Luoyang City.

Shangyang Palace.

In the cold winter, the light snow flies, and a layer of white silver covers the palaces, and under the reflection of the snow, this palace city is somewhat fantastically beautiful.

Qingxin Palace, a brazier was erected in every corner, the brazier was burning hot, warming the entire hall, Emperor Cao Cao of Wei wore a black dragon brocade robe, sat in front of the bookcase, and carefully reviewed this book.

And standing in front of him was Prime Minister Xun Yu, Taiwei Xi Zhicai, and a young man who looked about sixteen or seventeen years old, with a beautiful appearance and a somewhat sturdy body.

This young man became Cao Pi, the second prince of the Great Wei Dynasty.

"Father, the son has already made a decision, and I ask my father for permission!" Cao Pi knelt down on his knees and asked respectfully.

"Zihuan, do you really want to join the army?"

Cao Cao raised his head, his eyes as sharp as a cold eagle were looking at this son who was gradually starting to grow up, and asked in a deep voice, "Or is it something else?" ”

"Father, the sons have no other dissenting intentions, but now the territory of the Great Wei is in full flames, and since the sons and daughters have grown up, they should share their worries for their father!" Cao Pi said loudly.

"Even if you want to worry about me, you don't have to go to the battlefield!"

Cao Cao's face was expressionless, there was a sneer on the corner of his mouth, and his expression was cold: "You are originally good at government affairs, and you are not very old, so it is not suitable to go to the battlefield, why bother?" ”

"Father, I am the son of the Cao family, if today is not peaceful, it is natural for me to join the army to kill the enemy, as for the age, when the Emperor Sun Zhongmou of the Eastern Wu Dynasty was ten years old and fought on the battlefield with his father, what a hero, as the son of the father, how can he live in the capital, and after him, I should be the head. Motivate the soldiers! ”

Cao Pi's passionate voice said loudly, and there was a little bit of agitation in his words.

"Alright! Since you are bent on going to war, I can't stop you! ”

When Cao Cao heard this, there was a touch of appreciation in his eyes, and he agreed, saying, "But you can think about it." I will not be an exception for you, there is a system in the army, even the father and the emperor can't break it, if you want to become a general, you have to start with a small soldier! ”

"Erchen understands!"

"You go to Zuo Wuwei, General Yu Ban is a calm and capable general, you learn from him, I will give you the general of the army, I hope you can do it well!"

"Thank you for your father's grace!" Cao Pi looked a little excited.

"Zihuan. The battlefield is different from the palace, on the battlefield, the two armies fight, those sharp knives will not avoid you because of your identity, and those who have no ability will become a dead corpse after a big battle! ”

Cao Cao said in a deep tone: "No one can guarantee safety on the battlefield, and you will be in danger if you go." If you insist on going, I won't stop you. But I also have a requirement, you can die on the battlefield, but you must not be a deserter, our Cao family, deserters are not allowed! ”

"Please rest assured that my son will never lose the face of our Great Wei!" Cao Pi cut the way categorically.

"Go ahead!"

Cao Cao looked at Cao Pi's somewhat delicate face. sighed inexplicably: "Say goodbye to your mother, don't let her worry about you!" ”

"No!"

After Cao Pi saluted, he walked out of the main hall.

When Cao Pi's figure completely left the hall, Cao Cao's expression became a little cold: "Wen Ruo, Zhicai." Why do you think Zihuan suddenly asked to go to the battlefield at this time? ”

When Xun Yu heard this, his expression did not understand, his eyes looked at his nose, his nose looked at his heart, and he was silent.

"Your Majesty, the second prince has grown up, and there is nothing wrong with going to the battlefield!" Xi Zhicai faced Cao Cao's somewhat angry gaze and silently said a perfunctory word.

"Hmph, you're all sloppy with me!"

Cao Cao sneered and said calmly: "He is not dead set on the position of the East Palace, he wants to control the military power!" ”

"Hehe, Your Majesty is wise!"

The two of them laughed and laughed, even if they were your Cao Cao's absolute henchmen on this issue, they didn't really want to get involved.

"Forget it, I'll handle this matter myself!"

