"Why do you have to go there? It's too far away from Xuchang, I'm afraid it's hard to come back if I go. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info And in terms of status, you went there to be a concubine with Li Sheng, how can it be better than being a concubine here? And right here, your father may not send you to the palace right away. Even if you enter the palace, we can take care of it, and you will never be bullied. Cao Hua made a choice, but it caused Cao Pi's dissatisfaction, he thought that since he had to let his sister marry "someone he was not familiar with", it was much better to let her marry the emperor than to let him marry Xichuan far away.

"Brother, don't you listen to your father? Reconciliation with the west is inevitable, and if I don't go, other sisters will go. Since we all have to sacrifice, then it is better to sacrifice me. And my brother himself said that the emperor is just a wreck, so why should I marry a wreck? Although Xichuan is a long way away, since Li Sheng can do these two places in that year, his ability is definitely far above the emperor. That is, he is not a wreck. It is better to marry such a person than to marry an emperor. As for being a concubine, what is the difference between being a concubine? The concubine is just the emperor's concubine, as long as she can win her husband's favor, things like wives and concubines don't matter. Cao Hua said indifferently. As Cao Cao's most beloved daughter, she gets along with Cao Cao a lot, and naturally has many practical characteristics of Cao Cao in her actions and words. In one respect, at the age of fourteen, she is not as innocent as she seems.

Hearing Cao Huadu say this, and understanding the matter so profoundly, Cao Cao finally put his mind at ease: "Hua'er, I thought you were weak, and you would suffer if you went to another country." But for now, you can take on this matter. Remember, although you are trying to ease the relationship between me and Li Sheng, which is a means I use to contain Li Sheng, if you really get there, you don't need to worry about this matter, you are a woman, just grasp your own happiness. As for whether I will fight with Li Sheng in the future, you don't need to pay attention to it at all. Because these have nothing to do with you. Since you are married, then you are no longer a member of my Cao family. You have to do your best for your husband, you know? Cao Cao looked at his daughter with a serious face, and said the same thing to her.

Hua'er understood. From now on, Hua'er is afraid that she will no longer be able to accompany her father and mother, so she asks her father and mother to cherish each other. Cao Hua said, but tears kept flowing. After all, she is just a little girl who has not yet arrived fifteen, although she is smart and strong, but in the face of this thing that can be called "life and death", she still can't help but feel sad.

"Okay, stop crying." Cao Cao said and raised his hand to gently wipe away the tears on Cao Hua's face, and then said, "You go and say goodbye to your brother and friends first." I'm also going to think about how to deal with your affairs. Although Wen He said it lightly, many things still have to be done by certain means. ”

"Then is my father going to invite Mr. Wenhe?" Cao Hua asked.

"Hmm. To be honest, only Wen He can discuss these things with me at the moment. A few of you also understand that many of the things Wen He does are unseemly. You may not be interested in this, but you must know that a monarch of the Honour absolutely needs a shadow of darkness to help him deal with things that cannot be accomplished by ordinary means of his usual position. Cao Cao said plainly. He knew that if anything happened to him, his inheritance would be left to one of the three sons in front of him. Although he has not yet finalized who that person is, he still seizes any opportunity to constantly tell them the qualities and abilities that a monarch should have, so that they can understand it for themselves.

"Understood." Cao Pi, Cao Zhang, and Cao Zhi all nodded, but the expressions on their faces were very different: Cao Pi seemed to have listened a little, and his face was thoughtful; Cao Zhang was a little disdainful of this, and his face was also arrogant; But Cao Zhi is still weak in literature, and he is more at a loss for what Cao Cao said.

"Alas, it seems that only Pi'er can inherit my mantle. Ziwen is too rough and arrogant, more like a military general; And Zijian is too weak. If I sweep the world with mixed yuan, it may be better to let him serve as a peaceful monarch. But for now, it seems that only Pi'er can handle such a thing. Of course, Pi'er is too gloomy, and her spirit is not grand enough. Cao Cao thought for a long time before he finally put away his thoughts, and at this moment his children were already far away.

