The matter of Ma Linzhen's request for land, officials, and fiefs soon spread. [ ] Such a deed of this leading general, in the Han Dynasty is the first time, so in more than a month after the horse left, this matter has become the focus of discussion among the people of Chang'an after dinner, throughout the ages, good things gossip people, there are not a few, now such a big gossip, how can it not attract people's attention.

Unlike those ordinary people, those dignitaries and nobles in Chang'an City began to move up their own activities, and they all took gifts and went to visit Ma's house.

When Wang Jian went on the expedition, he asked the first emperor for money, and the first emperor not only agreed to Wang Qian's request, but also protected the wealth of the third generation of the Wang family, and now, everyone can also see that no matter whether the horse can go to triumph or not, the third wealth of the Ma family is unable to run, and now to tie up the Ma family, it is a long-term investment that will make sure that you will not lose money.

On the other side, Adou also breathed a sigh of relief. The imperial court has been in turmoil for many years, and there is not much food and grass left, and the only possibility for sending troops out is to adopt the method of the Hu people to feed the war with war. The generals of the DPRK and China are most familiar with this kind of tactics of fighting to raise war, so Adou will send horses there.

The people of Wusun are also nomadic people, and the average quality of the cavalry of the Han Dynasty is not as good as that of the Wusun cavalry, so Adou can only select the elite in the whole army, and finally add the Ma family army of horses to make 10,000 grains and grass and bring them to the horses.

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Jizhou, Plains City.

The plain of the Three Kingdoms period is just one. In a small county, Liu Bei once served as a plain county magistrate.

Pingyuan County is in the south of Yecheng, and nowadays, this. Pingyuan County has become the fief of one person, and this person is Cao Rong, the king of Pingyuan.

Cao Rong was Cao Cao's son and eldest son. Grandson, Cao Ei's mother is the Zhen family who was killed by Cao Pi a few days ago.

There is a saying that the son is more precious than the mother, since the death of Zhen, Cao Rong has been. was not very well treated by Cao Pi, and because of Zhen's reasons, although Cao Ei was the eldest son, Cao Pi had no intention of making Cao Ei the crown prince. Now Cao Ei's official position has also been withdrawn, leaving only a title, Cao Ei has no choice but to return to the fiefdom of Pingyuan County and become the prince of Taiping.

But Cao Ei, the prince of peace, is not so easy to be, the plain distance. It's too close to Yecheng, and the Zhen family, that is, Cao Rong's grandmother's house, was originally a big family in Yecheng, and it is very prestigious in Yecheng and even in the entire Jizhou. It is precisely because of this that Cao Pi has not been the slightest lax towards Cao Ei, and has been sending people to closely monitor Cao Ei's movements.

Cao Ei is also a smart person, knowing that the situation is very unfavorable to him, so Cao Ei is cautious all day long, for fear of being caught by Cao Pi.

Recently, though, from Lo. Yang came with a piece of news, which made Cao Rong even more uneasy.

Cao Pi is ready to move the capital, and this new capital is Yecheng!

If Cao Pi really moved the capital to Yecheng, Cao Rong would be equivalent to staying under Cao Pi's nose. What's more, the Zhen family has a lot of prestige in Yecheng, Cao Pi came to Yecheng, it was inevitable to intersect with the Zhen family, in case Cao Pi met someone from the Zhen family one day, he would think of Cao Rong, maybe Cao Rong would be unlucky.

Speaking of which, the location of Xu Du is indeed not suitable as the capital of Wei. At that time, Cao Cao's main enemy was Yuan Shao of Hebei, so Cao Cao chose the capital in Xudu, which was far away from Hebei. And now, Hebei has become the hinterland of Wei, in comparison, Xudu is too close to Jingzhou and Huainan, Jingzhou and Huainan are Sun Quan's territory, and the capital is in Xudu, which is very unsafe. When Guan Yu flooded the Seventh Army to seize Xiangyang, Cao Cao moved his intention to move the capital.

After Cao Pi ascended the throne, he was originally going to use Luoyang as the new capital, so Cao Pi often worked in Luoyang. But Liu Bei occupied Yongzhou, this Chang'an to the east, after Tongguan and Hangu Pass, is Hongnong, Hongnong is a plain, there is no danger to defend, the Shu Han army can go straight to Luoyang City, so calculated, Luoyang has become unsafe.

Cao Pi had no choice but to choose Yecheng as the new national capital.

And now, the one who was sent by Cao Pi to Yecheng to deal with the relocation of the capital was Xu Shu, the general of Youzhonglang.

