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Yang Biao woke up in the middle of the night, with a splitting headache, his body had just moved, but he felt weak, his limbs were sore, and his mouth was extremely thirsty. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info He called softly: "Here comes the water." ”

"Yang Gong is awake." A familiar voice came, and then, a rush of footsteps came, and the Son of Heaven appeared in front of Yang Biao with a cup of tea. Yang Biao was startled, turned over and was about to sit up, but was held down by the Son of Heaven.

"Yang Gong, you are tired from a hangover, don't get up, just lie down like this." The Son of Heaven smiled and stuffed the tea into Yang Yu's hand: "Sun Qing came to see Yang Gong, and when he saw that Yang Gong hadn't woken up yet, he left after saying a few words, leaving this sobering tea, saying that it was Ge Xian Weng's recipe, which was quite effective." ”

The Son of Heaven chattered, his eyes were full of a relaxed smile, and it could be seen that he was in a very good mood. Yang Biao thought of the scene when Sun Shao took advantage of the military parade to force Cao Zhang and others to vow not to provoke a civil war, and his eyes couldn't help but moisten.

"Your Majesty, my Han has been peaceful for a few more years." Yang Biao choked up and said: "The old minister is throwing away at this moment, and he can go to see the first emperor with peace of mind." ”

The Son of Heaven smiled and nodded, leaned one leg, sat on the edge of the couch, held Yang Biao's broad palm, and patted it gently: "Yang Gong, don't rush to see my father, I still have some things I don't understand, I want to ask Yang Gong to be a counselor." ”

Yang Biao met the eyes of the Son of Heaven and nodded slightly. What the Son of Heaven was worried about, he knew very well in his heart, because he had been thinking about the same thing. Although the Son of Heaven was out of Cao Ying's control after the Soldier Conference, Luoyang's strength was the weakest, and the Son of Heaven's worries were not alleviated by this. The Western Expedition ended without a hitch, and Jia Xu died depressed, and the Son of Heaven's heart became even more nervous, for fear that he would resume the war if he was not careful. This time Wu Shu dispute, as the Son of Heaven, he did not dare to come forward to mediate, for fear that no one would listen to him, and he would lose face. However, he also knew that not showing up was tantamount to admitting his incompetence, and the result was not much better, in the face of this dilemma, all wisdom was useless, if it wasn't for Sun Shao's unexpected moves, what would have developed now, it was really unpredictable.

"Yang Gong, you said Sun Qing...... Why is he so faithful? The smile on the face of the Son of Heaven faded a little, and a confused look emerged, he thought for a while, and then explained: "Cao Ying is an old minister, Liu Bei is still the imperial prince, they don't take the court in their eyes, and it is self-evident that Sun Quan has different intentions." Sun Shao has not enjoyed the favor of my great man, why has he become the most loyal courtier? ”

Yang Biao's eyes flashed, and he didn't immediately answer the question of the Son of Heaven, he put the teacup to his mouth, smelled the fragrance of tea with the smell of medicine, took a shallow sip, tasted the product, and then said: "Dong Zhuo was in chaos, the princes of Shandong rebelled against Dong, Yuan Shao was the leader of the alliance, but the armies only drank high, did not want to forge ahead, and there were only two people who had the courage to enter the army, one was Cao Ying, who was only a general at that time, and the other was Sun Jian, who was only the leader of Changsha Taishou at that time. For example, among the four kings today, Cao Ying is one of them, the Sun family accounts for the second, and the other Liu Bei is the emperor's uncle, but his royal relatives are not worth mentioning at all compared to Liu Yu, Liu Biao, Liu Yan and others back then. Your Majesty, why is this so? ”

The Son of Heaven frowned, not knowing what he meant, Yang Biao not only did not answer his question, but asked him a question instead, which made him very puzzled. But he knew that since Yang Biao asked so, he must have his intentions. He thought about it carefully, shook his head, and said, "I really can't figure it out for a while. Even if my big man's strength is approaching, it seems that these four people will not be able to be kings, even if the Yuan family brothers are incompetent, but except for the Yuan family, it seems that these four people will not be able to take their turn. For example, your Hong family and Yang family are more qualified than them. ”

Yang Biao smiled and didn't say anything. At this moment, a son of heaven and an old minister naturally talked about such an abrupt topic, but it seemed very natural, and no one felt that there was anything wrong. In fact, the Han Dynasty believed in the Five Virtues, and never believed that any dynasty could be passed on forever, and even the Son of Heaven himself believed that sooner or later the Liu family's country would be replaced by another surname, it was only a matter of time, especially when natural disasters broke out, from the Son of Heaven to the ministers, they all had such thoughts, although they never spared no effort in suppressing the rebellion, but there was no doubt about the belief in the Five Virtues. From the establishment of the Han Dynasty to the present more than 400 years, the remarks that the Liu family Tianlu has ended, and the world should be ceded has not been broken, and the Son of Heaven will not feel that there is anything wrong with listening to it, Emperor Han Ai loved Dong Xian, and even wanted to pass the throne to Dong Xian, and the minister at that time only said that Dong Xian was a minister, and did not say that it was a big rebellion to give way to the throne.

