Chapter 6773 Choice

Chapter 6773 Choice
"Father, from a certain perspective, I am more of a gambler than you." Cao Ang walked out of the main hall with stiff steps. He needed to go see Madam Bian. Although the time was not right, he had to explain everything that needed to be said.

Cao Ang walked stiffly to the inner courtyard and asked the strong woman who served Madam Bian to wake her up. The strong woman was very hesitant about this, but under Cao Ang's cold look, she still chose to wake up Madam Bian.

"Madam, Madam." Ji Wei went into the inner room and quietly woke up Madam Bian.

Madam Bian had not been sleeping well after Cao Cao abdicated. As soon as Ji Wei came in, Madam Bian woke up. She touched the dagger under her pillow and made sure it was the strong woman who served her. Then she pretended to have just woken up and slowly replied, "Ji Wei, what's the matter? Call me at night."

"The head of the family is visiting late at night. Would the old lady like to see him?" Ji Wei said cautiously.

"Meng De?" Mrs. Bian hadn't reacted yet, and then suddenly realized that he was talking about Cao Ang. She couldn't help but raise her eyebrows. As a prostitute, she knew a lot about the secrets of the wealthy and powerful families. Her heart sank, and considering her own special circumstances, she naturally reached under the pillow.

"Tell Ang'er that I'm not feeling well. He is already the head of the family, and he can decide everything at home. I'm just a woman, so there's no need to ask me." Mrs. Bian said with some warning.

Ji Wei nodded and left, telling Cao Ang about this. Cao Ang nodded when he heard this, feeling that his mother was a spiritually gifted person and knew everything she should know. She used these words to warn him just because she didn't want to hinder his choice. He couldn't help but sigh, and after kowtowing three times at the door, he went directly to the courtyards where Cao Pi, Cao Zhang, and Cao Zhi lived respectively.

"Madam, the head of the family has left after kowtowed three times." After Cao Ang left, Ji Wei quickly came in and answered Madam Bian.

Mrs. Bian had a lot of question marks on her head and had no idea what was going on. She actually thought that Cao Ang came to see her late at night and she was sweating coldly. But there was nothing she could do. Mrs. Bian's spiritual talent was special. Just by holding Cao Ang's hand, she could divert almost 50% of the computing power. If her entire spiritual talent was fully blessed, Cao Ang would definitely be able to reach the top level.

So when Madam Bian heard from the strong woman who served her that Cao Ang came to see her late at night, her first reaction was that Cao Ang had realized the logic of her spiritual talent. Although it sounded perverted, Madam Bian, who came from a brothel, was very clear about these things. What's more, Madam Bian, who had great interests in herself, sometimes even doubted her life.

"Gone? Three kowtows? What's going on?" After Ji Wei left, Madam Bian calmed down, and then quickly realized that something she didn't know had happened. She immediately stood up from the bed, but then sat down again, "Forget it, children and grandchildren have their own blessings. Cao Ang is already the head of the family, and I am already the old lady. Cao Ang should decide for himself."

[Meng De, your spirit in heaven must protect Ang'er.] Madam Bian prayed as usual, and then suddenly realized that Cao Cao was not dead yet. Although he went to another world, it did not mean that he was dead in another world.

Cao Ang quickly gathered all the young and strong men of the Cao and Xiahou generations. The number was not too large, only about a hundred people. After all, the Cao and Xiahou families were considered powerful in the area. Even if the number of the young generation over the age of sixteen was not too large, it was impossible that there were only a few of them.

"Everyone, follow me to the battlefield." It was almost dawn when Cao Ang pulled everyone up from the couch. Then, regardless of the group of people's bad mood, he spoke very directly in front of everyone, saying that since they had chosen to do it, they might as well burn their boats.

Most people present were confused when they heard this. After all, most of the Cao family and the Xiahou family were mediocre. Among a hundred people in a generation, only a dozen or so could leave their names behind. The remaining hundred or so people were just ordinary people who were born in this family and carried this surname. They had all the shortcomings that ordinary people had!
Therefore, when the rich young men suddenly heard these words, "Follow me into the battlefield," no matter how irritable they were or how half awake they were, they were suddenly startled.

