Cao Cao looked at Cao Hong's back and said with emotion: "Zi Lian is so smart and fooling people! He obviously wants money, but he makes so many excuses and rambles. It's really cute."
Then he closed the lid of the wooden box.
Then, he stretched out his left hand, using his strength to reach out, and the skill was transferred to his right palm.
He flicked his right palm lightly at the same time, and the wooden box flew back to its original place.
He picked up the tea bowl and drank tea. He was no longer sleepy, so he sat down at the table and picked up some bamboo slips to read.
This is the county annals and historical materials prepared for him by the county captain in advance, as well as relevant county conditions.
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In the early morning, Cao Cao called Hua Tuo and led more than ten tigers and leopards out. They patrolled the streets and alleys and found many beggars on the roadside.
So Cao Cao took out a few handfuls of iron coins from the cloth bag next to the saddle and threw them to the beggars.
Those beggars hurriedly ran to pick up the money, thanked Cao Cao a thousand times, and kowtowed to Cao Cao. They all said, "Thank you, Magistrate Cao! Thank you!"
Cao Cao asked with a smile: "You have hands and feet, you are young and strong, why don't you go to the fields to cultivate, but you want to get something for nothing, don't you feel ashamed?"
All the beggars looked at each other, very embarrassed.
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An elderly beggar bowed and said: "The main reason is that there are no cattle, and the fields have been occupied by rich people. There are many people in the family, and we have no money to give gifts when we go to court. We can't beat them in a fight, so forget it. Let's beg for a bowl." Just eat. If you can live one day at a time, you can be reincarnated if you die. Alas!"
Cao Cao's heart sank, and he asked sternly: "Then if I buy some cattle for you and give you back the fields you lost, will you be willing to go back to farm?"
"Of course!"
"all right!"
"Why do we need to beg like this when we have fields to cultivate?"
"We are also human beings, and we also need to save face."
“Isn’t this what life forces us to do!”
"Why do this if there is a way out?"
All the beggars screamed and expressed their opinions.
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Cao Cao immediately ordered Hua Tuo: "Brother Hua quickly send someone to summon Li Dian and Yue Jin."
Hua Tuo hurriedly rode away.
Cao Cao then said to the beggars: "Lead the way, I will go and search the properties of those rich people who have annexed your fields, arrest them all, and execute them on the spot. Let's see if it's their necks that are thicker or Jian Tu's. . Let’s go, I’ll buy you the cattle you need.”
"Very good!"
"Magistrate Cao really loves his people like his own son!"
"Magistrate Cao is a god sent to us by God!"
"Magistrate Cao is here, and the good day I have been waiting for has come."
"The sky has eyes. God sent Magistrate Cao to save us. How great!"
All the beggars shouted and cried with excitement, praising Cao Cao.
Then, wiping away their tears, they led the way out of the city to find the rich men who had annexed their fields.
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The spring snow fell unexpectedly, mixed with bursts of spring cold.
After a while, the county captain, Li Dian, Le Jin, Hua Tuo, and Ding Kuai led more than thirty tiger and leopard cavalry out of the city and followed Cao Cao and others.
The muddy path left their strings of footprints and horse hoof prints.
Under the guidance of the beggars, Cao Cao led the crowd straight to the countryside.
In a market, they raided two wealthy families and distributed their money to the people who were watching from a distance as well as their servants and maids.
Cao Cao publicly announced the guilt of the two rich men, ordered them to be executed on the spot, and announced that the fields and cattle of the two rich men would be returned to the beggars.
He also declared loudly that in the future, whoever needs cattle for farming can use the township pavilion chief to establish a written certificate and go to the county government office to find Cao to get money to buy them. The borrowed money does not need to be repaid.
When the harvest comes, you can voluntarily send some grain to the county government to give it to me, as a matter of conscience.
It doesn’t matter if you don’t want to, we will never pursue debts or hold you accountable.
As long as everyone can live a good life, just support me.
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"Thank you, Magistrate Cao. Good people are rewarded. Magistrate Cao will live a long life!"
"Magistrate Cao loves his people like his own children, gods come down to earth, the sky has eyes!"
"Magistrate Cao is our reborn parent, we will be reborn with kindness."
Immediately, the people onlookers praised Cao Cao for being sent by the gods to protect them, and they knelt down to thank him.
Cao Cao turned his horse and drove away.
Li Dian, Le Jin, and Ding Kuai waved their hands.
All the tiger and leopard cavalry wielded their swords and killed the two wealthy families, a total of more than 60 people.
The sound of "click" kept ringing.
Blood and water splashed, and more than sixty heads fell to the ground.
Cao Cao started investigating and punishing wealthy people in the urban and rural areas of Dunqiu County for taking over people's fields and cattle.
At the same time, Ding Kui, Li Dian, and Le Jin were ordered to lead their troops to suppress the bandits and beheaded more than 7,000 bandits, all of which were hung on the walls surrounding the county government office for public display.
Then, Cao Cao issued a decree that people in urban and rural areas must sweep away the snow in front of their doors and keep the city and countryside clean.
Especially in the county town, anyone whose door is dirty will be severely fined.
Anyone who steals cattle will be punished on the spot and the three Yi tribes will be punished.
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Cao Cao's move shocked the Han family.
Especially his first initiative, investigating and handling the issue of land annexation, touched the interests of countless nobles and wealthy people, and was strongly opposed by the wealthy nobles.
However, it was very helpless that Cao Cao had a tiger and leopard cavalry. Although there were not many in number, they were galloping like the wind. In addition to powerfully suppressing bandits, they also severely attacked the powerful nobles and wealthy men who had annexed land. Moreover, they all made judgments and executed justice on the spot. They were ruthless. speak.
