Chapter 116 What a helpless state

He Yong said to Cai Yong at that time: "The Han family is about to perish, and the one who makes the world peaceful must be this person."But seeing Yuan Shao present, he has a gentle temperament on the outside and tight on the inside, so to avoid embarrassment, he reasoned that the age is so long that he can't remember clearly. Cao Cao and everyone expressed their regrets. Cao Cao asked Yuan Shao why he didn't go to Luoyang for so many years?Yuan Shao smiled and made a movement with his arms that included everyone: We want to live in the third state of life. Yuan Shao was born handsome and powerful. He was promoted as Xiaolian a year earlier than Cao Cao, and served as the servant of the Huangmen in Luoyang. He was one of the three positions that were promoted rapidly.Soon he became the head of Puyang County because he liked to comment on the work of his superiors too much.Puyang, like Dunqiu, is located on the bank of the Yellow River. There are constant disasters every year, and the people repeatedly cut off their harvests.

Yuan Shao couldn't bear the hardship, so he took advantage of his mother's death and went back to Runan to mourn.After one year of service, there is no good opportunity to be an official, and then three years of father's mourning will be made up.After the four-year period expired, his father Yuan Feng was deposed as Sikong.He worked hard and only found a few small official positions for him, so he didn't think much of it.This delay was another two years, for a total of six years. Yuan Shao likes to read, knows how to read, and has a deep understanding of classics. In addition, he has a strong family background and has no worries about food and clothing.Since there is no shortage of money, what is the benefit of being an official if you can find the way of sages in books?

Yuan Shao grabbed a few of Runan's famous salt-and-pepper green beans and chewed them with a "crack" sound. He said to Cao Cao and everyone: "Being a petty official, you will work hard for those lower-level people. There is no oil and water, and you will not end up in trouble." Thank you in the slightest.Every day, we have to welcome and send, deal with superior investigations, ask for food and drink cards, collect rent and taxes, and distribute corvees.As for the place in Puyang, I don’t understand. Where does the old course of the Yellow River come from so much water?The water of the Yellow River broke down the embankment, or directly overflowed the embankment, and people, animals, crops and houses were instantly swept away by the flood!Some farmers were still working in the fields, and they were drowned in an instant, which is really tragic.

Cao Cao, who is interested, is not a person who pays attention to other people's faces.He vividly told everyone about the experience of leading hundreds of people to block the water outlet.I could only hear the frightened faces of the people seated, as if they were in a torrent. He Yong and a few sensitive scholars felt that Yuan Shao's expression changed drastically. Yuan Shao ridiculed Cao Cao: Since you worked so hard in Dunqiu, why didn't you stay well? Cao Cao replied truthfully: My cousin's husband's family was ransacked and beheaded... Yuan Shao raised his voice: Everyone, what did we discuss just now?

He Yong answered: the third state. Yuan Shao ate a few more green beans, and the others followed suit.There was the sound of chewing green beans up and down in the room. Yuan Shao chewed the green beans and said: You are in Dunqiu, and it seems that you can manage tens of thousands of people.But you still have superiors, princes and ministers, rich and noble relatives on your head, you can't offend any of them, maybe an accident will happen one day.Do you see that the beheading of your cousin-in-law's family will implicate your family?Besides, what does this have to do with your family?In a word, if you want to rule people, you have to be controlled by people.How good is the third type of us?Do not want to rule others, but will not be ruled by others.I think you and I were just out of school and had no experience, so we could only be a little county magistrate.It's not as good as this idle cloud and wild crane, enjoying life leisurely and leisurely.

Everyone nodded triumphantly, Cao Cao was a little bewildered, it seemed that the court was weak and people were tired. Yuan Shao pointed to the top of his head: Everyone, how many layers of sky are on the county magistrate's head? The scholars began to arrange the competent departments at all levels, as well as the princes and relatives who could not be offended, and finally the emperor, a total of eleven floors. Yuan Shao laughed and raised his fingers to make a gesture: "Eleventh Heaven, do you think this little county magistrate is worthy?" Yuan Shao's incisive analysis made Cao Cao believe it.That's right, there are eleven heavens above your head, and you can't offend any of them, and you can't "leak" any accidents.

Yuan Shao raised his finger: You, Zhang Mengzhuo, and my unbelievable Saburo, seem to be addicted to being an official, and don't know what it's like to live a real fairy life. Cao Cao nodded and said to Yuan Shao: I finally understand why I am so tired from life. Everyone in the audience nodded and applauded, applauding Yuan Shao's penetrating insights. Cao Cao sighed: Take the Yilang I am now as an example. I can't tell the truth, and I can't say what the superiors don't like to hear, and I don't want to tell lies.Seeing people and things that need to be refuted and criticized, I can't help but want to speak, but I dare not tell the truth.Tell the truth, I am afraid that the sky will suddenly fall...

He Yong nodded: It's like Han Fei's "Say It's Difficult". It seems that Han Fei's article is indeed highly respected by scholars and literati nowadays. Yuan Shao looked at Cao Cao: Since it is so difficult to say something good for the country, it is better not to say it. There was another burst of applause in the audience: good!It's better not to say a word! Cao Cao raised his teacup: Yes, listen to the original, why not say it! Cao Cao is a person who actively accepts things from the outside world.During this trip to Runan, will the decadent thoughts of Yuan Shao and others affect him?