Luoyang, Yanshi County

In June, summer has entered in the north, and the blazing sun is high in the sky releasing its heat unbridledly, the river is scorched, and the earth is scorched and smoky.

Everyone was cursing the ghost weather, the scorching summer was really annoying, and many farmers and mountain people were enjoying the cool at home or in the shade of trees, but a large number of Cao Wei ministers, courtiers, and their heir, Cao Rui, appeared under the scorching sun at the foot of Shouyang Mountain near Bishan.

White filial piety clothes, white flags, and a white funeral procession with no end in sight............

A month earlier, the emperor of Luoyang had died, reigning for seven years, and his name was ...... Cao Pi...... He was forty years old!

The founding emperor of Wei arranged his posthumous affairs in this way: the concubines below Shuyuan and Zhaoyi in the harem were all sent home to reunite with their flesh and blood or marry. The cemetery site is selected as a place where the ruins of Shouyang Mountain are not eaten (wasteland without planting crops), because the mountain is the body, it is not sealed or trees, and it is not built in the dormitory, garden, or Shinto; Not with gold, silver, copper, jade.

In accordance with Cao Pi's last wishes, the monarchs and courtiers of Wei buried their Emperor Daxing on the slope of the southern foot of Shouyang Mountain, where the sun was facing and not cloudy all day long.

All this is in accordance with the requirements of Cao Pi's "Final System", simple funeral.

Therefore, the structure of Shouyang Mausoleum is extremely simple, Zhaoshan is a mausoleum, no soil is sealed, no trees are planted, no mausoleum garden is built, Shinto, etc., there is no trace on the surface. The architecture in the mausoleum is not extravagant, and the burial goods are mainly tiles.

The Emperor Wen of Wei, the successor of Cao Cao's career, was simply buried, walking gently as he came, turning into a handful of loess, and sleeping in this heaven and earth.

Sima Yi, the general of the Fujun and the auxiliary minister, stood in the ditch, watching Cao Pi's coffin slowly being carried into the body of Shouyang Mountain, the heavy filial piety clothes pressed on his body, sweating like rain, but Sima Yi didn't care about it, just silently pestle there.

Seeing the strangeness of his friend, Chen Qun, the general of the town army and the secretary of the book, hesitated slightly, but still stepped through the weeds and thorns and walked up.

"Zhongda."

Sima Yi didn't look back, the corners of his mouth twitched, his Adam's apple rolled up and down a few times, and hissed: "Changwen (Chen Qun)...... Emperor Wen...... And so it went......"

"Alas, Emperor Wen's life will not last forever, I have expected it." Chen Qun also looked at Shouyang Mausoleum and sighed, he can understand Sima Yi's complex emotions for Cao Pi, life has been decades in his life, it is difficult to find a soulmate, who knows me? Who is it that believes in me?

He didn't know about Chen Qun, but for Sima Yi, there was no doubt that it was Cao Pi.

Cao Cao's last words: Yi hides the heroic ambition, and there is the image of a wolf. Ordered Cao Pi not to reuse him.

But Cao Pi admired Sima Yi very much and always protected him, so he was able to carry him. Before that, Sima Yi had always been the guardian of the water dispenser, and the existence of soy sauce on the sidelines was only since then that Sima Yi really entered the center of Cao Wei, and Cao Pi issued an edict saying: "My east, the army should be the general west; Wuxi, Fu Jun is the general affairs of the east. ”

He also said: "I am deeply concerned about the future, so I take it as a commission." Although Cao Shen has military exploits, Xiao He is important. So that I don't have to worry about the West, no! (Comparing Sima Yi to his own Xiao He)

Whenever Cao Pi goes on an expedition, he must order Sima Yi to stay behind, the people in the inner town, and the military funds outside. (Equivalent to Zhuge Liang before Liu Bei's death)

"Oh my gray hair, how early to give birth. Sigh forever, cherish my holy examination......" Sima Yi was slightly sad and opened his mouth to read.

This is the twenty-fifth year of Jian'an when Cao Cao died, Cao Pi felt nostalgic for his father's "Short Song Xing", when Cao Pi was thirty-three years old, it was the age of young and strong, but the prince of Wei who had just passed the year of establishment had already given birth to gorgeous hair, and the signs of premature decay have been highlighted.

Sima Yi turned around and exchanged glances with Chen Qun1, as people who experienced the center of the whirlpool back then, of course they knew the truth behind Cao Pi's premature aging.

That's ............ The battle for storage space!!

The happy times of his youth and the psychological shadow brought to Cao Pi by the later struggle for the son formed a sharp contrast, first Cao Chong, then Cao Zhi, the protracted battle for the position of the eldest son of Cao Cao was overwhelmed, although in the end he still won, but that was at the cost of overdrawing his body and essence.