The Yang family of the Hongjia family, as the surname of the two major families of the Han Dynasty and the Yuan family, to a certain extent, is indeed more qualified to become the spokesperson of Tude after the eunuch like Cao Ying, Liu Bei, Sun Quan, and Sun Shao.

"My surname Yang is from the surname Ji, and it is also Huode, and I should help Yan Han, how can I represent Han?" Yang Yu lightly brought over this topic and returned to the topic: "Actually, even if my Yang family has this ambition, it will not be stronger than the Yuan family." The Yuan family has been in business for four or five generations, and even Cao Ying and Sun Jian are their subordinates, so what happened in the end? Isn't it that the smoke has disappeared and people have died when they wake up from their dreams? Yuan Shu died in Huainan, Yuan Shao died in Hebei, how could there be any good end. ”

"And why?" The Son of Heaven was even more puzzled.

"A scholarly family like Yuan Yang may be very profound in learning, but in terms of action, he is definitely not an opponent like Cao Ying, Sun Jian, and Liu Bei. Failure is almost inevitable. Yang Biao held the cup in his hand, looked at the top of the curtain with a little fluttering eyes, and seemed to be talking to himself: "Your Majesty, don't you think what Sun Shao is doing now is very similar to what the first emperor did back then?" If it was thirty years earlier, people like Sun Shao would simply be people who don't learn and don't know how to do it. If he doesn't have a good family background, he is afraid that it will be difficult for him to embark on a career in office. ”

The Son of Heaven's eyes flashed, and he suddenly understood something. He nodded silently.

"Emperor Guangwu's advocacy of loyalty, filial piety, and morality is not a bad thing, but it is counterproductive if it is done too much. Looking at the last 200 years of the Han Dynasty, compared with the first 200 years, the difference in merit is more than a thousand miles? At the time of mourning, morality declined, the gentry of the world opened their eyes for Wang Mang, and when Huan Ling, moral models emerged in endlessly, but they also brought profound disasters to the Han Dynasty. Talking about utilitarianism, ruining the country, stressing morality, and almost ruining the country, this is really ridiculous. ”

"That'...... What should I do? "The Son of Heaven is also confused.

"Your Majesty, why don't you take a look at what Sun Shao has done." Yang Biao laughed softly, he fiddled with the lid of the cup in his hand, and made a crisp crashing sound: "He is not a false name, but takes real profits, rejuvenates business with heavy industry, but he is not mercenary, he has his own righteousness in his chest, and he is a step forward compared to Cao Ying, so he can become the most powerful kingdom of the Han Dynasty in just a few years, and he can become the most powerful pillar of His Majesty." ”

"It's a pity, if he was born in the time of the first emperor, he might have become a generation of famous ministers."

"No, it won't." Yang Biao shook his head: "If he was born at that time, he would only become a puppet who is ashamed of a righteous man and a gentleman." ”

The Son of Heaven smiled, he also knew that his idea was very unreliable. He was silent for a moment, and when he saw that Yang Biao's breath was heavy, his face was flushed, and he looked tired, he swallowed back the words that had just come to his mouth, and said with a smile: "Yang Gong is tired, take a good rest, if you have anything to say, let's go back to Luoyang." ”

"No, Your Majesty, the old minister has something to say." Yang Biao stretched out his hand and grabbed the sleeve of the Son of Heaven, and shook his head weakly: "The old minister is already forty out of eighty, and the old minister doesn't know if the sky can see His Majesty." Your Majesty, please let Lao Chen finish his words. ”

The Son of Heaven looked at Yang Biao in surprise, and saw that Yang Biao's face was flushed with an ominous red, and he was immediately taken aback, he got up and was about to call the imperial doctor, but was stopped by Yang Biao. Yang Biao shook his head: "Your Majesty, it's okay, although the old minister is powerless, he hasn't reached that point yet." Your Majesty, please sit down and let the old minister speak in detail. ”

Tianzi was stunned for a moment, couldn't help but tears in his eyes, he suddenly felt that maybe this was Yang Biao's last words, he didn't dare to slack off, and knelt in front of Yang Biao respectfully, listening attentively.

