Chapter 265: Luoyang (End)
"King Rencheng, Cao Zhang!" The sound contained horror, sorrow, wailing, and even a hint of despair.
It's hard to imagine that a well-trained chamberlain would let out such a wail at this time, which is really unbelievable.
But this kind of wailing is understandable to everyone!
Not to mention that he is such an internal servant, even when their group of royal relatives and nobles heard the name of Cao Zhang, the king of Rencheng, they also trembled, for fear that their short-tempered uncle would not beat him up.
At this time, the faces of the three princes who were following Cao Zhi changed greatly at the same time, as if they were frightened by the sound just now.
Cao Gong, the king of Qinghe, Cao Yan, the king of Guangping, and Cao Xie, the eldest in the grade, all had cloudy and uncertain faces, as if they couldn't believe that this prince actually entered the palace, didn't he say that he strictly forbade the harem to go out to pass on the news and not enter the palace.
Just when the three of them were at a loss, Cao Zhang, who was dressed in a strong suit, had already walked in and showed a kind smile to the few of them.
"I didn't expect it to be so lively here." After Cao Zhang came in, he saw the three nephews, without any surprise, and without other facial expressions, he naturally walked to a position and sat down casually.
Then poured himself a large cup of hot tea soup.
"Ziwen is here...."This is half of Cao Zhi's palace, so as the main family, he will inevitably speak first like this, which makes the atmosphere too embarrassing.
However, as soon as his words began, he was interrupted by Cao Zhang.
"If you don't want to get into trouble, you just shut up someone!" Cao Zhang looked at him coldly, which made Cao Zhi suddenly understand what it meant to shudder.
Today's Cao Zhang seems to be calm and unfazed, but his biological brother can feel that Cao Zhang seems to be coming to kill people today.
Seeing that Cao Zhi had closed his mouth and retreated, Cao Zhangcai began to snort coldly, looking at the little guys and continuing.
"Do you still need someone to tell you in person what you do?"
The faces of Cao Gong, the king of Qinghe, and Cao Yan, the king of Guangping, changed suddenly, and then immediately closed their mouths very tightly, without the slightest intention of opening.
Compared to the silence of the two of them, Cao Xie, the eldest in the grade, asked Cao Zhang as if he didn't know anything.
"I don't know what my uncle said? The little nephew has been learning with peace of mind recently, but he really doesn't know where he can't do it, which makes his uncle dissatisfied. ”
Cao Xie is the eldest of Cao Pi's sons, and it can be said that he is second only to Cao Rong, the king of the plains, in terms of age.
And unlike others, Cao Rong was already the king of the plains at this time, the two young sons of Cao Gong, the king of Qinghe, and Cao Yan, the king of Guangping, were also crowned kings in the third year of the Huang Dynasty, Cao Yong was also named the king of Huainan by Cao Pi in the third year of the Huang dynasty, Cao Li was also named the king of Jingzhao in the third year of the Huang dynasty, and Cao Lin was named the king of Hedong.
This group of princes, whose mothers are theoretically unable to enter the stage, have already been crowned kings in the third year of Huang Chu, which can be regarded as telling them that they have no possibility of going further.
And now there are only three people who are not crowned kings: Cao Rui, Cao Jian and Cao Xie.
And the mothers of these three people are not ordinary people.
The second prince Cao Xie is not only the oldest, but also the son of Li Guiren, and the third prince Cao Rui, whose mother is Pan Shuyuan, and the fourth prince Cao Jian, whose mother is Zhu Shuyuan!
These three princes who have not been crowned kings are not only old enough, but their mothers are also in the palace, although it is no secret that Cao Pi dotes on Queen Guo.
But it is no secret that Queen Guo has no heirs under her knees, and it is no secret that a woman without a good background ascended to the position of the mother in the world, which has already made many civil and military ministers under Cao Pi have a lot of dissatisfaction.
Now Queen Guo has never given birth and has no heirs under her knees, which is even more criticized.
Today's harem is not as calm as ordinary people seem, not to mention the others for the time being, how many people in this group of people are worried about Queen Guo's position as the queen.
Among them, Li Guiren, Pan Shuyuan, and Zhu Shuyuan are the most favorable contenders in the harem, whether it is family or status, whether it is in all aspects, they are already ready to compete for the position of the queen in the world.
Therefore, as their sons, they did not get the throne of their father's reward for themselves, which had to make them think of such a good reason.
That is, their father had a good impression of them and wanted them to inherit the throne, so he did not directly give them the reward of being crowned king.
The third prince Cao Rui and the fourth prince Cao Jian did not jump out in a hurry because of their grade and identity, and they really read and practiced martial arts honestly every day, and they looked very hard.
But the second prince Cao Xie is different, maybe because he is slowly getting older, or maybe because his mother Li Guiren is only one step away from the queen's position, in short, the second prince Cao Xie did not study like his two younger brothers, but began to contact many ministers on the road.
Only this time, he seemed to have bumped into Cao Zhang's hands.
Looking at Cao Xie, who still had a puzzled and aggrieved look, Cao Zhang suddenly showed a smile, and then when this smile was revealed....
"Bang!" As soon as he kicked over, the second prince Cao Xie was kicked out by Cao Zhang, directly knocking over the table and the bed, making him lie on the ground and wail continuously.
This scene really frightened many people, and many palace maids and guards were stunned by the scene in front of them, but they didn't expect that the rumored King Ren Cheng was really so irritable, not to mention anything else, just that kick just now, if it was replaced by an old man with an average body, I am afraid that he would have died.
And in this piece of surprise, there was also a small waiter's eyes flashed suddenly, and then he rushed in a certain direction, directly wanting to bypass those guards and others, and ran out like this.
It's not that no one saw his departure, maybe even Cao Pi has someone watching and protecting him all the time, where can he run out as a small servant.
It's just because his escape has long been seen, but they have already received Cao Zhang's order, and today except for his command, everyone else must also be strictly guarded.
But for the eunuchs and palace maids who want to ventilate the news, Cao Zhang's order is that one is counted as one, and all of them are released, if those people are not allowed to take the initiative to escape, how can he kill chickens and monkeys.
