The fourth volume of the East and West Rivalry Chapter 94 Dragon Walk the World Finale

Cao Rui hesitated for a while, he looked Sun Shao up and down, but Sun Shao just smiled incomprehensibly Cao Rui wanted to ask him, is this Cao Zhang and Cao Zhi's princes the same as their existing four kings? If this is the case, then the Cao family will inevitably have trouble fighting for orthodoxy in the future, and if the three kings of the three titles are slightly lower than the existing four kings, it will naturally be good

However, he could not ask

The Son of Heaven thought about it for a while, and then understood the meaning, he smiled slightly: "I invite Zhu Qing to come today, it is to discuss this matter, the king is a big deal, not a child's play, Zhu Qing does not need to reply in a hurry, you can think about it first, and it will not be too late to discuss it in a few days."

Cao Rui breathed a sigh of relief, for fear that Sun Shao would interrupt, so he hurriedly bowed down and said, "Your Majesty Shengming"

Sun Shao is indispensable, Liu Chan feels that it has nothing to do with it, he is just a pity, Li Yan is such a cadre, it is a pity that he is the auxiliary minister left by his father

"Zhu Qing is generous, I will order the master to prepare, as soon as Zhu Qing's three thousand gold arrives, work will start immediately" The Son of Heaven glanced at Cao Rui with a smile, and said intentionally or unintentionally: "By the way, Sun Qing, should Wu Guo also follow the routine?" ”

Sun Shaoyi shrugged: "This is Your Majesty's business, don't talk too much"

"Then I can issue an edict to King Wu" The Son of Heaven sighed: "Alas, speaking of which, King Wu is still a few years younger than me, why is his body so weak, Zhuqing, I am really worried about him, although he has established the prince, but Sun Ba is young after all, once something happens, he may not be able to keep it."

Sun Shao was noncommittal, he didn't hear the Son of Heaven see him, and he didn't say anything more, and talked and laughed about other topics

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Cao Rui returned to the Wei Palace, and immediately called Liu Fang and Sun Zi, who accompanied him, and told him what had just happened, in front of these two cronies, he did not hide anything, and bluntly expressed his worries

Liu Fangzi abandoned, a native of Zhuojun, the current Zhongshu supervisor, Sun Zizi Yanlong, a native of Taiyuan, the current Zhongshu Ling, the two of them had just sealed the Guannei Marquis, in the Wei State, which valued their military exploits, this was rare They handled confidential matters for Cao Rui, and they were well-deserved confidants

Liu Fang quietly listened to Cao Rui's worries, and hesitated for a while, this matter involves the affairs of the Cao family's royal family, not a simple state affair, and it is difficult to deal with it for a long time by Cao Rui's side, he has more or less heard some rumors, saying that Cao Zhi and Cao Rui's mother Zhen have some unclear relationships, it doesn't matter if it's true or not, he has seen a lot of the filth of the royal family, and when it comes to this matter, he can only believe it, not believe it, in case there is such a thing, if he says that it is not good for Cao Zhi, When it reaches the ears of the Queen Mother in the future, won't he be unlucky?

Sun Zi saw that Liu Fang was silent, but said directly: "The minister thinks it's inappropriate."

Cao Rui glanced at him quietly, picked up the teacup and blew gently, and asked in a relaxed tone, "Why?" ”

"If they are all crowned kings, and they are equal to the king, then when they meet later, won't the king salute them?" Sun Zi said slowly: "Everyone is the king, and their seniority is higher, in case there is any dispute, who will you listen to?" Moreover, General Ziwen has a bold personality and likes to meddle in affairs, if he meddles in the affairs of the Wei State, what should he do? ”

Cao Rui's brows wrinkled slightly, and he also had a headache In view of Cao Zhi's original struggle for succession, Cao Rui has always been very strict with the clan, Cao Cao has many sons, and most of them have some disagreements with Cao Cao passing on the throne of King Wei to Cao Rui, when Cao Cao was alive, they didn't dare to speak up, Cao Cao passed away, but they gradually spread some grievances that were limited to humility before, and they didn't dare to express it in person, but if Cao Zhang and Cao Zhi also became kings, they would have two more choices, in case of running away, where would Cao Rui's face go?

