Text Chapter 485 Cao Wei's Changes

However, it is said that after Liu Qi's army occupied Hanoi, it began to deploy troops to sing and put on a posture of attacking Yecheng.

When the news reached Yecheng, it immediately caused a great shock, because the distance from Chaoge to Yecheng was only less than one hundred and fifty miles, if it was a cavalry, it could be reached in a day and night, Cao Chun and Cao Xiu because of strategic mistakes, resulting in the loss of Hanoi, Yecheng was greatly threatened by the Han army, and suddenly the reputation was discredited, and the ministers of the court and China wrote to condemn it, and Dong Zhao and others wrote to ask Sima Yi to go out of the mountain and make him fully responsible for all matters related to the defense of Liu Qi.

At this time, Cao Chun had already led the main force to evacuate Liyang and returned to Yecheng because of the ice of the river, but due to his successive mistakes in military command, the impeachment of him and Cao Xiu among the ministers and the voice of Sima Yi's comeback became louder and louder, and later, this voice gradually expanded from Sima Yi's civil and military forces to almost eighty percent of the court officials, and even some Cao Wei clan relatives such as Xiahou Shang, Cao Zhi and others have written books. Cao Chun was asked to consider handing over the military command of the front line and the issue of dealing with peace with the Han to Sima Yi.

Cao Chun originally thought that although he was defeated, the situation in the country was still under control, but later he saw so many ministers impeaching him, and he couldn't help but feel ashamed and angry, and he gradually developed an illness, at first he didn't take it seriously, but when he felt sick, he could only rest in bed.

⑧≌，.. And when Cao Chun was resting in bed, Cao Wei's political situation began to change drastically, although Cao Xiu was not too negligent, but after all, he was defeated, so although he still retained the official position of the general of the Chinese army, he was deprived of military command and was only responsible for the affairs of the government soldiers and tuntian. And Cao Chun, because he was mainly responsible for the defeat, naturally wanted to be demoted, and demoted the position of general of the town army to the general of the town army, because of his physical illness, he was authorized to recuperate at home, which was actually equivalent to canceling all powers. This made Cao Chun even worse, causing his condition to deteriorate further.

And Sima Yi got the greatest benefit from this change, because he had long known that Hanoi would be lost, so he secretly ordered Guo Huai and Sun Li's two generals to lead 10,000 people to defend the Yin, and build fortifications there to block the attack of Liu Qi's army, ensure the safety of Yecheng, and turn the situation in Yecheng into a safe one.

So, at the request of the ministers. Cao Rong, who was only eight years old, promised to make Sima Yi a general, but Sima Yi refused, so he had to let Sima Yi continue to serve as the general of the Fu army, and at the same time granted Sima Yi the privilege of supervising the military of Jizhou, Qingzhou, and Bingzhou.

At that time, the entire Cao Wei was the territory of Qingji, You, and the four states, and Cao Rong did this, which was equivalent to handing over more than half of the entire Cao Wei's military strength to Sima Yi, and this kind of trust and determination made it impossible to see that an eight-year-old child could do it.

It's also difficult for Cao Rong to be the prince for less than a year. was put on the throne as the supreme ruler of Cao Wei, and suffered such a big defeat as soon as he came up. Although his decision was mainly in response to the request of the ministers, it could not erase the little emperor's decisiveness.

Despite this, Sima Yi once again resolutely resigned Cao Rong's title, and requested that Cao Hong be appointed as the general of the hussars and that the title be transferred to Cao Hong.

Although Cao Rong is smart, he is young after all. Where do you understand Sima Yi's old scheming? Therefore, seeing Sima Yi's sincere request, he also thought that Sima Yi was a selfless and virtuous minister in the world, so even if he agreed to Sima Yi's request, he issued an edict to restore Cao Hong's title and specially promoted him to the hussar general. recorded Shang Shushi, ordered him to supervise the military of Jizhou, Qingzhou, and Hezhou, pretending to be a festival, and resolutely appointed Sima Yi to join the army, and did not allow him to have any prevarication.

For this request, Sima Yi naturally did not have any excuses, so he happily agreed.

Cao Hong's comeback, naturally knowing that his position was sought by Sima Yi for him, he was naturally grateful to Sima Yi, he had already obeyed Sima Yi's words since he was in Luoyang, and today he received Sima Yi's favor, so he naturally accepted all of Sima Yi's suggestions.

