"Wenhe speaks quickly!" Cao Ying was overjoyed when he heard this, and hurriedly signaled Jia Xu to speak quickly.

"Since ancient times, people have shared hardships and hardships, but they have not enjoyed together. Zhao Feng has followed Liu Bei for more than ten years, and has repeatedly performed miraculous feats, and his official position is still only a Taishou, so it is inevitable that he will not have resentment. If you start here, you might be able to make a difference! It's just that Liu Bei is not a person who doesn't know people, and Zhao Feng is not a repeated person, so this move may not be effective. Jia Xu said more cautiously.

"Hmm." Cao Ying also felt that it might not be a big surname to sow discord, so he immediately asked: "Besides, is there any other way?" ”

"The people of Xichuan are very xenophobic, and now that Zhao Feng is in Hanzhong, there must be people in Xichuan who are worried about this. If it can provoke the people of Xichuan to be dissatisfied with it, it may be possible to take something from it. It's just that the Yizhou army is weak, and although there are many people, they may not be able to win Zhao Feng. Jia Xu thought for a while.

"These two methods may not work, but it doesn't hurt to try. But I don't know who is willing to go to Hanzhong and lobby Zhao Feng? Cao Ying thought for a moment and asked Jia Xu.

"Squire Xinbi, this person is eloquent, and he may be able to take on this heavy responsibility." Jia Xu thought for a while. Rao is Jia Xu is clever and scheming, and he never expected that this Zhao Feng was a traverser who did not play cards according to the routine at all, and in the end, this matter turned out to be extremely embarrassing.

The next day, Cao Ying, Jia Xu and several others left Yecheng and rushed to Xuchang to make the final mobilization for the relocation of the capital. In other words, the last resistance is removed. Before he arrived in Xuchang, Cao Ying received a message from Xuchang Taishou Manchu sent someone to send a horse quickly, saying that Shangshu Ling Xun Yu had vomited blood and was seriously ill overnight since he returned to Xuchang, and he had taken leave at home, at least he couldn't come to the New Year's banquet this year.

"If you can't come, you can't come, and there are no fewer of them to eat." Cao Ying was angry in his heart, and this tone was not very good. That night, I went to Xuchang to rest a little, and the next morning, Cao Ying went to the court with everyone.

"There is a morning music, and there is no retreat!" The eunuch's characteristic high-pitched voice sounded so harsh in the empty hall. As this voice fell, Hua Xin was the first to come out and say: "Your Majesty, it is said that there is a unicorn in the western suburbs of Yecheng recently, and auspicious clouds are now in the south of Pingyang. All kinds of auspicious signs, to name a few. According to the minister's opinion, if the auspicious omen is sent to Hebei today, it must be the meaning of the Son of Heaven Longxing. Therefore, please follow the will of heaven, from the favor of people, move the capital to Yecheng! ”

"Here we go again!" Liu Xie, the Emperor of Han Xian, who was sitting on the throne, heard Hua Xin's words, and even felt dizzy for a while. Looking at the group of ministers in front of him, and then at Cao Ying, who was sitting on the side, the helplessness in Liu Xie's heart was really indescribable.

He ascended the throne at the age of nine, and has been 14 years since then. But Liu Xie asked himself that in the past fourteen years, even if the truly happy words add up, I am afraid that it will not be less than a day. From Dong Zhuo to Li Dao to Cao Ying, everyone regards him as the biggest political bargaining chip. I only lived to be in my twenties, and I was a puppet for 14 years.

Since last year, some people in the DPRK and China have begun to propose moving the capital to Yecheng. Although Liu Xie is a puppet, he is not too stupid, he knows what the capital is for. It happened that Cao Yingren was not there at that time, so he was happy to use this as an excuse to drag it down. It's just that now that Cao Ying is back, this excuse seems to have expired.

Despite this, Liu Xie was not willing to give in. Pretending to be silent, Liu Xie spoke: "Since I came to Xuchang ten years ago, I am fortunate to have the assistance of the prime minister and all of you Aiqing, and I have finally been safe and sound in the past ten years. Besides, auspicious things are difficult to be accurate, and they cannot be trusted. With Prime Minister Cao Cheng and all of you Aiqing here, I am also as stable as Mount Tai in Xuchang! ”

To say that this Liu Xie is not a brainless person, his excuse is at least reasonable, and he also praised Cao Ying by the way. It's just his little trick, how can it affect Cao Ying's determination to move the capital?

