Three Kingdoms

  Chapter 2945 The sunrise looks good, relatives and friends cry together

  Like thunder, the news that Cao Cao sent back not only resounded in the Chongde Hall, but also in the surrounding area of ​​Xu County, and even in the larger area of ​​Yuzhou, making many people stunned by coincidence.

  Cao Cao please resign as prime minister!

  Master Chongde Hall, naturally the monarchs and ministers were stunned by such a thing, and naturally there was no way to deal with it immediately. Whether it was the so-called "self-report" or "supervision", in front of such a letter of resignation, it was like licking a dog when encountering green tea.

  『A high position cannot be stolen for a long time, and a great power cannot be lived for a long time...』

   After retreating from the imperial court, Liu Xie arrived in the apse. He couldn't help but turn out the resignation form again, cursing inwardly, old thief, don't you understand this very well?

   But looking back, Liu Xie's heart suddenly jumped.

  Cao Cao wrote in the table, "Overwork and worry, exhaustion of body and spirit, premature aging of blood and energy, nearly half a hundred years old, beard and hair are gradually graying, and getting dizzy day by day..."

Fake!

   This is fake! At least most of them are false, the only truth is that Cao Cao is indeed half a hundred years old now.

   Liu Xie gritted his teeth.

  How much he himself hoped that the old thief would get old and sick, but the old thief was very energetic. Now he wandered around in Youzhou, no, half a lap, he became "overworked, exhausted, and prematurely aging"?

   Nima fooling who?

   But now the question is, why does the old thief fool around like this?

   Really want to resign?

  Liu Xie didn't believe it.

  Perhaps in the early years, Liu Xie would believe what others said. Because when he was a child, he was not exposed to much wind and rain outside. He thought the world was what he thought it was...

   Then, under the superficial obedience of the surrounding Huangmen eunuchs, he finally saw something different, and then he knew that even royal nobles would be easily poisoned and killed.

   That rotten cow bone is still engraved on his dignity.

  It doesn’t matter what other people didn’t say or what they said, what matters is what they did.

  Liu Xie was unwilling to stay in Chang'an back then, because he saw or felt something "frightened" from Fei Qian's words and deeds, and from the people around Chang'an. It was something he was completely unfamiliar with and had never understood.

  Liu Xie took a long breath, causing the **** dust churning in his heart to settle down again.

  When people are alive, they must look forward and upward.

  Because looking down...

  You gaze into the abyss, and the abyss gazes into you.

  Liu Xie angrily threw Cao Cao's resignation form on the table, and then turned around in the apse with his hands behind his back.

  Like a trapped animal.

  The trapped beast can only sharpen its minions on the wooden stakes and iron bars that trap him. Even if it may cause the minions to crack, bleed, and be damaged, it is better than being pruned all day long. Once held in someone's arms, trimming the claws at will, it means that he has no soul and becomes someone else's pet.

  Even if you don't talk about the word "Son of Heaven", do you want to be a person or a pet?

  Liu Xie walked around twice, suddenly remembered something, went to the table again, picked up the resignation form, and saw a sentence, "The king's affairs will not end, and all previous efforts will be wasted"...

  Is this the reason for resigning?

No!

   This is a threat!

  Liu Xie gritted his teeth, and then let out a sneer from between his teeth.

  He laughed at Cao Cao, but he was laughing at himself more...

  Damn it, old thief!

  Someday…

  …(`dish)…

  "The old thief resigns this time..." Shi Sun Rui sat in front of Huang Wan with a serious expression, "How true or false? 』

  Huang Wan pondered for a while, then shook his head and said: "Mostly, retreat is the way to advance. 』

  Scholar Sun Rui also fell silent, and then sighed deeply, "The Han Dynasty is so difficult..."

  For veteran officials of the Han family like Huang Wan and Shi Sun Rui, many things they were used to before have quietly changed now, making them less able to adapt. For them, going back to the past may be their greatest wish in their consciousness or subconscious.