"Sun Shao has a big man in his heart, and he is proud of my big man, but he loves and protects tens of millions of people of the big man, and he doesn't want anyone to hurt them." Yang Biao took two breaths, and looked at the Son of Heaven with bright eyes: "Your Majesty is the Son of Heaven, everyone in the world is Your Majesty's people, love the people like sons, this is Your Majesty's surname, Your Majesty must not forget this sentence if you want the fire of the Han Dynasty to continue." This lesson is painful enough, and it should never be repeated. Otherwise, Sun Shao, the loyal minister of today, will be the vanguard of the destruction of the Han Dynasty. ”

The Son of Heaven was stunned and looked at Yang Biao in a daze. Yang Biao gritted his teeth and stared at his eyes with bated breath, until the Son of Heaven nodded in despair, then he breathed a sigh of relief, gasped twice, and then continued: "Your Majesty, Lao Ziyun, governing a big country is like cooking a small fresh, and everyone is saying that it is easy to govern the country." However, the old minister has been in politics for 60 years, and he has never seen anything easy in governing the country. Small fresh into the kettle, the fire is easy to burn, the fire is small is not cooked, the taste is heavy to cover the freshness of the fish, the taste is light is difficult to go to the fish, how easy is it. ”

The Son of Heaven couldn't help but swallow and sob, he knew that Yang Biao was warning him not to act rashly, not to think that he could easily restore the glory of the Han Dynasty, and not to expect to get rid of the four kings easily, they were already full-fledged, and now they got along very well, and wanting to break them one by one was tantamount to a fool's dream. If you are not careful, you will invite great disaster. He knew that what Yang Biao said was to the point, so he nodded again and again, without refuting it.

"Be careful, be careful." Yang Biao let out a long breath: "Your Majesty, the old minister wants to resign as prime minister after a few days of leisure." ”

"Huh?" The Son of Heaven raised his head and hesitated for a moment before asking, "What about ...... Who should follow? ”

"Gu Yong." Yang Biao's eyes began to diverge: "Gu Yong is the most suitable person, the general, the prime minister, and the captain all have an inseparable relationship with Sun Shao, with them assisting Your Majesty in the court, Yue Guo will definitely become Your Majesty's most reliable subject." As long as there is Yue Guo, there will be no danger to the Han Dynasty. ”

"Let my son Yang Xiu go to Yue Guo as an official." Yang Biao's voice became erratic: "Pass the oath of the four kings to all counties and counties, and maintain comprehensive communication with the Yue Kingdom, Dahan...... Dahan must ...... Will definitely be ZTE again......"

The Son of Heaven wept bitterly and nodded again and again.

Yang Biao showed a peaceful smile on his face, slowly closed his eyes, and his big hand slowly slipped from the hands of the Son of Heaven.

On the fifteenth night of the first month of the fifth year of the Republic, Prime Minister Yang Biaoxu died in the East China Sea at the age of eighty-four.

Sun Shao and the others were very surprised when they heard the bad news, and rushed to the Tianzi ship to say goodbye to Yang Biao's body. In front of Yang Biao's body, the Son of Heaven relayed part of Yang Biao's last words with a heavy heart, and Sun Shao and others swore that they would cooperate sincerely and help the Han Dynasty. Soon, the Son of Heaven ordered Gu Yong to be the prime minister and preside over Yang Biao's funeral, and at the same time sent a six-hundred-mile expedited to let Yang Xiu from Hanzhong come to help the spirit, first welcome Yang Biao back to Luoyang for the funeral, and then return to Hongnong for burial.

The next negotiations were a bit dull, although everyone had their own thoughts, but Yang Biao's death still made everyone feel sorry, they bargained and discussed the cooperation between the four countries, and at the same time sent a letter to the Son of Heaven, asking for Yang Biao to be posthumously crowned and a gift. After some discussion, in the end, the Son of Heaven posthumously named Yang Biao as the Marquis of Huayin.

Because of Yang Biao's unexpected death, the original negotiation process was disrupted, and Sun Shao had to speed up the process, and he reached an agreement with Cao Zhang, Liu Bei, and Sun Quan to further refine the conditions of trade and try to achieve benefits for both parties. For Cao Zhang, in addition to trade, there was also the matter of financing his Northern Expedition. Sun Shao proposed that Cao Zhang was looking for Nirvana (coal) in the Jinyang area, and now he needed a lot of coal for steelmaking and steam engines, although there were coal mines in the Northeast, but the population was too small, so it was better to give Cao Zhang the business. Shanxi is a large coal mine in China, in the Han Dynasty, the open-pit coal mine has been used, Cao Zhang also knows a little about this, now knows that these things can be exchanged for money, of course, he can't help but be happy, eyebrows and smiles.