"Your Majesty!" At this time, Man Chong hurriedly came out and admonished: "At present, the traitor Liu Bei does not want to serve the country, but supports the army and respects himself in the south. Although Xuchang is a strong city, it is too close to Liu Bei. For the sake of His Majesty's safety, it is better to move to Hebei to take precautions. After the ministers and others have eliminated Liu Bei's traitors, it is not too late to return to Xuchang! ”

When Liu Bei is exterminated, I'm afraid that my last bit of use value will be gone. Liu Xie's heart was bright, but he said: "Liu Bei is my imperial uncle, how can he plot to usurp and rebel?" Man Aiqing is not going to be wronged. ”

"Humph!" Cao Ying, who had been listening to Liu Xie and the courtiers with his eyes closed, suddenly snorted, and his voice was not loud, but Liu Xie couldn't help but shudder when he heard it. At this moment, I saw a person hurrying from outside the hall, but it was Cao Hong.

"Your Majesty, the Xiongnu Shan pursued the Xianbei tribe in front of Liu Bao, and has beheaded the Xianbei King Kebineng. Liu Bao's special envoy came to the court to congratulate! Cao Hong said with some excitement. Everyone in the DPRK and China was overjoyed when they heard this, after all, who doesn't like this kind of thing that greatly increases the prestige of the country?

"Your Majesty, Xianbei has been destroyed, and Duke Wei has made great contributions. Recently, everyone has the intention of promoting the Duke of Wei as the king of Wei, and I ask Your Majesty for permission! At this time, Hua Xin stepped forward again.

"Since it should be so, come here, and intend to do it!" Liu Xie only begged not to move the capital, and now someone is naturally asking for him to divert the topic. It is not so unacceptable to crown Cao Ying as the King of Wei, and Liu Xie knows that even if he doesn't do this favor, Cao Ying will be self-proclaimed.

Drafted, sealed, Cao Ying personally thanked him. After all this was completed, Cao Ying also spoke: "Your Majesty is as kind to the old minister, and the old minister should do his best to repay His Majesty and protect the Han Dynasty!" ”

"Aiqing is the pillar of the country, and I have always been the pillar of the country!" Liu Xie helped Cao Ying up, put up a smile and said reluctantly, but he sneered in his heart: If you don't embarrass me, I will burn high incense, and I expect you to protect me in the next life.

"Your Majesty is so loving, how dare you not do your best! Your Majesty, at present, Liu Bei's rebel thieves and troops are coming to attack at all times with Runan and Nanyang, and I also ask Your Majesty to move to Hebei to make sure that everything is in order. After the ministers exterminated Liu Bei, His Majesty returned to Luoyang or Xijing. Cao Ying's "Grateful Zero" is authentic.

After hearing Cao Ying's words, the smile on Liu Xie's face that was originally squeezed out suddenly froze. He finally understood that Cao Ying's purpose of moving the capital could not be achieved, and the gods and horses were all floating clouds.

"Hehe, Liu Bei is my imperial uncle, probably not!" Liu Xie did not give up his last effort, and wanted to make some excuses, but at this moment, Cao Ying suddenly grabbed Liu Xie's right hand.

"Phew!" Although Cao Ying has rarely moved his own hands in recent years, his hand strength is not a little bit greater than that of the pampered Liu Xie. This pinched hard, almost making the Son of Heaven scream in the hall.

"Your Majesty's surname is benevolent, I don't know how vicious Liu Bei is. This person is scheming, and he is actually the first traitor in the world. His Majesty's stay in Xuchang is really dangerous. When the minister breaks this thief, let's talk about other things! Cao Ying squeezed one of Liu Xie's hands and said in a deep voice.