  Because only maintaining the state of life before Dong Zhuo entered Beijing, the political environment, is the comfort zone they are familiar with, just like the shallow water area in a swimming pool, where the wind is calm and you can reach the bottom just by stretching your legs.

   Now, it’s like being in the deep sea, where you can’t see the coast, and you can’t feel the bottom of the sea. The only ship is Cao’s pirate ship, and the captain has the right to throw them into the sea at any time.

   These days, can you not say that you are paralyzed by oranges?

  The two sat in silence for a long time.

  Scholar Sun Rui stretched out his hand and patted the table lightly, his eyes seemed to be shining brightly, "Ruo Ruo..."

  Huang Wan's gray eyebrows twitched, "It's not right! The prime minister is just saying to resign, not really...especially the military power, but it is still in his hands...』

  Scholar Sun Rui was silent again for a long time, then stood up with his hands on the table, walked to the window, and said, "My time is numbered...how many days can I survive this old body?" 』

  Shisun's family was originally a surname in Fufeng.

  If you talk about the inheritance of the Shisun family, it can be traced back to the Shisun Zhang in the Western Han Dynasty. The grandson Zhang studied "Yi" from Wulu Chongzong, and later became a Ph.D., moved to Yangzhou to be a herdsman, and became an official to Guanglu Doctor, so his learning was naturally passed down from generation to generation in his family. The "Yi" he received was originally from Liang Qiuhe. Since then, Liangqiu's "Yi" has been divided into three schools, namely Shisun, Deng, and Heng.

  During the Hengling period, Shisun’s family was also quite arrogant, but the family style was simple. In the early years when Shisun Rui was an official under Liang Ji, his uncle Shisun Fen only gave him five pieces of silk as a gift. Of course, this may also be an intentional character design, but in any case, Shi Sunrui's style was still considered clean at the time.

  However, the Shisun family is really rich. It is said that the family wealth is in the hundreds of millions.

   Such property is at best envied in peaceful years, but in chaotic and turbulent times, it is the source of disaster.

   As a result, catastrophe was imminent. Even the scholar Sun Rui cooperated with Wang Yun to kill Dong Zhuo, but he still failed to keep his homeland. During the subsequent invasion of Chang’an Sanfu by Ma Chao, he was also one of the noble families who fled in packs and all the way to Jingzhou...

  A phoenix in distress is not as good as a chicken, not to mention that the Shisun family has a small surname, and its size is not a phoenix at all. Fortunately, when Liu Biao was in Jingzhou, he treated these wandering gentry with courtesy. Of course, Liu Biao's intention was to use these foreign gentry children to compete with the local Jingzhou natives, but these foreign gentry children had no one and no money, so what was the use of just bearing the name of being in distress?

  Later, Shi Sun Rui surrendered Cao Cao with the natives of Jingzhou, or it was not called surrender, because at that time Shi Sun Rui was just a guest of Liu Biao, and he was not really a courtier under Liu Biao, and Cao Cao didn't take him seriously.

  So after Liu Xie knew that these people were "missed" by Cao Cao, he deliberately recruited them and invited them into the court.

   What Liu Xie invited them to do and what they want, in fact, not only Cao Cao knows, but people like Shi Sun Rui also know.

  Therefore, at the court, Shi Sun Rui also saw Liu Xie's dissatisfaction with Huang Wan.

  『Prime Minister Cao’s move is to retreat to advance, eliminate rumors, and stabilize the situation... 』Scholar Sun Rui said slowly, 『In terms of etiquette, resigning after three invitations can be said to be complete, but now...I am afraid that as soon as His Majesty’s veto is spoken, there will be no follow-up...』

  Huang Wan frowned, "Your Majesty's intention... is to confirm this matter?" Not to mention that the military power is left behind, even if it is... it is not in accordance with etiquette...」

  Scholar Sun Rui smiled wryly and said, "In this world, what kind of "rituals" are there at the moment?" 』

  Huang Wan was also silent, and after a while, he sighed, "Jun Rong, if this is absolutely necessary... let me do it!" 』

   "Ziyan, you..." Shi Sun Rui was stunned for a moment.

