Mi Han

Chapter 221
Not long after, Cao Pi, who was far away in Luoyang, also received the second sealed performance from Xia Houshang in the palace.

When Cao Pi heard that it was Xia Houshang who had submitted the second secret performance, his heart skipped a beat.

At first he thought that something happened in the south, but after watching Xia Houshang's secret performance, his face showed excitement.

When Xia Houshang wrote the first secret memorial before, Cao Pi had intended to agree to Xiahoushang's sending troops, but this was dissuaded by Sima Yi and Jiang Ji.

Under the persuasion of two confidant ministers, Cao Pi temporarily withdrew Xia Houshang's first secret memorial.

And when Xia Houshang's second secret memorial was delivered to him, Cao Pi immediately called a group of confidant officials to discuss the matter again after seeing the content of Xiahou Shang's secret memorial.

Since Cao Pi officially became emperor after accepting Zen, he began to work hard to govern in the name of the emperor.

Because he has read scriptures since he was a child, Cao Pi really wanted to achieve the deeds of a Confucian benevolent monarch.

In terms of the concept of governing the country, Cao Pi pursued to emulate the ancient benevolent monarchs and virtuous officials.

On the one hand, he made laws to cut down the vassals, attacked dissidents, continued to consolidate his own power, and issued an edict to strictly prohibit foreign relatives and eunuchs from intervening in politics.

On the other hand, he cultivated and thrived with the people, and the edicts were quite beneficial to the people, and he vigorously developed Confucianism among the people.

Cao Pi wanted to educate the people as soon as possible, restore the order of social life, promote the development of social economy and culture, and restore the national strength of the north.

Regardless of Cao Pi's personal morality and some of his general mistakes, he has indeed made outstanding contributions to the development of northern internal affairs.

Historically, a few years later, the north raised hundreds of thousands of troops at every turn, and even in the later period, it was not a problem to send hundreds of thousands of troops to fight a protracted war. The foundation of all this was laid during Cao Pi's reign.

In terms of political ambitions, Cao Pi has always wanted to inherit Cao Cao's ambition to unify the country.

Under Cao Pi's order, a group of confidants came to the hall soon.

After a group of confidants arrived, Cao Pi ordered his attendants to show them Xia Houshang's secret performances one by one.

There are not many ministers called by Cao Pi, and they are all people he can trust, so he is not afraid of leaking secrets.

After several upstarts from Cao and Wei watched Xia Houshang's second secret performance, everyone couldn't hide the shock on their faces.

Cao Pi was a monarch who was deeply influenced by Confucian culture since he was a child, so all the ministers he trusted were ministers who were familiar with Confucian classics.

Among such a group of monarchs and ministers, Meng Da's sudden invention of his will had a greater impact on them.

Perhaps some important ministers would advise Cao Pi to act cautiously before, but after Meng Da's resentment, no minister spoke out to dissuade him.

Otherwise, if Cao Pi asks a question, asking you to decide whether Zhifa Zhi is willing, no minister will be able to answer it.

Seeing that all his confidants no longer had any objections, Cao Pi began to show excitement on his face.

If Xia Houshang and Cao Ren wanted to get rid of Mi Yang more personally, Cao Pi focused on the overall situation of the world today and wanted to take Xicheng into his hands as soon as possible.

Because Xicheng or Hanxing County is a transportation hub connecting Hanzhong and Xiangyang.

If he can hold Hanxing County in his hands, then he can cut off the fastest connection between Hanzhong and Xiangyang.

In this way, when Liu Bei launches a large-scale northern expedition in the future, he will undoubtedly be unable to respond to each other, so that he can defeat them one by one.

Moreover, Cao Pi, who is a model of a traditional Confucian monarch, believes in the destiny.

Some time ago, after Cao Pi established the Wei Dynasty, he heard from Zhang Yin's mouth the four words "Heaven is not Zuoer" that his sister Cao Jie said.