Cao Cao waved his hand, he didn't continue, in the end, it was all the Cao family's family affairs, he still handled it himself, at this time they got to the point, Cao Cao looked at Xi Zhicai and asked: "Liangzhou, is there any news?" ”

"Still waiting!"

Xi Zhicai stood up and replied: "Ma Chao is not easy to convince, but I have confidence in Pang De, I believe that the battle of Jicheng should not be able to fight!" ”

"Is there any hope of ending the fighting at the end of the year?"

When Cao Cao heard this, he squinted slightly, his thoughts flashed, and a trace of worry flashed in his eyes: "I am always a little worried, if he Sun Zhongmou really starts a decisive battle between us at this time, our Great Wei may not be able to resist the past, Liangzhou has been consuming hundreds of thousands of our troops, and I have no bottom in my heart!" ”

"Your Majesty, this is the Quartet Battle Report!"

Xi Zhicai's face was a little solemn at this time, and he handed over the files in his hand.

"I'll see, what's going on? Jingzhou fought, Tai Shici and Ju Yi joined forces to take the initiative, the battle was stalemate, Xuzhou Qingzhou also fought, and the Flame Army poured out? Didn't you say that Sun Wu was just bluffing? ”

Cao Cao frowned, put down the brush in his hand, picked up these dossiers and read: "Why do I feel that this battle is becoming more and more intense? ”

Sun Wu suddenly sent a large number of troops, and the sudden battle in Jingzhou, Xuzhou, Qingzhou, and even Youzhou did not panic him.

In his opinion, it's just that Sun Quan is a little unhappy when he loses Taiyuan, and he just gets his breath back, and this battle between Wu and Wei should not be able to fight.

But now that the battle has evolved a little fierce, he has to wonder if Sun Quan wants to break the kettle and start a decisive battle when everyone's soldiers and horses have not been put in order.

"Your Majesty, Weichen also thinks that something is wrong!" Xi Zhicai said.

"What's wrong?"

Cao Cao raised his head and looked at the First Army Division of Great Wei, with a somewhat puzzled expression: "Could it be that they really want a decisive battle?" ”

"Probably not, because their main force has not moved, although Sun Quan is young, he is definitely not a conceited person, if he wants to fight a decisive battle, he will definitely mobilize all his forces to go north. And not on the scale of what it is now. ”

"Tell me, what's wrong?"

"I can't tell!"

Xi Zhicai smiled a little bitterly: "Weichen just thinks that this time they sent troops too contrived, a bit of a big show, generally this situation should be to cover up their real strategy!" ”

"Just tell me, what is Sun Zhongmou's idea now?"

Cao Cao's face was slightly solemn.

"This Weichen really can't say it!" Xi Zhicai shook his head. Thoughts crossed in my mind, but there were no clues: "The Wu army has not even completely taken the Shu Kingdom, the soldiers are tired and tired, and they don't have enough strength to fight with us, I'm sure of this, but their more and more actions are telling me that their battle is not a bluff, it's a bit like a sound attack!" ”

"Striking the West?"

When Cao Cao heard this, he tentatively said a direction: "Is it to hit Liangzhou?" ”

"It won't be Liangzhou!"

Xi Zhicai shook his head: "Even if Ma Chao doesn't surrender." Now most of Liangzhou is already the territory of our Great Wei, that is our home field, at this time they have no benefit in entering Liangzhou, thankless they will not do it! ”

"Since it's not Liangzhou, is it a merge state or a Youzhou?"

"Not quite like that?"

"So what do you think they're up to?" Cao Cao put down the dossier, and his heart became a little irritable.

"I just can't figure it out!" Xi Zhicai shook his head.

"Could it be that you're thinking too much?"

Cao Cao asked.

"Your Majesty, it's not just Lord Taiwei who has thoughts, Weichen also thinks that Wu Jun is planning something. Let's not talk about the direction of Jingzhou, it's normal to fight. But it would be too abnormal for the Flame Army in Xuzhou to suddenly move, and the soldiers and horses in the north suddenly attacked, counter-defending and attacking, obviously intending to drag down our troops! ”

Xun Yu stood up and strongly supported the idea of Xi Zhicai.

