Chapter 327 Distraction
Five days passed quickly, and for Yuan Min and the others, these five days were the most refreshing five days of their year, but for Xun Gang, there were only two words - back pain. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
I haven't seen each other for half a year, and the woman is inevitably like a wolf and a tiger, but this nutrition is not as good as a day, in just five days, Xun Gang feels that he has lost nearly ten pounds, this number looks really shocking.
But in addition to this kind of thing, these five days may be the time when Xun Gang feels the most relaxed. The husband and wife are harmonious, and there is a son who is talented and intelligent, and he is often amused, which makes Xun Gang feel the real family.
Five days later, the army was about to return to Gangneung. This place is the front line of Jingzhou, a strategic point, and the east and west are the only remaining princes of the Central Plains of Liu Bei and Sun Ce, and they must be guarded against.
But looking at the reluctant three people and his son who was only three years old, Xun Gang couldn't bear it, and finally decided to move his family to Jiangling.
This incident made Xun Gang understand the importance of his family, and made him pay more attention to his family from now on.
In the winter of the tenth year of Jian'an, at the end of the year, when the world was divided into three points, Cao Cao supported the army and self-respect, and defeated the attack from Sun Ce, thinking that he had worked hard, so he ordered Dong Zhao to express the text, and forced Emperor Liu Xie to seal himself as the king of Wei and establish the country in Yecheng, Hebei.
At that time, the court was divided into the Han Party and the Wei Party, but the Han Party had almost no power, so it could only hope for Xun Gang in Jingzhou.
Xun Gang is not a fool, now that Cao Cao's power is in full swing, even if he contacts Sun Ce and Liu Bei, it is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg.
At this moment, it is most taboo to contact the Baohan Party in the court, and Cao Cao is suspicious, so he must be suspicious of Xun Gang. So Xun Gang packed the letters written by all the ministers of the court and presented them to Cao Cao.
Xun Gang is naturally not really loyal to Cao Cao, but now Xun Gang has to behave like this. As a result, the ministers in the court who secretly sent letters to Xun Gang were dealt with by Cao Cao, but Xun Gang became more and more trusted by Cao Cao.
But after this incident, Liu Xie's power in the court was wiped out, and all the officials became Cao Cao's staff and lackeys. Liu Xie thought that Xun Gang had also become Cao Cao's lackey, so he secretly hated him in his heart, and the friendship in the apricot forest back then seemed to have become a joke at the moment.
However, Liu Xie didn't know that it was precisely because Cao Cao entered the King of Wei that Xun Gang seized the opportunity. He knew that Cao Cao would inevitably have a greater record of achievement in order to make his title of King of Wei more famous. So Xun Gang went to Cao Cao and said that the time had come to conquer Wu at this moment, because he immediately went south to Jingzhou and attacked Sun Ce!
Cao Cao had been in the Central Plains for a long time, his soldiers were well fed, and the morale of his subordinates was extremely high, so it was the time to attack Sun Ce. So Cao Cao obeyed Xun Gang's statement and ordered Jian'an to go south to Jingzhou in the autumn of the eleventh year to save half a year's money and grain.
But all of this is Xun Gang's strategy.
This expedition to the south is the most important part of Xun Gang's plan. He swallowed his anger for more than ten years, and he was waiting for this day! If this incident corresponds to the Battle of Chibi, then with the soldiers and horses of Jiangdong, Cao Cao will definitely be defeated!
But defeating Cao Cao is not enough, Xun Gang wants to kill Cao Cao!
Whether Cao Cao's title is the Duke of Wei, the King of Wei, or the Marquis of Xu, as early as more than ten years ago, Xun Gang was ready for this step. And his approach to Cao Pi, Cao Chong and other heirs of the Cao family is to wait for Cao Cao to divide their strength!
When Cao Cao's side had been properly settled, Xun Gang secretly observed and wrote a few more secret letters. And these secret letters are the most important part of Xun Gang's methods. The relationship between Cao Cao's heirs, although Cao Cao's heirs were originally suspicious of each other because they were in a noble family, they were far from being the same as each other. Xun Gang's step is to completely divide the relationship between the Cao family's heirs.
It should be right, the first letter was sent to Cao Pi, who was a general in Luoyang Tunzha at the time. Xun Gang's approximate meaning in the secret letter is that Cao Cao is now the Duke of Wei, and the prince should enter the royal capital with the lord, but why is Cao Pi still stationed in Luoyang, and it is Cao Chong who enters Beijing with Cao Cao?
Xun Gang and Cao Pi are about the same age, although they are Cao Pi's predecessors, but the relationship between the two is each other's brothers in Cao Pi's heart. It is precisely because of this that Cao Cao is the king and urgently needs to be a prince; Cao Pi has always wanted to pull Xun Gang by his side, so the arrival of this letter can be said to be the meaning of Xun Gang, and it is also the meaning of Cao Pi.