"Okay, go and invite Wenhe." Cao Cao, who looked in the direction where his children had left, but had long since lost sight of their backs, sighed deeply, and finally ordered.

"Yes!" The subordinates responded, and after a short time, they invited Jia Xu, who was still at home.

"Wenhe, be a ......" Because it was in the backyard of his house, Cao Cao seemed very easy-going, he asked Jia Xu to sit down, and then said with a smile: "Wenhe, you should know what I am looking for you to come over for now." ”

"Well, I already know." Jia Xu nodded and looked at Cao Cao calmly: "The prime minister must have a plan for that matter?" ”

"Well, I just discussed it with the children, and I got the result." Cao Cao nodded, but his mood was much better than the initial confusion, "Wen He, please try to guess what the final result will be?" ”

"Third Miss must want to go to Xichuan?" Jia Xu was slightly stunned when he heard this, and then gave Cao Cao such a correct answer.

"Wen He is really witty, but how did you guess it?" Cao Cao smiled and narrowed his eyes slightly, and asked in a harmonious voice.

"The third lady is a person who is soft on the outside and strong on the inside, and she looks naïve, but deep down she actually has her own opinions. If she had been given a choice, she would never have agreed with the idea of the lord letting her enter the palace. Jia Xu replied with a smile.

"Haha, my daughter is like me, she is planning to face difficulties." Cao Cao smiled, and he was as happy as most parents when others praised their children.

"Since the lord's side finally made such a decision, then we must also prepare as soon as possible." Jia Xu laughed with Cao Cao for a while, and suggested to him.

"Well, Wen He is extremely right. Is there any good way to do this? Cao Cao looked at Jia Xu, waiting for him to help him get an idea.

"A few months ago, the lord just executed the slut of Fushou, although there is a reason for it, and there is nothing wrong with doing things, but the emperor and the slut have been getting along for a long time, and the feelings are very deep. Although the lord later sent his daughter to the palace to marry the emperor, this was somewhat coercive, and the emperor was very reluctant to do so. He must have been dissatisfied. If anyone admonishes him because of this, saying, 'Li Sheng of Xichuan and Liu Bei of Jingbei have an old relationship, and may be able to provide foreign aid, please treat them kindly', I am afraid that the emperor will be happy because of this. The emperor didn't know how to get on good terms with Li Sheng, because at such a time, someone rewarded a woman to think that the clan was married to Li Sheng, just like Wang Zhaojun in the past, and perhaps His Majesty the Emperor was very happy about this. Jia Xu explained with a smile: "In this way, as long as the emperor's target is pointed at the third lady, the emperor will naturally agree to the matter." Naturally, it is equivalent to canceling the marriage between the emperor and the lord about the third lady. ”

"Uh-huh......!" Cao Cao smiled slightly and nodded: "This matter will be handed over to Wen He and you." I hope to see the emperor's edict in a few days. Cao Cao instructed so, he thought that he couldn't do this matter by himself, so he naturally had to find a professional to arrange it. Cao Cao intuitively thought that Jia Xu was a person who could be trusted, so he handed over the matter to them directly.

"No!" Jia Xu responded to Cao Cao in very solemn words.

"Then I'm relieved." Cao Cao smiled and patted Jia Xu's shoulder, soothing him and said.

Here Cao Cao and Jia Xu made a plan, and over there Jia Xu naturally found a few eunuchs in the palace who were trusted by the emperor and said to the emperor: "If Your Majesty wants to restore the plan, you must first have foreign aid and then make a plan." Although the emperor's uncle of Runan can do it, Runan is too close to Xuchang and is deeply hated by Cao Cao, but he has the heart and power. Today, there is a person who takes Jingnan as the foundation, exterminates Jiaozhou, annexes Yizhou and Hanzhong, has a million, and his strength is only below the emperor's uncle, and he is friendly with the emperor's uncle, and he is also the pillar of the country, why doesn't Your Majesty make friends with him? ”

"How do you make friends?" When the emperor heard this, he was quite moved in his heart, so he asked.

