Cao Kai was a little surprised after receiving the news.
The guard general cannot leave the guard easily, so Cai Mao wanted to come back to "carry the thorns and apologize" and also wanted to get Cao's permission.
Cao Kai pondered for a moment, then waved his hand, "I understand, you go down first."
The little official bowed and took two steps back.
Cao Kai thought about it in the hall for a while, but felt that it was still something wrong, so he got up and walked towards the back hall.
On the surface, Cao Ren had left Xiangyang, and all the affairs in Xiangyang were handed over to Cao Kai for handling. However, in fact, Cao Ren just left the city during the day and came back quietly at night, but did not show up and hid in the backyard of the government office.
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Cao Kai is the same on the surface. He has made some decisions on some small matters by himself. If he is a big matter, he still has to come to the back hall to find Cao Ren.
Many times, the person above doesn’t know, but doesn’t want to pay attention.
For example, the Cai family interacted with Guanzhong and did business secretly.
It’s not even considered “sneaking”. After the goods from Guanzhong arrived, they were too lazy to change the labels, so they just sold them in Jingzhou.
Of course, Cao Ren knew about these things, but in many cases, he turned a blind eye.
Just like the Buddha statue in the temple, facing the entrance, all with kind eyes, half open their eyes, only the Buddha statues facing the door, or the side of the Buddha statues show a hideous face, reminding the pilgrim who is leaving to forget.
Something happened?
The Cao family is now in a very embarrassing situation, which is not only reflected in Hebei, but also in Jingzhou.
Unlike Fei Qian's method of trying to change the structure of the Han Dynasty by taking the lower class of ordinary people, Cao Cao took the middle class path, that is, the path of poor families.
A poor family is not a poor person.
Perhaps it is difficult to understand the concept of poor families, but if it were petty bourgeoisie, it would be generally understood.
Cao Cao tried to promote poor families, replace those wealthy families, and improve the Han system. To a certain extent, it was of course an improvement, but whether it was Cao Cao or those promoted poor families, they would eventually be like dragon-slaying brave men.
, eventually turned into an evil dragon.
Because the ultimate goal of the vast majority of petty bourgeoisie is to become bourgeoisie. Just like there are many keyboard warriors in later generations who mock the suffering people and actively maintain the bourgeoisie, indicating that whoever has reached the capital is not that true?
It is also a portrayal of the self-psychology of these keyboard warriors.
So who are the big ones in Jingzhou?
Anyway, Cai's family is definitely not a small asset.
Although Pangzi is famous, it does not have much strength. It was driven to Wancheng in relatively early days, and there is no major industry in northern Jingzhou.
The Huang family was also quite important before, but now they have basically moved to the northern part of Guanzhong.
So when Cao Ren was embarrassed and wanted to raise military rations for the "stand firm walls and clear fields" in Nanxiang, what else could be thought about?
But if you want to deal with Cai, you can't say you can kill it at will.
Letting Cai He fight in the Imperial Pass was originally a plan to eat two chickens.
If Cai He can defend it, it will be great. On the one hand, it consumes Cai and Cai's private soldiers, and on the other hand, it also eliminates Li Dian's threat. Of course, it is very good. If Cao Ren can't defend it, he will detain Cai by the way.
He Zhizhi convicted Cai He's soldiers, and then targeted Cai's family...
At worst, I apologize afterwards, Smith and Marseille will be in trouble.
It was like Cao Cao killed Yang Xiu in history and then apologized.
Moreover, the Cai family is not as famous as the Yang family. Even if they really kill them, what can they do?
But such things cannot be put on the surface after all, and they often need to be handled under another name.
"Cai Degui is coming to apologize?"
Cao Ren was also a little surprised after listening to Cao Kai's report.
Cai Mao is really loyal?
Obviously unlikely.
"It's broken!" Cao Ren slapped the table anxiously, "You send someone outside to check it out!"
"What to investigate?" Cao Kai was a little confused at first, but soon understood what Cao Ren meant, "Did my father talk about Cai's affairs?"
Cao Ren nodded, "I suspect... I'm afraid it's known to everyone now..."
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In the north of Hebei, Zhuo County.
Zhuo County Magistrate Ren Cheng stepped onto the city wall with dew.
To be honest, he doesn't want to work so hard every day, but his surname is Ren, Ren Jun's.
Because of Ren Jun's tenure, he had the position of county magistrate, and because of Ren Jun's tenure, he had to patrol every day.
