Liu Ping knew that the reason why Zhang Xiu was able to set off such a big rebellion was inseparable from Jia Xu's advice behind his back.

So while he led the main force of the vanguard army to quell the rebels, he sent Le Jin to lead one hundred and ten soldiers to arrest Jia Xu.

Jia Xu is a weak scholar, so he was naturally easily captured.

"Bring him up!" Cao Cao raised his eyebrows, and his tone was cold.

Le Jin turned around and beckoned, and immediately two soldiers with halberds pushed and shoved Jia Xu in.

"Jia Wenhe, people say that you are the number one poisoner in the world, and this is true," Cao Cao squinted his eyes, looked at Jia Xu in front of him, and sneered contemptuously: "But I'm afraid you didn't expect that your murderous conspiracy that can't be seen on the stage has already been seen through by my son-in-law."

What else do you have to say? ”

"I really don't know how Ping Gongzi saw through the plan," Jia Xu looked at Liu Ping beside Cao Cao with a dejected face, he still hadn't figured it out at this time, his plan was foolproof, but why did it fail?

In fact, even if Jia Xu is wise, he can't resist Liu Ping's prediction of the future direction, Jia Xu's strategy "Three Kingdoms" is clearly written, and later generations are known to anyone who has read history books.

It's just that this is Liu Ping's biggest secret, so naturally he can't say it, he said with a smile: "What kind of person are you Jia Wenhe, women and children all over the world know, with people like you in Wancheng, Zhang Xiu rashly wants to return the ordnance, how can people not be guarded?" ”

"Is this how everyone in the world treats Jia Xu?" Jia Xu sighed gloomily and said, "I'm afraid no one can know my heart." ”

He shook his head as he spoke, his face full of helplessness and regret.

"You are full of poisonous schemes, and no one knows better," Cao Cao pinched his beard, his face expressionless.

At this time, there was a sudden sound of hurried footsteps.

"Big brother, big brother, are you okay?"

Xiahou Yuan and Cao Chun ran in in a panic, followed by Guo Jiaxunyou and others.

At this time, the sky was already bright, and the main force of the Cao army outside the city had just heard that there was a great change in the city last night, and Xiahou Yuan and Cao Chun hurriedly led the army into the city.

Seeing that although Cao Cao was unkempt and embarrassed, his body was fine, the two of them were relieved.

"It's okay, fortunately, Ping'er anticipated the enemy's opportunity, otherwise we would have died under this Jia Wen and the poisonous scheme," Cao Cao still had palpitations when he thought about it.

"Ping'er has made a great contribution again," Xiahou Yuan nodded to Liu Ping, and then gritted his teeth at Jia Xu and said: "What is the use of keeping such a vicious person in his heart, and the eldest brother will not kill him?" ”

"Big brother, what Miaocai said is right, if you don't dig out his poisonous heart, it will be difficult to eliminate the hatred in my heart."

Cao Chun rarely agreed with Xiahou Yuan, the hand holding the hilt of the sword was trembling slightly, as long as Cao Cao nodded, he would not hesitate to draw his sword and stab it, digging out Jia Xu's heart and liver.

"Kill?" At this time, Cao Cao groaned for a moment, and seemed to be in a bit of a dilemma.

It is said that Jia Xu conspired to harm him, and almost killed his father and son, even if Jia Xu was chopped into pulp, he would not be able to relieve his hatred.

But on the other hand, he is also a person who loves talents, needless to say, Jia Xu's talent is needless to say, although he is full of poisonous schemes, but if this poisonous scheme is used on hostile forces, wouldn't it be a murderous weapon?

