Cao Cao really resisted from the bottom of his heart the poisonous plan that Sima Hui planned for him, and it also saw from this that this Sima Hui and him were not the same person at all. also recognized the vicious nature of this Sima Hui, he could not be regarded as a real hermit celebrity at all, but only a poisonous snake dressed in a human skin.

Really, although Cao Cao also believes in the saying that no poison is not a husband. In order to achieve the goal, you can do whatever you want.

However, he also has his own bottom line. First of all, he knew very well that he was a Han Chinese. Secondly, everything he did, although he didn't dare to say that it was for himself, it was not without selfishness, but he did make an earth-shattering career, and he still had a concept of revitalizing the Han Dynasty in his heart.

He could have killed Lu Bohao's family when he was panicking, including Lu Boyao himself, who could have not killed him. He can also conspire to assassinate some people, even some people under his own account, he feels that there is no use value, or offended him, he can kill them. However, at least, on the issue of major issues, he Cao Cao saw it very clearly. This is the foundation of his life.

No matter what he is, he must not do anything that goes against the original intention of the Han people, that is to say, he cannot do what Liu Bei did, instigating those aliens to start a war against the Han people. He is also a person who cherishes his reputation very much, and he will never take the slaughter of the Han people seriously. Even if his father was killed back then, he angrily ordered to wash Xuzhou in blood, and in the end, it was not over? What he killed below was just some Tao Qian's people, who killed to deter the soldiers and civilians of Xuzhou. I want to force Xuzhou to surrender without a fight, so that I can easily seize Xuzhou. Or maybe there will be some massacres in between. But it was by no means a bloody massacre of some towns in the Xuzhou region. This is a problem when Cao Cao is now governing Xuzhou. The support of the people of Xuzhou for Cao Cao can also be seen. Otherwise, even if Cao Cao captures Xuzhou, I am afraid it will be difficult to govern Xuzhou well and make it difficult for the soldiers and civilians of Xuzhou to return to their hearts.

Of course, saying this does not mean that Cao Cao is a good person, but it can show that Cao Cao is absolutely unambiguous in some major matters.

Therefore, he is now. It was true that he really wanted to drive Sima Hui away, if it weren't for the fact that Sima Hui's name was too big, it was not good to offend him too much, and there were many subordinates who had a tangled relationship with Sima Hui, so Cao Cao suppressed the anger in his heart and did not order Sima Hui to be beaten out.

However, in the face of Cao Cao's refusal to retreat, Sima Hui only turned a little pale, and immediately regained his composure.

He didn't back down. Instead, he still stood calmly in the conference hall, staring at Cao Cao quietly.

After a while, when Cao Cao seemed to be about to lose his breath, Sima Hui clapped his palms with a snap. The indifferent look was also replaced by a smile, and he seemed to be greatly relieved to smile and said to Cao Cao: "Okay, good!" is worthy of Cao Mengde. He is really a true gentleman. The old man really didn't see the wrong person, so he asked Meng De to calm his anger. Actually, it's a trick. It's just to test your true temperament, Prime Minister. As Han people, we are the subjects of the Han Dynasty, especially the old man, who have studied Chinese culture all our lives, and have been deeply baptized by the essence of our Han civilization, and we have also learned its lessons and understood its truth. If you really adopt this strategy, which is contrary to the essence of our Han people, the old man will only be deeply disappointed in you, the prime minister, and you don't need the prime minister to drive the old man away, and the old man will leave without saying a word, and he will turn to tell the new Han Dynasty, so that the prime minister will accelerate your defeat. ”

"Hehe, you know, the Taifu of the New Han Dynasty is actually the son-in-law of the old man, but why don't I go to give advice to Liu Yi, but instead come to give advice to you, Prime Minister?" Sima Hui was afraid that Cao Cao would not believe it, so he didn't wait for Cao Cao to react, and immediately threw out this secret.

That, although the matter of Liu Yi and Sima Hui's daughter Sima Ruyan is not a recent thing. However, for Cao Cao, he really didn't know this secret. After all, there are too many women in Liu Yi, who knows the ins and outs of every woman around Liu Yi? Unless it is the closest person to Liu Yi, but even if it is so, no civil and military officials around Liu Yi will deliberately inquire about the origin of Liu Yi's woman. Those who really know will not casually talk about their lord's woman. Therefore, Cao Cao's people really don't know about the relationship between Sima Hui and Liu Yi.

