Chapter 494 It turned out to be Cao Shuang!

Sima Yi was thinking about it, when he suddenly heard a voice behind him asking, "I don't know who Your Majesty wants to use as a general?" ”

As soon as Sima Yi heard this voice, he knew that it was Shang Shu Ling Dong Zhao, this person has always flattered the Lord, and was despised by those high-ranking people, even Sima Yi disdained him as a person, but at the same time, he had to say that this person was quite resourceful, and he was a fierce opponent of Sima Yi. ＋，

At this time, I heard Cao Rong say with a smile: "Dong Aiqing doesn't need to worry, I already have a plan in my heart." Then he gave the order.

After that, I saw that the will came out, and the son of the late general Cao Zhen (posthumously sealed) and Cao Shuang, a regular servant of the loose cavalry, was the general, supervising the Chinese and foreign military, and recording the affairs of the book. This is equivalent to allowing Cao Shuang to inherit all the positions of Cao Hong before, and from an adviser official beside the emperor to a powerful figure who grasps the power of the entire emperor and is only under the emperor.

At the same time, he issued an edict to promote Dong Zhao to Situ, and set up the Shangshu Temple to be in charge of the military and state affairs, which is equivalent to allowing Dong Zhao to enjoy the treatment of the three princes, and control the financial expenditure of the entire Cao Wei regime, directly cutting off the root cause of the military generals' self-respect in the economic lifeline.

And this is not the end, Cao Rong took Cao Xiu as the book order, and the general's mansion joined the army and the military division, but did not restore the name of the general of the Chinese army, the intention is obvious, that is, to win over Cao Xiu from the surface, but also to prevent him from really holding the military power. This is mainly because Dong Zhao is jealous of Cao Xiu's talent, and Cao Xiu has always been at odds with him, for fear that he will threaten the emperor's rule after he takes power, and by the way, he will pull himself off the horse.

As for Cao Zhang and Cao Zhi, who were the most powerful and capable of obtaining the last ruling power of Cao Wei, they were automatically ignored by Cao Rong and the ministers, and no one in the Manchu Dynasty thought of these two people, because whether it was the emperor, Sima Yi or Cao Shuang's faction. The threat of these two people is too great, only Cao Xiu has this thought in his heart, but when he sees the emperor's will, how can he not know that he is jealous of himself? As Cao Cao's son, he will be so jealous of the emperor, let alone Cao Pi and Cao Zhi, the two Cao Cao sons and daughters who far surpass him in terms of ability and prestige?

What's more, Cao Xiu also knows. As long as he dares to propose to let either of these two people take power, I am afraid that even the newly obtained Shangshu Order, the position of the general's palace in the army and the military adviser will not be kept, in that case, I am afraid that the Cao Wei regime will really be buried in the hands of Sima Yi in the future.

Although Sima Yi was stripped of his military power, Cao Xiu's heart has always been vigilant against this person, knowing that he is a lurking hungry wolf, and he may jump out at any time and launch a fatal blow. And Cao Shuang is now just a twenty-year-old hairy boy. The talent is even more mediocre, the reason why the emperor uses him is just to be easy to control, although this is more reasonable for the emperor, but it is a golden opportunity for Sima Yi, he believes that Sima Yi will never let go of such an opportunity.

And when Sima Yi heard that the emperor had appointed Cao Shuang as a general, the reaction in his mind was indeed as happy as Cao Xiu expected, because he knew that Cao Shuang had suddenly won the throne at a young age. I don't know how to use it, as long as I guide it a little. He must be able to get carried away, not only will he fight for power with the emperor, but he will also alienate a virtuous person like Cao Xiu, but he is the most forbearing, knowing that as long as Cao Zhang, Cao Zhi, and Cao Xiu do not die, the plot in his heart will not succeed. As for Dong Zhao, although this person is good at playing politics, he is only a literati and has no military power in his hands, so he has no need to be afraid at all. And he just used this person to confuse the emperor.

"Cao Zhang, Cao Zhi, Cao Xiu, the three of you must die." Sima Yi's gaze suddenly shot out a chilling light, but this chill was quickly hidden, and no one in the Manchu Dynasty noticed it.

The change in Yecheng soon spread to Luoyang, and with Pang Tongzhi's calm and calm, when he heard the unexpected joy that Cao Hong was killed, he couldn't help but be overjoyed, and hurriedly entered the palace to report the good news to Liu Qi.

"Your Majesty, great joy, great joy, we deliberately revealed the formula of gunpowder to Cao Wei before, Sima Yi immediately ordered someone to develop it, and as a result, this matter attracted the attention of General Cao Wei, the governor of the Chinese and foreign military, and Cao Hong, the secretary of the book, in the process of test explosion, due to the slow explosion of gunpowder, Cao Hong and his eldest son, as well as all the craftsmen who participated in the development of gunpowder, were all killed."

"Oh?" Hearing that Cao Hong was dead, Liu Qi immediately smiled, because with Cao Hong's prestige in the army and Sima Yi's resourcefulness, even he could not covet the Cao Wei regime, and now that Cao Hong is dead, this is equivalent to the lack of a link in the original complete defense chain, which is a golden opportunity for him.

