Holding this year's harvest report, Cao Cao brows with joy. Since he captured most of Jingzhou, in two full years, he finally earned two million stones of grain and grass, enough to feed an army of 500,000 for two years. Most of them were Sima Yi.
Thanks to Sima Yi's coordination, the dedication of everyone in the court, and Cao Cao's iron-blooded skills. Today, Xuchang has become a monologue, and only Cao Cao's voice can be heard.
Originally, Cao Cao wanted to use the Clothes and Belts Edict to attack loyal ministers of the Han Dynasty, but Sima Yi thought it was too stupid to do so, so why bother giving people a handle? Before the Clothes and Belts Edict broke out, Wu Shuo, Wu Zilan, Wang Zifu, and Zhong Ji were approached by Sima Yi.
On the pretext of going to jail, they were tortured and tortured. In order to avoid being tortured, Wu Shuo and the four of them did whatever Sima Yi asked them to do. As a result, the crimes in the four confessions can only be described as heinous!
Sima Yi tortured Wu Shuo and four others to death, but would he let the others go? The answer is no! Because he needed the bodies of these people to enhance his status! The first person to be bitten was the head of the country, Dong Cheng.
, I have to say that this old boy is very tough. Sima Yi tried his best to make him relent.
Dong Cheng's toughness aroused Sima Yi's desire to win. After intensifying the torture, Dong Cheng was almost dying. In order to prevent him from dying, Sima Yi hired an imperial doctor to treat him. In the end, Sima Yi had no choice but to fabricate a confession.
, wanted to make Dong Cheng draw a pledge while he was unconscious. Unexpectedly, Dong Cheng actually understood Sima Yi's intentions. On a dark and windy night, he bit off all ten of his fingers and ate them! There were no fingers.
What kind of picture should I use to sign it? Even pressing a fingerprint will not work!
Looking at Dong Cheng's bare palms, Sima Yi admired him a little! Being tortured may not be a big deal, but with ten fingers connected to the heart, a person can bite off ten of his own fingers and still eat them. How cruel must this be to others?
Being cruel is nothing, the hardest thing is to be cruel to yourself. However, no matter how cruel Dong Cheng is, how can he be Sima Yi's opponent?
In fact, Cao Cao and Sima Yi didn't care about the confession at all. They only wanted these loyal ministers of the Han Dynasty to be ruined. Otherwise, Cao Cao would bear the reputation of killing loyal ministers. Since Dong Cheng is unwilling to recruit, then find someone who is willing to recruit! Detain all Dong Cheng's family members
, domestic slaves, concubines, etc., were tried one by one, and Dong Cheng’s charges were complete!
One of Dong Cheng's slaves was named Qin Qingtong, who had an affair with Dong Cheng's concubine Yunying a long time ago. Originally, Qin Qingtong was going to find an opportunity to elope with Yunying, but unexpectedly when Dong Cheng's incident happened, he and Yunying also
He was arrested by Sima Yi. In the prison, Sima Yi only demonstrated a few punishments in front of him, and he expressed his willingness to cooperate. He only had one request, asking Sima Yi to let Yunying go.
She was just a concubine, and she belonged to Dong Cheng, so Sima Yi didn't care. Qin Qingtong, who reunited with Yunying, said whatever Sima Yi asked him to say, and he made it up vividly and perfectly. I have to say that this kid was lying.
He can be regarded as a talent. Dong Cheng was not a clean-minded man to begin with. With Qin Qingtong's bite, the dirty water was poured on him one after another. In the end, even Dong Cheng was too lazy to explain!
Dong Cheng was done playing, but Sima Yi was not ready to stop! Tracing the origin of the Clothes Order, Liu Xie was responsible. Since Liu Xie dared to refute Cao Cao's face, Sima Yi naturally wanted to vent his anger on his father. However, Sima Yi did not have Cao Cao's evil spirit.
