Taihe four years, spring February, Luoyang, Taixue.

The Son of Heaven Cao Rong stood in front of the huge stone stele, looking at the words on the stele that had not yet gone through the wind and rain, and his mood was indescribably depressed.

Set up a monument in Taixue and Zongmiao, and engrave the entire text of the emperor's most proud "Classics", whether it can show that he is the bloodline of the Cao family and the biological flesh and blood of Emperor Wen, he is not sure in his heart.

Perhaps this should have been done at the beginning of the reign, and now it is a little late, and it looks more like a cover-up.

A moment of mood.

Cao Rong turned around and saw Taiwei Sima Yi standing in the distance, hunched over, arched hands, looking up and silently reciting the words on the tablet, his head and neck folded at a great angle, and he couldn't help but smile.

I have long heard that Sima Yi's neck is flexible, and it really deserves its reputation.

Cao Rong immediately put away his smile, turned around and asked Cao Shuang, "How is Sima Shi doing?" Why haven't you seen him all this time? ”

Cao Shuang looked ghostly. "Cultivate the Tao and practice martial arts at home."

"Cultivating the Tao and practicing martial arts? He's not ......" Cao Rong was stunned for a moment and stopped the topic in time. “…… Miasma, recuperating at home? ”

Cao Shuang leaned closer. "It is said that I got an adventure, met an immortal, and asked for a sword book or something, no one can say clearly, and now I don't do anything at home, and I understand it every day, which is even crazier than Yunliang."

Hearing the word "Yunliang", the rare smile on Cao Ei's face suddenly disappeared without a trace.

Cao Miao has become a paper kite with a broken thread, no one can control him, and no one knows what he wants to do.

Sima Shi said that he would go to sea with the Wu people.

Han Dong said that he was at the Houguan Shipyard and it was difficult to contact him.

But all indications indicate that Cao Miao is likely to go to Liaodong, and the difference is only that he wants to go himself, or he is coerced by the Wu people.

He was more inclined to Cao Miao to take the initiative. In recent months, there has been an undercurrent surging among the Luoyang clans, and people often talk about his childhood, especially the first few years of his birth, and all kinds of signs indicate that some people doubt his origins.

This kind of short gossip in the parents, and there is no clear questioning of anything, the elders of the capital clan involved may still be born different, and it is indeed not easy to deal with the tone of Mingjun.

Whether or not to take control of Liaodong before the Wu people is an urgent matter for him to decide.

Sun Quan was fighting with the Jiangdong family, and the Shanyue in the hinterland was instigated by Cao Su, and the struggle continued, and he should not be able to make a large-scale expedition for a while. Zhuge Liang was frustrated in Wudu and only took Yinping County, and after the general Cao Zhen released the news, Zhuge Liang turned his focus to Xicheng, and the pressure on Guanzhong was greatly reduced.

Perhaps it is time to take advantage of this time to send troops to Liaodong.

In the case of not being able to say it explicitly, can Biqiu Jian understand my intentions and complete the task?

Cao Rong didn't have much certainty. It is true that Biqiu Jian is an old minister of the East Palace, but after all, he is too young and has not enough experience in military administration, so it is inevitable that he will be able to make some mistakes when he is suddenly asked to undertake such an important task, and it may be more certain to wait a few years.

But he just didn't have that much time. The Wu people had already set out, and he had to pacify Liaodong before the Wu people could succeed.

One wrong step, one wrong step.

Cao Rong was full of bitterness, but he couldn't speak, and he couldn't even find the right person to talk to, even if it was a playmate like Cao Shuang and Cao Zhao. Not only that, but he also had to guard against them.

"Cao Su was defeated and absconded, how did the Great Sima Mansion react?"

Cao Shuang smiled bitterly: "There is no other reaction, I just feel that Sima Shi is a messenger, so it is inevitable for Meng Lang to make such a decision." Not only is this the case in the Da Sima Mansion, but the Princess Deyang Mansion is also very dissatisfied. ”

"Uncle Zhao, do you think Desi can get out of the way?"

