The frail counselor you said, you fight against three heroes alone?

Chapter 126 With the power of Ming Gong, he can exercise the power of king and hegemony

"As the saying goes, only talents are promoted, nothing more than that!"

After listening to what Xi Yu said, Cao Cao instantly understood.

Once this so-called recruiting order comes out, it can solve a lot of troubles.

Among them, the meritocracy mentioned by Xi Yu is very much in line with Cao Cao's wishes.

Regardless of their background and status, as long as they have the ability to serve the court, they can recommend themselves, which is very good.

And this way, regardless of status, even the common people in the world will praise it a few times!

After getting Xi Yu's advice, Cao Cao then left contentedly.

However, Cao Cao had not yet issued a recruitment order.

In the court meeting for several days, Yang Biao began to attack Cao Cao in various ways because of an incident with the guards.

What's more, there is already a party dispute in the court!
After all, Yang Biao is a veteran minister in the court, and his family background is profound, so he is no different from Yuan Shao.

The combination of civil and military officials made Cao Cao even more headache.

Cao Cao couldn't bear to solve Yang Biao's matter.

immediately.

Before the New Year's Eve was approaching, some court officials sued Taiwei Yang Biao for secretly communicating with Yuan Shu in Huainan.The intention is not good for Xuchang.

This matter exploded in an instant before the end of the year.

Cao Cao resorted to thunderous tactics, and immediately dispatched Tiger Guards to arrest Yang Biao in the Taiwei's mansion.

Han Palace, inside Chengguang Hall.

After the Taiwei Yang Biao was sent to the court by Cao Cao, General Dong Cheng entered the palace to meet Liu Xie immediately.

"Your Majesty, what Cao Mengde did is just like Dong Zhuo in the past!"

It was only because Yang Biao and Yuan Shu were related by marriage that Cao Cao assigned Yang Biao to the rank of court lieutenant. Dong Cheng couldn't help feeling a little flustered by such a situation.

Now in Xudu, after Cao Cao took office as Sikong, his power has been unparalleled for a while.

In the previous incident, they and Cao Cao could still confront each other on the surface.

However, following a complaint, Cao Cao imprisoned Yang Biao directly and unreasonably.

In such a situation, the wind direction changed in an instant throughout Xuchang.

Dong Cheng was a little worried, Yang Biao's current situation was his tomorrow's situation.

Today's Cao Cao's approach is more and more similar to that of Dong Zhuo back then.

Only at this time did Dong Cheng discover that the current situation in Xuchang is similar to Dong Zhuo's move to Chang'an.

Although these courtiers are obviously the important ministers of the big man.

However, the actual life and death are all under the control of Cao Cao alone.

His Chariot General is just a nice name.

There is no authority over soldiers and horses!

Liu Xie in the hall is also in a complicated mood.

Cao Cao sent Yang Biao to the Tingwei without saying hello to him at all.

With such a move, Dong Cheng was right.

How is it different from Dong Zhuo and others back then?
"Don't worry, sir, I will naturally ask Yu Sikong about this matter!"

Liu Xie pretended to be calm, but his heart was already trembling.

ask?
How to ask?
Cao Cao has assigned Yang Biao to the rank of court lieutenant. If the other party really cared about him as the emperor, how could he not even say hello?

Only now did he come to his senses, why did Cao Cao screen out the guards for him.

Because these palace guards are all Cao Cao's people!

is the day.

Liu Xie summoned all the ministers in Chengguang Hall, and all the ministers were there.

"Sikong, Yang Qing, what is your crime?"

Above the main hall, after all the ministers lined up, Liu Xie looked at the crowd, and then asked Cao Cao.

Hearing this, Cao Cao came out.

"Returning to Your Majesty, I have received news that Taiwei Yang Biao intends to collude with Yuan Shu and attack Xuchang!"

"This time, the minister is entrusted by His Majesty to supervise and lead the ministers. This is the duty of the minister!"

Cao Cao didn't have the slightest scruples, and opened his mouth to list out the criminal evidence of Yang Biao and Yuan Shu's collusion, and by the way, let people display the criminal evidence on the hall.

When the ministers read the letters that Cao Cao had sent over, Yilang Zhao Yan took the initiative to read the contents.

Xi Yu, who had been standing in the main hall, yawned.

He probably knew exactly what was going on with Yang Biao, but he didn't expect Cao Cao to be so anxious.

It is so obvious that they want to eradicate the influence of Yang Biao and others.

Although this method is too conspicuous, the effect is extremely good.