He didn't dare to directly enter the palace and strangle the concubine. So, Sima Yi once again used Qin Qingtong to pour dirty water on Concubine Dong!
For women, death is not the most terrifying thing! As the saying goes: Starving to death is a small matter, but losing integrity is a big deal. Although the Han Dynasty was not as strict on women's chastity as in later generations, and widows remarry will not be pressured by public opinion, but for
The punishment for adultery is also quite severe. In Qin Qingtong's words, Concubine Dong has almost become a prostitute who can do anything for everyone!
Sima Yi, a traitor, was afraid that Cao Cao would not remember his merits, so he took the matter to the court. When Qin Qingtong's confession was presented, Liu Xie, who was in his twenties, turned blue. Fortunately, in the Han Dynasty,
There is no mention of cuckoldry, otherwise the ministers would definitely think that Liu Xie had pulled the hat on his face!
Concubine Dong's reputation was ruined, and since she could no longer be a noble concubine, Liu Xie ordered her to be thrown into the cold palace. Originally, Liu Xie would not be so cruel, but as a man, the most intolerable thing is for his wife to cuckold him.
.Although Concubine Dong was pregnant with Liujia, due to Qin Qingtong’s half-truths and half-false accusations, even Liu Xie was not sure whether the child in her belly was his!
Seeing that the emperor was suspicious, Concubine Dong knew that the child in her belly would not end well even if she was born. One morning, when the palace maid brought food to Concubine Dong, she did not see Concubine Dong. After looking around,
Finally, Concubine Dong's body was found in a deep well.
From then on, everyone who participated in the Yi Dai Edict had a bad end, including Liu Xie who issued the Yi Dai Edict. The opposition forces in the court were purged, and even the emperor was shocked, but Cao Cao did not suffer any losses.
, and even gained a good reputation for digging out Wu Shuo and several other "silverfish"!
Sima Yi's achievements in domestic affairs and the way he handled the clothing and belt edict impressed Cao Cao. Then, he was unwilling to be ordinary and showed his skills in the military! This time, Cao Cao was shocked! Talented people are not uncommon, but
Talents like Sima Yi are rare in thousands of years. It is precisely because of this that Cao Cao became afraid of him!
It’s not that Cao Cao is narrow-minded, but that Sima Yi’s appearance is too typical! The ancients believed in some mythical things, especially facial features and palm reading. Sima Yi is handsome, but he has the look of a wolf and an eagle! History
Above, anyone with this kind of appearance is often a careerist!
Cao Cao was not afraid of a careerist. However, how could he not be wary of a talented careerist like Sima Yi? However, he was reluctant to let Cao Cao give up on Sima Yi. So, Cao Cao decided to use Sima Yi as long as he lived.
One day, he believed that he could suppress Sima Yi. When he was about to die, he found that the heir could not suppress Sima Yi, so he asked Sima Yi to accompany him! Sima Yi, who was flexing his muscles, still didn't know his future fate and Cao Cao's lifespan.
The equal sign is drawn!
"Lord, I have something urgent to report!" Just when Cao Cao was holding the harvest memorial and considering how to treat Sima Yi, Sima Yi's voice rang outside the study!
"Zhongda, come in!" Even if Cao Cao wants to deal with someone, he will remain calm and wait for a fatal blow. Now, he is not ready to deal with Sima Yi, so he is naturally very close to him.
"See my lord!" Sima Yi entered the study and immediately bowed and saluted. Apart from Cao Cao's relatives, the only people who could enter Cao Cao's study before him were Er Xun and Cheng Yu, not even Dong Zhao and Jiang Ji, who were favored by Cao Cao.
Qualification, it can be seen that Sima Yi is highly regarded by Cao Cao!
"No need to be polite!" Cao Cao put the memorandum in his hand on the case and said with a smile: "Zhongda is very capable! Since the Prime Minister started his army, the most lacking thing is food and grass. You can accumulate two million for me in two years."
