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Cao Zhang held a Han Gazette in his hand, and hurriedly stepped on the bronze bird platform, the glittering copper bird on the top of the platform led its neck to the sky, spreading its wings, and it seemed that the next moment it could hear its crisp chirping above the nine heavens. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

"Father." Cao Zhang took off his shoes at the door and entered the somewhat dimly lit pavilion. Although Tongque Terrace is more than ten zhang above the ground, it is much brighter than that of a flat house, but when he walked in from the sunny outside, Cao Zhang was still a little uncomfortable for a while. He took the time to take off his shoes and stood at the door for a while, and after a while he saw Cao Ying standing in front of the window with his hands behind his back.

Cao Ying stood there silently, his hands on the windowsill, knocking from time to time, the sound of the tuk tuk was very monotonous, but it was very clear in the silent Tongque platform. Cao Rui, who was sitting behind the curtain, glanced at Cao Zhang, shook his head quietly, Cao Zhang smiled, and slowly walked behind Cao Ying.

"Ziwen, you're here." Cao Ying seemed to have just come back to his senses, turned his head and glanced at Cao Zhang, saw the Han Gazette in his hand, and smiled: "See Sun Shao's watch?" Any thoughts? ”

Cao Zhang didn't speak, he smacked his lips first, and said with a little regret: "Since he interfered in this matter, I'm afraid that he won't be able to fight." ”

Cao Ying hummed and listened quietly.

As soon as the Han Gazette arrived in Yecheng, it was snapped up, and some good people posted the communiqué at the gate of the city for people to see. In half a day, it spread loudly, and many people bought paper to copy. The prestige of King Yue is now known to everyone, and no one knows it. Cao Zhang looked at the Han Gazette in his hand, smiled bitterly and shook his head: "This Han Gazette looks like just a piece of paper, but its effect is comparable to tens of thousands of troops. ”

"Not necessarily." Cao Ying said lightly: "It is a person who writes the article, and it is also a person who prints the article, but now there is no one we can trust in Luoyang, and Yang Gong and Sun Shao are friends for the year, and there are many secret coincidences, so of course there are more things that are beneficial to Sun Shao." However, Yang Gong is eighty years old, even if he is healthy, I am afraid he will not be able to last for a few years, the most important thing at the moment is to think about how to grasp the printing workshop in his hands, at least, to understand how these Han communiqués were made. ”

Cao Zhang nodded, thoughtful.

"Ziwen, what do you think of Sun Shao's book?" Cao Ying turned around, put his hands behind his back, slowly paced back to the couch, picked up the Dahan Gazette pressed by the Golden Tiger Paperweight, and gently brushed it aside.

Cao Zhang pursed his lips and thought about it, revealing a delicate and shy look far from his appearance: "Sun Shao's hype about the harvest of Funan this time is very different from his previous style, and his son thinks that his intention is not to sing praises for himself, but to intend to the battle of Wu Shu, nothing more than to say that instead of bothering with laborious infighting, it is better to work together to crusade outward, and use less force to gain more benefits." ”

Cao Ying raised his eyes and glanced at Cao Zhang, whose voice was a little excited, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he heard from Cao Zhang's tone his envy and unwillingness for Sun Shaohe's military exploits. This son who wants to learn from Wei Huo is only afraid that he is more excited than everyone else, and he can't wait to conquer the barbarians like Sun Shao now.

Cao Ying sighed secretly, as soon as he saw the article published by the Han Dynasty on Sun Shao's conquest of Funan and the establishment of Funan and Borneo Prefecture, he knew that Sun Shao had decided to intervene in the Wushu war, and the opportunity for him to profit from it had been lost. He was very regretful, he always thought that Sun Shao's conquest of Funan, there was no two or three years to solve the problem, but he was afraid that he would not be able to solve the problem, but he never thought that it would take him less than a year to solve it, and by the way, he also solved Borneo. Sun Shao's article said that Funan is comparable to Jizhou, Borneo is even more seafaring, and the area of the sea is no less than that of Jiangnan, that is, the area of the island is not inferior to that of a state, Cao Ying did not believe this, he felt that Sun Shao was exaggerating, the purpose was not to boast for himself, but to exaggerate the interests of conquering foreign countries, and to further lead the hearts of those scholars who were tired of the civil war to the outside. Whether it is Funan or Borneo, they are all wild places, the land is vast and sparsely populated, even if there are some rare things, how can they be compared with the Central Plains with a solid household registration. There is only land, no hukou, is that not an empty word?