Cao Hong's comeback, to be precise, should be the first thing Sima Yi did after his comeback was to order someone to return Sun Shangxiang's body, and shift the responsibility for the previous war to Cao Chun, who was already sick, so as to give Liu Qi a step down, plus the cold weather, the Yellow River is frozen, and the grain and grass are difficult to continue, it is unrealistic to continue to wage war, not to mention that Sima Yi is scheming and not as easy to fool as Cao Chun and Cao Xiu, so Liu Qi naturally agreed to the request for a truce, and led the army to escort the body of Sun Shangxiang to Luoyang, Burial is carried out according to the rites of the concubine.

Thinking that he had gone through a lot of hardships, he finally welcomed back Sun Shangxiang's body, so that the purpose of his current campaign was successfully realized, Liu Qi couldn't help but feel relieved, but when he helped Sun Shangxiang's coffin back to Luoyang, Liu Qi couldn't help but cry again, this woman paid so much silently in order to win his approval, and even gave her life without regrets, and although she was the Son of Heaven and had a territory of thousands of miles, she couldn't save her life in the end. When he saw her body being put into the coffin, he couldn't help but burst into tears when he looked at that peerless face......

"Shang Xiang, farewell, if it weren't for my original hesitation, I would never have appeared in this scene today, it's all me, it's me who hurt you, and now you leave me ruthlessly, but you left me sad, so that my sadness will never be forgotten, please rest assured, I Liu Qi recently swore in front of your spirit that I will unify the entire Han Dynasty, not only that, but I also want to conquer the surrounding ethnic groups and make my Han the most powerful existence in the world, even if it is Persia in the West and Rome in the West, they are beyond our reach and admiration, And 1,800 years later, the greatest threat to our China Wa State, has now completely become our puppet, Lu Boyan is now called the Guan Bai regent of the Wa State, in fact, has become the Emperor of the Wa State, this time the Empress Shengong of the Wa Kingdom led a large army to conquer Silla, it was under the coercion of Lu Boyan, the Empress Shengong falsely claimed to be pregnant, but the son born in the future is actually the son of my younger brother Liu Hu, and the future Emperor of the Wa Kingdom is my cousin. ”

Liu Qi smiled, and said softly to himself: "I am ready to wait until the New Year this year, forcibly leave the Xiongnu's Shan Yuhu Chuquan in Luoyang, and seal my two adopted sons as the left and right marshals of the Xiongnu, and give them to the king." Let them officially command the Xiongnu tribes, so that the Xiongnu, who have threatened our China for 400 years, will eventually become the subjects of our Han Dynasty. And the Nanban and Shanyue tribes, after so many years of sinicization, they have long regarded themselves as Han people, although there are still a very small number of diehards. However, they are like trees without roots, water without a source, and like mantis arms blocking cars, they can't form a climate at all, but they are criticized by those tribal members at the beginning, and they are simply rats crossing the street, and everyone shouts and beats. ”

Standing next to him were all members of Liu Qi's elite guards, all of whom were now equipped with fine horses, so they were also given another name: "Ten Thousand Horses".

The 10,000 cavalry belonged to the elite guards in the Suwei Palace. and the Praetorian Guard, one is in charge of the inner court, and the other is in charge of the capital guards, these two troops usually defend each other, but Liu Qi, as the son of heaven, likes to drive the royal expedition in person, so they will fight with Liu Qi in wartime, like this time Liu Qi conquered Hebei, they followed closely.

When Liu Qi muttered to himself in tears at Sun Shangxiang's body. Ten thousand cavalry soldiers stood silently on the side, sad for Liu Qi. They can also empathize, but out of professionalism, there is not the slightest sadness on their faces, like a stone sculpture standing there.

But Liu Qi continued: "Now Cao Chun is terminally ill, Cao Xiu has lost power, and Cao Hong has been activated. But after Sima Yi's recommendation, this person has always admired Sima Yi, and today he is favored by Sima Yi, so he will naturally obey Sima Yi's words, and I believe it will not be long. Sima Yi will be able to grasp the power of Cao Wei, and Sima Yi is originally an ambitious person, so I believe that it will not be long before the future Sima Yi is the former Cao Cao, and this will inevitably cause dissatisfaction among the generals of Cao Wei who are inclined to Cao's heart. ”

And the fact is exactly the same as Liu Qi expected, Sima Yi with the momentum of thunder, quickly cleaned up the chaos, brought stability and peace to the Cao Wei regime, accumulated great prestige, at the same time, Sima Yi's desire for power hidden in his heart also became more and more inflated, after some careful arrangements, all the young generals he enveloped were all awarded important positions, Guo Huai was appointed as the governor of the state, commanding the 50,000 border troops and 100,000 soldiers, Sun Li was appointed as the governor of Qingzhou, commanding the 20,000 border troops and 50,000 soldiers of Qingzhou, Other generals at all levels were also rewarded, and although the major affairs of the court were determined by Cao Hong on the surface, they were gradually indirectly controlled by Sima Yi.

