The imperial capital of the Great Wei Dynasty, the city of Luoyang.

Cao Cao was dressed in a black brocade dragon robe, and his burly body sat peacefully in front of the imperial case in the Qingxin Palace, his expression was calm, his eyes were silent, his hands were on the bookcase, and he didn't say a word.

Under the hall, Xi Zhicai, Xun Yu, Zhang Liao, Jia Xu...... One by one, the important ministers of the court knelt down, and they didn't dare to look up at Cao Cao.

The atmosphere of this hall seems to be so oppressive that everyone can't breathe.

In the first battle of Xudu City, Lu Bu raided for thousands of miles, and then killed out of Xudu, since Lu Bu led the remnants of the army into Wuyin, for Dawei, the defeat was decided.

This time, the Great Wei Dynasty lost face, but it was a big loss.

The ministers kneeling under His Royal Highness, they can now imagine the angry desire to kill in Cao Cao's heart, and the stage that was finally set up made made Wu Guo sing a big play.

This kind of slap in the face, not to mention Cao Cao, the emperor of the dignified Wei Dynasty, even if it is them, the courtiers, are panicked in their hearts.

"Your Majesty!"

After a long time, Prime Minister Xun Yu raised his head slightly, arched his hands, and looked at Cao Cao, wanting to say something.

"You don't have to say it, I'll tell you."

Cao Cao raised his head, his eyes were like knives, he glanced at him, and then waved his hand gently, and the words Xun Yu wanted to say were suddenly blocked in his throat, as if he couldn't say it.

"Xu Du's battle is not a loss of the city, but a loss, but if you lose, you will lose!"

Cao Cao did not get angry as they imagined, but seemed unusually calm: "My Huanghuang Great Wei Dynasty, conquering the north and south for ten years, Fang Cheng hegemony, we have not failed, even if I was beaten by Dong Zhuo back then, I lost my armor and abandoned my armor, and only a few thousand remnants remained." I have never lost faith, I have never been afraid of failure, and I must be able to afford to lose in order to have the last laugh. ”

"Your Majesty, the defeat of Xu Du is all due to the incompetence of our courtiers. If you fail to share your Majesty's worries, please punish Your Majesty! ”

When the ministers heard this, they were a little frightened and a little ashamed.

"You are my Aiqing, the pillar of Great Wei, get up!"

Cao Cao showed a smile on his serious face, and said: "Although we lost the battle of Xudu, we were defeated, but in the battle of Qingzhou. We got back a lottery from Wu State, and now although we have been slapped by Wu State, our Great Wei is not too bad. ”

The battle of Qingzhou, which was a stage set up by the Wu State, was angry and sent troops to attack the city, but it was performed by the Great Wei, and the battle at sea greatly increased the confidence of the Wei army to establish a navy and compete for the sea area.

To be said. The Great Wei Dynasty can be regarded as getting back a lottery, and it is best not to just seal Zen. It's worthless to be stepped on.

"Your Majesty, Tian Feng just came with the news that he has released Ju Yi!" Xi Zhicai took a step forward and reported in a low voice: "The Wu side is pressing, if you don't let go, you will start a war immediately." He took the idea without authorization, and at the cost of 100,000 stone of grain, in exchange for a way for Ju Yi to return to Wu State! ”

"I already know about this, Tian Feng has done a good job, I am very satisfied!"

Cao Cao nodded. Said: "He is not his own opinion, the situation in Qingzhou is changing, when he went south, I had promised him that he could cut first and then play, and let Ju Yi go, it is nothing, I want to leave Ju Yi's head, but since the situation is like this, it doesn't matter if he is let go."

A Ju Yi can be exchanged for 100,000 stone grain from Wu State, this transaction has been done, Yuan Hao looks at it like this, and there are some lions who open their mouths, but Wu Guo did not bargain, but he attaches great importance to this Tai Lieutenant! ”

"Your Majesty, Sun Zhongmou, the king of Wu, has always been good at buying people's hearts, and he advocates that the concept is that people are more important than everything, so he is willing to give 100,000 grains and grass in exchange for Ju Yi's life, and Weichen is not surprised!"

Jia Xu said in a deep voice.

"That's right, I can see from the battle in the East China Sea that year, when Xiahou chased him to the river, he was willing to stay by himself, and he was not willing to let his soldiers cover him to cross the river, this person does have the prestige of loving soldiers like sons!"

Cao Cao stood up, sighed, and did not continue in this regard, after all, he did not have such a big heart to praise his enemies.

He paused and asked, "By the way, how is Donglai doing now?" ”

"He Qi has already withdrawn!" Xi Zhicai replied.

"Good!"

Cao Cao's eyes burst out with a sharp light: "Cai Mao's battle is good, although he is still honored, in this aspect of the Wu State Navy, he has played the momentum of our Great Wei, and it can be regarded as recovering the prestige of the imperial court after the defeat of Xu Du, passing on my order, crowning him as a liehou, rewarding ten thousand households, giving ten thousand gold, waiting for the name, Xiang!" ”

"No!"

