After Emperor Xian of Han escaped from Cui Li's clutches, he wrote a personal letter to Lu Bu, hoping that he would cheer up. When Lu Bu was short of food, he wrote that he was robbed of food by Cao Cao, and he came to meet the emperor as soon as he killed Cao Cao, and then turned Cui Li and others into braised pork-at that time, Lu Bu missed braised pork very much. Even beef bones can't be eaten, so Emperor Xiandi, who missed the braised pork, saw Lu Bu's grandiloquence and thought that he was really capable, so he was quickly sent a letter of appointment and appointed him as General Pingtung and Hou Taoping, probably because Lu Bu said in his letter that Dingtao would be Cao Cao's burial place. When the messenger arrived in Yangshan, Lu Bu had fled. It is estimated that Lu Bu was defeated by bandits, and all the seals were lost. The emissary is also loyal. When he came back, he told the emperor what he had seen. Because the routed troops belonged to Lu Bu, Cao Cao must be a good man. After exaggerating Cao Cao's strength, he said that Cao Cao was a righteous man and we should rely on him. Liu Xie asked Yang Biao, only to know that Cao Cao had become a wanted man in order to fight against Dong Xinghan. He was moved to clap his thigh, but he was also afraid that Cao Cao would be angry because of hooking up with Lu Bu, so he asked the original messenger to send a letter of rehabilitation to sound out the news.
In the second year, after the messenger of the first month sent Cao Cao a badge expressing gratitude and willing to work for Emperor Xian of Han Dynasty, Emperor Xian of Han Dynasty became more and more sympathetic to Cao Cao. He felt that Cao Cao was really a good man who repaid evil with good, so he quickly worshipped General Cao Weijiande and asked him to pick him up. After receiving the appointment, Cao Cao consulted with his brothers. Xia Houdun and Chu Xu are firmly opposed. The reason is how great it is to be the king of weeds here. Although there are many beautiful women around the emperor, boys should ask the emperor for instructions in everything and hold their breath! Yu Xun and Cheng Yu insisted on Cao Cao's going, while Yu Xun hoped to help the just cause of the Han Dynasty and rebuild its reputation in the future. After echoing Yu Xun's sentence in front of everyone, Cheng Yu quietly pulled Cao Cao outside the camp and told Cao Cao that if the emperor was caught by other guns and the emperor was held hostage, it would be better to be a loyal minister and wink like me. Cao Cao naturally understood what Cheng Yu's winking little eyes wanted to express, which meant that Cao Cao Can was holding the emperor and making himself a vassal. Ten years ago, Cao Cao would have slapped him twice and then broke up with him. But now after reflection, Cao Cao just nodded and said, "Yes, we can't let those traitors succeed!" " "Cao Cao back to camp, decided to send troops to the west to meet the Han Emperor, and sent a double-edged general, Cao Hong. Cao Cao himself continued his career of eliminating the yellow turban insurrectionary and expanding territory.
On the way to see Emperor Xian of Han Dynasty, Cao Hong was stopped by Dong Cheng and Yuan Shu's army. He was supposed to have a fight. But later, he heard that Emperor Xiandi, who was chased like a chicken flying a dog, was so poor that he had to be helped to eat. He found nothing, so he sent someone to ask Cao Cao for instructions. Cao Cao has just received an imperial edict from the anxious Emperor Han Xian. I don't know whether to wait or starve. Emperor Xian of Han probably just turned over Cao Cao's genealogy and gave him the rank of general in the town east of Cao Cao, so that he inherited the title of Tinghou of Cao Tengfei. Cao Cao, who didn't want to mention the eunuch Cao Teng incident, knew that the emperor didn't want to expose his ugly scar, but was really worried. The news from Cao Hong strengthened Cao Cao's determination. We should support what the enemy opposes. Things against them, Dong Cheng and Yuan Shu will never stop them.
