Chapter 104: Clever Jia Xu
Cao Cao did not go to conquer Liu Bei, who rebelled in Xuzhou, as Cao Pi expected, because the purge in Xudu was far more than the hundreds of people in Dian Man, the general Dong Cheng, the partial general Wang Zifu, the Lang Wu Shuo, the Zhaoxin general Wu Zilan, and the Changshui school captain There were more than 1,600 people, Xu Chu took the Tiger Guards to arrest people in Xudu for three days in a row, and these people had the same surname, even if they had already started a family on their own, they were also arrested, and their fate was naturally to accompany these felons. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info
Concubine Dong died a relatively decent death, a glass of poisoned wine, a wisp of fragrant soul curled back to the West, and of course she took her full-term child with her. Three days later, the Tiger Guards began to behead people when they were almost arrested, and only cut twenty of them every day, this move was to appease the people's anger, and secondly, there was plenty of time for Cao Cao to copy his home, although these people were all old ministers who returned with the Son of Heaven, and their belongings had almost fallen when Dong Zhuo took them to Chang'an, and Cao Cao was sending them to them when they arrived in Xudu, but this did not prevent Cao Cao from giving him back what he gave out, not to mention that these people relied on their official status, and also left a lot of property, all of which were confiscated. It's also a lot of income.
This means that just cutting off the head, it will take more than 80 days, it should be August now, and it is almost the New Year after cutting off the head, Cao Jun naturally has no way to conquer Liu Bei, but Liu Bei also has a name on the edict, so it has become a must-kill object, Cao Cao has told everyone that Liu Bei will be eliminated at the speed of the block in the spring of next year to eliminate the trouble of the henchmen. As for Zhang Xiu on the other side, Cao Cao didn't worry too much, because Zhang Xiu, who had no food, and most of the big clans had already moved out, and Nanyang County couldn't afford to make big waves, and Li Tong in Runan was enough to keep the current Zhang Xiu.
The head hanging in Xu Ducheng is more than one day a day, but fortunately, the weather is cold, and it is not easy to stink, and every head will be displayed to the public for ten days before being taken down and burned. The entire city of Xu was shrouded in an inexplicable fear, and Cao Cao's power had reached an unprecedented height.
Yang Biao wrote from Hongnong, saying that he was old and wanted to resign from his position too often, but before the Son of Heaven had already reached Cao Cao's hand, this request was rejected by Cao Cao, and asked the Son of Heaven to issue an edict to Yang Biao to come to Xu Du to perform his duties quickly, and he couldn't keep telling the sick family. Obviously, Cao Cao didn't intend to let this leader of the Hongnong Yang clan go too far out of his sight.
Lu Lingqi told Gao Shun that his father was only deprived of the position of Marquis of Dingling, but he did not receive any punishment, and immediately let go of his worries and continued to practice martial arts, wanting to compete with Cao Pi two years later. And Lu Bu, who was deprived of his title, was invited by Cao Pi to the military tun to instruct the martial arts and riding and archery skills of the divine envoy camp.
It's not free, of course. Those disciples didn't have to pay Lu Bu 100 yuan a month, and Lu Bu, the son of a hundred divine envoy camps, could get 10,000 yuan a month, or 120,000 yuan a year, and it was only 2,000 yuan to pay a slave for a year, so it was not a problem for Lu Bu to maintain a luxurious life. Of course, it is impossible for Lu Bu to encircle these children of the Cao family and the Xiahou family.
Because although these children don't want Cao Pi to have a famous person to guide them, the enlightenment book is a "Book of Filial Piety", which talks about the way of loyalty and filial piety, and it is difficult for people like Lu Bu to get their favor even if they are artistic, but Lu Bu's martial arts can really make these children admire, and everyone also wants to learn a trick and a half, or let Lu Bu guide him in his martial arts.
Lu Bu is also happy to do this, now that he has been cut from his title, he has no money, and he has to make money to eat, so he gladly accepted this job. Cao Pi had already consulted Cao Cao, who was constantly beheading in Xudu, and praised Cao Pi greatly, because Lu Bu's crime of killing Hu Ben was too big, even if he had the merit of killing Dong Zhuo in the front, it was unlikely that he would be crowned an official again, and Cao Pi's suggestion was just to make Lu Bu make the best use of it, which was also a beautiful thing.
There is a play in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, called Yuanmen Halberd, this play describes Lu Bu's archery skills vividly, although Cao Pi did not ask Lu Bu how strong the number of strings is, but thinking that he grew up in the north of the Hu and Han mixed places, he must have been. After letting him perform a few arrows, Cao Pi immediately asked him to teach the children of the Divine Envoy Camp archery.
The days passed like this, at the beginning of September, Runan Taishou Li Tong came with the news that Yuan Shu actually fell ill and died, and his subordinates suddenly dispersed, each leading his troops, or flowing into the mountains and rivers, or defending a city, or going to take refuge in Sun Ce, of course, there were also people who took refuge in Liu Bei and Cao Cao nearby, no one mourned for Yuan Shu's empire, and the short-lived country established by Yuan Shu disappeared silently.
Yuan Shu's death was a good thing for Cao Cao, it meant that a force in his rear had disappeared, so Cao Cao cut off his head even more unhurriedly, and then he made up his mind to give all those who were dissatisfied with him in Xu Ducheng a fierce deterrent.
The good thing is not over, a month after Yuan Shu's death, in early October, Zhang Xiu sent a messenger, this messenger brought Zhang Xiu's letter of surrender, the messenger was none other than Jia Xu, who had several tricks to make Cao Cao deflated. Cao Pi, who had lived in the military camp for almost two months, heard the news brought by Dianman from Xu Du that Cao Cao gave Jia Xu a good courtesy, and the reason was that in addition to the book, Jia Xu also brought the armor that Cao Ang wore in the first battle of Wancheng.
Cao Pi sat on the edge of the paddy field with a rich harvest, and now the paddy field has run out of water, leaving only rotten straw, looking at the waves of water. Hearing the news brought by Dian Man, he sighed and said, "Mr. Fengxiao is right, Jia Xu is really a powerful person." When I fought against the enemy, I almost took my father's life, and when I surrendered, I got the greatest benefit from my father. ”
Dian Man glanced at the children of the Cao and Xiahou families, who were catching each other in the distance, and Lu Bu, who was instructing them, to make sure that they would not hear it, so he asked, "Why did Gongzi say this?" ”
"Coming here with my brother's armor, it must be to bury my brother's bones well, the two armies are facing the enemy, and casualties are inevitable, but after placing my brother who died in battle, Zhang Xiu will take the righteousness, if my father kills him in the case of his surrender, then he will have a reputation for narrow-mindedness."
On the contrary, if Sikong treats Zhang Xiu and his subordinates well, he will be able to gain a reputation regardless of his previous suspicions, and Zhang Xiu will also gain the reputation of a good general for burying the dead enemy. Sikong and Zhang Xiu, one is the master of the Ming Dynasty and the other is a good general, and this time they surrendered, they each took what they needed. Dian Man patted his big head, and suddenly realized that he felt that after following Cao Pi for a long time, he could figure out many things.
"Fame is such a good thing!" Cao Pi looked at Yingshui and sighed.