Sun Shao then negotiated with Liu Bei and Sun Quan, and talked with Liu Bei about the cooperation in the conquest of southern Xinjiang, Liu Bei was afraid that Sun Shao would take the opportunity to enter his territory, so he only wanted to buy ordnance with Sun Shao, and did not dare to ask Sun Shao to send troops to help, Sun Shao smiled secretly, but made a very unwilling look, until Liu Bei found Guan Feng to intercede, this was reluctantly agreed, and at the same time agreed to pacify southern Xinjiang, cooperate to open the trade route from Shuzhong to Funan and Tianzhu.

In Wei and Wushu, Wu was sandwiched between the three kingdoms, and there was no war to fight, but fortunately, Sun Shao did not forget him, while signing a large number of order contracts, while telling Sun Quan that there is a good porcelain clay in Yuzhang County, which is the most suitable for burning porcelain, if you find it, I will send the best porcelain worker on my side to guide, and I can underwrite the porcelain burned, and the price will definitely satisfy you. Sun Quan was skeptical, but looking at Sun Shao's appearance, it didn't seem to be teasing him, so he wrote it down first.

After talking about business, Sun Shao finally said, now that the world is peaceful, Wu has no war to fight, and you can raise so many soldiers, don't you feel wronged? Disarm, take back some of those foods, or I will give you more contracts, and you will not be able to make a fortune, and they will all be taken by those people. As soon as Sun Quan heard this, he became sensitive, and his eyes were obviously a little more vigilant, Sun Shao laughed, and didn't say anything deeper, he knew that this was a thorn in Sun Quan's heart, and he didn't need to say too much, Sun Quan would definitely do the same.

At the end of the first month, after the end of the tense negotiations, the East China Sea Alliance was a complete success, and everyone dispersed happily. The Son of Heaven took Yang Biao's body and left the East China Sea under the escort of the general Guan Yu, who rushed to pick him up. After Guan Yu received the edict, as Sun Shao expected, his heart was as beautiful as something, and he didn't feel that he was being squeezed out at all. He immediately handed over the army to Zhang Fei according to Liu Bei's order, and gave some serious instructions, and then set off quickly with two thousand parts and rushed to the East China Sea to see the driver. After a few days with Sun Shao and Guan Feng in the East China Sea, he said goodbye. Before leaving, Sun Shao gave him a big gift - two hundred crossbows, Sun Shao said, after you arrive in Luoyang, first take over the military power of the eight passes, put it in order, install these crossbows in the eight passes, and hold the eight passes, then hold Luoyang. With your divine might, coupled with these two hundred crossbows, I believe that no one will dare to risk the condemnation of the world to slash your tiger whiskers. Guan Yu said that he was in a good mood and full of spirit.

With Guan Yu came his eldest son Guan Ping and second son Guan Xing. Guan Ping has followed Guan Yu all his life, and this time he still followed Guan Yu to Luoyang to take office, while Guan Xing stayed by Guan Feng's side, preparing to follow Sun Shao for a period of time before deciding to stay.

Liu Bei and Guan Yu were on the same road, and the two slept together along the way, talking about the past years, as if they had returned to the time when the three of them fought together when they were young. At the time of separation, Guan Yu also solemnly said to Liu Bei, let Yide go about the Southern Expedition, Kong Ming has too many thoughts, he is already the prime minister, and it is probably not a good thing to take charge of the military again. Liu Bei responded, and the two said goodbye in tears.

Cao Zhang took 5,000 elite horsemen and escorted the Son of Heaven back to Luoyang with Guan Yu. Guan Yu is a general, he is a general of the chariot and cavalry, and he will be a minister of the same palace in the future, and more importantly, if you want to go west, you must use the power of Shu and Yue, and it is very important to have a good relationship with Guan Yu. Although Cao Zhang is not good at slapping horses, he and Guan Yu have similar tempers, and they can talk to Sun Shao very well, Guan Yu is quite pleasing to him, and the two hit it off at first sight.

Outside Luoyang City, Cao Zhang said goodbye to the Son of Heaven and rushed back to Yecheng all the way. When he entered the city, he didn't even have time to freshen up, so he asked people to send the gift given by Sun Shao to his wife, and he took a few guards to Tongquetai to see Cao Ying. Cao Ying was listening to Cao Pi's report on work, and when he saw Cao Zhang, he motioned to Cao Zhang to sit down and listen to Cao Pi talk about political affairs together.

