Chapter 48 Cao Cao in the attack
The next day, Xun You led two thousand soldiers out of the city and headed west, first to Xihe County.

Two days later, Xun You swaggered and led two thousand soldiers into Lishi, the governor of Xihe County.

At this time, what is needed is a high profile, to put on a stance and tell the aristocratic family that I am here to seize power!
There are not many aristocratic families in Bingzhou, and some of them are not top-notch, but Xihe and Shangjun are controlled by small aristocratic families.

The aristocratic family pays attention to interests, and now Liu Bian's control of the two counties is a certainty.

What they are thinking now is how to keep their power in the hands of the emperor.Look at the attitude of the emperor to decide how much benefit you should give up.

And Xun You deliberately made a high profile of the capital, and made the soldiers and horses strong, just to tell the aristocratic family that I am here to be the prefect, and I have soldiers in my hands!If you don't accept control, there is only death.

When Cao Cao received the news, he brought a few of Jin Yiwei's cronies directly to the prefect's mansion to greet him.With Cao Cao's wisdom, combined with the news obtained by Jin Yiwei.After a little analysis, Cao Cao understood Xun You's purpose.

Xun You also went straight to the prefect's mansion.Although the two people with high IQs haven't met each other yet, their behavior is extremely tacit.

On the way to the prefect's office, Xun You ordered the soldiers to publicize that the new prefect appointed by the emperor was about to take office, which caused an uproar among the people.

Xihe has not had a prefect for a long time, and a group of aristocratic families control various official positions. They are all demons who eat people and don't spit out their bones.I don't know what kind of guy this new prefect is, can he bring us a good life?Or make our lives more miserable?
Cao Cao led a group of Jinyi guards and waited at the gate of the prefect's mansion. After a while, he saw Xun You leading two thousand soldiers coming.

And the controller of the aristocratic family also heard the news and came to the gate of the prefect's mansion.Looking at Cao Cao and Xun You in the distance with complicated complexion.

"Gongda, I didn't expect you to come so fast!" Cao Cao happily greeted him.

"Thanks to His Majesty's ability to quickly control the Shangdang, with an army of [-] in hand, making these aristocratic families fearful, otherwise how would I have the confidence to dare to come?" Xun You said in a low voice.

"Oh? I've heard about it, but I don't know the specific situation of Shangdang. I hope Gongda will let you know!" Cao Cao clasped his hands and said.

Xun You then told Cao Cao what happened after Liu Bian joined the Shangdang.

"Okay, Zhang Yang is doing well. Your Majesty's benevolent government is also a blessing to the people. And this farming system is really amazing!" Cao Cao couldn't help admiring after hearing this.

At first, I was worried that His Majesty was old enough to be benevolent as a woman, but now I see that His Majesty is young, but he is decisive in his actions, and he is also a master who will do whatever it takes to achieve his goals!But he is extremely kind to the common people, and he is the Ming Lord in my mind!

Cao Cao was reminiscing about what Liu Bian had done, but Xun You took out the imperial decree given by Liu Bian, coughed and said solemnly: "Brother Mengde, you must have guessed the purpose of His Majesty sending me here this time. Accept the order!"

"Minister Cao Cao accepts the order!" Cao Cao knelt down and shouted loudly.

"By God's fortune, the emperor said, Cao Mengde is benevolent, righteous, filial, loyal, proficient in administration, and outstanding in strategy. I am very relieved, and I specially appoint him as the prefect of Xihe to take charge of the military and political power of Xihe! Thank you!" Xun You said loudly, The enunciation was clear, and not only Cao Cao, but also people from all the clans on one side heard it in an instant.

The complexions of the Patriarchs of each family changed for a while, which was very ugly.Controlling the military and political power in Xihe, what's the matter with us?
"Minister Cao Cao accepts the decree, long live your Majesty!" Cao Cao stood up after receiving the decree. Although he guessed Xun You's intention, it became a reality, and he couldn't help being a little excited.

Under Liu Bian, he was appointed to work for the first time, and he had great trust and support. Cao Cao was immediately moved.I just feel that in my lifetime, the big man will prosper again under Liu Bian, and I will be the one who built it together!
"By the way, Meng De, Your Majesty still has another commandment for me to convey to you! That is, no matter what means you use, you must firmly control Xihe!" Xun You said in a low voice.

Cao Cao's expression froze. Now he is the prefect in Xihe's name, and the military and political power is in the hands of the aristocratic family. That is to say, no matter what method is used, he must take the power back?

