After finalizing the decision to let Lu Xun teach the Sun family's nephew to study, Sun Ce suddenly changed his voice and asked: "Bo Yan, it is rumored in the Central Plains that Cao Ying will go south at the end of this year, I don't know what you think!?" ”

Lu Xun knew that this was Sun Ce, who was taking his military test, if he answered properly, I was afraid that he would rise to the top in the future, thinking of this, Lu Xun couldn't help but ponder.

Seeing this, Sun Ce didn't ask, just looked at his son-in-law and thought lightly. As early as a few years ago, Qiao Ren and Zhou Yu recommended Lu Xun as if he had recommended him, and said conclusively that Lu Xun's talent was not under the two of them. But after all, Sun Ce had not seen it personally, and it was not easy to entrust him with important tasks, and this time when he pacified Fujian, according to He Qi's battle report, it was not difficult to see Lu Xun's outstanding military ability that was difficult to hide, so he had the idea of promoting his son-in-law.

It took half a moment before Lu Xun organized his words and said: "Back to the lord, it is only a matter of time before Cao Ying is ambitious and wants to unify the rivers and mountains to the south, and Liu Bei Xinde Shuzhong is anxious and unable to look east in order to quell the rebellion. Cao Ying will not tolerate it, in his humble opinion, Cao Ying will be like Chibi this time, he wants to coerce the lord to attach himself, and at the worst of all, he will recapture the important land of Huainan and drive the governor down the river. Therefore, Cao Ying is afraid that he will really enter the army at the end of the year. ”

"Oh!" Lu Xun's words are the same as those when Zhou Yu and Sun Ce had a secret conversation before, and they all think that Cao Ying will definitely go south, and they are all at the end of the year. "That Boyan thinks, how should I deal with Jiangdong?"

This is already a topic that only important ministers can participate in, although Lu Xun has often thought about these things before, but he has never talked about it in front of people, especially in front of Sun Ce, the lord of Jiangdong, he can't help but seem a little cramped at this time, and replied: "Yi Xun is foolish, the lord should be a personal conscription." ”

"Why?"

"There are three reasons for this. First, Cao Ying is a prince of one side, and when he comes with a large army, it should also be common sense that the lord should deal with it. Second, although Governor Qiao is talented and has a large number of good generals under his command, he is still thinner than Cao Ying's command. And the Han Dynasty has won three of the five points, the troops are strong and the northern army is good at fighting, Qiao Dudu has only more than 40,000 troops in his hands, but he has to defend the Lujiang River and Hefei line, I am afraid that he is a little stretched. The more Lu Xun spoke, the more confident he became, and the shadow of Zhou Yu on his body became thicker and thicker. Sun Ce saw in a trance that thirteen years ago, the Zhou Lang who persuaded him to exchange the jade seal for Sun Jian's old department and swept Jiangdong.

"Third, even if the lord transfers Jianye's soldiers and horses and generals to Hefei, it may be difficult to command according to the age and qualifications of Qiao Dudu. And there are already grievances between Jiangdong and Huaisi, and the non-lord cannot be reconciled, so this battle must be conquered by the lord himself. ”

Lu Xun's words lingered in the hall for a long time, Sun Ce's eyes became brighter and brighter, and his gaze at Lu Xun became more and more satisfied.

"Good! This is even more unreasonable. Bo Yan, don't worry about learning itchy things for the time being. Lone is ready to appoint you as a chariot to join the army, and fight Hefei with Lone. ”

And Cao Ying, who was thousands of miles away, really did not disappoint Sun Ce, coming out of Yecheng, Cao Ying continued to gather troops and generals, although the marching speed was slow, but there would be troops everywhere to join, and Cao Ying at this moment was already stationed in Qiao County with an army of 100,000.

In the middle of the night, the slightly cool west wind is howling. Cao Ying in the big tent lay on the couch and couldn't sleep for a long time. The tomb of the late Han Zhengxi general, this is Cao Ying's dream when he was a child, to be a hero of the Han Dynasty, but unfortunately the world is always so cruel. But when Cao Ying accumulated enough merits, he found that he no longer seemed to be a hero, because he was already standing on the edge of the cliff, and further was his dream, but he would be shattered; Taking a step back is the sea and the sky, but it will surely die in the world as a minister or a usurper.

All this is so contradictory, and the gap with his dream is so far away. At this moment, Cao Ying is no longer a great prime minister who despises everything, but just an old man.