Seeing that Cao Rui was embarrassed, Liu Fang also made up his mind and echoed: "The minister thinks that Yanlong's proposal is even the ancestor of the Sun family's uncle and nephew, although they are all surnamed Sun, but didn't Sun Shao snatch the South China Sea from Sun Quan's hands?" This time the four-nation alliance army went west, Wei Shu benefited from it, but Wu State did not benefit at all, tens of thousands of people were eaten by Sun Shao in one bite, and there was not even a sound If the two generals also called the king, and it was the king of the same king as the king, I am afraid it is not a good thing for the Cao family."

Seeing that the two henchmen agreed on the same opinion, Cao Rui also nodded: "But this is the letter of King Yue, if I object, wouldn't it be difficult to cooperate in the future?" ”

Liu Fang shook his head: "The minister thinks that the king of Yue may not want these three people to become the same kingdom as Wei Shu and Wu Yue."

"Oh?"

"The king of Yue's westward expedition, because of his own strength, although he won Persia, but had to divide the vassals, the non-Yue power accounted for a large proportion of the king of Yue intended to arrange for the crown prince Sun Feng to sit in the city of Taixi Feng, its intention is very clear, nothing more than to borrow the power of the army to gradually conquer Xiyi Sun Feng is just a prince of Yue, he may be able to command a few marquis, but can he still command the king?" Liu Fang smiled confidently: "This is just a plan by King Yue to capture the old man."

Cao Rui suddenly realized, and he paused for a moment with a dumb smile: "Then how to give him a step down?" ”

"Talk to him about cooperation" Sun Zi hurriedly said: "He wants to go east, Liaodong must be the front line, and Wei can become his ally again."

Cao Rui nodded again and again

……

Yang Xiu walked into Chengguang Palace quickly, the Son of Heaven and the Prince were sitting face to face, as soon as he saw Yang Xiu, the Prince quickly got up and stood behind the Son of Heaven, and the Son of Heaven pointed to the prince's original seat: "Yang Qing, sit"

Yang Xiu hurriedly shook his head: "The seat of the heir, how can a minister dare to sit?"

"Okay" The Son of Heaven smiled: "I want to trouble you today."

"Please speak up, your majesty will never give up"

"It's not that serious, but this matter is not a trivial matter" The Son of Heaven stood up, took two steps back, the smile on his face gradually turned heavy, he stood at the door of the hall, looked at the bright sunshine outside, was silent for a moment, and suddenly said with some sadness: "Count it up, Yang Gong has been gone for fourteen years"

"Thirteen years, four months and eleven days," Yang Xiu said without thinking

The Son of Heaven turned his head and glanced at Yang Xiu, and nodded: "Do you now know why Yang Gong must send you to Yue Kingdom as an official?" ”

Yang Xiu nodded silently: "The minister has understood, and the minister is willing to serve His Majesty."

"I am very relieved" The Son of Heaven let out a long breath: "Although my Han has gone through hardships, he has not been a servant, it is because there are gentlemen like Yang Gong and his son who have been awarded the Guangwu Emperor's Qi Festival for two hundred years, this is the foundation of my Han Dynasty, Ah Dezu, Yang Gong has worked hard to assist me, and he has died, not only that, but he also took into account for me that you followed the king of Yue to the west, and he knew the affairs of the Yue country very well, and now is the time to go back to the court to assist me."

