Follow General Cao to mix the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 21

Wang Hou, a time traveler, is miserable enough. Others time traveler are full of fish and meat, and there are a lot of beauties under him. Good guy, he has been desperately living for more than three months, and he has just solved the problem of food and clothing.

But the hot kang head is indeed happiness. After working overtime for several days, Wang Hou, who was frozen like a dog, fell asleep on the hot kang head. It was a rare sleep tonight, and the charcoal fire that burned all night was still emitting It was warm and comfortable under the quilt due to the residual heat. He sat up and stretched his waist greatly. He yawned and burst into tears. Then Wang Hou turned his head and greeted Cao Hongjie who was sleeping on the other side.

"Xiaojiezi, get up and eat! I have to go to work soon..., go to work..., people!"

Yi Ren had gone, leaving only a fragrant blanket, so confused that he rubbed his eyes, Wang Hou couldn't help but screamed sadly: "Where's my down coat!"

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It's all fake to travel back to ancient times to eat and drink hot wives and concubines. Let's talk about eating first!Carrots and tomatoes were introduced after the Tang Dynasty. Fruits include pears, apples and jujubes. If you want to eat a stir-fry!The big iron pot was only found in the Song Dynasty, flour was not yet developed in this era, and the big guys ate wheat or grains. As for the seasoning, cinnamon, star anise and thirteen spices, it is still lying quietly in Southeast Asia. The seasoning is only onion, ginger, garlic, and leek. In this day and age, home cooking is just boiled millet in earthenware pots, and then pickled radish sticks in winter. For a petty gentry like Wang Hou, one piece of meat a day is considered a luxury, and the most normal is one piece of meat every three days.

Moreover, the meat of this era has not been refrigerated and deacidified, so it is not delicious!
It was still an old hen stewed soup for breakfast. This is also Wang Hou’s welfare for the mansion. He gnawed the chicken leg, and took all the remaining chicken racks and chicken offal to the stewed soup. One chicken 100 people share , although the stew was as clear as the chicken soup in the cafeteria when Wang Hou was in college, it also added a little umami taste to the poor diet in winter.

But kneeling on the edge of the case, that is, on the kang table, Wang Hou still couldn't get used to the numbness of his knees. While drinking the porridge, he was planning to spend some time at the prime minister's mansion when he went to work today. Paper, spend some furniture blueprints, let the carpenters in the house build some higher furniture.

With the kang, it is different. With the addition of chicken soup, after a meal, Wang Hou is already blushing and sweating. Even wearing a thin linen official robe, it is not too cold. Going out today is to enjoy It wasn't until Xiahou Dun, the fierce general of the Three Kingdoms, was under personal protection, but there was still a team of ten Shangfan soldiers, stretching their waists and sitting in a bullock cart, with Wang Ganzi waiting for a bunch of dog legs. Wang Hou wobbled and ran towards The prime minister's mansion.

But this time, before he started his happy life of a cup of tea and a newspaper, the gate was stopped by the prime minister's envoy Xun You.

"Wang Lingguan, the Prime Minister has a move! I ordered you to come and see me as soon as you arrive at the mansion!"

Seeing this guy's serious face, Wang Hou couldn't help but thump in his heart.

Nothing good!

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Facts have proved that Cao Hongjie, a prodigal woman, really cannot marry!Followed Xun You into the four courtyards in a row, still in the tall and spacious prime minister's office, where the king's domineering aura is everywhere, Mr. Cao is sitting cross-legged behind the long table on the third-level platform, and yesterday Wang Hou was very happy. The down jacket made by him was put on Boss Cao's body right now, and his warm white face of the treacherous official turned red a lot.

It’s just that today is obviously not a good day. On the case is Wang Hou’s [-] volumes of storage bills. His face is worried. Cao Cao is holding a copy with a serious expression and keeps patrolling. His dark circles are still tired from staying up late. .

On the second step beside him, Guo Jia and Guo Junshi were actually there, with a set of plans on display. It was rare for this prodigal son to sit upright and kneeling.

The cold wind that came in from the gate was blowing at the bottom and shivered again. Wang Hou knelt down on the ground in mournful rice cake, kowtowed to the king who offered tea, and said, "My next official, Wang Hou, kowtow to the Prime Minister!"

