Chapter 937: Death is better than death
Zhao Zhen from the Cao family is not strange at all, Pang Ji must have passed the news to the Cao family, but what Zhao Zhen didn't expect was that the Cao family's reaction was so fast, it was only one day, and the Cao family had already sent someone to the palace to ask for guilt? It stands to reason that the Cao family should calm things down first, and then slowly defend themselves, or punish the family for their debate.
When Cao Xi entered the hall, before Zhao Zhen could ask, he cried and wailed with a sad face: "Your Majesty!" Brother Weichen is gone! ”
Zhao Zhen was stunned for a while, Cao Xi's brother? Isn't it Cao Wei?! I was going to punish the Cao family, but now it seems impossible, maybe I have to be appeased, and I sent a Shinto inscription written by myself to show my kindness......
Cao Wei's exploits are obvious to all, and over the years, the southern and northern wars have also been regarded as quite meritorious among the generals, not only for himself to earn glory, but also for the Cao family's door to shine on the lintel, which is why the Cao family stands tall in the court.
You must know that in the original history, Zhao Zhen's queen was the Cao family's daughter Cao Xi, and it was also because of Queen Cao that the Cao family had a fairly high status, but Zhao Zhen had changed history and did not marry the Cao family, so the current Cao family is not a relative of the emperor.
Compared with relatives, the current Cao family is more difficult to deal with, Zhao Zhen is very sad about Cao Wei's death, after all, he is the former right-hand man, and now he can't move the Cao family when he dies......
"Let my brother go, I regret it very much! Cao Wei has served as a privy envoy for many years, fulfilled his duties, led troops to kill the enemy, and made great achievements in overcoming thorns and thorns for my Great Song Dynasty. I am very sorry, very sorry! ”
"Your Majesty's condolences, take care of the dragon's body......"
Zhao Zhen got up and walked, to be honest, Cao Wei's merits should be affirmed, he is indeed a military general who can fight well, and he has been in charge of the Privy Council for many years, and it is not wrong or wrong to make mistakes, these are not counted, just his choice to stand on his side is already the limit of what he can do.
But he didn't give him too much grand grace, a single title of Shangzhu State is not enough to show his value, and the title is only a fifth-class mighty county duke.
Zhao Zhen turned to Sancai and said: "Spread my will, give the title of Cao Wei, the prince of Weiwu County, and give him the title of Wu Mu, and announce it to the world with the will of the Hanlin Bachelor!" ”
Sancai bowed down and said, "The slave obeys the order!" ”
Cao Xi quickly knelt down: "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your grace!" ”
Sancai had just taken a step, and Zhao Zhen suddenly stopped him: "Slow down, Cao Wei has followed me for many years, and he is an old minister of the first emperor's dynasty, so he deserves to enjoy the temple court of the first emperor......"
Sancai shuddered suddenly: "Slave maid...... Compliance. And Cao Xi was stunned by this sudden happiness, and then he bowed down heavily and the floor tiles were about to be broken by him: "Your Majesty Longen!" The Cao family is unforgettable, and it will live up to His Majesty's grace! ”
Zhao Zhen waved his hand: "Stand down, I'm a little tired......"
After Cao Xi left, Zhao Zhen sat alone in the Qinzheng Hall and muttered: "It's really time for you to die!" I have treated you well for so many years, and I have given you supreme glory after death, but if your Cao family does not repent, I will not show mercy to my subordinates...... Cao lure, you can't keep it! ”
After speaking, Zhao Zhen wrote a Shinto inscription on the paper, which was regarded as the final explanation to Cao Wei, and he had given Cao Wei the honor of being glorious after his death, so that the courtiers could see that he was not a mean king.
But at the same time, he also wants to let the courtiers see that even so, he will not tolerate the matter of stealing the people's land, which may not be anything in the eyes of others, but in the eyes of Zhao Zhen, this is unforgivable!
There is no other reason, that Cao Lu just relied on the grace of his grandfather Cao Bin to hang a false title, such a person in the Great Song Dynasty is that the magistrate of Lingshou County would never dare to collude with him to intercept the relief grain, but he did it.
Obviously, he went to the name of the Cao family, and he also wanted to befriend the Cao family, but the means were too clumsy, and he didn't expect that Liu Yong would call the people of Luojia Village and go to Beijing thousands of miles to complain.
The current Cao family can be regarded as a real powerful family, and there are no heirs in the family who do not have the grace of the imperial court on their heads!
Zhao Zhen is worried that here, a concubine has so much energy, and conspires with the parents of a county to commit crimes, so how can Zhao Zhen not be angry?
After writing Cao Wei's Shinto monument, the purple hao in Zhao Zhen's hand was glued with red cinnabar ink, and after a little thought, he wrote on the clean white paper: "Cao's family has a good child, and I can also be famous. ”
The big red cinnabar ink wrote such and such words on the snow-white paper, obviously a warning, and the third person held this Shinto tablet given by Zhao Zhen to Cao Wei and handed it to Cao Xi: "This is the unparalleled glory of the Cao family, first the king of Jiyang County is worthy of enjoying the temple court of Taizu, and now it is the prince of Weiwu County who is worthy of enjoying the temple court of the first emperor, and the scenery is unique for a while." ”
Cao Xi casually took off the jade pendant on his waist and handed it over: "Thank you Daguan Jiyan, please smile if you are careful." ”
Where do you dare to accept Sancai, the one below is not a good word, and he raised his hand with a smile and said: "Don't worry, now it is the good words of the slave and maid, I am afraid that I will turn my face later, and the official family still has a piece of paper to hand over to you, take a good look!" ”
The red cinnabar ink is extremely conspicuous on the best shengxuan, and the red flying white is like a white blade piercing through the air on Cao Xi's heart, and he said to Sancai in shock: "Great official, I don't know what the official family means?" ”
"What do the officials mean? What ugly things did you really decide to do in the Cao family's court, can you not know? The official family has saved face for your Cao family, and I can't bear to say those heavy words, look at the flying white of this cinnabar ink, you don't feel trembling when you take it in your hand? ! The official family values your Cao family so much, but your Cao family has forced people to surrender, how can the official family not be angry!? ”
With Sancai's words, Cao Xi's face became more and more ugly, how could he not know the ugly things that Cao Lu did, he thought that the death of his brother would make the official family open the net, and the official family was open, but the vermilion royal pen in front of him was more serious than punishing the Cao family, which showed that the official family was very disappointed in the Cao family, very disappointed, and would pay more attention to the Cao family in the future.
It's more terrible than any punishment, and what does it mean for a king to focus on a powerful family? It means that the Cao family must be careful step by step from now on, and cannot do one thing wrong, even a trivial matter will bring immeasurable consequences.
Cao Xi remembered his brother's explanation when he was dying: Don't disobey the official family, the official family is not moving, if you are thunder, if you are not angry, the spring breeze will blow, and if you are angry, you will be thunderous. When the water is full, it overflows, and when the moon is full, it loses.
Cao Xi still can't forget his brother's last words before he swallowed his breath: Be careful of the official family, the Cao family has long lost its favor!
At the beginning, Cao Xi felt that his brother's words were exaggerated, and after receiving the reward from the official family, he felt that his brother was confused and would say such words when he was dying, but now, a chill rose from Cao Xi's tail vertebrae and rushed to Tianlinggai......
If the official family really takes care of the Cao family, there will be no such Danshu, but will first scold in the court, and then reward the elder brother to show his favor!