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When the news spread, the civil and military officials in the court were so shocked that they felt their jaws dropped.
At this time, land annexation was very serious.
The people had no land to cultivate and were displaced.
This is also the most important reason why Taipingdao spreads so quickly.
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Luoyang.
On this day in the Golden Palace of Luoyang South Palace, the emperor's ears were noisy with the voices of civil and military officials from all over the dynasty reprimanding Cao Cao.
However, what is very strange is that the emperor did not say anything or express his position.
He was drowsy.
He didn't seem to be awake yet and didn't know what the civil and military ministers were talking about.
No one interceded for Cao Cao.
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When Cao Song heard the news, he was so frightened that his heart almost jumped out of his chest.
He hurriedly sent his steward Cao Mai to fly to Ma Dunqiu to persuade Cao Cao to stop.
Otherwise, it will cause big trouble.
Liu Yan and Ding Hui also found Cao Mai, sent Cao Mai out of the house, and repeatedly told Cao Cao not to do stupid things.
Cao Mai was also anxious, but he understood Cao Cao's character very well.
He was in a dilemma, knowing that he could not persuade Cao Cao.
But he had to go to Dunqiu to find Cao Cao and persuade him.
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But Cao Cao's character is inherently strange.
What he believes must be done,
And, it must be done.
How can Cao Mai persuade him?
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When Yuan Shao heard the news, he took action.
He said ecstatically: "Great, Cao Mengde is dead this time, he will definitely come and beg me to save him."
Ha ha ha ha!
Everyone in the Yuan Mansion looked up to the sky and laughed.
Yuan Shao then sent Zhu Ling to take his younger brothers Gao Lan and Zhang He out to walk around Cao Cao's territory to find out the news.
By the way, I also let my junior brothers Gao Lan and Zhang He gain some insights.
Before Gao Lan set off, he secretly stole Yuan Shao's wedding dress magic secret book.
He wanted to quickly master the magical skill of wedding clothes, and he didn't want to learn a little bit of internal skills and mental techniques from Yuan Shao or Zhu Ling every day.
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Several of Cao Cao's actions not only shocked the temple.
When the news spread, the people in blood on Xianhua Mountain were also extremely shocked.
By coincidence, the handsome young man Zhao Yun also came to Xianhua Villa under the guidance of Zhao Jian, riding a shining jade lion and holding a gentian silver gun.
Gao Xiang, the second master, represented the Central Plains and hosted a grand banquet for Zhao Yun.
Because Zhao Yun is a famous teacher and disciple, and he is also handsome.
This time, Zhao Yun was accompanied by Tong Yuan's son Tong Fei, Li Yan's son Li You and his junior brother Chen Gong.
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Chen Gong, courtesy name: Gongtai, was from Dongwuyang, Dongjun.
He has an upright temperament and is resourceful. He is a close disciple of the Tiger Hard Kung Fu master Li Yan. He likes to travel around the world. Although he is still young, he associates with well-known people in the country. He is well-informed and aims to dominate.
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At the dinner, Gao Xiang said that he would thoroughly investigate the case of the evildoer Cao Mengde who maimed Zhongyuan Yidianhong, and the case of the tragic death of senior Tong Yuan. He also asked Zhao Jian to lead some men in blood down the mountain and distribute hero posts widely.
He wants to invite all the martial arts sects in the Central Plains to gather at Xianhua Villa in three months to denounce Cao Cao and kill him together.
Zang Ba and Zhang Jiao were overjoyed when they heard the news, and led their troops to support Xianhua Villa.
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But Zhao Yun was silent, seeming to be thinking about something.
Tong Fei stretched out his hand and pulled Zhao Yun's arm, signaling Zhao Yun to speak.
Zhao Yun then said: "When Zhao came here, what he saw and heard along the way were all good things to say about Cao Mengde. Moreover, when my mentor passed away tragically, the villain had been stabbed to death by Zhao and fell into the abyss of a hundred feet. There is no connection between Cao Mengde and the death of his mentor. Zhao has always been upright and does not want to wrongly accuse good people."
Tong Fei said angrily: "But where did Cao Mengde's red rabbit horse come from?"
Zhao Yun retorted: "Just because Cao Mengde has this horse, we cannot conclude that he is a horse thief. Everything depends on evidence. Where is the evidence?"
Has anyone seen Cao Mengde steal this BMW with his own eyes?
If he had stolen the horse, why was he walking around in such a swagger?
Why is he still riding this horse around?
Isn't he afraid that Dong Zhuo will investigate the case thoroughly?
Don't forget, Dong Zhuo is backed by the Yuan family. Together with Yuan and Dong, their strength is far greater than that of the Cao family. For Cai Wenji's affair, Cao Mengde fought bloody battles at Yihua Palace, protected martial artists from all walks of life and fought their way out of the Longmen Inn, and killed the evildoers Jian Tu in Kyoto. In Dunqiu, he also farmed and eliminated banditry. Isn't that worthy of admiration?
The last thing that happened was that he led his troops to ambush Cao Mengde first.
He took money from people, killed people for money, and was beaten and disabled. How can he still be reasonable? "
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As soon as these words came out, everyone was shocked.
"Zhao Zilong, did you take the wrong medicine?"
"Zhao Zilong, you haven't drunk yet, are you drunk?"
"Zhao Zilong, what do you mean, your elbows are turned outward?"
"Zhao Zilong, did you accept money from Cao Mengde?"
"Zhao Zilong, your grandfather was also a eunuch?"
