Volume 4 Enthronement Chapter 31 Cao Pi's Ascension to the Throne
The bear fire gradually wrapped the Prime Minister's Mansion, and then went to four directions with the wind
The people who can live near the Prime Minister's Mansion are naturally some dignitaries with heads and faces, and the area near the Prime Minister's Mansion is also the most suitable place to live in Xudu, surrounded by big mansions. @UC e-book @ Chinese Net@θΆ ιζ΄ζ°ζζ°η« θ* provides online reading () Now, the fire has spread, and the surrounding houses have also been unlucky.
Smoke billowed out of the gate, and many people poured out of it, and the noise, shouts, and cries for help mingled with it.
Cao Zhang helped his wife to stand in front of the door, staring at the gate in front of him, although the fire had begun to spread in the direction of the gate, but the two had no intention of leaving.
Finally, Cao rushed out of it with a dirty face, and at this time, Cao's gorgeous clothes had already been burned out of black holes by fire, and there was still a trace of green smoke in some places. Looking at his face, Cao's face had been turned black by thick smoke. The lips were also burned and peeled off, and the hair that had been neatly combed was scattered. If it weren't for Cao wearing Prince Wei's clothes, I'm afraid it would be difficult for anyone to recognize the person in front of him as Cao at a glance.
"Mother!" Cao immediately approached Mrs., and when Mrs. saw that it was Cao, she immediately asked, "Zihuan, where is your father?" β
"Mother, the child is incompetent, and by the time the child feels where his father is, his father has been completely burned. Father, I'm afraid he's more than lucky......"
"Ahh The man screamed and fainted. Cao Zhang hurriedly stepped forward and helped his wife. Then Cao Zhang opened his mouth and asked, "Second brother, what about Xu Chu, have you ever seen Xu Chu?" β
Cao shook it: "When I went there, I didn't see Xu Chu. β
"Maybe Xu Chu has been taken away by his father now!" Cao Zhang said.
At this time. Cao Zhen, Cao Xiu and others have already arrived. But now the fire is too big. No one was able to storm the Cao Mansion at all. Although everyone knows that Cao Cao has not come out yet. But he can only be in a hurry outside.
Push over time. The fire is getting bigger and bigger. The heat wave is rolling in and down with the wind and the ground. But Cao Cao still did not appear. Everyone knows this time. The chances of Cao Cao still surviving are already very small.
Finally. The officials guarding the city led a large group of soldiers to rush over. After hearing that there was a fire in the Prime Minister's Mansion. Officials immediately mobilized all the soldiers in the city to put out the fire. At the same time, it also moved a lot of people. All of a sudden. The city of Xudu is crowded with people. Everywhere there were people running with containers.
The Prime Minister's Mansion was the first place where the fire started. Plus its special status. Nature is most cared for. The leading officials are well understood. If the fire in the Prime Minister's Mansion cannot be extinguished in time. Wait until later, Cao Cao blamed him. Then I don't know how many people have to lose their heads.
Of course. Except for a few Cao Cao's henchmen. None of the others knew the news of Cao Cao's skull-opening. Naturally, he didn't know that Cao Cao was already fierce and unlucky. Most of them are ready to take advantage of this opportunity to put on a hard show. Let Cao Cao take a good look. Make some good impressions on Cao Cao.
Cao looked at the officials who were struggling to direct the firefighting. There was a hint of murder in his eyes. This fits. Cao couldn't wait for the fire to burn more and more. In the end, it is best to burn the corpses of Cao Cao and Xu Chudi to ashes. For Cao. As long as you can be in power. Not to mention a prime minister's mansion. It's the entire city of Xudu. It doesn't matter if it's burned. It's a big deal to move the capital.
But these officials are working so hard to put out the fire, which happens to be very unsatisfactory to Cao's heart. Speaking of which, these officials who worked hard to put out the fire originally wanted to take this opportunity to pat the horse's ass, but they didn't expect that the horse's fart would be slapped on the horse's leg.
