Johime Three Kingdoms

Chapter 22 Yangzhou Shepherd

From Xudu to Xiaopei, the straight-line distance is only three hundred miles.

Therefore, Bai Tu showed his merit yesterday, but today the angel has already arrived!

At the Great Court Meeting, after Liu Xie asked Cao Cao for his opinion, Cao Cao had a brain change and finally recommended Yangzhou...

First of all, Yuan Shu has been too active recently. Cao Cao's soles are itchy if he doesn't step on him a few times. Moreover, even Liu Xie can't bear Yuan Shu anymore - his uncle Yuan Wei died for rebelling against Dong. This matter is not in Liu Xie's hands. The favorability left in Yuan's heart has been wiped out by Yuan Shu!
Secondly...Cao Cao also wanted to divide the relationship between the unknown "Baitu" and his powerful enemy Lu Bu.

Although it is still unknown what the relationship between the two is, it does not delay Cao Cao from getting them together.

Ordinarily speaking, it would be insincere to use this method to alienate other princes, but for Baitu, Cao Cao has sufficient reasons - with Baitu's achievements and reputation, it is normal to be named a state shepherd.

Moreover, Cao Cao was very vicious after that, and conveniently let Lu Bu, the "Fenwu General", take the position of "Pingyue Zhonglang General".

This is also reasonable, it is true that Shanyue in Jiangdong has not been very honest recently, what's wrong with asking Master Wenhou to go there?
But looking at the combination of the two, this is rather vicious - Pingyue Zhonglang will serve in Yangzhou, and Yangzhou Mu can theoretically control the military and administration of a state!
In other words...according to the appointment of the imperial court, Bai Tu was Lu Bu's commander.

Regardless of their previous relationship, Cao Cao felt that Lu Bu would definitely be outraged by this appointment...

Lu Bu even killed two of his adoptive fathers. How could he be willing to be subordinate to a great scholar?
If they really dare to take office, this pair of Erzhou Mu and Zhonglang General will definitely fight more fiercely than Liu Yu and Gongsun Zan!
Of course, Cao Cao also understood that the most likely scenario was that Lu Bu ignored him at all and only Bai Tu took office.

But even so, at least the elusive combination of Bai Tu and Lu Bu has been broken up. Moreover, what can a mere scholar with only fame and knowledge achieve?
Kong Rong was also a great Confucian of the time. What was the result?Isn’t it better to lose Beihai, flee back to my hometown in despair, and be recruited as a mascot by myself...

After Liu Xie heard what Cao Cao said about "Yangzhou", he was stunned for a moment, and then strongly agreed - obviously he still remembered Yuan Shu's expansion!

Moreover, during the meeting of the great dynasty, all officials including Liu Xie thought that Bai Tu was the governor of Pei County appointed by Cao Cao, so they naturally thought that this was a signal that Cao Cao was going to fight Yuan Shu.

After the meeting, Kong Rong and other ministers gradually understood from all aspects that Bai Tu, the co-author, was not Cao Cao's at all!
It's just that now that everyone is in Xudu, it's not easy to blame Cao Cao because of this matter.

After all, in name, no matter who seals Baitu, they are Hanchen, there is not much difference...

It was only last night that Cao Cao finally figured out who Bai Tu was - a young man in his early twenties. When Liu Bei wrote the list, he naturally also wrote down the basic information of Bai Tu.

When he just learned about this, Cao Cao was also stunned. He was an old man with a white beard who had been thinking about it for a long time!

But this does not affect his plan...

So there is an angel who came to Xiaopei today to confer the title of Yangzhou Shepherd and Pingyue Zhonglang General.

Moreover, this angel is not an unknown person, but Kong Rong, a great scholar of the time and a descendant of Confucius!

It was he who begged Cao Cao and took the initiative to canonize Bai Tu, and hoped to follow Bai Tu to perfect "Qie Yun" in the future.

At this time, Kong Rong had no obvious hostility towards Cao Cao, and even had some respect for him. Not only did he respectfully call him "Ming Gong", but he also compared Cao Cao with "Zhou Gong" when admonishing him.

Although Kong Rong did not really regard Cao Cao as a virtuous person like Duke Zhou, he at least expected that Cao Cao could target Duke Zhou.