He reached out to hold the cold trunk and took a breath, but soon he felt his throat suddenly tightening. The more than ten defenders who should have been stationed here are now gone!
On the blue bricks of the city wall, there were only broken arrow shafts and broken bricks scattered.
"Where is the person?!"
Ren Cheng shouted loudly.
The empty city gate tower seemed to bring out waves of empty sounds.
Soon, Ren Chengru discovered the hemp rope tied to the battlements, and hung from the top of the city to outside the city...
"Damn it! Damn it!"
Ren Cheng slapped the battlements angrily, raised his knife to cut off the hemp rope.
The hemp rope fell softly to the city, avoiding Ren Cheng's incompetent fury.
『The King's Rate?! Where is the King's Rate?!』
Ren Cheng roared, and the entire team of people on duty at the city wall ran away, and naturally no one responded to him.
"Damn it! Damn it!" Ren Cheng jumped and shouted to the follower beside him, "Call Wang to lead him here!"
The follower responded happily, then ran away quickly, and after a moment he hurriedly ran back, "Langjun, he...he said...he...
"Damn it, what did he say?!" Ren Cheng was also anxious.
The entourage took a breath, "He said he couldn't come..."
"Damn it! Damn it!" Ren Cheng said angrily, then reached out and pushed away his followers, turned around and got down the city wall, and walked all the way to the military station in the southwest corner of the city wall.
Widths of blue smoke wafted out from the watchtower in a corner of the military station, and the fragrance of meat filled the air.
Ren Cheng looked for the smell and found the place where he looked at the building, held the sword tightly and rushed up the steps.
"When...gululu...bang!"
Ren Cheng rushed in quickly and hit an empty small wine jar with one kick.
The jar of wine rolled and fell down the steps of the building, smashing to pieces.
"Yo! Isn't this a county magistrate? It's better to come sooner than you're better to come by! Come on! Sit down and take a bite!"
The King led four or five soldiers, and his armor was scattered in the watchtower, roasting a bonfire.
Above the bonfire, there was a skinned half-skinned dog, which was not oily, but also exuded the aroma of meat.
"Bastard!" Ren Cheng kicked the thin dog to the ground with one kick, and the sparks splashed on Wang Guru's leg, "Today, the city guard ran away again! A whole thing! Your team leader
Still have thoughts...』
The smile on Wang Guru was coldly hung on his face. He didn't look at the thin dog that was kicked off, and slowly stood up, "What are your opinions? What about military pay? Get it! Get it! Join the soldiers and get the pay.
, I don’t have any salary, how many times do you want to shout?!”
"Soldier..." Ren Cheng seemed to be pinching his throat by something.
During these days, the situation in Youzhou has become even worse for these remaining Cao defenders.
There is a lack of military service, a lack of food and grass, and a degenerate morale.
The deserter originally had only one or two, but now it has developed into a group of people to escape!
"The military pay matter is another matter! Now let's talk about your soldiers running away!" Ren Cheng's momentum became somewhat weaker.
The King's Gun sneered, "Talk about military pay first! If there is military pay, there will be military pay. If there is military pay, there will be military pay, there will be no negotiations if there is no military pay!"
"You!" Ren Cheng was angry, and after a while, he gritted his teeth and said, "What if I could find military pay?"
"Hahahaha!" The King's Captain laughed, "If you can find military pay, I can find soldiers too!"
『One word is certain!』
"Of course, one word is certain!"
Ren Cheng pointed at Team Wang and led it, then turned around and left.
Behind him, there were laughter from the leader of Wang and several other soldiers.
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...
Ren Cheng went to Zhuo County Government to ask for the county magistrate.
There is also a faint smell of calming agarwood in the West Flower Hall.
After waiting for a while, the county magistrate Zhang Fan wore a thick fox fur, shaking, rubbed his head, and came to the west hall, sitting down obliquely, looking depressed, "Ah, county magistrate...I
I heard that the thief army carried hundreds of thousands of refugees, and the land of Liaodong, Youzhou, and the prefectures and counties they passed by were all surrendered.
"Ah?" Ren Cheng was stunned for a moment, "Hundreds of thousands? Impossible!"
"Hey... there are not hundreds of thousands, even if there are tens of thousands... Hey... let's talk about it, what's the matter with me?" Zhang Fan shook his head and sighed, and still rubbed his head.
