Xun Yu was one of Cao Cao's most trusted ministers, and was called "my son's room" by Cao Cao.

It is precisely because Xun Yu is capable and loyal to the Cao clan that he has been partnered with another trusted general, Xiahou Xuan, to guard one side for a long time.

At this time, he was in charge of sitting in Xudu, as the spokesperson of the Cao family in the imperial court, this time he rushed to Yecheng because of something temporary, just in time for this discussion.

When Cao Cao saw that it was Xun Yu who stood up, his face suddenly looked like a spring breeze, and he smiled earnestly: "Wen Ruo has any high opinions, but it doesn't hurt to talk about it." ”

Xun Yu's face was extremely solemn, and he said in a deep voice: "At the beginning, Dong Zhuo was in trouble, he was the first lord to advocate righteousness, the Kwantung Alliance, and finally drove Dong thieves out of Luoyang.

Later, the Son of Heaven was covered with dust, and the holy car returned to the east, and it was the lord who welcomed him in Xudu and made careful offerings.

This pile of piles and pieces has a great favor to the Han court, and people of insight in the world are in the eyes, so the literati have come to serve, and the foundation of the lord is also becoming more and more prosperous.

However, if the lord enters the king of Wei, this violates the oath of Gaozu and the white horse, and he will almost cut himself off from the people of the world, and he will think that he will ...... Quite inappropriate......

Please also consider one or two. ”

After saying this, Cao Cao's face gradually became solemn.

He naturally understands the reason, it is already against the precedent of the Han Dynasty to be knighted, and if he enters the prince again, it will be a blatant violation of the white horse oath of the original ancestor Liu Bang "not surnamed Liu and not the king", which is no different from usurping the Han.

But those elders who are still loyal to the Han royal family, such as Kong Rong Xun Yue and others, can say this, but he never expected that Xun Yu, who he has always trusted, also has such an opinion.

"If Wen Ruo said this, Lone knows, let's discuss this matter again!"

This matter was originally brought up by Hua Xin to test everyone's reaction, but he didn't expect it to happen.

Cao Cao said with interest, and then waved the sleeves of his robe, asking Hua Xin and Xun Yu to retreat.

"There is one more thing," Cao Cao paused and said: "In a few days, it will be my father's sixtieth birthday, and my father is already in the age of ear shun, and he misses his children and grandchildren a lot."

Send someone to Guanzhong to summon the news, and let Ping'er bring Jie'er to celebrate his eldest father's birthday, I am afraid it will be difficult to see him again.

Just let Berning take a trip. ”

"No!" Full of favor bowed to the order.

……

After Liu Ping returned to Chang'an, he accepted the Taishou of various counties in Liangzhou to pay a visit and let them swear allegiance.

Although there were still only 20,000 troops and horses under Liu Ping at this time, it was already the largest force from Guanzhong to the northwest, and even Ma Teng and Han Sui and other warlords who had been entrenched in Xiliang for more than ten years were wiped out under Liu Ping, and those county guards did not dare to disagree.

Although there are few soldiers and horses, they can't stand the hardcore of military generals.

So according to the custom, every county guard will send a son to serve under Liu Ping's account, which is considered a hostage.

On this day, Liu Ping carried a food box and led Tai Shici and Zhang Liao to the palace dungeon.

Ma Chao, Pang De, Ma Dai, Ma Teng and others are imprisoned here.

However, they were all detained separately, and Liu Pinglai's cell was where Ma Chao was held.

The dungeon is like a bean, cold and damp, with the smell of mold everywhere, the thick wood at the mouth of the bowl is made into a huge wooden cage, Ma Chao sits calmly on the dry grass under the cage, closes his eyes and recuperates.

"General Meng Qi, it's time to eat," Liu Ping personally placed the dishes outside the cage and poured a bowl of wine.

"But the severed head?" Ma Chao slowly opened his eyes and looked at Liu Ping.

"It can be or it may not be," Liu Ping smiled indifferently: "This king knows that General Meng Qi is quite unconvinced by the defeat under this king several times. ”

Ma Chao snorted heavily, and all his thoughts were expressed on his face.

He unceremoniously grabbed the food through the wooden cage and ate it, and brought the wine over to take a big sip, then choked and coughed, glaring: "What kind of wine is this, so spicy?"

However, the aroma of the wine is sweet. ”

As he spoke, he took another sip.

"General Meng Qi, you are probably also annoyed, your Ma clan's soldiers have disappeared under the command of this king, right?" Liu Ping watched him gobble up and continued.

"And what do you say?" Ma Chao rolled his eyes at Liu Ping, "That's more than 60,000 elite military horses, if you say no, it's gone?" ”

"Even if it's 600,000, what does it have to do with you Ma Mengqi? That's your father's horses. ”

"Now that I am the eldest son of the Ma family, will my father's not be mine in the future?"

"You think too simply," Liu Ping said with a smile: "This king asks you, when Han Sui killed your eldest lady and your brother, did your father make your mother his wife?"

Don't forget, your father is prosperous in the Spring and Autumn Period, and it is not difficult to marry another wife, and when a son-in-law is born in the future, he will inherit the family business, and you are a concubine, just a pawn of your younger brother. ”

Liu Ping knew that Ma Chao in real history, knowing that his father was in the hands of Cao Cao, still raised troops against Cao, resulting in his father being killed, and many scholars deduced that Ma Chao, as a concubine, made such a move when he knew that there was no hope of inheriting the inheritance.

Although Ma's foundation has been wiped out at this time, this incident is a knot in Ma Chao's heart, causing him to be unwilling to surrender to the person who destroyed his foundation with his own hands.

And what Liu Ping wants to do is to break the knot in his heart and prove that those foundations do not belong to him in the first place.

"You're talking nonsense," Ma Chao slammed his fist into the railing, roaring angrily.

"Is it nonsense, think about it yourself," Liu Ping said: "What kind of character is your father, you must know better than me, how can you marry a lowly daughter after being a famous general?" ”

"You ......" Ma Chao looked at Liu Ping with wide eyes, and I have to say that Liu Ping's words are talking about Ma Chao's sore spot.

Ma Chao knew very well that his father's view of the door was very serious, and after the eldest lady and sister-in-law were killed, before leaving for Tianshui, he did have a lot of time, but he did not mean to straighten his mother.

It's just that his mother's background is too humble that his father didn't pay attention to it at all.

And his father is not very old, and it is easy to marry a lady with status and status, and he will still pass on the family business to the young son when the time comes.

No matter how hard he tried, the gap between his concubines and concubines still existed, and it was still difficult for him to inherit the foundation laid by his father.

"You don't want to separate my father and son!" Ma Chao said, picked up the wine bowl and took a big sip.

"It doesn't matter if it's a discord or not," Liu Ping said with a smile: "Anyway, your Ma's foundation is gone."

But there is something unclear about this king, you Ma Mengqi is brave and extraordinary, and the force is extraordinary, why don't you want to lay a foundation that belongs to you with your own hands, but you want to think about inheriting the inheritance of the family that does not belong to you?

You can open your eyes and look at Zhang Wenyuan, the Taishi Ziyi next to this king, they are already the military generals of the imperial court, Guan Neihou, the ancestors you are proud of in the future are just around the corner, why don't you Ma Mengqi follow them? ”