On the ninth day of the twelfth month, after a long period of thinking and weighing, Cao Cao finally gave up his past ambitions and led the crowd to Luoyang to meet Wang Yu. In a harmonious and positive atmosphere, the two sides reached a number of consensuses, and three days later, Cao Cao officially became the prime minister of the empire and began to coordinate and coordinate the affairs of the whole country.

It consists of six departments, commerce, industry, agriculture, households, government and goods.

Among them, there is no need to go into details, the household department is mainly for population planning, and the government affairs department was conceived by Wang Yu, which is specifically responsible for investigating and collecting all kinds of information, studying and deliberating various policies, and providing a basis for decision-making at the upper level. As for the colony, it is only the main coinage now, but it is the financial sector of the future.

Even with Cao Cao's old way, Leng Ding encountered so many new things, and he was a little dizzy, and he was suddenly busy day and night, and he couldn't get along.

Tian Feng, who handed over the prime minister, didn't have time to breathe a sigh of relief, and he was appointed by Wang Yu as the imperial historian.

The primary task is to supervise legislation, and the basic duty is to examine relevant laws, decrees, treaties, and other matters related to the legal system. In addition, he also had to oversee the supervision of officials in the world, as well as the supervision and guidance of local law enforcement work.

In short, this was the prototype of the legal department of later generations. In the future, it will be split and refined according to changes, but now it is this kind of big yamen.

It has two major departments, the Metropolitan Procuratorate and the Criminal Department. Judge, Manzhong, Li Yan and Fa Zheng and others all served in the Metropolitan Procuratorate.

Wang Yu himself was relatively simple, he appointed himself as a lieutenant, and led the world's soldiers and horses in the name of the hussar general.

This is set up according to the three princes of the Han system, in addition to this, Wang Yu also appointed his father-in-law Cai Yong as Guangluxun. The responsibility for personnel and education was entrusted to this yamen, with Xun Yu and Zhong Xuan as deputies.

Appointing Kong Rong is too often. This yamen is basically equivalent to the Ministry of Rites in the Song and Ming dynasties, and is responsible for rituals, sacrifices, history revision, and the compilation of music for formal occasions. It's just that there are no such duties as divination and scientific research. The former is unnecessary, and the latter is a matter of division of rights and responsibilities.

In addition, Wang Yu also set up an imperial physician order, with Hua Tuo as the main order and Zhang Zhongjing and Zhang Ning as deputies; was responsible for law and order, which was equivalent to the Metropolitan Police Department's Guard Department in later generations, and Lu Bu, who was injured and could no longer go to the battlefield, became the first director; Zongzheng, who is responsible for handling royal affairs, is appointed by Chen Lin; You Heng, who is in charge of diplomacy, and so on......

Ostensibly, Wang Yu ceded some of his power. In fact, the important positions are still in the hands of the old Qingzhou department, and the six yamen under Cao Cao are held by Mi Zhu, Ma Jun, Guo Yuan, Xun You, Guo Jia and Wang Xiu.

It seems that Cao Cao has three old ministries, but in fact, the power of the Ministry of Industry is more concentrated in the hands of Huang Yueying, Xun You is responsible for statistical data, Guo Jia is responsible for collecting and analyzing intelligence, and Cao Cao, the prime minister, is a pure coolie and has no power to appoint and dismiss officials. How can this prime minister take charge of the government?

Fortunately, Cao Cao didn't expect Wang Yu to turn his brain and give up power, so he was not so disappointed.

However, your appointment has raised a lot of questions. Da Honglu is in charge of diplomacy, according to tradition. He is even responsible for the communication with the vassal states, and he usually finds a good person who is highly respected and transparent. Just your stinky mouth......

However, Wang Yu's answer was domineering, and he said that he would be a big man in the future. You don't need all the nations to come to court, you want me to come. I see, I conquer!

Want to engage in diplomacy with the big man? Then you have to be prepared for all kinds of anger.

