It's dawn.
Black smoke rose everywhere, and there was still some remaining fire.
The streets were filled with Cao's soldiers, as well as a bunch of people who were detained here and there.
Cao Cao slowly urged his horse to move forward.
The huge Chinese characters on the red flag behind him seemed to be moving out of the sea of ​​blood.
Sometimes, a person's IQ feels not a fixed value, but a value of fluctuations that fluctuate up and down. When the upper limit is reached or exceeds the upper limit, it will of course make others feel amazing and admired, but sometimes it will fall to the lower limit or even fall below the lower limit, which will also make people feel incredible.
how so?
How can you not understand such a simple thing?
For example, if you resist the bamboo pole and enter the city gate, you must go in horizontally.
This is not surprising at all.
Except for a few innate problems, most people's IQ has dropped to the lower limit, or even negative numbers, which are often four words, "There is a slightest and ambiguous person."
Just like the current Han Dynasty, it can be said that the princes are fighting against the difficulties of the people. Don’t these people know how to overcome difficulties together?
I understand. When it comes to great principles, I can talk about them better than anyone else, but when I see some benefits, I forget everything.
Are you stupid? You can use all your best tricks to make your mind and do everything possible. You can't be stupid, but from the perspective of the whole world, these people are extremely mentally retarded.
In history, among the spots of history, there are heroes and bears, which make people sigh at the heroic heroes and the short-sightedness of bears.
This was the case in the Han Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty, and even in the Song, Yuan, Ming and Qing Dynasties.
Imperial Street has arrived.
Cao Cao looked up and looked up.
Cao Cao knew that he was not a good person, but he couldn't say that everyone was competing with the bad ones together. As long as it was not the worst, that's fine?
Then something happened, I went around to search for something worse. I was right?
On the palace gate wall in the distance, under the canopy umbrella, Emperor Liu Xie also looked over.
Around them are burning black smoke, smashed utensils, purple-black blood, trampled rags, and corpses dragged to the edge of the street, lying or lying.
Cao Cao smiled slightly, then urged his horse to the palace gate, slid his saddle and dismounted, took a few steps forward, and bowed to Liu Xie, "I am late to save the emperor! It is a blessing for the Han Dynasty to see that your Majesty is safe!"
Liu Xie was silent for a long time before saying, "I am very at ease and calm."
Cao Cao stood up straight, then entered the palace gate, walked up the corridor to the palace wall, and saluted Liu Xie again.
"What's going on in the city?" Liu Xie asked.
Cao Cao smiled, "Everything can be settled. Your Majesty, you are disturbed last night, why not go back and rest first?"
Liu Xie shook his head, "I want to be here and the people will be at peace."
Cao Cao nodded and said, "Okay."
As the two of them spoke, hundreds of officials came from various cottages one after another and gathered in the small square under the palace gate and city wall.
These officials who received the news came one after another. Some people were frightened and couldn't help but look around after taking a step. Some people covered their noses, as if they were being smoked by the smell of blood. Some people were stalking with their heads raised, as if they were fearless.
All officials.
Various forms.
Cao Cao looked at it and smiled slightly.
Liu Xie also looked at it, but felt a little chill seemed to rise behind him, "What do you want to do with your dear?"
Cao Cao smiled and bowed his hand and said, "Your Majesty, let me deal with such a trivial matter."
『…』This is a trivial matter? Liu Xie couldn't help but blurted out, but in the end he still held it, otherwise he would lose his calm vest and look at a loss.
Since it is said to be a small matter, let’s see what the “small matter” is?
Liu Xie thought that with such an idea, he looked at the officials coming one after another, and said nothing.
The officials who came were obviously thinking of coming forward to meet the emperor and salute, but they were all blocked by the Cao soldiers in the square.
As time goes by, more and more officials of all sizes gathered in the front square.
As there are too many people, it seems that the courage becomes stronger.
The Cao Jun in front of him seemed to have the courage to shout.
After all, hiding in the crowd and shouting is a way to make these people feel at ease. Although those who stand in front do not speak, they seem to have gained support from the rear, which will in vainly add some courage.
"Get out of the way! We want to see the emperor!"
"Who are you waiting for, dare to stop us from seeing the emperor?"