There is a saying that fire and water are ruthless, but no matter how big the fire is, it can't withstand the concerted efforts of everyone. Seeing that the fire was gradually under control, Cao Xin gradually sank. It seems that tomorrow, the fire in the Prime Minister's Mansion should be extinguished, and if Cao Cao is dead at that time, Xu Du will definitely be in chaos.
We have to arrange things while everyone is still in a panic. Thinking of this, Cao secretly summoned Xiahou Shang.
Cao took out the tiger talisman from his arms, handed it to Xiahou Shang, and said: "Boren, you immediately go out of the city to gather a large army and occupy all the gates of Xudu, and no one is allowed to enter or leave!" β
"The last general obeys!" After Xiahou Shang finished speaking, he immediately ran out of the city.
Seeing Xiahou still go away, Cao breathed a sigh of relief, fortunately, he has 100,000 troops in hand, as long as there are 100,000 troops, then in Xudu, Cao himself is the biggest!
Cao secretly looked at the people around him, and began to think silently in his heart. Tomorrow, when Cao Cao dies, Cao Cao must collect the rights left by Cao Cao as quickly as possible.
Cao himself is the prince of Wei, and after Cao Cao died, it was natural for Cao to ascend the throne, plus he had an army of 100,000 in his hands, so Cao was not worried that a few brothers would dare to find themselves uncomfortable.
In terms of the Chinese courtiers of the DPRK, Jia Xu, an old fox, is the best at protecting himself with wisdom, and he will definitely not oppose Cao tomorrow. Although other old courtiers such as Chen Qun and Liu were very prestigious, they were not enough to shake Cao's status.
In terms of military generals, Xiahou has been sick at home since he followed Cao Cao back to Mo:, it seems that this Xiahou is really sick, Cao Ren is far away in Jingzhou, and other Cao Zhen and Cao Xiu should not play against Cao Song. So at this time, Cao thought about it seriously, and it seemed that the overall situation had been decided.
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Sima Yi anxiously waited for the news of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and finally, the subordinate hurriedly ran over.
"What's the matter, how is the Prime Minister's Mansion now?"
"My lord, the fire in the Prime Minister's Mansion has spread to the surrounding houses, and now there are many people fighting the fire, but it is estimated that even if this fire is extinguished, there will be nothing left in the Prime Minister's Mansion.
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"Have you ever seen the Prime Minister?"
"I haven't seen it, I only saw His Royal Highness the Crown Prince in Hooshi!"
At the same time, the people sent by Sima Yi to the city gate also returned.
"Report to your lordship, General Xiahou Shang has just left the city!"
"Can you see clearly?" Sima Yi was in good spirits.
"I can see clearly, the land is indeed General Xiahou Shang."
"Is he going west?"
"Lord Hui, General Xiahou Shang is indeed heading west!"
Hearing this news, Sima Yi breathed a sigh of relief, Cao's 100,000 army is now stationed in the west of Xudu, and Xiahou is still going, needless to say, he must be going to transfer troops.
Sima Yi finally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, it seemed that the overall situation had been decided, and it was time to reap the fruits of victory. Presumably Cao will need himself very much now.
Come to think of this
Ma Yi put the baggage he had prepared back into the house, and then walked out in the direction of the Prime Minister's Mansion.
At the same time, many officials in Xudu City have long been alarmed by this fire.
The Prime Minister's Mansion is the center of this Xu Capital City, and the fire in the Prime Minister's Mansion is naturally not trivial.
Anyone who has been to the Prime Minister's Mansion knows that this Prime Minister's Mansion is heavily guarded, with one post at five steps and one sentry at ten steps. If there was even the slightest flame, it would have been extinguished long ago. But now the Prime Minister's Mansion is not only on fire, but the fire is big enough to burn down the entire Prime Minister's Mansion, which is indeed a little impossible to infer logically.
Some politically sensitive and intelligent people have sniffed something out of the tinder.
