Chapter 3556 There is rain in the sky

Cao Cao slowly swept through the letters in front of him, and all kinds of thin silk, bamboo slips, and wooden slips, his face looked like the gloomy sky at the moment.

One year, the news piled up on Cao Cao's desk was so thick, just like the snow piled up on the head of Xu County.

It’s not a day when the ice is frozen three feet long.

So what about letters?

How many days of ice is there?

In the hall of the Prime Minister's Office, the bronze figure holding the lamp was staring at everything indifferently, not caring that the lampshade he was holding was blackened by oil.

Light the lights overnight, another day.

『Shahala...』

The bamboo slips piled up on the desk were swept to the ground by Cao Cao.

Anger jumped in Cao Cao's eyes, but the next moment he was swallowed into his abdomen in silence.

Cao Cao, who was gray-haired, was like a middle-aged man who was in a downward economic environment, who had to pay a mortgage or a car loan in the middle of a middle-aged man who had to support his parents and raise his children in a downward economy. The hard expenses were impossible to save at all. He had to spend money when he was alive, but he had to pay for his income...

『Jingzhou…』

『Jizhou…』

『Xuzhou…』

Cao Cao's knuckles turned white, as if he was about to crush the table.

The war in Jingzhou was not going well, Niu Jin was killed, Cao Ren and Cao Zhen fought on both sides, and Jingxiang was unstable, Han Hao might not be able to defend against Huang Zhong, and there were loopholes everywhere.

The Cui family in Jizhou openly contacted Youzhou and put forward the slogan of welcomeing the cavalry without recruiting the orders, which also caused shock to the gentry in Jizhou. Some hesitated, some waited and watched, and some clapped their hands and laughed.

The Chen family in Xuzhou also rebelled and killed the prefect of Xia Pi. The reason was of course that the prefect was corrupt and bribed the bribes. But everyone knew that this was just a cover. The prefect of that place was not corrupt? If you kill them all, there would definitely be unfair reasons, but if you kill one, there would definitely be someone who would miss the net!

These letters and reports point to a result, and the income and expenditure are seriously unbalanced.

If this continues...

Lao Cao's claws are yellow and flying, dark clouds cover snow, and the shadows, and so on, and may become something under the crotch of others!

This prime minister's mansion will also be taken off the sign and put other people's surnames on it.

Cao Cao raised his head and looked at the carved beams and painted buildings above the hall.

On the beams and pillars, four spirits of evil-repelling are carved, guarding each side of the door lintel.

Above the lintel, there are clouds that symbolize auspiciousness, stretching out like fish scales.

However, the bright colors and exquisite depictions of the past are now somewhat mottled.

Cao Cao looked at it silently, then stood up, "Come! Load these books into the car!"

Outside the hall, there were still dark clouds, so gloomy that it seemed to collapse the next moment.

Cao Cao looked up slightly, "Set out and enter the palace!"

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When Cao Cao entered the palace, Emperor Liu Xie was copying Ban Gu's book. After hearing about Cao Cao's visit, the imperial pen in his hand suddenly smeared the word "Zhu" of the "Zhu" of the "Zhu" of the "Zhu" in the capital, making this "Zhu" somewhat become a "Zhu", but not so square.

Liu Xie took a breath, balled up the copied paper and threw it on the ground.

To be honest, Liu Xie didn't want to see Cao Cao.

Cao Cao taught Liu Xie a lot of things, but it does not mean that Liu Xie likes Cao Cao because of this.

Just like students may not necessarily respect teachers, there may be many students who think that teachers teach too much and control too strictly.

But I have to see you...

In front of the imperial steps, the bronze crane incense burner was breathing the fragrant green smoke, like a layer of gauze lying between the emperor and the powerful ministers.

Cao Cao's head boots rolled over the half-dried cattail mat on the hall, and stopped abruptly ten steps away from the imperial desk.

This is the limit of distance for foreign ministers to meet.

Going further, you can simply climb the alchemy level directly!

"I pay homage to Your Majesty..."

Cao Cao is not as popular as Taishi Dong, nor as powerful as the King of Wei in history, so when it is time to see him, he still has the rules to see him.

"Premium, give a seat."

Liu Xie was like a thousand drills, and even the distance from his arms raised and swinged did not change for more than half.

"Thank you Your Majesty!"

Cao Cao stood up, shook his sleeves, lifted his robe, shook his clothes, and sat down.

Liu Xie took a breath and tried hard to keep the jade beads hanging from the crown on his head from not shaking.

Seeing Cao Cao like this, after Cao Cao sat down, Liu Xie asked directly: "The battle is imminent, I wonder what the chances of the Prime Minister are now?"

Cao Cao squinted his eyes and looked at Liu Xie, and suddenly laughed.

『Can Your Majesty recognize this thing?』

Cao Cao took out a blood-stained silk handkerchief from his sleeve, and opened it and displayed it in front of him.

Liu Xieding looked carefully and saw that the silk handkerchief pattern seal was covered with the private seal of the Grand Tutor Yuan Wei.

