Bao Xun's sycophancy made many family ministers a little uncomfortable, and at the same time, it didn't make Sima Yi and Chen Qun feel very comfortable.

But that didn't stop him from going on.

"Now, although all the forces in Luoyang City are taking turns, in terms of strength, it is still the strongest of our and other families!" Bao Xun said quite excitedly, "Now that the three princes and nine kings are all members of my family, even Jia Xu has to retreat."

With such a big force, we just failed to unite and failed to achieve the greatest extent, and the other thing is that we take the overall situation into account!

We don't need to care what they think, as long as they dare to be presumptuous, we will stand up and resist, and we will definitely be able to make them dare not act easily, what we need to do is to completely obey the words of Lord Chen Qun and Master Sima, so that we can continue to prosper! ”

Bao Xun's words made Chen Qun and Sima Yi's faces completely different, Chen Qun's face was full of joy and did not hide it at all, while Sima Yi slowly narrowed his eyes, looking at him with a very unkind look.

Although Bao Xun praised him just now, in Sima Yi's opinion, this is a naked killing.

In addition to the two of them, there was another person whose face was quite ugly, that is, Zhong Xuan, who succeeded Jia Xu as a lieutenant in the third year of Huang Chu, a lieutenant who was older than Jia Xu.

(Zhong Xuan's promotion to Taiwei is also a game of the family, this game seems to have originated in the third year of Huang Chu, but in fact, he has already started in the twenty-fifth year of Jian'an.)

Who is Zhong Xuan, the head of the Zhong family of Yingchuan Changshe, the captain of Si Li, who suppressed the huge Guanzhong by himself, and lifted the Xiliang land that was scrapped by the Xiliang Army again, how difficult it is.

In terms of family background, the Yingchuan Zhong family, the world's first-class family power, the Zhong family and the Chen family, like their grandfather's generation, have made their fortunes since their grandfather's generation, and like the Chen family, both of them are mixed up by the titles of celebrities.

Zhong Hao's grandfather Zhong Hao was already a celebrity in the Eastern Han Dynasty, not to mention some high-level people, but also single-handedly founded the Zhong family in Yingchuan.

The fourth son of the Zhong family of the second generation, which was born in the worst era, became the biggest reputation.

Zhong Di is Zhong Xuan's father, and his official position is only the chief bookkeeper of Yingchuan County, the county master book, and he can't enter the face of the imperial court at all, but in the end, he got a great reputation.

He resigned and stopped doing it, and the reason why he resigned and didn't do it was because of the disaster of the party!

What is the disaster of the party system, that is, a group of dignitaries in the DPRK and China opposed the eunuchs' participation in politics, and then after the two sides fought inextricably, in the end, the officials and doctors lost and were forced to not be allowed to re-enter the government for life.

Among them, this period was the ninth year of Yanxi, which lasted until the first year of Zhongping, and finally because of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the northern emperor Fu Song made a fuss about the country's difficulties, which calmed down this chaos that lasted for 18 years.

But who are the people who are messed around by the party, the biggest main force is those who oppose the eunuchs in power, and are used as gunmen by princes, ministers and relatives, in addition to the students, there is also a group of people, Taiwei Chen Fan, Dahan Mingshi, Sili Lieutenant Li Ying and others.

What does this group of people have to do with a small Yingchuan County master book, this is purely used to rub the heat, if there was such a word at that time, it was to rub the heat.

Especially after Zhong Di, the master of Yingchuan, his younger brother, Zhong Xuan's uncle Zhong Shi, also put this sentence up, because the party is not out of office!

This is even more excellent, Zhong Di became the chief secretary of Yingchuan, and then said that he quit because of the disaster of the party, and his younger brother Zhong Shi was even better, so he didn't go at all, the reason was because of the disaster of the party in the court.

In good conscience, the Zhong family is really good at rubbing this heat, not to mention the third and fourth children, because the disaster of the party finally ended in the first year of Zhongping, and the two of them have no reliable reason, so they simply don't come out and be their own celebrities at home with peace of mind.

In such a situation, with the support of two generations of six celebrities, Zhong Xuan was finally born, and then after meeting Cao Cao, he really did quite well.

But Zhong Xuan's identity is not only a lieutenant, he is also a family, and he is also an important minister of the Han Dynasty.

Si Li's lieutenant is just Zhong Xuan's real power official position under Cao Cao, but his official position is not only that, with the support of six people in two generations, his career in the Han Dynasty is also prosperous, plus he still has a great favor for the already dangerous Han family.

When Zhong Xuan entered the official career, Cao Cao was still only a god with him at that time, and he didn't say who really took refuge in whom, but at the very beginning, he had become filial piety, and then served as Shang Shulang and Yangling Ling, and then he was not forgotten after he resigned, and he was changed to the position of Huangmen Shilang and so on.

In the second year of Xingping, Li Dao coerced Emperor Xian, and Zhong Xuan and Shang Shulang Han Bin jointly plotted to sacrifice the emperor and escape. In the same year, Emperor Xian escaped from Chang'an and successfully returned to the east, in which Zhong Xuan played a certain role. After worshipping the imperial history of the Cheng, moving to the service, Shangshu servant shooting, according to the previous merits of the Dongwu Pavilion Marquis.

This is well documented in his biography.

"Romance of the Three Kingdoms: The Biography of Zhong Xuan": Raise filial piety, except for Shang Shulang and Yangling Order, and go away. Pi Sanfu, for the court Weizheng, Huangmen squire. At that time, the Han Emperor was in Xijing, Li Dao, Guo Yan and other chaotic Chang'an, and cut off from the Kanto. Taizu led the Yanzhou pastor and sent an envoy to the letter. Dao, Yan and others thought that "Kanto wants to establish himself as the Son of Heaven, although Cao Cao has a mission, it is not his truth", and they agreed to keep the Taizu envoy and rejected his intentions. He said: "Fang Jin's heroes rise together, each is autocratic, but Cao Yanzhou is the heart of the royal family, and against its loyalty, not so the hope of the future." "Dai, Bian, etc., used words to repay generously, and Taizu's mission was successful. Taizu not only listened to Xun Yu's name, but also heard his words of Dao and Yan, which was humble. Later, he threatened the Son of Heaven, and conspired with Shang Shulang Han Bin. The Son of Heaven came to Chang'an, and he was powerful. Worship the imperial history of the Cheng, move to serve the Shangshu servant shot, and record the former merit of the Dongwu Pavilion Marquis.

