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From then on, the life of the emperor was to yawn during the day and go to the morning court, obey the words of Cao Cao, who enriched his night life, go to sleep after the court, and after noon, he and Cao Zhang and Cao Pi played "fighting Dong Zhuo" and "catching turtles", and then went out of the city to have fun under the escort of Cao Anmin late at night.

Obviously, Emperor Han Xian was very satisfied with this kind of life, and he was more fond of Cao Zhang, Cao Anmin, and Cao Pi, but the most favored person in his heart was still Cao Zhang, not for anything else, just because Cao Zhang came up with two games one after another, allowing him to pass the whole day.

With the intensification of Emperor Xian's favor to Cao's father and son, Cao Cao's prestige in the imperial court is also increasing day by day, Yang Biao, the Taiwei who represents the power of the imperial court, and Dong Cheng, who is a relative of the court, have no choice but to investigate why Emperor Xian is so favored by the Cao family, but obviously, the investigation is futile, not only because Emperor Xian's tight-lipped mouth, but also because the guards in the palace are all Cao Jun's cronies, ironclad, and there is nothing to check at all.

Soon after Emperor Xian came to Xudu, Cao Cao in the name of the imperial court to promote the world's talents, at this time Cao Cao is no longer what it used to be, he sealed the official are approved by Emperor Xian, this is the countryman, and Cao Cao emphasized meritocracy, which made many of the buried scholars in the local Han family have moved their minds to join Cao Cao, and the first to come to Xudu is Xun Yu who received a letter from Xun Yu.

As soon as Xun You arrived in Cao Cao, he regarded him as a scholar, allowing Xun You to enter the power core of the Han Dynasty in one fell swoop, and at the same time included him in his own think tank, which shows the importance attached to him.

Cao Cao ordered the construction of a recruitment hall in the county administration offices in the territory, and a wooden sign was erected in front of the hall, which read: "Talent is important to a skill, regardless of the humility of birth, the level of morality, only the talent is lifted!" "For a time, the recruitment halls in various places were overcrowded, and the county guards sent more than ten subordinate officials to the recruitment halls to select talents.

And the most people are the Zhaoxian Hall of Xudu, the Zhaoxian Hall of Xudu is located next to the ten-meter-wide horse road leading to the former Sangong Mansion of the Imperial City, and Cao Zhang can see the crowds of people outside the Zhaoxian Hall every day when he enters and leaves the palace, which is quite lively.

Two months passed, and as soon as Cao Zhang returned to Cao's mansion from the palace on this day, he was informed by the guards that Cao Cao was discussing with the soldiers in the side hall, and asked Cao Zhang to go over immediately.

When Cao Zhang came to the side hall, he saw the strategists Guo Jia, Xun Yu, Xun You, Cheng Yu, Zhong Xuan, and the generals Xiahou Xuan, Xiahou Yuan, Yu Ban, Cao Ang, Cao Ren, Cao Hong, Li Dian, Le Jin, Cao Zhang saluted everyone after entering the door, and all the strategists and generals got up together to return the salute, obviously in Cao Cao's core forces, the seven-year-old Cao Zhang already has a certain status, and Emperor Han Xian's trust in the Cao family now can be said to be completely because Cao Zhang opened a breakthrough.

After Cao Zhang sat down, Cao Cao said: "Zhang'er, Yang Feng and Han Xian really looted in Luoyang because of insufficient food, and the saint has issued an edict to crusade for his father's cavalry, according to the original plan, after our army defeated the two, Yang Feng and Han Xian will be released to Runan to flee, our army followed and attacked, the march was urgent, and I was afraid that the grain and grass would not be able to catch up, so my father wanted to send Gongda to transport grain and grass to Wuyang County at the junction of Yingchuan and Runan counties, and Zhang'er would transport grain to Wuyang County with Gongda this time, so as to receive his father. ”

Cao Zhang immediately agreed when he heard this, the three armies did not move, the grain and grass went first, Cao Cao let himself follow Xun You to transport grain, obviously to learn the logistics of marching and fighting, and he was entrusted with a heavy task at the age of seven, and it was obvious that Cao Cao's weight on Cao Zhang had exceeded that of all his sons.