Ren Cheng recounted what happened on the city and what followed the military station, "County Master! Now that the military pay is cut off, the soldiers are not willing to fight. If the thief army arrives... I hope the county master can raise some military pay,
It's okay to send some first...』
"Oh... soldiers' salary..." The county magistrate nodded, "This military salary is indeed very important... In this way, you go down first... I'll think of a solution..."
If Ren Cheng had no choice but to leave, but this time, Ren Cheng gritted his teeth and refused to leave. He must have an explanation.
The county magistrate was helpless and ordered the county magistrate Wang De to come.
County Magistrate Wang De came, glanced at Ren Cheng with his eyes, then curled his lips secretly, then took two steps forward to meet the county magistrate.
"Cough cough..." Before the county magistrate Zhang Fan could speak, he suddenly started to cough violently. The servant next to him hurriedly brought slurry water.
Zhang Fan reluctantly took a few sips, panting, as if he would fall down at any time. "The cold wind is getting heavier, so I'll ask Wang County Chief for more about the city defense and military pay."
"County Master thinks three times!" Before Zhang Fan finished speaking, the county magistrate Wang De was a sliding shovel. No, he slid and fell to the ground with a plop. The sweat beads on his forehead instantly appeared and dripped into the flower hall.
Above the blue bricks, "I will be in charge of some agriculture, sericulture and civil affairs. According to the law, the county magistrate should be the one who is in charge of the country and is powerless!"
Wang De turned his head and stared at Ren Cheng fiercely, "Ren County Magistrate! Are you going to escape in the last battle?! If so, you should be punished strictly according to the law!"
Zhang Fan slapped the table, "Oh, when is it now? I'm still so shirking! If I really follow the law, I should have killed you two now!"
As soon as the intimidation was said, Zhang Fan immediately turned into a tactful tone, "Now the enemy is in front of you, we must cooperate sincerely! Be the county magistrate! You have the responsibility to defend the city, no matter what, you must defend the city!
County Magistrate Wang, you have the position of providing logistics, no matter what, you have to pay money, food, and soldiers! You guys, right?"
Ren Cheng didn't say anything, but the county magistrate Wang was crying, "County Master, you don't know, the granaries in this county have long been empty! Where can I go to make money and food? If you don't believe me, I'll call you Lord Bo
Come!"
After a while, the master came.
With large and small books, they piled them on wooden plates, like a hill.
The master picked up the top bamboo slip and presented it to the county magistrate Zhang Fan, "County Zun, this is the account of the county..."
Zhang Fan saw it and frowned, "What's going on? Not only do you have no money, but you still owe so much money?"
The master moved his eyebrows, "What are you preparing for spring farming? Repairing water conservancy... are all expenses that you need every year..."
"Bastard!" Ren Cheng couldn't help but point at the Lord Bo and cursed, "The thief army has arrived in front of him. The farmer of the fields outside the city has run away, and the fields are deserted. What else can be used for farming and water conservancy?!"
The lord took a step back, "County lieutenant, you can't say that... It is precisely because the land is abandoned that it needs to allocate funds to repair the water conservancy of farmland. Even if it is not planted this year, it will still be planted next year, and people will feed it.
Oh my God! This is the right way in the world!
"Just...just your mother's fuck!"
Ren Cheng couldn't help but curse.
『Hey, hey, it’s a shame, it’s a shame!』 Lord Bo waved his hand, 『You martial artist really don’t understand the truth!』
『Stop quarrel!』 Zhang Fan threw away the account, 『Anyway, that's what it is now! The military affairs of the city! As the county magistrate, your responsibility! The civil affairs in the city, the county magistrate, your responsibility! The liquidation of money and grain, this is the master's responsibility
Things! Now you are all working on your own responsibilities! One day you are in office, one day you should fulfill your responsibilities! Don’t let down the emperor’s grace and the wishes of the people! Do you understand?!”
The three should be.
"Oh, my head..." Zhang Fan covered his head, "You all go and do it, I...oh, it's a headache, a headache..."
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At the third hour of Xu, the county government office and the aroma of wine and meat filled the palace.
Not only was the county magistrate drunk, but the county magistrate was also drunk.
The Lord threw his official seal into the wine bowl and soaked in the wine bowl, as if this would make his wine taste more delicious.
The county magistrate drank so hard that his chest was exposed, revealing the miscellaneous hair on his chest.
The door of the inner courtyard is closed tightly.
The servants were busy, and the servants with swords and guns stood outside the door, strictly preventing idle people from entering.