"Brother, what are you talking about?" Xiahou Heng looked at Cao Ang with a start. Although he was older than Xiahou Ba, there was a huge gap in their abilities. He was just an ordinary mediocre person. But as the eldest son, he only needed to have self-knowledge. In addition, his mother was Ding's sister. From the relationship point of view, Xiahou Heng and Cao Ang had a very good relationship. He was considered Cao Ang's iron pillar. But precisely because he was a pillar, he was even more puzzled by Cao Ang's proposal, because Cao Ang should know very well that he was not suitable for going to the battlefield.

"Brother, my brother is not suitable for going to the battlefield." Xiahou Ba looked at Cao Ang strangely. As for him, he has been on the battlefield, sometimes leading troops on the front line, sometimes doing logistics, always there. Although he is not very suitable, at least he can do this thing.

"Brother, shall I go to the battlefield?" Cao Zhi's face turned green at this time, and he even pointed his index finger at himself. He was thinking, what can a waste like him do on the battlefield? How can a whole poem boost morale?
"I think I can still do it." Cao Pi said eagerly. Although he had never been to the battlefield, he had practiced martial arts with the imperial guards when he was in Chang'an. In fact, Cao Pi and his group were Liu Bei's biggest headache at that time. He was afraid that they would be raised to death, so he specially prepared a set of education plan.

"Brother, you don't have to say anything, I will be the first to rush forward when the time comes." The young and energetic Cao Zhang said very arrogantly. He had no fear of the battlefield at all, just do it!

The whole audience was in an uproar. Some signed up actively, some expressed doubts, and some clearly refused. For a moment, the venue became extremely noisy. However, after Cao Ang said that, he never spoke again. The younger generation of the Cao and Xiahou families stopped noisy for a while.

The biggest difference from the situation when Cao Pi succeeded to the throne in official history is that during these thirty years, Cao Ang has gained the recognition of all his peers. His ascension to the throne was accepted by everyone. This was not just because of his status. He really managed to unite his brothers. Therefore, the chaotic meeting place was only in chaos for a while when Cao Ang did not speak again.

"This time, Cao's needs all the young men to charge." Cao Ang looked at the people in front of him and said slowly, "I know there are some who are not suitable and should not go to the battlefield, but they have to go this time. I can only give you one promise, that is, I will charge at the front, and my guards will be assigned to you."

"Brother, what happened and why are you doing this?" Cao Pi raised his hand to tell others not to ask questions first. With Cao Ang around, he could suppress many people by doing this. Even many people from the Xiahou family who wanted to ask the same question shut up and waited for an answer after Cao Pi opened his mouth.

"Those who can explain our current situation clearly, please stand up." Cao Ang said to the crowd.

No one stood up. They could only see and understand part of it. In fact, even Cao Ren, the Xiahou brothers, the generals of other surnames, and even Cao's advisers could hardly explain clearly and thoroughly why. Cao Ang himself could not do so. But Cao Ang could at least combine the cognitive judgments of the upper and lower levels and make a relatively reasonable decision.

"Let me explain it briefly. Please don't mix personal feelings into it, and don't disturb me before I finish." Cao Ang sighed and started talking about Liu Ba's policy of accumulating finances, to the over-issuance of thunder, to the operations led by the Cao and Xiahou families, to the follow-up of other families, and finally to Cao Cao's handling plan. He described it all without any personal bias.

"You are just a rogue, you don't know how to live or die!" After Cao Ang finished speaking, Xiahou Mao slammed the table and stood up. Although many of the children of the Cao and Xiahou families around him did not respond, their expressions clearly tended to agree with Xiahou Mao's opinion.

Cao Pi, Cao Zhang, Cao Zhi, Cao Zhen and others frowned. These people either accepted Chen Xi's complete moral concept or had actually been on the battlefield and experienced a lot. They knew that Xiahou Mao's words might have made some sense in the past, but now...

