After the Second Civil War, the pattern of the world was initially set. Cao Cao retreated to the north, a bunch of internal and external troubles waiting for him to deal with, and he didn't want to recover for three or five years.

The population, money and a large amount of materials consumed after the two large-scale wars were originally borrowed by the old men of the Wen clan, and they originally planned to use the interests of Jiangnan to repay the debts after they conquered Jiangnan.

I didn't expect to go down to Jiangnan twice, but I didn't even catch a single hair. Then it led to a very serious consequence, there was a face to borrow money and no goods to repay the debt.

If you want to say that Cao Cao's face is the face of the prime minister and the face of the national master, it is not generally easy to use. Everyone in the world knows that Prime Minister Cao Cheng raised the emperor's family!

With such a good face, he asked people to borrow resources, and they must have responded positively, and the blank checks he signed to creditors have now become the fuse of all kinds of turmoil in the north.

So someone offered him a message and asked him to give him a title and a king.

Cao Cao refused at first. Because Xun Yu strongly objected. As Cao Cao's most relied on Wenchen, Xun Yu is a figure like a needle in the sea around Cao Cao, every time Cao Cao goes on an expedition or visit, as long as he is not in Xudu for a long time, then it is Xun Yu who strategizes instead of him.

Xun Yu is a diehard loyalist of the Han family, and the reason why he serves Cao Cao as the main is because he feels that Cao Cao is a hero, with the ability and courage to control disasters and chaos and dominate the world, and he can help Emperor Han Xian restore the glory of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty.

Even if Cao Cao has suffered a lot of defeats and losses recently, Xun Yu didn't take it seriously, victory and defeat are a common thing in soldiers, and the prime minister is used to fighting with the wind, so there should be an invincible enemy to remind him and urge him to keep improving.

However, Xun Yu's thoughts can only represent him personally, and cannot represent the thoughts of most clan officials. And they are the main body of persuasion.

The dichotomy of the world has been decided, although there are still some forces in the northern Gongsun clan, the northwest Qiang people, the Xianbei people, the Xiongnu, etc., they will not have any impact on the overall situation of the Central Plains.

Under such circumstances, the thoughts of the major northern nobles to share the cake changed from imminent to obvious. When the spoils of the southward division become a dream bubble, the division of the vested interests in front of them becomes particularly urgent.

In order to repay the debt and stabilize the situation in the region, Cao Cao finally moved his heart to become the king and put it into practice.

At this time, the most embarrassing thing is Xun Yu. This old man worked hard for the Han Dynasty, thinking that Cao Cao could guard the river for the Han Dynasty and was a good person in the Yiyin style, but he was disappointed, and after trying to persuade him to no avail, he thought about his age, and he could no longer see the prosperity of the Han Dynasty, and the more he thought about it, the more discouraged he became.

The result of his discouragement was that he asked Cao Cao to resign and go home for his old age.

Cao Cao knew Xun Yu's thoughts, so he did not dispose of Xun Yu according to his habitual practice of unloading and killing donkeys, but arranged for him to go to Shouchun to retire.

It is clear that it is a house arrest for the elderly, but this is also much better than Yang Xiu's ending back then. After all, Shouchun is next to Jiangdong, Zhang Liao, and Li Dian are there, and they respect and respect Master Xun Yu very much. Xun Yu is there, the quality of life is guaranteed, and maybe he can use his residual heat to make suggestions for the stability of Shouchun.

Cao Cao had the intention of letting Xun Yu go, but he missed the fact that it was Zhuge Liang who was guarding Xiangyang now, and he was also a diehard loyalist of the Han family.

Now, after sending Xun Yu away, Cao Cao can no longer hear the voice of opposition to his promotion from his leadership team, and his promotion to the king of Wei has become logical.

Cao Cao was called the King of Wei and set the capital at Yecheng. As soon as the news came out, the world shook. After Gongsun Kang in the north pointed out that his father scolded his mother, he also moved the idea of becoming the king and hegemon.

The two of them want to be kings, after all, they are still orthodox in the Central Plains, and the most terrible thing is that the Huns who robbed Cai Wenji actually came to rob them again at this time

The leader of the Xiongnu has always called himself Shan Yu, and he has jurisdiction over the right and right virtuous kings. Cao Cao has always been at odds with them, bent on driving out the Tartars and recovering Wuyuan City, but unfortunately he went south twice and injured his muscles and bones, and he was already more than capable of strength, so both sides have always been in a state of where you advance and I retreat, and I enter and you retreat to fight guerrillas.

However, the news of Cao Cao's title of king reached the desert, and the Huns were only happy to haha, and once again entangled in the cavalry attack, wanting to give Cao Cao a "surprise".