However, Liu Qi did not get carried away, but then said: "I don't know who will inherit Cao Hong's position after his death?" If it's Cao Xiu, I'm afraid we still have to wait for the opportunity as before. ”

But Pang Tong, who listened to it, smiled and said: "Your Majesty's worries this time are superfluous, because as far as Weichen knows, the day after Cao Hong's death, the ministers of the court and the central government wrote one after another, saying that Sima Yi conspired to kill Cao Hong and wanted to seize his position, Cao Yi did not believe this, but thought that Sima Yi was indeed responsible for Cao Hong's death, so he cut Sima Yi off the post of general of the army, and still retained the post of Sikong, and appointed Cao Shuang, the son of Cao Zhen, as the general, to supervise the Chinese and foreign military, record Shang Shushi, and at the same time appointed Cao Xiu as the general's palace to join the army and military division, He was also promoted to Dong Zhao as Situ, and placed the Duzhi Shangshu Temple to be in charge of the military and state affairs, the intention was obvious, that is, to choose the young and incompetent Cao Shuang to be in charge of the military and political power, so as to control, and at the same time reduce Sima Yi's military power, and for Cao Xiu, he was both wooing and preventing, and he trusted Dong Zhao, so that he could control Cao Wei's finances and help him restrain the dictatorship of military generals. If the little emperor doesn't make a sound, it's just a blockbuster, but his wrist is not bad. ”

Liu Qi thought for a while, and said with a smile: "Although the little emperor is smart, he may not have such a mind, in my opinion, this matter must be guided by a master, but this so-called master is really limited, because doing so is actually equivalent to making enemies on all sides, Cao Xiu is loyal and pure, in fact, he is the most loyal to the Cao Wei regime, plus this person has outstanding ability, as long as he is in charge of Cao Wei's military and political power, and guards the Yellow River, even if our army has a million troops, he can only look at the ocean and sigh, the little emperor should not be now, The last thing that should be done is to guard against Cao Xiu, and Sima Yi is even more dangerous, and now he has been stripped of his military position, which is just the right time to use this to cultivate his glory, accumulate strength, and then stab him after the Cao Group relaxes its vigilance. Therefore, although it seems that the little emperor has a monopoly on power and majesty, this is only a superficial scenery, and once the balance is broken, real disaster will come. ”

Pang Tong didn't expect Liu Qi to analyze so incisively, and after listening to it, he couldn't help nodding again and again, and then said: "Then are we not moving now and waiting for Cao Wei to change?" ”

saw Liu Qi smiled faintly: "No, now that the fire has been ignited, what we have done is to add a little oil to help a little wind, so that this fire will burn more and more." ”

Pang Tong looked at the faint smile on Liu Qi's face, and couldn't help but smile bitterly in his heart: "My Majesty is really a character who can't be messed with, whoever provokes him will definitely be unlucky, hehe, the little emperor worked hard to take the power into his own hands, and now it seems that it is not only not a blessing, but a disaster." ”

However, the more lively Cao Wei is, the better it will be for them, so Pang Tong is also happy to see it, but although he has a little idea in his heart, he doesn't know what Liu Qi is going to do, so he asked with a smile: "I don't know how we can go to cheer up?" ”

I heard Liu Qi say slowly: "It's not difficult at this time, Cao Zhang is now the assassin of Youzhou, with tens of thousands of troops in his hands, but he is not trusted by the emperor, and he has never been able to serve as the center, and he will inevitably be dissatisfied with the little emperor in his heart, with his character, he will definitely send troops to the north and win a battle to show his ability, so as to attract the attention of the little emperor in order to be reused, but he didn't expect that this would definitely arouse the suspicion of the little emperor even more, so we ......."

"So we cooperated with Cao Chang and let him win a big battle, so as to arouse Cao Rong's suspicion, let them fight each other, and affect the stability of the political situation." Pang Tong hurriedly followed Liu Qi's meaning, and then looked at Liu Qi with a smile on his face, hoping to get the other party's approval.

But he didn't expect Liu Qi to shake his head and say: "No, we can't do this, because in case Cao Zhang's reputation rises through the prestige of the First World War, I am afraid that with the prestige of the little emperor in the future, he will not be able to stop Cao Zhang from taking power, not to mention that since Cao Zhang has decided to send troops on a large scale, his appetite must be not small, and we can't pay a heavy price for cooperating with him, so I think that we should lead the army to defeat Cao Zhang's army and make Cao Zhang's face lose face in the court, so that all kinds of doubts will come one after another. The little emperor used this as an excuse to slash Cao Zhang's military power, and Cao Chang's character was strong, maybe he would become angry and sick, and once Cao Chang fell seriously ill or died, Sima Yi would have one less obstacle to seizing power, which would certainly greatly stimulate his growing ambitions. ”

Pang Tong listened to Liu Qi's words, and was immediately amazed by the wonderful and unexpected plan in Liu Qi's heart, but at the same time, he also had a deep worry, so he asked: "Your Majesty, there is something unknown about Weichen, Sima Yi's ability is not under Weichen, once he takes over the power of Cao Wei, won't it be more difficult for us to attack than now?" Why didn't His Majesty take the opportunity to choose to weaken Sima Yi, but secretly helped him seize power? ”

I saw Liu Qi smile and said lightly: "Although Sima Yi is wise, but his prestige is limited, and he also usurps the Cao regime, there will inevitably be people who will raise troops to oppose it, what we are waiting for is this opportunity, as long as civil strife breaks out, it will be the time for our army to launch a general offensive, not to mention that we have other arrangements, which will definitely make Sima Yi lose everything that he finally got by surprise, which is just like a sentence, called making wedding clothes for others." (To be continued.) )