After the Han Dynasty, Cao Pi shouldered Cao Cao's will to unify the world, and had an ambition to help the rebellion, but unfortunately his cultural and martial arts were far less than his talent......

"Emperor Wen died, and the south will soon be in turmoil again. Changwen, as an auxiliary minister, we have to be optimistic about the Great Wei Dynasty for Emperor Wen. ”

"Of course, Zhong Da is saying that there will be something going on in the west?" Chen Qun had no doubts about Sima Yi's judgment

"No, the Shu thief country is weak and the people are tired, and they will not dare to invade our Great Wei, what we should take precautions is......... Wu thief. ”

Zhou Gong was afraid of rumors, and Wang Mang was humble and did not usurp the time. This summer, Sima Zhongda was full of thoughts about living up to Cao Pi's trust, and at this moment, he would not have thought that in a few years, he would personally bury the dynasty he had guarded............

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Tiger Camp School Grounds

At this time, the school has been arranged in the middle of the seat and a few cases, a few steps before the seats there are hangers hanging mountains, rivers and rivers.

Zhao Yun, who was pale and bright-haired, had been following Liu Yong's side, and at this moment he bowed slightly and said to Liu Yong: "Since last year, the prime minister has been in the army to govern and talk about martial arts, please take a look at Your Majesty today." ”

"Good." Liu Yong bowed slightly, of course he knew, preparing for the Northern Expedition.

After Liu Yong and the generals sat down, a military general in his thirties, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, strode in front of the mountains, rivers and rivers, hugged his fist to Liu Yong, and said loudly: "Hu Ji, the captain of the left battalion of the Chenhu Bu Battalion, greets Your Majesty!" I've seen all the generals! ”

"Hu Qing, please try to talk about martial arts." Liu Yong understood that he would give him a martial arts lecture today and show a smile.

"No!"

"Lead the troops deep into the enemy's land, equal to the enemy's charging army, and the enemy is outnumbered............"

Zhao Yun sat on Liu Yong's left side, Ma Dai and Wu Yi sat on Liu Yong's right, listening to Hu Ji's martial arts while Liu Yong talked to Zhao Yun. Of course, he also wanted to talk to Ma Dai and Wu Yi, but in comparison, he was eager to have more contact with Zhao Yun.

In addition to Zhao Zilong's wisdom and martial arts, the more important reason is that Zhao Yun has always held the power of the army, and Zhao Yun is in the position of the central protector, presiding over the selection of military attachés of the Chinese army, supervising and controlling the generals of the Chinese army. You must know that in the battle of Hanzhong that year, Huang Zhong's name was higher than Zhao Yun, but Zhao Yun had to receive the Fu Festival before he could lead the troops to battle.

Besides, it is Zhao Yun Liu's die-hard loyalty, of course Liu Yong has to show himself more in front of him and win people's hearts.

"Does Zhao Gong know Hu Jisheng?" Liu Yong asked Zhao Yun

"Hu Ji, the word Weidu, is a native of Yiyang County, Jingzhou. He has a close relationship with the prime minister, does not avoid suspicion, and dares to speak out. The prime minister compared him to Cui Zhouping, Xu Shu and Dong He. ”

In his previous life, Liu Yong didn't pay much attention to this Hu Ji, but now it is a little clear to hear Zhao Yun say this - this Hu Ji is in charge of the first battalion of the Chinese army, and it is clear that Zhuge Liang's cronies are not heard of in later generations, and it seems that most of them are people with more than virtue and insufficient talents.

Speaking of Hu Ji, we have to talk about Zhuge Liang's employment and the three political factions of Shu Han.

Cao Pi usurped, Liu Bei was proclaimed emperor, China officially entered the Three Kingdoms era, and then Liu Bei died and Liu Chan ascended the throne of Shu Han's original subordinate group almost died, like Zhang Fei, Guan Yu, Sun Qian, Mi Zhu, Jian Yong, etc., and the Jingzhou group represented by Zhuge Liang was in power.

During this period, many of the important positions in the Shu Han court were Jingxiang people, and compared with the local natives of Yizhou, the Yizhou family, these people had an obvious label - outsiders.

Shu Han is a local government, this cannot be denied, there is no vast territory to house everyone, the cake is so big, but outsiders have taken the largest piece.

A group of outsiders rode on their heads to make a fortune and control the power of life and death, but as a local, they could only share some scraps, so the motive of the Yizhou Hao clan to encourage Liu Chan to surrender was obvious - rather than a state of Great Wei rather than a country of Shu Han.

Therefore, Zhuge Liang uses more Jingxiang people, and uses more of his virtue and less of his talent.

Of course, Liu Yong also understood that this was the only way to maintain the rule of Shu Han and maintain political stability. Nepotism is always the mainstream, and meritocracy can only come out and hang out when the political position is stable......