Peek at my diary, Cao Cao dominates the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 510 The old man is dead

In the sixth year of Jian'an, at the beginning of December, it rained lightly.

The weather is getting colder and colder. According to the division of modern temperatures, today's temperature probably only hovers between a few degrees and minus a few degrees.Coupled with the intermittent light rain, today looks extraordinarily cold.

On the forest path, a group of people stared carefully at the slippery road, moving forward cautiously.

The one walking in the front was Cao Cao, who was wearing the latest cotton-padded clothes and a thick cloak. Behind Cao Cao, followed his three sons, Cao Ang, Cao Pi, and Cao Zhang.Behind Cao Ang and the others were Xu Chu and a dozen guards.

Cao Cao and his party walked through the forest and came to an open field.

Not far ahead, there is a huge and luxurious cemetery.

Cao Cao looked up at the cemetery in front of him, and murmured: "It's almost there." Then, he quickened his pace and walked towards the cemetery of his former friend.

In the cemetery ahead is buried Cao Cao's strongest opponent and childhood best friend, Yuan Shao.

When they walked more than ten steps away from the cemetery, Cao Ang, Cao Pi, and Cao Zhang obediently stood where they were, and let Cao Cao go under Yuan Shao's tombstone alone.

Cao Cao took out the wine jug and two wine glasses from his arms, and filled the two glasses with wine.

"Squeaky!" Cao Cao drank the glass in front of him, and then spilled another glass in front of the tombstone.

Cao Cao continued to pour wine for himself and Yuan Shao, and then began to talk,
"At the beginning, Mengde came to visit you, how are you doing there? Did you bully others or peek at Miss Sister taking a bath?"

"Your Majesty appointed me as Jizhou Shepherd, and I will live in Yecheng from now on. We two brothers will have plenty of time to catch up on the old days."

"Don't blame me for bullying your son. I'm sure, if I were you, you would probably be more ruthless than me."

"At the beginning, now I finally understand the feeling of 'overwhelming heights' that Mr. Lu said. Sometimes I wonder, will I become a loner in the future?"

Regardless of the wet ground, Cao Cao just sat beside the tombstone, sipping his wine and talking to Yuan Shao's tombstone.
When the wine was full, Cao Cao recalled the childhood friendship with Yuan Shao again, and immediately burst into tears while talking.

Cao Ang was the most sensible, he turned his back first.

But seeing that the two younger brothers were still looking at Cao Cao curiously, he coughed twice and said to Cao Pi and Cao Zhang: "Don't read what you shouldn't read, and be careful to go back and punish you for copying books."

"Oh" Cao Pi and Cao Zhang said "Oh" and turned their backs together.Cao Pi muttered softly, "Father is biased, and never punished my fourth brother for copying books."

"Fourth brother already likes to read. Isn't copying books a reward for him?" Cao Zhang replied in a low voice.

"Yeah"

After a while, Cao Zhang suddenly asked: "Brother, father always taught our boys not to cry easily, so why is he crying now?"

Hearing this, Cao Ang slapped Cao Zhang on the back of the head, glared at him and said, "You don't care about father's affairs, you know?"

The old god Cao Pi nodded and said, "That's right, don't ask what you shouldn't ask, and don't look at what you shouldn't look at!"

At this time, Cao Cao's indistinct voice came from behind the three of them: "At the beginning, when we raised our troops, you asked me, 'If things don't settle down, how can we rely on them?'"

"Hi'er. Let me ask you what to do."

"You say, you face the south and defend the Yellow River, and face the north by relying on the dangers of Yan and Dai to gather the power of Rong and Di for your own use, and then you can go south to fight for the world, and you may achieve great things!"

"And I said, I should recruit the most talented people in the world, and use the thoughts of the former kings to control them, and I will be able to achieve great things!"

"Hehe." Having said this, Cao Cao laughed twice, but he didn't finish the rest of the sentence.

One pays attention to geographical advantages, and the other pays attention to harmony with people. It is up to you to decide which one is higher and which is lower.

Cao Ang, as Cao Cao's heir, naturally thinks a lot more than his younger brothers.

Hearing Cao Cao's intermittent and confused words at this moment, he couldn't help but compare Yuan Shao's behavior style with his father's for so many years.

Yuan Shao got the geographical advantage in Hebei, but Cao Cao got the help of great talents such as Lu Yan and Xun Yu.

Now that Yuan Shao is dead, Cao Cao has already formed a tendency to annex Hebei. Such a comparison, "Sure enough, as I said, the right time is not as good as the right place, and the right place is not as good as the people. My father's choice is right. Only by gathering the world's talented people and Make use of their talents, and only in this way can the world live in peace for a long time!"

After paying homage to Yuan Shao, Cao Cao let go of all the burdens in his heart.

Appease the common people, fight against the powerful, put an end to land annexation, etc. Cao Cao once again strengthened a series of policies implemented before.The Xuzhou Chamber of Commerce and the United Chamber of Commerce also donated a large amount of food, cotton clothes, iron furnace coal and other winter protection to the people of Jizhou, so that the people of Hebei can survive this winter safely.

The people in Hebei, who had received various tangible benefits, all applauded for a while, and began to sing praises to the emperor, Cao Cao, and Lu Yan one after another.

On the one hand, Cao Cao and the people recuperated, on the other hand, Cao Cao sent Zhang Liao, Tai Shici, Dian Wei and others to patrol Zhao, Changshan and other places respectively, and cleared and recruited the bandits and yellow scarves scattered in the mountains and forests of various places. The security issues in the counties of Jizhou have been greatly improved.

So far, Cao Cao has finally completely pacified Jizhou.

Bohai County, Nanpi, in the prefect's mansion.

"The chariot general Lu Bu fought against the rebels of the Yuan family for the imperial court, and made outstanding achievements. He was specially granted the title of Bingzhou Mu, Jihou, and gave Shizhong a false festival axe. He was the governor of Qingzhou and Bingzhou's military forces."

The envoy sent by the Han court, after announcing the reward to Lu Bu, respectfully presented the edict to Lu Bu.

Lu Bu knelt down on one knee, received the edict, and thanked the emperor for the reward.

After the envoy was led down to rest, Lu Bu said to Chen Gong with a half-smile, "Cao Cao is so generous, he even gave me the land of two states, and even made me a Marquis of Ji."

Chen Gong supported his slightly gray beard, and said with a smile: "Cao Cao is indeed very generous, and this Marquis Ji also shows that he will entrust Youzhou to you to take care of in the future."

Hearing this, Lu Bu laughed and said, "That's what I wish for!"

Nowadays, fame and wealth are not very attractive to Lu Bu. What he seeks is nothing more than to drive out the barbarians, open up territories for the great Han, and fulfill his youthful dream.

During the crusade against Yuan Shao, without Lu Bu's help, even if Cao Cao would have won, he would not have won as easily as he does now.

Lu Bu's change, and Lu Bu's status as Lu Yan's father-in-law, out of trust in Lu Yan, Cao Cao now naturally trusts Lu Bu.

Giving Bingzhou Youzhou and Qingzhou to Lu Bu is not only a gift to Lu Bu for his support, but also allows Lu Bu to help Cao Cao solve the alien races in the north, so that Cao Cao will have no worries about going south to wipe out the princes everywhere.

(End of this chapter)