However, Cao Ying knew that not everyone was as calm as him, especially the hot-blooded and impulsive young people, and it was not one or two who were seduced by Sun Shao. The scholars of the Han Dynasty have the habit of traveling, only the conditions permit, they will not enter the office immediately after adulthood, but go out to see the world, now go to the Yue country, to Jiaozhou travel is the first choice of young people, take the sea ship of the Yue businessmen, all the way south, from Qiantang to the South China Sea, Zhuya, to see the ever-changing Yue country, is the dream of many young people.

Compared with the tide of displaced people in the past few years, this kind of scholar tide is what Cao Ying is most worried about. The Qianshou don't understand anything, they don't accept information as fast as the literate and hyphenated scholars, as long as they take the border, even if they get the news, they can't run away, and more people just think about it when they are too poor to live. In the past few years, there has been no war, and Cao Ying, like Liu Bei and Sun Quan, has consciously reduced taxes, so that the leaders of Qianxi can take a breath and not be attracted by the favorable conditions of the Yue country and leave their hometowns. The scholars are different, they continue to flow to the Yue country, many poor scholars who are not prosperous choose to enter the Yue country, even if the young people of the famous family can not leave the family, and will eventually return to their hometown, but they bring the news of the Yue country, sometimes it is more serious than staying in the Yue country.

Scholars are different from Qianshou, Cao Ying can't simply restrict them through imprisonment, and he can't sit back and watch Sun Shao corrupt people's hearts step by step, and he must take measures to fight back. This time Sun Shao went to Funan, Wu Shu started a war because of a trivial matter, which was originally a good thing, Cao Ying in order to let them fight, but also showed goodwill on both sides, took the initiative to withdraw the garrison in Hanzhong and Jianghuai, seeing the confrontation between the two sides, I didn't expect Sun Shao to quickly end the war in Funan, turned his head and wrote to the Son of Heaven to ask for mediation, and at the same time released this demagogic news through the Han Bulletin.

When the people's hearts are in turmoil, the country will not be a country. Cao Ying looked at Cao Zhang in front of him with a heavy heart.

"However, Erchen thought that although the conquest of the Yue Kingdom was worthy of envy, it could not be imitated." Cao Zhang didn't notice the worry hidden under Cao Ying's calm face, he put away his smile and frowned slightly, as if he was very embarrassed.

"Why?" The pensive Cao Ying retracted his mind and asked. Cao Zhang's ability to think this made him very happy.

"The Yue State has a naval division, and it can go to the South China Sea, expedition to Funan, and even Borneo, but the three kingdoms of Wei, Shu and Wu do not have such conditions. If my Wei State wants to conquer, it can only go north to the prairie to expel the Xianbei people and Karasuma people. It is a very dangerous thing to enter the prairie and fight against these Hu people, and it is possible to inflict heavy damage on them, but it is delusional to want to completely annihilate them and decide the outcome in one battle. Once the war starts, the situation that has been painstakingly managed over the years will be broken, and the northern frontier will fall into the predicament of years of conquest, and if something happens to the south, we will be attacked on both sides. ”

"Hmm." Cao Ying nodded sympathetically and motioned for Cao Zhang to continue.

"Wu has the Yangtze River in the north, Shu in the west, and the Yue Kingdom in the southeast. What he can do, I'm afraid that there is only Shanyue in Yangzhou, and now most of these Shanyue have gone to Yueguo, and what he can do is really limited. And Shu is not much better, at most they are developing to the south of Yizhou, in addition, there is very limited room to play. Therefore, the Yue Kingdom can conquer foreign countries, and I, Wei, Shu and Wu, are very difficult, and we can only envy the merits of the Yue King, not follow suit. ”

"Hehehe......" Cao Ying couldn't help laughing, beckoned Cao Zhang to his side, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Huang Xu'er has grown up, the old man is very relieved." ”

Cao Zhang's face flushed, and he secretly glanced at Cao Rui and He Yan behind him, and rubbed his nose embarrassedly, he was in his thirties, and he was really a little shy to be praised by his father so much.