When he was hesitating, Guo Jia suddenly said next to him: "Lord, Jia Wenhe is a talent in the world, and he can't be killed." ”

"The talent of the world, why did Feng Xiao say this?" Cao Cao looked at Guo Jia in confusion and said: "He came out to offer a plan for Li Dao and Guo Yan, so that the two thieves could capture Chang'an, causing the lives in Guanzhong to be ruined, and the Son of Heaven was covered with dust. ”

Cao Cao was confused, if it weren't for Jia Xu at that time, the emperor was assisted by Wang Yun in Chang'an, although it would not revive the Han family, it should not be so miserable.

However, it was precisely because of Jia Xu's poisonous tactics that the emperor and the Manchu ministers were completely reduced to prisoners.

For this reason, the people in the world are eager to eat its flesh raw, how can they get involved with the talents of the world?

"Wenhe, you say it yourself," Guo Jia said urgently.

"I have a bag in my arms, Feng Xiao can take it out." Jia Xu straightened his chest and said with a straight face.

Guo Jia hurriedly stepped forward, and sure enough, he took out a bag from Jia Xu's arms.

He loosened the strap of the brocade bag, took out a piece of yellow silk silk from it, shook it open, and handed it to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao took it and looked at it, and immediately opened his mouth wide, with an incredible expression on his face.

It turned out to be an edict of the Son of Heaven, which did say that Jia Xu was a talent in the world, and he had made great contributions to the imperial court, the emperor had pardoned his sins, and other princes should not kill him, and the back was also stamped with the seal of the Son of Heaven.

"This ......" Cao Cao was puzzled, looked through it carefully, and then handed the silk in his hand to Liu Ping.

Liu Ping glanced at the silk silk, and suddenly remembered that when the Son of Heaven was still in Chang'an, Guo Jia asserted that Jia Xu would plot for the Son of Heaven and make the Son of Heaven return to the east, which was fulfilled later.

Now it seems that this is not Guo Jia's clever calculation, but Guo Jia must have secretly communicated with Jia Xu, so he has that rhetoric.

Thinking that the original plan to provoke Li Dao and Guo Yan must have been Jia Xu's and implemented by Yang Biao, Jia Xu then fueled the flames between Li Guo and the two thieves, causing the two thieves to fight in Chang'an, so that the Son of Heaven could take the opportunity to lead the civil and military ministers to escape.

This edict of exoneration to Jia Xu was probably left to him to save his life in order to thank Jia Xu for his meritorious service in saving the driver.

Jia Xu is a typical person who seeks himself more than the country, and the first consideration of all strategies is his own interests.

At the beginning, he offered advice to Li Dao Guo Yan in order to save his own life, and later Li Guo caused trouble in Chang'an, he knew that these two thieves would not last long, and he took refuge in the imperial court and offered advice to the Son of Heaven, also to save his life.

The Son of Heaven led the ministers to move east, and he would inevitably invite him to accompany him, but he knew that the Son of Heaven was dangerous along the way, so he refused and took refuge in Duan Xuan, who was not very powerful.

Later, Zhang Xiu threw an olive branch to him, and he took refuge in Zhang Xiu, who was slightly more powerful.

It is precisely because of his old scheming and deep calculation, the practice of benefiting himself first and then others, that he can be named a lieutenant in the Cao Wei camp in the future, and become one of the few strategists who can die a good death during the Three Kingdoms period.

At this time, Cao Chun on the side pressed the hilt of his sword and said murderously: "At the beginning, these Xiliang people imprisoned the Son of Heaven in Chang'an, what kind of edict can't be obtained, who knows if this edict is true or false?"

I don't think it's better to kill it as soon as possible to prevent future troubles. ”

"Ping'er, what do you think?" Cao Cao couldn't make up his mind.

Jia Xu saw Cao Cao asking Liu Ping's opinion, and couldn't help but close his eyes gloomily.

He is also a man who cherishes his life, and everything he does is to save his life and that of his family.

But what he did obviously hurt the Cao clan too much, and even the generals of the Cao clan outside the city were eager to kill him and hurry up, not to mention Liu Ping, who suffered a lot in the city last night?

It seems that this time it is really impossible to escape death.