As for the vassal states, it is an internal matter, and they are in charge of it now, and there may be another department in charge in the future.

After completing the adjustment of the court, Wang Yu informed Chen Lin to return, abolish the emperor, abolish Liu Zhang, the son of heaven established by Cao Cao, and re-establish Liu Xie, who has gone through hardships and can no longer see how many young people look like him.

Of course, this emperor is just an ornament, and in the future, it may become a totemic existence of religious beliefs, but it will definitely have nothing to do with power.

Whatever Liu Xie thought in his heart, the ministers couldn't help it, but at least at the moment when he accepted the courtiers' court, he was still very calm.

In the past six months, he has followed Chen Lin to many places and seen too many people's sufferings and misery. According to Wang Yu's instructions, everywhere he went, Chen Lin would discuss with the young man, if the latter held the power of the world, how to avoid these situations?

Of course Liu Xie couldn't answer, not to mention that he, a young son of heaven who had not held power for half a day, even if it was his father and ancestors, how could he really deal with actual government affairs? Even if you barely argue a few words, where is the opponent of Chen Caizi, who is brilliant and talented?

After these things, Liu Xie was already fully psychologically prepared for being deprived of power, and he began to formally consider that if he didn't want power and only kept glory, would it be a better choice for Liu?

The generals did not participate in this meritorious award, and their hearts were not here.

The southern expedition is still in full swing, and Yizhou, thousands of miles away, is already in full swing.

With Cao Cao's surrender, Cao Hong, who was guarding the pass, finally opened the pass, and Xu Shu, Pan Zhang, and Ma Zhong led 20,000 Yulin elites, plus the Hidden Mist Army led by Tai Shici, Gao Shun, and Wei Yan drove straight in.

Zhang Lu, who was originally guarding Hanzhong, did not dare to resist, and after a short negotiation, he finally chose to surrender, and Hanzhong decided without a fight.

Liu Yan was shocked when he heard the news, and urgently transferred the general Zhang Ren, with Liu Xuan, Leng Bao, Deng Xian and other deputy generals, as well as 30,000 Yizhou soldiers to meet the attack. This army was originally prepared to go out of Sichuan to reinforce Cao Cao, but it saved the time to assemble.

The two sides engaged in a fierce battle under the Baishui Pass.

Although Zhang Ren is a good general, the Yizhou Army has not fought a major battle for many years, and it is not comparable to the Qingzhou Army that has experienced a hundred battles. The proud mountain warfare is not the opponent of Xu Shujun, who has been training troops in Taihang Mountain for a long time and is led by experts like Pan Zhang and Ma Zhong.

What's even more deadly is the Hidden Mist Army, this army is already very strong, and the three generals who lead the army are even more powerful against the sky. Zhang Ren was just an oversight that was not negligent, and he actually got the news that the back road was cut off by Gao Shun.

In desperation, Zhang appointed Liu Bi and Leng Bao to lead 10,000 troops back to help, thinking that at least Gao Shun could be driven away first. As a result, the second general was only halfway through when he was attacked at night. The three generals of the Hidden Mist each led hundreds of people and attacked from three sides. Wei Yan beheaded Liu Bi, and Tai Shi Cisheng captured Leng Bao. 10,000 Shu soldiers were all wiped out.

When the news reached Baishui Pass, the whole army was in an uproar, and even Zhang Ren couldn't hold it back. After Xu Shu got the news, he took the opportunity to attack wildly, the Yizhou army collapsed on the spot, Zhang Ren escaped in the chaos, and Deng Xian was trampled to death by the rout.

This bad news gave Lao Liu Yan a heavy blow, and he vomited blood and fainted on the spot, and it took a whole day to wake up. When I woke up, I couldn't speak. I couldn't move, I couldn't make a director, but I used my eyes to designate my two sons to be in charge, and Sima Lang and Sima Yi were assisted by two brothers.