"Minister...... I've been waiting for this day for two years," Yang Xiu choked

"Okay, good" The Son of Heaven nodded with emotion, very satisfied with Yang Xiu's loyalty Now most people are willing to go to Yue as officials, and few people are willing to go to Yue to return to Luoyang's court, because in addition to a name, the court is not as strong as Yue Guo This time with Cao Zhang's northern army, most of the people stayed in Persia, only Xun Yun returned to Luoyang with some officers, and the Son of Heaven was very grateful, and immediately named Xun Yun as Lang Zhongling, and those officers were also promoted

"Dezu, your most important task now is to teach my prince well" The Son of Heaven patted Yang Xiu's back gently, "I am sparse and thin, I have struggled all my life, barely keeping a little inheritance of my ancestors, but I have no ability to restore the glory of the year Now I am walking on thin ice, trembling, for fear that if one of them is not dealt with properly, I will fall into the land of no return, now I am old, even if I have all kinds of ambitions, I have no time to struggle, I can only pin my willingness on the body of future generations, although the prince is not a smart person, but he is still loyal, Dezu." and you have to teach him well."

"Minister...... "Yang Xiu knelt on the ground and kowtowed repeatedly

"Get up, get up" The Son of Heaven bent down, helped Yang Xiu up, let him sit on the seat, and then instructed the prince to come forward to worship Yang Xiu didn't dare to accept it, but for the dignity of the teacher, he still accepted a salute, and solemnly ordered a few words, and then avoided the table and returned the salute to the prince

After all the etiquette was done, the prince began to ask according to the rules: "May I ask sir, what is the biggest difficulty of my Han at present?" ”

Yang Xiu stroked the short beard under his chin, looked at the respectful prince in front of him, and was silent for a while before he said: "The gap between His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Prince Yue Sun Feng is too big."

The prince was stunned for a moment, this answer was obviously out of his expectations, he turned his head and looked at the Son of Heaven for help, the Son of Heaven was also a little stunned, but he quickly reacted: "So, the danger of the Han is not the King of Yue, but the Prince of Yue?" ”

"So to speak" Yang Xiu said slowly: "The minister has been by the side of King Yue for several years, and he has been observing King Yue with great concentration, and he knows that although he is eloquent and strategic, it is rare in the world, but for the Great Han, he has some loyalty that is difficult for ordinary people to understand" He glanced at the Son of Heaven, "Although he is not humble enough for His Majesty, but his love for the Great Han is difficult for anyone to overcome."

The Son of Heaven blinked, thought for a while, nodded and smiled: "Yes, the reason why the fire of my Han can still be extinguished has a great relationship with his loyalty, there was Cao Gong in the past, and King Yue in the back, if it weren't for the maintenance of King Yue, I'm afraid that the Han would have ceased to exist a long time ago, and I still remember the scene of him forcing everyone to swear an oath on the East China Sea."

"Your Majesty is reasonable" Yang Xiu breathed a sigh of relief, and then said: "King Yue is uninhibited and has no good manners, but he has never thought of destroying the Han Dynasty, he would rather go to Persia thousands of miles to conquer than provoke a war in the territory of the Han Dynasty In fact, the reason why he wants to arrange Cao Zhang, Cao Zhi and Li Yan and others to be kings in Persia is also for the same purpose."

The Son of Heaven nodded unceasingly

"The minister dares to say that in the lifetime of King Yue, the Han Dynasty will not be destroyed, but what about after King Yue?" Yang Xiu said worriedly: "Prince Yue Sun Feng is not more than twenty years old, he has already made such a military exploit, although the king of Yue has decided to let him sit in Taixi Fengcheng, in the next twenty or thirty years, he may be committed to the conquest of Xiyi, there is no time to look east, but the minister is worried that once the expedition is too smooth, or the expedition is not smooth, causing him to decide to turn his attention back to the country, I am afraid that it will be ...... at that time."

The Son of Heaven's eyes widened, and he couldn't help but gasp, he heard the meaning of Yang Xiu's words Sun Shao is alive, the Han is worry-free, twenty or thirty years later, Sun Shao is also old, Sun Feng will inherit the Yue Kingdom, if his conquest in Persia goes well, maybe in twenty or thirty years he has already pocketed that large piece of land, the strength is unimaginable, and if the conquest does not go well, he may retreat to the second best and return to the Han to seek development, then no one can be his opponent

At that time, the survival of the Han Dynasty may just be a thought of Sun Feng, Sun Shao does not want to be Han, who knows if he wants to be the king of Zhou Wen?