"Yes! Cao Cao will live up to His Majesty's trust!" Cao Cao nodded.

"There are still a thousand soldiers here, His Majesty asked me to bring them to assist you!" Xun You said, pointing at the soldiers.

Cao Cao glanced at the soldiers and smiled and said, "There are more than a thousand soldiers, it seems that Gongda has other important tasks for you!"

Xun You smiled wryly and nodded: "Your Majesty Long En, making me the prefect of Shangjun is also the same task as Meng De!"

"Congratulations!" A flash of understanding flashed in Cao Cao's eyes, and he cupped his hands in congratulations.

"It's a happy event, but it's also a hard job! Well, I'm going to go to Shangjun to find out what's going on there first! Meng De, don't act too fast, or if you report to His Majesty, I haven't finished yet!" Xun You With a wry smile.

The Xun family is also a powerful family, quite famous in the Yingchuan area, and the eight dragons of the Xun family are well-known in the Qingliu.But the Xun family, unlike other aristocratic families, annexed the land and fished the people.Even among the common people, they are quite famous.

But Liu Bian asked Xun You to deal with the Shangjun family, which was really a bit difficult for him.Cao Cao nodded deeply and said, "Since that's the case, I won't keep you anymore. State affairs are important. I think Gongda will not disappoint His Majesty's trust!"

"En! You will not fail His Majesty's trust!" Xun You cupped his hands, turned around and left with a thousand soldiers.

Watching Xun You go away, Cao Cao turned his head, looked at the officials of the Xihe family, cupped his hands and said: "My colleagues, I trust the prefect of Xihe, and we will be under the same roof from now on. Please give me your advice!"

A group of onlookers also stood still, wanting to see if the trusted prefect was a good official.They will still join forces with these aristocratic moths.

A group of family officials dared not speak up.

"Well, I'm new in office, and I'm not familiar with all kinds of military and government affairs, so I will send all kinds of accounts to my government office later! I have to read them carefully!" Cao Cao suddenly said coldly.

All the officials looked at each other, as if some kind of agreement had been reached, they nodded and said, "Yes!"

Cao Cao stepped into the government office, and a thousand soldiers were taken down by several Jin Yiwei to settle down.A group of soldiers who watched the scene were left talking about it.

It was night, a leader of Jinyiwei walked into Cao Cao's study, holding several bamboo slips in his hand.

"My lord, they brought the things!" Gao Jian put the accounts sent by the family on Cao Cao's desk.

Cao Cao didn't even look at the account, but looked at Gao Jian and asked, "Have you checked out all the information about the family? Is that kid safe these days?"

Gao Jian is the leader of the Xihe Jinyi Guard and one of Wang Yue's disciples. He has a shrewd mind and is second only to Shi A among the rangers.If you want to use the system to detect, at least you have a force value of 85.

"That kid has been very restless lately, and he's mutilated another girl, even blatantly beating up the girl's father!" Gao Jian said coldly, obviously quite dissatisfied with that man.

"Keep an eye on him, and dare to act mischievously just because he is a family? These officials are obsequious to me, so I will use him as a breakthrough to snatch food from the family!" Cao Cao sneered.

"Your Excellency hasn't read these accounts yet, so how do you know that those officials are treating you in secret? Maybe they are afraid of Your Excellency, and maybe they really hand over power to Your Excellency?" Gao Jian asked curiously.

"Then you have a look at these accounts, right?" Cao Cao handed over a roll of bamboo slips.

"In the five years of Guanghe, tens of thousands of gold was spent on the military, and fifty thousand stones for food and grass!" Gao Jian took the bamboo slips and read.

"Hehe, if Xihe has an army of [-] and is well-equipped, it would make sense, but you have also checked that there is no garrison in Xihe County, and some are just private soldiers of aristocratic families. There are more or less hundreds of people without a family. Isn't it clear that the military expenses are being divided up?" Cao Cao immediately explained after hearing this.

"Damn it, the imperial court's taxation and military expenses are actually used by the family to raise private soldiers, that's all, and the people's taxes are used to bully the people! A certain family can't wait to kill them all!" Gao Jian was originally a ranger. He was a hero and killed many corrupt officials. When he found out about this, he was immediately furious.

"What is there to be angry with this kind of person? Isn't it just bullying and bullying the people? Now that we have soldiers and power in our hands, we can attack them!" Cao Cao said with a smile.

"But they also have soldiers!"

"Aristocratic families value profits, and there will never be real cooperation. One or two alone will not be our opponents. Don't worry! What's more, His Majesty has an army of [-] by his side, and there is news that the princes of the world support His Majesty. , they dare not do it!"