At this time, the person who got the news had already left, and Cao Zhang was looking at Cao Xie who was lying on the ground humming, and a very disdainful smile appeared on his face.
"Do you really think that no one can know about what you do?" Cao Zhang walked to Cao Xie's side and dragged Cao Xie up with one hand.
"Do you need to give you a few more names? Wei Jun is too guarded by Wen Hui. From time to time I hang out with you in the mansion, what kind of benefits do you want to give him and make him think about you like this? ”
After Cao Pi finished saying the name Wen Hui, he snorted coldly again and continued to talk below.
"Shang Shuwei, because you don't go along with you, you want to frame him, you are really powerful!"
"Cao Lin, the king of Chen, Cao Gon, the king of Zhongshan, and even Qin Lang are all inextricably related, why do you still want to make some things happen here?"
One by one, the names and sentences came out of Cao Zhang's mouth, making Cao Xie's face more and more ugly and more and more gray.
"Is there anything else you'd like to say?" Cao Zhang looked at Cao Xie, who was already a little sluggish, and snorted coldly, "Collusion with the ministers of the DPRK and the central government, collusion with the uncle who made the king, and many local ministers and officials of many states and counties, what do you want to do, who gave you Cao Xie's guts!" ”
Cao Xie looked at the uncle in front of him, this uncle who wanted to be brave and reckless was glaring at him at this time, this kind of eyes full of aggressive feelings made him not know what to say.
He tried to defend himself, but his mouth opened and closed but he couldn't say a word.
Just when Cao Xie didn't know what to do, a woman's voice came.
"Wu'er is the prince that His Majesty fancies, and his courage is given by His Majesty, is there any problem!"
There was also a graceful and luxurious woman who appeared with this voice, just by looking at this dress, I knew that she was a woman who was very valued in the harem.
This is exactly the case, and now it is Cao Xie's biological mother who rushes in, and her status in the harem is second only to Queen Guo who can't give birth to a child.
watched Li Guiren just walk directly in front of him, or walk in front of the speechless child.
"You are the son of Your Majesty, even if you die here now, you must go on with your head held high," Li Guiren first taught Cao Xie two sentences to make him understand this matter, and then turned his gaze to Cao Zhang.
"Among Your Majesty's many princes, why are they the only ones who have not been crowned kings, it's very simple, because the concubines and their mothers are not casual women, our identity and status are enough to make those people flock to them, and entertaining these guests is naturally the role of my son, how can it be difficult to entertain friends and be wrong?"
Looking at Li Guiren who was talking eloquently, Cao Zhang's face didn't change for a moment, and he snorted coldly directly at her, "You swear so much, but what did Your Majesty say to you!" ”
"Although Your Majesty didn't say anything, his mind is all in the heart of the concubine, you don't understand!" Li Guiren snorted coldly directly, and then she was about to pull Cao Xie up and take him away, she didn't want her son to get close to this madman anymore.
Just when Li Guiren pulled Cao Xie to the door, a group of people suddenly appeared in front of them, and it was the guards and relatives who had been following Cao Zhang, who were blocking here at this time, preventing them from having the slightest possibility of going out.
"Get out of the way!" Li Guiren scolded with anger on his face, "Don't you know what it means to be a good dog and not get in the way!" Get out of the way! ”
Let Li Guiren shout hoarsely here, but in front of them was still the group of guys who didn't seem to understand anything, and they stopped in front of them.
"Did someone say they let you go?" Cao Zhang slowly walked over from behind, looking at Cao Xie with a panicked face, and Li Guiren, who was angry and disdainful.
"What does this mean by King Rencheng?" Li Guiren gritted his teeth a little, and looked at Cao Zhang's anger and shouted, "This is a harem, is it possible that you are the king of the city and still commit murder?" ”
"Murder.... Maybe it's not impossible! Cao Zhang's fluttering words made everyone's faces change suddenly.
Among them, Li Guiren, who was still extremely arrogant just now, only had one scream left at this time.
"Someone, someone!"
Li Guiren's sharp shouts rang out from the harem, and immediately startled countless soldiers and guards, but when they rushed here, what they saw was that Cao Zhang, who had taken Fang Tian's halberd, was looking at them coldly.
"Get out!" Cao Zhang shouted angrily, the guards and soldiers who had just rushed over to kill, after a little hesitation, all bowed and retreated, at this time Luoyang City, it was Cao Zhang who was in charge, their commander Zhu Shuo once said that if Cao Zhang wanted to do something, no one could stop him, it was not an enemy.
Watching the soldiers rushing over, a smile appeared on Li Guiren's face, but when he saw those people retreating the same way, Li Guiren's face could no longer be said to be ugly, and she even felt despair.
"Cao Zhang, what are you going to do, I am Your Majesty's concubine, I am Your Majesty's concubine!" Li Guiren looked at Cao Zhang, who was approaching step by step, and began to be hoarse, and Cao Xie was also clinging to his mother's side at this time.
"If you don't have this ability, don't think about doing this kind of thing, some things can't be touched, some thoughts you can't think, if you think about it, you will die if you touch it!" Cao Pi forced them into a corner, walked up to them and whispered, and then....
"Poof!"
"Poof!"
Two long-lost sounds, two headless corpses fell to the ground.
At this moment, the people in the entire palace were completely sluggish, one was Cao Pi's favorite concubine, at least the former favorite concubine.
One is Cao Pi's biological son.
The two of them died in front of themselves, and they were killed in front of them.
"Cao Ziwen!" With a sharp shout, Empress Dowager Bian, who appeared at the door at the door, screamed and ran in front of Cao Zhang, looking at the two headless corpses under her feet, Empress Dowager Bian felt cold all over her body.
"What did you just do, what did you just do!"
Empress Dowager Bian couldn't believe that her son had done such a rebellious thing in the harem, and she couldn't even believe that the person in front of her was really her son.
"The Queen Mother...."
"Don't call the old mother, the old body can't afford it!" Empress Dowager Bian yelled, "You just killed your sister-in-law and your nephew, who are you going to kill next, kill the old body?" Or follow your ruthless brother and kill your brother! ”
Cao Zhang listened to his mother's words, looked at the furious Empress Dowager Bian, and suddenly chuckled, as if he had let go of some heavy burden, as if his whole body had become relaxed.
