Three Kingdoms New Emperor

Chapter 429: Playing with Talent?
Seeing Xi Zhicai lying on a crude stretcher in front of him, a trace of sadness suddenly flashed in Liu Xie's eyes.From that haggard face, he could vaguely see Xi Zhicai's handsome demeanor back then.But now, Cao Cao's most important adviser can only lie on the tattered bedding and a few animal skins.

The weather in September was actually not cold, but Xi Zhicai was shivering in the animal bed.As Zhang Ji's needle went down, Xi Zhicai not only did not stop trembling, but looked more serious.For some reason, Liu Xie suddenly sighed: "Mr. Xi, I know that everything you said is true. But at this time, do you still want to keep Cao Cao at the last moment of your life? That person is really worth your money." So effective?"

In the era before Liu Xie traveled through the Han Dynasty, it became common practice to reverse the case for Cao Cao. Everyone believed that Cao Cao was the greatest hero in the Three Kingdoms era.He is talented, he is brave and mighty, he controls talents and sweeps the world, he is a real hero.

The reason for this is of course related to Cao Cao's individualistic style of being less restrained and living out his true temperament. He met the tastes of most people in that era and was highly praised for a while.

Even Liu Xie once thought Cao Cao was a real hero...

However, Liu Xie realized that he was wrong about the Xuzhou incident.No amount of words can explain Cao Cao's crimes, and no amount of excuses can cover up this fact.

It is understandable for Cao Cao to attack the city and plunder the land, it is understandable to pursue Zhang Kai for assassinating his father, and it is also understandable to pursue joint and several responsibility for Tao Qian whether he knew it or not.But in any case, no matter how great the responsibility is, the unarmed Xuzhou people cannot be held accountable.Killing all men, women and children, is really heinous and heinous.

Especially after Liu Xie changed the tragedy of his father being killed.He did this under even the slightest tenable excuse... Liu Xie really didn't know how to comment on him.

No one, no matter how poor, ignorant, or backward, is not born to be killed indiscriminately.This is the most basic difference between human beings and animals. It can even be said that such actions are worse than animals.At least, wolves hunt sheep and kill animals in order to survive, and a person who kills his own kind to satisfy his so-called aspirations can only be utterly cruel and tyrannical!

Therefore, Liu Xie really couldn't figure out why facing such a person, there are still a large number of people, even some elites of this era, who are still desperate for him. When they are dying, they still want to find a way out for him.

"Your Majesty, what my minister said..." Xi Zhi started to cough painfully just as he said this.Because at this moment, he saw in the eyes of the 14-year-old boy in front of him, there was a deep sadness that shouldn't be there at this age.

He even changed his address in the next sentence.Because although he has an official position, after the emperor ordered Cao Cao to be deposed tomorrow, he will naturally no longer be a Hanchen: "What I said is not for Cao Mengde. It is for the people of Xuzhou. If your majesty does not act , Xuzhou is bound to suffer. If Cao Mengde benefits from this, I can only say that heaven really treats him well..."

When he said this, Liu Xie clearly saw how Xi Zhicai endured the pain to open his heavy eyelids, and saw the trace of sadness in his eyes.After these words fell, Xi Zhicai coughed violently again, and his body, which was already too thin to resemble a human figure, trembled violently.

Witnessing such a scene, Liu Xie's heart was covered with a dark cloud. He turned around and watched Zhang Ji feed Xi Zhicai a dose of medicine, and then asked, "Physician Zhang, Mr. Xi's body?..."

Zhang Ji still shook his head with a serious face this time. This time, everyone could tell that Zhang Ji had no intention of joking: "Your Majesty, Mr. Xi's illness has already been deeply rooted, and the previous episode seemed to be too much grief, which broke his heart." At this moment, it is like a lamp without oil, and the medicine and stone are useless, I am afraid..."

After Xi Zhicai finished coughing, he calmly listened to Zhang Ji's conclusion.Looking up and seeing Liu Xie staring at him, he couldn't help but look at Liu Xie.After a long time, Liu Xie confirmed that what Xi Zhicai said just now was indeed from the bottom of his heart—although he still cleverly concealed his evaluation of Cao Cao.But anyway, none of that matters now.

"That being the case, according to Mr. Xi's opinion, how should I save the people of Xuzhou?" After confirming that Xi Zhicai was not for Cao Cao, Liu Xie said this sentence.His expression is sad, just like the sadness after seeing a shooting star across the night sky.

After hearing these words, Xi Zhicai coughed violently for the last time, and the whole person finally calmed down strangely, only a bright red blood streak quietly hung on the corner of his mouth.There was also a cooing sound echoing in the depths of his throat, and the original sallow complexion strangely returned to its previous rich and handsome appearance.

