Volume IV Yellow Turban Luàn Chapter 391 Chance

Ten days later, Cao Cào returned to the capital, met with the Son of Heaven, and after reporting to the Son of Heaven about the process of suppressing the rebellion in Bashu, he took the initiative to mention the meeting with Liu Xiu in Chang'an. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 infotxt e-book download**Although Liu Xiu was entrusted by the Son of Heaven to do things in the West, and Cao Cào went to Bashu to quell the rebellion was also in Liu Xiu's moderation, but the Son of Heaven was sensitive, and if some things were not said openly, maybe he would have some inexplicable thoughts, thinking that they had some ulterior secrets. Although Cao Cào does not know the Son of Heaven as well as Liu Xiu, he has been an official for many years, and he still understands the basic common sense here.

The Son of Heaven listened quietly, and finally asked: "Some people say that Liangzhou and Bingzhou are both places where they are strong, and now they are all in Liu Xiu's hands, but I am afraid that there will be changes in the future, which will be unfavorable to the country, what do you think about this?" ”

Cao Cào bowed down and bowed: "Your Majesty, those who can see this do have a vision, and can remind Your Majesty at this time that they are not afraid of offending Liu Xiu, and their loyalty can also be learned." However, the minister felt that he was a little worried, and he did not distinguish between urgency and urgency. ”

The Son of Heaven raised his eyebrows: "Tell me, how is it a little worrying, and there is no distinction between urgency and urgency?" ”

"Your Majesty, the minister passed through Guanzhong and knew a little about the situation in Guanzhong. Although Guanzhong is now stable, but the population is sparse, the finance and taxation are limited, Liu Xiu can only send more than 17,000 people to conquer Song Jian, and only three months of food, in addition to the consumption on the road, he only has a month of combat time. With the common sense of soldiers, this can be called a làng war, a soldier of last resort, thanks to His Majesty's grace, the soldiers used their lives, and Song Jianzi was in the luàn position, which was a fluke of meritorious service. The minister dared to ask His Majesty, if Song Jian did not recruit Qiang people to help, but closed the city and defended himself, with Liu Xiu's troops and money and food, he could conquer Baishi City? Even if he had a way to conquer Baishi City, how could he inflict heavy damage on the Qiang people? Although Song Jian was peaceful and the Qiang people returned, Longxi was still the world of the Qiang people, which was enough to make him tired. ”

Therefore, from Yichen's point of view, Liu Xiu's ability to stabilize Liangzhou is already extremely difficult, and if he wants to cause trouble, I am afraid it will not be possible to do it in three or five years. When the minister discussed with him about the luàn of the Yellow Turban, he deliberately mentioned the possibility of him going out of the martial arts, but he refused at once, because he had no ability to go out now. If you can't even get out of Wuguan, how can you bring disaster to the Central Plains? ”

The Son of Heaven narrowed his eyes slightly, and Shen Yin was silent.

"If you want to say that it is a disaster for the Central Plains, I am afraid that there are other people." Cao Cào paused, waited for the Son of Heaven to look at him, and then continued: "The place where my Han soldiers are sent out is not only not cool, Your Majesty, Taishan soldiers, Danyang soldiers, Jiangxia Man, and Southwest Yi, but they are all Jing soldiers." They are close to the armpits, and once they are used, the threat to Luoyang is comparable and much cooler. ”

The Son of Heaven nodded slowly, pondered for a long time, and then asked: "Liu Xiu asked the edict to separate the Wuji Lieutenant from the Dunhuang Taishou, rebuild the Western Regions Protectorate, master the Western Regions, open trade routes, and open Qiang City in Longxi and Jincheng, do you think it is feasible?" ”

Cao Cào smiled dumbly: "The minister thinks that this is all General Wei's helpless move to stabilize Liangzhou, what can the Qiang people do with each other, they can't do anything except herd sheep." As for the Western Regions Protectorate, Your Majesty, the minister thinks that it is not a good thing to put the tiger of General Wei in the Western Regions, at least there is Yu in the Western Regions. ”