At this time, apart from Yilang Zhao Yan who was reviewing the evidence, one of the ministers came out.

"Duke Yang IV is pure and virtuous, how can he be convicted because of a lawsuit!"

The speaker was Kong Rong, the prefect of Beihai.

Because the Yellow Turbans captured Beihai last year, Kong Rong escaped from Beihai, and when he heard that the emperor had moved his capital to Xuchang, he went to the court and defected.

This time, following Kong Rong's remonstrance, all the officials in the court all opened their mouths to plead for Yang Biao.

Cao Cao's face was indifferent: "This time the evidence is solid, not my intention, but the court's etiquette."

Liu Xie in the hall felt a little gloomy.

What is not what you mean, what court etiquette!
Cao Cao arbitrarily assigned Yang Biao to the rank of Tingwei. As the emperor, he didn't know until Dong Cheng told him.

In doing so, did Cao Cao put him in the eyes of the emperor?
Have you put the etiquette of the big man in your eyes?

Before Liu Xie could speak, Kong Rong, who was on the sidelines, glanced directly at Cao Cao.

"Sikong knows that if King Cheng killed Duke Zhao, Duke Zhou would not know what to say!"

When King Cheng killed Duke Zhao, Duke Zhou was stumped and didn't know at all?

In front of all the ministers, Kong Rong obviously satirized Cao Cao to take the opportunity to eradicate dissidents.

Cao Cao's face turned dark.

He was indeed in a hurry, but now that the matter had been done, he didn't have the slightest regret.

Liu Xie in the hall glanced at Cao Cao.

The other party wanted to kill Yang Biao, so naturally he couldn't let Cao Cao succeed like this.

"Sikong, I feel that Taiwei Yang is a man who is dedicated to me, and Sikong must have misunderstood this time!"

"No, first remove Yang Biao from the position of Taiwei, and deal with it after investigating the cause of this matter!"

Liu Xie made a sound.

Hearing this, Cao Cao didn't have any opinion.

Although Yang Biao couldn't be killed this time, being able to pull him out of the Great Han Dynasty Hall was quite a good result.

"Master, no objection!"

Cao Cao bowed his hand.

Regarding Yang Biao's disposition, it seemed that nothing happened, but Cao Cao took the opportunity to target Yang Biao, and finally sounded the alarm on the heads of the big Han officials.

After leaving Chengguang Hall, Cao Cao led Cao Ying and a group of counselors to leave first.

Xi Yu was resolutely on the list.

"Brother, I'm a little anxious about this!"

Walking side by side with Cao Cao, Xi Yu couldn't help blurting out something softly.

Cao Cao looked back at Xi Yu.

He naturally knew that he couldn't hide this from Xi Yu, but keeping Yang Biao and others in court would be troublesome after all.

At this time, Cheng Yu beside him gave a chuckle.

"With Duke Ming's current power, it should be like this!"

Everyone in Cao Ying naturally had no objection to Cao Cao's approach.

On top of the Great Han Dynasty Hall, there is a Sangong Taiwei who is in parallel, which is troublesome for Cao Cao after all.

To dismiss Yang Biao right now, for everyone in Cao Ying, there is naturally no problem at all.

Xi Yu didn't say much, after all, it was Yang Biao who jumped too far.

At this time, Cao Cao himself was in a very good mood.

So what if Yang Biao is a Taiwei?
I don't want to play with you like that in court anymore. If I can't play with you, I can't do anything anymore?
"Fengyi, it's time to issue a recruitment order!"

After Yang Biao, the Taiwei, was pulled out, it was time for the recruitment order to be issued.

When the time comes, those princes in the court will go where they should go, out of sight and out of mind.

Cao Cao felt relieved.

Xi Yu beside him thought of something after hearing the words.

"Since my brother is going to issue a recruitment order this time, why not recruit some craftsmen for me by the way!"

"artisan?"

Are the general master craftsmen who will be prisons not satisfied with their righteousness?
What other artisans are needed?
Cao Cao was a little curious and subconsciously asked, "What kind of people does Fengyi need to recruit?"

"As long as there is a person with a skill, it doesn't matter what the ability is, and I will be able to distinguish it myself when the time comes!"

There are countless capable people in the world. Some people may not have the talent to be an official, but maybe the other party is good at business.

It is farming, and some people may be better at farming than others.

Anyone with this ability is what Xi Yu needs.

To make this era progress faster, Xi Yu needs too many talents.

"Okay, that's nothing!"

Knowing that Xi Yu is only someone who needs to have a certain skill, Cao Cao agreed without any hesitation.