Just three months ago, Yecheng. Xun You, Dong Zhao and others wrote to ask Cao Ying to enter the position of Duke of Wei and build a temple in Yecheng. This Duke of Wei is not a simple title, from Yao, Shun to Xia and Zhou, there are fifth-class lords: duke, marquis, uncle, son, and male. (Shang Wuzi, Baron). The status of the duke is below the Son of Heaven, higher than the titles of princes, earls, sons, and boys, and is often the eldest of the princes. In the Han Dynasty, the twenty-candidate system was implemented, and the highest rank was marquis, and there was no duke.

The duke can open the country and establish the imperial court, and his position is the same as that of the prince, and he will be called the prince of the country in later generations. If he Cao Ying is appointed as the Duke of Wei, he can establish the Wei State and appoint officials on his own, which is to be separated from the Han Reading Force, and after his death, his descendants will inevitably usurp the Han and stand on their own.

"Hey!" Cao Ying sighed suddenly, and Cao Ying could see it clearly when he came to this point. Han Qi has declined, no matter who has come to this point, only the Han Dynasty is left to stand on its own.

Those who represent the Han Dynasty should be Tu Gao. This proverb once induced Yuan Shu, that fool, to openly establish himself as the emperor, establish a country, and call himself the emperor of the Zhong family. Yuan Shu thought that my word highway was in response to his prophecy, but Cao Ying knew Xu Zhi's sentence "When Tu Gao, Wei Ye; Like Wei, the two views are also. The one who is in power and the tall is Wei, and the Wei is the contemporary Han". And at this moment, Dong Zhao and others persuaded him to take the position of Duke of Wei, why the country name is Wei, his heart is obvious!

Cao Ying tossed and turned, and the troubles seemed to come one after another. Not long after Dong Zhao's speech, Xun Yu, who was far away in Xudu, actually wrote to him to publicly oppose the matter.

Did he Xun Wenruo still come this far? Cao Ying already knew in his heart that the reason why Xun Yu chose to assist him at that time may be because of his ambition! But Xun Yu didn't know that people would change, and sometimes the situation would make it difficult for people to stick to their original intentions.

In order to persuade Xun Yu, Cao Ying also deliberately kept Xun Yu in the army in the name of the labor army and sent Xun You to persuade him, but judging from the information that Xun Yu returned, the effect was not good.

How do you handle this step? Cao Ying was also at a loss.

Looking at the empty lunch box on the desk, Cao Ying made up his mind and called softly: "Where is Zhongkang?" ”

"Prime Minister! What's the matter!? A loyal-looking, dumb-looking burly general pushed the door in.

"Shang Shuling said that he was working state affairs at night, and Tigu sent this box of snacks to his house so that he could rest earlier."

Dim sum? Xu Chu, who is the general of Cao Ying's personal guard, knows at this time that he has never made a snack in the old mansion of Cao Mansion tonight. Although Xu Chu looks simple, he is a person who is thick on the outside and thin on the inside, otherwise he would not be regarded by Cao Ying as a general of the guard, and he is trusted.

"Empty?" Xu Chu only mentioned it lightly, and knew that there was nothing in the lunch box.

"Let's go!"

Xu Chu carried the empty lunch box, and only took a few steps to come to the room where Xun Yu lived, knock knock, "Is Mr. Wen Ruo here?" ”

"It's Zhongkang, come in!" Xun Yu's old voice came from inside the house.

Xu Chu pushed the door and entered, and saw Xun Yu reading and measuring the bamboo slips. Although Xun Yu had been appointed by Cao Ying as a servant, a doctor of Guanglu, holding a festival, and participating in the military of the prime minister, he still faithfully reviewed the last batch of chapters as the predecessor Shangshu Ling.

"Mr. is working hard, and the prime minister specially ordered me to come and deliver food."

"Put it on the table!"

"Yes!" After Xu Chu put down the food box, he tiptoed out of the door.

"Supper?" After reviewing a bunch of concerts, Xun Yu got up and stretched his back and slowly hit the food box. "Empty?"

Hum! The big man's qi is exhausted, and I, Hanchen, still have something to eat. Mengde, have you really come that far? Ay! Everything he did in the past was to indirectly help Meng Demou usurp the Han throne. What is the face of my Xun Yu, and I will consider myself Hanchen again.

In November of the seventeenth year of Jian'an of the Han Dynasty, Xun Yu took poison in Qiao County at the age of 50.

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