If this fire is not outside, then the matter is over, to be able to set fire in the Prime Minister's Mansion, and to be able to make this fire so big, it must be someone in the Prime Minister's Mansion, and this person's identity and power are definitely not ordinary, think about it, there are only a few people who are eligible.
At this time, the vast majority of officials still knew the news of Cao Cao's craniotomy, and ninety percent of the people thought that Cao Cao was still alive, and for some old fritters in the officialdom, they only dared to secretly guess, and then honestly stayed at home, for fear of going out and being implicated.
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The situation was somewhat different from what Cao expected, and by daylight the next day, the fire had still not been extinguished.
The soldiers were very tired from extinguishing the fire at night, and by the time it was daytime, the pace of extinguishing the fire began to slow down gradually, and many houses around it were also burned, so that the fire covered a large area, so until the next morning, the fire was still burning.
At ten o'clock in the morning, the sun gradually rose, but there was still a layer of black clouds hanging over Xudu City. It wasn't early morning fog, it was smoke from the fire.
The people got up early in the morning, and when they banged on the door, the smell of burning in the air immediately penetrated into people's nostrils. Choking smoke stimulates people's sense of smell. Countless tiny black particles, sprinkled flat on the ground.
The fire last night had already alarmed all the people in Xudu City, and the people came to the street and looked at the place where the red light was last night, only to see that there was still thick smoke billowing there, and the whole area was shrouded in gray-black smoke.
But for a large part of the people in Xudu City, the fire in the Prime Minister's Mansion is not a very important thing, at most it is a small topic after dinner, and it can be said as a new thing when you have nothing to do, or inadvertently recall it many years later. After all, the lives of these big family officials are still too far away from themselves in the eyes of ordinary people!
However, another thing has deeply affected the lives of the people of Xudu, that is, when everyone is ready to leave the city during the day, the city gate has been blocked by many soldiers, and no one is allowed to leave the city.
Now it is winter, and there is no work to be done in the fields, and you can't leave the city for a day or two. But for those who live outside the city, the impact is too great.
Xu Du City is only allowed to enter and not to leave, and those who come in from outside the city will not be able to leave the city after entering the city. Those who have relatives in the city are fine, and they can take refuge with their relatives for a while, but if there are no relatives in the city, a large part of them may have to sleep on the streets.
In officialdom, the speed of news transmission is the fastest. The news of Xiahou Shang's blockade of the city gate quickly reached the ears of the officials in Xudu City. Xiahou Shang is Cao's cronie, which is a tacit thing for everyone. Now that Xiahou Shang controls all the city gates, only people are allowed to enter the city and no one is allowed to leave the city, which makes everyone realize that Xu Du is about to change!
In the afternoon, the fire was finally extinguished, and except for a few small fires, there were no fires in other places.
The Prime Minister's Mansion was rubble. The scorched wood emitted a trace of green smoke, most of the flowers and trees in the yard had been burned to ashes, and some of the remnants of good luck had also turned into pieces of charcoal. There is a thick layer of ash on the ground, which flutters with the wind from time to time, and the entire prime minister's mansion is scorched black everywhere, and people walk in, as if they have walked into a black world.
There is no life at all! There is no breath of life in the prime minister's mansion at all, and there are some small flames beating in the breeze from time to time, and the smell of wood charring fills the air, with this piece of black, it looks extremely cold and terrifying, and even makes people feel suffocated.
Looking at the black in front of me, a strange feeling rose in my heart. It's not about being happy, it's not about being angry. This Prime Minister's Mansion, Cao has lived here for so many years, everything around him is so familiar, and in some places Cao can even walk with his eyes closed, but now, all this has become a ruin.
The ruins in front of him were all created by Cao's own hands, at this time Cao seemed to be an artist, facing the work he had just completed, this work made Cao very satisfied, but Cao still felt very uncomfortable in his heart when he looked at it.
Immediately afterwards, Cao walked briskly towards Cao Cao's residence, Cao Cao was the thing Cao was most concerned about.