Cao Pi had already said almost, smiled at Cao Zhang, and then calmly finished the last two things as usual, and then smiled: "Ziwen, it's hard work, this trip is a battle of wits and courage with the kings, and the results are good." ”

Cao Zhang smiled, with a bit of reserve: "My brother won the award, just to borrow the prestige of my father." ”

"Borrow my prestige?" The corners of Cao Ying's mouth twitched, and he grabbed a piece of paper on the case and threw it over, the paper swayed in the air, like a fallen leaf falling in front of Cao Zhang. Cao Zhang bent down and picked it up and took a look, it was the Han communiqué that contained the oath of the four kings and not to raise swords in the territory of the Han Dynasty.

"Father?" Cao Zhang glanced at Cao Ying anxiously, and muttered: "At that time, the situation forced the sons to do this. ”

"Forced by the situation?" Cao Ying snorted, angry: "I think you have wanted to say this a long time ago." ”

Cao Zhang smiled awkwardly, things were just as Cao Ying said, but he didn't dare to admit it, for fear that Cao Ying would make a big splash and ruin all the good prospects of the Northern Expedition. When Cao Pi saw it, he hurriedly said: "Ziwen's surname is straight, he and Sun Shao are okay in martial arts, compared to these fancy intestines, he is definitely not Sun Shao's opponent, I think I also suffered Sun Shao's loss in Wancheng back then." But this time the alliance is not bad, and overall, we didn't suffer. ”

Cao Ying's face softened a little, and he waved his hand at Cao Pi: "Since you think it's okay, then arrange a celebration banquet for Ziwen, I'll say a few words to this shaft, and see if he has been cheated by others." ”

Cao Pi smiled, squeezed his eyes at Cao Zhang, and when he passed by him, he took Cao Zhang's hand affectionately and said: "Ziwen, talk to your father well, don't look at what he says is scary, but I have been talking to you many times." ”

Cao Zhang's heart was hot and nodded. Cao Pi went out, Cao Zhang came to Cao Ying, squeezed out a flattering smile, Cao Ying, who had a straight face, glanced at him, couldn't help laughing, picked up the jade Ruyi in his hand and knocked it on his head: "Get away!" When did you learn to have a hippie smile like Sun Shao's erector, it was annoying to people. ”

Cao Zhang touched his head and smiled innocently: "Father, Sun Shao is talking about his father." ”

"What did he say about me? Isn't it behind my back? Cao Ying stood up, put his hands behind his back, and slowly walked to the side of the stage. Cao Zhang hurriedly followed, looking very indignant: "He dares." If he wants to say that the father is not, how can I spare him? ”

"Okay, stop bragging, you're no match for him." Cao Ying smiled and said, "Tell me, what benefits did your general change?" ”

Cao Zhang hurriedly took out the memorandum signed with Sun Shao from his arms, and explained to Cao Ying one by one, Cao Ying listened quietly, commenting on one or two sentences from time to time, but most of the time he was silent looking at the smoke and fog in the distance. After Cao Zhang finished speaking, he stood silently behind him, looking at Cao Ying, who was silent like a statue.

"There are righteous people in the Kanto region, and they raise troops to fight against the murderers...... The white bones are exposed in the wild, and there is no rooster crowing for thousands of miles...... "Cao Ying suddenly groaned softly, his slightly hoarse voice was full of sadness, Cao Zhang looked from the side, and faintly saw a little tear slipping down from the corner of Cao Ying's eyes. Cao Ying finished chanting the poem, sighed for a long time, raised his sleeve and wiped the corners of his eyes, and said softly: "I didn't expect that although this shaft is young, he has a great compassionate heart. Anyway, the old man fulfilled him once and saw if his dream could come true. ”

Cao Zhang exhaled softly, and finally let go of his heart that had been lifting for a long time.

"However, you didn't do enough this time." Cao Ying turned sideways and glanced at Cao Zhang: "You only thought about your relationship with Sun Shao, but you didn't make good use of Liu Bei and Sun Quan to contain him, so that he could easily solve Wu Shu's dispute, which is a mistake." Moreover, the three important positions of general, prime minister, and captain seem to be one of the three kingdoms of Wu Shuyue, but in fact, these three people are Sun Shao's people, and it will be difficult for you to move in the court in the future, so you can only obey Sun Shao's command, which is very bad. ”

Although Cao Zhang was a little unimpressed, at this moment, he didn't dare to argue with Cao Ying, so he just nodded. Cao Ying didn't look at him either, thought for a while, and suddenly said: "He is either benevolent and righteous, or a great hypocrisy, and I don't know if your brothers are his opponents." However, the old man can't see it, so I'll leave it to you in this world. ”

(To be continued)