Chapter 137 Meng De's ambition
Cao Cao was walking alone on the street, not knowing what he was thinking.
Ji Qing was familiar with her and said Meng De, which brought the distance between them closer. Soon, the two rushed to the wine shop next to her, drank and ate meat.
As soon as he spoke, Ji Qing knew why Cao Cao was walking on the street.
Because the son body sent by Ji Qing took over Luoyang, abolished Dong Zhuo's power, and began a series of reforms one after another. On the one hand, Cao Cao was the Dianjun lieutenant among the eight lieutenants, and his soldiers naturally entered the training ranks. This is how he was idle.
Of course, it was not that he cared about military power, but that the huge changes in Luoyang City in the past few days made Cao Cao feel like he was in a dream. First, Dong Zhuo's power was eliminated, and then there was a major change in the court. Then officials were sent to various places. All this came too quickly. Even people like Cao Cao did not recover from this impact.
Ji Qing knew that his appearance caused such a future hero to die. Although Ji Qing was a little sorry for Cao Cao, his decision would not change. He would rather have fewer heroes than let the people have a good life.
After asking Cao Cao what his future ambitions he had, Cao Cao looked at the sky outside the window and smiled, indicating that when the world was peaceful, he would naturally serve the country.
In fact, previous history has proved Cao Cao's ambitions.
In the third year of Xiping (174), the twenty-year-old Cao Cao was elected as a filial and honest man and entered Luoyang as a gang. Soon, he was appointed as the Northern Qualifier of Luoyang. Luoyang was the capital of the Eastern Han Dynasty and was a place where royal relatives and nobles lived, and it was difficult to manage. As soon as Cao Cao took office, he declared the ban, strictly enforced the laws and regulations, and made more than ten five-color sticks, hanging around the yamen. "If anyone violates the ban, he will kill them." The uncle of the eunuch Jian Shuo, who was favored by the emperor, violated the ban and went to the night, and Cao Cao was merciless and immediately executed him. Therefore, "the capital was restrained and no one dared to violate the crime."
In the first year of Emperor Ling's Zhongping (184), the Yellow Turban peasant uprising broke out. Cao Cao was appointed as the cavalry commander and was ordered to join forces with Lu Zhi and others to attack the Yellow Turban Army in Yingchuan. As a result, he defeated the Yellow Turban Army and beheaded tens of thousands of them. He was then moved to Jinan Prime Minister. During his tenure as prime minister of Jinan, Cao Cao was in charge of the affairs of the same as before. Jinan Kingdom (now Jinan area in Shandong Province), there were more than ten counties, and most of the county officials were dependent on the noble power, corrupt and abused the law without any scruples. Cao Cao had all ignored the prime ministers before. Cao Cao took office and vigorously rectified them. He immediately reported to dismiss eight chief officials. Jinan was shocked, and corrupt officials fled one after another. "The political affairs of the Eastern Han Dynasty were extremely dark, and Cao Cao refused to cater to the powerful and returned home after placing illness. He studied in spring and summer, hunted in autumn and winter, and temporarily lived in seclusion.
Both aspects can show what kind of person Cao Cao was and what his ambition was to be an official.
If Ji Qing didn't come to change everything, then when Dong Zhuo abolished Shao Emperor, established Emperor Xian Liu Xie, and later killed the Empress Dowager and Shao Emperor, claiming to be the prime minister and being specialized in government affairs. After these things, Cao Cao saw that Dong Zhuo was acting rebelliously and was unwilling to cooperate with him, so he changed his name and fled from the capital Luoyang (now northeast of Luoyang, Henan). After Cao Cao arrived in Chenliu, he "scattered his family's wealth and joined forces with Yi soldiers". He organized an army of 5,000 people to attack Dong Zhuo. In addition, his lonely army fought to the death and then suffered a crushing defeat, which showed Cao Cao's ambition to fight the thieves.
