Shu Han Confucian General of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 154 Rewarding the Righteousness

Cao Cao is not only excellent in martial arts, but also a master in his thesis.After some splashing of ink, a letter has been written.After Cao Cao took a closer look, he felt that there was nothing wrong with it, so he called Jia Xu and Guo Jia to have a look.

After Jia Xu and Guo Jia finished watching, the two exchanged eye contact for a while, and finally Guo Jia said: "My lord, will Liu Bei suspend fighting in this way?" The words were rarely uncertain.

"You don't know about Fengxiao. Although Liu Daer is a bit hypocritical in his daily life, he is genuine in caring about the common people in the world and the well-being of all people. Today I wrote a book with him, saying that in recent years, the Xianbei Huns have repeatedly violated the great Han The border, the Yuan family is incompetent and cannot keep the northern border safe, so I will personally lead the army to conquer. Please see that for the sake of benefiting the people of the Han people, as long as I am still in the northern border within three years, I will stop attacking Yanzhou The land is messing with my position. Liu Bei has the chaos in the east of the river, and he is already unable to go north, so he will definitely agree to such a favorable situation." Cao Cao laughed.

"Although that's the case, my lord needs to exaggerate this matter to prevent Liu Da'er from pretending to be deaf and dumb." Guo Jia thought for a while.

"That's right." Cao Cao nodded.At this time, Jia Xu said: "Knocking on the Xiongnu, Xianbei is certainly a good thing, but after the war, our army was seriously depleted of money and food, how can we raise troops again?"

"Pawns are of little use in grassland battles. I can only lead tens of thousands of tiger guards and cavalry. The army stays in the Central Plains and exercises with the whole army in Hebei. If not, invite Ma Teng and Han Sui from Xiliang to attack together." Cao Cao replied. road.Looking at Jia Xu and Guo Jia in front of him, the latter has always been in poor health, but Jia Xu, who was born in Xiliang, is thin but not weak, and he is in excellent health.At that moment, Cao Cao said again: "There are few Hu people who are wise and resourceful. It is enough to have Wenhe and follow me to learn about the military. Fengxiao, you and Wenruo stay in Yecheng, and we must seize the two or three years to build Hebei. Yuan has always Focusing on the people, the livelihood of the people in Hebei is in decline, and this matter is also a top priority!"

"I understand!" Guo Jia and Jia Xu responded at the same time.At that moment, Cao Cao summoned his generals and announced that he would lead his army north to attack the Xiongnu and Xianbei, which had become increasingly unstable over the years.

"Why did the prime minister send troops to Saibei at this time? You must know that Liu Bei is eyeing Yanzhou, and you can't ignore it!" Liu Ye was the first to clearly oppose it.

"Ah!" Cao Cao sighed suddenly, looked up at the crowd and said, "Do you know Cao's life ambitions?"

"I don't know." This time, everyone spoke in unison.Cao Cao has never been the kind of person who likes to tell others about his life aspirations, not to mention that everyone really can't think of why Cao Cao raised this question at this time.

"My wish in the past was that a hundred years later, the tomb of Cao Cao, the general who conquered the west of the Han Dynasty, would be engraved on the tombstone. Now I am promoted to the prime minister, an extremely personable minister, and I will fight all over the world in my life. Melee battles are not what I want, but now I can expand the territory for the great Han and deter the aliens, it is really a fulfillment of my long-cherished wish!" Cao Cao said with some emotion.

Silence, absolute silence, everyone was shocked by Cao Cao's ambition.After a long while, Cao Hong was the first to speak: "Since my lord has this ambition, Hong is willing to follow my lord's horse to the northern part of the fortress to destroy the Xiongnu and Xianbei."

"My lord's words are not bad, but right now Liu Bei is in the south, eyeing tigers, and my lord is leaving Hebei lightly. If Liu Bei comes to attack, it won't be a big deal for me to wait for no one to sit in the town?" Liu Ye thought about it a lot, and thought about it. Let's start with a more realistic question.

