Picked up a copy of Romance of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 708
After Man Chong pulled Hua Xiong down, the imperial physician took Sun Jian out of here again.

Looking at the situation, Liu Bei was also speechless. Cao Cao had been away from the temple for a long time, and he had just arrived. It was the best time to deal with him. Unexpectedly, at this time, he would not be able to suppress him. Lost an ally, alas, what to do next?Thinking about it, Liu Bei raised his head and glanced at the emperor above him. He didn't expect that Liu Xi was also looking at him. Liu Bei understood that he had to stay later.

"Your Majesty!" Cao Cao spoke again, and he said seriously: "After the construction of the Yangzhou Canal was completed, countless ships passed through it, even to Yizhou, Jiaozhou, and overseas. In the capital, the boats coming and going can block the river, and the pedestrians on the road can cover the ground. This kind of situation is rare in the south. Moling has been expanded three times, and its current scale is second only to Luoyang!"

"This is the power of the canal!"

Cao Cao first boasted about the great role of the canal, starting with its changes in Yangzhou, and tried to use some concise language so that the ministers in the north could understand the changes in the south. After talking for a long time, Cao Cao stopped , looked at Liu Bei who was on the side, and said: "Sikong has always wanted to farm in the south. The success of the canal can be achieved through Sikong's strategy. Yangzhou, Jiaozhou, and even Jingzhou have fertile land and a vast territory. In terms of agricultural and mulberry development, It has always been behind and the north."

"I believe that the next thing will be different. When the canal is completed and the Xizhou Chidao is completed, the temple can gather the strength of the whole country to develop various things in the south."

At the end of the court meeting, Cao Cao and Liu Bei stayed, and the rest left in a hurry. They were still thinking about Cao Cao's words, including Liu Bei. Whether Cao Cao's words were true or not is not important, but Liu Bei felt that , Maybe my own plan can really be carried out according to what Cao Cao said. Through convenient transportation, the temple already has the capital to quickly support various places.

This is the general idea proposed by Liu Bei and Liu Ba. Temples give corresponding subsidies to localities, allowing localities to independently carry out various aspects of construction. Of course, military aspects are not included, and each region has its own corresponding situation. Temples It is also impossible to regulate all regions at the same time. Therefore, temples should still be mainly funded and subsidized, and local officials should be responsible for local construction. Regardless of the canal, it is naturally beneficial to Liu Bei's general plan.

Looking at Cao Cao who was smiling in front of him, Liu Bei shook his head and said, "Mr. Cao is really good at it!"

"Xuande, some people can fight, but in this temple, it's not worth mentioning. If you are looking for allies, you can find people like Wen Ruo and Feng Xiao. No matter how bad it is, Kong Ming, Zhong Da It's all okay, why do you have to make things difficult for yourself?" Cao Cao said with some disdain, but Liu Bei laughed, "Cao Gong, it's useless for me to find anyone, Cao Gong is very capable, how can they Can it be compared?"

"Even Hua Xiong is so close to Cao Gong, Cao Gong can use it as a sword in his own hand, I can't compare it."

"Liu Gong, Taiwei's sword is the sharpest sword in the world. It's a pity that Liu Gong is not good at swordsmanship."

The two were chatting, Qi Yue came out and led them to Houde Hall.

After entering the Hall of Houde, the emperor was extremely enthusiastic towards both of them. Contrary to what Liu Bei thought, the emperor didn't mention anything about the affairs of the court at all, but just chatted casually with them. There was no mention of it. Liu Bei didn't quite understand what the emperor meant. The three chatted for a long time before Cao Cao and Liu Bei left Houde Hall one after another.

After they left, Liu Xifang put away his smile, lowered his head, and tapped on the wooden table lightly. He originally wanted to punish Cao Cao severely and pull him down from his position as a Situ. However, he hesitated again in his heart because Cao Cao was very familiar with all the affairs of the canal, and he knew very well that Xun Yu might be able to handle Jingzhou's affairs on behalf of Cao Cao, but if he looked at the whole country, he couldn't do it.

It seems that I still have to keep him, but this person is too dangerous, Liu Bei and Sun Jian can't restrain him at all, so they have to find a way.

At the same time, in Jingzhou, Sima Yi ushered in the most painful period of time.

At night, Sima Yi was wearing thin obscene clothes, walking in the courtyard, the cold wind blew by, he was trembling all over, constantly shivering, but he didn't care about the cold, he squinted his eyes, wandering in the courtyard, tomorrow, Xun Yu It is about to arrive in Xiangyang to take over the affairs in Cao Cao's hands. During the previous period, Sima Yi continued to manage. According to Cao Cao's meaning, he cannot easily hand over the canal strategy to Xun Yu, at least To keep these people, Xun Yu cannot drive them away.

Cao Cao did not expect that Xun Yu would succeed him, and Sima Yi also did not expect that Xun Yu knew the situation in Jingzhou very well and wanted to fool him so that he would not interfere with the canal strategy. How could this be possible? ?Moreover, Xun Yu is a close minister of the emperor, just like Cao Cao, Sima Yi did not dare to target him, Sima Yi was a little embarrassed, these ministers fought, and it was himself who suffered the most.