Later, under Cao Cao's command, he sat in Guanzhong again, stabilized Guanzhong all the way, resisted the princes of Yongliang, Ma Jia and Han Sui and others were very obedient, this is a great achievement, Cao Cao also praised him very much, and even compared him to Xiao He in the rear of Gaozu at the beginning.

Zhong Xuan, who has made many contributions, has been working for more than ten years from the captain of the division and supervising the troops in the Guanzhong, and he has been conscientious! After Cao Cao became the Duke of Wei, Zhong Xuan became the Dali of the Great Wei State, and then he was promoted to Xiangguo!

When Cao Pi became the crown prince of the Great Wei, he also specially rewarded Zhong Xuan with the "five-cooked kettle", and engraved the text on the kettle: "Yu He has Wei, as a Han Cook." Hard-working. Jing Gong sleeps all night, and the bandits are in peace. Bailiao teacher, Kaizi degree. ”

Isn't this quite powerful, and it can even be said that Zhong Xuan was the highest honor of the Great Wei State at the beginning, and then....

In the twenty-fourth year of Jian'an, Zhong Miao was implicated in Wei's conspiracy and was dismissed!

In the twenty-fourth year of Jian'an, Wei Wei's case can be said to be a case concocted by Cao Pi himself, so at this time, Cao Pi will make it important, what is it for, because he is already in the position of Xiangguo, if he doesn't get it, it will not be good to be promoted in the future, or because of something else.

But after Cao Pi became the king and emperor, something interesting happened.

In the twenty-fifth year of Jian'an, Cao Pi was on the throne, and Zhong Miao was appointed Dali. In the same year, Cao Pi was proclaimed emperor, reappointed as Zhong Xuantingwei, and entered the noble township.

In the twenty-fifth year of Jian'an, that is, the first year of Yankang, and also the first year of Huang Chu, Zhong Xuan was restored to his official position, and even became a court lieutenant and was named Gao Xianghou, which can be regarded as a success.

In the third year of the early Huang Dynasty, that is, two and a half years later, Zhong Xuan replaced Jia Xu as a lieutenant and was transferred to the title of Pingyang Township.

At that time, the three dukes were also the best three dukes and famous ministers praised by Cao Pi, Situ. Hua Xin and Sikong Wang Lang were both famous ministers during Cao Cao's time. Cao Pi said to others after retreating from the dynasty once: "These three princes are all great men for a while, and it will probably be difficult for future generations to continue!" ”

"Romance of the Three Kingdoms: The Biography of Zhong Xuan": Emperor Wen is the throne and is restored to Dali. and Jian, changed to Tingwei, and entered the noble township. moved to the Taiwei and transferred to the Pingyang Township. Shi Situ. Hua Xin, Sikong Wang Lang, and the ancestors of the famous ministers. Emperor Wen dismissed the dynasty, and said left and right: "These three princes are the great men of a generation, and it will be difficult for future generations to succeed!" ”

But the Taiwei in this is very interesting, that is to say, the fact that he replaced Jia Xu is very interesting.

Jia Xu was in the first year of the early Huang Dynasty, and Cao Pi became the post of Taiwei Taiwei after Cao Pi became the emperor, which can be regarded as repaying Jia Xu for his support for so many years, and at the same time, he also entered the Marquis of Weishou Township, increasing the number of food by 300, a total of 800 households before and after. He also divided 200 food towns, named his youngest son Jia Wan as a liehou, and appointed his eldest son Jia Mu as the captain of the horses, which can be described as an honor.

But in the third year of Huang Chu, Jia Xu's position as a lieutenant was erased and replaced by Zhong Xuan, which seems to be no problem, right?

The emperor asked: "If I want to cut down the day without obeying my fate, which one will be Wu and Shu?" He said: "The attacker is the first to have the right to fight, and the one who builds the foundation is virtuous." His Majesty should receive Zen on time, and if he is to be civilized and virtuous, it will not be difficult to peace. Although Wu and Shu are small countries, relying on mountains and rivers, Liu Bei is eloquent, Zhuge Liang is good at governing the country, Sun Quan knows the truth and the truth, Lu Yi sees the troops, guards the danger according to the danger, and boats the rivers and lakes, all of which are difficult to plan. The way to use troops, win first and then fight, measure the enemy and judge the generals, so there is no last resort. The ministers steal the ministers, unprepared, and right, although they are approached by the power of the sky, they have not seen the perfect momentum. In the past, Shun danced dry relatives and had Miao clothes, and the ministers thought that it was advisable to write first and then martial arts. "Emperor Wen doesn't accept it. After the battle of Jiangling, many soldiers died. Seventy-seven years old, Xue Xuan, said Su Hou. Zi Mu heir, successive county guards. Mu Xu, Zimo heir.

According to the above, Jia Xu was born in 147 AD, and he died when he was seventy-seven years old, which should be counted as 223 to 224, but it should be 223, and Cao died in June after returning from Wu.

And what year is 223 A.D., the fourth year of the Yellow Dynasty!

When Jia Xu died in the fourth year of Huang Chu, he was still an important minister of the Cao family, which means that at that time, the Cao family did not depose him, and brought him to his side, and at the same time, he did not find him to fight for further things, that is to say, Jia Xu was in the fourth year of Huang Chu.... Or a captain!

In the third year of Huang Chu, Zhong Xuan won the Tai Lieutenant, and in the fourth year of Huang Chu, Jia Xu was still a Tai Lieutenant, which is very interesting.

It is impossible for Cao Pi to arrange for two lieutenants to appear in the court at the same time, but the matter of the third year of Huang Chu is also a true thing, so after the author looked at the officialdom and various character histories at that time, he found another thing!

Wang Lang is not a family, many people count all the pots of the family to compete for the world on Cao Cao and Cao Pi, because they proposed the nine-grade Zhongzheng system and a large number of appointed families!

However, during the years of Cao Pi's rule, most of the appointments were made to small families or children of poor families.

Cheng Yu died before he was promoted to the third duke, so from the first year of the beginning of the Huang dynasty to the third year of the beginning of the Huang dynasty, the most important three years of Cao Pi's reign as emperor, what kind of characters were he in the court.

Needless to say, the Cao family Cao Ren, Cao Zhang, Cao Zhen, Cao Xiu, and Xiahou Shang, Xiahou Ru and others of the Xiahou family firmly control the military!