Still flipping through the ledger in a daze, Cao Cao regained his composure after a delay of two seconds. Without raising his head, he shouted imposingly, "Get up!"

But immediately he added another sentence: "Come here, give me a seat!"

A low table was actually placed opposite to Guo Jia. After looking at it in astonishment, Wang Hou walked up with trepidation and sat on the right arm of Prime Minister Cao.

Here, Cao Cao raised his head, but on the spot he got off his horse again, throwing the account book made by Wang Hou in front of him with a bang.

"Rucao, as the prime minister's Cangcao, is really an official of the imperial court of four hundred stones. He is ignorant and incompetent. He has typos throughout the text. How can he be decent?"

"Typo?"

Trembling with fright, just like a primary school student whose homework is checked by the teacher, Wang Hou ran and picked up the notebook, glanced at it twice, and then suddenly understood.

Nowadays, all the traditional Chinese characters are used in the Han Dynasty, but all his writings are simplified characters, which were only officially popularized during the Sun Yat-sen era. It is no wonder that they are not regarded as typos here.

However, holding the account book, Wang Hou clasped his fists confidently: "Prime Minister, can you understand what this official wrote? Is there anyone in Xudu who can settle the one-year chaos in Taicang in two days like an official?" account?"

These words made Cao Cao dumbfounded for a moment. Ancient seats were very particular. If Wang Hou hadn't shown the qualities of a competent official, Cao Cao would not have given him this position and asked Xiahou Dun to protect and assist him.

It's unreasonable!Cao Cao was moved by talking a little bit, and Wang Hou stepped up to strike while the iron was hot to be lazy in the future.

"Prime Minister, this is not a typo, but a simplification of the old characters. In the old days, one character was carved on bamboo slips with a knife, and it took more than an hour to make an account. Now the official letter is simplified on paper. It's just a few breaths. The old method can't transfer a warehouse of grain in three days. When there is an emergency, the account is missing, and it gives Xiao Xiao a chance to embezzle the public grain. This method is the account of the grain, and the grain is paid. It is safe. Praise be good?"

"Moreover, the simplified characters are easy to learn and understand, and there are only a few thousand commonly used characters. In a short period of time, a large number of literate people can be trained for military use. What does the prime minister think?"

"This strategy is a good strategy, I'm afraid of those old antiques in the court..."

Cao Cao didn't speak, but Guo Jia shook his head ponderingly, but his face was also full of emotion. The bad debts of more than a year were cleared in two days!This efficiency is tempting to any warlord.However, his worries are not unreasonable. Cao Cao's faction is different from any faction. He sits in the imperial court, and the officials and nobles of the old Han Dynasty also stay in Xudu. If you promote Wang Hou's simplified characters, it's no surprise that a bunch of old guys will protest like a wave.

"It doesn't matter, you can use simplified and complex in the Prime Minister's Mansion. If you are willing to use simplification, you can use simplification, and if you are willing to use complex and complex, you will be fined. As for the princes in the court, let them continue to write poems and compose Fu with complex Well, they're useless anyway."

"There are also official documents. The prime minister can also use paper and bamboo slips together, but the prime minister's office only provides paper, and the bamboo slips need to be prepared at their own expense. The same minimum efficiency is fine."

Wang Hou's professional level was so dazzling that Cao Cao was stunned. Looking at the pensive Guo Jia, he pinched his chin and meditated. After a long time, he waved at Wang Hou heavily.

"Tuqiu, go back and sort out your simplified characters. Let me think about it now!"

"The subordinate takes orders!"

With a promise, Wang Hou stood up and ran away quickly. He knew that there was nothing good to come, but Cao Cao recruited Guo Jia, the chief secretary, to check for omissions. Cao Cao was fooled by Wang Hou's simplified words. Guo Jia didn't. Seeing his lord there thinking about the pros and cons with a sad face, he smiled and bowed.

"My lord, the matter of simplification can be discussed in the long run. I'm asking for a way today, isn't it here to ask for accountability?"

Cao Cao's habitual opening remarks are to give a slap first and then a sweet date. The first time he asked the crime, Wang Hou made a strong argument and asked Cao Hongjie to go back. After the simplified characters were fooled, Mr. Cao, who only realized it, was obviously furious. His old face turned paler, his beard flew up, and he slapped the table hard, causing Wang Hou to shake with a buzzing sound.