The house where Cao Cao had his head cut had already collapsed in the fire, leaving only a cloud of rubble and a few smoky beams and pillars, the flames were still burning in some places, and even the solid stone foundation was smoked.
This house has been completely burned down, almost burned to ashes, looking at the scene in front of him, Cao felt a trace of excitement in his heart, the house has been burned like this, the people in the house will definitely not survive.
As soon as Cao waved his hand, several soldiers immediately rushed forward and began to clean up the ruins, and next to him, Cao Zhang and others had already walked over, and everyone was anxiously waiting for the results.
One of the soldiers, after removing half of the beam, suddenly shouted: "There is a corpse here!" β
This sound immediately attracted everyone's attention, and a dozen soldiers immediately rushed forward, lifting the rubble outside, and then pulling out a charred corpse from inside. Judging from the figure of the corpse, this person looks a lot like Cao Cao.
"Father!" Cao suddenly screamed, rushed forward, and fell on top of the charred corpse, crying. Tears couldn't help but slip out of Cao's eyes, which made people feel a wave of sympathy, but only Cao knew that this was not a sad tear, but a tear of excitement.
At the moment when he saw Cao Cao's corpse, Cao understood that he had finally succeeded, and after waiting for this, Cao finally succeeded
The excitement could no longer be suppressed, and it turned into tears.
"Another corpse!" A soldier shouted, followed by another crowd of people, and after a while, another body was dug up.
"This should be General Xu Chu!" Cao looked at the corpse and said in tears: "I didn't expect General Xu Chu to be so conscientious and protect his father at the last moment!" β
As soon as Cao said this, everyone naturally thought that Xu Chu died to protect Cao Cao, and Xu Chu's body had already been scorched, and without a precise autopsy, the real cause of Xu Chu's death could be seen from the appearance.
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Xudu, the palace of the Han Dynasty.
Emperor Xian stood in front of him, looking at the smoke that was still rising in the distance.
In that direction, it should be the location of the Prime Minister's Mansion, is it possible that the Prime Minister's Mansion has changed! Thinking of this, a chill suddenly rose in Emperor Xian's heart.
"Your Majesty, it's cold in the face, put on one!" A woman's voice came from behind, Emperor Xian looked back, and there came a woman in palace clothes, holding a brocade robe in her hand, this woman was the queen Cao Jie.
Cao Jie is Cao's daughter. After Cao Cao killed Empress Fu, he offered his three daughters to the emperor, and these three daughters were Cao Xian, Cao Jie and Cao Hua.
Among the three sisters, Cao Jie is beautiful and the most decent, Cao Cao thinks that Cao Jie has the temperament of a mother, so he asked Emperor Xian to crown Cao Jie as the queen.
Emperor Xian didn't like Cao Cao's daughter to be his woman, but Emperor Xian had no way to refuse, so he could only be at Cao Cao's mercy. Because of Cao Cao's relationship, Emperor Xian didn't like his three wives very much at first, but later, the three sisters of the Cao family were very understanding, and gradually, Emperor Xian also accepted the three sisters of the Cao family.
Emperor Xian put on Cao Jie's robe, and then pulled Cao Jie over, stopped him in his arms, and said: "Queen, look over there, it seems to be the mansion of the Prime Minister!" β
Cao Jie nodded slightly, without speaking, and Emperor Xian then said, "You must be very worried about your father." Otherwise, you three sisters should go back and see the prime minister first......"
Cao Jie looked up at her husband, and a warmth rose in her heart, and at the same time, there was a sour taste in this warmth.
Emperor Xian is a good person, he is also very smart, and he is also very good to his sisters. In normal times, Emperor Xian should be considered a good emperor. It's a pity that Emperor Xian was born at the wrong time, which makes the voice of Emperor Xian full of tragedy.
Cao Jie was very sympathetic to Emperor Xian, and at the same time sympathetic to himself. Being a queen is a very beautiful thing in the eyes of outsiders, but if even the emperor is just a puppet, then this queen is naturally no better. What's more, the ruler is his own father.