So in the court, Cao Wei's greatest power is nothing more than the three princes and nine kings.

Then the three princes in the first three years are Taiwei Jia Xu, the old man in the cold family, there is no doubt about it!

Situ is Hua Xin, he is just from a small family, let alone representing the family, I'm afraid he can't even represent his own family!

Sikong is Wang Lang, many people think that he should be from a big family, after all, his surname is Wang, after all, his resume is particularly beautiful!

But unfortunately he has nothing to do with the Taiyuan Wang family, Wang Lang's original name is Wang Yan, he is a native of Tan County, Donghai County, and he is not a member of the Taiyuan Wang family at all, and Wang Yun, Wang Xiong, Wang Ling and others are not the same kind of people at all!

The reason why his resume behind him is very beautiful is entirely because he once apprenticed to Yang Ci when he traveled through Guanzhong, and he can be regarded as half a disciple of the Yang family, but the Yang family did not accept him as a disciple.

Later, he directly abandoned the official after Yang Ci's death, and repaid the favor of the Yang family for Yang Ci's filial piety!

Later, he was even more favored by Tao Qian, and began to make a fortune from Tao Qian.

After that, whether he was promoted to Xuzhou Zhizhou, or transferred to Huiji Taishou, and finally spent several years escaping from Jiangdong and defecting to Cao Cao, he didn't look like his family helped!

In other words, the original Sangong, Taiwei and Sikong were from a poor family, Hua Xin was from a small family, and many big families in the Central Plains were all gone!

As the three leaders of the family, Chen Qun of the Chen family in Yingchuan is Shang Shuling, Zhong Xuan of the Zhong family of the Changshe is Dali Qing, and the Yang family in Guanzhong has directly stopped moving!

Therefore, most of the power of the family has become Shangshu Chen Qun and his subordinates!

If it is a Shangshu in Cao Cao's era, it is just that, after all, the Shangshu Ling of that year can be called the first cronie at the feet of the Son of Heaven, which can be described as an uncrowned appearance!

But Cao Pi did not let this habit continue!

One of the biggest reasons why Shangshu is so important is that they need to draft edicts and hold the Great Seal!

However, Cao Pi did the opposite, directly from the newly established Zhongshu Province, its officials were replaced by scholars, and the responsibility for drafting the edict documents originally held by Shang Shulang was transferred to the officials of Zhongshu Province, and the power of confidentiality was gradually transferred to Zhongshu Province.

And before doing this, he also did some things to foreshadow!

In the first year of the early Huang dynasty, Cao Pi ordered the restoration of Taixue, the establishment of Confucian educational institutions, and the dissemination of Confucian classics. Later, he collected and sorted out the classics of scripture and encouraged scholars to study scriptures and commentaries to develop cultural undertakings.

In the second year of the Huang Dynasty, the county with a population of more than 100,000 people inspected one person for filial piety every year, and if there were particularly outstanding talents, they could not be restricted by household registration.

In the third year of the early Huang Dynasty, he promulgated the "Edict on the Appointment of Scholars Not to Limit the Number of Years" in order to break the age barrier and put forward a method of employing people that can be tried by both young and old as long as they "understand the scriptures and learn the grammar of the scholars."

And in the past three years, he has established Confucianism and Taoism again, so that Confucian students have learned to be loyal to the monarch and patriotism again!

And when everyone was a person who had nothing to do with themselves and was good at watching the play, he directly set up Zhongshu Province and abolished Chen Qun and others led by Shang Shuling!

After that, Zhen Mi was killed, and Queen Guo, who was born in a cold family, was changed to the queen, and even the harem was changed!

In order to resist Cao Pi's more and more excessive practices, the family should have finally found Empress Dowager Bian and asked her to stop Cao Pi's madness!

But in the end, Cao Pi even cut off his mother!

Cao Pi took this opportunity to prohibit the woman from pre-government, the ministers from acting as the queen mother, and the descendants of the family from serving as auxiliary politicians, and not from being the lord of the soil.

At the same time, the power of the vassal king was deprived, and the fiefdom of the vassal king of Cao Wei was often changed, and he had no governing power and military power, and his actions were strictly monitored, and he was like a prison sentence.

The "Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms" records that on the first day of September, the edict said: "Husband and wife and politics are the foundation of chaos." From now on, the ministers are not allowed to serve the queen mother, and the descendants of the family are not allowed to serve as auxiliary politicians, and they are not allowed to accept the lord of the soil; This edict will be passed on to future generations, and if there is a violation, the world will punish it. "Gengzi, Queen Guo.

At the same time, in the past three years, he also easily rectified Cao Wei's official style and popularity!

In the second year of the early Huang Dynasty, he promulgated the "Edict on the Impeachment of the Taiwei in the Eclipse" to eliminate the evils of innocently blaming the ministers;

The following year, that is, in the third year of the early Huang Dynasty, the "Edict on the Prohibition of Defamation" and the "Edict on the Prohibition of Interference by Hundred Officials in the Counties and Counties" were issued to change the world of mutual false accusations and courtiers' accusations.

In the past three years, Cao Pi has gone from fighting for power and ascending the throne with the help of the family, and has directly become a man who single-handedly pushed the family into the abyss.

Perhaps it is precisely because things are extremely inevitable that the family that has been forced into a desperate situation will directly take risks in the fourth year of the Huang Dynasty, which will completely damage the strength of the Cao family!

It is only this possibility that such a ridiculous thing will appear in the third year of Huang Chu.

The old lady Jia Xu was neither dismissed nor promoted, let alone had any accidents.

But Zhong Miao appeared like this, they are all old friends, and you are not welcome to start!

This is the exchange between the family and Cao Pi, in this case, if there is no family among the three princes, it is really unreasonable!

That's why there will be two Taiwei in the same court, a cold family, and a family, if it is a struggle between the family and Cao Pi, then the matter of Bao Xun in the back can be understood, after all, in some cases, the courtiers persecute the emperor, and this is not unprecedented.

As for Cao Pi's praise of Zhong Miao and others, one is because Zhong Xuan's ability is really good, and the other is because Cao Pi is different from Liu Xie and others, he is forbearant enough. ）

Straight to the point.........

After Bao Xun finished speaking, Zhong Xuan and the others were not sad or happy, this is the struggle between the Yingchuan line and the Central Plains Hanoi line, and the others just sit back and enjoy it.