……

There is a post station in Pingyuan County, and on the south side of the official road of the post station, there is an ancient acacia, according to legend, Qin Shi Huang sought the elixir of immortality, when he was in the east of Mount Tai, he drove back not far away, he was sick in Pingyuanjin, and he had rested under this locust tree when he was in Chang'an.

And now this ancient acacia is still growing, with lush branches and leaves, like a dragon.

Cao Rong stood under the ancient huai, looked at the official road in the distance, and sighed softly.

"Your Highness, are you still worried about Your Majesty's relocation of the capital?" The eunuch next to him asked cautiously.

This eunuch has followed Cao Ei for many years and is loyal to Cao Ei, so Cao Ei did not hide it, and said: "My father has never liked this king, but this plain is far away from Luoyang, so this king can keep a peaceful side, and now my father wants to move the capital to Yecheng, and the plain is under the nose of Yecheng. ”

"Your Highness, the little one is willing to share the worries of the son......"

"Huh!" Cao Rong smiled self-deprecatingly: "This king knows that you are loyal to me, but in this situation, unless you are a person with great wisdom, you can change your life for this king!" ”

After Cao Rong finished speaking, he looked back in the direction of Pingyuan City, and said: "Back then, Liu Bei was the county commander in this Pingyuan City, at that time, who would have thought that Liu Bei would become a prince, and take one of the three parts of the world!" Speaking of which, this king is quite envious of Liu Bei, who can have wise and resourceful people like Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong to help! It's a pity that this king was born late, otherwise if he could ask Zhuge Liang or Pang Tong to help, he would not be so passive today. ”

"Your Highness, this Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong, the small one can't be found, but the small one can help His Highness find another person, although it is not as good as Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong, but it is not much different."

"What? There is such a talent in the world! Tell me, where is he? Cao Rong hurriedly asked.

"Your Highness, have you forgotten that the one who came to Yecheng this time was the right middle general Xu Shu! That Xu Shu is the same door of Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong, when Xinye was in the past, General Cao Ren was defeated in the hands of Xu Shu! The eunuch spoke.

"Well...... It's just that this king heard that this Xu Shu is very slippery, how can he help me? ”

After Xu Shu entered Cao Ying, he did not offer a strategy, which is known to the whole world, Xu Shu never formed a gang on weekdays, but just did some trivial and irrelevant things.

"Your Royal Highness, I heard that Liu Qi, the son of Liu Jingsheng in Jingzhou, once sent Zhuge Liang to a tall building in order to seek Zhuge Liang's strategy, and removed the ladder.

"Yes, great idea!" Cao Rong showed a hint of joy on his face: "Let's go, hurry up and arrange with me." ”

"Yes!" The eunuch hurriedly followed, but Cao Rong didn't notice it, and a hint of triumphant cunning flashed in the corner of the eunuch's eyes.

……

It stands to reason that if it is still early today, there is enough time for everyone to rush to the next post station, but Xu Shu ordered everyone to enter the post station to rest, and there is a situation that they will not rush today.

Now it's just past noon, and there is still plenty of time, but since Xu Shu is alive, these subordinates are not easy to disobey, so they have to choose to rest in the post station temporarily. Speaking of which, this post station is not far from the county seat of Pingyuan.

In the room, Xu Shu was holding a book in his hand, and he was a reader with relish, and next to him, the next person was helping Xu Shu to serve tea, so comfortable.

Xu Shu looked like he was reading, but his mind had already flown elsewhere.

A few days ago, Xu Shu went to see Cao Pi, and now Cao Pi's expression is not quite right. Later, I found out that Cao Pi has been addicted to wine recently, so he looks weaker.

If these words were ordinary people, they would have been fooled, but Xu Shu was different. Among the students of Lumen, only Xu Shu likes the way of Huang Lao's health, and is the most proficient in medical skills, when Xu Shu was in Jingzhou, he also learned medical skills from Zhang Ji and Zhang Zhongjing.

When Xu Shu visited Zhang Ji, Zhang Ji told Xu Shu in detail about the side effects and symptoms of Wushi San, and Hua Tuo Lian's Dragon and Tiger Pill was several times more effective than Wu Shi San, so when Xu Shu saw Cao Pi, he felt that Cao Pi seemed to have taken a large amount of Wu Shi San! At that time, Xu Shu had already judged that if Cao Pi didn't quit quickly, his life would be short.

