I, Liu Bian, Sanxing Han Dynasty

Chapter 25 Cao Cao (please follow up)

At this court meeting, not only officials such as Sangong and Jiuqing saw Liu Bian, Liu Bian also noticed Taichang Yuan Wei, Guanglu Xunding Gong, Shaofu Fan Ling and others. Among them, the one who caught his attention the most was Yuan Wei.

Yuan Wei was the uncle of Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu. He didn't speak much in this court meeting and his presence was relatively low.

Speaking of which, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu came from a well-known family and had a high reputation, so they were logically qualified to be recommended. However, Liu Bian did not see their names either during the Liangzhou incident or now.

The reason is that the current Yuan Shao is not only the Tiger Guard Zhonglang General, but also a subordinate of the General He Jin. As a Zhonglang General, no one will recommend Yuan Shao without He Jin's approval.

As for Yuan Shu, he is not in Luoyang at all now, but is working as a local governor to support him!

After the court meeting, Liu Bian followed Emperor Ling back to Yutang Hall from the inner court where the court hall was located.

Emperor Ling's joy was beyond words.

However, his joy did not last long, as the second urgent military information from Youzhou came again.

Seeing the trembling appearance of Xiao Huangmen who had sent the memorial, Liu Bian instantly suspected that Gongsun Zan had failed to resist the rebels.

"Rebellious ministers and traitors! Rebellious ministers and traitors!" Emperor Ling threw the memorial to the ground angrily and walked back and forth in the palace.

Zhang Rang hurriedly picked up the discarded memorial and handed it to Liu Bian with a wink.

Liu Bian took a look and found that fortunately, it was not news about Gongsun Zan's defeat.

However, Zhang Ju called himself "Emperor". Zhang Chun called himself General Mitian, King Anding, and Marshal Wuhuan of the three counties.

You know, even the Liangzhou rebels only dared to use the banner of Qingjun side. One can imagine the anger of Emperor Ling.

Emperor Ling immediately sent Zhang Rang to tell Zhang Wen to conquer Cao Cao as soon as possible, so that Cao Cao could quickly quell the rebellion.

At the same time, someone sent a copy of the memorial to Liu Yu. The meaning was very obvious. If nothing else, Zhang Chun must die.

After Zhang Wen went to court, he learned from Cao Song that Cao Cao was on the way, and he estimated that he would arrive in the next few days.

He originally thought about whether to wait for Cao Cao to come to Luoyang first, but now he received the order from Emperor Ling. Come on, he quickly contacted Cao Song to find out Cao Cao's route, and prepared to send an envoy to greet him. He told Cao Cao not to come to Luoyang and to divert directly. Youzhou.

But Cao Song didn't know which way Cao Cao should take, so Zhang Wen had to send three groups of envoys to try each official route.

However, there was only one copy of Cao Cao's appointment edict, official uniforms, seals, ribbons and other items. Zhang Wen had no choice but to go to Liu Yu again and asked Liu Yu to wait for Cao Cao in Hanoi County with Cao Cao's seals, ribbons and other items.

Things went very smoothly for Liu Yu here.

After doing all this, Zhang Wen wiped the sweat from his head. Now, his official position was finally saved!

Cao Cao, who was cherished by Zhang Wen and Cao Song, was currently in Weishi County in Chenliu County.

The last official position that Cao Cao held was as the governor of Dongjun, but this is already in the past tense. Since the Yellow Turban Rebellion, peace has not been very peaceful in various parts of Kanto.

Cao Cao used the banner of his father Sikong, and although he brought a lot of wealth with him, there were no problems along the way.

He actually understood what Cao Song was thinking. Cao Song wanted the Cao family to get rid of their status as descendants of eunuchs and be accepted by scholars.

It is not that Cao Cao has never made efforts in this area. When he was twenty years old, he was promoted as a filial and honest man, and later became the Northern Lieutenant of Luoyang. His uncle, Jian Shuo of Xiaohuangmen, was the one who submitted his certificate to the scholars.

There is an effect in applying for a certificate, but not much.

But retribution comes quickly.