"Since there is an edict from the Son of Heaven, how can my father-in-law, as a court official, disobey the holy order?" Liu Ping said indifferently: "I just don't know if Mr. Jia is willing to return to the imperial court." ”

Although this person behaves like this, he is indeed one of the top strategists in the world, and Liu Ping knows that this person has played an important role in the future Battle of Guandu and the Battle of Pingmahan, so he can't be killed.

Jia Xu was shocked, and couldn't help but widen his eyes, he never expected Liu Ping to be so generous, and he could spare him for his crime last night regardless of his previous suspicions.

"If Duke Meng Cao does not give up, he is willing to serve the imperial court," Jia Xu hurriedly said.

"Ping'er, you ......" Xiahou Yuan and Cao Chunzheng were about to say a question, but Cao Cao waved his hand to stop it.

"Since Ping'er said so," Cao Cao pondered, and said to Jia Xu with a gentle attitude: "Wenhe, you don't want to disappoint me. ”

"I will smear the liver and brain of the court in the next place, in order to repay the kindness of Cao Gong's forgiveness," Jia Xu was a little moved, and threw a grateful look at Liu Ping, thinking that he couldn't see that this person was young, but he had such a tolerant amount, and he was really extraordinary.

Cao Cao laughed and personally stepped forward to untie Jia Xu's rope.

When Jia Xu saw Cao Cao's embarrassed appearance, he felt ashamed and moved, and he was really Cao Cao from then on.

Xiahou Yuan and Cao Chun saw that their brother had forgiven Jia Xu, and they didn't say anything more.

"Ahem," Cao Cao cleared his throat at this time and said, "Ping'er contributed a lot last night, and the money in the Wancheng Mansion Treasury is at your disposal as a reward." ”

Liu Ping is his son-in-law, and the servants in the mansion and even the concubines in the family are rewarded by him, but it will inevitably cost money to maintain the food and clothing of such a large family.

However, Liu Ping handed over all the money obtained from weaving silk and iron smelting to him, and he could only live on his reward of 100,000 and 200,000 yuan.

Therefore, Cao Cao simply rewarded Liu Ping with all the treasury of the entire Wancheng, anyway, it was just captured, and it was not costly.

"Father-in-law, I'm afraid this is inappropriate," Liu Ping hurriedly excused himself: "There are 80 million dollars in the treasury of Wancheng Mansion."

The father-in-law usually rewards the son-in-law a lot, and the son-in-law does not spend any special money, so he doesn't need so much money, not to mention that now that Xu Du is newly built, the father-in-law needs money everywhere. ”

"Ping'er doesn't need to be humble," Cao Cao said with a slight smile: "The time you have come to me is not short, and there is always a need for some family in the house, otherwise you will reward slaves and maids, where will this money come from?" ”

He waved his big hand and said categorically: "No need to excuse yourself, it's so decided." ”

……

Cao Cao led the civil and military forces back to the General's Mansion, looking at the mess in the courtyard, recalling last night's danger and couldn't help but feel like a world away.

When he arrived in the room, he found that Zhang Ji's two concubines had been killed naked by the rebels.

Cao Cao didn't feel sorry at this time, and turned back to Liu Ping and said: "I heard that Aunt Zhang Xiu's Zou family once assassinated you, such a vicious woman, no matter how beautiful it is, it is useless to leave it, so let's kill it quickly."

You need to know that there is a knife on the head of the color word. ”

When he said this, he shook his head and was very emotional, obviously he had already had a rather painful understanding of this sentence.

"No!" Liu Ping nodded in agreement, after all, he had no interest in the wife.

At this time, all the rebels in Wancheng have been cleared, this city has been assigned to the territory of the Cao family, the largest nail around Xudu has been removed, and most of the Central Plains are owned by the Cao family.