Xi Zhicai nodded and said, "Your Majesty, Cai Mao has another request, he hopes to resign from the position of Donglai County Guard and concentrate on training the navy!" ”

"Quasi, let him re-establish the Great Wei Navy Governor's Mansion and increase the training of the Great Wei Navy, what he wants, what I give him, but I hope to see a naval fleet that can compete with Wu as soon as possible!" Cao Cao nodded.

"Your Majesty, please rest assured, Weichen will definitely go to Donglai in person to supervise his military training!"

There was a bright light in Xi Zhicai's eyes: "After the battle of Laizhou Bay, although the vitality was greatly damaged, the remaining survivors were all elites, and if they were trained, the vast East China Sea would definitely have a place for our Great Wei!" ”

"That's a great thing!"

Cao Cao was described by Xi Zhicai, and his eyes seemed to be able to image that scene, and he said excitedly: "If one day, I can hit Sun Zhongmou with his proudest strengths, and I will definitely be able to thwart his invincible momentum!" ”

"Your Majesty Shengming!"

The ministers looked a little excited when they saw Cao Cao showing a smiling face.

"Wenhe!" After half a ring, Cao Cao looked at Jia Xu.

"The minister is here!"

"Sun Zhongmou's heart for the coronation has been revealed, there is news on the ghost pawn, when will he be crowned?" Cao Cao narrowed his eyes and asked.

"Next year, January 1st!"

Jia Xu said a word, and his voice was clear.

"Huh!"

Cao Cao groaned for a while, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, and he sneered a few times before he said: "Since he Wu Guo is going to seal Zen, I can't be too stingy in the Great Wei Dynasty!" ”

"What does Your Majesty think?" Taichang Zhong Xuan's eyes moved and asked.

"Zhong Taichang. If you send a team of envoys, you must have the Great Wei Sect Master as the main envoy to go to Jinling City to congratulate him on his behalf! Cao Cao said calmly: "He wants to be crowned, I give him enough face, I Dawei, this bit of bearing still has to have!" ”

"Wechen understands!" Zhong Xuan nodded.

His Highness's ministers heard this. There were some doubts in his heart, even Xi Zhicai and Xun Yu glanced at each other, but they didn't understand what Cao Cao meant.

"Wen Ruo, Zhicai, Wen Yuan, Wen and you stay, wait a minute!"

Cao Cao rubbed his temples, waved his hand, and said.

"No!"

The ministers bowed their heads and saluted. Then the fish rushed out and left the Qingxin Palace, and in the spacious hall, only Xun Yu, Xi Zhicai, Zhang Liao, and Jia Xu were standing in line.

"You don't understand why I want to show weakness to Sun Zhongmou, do you?"

After half ringing. Cao Cao raised his head and asked with a smile.

"Your Majesty. Now that Xu has been attacked, the momentum of Great Wei is already a little insufficient, and you still sent someone to congratulate him Sun Zhongmou, isn't this equivalent to agreeing with his ability to call Sun Zhongmou the emperor? ”

Xi Zhicai said in a deep voice: "Sun Zhongmou is the emperor, but he is rebelling against the trend of my Great Wei and not sending troops to attack. It's already the bottom line, why do you want to congratulate? ”

"Xu was raided by thousands of miles, and I was very angry in my heart, and I even thought about mobilizing all the soldiers and horses in the world to fight to the death with Wu State. But I finally held back! ”

Cao Cao's strong face was clearly lined, and his voice was calm and powerful: "On the day of my coronation, there is nothing more ambitious than the world, and what is there to fear, the world is unstoppable."

However, Sun Zhongmou's blow to the head can be regarded as waking up I, the newly crowned emperor of Great Wei, and Great Wei is far from having the ability to set the world, so we have to endure it. ”

Cao Cao said, clenching his fists a little, and his face became hideous: "I show weakness, it is a shame, a shame for the Cao family, a shame for the face of Da Wei, but for the sake of the future of Da Wei, let alone a shame, even if this face is slashed a few times, I don't care."

In the past, Gou Jian lay down and tasted courage, showing weakness in the husband's errand, so that he could swallow Wu with 3,000 Yue Jia, and now I have more than 300,000 Wei Jia, if you have the heart to lie down and taste the courage, why can't you destroy Wu Ye! ”

"Your Majesty has good intentions, and the ministers admire it!"

When the four of them heard this, their hearts throbbed, their eyes were slightly red, shrouded in layers of fog, and they respectfully performed a great courtesy.

Their choice is not wrong, with this emperor, why should Great Wei worry about a big thing.

"Okay, the matter of Wu State, this is the end, we will fight after all, but now is not the time, after the battle in Qingzhou, we are good, Wu Guo or not, we all need to cultivate ourselves for a period of time, and in a short time, we will have a period of calm!"

Cao Cao continued: "In the first battle of Xudu, let me see a lot of mistakes in the Great Wei court and the military, Sun Zhongmou had a sentence back then, I think it is very good, history will not go backwards, only continuous advance, the Great Wei inherited the Han Dynasty, whether it is the army or the court system, it is a bit general and backward, if we want to move forward, we need to accept new reforms!" ”

"Your Majesty wants to emulate the Great Wu Method!"