"Bold Wang Hou, ten warehouses and nine losses in Taicang, don't you have nothing to explain to the truth?"

There are only three things, and if you fool Mr. Cao again, if he wakes up, he will be really angry, and he will be dragged out with a wave of his hand and chopped off, then there will be no place to cry. Don't you see how Yang Xiu died! So I watched Cao Cao The veins on his forehead were throbbing a little bit, Wang Hou, who didn't run away with a mournful face, could only hug his fists sadly.

"My minister is guilty!"

After reaching a new level, Mr. Cao's face turned pale, but his tone was still majestic, and he asked angrily, "Since you are convicted, how should you deal with this matter?"

"After I go back, I must strictly patrol, arrest thieves, raise more cats and dogs, eliminate rats, ventilate in all seasons, keep dry, and such a large-scale food corruption incident will never happen again!"

The matter was caused by Wang Hou. What Cao Cao wanted was to solve the two-thirds of the deficit in Taicang. This explanation is better than no explanation. In an instant, the white-faced Cao Cao became furious and turned into a red-faced Guan Gong. Like a tomato about to explode, Wang Hou trembled in fright, and knocked his head on the ground in grief.

"Prime Minister, this official is just a small Cangcao, not even a Facao thief Cao, Yu Bing Yu Cangxuan is the nephew of the right general Yu Jin, Xiahou Cangxuan is the second uncle of two Xiahou Generals, Yang Yuyang Cangxuan is Hongnong As a direct relative of Yang's Zhihongtang, within the duties of a subordinate official, he can only keep an eye on every warehouse of grain, and record every grain entry and exit according to the facts. How can you let the subordinate officials take care of the excess?"

The most successful wise man in the Three Kingdoms is neither Zhuge Liang nor Sima Yi, but Jia Xu, a poisonous man. The old guy provoked chaos at the end of the Han Dynasty with a poisonous plan, and helped Zhang Xiu to punish Cao Cao a few times. The three dynasties of Cao, Wei and Western Jin at the end of the Han Dynasty stood still and did not lose their wealth. His survival strategy is not to be incompetent! But not too capable!
Now Wang Hou wants to learn how this old guy handles things. After clearing out the inventory in Taicang in two days, he has shown his talent to Cao Cao, and let Mr. Cao know that he is useful. Offend!
I don't want all the face and skin, and I want to sell it as badly as I want. I kowtowed below, Wang Hou cried with snot and tears, and spread his hands in sorrow.

Although Cao Cao is domineering, he is not unreasonable. It is unrealistic to rely on his small warehouse to challenge the intricate relationship of interests. Besides, this unpromising appearance has successfully annoyed Mr. Cao, who looked at it speechlessly. Wang Hou with his head, Cao Cao finally impatiently waved his big sleeves stuffed with fine down.

"Go down!"

"Sir..."

There is also a weak Guo Jia here!Before Wang Hou could be pleasantly surprised, Xie En ran away, but this guy pretended to stand up, waving his fan.

"My lord! Taicang is related to the stability of the imperial court. The inventory is damaged and the other is the second. It must be investigated! However, as Mr. Wang said, it is too involved, so we should act with caution! To prevent unexpected side effects!"

After the two nonsense words were finished, Guo Jia's smile gradually became lewd, and he glanced sideways at Wang Hou, who was kneeling on the ground in a stupid way. He clasped his fists and bowed to Cao Cao with a wretched smile.

"That's why the minister suggested that Cao Hongjie, Cao Xiaowei, who is next to the prime minister, temporarily execute the Cao officer and monitor this matter! Cao Xiaowei Yingguo makes a decisive decision, and the prime minister is the master of it, and he will be able to solve Taicang's ills in one fell swoop!"

Before Cao Cao agreed, Wang Hou almost spat out a mouthful of old blood.Good guy, if you talk about playing dirty, you have to have his surname Guo!What is his relationship with Cao Hongjie?They all slept on the same kang, how could this girl know how to track down and end her prison?In the end, why not drag him, Wang Hou, to bite the bullet and follow him to offend others?
He also glanced back at Guo Jia in astonishment, and then at Wang Hou, who was about to vomit blood. Cao was always good, and his expression of disappointment turned into cunning in an instant. Nodded emphatically.

"Follow Xiao's words of great kindness, come and invite red festival!"

(End of this chapter)