Last year, the locust plague in Guanzhong area was not spared. Cui Li, Guo Si, Dong Cheng, Yang Feng and others had a scuffle, and there was no food at all. JASON ZHANG gave the emperor some food and changed it into a charm. Cao Cao, who has more food in his hand, wants to ask Zhang Yang the truth. As a result, he met Dong Zhao who wanted to take refuge in him. Dong Zhao suggested that he solve the problem by economic means. So Yang Feng, who was afraid of mutiny because of lack of food, received a letter from Cao Cao to send him food. The letter said: "The general should be the domestic leader and we should be the foreign aid. Today I have food, generals and soldiers, no communication, enough to help each other, live and die with wealth, and get along with each other. Yang Feng thought that Cao Cao really had no soldiers, so he was taken in and let Cao Cao enter Luoyang. Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty munched on the beef sent by Cao Cao, and immediately made Cao Cao an official minister, giving him a holiday to work, making all Cao Cao's crusade activities completely legal. Cao Cao's later job was to ask Emperor Xian of Han to move to Xuchang on the pretext that Luoyang was too far away from his base area. Emperor Xian of Han totally agreed with this point. Luoyang doesn't even have a decent house. When the courtiers were summoned, a group of soldiers climbed up the wall and watched the emperor have a meeting, just like playing a monkey. But Yang Feng objected. No matter how stupid he was, he knew that he had to listen to Cao Cao on his turf. After the objection was invalid, Yang Feng decided to fight, but unfortunately he couldn't. Huang Xu, his subordinate general, voted for Cao Cao, and Yang Feng had to escape by himself.
After Emperor Xian of Han arrived in Xuchang, he could finally live in a good house, have a full meal, "establish the state system of ancestral temples" and then put on music. Cao Cao did not follow Dong Zhuo's example of "holding a sword to the court and worshiping the unknown". As usual, he knelt down to Emperor Xiandi, and Emperor Xiandi was naturally more proud. He immediately made Cao Cao a general and sealed Wu Pinghou. Wuping Hou is a county magistrate, much higher than in Cao Teng, and there is a township magistrate in the middle.
Unexpectedly, this brought trouble to Cao Cao, because Emperor Han Xian conveniently named Cao Cao's old friend Yuan Shao as Qiu, ranking below Cao Cao. Yuan Shao had long questioned the legitimacy of Emperor Xian of Han Dynasty, and was even more dissatisfied that he was now a subordinate of Cao Cao, so he refused to accept it and even crusaded against Cao Cao. Cao Cao had to make peace and give the general to Yuan Shao. He only thinks that he is a general and rides a car. He may have written to Yuan Shao and said many nice things about the New Year. In addition, Gongsun Zan was at war with Yuan Shao. Yuan Shao angrily accepted the position of general, but rejected the title of Ye Hou.
Cao Cao, who had to swallow this evil spirit for a while, naturally hated Yuan Shao and wanted to get back at him, and he also knew that even if he didn't start to tidy up Yuan Shao, Yuan Shao would tidy up him sooner or later. Looking for someone to discuss how to tidy up Lombardi, I found that Yu Xun, Cheng Yu and Dong Zhao were all sent to other places by him, surrounded by simple guys with developed limbs like Chu Xu. It turned out that one of his good friends in Yingchuan died early, so Cao Cao wrote to Yu Xun in Yanzhou Rear Office, asking him to recommend someone as talented as this actor. Two people were recommended, one is his nephew Xun You, and the other is Guo He.
Guo Jia was originally a subordinate of Yuan Shao. He found that although Yuan Shao was a good corporal, he recruited a lot of talents such as Tian Feng and Jushou, but he was "numerous, resourceful and difficult to decide", belonging to Ye and others, and talents were all decorations for him. He ran away after the "wise man judged the Lord". At this time, Guo was idle at home. After being summoned by Cao Cao, the two first talked about the general trend of the world. Without saying a few words, Cao Cao told his men to go out, because he found that this was a person who could talk to him about how to deal with Yuan Shao, and dealing with Yuan Shao was not known to ordinary people. Cao Cao's evaluation of Yuan Shao is: "Ambitious without talent, heartless and timid, resourceful without decision". When he heard the words "resourceful but not decisive" when Guo Jia left Yuan Shao, he was so excited that even Chu Xu, who was on duty outside, rushed in when he heard the words "Great minds think alike".