After Xu Shu inquired, he knew that Cao Pi didn't know anything about his poisoning. Xu Shu naturally wouldn't tell Cao Pi that he was poisoned, instead, Xu Shu began to draw up a huge plan, and the most critical part of the plan was Cao Rong!

As for the eunuch beside Cao Rong, he was the chess piece that Xu Shu planted many years ago.

Xu Shu looked at the sky outside, and calculated that when the time came, Cao Rong should also come.

Sure enough, as soon as Xu Shu's thought flashed, there was a sound of footsteps outside, and then the servant's voice came from outside: "Sir, the king of the plains has arrived." ”

"The Plains King? What is he here for? Xu Shu pretended to be puzzled and frowned, and then said, "Go, follow me to meet you." ”

Xu Shu ushered Cao Rong in, and after a few polite greetings, Xu Shu opened his mouth and asked: "Dare to be Your Highness, what is the so-called matter when you come this time?" ”

"Lord Xu, this king got a rare ancient book a few days ago, after reading it, I feel that it is extremely profound, very difficult to understand, this king has also found a lot of children to come to study together, but they have not been able to study thoroughly. This king has long heard that Lord Xu is rich in five cars, so he came to ask Lord Xu for advice. Cao Rong said.

"Oh? Since it is a unique ancient book, the minister must take a look! Xu Shu seemed to be very interested, and then said, "I don't know where this ancient book is?" Has Your Highness ever brought? ”

"That ancient book is in my Plains City, this place is not far from Plains City, and it's still early today, why don't you go to the Plains with me?" Cao Rong asked.

"Good!" Xu Shu nodded very happily: "In this case, the minister will go to clean up first, Your Highness, please sit down for a while." ”

……

Cao Rong pointed to the two-story small building in front of him and said, "Lord Xu, the ancient book is in the small building in front. ”

The small building did not build a staircase, but only used a wide ladder to connect the two floors, Cao Rong guided Xu Shu to the side of the ladder, and said: "Mr. Xu, this upstairs is full of ancient books collected below, many of these ancient books are old and easy to be damaged, and they can't be connected to the ground, so I put them upstairs, Mr. Xu, please!" ”

Xu Shu was not polite, and climbed the ladder directly, and Cao Rong also followed Xu Shu and climbed up.

As soon as Xu Shu went upstairs, he realized that the upstairs was empty, and there were no ancient classics mentioned by Cao Ei. At this time, Cao Rong, who climbed up, waved his hand, and the people below immediately moved the ladder away.

"Your Highness, what are you...... Where are those books? Xu Shu asked.

Cao Rong knelt down in front of Xu Shu violently and said, "Lord Xu, please save me!" ”

"Save you?" Xu Shu was slightly stunned, and then pretended to suddenly realize, and said: "I understand, in the past, Liu Qi once asked for Kong Ming's strategy, and he used this move, but I didn't expect His Highness to ...... today."

"Sir, there is no heaven here, no land below, only the two of me, the words come out of Mr.'s mouth, into the ears of this king, it will never be spread out, and please Lord Xu save me, I will have a good reward in the future!"

"Hey......" Xu Shu sighed helplessly, helped Cao Rong up, and said at the same time: "Your Highness doesn't have to be like this, just promise Your Highness." ”

"Really?" Cao Rong's eyes lit up, and he wanted to speak, but was stopped by Xu Shu.

"What Your Highness wants to ask, the minister knows. Rong Chen thought about it for a moment or two...... "After Xu Shu finished speaking, he frowned and began to walk back and forth in the room. Next to him, Cao Rong looked at Xu Shu expectantly.

After a long time, Xu Shu stopped, and then said: "Your Highness, the minister has a story that I want to tell to Your Highness." ”

"Mr. Xu, please listen to me!" Unknowingly, Cao Rong had changed Xu Shu's title to "Mr." You must know that this "sir" contains the meaning of a teacher, so it can be seen that Cao Ei has respected Xu Shu as a teacher.

"Back then, King Xiang of Qin Zhuang was a hostage in Zhao and happened to meet Lü Buwei. Lü Buwei lived in the strange goods of King Zhuangxiang, and went to Qin to run for King Zhuangxiang. At that time, the father of King Zhuangxiang, that is, An Guojun, the prince of Great Qin, favored Mrs. Huayang, but Mrs. Huayang had no children, so Lü Buwei asked Yiren to worship Mrs. Huayang as his mother, and changed his name to Zichu. After the death of King Qin Zhaoxiang, An Guojun ascended the throne as King Xiaowen, but King Xiaowen succeeded to the throne for three days, and then he died, and King Zhuangxiang became the King of Qin. ”

Cao Rong can also be called a literary scholar in the Three Kingdoms period, and he is naturally familiar with history books, so he is of course familiar with all this that Xu Shu said.