"Unfortunately, not many people can see this." Cao Ying sighed, stroked his beard and said, "The Dahan Communiqué is not in our hands, we just want to tell others this, but we can't do it." ”

"What does Father mean?" Cao Zhang asked tentatively.

"Sun Shao pacified Funan, and this time entrusted the matter of mediating Wu Shu to the Son of Heaven, and he wanted to pull me to stand behind the Son of Heaven and wave the flag and shout. The matter is done, it is the credit of the Son of Heaven, the prestige of the Son of Heaven will be greatly enhanced, the thing is not successful, we have to be a thug for the Son of Heaven, with him on the side, if I don't listen, I will become the target of the public if I don't get it right, listen, and he will be used as a knife again. ”

Cao Zhang pondered for a while, but didn't come up with any good solution. Cao Ying may be able to contribute to the work, but as soon as he expresses his response to Sun Shao's call to support the Son of Heaven to mediate the war between Wu and Shu, this matter has actually already been done - Wu Shu does not have the strength to deal with Wei and Yue at the same time.

"The Son of Heaven is grateful to Sun Shao for this proposal, and wants to make him a general, if it weren't for your sister's righteous persuasion, I'm afraid that the general's seal will be sent out."

Cao Zhang was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously glanced at Cao Ying's expression. Of course, he knew that the general was usually the queen's maiden family, and it was said that after his sister Cao Jie made the queen, Cao Ying should naturally be the general, but at that time, because the Cao family was already planning to usurp the throne, he was not interested in the general, but he didn't expect it to drag on until now. If Sun Shao became a general, wouldn't it be a big slap in the face of Cao Ying? However, Cao Zhang thought about it again, and couldn't help but feel a little surprised: "Father, the general is more than the third duke, and he will inevitably go to Beijing to take up his post, and Sun Shao will go to Luoyang to be a general?" ”

"Yang Gong has already thought of this idea, and he takes Zhang Wen as an example, thinking that the general can also help the outside."

Cao Zhang raised his head in surprise, although he didn't understand the deep meaning of this at once, but he knew that Yang Biao's decision was definitely not a simple decision, and there must be other intentions behind it. Cao Ying glanced at him and said with a smile: "If Sun Shao becomes a general, Yang Xiu will probably not be far from the position of the third duke." ”

Cao Zhang suddenly realized, and then frowned. Yang Xiu, as Cao Zhi's long history, has always been in Hanzhong, and Cao Zhi has not made any more satisfactory moves since the stunning battle of Bajun, and he has tended to be mediocre. Cao Ying was already a little disappointed in him, and refocused his attention on Cao Pi, who served as deputy prime minister last year, and was diligent and diligent during this time, and his results were very good. Prime Minister Zhong Miao is old, and once he dies, Cao Pi will become the rightful prime minister and hold the power of Wei. In contrast, Cao Zhi's performance is much worse. At this time, if Yang Biao won the position of general for Sun Shao, then Sun Shao would return the favor and inevitably introduce Yang Xiu to the court. As soon as Yang Xiu stays away, Cao Zhi may have no chance.

"I see, that can't make them too happy."

"Yes." Cao Ying nodded: "Then what can you do?" ”

"Erchen thinks that Zhang Wen was a lieutenant when he used troops in Xiliang, which was an expedient time, and now there is no rebellion in the Han Dynasty, and the king of Yue has already conquered Funan, there is no reason to be a general, if he wants to be a general, then let him go to Luoyang."

"Hahaha......" Cao Ying laughed loudly, this reason is very legitimate, and with the strength of the Wei State, if he expresses his opposition, the Son of Heaven will not dare to come hard. Cao Ying smiled and said to Cao Zhang: "Aren't you afraid that Sun Shao will be dissatisfied with you?" ”

"What am I afraid of him for?" Cao Zhang pursed his lips disapprenorantly, frowned again, and said, "It's just that in this way, it's impossible for my father to be a general." ”

"I'm not a general." Cao Ying waved his hand: "I'm old, I just want to spend the rest of my life in Yecheng, and I don't want to get involved in those rights and wrongs anymore." Sun Shao and you are the same generation, if you want to fight with him, you have to fight, I don't want to bully him. ”