The little yellow gate stepped forward, took the silk platter, placed it in a lacquer plate, and brought it to Liu Xie.

There are some ink characters on the silk sack. Although most of the characters are covered with blood, some characters near the seal are still relatively clear. "Seeing a seal is like seeing someone, no delay is allowed"...

Cao Cao laughed and said, "When the Dong bandits had not entered Luoyang, those who held this silk and handkerchief could rush around the market and dispatch troops and generals, and everyone would follow him!"

Liu Xie's pupils shrank suddenly.

After Dong Zhuo killed Yuan Wei, the seal disappeared from the court memorial. Before Dong Zhuo, Yuan Wei's seal not only appeared on the seal, but even had a note with Yuan's private seal, which could serve as a serious government order!

What did Cao Cao want to say? He wanted to say that Cao Cao would end up with Yuan Wei, so now I beg Emperor Liu Xie to pity him? No, it is obviously the opposite. Cao Cao is saying that Emperor Liu Xie will become Yuan Wei's second!

Liu Xie thought about it, but Cao Cao still smiled and said, "But unexpectedly, when this Dong thief came, the silk handkerchief was stained with blood and no longer had the majesty of the past!"

Liu Xie's eyebrows trembled. Is this allusion to me?

『Prime Minister…』 Liu Xie also became angry, 『What do you mean by this?

Now Liu Xie can be said to be tolerant and tolerant, avoiding conflicts with Cao Cao as much as possible. Even though Cao Cao had trampled on the streets of Yuqian so arrogantly before, Liu Xie still pretended not to see it, so as to cover up his ears or lay eggs with an ostrich, but he didn't expect Cao Cao to come to the door, oh, is it really a slap in the face?

Cao Cao smiled and waved his hand and said, "Come on! Come on! Present it to Your Majesty!"

Suddenly, the little yellow gate trembled with all kinds of letters, thin silk, bamboo slips, wooden slips and other things brought by Cao Cao, and put them into the hall.

『This...this is...』

Liu Xie couldn't understand it any more.

"Please read the emperor." Cao Cao bowed and bowed.

Liu Xie was confused, but he was also curious, so he asked the little yellow goalkeeper to put the letters on the table one by one.

The emperor's imperial case was naturally lenient and large, but even so, when these letters were piled up, they still seemed a little cramped, and even had to move some other things a little apart, so that they could barely let go of so many letters.

Liu Xie looked at Cao Cao's steady appearance and picked up a thin silk hand in his hand, opened it, and glanced at it, and then he was shocked!

This letter was sent from Jingzhou and written by Cao Ren.

Reported Niu Jin's death and Shunyang fell, Liao Hua and Li Dian would soon arrive at Danjiangkou. Finally, they wrote about Cao Ren's determination to fight to the death, saying that his coffin was ready, but Cao Cao also asked Cao Cao to take out some soldiers to support him as much as possible, because Cao Ren was worried that he and Cao Zhen would fight in the front line of Jingzhou would be turbulent...

Liu Xie's eyes shook a few times, as if he wanted to say something, but he endured it, put the thin silk aside, then took a roll of bamboo slips, shook it open and looked.

The bamboo slips were reported by Xuzhou, saying that after killing the prefect of Xia Pi, Chen clan gathered the local heroes with ill intentions...

Liu Xie's hand shook, not sure if he should have laughed twice or sighed.

Liu Xie didn't know who the prefect of Xia Pi was named, but he knew that Chen was a local snake in Xia Pi, so even if the letter was not detailed in the report, Liu Xie could guess a little. This powerful dragon could not suppress the local snake and was killed by the local snake! Although the one who killed the prefect sent by Cao Cao was killed, it was also because the local gentry had too much power and strong strength, despised the national laws and slapped the central court in the face.

Liu Xie frowned.

He was a little confused about Cao Cao's intentions.

After reading a few more letters, almost all the locals reported urgently. There were rebellions, thieves, insufficient granaries, or lack of soldiers, and there was almost no good news.

Liu Xie couldn't help but take a breath, looked at the letters and newspapers piled up on the table like hills, and then looked at Cao Cao. The anger in his stomach was extinguished by these letters and newspapers.

Liu Xie sat down slowly and waved his hand to let the eunuch who was serving on the side retreat.

Liu Xie understood what Cao Cao meant, but he didn't know whether he should be mocking Cao Cao or mocking himself, nor did he know that he should be scolding Cao Cao or scolding himself.

This is the Shandong of the Han Dynasty ruled by Cao Cao, a strong-eyed and small-eyed Cao Cao? This is the Central Plains under your own rule? Liu Xie had a moment when he wanted to slap the table and angrily scolded Cao Cao, but the next moment he realized that even if Cao Cao did not have autocracy and asked Liu Xie to deal with these matters, Liu Xie could not handle them either.

Just like these letters and newspapers are now piled up to the imperial case, but Liu Xie is powerless to do anything about the letters and newspapers.

He has no money, he wants people, he has no one.

"Prime Minister," Liu Xie asked the same thing for the second time, "What do you mean by...?"
To be continued...