Just when both sides were about to lose their breath, Zhong Xuan, who had been laughing happily, suddenly chuckled.

"What Bao Xun said just now really hit the old man's heart!" Zhong Xuan stood up slowly, and glanced at Bao Xun with a smile, "If we and the other families can unite, I'm afraid the world would have been calmed down long ago!" ”

Everyone was noncommittal when they heard Zhong Xuan's words, that is, Chen Qun and Sima Yi were silent, as if they hadn't heard this old man speak.

In the eyes of the family, the world can change, but their family must not fall, what they pursue is to let the world change, I will not move.

Under this kind of practice, how can they cooperate for a win-win situation, even if they cooperate, it is only because they have common interests and common ideas, and when they get through this time, they will turn against each other again.

As for why this is so, there is only so much wealth in the world, and if there are more and more families, then they will not be less and less.

Every year or even every day, fresh blood is injected into this great world, and every day there are new officials appearing in the court, some of them are talented, and some of them are better than these existing family masters.

If they are not suppressed and not pressed down, I am afraid that what they will face next is the story of those people, no one wants to be the background of a story, and no one wants to be used as a stepping stone to be stepped on to become a legend.

It takes a lifetime for a person to get ahead, a family only needs three generations to become a family, and there are a number of states and counties in the world, so the emergence of a family will inevitably be accompanied by the sinking of another family.

"Wait, it seems that you don't want to be united!" Zhong Xuan looked at the silent family heads and officials, but he was not so angry, he looked straight at him and chuckled, "Old man, there is a news here, I don't know if you want to hear it?" ”

Chen Qun suddenly laughed, "Brother Yuan Chang, let's just say it, don't make such a joke, I'm waiting!" ”

Chen Qun, who was a nephew at the beginning, also treated him as a brother at this time, but for this kind of thing, Zhong Miao is no longer surprised.

"Just now, the old man got the news that the one in Xuzhou has been deprived of his military power, reappointed as the ruling Jinwu, and has been brought back to Luoyang, and will return with His Majesty soon!"

This news really shocked everyone, and they looked at Zhong Xuan in disbelief, they were shocked that Zang Ba, who even Taizu Cao Cao had no way to take him, was so taken away by Cao Pi.

"How is that possible!" One of the courtiers stood up suddenly, his face full of disbelief, "Zang Ba is the lord of Qingxu, if he is taken away like this, won't he Cao Zihuan be afraid of chaos in Qingxu?" ”

"That's it!" Another courtier also slashed up, "There are no less than 100,000 soldiers and horses in Qingxu Erzhou, occupying a small half of the Central Plains, the soldiers are strong and strong, and the soldiers are good and the food is sufficient.

Now Luoyang is like this again, is it difficult for him Cao Zihuan to know, if he takes the land of Qingxu at this time, I am afraid that soon he will be in trouble with the entire Central Plains, and the entire Central Plains will be chaotic.

Cao Ren and Zhang Liao are dead, where is it possible for Cao Xiu and Xiahou Shang to hold the south and the Central Plains, and what is Your Majesty going to do? Isn't it possible that he is going to die with me? ”

There are not a few people who think the same as them, and it can even be said that there are quite a few, Zang Ba, the capital governor of Qingxu, has been dominant in Qingxu for many years, when Cao Pi became the king of Wei, Qingxu soldiers began to mutiny.

It's such a group of short-tempered guys, they were afraid that there would be a big problem if one was not very good, but they didn't expect Cao Pi to be so reckless....

Time went back a few days ago, Cao Pi had already handed over the letter to Biqiu Jian at this time, he knew that now he could not rely on others, only himself and Luoyang's younger brother could be relied on.

At this time, his Taiwei Jia Xu has reached the limit, maybe after going back this time, even if Taiwei Jia Xu is still alive, he will be silent, the family has begun to counterattack, then he will also prepare for a counterattack.

In this case, he is going to use all his means!

Cao Pi is not arrogant enough to fight against the world's families, and at the same time, he will not be arrogant, he knows his advantages and knows the family's capabilities.

The family dares to do this because of the ancestral law of the Han Dynasty for hundreds of years, and the accumulation of strength over the years has made the family a unique state and group in this world, and the existence of such a group makes people feel very nervous.

In addition, over the years, the family of the world has won the vast majority of the official positions in the local states and counties and the court, and in order to successfully usurp the Han dynasty and become the emperor, he had to cooperate more deeply with the family.

Although it took him three years to take back a lot of rights from the hands of the family, but now once the family has this situation, if he wants to seize power with him, then he has to deal with it.

If he turns his face, I'm afraid that even if he wins, then this Da Wei will be over, this is an inevitable thing, and this is also a thing that must be experienced, but in Cao Pi's eyes, this kind of time is definitely not this kind of time.

Cao Pi still has a lot of things to do, he needs to quickly solve the problem at hand, for the sake of Dawei, his younger brother has appeared in Luoyang City and began to escort him, this kind of good opportunity he must not lose.

Cao Pi put all his thoughts back, and then walked out of the big tent directly, looking at the many soldiers and shouting, "All the troops pack up and withdraw the army!" ”

Cao's three-way expedition to Eastern Wu, which lasted for half a year, the three-way army won and lost, in general, although Jiangdong did not lose an inch of land, but the overall army was defeated, at least for a few years he did not have the power to go north, plus Xichuan, Sun Quan did not dare to say the emperor for several years.

At the same time, although the Cao family has been in an offensive posture, many people have fallen because of the epidemic, plus Zhang Liao, the general of the East Route Army, and Cao Ren, the commander of the Middle Route Army, who lost due to illness, and other generals, the Cao family can also be regarded as a great loss of strength.

This withdrawal can be regarded as a relief to everyone, and at the same time, Jiangxia's Wenpin took the opportunity to take the three counties of Jiangdong, which can be regarded as completing some goals, making Jiangxia's nail even deeper.

Cao Pi gave an order, and the army slowly withdrew, but instead of returning to Luoyang directly from Wancheng, he went to the land of Qingxu, and then went to the camp at the entrance of the cave!

Cao Pi said that Zhang Liao died of illness in the army, he couldn't go back like this, he had to go to Jiangdu, Zhang Liao died in Jiangdu, he had to go to see.