Cao Zhang smiled, didn't dare to say anything, the shaft in his heart was very insidious, you can't fight him, where are we his opponents. He thought for a while, and then said: "Since my father has no intention of this, and my brother is the prime minister, it is not appropriate to go far away, so it is better to let Zijian go." ”

"Zijian?" Cao Ying turned his head to look at him: "Do you think he is suitable?" ”

"I think he's the right fit." Cao Zhang nodded affirmatively: "Although he and Sun Shao have not met, they have been friends for a long time, and with Yang Xiu's mediation, the matter will definitely be properly resolved." ”

Cao Ying pondered for a moment, but still shook his head: "I think it's better to let you go than let him go." ”

"Me?" Cao Zhang was dumbfounded, and after a while, he shook his head again and again: "I don't want to be a general." If my father thinks that I still have some ability to use soldiers, why don't I be the general of Wei, I am willing to ride ten thousand horses across the desert ......"

"If you become the general of Luoyang, you can't cross the desert?" Cao Ying pursed his lips, his eyes were quite disdainful: "Zhuzi, just praised you a few words, and then revealed his original form." ”

Cao Zhang's eyes rolled, very speechless.

"You are a general, go to mediate the affairs of Wu Shu on behalf of the Son of Heaven, and then mention the matter of Wei Shu's joint expedition to the west." Cao Ying waved his hand and said indiscriminately: "With the power of Wei Shu, it is not impossible to ask the Son of Heaven to send an edict to Yue Guo to support and take the Western Regions." Although Zijian has the ability to be a soldier, when it comes to combat, he can only be a partial general under your account at most. ”

Cao Zhangran didn't know what to say. But when he thought that he might lead Wei Shu to join forces to fight in Xiliang and even the Western Regions, he couldn't help but be enthusiastic. He hesitated for a moment before he said, "Can Sun Shao agree?" ”

"He wants the old man to assist the Son of Heaven in mediation, so he can't help but give the old man a little benefit." Cao Ying blinked domineeringly and sneered. After a while, he muttered again: "It's a pity, the old man is old, otherwise, I would really be reluctant to give you this opportunity to go west." ”

Cao Zhang couldn't help but be a little gloomy, he looked at Cao Ying's already snowy hair, and sighed secretly, his father is really old.

…… Zhuge Liang held Yu Ruyi in both hands, looked at the letter on the case, and then looked at Zong Yu who was sitting opposite, and smiled: "It seems that King Yue knows your identity." ”

Zong Yu smiled silently: "King Yue is good at scheming, he knows my career well, and it is not difficult to guess the relationship." However, in my opinion, he is also very clear about the relationship between General Guan, General Zhang and Dawang. ”

"He is a wise man, and how can he not know the names of each man?" Zhuge Liang put down the jade Ruyi and opened a brocade box on the case, which was a gift from Sun Shaotuozong. There is only an ivory book knife in the brocade box, nothing else, this ivory book knife handle is carved into a dragon head, the handle is also engraved with thin dragon scales, although it does not look gorgeous, but the ivory is warm and lovely, the style is simple, the carving is fine, and it is a first-class craftsmanship at a glance.

Zhuge Liang liked it at first sight. If Sun Shao gave him gold, silver and jewelry, maybe he might not be able to see it, but this calligraphy knife suited his appetite. He looked at it again and again, and praised: "Good knife." ”

"Can the prime minister see what kind of iron this is?" Zong Pre said suddenly.

"Iron?" Zhuge Liang was a little surprised, the book knife is used to cut the book rope and cut the envelope, and it doesn't need to be too sharp, what special good iron is needed?

"This is Tianzhu Iron, in Zhuya, this is called Iron." Zong Yu took a step forward, pointed to the pattern on the knife body and said, "Prime Minister, please see, this iron pattern is quite peculiar, like a dark flower. The weapons made of Tianzhu iron are very sharp, and it is difficult to find a knife. Every time a knife appears in the market, it is immediately collected. King Yue said that this book knife was specially customized for the prime minister, and he used this iron to make a book knife, I am afraid that there is no second one in this world. ”

Zhuge Liang froze for a moment, and some of them didn't believe it lightly with a knife on the envelope, and the envelope was silently separated, and there was a clear knife mark on the dim desk. "It's sharp." Zhuge Liang nodded again and again, carefully put the knife into the sheath, carefully inserted it into his belt, touched it again, and then took out the letter and read it.