Sure enough, after the letter was sent, Cao Pi was really jealous. You must know that everyone knows that Cao Cao likes Cao Chong, but he picked up Cao Pi, the eldest son. It stands to reason that Cao Cao is now the king of Wei, and the prince should have been taken to Kyoto, but Cao Pi is still an official in Luoyang, what does this mean?
It shows that Cao Cao intended to marginalize Cao Pi and took this opportunity to establish Cao Chong as the prince.
Cao Pi, who has known Xun Gang for many years and has been cultivated by Xun Gang and has long been in love with power, will definitely not allow such a thing to exist. Although he was afraid of Cao Cao, he still concealed that Cao Cao began to consolidate his power and recruit troops.
Xun Gang wrote to Cao Zhi, the Marquis of the Plains, saying that Cao Zhi was only eight buckets high, and Cao Cao liked it the most, and now he led Cao Chong into Beijing, but he did not summon his eldest son into Beijing, which was giving Cao Zhi a chance! If Cao Zhi doesn't take this opportunity to suppress Cao Pi, it will be tantamount to giving up the position of the prince to others!
Under the instigation of Cao Zhi's staff Yang Xiu, Ding Yi and others, Cao Zhi finally made up his mind and intended to compete with Cao Pi for the position of the prince. If Cao Pi is in trouble in the future, Cao Zhi will definitely not give up.
After dealing with these two things, Xun Gang wrote a secret letter to Cao Zhang, who was stationed in Bingzhou. In fact, among the four brothers of the Cao family, Cao Zhang and Xun Gang have the shallowest friendship. Because Xun Gang knew that Cao Zhang was at most a general, and he didn't have any extravagant hopes for the prince. But at this moment, Xun Gang still wants to do his best to win over a person who has no intention of competing for the world.
The meaning of Xun Gang's letter to Cao Zhang is very clear, that is, Cao Cao did not give any heirs military power, but only you have military power, what does this mean? It shows that your father trusts you enough! Why trust you? It's because of all his sons, you are the only one who leads the army to fight! Therefore, Cao Zhang deserves the position of the son.
This was originally a false flattery, but Cao Zhang only knew the way of the army, not the power scheme, and this kind of sycophancy was exactly in line with Cao Zhang's appetite. Cao Zhang was a little embarrassed when he saw Xun Gang supporting him so much. Although he didn't reply, he secretly wrote down the matter.
In the end, Xun Gang wrote another letter to Cao Cao himself, saying that Cao Chong and he had a teacher-student friendship, and Cao Chong was now a prince, and it was difficult for him to meet, and he hoped that Cao Cao could take Cao Chong with him when he went south. On the one hand, it can also polish Cao Chong's ability.
Xun Gang's letter is full of scheming. The first is to recognize Cao Chong as the prince, because Xun Gang handed over all his world-governing talents to Cao Chong, and Cao Cao knew this matter well. And he originally intended to make Cao Chong the son, but most people stood up for Cao Pi; Xun Gang's letter is exactly what Cao Cao meant, and the consequences are self-evident.
With the support of local officials, Cao Cao was more confident in establishing Cao Chong.
Second, since the Spring and Autumn Period, the princes have gone to war, and the princes have defended the city; Cao Cao naturally allowed Cao Chong to defend the city and consolidate his position. But as Xun Gang said, Cao Chong was too young to take on this important responsibility, so Xun Gang told the friendship between teachers and students, and asked Cao Cao to exercise Cao Chong, the purpose is self-evident.
Sure enough, after Cao Cao received Xun Gang's letter, he was overjoyed, but on the surface, he had a serious face, summoned his ministers, and reprimanded Xun Gang in the court.
Those who echoed what Cao Cao said were blacklisted by Cao Cao; And if he wanted to punish Xun Gang lightly or didn't speak, Cao Cao secretly rewarded him.
In this situation, Guo Jia knew that Xun Gang had already begun to act, and sighed secretly in his heart: "The old master is the new master...... Their clash begins! ”
Guo Jia has always regarded Xun Gang as his master, although Cao Cao is quite charming, so that Xun Gang has been dormant for many years, and Guo Jia is about to give up. But today, the confrontation between the old master and the new master has begun, and Cao Cao has fallen into disadvantage without knowing it.
It's hardly a confrontation, it's a grinding.
At this time, as long as Guo Jia said a word, Cao Cao would react, and Xun Gang would never recover.
Guo Jia hesitated.
"Alas...... That's it, if the dead star can take care of King Wei, I won't say it. After all...... If it weren't for my old master, I wouldn't know what he was up to. ”
Guo Jia chose to remain silent.