Cao Pi felt bad about those four characters, so he ordered someone to engrave the official character "Dawei Shou Han Chuan Guoxi" on the shoulder of the Chuan Guoxi, so as to prove that he was not "usurping the Han".

After completing this move, his heart was much more stable.

After completing this move, Cao Pi has heard that Cao Zhi wept for Liu Xiefa in recent days, which made him very dissatisfied.

It's just because he has not been enthroned for a long time, it is not easy for him to deal with his younger brother too harshly.

But just because he didn't punish Cao Zhi to vent his anger, he always felt a kind of haze in his heart.

Although he hates Cao Zhi, Cao Zhi is his younger brother after all.

Now even his younger brother believes the rumors and weeps for Liu Xiefa, which makes Cao Pi even more uncertain about other people's thoughts.

What is destiny?
The Mandate of Heaven is the submission of people's hearts and the submission of all nations.

Now when Cao Pi's heart is clouded, Meng Da, his greatest opponent, wants to make up his mind to defect to the north and surrender to righteousness.

Cao Pi has also heard of Meng Da's reputation, and Meng Da is not the kind of unknown general.

This made Cao Pi's heart full of joy.

Cao Pi is determined to set Meng Da as a benchmark.

Cao Pi smiled and said to all the confidant ministers in the palace:
"Xi Yizhi turned his back on the Shang and returned to Zhou, traveled a hundred miles to Yu and entered Qin, Le Yi felt that the barbarians were sloughed off by cicadas, Wang Zunshi went against the law and went, all of which are the results of judging the ups and downs.

Knowing the inevitability of success or failure, so Danqing paints its description, and good history records its merits.

Today's son is pure in appearance, excellent in capacity, decisive in invention, and profound in righteousness.

I look to the west with an open mind, relying on my thoughts, wishing I didn't know it earlier, so I sigh.

In the past, when Yuqing entered Zhao, he saw her again and took the chance. Chen Ping went to Han, and once he had an audience, he took part in the chariot, and his son was born to me.

Chuanzhao: Order the envoy to bring me the imperial horse and give it to him, so as to show loyalty and love. "

When Cao Pi issued this edict, Sima Yi, Jiang Ji, Chen Qun, and Zhu Shuo in the hall frowned slightly.

Cao Pi's old problem was committed again, and he began to reward people he liked indiscriminately.

The imperial horse is the exclusive mount of the emperor Cao Pi, how can it be rewarded to his ministers.

But after Cao Pi said the above words, he felt that there was something insufficient. How could such a reward reflect Meng Da's loyalty?
The heart of a loyal minister cannot catch cold.

Cao Pi thought for a while and said: "Nowadays, the sea is clean and stable, and I want to unify thousands of miles, and there will be no policemen who hang down the boundless dust, and there will be no danger of dogs barking in Midsummer.

Zidu Shunyi returned to the north, and ordered his family to make colorful roads to show his nobility.If Zidu wants to come to meet each other, he should first set up the trilogy to protect himself, and then ride slowly and lightly to the north.

I worshiped Da again as a regular servant of Sanqi, led the general who conquered the West, and was named Pingyang Tinghou. "

Every time Cao Pi said an edict, the servant of Huangmen would record Cao Pi's edict.

These edicts will be sent to Nanyang soon.

But when Cao Pi finished speaking the latest edict, Jiang Ji, who was loyal and upright, couldn't bear it anymore. He came from Cao Pi and said:
"Meng Da intends to submit to His Majesty today because of His Majesty's heavenly power. However, Meng Da's talent is not clear, and his loyalty is not right. How can he rashly reward him too generously?"

"I hope Your Majesty will think twice. If Your Majesty wants to reward him, it will not be too late to reward Meng Da after his righteous deeds."

Jiang Ji's remonstrance attracted the approval of several other important ministers.

But after Cao Pi finished listening, a smile appeared on his face. He waved his hands and said, "I will protect it from others. It's like shooting Artemisia's middle ear with an arrow."

"If it weren't for this, how could we be loyal to "Break Invention"?"