"There are hundreds of soldiers like Liang He who passed through five gates and entered the inner courtyard with swords in hand." Cao Ang said with a somewhat sad tone, "And there are even more veterans who are slightly weaker than them. They only have one life. If they don't care about life or death, the guards can't protect them."

Xiahou Mao's face changed when he heard this. Words cannot educate people, but things can.

"Can't we recruit those elite soldiers to work for us?" Although Xiahou Mao's face changed, he still spoke with a stiff neck.

"Yes, but if we don't talk about morality but only about interests, then the interests required are too much, too much, too much to pay. If we calculate purely by interests, even a medium-sized family can't afford the price of a sixth-level smelting soldier." Cao Ang sighed and said, "But under the moral system, a sixth-level smelting elite who risked his life to protect a person would not cost more than 100,000 coins a year."

Many people may not be able to understand this. Let me make a simple analogy. In an era when moral credibility is reasonably constructed, a teacher with extremely high moral qualities who is responsible for students' lives, ideals, and future only needs a salary of a few thousand yuan a month, and even part of this salary will be paid to students. But when the moral credibility structure collapses, the salary you need to provide for such a teacher will be more than ten times what it used to be, and it will still not reach the level of responsibility for students that he once had.

In other words, in the past society, a large part of teachers' salaries were supported by the social moral system and beliefs. After this was destroyed, the existing salaries can only support teachers' professional qualities but not their professional ethics.

In the past, when the universal moral framework was stable, the profession of teacher had a well-known moral threshold. Although there were some bad teachers, when talking about teachers, professional quality only accounted for a part, and professional ethics occupied a very high proportion. But when the universal moral framework was impacted, the requirements for teachers became requirements for professional ability, rather than the dual requirements of professional ethics and quality.

And this is just a slight distortion of the overall industry when the moral system changes. When it comes to Cao, it means that if you mess up the moral system, you have to use something else to pay for the value that was originally paid with morality. Otherwise, we will not be able to provide you with the same service as before.

After all, we are all playing the real game. If there is a lack here, we have to make up for it in other areas.

"If we don't rebuild the moral system, the payment conditions will be so high in the future that the Cao family won't be able to keep up." Cao Ang sighed and said, "So we can only choose to rebuild the moral system. Everyone present, including me, was once a vested interest of the Cao family. Now it's time for us to return the benefits."

Cao Pi and other smart people looked unhappy, but they could understand the logic behind it. However, Xiahou Mao and other mediocre people could not understand the logic behind it and could only shout that what were these losers? We, the Cao family, got it by our own ability, so who are they?

"I have no choice but to go to the battlefield." Cao Zhi said with a wry smile, "Brother, you will protect me, right?"

"I will lead the troops, so I cannot protect you, but you can stay in the rear." Cao Ang shook his head and said that he, Barak, Cao Wan and others would be in the front line. If necessary, he would even have to rush forward with weapons to win the hearts of the people.

"Is that so?" Cao Zhi's expression was extremely complicated, but he still accepted the reality.

"Brother will protect you, don't worry." Cao Zhang said, patting his chest.

"Remember to protect your brother too." Cao Pi said to Cao Zhang. They were all smart people and could understand Cao Ang's choice. What's more, it was not Cao Ang's fault. He was repaying Cao Cao's debt. As for the son paying for the father's debt, in this era, it was not a moral issue at all.

But just as Cao Ang estimated, his agreement did not mean that others would accept it. He was the head of the Cao family, but the Cao family was not a one-man show. Even if a noble family was betting on founding a country, they would not gamble on the annihilation of the entire family and the possibility of never rising again. Otherwise, they would just form a group and rush forward on their own. However, Cao Ang's statement was unacceptable even to some smart people.

"I don't trust them." Cao Xiu, who had been silent, stood up and said, "They don't trust us, and I don't trust them either. To put it bluntly, they even rioted the day before yesterday. Even if Ziwen took the lead in promoting this matter, I still don't trust them."

"To have mutual trust, someone must stand up first, and that person can only be us." Cao Ang sighed, "Besides, we have no choice, but they do. Unless we are willing to stay here forever, mutual trust is the only option."

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