Jiangdu is not far from the entrance of the cave, and Xuzhou is relatively close, Zhang Liao, who died of illness here, was naturally taken care of by a great standard, that is, when Cao Xiu and others heard that Cao Pi was coming, they also hurriedly arranged the defense line of the east road of the cave, and then turned back to Jiangdu, waiting for Cao Pi's arrival.

When Cao Pi saw Zhang Liao again, there was only one coffin left, and the weather was hot at this time, and it was difficult to preserve the body even if he placed more ice cubes, so he could only leave a coffin to mourn with this object.

And Zhang Liao's body was finally buried in Guangling according to Zhang Liao's order, as for why, no one except Zhang Hu knows, just said that this is Zhang Liao's order, as for this coffin, it will be buried in Xiaoyaojin in the end, and he will be clothed and mounded.

(Regarding Zhang Liao's tomb, the author did not say nonsense, it is indeed Zhang Liao's well-dressed tomb in Xiaoyaojin Park, which is already well known, and he did not return to his ancestral land of Yanmen after that.)

The author seems to have stumbled upon the news while looking through other documents, and his tomb should be in Guangling, and now it should be in Hualin Temple.

As for why he said this, it was because the author according to the "Biography of Song Monks, Volume 10, Lingtan Biography of Hualin Temple in Yangzhou City, Tang": "In the fifth year of Yuan and the fifth year of Xiangguo, Li Gongyong's reason Guangling is also ...... Summoned to live in Hualin Temple, there is the tomb of the great general Zhang Liao in the temple. ”

In order to find this, it's really not easy, although the author didn't go to Guangling to see it in person, but I think it shouldn't be bad, as for why it's put here, I think it's related to the relationship between Zhang Liao and Cao Pi, and I'll say it afterwards. ）

When Cao Pi saw the empty coffin, he didn't have any intention of blaming, but gave Zhang Liao incense with a sad face, and worshiped for a long time.

"Wenyuan is more than my Great Wei, and I have great merits in my Cao family, I can't ignore it, today General Wenyuan is dead, and his son Zhang Hu inherits his title!"

For Zhang Liao, Cao Pi's favor for him is still quite sufficient, and it can be said that he has done his best for Zhang Liao.

The ministers were also very moved by Cao Pi's approach, at least they were very moved now, and the only one who didn't dare to move should be Zang Ba.

As the lord of the biggest power in Qingxu, Zang Ba is not afraid of anyone else, but he is afraid of His Majesty the Emperor, Taizu Cao Cao has already acquiesced to his various actions in the land of Qingxu, so he is not worried.

But once a son of heaven and a courtier, he didn't dare to imagine whether Cao Pi at this time was still willing to follow his father's rules without words.

At the beginning, the Qingxu mutiny also made Cao's face gloomy, although Cao Pi didn't say anything at the time, but he always felt a little bad.

At this time, looking at Cao Pi with a sad face, he was afraid that he would become the actual target of Cao Pi this time, after all, from Wancheng to Jiangdong, this is not a simple matter, and the distance is not close, if this behavior is just for worship, it is too luxurious for Zhang Liao.

However, Zang Ba's heart turned back and forth, but Cao Pi didn't even look at him, and after comforting Zhang Hu for a while, he knew that Zhang Liao's tomb was buried in Hualin Temple in Guangling, and the movements in his hands suddenly stopped.

Looking at Zhang Hu with a sad face, Zhang Liao opened his mouth hard, and then patted Zhang Hu on the shoulder.

"I want to tour the east to see what is in the Hualin Temple that General Zhang Liao has never forgotten!" After Cao Pi finished speaking, he didn't give everyone a chance to oppose at all, so he continued to Guangling with the army under his command, and really started his eastern tour.

When many courtiers saw this scene, they also knew that they couldn't persuade them, so they could only follow silently behind, even Cao Xiu couldn't help but follow behind, not knowing what this majesty was going to do.

There are a lot of big people in Guangling County, this is not a suitable battlefield, it is not suitable for attack and defense, often there will be heavy troops here, from the era of Sun Ce, it has always been attacked by Jiangdong, and the general of Guangling at that time was still Chen Deng.

It's just that for so many years, whether it is Chen Deng, the patron saint of Guangling, or Zhang Liao, the patron saint of Cao Wei, is no longer there at this time, leaving only their tombs, Hualin Temple is not a luxurious temple, and even as Zhang Liao's tomb, he is still a little shabby.

However, this does not affect the worship of Cao Pi and others, and inside and outside this Guangling, there are three layers of Xuzhou soldiers inside.

When Cao Pi was about to come to Guangling, Zang Ba had secretly ordered his generals to defend in Guangling and spread heavy troops, saying that it was to guard against Jiangdong, but in fact, what he wanted to do and who he wanted to guard against, everyone didn't have to think about it.

After Cao Pi came to Guangling, he saw such a look, and without saying a word, he wanted to let Cao Pi leave, surrounded by this heavy army, it was not very safe for both sides, but Cao Pi did not listen to the persuasion of the people at all, and directly took many civil and military forces, put the army outside the city, and came to Guangling City.

At this time, Cao Pi only had hundreds of tiger guards around him, there were quite a few generals, and there was Xu Chu by his side, but if Zang Ba wanted to do it at this time, I am afraid that it would be a matter of one sentence, and Cao Pi could choose to end his life.

Cao Pi didn't seem to see anyone along the way, just didn't care at all, just smiled like this, and under the leadership of many civil and military generals, he came to Hualin Temple and came to Zhang Liao's simple tombstone.

"Is this the body of General Zhang Liao down here?" Cao Pi looked at the old monk beside him, it was an old monk who was guarding for Zhang Liao, at this time in the Han Dynasty, a monk was a rare object, let alone such an old monk.

"Amitabha!" The old monk made a salute, "The following is the body of General Zhang Liao, Your Majesty, please!" ”

Cao Pi nodded, and then led many civil and military officers to worship in front of Zhang Liao's grave, each of which was extremely pious.

When everyone finished worshipping, Cao Pi's face was full of sorrow and emotion, and he did not leave in a hurry, but took the old monk who guarded Zhang Liao's tomb to a pavilion not far away.

"Your Majesty!" After serving the tea and soup, he thought about retreating to the side, but was stopped by Cao Pi.

"Guangling is General Zangba's defense area!"

"Back to Your Majesty, exactly!"

"General Zang Ba is here?"