In the name of recommendation, the eunuch promoted Cao Cao openly and secretly, and transferred him to Dunqiu County Magistrate. Two years later, Emperor Ling's Queen Song was deposed, and the eunuchs implicated Queen Song's father and brother. Queen Song's brother Song Qi married Cao Cao's cousin and Cao Ren's sister. Cao Cao was also implicated because of his good relationship with Song Qi and was dismissed from his official position.

Two years later, under Cao Song's arrangement, Cao Cao was recruited again by the imperial court and appointed Yilang.

Four years later, the Yellow Turban Rebellion broke out. Cao Cao was worshiped as the Cavalry Captain and followed Zhu Jun and Huangfu Song to put down the Yellow Turban Rebellion.

With his meritorious service in this battle, Cao Cao became a genuine two thousand stone prefect at the age of thirty.

He successively served as the Prime Minister of Jinan and the Governor of Dongjun.

While he was an official, Cao Cao wrote many times to advise Emperor Ling, but he never got a reply. Later, when he was the prefect, he resigned due to illness.

When Cao Cao came to Luoyang this time, in addition to his guards, he brought four people with him, namely his younger brothers Cao Ren and Cao Hong, as well as Xiahou Dun and Xia Houyuan.

The Cao family in Qiao County and the Xiahou family in Qiao County have been married to each other for generations, and they are as close as one family.

Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan were similar in age to Cao Cao. Xiahou Dun had already been with Cao Cao when Cao Cao was the Northern Wei of Luoyang.

Xia Houyuan had taken the blame for Cao Cao in his early years. During the Yellow Turban Rebellion, he took care of the clan in Qiao County.

At that time, the world was in chaos, and Qiao County was no exception. Xia Houyuan abandoned his young son because of hunger and hunger, and raised his dead brother's orphaned daughter.

Compared with the brothers of the two Xiahou clans, Cao Ren and Cao Hong were much younger. Cao Ren was only nineteen years old, and Cao Hong was only in his early twenties. The main purpose of Cao Cao taking these two people was actually to let them see the world.

As a family member of the current Sikong, no matter how he became the Sikong, Sikong is Sikong. Cao Cao and his party were warmly entertained by the Weishi County Magistrate.

Cao Cao refused the county magistrate's proposal to let them live in the post house. He did not lack the money and there was no need to lose his reputation.

Xiahou Dun was introducing to Cao Ren and Cao Hong that after passing Weishi County, Henan Yin was under the rule.

Fortunately, Cao Cao did not keep a low profile. Zhang Wen sent one of his envoys and quickly found Cao Cao in Weishi County.

When Cao Cao got Cao Song's autographed letter in triplicate from the envoy, he was completely confused.

It was such a hot summer day that I took in several breaths of cold air.

When Cao Hong learned the purpose of his visit from the envoy, he was very puzzled and asked: "Brother has always been talented, and we are also skilled in bow and horse. It will be a great achievement to wipe out the bandits by then. Brother is like this. Could it be that he has discovered something wrong?"

Xiahou Dun had fought with Cao Cao after all. After watching Xiahou Yuan send the envoy to a side room to rest, he replied to Cao Hong: "It's difficult to supervise local soldiers as a guest general without the support of personal soldiers!"

"The matter has come to an end, like an arrow on the string, it has to be fired, and Liu Shijun is still waiting for us in Hanoi, so we should go as soon as possible. But the money we have brought, we still need someone to send it to Luoyang." After Cao Cao said that, he looked at Cao Hong With Cao Ren, he tended to keep these two younger disciples in Luoyang.

Cao Hong said hurriedly: "Brother, I am willing to serve as a personal soldier and help brother."

Cao Cao hesitated for a moment and said, "In that case, Zi Lian will go with me, and Zi Xiao will go to Luoyang with the envoy and the goods."

Zilian is the name of Cao Hong, and Zixiao is the name of Cao Ren. Cao Ren knew that he was the youngest and could not shirk it anyway, so he simply agreed.

The next day, Cao Cao set out for Hanoi early in the morning with Xiahou Dun, Xiahou Yuan, Cao Hong and some of his guards.

He understood that this trip was both a risk and an opportunity.

(End of this chapter)