In the following year, on the thirteenth day of the first month, the world was amnestied and the year name was changed to Xingping. On the 16th, Liu Xie performed a crown ceremony and took the word Bohe. On the first day of February, the relevant institutions asked Liu Xie to be crowned queen. Liu Xie postponed the plan to canonize the empress on the grounds that his biological mother had not yet entered the royal temple. On the fifth day of the first month, Wang Meimei was posthumously named Queen Linghuai. On the seventh day of the first month, he was buried in the Wenzhao Mausoleum, and the spiritual seat was enshrined in the royal temple.

Due to the recent intrusion of the Sanfu area by the Xiliang soldiers, the people's livelihood is difficult, and the people gradually flee to other places to make a living. In order to prevent this situation from continuing to develop, Liu Xie personally took the lead in cultivating the fields, hoping to encourage the people.

Ma Teng, the general of Zhengxi, wanted to find a position for his eldest son Ma Chao in the court, so he wrote to Li Dao and asked him to help complete the matter. Li Wei did not agree, and Ma Teng felt very angry and planned to lead his troops to attack Chang'an. When Liu Xie learned of this, he did not want them to make a big move, so as not to infringe on the poor people, so he sent an envoy to mediate. Ma Teng disagreed, claiming that Li Dao and others were tyrannical in their governance, wantonly infringing on the people, and insisted on sending troops to crusade against Li Dao and others.

At that time, the counselor Chong Shao, the servant Ma Yu, the Zuo Zhonglang general Liu Fan and others heard that Ma Teng was going to attack Chang'an, so they secretly discussed that they would make internal responses and help Ma Teng attack Chang'an to get rid of Li Dao and others.

Soon, Han Sui led his troops at the call of Ma Teng, intending to persuade Ma Teng not to hurt the peace with Li Dao and other fellow villagers in the state, and to discuss anything. However, Ma Teng thinks that if Li Dao and others can be eliminated here, the one who controls the government will inevitably become them, and they will be able to gain fame and fortune at that time, isn't it happy? Han Sui's heart was moved, so he listened to Ma Teng's words and joined forces. After that, the two led their troops into Yiwu, and then quietly occupied Changpingguan.

At this time, Chong Shao and others planned to accidentally leak and escape from Chang'an at night to Huaili. After Li Dao learned of the situation, he immediately dispatched the rear general Guo Yan, the right general Fan Chou, and his nephew lieutenant Li Li. led tens of thousands of foot cavalry to attack Ma Teng and Han Sui. The two were outmatched and retreated in defeat.

Fan Chou and Li Li divided their troops to continue to pursue Ma Teng and Han Sui. Guo Yan went to attack Huaili, and Chong Shao, Liu Fan and others were killed in battle. At that time, Yilang Pang Xi escaped with the children of Liu Fan and Liu Dan brothers and went to Yizhou to join Liu Yan.

Fan Chou led the army to chase to Chencang, and fought with Ma Teng and Han Sui's subordinates. At that time, Ma Chao and his subordinate captain Pang De went to battle, and due to the slackness of Li Li's troops, the two armies had their own victories and defeats for a while. Fan Chou couldn't help but be furious and scolded Li Li. For this. Li Li held a grudge for a while.

Then, because Han Sui and Fan Chou were from the same county, he planned to make peace with Fan Chou. And Fan Chou was also inseparable from the victory and defeat at the moment, and the land of Xiqiang still needed the supervision of the other party, so he agreed to make peace. After that, Fan Chou led the army back to Chang'an, and the imperial court issued an edict to pardon Ma Teng and Han Sui, and appointed Ma Teng as General Andi, and Han Sui as General Andu.

But he said. Yuan Shu heard that Cao Cao had sent troops to attack Xuzhou, and the situation was critical at the moment, so he hurriedly ordered Yuzhou Assassin Shi Guogong to lead tens of thousands of troops to attack Yanzhou. At this time, Cao Cao wanted to continue to attack Tancheng. But under the persuasion of Xi Zhicai, he finally held back the resentment in his heart for the time being, and then led his troops back to Yanzhou.

After Cao Cao left, the counties and countries that were originally captured by him were gradually recovered by Tao Qian and Liu Bei. Meantime. Langya Xiang Zang Ba abandoned his post and left, and went to Bentaishan County to gather on Mount Tai with fellow villagers Sun Guan, Yin Li and others. Xia Pi Rong also led 10,000 people south to Guangling and defected to Zhao Yu, the Taishou of Guangling. Subsequently. Tao Qian appointed Cao Bao as the minister of state in Xiapi. The above table also recommended Liu Bei as the assassin of Yuzhou, and led his troops to be stationed in Peiguo.