"Your Majesty, the people in Xuzhou are panic-stricken now, fearing the enemy like a tiger, but if there is a turmoil, Xuzhou will immediately fall into a state of ruin." Speaking of this, Xi Zhicai was a little excited, interrupted the strategy and said angrily: "Liu Xuande, this person, success is not enough to fail If you have more to do, you should be the thief of Xuzhou! Your Majesty must not be fooled by this person's superficial writings."

When Liu Xie heard that Xi Zhicai mentioned Liu Bei, Liu Xie couldn't help but sneered.Naturally, this sneer was not aimed at Xi Zhicai, but precisely Liu Bei who he said was "benevolent and righteous".In fact, Liu Xie has long seen that Liu Bei's behavior is superficially high-spirited, but in fact he just borrowed the Xuzhou battlefield to raise his name.If he had not brought great hope to the people of Xuzhou, Xuzhou would not have been so disappointed.

The current situation in Xuzhou is just like what Xi Zhicai said, there is no pillar to support the soul at all.Because what the people saw and heard was that people with great loyalty like the emperor's uncle Liu Bei couldn't beat Cao Cao and couldn't save Xuzhou.In addition to being destroyed, what will happen to Xuzhou?And this is also one of the reasons why Liu Xie used all resources to pass the imperial edict to Xuzhou, just to rekindle hope for the people of Xuzhou.

Don't look at Tao Qian as timid as a mouse, but in fact what he did was really an effective move to save Xuzhou.It is a wise choice to preserve Xuzhou's lifeline by strengthening the walls and clearing the fields to gather the people to migrate and retreat.But Liu Bei appeared at this time, so how could Xuzhou have the nerve not to fight two battles with Cao Cao?
And the result is self-evident.

When people analyze problems, they always like to analyze from the original intention, but in fact, a good original intention often does not bring the expected results.And using this original intention to offset the irreversible consequences is actually a very wrong kind of emotional thinking.If Liu Xie was a commoner in Xuzhou, he would naturally be grateful to Liu Bei.But when he is the emperor of the Han Dynasty who regards the whole world as a game of chess, he must judge Liu Bei's actions in terms of merits and demerits.

In fact, strictly speaking, what Liu Xie did was no different from what Liu Bei did. He was also using Xuzhou to enhance the prestige of the Han Dynasty, and he was not 100% sure of defeating Cao Cao.The only thing better than Liu Bei is that he knows the trajectory of history and can use the inevitable factors of history for his use.But anyway, at the end of the day, they're still the same.

However, in this era, Liu Xie is the king and Liu Bei is the minister.And the minister did what the monarch should do, which is the biggest fault, and there is no reason to say it.Liu Xie's dislike of Liu Bei is also due to his status as the emperor of the Han Dynasty and from the perspective of the Han Dynasty, and does not represent the views of the whole world.

Even so, Liu Xie will not be bewitched by Xi Zhicai, and then hate Liu Bei.In Liu Xie's heart, Liu Bei is definitely a friend of the Han family at this time, no matter how bad his actions have caused, but after all, he has much more conscience than any prince in the world.

Compared with those guys who can only wave flags and shout but have no action, even compared to Yuan Shu who took advantage of the fire and Cao Cao with wolf ambitions, Liu Bei led his troops to Xuzhou regardless of life and death, and he was a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty.

Therefore, Liu Xie would rather believe that Liu Bei did not know that he would not be able to defeat Cao Cao, nor did he know that his actions would cause such consequences.Even, he would turn a blind eye to Liu Bei's specious and ambiguous actions.This time, Liu Xie decided to give Liu Bei another chance and use time to test Liu Bei.

Therefore, seeing the indifferent expression on Liu Xie's face, Xi Zhicai had no choice but to abandon this topic, and continued to say: "Whether Xuzhou still has the power to fight or not, the most lacking thing is the belief in the bottom of my heart. Your Majesty If you want to save Xuzhou, you must first go north to defeat Sun Ben, and then pretend to enter Yanzhou, but actually send troops to Xuzhou, and the divine soldiers descend from the sky to strangle Yuan Shu's soldiers. Only in this way can Xuzhou be united as one and not lose."

Liu Xie quietly listened to Xi Zhicai's words, as if there was no ripple on Gu Jing's face, but what he said seemed to set off a stormy sea: "The most important part of Mr. Xi's plan is not the army. Turning in, but the leader of the army, it must be me, right?"

"Only when my relatives come to Xuzhou, will the people of Xuzhou rekindle hope. And only when I'm in Xuzhou, Yuan Shu will be timid, and dare not risk the world's disgrace against the emperor of the Han Dynasty, right?!"

(End of this chapter)