Chapter 240 On Yuan Cao's Ten Victories and Ten Losses
Chapter 240: On Yuan Cao’s Ten Victories and Ten Defeats
"Huh?" Hearing that it was Cheng Yu, Cao Cao was stunned for a moment and said, "Please come quickly!"
Cheng Yu walked into Cao Cao's study with three steps, bowed slowly and said: "Cheng Yu comes to see my lord..."
"Okay!" Seeing Cheng Yu pretending, Cao Cao couldn't help but waved his hand and asked with a smile: "What's important for Zhongde here?"
"I'm here to relieve my lord's heart!" Cheng Yu twirled his short beard under his chin with his hand and smiled faintly. The magnanimity of the top counselor was clearly revealed, which even dazzled Cao Cao.
"Me? What do I have on my mind?" In front of Cheng Yu, Cao Cao would not act like a prime minister. He picked up the wine glass and drank it all in one gulp, only to find that Cheng Yu was still standing. He couldn't help but smile and said: "Zhongde, sit down.
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Cheng Yu sat unceremoniously under Cao Cao and said with a smile: "The champion Hou Xiong is so talented and powerful, my lord has never been afraid of it? All the officials in the dynasty only care about their own family, and even the Xun family is selfish. Is it possible that my lord has not been disappointed? From what I have said
See, when the order for seeking talents was read out in the court hall, the Lord's expression was probably not one of anger!"
Being exposed by Cheng Yu, Cao Cao was not unhappy at all. He chuckled and said, "Since Zhongde has already seen it, what can he teach me?"
"It depends on what the lord wants!" Taking the chopsticks from Cao Cao, Cheng Yu took a bite of the food, chewed it for a while, and said with a smile: "The chef in the lord's house is good, and the taste is much better than what I have at home!"
"It's Zhongde who knows my thoughts!" Cao Cao did not feel dissatisfied, but laughed and said: "Speak from the bottom of my heart, every word in the Order of Seeking Talents has been spoken into Cao's heart! I remember when I was outside Hulao Pass, I had a conversation with me.
When we first met to form an alliance, I asked him what would happen if things went wrong? Benchu replied: "I am occupying Hebei in the south, blocking Yan, Dai, and all the people in the desert, and heading south to fight for the world. Can I help you?"
?' But when Benchu asked me, I replied: 'Let the world's intelligence be used to control it, and it will be invincible.' Now, doesn't the champion's order to seek talents comply with my original words?"
"Aristocratic families are more harmful than troubled times. If there were no aristocratic families, perhaps the world would be more stable!" Cheng Yu sighed and said: "Unfortunately, aristocratic families cannot be eliminated. Even if one aristocratic family is destroyed today, a new aristocratic family will appear tomorrow. Just say
My lord has many civil and military officials, including those below. If my lord rules the world, our family will gradually form a noble family. Perhaps hundreds of years from now, our new noble families will be no worse than all the noble families of the Han Dynasty now!"
"Alas!" Cao Cao sighed: "Is there no way to suppress the noble family?"
"Suppress?" Cheng Yu smiled bitterly: "You can't even kill them!"
"Maybe the champion's request for talents will be effective?" Cao Cao's eyes were full of expectation, and Cheng Yu really didn't want to pour cold water on him. But most of Cao Cao's subordinates were descendants of aristocratic families. If Cao Cao followed Liu Zhang's example, Xuchang would be in chaos again.
"My lord, you also saw it in the court today. If you also implement the order of the champion to seek talents, then..." There is no need to finish the words, and there is no need to pour a basin of cold water. Just a few drops of cold water are enough to wake up Cao Cao.
Got it!
"This..." Cao Cao understood what Cheng Yu meant, but he asked unwillingly: "Zhongde, can't we just give up like this? How can I, Cao Cao, be controlled by others!"
"My lord, the top priority is to expand our strength. Why not first bring Xuzhou under your command, and then imitate the champion and recruit talents! Anyone who disobeys will be killed!" Cheng Yu had a sinister look on his face, but he had forgotten that there are many powerful families everywhere.
, the larger the territory, the more difficult it is to implement new policies.