"Come on, support the Queen Mother, don't let him fall!" Cao Zhang gave an order, and several soldiers who understood his meaning stepped forward directly and held Empress Dowager Bian's arms to prevent her from making the slightest move.
At the same time, Empress Dowager Bian also heard Cao Zhang's words, and her face became even more incredulous, "Cao Zhang, are you going to kill the old body?" Cao Zhang, you can't die well, you can't die well, you must not die well! ”
Faced with the hustle and bustle of the Empress Dowager Bian, Cao Zhang did not answer, nor did he say anything else, but turned around and looked at the two people who had been trembling a little.
Cao Gong, King of Qinghe, and Cao Yan, King of Guangping.
"Uncle.... I waited until I knew I was wrong! Cao Gong, the king of Qinghe, and Cao Yan, the king of Guangping, saw that Cao Zhang turned his gaze to him, and they immediately knew what he meant.
Cao Xie's things are similar to what they do, but what they do is not as good as Cao Xie, after all, Cao Xie has a good advantage, but they don't, they can only develop little by little from scratch.
It's just that I didn't expect that before their wings were full, they were targeted by Cao Zhang, a madman.
"Uncle, the child knows that he is wrong, he knows that he is wrong!" Compared with Cao Gong, the king of Qinghe, Cao Yan, the king of Guangping, was more straightforward and directly began to beg for mercy.
It's just that no matter how they pleaded and were helpless, Cao Zhang took out a small porcelain bottle from his arms and put it in front of the two of them.
"If one person drinks it and a half, I can leave your family alone!" After Cao Zhang said this, he suddenly turned his head and glanced at Cao Xie's corpse not far away, "Cao Xie should also be the one who just became a father, it's a pity." ”
Where have the two of them, Cao Gong, the king of Qinghe, and Cao Yan, the king of Guangping, experienced this kind of battle, although they don't know what is in the small porcelain bottle, but they know that it is definitely not a good thing, and it can even be said to be poison!
"Uncle..."Cao Gong, the king of Qinghe, wanted to plead again, but as soon as he spoke, Cao Zhang said directly to them.
"A certain family doesn't have time to waste with you, come on!" Cao Zhang's face was full of indifference and slaughter, "Go to the mansion of Cao Gong, the king of Qinghe, and Cao Yan, the king of Guangping, and take their..."
This time, it was Cao Zhang's turn to speak before he finished speaking, and he was interrupted by Cao Gong, the king of Qinghe.
"I'll drink!" After Cao Gong, the king of Qinghe, yelled, he didn't ask what was in the small porcelain bottle, but directly picked up the small porcelain bottle and drank half of it in one go.
Seeing that Cao Gong, the king of Qinghe, had already drunk it, Cao Yan, the other king of Guangping, also knew that he couldn't escape today, so he took the small porcelain bottle directly from his brother's hand, and then drank the rest of the things in one gulp.
After watching the two of them drink all the contents of the small porcelain bottle, Cao Zhang smiled.
"This was once given to a certain family by a friend, saying that he collected it, and the blood of those who exchanged for the plague, or poisonous blood, I don't know that it is useless now."
As he spoke, Cao Zhang had slowly walked to his seat, and then seemed to be very tired, and at this moment, the general who was like a tiger suddenly became like a dying old man.
After Cao Gong, the king of Qinghe, and Cao Yan, the king of Guangping, heard what they drank, they just wanted to vomit together, after all, it was other people's blood, and they could be regarded as pampered, where could they stand this.
But after retching, they gave up resistance and struggle, and gave up very happily!
"Uncle, is it possible for me to go back?" Cao Gong, the king of Qinghe, and Cao Yan, the king of Guangping, arched their hands towards Cao Zhang and said, "If the two of us are about to die, we want to spend more time with our family." ”
After hearing these words, Cao Zhang just nodded, didn't say anything, and changed the order to let the two of them leave.
At this time, Empress Dowager Bian's eyes had become red, Cao Zhang was his son, Cao Pi was also his son, Cao Gong, King of Qinghe, Cao Yan, King of Guangping, and Cao Xie, who had just died, those were his grandsons.
She didn't know what to say, her two sons were going to kill her other son, and her grandson was right in front of her, and three of her own sons were killed.
"Cao Ziwen, you kill the old body, you kill the old body quickly!"
Listening to Empress Dowager Bian's ghost-like words, Cao Zhang's face was expressionless, and he just continued to walk in front of Cao Zhi, "Tell the person behind you about the matter here, and tell him by the way, how he chooses a certain family can't be managed, but if he wants to give this huge Cao Wei to others, even if a certain family is a ghost, he can't spare him!" ”
Cao Zhang's voice was very small, so small that only he, Cao Zhi, could hear it, but with these words, Cao Zhi's eyes slowly widened, and his body trembled a little.
Cao Zhang left, and of course Empress Dowager Bian did not receive any harsh treatment.
Empress Dowager Bian, who regained her freedom, saved Cao Zhi, who was still trembling, and comforted her son softly.
Cao Zhang didn't care about the harem anymore, and he didn't want to worry about the harem anymore, almost everything he had to do had already been done, and the rest of the things were his brother's affairs.
Cao Zhang, who returned to the mansion, announced that he was seriously ill and could no longer leave the mansion on his own, but no one cared about this matter.
Because they were stunned by a few other things.
Wang Su, the son of Sikong Wang Lang and Sima Yi's in-law in Wen County, was seriously injured and couldn't get out of bed for at least half a month.
Wei Juntai guard coveted by a group of thieves who came out of nowhere to block the road, and then was directly seriously injured, it is said that he almost died, the most important thing is that the group of thieves who don't know where is dressed as a foreign race, and the beaten Wei Qi did not dare to say anything.
Cao Lin, the king of Zhongshan, Cao Gon, was blindfolded and beaten, and was thrown into the moat outside Luoyang City afterwards, if it weren't for Cao Lin's knowledge of water, he and his poor brother Cao Gon, the king of Zhongshan, would have been drowned.
