.. lā?』 2. Hundreds of years ago, also in the court, a powerful eunuch presented a sika deer to the second emperor of Great Qin, Hu Haijin, but pointed to the deer and said that it was a horse, and the ministers were afraid of the eunuch's obscenity, and they also nodded their heads and admitted that they had this kind of 'horse' with horns at home, which is a famous allusion in history~~ referring to the deer as a horse!

Hundreds of years later, a similar scene was born again, but compared to the eunuch with great ambitions and talents, the methods of this prime minister are undoubtedly more sophisticated, more insidious, and more powerful!

In the main hall, the eyes of the civil and military officials were all staring at the golden plate of fried locusts, some were excited, some were terrified, and some were terrified...... everyone knew in their hearts, 'This is a plate of locusts, this is not a plate of locusts!' ’

Locusts and the emperor have the same sound, 'eating locusts' is 'eating the emperor', especially in the palace hall, this is a great disrespect to His Majesty the Emperor, Cao Cao's purpose is very clear, that is, to test the reaction of the military officials below, to make it clear, are you supporting Han? Or is it Yongcao?

"What to do? ~~Eat? Still don't eat! ”

In the court, the civil and military officials looked at each other, and countless eyes were passing the news to each other, eating locusts is equivalent to presenting a 'letter of allegiance' to Cao Cao, and in the future, there is no choice but to follow him all the way to the black, but if you don't eat, looking at the murderous gold-armored warriors on both sides of the hall, I'm afraid that I won't even have the opportunity to eat in the future.

"Prime Minister Xie gives food ......, I eat, I eat, I eat!"

Without the slightest hesitation, Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Xiahou Xuan, Xiahou Yuan and others walked out one after another, one of them caught a few locusts, and the food was 'quack', they were all Cao clan generals, and they were also Cao Cao's hardcore supporters, they would not betray at any time, to put it mildly, even if they wanted to betray, other power groups would not accept it, and these people accounted for about 20% of the proportion in the court!

On the royal steps, looking at those brothers of the same clan who supported him, Cao Cao nodded with satisfaction, but after a few turns of his eyes, he was slightly worried, over the years, the Cao clan can be said to be talented, but there is a big flaw~~'Only generals, not appearances! ’

Whether it is Cao Ren and Cao Hong of the same generation of brothers, or Cao Xiu, Cao Zhen, and Cao Chun of the younger generation...... and others, all of them are more than military and not enough civilian, so there is no problem for them to lead the army to fight, but let them make suggestions and deal with government affairs!

In the Cao family, there are only three people who really have political talent, Cao Cao, Cao Ang, Cao Pi, as for the others, they don't have the ability to coordinate the overall situation.

This makes Cao Cao very worried, the way of civil and martial arts, one gallop, only by going hand in hand can we go long-term, otherwise, after three generations, the person who presides over the overall situation in the court should not be surnamed 'Cao', which is really worrying!

After the Cao clan, Guo Jia, Cheng Yu and others also came out, the same person pinched a few locusts, and the food was very sweet, if you look closely, you will see, most of these people are officials from poor families, and they are also hardcore supporters of Cao Cao's politics!

The career of the two Han Dynasty has always been monopolized by the scholars and the gate lords, and the children of the poor family have no chance to get ahead, even if you are talented and full of wealth, you can only hide in the thatched hut in the mountains, recite poems, and enjoy the wind and moon, as for major events such as rejuvenating the country and Anbang, it has nothing to do with them at all!

It wasn't until Cao Cao rose in the troubled times that he broke the previous 'concept of the family', implemented the 'meritocracy' selection standard, and boldly used those capable but low-born children of the poor family, which gave them a chance to get ahead!

Therefore, these people absolutely support Cao Cao, even if it is 'Cao instead of Han', they will follow and go down, and they are extremely reliable politically, but it is a pity, because the 'Seeking for Talents' has been promulgated for a short time, and the number of poor children in the court is still very small, less than one percent, and the position is relatively low, after all, they do not have strong family support!

Next, it is Xun Yu and Xun Yu as the 'Shi faction' officials, their family has been officials for generations, and the Han Dynasty is inextricably linked, emotionally, they are still loyal to the emperor surnamed Liu, and Cao Cao's "meritocracy" principle of employing people has also greatly hurt their political interests, but they are afraid of Cao Cao's monstrous power, this is just ********, but they do not want to restore the world of the Shi clan all the time, and are secretly lurking, waiting for the opportunity!

The scholars are arrogant, but they are also the most spineless, hesitate again and again, under Cao Cao's fierce gaze, these people finally gave in, walked up one by one, carefully pinched a locust, closed their eyes and stuffed it into their mouths, they didn't dare to chew at all, their cheeks were bulging, and as soon as they turned around, they secretly spit into their sleeves, and spit foaming, even so, they ate locusts after all, and they also expressed their obedience to Cao Cao, which is enough!