"Isn't Your Majesty suffering from Cao Cao's three daughters? Now that the two daughters are fortunate to be irreversible, but there is still a daughter who is still in the prime minister's house because she is young, why doesn't Your Majesty give this woman to Li Sheng, and put the secret edict in the team, and issue it in front of Li Sheng? First, the prime minister is also suffering from face fighting, and he may not be fiercely opposed to the matter of friendship with Li Sheng; Second, there can be less elbows around His Majesty; Thirdly, Your Majesty has an edict with that Cao Nu, and the status of Cao Nu is different, and Your Majesty does this, which just reflects Your Majesty's intention to let love, and it just makes Li Sheng grateful! The eunuch advised. The same words came out of his mouth, but he had a taste of completely thinking about the emperor, which naturally entered the emperor's ears.

"Wait for me to think about it." The emperor groaned, thought about it for a while, but had a further plan in his heart: "In this case, issue an edict." This is more or less a big deal, the general of the escort team, I hope that Liu Zhao, the general in my hand, will be responsible. ”

"Your Majesty has to discuss this with Duke Wei himself." The eunuchs did not dare to make their own decisions when it came to such a matter.

"I know, I know!" The emperor nodded again and again, but he also looked a little helpless. He sent away the eunuch, ordered someone to secretly find Liu Zhao, the general of the Lang, and ordered some things in his ear. After that, he ordered someone to announce Cao Cao's audience.

Because this matter involves Cao Cao's little daughter, and this woman is nominally his own concubine, although he has never touched it, and he has not even seen him once, but after all, there is a corresponding name there, so the emperor intuitively thinks that this matter is not easy to say on Cao Cao's side. So, he couldn't help it, put down his body, and explained the matter like this. In the end, he said: "I am fortunate to have the two daughters of Duke Wei, how can I let the three daughters of Duke Wei accompany me again?" Then I will be troubled, and I might as well leave it at that. ”

"Since my daughter has His Majesty's edict, this is Your Majesty's person. Whatever Your Majesty wants, so be it. After talking for a long time, Cao Cao agreed with a helpless look - this is also what Jia Xu asked at the beginning, to act in a realistic scene.

"That's good." The emperor smiled and said happily, "In this way, the marriage will be given in the form of an edict." ‘…… How about giving Cao Hua, the female official in the palace, to Yizhou Mu and Shu Hou as ......concubines? ”

"Your Majesty, please." Cao Cao pushed the boat down the river.

"Well, that's it." The emperor nodded, but said with a little difficulty: "By the way, Duke Wei, as for the candidate for the marriage protector, I want to ask the palace Lang to take Liu Zhao to take care of it, how about it?" Wei Gong is about to prepare for the southern expedition, and the generals in the army must not be enough, so don't trouble Wei Gong for such a thing. ”

"That's fine." Cao Cao didn't think of anything wrong, so he agreed. He was reluctant to get too entangled with the emperor on such a small matter. What's more, he also got news from the inner court - Liu Zhao was once called in by the emperor and seemed to be discussing something.

"What can we discuss? That emperor definitely wants Liu Zhao to bring a message to Li Sheng, so that he can oppose him. There will definitely be no paper letters or anything like that, because now the emperor also knows that he has a lot of power in the inner court, and paper things are very unsafe. Cao Cao thought so, but felt a little indifferent: "If anything like the edict happens now, I will definitely not value it as much as I did at the beginning." There are only a few princes in the world, and even if we don't have this message, we will become rivals with each other sooner or later. As long as we don't give up on everything we have. ”

After bidding farewell to the emperor, Cao Cao withdrew from the palace and quickly sent people to prepare for the announcement of the edict of the world and the preparations for sending his daughter to marry. Subsequently, on February 2, the 19th year of Jian'an, while officially announcing the edict of marriage in the world, a team was sent to Shuzhong to send relatives. It was a huge procession of 1,000 people. They went from Xuchang to Chang'an, then from Chang'an to the sloping valley into Nanzheng, and finally from Nanzheng to Chengdu, all the way to more than 1,000 miles, but they followed the trend and came slowly. The team to send off relatives is definitely not as fast as the news of the announcement of the edict of the world.