  Huang Wan sighed, "This body is so crippled that I thought I should die on the way...but since the emperor needs it, why should I regret it?" Prime Minister Cao made a statement before, but I feel that the time has not come yet... Now, even if Prime Minister Cao resigned in a lie, it is indeed an opportunity...Jun Rong still has family members to take care of, and the old man is alone...It is nothing more than a matter of life and death, just let the old man take the first step and make his own temptations.

  Scholar Sun Rui naturally refused, but what Huang Wan said was true.

  Huang Wan's wife is the Lai family, that's right, she is Lai Min's elder sister, but the situation was chaotic at that time, Huang Wan and his wife got separated, and his wife followed Lai Min to Sichuan and Shu with their children, and they lived separately from then on.

   These days, once we separate, we may never see each other again for the rest of our lives.

  If you are young, you still have some expectations, such as what will happen in a few years, but Huang Wan is already old...

  Scholar Sun Rui straightened his clothes, pushed Huang Wan to the upper seat, and bowed solemnly to Huang Wan himself.

  Huang Wan didn't refuse either, just accepted it, then got up and held Shi Sun Rui's hand, and said in a low voice: "From today on, Junrong will not come again... Besides, if... If there is a destiny, if you meet my useless child, just look at the old man's face and take care of him a little..."

  『Rui, dare not follow orders! 』Scholar Sun Rui bows again.

   This time Huang Wan didn't accept it, but returned a salute. The two were silent for a moment. Huang Wan called his confidant and escorted Sun Rui to leave through the back door. He stood in the courtyard, looking at the old tree branch that was almost losing all its leaves, and was silent for a long time.

  Old trees may survive this year, but they may not survive next year.

  "Old tree..." Huang Wan sighed slowly, "If you can't grow new branches, it will be useless..."

  …(╯︵╰)…

  The court of a feudal dynasty is separated from the people. The more feudal the dynasty is, the farther it is from the people.

  For example, many people laughed at the old farmer who thought that the emperor should be working with a golden **** and a golden pole, but they didn’t realize that this was actually a joke about those emperors, who had become a symbol and completely out of touch with ordinary people. Therefore, Cao Cao's resignation, according to the reason, should not be known to the common people, even if they knew, it would be nothing more than an oh, those who should go to the fields should still go to the fields, and those who should go to labor should still go to labor.

  But this time, many people actually knew about it!

   Immediately there was an uproar.

   What's more strange is that it is ordinary people who are making a fuss, and most of the gentry children who like to talk a lot on weekdays, are now mostly silent.

  However, whether these nobles or officials, they will not prohibit the common people from discussing this matter.

   It didn’t take long for the common people to form two factions. On the one hand, they said that Cao Cao had done a lot of good things and should continue to be prime minister, while on the other hand, they said that if Cao Cao resigned, he should resign. If there is no butcher Cao, can he still eat hairy pigs? In Xu County's marketplace, as soon as someone said something good about Cao Cao, someone said something bad about Cao Cao, and vice versa, it almost became the most lively topic around Xu County.

  The weird situation makes many people feel very incomprehensible, but those who understand it are more and more silent, hiding when they can, and getting sick when they can...

  In a village store outside the city of Xu County, some folks gathered in this small store to eat and drink.

  After the autumn harvest, before entering the slack season, some laborers are always required to repair water conservancy roads and so on. Anyway, for the officials and gentlemen, the labor of the people is free, and they will not be stingy when they can be used, and they will be used to death, but the food they are given is repeatedly deducted.

   After all, if you want to continue to use these free labors next year, you have to give a few carrots more or less. After the repair work is over, hold a "dinner party" to reward these folks.