"I have written a book about Liu Bei's interests, and with his knowledge, he would not do such restrictive things. Moreover, now that the Sun family is resurgent, Liu Bei also needs to consolidate the south of the Yangtze River, so he is temporarily unable to go north." Cao Cao laughed.Looking at the generals under his tent, Cao Cao began to recruit people: "Gongming has been in Xiliang for a long time and is familiar with border affairs. This time, he will march with me into the northern part of the Great Wall. This time I will only bring more than [-] tiger and leopard cavalry and tiger guards. Zhong Kang, Zihe, and Miaocai went with me, Wenhe went with the army to learn about the military, and Wenruo was in the Central Plains of Hebei, and all matters big and small were decided by him.”

"Yes!" The generals suddenly agreed.At this time, Yuan Shang, who was accompanied by the prime minister, rolled his eyes and said: "I don't want the prime minister to have such a grand ambition, and I am deeply impressed. Tonight, Shang will host a banquet in the mansion, to honor the prime minister and all the soldiers who are going to war!"

"Nephew is so kind, Cao Cao will come here." Cao Cao looked at Yuan Shangdao with a smile, and Cao Cao explained something else, and everyone dispersed.

"Prime Minister, there have been no good banquets since ancient times, and Yuan Shang's actions probably have bad intentions!" As soon as the meeting ended, Cheng Yu remonstrated to Cao Cao in a low voice.

"What Zhong De said is not bad. But I am not afraid of Yuan Shao, why should I be afraid of Yuan Shang, a yellow-mouthed kid?" Cao Cao sneered, his tone full of murderous intent and confidence.

In the evening, Cao Cao was wearing a brocade robe, without armor, and he brought Dian Wei and dozens of guards. Shi Shiran came to Yuan Shang's general's residence, and Yuan Shang was already waiting at the gate. "Prime Minister, please!" Seeing that Cao Cao only brought so few people, Yuan Shang secretly rejoiced, and his face was really calm.

"Nephew is too polite!" Cao Cao laughed and entered the mansion hand in hand with Yuan Shang.Not long after, Xu Huang and others arrived one after another, and Yuan Shang invited Fengji and Xinpi to accompany him, so there were not too few people for a while.

"The prime minister conquered the Xiongnu in the north. In 400 years, only Huo Huoqi (Huo Qubing) can stand shoulder to shoulder with the great man. He is not talented enough to fight with the prime minister. Drink this cup today. I wish the prime minister an early victory and come back victorious!" Yuan Shang said this In a word, he picked up the wine bottle on the table and drank it all in one gulp.Cao Cao let out a long laugh, but spilled the wine in his cup on the ground.

"Tch!" The wine was spilled on the floor covered with green bricks, and smoke came out with a sizzling sound. The people at the banquet were all well-informed people, and they knew that the wine must be poisonous, and they were shocked.

Seeing this, Yuan Shang was slightly astonished, and then laughed maniacally: "Unexpectedly, the prime minister found out that the wine was poisonous, but unfortunately you knew it too late. Take it with me!" After finishing speaking, he threw the wine bottle in his hand on the ground.

There was a sound of "hula la", and hundreds of guards in full armor poured into the hall with weapons in their hands. The guards behind Yuan Shang also drew their swords. Xu Huang and others were shocked and hurriedly protected Cao Cao in the middle.Cao Cao's expression remained unchanged, and he even asked with a hint of a smile, "What's the meaning of this, nephew?"

"Prime Minister, thank you so much for smoothing over my eldest brother for me. Now he has been forced to return to Youzhou, so I don't need to bother the Prime Minister. My late father used to be known as the prime minister's brother, and today I send the prime minister to meet the old friend!" Yuan Shang looked at the Cao Cao, who surrounded the core, was full of ambition.