"Since His Majesty is acting as a deterrent, why do they dare to defy His Excellency?" Gao Jian asked in confusion.

"Who is willing to give up power easily? They are testing the bottom line of this official. I want to see how I will deal with them so as to make another decision." Cao Cao smiled and said

"What is the bottom line, my lord?" Gao Jian asked tentatively.

"Gather all the people who were victimized, and then arrest that kid from the Wang family. Hasn't he been jumping around a lot recently? He's robbing women and land! I want to avenge the people!" Cao Cao sneered.

Gao Jian was overjoyed when he heard the words: "Yes, my lord, I'll go prepare now!"

The next day, news suddenly came out that the prefect was going to seek justice for the people. The young master of the Wang family who was doing evil was arrested by the people in the prefect's mansion.

Immediately, countless people went towards the prefect's mansion.

Sitting in front of the case, Cao Cao looked at a dark-skinned young man with an extremely arrogant face who was forcibly pressed to the ground.

"Wang Ba, the name is Oma, what a good name, I will ask you. You are guilty!" Cao Cao scolded angrily.

"What is wrong with me? Let me tell you, my father is Wang Tian, ​​and no one in Xihe County dares to mess with my Wang family! You are the new prefect? ​​I advise you to let me go!" Wang Bakuang proud.

"Hehe! Heavenly King? I'm not afraid even the Heavenly King. I can't tell you what your crime is. Let them say it!" Cao Cao clapped his hands, and immediately a crowd of people rushed into the mansion.Looking at Wang Ba, a burst of anger surged up, wishing to step forward and tear him apart.But was stopped by a group of soldiers.

"If you have any grievances, just say it, and I will make the decision for you!" Cao Cao shouted loudly to the people.

"My lord, that damned man took my daughter forcibly and caused my little girl to hang herself, leaving me alone!"

"My sister was also defiled by him!"

"The old man's family only has two acres of fertile land, and he lives on it alone, but he doesn't want to be taken by him the day before yesterday. He also broke the old man's leg!"

"Oh? Is there evidence for this matter?" Cao Cao looked like the old man.

"With the title deed as proof, this was handed out by the great man. At that time, it was only a low-grade field. After several generations of hard work and fertilization, the field became fertile, but he didn't want to be taken by him. If the title deed cannot be proved, the people in the house will But ironclad proof!" The old man said in a cadence.

"We can all testify!" The people in the hall suddenly shouted.

Cao Cao took the title deed, looked at Wang Ba and said, "There are all witnesses and material evidence, what else can you say?"

Wang Ba didn't take it seriously and said, "What's the matter? Isn't it just robbing some land? What's the matter? Are you going to convict me? Are you going to kill me?"

"A little bit? The land of the Han Dynasty belongs to the people of the Han Dynasty, your majesty, and the country. What are you, Wangba? How dare you take it by force? There must be no less!" Cao Cao yelled angrily.

"Just grab it, you still dare to kill me!" Wang Ba panicked.

"Kill you and pollute me, I will hand it over to these common people!" Cao Cao laughed.

Wang Ba shrank his pupils, and suddenly panicked, he was full of evil in his daily life.If he is really handed over to the common people, I am afraid life would be worse than death.

"No, my lord, don't hand me over to these troublemakers. I'll give you whatever you want, and I'll return everything to them. I won't dare to mess with you again!" Wang Ba hugged in fright. Holding Cao Cao's thigh, weeping bitterly.

"Come on, put him in a prison for me. After all the criminal evidence is sorted out, he will be publicly questioned and executed!" Cao Cao kicked Wang Ba away, and ordered another soldier to take Wang Ba down.

"My lord killed him!"

"Kill him and avenge us!"

"My lord, don't let him go!"

Seeing that Cao Cao did not kill Wang Ba on the spot, the people worried that Cao Cao would let him go, so they shouted.

Cao Cao pressed his hand, signaled the people to be quiet, and said loudly: "Don't worry, people, this person has committed a heinous crime, and I will definitely punish him severely. But he has committed many crimes, and there are still many criminal evidences that have not been collected. You are definitely not the only ones who have harmed the people. Wouldn’t it be cheaper to kill him now? Don’t worry, after three days, I will behead him in front of you in the market in the city!”

"And old man, your land will definitely be returned to you, nothing less!"

After hearing this, the people were immediately relieved, and after a burst of praise, they left one after another.

 Two in one, four thousand words

  
 
(End of this chapter)

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