Just when Cao Cao's wedding team was still on the way, the envoys of Liu Bei of Huainan and the envoys of Sun Quan of Jiangdong were both sent to Li Sheng's Shuzhong.

“…… It's all acquaintances. The envoy of Jiangdong is Lu Su Lu Zijing, and the envoy of Huainan is Ma Tan and Ma Youchang, it seems that the southeast side is running to find the lord at this time, I am afraid that it will have something to do with Cao Cao's marriage. Looking at Li Sheng, who had been distressed since he got the news, Kong Ming smiled very unconscionently and joked happily to Li Sheng.

"Are you ......" Li Sheng raised his head in annoyance by Kong Ming's smile, but lowered his head in a dejected manner, shook it fiercely, but said with hatred: "What does Kong Ming mean by this?" Don't you know what I'm thinking? I don't want to have this marriage, and it is said that Cao Hua is less than fifteen, so he is too young, and he is still Cao Cao's daughter......"

"I know, I know ......" Zhuge Liang nodded in response, he looked at Li Sheng, but he smiled: "However, this matter is rewarded in the name of the emperor, I'm afraid you won't accept it, right?" Unless we have the intention of becoming self-reliant immediately, we can't refuse such a marriage at all, especially since the woman who gave the marriage is Cao Cao's daughter. If we reject this, what Cao Cao will think, the lord should be able to think of it. ”

"This ......" Li Sheng hesitated, but his face was even more distressed: "I understand everything you said." That's why I have a headache. If you want to marry the daughter of an enemy, you don't have the opportunity to oppose it, this is really ......" Li Sheng sighed, "The things in the world are unsatisfactory ** out of ten." ”

"Maybe it's because the lord doesn't want to involve the grievances of the previous generation on the next generation. If the lord had been ruthless and treated the upcoming daughter of Cao Cao with disgust and hatred, I don't think the lord would have such a headache now. Zhuge Liang said with a smile.

"If only you knew!" Li Sheng glanced at Kong Ming hatefully: "I hate Cao Cao, and even hate Cao Cao's adult children." But for this current and other underage children on his side, it is different, after all, they are only teenagers. They still didn't know anything about what happened back then, but they were very innocent. For this matter, it's okay for us to say cruel things, but I can't do it if I directly suppress my hatred for Cao Cao on them. Not involving innocent people, this is the principle I adhere to. ”

"Hehe, I know." Zhuge Liang nodded understandingly, but said: "Lord, it seems that you can put Cao Cao's matter aside, and now there is a more tricky matter that you need to deal with yourself." ”

"What's the matter?" Li Sheng felt strange.

"Didn't my lord listen to what I just said? Liu Bei of Huainan and Sun Quan of Jiangdong both sent envoys to see the lord. Kong Ming said in surprise.

"Of course I know this, but I don't understand it all along. Huainan's imperial uncle and Jiangdong's brother-in-law sent people over, just to get the message from me that the tripartite alliance can continue to be maintained, and it will not change because I married Cao Cao's daughter. But what else is there to do? Li Sheng rolled his eyes, but felt that things were as simple as that, and there shouldn't be anything tricky at all: "Our policy will definitely not change for some reason, this is what we insist on, and it is also the choice that is most in our interests at the moment." I've already told Kong Ming about all of this. You just have to express our true thoughts to them, and there will be no more trouble. ”

"The lord actually thinks things too simply. We're here to say that they don't believe it. They urgently demanded that the lord make a further statement about it. The smile in the eyes of the ninja Kong Ming said as calmly as possible.

"Mean?" Li Sheng's eyes widened in bewilderment: "What does it mean?" He asked curiously.

"Just accept the gifts they brought." Zhuge Liang said with a smile: "Lu Su in Jiangdong brought a hundred Jiangdong beauties, saying that it was for the good of the Qin and Jin families of the Sun and Li families; And Ma Tan of Huainan brought his eldest daughter, a twelve-year-old girl, on behalf of Uncle Liu Huang, who said that he wanted to marry the lord. ”

"What?" Li Sheng involuntarily raised his voice: "I also know a little bit about what the idea of the woman sent by Jiangdong is fighting, and I can understand it." But what kind of calculation is this Uncle Liu Huang now? He actually sent his twelve-year-old daughter to marry me, this is ...... That's too much nonsense, isn't it? I don't seem to be that perverted. Li Sheng's headache increased, and the words in his mouth gradually became incoherent.

