Chapter 239: Taking advantage of the topic to save military rations

Cao Cao was resourceful, but he could not prevent natural disasters. A locust swarm destroyed the food and grass in the two states of Yan and Henan. Yuan Shu did not worry, he never considered the people, but Cao Cao wanted to be in the world, so he had to consider the people. He had no choice but to do so.

Later, Cao Cao had no choice but to withdraw his troops and return to Xudu.

The soldiers were all sent out to work in the fields, leaving only the guard troops. Cao Cao, who felt a little uncomfortable with his idle time, began to purge Xuchang. Anyone who had ever opposed Cao Cao and did not express allegiance would be punished by Cheng Yuluo.

Xuchang has calmed down! Those clowns have shrunk their heads one by one and started to work in this very promising profession. Those who are as arrogant as Dong Cheng, as reserved as Fu Wan, and as reliant on their elders as Yang Biao are all like Liu Xie.

They became clay sculptures and wooden bodies. Their positions also changed from powerful and powerful officials to redundant officials with no rights. So far, all the government orders came from the Prime Minister's Office!

Of course, there are also things that make Cao Cao laugh or cry. For example, Xuzhou Lu Bu sent people to ask for the post of Xuzhou Mu out of ignorance. What's even more funny is that as long as Cao Cao fought with Yuan Shu, Lu Bu's envoy stayed in Xuchang, and this

The messenger is Chen Deng and Chen Yuanlong!

Will Chen Deng serve Lu Bu wholeheartedly? The answer is no! Chen Deng is young and wise, and the hero of Cao Cao's world, the two hit it off. Liu Bei, who is so kind to a woman, was almost thrown out of the sky by Chen Deng! The unlucky Lu Bu became a hero.

Chen Deng gave Cao Cao a great gift, and Cao Cao also planned to deal with Lu Bu. Unfortunately, Cao Cao had no food and grass, so he couldn't get along with Lu Bu for the time being.

Xu Du was still continuing his daily morning court, but the morning court had become a formality. Even if Liu Xie was sitting on the main seat, nothing could be changed. Cao Cao still had to give orders for everything. However, this day's morning court shocked Cao Cao

To the point of trembling all over!

As usual, Cao Cao was sitting under Liu Xie, listening to the ministers reporting on the major national affairs. Suddenly, a small yellow gate walked into the palace and said a few words in Cheng Yu's ear. Cheng Yu's face changed drastically.

Regardless of etiquette, he walked up to Cao Cao and whispered. At this time, all the eyes of the civil and military officials were focused on Cheng Yu and Cao Cao. Even Liu Xie looked puzzled.

Hearing Cheng Yu's whisper, a flash of light flashed in Cao Cao's eyes. It turned out that Liu Zhang established a talent recruitment center in Chang'an and issued a talent recruitment order. After a month, it finally reached Xuchang. It was not that everyone under Liu Zhang was passive and sabotaged.

, but the ancient message transmission was too slow.

Liu Zhang could not blatantly send people to various places with recruitment orders. He could only use some means to spread the recruitment orders in the Han Dynasty. Not only did he have to let people know, but he also had to hide his intelligence personnel, which was even slower. Thanks to Cao Cao

They are relatively close, with Yuan Shao in the north, Yuan Shu and Sun Ce in the south, but they haven't received any news yet!

"Recruiting Hall, order to seek talents?" Cao Cao asked Cheng Yu softly: "What do you think?"

"I heard that those things are against the aristocratic family. Ten of the ministers in the court are from the clan..." Unlike Xun Yu, Cheng Yu is a die-hard supporter of Cao Cao. He always only thinks about Cao Cao.

You know, Cheng Yu's original name was Cheng Li. After he defected to Cao Cao, one day when he was at work, he didn't know whether he worked too hard on his concubine at night and fell asleep. As the saying goes: Think about it every day and dream about it at night.

Cheng Yu is just the opposite. He thinks about things at night and dreams about things every day.