Twenty or thirty years later, it will be the time when the prince faces Sun Feng, whether the Han can survive or not, it all depends on the comparison of strength and wisdom between the prince and Sun Feng Judging from the current situation, if the prince can keep the territory he has now, it will be a great victory, not to mention others

The Son of Heaven was frightened at the same time, mixed with a trace of loss, didn't the big man have hope? Even with the help of talents like Yang Xiu, ZTE is just an ethereal dream?

Yang Xiu looked at the Son of Heaven intently, watching the Son of Heaven's expression change from shock to frustration, and from frustration to pain, he has not said anything, he knows that the Son of Heaven still has some unrealistic ideas, if he doesn't break these ideas first, he is worried that the Son of Heaven will do stupid things to come to Sun Shao's side for two or three years, knowing that the strength of the Yue Kingdom is so strong, if it weren't for Sun Shao's belief that he would call "loyalty" first, I'm afraid that the Han Dynasty has long become a thing of the past, he actually doesn't fully believe in Sun Shao, but in addition to believing in Sun Shao, What else can he do? Although he is conceited and talented, he has no confidence in whether he can fight against Sun Shao, and can only hope for Sun Shao's conscience

He looked at twenty or thirty years later, he didn't dare to expect that he could teach the prince to be stronger than Sun Feng, but he hoped to do his best to teach the prince to be a son of heaven who knew how to advance and retreat

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The next time became very pleasant for Sun Shao, Cao Rui took the initiative to express goodwill to him, hoping to strengthen cooperation with him, the Son of Heaven was also very polite to him, a small banquet in three days, a big banquet in five days, and let the prince take the initiative to talk to Sun Fengtao, Liu Chan did not have too many actions, he often came to chat with Sun Feng about some marginal gossip, almost did not involve state affairs, until two months later, the prime minister of Shu Shi Ma Tan arrived in Luoyang at night and night, and only began to negotiate related cooperation matters Ma Tan brought Zhuge Liang's opinion, He was in favor of Li Yan's title to the king, and at the same time suggested that when he went on the next expedition to the east, he would count the Shu State again, and he would even choose the general, which was the horse in front of him

Sun Shao agreed one by one, and the specific details were discussed to Sun Feng

The negotiations dragged on until another year later, those soldiers who had already had fiefdoms in Persia began to assemble with their families, Sun Shao arranged in Chengdu, Yuzhang, Qingzhou, Qiantang big ships to pick them up, taking advantage of the north wind to go south one after another, rushed to the special pastoral city to concentrate in February, Sun Shao and his son said goodbye to the Son of Heaven, rushed to the special pastoral city

In April, Dishi Port was unveiled, more than 300 ships crowded Dishi Port, Sun Feng with a huge fleet was about to leave Temu City, set off for the Persian Gulf, this time I don't know which year to turn back, from the Queen Mother Bridge to the Queen Guan Feng are reluctant, sent and sent, will accompany the princess Zhang Yu, Mrs. Yang Huiyu can not persuade how to persuade

Only Sun Shao was very calm, standing not far away and waiting quietly

Sun Feng spent a long time on his strength, and finally promised to come back every two years to see it, and Daqiao and Guan Feng reluctantly let go

Sun Feng carefully sent them off the boat, and then he breathed a sigh of relief, rushed to Sun Shao's side, bowed down and said, "Father, the son is about to set off."