Seeing Cao Pi's insistence on this, and thinking that Meng Da's actions were indeed not suspicious, Jiang Ji had no choice but to back down in the end.

After Jiang Ji withdrew, Cao Pi immediately ordered the servant of Huangmen, who had finished recording the edict, to send his edict to Xia Houshang as soon as possible, and he must transfer it to Meng Da as soon as possible.

What Cao Pi didn't know was that shortly after his edict was issued, the first fraud case in the post-Three Kingdoms period was about to occur.

And soon, he, the Great Wei Emperor, will also become the laughing stock of the world!

Under Cao Pi's urgent order, his edict was quickly sent to Xia Houshang in Wudang County.

But at this time, Cao Ren's army had not yet arrived.

After all, Nanyang County is a large southern county that defends the Central Plains, and there are tens of thousands of Guan Yu's army in Xiangyang watching.

Under such circumstances, Cao Ren had to arrange all the defenses of Nanyang, so that he could lead his army southward with peace of mind.

When Xia Houshang received Cao Pi's edict, he excitedly bowed to the north three times.

Your Majesty is really the Son of Heaven!
Although Cao Ren's army had not yet arrived, in Cao Ren's letter to Xiahoushang, Xiahoushang already knew that Cao Ren would lead an army to Wudang County in the near future.

Under such circumstances, what Xia Houshang has to do during this period of time is to intensify the training of soldiers and horses and collect boats, and on the other hand, to strengthen the connection with Meng Da to appease him.

At this point, as Meng Da first contacted Xia Houshang who surrendered, he has become the middleman between Meng Da and Cao Wei.

And he has already firmly believed in Meng Da. At this time, he has already bet all his treasures on Meng Da.

The difference from the beginning was that Meng Da contacted Xia Houshang eagerly at the beginning, fearing that he would not trust him.

Now Xia Houshang is doing everything possible to strengthen the connection with Meng Da, fearing that something will happen to him.

Under this state of mind, after Xia Houshang received Cao Pi's edict, he immediately ordered Li Fu to bring Cao Pi's edict back to the Hanshui military stronghold and inform Meng Da of Cao Pi's grace.

But Li Fu hugged Cao Pi's edict excitedly, and soon returned to the Hanshui military stronghold, looking for Meng Da.

When Meng Da read the edict Cao Pi gave him, great surprise appeared on his face.

What he didn't expect was that Cao Pi would value him so much.

Looking at the bright red seal on the imperial edict and Cao Pi's award to him, Meng Da was really tempted for a moment.

But then this greedy thought was quickly dispelled by the rationality in Meng Da's mind.

He has been following Mi Yang for several months, and he already knows a lot about Mi Yang's methods.

Compared with his former superior Liu Feng, Mi Yang is definitely not the kind of arrogant character.

Since Mi Yang dared to let him use this tactic of feigning surrender, there must be countermeasures.

Besides, his only son, Meng Xing, is currently in Mi Yang's county mansion.

Under such circumstances, Meng Da would not take that risk.

Just like Xia Houshang, Xia Houshang gave his trust to Meng Da, and Meng Da also gave his trust to Mi Yang.

After receiving Cao Pi's edict, Meng Da ordered Li Fu to go down first and have a good rest.

Then in the middle of the night, he came to the county mansion alone to find Mi Yang to report the latest situation.

Thanks to the previous purge, Mi Yang now has absolute control over the West City.

Under such circumstances, as long as Mi Yang made proper arrangements, no one would notice Meng Da's late-night secret meeting with Mi Yang.

Because he was preoccupied with seducing Xia Houshang recently, Mi Yang went to bed very late during this time, worrying that Meng Da would have important reports at any time.

Under the leadership of Gan Gao, Meng Da met Mi Yang in a remote hall in the county mansion.

After Mi Yang saw Meng Da, he smiled and handed several letters in his hand to Meng Da to read.

Meng Da respectfully took the letter from Mi Yang, and then read it seriously.

After Meng Da finished reading, a smile appeared on his face.