Cao Chun and Cao Xiu, who saw this scene, were deeply disturbed, Cao Chun was because he was increasingly forgotten, and he was also worried that he would be retaliated against by Sima Yi in the future, but Cao Xiu was deeply worried about the safety of the Cao clan and Sima Yi's ambitions, so after some discussion, they decided that Cao Xiu would come forward to visit Cao Hong, and did not hesitate to send a lot of money, hoping that Cao Hong could consider the Cao clan, be careful with Sima Yi, and not be gullible, and also provided a list of civil and military officials loyal to the Cao clan, Hopefully, Cao Hong will consider promoting their official positions.

Unexpectedly, Cao Hong was angry at their original refusal to let him come back, and just laughed at it, and then dealt with them lightly, completely disapproving, which further increased Cao Chun and Cao Xiu's worries, and Cao Chun's illness worsened because of his worries, and he suddenly died one night.

Cao Chun's death made the Cao clan even worse, and Cao Xiu was now even more alone, so he had no choice but to decide to eliminate a few political enemies first, in order to deter those who tended to be inflammatory.

And Cao Xiu first set the target on Xiahou Shang.

Xiahou Shangzi Boren, is the nephew of Xiahou Yuan, followed Cao Cao repeatedly made military exploits, and Cao Pi was very close, after Cao Pi's death, although he was not established as an auxiliary minister, but the status was above Cao Chun and Cao Xiu's other Cao Zhu Xiahou, Xiahou Shang was sympathetic to Cao Hong as early as when Cao Hong was dismissed by Cao Pi, so he pleaded with Cao Pi many times, hoping to reinstate Cao Hongguan and make meritorious contributions, but this matter was rejected by Cao Pi, and even because of this, he was not set up as an auxiliary minister, for fear that he would use Cao Hong again after his death.

And the truth was as Cao Pi feared, not long after his death, Xiahou Shang followed Sima Yi and asked Cao Hong to come back, but Cao Chun refused. Later, after Cao Chun's defeat, he further impeached Cao Chun and Cao Xiu along with his ministers, hoping to make Cao Hong come back.

"Hmph, Xiahou Shang, you disregard the affection of the clan, and actually help our enemies, then you are the enemy of my Wei regime, not to mention that you love the little concubine, the wild girl of a small family, and because of this, you snubbed the lord of Deyang Township, although her surname is Qin, she is the sister of Cao Zhen, but she also entered the door of my Cao family, and was accepted as a righteous daughter by Emperor Wu, based on this alone, she is no different from my Cao family's daughter-in-law, you despise my Cao daughter, pamper the concubine, this matter is really intolerable, today I will use your violation of the patriarchal relationship as the reason, ordered someone to hang your little concubine, see how proud you are? ”

After Cao Xiu made up his mind, he wrote to the emperor the next day, saying that Xiahou Shang violated clan ethics, favored concubines, snubbed his wife, and also discussed abolishing his wife and establishing a concubine. ”

After that, Cao Xiu suggested that Xiahou Shang's concubine be hanged, so that the foxes of the world could set an example and maintain the etiquette.

Cao Xiu's banner was really a bit big, and it immediately aroused the unanimous approval of the entire Cao clan, even those who were also Xiahou clansmen also agreed on this, and Sima Yi naturally knew the truth that the anger of the public was unforgivable, not to mention that he saw the Cao clan killing each other, and he was happy to see it come to fruition, so he stopped speaking after a few words of symbolic objection.

Later, Xiahou Shang's concubine was hanged, and Xiahou Shang also became seriously ill due to excessive sadness, and then died of depression not long after.

As a result, another pillar of the Cao Wei Group fell, which was undesirable for both Sima Yi and Liu Qi, so they all watched from the sidelines, watching the changes in the current situation, and looking forward to the arrival of a situation that was more favorable to them. (To be continued......)