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d　others。　Dong　Cheng　and　thirteen　others　were　raised　to　rank　of　lordship。　All　good　service　was　rewarded；　certain　others　again；　who　deserved　it；　were　punished；　all　according　to　Cao　Cao's　sole　decision。

Cao　Cao　himself　was　made　Prime　Minister；　Regent　Marshal；　and　Lord　of　Wuping。　Xun　Yu　was　made　Imperial　Counselor　and　Chair　of　the　Secretariat；　Xun　You；　Minister　of　War；　Guo　Jia；　Minister　of　Rites　and　Religion；　Liu　Ye；　Minister　of　Works；　Mao　Jie；　Minister　of　Agriculture；　and　together　with　Ren　Jun；　they　were　put　over　the　supervision　of　military　farms　and　stores。　Cheng　Yu　was　appointed　Lord　of　Dongping；　Dong　Zhao；　Magistrate　of　Luoyang；　Man　Chong；　Magistrate　of　Xuchang。　Xiahou　Dun；　Xiahou　Yuan；　Cao　Ren；　Cao　Hong；　Lu　Qian；　Li　Dian；　Yue　Jing；　Yu　Jin；　and　Xu　Huang　were　made　manders；　Xu　Chu　and　Dian　Wei；　manders　of　Capital　District。　All　good　service　received　full　recognition。

Cao　Cao　was　then　the　one　man　of　the　court。　All　memorials　went　first　to　him　and　were　then　submitted　to　the　Throne。　When　state　matters　were　in　order；　Cao　Cao　gave　a　great　banquet　in　his　private　quarters　to　all　his　advisers；　and　affairs　outside　the　capital　were　the　subject　of　discussion。

Then　Cao　Cao　said；　〃Liu　Bei　has　his　army　at　Xuzhou；　and　he　carries　on　the　administration　of　the　region。　Lu　Bu　fled　to　Liu　Bei　when　defeated；　and　Liu　Bei　gave　Lu　Bu　Xiaopei　to　live　in。　If　these　two　agreed　to　join　forces　and　attack；　my　position　would　be　most　serious。　What　precautions　can　be　taken？〃

Then　rose　Xu　Chu；　saying；　〃Give　me　fifty　thousand　of　picked　soldiers；　and　I　will　give　the　Prime　Minister　both　their　heads。〃

Xun　Yu　said；　〃O　Leader；　you　are　brave；　but　we　must　consider　the　present　circumstance。　We　cannot　start　a　sudden　war　just　as　the　capital　has　been　changed。　However；　there　is　a　certai