of giving up, Li Ru moved his eyes, bowed slightly and said, "My lord, at this time, we must grasp the power and establish prestige. With the power in hand, it is as easy as turning the palm of your hand!"

Wang Yunchai lacked prestige. Before Liu Bian ascended the throne, he was only Liu Cao Shangshu, with neither family foundation nor political prestige.

Wang Yun looked at him and said, "How should I show my prestige?"

Li Ru leaned closer and said in a low voice: "My lord, since ancient times, establishing prestige is nothing more than killing people and benevolent. Now, it's a god-sent opportunity!"

Wang Yun looked at Li Ru, nodded slightly after a long time, and then said: "Wen You, do you intend to punish Cao Shangshu?"

Li Ru was full of elegant temperament, he hesitated when he heard the words, and seemed to be in a dilemma, after a long time, his expression became fixed, and he said: "It's not because of fame and fortune, but because of the great affairs of the prince!"

Wang Yun smiled, stood up and stretched out his hand to take Li Ru's hand, saying: "With Wenyou's help, why not worry about things not being done!"

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In the evening, Cao Cao and Xu Rong arrived in Runan County.

Surrounded by Xu Rong, Cao Cao led his troops to approach. He sat on the horse with a cold expression on his face and murderous intent in his long and narrow eyes.

At the head of Runan city, the prefect Wang Kuang looked at Cao Cao and shouted: "Meng De, the army is approaching the city, what are you talking about?"

Cao Cao reined in his horse and shouted: "I am ordered to eliminate the thieves, please open the city gate immediately!"

"Is there a royal order?" Wang Kuang shouted from a distance.

Cao Cao said: "Is there a purpose for Yuan Shao to enter the Forbidden Palace? Is there a king's order for Yuan Shu to kill the eunuchs?"

There was a moment of silence on the top of the city, Wang Kuang said: "I can't open the city gate without the king's order, please ask Meng De for an order!"

Cao Cao drew out his saber sharply, and said in a deep voice, "Open the door, or the city may be broken, the prefect Wang must be careful on his own!"

"I am the prefect of Runan, chosen by the imperial court and ordered by His Majesty, Cao Cao, don't be presumptuous!" Wang Kuang, who was on the top of the wall, shouted sharply in a anxious voice.

Cao Cao snorted coldly, instead of talking nonsense with him, he turned his head and said, "How about Xu Rong?"

Xiahou Dun immediately said: "The four gates are surrounded!"

"Siege the city!" Cao Cao raised his knife and shouted at Runan City.

When Wang Kuang saw it, he shouted angrily, "Cao Cao, are you going to rebel?!"

Xiahou Dun didn't talk nonsense with him, and directly led the army to attack the city.

There are only 2000 soldiers in the county of Runan, and they are divided into four gates. How could they be against [-] officers and soldiers!
There were shouts of killing, and not long after, the north gate of Runan County suddenly opened from the inside, and Xiahou Dun led his troops to enter. Anyone who resisted would be beheaded without mercy.

Runan County is a large county with many families and famous people. For a while, mourning was everywhere, and the screams were overwhelming.

An hour later, Cao Cao rode into the city on horseback. Runan County, which was under martial law, was killed except for blood.

Xiahou Dun came over on horseback, exchanged glances with Cao Cao, and nodded heavily.

A 'comfortable' expression flashed across Cao Cao's face, and he approached and said, "Kill them all?"

Xiahou Dun hummed heavily, and said, "There are more than 1000 people, none of them survived, but Yuan Shu still hasn't been found."

Cao Cao's long and narrow eyes were more murderous, but he looked up at the sky, and laughed loudly: "Then Yuan Benchu, Yuan Gonggong, has always looked down on me, ridiculed my background, bullied my family, and is arrogant, so what now?!"

Four generations and three gongs, turned into ashes in an instant!

Xiahou Dun waited for Cao Cao to finish laughing, and said, "Meng De, some people want to see you."

Cao Cao restrained his smile and said indifferently, "No one will be seen!"

"A man! A man!"

Before he finished speaking, someone shouted not far away.

Cao Cao frowned and relaxed, turned his head to look, and saw a middle-aged man with a big forehead, bald hair, thin beard, and dirty clothes, waving at him vigorously.

"Ziyuan!"

Cao Cao was first surprised and then delighted. He walked over quickly and said, "Why are you?"

Ziyuan, Xu You's word.

Seeing that Cao Cao still recognized him, Xu You was overjoyed, and said to the people behind him: "Don't panic, I and A Man are old friends, so we won't make things difficult for us."

Behind Xu You, there are more than a dozen men and women of different ages. From their clothes, it can be seen that they must be descendants of aristocratic families.

The crowd nodded repeatedly, looking at Cao Cao with both fear and flattery.

Cao Cao turned a blind eye and pulled Xu You out. The old friend smiled and said, "Ziyuan, it's really you!"