Shi, this is a great achievement!"
"My lord, you are so flattering!" Sima Yi said with a smile: "These are the foundations that my lord has laid. Otherwise, no matter how capable my subordinates are, they will be nothing more than a clever woman who cannot make a meal without straw!"
"Zhongda is too modest!" Cao Cao asked with a smile: "What's the point of finding the truth?"
"To inform my lord, the champion has occupied Youji, and the northern part of Qingzhou is also in his hands!" Sima Yi said with some disappointment: "I really hope Yuan Shao wins. It is much easier to deal with a mediocre lord than a bright lord!"
"Zhongda doesn't need to be like this!" Cao Cao said: "You and I have anticipated this. Since God wants me to compete with Liu Zhang, then you will help me conquer him!"
"Don't you dare to die for your lord!" Sima Yi bowed and said: "Although Yuan Shao was defeated, it was not a bad thing. Yuan Shao's third son, Yuan Shang, brought five generals to defect to him. Now they have arrived in Xuchang. I don't know when my lord will be there.
An empty interview?"
"Oh?" Cao Cao asked, "Which five futures did Yuan Shang bring?"
"Qu Yi, Gao Lan, Han Meng, Yan Liang, Wen Chou!" Sima Yi said with a smile: "I heard that the most brave generals in Hebei are known as four courts, one pillar and one main beam. The main beam is old, and there are three courts and one pillar left. Now
It all belongs to the Lord!"
Cao Cao laughed and said: "I think back then, when Ben Xiang was friends with Ben Chu, he often boasted about Yan Liang and Wen Chou. I don't want to return to my true self today! Let's go! Let's go see Yuan Shang!"
"My lord, please!" Sima Yi waved his hand and led Cao Cao to the front hall. Yuan Shang and the other two had been waiting in the front hall for a long time!
"Are you Xianfu?" Cao Cao was stunned for a moment when he saw Yuan Shang, because he looked so much like Yuan Shao! At first glance, Cao Cao thought Yuan Shao had returned to his youth!
"Uncle Cao!" Yuan Shangmeng knelt in front of Cao Cao and cried loudly. It was sad, but Cao Cao was confused and thought he was here to mourn!
"Get up!" Cao Cao supported Yuan Shang and said: "Don't cry! Your father is a hero, and as his son, you should not be a coward! Come, sit down and speak slowly!".
"Thank you, uncle!" Yuan Shang sat down and said with a mournful face: "Uncle, my nephew is really incompetent, so I have the audacity to ask you for help. Now that my father is dead, I still ask you to make the decision for me. My nephew is very grateful!"
Cao Cao smiled and asked: "Xianfu, I wonder how you want to make the decision for yourself?"
"Capture Youji and kill Liu Zhang!" Yuan Shang said through gritted teeth: "My nephew doesn't want to think about anything now. As long as he sees Liu Zhang's head, he will be satisfied!"
"Xianfu, Liu Zhang is not that easy to deal with!" Cao Cao said with a bitter smile: "In the past, I joined forces with your father, but they couldn't check and balance him. Now that your father has died, I am also quite worried!"
"Uncle Cao, everyone in the world knows that the person Liu Zhang fears the most is you. Please don't refuse!" Yuan Shang knelt down and kowtowed again, which made Cao Cao very proud!
"My dear nephew, I will one day have a showdown with Liu Zhang, but now I don't have enough strength! I don't see, your father has an army of millions and is still defeated by Liu Zhang. Not only does he have fewer troops, he also dare not say that he is better than Liu Zhang.
Your father is strong!" Cao Cao smiled bitterly and said, "My nephew needs to be patient if he wants to take revenge!"
"Uncle, my nephew knows your difficulties!" Yuan Shang said with a smile: "I specially invited all the surviving generals under my father's command! Look at these five, my father's strength is mostly due to them!"