At the same time, Sun Ce handed over the jade seal obtained by his father Sun Jian to Yuan Shu, and led a group of generals left by his father to break away from Yuan Shu, lead an army to capture Wu County, and began to divide Jiangdong.

Cao Cao's army cultivated in Wancheng for a period of time, and then returned to Xudu.

After going back, the first thing he did was to show his credit to the imperial court.

After all, before the expedition, it was under the banner of asking for the imperial court, and now that he has returned victorious, of course, he must report to the imperial court.

I have to say that at this time, the conflict between Cao Cao and the emperor and his ministers was not big, after all, the emperor had just settled down and was still grateful to Cao Cao, and Cao Cao's conquest of the Quartet was under the banner of the imperial court, although the fact was that his own power had been strengthened, but from the other side, it was nominally expanding the territory controlled by the imperial court.

At least in the eyes of many, Cao Cao was like a pillar of the imperial court, supporting the Han Dynasty with his own strength.

Of course, perhaps Cao Cao himself at this time also had this idea, Cao Cao really clashed with the Son of Heaven and the ministers, and began to be arrogant, which was after the Battle of Chibi.

In the court, the Son of Heaven really praised Cao Cao, and at the same time, the ministers did not hesitate to praise him.

Cao Cao couldn't help but blush slightly when he heard this, he was happy on this expedition, but he almost died in Wancheng, and it was his son-in-law Liu Ping who really played a decisive role in the battle of Pingwan.

But it's too embarrassing to say it.

After a rainbow fart, the Son of Heaven is ready to disperse.

At this time, Kong Rong suddenly came out of class and bowed down and said, "Your Majesty, the minister has a play." ”

"Kong Qing, please speak."

"Your Majesty has been on the throne for two years, and in the past two years, Your Majesty has led the harem concubines to wander and migrate, and now all the concubines have been poisoned by Li Dao on the bank of the Yellow River, and only the queen is left in His Majesty's harem, which is really not in line with the etiquette system."

Kong Rong paused and continued: "The Book of Rites Yun, the ancient, the Son of Heaven established six palaces, three wives, nine concubines, twenty-seven wives, and eighty-one royal wives, in order to listen to the internal governance of the world.

Therefore, the minister implored His Majesty to draft a draft girl to fill the harem, give birth to the prince as soon as possible, and correct the country, which is something that the world is looking forward to. ”

According to the records of Zhou Li, the specific number of women with names in the harem of the Son of Heaven should be one hundred and twenty-one, and the time and order of the ceremony of Zhou Gong are explained.

Specifically, from the first to the ninth day of the first month, eighty-one royal women, nine people per night, take turns to sleep, from the tenth to the twelfth, twenty-one women are also nine people per night, thirteen is the nine concubines, and the fourteenth is the turn of the third lady, and on the fifteenth and sixteenth days, the moon is the roundest and brightest, and when the essence of heaven and earth is the thickest, it is the queen with the most noble status to sleep.

In fact, the harem women of the emperors of the past dynasties are far more than one hundred and twenty-one, and there are even tens of thousands, or even tens of thousands.

Since Liu Xie succeeded to the throne, there were many palace maids and concubines in the harem, but Dong Zhuo died a lot on the way to the west, and later he led the ministers and harem concubines to escape from Chang'an and died a lot, and finally accompanied him on the bank of the Yellow River on the boat only Queen Fu, and the rest were all humiliated and imprisoned in Liu Ping's mansion.

Now Liu Xie's harem is unprecedentedly shabby, and there is only Queen Fu alone.

The key is that Liu Xie has no heirs, so naturally there is no prince, which is not the emperor's own business.

Therefore, Kong Rong implored the emperor to quickly fill the number of people in the harem, give birth to the prince as soon as possible, and become the crown prince.

He felt that such a playbook must readily agree, after all, which emperor didn't want the more beauties in the harem, the better?

"Let's talk about this again!" Liu Xie's face changed slightly, and he didn't agree with Kong Rong's script.