The Sima brothers did not give up, their Sima family and Wang Yu's hatred was deep, and there was no room for retreat, so they could only fight to the end. But it was not without the persuasion of the Sima brothers.

After a little discussion, the two brothers made the decision that Sima Lang would stay in Chengdu to preside over the overall situation, and Sima Yi would lead the army to fight.

He transferred the famous general Yan Yan from Ba County, and based on his observations during this time. promoted some generals with acceptable ability and low status, such as Zhang Wei and Lei Tong, and then mobilized 20,000 soldiers and horses to go to the Sword Pavilion. Rendezvous with Zhang Ren's remnants to resist the Central Plains soldiers and horses who were pursuing by victory.

It was snowing heavily. The two armies were not at war and were temporarily at a stalemate.

At the same time as the Yizhou War. The reception of Jingzhou and the preparations for the southern expedition were also in full swing.

On December 22, after many strategies, Zhuge Liang appeared in Jiangxia and officially started a dialogue with Zhou Yu.

Whether it is the person involved or the historians of later generations, no one knows what the two said. This conversation lasted until the Shangyuan Festival of the following year, which lasted for twenty-four days!

In the end, this negotiation, or debate, ended with Zhuge Liang successfully convincing Zhou Yu.

When the news was transmitted back to Luoyang, Wang Yu was overjoyed, and when the spring was warm in the second year, the vigorous southern expedition began, and the first to be dispatched was the navy.

At the beginning of the Central Plains War, Chen Deng and his son of Guangling decided to stand on the side of Qingzhou, and from then on, Wang Yu had already begun to prepare for the southern expedition. In addition to intelligence infiltration, the most important preparation he made was to build a naval base off the coast of Guangling.

The specific location is on a sandbar east of Hailing and north of the mouth of the Yangtze River.

Wang Yu initially thought that the place called Hu Tuzhou was Chongming Island, but later compared the location, but found that it was wrong, the location was too far to the north.

However, this detail is irrelevant, the important thing is that the island is well located, and from the map, it can be seen that it can overlook the counties along the coast of Jiangdong, and from there, the Jiangdong army will either concentrate on fighting at the mouth of the river, or it will not be able to defend at all.

Defensively, this Hu Tuzhou is closer to Guangling, and can quickly send troops to reinforce - the territory that Wang Yu promised to the Chen family father and son is the main island of the later Wa Kingdom, which is now the Dongsan Island. During the Central Plains War, the Chen family had already begun to hand over the territory, and at the same time sent people to Dongsan Island to explore the way.

Today's Dongsan Island has a limited population, and it is all uncivilized, large-scale immigration is not realistic, Wang Yu only wants the resources on that island, so he simply dumped it to the Chen family father and son. With the means of this father and son, as long as this place is treated as their own backyard and carefully managed, they will definitely be able to see the effect soon, which is much easier than cultivating it yourself.

Now in charge of the defense of Guangling are Lu Su and Huang Zhong, deputy generals Xu Sheng and Li Bin, and the main composition of the army is 20,000 Thunder Army, plus Gan Ning's navy, the lineup is extremely strong.

Before Sun Ce's death, he had a strong guard against Guangling and arranged many targeted defensive measures. As soon as Sun Ce died, Sun Quan was busy taking over power, and while all forces in Jiangdong were vying for power and profit, they completely pinned their hopes for preventing Qingzhou on the ministers and Zhou Yu, and they didn't care about Shanghai defense for a while.

As a result, after Gan Ning got the order, he immediately attacked quickly, all the way south, and fought and walked, and the coastal areas of Wu County and Huiji were full of smoke, and there was an emergency everywhere!

His tactics were simple, which was to land, to raid weak points. Relying on the response and guidance of the espionage system presided over by Pang Tong, Jinfan was invincible everywhere he went, and everyone in the coastal areas was in danger.

Sun Quan still cared about consolidating power, and was busy fighting fires and rescuing for several months, and half of the 100,000 troops in Jiangdong were concentrated in the coastal areas.