Everyone around knew that Xi Yu had a lot of research on Mo Gong, so they didn't care about it at all.

Nearly a year ago, within Cao Cao and Xuchang, a recruitment order was widely issued.

The news came from Xuchang and went straight to the states of the Han Dynasty.

a few days later.

After Taiwei Yang Biao was dismissed, only Cao Cao Sikong was left among the three princes.

On that day, Cao Cao began to show his merits for everyone in Cao Ying above the court.

In the final analysis, it is to start to place all the troops under his command on the court.

There is no intention of hiding it at all.

Xun Yu was appointed as a servant, obeyed the order of the minister, and took charge of the government affairs of the court.

Xi Zhicai was granted the title of servant, obeyed the order of Zhongshu, and was in charge of military affairs.

Cheng Yu was awarded the title of Shangshu, and concurrently served as General Dongzhong Lang, led Jiyin Prefect, and supervised Yanzhou affairs.

Cao Ren worshiped the prefect of Guangyang, and Cao Hong served as an admonishing doctor.

Xiahou Dun was Henan Yin, and Xiahou Yuan worshiped Chenliu as the prefect.

……

Even Xi Yu also served as the imperial censor.

Of course, Cao Cao's original intention was to let Xi Yu be the executive king, but who made Xi Yu not like the title of military officer.

There is no way, after thinking about it, Cao Cao finally made Xi Yu more a censor doctor.

As for an official position like Doctor Yu Shi, Xi Yu has no resistance at all.

This thing is properly a civil official title, in charge of supervising and enforcing the law.

As for the rest of the people, more or less, they all followed suit.

All of a sudden, the entire Cao Ying was promoted a lot.

By the way, Cao Cao blatantly began to dispatch the officials who had been in line with Yang Biao and others directly to the outside one by one.

After a series of dismissals and promotions of Cao Cao this time, on the second day, someone in the court directly impeached Cao Cao.

It's the day, inside Chengguang Hall.

Yilang Zhao Yanshang played Liu Xieyan, saying that Cao Cao exercised power arbitrarily, disobeyed the emperor's order, detained and dismissed officials without authorization, and did not pay attention to the emperor at all.

Zhao Yan wrote several crimes against Cao Cao in a series of letters.

Regarding this, before Liu Xie opened his mouth, Cao Cao, His Highness, came out and scolded Zhao Yan.

"Yilang Zhao Yan, you know, it is a serious crime to falsely accuse a Shangguan without reason!"

"Su Wei, take this person down and press him into the rank of Tingwei!"

After Cao Cao finished speaking, the guards on the left and right in the hall stepped forward and dragged Yilang Zhao Yan out.

Then Cao Cao turned to look at Liu Xie.

"Your Majesty, this person has committed an offense against his superiors. He has no dignity or inferiority. I have dealt with it on behalf of Your Majesty!"

These words did not pause at all, quite a bit of 'righteous speech'.

Liu Xie's face turned dark involuntarily.

However, although Liu Xie was a little annoyed at the moment, he understood that he was incapable of fighting Cao Cao right now.

He has gotten used to the forbearance before, just like Dong Zhuo back then.

And Dong Zhuo is already dead!

He felt that he was younger than Cao Cao.

Cao Cao is now over forty years old, but he is only sixteen.

How long can Cao Cao live again?
Even if Cao Cao is like Huo Guang back then, so what?

Liu Xie didn't say much, but forced a smile on his face.

"Well done Sikong!"

……

After all, the matter of Zhao Yan was just an introduction, and after the other party was escorted by Xu Chang Tingwei, it was heard that the year had not yet passed, and the other party died of illness in Tingwei for unknown reasons.

Upon hearing this news, all the officials in the entire Xuchang court were in a panic.

It was night, in the hall of Xuanshi, Liu Xie gritted his teeth and beat his chest secretly.

Liu Bei was called into the palace, seeing Liu Xie's appearance, his whole face was also a little ugly.

Now that Cao Cao is powerful, the power of the emperor is useless.

"His Majesty!"

Liu Bei let out a soft breath, and the corners of his mouth couldn't help trembling slightly.

After Liu Xie came down from the collapse, he reached out and took the initiative to help Liu Bei up.

"Uncle, I am incompetent!"

That Yilang Zhao Yan, although Liu Xie is not too familiar with him, but the other party can impeach Cao Cao directly above the court.

This approach is enough to be called the humerus of a great man.

It's a pity that Liu Xie can't keep such a courtier at all, and he can't even intercede for the other party.

Now, hearing that the other party has died in prison, how can Liu Xieyou not know what's going on!