"General Zhendong is outside!"

"Please General Zang Ba come in, General Wenyuan is also his old friend, I want to ask him some old things about General Wenyuan!"

"No!" The chamberlain then departed.

At this time, there were only two people left in the pavilion, a kind old monk, and Cao Pi and Cao Zihuan, who were sitting silently, and the two of them were silent and no one spoke.

As for the Tiger Guards and their commander Xu Chu and others, they were all far away from here, as if they were protecting the entire Hualin Temple.

"General Zhendong!" The chamberlain came to the many places where the civil and military forces rested, "Your Majesty is invited, Your Majesty felt a little nostalgic after seeing General Zhang Liao's anger, and wanted to talk to General Zhendong about the original matter, and talk more about General Wenyuan!" ”

Although the chamberlain is a close minister by Cao Pi's side, he has often received filial piety from Zang Ba over the years, which should be said and should not be said, and it has been said at this time.

After Zang Ba heard this, he quickly took out a money bag and secretly put it in the hand of the chamberlain, and then said with a chuckle, "Please reply to Your Majesty, the old minister will change his clothes, and he will go to meet His Majesty immediately." ”

"General, please hurry!" Flipped the money bag in his hand, and the smile on his face became thicker, "The villain is waiting outside." ”

"Thank you!" Zang Ba bowed down and sent him out.

After the chamberlain left, many generals and colonels around Zang Ba also surrounded him, "Big brother, I'm afraid it's not a good thing for Your Majesty to let you go at this time." ”

"That's right, big brother, I'll just find a reason not to go."

"Big brother think twice, this is not a good opportunity at this time."

Zang Ba, who was persuaded by many brothers, just shook his head lightly and looked at the guards on the side, "Who is there around Your Majesty now?" ”

"According to the news, there should be only one old monk!" The guard responded, "General Xu Chu and the Tiger Guards are defending outside, this Hualin Temple is really too dilapidated, I'm afraid it's not a suitable place for defense, then Xu Chu should be afraid of us!" ”

Zang Ba nodded, then sneered.

"Does a little Cao Pi dare to learn from that Guan Yunchang? Still want to let the old man be caught? If he dares to act rashly, the old man will take him down directly! ”

Zang Ba's words are not unreasonable, who is younger between Cao Pi and Zang Ba, it is naturally Cao Pi.

But who can fight more Cao Pi or Zang Ba, so needless to say, Zang Ba can fight because he has dominated the world for so many years, and Cao Pi can fight because of... He is Cao Pi.

Zang Ba was neatly dressed, put down the big sword and spear, pinned a long sword to his waist, and then Shi Shiran walked out.

"I'll wait and go, don't let Your Majesty wait!" With a chuckle on his face, Zang Ba followed behind the waiter and walked slowly.

Outside the pavilion, the chamberlain looked at the long sword on Zang Ba's waist and wanted him to hand over the long sword, but Zang Ba just wanted to object, but was interrupted by Cao Pi in the pavilion.

"Let General Zang Ba come in, you can step down!" Cao Pi slowly drank the tea soup with a tea bowl, looking leisurely, and then couldn't help but feel that this was the demeanor of a celebrity.

When Zang Ba heard this, he also smiled knowingly, and then walked in slowly.

"Zang Ba, I've seen Your Majesty!" In terms of saluting, Zang Ba really didn't have any problems, maybe because no one in this pavilion could stop him, so he was also very relieved.

Although if something happened here, Xu Chu would be able to come to him in an instant, but as long as he gave an order, countless Xuzhou elites outside could come to his side.

"Get up, I invited General Zang Ba here today, just to talk to General Zang Ba about General Wenyuan."

"Your Majesty, please say, the minister will definitely know everything!"

"General Wenyuan.... He's dead now! ”

"Your Majesty, please mourn, take care of your body!"

"You said, General Wenyuan is gone, will you be very happy!" Cao Pi suddenly changed his words, and pulled these words to Zang Ba's body, "General Zang Ba, are you happy?" ”

Zang Ba didn't know why this topic suddenly came to him, and looking at Cao Pi with a calm face, his face also turned cold.

"What do you mean by this, the old minister is loyal...."

"If you are loyal, then General Wenyuan doesn't have to work so hard, he has to guard against you when he guards against Dongwu!" Cao Pi put the tea bowl in his hand on the table, and looked at Zang Ba, whose face slowly became gloomy, "General Zhendong has been a general for so many years, and General Zang Ba has worked hard!" ”

"Lao Chen is not hard, Lao Chen feels that he can work for another ten years!" Zang Ba chuckled, pretending not to understand Cao Pi's meaning.

"If the general is the general of Zhendong for another ten years, I am afraid that General Wenyuan will be unstable if he knows about it!" Cao Pi just chuckled and shook his head, "The general should follow me back to Luoyang, I really need the old general to be my ruling Jinwu!" ”

"Your Majesty is laughing, the land of Qingxu is not in chaos, and the old minister still wants to sit in Qingxu for His Majesty...."

"As long as the old general is by his side, this green land will not be chaotic!" Cao Pi directly interrupted Zang Ba's words, "I need the old general, the old general should not object!" ”

"Your Majesty, is this an iron-hearted person who wants to toss the old minister?" Zang Ba suddenly snorted coldly, and seemed to be ready to tear his face, "What if the old minister doesn't agree?" ”

"You are not qualified to disagree, I have prepared the position of Zhijingo for you!"

"Hehe... Ha ha... Hahahaha! Slowly, Zang Ba became a little rampant, "If Zang Ba doesn't agree, doesn't Your Majesty still want to kill the minister?" ”

Zang Ba laughed very rampantly, and it could even be said that he was disdainful of Cao Pi.

Cao Pi was ridiculed by this laughter, but he was not unhappy, and his face was as calm as ever.

"General Zhendong is a loyal and good general of my Great Wei, how could I kill the general, besides, although killing the general can make those Xuzhou elites outside have no backbone, but it is also a lose-lose situation, inappropriate, inappropriate!"

Looking at Cao Pi, who shook his head there, as if he was really calculating to kill Cao Pi who was not suitable for him, the anger in Zang Ba's heart became even more prosperous.

"Yes, yes!" Zang Ba no longer knelt there honestly at this time, but stood up directly, "Now there are just you and me in this pavilion, you say... Killed someone? I don't know where Your Majesty got this self-confidence! ”

When Zang Ba said this, he slowly walked in front of Cao Pi, and his hand slowly touched the long sword on his waist, and his eyes became very sharp, with a little disdain in his eyes.