Sun Shao, who was looking at the vista directly, answered, and after a while, he turned his head and looked at Sun Fengdao: "Have a good trip"

"Thank you, father" Sun Feng opened his mouth, as if he had something to say Sun Shao saw it, and smiled: "If you have anything to say, you can ask directly"

Sun Feng smiled awkwardly, waved his hand to let the people around him retreat, and only their father and son were left on the huge deck, and he said softly: "The retainer dares to ask his father, what if the Romans know that Philip is not the son of Alexander?" ”

Sun Shao laughed silently, he put his hands behind his back, and walked forward slowly, Sun Feng arched his hands, and the two of them did not speak, and only heard footsteps echoing on the deck for a while Sun Shao slowly walked to the side of the springboard, raised his hand, gently supported Sun Feng's back, and pushed him to the side of the springboard, Sun Feng did not understand his meaning, but he did not dare to disobey, hesitating with one foot and already stepping on the springboard

"Feng'er" Sun Shao suddenly opened his mouth: "Do you know, the reason why I didn't march into Rome immediately after taking Ctesiphon is not because Philip is your younger brother, but because with our current strength, it is impossible to take Rome Yes, we have the most powerful ships in the world, we have the best weapons in the world, and we also have the most warlike warriors in the world, but you have to remember one thing, with force alone, you may be able to conquer barbarians like Xianbei and Xiongnu, and maybe you can conquer like Sassanid, Remember that defeat is not the same as conquest, just as the Romans defeated the Greeks, not the same as conquering Greece, and Antipas defeated Persia and did not conquer Mesopotamia, but at any time, you cannot give up the right to exercise force, but if you think that force is omnipotent, then you are not far from defeat."

Sun Feng listened quietly, Sun Shao had already told him a lot of this truth, and it seemed a little redundant to talk about it again at this time, but he knew that Sun Shao said this so solemnly, definitely not because the separation was imminent, a father couldn't help but say a few more words to his son, so simple He carefully tasted Sun Shao's words, and suddenly, he understood what Sun Shao meant

Whether to attack Rome or not is not because of Philip, but whether the time has come to truly conquer Rome

Sun Shao saw Sun Feng's eyes light up, knowing that he should understand what he meant, he smiled, stretched out his hand to straighten Sun Feng's hair crown that was already worn very well, and gently stroked his face that was blackened by the wind of West Asia: "Only the strong can tolerate people, I believe you will not be unable to tolerate your brother, you do it well, I believe you can make the most sure choice"

bowed down to answer the order, bowed two more times, swallowed and said: "Father take care, the son is gone" After speaking, he took two steps back, lifted his big hat, stepped on a brisk pace, and walked towards his own building boat

Guan Feng walked to Sun Shao's side, looked at the boat with sails raised, and couldn't help but shed tears again Sun Shao looked back at her, smiled, he stretched out his hand and took Guan Feng's hand and pinched it: "With such a good son, what are you not satisfied with, a good man has ambitions in all directions, you should be happy"

"But ......" Guan Feng wiped his red and swollen eyes, and sobbed: "I don't know when I will come back this time, how can you make me not want to"

"He doesn't have time to come back, you just go"

"That's right, I also want to see what Rome is like, what his Roman brother looks like, and the Roman queen, what kind of heroine she is......"

Sun Shao's eyes rolled, and he subconsciously let go of Guan Feng's hand, turned around and shouted at the children standing in the distance: "Children, if anyone wants to go on a voyage like your brother, I will take you there."

"I'm going, I'm going" A group of boys and girls of all sizes screamed, five-year-old Sun Xiaoman walked like a fly, rushed into Sun Shao's arms, grabbed Sun Shao's short beard under his chin, and laughed with a quack: "Father, I'm going to hunt polar bears, I'm going to America"

"Father, I'm going too," the seven-year-old second son, Sun Chengyou, bowed and said solemnly

"Go all of them" Sun Shao laughed, waved his hand, and said loudly with pride: "Children, go and conquer—"

"Oh-" the girls and boys cried excitedly, "Go conquer—"

Xiahou Hui glanced at Guan Feng, covered his mouth, and couldn't help but laugh softly

The whole book is finished RO~