Xun Yu's pupils condensed slightly.

"If the change is a bit too much!"

Cao Cao shook his head and said, "I can only say that I want to take advantage of this quiet atmosphere to rectify our court and army of Great Wei, clean up the corpses and vegetarian people, unite the whole family, and enhance the strength of Great Wei." ”

"How does Your Majesty want to straighten things out?" Xi Zhicai asked.

"The matter of the military, after discussing the Taiwei Mansion and the General's Mansion, come up with a plan by yourself!" Cao Cao looked at Xi Zhicai and Zhang Liao, and said: "My request is very simple, I can appropriately follow the changes of Wu State, take the army soldiers who are general, eat empty food, and lack combat effectiveness, and set up a large battalion with the main force of soldiers and soldiers!" ”

"Your Majesty, this will cause a big storm!" Zhang Liao gasped.

"No matter how big the storm is, I can withstand it!"

Cao Cao said decisively: "Xu Du fights, Xu Du fights, sixty or seventy thousand county soldiers can't stop less than six thousand cavalry, what's the use of raising them!" ”

"The minister understands what His Majesty means, and the minister will discuss with the general and try to give His Majesty an explanation, but it is necessary, this matter cannot be rushed!"

When Xi Zhicai heard this, his face became solemn, in the first battle of Xudu, the entire county soldiers in Yuzhou were defeated by thousands of cavalry, which was a great shame, and it was not unreasonable for Cao Cao to want to attack these county soldiers.

"I can tell the difference, you make up your own mind!"

Cao Cao is not an impatient person, he said in a deep voice: "But this matter must be done, it can't be shelved because of danger, Dawei is like a bright rising sun, not the sunset of the Han Dynasty, if it wants to rise, it has to go through wind and rain, this bit of ups and downs, my shoulders can bear it!" ”

"The minister will not live up to His Majesty's trust!"

Zhang Liao and Xi Zhicai glanced at each other and nodded cautiously.

"Wen Ruo, as for the court, this is a book handed over by the prince and Chen Qun, you can take a look!"

"Nine-product Zhongzheng system?"

Xun Yu opened, his eyes sank, and he looked at it carefully, this is a book compiled by court officials, a little sloppy, but the structure is obvious.

With the official system left by the Han Dynasty as the core, it integrated some characteristics of the official system of the Wu State, and even added the latest imperial examination policy of the Wu State, and then cooperated with the nine-product Zhongzheng system proposed by the prince and Chen Qun to form an official system.

"Your Majesty, the reform of the court must be cautious, this book, Weichen needs to study it carefully before he can give His Majesty's opinion!" Xun Yu closed the book and said respectfully.

"You have always been cautious in handling things, I can rest assured!" Cao Cao nodded and said, "You take this book back, I will give you ten days, and then I will talk about your opinion!" ”

"No!"

"You guys are not small now, prepare as soon as possible, I won't delay, Wenhe stays, you can retreat!"

"Yes!"

Xun Yu and Zhang Liao Xizhicai did not stay for long, they took a hurried pace and left the palace.

They are now the pillars of the Great Wei military and government, and if it is said that the day is full of opportunities, it is not too much, and the time is not very free.

"Wenhe, tell me about your achievements!" Cao Cao's eyes were a little cold, and Jia Xu, who was looking at him, said in a deep voice.

"Gong Nan, this is the second Jinyi Wei that we found after Xu Lei and was buried next to us after Bishui Pass!"

Jia Xu said: "The reason why Lu Bu and Tai Shi Ci escaped from the encirclement of Xu Du so easily, this person has made a great contribution, he not only presented the map of the distribution of troops outside Xu Du, but also burned our palace in Xu Du, creating the illusion that Xu Du burned the city, and then used the people to storm our camp, hold our troops, and help Lu Bu and Tai Shi Ci break through!" ”

"Did you catch him?" Cao Cao's eyes were cold, he was not a stranger to this person, but he was a young generation of capable ministers he hand-picked.

"Nope!"

Jia Xu said: "After the first battle of Xu Du, he didn't have a trace of luck in his heart, since it was exposed, he withdrew cleanly, although I reacted quickly, but in the end I still couldn't catch him and let him escape back!" ”

"Sun Zhongmou can be hard-hearted!"

Cao Cao said coldly: "The ministers I left to guard Xu Du are all his secret sons, it's a little chilling to think about it, how many people are still Jinyi Guards around me!" ”

"Your Majesty, there must be a henchman by your side who is the Jinyi Guard!"

Jia Xu said suddenly: "I buried in Jinyiwei's shadows, and found out a very shocking news, Jinyiwei is the highest person in charge of Dawei, and he is a person codenamed 'Mouse'!"

It is said that this person is the only one in the entire Wu Kingdom who knows his true identity, even Li Nie does not know his real name and identity, if it weren't for this raid on Xu Du, Jin Yiwei would need to cover up the news, and I can't find out the entire code name, but I feel that he must be the closest person around you! ”

"Check!"

Cao Cao's eyes burst with a strong killing intent: "Wenhe, I give you the right, check all the people around me, you must find him, otherwise I will not be able to sleep and eat!" (To be continued......)