As for Qin Lang, who was the same mother and half-father as them, he was let go because he hid quickly.
And that's not what surprised them the most, what surprised them the most was what came later.
Cao Pi's second prince, Cao Xie, who was known as the most likely candidate for the crown prince, died violently, leaving only one son, Cao Xun, and lived a lonely life from then on.
And after the second prince of Cao Pi, there was also his biological mother, Li Guiren, who was called the second mission of Cao Wei's harem, also died violently.
This series of tricks makes people shudder, they know who did it, Cao Zhang, the king of Rencheng, has been a well-known person who doesn't pay attention to the rules since a long time ago, not only does he not pay attention to the rules on the rivers and lakes, but others will be pulled off by him.
And Cao Zhang not only doesn't pay attention to the rules, but also is extremely shameless, if you dare to break the rules like him, you don't have him shameless.
The most important thing is that if you him off, you won't be able to beat him.
Seeing Cao Zhang's cruelty to his sons and nephews like this, this ruthless hand and his dead hand were ruthless, which made many civil and military ministers a little surprised.
At this time, Cao Zhang began to close the house and thank the guests, so that everyone was a little confused, and they didn't even dare to guarantee that Cao Zhang was really seriously ill suddenly, or if he waited for the opportunity to continue to come out to make trouble.
However, dragging Cao Zhang's blessing, this huge Luoyang City has become calm again, when Luoyang City has such a hob meat that breaks the rules at every turn, everyone is indeed a lot more honest.
Time came to June, early June, mid-June....
On June 13, Cao Gong, the king of Qinghe, died in his own house, and it is said that he suddenly fell seriously ill and suffered for more than half a month, and finally failed.
On June 16, Cao Yan, the king of Guangping, like his brother Cao Gong, the king of Qinghe, suddenly fell seriously ill and died in his mansion.
The death of these two people suddenly made many civil and military ministers in Luoyang City feel frightened again, and in the eyes of others, Cao Gong, the king of Qinghe, and Cao Yan, the king of Guangping, are the two princes of Cao Pi, and there is no possibility of even inheriting the throne of Cao Wei.
But in the seriousness of many civil and military officials, they are the root cause of this turmoil in Luoyang.
Although the reason why this Luoyang turmoil became turmoil was actually because of the family's counterattack, all the family's counterattacks began on Cao Pi's three sons.
If Cao Xie, Cao Gong, and Cao Yan did not have this ambition, many of Cao Wei's families would not be able to find this opportunity.
It is just that Cao Xie died violently in the mansion, and Cao Gong and Cao Yan have also died one after another, which makes their commotion like a rootless ping.
"What the hell is going on!" Chen Qun didn't have much elegance at this time, "Didn't you let Er and others protect the two of them, and you just protected them like this?" ”
The furious Chen Qun looked at the group of people from the family below, and kept shouting angrily.
It's no wonder that Chen Qun is like this, after Cao Xie's death, Chen Qun immediately asked people to protect the two mansions of King Qinghe and King Guangping.
I don't want anything else, I just want to be able to keep the two of them going until Cao Pi returns here and enters Luoyang City.
As long as Cao Pi and the others returned to Luoyang City, with his two sons in front of them, then they would be able to make their Emperor Majesty lose ground.
If it is pursued, it will lose the royal face, but if it is not pursued, it will be left to their family to continue to survive.
After Cao Pi solves his two uncompetitive sons, I am afraid that their group of families will have begun to grow completely.
But such a good plan is now all ruined!
Now that Cao Gong, the king of Qinghe, and Cao Yan, the king of Guangping, have passed away one after another, what is the result in exchange?
Now as long as Cao Pi returns to Luoyang City, I am afraid that he will talk about the death of these three sons, so as to point all the fingers at their group of wealthy families, this is a needless matter, if Cao Pi can't seize this opportunity, I'm afraid he won't force himself and others to this point.
"How did the two princes die?" Chen Qun could only hope that the person who did it would leave some clues, but it was clear that he was disappointed again.
"Lord Chen Qun, we have already investigated very clearly, but no one has been to the mansion of the two princes, and there is no news that the two princes have walked out of the mansion, and according to what Lang Zhong said, both of them died of the plague, but..."
"But this huge Luoyang City, where did the plague come from!" Cao Pi said the rest of the words for them, "Waste, it's all a group of waste, waste!" ”
Chen Qun's angry scolding had no effect, and no one could tell him what was going on, obviously Cao Zhang didn't make a move, and there was no movement in the Qinghe Wang's Mansion and Guangping Wang's Mansion, so why did the two princes suddenly disappear.
Just when Chen Qun killed the gatekeepers who insulted many big families, not far from Luoyang City, in an endless military camp, Cao Pi also got the news.
"Wenhe, what you said is the truth?" Cao Pi held the secret letter in his hand, and his face was full of disbelief, "This matter, you can't talk about it!" ”
"Your Majesty, if the old minister is not completely sure, how can he hand over these things to you today, after all, this is your family matter!" Jia Xu was still coughing as he spoke, and it could be seen that his current health was also very bad.
"Son, what a son!" Cao Pi directly arranged the letter in his hand on the table, his face full of anger.
What was recorded in the letter just now was his three precious sons, one in the light and two in the dark, which hollowed out his foundation little by little.
"Your Majesty, there is a battle report from Luoyang!" At this time, there was finally news from Luoyang, which immediately made Cao Pi listen in a nervous and excited way.
"Say it! Say it! ”
The scout took out the letter from his bosom and handed it to Cao Pi above, much to his delight.
"Your Majesty, there is news from Luoyang City....."
"Say it quickly, rub something!"
The scout swallowed sharply before continuing.
"On June 13, Cao Gong, the king of Qinghe, died of illness in the mansion, and three days later, on June 16, Cao Yan, the king of Guangping, also died of illness in his mansion.
Afterwards.... After that..."
The scout said that when Cao Pi's two sons died one after another, Cao Pi felt a little uneasy in his heart, but after hearing that they were all dead, in fact, Cao Pi's heart was not so sad and uncomfortable.
