Cao Cao's army escorted Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty and hundreds of officials from Luoyang to Xuchang, stopping and stopping all the way, only walking 30 miles a day, and arriving in Xuchang was already September of the same year. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Cao Zhang left Xuchang for more than half a year, and then returned here almost unrecognizable this place, the city wall of Xuchang has expanded more than three times, and the residents are a lot more, the army enters from the south gate, a bluestone walkway with a width of ten meters extends to the northernmost palace, as soon as the emperor enters the city and sees the palace in the distance, he asks Cao Cao next to him: "Cao Qing, is this the newly built palace?" ”

Cao Cao replied: "Back to Your Majesty, exactly, the minister deliberately built according to the pattern of the Luoyang Palace, the palace is divided into two palaces in the north and south, the palace wall is nine zhang high, the north palace has the Vermilion Bird Gate, the south palace has the Xuanwu Gate, the two gates have seven miles of compound road to connect, the South Palace Chongde Hall is for His Majesty to meet the hundred officials, the Deyang Palace is the place where the Jiuqing office is waiting, and there are three mansions outside the South Palace, which are the Taiwei Mansion, the Situ Mansion, and the Sikong Mansion, which are used to house the three dukes and their subordinate officials. ”

Emperor Xian praised when he heard this: "Cao Qing is really careful, this Nangong and Sanfu are really exactly the same as Luoyang City back then." ”

Cao Cao humbly said a few words and then said: "The north palace is the place where His Royal Highness and the palace people rest, there is a main hall to build the first hall, which is His Majesty's bedroom, and thirty-three auxiliary halls, which are for the queen and the palace people to rest. ”

Zhong Xuan, who was walking aside, said with a smile: "This palace Zhendong General is really built in great detail, so if you want to come to the South Palace, in addition to the Xuanwu Gate where the Son of Heaven enters and exits, there are naturally bus doors for the Son of Heaven to go out of the palace to inspect, as well as the South Tuen Gate for Sikong to enter and exit, the Canglong Gate for Situ to enter and exit, and the North Tuen Gate for Taiwei to enter and exit, and the east and west sides of the Qili Compound Road connecting the North and South Palaces also connect the Upper East Gate and the Upper West Gate out of the city?" ”

Cao Cao said with a smile: "Zhong Hou has won the award, that's exactly the case. ”

Emperor Xian said movingly: "If it weren't for Cao Qing, how would I have a chance to see the palace again!" At the meeting, I will crown Cao Qing as a general, "fake Jieyue", and seal Wu Pinghou! ”

Cao Cao was overjoyed and was about to thank an old man who was riding a horse beside Emperor Xian and said loudly: "No! Since He Jin's death, our dynasty has not been crowned a general, and this matter must be considered in the long run. ”

The person who spoke, Cao Zhang, knew, was the only one left in the three kilometers of fruit, Taiwei Yang Biao, who was the head of the Wang family in Hongnong County, Sili District, mentioned by Xun Yu before, Zhang Ji garrisoned Hongnong at that time, but he did not come forward to persuade Zhang Ji as a local Wang clan, but Zhong Xuan went out and persuaded Zhang Ji to welcome the Son of Heaven to Hongnong, and later Zhang Ji rebelled, and Xian Emperor Cai and Baiguan fled to Anyi.

Xun Yu was in Anyi at the time loudly scolded that Hongnong Yang was embarrassed by the Son of Heaven, Yang Biao was silent and guilty, according to Cao Zhang's speculation, Yang Biao This guy can be a captain, although he has the support of the family, but he must have a little vision, obviously he saw that Zhang Ji was unreliable, so he didn't want to come forward to convince, because he was afraid that something would happen to his Yang family to carry the black pot, but he didn't expect Zhang Ji to rebel, and Zhong Xuan, who persuaded Zhang Ji, was not only not blamed, but was promoted, which can only be said to be Yang Biao's miscalculation.

The three companies of the Han Dynasty apprentice Wang Yun has died, Sikong also died in the war, the three dukes only left Taiwei Yang Biao alone, as early as the Yellow Turban Rebellion, Situ is in charge of the world's civil construction, Sikong controls the world's civil affairs, and Taiwei is the world's soldiers and horses. Originally, Taiwei was the most powerful official position in the Han Dynasty, but when He Jin, the general of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, was in power, Taiwei was already in vain, and later Dong Zhuo was in power, and Li Dao and Guo Yan held the Son of Heaven hostage, and there was no place for Yang Biao to stand as a Taiwei.