"If you don't get out of the way quickly, otherwise it will delay the big thing, and you will ask!"
『Get out of the way!
『…』
The noisy sound gradually came one after another, and then a relatively unified sound wave was formed, "Get out of the way, get out of the way!"
Liu Xie turned his head to look at Cao Cao.
Cao Cao was unmoved, just like the sounds in the square in front did not exist like the crowd of officials.
After another moment, Cao Cao's confidant guard ran up to the city wall and muttered a few words in Cao Cao's ear. Cao Cao nodded slightly, then walked two steps forward, revealing his face from behind the battlements on the palace wall.
As soon as Cao Cao showed up, the sound in front of the square was like a duck being caught on his neck, and it suddenly became smaller.
Cao Cao didn't say much nonsense. Perhaps he felt that he had said something big to these people, or reiterated loyalty, filial piety, integrity, integrity, and shame, which had lost its fundamental meaning and there was no need for it. So he just waved to the lower hand and signaled his confidant guard to erect two flagpoles in the front square.
The flag above one flagpole is red, while the other is white.
During this period before dawn, after controlling the Lifang in the city, many people who were in chaos or were held captive were divided and separated, and they were held in custody and had nowhere to hide. Then, some people were drawn to interrogate them alone. As a result, these people claimed that they were coming to put out the fire, not to rob and disrupt the chaos...
Cao Cao said in a deep voice, let the officials who came out to put out the fire last night, or the officials who came out to put out the fire in his yard stood under the red flag, and then those who did not come out to put out the fire last night stood under the white flag.
Choose the red one?
Choose the white one?
Should I choose myself to put out the fire, or should I say that I have never left the house?
The soldiers of Cao's army started to clamor and repeated Cao Cao's order, "Put the fire, red flag, no fire, go to the white flag!"
Cao Cao's actions surprised many people.
Many people think that Cao Cao would scold and scold him as soon as he came up, and then confront some guys caught from the street, and then indicate that these people were involved with some officials and major gentry families, but in fact, these people were already prepared when dispatching personnel.
The main characters are some dead men...
These dead soldiers are all traditions of the Han Dynasty, or local specialties from Shandong.
Just like when Sima Yi usurped the throne in history, he gathered three thousand dead soldiers with a whistle.
You should know that for a long time before Sima Yi usurped the throne, Sima Yi was under strict surveillance, and even went to test it many times, secretly holding a small needle to stab Sima Yi lying on the bed...
Under such circumstances, Sima Yi could defeat three thousand dead soldiers. Even though these Yingchuan officials and wealthy families are not as talented and tolerant as Sima Yi, they still have no problem at all.
So, it is actually relatively safe among these people. Just like Sima Yi, if any of the three thousand dead soldiers betrayed Sima Yi before Gaopingling, it would be like Tang Zhou betrayed Zhang Jiao, which would cause Sima Yi to be arrested or killed or forced to act in advance, and might not have been able to wait for the great opportunity for Gaopingling.
But the problem is that these Yingchuan officials and gentry members do not have the mind of Sima Yi or their courage, and they may even feel that these dead soldiers may not be reliable...
What if these dead men let it go?
What if these dead men try to survive and betray the old owner?
What if these dead soldiers could not help but tempt under swords, guns and money, betray loyalty and oaths?
just in case……
These thoughts were immediately lingering in the minds of these people.
Because they are such people, they naturally think that their dead soldiers are such people.
Do you judge others by yourself? It’s normal to operate. Whether it’s the neighbor stealing axe or the bell that covers his ears, they are all sneaky seniors. They are in a bad mood. They always feel that no matter what others say, they are talking about themselves.
Therefore, instead of lying that you did not go out, or sent someone out, and then being exposed to the lie and being punished, it is better to take this opportunity to express that you are just sending someone out to put out the fire!
As for what the people sent out to put out the fire did, or whether they really went to put out the fire, that is another problem!
As long as you say it's a fire, then won't everything be explained?
Even if you are caught, you can claim that you are kind-hearted, loyal to the court, the country, the prime minister, and the great man. You are just not strict in control of your subordinates and trusting too much and too relaxed in your subordinates. And those who are the big ones under your subordinates cannot be worthy of your trust and cannot withstand severe tests...