After all, these two rebels and the one who died the first to die, Cao Xie, these three people have caused so much trouble to themselves, and they are still struggling with how to solve their affairs perfectly when they go back.
Now it's good, I haven't thought of a way yet, and these two rebels have solved themselves by themselves.
However, Cao Pi looked at the hesitant scout, and his brows couldn't help frowning, "What do you want to say, just say it quickly, don't be so hesitant and annoying!" ”
As soon as Cao Pi's words were finished, the scout also seemed to have made up his mind, "Your Majesty, Cao Zhang, the king of Rencheng, died violently in the mansion today!" ”
"Storm... Sudden death? The letter in Cao Pi's hand fell to the ground, and then looked at the person in front of him stupidly, and Jia Xu, who had just arrived, also heard this sentence, and some of them became silent.
"Who did you just say died violently?" Cao Pi suddenly chuckled, and then actually looked at the scout and kept asking, "Who did you just say, who died violently?" ”
The scout seemed to have expected such a scene, after all, the identities of Cao Zhang and Cao Pi would normally make Cao Pi unacceptable, but he still had to say it.
"Lord Cao Zhang, in the early morning of this day, died violently in his room."
"Your Majesty!" Jia Xu walked over, looked at Cao Pi, who was already a little stupid, and couldn't help but call softly, "Your Majesty, it's time for you to wake up." ”
Jia Xu's call made Cao Pi come back to his senses again, but this time after coming back to his senses, Cao Pi became a little indifferent and ruthless.
"The army is marching and entering Luoyang!" Cao Pi didn't stay any longer, he just couldn't wait to meet him now, and he wanted to meet his younger brother.
Cao Pi's army finally began to act, and many generals and soldiers should have discovered that something was wrong with their Majesty, and no one dared to disturb their Majesty at this time, so it was not bad for him to think about it so well.
Cao Pi's army slowly entered the city, and there was no change in this kind of thing, and many wealthy families in Luoyang Chengzhong came out to organize people to welcome Cao Pi and others back to their hometown.
"Where is Ziwen, I have to go and see Ziwen now, and tell me where Ziwen is!"
When Cao Pi mentioned his younger brother Cao Zhang, he was a little unacceptable, he had to do this to make his heart feel a little better.
"Your Majesty, please come with me!" Shang Shu ordered Chen Qun to take Cao Pi and many civil and military ministers back to him, and then walked all the way in a certain direction, they all thought that they were going to worship again, but they didn't expect that they came to the post station in the end.
It's a weathered place, but it's a good place.
"Ziwen, just live here?" Cao Pi sneered and said, "He is the king of Rencheng, why does he want to live in the post station, why!" ”
Cao Pi's question made many managers slowly lower their heads and stop talking more.
"If you avoid it, we will have to wait, I'm really sorry!"
"As a last resort? Could it be that my order has not been fulfilled? Cao Pi walked in slowly, and then the corners of his mouth kept bringing out sneers and mockery.
When they came to the outside of Cao Zhang's room, they couldn't help but sigh again, this room was too simple, too simple.
The post station actually treated Cao Zhang quite well, not only left him a small courtyard that was private and safe enough, but also built a lot of places for him.
But this is a must-have shabby in the eyes of everyone.
walked into the room, and at this time, Cao Zhang's room finally began to show in front of him Cao Pi.
"Ziwen!" At first glance, I saw the strong man lying in the coffin, "Ziwen, Ziwen!" ”
Cao Pi, who couldn't cry, pounced without saying a word, looking at the corpse that was already completely stiff, Cao Pi only felt his mind dizzy for a while.
After reluctantly allowing himself to worship, Cao Pi began to make various arrangements for things after Cao Zhang's death.
Cao Pi personally ordered to posthumously call Cao Zhang King Wei, and at the same time he personally presided over Cao Zhang's burial.
At the time of his burial, the imperial court gave him a hundred Luan dragon banners and tiger warriors, following the old example of Liu Cang, the king of Dongping in the Han Dynasty.
In addition, Cao Zhang's son Cao Kai migrated to King Zhongmu and took over Cao Zhang's throne.
(Regarding Cao Zhang's death, the author explains for the last time that Cao Zhang could never have been killed by Cao Pi, because even if Cao Pi was unconscious, he would not kill Cao Zhang, a younger brother who did not pose any threat to himself.)
What's more, it was the fourth year of the early Huang Dynasty, and it was a turbulent year in Cao Wei, in this year, the entire Cao family was like a pot of porridge, Cao Pi was crazy, and now he had to risk the world to do this thankless thing.
said that Cao Zhang was poisoned by Cao Pi, and it was written in a certain "history book".
According to Liu Yiqing's "New Words of the World" of Liu Song of the Southern Dynasty, Cao Zhang's death was because Cao Pi was afraid of Cao Zhang's martial arts and used a trick to poison Cao Zhang. It turned out that although Cao Zhang was a fierce general, he was quite fond of chess, and Cao Pi did what he liked. In the middle of the game, Cao Pi has seen the upper hand.
At this time, he instructed the maid who was waiting, "Don't bring the dates quickly." So, while playing chess, the two were eating black dates, on the surface they looked affectionate, but in fact, the vicious Cao Pi had already poisoned some dates, and secretly made a mark, and he picked up the ones that were not poisoned.
Cao Zhang was kept in the dark, and after a while, Cao Zhang only felt top-heavy, his eyes were straight, and before he could say a word, he fell to the ground. Someone had already informed the Empress Dowager Bian, and the Empress Dowager Bian finally failed to save Cao Zhang's life when she came, and the chessboard was finally splashed with Cao Zhang's bright red blood.
"The World Speaks New Words": Emperor Wei Wen was jealous of being the king of the city. Because he played Go in the Empress Dowager Bian's Pavilion, and made dates. Emperor Wen put poison in the jujubes: choose the edible ones and enter, Wang Fuwu, and then mix them. Both poisoned, the queen mother asked for water to save it, the emperor pre-edict destroyed the bottles and cans, the queen mother walked to the well in vain, there was no way to draw, and she died. Wanting to harm Dong'a, the Queen Mother said: "You have killed me Rencheng, and you must not kill me Dong'e again." ”
But this statement is really unreliable, quite unreliable, I'll pick on you first, let's take a good taste.