Cao Rong thought about it slightly, and then asked, "Sir, do you want me to follow King Zhuang Xiang?" ”

"That's a good point." Xu Shu smiled slightly, and then said: "Now Your Majesty is most favored by Queen Guo, but Queen Guo is three years older than Your Majesty, and she is already over forty years old, and it is very difficult to give birth to an heir for Your Majesty again, and if you wait until Your Majesty is a hundred years later, Queen Guo has no heirs, and she will definitely be in a difficult situation, so Your Highness can worship Queen Guo as her mother, and let Queen Guo instigate Your Majesty to make Her Royal Highness the crown prince......"

"No way!" Cao Rong immediately shook his head: "Sir, do you know that if it weren't for this Guo family slandering in front of my father, how could my mother have died unjustly!" Guo and I have a grudge against my mother for killing my mother, this feud is not shared, how can I recognize the thief as my mother! ”

"Well said!" Xu Shu smiled again and said, "Your Highness, do you know what happened to Mrs. Huayang?" ”

"Well, I don't know about this, please sir." Cao Rong bowed and asked.

"Hehe, things have to start with the death of An Guojun. At the beginning, King Zhaoxiang died of illness, and An Guojun ascended the throne, when An Guojun was just over fifty years old, and only three days after ascending the throne, he died violently, it is said that An Guojun took the soup sent by Prince Zhuangxiang Chu and died. ”

"So, An Guojun was killed by King Zhuang Xiang?"

Xu Shu nodded, and then said: "Then An Guojun died because of the soup sent by King Zhuang Xiang, and after Mrs. Huayang heard about it, how could she give up, so Mrs. Huayang went to King Zhuang Xiang to question King Zhuang Xiang, but at this time An Guojun was dead, King Zhuang Xiang was already in power, and directly ordered someone to build a Huayang Palace, and placed Mrs. Huayang in Huayang Palace, just cold tea and light meals every day, and Mrs. Huayang was not allowed to meet outsiders, so Mrs. Huayang died depressed...... So once His Royal Highness is in power, why not be afraid of Queen Guo! ”

Listening to Xu Shu's words, Cao Rong nodded thoughtfully.

"Your Highness, do you know why I took refuge in Liu Yuanjun back then?" Xu Shu asked.

"I don't know, please give me advice."

"Liu Yuanjun is a person who can bend and stretch, and has been defeated repeatedly, but he has never been discouraged, this is the way of a husband. Looking at the princes of the world back then, those who could defeat without losing their minds would eventually achieve great things. The first emperor was defeated by Zhang Xiu twice, then Chibi was defeated by Sun Quan, and then Tongguan was defeated by Ma, but he won half of the world; And that Yuan Benchu, sitting on the vast Hebei, although Guandu was defeated in the first battle, he still had the strength to fight again, but he died because of the defeat of Guandu, which is a sign that his ambition has been lost, and it will be difficult to achieve great things in the end! ”

When Xu Shu said this, his voice paused, and then said: "Your Highness, there are two strategies for Your Highness to choose from. If His Royal Highness only wants to save his life, he can ask His Majesty for his life and go to Liaodong to guard, Liaodong is remote and inaccessible, and His Royal Highness can ensure that he is safe and worry-free when he arrives in Liaodong. And if His Royal Highness wants to create something big, he will recognize Queen Guo as his stepmother......"

"Huh......" Cao Rong let out a sigh of relief, and then knelt down in front of Xu Shu, bowed to Xu Shu, and then said: "Thank you, Mr. for your guidance, although you are not talented, you also know that you are born in the world and should be a husband!" Today's words are to be remembered! If he can make mistakes in the future, he will never forget the grace of Mr. today! ”

"Your Highness, the minister is just planning for His Highness, whether it can be done depends on His Highness's own. Your Highness must remember one sentence: full of losses, humble benefits. Before the power is in your hands, don't show your edge too much......"

……

Cao Rong personally sent Xu Shu out of Pingyuan City, and watched Xu Shu's carriage disappear on the horizon before slowly turning around and returning to the city.

In the car, Xu Shu had a smile on his face.

"Envoy, you left early, but I Xu Shu will repay you for your kindness back then! What's more, he is still my Xu Shu's disciple, can I not help him? Although Shu is not talented, but this Cao family occupies the land of seven states, and Shu can offer two states......"