It's all the fault of others!
Your Majesty, no, you misunderstood!
What are the routines? Thousand-year-old foxes are not common, but Thousand-year-old routines are very common.
In addition, after Cao Cao conquered Jizhou, he burned a wave of "letters" in front of everyone! You should know that among those "letters", there were many things that were as serious as last night's incident!
Then didn’t Lao Cao burn it?
The evidence that I had clearly obtained was burned, but it finally burned. What does it mean?
This means that even if Cao Cao knows, he still doesn’t have the courage!
Could it be that Cao Cao dared to offend all the fellow villagers from Yingchuan?
No?
No!
So this time, it is most likely that it is the same. At most, it will be a little more blood and offer some money and food! I have money, but what I don’t need is money. As long as Cao Cao is willing to collect money, everything is easy to say!
Money is all about Ah Du!
Many children of the gentry publicly stated that they did not like money at all.
So, some people tried to move under the red flag.
While walking, he shouted: "As a minister of the Han Dynasty, how can you see the neighbors walking around and stop watching? How can you see the people wailing and staying out of the matter? This is our duty, and it is nothing wrong!"
Then someone followed and looked at Cao Cao with a slanted look. He also said, "We are loyal to the country, which is the righteous spirit in our hearts! It is not ours to do if we don't save him when we die!"
"Although the heroes in the world cannot compare, we will do things within our ability to live up to the opinions of the sages and the emperor's kindness!"
"Yingchuan is my hometown, how can we sit and watch the chaos? Fire extinguishing is the duty, which is really not worth mentioning."
"Mencius said that people always say "the country of the world". The foundation of the world lies in the country, the foundation of the country is in the home, and the foundation of the family is in the body. Now that the family and the country are in trouble, we should stand up and not be able to be self-reliant and turn a blind eye?"
"That's true. We are all scholars, so we should naturally be proud of ourselves..."
A group of guys said some glamorous words. I don’t know if it was because they were used to saying scenes while doing dirty things, or because they were afraid of saying something to be brave. Anyway, everyone was like a messenger of justice, and the people were protecting themselves and headed up toward the direction representing the red flag participating in the firefighting.
It speaks better than singing.
It's better than a folk song.
Among these people, those officials who went to the white flag and did not participate in the firefighting were as if they had done a big mistake. They were timid, had no concept of family and country, and were ashamed of their high hopes for their salary and the emperor...
Some scholars do read it in their hearts, while others read it in their stomachs.
In the dog's belly.
Slogans are like mountain songs. Some people have been singing for more than ten years, but have never really entered the mountain. They even claim to be proud. They actually think this is normal. If they really have the opportunity, they finally entered the mountain once. They didn’t feel intimate and honor, but were panic and uneasy. They even couldn’t sing after they arrived in the mountain. When they came out to sing a sentence, they sang the wrong song as soon as they opened their mouths.
Guo Jia stood beside Xun Yu and sneered.
There are many things in the world that cannot be right if you think it is right. And it is not that the truth can be right if you have more people.
Of course, you should sing a mountain song. This is not wrong, but the problem is that you didn’t find the right one, and there is a ghost in your heart, how can you sing a mountain song loudly?
Why do you have ghosts, fear, and anxiety in your heart?
You all shut up and listen to me?
It's very simple, because these people know that they have done something wrong, but they are just unwilling to admit it.
When you know the mistake, you make mistakes, know the law and know what the right one should be. But when you see others do it, you will follow it and sing loudly on your lips. Over time, ghosts will naturally arise from your heart, and even if you do things inconsistently, you will be schizophrenic. It is not surprising that you have different words and deeds.
Guo Jia was sneering, while Xun Yu was looking for under the red flag with his eyes...
Xun Yu had not forgotten what Guo Jia said before. He wanted to identify the noisy people under the red flag and made all kinds of dignified words. Among the guys who spoke better than the singing, were some of them infected with other colors?
The big man is in red and black.
That's blood and iron.
Zhang Jiao once wanted to change the color of a big man and to change it to yellow, because Zhang Jiao believed that yellow was the color of soil and the color of the people who were once inconspicuous like sand and dust, but Zhang Jiao was unable to succeed in the end.