First, "The World Speaks New Words" belongs to the family dialect, to put it bluntly, it is the same as us, it is all made up nonsense, where do you know that the sentence is true and the sentence is false.
In the fourth year of the early Huang Dynasty, the time when the kings came to the dynasty was in the fifth month of the lunar calendar, at this time the dates were not ripe, and it was impossible to poison Cao Zhang with dates.
And after Cao Zhang's death, there is such a paragraph, "If you want to harm Dong'a, the Queen Mother said: You have killed my Rencheng, don't harm my Dong'e again." "Cao Zhi was named the king of Dong'e in the third year of Emperor Taihe of Wei Ming, and Empress Dowager Bian was able to call Cao Zhi Dong'a in the fourth year of Emperor Wen of Wei.
On the contrary, the author's current solution can make sense of many things.
Why did this guy die in the fourth year of Huang Chu, let's put it aside for the time being, and at this time let's talk about the families that suddenly came out and the three sons whose deaths are not recorded.
Praise and mourn Wang Cao Xie, and his mother is Li Guiren. Untimely death. After his death, he was posthumously crowned as a duke, and his name was killed; Later, he was renamed King Zan, and his nickname was Mourning.
This is the second prince under Cao Pi, and he is also the younger brother under Cao Ei, and he is also the person with the heaviest status among all the heirs, except for Cao Ei, after all, except for his mother who is a noble person in the harem, the highest remaining is just Shuyuan.
And looking at this profile, he was posthumously named Jinggong after his death, which shows that he should have ended his life before the second year of Huang Chu, which is also one of the things that the author was fooled in the past.
Later, the author found two things, that is, in the third year of Qinglong, Cao Xie, who was known as the childless queen in the history books, had a son named Cao Xun and inherited all the titles of Cao Xie.
Then this matter is interesting, if Qinglong has a son in the third year, Cao Xie's death date can be roughly calculated.
In the seventh year of the early Huang dynasty, that is, in 226 AD, Cao Ei inherited the throne of Cao Pi, so Cao Xun inherited the throne and title of his father Cao Xie in the third year of Qinglong, that is, in 235 AD.
There are only two possible situations in this situation, that is, in the third year of Qinglong, Cao Ei gave Cao Xie the title of posthumous supplement, which should be in line with the posthumous title of Jinggong, and then changed to the title of King Zan.
Through this statement, the author looked up the history of Cao Ei's posthumous brothers, and finally let the author find such a passage, in the fifth year of Taihe, Cao Xie was posthumously crowned as the Jinggong, and in the second year of Qinglong, he was renamed King Zan, and his nickname was mourning.
This leads to the second problem, the king of praise and mourning, Cao Xie, was sealed in the second year of Qinglong, but his son Cao Xun was only knighted in the third year of Qinglong, and there are only two possibilities for this situation.
The first is that Cao Xun was passed on to Cao Xie by others, which is the same as Cao Zhang's grandsons.
Cao Yi: In the fifth year of Taihe, he was succeeded to Cao Li, the king of Yuancheng, Cao Wen: In the fifth year of Taihe, he was succeeded to Cao Yong, the king of Handan, and Cao Fang was directly passed to Cao Rong, this time it is good, Cao Zhang's grandsons are so good, although it seems that Cao Zhang's last child, but one of his grandsons can definitely become the emperor.
This is also Cao Pi or Cao Ei's compensation to Cao Zhang.
Getting back to business, let's talk about Cao Xun's matter, the first batch of succession ended in the fifth year of Taihe, and it can't be that Qinglong only started in the third year, so it is not credible to say that Jiyi said, if he is not the son of the step, then if he inherits the title in the third year of Qinglong, there is only the last case.
That is, when he was in the third year of Qinglong, Cao Xun had just come of age!
Qinglong came of age in three years, and men in the Three Kingdoms period took twelve to fourteen years old as the standard of adulthood, so if you go back from the third year of Qinglong, then when Cao Xun was born, it should be between the second year of Huang Chu and the fourth year of Huang Chu.
So if you calculate it backwards, his father Cao Xie should have died from the second year of Huang Chu to the fourth year of Huang Chu, as for this time and not longer, it is because in the sixth year of Huang Chu, Cao Jian, the king of Dongwuyang, was crowned king, and Cao Rui, the king of Beihai, was named the king of Pingyang County in the seventh year of Huang Chu.
If Cao Xie, who had the highest status of his mother, was still alive, he could not have been posthumously crowned as a prince during the Taihe period.
Therefore, Cao Xie should have been the same as Cao Jian, the king of Dongwuyang, and Cao Rui, the king of Pingyang County, because the status of his mother was too high, so the three of them were the most qualified candidates to become the prince, so before the fourth year of Huang Chu, they were not crowned king by Cao Pi.
This may also be the source of some excitement or delusion in their hearts, Cao Pi's favorite son is finally Cao Li, the king of Yuancheng, but because his mother's status is too lowly, in addition to the fact that Queen Guo is her adopted son Cao Rong in the end, so Cao Pi changed his mind and brought Cao Rong up.
In addition, in history, Cao Rong missed his biological mother Zhen Mi very much, and he did love and hate Queen Guo, the woman who knocked his mother to the dust, and loved her because she was able to live from Cao Pi's hands, and Queen Guo made great efforts.
And it is needless to say that he hates him, "Zizhi Tongjian", "Wei Luo" and "Han Jin Spring and Autumn" record that after Cao Rong succeeded to the throne, he mourned the death of his biological mother Zhen, and Queen Guo collapsed because of fear.
It can be said that it was written in a certain TV series that Queen Guo let Cao Rong be killed, it is not impossible, after all, the violent death and collapse in the history books are basically fig leafs.
However, looking at Cao Ei's arrangements for Queen Guo's funeral, it can be seen that Cao Ei is not really as ruthless and unrighteous as Queen Guo.