In the back hall of the backyard, the lights swayed and the fragrance of wine filled the air.
『Continue to drink! Continue to dance!』
County Magistrate Zhang Fan pulled his hand out of Meiji's chest and shook it in the air, "I thought of a witty remark! You guys! Cough cough... I have wine today, and I am drunk today... Tomorrow... Uh, um
,This...you say!』
Zhang Fan pointed at Wang County Magistrate.
Wang De laughed, "The county master has learned a lot, but it is hard to have a lot in the world! I am so ignorant of my talent, how can I take it? I will say that you are the one who is not good at it!"
The Lord is also laughing, "I have wine today and am drunk today! It's wonderful, wonderful! Such a wonderful sentence, it's a big white!"
The three of them looked at each other and suddenly laughed, their faces twisted and turned into crazy appearance.
After laughing for a while, County Magistrate Wang took out some blank documents from his sleeve and threw them on the wine table, regardless of the blank documents that had been stamped with Zhuo County seal, which were stained with vegetable juice and wine. "Oh, now people are
All are sophisticated... I haven't sold many copies... Look, the three hundred acres in the east of the city are only five thousand coins! Five thousand coins! No one wants this, tsk... The world is getting worse and worse, and people's hearts are not old!
』
Zhang Fan waved his hand, "Whatever you can sell is counting as much as you can, anyway... what's important is the money we used to do!"
『Yes! Our money!』
『Ah hahaha!』
The three of them burst into laughter again.
"drink!"
『Drinking together!』
For the three of them, no matter how war or what the world is, they are better than the fine wine in front of them.
Zhuo County was also a transit station for transporting materials to Youzhou Ji County, Yuyang and other places. Normally, there will be some temporary stockpiling of money and grain within the county town. After all, transportation allocation of money and grain requires manpower and material resources, as well as
The corresponding time cannot be available anytime, anywhere.
But for some reason, when Cao Chun retreated, the money and food in Zhuo County suddenly disappeared...
It's like these money and food have never appeared.
The man's red and black official robe was plastered under the table and wrinkled.
Zhang Fan tied the county magistrate's official ribbon with a smile on Meiji's neck with her bare chest, and then pulled it one by one, like pulling a dog, dancing in the back hall.
The county magistrate sat obliquely, grabbed the meat with one hand, chewed a few bites, then threw it down, looked at the blank white field deeds that could not be sold, shook his head and sighed, then picked up two pieces casually, wiped his hands
oily.
The master still held the bowl of wine with the official seal and drank it sipped.
The county magistrate turned around and saw it. He laughed and threw his county magistrate's official seal into a wine jar beside him. Then he walked over with the wine jar and took out the one from the wine bowl of the master's thin.
The official seal of the lord was also thrown into the wine jar, and turned around and looked at the official seal on the county magistrate's table.
Zhang Fan laughed loudly, kicked away Mei Ji who was pulled away and stumbling, and then took the official seal and threw it into the wine jar in the county magistrate's hand.
The wine jar was raised high and then shaken.
The three of them stretched their heads and listened.
The wine and the official seal collided and swayed, making a dull sound in the wine jar, which seemed to naturally form a wonderful music, making the three of them intoxicated.
『Come on!』
The wine from the jar was poured out and splashed on his hands and on his body.
Scattered documents, contracts, accounts are thrown in chaos on the ground.
Occasionally, under the illumination of candles, some bamboo slips and wooden tablets, the words "Taixing Ninth Year Military Payment" flashed by, and then they were submerged under the chaotic and crazy shadows of the three.
"What a wine!"
"It smells so good!"
"So beautiful!"
Suddenly, outside the backyard, a servant shouted loudly in panic, "Not good! A cavalry army appeared fifty miles outside the city!"
The hall was silent for a moment, and then even more crazy laughter broke out.
"What are you afraid of? Let's drink!" Zhang Fan laughed and said, "When the cavalry army arrives, we will surrender! Nowadays, as long as we have money, where will we spend it? What officials, what people, what cities,
They are all false, they are all fake! Only money, only money is real! As long as you have money, there is wine and meat, there is everything! Hahahahaha!」
"Yes! Chang'an Qingyinshop, the whole world is all-in-one! So what if the cavalry army comes? Even if it is not here, you can still go to Chang'an to be a rich man! We will have a drink together then!"
"Hahaha! That's it! Why did this cavalry army come? I was so anxious when I waited!"