You see, Liu Zhang first started to clean up the big families in Bingzhou, and when he entered Yizhou, he dealt another ruthless blow, and then he dared to issue an order seeking talents in Chang'an! When Liu Zhang cleaned up the big families and his rule became precarious,
The reason why no one took advantage of the situation was because Chang'an was blocked by Dong Zhuo, which allowed Liu Zhang to clean up the wealthy families who had merged with the two states. As for Ma Teng and Han Sui, who could cause harm, they were preparing to become King Qin of Chang'an at that time!
Timing! Opportunity! As long as you grasp it once in a person's life, you will be successful. There is no doubt that Liu Zhang grasped it. The Order of Seeking Talent was like a bomb exploding in the Han Dynasty, and hurricanes seemed to be blowing everywhere.
Zhou, Bingzhou, and even Liangzhou did not cause any disturbance. Unfortunately, Cao Cao and Cheng Yu did not see Liu Zhang's arrangements beforehand, but only saw the benefits Liu Zhang received!
After listening to Cheng Yu's suggestion, Cao Cao felt that it made sense and decided to bring Xuzhou under his command first. The wealthy family contributed 800,000 stones of food and grass. Although it could not be used to attack Liu Zhang, it was more than enough to deal with Lu Bu. What's more,
There is another Chen Deng stirring up trouble in Xuzhou! However, it is difficult for Cao Cao to attack Lu Bu directly, because Yuan Shao of Jizhou will never let Cao Cao grow bigger!
Cao Cao was waiting for the opportunity, but the wealthy families were afraid. They had controlled the government for many years, and successive emperors were powerless. However, Liu Zhang broke the family's biggest support with just one edict, making it impossible for the wealthy families to monopolize the court.
It is true that aristocratic families have more talents than poor families. But where is the base of poor families, wealthy families have to worry. Just imagine, for two people with the same talents, will the emperor choose Han family or aristocratic family? The answer is definitely Han family!
In order to prevent Liu Zhang's order from seeking talents from being implemented, the aristocratic families contacted the aristocratic families in central Shu and encouraged Cao Cao to send troops. However, even if the aristocratic families in central Shu had the intention, they could not do anything because their private soldiers had already been deprived of them by Liu Zhang, and even their fields
There are no more, just a few domestic servants, servants, and maids, what else can they do?
Knowing the difficulties of the Shuzhong family, the Yanzhou family was shocked. Originally, they were still laughing at Liu Zhang, saying that if he could not treat the family well, he would not end well. But they did not expect that Liu Zhang was so ruthless, doing things one by one, and did not give any favor to the family.
At this time, Cao Cao also realized why Liu Zhang was able to set up a recruitment hall in Chang'an.
It's a pity that Cao Cao doesn't have Liu Zhang's courage, and if he wants to take control of Yanzhou and Xuzhou's land, he will never be able to occupy Xuzhou in his life. At least, Chen Deng, who originally supported him, will go against him. However, Cao Cao
He decided that even if he couldn't get rid of Yanxu's family at once, he would slowly weaken the family. One day, the family's influence would no longer exist.
Seeing that Cao Cao remained calm, the aristocratic family became more and more violent, and even Cao Song, the old man, was invited. Cao Cao naturally knew everything about his father. Cao Song understood Cao Cao's thoughts and immediately
Order everyone in the Cao Mansion to close their doors and thank guests, so as not to miss Cao Cao's grand plan.
Just when the children of the aristocratic family were having trouble, Xu Du received a letter from Yuan Shao. It turned out that Yuan Shao wanted to send troops to attack Gongsun Zan, but he was worried that Cao Cao would hold him back, so he wrote a letter to test. It was just the words in the letter.
This made Cao Cao quite unhappy! Cao Cao was about to get angry, but found that this letter was an opportunity for him to attack Xuzhou.
In the morning of the next day, Cao Cao asked Cheng Yu to go to court with this letter and presented it to Liu Xie in the court hall. Liu Xie didn't know what Cao Cao was thinking, so he could only look at him with a confused face.
After listening to Yuan Shao's letter, the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty began to chatter endlessly. Cao Cao took a deep breath and asked: "My lords, Yuan Shao is so shameless and I want to challenge him, what do you think?"
