Three Kingdoms, I'm really not a general!

Chapter 498: Persuasion, brotherhood still exists?

Cao Pi finally decided to use the method of Wu Zhi and others.

This is more or less a helpless move.

There is really no other way, so I can only use this somewhat unreliable method.

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Although this method was not very reliable, Cao Pi still improved the strategy slightly.

The soldiers have families, so Cao Zhi also has a family!

Moreover, those family members were people he could not ignore at all and they were people he must obey.

Who?
It was their biological mother, Madam Bian!
As we all know, since Cao Ang died and Madam Ding was deposed, Madam Bian has been the number one person in Cao Cao's harem.

However, although Mrs. Bian had a prominent status, her background was actually not that good.

Mrs. Bian was of humble origins, and she and her family were all musicians engaged in singing and dancing; to put it bluntly, they were a family of entertainers.

After marrying Cao Cao, she gave birth to Cao Pi, Cao Zhang, Cao Zhi and Cao Xiong.

In the early years of Jian'an, she became Cao Cao's principal wife as Lady Ding was deposed. After her son Cao Pi became emperor, she became the empress dowager.

Mrs. Bian's father was Bian Yuan, a native of Kaiyang County, Langya Commandery.

Legend has it that there was a strange sight when Mrs. Bian was born.

It is said that when Madam Bian was born, the whole house was filled with yellow gas, which lasted for a whole day to disappear.

His father Bian Yuan was very surprised and asked the fortune teller Wang Dan, who replied: "This is a good omen!"

Of course, this story sounds like a fabrication.

Most likely, it was Cao Pi who proposed it.

In fact, Cao Pi respected his biological mother very much. Since he became emperor, he had thought about posthumously conferring titles on the parents of Empress Dowager Bian, that is, his grandparents.

This is rare in this day and age and is not ethical.

Therefore, when Cao Pi proposed it at that time, he was opposed.

The Minister of State Chen Qun made a memorial to the emperor, saying, "Your Majesty, you have been appointed to the throne because of your virtue. Now is the time to establish a foundation and reform the system. You should always serve as a model for future generations. I have searched all the ancient books and articles, and there is no system in which women were granted land and titles. In the rites and rituals, a woman's title is based on her husband's. The Qin Dynasty violated the ancient law, and the Han Dynasty actually followed it. This is not the law of the previous kings."

Seeing that Chen Qun's reasons were very convincing, Cao Pi could not force him to do anything, so he had to agree and give up.

Although Cao Pi was rejected, he seemed to have never forgotten the matter. So even after his death, until Cao Rui ascended the throne, with his father's blessing, he posthumously named Bian Yuan as Kaiyang Jinghou, and his wife Zhou was posthumously named Yangdu Jun and Marquis Furen.

Although these are all later stories, they can still show Cao Pi's attitude towards Lady Bian.

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When the situation was so critical, he thought of his mother again.

After Cao Pi became emperor, Lady Bian naturally had her own palace.

It was late at night, but under the dim candlelight, the virtuous mother sat upright on a wooden chair, her posture straight yet gentle, and her light blue skirt highlighting her simplicity and tranquility.

Her eyes were deep and full of love, as if she could see through all the waves in the child's heart.

There was a hint of sadness in his expression, yet he remained determined.

"Pi'er, now that you are an emperor, you still remember to see me from time to time. This is really rare."

As she spoke, Mrs. Bian gently stroked the child's hair. Her hands, although rough, were full of warmth.

It can be seen that Mrs. Bian has not lived a life of luxury over the years. From her hands, one can tell that they once did housework.

There are still traces of embroidery needles on her fingers, witnessing her love for her child. Cao Pi always feels at ease in front of Madam Bian.

Even in her room, one can feel at ease. The surrounding environment is not too luxurious, but everything is kept in tidy order.

Cao Pi said, "Mother, I came to see you today not just to see you. Do you know that my brother is cooperating with Sima Yi in the uprising in Hexi?"

Madam Bian paused when she heard this, but said, "Although I know about the things between you brothers, what can I do?"

When Cao Pi heard this, he realized that his mother must have known about Cao Zhi's situation long ago.

This is not surprising. Although it happened in the harem, Cao Zhi's "resurrection from the dead" was too bizarre. How could Mrs. Bian not know about it?
Cao Pi sorted out his thoughts and looked at a painting hanging on the wall.

A few simple strokes outline the scene of mountains and flowing water, which seem to reflect the inner tranquility and wisdom.

The house was filled with a faint herbal scent, and the occasional tinkling of wind chimes outside the window made Cao Pi's mind calm down a little.

After thinking for a while, Xing Daorong finally said, "Mother, the situation today is a matter of life and death for our Great Wei."

"If Cao Zhi and Sima Yi really fight me to the death in Hexi, even if I can quell the civil strife, I will suffer heavy casualties."

"When we have to deal with Liu Bei, it will be troublesome."

When Madam Bian heard what Cao Pi said, she understood everything clearly.

But he said, "Pi'er, do you want me to come forward?"

Upon hearing this, Cao Pi bowed again and said, "Mother, this is exactly what I am thinking."

"Please ask mother to go with me to Hexi to meet my brother and ask him to admit defeat and surrender."

"As long as he surrenders to me, I will not harm him. If you swear in front of his mother, he will surely believe me."

In front of Madam Bian, Cao Pi did not call himself an emperor at all. He just treated himself as a child and wanted Madam Bian to help him out of the relationship between mother and son.

Who would have thought that Madam Bian did not agree directly, but asked Cao Pi again: "Pi'er said that he would definitely not harm your brother, but is he serious?"

Cao Pi did not dare to hesitate at all.

The appearance of Mrs. Bian was really the best way he could think of to deal with Cao Zhi!

He didn't believe it. Under the current circumstances, Cao Zhi still dared to rebel!
If this is true, then even if Cao Zhi can succeed, people in the world cannot tolerate him!
So when Cao Pi heard his mother's question, he did not hesitate at all and answered directly: "Mother! How can I lie to you in front of you?"

After hearing this, Madam Bian nodded and agreed: "If that's the case, then I will agree to go to Hexi with you."

Cao Pi was immediately overjoyed: "With mother's help, there will be no worries!"

So when Cao Pi led the troops to quell the rebellion this time, the most important person under his command was not generals such as Zhang He, but his mother, Empress Dowager Lady Bian.

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Hexi County.

News soon arrived that Cao Pi had mobilized his army to quell the rebellion.

Cao Zhi actually knew that he was just a puppet.

Whether it was Sun Quan, Xing Daorong, or even Sima Yi who brought himself back alone, each of them just regarded themselves as a "useful chess piece" or a "useless burden."

Even though he was sitting in the main seat in the tent at this moment...he still had no right to speak.

(End of this chapter)