Now he said that he would prevent the emperor from canonizing Cao Cao as a general just to fight for some rights for himself, because he saw that Cao Cao looked respectful to the Son of Heaven, and he was building a palace and banqueting his ministers, thinking that this Cao Cao and Dong Zhuo were different from Li Dao Guo Yan, and they were still loyal to the Han family and the imperial court, in other words, he Yang Biao thought that Cao Cao was abiding by the rules of the game.

Therefore, he felt that he was an important minister of the Han Dynasty, and he came from a famous family whose reputation was not weaker than Yuan Shao, and his protégés and former officials were all over the world, and he could rely on the old and sell the old, and overwhelm Cao Cao in momentum, because his official position was greater than Cao Cao after all

But for Cao Cao, who was trusted by Emperor Xian, Yang Biao was no longer insignificant, and now that the entire imperial court had come to Xuchang, it was in Cao Cao's hands, Cao Cao naturally didn't care about what an outdated Taiwei said, and most importantly, Cao Cao was not a person who abided by the rules of the game.

Before Cao Cao could speak, Zhong Xuan on the side said: "Tai Lieutenant's words are wrong, now is an extraordinary moment, since he should do extraordinary things, General Zhendong is wise and brave, loyal, and General Feng is expected." ”

Without waiting for Yang Biao to speak, Emperor Xian nodded and said, "Zhong Qing's words are reasonable!" I've made up my mind! Yang Biao naturally stopped saying anything when he heard this.

Cao Cao smiled and thanked him, Cao Zhang knew that Cao Cao was happy because of the sentence "fake Jieyue" of the emperor, the so-called "fake Jieyue" "is that you can do the things of the Son of Heaven with festivals, such as dividing the princes with festivals, arresting criminals with festivals, suppressing rebellions with festivals, sending envoys to foreign countries and signing peace with festivals, etc., with this thing, you can do things on behalf of the Son of Heaven.

Cao Cao longs for this the most, and in the future, he can raise troops under the banner of the Son of Heaven, recruit people, and seal officials, so that he can attract a large number of poor scholars who have no way to be officials, because Cao Cao represents the Son of Heaven and is the Han Dynasty, which is higher than those wealthy families. ”

After the emperor arrived at the palace, he made an appointment with the ministers to go to the court after an hour, and Cao Cao arranged the residence of the ministers, Cao Cao naturally obeyed his fate, and then the emperor did not forget to tell Cao Zhang and Cao Pi to wait until he went to the next court to go to the south palace to meet, the two naturally agreed, and then the emperor entered the palace and left.

After Cao Cao let Xiahou Dun, who was from Henan Yi, go to arrange the residence of the ministers, he sent someone to summon Mao Jue, Cheng Yu and the two went to their own house to discuss matters, and he went back to the house with Cao Pi, Cao Zhang, and Guo Jiaxunyu first.

Before coming to Cao's mansion, Cao Pi exclaimed in surprise: "Wow, I haven't come back for half a year, and I've changed so much!" "Cao's mansion is in the southeast of Xuchang, at this time it is already several times larger than before, and the highest attic is almost as high as the newly built palace, about thirty meters or so, such an attic is enough to overlook the entire Xuchang City.

Cao's mansion was as quiet as ever, Bian, Mrs. Ding, and Mrs. Huan had already received the news of Cao Cao's return, and greeted them outside the door together, in addition to the three ladies, there was also four-year-old Cao Zhi, and Mrs. Ding was also holding two four or five-year-old girls.

Cao Zhang knew that this was Cao Cao's daughters Cao Jie and Cao Hua, these two were not born to the three ladies, but Cao Cao was born to other women while marching abroad, Cao Cao also brought them back after knowing about it, Cao Zhang always knew that his father Cao Cao was more lustful, and it was not a big problem at the time, in addition to the two girls, Mrs. Huan was also holding a baby, which was obviously born during Cao Zhang's absence.

Cao Pi saw the baby and shouted, "Ah, Aunt Huan, you have given birth to a new brother, what's your name?" ”

Mrs. Huan smiled: "He's called Cao Chong!" ”

Cao Chong!! Cao Zhang almost fell off the horse, no wonder Mrs. Huan showed off her favor and was able to give birth to a son called an elephant using the energy conversion theorem, can the old lady be stupid?

"Pi'er, get close to your fifth brother! Zhang'er, come with me to the study to discuss matters. Cao Cao said with a smile.