"No!" Situ Cui Lie said: "Prime Minister, Yuan Shao is powerful and our army cannot match him. If we send troops to conquer him, we will be humiliating ourselves! It is better to send troops to Chang'an to attack Liu Zhang!"
When Cao Cao heard this, although his face was expressionless, he couldn't help but secretly cursed in his heart: "Yuan Shao is powerful, so Liu Zhang's power is small? In terms of strength, Liu Zhang may still be above Yuan Shao!"
"Otherwise!" Although there was a rift between Xun Yu and Cao Cao, he would never allow Cao Cao to be belittled. Xun Yu said loudly: "It is known to everyone that Liu and Xiang were defeated. Gaozu only defeated Xiang Yu with wisdom.
Although Shao is strong, he will eventually be captured. Today, Shao has suffered ten defeats and the public has ten victories. Although Shao's army is prosperous, there is nothing to fear: Shao has many rituals and rituals, and the male body is left to nature. This is the way to win; Shao uses counteraction, and Gong uses it.
Shunshui, this is the victory of justice; Huan, since the Ling Dynasty, the government has failed to be lenient, Shao has been lenient with relief, and the public has been fiercely corrected, this is the victory; Shao is lenient on the outside, taboo on the inside, appoints many relatives, and the public is brief and the inside is clear,
Employ people only based on their talents, this is the way to win; Shao has many plans and few decisions, the public can make decisions at will, this is the plan to win; Shao specializes in collecting reputation, and treats people with sincerity, this is the virtue of victory; Shao cares about the near and sometimes far, and the public has all considerations.
, This is the victory of benevolence; Shao listens to slander and confusion, and the public cannot infiltrate, so this is the victory; Shao is confused about right and wrong, and the public law is strict, this is the victory; Shao is good for false power, and does not know the key points of the army. The public uses a small number to defeat the masses and uses troops.
Like a god, this is the victory of martial arts. With these ten victories, there is no difficulty in defeating Shao."
Seeing Xun Yu's words of support for Cao Cao, Xun You immediately supported Cao Cao and said: "Wen Ruo's theory of ten victories and ten defeats is just in accordance with my foolish opinion. Although Shao's soldiers are numerous, why should we be afraid!"
"This is the same Xun Wenruo from back then!" Cao Cao took a deep look at Xun's uncle and nephew, but found that Xun Yu's face was pale, which was obviously caused by exhaustion. If Cao Cao hadn't removed the thorn in his heart, he would definitely comfort Xun Yu.
, to prevent him from overworking and injuring his body. However, even so, Cao Cao felt quite guilty. After all, Xun Yu was not only his minister, but also his friend!
In fact, the reason why Xun Yu spoke for Cao Cao was not only because he was motivated, but also because Cheng Yu wanted to reconcile the relationship between Xun Yu and Cao Cao. Wouldn't it be a pity if Xun Yu, a great talent, could not be used by Cao Cao? Besides,
Xun Yu is loyal to the Han Dynasty and there is no conflict with Cao Cao at present. Who knows, Zhou Gong once detained King Cheng in Zi Palace. Now, Liu Xie is regarded as King Cheng who was detained by Cao Cao! As for after the unification of the world, will Cao Cao return to power or will he return to power?
Usurping the throne, who has nothing to do but thinks about things so far in the future?
"My lord, although Yuan Shao has nothing to worry about, there is something he must guard against!" Cheng Yu began to play the bad guy again, even though his viciousness was already known to everyone.
"I dare to ask Zhongde, what should I guard against?" Seeing that Xun Yu was still so supportive of him, Cao Cao felt much better. What's more, the memorial to be presented to the court this morning was all discussed between him and Cheng Yu. Only Xun Yu
The theory of ten victories and ten defeats was beyond Cao Cao's expectation.
Cheng Yu said with a smile: "Lü Bu in Xuzhou is a serious problem. Now Yuan Shao is attacking Gongsun Zan in the north. I should take advantage of him to go far away. It is a good plan to capture Lu Bu first, sweep the southeast, and then show off. Otherwise, if we attack Yuan Shao, Lu Bu will take advantage of his weakness."