Lu Dynasty

Chapter 703
Cai Mao approached Guan Ping for a relationship. Although Guan Ping did not look down on Cai Mao, Guan Ping knew that I wanted Jingzhou, so Guan Ping was very polite to Cai Mao.It's a pity that Cai Mao didn't seem to know what to do. Seeing that Guan Ping was very talented and my nephew, he thought of getting married.Don't say that Guan Ping looked down on Cai Mao, even if he was willing, Guan Yu would not be willing.In Guan Yu's eyes, he has never looked down upon aristocratic families.Even if Guan Ping takes a commoner daughter, it is better than taking a child from an aristocratic family.Moreover, most of the generals and counselors I value come from poor families.As my brother, Guan Yu is already powerful enough, he doesn't want to find a big family in another place to make trouble for himself.If Guan Yu was here, he would definitely throw Cai Mao out on the grounds that a tiger can marry a dog girl. Even if Cai Mao was dissatisfied, he would have nothing to say.But Guan Ping can't, after all, he is a junior without Guan Yu's power.For the sake of the overall situation, he can't do this either.Fortunately, Juhu and Guo Yi are not ordinary people. Seeing that Guan Ping was in trouble, Guo Yi came forward and said: "General Cai, I am the son of Guo Jia, Guo Fengxiao, the military commander. My father is now in charge of the intelligence department, and this is It is Juhu, the son of Mr. Jushou, and his father is the governor of Sizhou and the prime minister's confidant, I wonder if General Cai is interested in marrying our two families?"

Cai Mao rejoiced and said: "I am firm in what I want, I dare not ask for it!" In Cai Mao's view, the bigger the marriage, the stronger the strength, and the more stable a foothold under my command.

"If that's the case, General Cai is not far from death!" Juhu shook his head at Cai Mao, as if he had some disdain for Cai Mao's innocence.

"How do you say that?" Cai Mao was also shocked. Since ancient times, people have not been punished for crimes. If the Cai family married the Guan family, Ju family, and Guo Jia, as long as the Cai family did not make a big mistake, they should be safe, so Cai Mao was surprised. Half of it is faked.However, he also wanted to hear what Juhu had to say.

Juhu is the son of Jushou, and his ability to observe words and emotions is not bad.It was really difficult for Cai Mao to deceive him.But Juhu didn't expose Cai Mao, he just smiled and said: "General Cai, the reason why the noble family is kept by the lord is because they have a huge family network, and this kind of network often makes the king tremble. In troubled times, the prime minister is a great man, but you want to use this network to protect yourself. If the prime minister commits a crime, you are asking for death! If we agree to you, we will just accompany you to death! With our parents' loyalty to the prime minister, they will Do you agree with this marriage? Besides, General Cai is in charge of most of Jingxiang’s troops, what do you think the prime minister will think if you make friends with the generals in the army?” Cai Mao was shocked, and he still felt it was a pity. Although Juhu had winks, He is also quite resourceful, but he is still too young to say these words.

Seeing that Cai Mao was stunned, Guo Yi smiled and said: "General Cai just wants to keep his family, so he has some unrealistic ideas. If you don't want to embarrass the prime minister, I advise the general not to come up with other ideas, and honestly do everything the prime minister explained. One thing is to abide by military discipline and military law. As long as the Cai family does not offend the Prime Minister, does not break the law and discipline, and actively cooperates with the Prime Minister's policies, I can guarantee that the Prime Minister will not only not embarrass the Cai family, but will also give the Cai family a lot of benefits! If you are powerful Huge, the prime minister may not embarrass your Cai family for the sake of Jingzhou, but this matter will always be a thorn in the prime minister's heart. If you don't get rid of it, you will not be happy! The prime minister can bear it for one year, but if you are the prime minister for ten or 20 years, can you bear it? As the saying goes Said: The forest is big, and there are all kinds of birds! Can you guarantee that you will not be caught by the prime minister, or can you guarantee that your Cai family children are law-abiding people? At that time, the prime minister can just find an excuse and kill them. With your Cai family full of families, no one will gossip!"

Guo Yi's words made Cai Mao feel cold and cold, but after thinking about it again, he has nothing to do with Juhu and Guo Yi. Why did they help him? Could there be some conspiracy?To be honest, in terms of military talent, Cai Mao's level is average.If it wasn't for Liu Biao's ignorance, and Cai Mao's background in Jingxiang, he would not be the commander of the Jingzhou navy at all.Let's talk about Wenpin and Liu Pan, who is better than Cai Mao?As for Cai Mao's political ability, it is not as good as his military ability.As soon as Guo Yi finished speaking, Cai Mao said: "Mr. Guo, Mr. Ju, we met for the first time, why do you take care of me so much? These words are probably not what you would say!" Although Cai Mao is not capable, but the intrigue is Be good at it, otherwise he wouldn't have climbed to such a high position just by nepotism.

"Let me tell you the truth!" Guan Ping regained his demeanor as a general, and sat down on the handsome seat. Cai Mao was so overwhelmed by that aura that he couldn't breathe.Cai Mao was shocked, he had looked down on Guan Ping because he was not good looking, and thought Guan Ping was just relying on his father's prestige, but he didn't expect that Guan Ping just changed his attitude, and his demeanor immediately changed, how can this not make Cai Mao startled.Regardless of Cai Mao's astonishment, Guan Ping said coldly: "Uncle didn't like the children of the aristocratic family, especially those who like to fight for power and profit but have no skills. However, you, Cai Mao, are the first aristocratic family to take the initiative to join our army. The next time Gan Xingba came to select soldiers, you handed over the military power without even thinking about it! Uncle said that you have winks, since you are loyal, you can't treat you badly, and especially asked us to mention you. To save you from losing your life in vain, But it hurt my uncle's reputation!" In fact, Cao's killing of Cai Mao and Zhang Yun in history cannot be completely said to be Zhou Yu's plan.If Cao didn't believe them, Zhou Yu's plan would not succeed in the next life.

If not, Zhou Yu didn't invent the divorce scheme, so why didn't he divorce Xiahou Dun, Zhang Liao, but instead Cai Mao and Zhang Yun?Cai Mao and Zhang Yun were not the only generals under Cao who surrendered voluntarily.Regardless of Xu Huang, Zhang Liao, Zhang He, Dong Zhao, even Guo Jia did not follow Cao from the beginning, but why did Cao not believe in Cai Mao and Zhang Yun?The main thing is the struggle for power!It was said in The Romance of the Three Kingdoms that after Cao defeated Yuan Shao, he surrendered the soldiers of Jingzhou and went south with 83 troops. However, when Cao and Yuan Shao started fighting, there were only 17 troops. Even if one of them survived the battle with Yuan Shao, later There are only 83 direct descendants of the 17 troops in the army, and how many Jingzhou troops have surrendered?There are a total of 27 Mabu water troops, and tens of thousands of ships of all sizes!Cai Mao and Zhang Yun's troops accounted for more than a quarter of Cao's army, and Cai Mao and Zhang Yun were local families. How could Cao be at ease with them, so he took the opportunity to kill them and seize power, and then blamed Zhou Yu.As a vassal, he killed one or two surrendered generals by mistake, and he was still a famous incompetent and fatuous general. Cao Sha felt at ease, and no one would say anything about him.If you don't know how to advance and retreat, no matter which prince you are under, Cai Mao is dead!However, Cai Mao is the first family to voluntarily surrender to me. I want to imitate the act of buying a horse bone with a thousand dollars so that he will not be confused, otherwise it will damage my reputation!
(End of this chapter)