Chapter 3 Chapter 2

In 174 A.D., that is, the third year of Xiping, Emperor Ling of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Cao Cao was just twenty years old, and he was already a very mature young man.His talent began to show, and many people knew that there was a young man named Cao Cao. Therefore, Cao Cao was recommended as Xiaolian.Xiaolian has the qualifications to be an official, which is aspirational but not easy to obtain among many officials and scholars.Some even struggled for decades before they got the qualification of filial piety.Judging from the people elected as Xiaolian at the same time as Cao Cao, Cao Cao is also the youngest one, and he is even the only one under the age of thirty-five.They are generally between thirty-five and forty years old, and many of them are over fifty.It can be seen that the qualification of filial piety is precious and not easy to obtain.

Therefore, Cao Cao is outstanding among his peers. However, Cao Cao's appearance is not commensurate with his inner strength. He is short in appearance and only 155 cm tall, which belongs to the "short, short and thick" type.But he is studious and tireless, and works harder than others.With his talent and hard work, he finally got his wish, defeated many people of his age, and became the youngest Xiaolian. Since Xiaolian has the qualifications to be an official, Cao Cao is waiting to be an official.Cao Cao, who was just 20 years old, was young, but he couldn't wait, and was eager to realize his political ideals and ambitions through official career.

Grandfather Cao Teng knew what Cao Cao was thinking and was willing to help him.Cao Teng invited Emperor Ling, and gave Cao Cao a rather important official position, which is Luoyang's Beiduwei, that is, the captain of the northern district of the capital. The captain of the guard has absolute authority over force, especially in the capital city.At that time, there were frequent mutinies in the capital of Luoyang due to court reasons. In order to ensure the peace and stability of any emperor after ascending the throne, there were many strict orders for public security in the capital.Anyone must abide by these orders, and it is the guards who supervise and maintain these orders.

On the first day Cao Cao took office, he convened a meeting of all the guards. First, he ordered everyone to temporarily perform their duties and maintain the original order. Make reforms.Once the new system comes out, it will be strictly implemented and will not be relentless. Cao Cao said these words in response to the sophistication of the world in the capital area of ​​Luoyang.He has already heard that it is not easy to be a captain of the guard, because to be a good one, one must strictly enforce the law, and there cannot be any changes in the implementation of order and system.In Luoyang, however, there are many high-ranking officials and dignitaries, and nepotism is also very complicated. At any time, in any matter, there are intercessions and accommodations, so that the order cannot be strictly observed, and the system cannot be fully implemented.Cao Cao carefully studied the original relevant order and system, and found that in terms of order and system, it is quite perfect, but in terms of punishment, it is not strong enough. Make many orders and systems useless.

Therefore, Cao Cao decided to increase the punishment. He felt that the punishment should be like a fire, so that no one would violate it.Severe punishment will have the effect of raging fire, and people will not dare to try it themselves.And aggravating the punishment is linked with being unkind.Only by absolutely not talking about affection, not talking about it at all, can it be possible to put an end to talking about love.In this regard, it must be like bottled water, leaving no gaps, otherwise, even the slightest, there is the possibility of penetration.Cao Cao reiterated the above reasons at the meeting of all guards.

There are four city gates in the northern district of the capital that Cao Cao is responsible for guarding. According to the relevant regulations of the capital, it is strictly forbidden to leave the city illegally.Those who want to go out of the city to do business must obtain approval from the relevant authorities, and then go to the police to change their licenses before they can go out of the city.Licenses must be reviewed, and license replacements must also be reviewed. Anyone who fails to pass the review will not be allowed to leave the city.Even if they are qualified, if the security team thinks the situation is abnormal, they will not be allowed to leave the city for the time being.

Cao Cao once again explicitly reiterated this system, and greatly increased the punishment for violations.He hangs more than a dozen specially made five-color wooden sticks at each city gate. Anyone who leaves the city illegally, regardless of the royal relatives, will be beaten to death with five-color wooden sticks. Once this heavy penalty regulation was announced, it really aroused a lot of discussion, some were amazed, some were shocked, and some said strange things because of their opposition.Many people hold the attitude of watching from the sidelines, with the taste of "seeing how you strictly implement it".Regardless of these, Cao Cao's reactions should be different, which should be a natural phenomenon. Only after careful implementation will they be consistent.He warned the soldiers to strictly guard their posts and no one should leave their posts without permission.Anyone who violates the law will be captured immediately and executed in public.

At the beginning, no one came to violate it, because the new captain of the guard had no idea of ​​his character and temper, and no one was willing to take the risk of probing.Moreover, many people also found out that the new captain of the guard was the grandson of Cao Teng and the son of Cao Song, and that Cao Teng had quite a say in the palace, and Cao Song was also an official.Therefore, ordinary people dare not make mistakes easily. However, a few months later, a person sneaked out of the city in the middle of the night because of something.The soldiers on duty soon found out and immediately pursued him.According to the penalty regulations, the soldiers could execute him on the spot.But this man claimed that he was the uncle of the great eunuch Jian Shuo.

Of course, the soldiers didn't dare to act rashly, because before Captain Cao, anyone with a special relationship would be punished leniently even if they violated the regulations.But this time, it was not a general punishment, but a loss of life.