"Oh?" Cao Cao smiled and said, "Please introduce me to my nephew!"
"Okay!" Yuan Shang pointed to the two most majestic men among the five and said: "My uncle and my father have a close relationship. The names of Yan Liang and Wen Chou must be familiar to them. These two are the most brave generals under my father's command, Yan Liang and Wen Chou.
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"See Mr. Cao!" Yan Liang and Wen Chou, although they are reckless, are not stupid. They understand that from today on, they will work under Cao Cao, so naturally they are very respectful!
"Okay! Sure enough, they are two generals!" Looking at the majestic Yan Liang and Wen Chou, Cao Cao couldn't help but admire them and helped them up! Historically, Cao Cao admired the two generals very much when he saw them in Baima and Yanjin. Now,
How could he not be happy if the second general surrendered to him?
"Uncle, Generals Yan and Wen are so brave that they are unstoppable, and this General Han Meng is not much inferior!" Yuan Shangdao said: "My father's subordinates are said to be one of the pillars of the Four Courts of Hebei, and this General Han is exactly one of them!"
"See Duke Cao!" Han Meng also hurriedly bowed down. As a surrendered general, he still surrendered with his lord. He didn't want Cao Cao to think he was arrogant!
"No courtesy!" Cao Cao hurriedly helped him, and he was almost grinning from ear to ear! The four courtyard pillars in Hebei are one thing when heard, and another when seen. Cao Cao has always been jealous of Liu Zhang's powerful generals, and now
As soon as there were three of them, he was really happy! However, what made him happy was yet to come!
"Uncle, these three generals are very brave, but they don't know the art of war. They can only be called fierce generals, but these two are talented generals!" Yuan Xi said: "Gao Lan is also one of the Four Court Pillars of Hebei, and his martial arts may not be as good as his.
Yan, Wen, and his military skills and strategies are all excellent, and my father relies on them very much! Qu Yi is also a master of military skills. His subordinates who first ascended the camp were invincible in every attack and invincible, and even Liu Jiyu was quite afraid of him!"
As the saying goes: Those who are good at fighting do not have a great reputation, and those who are good at planning do not have great achievements. Among the five people, Qu Yi has the least reputation, but the one he trained to reach the camp first was Yuan Shao's ace army, which once shocked the great Han Dynasty.
! Because in the most famous battle of the Xianden camp, 800 men defeated Gongsun Zan’s 3,000 white-horse retinue! Infantry versus cavalry is often a one-sided massacre, but the Xianden camp defeated several times more troops than itself with infantry
Cavalry. It would be strange if Cao Cao didn’t know such a classic battle example!
"Oh! Could it be that the general who arrived first to defeat General White Horse with eight hundred warriors?" Cao Cao took Qu Yi's hand and said, "I have admired the name of General for a long time. I don't want to see him today. It will comfort my life!"
"General Qu Yi, please see your lord!" Qu Yi knelt down and called Cao Cao his lord. Everyone was stunned and Gao Lan even forgot to salute!
"Qu Yi, you..." Although they defected to Cao Cao, the other four regarded themselves as people under Yuan Shang's command, so they all called Cao Cao Duke Cao. Seeing Qu Yi calling Cao Cao his lord, it also showed that he had separated from the Yuan family. Yan Liang
, Wen Chou has a bad temper and is about to explode on the spot!
"General Qu, your lord is a prominent figure, how can you call me your lord?" Cao Cao's face turned cold, as if he was very unhappy.
Qu Yi did not have the slightest fear. He glanced at the crowd and said, "Today, we are here to join the lord. Even the Third Young Master Yuan is still a general under the lord! As the saying goes: if the name is not right, the words will not go smoothly, and if the words are not right, the things will not be accomplished.
.If one day, Young Master Yuan and his lord's orders conflict with each other, who should we listen to? Since we are eating the emperor's salary, we have to worry about him. What's wrong with me calling Mr. Cao the Duke? As for Young Master Yuan, he is my lord.
