Lu Dynasty

Chapter 691

Cao summoned his confidants and told him about his idea of ​​becoming a public official. Everyone under his command looked at each other in blank dismay, not knowing what Cao wanted to do.Since Gaozu, Fenghou Baixiang has been an extremely human minister. Generally, only those who want to usurp the throne or have made great contributions will be made dukes by the emperor.Cheng Yu, an old fox, understood that Cao was jealous. He stood up and said with a smile: "My lord eliminates treacherous ministers, punishes the people and punishes crimes, helps the world in danger, saves the society from collapse, and even has the merit of saving others. The traitors are fighting endlessly, if you want to talk about the merits of the lord, let alone being a duke, what about being a king?" Cheng Yu's flattery was very good, and Cao was very happy.Seeing that Cheng Yu agreed, the others basically supported Cao Chenggong, and Cao Chenggong was good for them, at least they could rise with the tide.Besides, Cao's status in Yanzhou is no less than my status in Sili. Let alone proclaiming the public, even if he is proclaiming the emperor, his confidants can agree.

Xun Yu didn't think so. He saw that the people in the hall all agreed with Cao's title of Duke, and felt that they were harming Cao.Xun Yu patted the table and said, "Are you trying to trap the lord in injustice? In the past, King Cheng was young, and Duke Zhou abolished him, but he did not replace him. This has become a thousand-year-old story. Later, Yi Yin put Tai Jia in Tong Palace, and then Huo Guang Fu Zhaodi! The achievements of these three people are all greater than the country. Compared with the achievements of the lord, which one is more important? Now everyone wants to use the lord's merits to make the lord occupy a position that the sages dare not sit. This is not to harm the lord The lord is a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty, and Lu Feng is called the lord, so we should punish him, how can we imitate him? In this way, the lord will not be like Lu Feng, who has no king and no father?" Xun Yu's words are very reasonable , but Cao wholeheartedly wanted to be called public, so how could he listen to such straightforward advice?Moreover, Cao was very unhappy when he heard Xun Yu's words. He never thought that he was not qualified to be a public official, but Xun Yu was Cao's most important adviser, so he was not easy to refute.

Cheng Yu could see Cao's displeasure. In fact, he also blamed Xun Yu for his ignorance of current affairs, but he couldn't say it directly. After all, he had worked with Xun Yu for more than ten years and knew what kind of character Xun Yu had.In order not to let Cao get angry with Xun Yu, Cheng Yu smiled and said, "Wen Ruo's words are right! Have you ever thought that now that Lu Feng is the Duke, if the lord does not have the corresponding status, when he goes to attack Lu Feng? Isn't it a head shorter than Lu Feng? Moreover, I have heard that Lu Feng did not ask for the title of Duke, but was forced by Liu Bian! The lord's contribution is no less than that of Lu Feng, but how did our emperor treat him? My lord? Let’s not talk about the several assassinations, has he ever achieved justice in rewards and punishments? Now the lord just wants to be named a prince, and it’s the time when His Majesty rewards the heroes and wins people’s hearts, so why is Wen Ruo so excited!”

"Feng Gong, just pay it back?" Xun Yu didn't understand Cheng Yu's words. He was deeply immersed in Confucianism, and he still believed that the king had to die. Now he just suffered a little grievance. Cao wants this and that. It was obviously not in line with Xun Yu's image of a loyal minister, so he shook his head and said, "Since ancient times, monarchs and ministers have been different. Although my lord has suffered some grievances now, he will be famous forever because of these grievances, but you are making my lord bear eternal infamy!" Cheng Yu was already very helpless towards Xun Yu's innocence, he didn't know how to comfort Xun Yu, now that Cao Chenggong's mind had been decided, Cheng Yu believed that Xun Yu would not fail to see it.Xun Yu saw it, and he still objected. Isn't this the friendship between himself and Cao?Seeing the black cloud on Cao's face, Cheng Yu could only sigh helplessly.

Cao was pushed back by his confidant, and he was very annoyed.However, Xun Yu was one of his most important schemers, and Xun Yu took care of all the money and food in the territory.It can be said that without Xun Yu, Cao's subordinates would become a mess.Cao suppressed the anger in his heart and smiled at Xun Yu: "Why should Wen Ruo be so excited? Now that Lu Feng has proclaimed himself a public and joined Jiuxi, even if he breaks the rules of the big man, it's not me, Cao, first. Besides, it's Your Majesty who is sorry for me first. Not me, Cao! Since Lu Feng can be called the public, why can't I, Cao? Could it be that my achievements are less than that of Lu Feng?" Cao asked a series of questions, leaving Xun Yu speechless. Many things Liu Xie did, he also Disapprove.But the thought of loyalty to the emperor and patriotism that he cultivated since he was a child made Xun Yu a little foolish and loyal.After Cao questioned Xun Yu, he didn't have the heart to continue the discussion.If it was someone else, Cao didn't need to care about his thoughts at all, but the person who opposed it was Xun Yu, and Cao had to care about his thoughts.However, if Xun Yu thinks that Cao has just given up on calling the public, he is very wrong. Cao just wants to find a chance to bring it up again!
It has nothing to do with me whether Cao is called public or not. I didn't want to call him public.The actions of Liu Bian and Guo Jia pushed me to the forefront and gained me a lot of popularity.In the hearts of the people in Sili, they wish I could be the emperor. As for Feng Gong, they all feel that I am too small.After I became a public official, I immediately asked the intelligence department to pay attention to all movements.The actions of Cao and Liu Bei have long been expected by me, and the Sun brothers should have no reaction.What I don't understand is Liu Zhang and Zhang Lu, who actually sent people to congratulate.Liu Zhang sent people, I can still say that Fazheng and Zhang Song did the work, but Zhang Lu sent people, I don't quite understand!Although I once asked Ma Chao to move around Hanzhong, he didn't do too much.If this is the case, Zhang Lu will be afraid, and he is too timid.However, they came here to express goodwill, so I don't care about it!After careful questioning, Zhang Lu's envoy explained the purpose of his visit shamelessly. It turned out that Ma Chao in Xiliang was threatening Hanzhong. Zhang Lu hoped that I would not let Ma Chao's soldiers harass him.It's a pity that Ma Chao is not my man yet, and he won't listen to me yet.But I still promised Zhang Lu that as long as he doesn't take the initiative to provoke Ma Chao, I will persuade Ma Chao not to find him.Zhang Lu's envoy went back happily, but he didn't know that it was me who wanted to trouble Zhang Lu, and it was Ma Chao's turn.Ma Chao's change was instigated by me!
After sending away the envoys of Zhang Lu and Liu Zhang, I will know what the princes of the world think of me as a public official.Although I don't really care about it, it's always good to know, knowing yourself and the enemy can win all battles!I was away from Luoyang for four or five years, during which time I came back, but I came and left in a hurry. If Zhang Lu's envoy hadn't mentioned my relationship with Ma Chao, I almost forgot that Ma Teng was still in a coma.After thinking about it, after finishing my official duties, I didn't go home directly as usual, but walked slowly to the medical school.I still remember that Ma Teng was raised by Zhang Ji and Hua Tuo as a guinea pig in the medical school. They wanted to study why Ma Teng fell into a coma and did not die.

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