"Okay, just according to what King Wei said!" Liu Xie was pinched so much that he almost burst into tears, and he didn't even promise to mention it at the moment, so Cao Ying let go of his hand. Liu Xie looked at the ministers under the hall with a pleading eye, especially Kong Rong and a few of them, and the people he could trust were basically these few people.

To his disappointment, Kong Rong and the others were silent. In the face of power, it is always the majority who are silent.

"Your Majesty has decided to move the capital, please make an order as soon as possible. Yecheng originally had a palace, so there was no need to build a lot of construction and waste money! Cao Ying said lightly, but there was no respect in these words, but it was more like an order. It seems that the man in front of him is not a king, but just one of his subordinates. Perhaps, Liu Xie is not even his subordinates, but can only be regarded as a tool used to give orders?

"Exactly, exactly!" Liu Xie looked at his right hand, and was forced to pinch out a circle of black and blue by Cao Ying, and suddenly he had no courage to resist at all, and hurriedly agreed to his request.

Since the emperor has agreed, there will be no last resistance to the relocation of the capital. All the original preparations have been made, and it will be officially moved to Hebei after the New Year. At the same time, the news of the canonization of Cao Ying as the king of Wei was also quickly conveyed to the thirteen states of the Han Dynasty, and there was no need for Liu Bei to send a detailed work to investigate.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Cao Ying just coerced His Majesty to crown him as the King of Wei, and ordered the capital to be moved to Yecheng, his antipathy is really obvious! I wonder what you think?" After Liu Bei of Shouchun got the news, he immediately notified everyone in Shouchun to come to discuss.

"My lord, Cao Ying's holding the Son of Heaven hostage is already well known. Now let the Son of Heaven move the capital to Hebei, just to avoid our soldiers. Moreover, he has arrogantly claimed the throne, and has always made the final preparations for the final plot to usurp the throne! Zhuge Liang groaned.

"In this way, do you want to take the opportunity to send troops to Xuchang and rescue the Son of Heaven?" Liu Bei asked, but the tone was a little weird, as if he was worried about something.

Knowing the meaning of Liu Bei's words, Zhuge Liang also spoke: "This matter is not proper, the sword has no eyes in the battle array, in case Cao Thief Dog jumps over the wall and hurts the Son of Heaven, then the lord will be guilty of too much!" ”

"That's true!" Liu Bei nodded. If Liu Bei was only thinking about how to rescue the Son of Heaven in the past, now he is even more worried. After rescuing the Son of Heaven, it will only become a hot potato. If he returns to him, then the power he has painstakingly managed for so many years will be in vain; If he doesn't return to power and only treats the emperor as a puppet, then what is the difference between what he does and Cao Ying? When the time comes, the name of loyalty and righteousness in my life will be ruined. In such a situation, how could Liu Bei make trouble for himself.

"In that case, let's postpone the dispatch of troops!" Liu Bei pondered for a while and pretended to be helpless. At this moment, the waiter came to report, and Ma Chao asked to see him.

"Alas!" Liu Bei suddenly had a big head when he heard this, this Ma Chao was really like a fly, he came over to pester himself all day long, begging him to send troops to help him recapture Xiliang, Liu Bei was not good to send troops immediately, and it was even more difficult to ignore it, and it was also very annoying these days. Moreover, Ma Chao's surname is arrogant and informal, which also gives Liu Bei a headache.

"Hmph, that horse doesn't know what to do, it's really hateful to be so arrogant in front of the eldest brother!" Zhang Fei snorted. No one refuted him this time, and everyone was very dissatisfied with Ma Chao.

"No wonder General Zhao wants to send this person to Shouchun, it seems that he doesn't want to deal with this person, so he handed over this Ma Chao to the lord!" Pang Tong seemed to be joking, but Zhuge Liang looked at Pang Tong with some surprise when he heard this, as if he remembered something.

"Lord, if you have a plan, you may be able to suppress the arrogance of this Ma Chao." At this time, Lu Su suddenly spoke. Hearing this, Liu Bei hurriedly asked: "What is Zijing's clever plan, come quickly!" ”

At that moment, Lu Su slowly explained his strategy, and when Liu Bei and the others heard it, they all felt that although this strategy was simple, the effect would definitely not be bad. At that moment, Liu Bei first sent someone to reply to Ma Chao, saying that the day after tomorrow was Chinese New Year's Eve, and he would entertain everyone in the Qi State Mansion, and asked Ma Chao to also attend at that time, and talk about anything then.