, but it is wrong! If you say that my lord is the dead Duke Yuan. Heroes follow heroes, how can I, the lord of Quyi, be a child with a yellow mouth?"
"What General Qu said is true!" Seeing Yan Liang and Wen Chou, they almost went crazy. Yuan Shang quickly stood up and said: "Since I have surrendered to Duke Cao today, Duke Cao is naturally our master. Yuan Shang is here to see your lord!"
"Hey! My dear nephew, what are you doing!" Cao Cao quickly supported Yuan Xi and said: "Your father and I are close friends, how can I take away your generals! It's inappropriate! It's really inappropriate!"
"Why don't you pay homage to the lord soon?" Cao Cao said these two inappropriate words, and Yuan Shang was suddenly shocked. The internal fighting of the Yuan family was no less fierce than that of the imperial court. God knows what Cao Cao meant by his inappropriateness! But Yuan Shang could see it from Cao Cao's eyes. With a trace of murderous intent, he immediately understood that Cao Cao would never allow a force beyond his control to be under his rule, so he immediately bowed down and bowed down.
"Greetings to my lord!" In addition to Qu Yi, who had been kneeling on the ground for a long time, Yan Liang and the other four also knelt down! However, Yan Liang and Wen Chou were all angry, Gao Lan was a little embarrassed, but Han Meng didn't seem to care!
"Please get up! Please get up quickly!" Cao Cao laughed and helped everyone up. He was really happy. If Qu Yi hadn't made such a fuss, Yan Liang and the others, although nominally Cao Cao's subordinates, were actually Yuan Shang's people. The government was already in chaos, and Cao Cao was also very wary of such a force that he could not control. Now, regardless of whether Yan Liang and the others truly call Cao Cao their lord, they are all Cao Cao's people. With the loyalty of these people, although they are not Although he was absolutely determined, he would not murder his lord. Poor Yuan Shang suddenly became a polished commander.
"Thank you, lord!" The lord shouted out for the first time, and the rest became much smoother! Now that they have worshiped Cao Cao as their master, even if Yan Liang and the others were angry, they could only point it at Qu Yi.
"Okay!" Cao Cao looked at the four of them and was really satisfied. He laughed and said: "Since you have defected to me, I can't treat you badly! Yan Liang, Wen Chou, and Han Meng are brave and tough, but they are not good at commanding troops. , as the commander-in-chief of the true bodyguard, command three thousand men of tiger and leopard cavalry to protect the true face!"
"Yes!" Yan Liang, Wen Chou, and Han Meng clasped their fists and stood behind Cao Cao, making Yuan Shang look pale! The three of them had nothing to do with Yuan Shang when they stood there!
"Gao Lan and General Qu Yi are talented generals. I will order you two to go to the camp first, and then expand it to ten thousand people, and call it the first camp!" Cao Cao thought for a while and said: "I have other people under my command. Generals Gao Shun and Yu Jin are good at training troops, General Qu can get closer to them!"
"The final general will definitely live up to my lord's expectations!" Qu Yi suddenly thought of himself as General Cao, and Gao Lan had no choice but to salute accordingly.
Cao Cao smiled and nodded. He knew that it would take more than just one or two words to conquer these generals. He really looked down on people like Qu Yi. But Qu Yi sincerely surrendered, and he was not embarrassed by them. His heart! Finally, Cao Cao looked at Yuan Shang and said: "I heard that Xianfu made great achievements in helping Benchu manage internal affairs in Yecheng. How about you first serve as the chief clerk of the Prime Minister's Mansion and handle some government affairs?"
Yuan Shang understood as soon as he heard it. Cao Cao had turned himself into a naked commander and wanted to hang himself up, but what could he do if he didn't agree? He had to lower his head under the low eaves, and Yuan Shang sighed in his heart. : "My little nephew is at the mercy of his uncle..."