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Song-Ming -> Romance of the Three Kingdoms -> Yuan Shu Marches Out Seven Armies; Cao Cao And Three Generals Join Forces -> 18

使:“。”:“?”:“。”:“。”:“。”竿:“。”As ordered the controller issued grain in a short measure. Cao Cao sent secretly to find out how the army took this; and when he found that complaints were general and the soldiers were saying that the Prime Minister was fooling them, he sent a secret summons to the controller. When Wang Hou came, Cao Cao said, "I want to ask you to lend me something to pacify the soldiers with. You must not refuse." "What does the Prime Minister wish?" "I want the loan of your head to expose to the soldiery." "But I have done nothing wrong!" exclaimed the unhappy man. "I know that, but if I do not put you to death, there will be a mutiny. After you are gone, your wife and children shall be my care. So you need not grieve on their account." Wang Hou was about to remonstrate further, but Cao Cao gave a signal. The executioners hustled Wang Hou out, and he was beheaded. His head was exposed on a tall pole, and a notice said: "In accordance with military law, Wang Hou had been put to death for peculation and the use of a short measure in issuing grain." This appeased the discontent.


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