The Son of Heaven pursed his lips and smiled, thinking of the Khotanese beauty that Liu Xiu sent him. Confucianism emphasizes yu, saying that yu has five virtues, and virtue is better than that of a gentleman, so a gentleman has no reason, and yu does not go to the body. Whether it is a shrine or a decoration, this yu is a very important object, and the royal family is a big user of yu utensils. Since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty hollowed out the Western Regions, the Central Plains used yu mostly from the Western Regions, and the yu from the Western Regions and Khotan is the most in line with Confucian standards, and the mutton fat white yu is an indispensable yu for various large-scale ceremonies of the royal family. Over the years, Liangzhou Qiang Luàn has not stopped, and the yu in the Western Regions has almost been cut off, and these yu sent to him by Liu Xiu can be said to be priceless, which makes the upcoming annual gifts seem much more sufficient, and they are no longer so shabby.

The Son of Heaven already had an idea, but he refused to say it in front of Cao Cào, but asked about the military affairs in Shandong, Cao Cào said the point of view he had said to Liu Xiu again, the Son of Heaven was noncommittal, praised it, and asked him to go back to the house to rest first, and then discuss it with the third duke, and then there was a reward.

Cao Cào thanked him, left the main hall, and wanted to go to the Jiaofang Hall to meet the queen, but after thinking about it, he gave up again and went straight back to the house. His father, Cao Song, and his younger brother, Cao De, had learned of his triumph and were waiting at home. As soon as Cao Cào entered Mén, he said to Cao De: "Go and invite Ah Luan back." ”

Cao Song was surprised: "What's so urgent?" ”

Cao Cào waved his hand at Cao De, then pulled Cao Song into the study, and said in the first sentence: "Ah Weng, do you know that the imperial concubine is by Liu Xiu's side?" ”

Cao Song was stunned for a moment, and his eyes immediately widened: "Is there such a thing?" ”

Cao Cào nodded vigorously: "I saw it with my own eyes, the imperial concubine still calls him Ah Weng, looking like that, it should have been a few years." ”

Cao Song gasped, his brain was a little difficult for a while, and he patted his forehead vigorously: "In this way, Your Majesty's trust in Liu Xiu has not diminished. ”

Cao Cào smiled bitterly: "Yes, we all thought that His Majesty took back Bingzhou from Liu Xiu's hands, which was a distrust of Liu Xiu, but now it seems that even though Your Majesty is wary of Liu Xiu, his trust has never diminished." Perhaps it was because he had very high expectations for Liu Xiu that he didn't dare to be careless and tested Liu Xiu many times. ”

Cao Song nodded slowly, the news was too shocking for him. It is not surprising that the Son of Heaven fostered the emperor's concubine in Liu Xiu's house, the emperor's eldest son was fostered in Shi Zi's family, but the emperor's concubine called Liu Xiu Aweng, which is not so simple, which shows that as long as Liu Xiu does not have an accident, then after the emperor's concubine ascends the throne, he is the indispensable minister who cares for his life, and the friendship between father and son can be compared with ordinary monarchs and ministers?

This is a good thing, because the succession of the emperor's concubine to the throne is beneficial to the Song family and the Cao family related to the Song family, but it is also a bad thing, because these should be the interests of the Song family, but now they may fall into the hands of Liu Xiu.

Hearing Cao Song's worries, Cao Cào smiled slightly: "Your Majesty is not unwary of Liu Xiu, this kind of psychology that wants to be reused and taboo is a good opportunity for us." “

Cao Song's eyes lit up, and he leaned forward: "How do you say this?" ”

His Majesty wanted to reuse Liu Xiu, but he was worried that Liu Xiu would be big, so he drove Liu Xiu out of Luoyang, but put Liangzhou and Bingzhou in his hands. Although Liangzhou and Bingzhou both sent soldiers, but without the financial support of the Central Plains, Liu Xiu would be a baby waiting to be fed, and he could starve to death at any time. Cao Cào was a little excited, his eyes were shining, he took the water on the case and drank it all, tiǎn tiǎn mouth chun, and then said: "Your Majesty doesn't want Liu Xiu to control the war in Shandong, and he is not worried about the Yuan family, so he wants to support another force that can be trusted to balance the Yuan family internally and Liu Xiu externally." ”