"Ah!" Cao Cao sighed suddenly, and then said in a nostalgic tone: "Brother Benchu, why are your sons so useless? Cao has worked hard to help the Han family, but he still wants to help you Discipline your son, it's not that brothers don't want to, but you still need to take care of your own housework, do it!"

As soon as the word "hands-on" was finished, the hundreds of warriors immediately mobilized.The target is not Cao Cao, but Yuan Shang.The latter was shocked, and wanted to fight, but there were only a dozen guards around him, and they were all killed in a short time.Yuan Shang himself was knocked down to the ground, with two steel knives on his neck.

"How could this happen?" Yuan Shang was caught off guard by the sudden chaos. When he looked up, he saw Xin Pi and Feng Ji leaving the table calmly, and saluted in front of Cao Cao, "Master!"

"The two gentlemen are right, Yuan Shang really has a different heart!" Cao Cao stroked his beard and smiled.Seeing this posture, Yuan Shang immediately understood what was going on, and roared angrily: "Xin Pi, Feng Ji, I, Yuan Shang, have never treated you badly, why did you betray me?"

"Third son, it's an ancient common sense for good birds to choose trees to live in!" Xin Pi laughed.Yuan Shang was about to be scolded, but Cao Cao said in a deep voice, "I have a brotherly relationship with Benchu, and I can't bear to see my nephew suffer from a sword and ax today. Come here, drag him down and hang him to death!" do not mention.At the same time, Cao Cao ordered people to arrest Yuan Shang's party, and he must uproot his forces. Xu Chu led the army to go there without mentioning it.

A few days later, the Xuchang imperial court suddenly promulgated two imperial edicts. The Prime Minister Cao Cao and the Taiwei Liu Bei were distributed all over the world. Their meritorious service lies in the country.The ten prefectures of Jizhou became the Duke of Wei, and the six counties of Xuzhou became the Duke of Qi.

When the news came out, there was an uproar among the scholars and the people.It should be known that in the 400 years of the Han Dynasty, unless they were close relatives of the emperor, there were very few people who were able to become the Duke of the country.Even if it is enfeoffed, the fiefdom is no more than one county.Now one is two, plus Liu Zhang, the former Duke of Shu, three of them were sealed in less than a year, and they were all established in one state. Why is the title of the Han Dynasty so worthless?Of course, the onlookers were astonished as they were, but the two envoys didn't care about these things, they left Xuchang meticulously, and went to Hebei and Shouchun respectively.

"Heaven's grace is mighty, and my minister Liu Bei is very grateful!" In Shouchun's Taiwei's mansion, Liu Bei led a group of civil and military personnel to kneel on the ground to receive the order, his always calm voice could not help trembling.After the envoy finished announcing the decree, Liu Bei hosted a banquet to entertain him without mentioning it.

"Everyone, why do you think the Holy Majesty made me the Duke of the State?" After the banquet was over, Liu Bei hurriedly summoned Lu Su and others to ask.Although he knew that Cao Cao was playing tricks, Liu Bei still put this generous gift on the emperor's head.

Not to mention that Liu Bei couldn't react, people like Lu Su were also quite surprised.It should be known that the prince of this country is the king at the next level, and then the emperor.Cao Cao is so loving, people who don't know him still think he is Liu Bei's brother.

"I think Cao Cao wanted to be the Duke himself, but he was afraid that too many people would object, so he brought the Lord along with him." Lu Su was still a little uncertain for a while.Everyone thought about it for a long time, and felt that there was no other reason that was too reliable.

However, not long after the envoy left Shouchun, a rumor suddenly spread across the country, claiming that Wei Guogong Cao Cao was about to lead an army to attack the Xiongnu and Karasuma and other alien races in order to protect the Han community.During this period, Liu Bei, the Duke of Qi, upholds righteousness and will stop the war with Cao Cao.For a time, all the eyes of the people in the world were focused on Liu Bei, the freshly-baked Duke of Qi.At the same time, Cao Cao's personal letter also arrived in Shouchun.

(End of this chapter)