After his death, the queen's mausoleum was built in the final system, and he was buried in the west of the Shouyang Mausoleum. Promoted Guo Xiang to lieutenant of the horse.
In the fourth year of Qinglong, Cao Rong changed the title of Guohou's father Guo Yong as the Marquis of Guanjin, and his mother Dong as Tangyangjun. Posthumously crowned Guo Hou's brother Guo Fu as the Marquis of Liangli Pavilion, Guo Du as the Marquis of Wucheng Pavilion Xiao, and Guo Cheng became the Marquis of Xinle Pavilion. Later, Guo Biaoxue, the eldest son Guo Shen's heir, was divided into Guo Biao's lords, and his third son Guo Shu was named a liege. Guo Xiangxue, his son Guo Zhao's heir.
"Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms, Volume 5": "Emperor Jin is the Marquis of Guanjin, with an increase of 500 and 1,000 households. Moved to the rank of Captain of the Horses. ”
"Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Volume 5": "In four years, Feng Yong was posthumously changed to Guanjin Jinghou, and the wife Dong was Tangyangjun. After the posthumous brother floated as the Marquis of Liangli Pavilion, all of them were the Marquis of Wucheng Pavilion, and became the Marquis of Xinle Pavilion, all of which made the envoy follow the policy, and the shrine was imprisoned. Cousin, the son of the detailed heir, and the cousin of the prince and the detailed brother of the liehou. Details, Zizhao heir. ”
It is recorded from the Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms that after the death of the Empress Dowager Guo, Cao Ei did quite well to his relatives and her posterity, although we don't know why Cao Ei had to wait for his adoptive mother to die before starting to do so.
"Book of Wei": "In March of the third year of Wei Qinglong, the Empress Dowager Zigong was buried in the West Mausoleum of Shouyang. The Emperor of Mourning was personally enshrined in the ancestors, and then he sent him to lay down, knocked his heart, cried and complained, hurt the soul of the luck, sadly looked at the road of the car, and carried the three lights on his back. Alas! In the past, the second concubine Yu, the emperor was in charge, the third mother and concubine Zhou, the holy and good were light, and they were blessed and enjoyed the country. Mourning and mercy, Xinghua leap room, dragon flying purple pole, as a holy emperor, not afraid of middle age, violent disasters. Sorry for the boy, the cocoon is devastated, although the soul is forever gone, the province is hopeful? Alas! ”
Among them, the author also has such a record in the "Book of Wei", and Chen Shou in the Three Kingdoms, he didn't dare to record a word in his book, or he also knew that the Guo family, which had become a big family, could not allow him to write like this.
In the past, the second concubine Yu, the emperor was in charge, the third mother and concubine Zhou, the holy and good were light, and they were blessed and enjoyed the country. Mourning and mercy, Xinghua leap room, dragon flying purple pole, as a holy emperor, not afraid of middle age, violent disasters.
Look at this sentence, in this passage of Cao Ei, in Queen Guo's eulogy, this kind of thing is implied by his biological mother Zhen Mi, and at the same time, there is even a meaning that Queen Guo is blaming his biological mother Zhen Mi to death.
This kind of words of condolence are put in Queen Guo, we can use a fashionable word, which is tantamount to jumping on the grave!
Therefore, for such a thing as Cao Ei, he can be so good to a brother who has been dead for so many years, and there can only be some reason, and this reason can obviously make people think of the story that happened in the fourth year of Huang Chu.
In the seventh year of the early Huang Dynasty, that is, when Cao Pi was seriously ill, Cao Rong was suddenly made the crown prince, and the ministers of the auxiliary government did not choose the three dukes with the highest official position, but Cao Zhen and Cao Xiu, the generals of the Cao clan, plus Sima Yi, the general of the Fu army, and Chen Qun, the general of the Zhen army.
From the four years before the beginning of the Huang Dynasty, no one in the family could sit in the army to the seventh year of the early Huang Dynasty, the family supported nearly half of the people in the army, in just three years, the growth of the family is so serious, we can also say that if it were not for the family in the fourth year of the Huang Dynasty suddenly appeared this kind of counterattack, I am afraid that Cao Wei would not have been made to that point in the back.
And the reason why Cao Pi died in the seventh year of the early Huang Dynasty, in fact, there is still more or less the existence of the family, between the fifth year of the early Huang Dynasty, the sixth year and two years, Cao Pi completely pacified the foundation of the family in Xuzhou, and held the entire Cao Wei in his own hands.
But in the seventh year of Huang Chu, Cao Pi once again found a reason to continue to send troops, if Cao Pi's health is not good, he will not do this kind of thing, then sending troops again must be similar to the previous opportunity to solve the affairs of Qingxu Erzhou, that is, he wants to take this opportunity to solve some people again.
After Qingxu Erzhou, who else needs him to use a large army to suppress or deter, then there is only one kind of force, that is, the clans who have been fighting for power with him for many years, only the existence of this group of people will make characters like Cao Pi have to think of using a large army to suppress it.
In the seventh year of the early Huang Dynasty, Cao Pishi returned to Shouchun and supervised the naval army with Chen Qun's holiday. After Cao Pi returned to Xuchang, he worshiped Chen Qun as the general of the town army, led the middle guard, and recorded the affairs of Shangshu, which can be said to have given Chen Qun or many families headed by Chen Qun a kind of comfort.
At that time, Chen Qun's Yingchuan family group had been suppressed by the family group behind Sima Yi, after all, Sima Yi was already a general of the Fu army, and Chen Qun was still a lot inferior in strength in sergeants.
At the same time, Bao Xun was angry with Cao Pi because he repeatedly admonished Cao Pi, and later shielded Taishou Sun Yong in Chenliu County, and was accepted as a court lieutenant and discussed the death penalty. Chen Qun and Taiwei Zhong Xuan, Situ Lord Hua Xin, Shizhong Xinbi, Shangshu Wei Zhen, Shouting Wei Gao Rou and other joint letters expressed "Bao Xun's father Bao Xin has contributed to Taizu Cao Cao", and asked for pardon for Bao Xun's capital crime. Cao Pi didn't allow it, and still had to kill Bao Xun.