Sure enough, Sima Hui said that he was testing Cao Cao, and then talked about the secret. Cao Cao really calmed down a lot of anger and was aroused by curiosity.

Cao Cao asked a little curiously: "In that case, then why did Mr. Shuijing come to help Cao?" It doesn't seem that they are so zealous to destroy the New Han Dynasty and Liu Yi. A few years ago, you also went to Luoyang with Zuo Ci Immortal Master, and wanted to tie up the young emperor to Prime Minister Ben. Why are you doing this? ”

"Humph! Lewi's bastard deceived my daughter, that's it, after all, it's just a personal grudge between the old man and Lewi. However, through the old man's daughter, the old man knew that the bastard was plotting to depose the young emperor and replace him as the emperor. In addition, the old man also understands clearly, this Liu Yi, in essence, is worse than Dong Zhuo back then, at this moment, he not only openly ** the court, but also the palace as his own, the women in the palace, he didn't let go of any of them, according to reliable sources, even after the first emperor, he was already humiliated by Liu Yi and was imprisoned in the deep palace. How can such a rebellious person deserve the old man to advise him? Sima Hui pretended to be lonely and distressed and said: "The old man and other literati who were not born in the world, what they value most in their hearts is the cultural inheritance of the Han Dynasty. ”

"And! You don't know, Lewis bastard, he doesn't know the way of the people who are not of my race. That's right, he exterminated a lot of aliens, but he allowed those foreign barbarians to move into the border of our Han country, and also allowed Han aliens to intermarry, so that the future Han people, are they Han or aliens? This is a very serious matter that messes with my Chinese bloodline. That bastard must not be allowed to mess around. Therefore, the old man must stop him, and he must not let him get the world. Otherwise. In the future, can you still call it a big man? ”

Sima Hui has a set of truths. The way of righteousness and stern words.

"This ......" Cao Cao sounded, and felt that what Sima Hui said seemed to make sense. These can be related to the purity of the blood of the whole people. Moreover, Cao Cao also knows that some traditional celebrities attach great importance to the inheritance of traditions. Especially for the important things of the Han family. This is also the reason why Cao Cao did not dare to abolish the emperor and stand on his own, because he was afraid of being criticized by those celebrities and celebrities who looked down on the inheritance of the Han dynasty in the entire Han Dynasty, and Cao Cao was afraid of losing the support of the Qing literati of the Han Dynasty.

He rejected Sima Hui's earlier strategy, in fact, there was also this reason, he was afraid that he would do something to slaughter the Han people. will be condemned by celebrities and literati all over the world, and with the reputation of those celebrities, spread the bad things about his Cao Cao, and he Cao Cao may really become a rat crossing the street, and everyone shouts and beats him. At that time, even if he defeats Liu Yi, what face will he have to talk about governing the world?

"Okay, then Cao will believe Mr. Shuijing. However, I don't know what other good strategies Mr. Shui Jing has to destroy the New Han Dynasty? Cao Cao brought the topic back to today's topic.

"Hmm......" Sima Hui nodded. In order to calm down, he deliberately thought about it for a long time, and then said slowly: "The way is not to say that there is none, but it is not to let the prime minister immediately destroy the New Han Dynasty and kill Liu Yi." Most. It can only be that the prime minister, you can temporarily divide the world equally with the New Han Dynasty, and this war that may be inevitable can be resolved. If you want to defeat the New Han Dynasty in the end, you have to look at the ability of the prime minister in the future. ”

"Oh?" Cao Cao listened. I couldn't help but trust Sima Hui a little more. Because, he knows his current situation better. If you still want to talk about destroying the New Han Dynasty and killing Liu Yi. That already seems to be a task that is not very difficult and unlikely to be accomplished. Just like those strategists in this hall earlier, all of them talked about the strategies they planned, all of them rushed to defeat the New Han Army and seize the world, so Cao Cao vetoed it without much thought, if the New Han Dynasty was so easy to be destroyed, then why did he Cao Cao wait until today? Therefore, Sima Hui's words won his heart.

Therefore, Cao Cao couldn't help but straighten his body and listen respectfully.