Sun Shao's letter was very simple and direct, he said to Zhuge Liang that Guan Yu was old, and it was probably impossible for him to change his temper. He didn't want Guan Yu to be defeated by Wu Jun, and he didn't want them to fight any longer. He will write a letter to persuade Guan Yu, hoping that Zhuge Liang will also give him a thin face and tolerate one or two. In order to repay Zhuge Liang, he was willing to assist Zhuge Liang in pacifying Yizhou. After the conquest of Funan, he had tens of thousands of Funan soldiers under his command, most of whom were skilled in jungle warfare, and they would definitely be able to get twice the result with half the effort if they entered Yizhou to quell the rebellion. After pacifying Yizhou, Zhuge Liang had military exploits, and opened up the trade route to Tianzhu, which was also very beneficial to the people's livelihood in Yizhou.

Zhuge Liang read it word by word, and finally slowly put down the case, picked up Yu Ruyi again, was silent for a long time, and said, "How did he convince General Guan?" ”

"I don't know." Zong Yu shook his head: "But looking at his tone and Queen Guan Feng's safety, it seems that he is sure to solve the contradiction between General Guan and everyone." ”

"It's a mystery." The corners of Zhuge Liang's mouth were crooked, a little helpless. He now knows that the reason why Guan Yu has a lot of opinions about him and makes awkwardness with him everywhere is because Sun Shao has drugged him. But it's useless for him to know, Guan Yu is so arrogant that he even contradicts Liu Bei, and he doesn't give him a chance to explain at all, besides, he won't take the initiative to explain to Guan Yu. If someone can persuade Guan Yu, there is probably only Sun Shao in the world. Sun Shao sent money and horses, and he was so good to Guan Feng that he had nothing to say, he had made great achievements in war over the years, expanding his land for thousands of miles, whether it was material or spiritual, and gave Guan Yu the capital to be proud of. Of course, with such a big general as Guan Yu, the merchants of Yue are also like fish in water in Shu and go smoothly everywhere, and in turn, these merchants have given Guan Yu more benefits. Don't look at Guan Yu as just a county marquis, but among all the nobles in Shu, probably only Liu Bei, the king of Shu, surpasses Guan Yu in strength.

Zhuge Liang knew that with Guan Yu's military exploits, his relationship with Liu Bei's monarch and ministers, and with strong foreign aid like Sun Shao, it was almost delusional for him to suppress Guan Yu. He was destined to be in the shadow of Guan Yu and patiently wait for Guan Yu to die of old age. For a person like him, who does not seek wealth and nobility, but seeks a chance to display his ambitions, such a story is destined to be painful.

Now that Sun Shao has sent over an opportunity, he has no reason not to accept it, otherwise if Sun Shao and Guan Yu join forces, he will have no power to fight back, not to mention that his younger brother Zhuge Jun is still in Sun Shao's hands. He wouldn't believe that Sun Shao wouldn't be able to find out Zhuge Jun's role in it, and Sun Shao's death of Zhuge Jun could be said to be as easy as pinching an ant.

Of course, Sun Shao's conditions are indeed very attractive, as long as they can cooperate, he can win Yizhou County for meritorious service, his brother Zhuge is safe and sound, and his brother Zhuge Jin can also successfully become the prime minister of Wu. Thinking that the brothers were Wu Shu's prime ministers, Zhuge Liang was a little excited, and in addition to the excitement, he was also a little eager to try. Perhaps, this will be an opportunity to test his and his brother's abilities.

"Peace talks are okay, let Wu Guo promise to send Zhang Yi back, and promise that such a thing will not happen again." Zhuge Liang said: "Deyan, you go back to Jiangling, the king, I will go and say, I don't think there will be too much difficulty." ”

"Whoa." Zong premitted, and said with some curiosity: "Prime Minister, do you also believe that King Yue can explain General Guan?" ”

"Believe it, anyway, apart from him, no one will be able to say anything about him, our great general." Zhuge Liang smiled: "In fact, compared with this, what is more difficult is how he let Wu Guo withdraw his troops first, so as not to hurt the face of our general." ”

(To be continued)