These letters were written by Lu Yi and Deng Ai to Mi Yang.

Not long ago, when they knew about Meng Da's plea, they all wrote letters to defend Meng Da, thinking that he would not have the intention of treason.

Moreover, in their words, it was vaguely revealed that Mi Yang was persecuting Meng Da too much.

It can be seen from this that the impact of Meng Da's resolute confession on everyone has been greatly affected.

After Meng Da read the letters written by Lu Yi and Deng Ai, he felt a warm feeling in his heart.

Perhaps during this period of time, he has suffered a lot of grievances, and perhaps those colleagues did not have much enthusiasm for him in the past, but fortunately they are willing to trust him at critical moments.

This was something Meng Da had never experienced before.

After being moved, Meng Da handed the imperial edict given to him by Cao Pi in his arms to Mi Yang to watch.

And Mi Yang raised his brows lightly after reading it, and couldn't help but sigh Cao Pi's great handwriting.

However, this is also in line with Cao Pi's character in history. In history, he was deceived by Sun Quan, which has a lot to do with his own character.

Then Meng Da reported something to Mi Yang:

Xia Houshang not only asked Li Fu to bring Cao Pi's reward edict today, but also discussed with Meng Da about the follow-up march in the letter.

Since it is necessary to cooperate internally and externally, of course, it is necessary to inform Meng Da of the strategy and general strength of his own army, so that they can cooperate seamlessly in the future.

Mi Yang was surprised when he learned that Cao Ren would personally conquer. He didn't expect him to catch a bigger fish.

After informing Mi Yang of the general situation, Meng Da said to Mi Yang: "If Cao Ren comes here in person, he will bring a large army, but our army is only [-], so there may be danger."

Meng Da's remonstrance made Mi Yang nod, which he had already considered.

Even if Cao Ren didn't come in person, Mi Yang didn't plan to rely on his [-] troops to take down Xia Houshang's [-] troops.

Mi Yang looked at Meng Da, and saw that his usual long hair was gone.

With his hair not long, Meng Da couldn't even tie a crown, so he could only let it loose.

In the current aesthetics, adults with disheveled hair will be ridiculed by others.

Feeling Meng Da's contribution in his heart, Mi Yang stretched out his hand and patted Meng Da's shoulder and said:
"Zidu doesn't need to worry about the military strength. Zidu just needs to investigate Cao Ren's further movements for me in detail."

"If this is accomplished, even if I don't want my own merits, I will still recommend my son to be a Marquis."

Hearing what Mi Yang said, Meng Da bowed to Mi Yang excitedly, and said excitedly, "Thank you, General."

Just two days before Cao Pi's edict was delivered to Meng Da, a team carrying Wang Ling quickly arrived outside Nanzheng City in Hanzhong County.

When blocked by the city guards, Fa Miao, the leader of this secret team, took out a gold medal, and then said to the soldiers at the gate of the city:
"Your Majesty is in a hurry, anyone who dares to stop me will be killed without mercy!"

After checking the identities of this group of people, the defenders immediately stepped aside respectfully.

After no one stopped him, Fa Miao, who was Liu Bei's envoy, quickly rushed into Nanzheng City with a group of people behind him.

If Mi Yang was present, he would definitely be able to recognize the group of people behind Fa Miao.

Zhang Nan, Feng Xi, Fu Kuang, Cheng Ji, Guan Xing, Zhang Bao, Zhao Tong, etc.

Some of these people fell in the Yiling World War I in history, but their fate has changed in this life.

Mi Yang's previous letter was not just to express his bold words to Liu Bei, and Liu Bei's "good for it" was not just spiritual encouragement.

Now everything is ready, just wait for the fish to be caught!
Han Tong wants to be re-established, how can it be exaggerated without blood?

　Today is only one chapter, I have to go to rest first.

　　I fell down, but it wasn't too serious, but just after applying the medicine, my hands were in constant pain.

　　Normal updates will resume tomorrow.

　　Tomorrow will be December, and I wish everyone a smooth December in advance.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)