However, a few years later, Kong Rong realized that not only did Cao Cao not want to be Duke of Zhou, but even Huo Guang could not satisfy him. When he wanted to be Wang Mang, he began to go against Cao Cao everywhere, and even went as far as to attack Cao Cao's ruling foundation. He openly made some remarks that violated filial piety and was eventually executed by Cao Cao...

Now that Cao Cao agreed to let him come to Bai Tu, he saved his whole family to a certain extent!

If Cao Cao's troops were overwhelming, he might not be able to enter Xiaopei even if he fought for several months, but Kong Rong was known as an angel, and he only had a small number of followers around him.

Therefore, Lu Bu did not make things difficult for him and directly invited him into the city - this was what Chen Gong had expected yesterday, and Xu Du would not fail to respond!

When Kong Rong saw Bai Tu, even though he had already known Bai Tu's true age from Cao Cao and Lu Bu before, he was still stunned for a long time.

Like Cao Cao, Kong Rong had no idea before and imagined himself to be a great Confucian who was older than himself!

Bai Tu glanced at Kong Rong a few more times, but his expression was a little reluctant at this time - Yangzhou Mu?Yes, he has been promoted in name, but... is it his turn to be a pastor in Yangzhou?
"Kong Rong of Lu County, on behalf of thousands of students in the world, I would like to thank Mr. Bai for his great kindness." After Kong Rong was stunned for a short time, he stood up and saluted Bai Tu.

Bai Tu also took a closer look at Kong Rong at this time. This man could be said to be the most dressed like a "Han Dynasty scholar-bureaucrat" that he had seen so far. From his clothes to his hair crown and beard, everything was taken care of meticulously.

Ordinarily this is normal, but in this abnormal world, the normal Kong Rong is extremely precious!

And Bai Tu couldn't be more clear. Although Kong Rong is a descendant of Confucius and looks very serious, he is by no means a rotten Confucian. people.

Everyone in later generations knows the story of "Kong Rong gave up the pear", which can be said to be a representative figure of filial piety. However... if the historical context continues, Kong Rong will say "Father and son have no relatives, lust is deafening; Astonishing statement: “What is like to a mother is in a bottle.”

Directly trampling on the core of filial piety - even if Bai Tu can't stand the idea of ​​foolish filial piety and foolish loyalty, he can't agree with his crazy remarks.

The reason why Kong Rong changed like this was not because he was obsessed with it, but because Cao Cao was advocating filial piety at that time. Therefore, Kong Rong, who recognized Cao Cao's true face, began to be ignorant of what Cao Cao advocated...

When Bai Tu saw Kong Rong saluting him, he hurriedly stepped forward to help him and said, "Master Kong, you are too polite. Tu just looked at those children who had no books to read...and could not bathe and educate, and he felt unbearable and did some trivial things."

Kong Rong was even more moved when he heard this, while Lu Lingqi on the side curled her lips. No matter how you heard it, it didn't sound like modesty!

"Mr. Bai is so righteous! Rong admires him... Your Majesty has also learned that Mr. Bai is a great talent. Mr. Feng Bai is in charge of Yangzhou, but... Yangzhou is currently in chaos. His Majesty also said that if the road is blocked, Sir can come to the court first. Rong is willing to work with you to perfect the "Qie Yun" first," Kong Rong said.

"No, no, no, in this case, how can Tu watch the people of Yangzhou suffer? Even if there are many difficulties and dangers, General Lu will accompany me..."

"Humph!"

Bai Tu immediately refused, no matter how bad Yangzhou is, it is better than going under Cao Cao's eyes.

Unexpectedly, Lu Bu interrupted at this time. Seeing Lu Bu's angry and dissatisfied look, Bai Tu was a little confused.

In fact, Kong Rong had seen Cao Cao's plan before, but in his opinion, Bai Tu should be a scholar like him who devoted himself to studying knowledge. It would be better to draw a clear line with the tiger and wolf like Lu Bu as soon as possible, so there was no Say more.

At this time, he said at the right time: "General Lu and Mr. Bai may have something to say. If you have pain in your lower abdomen, go and rest first."

(End of this chapter)