Generally speaking, the empress of a puppet emperor is definitely not welcomed, but the three sisters of the Cao family are supported by Cao Cao, so in the palace, no one dares to trouble the three sisters of the Cao family. But even so, Cao Jie still felt that he was very unhappy. I don't know why, every time Cao Jie sees Emperor Xian, there is always an apology in his heart, and every time he feels that Emperor Xian cares about him, Cao Jie will also feel a sense of guilt in his heart.
Cao Jie also understands that the emperor may not be long, if his father Cao Cao is happy one day, maybe he will abolish the emperor and claim the emperor himself. Although Cao Jie felt that this was very unfair to Emperor Xian's arrival, Cao Jie was powerless to prevent such a thing, and for Cao Jie, the only thing he could do was to try his best to save Emperor Xian's life.
"Your Majesty! Empress! Big things are wrong! The eunuch's treacherous voice interrupted Cao Jie's thoughts.
"What the hell is going on out there?" Emperor Xian asked.
"Back to Your Majesty, there was news from outside the palace just now, King Wei!"
This sentence hit Emperor Xian like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, and Emperor Xian stood in a daze, ignoring the fact that Cao Jie next to him had already fainted from crying.
After a long time, Emperor Xian said, "It's gone!" The Han Dynasty is completely gone......"
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Eventually, the death was reduced to an accident.
In Xudu City, the vast majority of people did not pay attention to the cause of Cao Cao's death, and everyone was concerned about the consequences of Cao Cao's death.
Now that Cao Cao is dead, it is supposed that Cao Cao, the crown prince of Wei, should inherit Cao Cao's title. Similarly, if Cao is willing, he can also take the position of prime minister.
Xiahou Shang's 100,000 army had already surrounded Xu Ducheng, and even a fool could see that Cao Shang's position had already been achieved.
The vast majority of officials did not have much objection to Cao's accession to the throne, nor did they cause much shock in the officialdom. From the day Cao Cao established Cao as the prince of Wei, everyone knew that Cao would become Cao Cao's heir, so at that time, everyone had already regarded Cao as the lord; The second point is that since Cao Cao's crusade against Hanzhong, every time Cao Cao goes on an expedition, Cao will come to supervise the country, especially during this period of time, Cao Cao has basically no way to manage political affairs because of his aggravated illness, so all these affairs in Xu Capital in recent months have been managed by Cao, and everyone is used to being an official under Cao.
For the succession of the title of King Wei, there is no too complicated process. This time, inheriting his father's business, Cao, as the prince of Wei, inherited the title of his father Cao Cao, which is a matter of course, and it only needs to be done with an edict from the emperor.
But this Cao Cao is not only the official title of King of Wei, Cao Cao was also the prime minister during his lifetime, and he also led the Jizhou pastor.
The son can inherit his father's title, but if this official inherits again, it can't be said. No matter how thick-skinned Cao is, it is impossible for the prime minister and Jizhou Mu to inherit it together. However, fortunately, there is no shortage of officials in the court, and there is no need for Cao himself to say it, naturally there are groups of officials who come to the court and recommend Cao as the prime minister and Jizhou pastor.
In the early spring of the twenty-fourth year of Jian'an, Cao Cao died unexpectedly. The crown prince of Wei succeeded Cao Cao and became the king of Wei. Three days later, Hua Shangbiao presented the emperor and recommended Cao Wang, the king of Wei, as the prime minister, and led the Jizhou pastor, and then the ministers seconded the proposal. Subsequently, the emperor issued a decree and ordered Cao to be the prime minister and lead the pastor of Jizhou.
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Gluttony has a question for all of you who are well versed in history. History records that Cao repaired Luoyang and built five capitals. What are these five? The gluttonous insect has not been found for a long time, and I hope that which one can help the gluttonous insect solve the puzzle. (To be continued, if you want to know what will happen next.) , more chapters, support &UC e-book Chinese network &! )