"Confident... I've always been very confident! Cao Pi chuckled and looked up, just looking at the general face to face, "The old general may be captured now!" ”

"Joke, it's up to you Cao Pi?" Zang Ba roared, and his hand directly pulled out the long sword at his waist, and then....

"Smack!" Half of his long sword was drawn out and he was pressed down, "Amitabha, donor should be calm!" ”

Zang Ba looked at the old monk in front of him, and so easily pressed his hand, and the long sword was slowly pressed back by him.

"Who are you?" Zang Ba was a little surprised, and at the same time there was a little anger in his heart, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't pull out his hand.

"Xuan Gao, you really can't recognize the old man!" The old monk chuckled suddenly, then turned his palm, cut Zang Ba's wrist, pushed it violently, hit his shoulder, and then pulled it backhand, and the long sword was directly unsheathed, but after it was unsheathed, it was also held in the hand of the old monk.

The tip of the long sword was facing Zang Ba's throat at this time.

"I don't know who you think of with this sword drawing technique?" The old monk was still so relaxed and casual, "Xuan Gao, I know that I am lost, there is still a chance!" ”

Feeling the cold edge in his throat, the surprise on Zang Ba's face became heavier and heavier.

"Who the hell are you, how can you do this, that man is dead, he is dead!"

"Xuan Gao, do you really not recognize the old man?" The old monk chuckled, then reflexively retracted the long sword into Zang Ba's scabbard, and at the same time slammed it again, pressing the already somewhat old Zang Ba on the table.

"Wei Yue!" At this time, this familiar feeling finally reminded Zang Ba of the name, "You are Wei Yue, you are Wei Yue!" ”

Wei Yue, the first cronie under Lu Fengxian, once broke through the record of killing tens of millions of enemy troops with Lu Bu, and beat Zhang Yan to escape in embarrassment.

For many years, he was the only one who had been Lu Fengxian's personal guard, silently, but no one under Lu Bu dared to despise his existence.

This person has disappeared for many years, why he appeared here Zang Ba doesn't know, but he knows that he is in danger now.

"Your Majesty, you really want to kill me!" The hoarse Zang Ba wanted to rely on his sharp voice in exchange for a glimmer of life, hoping that someone could hear him, but when he roared for a long time, he was disappointed.

"Old General, can you be quiet?" Cao Pi walked to Zang Ba's side, with a smile on his face, "If you can't calm down, you can shout a few more words, and we'll talk about it when you calm down." ”

"What does Your Majesty want to do, to kill the old minister?" Zang Ba, who had calmed down, saw that Cao Pi did not kill him immediately, and knew that he still had a chance to live.

"I want General Zang Ba to be my Zhijinwu, that's all!"

"Hahaha.... Holding Jingo.... Hahaha..."Zang Ba laughed wildly, "My Majesty, even if I, Zang Xuangao, agree to be your Zhijinwu, you also agree to appoint Lao Chen as the Zhijinwu of my Great Wei, but do they listen to this Qingxu 100,000 army?" ”

"It doesn't matter if they listen or not, as long as General Xuangao is under my command and by my side, that's enough." Cao Pi didn't worry the slightest bit about the group of unobtrusive soldiers in the land of Qingxu.

Xuzhou Thorn Shi is still your son, Qingzhou Thorn Shi is still Sun Guan's son, but... You say old general, how is your son better than Ma Chao?

Zang Ba was stunned suddenly, and then his face quickly turned gray.

Ma Chao once gathered a crowd to rebel, and the world said that Ma Chao rebelled because Cao Cao killed the Ma family, but what they knew was that Ma Chao rebelled first, and in the end, Cao Cao was overwhelmed by the words of the family, so he killed the Ma family cleanly.

And now Cao Pi means that Zang Ba's son dares to be the same as Ma Chao and personally bear the charge of killing his father.

And whether he dares or not, Zang Ba is the worst person.

"Your Majesty...."Zang Ba is not a fool, he knows that what he has been careful about is that he is afraid of falling into the hands of Cao Pi and making himself in a dilemma, and now that he has finally fallen into this field, he must ponder this matter.

"Let go of General Zang Ba, he's my Jinwu!" Cao Pi chuckled, then slowly stood up and walked to the previous position, "Come on, I want to pass on the decree!" ”

In the fourth year of the early Huang Dynasty, Cao Pi conquered Jiangdong on three roads, was undefeated and undefeated, returned in vain, toured Guangling in the east in the same year, and promoted Zang Ba to the capital to hold Jinwu, and stayed by his side, since then the Qingxu general Zang Ba, there is no military power in his hands.

(Finally, let's talk about Zang Ba being taken away by Cao Pi.)

"Romance of the Three Kingdoms": Fight with Cao Xiu about Wu thieves, and break Lu Fan in Dongpu. Levy for the ruling Jinwu, the special advance. Whenever there is a military, the emperor often consults Yan.

It can almost be seen from this that Zang Ba was taken away and brought to the capital to become the ruling Jinwu should be in the fourth year of Huang Chu, because in the second year, that is, the fifth year of Huang Chu, a series of things happened in the land of Qingxu.

The most important of these is that Cao Pi conquered Jiangdong again, but this time the people went to Guangling, and then hunted, safarid, safari.....

That is, when Bao Xun died, Cao Pi took an army of 100,000 to Guangling for a safari, the purpose of which was to drive out the Qingxu separatist forces for the second time, and then solve the Licheng mutiny.

"In June, Cai Fang, a soldier of Licheng County, and others rebelled against the county and killed Xu Zhi." This is the record in the original history books, it was just a small rebellion of killing officials, there was nothing to say, but from this rebellion, there was Cao Pi's second expedition to Jiangdong, and at the same time, there was also the problem of pacifying Qingxu.

"In September, I went to Guangling, pardoned Qingxu Erzhou, and changed the city guard." This is another sentence recorded in the history books.

In September of the fifth year of the early Huang Dynasty, Cao Pi came to the Guangling area, and then issued an edict to pardon the Hao clan in the Qingxu area. If forgiveness, then there must be sin, so where does sin come from? This charge may be because of the previous Qingxu mutiny, or because of Zang Ba.