In his dream, Cheng Yu saw a big sun on his head. When he woke up, he saw Cao Cao standing in front of him, glaring at him, and Cao Cao's head was hanging above his head. It looked like the sun.

, he felt that Cao Cao was the destined emperor, so he added a day to the word "Li" and changed his name to Cheng Yu!

After hearing the song and knowing its elegant meaning, Cao Cao immediately understood Cheng Yu's intention. It was nothing more than relying on Liu Zhang's order to seek talents to make the families share the same hatred and turn all intrigues to Chang'an.

"Pass!" Cao Cao nodded slightly, and Cheng Yu immediately ordered him to go down, and a small yellow man came up holding a three-foot-long silk. When Cheng Yu signaled, the small yellow man cleared his throat and began to read out the order for seeking talents.

At first, Cao Cao really just wanted to use the order to divert the attention of the aristocratic family, but as he listened, he felt that something was wrong. Because Liu Zhang's order to seek talents almost contained Cao Cao's inner thoughts.

Cao Cao's heart was trembling and his eyes were moist. If Liu Zhang could appear in front of him, he would have a drink with Liu Zhang. Regardless of whether Liu Zhang was his confidant or not, he would say to Liu Zhang: Heroes think alike!

Of course, if Cao Cao knew that Liu Zhang's order for seeking talents was issued by him, I don't know what kind of expression he would have. Unfortunately, Cao Cao will never know.

When Xiaohuangmen finished reading the order seeking talents, the whole hall was in chaos. Those officials from aristocratic families had no time to think about whether Cao Cao was still bullying the emperor, let alone how to help Liu Xie regain his power. There was only one person in their hearts

The idea is to ask Cao Cao to send troops to defeat Liu Zhang and burn the order to seek talents!

"Your Majesty, I inform you that Liu Zhang has deceived the emperor and tampered with the ancestral system. Please ask your Majesty to issue an edict to abolish the order to seek talents and go to Luoyang to plead guilty!" Zheng Tai, the censor, rushed out. He was a member of the Zheng family in Xingyang.

"I second the proposal!" Situ Cui Lie, Shangshu Ling Xun Yu, Yu Shi Chen Qun, etc., a bunch of children from aristocratic families all jumped out. Cao Cao has never seen his ministers so united!

Although the ministers asked Liu Xie to issue an edict, their eyes were actually looking at Cao Cao. Liu Xie, who was sitting at the top, looked helpless. Not to mention that he did not have the right to issue an edict. Even if he had, he would not dare to do so! Dong

Cheng once said that Liu Bian was with Liu Zhang. If he angered Liu Zhang and directly supported Liu Bian's accession to the throne, Liu Xie would have lost everything!

Seeing the excitement in the court, Cao Cao temporarily put aside the shock in his heart. He said with a gloomy face: "Send troops? You know how to send troops! Yuan Shu in Huainan has proclaimed himself emperor, and there are Lu Bu and Liu Bei in Xuzhou. But now the locust plague is raging and the army is in short supply. You guys

What will the Prime Minister use to send troops?"

After listening to Cao Cao's words, the originally lively court suddenly became quiet. Cao Cao glanced at the few courtiers who shouted the most fiercely, and they immediately lowered their heads. Cao Cao snorted in dissatisfaction.

"I am willing to donate 50,000 dan of food and grass to support the prime minister and bring peace to the world!" Situ Cui Lie is a member of the Cui family of Qinghe. How can the Cui family of Qinghe, who have been standing for hundreds of years, watch Liu Zhang break the family's monopoly on the court?

"I also donated fifty thousand dan of food and grass!" With Cui Lie taking the lead, Yushi Zheng Tai also jumped out.

The two century-old aristocratic families took the lead, and various small aristocratic families also began to rush to donate food and grass. Cao Cao ordered Cheng Yu to register, but he looked at these people from the aristocratic families coldly from the side, with a slight sneer at the corner of his mouth.