Five years ago, Xu You was still in the capital, a good knight-errant, and he was good friends with Cao Cao, Yuan Shao and others.

Xu You shook his head with a wry smile, and said, "It's hard to explain in words. I wanted to live in Runan for a while, but I never wanted to encounter such a disaster."

Cao Cao immediately said: "Yuan Rang, arrange for Zi Yuan to take a bath and have dinner. After we finish cooking, I will go to bed with Zi Yuan."

"Ah, you are busy and busy." Xu You repeated, seeing too many people being killed, he was terrified, and at the moment he was only slightly at ease.

Yuan Rang, Xiahou Dun's character.

Xiahou Dun didn't say anything else, and took Xu You and others to find a place for them to rest.

On the one hand, Cao Cao razed the Yuan family and the three clans, on the other hand, he summoned the famous people from Runan's family, and tried his best to appease them by eating, drinking and talking.

When Cao Cao made clear the guilt of the Yuan family, even though many people were still terrified, they finally understood and reluctantly accepted the fact that the Yuan family was disobedient and the barbarian clans.

In the evening, Cao Cao took off his armor and held a banquet with Xu You. During the dinner, the two talked about the past without emotion.

After drinking and eating, the two fell asleep together.

Xu You slept inside with his side turned outward, while Cao Cao was outside with his side turned inward. The two faced each other and could feel each other's breath.

Cao Cao was drunk, his face was flushed, and he said: "Ziyuan, now that Yuan thief has entered, Dongdu has a lot to do. I don't know, does he have any intentions?"

Xu You also drank a lot, laughed loudly, shook his head and said, "No, I think Dongdu is the most dangerous place now, and it's far from the time when peace can be achieved."

Cao Cao looked at him with searching eyes.

Xu You laughed, and suddenly said: "I heard that the holy family of Aman is in prosperity, and His Majesty values ​​you very much?"

Cao Cao was very disgusted with this "A Man" in his heart, but his face remained unchanged, saying: "It is true, I have done bad things, and the court has criticized me a lot. I should be dismissed from office and questioned. It is all thanks to Your Majesty's protection."

Xu You straightened his expression, and said: "A man, the more you are like this, the more you should stay away. A man's life is nothing more than the word 'merit'. You must know that this 'merit' is not when the cock crows and is trivial, but when he is trying to turn the tide. "

Cao Cao's heart was shocked, and then he frowned, struggling on his face.

Xu You saw it, and said more sincerely: "Ah Man, I know you have the heart to repay the king, but you have no chance to use it in the Eastern Capital, and you are just wasting time in vain. Now that the Han Dynasty is in decline, the flames of war are rising. , is the place where heroes can use their talents, how can they defend a city?"

Cao Cao's mind was attracted by the word 'gongye', and said: "Please Ziyuan teach me."

Although Xu You was drunk, his thinking was very quick, and he said without hesitation: "Today's thirteen states, Yizhou is occupied by Liu Yan, Jingzhou, Yangzhou, and Jiaozhou are all corners of the land, which is not the basis for success. Land. Qing, Yan, Need, Yu, are located in the Central Plains, where talents gather, the land is rich, and the population is large. If we stand firmly in one place, great things can be expected!"

Cao Cao remained motionless, with a touch of excitement hidden in the depths of his long and narrow eyes, and said, "Then, where is the safest place?"

Xu You didn't speak immediately, but pondered over and over again, and said, "Yu."

Cao Cao lowered his eyes when he heard the words, and pondered.

Seeing this, Xu You immediately understood Cao Cao's shortcomings.

After Cao Cao was born as an eunuch, he was despised by scholars, and everyone around him was the reckless generation of Cao and Xiahou's family, who had no powerful arms. It can be said that he didn't have what he wanted.

Xu You immediately said: "If Ah Man has the opportunity to show his strengths, you would like to be the shogunate!"

Cao Cao was overjoyed, sat up quickly, raised his hand and said, "If Zi Yuan Qu can help you, Cao Cao will not be in the wrong!"

Xu You sat up after him, pressed his hand and smiled, "You and I are best friends, why do you have to do this?"

Cao Cao was overjoyed, pulled Xu You to lie down again, and said, "Ziyuan, please tell me more about it."

Xu You and Cao Cao faced each other, smiling confidently and proudly, and said: "Then I will talk to A Man, why Luoyang City can't stay..."

Cao Cao has automatically ignored the word 'A Man', and his face is full of asking for advice and listening carefully.

The two talked and listened, asked and answered, until dawn.

In the evening of the next day, Xu You woke up faintly.

When I woke up, I saw several large boxes beside the bed.

A beautiful servant girl came in, bent down and said: "Mr. Xu, Cao Zhonglang sent someone to send it here."

Xu You got out of bed and saw that there was a large box of money, gold and silver and many valuables, worth tens of millions.

Xu You stroked his sparse beard with a satisfied smile on his face.

　Four thousand words!

　　Ask for a full order, ask for a monthly ticket~~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)