After Xu Rong forced the Huns to surrender and became a hero of the Han Dynasty, various condemnations against him also arose. This condemnation was mainly concentrated, that is, Xu Rong killed too many people, was cruel and violent, had a kind of harmony, and it also violated the Confucian tradition of "benevolence and filial piety".

Of course, those who held this view at the beginning were not the Pei Qing Group, but many forces standing opposite Pei Qing, while those who initially criticized Xu Rong were Cao Cao Group.

Of course, this does not mean that Cao Cao was a Confucian Taoist priest, but that Cao Cao was jealous of Xu Rong's achievements and wanted to make his reputation bad.

However, Cao Cao was puzzled. Xu Rong had fought with him before and had defeated him. However, he was not supported by his top strategists, but now he had first-class military advisors such as Guo Jia, Xun Yu and Cheng Yu. If he fought against Xu Rong again, Cao Cao believed that the other party would be defeated. However, he did not expect that Xu Rong would achieve such great results. He swept the Huns in less than half a month, forcing the Huns to surrender and support them. Such a great achievement is really shocking the past and present. This means that a famous general appeared under Pei Qing's command. How could this not arouse Cao Cao's fear and worries?

So Cao Cao summoned his advisers to discuss countermeasures.

However, Cao Cao's approach to discussing countermeasures was very special. He did not express his intentions directly and let the counselors make up their ideas, but praised Xu Rong very much, saying that Xu Rong was both wise and brave, unparalleled in courage, and was more powerful than Wei, Huo, and was a famous general of all ages. Of course, he praised Xu Rong like this, but made the civil and military officials under his command become jealous of Xu Rong because of this, and then found ways to slander Xu Rong in order to destroy Xu Rong's image.

It was in this situation that his adviser Mao Jie immediately put forward different opinions: "Although Xu Rong is good at fighting, he is cruel and easy to kill. Xiaguan heard that he did not let go of the elderly, weak, women and children, and even children of two or three years old. In just half a month of this battle, Xu Rong killed more than 100,000 people. Such cruel and easy to kill is not done by a righteous man. It is contrary to the way of benevolence and forgiveness of our dynasty. What is the difference between the atrocities of Dong Zhuo in the past? Xiaguan

I heard that Mr. Pei was preparing to appoint Xu Rong as the General of the Huns to protect the Huns. In this way, I really don’t know what kind of persecution the Huns would be subject to in the future? Therefore, the subordinate called on the court to relieve the position of thugs such as Xu Rong and even blame him. As for the General of the Protective Huns, he should choose another wise man to serve as the General. The subordinate heard that General Yu Jin was strict in governing the army, but at the same time he did not have cruel and easy to kill, so he suggested that the general serve as the General of the Protective Huns.

Cao Cao was of course very happy about Mao Jie's statement. He immediately wrote a letter to the emperor, telling Xu Rong's various evil deeds, and suggested that the emperor remove Xu Rong's position and resign Yu Jin to serve.

He has been coveting the position of protecting the Huns General for a long time, because as long as he arranges his own people to serve, it means that his side will have a steady stream of war horses, which is definitely great news for his side. However, Cao Cao also knew that this was almost impossible. He just wanted to see what the emperor's attitude towards Pei Qing, and at the same time he took this opportunity to observe how many officials in the court were in line with him. In addition, he also had another purpose, that is, to disgust Pei Qing, and to make Xu Rong smelly.

Cao Cao's memorial was quickly uploaded to the Shangshutai, and the ministers had a fierce discussion on this. Most of them agreed with Cao Cao's opinion, believing that Xu Rong did a bit too much, and that he had too much damage. He had Gan Tianhe, and people like this were not worthy of being the General of the Huns.

However, the General of the Cheval and Cavalry Dong Cheng unexpectedly defended Xu Rong this time. He believed that there was nothing wrong with Xu Rong doing this, and that the Huns should be suppressed by bloody massacres.

The reason why Dong Cheng had this attitude was that Xu Rong was just a general of the Western Liang army like him, and was exactly the same in terms of cruelty and killing. In his opinion, this was just a normal thing. On the other hand, Cao Cao is becoming more and more domineering now, especially after he acquired Qingzhou, the court's power to employ people was almost controlled by him. Cao Cao refused to install a prefect of Donglai, which made Dong Cheng very angry, because if he had not had himself, Cao Cao would not have welcomed the emperor to Luoyang, but how long has it been? His words would be useless here. Cao Cao controlled the internal and external power and treated himself as nothing.

"Hmph! Cao Aman is really a scattered person and bullying others too much. He really thinks that I, Dong Cheng, is a vegetarian? Since you don't give me face, I will naturally be polite. Aren't you going to mess with Xu Rong? I just praised his reputation?"

Therefore, Dong Cheng immediately refuted Cao Cao's absurd remarks and said, "Cheng did not agree with this statement by Cao Gong. He thought that the Huns' foreign races took advantage of the chaos to enter our China, and killed many people. They hung their heads on the side of the horse and carried women behind the horse. From the beginning, the siege of Emperor Gaozu Bai Deng to the present, the Huns have suffered so much. The people have suffered a lot. The four hundred years of history have proved that the retreat of the Huns can only bring temporary peace at most. Only by putting a heavy blow to it can we exchange for long-term peace. For example, Wei Qing and Huo Qubing during the reign of Emperor Xiaowu.

Two generals, Dou Xian and Dou Gu, our two generals, did they come from the stability of the border without their aggressiveness? Now the Huns are becoming more and more arrogant, constantly interfering in the civil strife in the Central Plains, killing and killing the people of our country everywhere, looting women's property, and committing crimes. Fortunately, General Xu Rong, who imitated Wei and Huo Dou, went deep into the Hu realm and made such unparalleled achievements. Even if they killed more, they were just a minor mistake and could not hide their great achievements. They should praise such great achievements. How can they suppress them? Isn't this the relatives hurt and the enemy happy?"

After hearing Dong Cheng's words, the emperor nodded and said, "What Dong Aiqing said is reasonable. Cao Qing, you are the general of the country. You should know that you cannot show too much mercy when fighting, otherwise wouldn't your words become a joke? Although Xu Rong had many killings, it was a flaw that would not cover up the merits. For his mistakes, it would be just a few words of warning. There is no need to hold on to it. This matter is settled. Xu Rong's position does not need to be removed. He just sent an envoy to express his merits. "

"...." Although Cao Cao was very unwilling to accept it, when he saw that the emperor said so, he had no choice but to retreat silently.

The little emperor was very happy today because it was the first time he made independent decisions and passed it. He felt that his spring was coming. With Dong Cheng's assistance and the maintenance of so many officials, he would definitely become more and more wise, so that the Han Dynasty would continue again. He would not ask for anything else, but only to be able to realize the revival of the Han Dynasty like Emperor Xiaoxuan.
Chapter completed!