Later, when Cao Cao and everyone were discussing strategy, Cao Zhang deliberately glanced at everyone present, most of them did not react, only four people reacted strangely, that is, Guo Jia, Xun Yu, Xun You, and Cao Ang.

Guo Jia and Cao Zhang's eyes collided for a while, and there was no intersection, but Guo Jia's right eyebrow was slightly raised, when Cao Zhang listened to Guo Jia's lecture, every time Guo Jia talked about excitement, the eyebrow of his right eye would be raised like this, Cao Zhang was able to get this errand, and Guo Jia was very happy to think about it.

Xun Yu and Xun You smiled at Cao Zhang, in order to show encouragement, obviously the uncle and nephew are in the same camp, Xun Yu and Cao Zhang are more understanding, because everyone took Emperor Xian back to Luoyang, after Xun You came to Xudu, Cao Zhang only saw him in the palace a few times, or Cao Anmin introduced the two, at that time just a few words of greeting, and later met also nodded friends.

But seeing that his attitude towards himself is obviously the same as Xun Yu, very friendly, it seems that Xun Yu has persuaded Xun Yu to stand on his side.

As for Cao Ang, Cao Ang deliberately avoided his eyes when Cao Chang looked at him, it is said that he will not leave his brother when he goes into battle, and now Cao Ang's reaction makes Cao Zhang very worried, because this is not a good sign, and what worries Cao Zhang even more is that if there is no accident in a year, Cao Cao will inevitably go to crusade against Zhang Xiu, Cao Cao will encounter a big crisis there, and Cao Ang and Dian Wei will die there.

This Zhang Xiu Cao Zhang has understood, it is the servant of the hussar general Zhang Ji, now Zhang Ji is not dead, he is in Wancheng, so he is still Zhang Ji's subordinate, this is the information that Cao Zhang got from the guard Li Le who was overhead, when Li Le was in Baibo Mountain, Zhang Ji once served Dong Zhuo's general order to crusade, and he fought with Zhang Xiu at that time, saying that this kid's martial arts are quite superb, his riding skills are clever, and he uses soldiers to a certain extent.

This kind of information is definitely not good news for Cao Zhang, he really wants to rely on his knowledge of history to play with fire, whether it is to save Cao Ang's life, or to kill Cao Ang, he must solve Cao Ang's problem in that battle, but the news he got from Li Le is that Zhang Xiu is not simple, if he plays with fire, will he respond to the old saying of playing with fire**? The wheel of history does not stop, but if there are variables, its course will also change.

What worries Cao Zhang the most is that now the relationship between Cao Ang and himself has undergone subtle changes, if Cao Jun is defeated in the crusade against Zhang Xiu, will Cao Ang still fight to the death? If he was present, would he Cao Ang use a trick to kill himself? After all, when it comes to the battlefield, anything can happen.

When Cao Zhang was struggling, Cao Cao and everyone had finished their deliberations, and after everyone retreated, Xun You stepped forward and said to Cao Cao: "Lord, my subordinates want to discuss the details of grain transportation with the third prince." ”

Cao Cao smiled: "That's very good, Zhang'er, you and Gongda find a place to discuss, I heard that Gongda likes to go to taverns, you might as well go there!" ”

Xun You smiled, he had just turned forty this year, although he did not have Xun Yu's handsomeness, but there was another kind of graceful and elegant bearing, he saluted Cao Cao and said, "Then the subordinates retire." ”

Cao Zhang also got up and said, "Father, the child retires!" After speaking, he walked out of the side hall with Xun You.

While walking, Cao Zhang thought to himself: "No matter, the boat will naturally go straight to the bridge, crusade against Zhang Xiu, I must go, all variables must be strangled within the range I can predict, the longer it drags on, the greater the variables, I am not Guo Jia, there is no way to think of a solution when the matter is at the end, my advantage as an uncertain prophet will become weaker and weaker, because history has deviated from the original direction, and there will be more and more variables!" ”