Even Wen Ruo said so, it seems that there are really some articles in this. Why don't I let the right military guard under the command of Xiahoudun, who has completed the reorganization of troops and horses in Yuzhou, immediately go south and take the initiative to fight them along the route of Jiujiang? ”

Cao Cao's expression became solemn, and even Xun Yu said so, he had to pay attention to it: "Try their reaction?" ”

"Your Majesty, it's better to be still than to be still at this time!"

Xi Zhicai shook his head. There was a flash of light in his eyes, and he said: "Actually, I am a little worried about Yangping Pass now, you must know that now the main force of the Wu army is in Bashu and Hanzhong, if they suddenly go north, the troops in Guanzhong have fallen to Xiliang, and even the most elite tiger and leopard cavalry in Luoyang have gone north to merge with the state, and our defense is empty!" ”

"Yangpingguan?"

When Cao Cao heard this, he shook his head and said confidently: "Zhicai, you must have thought too much, Wen Lie's ability I know that with his strength and ability, it is impossible for Yangping Pass to be lost, even if Sun Quan has the heart to fight Yangping Pass, it will take at least a few months, how can they go north!" ”

"Your Majesty is right, maybe it's really me thinking too much, but I haven't been able to figure out what Sun Quan is thinking, so I have made a deduction of any possibility!"

Xi Zhicai said with a wry smile: "Your Majesty, you really have to be careful now, after these battle reports came, I always felt that Wu Jun was brewing some strategy?" ”

"Okay, I listen to you, send someone to send a message to Wen Lie, and ask him to strengthen the defense of Yangping Pass!"

Cao Cao pondered for a moment, nodded, and said in a cold voice: "I want to see what he Sun Zhongmou is up to!" ”

"Your Majesty, this is today's tax income, take a look!" After Xi Zhicai reported on the military, Xun Yu also reported the government affairs to Cao Cao.

"So little?"

Cao Cao looked at the weights on it, and his face was ugly: "We are obviously much richer this year, why are the taxes not as good as last year?" ”

"Your Majesty, this is already a lot, mainly because you have rectified the officials this year, which has caused some chaos in the county below us, and many taxes cannot be paid, which is still a number that we only have after strengthening the commercial tax!" Xun Yu said.

Cao Cao has been vigorously rectifying the officials this year, this official is the manager of Baixin, if there is chaos, the following will naturally be chaotic.

"But it shouldn't be that number!" Cao Cao said: "It's too little, I have suffered the Xiliang Campaign, and if I fight next year, I won't have any money!" ”

"Your Majesty, in fact, there is another reason!" Xun Yu said: "Wu Guo's latest silver dollar has had a great impact on the five-baht coin, which has led to some chaos in domestic commerce, so it will weaken some income!" ”

"Silver dollars?"

Cao Cao looked at a brand-new silver dollar on the bookcase, played with it in his hand, and looked at it carefully: "Although silver has not become the currency of the Han Dynasty, it has always been very valuable, Sun Wu's silver dollar is not bad, if we Dawei also issued silver dollars to ease the exchange of five baht coins to undertake the exchange of gold, will it be better!" ”

"Good is good!"

Xun Yu said: "But I don't recommend issuing it in a short period of time, the issuance of silver dollars will cause a market reaction, we can't be sure whether it's a good reaction or a bad reaction, at this time we are at war, and the country can't be chaotic at all!" ”

"You're right!"

Cao Cao nodded, his eyes moved, and said: "But it's right to prepare in advance, sometimes the war is the national strength, the unique economic battle in Jizhou back then is still fresh in my memory, I don't want to experience it again, so we must be on par with Wu in this regard, we have to admit that they have done better than us, and what we can do now is not to let them distance themselves!" ”

"Wechen understands!" Xun Yu nodded.

"I'll leave this matter to Chen Qun!"

Cao Cao added: "The Jiupin Zhongzheng system he presented is very good, and he is also very talented in business development, I must strengthen his ability to speak, so that business can continue to develop, and in the future, I will borrow military rations, and some of them will rely on this group of businessmen!" (To be continued.) )