"It's not easy." Cao Shuang shook his head again and again. "The place is unfamiliar, and the opponent is a trouble-relieving camp who is also studying new tactics, and Desi has no advantage at all. If you want to get out of the way, you can only rely on luck. He paused, and then said: "Your Majesty, with all due respect, Sima Shi did not do this properly, and he was wrong from the beginning. ”

Cao Rong was silent.

Sima Shi's report was vague, Cao Su and Xiahou Hui's life and death were uncertain, and he didn't know what happened at that time now, so naturally he couldn't make a judgment.

But there is no doubt that Sima Shi mishandled it. If it is reasonable for him to put the responsibility of escorting Cao Miao back to Luoyang to Cao Su, it is inconceivable to let Xiahou Hui also march with Cao Su.

Xiahou Hui is his wife, how can she follow a group of soldiers over the mountains and mountains? It's not etiquette.

Could it be that many people, including the children of the family, have no good impression of him and think that he deserves it. Some people even said that it was better for Xiahou Hui to leave him, even if he died in the barren mountains and mountains, it was better than living with this kind of person for a lifetime.

Such people are born to be the last to die.

Things developed like this, which surprised Cao Rong and embarrassed Sima Yi. I wanted to give Sima Shi the opportunity to make meritorious service and reinstate it, but I never thought that his own reputation would be so stinky, and if the imperial court appointed him as an official again, he would face strong public opinion pressure.

Sima Shi hid at home and cultivated the Tao, probably knowing this, and deliberately looking for an excuse.

Looking at Sima Yi in the distance, Cao Rong couldn't help but feel sympathy. As a father, what kind of mood should it be to watch the most important eldest son become a waste that everyone spurns?

Cao Rong looked at it for a while, and saw that Sima Yi was still standing there watching, and couldn't help but be a little puzzled. He ordered someone to invite Sima Yi over, and asked in a harmonious voice: "Taiwei, what monument is you seeing, why can't you stand it for a long time?" Didn't you think of the first emperor? ”

Sima Yi bowed and saluted. "Back to Your Majesty, in the article of the first emperor, there is a discussion about the fire cloth, and he suddenly thought about it, so he lost his mind for a while."

"What's wrong with the fire-alkane cloth?"

"Your Majesty still remembers the fact that the Otsuki clan sent an envoy to offer it last year?"

"Of course I do." Cao Rong said with a smile. Last winter, Wang Bo of the Dayue clan sent envoys to present the Western Regions, which was a momentary event, and the government and the opposition were invigorated. The Da Yue clan did not pay tribute to the Shu Han dynasty, which regarded itself as the Han family, but to the Great Wei, which was of great significance to the Great Wei. He Feng Bo was transferred to the pro-Wei Dayue Clan, which was regarded as an encouragement to the barbarian Nagong in the distance, hoping that more people would follow suit.

"The minister was ordered to receive the envoy, and I heard the envoy say that there seems to be a kind of cloth in the Western Regions, which is not burned when it is in the fire, but I don't know if it is this kind of fire cloth. If it's just similar, that's it. If there is such a cloth, it will be a little inappropriate for someone to pay tribute in the future. ”

Cao Ei's face also changed. "Captain, are you sure?"

"The minister is old, deaf, and blind, and does not dare to assert. Your Majesty may wish to ask the vassals who received him again at that time, and they should remember it more clearly. ”

Cao Rong nodded and motioned for Cao Shuang to write down the matter. If what Sima Yi said is true, it really cannot be taken lightly. Can't he just erect the stele, someone proves that Cao Pi is not knowledgeable enough, self-righteous, and when the time comes, will he pretend to be deaf and dumb, continue to make Cao Pi embarrassed, or will he eradicate the relevant content on the stele?

Cao Shuang turned around to ask the relevant personnel for verification, Cao Rong and Sima Yi walked aside, asked a few words about Sima Shi's condition, and then changed the conversation.

"Captain is fifty this year, right?"

"Two out of fifty."

"How have you been recuperating in the past six months?"

"Your Majesty Xie cares, and he can still eat."

"In that case, then the captain will go to Youzhou."

"Youzhou?"

"Biqiu is young, I am not too relieved, I want to ask the captain to sit in the rear for him, and always carry him."