Then Zhao Yan didn't have any symptoms, so how could he die of an illness.

"Your Majesty, it's not your fault!"

Liu Bei replied, but he didn't open his mouth to scold Cao Cao.

Because Liu Bei knew that it was useless to just open his mouth to curse a few words, not to mention that in this deep palace, there was no such thing as Cao Cao's eyes and ears.

Now that he is in Xuchang, he is not much better than the emperor.

But it's just a bird in a cage, without any freedom.

The pair of uncles and nephews supported each other, and Liu Bei could feel Liu Xie's body trembling again.

After all, the emperor in front of him is nothing more than a young man!
The opponent's journey is not much better than Liu Bei's.

When he was young, he was supported by Dong Zhuo to succeed to the throne, followed by many years of displacement.

In the final analysis, the world of big men is not easy to resist!
at the same time.

In General Chaqi's mansion, Dong Cheng took advantage of the night to invite Yang Biao and other ministers into the mansion for a talk.

"Taiwei, Cao Cao today is like Dong Zhuo in the past!"

"This is the national thief!"

Dong Cheng shouted angrily in the mansion.

The faces of Yang Biao and others in front of them were all a bit sad.

What Yang Biao didn't expect was that Cao Cao would be so direct.

He originally wanted to use his title of Taiwei to fight Cao Cao in the court.

However, he initially had the upper hand.

But it also caused disaster.

After all, Cao Cao is a prince with real power. Compared with Dong Zhuo at the beginning, there is not much difference between him and Dong Zhuo.

It's just that the previous Cao Cao needed so much face after all!
But now, because he, Dong Cheng and others were pressing hard on the court, Cao Cao directly tore his face.

The other party stopped pretending!
But now, just because of Cao Cao's words, he, the grand captain, was dismissed because of this, and almost died!
Really miserable.

"Taiwei, what should I do now!"

"Although Your Majesty is in the Han Palace, it is as if you are in a prison. Bandit Cao is even worse than Dong Zhuo back then!"

Although Cao Cao is Sikong today, only Sikong is left among the three lords.

What is the difference between this Sikong and the prime minister?

Even so, Yang Biao and others can think that it may not be long.

This Cao Cao wants to learn from Dong Zhuo and make himself prime minister.

At this moment, even though Yuan Shao is a great general who is far away in Jizhou, what's the use of the other party being far away in Jizhou?

"What can I do for it, what can I do for it!"

These people, now in Xuchang, are almost controlled by Cao Cao.

Even if they want to get together, they can only take advantage of the darkness of night.

What else can I do now?
……

"Has Liu Bei entered the palace?"

"At Dong Cheng's side, someone saw Yang Biao and others entering through the side door of Dong's mansion!"

"What a coincidence!"

Inside the Sikong Mansion.

Cao Cao couldn't help chuckling when he received the news.

Xi Zhicai on one side just sat quietly opposite, and now he is responsible for the entire secret affairs of Xuchang.

And spying on horses is naturally one of them.

It's not a big deal.

During this period of time, Dong Cheng often invited some officials to his house for a banquet, which was a bit similar to Wang Yun back then.

But this time the emperor summoned Liu Bei late at night, saying that it was a narrative, the truth of which is not worth mentioning.

For Cao Cao, Liu Bei was not taken seriously by him at all.

What's the use of the emperor summoning the other party, Liu Bei will still be under his jurisdiction after all, even if the other party has a different heart, there will be no waves in his hands.

And Dong Cheng and others are just like Wang Yun and others back then!
Self-pity and self-pity, could he, Cao Cao, be affected by this.

But it's just a joke!

……

Putting the news aside, Cao Cao didn't take it seriously.

At this moment, he casually picked up the latest military newspaper.

As the new year approaches quietly, the first year of Jian'an is about to pass away.

On the new year's day, in Xuchang City, some people cheered and danced, while others wept.

A new year followed.

At the end of the year, Cao Cao read the news from the military newspaper.

Sun Ce in the south raised troops from Danyang, crossed Zhejiang to the east, and conquered Kuaiji at the end of the year, proclaimed himself the prefect of Kuaiji, and replaced the county officials under his jurisdiction.

Huainan Yuan Shu frequently began to deliberately use troops against Xuzhou!

Even Liu Biao from Jingzhou has a faint tendency to enter Yuzhou.

So, before the New Year's Eve, Cao Cao sent Cao Hong to lead his troops to conquer Liu Biao's troops in Jingzhou.

Cao Ren was sent to lead the army to attack Yuan Shu in Huainan.
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