On the way back to Yanzhou with his troops, Xi Zhicai unfortunately contracted typhoid fever and died due to untimely treatment. In this regard, Cao Cao couldn't help but feel heartbroken, and he didn't think about tea and dinner all day long, and he blamed himself in his heart. After that, he learned from the pain and decided not to be emotional, and was determined to establish a career of overlordship. As a result, his personality began to change again at this time.

Subsequently, Cao Cao felt that although the Qingzhou army was brave in battle and not afraid of death, it was only blocked by Liu Bei's soldiers and horses because its armor was not sharp and strong enough. Therefore, he personally went to Chen Liu to find Feng Xian and me, intending to discuss the price of ordering armor from Huo Village.

Cao Cao couldn't help but say: "General Lu, right now I am going to customize a batch of weapons and armor from Huo Village, I don't know if the price can be cheaper?" ”

Feng Xian said: "The armament of Huo Village has always been in the hands of the virtuous brother, and you can consult with him. ”

I smiled and said, "Of course; Huocun once stipulated that if the buyer was responsible for providing the ore, the craftsman would charge 70% of the original price. ”

When Cao Cao heard this, he couldn't help but say: "Even if the price is seventy percent, it will cost billions of dollars to order tens of thousands of sets of armor; There is not so much money in the state capital right now, can it be lowered a little more? ”

I couldn't help but say, "I'm sorry, it's the market price; However, if Cao Tingshi is willing to put aside his hatred for a while and send troops to the west to welcome the Son of Heaven, I can make an exception and reduce the price to half price again; I don't know what Cao Thorn means in history? ”

Cao Cao hesitated and said, "Now it's inappropriate to send troops west to Chang'an, right?" ”

I said, "Now that the four prefectures of Hebei have all belonged to the governor of Gongsun Zhan, as long as I write a letter to him, he will certainly support us in the rear; In addition, after the elder brother came out of Chang'an, he had also persuaded Yuan Shu and Liu Biao that he would not easily break his promise; Therefore, it is only appropriate to send troops to the west to welcome the return of the Son of Heaven. ”

Feng Xian also nodded and said, "Yes, Cao Tingshi, what are you still worried about like this?" ”

Cao Cao couldn't help but groan, and said, "That being said, I'm afraid this matter is still not easy to do; Now that the governors of the states have their own troops, even if they can successfully welcome back the Son of Heaven, I am afraid that it will be difficult for the princes to obey, right? ”

I smiled slightly and said, "The princes now have power in their hands, and it is inevitable that they will not obey, mainly because of the system of feudal dynasties; As long as the current irrational system is overthrown and rebuilt, we will be able to win the support of the broad masses of the people. At that time, even if all the princes have heavy armies in their hands, we will be able to destroy them one by one. ”

As the saying goes, "politics comes from the barrel of a gun". As long as the system of "equality for all" is established and adhered to, and the support of the people is maintained, and there are sufficient troops in hand, then they will definitely be able to lead the masses to overthrow the aristocratic class. In other words, unity is strength, and that's how the revolution of later generations was done.

However, Cao Cao also seemed a little impressed by what I said, but he still felt that it was too risky. So he said, "This matter is too difficult, and it needs to be considered in the long run; I'll think about it later. ”

I smiled and said, "Okay, it's not too late to reply when Cao Tingshi Haosheng thinks about it clearly." ”

Immediately, Cao Cao went back and asked Xun Yu's opinion on the matter. Xun Yu thinks that my proposal seems reasonable, but it is not practical; Just because at present, in addition to the princes' self-respect, scholars are also an important factor in determining the lifeblood of the society; If you knock them all over in one shot, I'm afraid it will be out of control.

Cao Cao thought that Xun Yu's analysis was very reasonable, so he gave up my proposal and planned to continue according to his own plan. However, not being able to raise enough money to order the armor he needed at the moment still gave him a bit of a headache.

But at this moment, he suddenly remembered a folklore that the tomb of Liu Wu, the former Han Liang Xiao King, contained countless priceless treasures. Immediately, he couldn't help but think about it for a while, and there seemed to be a measure in his heart. (To be continued......)