However, Cao Cao's orders must be fulfilled. Although Xun Yu is also an important minister, he is not as terrifying as Cao Cao. Sima Yi would rather offend Xun Yu than Cao Cao. Being dealt with, Sima Yi didn't think so. The longer he followed Cao Cao, the more he realized how terrifying he was. Such a person would not be easily overthrown, especially when he could play a bigger role. when.

In Sima Yi's mind, he had already made up his mind. Looking at the night, he couldn't help but let out a long sigh, scooped some water from the bucket beside him, and poured it on his body. The cold water poured on his body, Sima Yi, who was already very cold, gritted his teeth and couldn't speak. Sima Yi stretched out his hand, touched his forehead, thought for a while, and took another ladle of water.

The next day, when Xun Yu arrived in Xiangyang, the person who came to greet him was not Sima Yi. The officials of Jingzhou stood in front of him, bent over, with a faint look of sadness on their faces. Xun Yu squinted his eyes and looked at him. Looking at them, thinking about the reason why Sima Yi didn't come to see him, could it be that Cao Cao gave him something before leaving? ?As he was thinking, Sima Fu who followed him was a little annoyed, he seemed to have a lot of prejudice against this elder brother.

"Where's Sima Inspector? Why didn't he come in person??"

Sima Fu asked.

The surrounding officials raised their heads and looked at this young man who looked exactly like Sima Yi. They were surprised for a moment, and some people recognized him and said, "The governor suddenly became seriously ill, and now he is still lying on the sickbed. Forgive me"

Xun Yu was shocked, and the officials around him were full of worries. Judging from their mental state, it didn't seem like they were lying, could it be true? ?
Sima Fu sneered, walked to Xun Yu's side, and said in a low voice, "Mr. Xun, my second brother is like this. When my father invited us to sacrifice wine to enlighten us, my second brother was always seriously ill." Xun Yu said nothing, looked at the officials in the distance, and said, "Take me there, I want to see for myself." The officials didn't dare to refuse, and rushed to Sima Mansion with Xun Yu and his party.

Walking to Sima's mansion, you can hear the cries of the servants from a long distance away.

Sima Fu, who was a little disapproving at first, gradually became solemn. Xun Yu led him into the mansion. When the servants saw Sima Fu, they all cried to see him. Sima Fu became a little irritable and waved , asked them to get up, and the two walked into the inner room together. As soon as they entered the room, they smelled a bitter smell of medicine, which permeated the whole room. Several doctors were feeding medicine in front of the sick bed.

Xun Yu and Sima Fu walked to the sick bed.

Sima Yi was lying on the sickbed, his eyes were closed, his face was red, and his lips were white. He looked abnormal. Xun Yu stretched out his hand and touched his forehead. It was as hot as a fire. Xun Yu didn't speak. But Fu was stunned. He looked at his elder brother in a daze, turned his head away, looked at the doctor beside him, and asked tremblingly, "What's wrong with my elder brother?"

"The governor was hot when he was caught in the wind and cold. Fortunately, we came in time, otherwise he was in a coma for a day, and we did our best. If he can wake up within today, it's okay, but if he doesn't recover, Mr. , get ready for the funeral."

"You!!" Sima Fu pointed at the doctor in front of him, and Xun Yu hurriedly held him back.

"Brother, brother, I'm here, open your eyes and look at me." Sima Fu said tremblingly, Sima Yi's eyes trembled, Sima Fu knelt down in front of the sick bed slowly, stretched out his hand, held Sima Yi's fiery hands, tears Unexpectedly, she shed tears and was wiping away tears, but Sima Yi slowly opened his eyes. For a moment, the doctors were very excited and busy.

Sima Fu stared wide-eyed, looked at his elder brother in front of him, and kept saying, "Brother, I'm back, I'm back."

"You're here." Sima Yi's voice was very low.

"Sanlang. If I... am gone. Take care. Take care of... yourself."

"Brother!! I was wrong!! Don't leave me!!" Sima Fu cried with his head on his back.

The doctors quickly let him go. At the same time, Xun Yu was also invited out. Looking at Sima Fu who was crying bitterly, Xun Yu really didn't know how to persuade him. He stretched out his hand, patted his back lightly, and said: "Zhongda will be fine, don't cry like this, otherwise, if Zhongda hears about it, it may be detrimental to his recovery."

It wasn't until the doctor left and ordered everyone not to disturb Sima Yi that Xun Yu left Sima's mansion, but Sima Fu stayed behind and sat on the steps of the back room, where he wanted to accompany his elder brother.

Inside the house, Sima Yi was lying on the sickbed, frowning, thinking.

It must have tricked Xun Yu, after all, this is really sick, not pretending to be sick, Sima Yi thought, and there was a slight sobbing sound next to his ear, that boy Sanlang was squatting at the door and crying.

Sima Yi glanced in the direction of the door and snorted coldly.

You deserve it, who asked you to follow Villager Zhuge? ?
Even though he thought so, a gentle smile slowly appeared on his face when he heard the sobs.

this kid.

(End of this chapter)