"First of all, we have to take the initiative and seize the initiative, which is necessary. However, it does not mean that the initiative of the war is not to be sent to attack the New Han Dynasty first. Sima Hui raised a finger and said.

"What? It is necessary to take the initiative, but not to send troops to attack the New Han Dynasty, which one of them should seize the initiative? In this way, doesn't it mean that our generals don't have to do anything, and just wait for the army of the New Han Army to come to the door? ”

When some generals heard this, they were confused, and asked Sima Hui about individual martial arts generals, they did not respect those literati and celebrities as much as Cao Cao, so they would not speak too politely.

Cao Cao's mind couldn't turn for a while, and he also looked at Sima Hui with a questioning face, waiting for Sima Hui's explanation.

"Generals don't have to be in a hurry." Sima Hui waved his hand and looked at the generals who questioned him and said, "Who said that if you fight a war, you must send troops to fight?" Haven't you heard of Sun Tzu's Thirty-Six Tactics of the Art of War? Haven't heard of a soldier who surrenders without a fight? ”

"I want to hear about it!"

"I asked you, if you really want to fight, no matter how you fight, do you have any confidence that you will win?" Sima Hui shook his head, and without waiting for those generals to answer, he said to himself: "Who dares to say that you can be sure of victory in a battle with the New Han Army?" In this way, there is no certainty of victory, so what else to fight? What the old man said was not martial arts, but cultural fighting. ”

"Wen Dou?" Cao Cao couldn't understand what Sima Hui was referring to.

"Ladies and gentlemen, as you all know, the New Han Dynasty sent troops to the princes of the world under the guise of unifying the Han Dynasty and pacifying the chaos of the Han Dynasty. Everything, the New Han Dynasty has done nothing to blame, because they can indeed carry this banner of righteousness, there is no way, who called Liu Yi to hold a young emperor in his hands? However, have you ever thought about what they can do in the new Han Dynasty, in fact, we can still do it, in fact, the prime minister seized Xuzhou, destroyed Yuan Shu and beat Yuan Shao, all under the banner of offering the emperor's decree to crusade against the traitors, right? Therefore, even if we can't be compared with the new Han Dynasty in terms of strength, but in name, it is the same, seriously speaking, maybe our court can become a real orthodox Han court, then Liu Yi's court, from the beginning with a new word, this is to replace the old dynasty and establish a new meaning, which can imply that there is already a heart of rebellion. However, the young emperor is really the son of the first emperor, which can't make people write too much from this point. ”

"Well, that's right, what Mr. Shui Jing said is true, Cao also tried to start from this aspect at the beginning, calling on the princes of the world to fight against Liu Yi, but unfortunately it was not done." Cao Cao nodded in approval of Sima Hui's words, and then asked Sima Hui: "Then where does Mr. Shuijing plan to start fighting with the New Han Dynasty?" ”

"Righteousness! Let's start with righteousness. Because, in the name of the Han Dynasty, the New Han Dynasty used troops against the princes of the world in the name of pacifying the Han Dynasty. At this point, he can't be used on us, because our court is not equal to the ordinary princes of the world, but we are a court that can be on an equal footing with the New Han Dynasty. Therefore, the first thing we have to do is to let Lewi not have that name to attack us. Sima Hui said.

"So ......," Sima Hui continued, "we must take the initiative, first of all, we must immediately send an envoy to the New Han Dynasty to congratulate the New Han Dynasty on its meritorious work in pacifying the princes of the world, and to praise them, and even send some money and food appropriately to show that the three armies of the New Han Army are rewarded." ”

"What? Are we going to congratulate the New Han Dynasty? And send them food? Your brain isn't stupid, is it? ”

Sima Hui was noncommittal to the questions of those generals, and continued to Cao Cao: "There are several meanings in this way, one is to imply that our court is also the same as his New Han Dynasty, on an equal footing, and even, we congratulate and praise them, with a kind of we are older than them, more formal than them, so we will go to congratulate them verbally." The second is to remind the new Han Dynasty that their crusade against the princes of the world under the banner of the Han family is over, and their set is not suitable for us, and we will not eat them. The third is to tell the New Han Dynasty from the side that our court has already gained insight into their minds, and told them that we are also ready to meet them, and if they want to send troops to attack our court, we must think about it carefully. (To be continued.) )