There was surprise, but there was no joy at all. Because Cao Cao took stock of the generals who could fight in his hands, he found that the north, which is known as a star-studded group, did not have the first person to stand up and receive this errand.

Look left and right, the surname Xiahou is left, only Xiahou is left. Xiahou Yuan injured his arm and could no longer go to the battlefield, and Xiahou Ying was not qualified to lead the troops alone.

There is no one surnamed Cao, Cao Ren was made a marquis after Cao Cao was crowned king, and was sent to Qingzhou to half-cultivate and half-engage in logistics. The rest of Cao Xiu and Cao Zhang are still in Youzhou, holding Gongsun Kang.

Looking at it, he took a fancy to Yu Ban, the only remaining of the five good generals.

Yu Ban was treated worse than the other four of the five good generals. Xu Huang and Le Jin of the same department had long led the troops to defend one side alone, but he had been following Xu Chu to Cao Cao's side, and there was no opportunity to make contributions abroad. However, being able to save his life because of this is probably a blessing in misfortune.

Just like now, the credit for such a sense of accomplishment in fighting the Huns was placed in front of Yu Ban, which made him overjoyed, and after receiving the errand, the whole person was fluttering.

But soon, his boss Cao Cao poured a scoop of ice water on him. Cao Cao told Yu Ban that he could only call on 3,000 cavalry, and the initial grain and grass were only ten days. In other words, after ten days, Yu Ban and his subordinates could only support themselves.

In fact, Cao Cao can't be blamed for this, first, it is a well-known thing that he is poor, and there is nothing to blush. Second, cavalry supply is a big problem of the century in this era. As strong as Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, he was forced to give up the suppression of the Xiongnu because of his inability to succeed.

In this way, Yu Ban set off with the determination to break the cauldron and sink the boat. I never thought that such harsh conditions provided the conditions for him to create miracles.

He not only drove the Huns out of the Hetao, but also smashed Huanglong to their lair, and brought back to Cao Cao Cai Wenji and a group of Han people who had been taken captive by the Huns before. As a result, the Xiongnu were completely weakened and moved westward again, far away from their homeland, and could no longer pose any threat to the Central Plains. This series of changes was something Cao Cao could never have imagined. However, such a large halo shone on the top of his head, which he naturally liked to see.

Yu Ban seized the opportunity and shined in the fight against the Xiongnu, impressing his boss and colleagues, and at the same time winning the unanimous praise of the people in the border area for his boss.

Cao Cao never dreamed that such a good thing would befall him. However, the good mood did not survive the night, and the next day he heard the bad news that caused him to have a headache. That is, the eldest princess of Yiyang of the Han Dynasty has established herself as a marquis in Chengdu!

There is no precedent for a woman to be crowned king, and Liu Yan has no idea of ascending to the sky in one step. Fa Zheng, Yin Guan, Liu Ba and others all persuaded her to proclaim herself the king of Shu like Cao Cao. But she locked herself in her room and thought about it for a few days, and finally wrote a handwritten letter and sent it to the honest Jiang Wan.

Jiang Wan, Xu Shu, and Pang Tong did not persuade Liu Yan in this matter. Because they knew that if Liu Yan really wanted to go further, she didn't need her subordinates to build any steps for her at all, she would go up by herself if she wanted to. And the three of them had heard Liu Yan say with their own ears that she was going to be a marquis as a woman.

Therefore, they are not in a hurry, and they do not join in the excitement of their colleagues. You know, for this matter, the bricks in front of their respective mansions were smoothed by visitors.

Now, Jiang Wan was the first to receive the boss's instructions, and he couldn't help but be red when he saw the content. The boss announced that she was going to be a self-appointed marquis, and she was finally about to fulfill the declaration of the year!

In Jiang Wan's opinion, Liu Yan's marquis and king are the same price. It's all his own sealing, Cao Cao opened his mouth and gave himself a prince, that is, he has a lot of pressure on his head, and he can't do it without such a big hat. After all, he has so many heroes and old ministers waiting to be fed, plus the old men of the Shi clan!

Liu Yan didn't have this kind of trouble, although she also had a large number of heroes under her, but most of the reliance behind these heroes was just themselves. The big family or something, who would want to ask Liu Yan for benefits, has already been eradicated by her, and the rest of her are her henchmen. For Liu Yan Fenghou, they thought that they were one step closer to reviving the Han family, and they should have done it a long time ago. They felt that it was best to be crowned king, and the feudal marquis could accept it.

Compared with Cao Cao's opposite-sex king, Liu Yan's practice of sealing the marquis is much more stable. Liu Yan is a member of the royal family, the royal sister of the Son of Heaven, and there is a precedent for a woman to be a marquis. Liu Bang and Lu Pheasant respectively named their daughters as marquises, and there is nothing wrong with the younger generations following suit.