In the chaotic times that followed, Cao Cao naturally had new ambitions, which can be seen in "Watching the Sea".
"Viewing the Sea" was written when I passed Jieshi Mountain on the way to the north of Wuhuan.
In this poem, scenery and emotions are closely combined. Cao Cao expressed his ambition to unify China and make achievements by writing about the vast ocean. However, this emotion is not directly revealed in the poem, but is hidden in the description of scenery, embodying emotions in the scenery, describing scenery every sentence, and lyrical sentences.
Although the six sentences "Water" are depicting the lively sea scenery, they are actually praising the magnificent mountains and rivers of the motherland, revealing Cao Cao's love for the motherland. Witnessing the magnificent scenery of the motherland, the poet's strong desire to unify the motherland. Therefore, he fully expressed this wish with the help of rich imagination.
The author compares himself with the vast ocean, and expresses the poet's broad mind and heroic spirit by writing about the momentum of the ocean inhaling the universe. He has unrestrained emotions but is very subtle. The four sentences of "Sun and Moon" are the climax of the scenery description and the climax of Cao Cao's emotional development.
Ao Taosun, a Song Dynasty man, said that Cao's poem "like a veteran general of Youyan, with a strong spirit". The poem "Watching the Sea" is a broad and powerful style, which is consistent with the demeanor of an ambitious politician and military strategist. It really makes people read his poems and see him.
After Sun Quan captured Guan Yu and obtained Jingzhou, Cao Cao recommended Sun Quan as the General of Cavalry and the Governor of Jingzhou. Sun Quan sent envoys to pay tribute to Cao Cao and persuaded Cao Cao to become emperor in the Han Dynasty. Cao Cao sent Sun Quan to write to the ministers inside and outside, saying, "I want to lie on the fire of my heart!" Cao Cao's ministers took the opportunity to persuade Cao Cao to advance. Cao Cao himself did not want to abolish Emperor Xian and establish himself. He said, "If the decree of heaven is with me, I will be King Wen of Zhou."
Cao Cao did not proclaim himself emperor in the end. You must know that when he was promoted to the emperor, no one was qualified to do so. He used his practical actions to prove his ambition throughout his life, and everything was for the Han Dynasty and for this country, and he could be a generation of talent.
At this time, the Han Dynasty had new changes, and Cao Cao naturally saw that the Han Dynasty would be in a peaceful and peaceful world in the future, and his ambition was naturally to serve the country.
Cao Cao's ambition was not beyond Ji Qing's expectations. Ji Qing nodded with a smile. Although the glory of Cao Cao will not be so brilliant in the future, he will not be missing in this country in the future. His ambition. Meng De is the most real person.
As for how to arrange Cao Cao, it will be left to the son-in-law. The future great man will definitely have a stage for him to display his talents and ambitions.
Ji Qing had a better understanding of Cao Cao, but Cao Cao only knew that Ji Qing was a study abroad person, and he didn't know anything about his specific identity. However, Ji Qing's temperament and behavior still made Cao Cao see Ji Qing's extraordinaryness. This is also the reason why he went to drink and chat as soon as he met Ji Qing. Otherwise, with Cao Cao's identity, how could he become familiar with him as soon as he met?
He said goodbye to Cao Cao and made an appointment to see each other again in the future. But Ji Qing knew that it depends on fate whether he could meet in the future. He could not stay in this time and space for much time.
Cao Cao's friend Yuan Shao was not so calm in the face of the upcoming changes in the Han Dynasty. Not long ago, he left Luoyang and returned to his clan territory, which is the base camp of their clan.
Perhaps, the Yuan clan members thought they could do something and struggle for a while, but they were destined to be a cup of tea after resisting.
Many gentry made such a choice, trying to resist, thinking that the earth would not turn without them. Unfortunately, everything was not transferred by their will.
There are too few people like Cao Cao who understand things and do not aim for his own selfish interests first...
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