Above the court, the Cao clan accounted for two points, the children of the Han family had one point, and the number of scholars was the largest, accounting for four points, all together, seventy percent of the officials expressed their support and obedience to Cao Cao, as for the remaining three points, they were the die-hard ministers of the Han family, even if they were broken, they would have to live and die with the Han Dynasty!

Under Cao Cao's murderous gaze, although these people were afraid in their hearts, they still adhered to their political position unwaveringly, 'the head can be broken, the blood can be shed, and the emperor must be surnamed Liu', in their opinion, the Han world should be as long as the sun and moon in the sky, if even this collapses, then the end of the world will come!

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No one knows when the end of the world will come, but Liu Xie feels that his end is coming, although he is not very old, he has experienced so many winds and waves, and his basic judgment ability is still there!

He can sit on the throne, it is the result of the struggle and compromise of several forces in the world, one is the princes of those divided places, it is precisely because of the need to order these princes, Cao Cao launched him, the son of the Han Dynasty, but after a few years of conquest, those princes are obviously not Cao Cao's opponents, and they are being swept away one by one, and when the world is really peaceful and Kyushu is unified, his role as the 'signature emperor' may disappear!

Another force, is these Han die-hard loyal ministers, although they do not have much power, nor do they have much political ability, but they are the most resolute 'defenders', from Luoyang to Chang'an, and now Xuchang, only they do not abandon the little emperor, life and death, if these people are killed by Cao Cao, or driven out of the court, then the little emperor will really become a lonely man, from then on the court can no longer hear his voice, the Han dynasty will exist in name only!

"What to do? A hard top is never the solution, but who can resolve the current crisis? ”

On the main hall, the little emperor's cold sweat became more and more, and the chill in Prime Minister Cao Cao's eyes became stronger and stronger, examining those loyal ministers of the Han family one by one, with his political skills, there are countless ways to make these people disappear in the court forever, and even steam in the world, but ......

Just when the two sides were tense and wanted to fight to the death, a burst of light footsteps suddenly sounded from the back of the hall, and then the red curtain was raised, and a beautiful woman in palace clothes walked out slowly, with a red long skirt mopping the floor, and a gold-handled scimitar tied to her waist, it was the little emperor's sister - Princess Haiyan!

"See Her Royal Highness the Princess, Chitose, Chitose, Chitose!"

Princess Haiyan has a lot of prestige in the court, in a sense, she is the real representative of the Han family, and her importance is still above the little emperor, so the ministers bowed down one after another, and even Prime Minister Cao Cao raised his hand slightly, and did not dare to despise this Han princess at all!

"Hehe, this palace heard that the Prime Minister brought a delicacy, and I was very curious, so I came to taste one or two, and I hope I will forgive me for my presumptuousness!" Princess Haiyan smiled faintly at first, then moved the lotus step lightly, pinched a locust from the tray, put it in her mouth, chewed it carefully, and ate it very sweetly!

That's not all, after eating one, Princess Haiyan simply took the tray from the attendant's hand, picked the fattest one, and handed it to the little emperor on the dragon chair, Liu Xie didn't know why, but the instinctive sense of trust still made him open his mouth and swallow the locust!

"How can such a delicacy be enjoyed exclusively, Your Majesty should give it to the ministers as a reward!" As she spoke, Princess Haiyan stepped down the imperial steps and distributed the locusts in the tray one by one to those Han diehards, who hurriedly took it with both hands, and after thanking her, she devoured it without hesitation!

It's also a locust, just now it was given by Cao Cao, everyone can stand up and not eat, now it is given by the little emperor, sent by the princess herself, not to mention fried locusts, it is a cup of poisonous wine, these people will not hesitate to eat it, this is called 'the king called the minister to die, the minister has to die!'" ’

After the locusts are eaten, the tense atmosphere in the hall is gone, at least on the surface, the two sides are dissolved, and there will be no more life and death fights!

The little emperor breathed a sigh of relief, the neutral officials breathed a sigh of relief, and even those loyal ministers were also relieved, no one wanted to knock with Cao ** until it was a last resort, because he couldn't knock at all, he wanted to use the locust thing to kill the prestige of the prime minister, but he didn't expect it to backfire, and he almost trapped himself, and he had to be cautious in the future, don't easily anger this tiger!

On the royal steps, Cao Cao and Princess Haiyan looked at each other, one with long hair and majestic eyes, and the other with a long skirt, graceful and luxurious, and the same thing is that the eyes of both of them are shining!

Cao Cao: "The princess of the Han family, it really shouldn't be underestimated, fortunately, the person sitting on the dragon chair is not her, otherwise, the world's major events are unpredictable......"

Princess Haiyan: "In troubled times, the means are extraordinary, this time the wind and waves have been suppressed, but what about next time?" Next time, ...... must find a way to restrain him, otherwise this great Han country will eventually change hands......