"It's over!" Xun Yu put his hand on his forehead, feeling miserable in his heart. He jumped out to second the proposal, just to express his position. But he actually found that someone from the Xun family also donated 50,000 shi of food and grass. Xun Yu wanted to strangle that prodigal son of the Xun family to death.

In the entire court, the only one who did not jump out was the Yang family of Hongnong. The Yang family members were also eager to try, but old Yang Biao shot a cold look at him, and all the Yang family officials shuddered and shrank their heads.

Go back!

After the registration was completed, Cao Cao took the long silk from Cheng Yu's hand. After careful calculation, he found that there were no less than 800,000 stones of food and grass. This food and grass was enough to cover the expenses of an army of 100,000 people for nearly a year!

"You are indeed loyal and patriotic!" A trace of sarcasm appeared on Cao Cao's face. Suddenly he found that there was no one named Yang on the long list! Cao Cao looked at Yang Biao and asked with a smile: "Master Yang, the Yang family is also a Hongnong university.

Clan, why didn’t anyone come forward?”

Looking at Xun Yu first, Yang Biao smiled bitterly and said: "Prime Minister, when you conquered Yuan Shu, suddenly there was a locust plague. Mr.

The seeds for cultivation. If we donate more, hundreds of members of my Yang family will have to go to the Prime Minister’s Mansion to catch the autumn wind!"

"Really?" Cao Cao looked at Yang Biao with a cold look in his eyes, and then turned to look at Xun Yu.

Mr. Dezu, a master of Xiuzi, has extraordinary wisdom. Why don't we let him come to the Prime Minister's Mansion to be the chief register? I wonder what Mr. Yang would like?"

"This..." Looking at Cao Cao, Yang Biao hesitated. Among Yang Biao's sons, only Yang Xiu was the smartest, and Yang Biao loved him very much. Who would want to put his son next to a tiger, or Cao Cao, who eats people without spitting out bones?

of tiger.

"Huh?" Seeing Yang Biao's hesitation, Cao Cao made a dissatisfied sound with his nose.

"The Prime Minister loves me so much, how dare I disobey you!" Yang Biao sighed and could only let Yang Xiu enter Cao Cao's palace. If he had known this, he might as well have donated some food and grass. However, Yang Biao then thought about it. Yang Xiu was in the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Effectiveness is not necessarily a bad thing! At the very least, Yang Biao can get some information through Yang Xiu. With the cultivation level of an old fox like Yang Biao, it is easy to protect himself. Who knows, just a look, he can suppress

Everyone in the Yang family lives here!

Cao Cao took a deep look at Yang Biao, his eyes full of doubts. Cao Cao could kill a man like Dong Cheng at any time. But a man with deep wisdom and thoughtfulness like Yang Biao is the one Cao Cao is worried about. Yang Biao is really

Unexpectedly, his self-protection method actually aroused Cao Cao's fear!

After the dynasty dispersed, Cao Cao returned to his residence with two long rolls of silk. He ordered people to hang the two long rolls of silk on the left and right sides of the screen in the study room. He also had people bring wine and food, and he actually started drinking in front of the long silk.

Wine! Half a cup of bitterness and half a cup of sweetness. The wine filled my heart with sadness. Cao Cao not only felt the joy of finding out who he was, but also felt the pain of being bound by a noble family. He also felt unwilling to be one step ahead!

"Your Majesty!" the voice of the attendant came from outside the door.

"Didn't I tell you not to disturb me?" Cao Cao's voice was slightly angry, and the attendant outside the door was already covered in cold sweat.

"Sir Cheng Yucheng, please see me!" Although the attendant was scared, he still made the announcement.

You must know that Cheng Yu is different from others. Cao Cao was a friend to Xun Yu, but he was like a master to Cheng Yu. Even though Cheng Yu was Cao Cao's loyal supporter, if Cao Cao did something wrong, he would also accuse him face to face. Of course, Cao Cao's authority became more and more serious later on.
Chapter completed!