At the regular meeting of the princess's mansion, Jiang Wan read out Liu Yan's handwriting, which received a warm response from the participants, and the preparations for the marquis ceremony were immediately rolled out.

On this day, Liu Yan invited Xu Shu to the princess's mansion to discuss the requisition of his army to rebuild the Golden Bull Ancient Road. It happened that the weaving department sent a sample painting of the dress to Liu Yan to see

It is said that it is a model painting, but in fact, it is not just a piece of clothing, but the clothes and matching crowns, jewelry, shoes and other objects are all drawn, dozens of sketches.

Liu Yan didn't want to look at these things, she was used to wearing black, and black was the most solemn color, which meant that she wore a dress all year round, but there was no embroidery on her daily black clothes.

However, when she heard that outside, Yaoqin reported that the military advisor Master Xu had arrived, she pushed away the half-read official document in front of her, grabbed the stack of papers, and pretended to read it very seriously.

Xu Shu's slippers came to the hall to greet him, and Liu Yan didn't raise his head: "The teacher is here, sit down!" After speaking, he continued to look at the drawings and no longer paid attention to Xu Shu.

It has been a few days since I settled in Chengdu, and the relationship between the master and apprentice has always been so salty. Liu Yan shouted one teacher after another, but how could she be cold in action.

Just like now, Xu Shu stood in front of her and saluted her, in the past, before people reached the threshold, they couldn't wait to welcome her.

Of course, Xu Shu felt Liu Yan's attitude, and at first she was relieved, thinking that this was the only good, and she finally gave up her attachment, I hope she can keep it all the time.

However, after a long time, he tasted the taste of being deliberately neglected and sour.

The apprentice is so obvious that anyone with eyes can see and feel it. As soon as you hear his name, or see him appear, the expressions of joy or anger will become like paste.

It's okay for a day or two, just when she has a childish temper. But how long has it been? Cao Cao has become the king of Wei, it has been several months since Yu Ban set out to fight the Huns, and Deng Ai has hugged his son! It's been too long!

That's right, Deng Ai and Kou Rong, who is Liu Yan's own sister Liu Qiao, got married, and Liu Yan named their first child Deng Feng. Deng Ai was crowned a general for his contribution to the conquest of Jiangdong and became the youngest general under Liu Yan's account.

When her sister got married, Liu Yan realized her most important wish, and she didn't care about herself. Now her attitude towards Xu Shu is: Don't worry, I'll accompany you in vain, let's spend it slowly, where we go!

As a result, Xu Shu gradually began to worry again. When it comes to arranging troops, he has countless strategies and strategies, any of which can make the enemy come and go.

But Liu Yan is not an enemy, and emotional problems are not marching to war, and those ravines in his chest are like tides hitting a reef against Liu Yan. The other party has a great posture of letting you crash on the shore, and I will not move.

Xu Shu sighed, and Liu Yan sighed when he saw it. However, he is the general of her right army division, and he can't resign and stop doing it when he looks up and doesn't look down. He gambled a small amount of money, he wanted to resign, Liu Yan would definitely approve it without blinking, but he couldn't bear it. I can't bear to let her go through it again and stand up.

He believed that she was like a phoenix, and she could be reborn after bathing in fire, but he was reluctant to let her bathe in fire. Yes, he was reluctant.

This is not sympathy for the weak, Liu Yan is not a weakling. Who dares to say that she is a weak person who shares the world equally with Cao Cao?

This is not pity for the jade, after all, in his heart, Liu Yan is a child no matter how old she is, and she is still the child when she was apprenticed.

But it is a bit far-fetched to really call this reluctance to be called the love of the elders for the younger generations. After all, Liu Yan had already proposed to him, and the relationship between the two could no longer deceive themselves and say that they were just master and apprentice.

Therefore, Xu Shu couldn't tell what kind of feelings he had for Liu Yan's "reluctance". It's because of this reluctance that he is still here.

Liu Yan didn't know that the teacher had these troubles, so she pretended to be very serious and flipped through the sample manuscript in her hand and put Xu Shu aside. The maid came in to deliver tea and then withdrew, leaving only the two of them.

Xu Shu lowered his eyebrows and sat in the position of Liu Yan's right hand, and he didn't see the person above open his mouth for a long time, he frowned slightly, wanting to open his mouth to break the silence. Liu Yan said as if she had a heart: "Teacher, look, they sent the dress pattern on the day of the marquis ceremony, and I don't think it's as powerful as my princess dress." ”

Xu Shu suddenly realized that the apprentice was looking at the pattern of the dress, and then responded: "The weaving department has never designed a women's dress, so it is better to let them do it according to the style of the princess's dress." ”