   But with such a small amount of money, if you want to eat in the city, it is naturally not enough, so it is arranged in this kind of outskirts shop. A straw shed is a shop, with a hanging cauldron for stewing, earthen pots for cooking porridge, salty, sour and bitter pickles, and sour wine that is mixed with water.

  Civilian husbands are used to living a hard life. Although the fish is fishy, ​​it is impossible to use enough spices. Even if it is boiled in plain water, it will inevitably taste like feces, but at least it is meat, with some oily flowers, so it is also very popular. Even so, it is limited, one bowl per person, and then served with porridge cooked with old rice and mixed vegetables, plus some pickled vegetables, and sour wine doubled with water, it can be regarded as a "dinner" for a living.

What?

   Catch fish to eat?

   Really think fish are as stupid as some people?

  In densely populated areas, no matter if it is a fish or a shrimp, if you want to survive, marry a wife and have children, the difficulty is similar to that of ordinary folks who want to get rich...

   Except during the spawning period when fish and shrimps swim upstream on a large scale, it is good luck to see fish by the river on weekdays!

  For most ordinary folks, only those grass roots and bark with extremely bad taste can survive longer, but in the event of a famine, it is the same. Only in sparsely populated areas where people seldom set foot on weekdays would there be a large number of fish and shrimp. However, the production and living conditions of the Han Dynasty did not allow these peasants to climb mountains and wading too far away from their residences to catch fish and shrimp.

  Fish and shrimp will not leave their comfortable environment, just like these peasants, if there is no accident, they basically spend their whole lives in the same place, facing the same people, hoeing the same land, digging the same ditch, and there will never be new changes and new lives.

  But now, it seems that some new things have been mixed in the middle...

  It was getting late, eating and drinking, maybe it was getting drunk, maybe it was intentional or unintentional, everyone started talking in twos and threes.

  『Prime Minister Cao? That's a high official..."

  『What about the senior official? 』

  『Eat yours, is it because you are not tired enough? Go home after eating, there is no life at home? 』

  『Hey, this is boring for you, anyway, we are also considered to be under the feet of the emperor, so we need to know a thing or two about something! 』

  『What happened at the feet of the Son of Heaven? Who will look at you more? Don't take yourself seriously! 』

  『Hey, let me tell you, I heard that Prime Minister Cao is not a good person...It is said that in Xuzhou, the whole village was murdered, and there were no survivors for hundreds of miles! 』

  『Yes, yes, I also heard that he also cut off the flesh of living people, made meatloaf, and gave it to soldiers to eat...』

  『Hey, what you said is so new. In this world, that official doesn’t eat people? 』

  『Hmm... so, if you change it to a new one, maybe it will be better? 』

  『Then what if it gets worse? 』

  『How bad can it go? 』

  『…』

  Ordinary people are the most patient. As long as they stutter, they can survive. Just like the weeds on the side of the road, as long as God gives it a little rain, it may be able to take root and sprout and survive.

  So for these people around Xu County, what happened to the people in Xuzhou back then can make him sigh, sigh with emotion, and then swear a few words about his mother, but forget it after the swearing is over. They never thought about speaking out for the people of Xuzhou, nor did they think about what they would do if the fate of the people in Xuzhou fell to them that day.

   They can't see far.

  The reason why they can't see far away is because they only stare at the thing in their hands in front of them, and they can't lift their heads at all.

   In ancient times, we kept our heads down to plow the fields, and in later generations, we kept our heads down and swiped our phones.

   Looking up?

   Unless it is a sudden day, the hands...well, something in their hands fell...

  While these people were laughing and chattering, eating and drinking, and talking about whether Cao Cao was good or not, two or three civilian men with a lot of blood on their faces staggered to the front, and when they saw the crowd, they howled loudly, "Chen Sanlang! No, it's not good...someone led soldiers, snatched...robbed Rou Niang and left! Also, he also killed Mr. Chen...』

  Among the crowd, a strong young man froze for a moment, the bowl in his hand fell to the ground with a bang...

  (end of this chapter)