"This is actually Uncle Huang's helplessness." Zhuge Liang sighed softly, spread his hand and said.

"How so?" Li Sheng was puzzled by this: "Uncle Huang should know that between him and Sun Quan, I am much kinder to him than to Sun Quan." ”

"It's a lot of goodwill, and Uncle Huang understands this. But don't you hear about it? Since Sun Quan married his sister-in-law to you, then you and Sun Quan are considered a family, and they are related to each other, but in terms of legal principles, this is much closer than the actual goodwill towards Liu Bei. Now Cao Cao's daughter has been added. This was rewarded by the emperor, and the lord couldn't refuse it. In this way, the lord also has a kinship with Cao Cao, how can this imperial uncle not be afraid. His territory is Jingbei and Huainan, which are completely sandwiched between the three of us, which can be described as extremely dangerous. Now that the three of us are married, he naturally feels that this Huainan is dangerous. Because we are the closest to him, and we have married the other two families, so the imperial uncle can't wait to catch us, use the relationship of kinship, and pull us to him, and the most unfortunate is also trying to let us come to a two-way help. The situation in Huainan is always in danger. Uncle Huang knows this better than anyone else. Kong Ming explained with a smile.

"It's incomprehensible. Sun Quan, Cao Cao, Liu Bei, they are all outstanding people. Don't they know that for those of us who have the idea of doing great things, simple kindness alone can tie our hands and feet? This is simply wishful thinking......" Li Sheng stomped his feet in complaint, and finally became helpless. After listening to Zhuge Liang's words, he also knew that Liu Bei's move was a last resort, but it was just such a last resort, which made it difficult for him to accept.

"But that's what people believe now." Zhuge Liang smiled and said: "No matter how much marriage and kinship between each other are doing useless work, but the world still trusts this, and the concept of home is always in the first place in the hearts of the world." ”

"I understand." Li Sheng nodded, but let out a long sigh: "The atmosphere in the world is like this, it is difficult to change it with our own strength. Since we are powerless to change the environment, we have no choice but to adapt to the environment. ”

"This is also a kind of helplessness." Zhuge Liang nodded, but told Li Sheng another thing: "I hope that our side can support Uncle Huang's batch of weapons, grain and grass." Cao Cao was very likely to go east, and they were really a little worried about this time. ”

"Hmm...... That's right. Li Sheng held his chin and thought for a while, and said, "Since this is the case, then let Pang Tong of Jingzhou be directly responsible." ”

"Okay......" Zhuge Liang quickly wrote down the matter here, and at the same time reported on some of the things Li Sheng wanted to know: Gan Ning and Sima Yi in the south came to report that their fleet was ready for the first ocean voyage, and the target was the part of the southeast of my homeland that was called Luzon by the lord; Xu Shu, Ma Dai, and Song De of Hanzhong reported that an army of the Zhenqiang Army had completed the reorganization, and only when the last batch of grain and grass sent by Chengdu arrived, it could be used to attack Qiangzhong; In addition, the new key is the Taishou Li Hui, the key is the governor Li Yan, the right general Yan Yan, the left general Huang Zhong and others also led their headquarters to Nanzhong to start the reorganization of the Nanzhong army.

"Heh, so many things have already begun. Looks like we're going to be busy this year. Li Sheng smiled bitterly.

But Kong Ming could still see that his wry smile was just a mask on the surface, and inside Li Sheng was still very happy to hear this. After all, these are all good things. It's just that...... Kong Ming also has his own worries about this: "There are a lot of things that will happen next this year, and there are many things to deal with, and I am really worried that our finances will not be able to bear it." This year, it seems that we are under the pressure of three wars at once. ”

"Three? Not so much. I did the math, but it was enough to support one and a half sessions. Li Sheng said.

"One and a half? How to explain it? Kong Ming didn't know how Li Sheng calculated, so he asked.

