Three Kingdoms: I, the Emperor of Wei, am loyal and pure!

"good! Since Zixiu had already made a plan in his mind.

Then, let's let Kong Rong, Dong Cheng and others connect in secret first.……"

Cao Cao said politely, agreeing with Cao Ang's idea.

Although Cao Cao came from an aristocratic family in Qiao County, Pei State, he also knew in his heart that the reason for the decline of the Han Dynasty was rooted in the power of aristocratic families.

In other words, the big men until now are very powerful, but they are only as strong as the big men. It is not the imperial court that is powerful, but the powerful local families and powerful families.

Even now that all the princes in the world have been wiped out by Cao Ang, under the rule of the Cao family and his son, those powerful families are still very powerful.

Even with Cao Ang's ability and means, if he wanted to maintain the stability of the territory under Cao's rule, he would still need the support of those aristocratic families.

Most of the civil and military officials under Cao Cao and Cao Ang came from high-ranking families, and only a handful came from poor families.

Because in this era, classics and knowledge were also in the hands of wealthy families.

Even if there are some unparalleled talents among the people at the bottom, if there is no way to obtain knowledge, they will eventually be lost to everyone.

The officials who assist the rulers in governing the world need to be knowledgeable.

Knowledge is shelved in those wealthy families and is only circulated and controlled internally, which means that the right to become an official is also controlled by these wealthy families.

Apart from this, there are only two ways to seize power and improve one's family status.

One is the line of relatives, such as the former general He Jin. Before he became a general, He Jin was just a butcher.

Just because his sister He's beauty was beautiful, she won the favor of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, so she became the queen of the Han Dynasty. He Jin also transformed into a general of the Han Dynasty.

Another route is the eunuch route. The Cao family and the Xiahou family of Pei State were originally not famous, but because Cao Teng entered the palace as a eunuch, he became a celebrity in front of the emperor and became one of the regular attendants.

He also adopted Cao Song, who was born in the Xiahou family, as his adopted son, so that the Cao family and the Xiahou family had some foundations in the noble families.

However, this kind of foundation is extremely shallow compared to the Yuan family and the Yang family of the Fourth Generation and Three Dukes.

If the Han Dynasty had not been in decline and chaos, then with the origins of the Yuan family of the Fourth Generation and Three Dukes, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu would have been able to achieve the positions of Three Dukes and Generals sooner or later.

But Cao Cao's background is really just like his original ambition, at most he can be a general in the Western Conquest.

This is the difference between aristocratic families, and the reason why the Han Dynasty was weak was because all states and counties in the world were filled with such aristocratic families, and they controlled the power of the world in an intricate manner.

Then these high-ranking families were still greedy and merged one after another, making almost all the fertile land, young people and people in the world become private slaves of the high-ranking families.

As a result, the court will not be able to collect enough taxes and recruit enough soldiers, and will naturally face difficulties, making the rule unsustainable.

What Emperor Huan and Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty took over were the unsustainable Han Dynasties.

Therefore, with the help of eunuchs and relatives, they initiated the party's imprisonment to suppress the wealthy families, but Emperor Huan of Han and Emperor Ling of Han failed.

So much so that Emperor Han Ling was very short of money when he wanted to do something.

Almost all the mountains, forests, salt, iron and mineral veins in the world are controlled by wealthy families.

Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty wanted money, but in the end he could only raise it by selling his official position.

During the period of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, Cao Cao had already entered the court as an official. Even when he served as the order of Luoyang, he was determined to rectify the powerful families, so he established the five-color stick to punish the powerful and lawless in Luoyang.

At that time, Cao Cao was loyal to the Han Dynasty and the emperor, and he only wanted to deal with powerful people on behalf of the emperor.

But since the failure of Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty, Cao Cao also realized the difficulty of this matter. The wealthy families are like moths entrenched in the body of the world, but they are also an important and indispensable part of the world.

Once these aristocratic families are dealt with, they will offend the scholars and officials of the world, which will cause the whole world to fall apart, and cause chaos that will be even greater than the Yellow Turban Rebellion.

Over time, Cao Cao also began to subconsciously avoid these problems. However, in recent times, as the princes have been wiped out one after another, the power of Cao Cao and Cao Ang and his son has also expanded to the point where it cannot be increased.

It can be said that the Han Dynasty cannot be settled without replacing the Han Dynasty, and a new dynasty must be established.

But if the new dynasty established by the Cao family and his son is still like the Han Dynasty, the wealthy families control the local area and the government and the public.

Then in a few years, I am afraid that I will still make the same mistakes as the big man.

It can be said that during the recent period, in the dead of night, Cao Cao's heart has often been filled with such worries.........

It's just that these thoughts in his heart cannot be expressed clearly to his subordinates.

After all, the civil and military personnel under Cao Cao, including Xun Yu, Xun You, Cheng Yu and others, all came from famous families.

The foundation of the Cao family, the people of the Cao Xiahou family, are also members of the Pei Kingdom. If Cao Cao wants to weaken the family and powerful people, he will also use the knife on his own people... The reason why these people follow Cao Cao and his son is to grow stronger. How can they be willing to be weakened if they want to gain more wealth and honor?

Even once he learns that Cao Cao has such thoughts, he may directly betray Cao Cao and his son.

Therefore, Cao Cao did not dare to talk to these people about this matter. Since Cao Ang had been away fighting most of the time for more than a year, Cao Cao had no chance to talk to Cao Ang about this matter.

But at this time, Cao Ang took advantage of the private meeting between Kong Rong and Dong Cheng and proposed to use this as a starting point to complete the tasks that Emperor Huan and Emperor Ling of the Han Dynasty failed to complete, which relieved Cao Cao's worries.

It also made Cao Cao realize in an instant that although he had no good way to deal with the powerful families in the world.

But his eldest son is a good person among men. Nothing in this world can be difficult for him. There must be a way...

With the thought of relief, Cao Cao can finally sleep peacefully tonight.

After Cao Ang explained to the Jin Yiwei, he also returned to the general's mansion in Xudu City to rest.

1.6 However, the mansion of Taizhong doctor Kong Rong was not peaceful at the moment.

After arranging the banquet, Kong Rong dismissed the servants at home, and finally expressed his attitude unabashedly in front of Dong Cheng and others:"Today, Cao Cao coerced the emperor to issue an edict and arrogated the throne!

He violated the ancestral precept set by Emperor Gao of the Han Dynasty that no one with the surname Liu could be king. It was simply treason and he should be punished by everyone!

In my opinion, Cao Cao's move was a disgrace to the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty and the people of the world. Test!

If the world can tolerate Cao Cao's arrogance of kingship, then the next step is that this traitor will usurp the Han Dynasty!"

At this point. Kong Rong couldn't help but let out a cold snort:"Then Cao Cao, the eunuch, was raised by a beggar! He dared to change the ancestral precepts of the Han family without authorization!

How could he dare to do this? He was just relying on the merits of his son Cao Ang. That’s it!".