If rewarding Chen Qun is to appease and reuse the families under Chen Qun's command, so that he can find a way to confront Sima Yi, so that he can get enough benefits from it, then killing Bao Xun is Cao Pi's warning to them.
It's just that after the warning, in May Bingchen, Cao Pi suddenly became seriously ill, from the dignified lord of Cao Wei, to the emperor who survived the world, Chen Qun and Cao Zhen, Sima Yi, etc., and was bequeathed and assisted, and at the same time set up the crown prince to correct the king of the plains, Cao Rong!
It can also be seen from the history books that the events at this stage are quite intriguing.
"The Biography of Bao Xun": The emperor returned from Shouchun, and Tunchen stayed in the county boundary. Taishou Sun Yong saw that he had been honored. When the camp was not completed, but the standard was established, Yong's evil deeds did not follow the right path, and the military camp made Shi Liu Yao want to push it, but the barracks were not completed, and the solution was not moved. The army returned to Luoyang, Yao was guilty, Xun was sent away, and Yao secretly expressed Xun to solve the Yong affair privately. The edict said: "Xun refers to the deer as a horse, and pays the court captain." "Tingwei law: "The sentence is five years old." The three officials refuted: "According to the law, he will be fined two catties." The emperor was furious and said: "Xun has no life, and you dare to indulge it!" The three officials have been ordered to stab the adulterers, and the ten rats should be ordered to be in the same hole. "Taiwei Zhong Xuan, Situ. Hua Xin, Chen Qun, the general of the town army, Xin Bi in the service, Shang Shu Wei Zhen, and Gao Rou, the captain of the court, and so on, expressed "the honor of the father's letter to the Taizu" and begged for the honor. The emperor did not allow it, so he was punished.
"Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms, Volume 22, Wei Shu 22, Huan Er, Chen Xu Wei, Lu Biography 22": The emperor returned, the false festival, and the capital supervised the water army. Also Xuchang, with the group as the general of the town army, leading the middle guard, and recording the Shangshu. The emperor was ill, and the group and Cao Zhen, Sima Xuanwang, etc., were bequeathed and assisted.
Please pay attention to the title of Chen Shou here, Sima Xuan Wang!
That is to say, at this time, when Chen Shou wrote the Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms, he wrote it from the perspective of the Sima family, for Cao Cao, although Chen Shou called him an ancestor, but for Sima Yi and others, he maintained enough respect whenever and where, so many inconvenient things related to the Sima family would be eliminated.
Coupled with "The Biography of Bao Xun", according to his conscience, Bao Xun is such a thing, neither a loyal minister nor a good general, nor has any merits that have to be said, just such a pure-blood troll who doesn't know the so-called can still be passed on, to be honest, this thing might as well write more things for Cao Zhang.
This series of stories all illustrates one thing, that is, the reason why Cao Pi can't be as smooth as the first four years of Huang Chu in the future, the most important thing is that the power around Cao Pi to suppress the family is no longer there.
Cao Ren is in the south, and he is really a little confused in his later years, so it can't be him, Cao Zhen and Cao Xiu were both at the time, and it can't be him, Xiahou Shang can't be either, he himself is not looked down upon by the people of the family, and naturally he will not be afraid, as for Zhang Liao, according to his conscience, he who can't even handle Zang Ba is not worthy of such a jealousy of the family.
So in the fourth year of the early Huang Dynasty, among the people who died, only two people had this kind of deterrent power so that the family did not dare to act rashly against Cao Pi, Cao Zhang, the king of Rencheng, and Jia Xu, Jia Wenhe, the former Taiwei.
Thinking about Zhong Xuan, who dared to ascend to the official position of Taiwei in the third year of the early Huang Dynasty and when Jia Xu was still alive, I am afraid that Jia Xu is not a figure who really frightens them, so there is only one left among the remaining candidates, Cao Zhang, the king of Chengwei.
Please note that his nickname, the Wei Wang's Wei, is not a simple good name, you must know that the original name and the name of a certain emperor have overlapped and even the homonym will be ordered to change the name of the period, Wei Wang Yin is the same as the King of Wei, this is Cao Pi to his younger brother to prove, and give him the Wei King who should have belonged to him! )
....... Straight to the point.....
After Cao Pi finished "handling" Cao Zhang's matter, he suddenly took a deep breath, and then said to the subordinates below.
"General Zang Ba has worked hard for many years, and today he was promoted to Zhijinwu, guarding the defense of Luoyang Jingshi!"
As the lord of Qingxu Erzhou, Zang Ba was directly transferred to the Beijing Division, which can be said to be a big shock to the world, and Zang Ba came to the Beijing Division with his own son, as if he was not afraid that he would end up with the same ending as the father and son of the Ma family at the beginning.
But then, Cao Pi's appointment made them all suddenly realize.
"Lu Qian, a native of Rencheng, has served in Mount Tai for many years, and has worked hard, and today he is the assassin of Xuzhou, and he will go to work today!"
Lu Qian was just a cavalry lieutenant before, serving as a county guard in Taishan County, which was more than ten years, although now the Taishan army is full of food, but the life of more than ten years can be regarded as making Lu Qian be smoothed out.
Originally, Lu Qian's life had passed like this, but he met a person, a nobleman.
When Cao Zhang, the king of Rencheng, went to Rencheng, he saw this Rencheng man Lu Qian, saw that the soldiers of Taishan County were full of food, and the people lived well, so he sent a letter to Cao Pi's information, and also sent the name Lu Qian to Cao Pi.
Now that Cao Chang is dead, Cao Pi doesn't know what he feels like now, he also decided to give up the history of Xuzhou Thorn, he felt that what he could do was to fight for a better way out and a better future for the many civil and military forces under Cao Zhang's command, that's all.
And Lu Qian was also remembered by Cao Pi at this time, as the county guard of Mount Tai, he would not let himself down if he wanted to be the assassin of Xuzhou, he was dealing with Yuan Shao's people in Taishan County, and now he is dealing with people from the family.
After arranging the history of Xuzhou, the rest of the matter is his Cao Pi's family affairs.
"Stand down, I'm going to see my mother!"