Cao Song was thoughtful, he understood, this opportunity fell on the head of his Cao family, Cao Cào returned from the rebellion, and just in time to enter the Shandong battlefield. He pondered carefully for a while, slowly clenched his fists, and slammed it on the desk: "Since this is the case, then let's fight, I will immediately send someone back to my hometown to recruit two or three thousand people, and prepare some grain and grass." ”

"Not only grain and grass, but also war horses." Cao Cào reminded: "Shandong is a plain, the most suitable for cavalry, the Changshui battalion is originally a cavalry, but the war horses have not been replaced in recent years, or the foundation of Liu Xiu when he was in the northern Xinjiang, many war horses are already old, if we want to give full play to the power of the Changshui battalion, we need to replace at least a thousand war horses, plus the newly recruited troops, I estimate that two thousand horses are enough." ”

"Two thousand horses?" Cao Song was taken aback, narrowed his eyes and scolded: "Zhuzi, do you think our family has dug up the gold mountain?" ”

Luoyang this year because of the frequent wars, the imperial court's financial endowment is limited, not enough at all, so many people in Si to recruit troops, such as Yuan Shao has nearly 5,000 troops, more than half of them are cavalry, Huangfu Song, Dong Zhuo has asked the court for horses, has been Luoyang near the horse to buy out, the price of horses has risen to an astonishing million dollars a horse, 2,000 war horses, that is 2 billion, whether the Cao family's ancestral house is enough is a problem.

"Ah Weng, have you forgotten who has the most war horses in their hands?" Cao cào laughed: "Luoyang war horses are one million, but the best war horses are only 200,000 in Bingzhou and Liangzhou, if we buy from Liu Xiu, we only need 400 million money is enough, and they are all good horses, and more importantly, we give these 400 million money to Liu Xiu, for him it is to solve the urgent need, and he also has to see us a big favor." ”

Cao Song suddenly realized and laughed embarrassedly. Two billion can't be taken out, but 400 million gritted his teeth and can still make it up, not to mention that this is a major event related to the rise of the Cao family.

"Okay, then I'll raise 400 million money for you, you must not fail me."

"Don't worry." Cao Cào patted Xiong and said confidently: "This time, I must compete with Yuan Shao." ”

Cao Luan arrived soon, and after listening to Cao Cào's proposition, she agreed very much, and she also said that this was not only the Cao family's business, but also the Song family's business, and presumably the general would not sit idly by. Although this year, because of the war, Song Qi Jiāo Prefecture has been affected a little bit, but there is still a lot of rice on hand, which can be sent to Liu Xiu, and then raise some money to buy more horses from Liu Xiu to enhance Cao Cào's strength.

"It's a pity that Miaocai is now reused by Liu Xiu and is responsible for the war against the Qiang people, otherwise he would be a helper if he was pulled over." Cao Cào patted Da Tui with some frustration: "I didn't see that Miaocai was so clever in using soldiers. ”

"You don't have to think about this matter for the time being, since you want Liu Xiu Jiāo to be good, don't think about snatching people from him." Cao Luan was also a little remorseful, she thought of not only Xiahou Yuan, but also Cao Hong. Cao Hong can't fight a war, but doing business is a good thing, and now he is in charge of Hu Shi, which is Liu Xiu's si library. Liu Xiu can still support in such a difficult situation, and Cao Hong also has merit.

"You can test him." Cao Cào said without giving up: "It would be great if he could take the initiative to let Miaocai help me." ”

Cao Luan glanced at him and did not comment. Liu Xiu withdrew Xiahou Yuan and Zhang He from the Northern Army, and how could he let Xiahou Yuan help Cao Cào. However, she quickly thought of her husband Song Qi, and felt a little uncomfortable in her heart, Liu Xiu is now General Wei, ranking above Jiuqing, Cao Cào will rise soon, but Song Qi is still in the position of Jinwu without any achievements, when Cao Cào needs help, he didn't even think of him, he is really more human than human, and he is angry.