But in any case, the pardon represents an attitude of Cao Pi, that is, Cao Pi no longer pursues the previous matter, but the death penalty can be avoided, and the living crime cannot be escaped, and you need to pay something in exchange for your net worth and life. This exchange is the control of Qingxu. Subsequently, Cao Pi replaced all the city guards here with his own people.

This is the stage where Qingxu's forces are ending, and in addition, Zang Ba's old subordinates such as Wu Dun, Yin Li, Sun Kang and others have been relieved of their military power. Cao Pi basically achieved the goal of "replacing the city guards and seizing military power" in his Qingxu plan. At this time, Cao Pi's troops stationed in the Guangling area became Cao Pi's help to deter the Qingxu Hao clan. Therefore, this group of troops seems to be prepared for the defeat of Wu, but in fact they are prepared to deter the Qingxu clan.

However, it should be noted that this June and September represent September of the fifth year of the beginning of the Huang Dynasty and June of the sixth year of the beginning of the Huang Dynasty respectively, that is to say, the Licheng Mutiny in June was actually a counterattack of the rebellion of the family in the land of Qingxu, but this counterattack ushered in the thunder of Cao Pi.

It is worth noting that the person mentioned in this is the county soldier Cai Fang. This can't help but make people wonder, it is obviously a county soldier uprising, why does it extend to the wealthy families in the Qingxu area? If we look at this mutiny together with the Qingxu Mutiny six years ago, we will find that this is actually a continuation of the Qingxu Mutiny six years ago.

Six years ago, the Qingxu soldiers mutinied, because of Cao Cao's death, the Qingxu soldiers thought that the world would be chaotic, so they left the army one after another; Although Cao Pi temporarily let Qingxu soldiers return to the team by means of Huairou, he did not completely solve this problem. Six years later, with the help of Cao Pi's military cut, the Hao clan once again instigated the rebellion of this group of Qingxu soldiers who had opinions about Cao Pi's regime, which led to the Licheng Mutiny.

Six years ago, the people of the Qingxu powerful and wealthy families had already tasted the sweetness, thinking that they could create the same situation again, win back their leader, and win back their interests, but the current Cao Pi is no longer the Cao Pi of six years ago.

Cao Pi showed his extraordinary political ability in the face of the Qingxu mutiny, on the one hand, he sent soldiers to suppress the rebellion, and on the other hand, he used gentle means to pardon the coerced rebels, in order to gradually divide the rebels. It is documented:

"Send Ren Fu, the captain of the Tun cavalry, and Duan Zhao, the captain of the infantry, to seek peace with the history of the Qingzhou Thorn. His sins, those who are coerced and those who die, are forgiven. ”

The two positions of tun cavalry and infantry captain are only available in one place, that is, in the Luoyang army barracks directly under Cao Pi, only there, will there be these two positions, which is equivalent to a problem in a certain local city, and the central special forces plus the army of the next province directly pounced and killed him.

Cao Pi used cavalry and infantry, as well as soldiers from Qingzhou Assassin Shi to defeat the rebels, and also issued an order to pardon the coerced rebels. With Cao Pi in one hand and a carrot in the other, the rebel army quickly collapsed and disappeared soon after.

The Battle of Guangling took place in the fifth and sixth years of the early Huang Dynasty, a year after the incident of Zang Ba's seizure of troops. This battle is very peculiar, and the peculiarity is very strong in its momentum, but in the end, for various reasons, it did not meet the sword soldiers of Soochow at all. At that time, Cao Pi gathered more than 100,000 troops, and the banner was hundreds of miles long, and the momentum was very strong, but the effect was very poor.

Moreover, Guangling is not suitable as a battlefield to start a war with Wu at all. First of all, the river surface in the Guangling area is very wide, and for Cao Pi, who crossed the river to fight, he should choose a narrow and easy place to cross the river as much as possible instead of a wide place; Secondly, at this time, the capital of Wu was in the Wuchang area, and even if it crossed the river from Guangling, it could not threaten the capital of Sun Wu, so it had little strategic value.

Generally speaking, when Cao Wei attacked Sun Wu, he would often enter Huaishui from Yingshui, then pass through Shouchun, enter the river along the river, and then attack Jianye. Not only Cao Wei, but also the Later Qin Dynasty also attacked the Eastern Jin Dynasty along such a route. Therefore, it is not a very wise choice to force a crossing from Guangling. We can also see that in the actual battle, the forced crossing from Guangling was a failure. As:

"It's a cold year, the waterway is icy, and the boat can't enter the river, but it is returned."

Not only did the campaign not go well, but as a supporter of this southern expedition, Cao Pi's strategic plan also had very peculiar ideas, which are recorded:

"Seeing the shape of the thief who can be attacked, he will surprise the soldier, if it is not, then the Shu Sixth Army will hunt and give the sergeant."

Cao Pi's strategic plan was to attack with a large army, and if he saw the enemy, he would hit him, and if he could not see the enemy, then let the Sixth Army go out to hunt, and if he hunted the prey, he would improve the food for the soldiers.

Going hunting with countless armies, from ancient times to the present, he Cao Zihuan alone can do this kind of nonsense, if it weren't for the purpose of quelling the Qingxu Rebellion and eliminating the separatist forces of Qingxu, I'm afraid that Cao Pi would have been overthrown by the people below.

So the final conclusion is that in the fifth year of the early Huang Dynasty, Cao Pi launched the first battle of Guangling, the purpose of which was to mobilize a large army to garrison Guangling to deter the Hao forces in the Qingxu area, and then Cao Pi himself began to replace the city guards in the Qingxu area. Because of the existence of Cao Pi's army, this group of Qingxu forces had to swallow their anger for the time being.

In the sixth year of the early Huang Dynasty, these wealthy forces in Shandong rebelled against the Qingxu soldiers who were dissatisfied with the Cao Pi regime six years ago, which was the Licheng Mutiny. At this time, in order to further pacify Qingxu, Cao Pi began the second battle of Guangling. The purpose of this time is to completely pacify the Hao clan forces in the Qingxu area.

On the conquest of the world, maybe Cao Pi is not as good as his father Cao Cao, but in terms of power and calculation, he Cao Pi can finally stand out, let the Cao family ascend the throne in seven years, renew the life of the Great Wei, drive out countless alien races in the frontier, eliminate the Qingxu separation, his political ability is definitely not under his father, the Great Wei Taizu Emperor Cao Cao! ）