"Shiyuan, what do you mean by today?" After the discussion, Zhuge Liang and Pang Tongyi left together, and Zhuge Liang suddenly asked.

"Kong Ming, what are you talking about?" Pang Tong asked with a smile.

"Shi Yuan, you and I don't need to hide it like this. You said that General Zhao couldn't deal with Ma Chao, so he brought him to Shouchun. Regardless of whether General Zhao really has this heart or not, even if he has this heart, it is not a big deal. It's just that you said this, I'm afraid that you have the intention to make the lord have a grudge against General Zhao. Zhuge Liang said slowly.

"Oh? This is my negligence, and my mouth is fast for a while! Pang Tong laughed.

"If it were someone else, there might be such an oversight. But Shi Yuan, how can you be such a careless person? "Zhuge Liang means something authentic.

"Kong Ming, do you have to make my words so clear?" Pang Tong heard Zhuge Liang's words, and suddenly sighed, as if he was very tired.

"Shi Yuan, I know that you have great ambitions, but you have done something and you don't do anything, and those who maliciously tell the truth have not ended well since ancient times." Zhuge Liang has something to say in his words.

"Enough, Kong Ming, don't you want to soar? Do you want us Jingxiangshi people to be suppressed by their Xuzhou people forever? Pang Tong suddenly said with some excitement.

Zhuge Liang was silent when he heard this, he knew the meaning of Pang Tong's words. Before occupying Jingxiang, there was no obvious faction distinction between the civil and military ministers under Liu Bei. Although after the defeat of Jiangdong, there were the so-called Xuzhou faction and Jiangdong faction, but many of the old ministers in Jiangdong were from the Huaisi region, such as Zhang Zhao, Bu Fei and other generations, and they soon got along with Lu Su, Mi Zhu and others of the old Xuzhou faction. In addition, Mi Zhu and Bu Fei married their sister to Liu Bei, and the Xuzhou faction seems to be the most powerful faction under Liu Bei.

Under Liu Bei, although there are many Jingxiang scholars who hold important positions, and even Shi Tao, who has the highest official position, is already Jiaozhou Mu, but there are still few people who can hold military power and sit on one side. Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong can only be regarded as strategists.

"It's just that I don't have a good sister Pang Shiyuan, otherwise, it would be Buzishan and the others to ride on the head of our Jingxiangshi?" Pang Tong was a little angry. Zhuge Liang looked at Pang Tong, who was unconvinced, and sighed secretly in his heart, but said: "Having said that, we are still shallow when we take refuge in the lord, and it is normal for our official position to be smaller. After making a contribution, are you afraid that you won't be able to soar? ”

"If you don't occupy a high position, how can you make a contribution?" Pang Tong scoffed at Zhuge Liang's words. Zhuge Liang sighed and said: "Besides, General Zhao has the grace of knowing you, but now you are looking for him, so this will inevitably make people's teeth cold!" ”

With the friendship between Zhuge Liang and Pang Tong, it is already quite important to talk about it at this point. Pang Tong's face also changed slightly when he heard this, and then he sighed: "Kong Ming, don't you really understand the mystery of this?" ”

"I understand, but now that the big thing is undecided, I'm busy fighting for power, isn't it too early?" Zhuge Liang frowned. Pang Tong snorted when he heard this, and said no more, Zhuge Liang knew that he didn't listen to his own words, and he also sighed secretly in his heart.

In Liu Bei's group, Guan Yu and Zhang Fei are his brothers, with high power, and it is not easy for Pang Tong to move them, so if he wants to climb up in the fastest time, he retreats to Zhao Feng and fights for Zhao Feng, which has become the most realistic choice for Pang Tong. But Zhuge Liang knew that Zhao Feng was by no means as helpless as he seemed.

"Shi Yuan, Shi Yuan, you not only underestimated General Zhao, but also underestimated the lord!" Zhuge Liang sighed.

(To be continued)