Xun Yu believed that in Shandong, Yingchuan, other colors should not be allowed to exist among pure red and black, but Guo Jia actually said that there were already variegated colors that were mixed in.
This made Xun Yu uneasy, suspicious, and also aroused the fighting spirit. He wanted to find out all the messy colors that were mixed in...
But what Xun Yu did not expect was that his gaze of searching and scrutiny under the red flag was considered encouragement and support by these guys standing under the red flag. Otherwise, why would Xun Yu not look at the people standing under the white flag? Looking at us means he valued us! So these people became more and more excited, and the slogans resounded throughout the world like singing.
As Guo Jia and Xun Yu, as well as some related core figures, such as Xiahou Dun and Ren Jun, and Zhong Yao who had defected to Cao Cao early, they naturally did not need to stand. When the other officials and officials of all sizes were almost on the same side, Cao Cao turned his head and nodded to Xiahou Dun beside him.
Xiahou Dun took a breath slightly, then raised his hand, and pointed at those people under the red flag, "All of them are! Take them down with someone!"
The soldiers were slightly stunned, but in a blink of an eye, they immediately responded loudly, then rushed forward, kicking all the officials of all sizes and big and small under the red flags down and tied them up.
The audience was stunned for a moment.
Even the emperor Liu Xie thought it was Cao Cao or Xiahou Dun who made a mistake. Not to mention the officials who were tied up, even called words such as "wrong" and "unfairly accused", trying to remind Cao Cao that he had made the wrong direction. Are they not the guys who were hiding at home and not coming out to put out the fire?
『Prime Minister…』 Liu Xie asked in confusion, 『Why... is this?"
Cao Cao smiled and bowed and said, "Report to Your Majesty... Last night, it was not a waterfall, but a chaos!"
"This..." Liu Xie seemed to understand something, but he seemed to be unable to fully understand.
Cao Cao glanced at the emperor and continued, "If you were to go through the water and make contributions to extinguish the fire, but now you are in trouble, you will do bandits and thieves in the name of extinguishing the fire... Haha... Then you regard the emperor as a fool, and you can turn black and white at will, pointing to a deer as a horse?"
The emperor Liu Xie then understood a little, but he was still a little confused. "Prime Minister, this..." Liu Xie pointed under the red flag, and the officials who were tied up said, "Can they really not come out to put out the fire? Isn't this unfair?"
Cao Cao shook his head and said with a smile: "It's not unfair!"
"Last night, the country was in danger of subversion, and the world was in danger of reverse! If it weren't for the ministers' early defense and those who asked me to strictly guard the palace, if there were chaotic thieves storms ramming the palace..." Cao Cao said slowly, "I'm afraid the consequences are unimaginable. At this critical moment, as stupid as a minister, he can also put the emperor first... But these thieves went to put out the fire? Where to put out the fire? Is it your own fire? In critical moments, since you have the spare energy to save your own fire, why not come to protect the emperor and protect the court?!"
Cao Cao shouted firmly, "If there is a person who guarded the palace gate last night, he would not only avoid death! He also made contributions! It's a pity, these great Han officials, with the salary of the Han, thought that they were their own houses and firewood! They had no idea about the country, the Han Dynasty was loyal and filial! They used the name of putting out fires and did dirty things! They should die, kill them!"
『…』 Liu Xie didn’t know what to say, but after a moment of silence, he pointed to the officials standing under the white flag and said, “As the Prime Minister said, wouldn’t he do nothing, but he made contributions?”
"If you do nothing, you will have no merit!" Cao Cao said in a deep voice, and then glanced at the officials on the white flag with contempt. "If you do nothing, you will not be able to die. How can you say that you have meritorious? It's just that there was no trouble last night, and it was a consistent and honest person. There was no false statement to make a fuss, so it should be used, not a big deal."
After saying that, Cao Cao no longer explained to Emperor Liu Xie, nor even said anything more to those guys who were crying and wronged. He just coldly popped up a word from his teeth: "Behead!"
Liu Xie raised his arm slightly, as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he did nothing.
The knife rises!
The knife fell!
Chapter completed!