From Xudu to Xiaopei, the straight-line distance is only three hundred miles.
Therefore, Bai Tu just showed his merit yesterday, and today the angel has already arrived!
At the court meeting, after Liu Xie asked Cao Cao for his opinion, Cao Cao thought quickly and finally recommended Yangzhou...
Firstly, Yuan Shu has been too active lately, and Cao Cao's soles feel 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, and this matter is in Liu Xie's heart
The favorability left for the Yuan family has been completely destroyed by Yuan Shu!
Secondly...Cao Cao also wanted to divide the relationship between the unknown "Baitu" and his powerful enemy Lu Bu.
Although we still don’t know what the relationship between the two is, it didn’t stop Cao Cao from getting them together.
Ordinarily, it would be unfair to alienate other princes in this way, but Cao Cao had good reasons for Bai Tu - with Bai Tu's achievements and reputation, it was normal for him to be granted the title of state pastor.
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 reasonable and reasonable. It is true that Shanyue in Jiangdong has not been very honest recently. What's the matter with asking Mr. Wen Hou 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 by 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...
How can Lu Bu, who even killed two of his adoptive fathers, 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 at that time, but what was the result? He was not lost in Beihai, fled back to his hometown in despair, and was recruited as a mascot by himself...
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 for Cao Cao to go to war with 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 person 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 sealed Baitu, they were Han and Chen, so there is no big 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 about 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...
Hence the 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 descendant of the great Confucian scholar 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 great 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 so 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 learned from Cao Cao Lu Bu about Bai Tu's true age, 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 at this time his expression was a little reluctant - Yangzhou Shepherd? Yes, he was promoted in name, but... was it his turn to be a Shepherd 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 corrupt scholar. On the contrary... Kong Rong's scholarly attitude is very strong, or he is very subjective and emotional.
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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" more than ten years later;
The astonishing saying is that “what is like to a mother is placed 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 madness, 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 couldn't bear to do 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 also knows that Mr. Bai is a great talent. Mr. Feng Bai is in charge of Yangzhou, but... Yangzhou is currently in chaos. Your Majesty also said that if the road is blocked, you can come to the DPRK first.
Rong is willing to work with you to perfect this "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..."
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Bai Tu immediately refused. No matter how bad Yangzhou was, it was better than going under Cao Cao's nose.
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 himself 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
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At this time, he also 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 take a rest first."