"The southern expedition, the matter of attacking the south, if it breaks out, we in Yizhou naturally need full support. This war, we are naturally going to be full. As for the other half, it is about the war in Jingzhou, although we don't need to participate in the war directly, but we must give some support to Uncle Liu Huang and Sun Quan in some way, only by letting them fight with Cao Cao for a longer time, can we develop better in Yizhou. Of course, we must fully accept the flow of people brought about by the war. Because it is only material support, we have the most to bear in this war, and we only need to bear half of it. As for the Qiangzhong strategy in the northwest, I was completely handed over to Ma Dai to be responsible, he had lived in Qiangzhong for a long time like his brother Ma Chao, and he was very prestigious among the Qiang people. Naturally, I am aware of the situation of the Qiang people, and I believe that he will be able to replenish himself by establishing himself on the ground, as he and we said at the beginning. Therefore, this strategy does not need to bear other responsibilities except for the one we have now transported to Yinping. Li Sheng explained with a smile.

"This ......" Kong Ming thought for a moment and replied, "If it's just like this, we can bear it." After all, Chengdu, Nanzheng, and Changsha all have surpluses, and the things accumulated in the past few years are still enough. ”

"So be it." Li Sheng nodded, and then instructed Zhuge Liang: "By the way, Kong Ming sent me an order to Gan Ning and them, so that after they arrive in Luzon, they will quickly build a city in Luzon for me and explore resources." As far as I can remember, there seems to be a lot of copper in Luzon, which can be used to alleviate our money shortage. ”

"Is that so?" Kong Ming tilted his head and was somewhat puzzled: "How did the lord know about this?" ”

"It seems that I have read it in an ancient book before, but I have forgotten what it said. However, Luzon is also a big island, and even if there are no resources, because of the heat, it can be regarded as a good field. In our inland fields, there is a limit on the number of acres, but overseas, I will not limit the number of acres that their big families can occupy. In this way, it should be a great temptation for those of them. Li Sheng smiled and said what he thought.

"Huh? The lord does not limit the number of acres overseas? Wouldn't that lead to land annexation in those places? Zhuge Liang was a little worried: "What if there is also a situation in Middle-earth?" ”

"Then resolutely suppress it. Anyway, it's not our people in the Central Plains, and they deserve to die. Li Sheng said coldly, the ruthlessness in it made people always shudder when they heard it.

"Uh...... This ......" Kong Ming hesitated slightly: "This is not good." ”

"If you want us to be good to them, then wait until they become our Chinese people. In short, our kindness to people can only be internal, not external. Li Sheng said.

"This, too." Although Kong Ming was a little unbearable, he never felt that Li Sheng was wrong to say this. After all, such an approach will be of practical benefit to one's own side for a long time.

"En......" Li Sheng nodded, and was about to say something, but was interrupted by the sound of hurried footsteps outside.

"Lord, the white-clothed Xuchang Division is in a hurry......," the people outside shouted loudly.

"What's the matter?" Li Sheng hurriedly opened the door of the room and asked very nervously. He knew that only when something big happened, the people on Xuchangsi's side would notify him with an urgent report.

"The eldest son of the emperor in the palace, Liu Jun, and the eldest princess Liu Wen are missing......" The white-clothed spy outside briefly reported the news: "There is a legend that they were hidden by Lang Liu Zhao in the team to send off their relatives. Now that the whole of Xuchang has been under martial law, Cao Cao heard that he sent a tiger and leopard to chase the team that sent his relatives. ”

"Ah......?" Li Sheng was surprised—this is big news. He reacted quickly: "Where is Liu Zhao's team now?" ”

"It's already martial arts, but it's not far from the realm of Hanzhong." The white-clad spy replied quickly.

"Send Haoyue out to pick them up, and inform Xu Shu of Nanzheng, so that he can handle this matter properly." Li Sheng thought about it and quickly made his own decision. He felt that time was urgent, so he did not consult anyone at the moment, showing a rare determination. Of course, this decision is also good, at least Zhuge Liang, who listened to Li Sheng's response to the order, did not make further suggestions on this.

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