As a result, at this moment, bad news came from the west, Zhou Yu took Jiangxia's 20,000 Shanyue troops and more than 10,000 sailors to surrender, and the east and west gates of the river were opened.

Without the obstruction of the Jiangxia army, Zhou Cang's sailors went down the river. Stop at nothing. In Chaisang and Peng Ze, he fought two battles successively, and easily defeated Lu Dai and Dong Xi. The boat went east, and met with Zhang Liao and Pang Tong's Huainan Army in Liyang. First defeated the main force of the Jiangdong Army's naval army at Niuzhukou, and then quickly transported Zhang Liao's army to land and storm Stone City!

Sun Quan didn't care about continuing to entangle with Gan Ning, so he hurriedly returned to the division to meet the battle, confronted Zhang Liao at Moling, and temporarily blocked the offensive of the Qingzhou army.

However, Koto, having lost its defenses, was too vulnerable and under the attack of a superior enemy. It's simply hard to take care of.

The first bad news came from the Dantu, Zhou Cang's sailors did not sit idle after successfully transporting Zhang Liao's army to land, they continued to sail eastward, and joined the Thunder Army of Huang Zhong and Lu Su at Jiangdu Port, and after the landing, they effortlessly and successively conquered Dantu and Qu'a.

Blessings are incomparable, disasters are not a single line, and more deadly news came one after another, and Gan Ning, who had always relied on sea superiority to fight guerrillas, also suddenly became violent. landed in Lou County with 3,000 soldiers and relied on a night attack to capture Wu County!

There is no need to look at the map, Sun Quan also knows what a dangerous situation he is about to face.

Three-way strong soldiers!

Three-sided attack!

He immediately decided. Immediately abandoned Moling and ran wildly south, trying to catch up with the Qingzhou Army's three-way troops and horses. Escape to a safer place. As for the territories that have fallen and are about to fall, he can't care less.

Originally, going west to Razor to fight guerrillas was also a solution. Yan Baihu relied on this trick back then to drag Sun Ce's footsteps. But Sun Quan didn't dare at all. The two generals of the Qingzhou Navy are both from water bandits, and they are no longer familiar with the methods on the rivers and lakes, and Sun Quan doesn't think that he can play any new tricks in front of these two people.

He could only flee southward, if he could retreat to Huiji in time, it would be best to rely on the Qiantang River to rebuild the defensive line, if it really didn't work, he could even consider fleeing to Yongning or even Dongzhi.

Sun Quan didn't dare to surrender, because Zhou Yu's betrayal made him very afraid, and he wasn't sure what kind of terms Zhou Yu had negotiated with Wang Yu, in case he wanted to sacrifice his life to his brother?

He didn't kill his brother with his own hands, but this matter does have a lot to do with him, Zhou Yu's relationship with his brother is even closer than his own, who can guarantee that his conditions are not his own life?

When Sun Quan fled to Wanling, the team had shrunk by nearly half, and by the time he arrived at Yu Qian, there were less than one-third of the men and horses left. But he was relieved, because fifty miles further east he would reach Qiantang.

However, when he finally arrived at the foot of Qiantang City, he was shocked to see that the flag fluttering at the head of the city turned out to be a Chinese character banner with black characters on a red background!

He forgot how high Gan Ning's naval engine power was, returned to the coast from Wu County, and then boarded the ship to chase after him in a big circle, and the speed was still faster than running on two feet, and much faster!

Sun Quan could only continue to flee and flee to a place where the Qingzhou army could not catch up, but does such a place really exist?

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There is no accurate information on Sun Quan's last whereabouts. On the way to escape, his army was completely dispersed, and most of the Jiangdong clan gave up halfway, either died in the chaos or was captured by the pursuing Qingzhou army, and only Sun Quan held out to the end.

He fled all the way to Wuyi Mountain, taking with him the last few dozen guards, and then a rebellion broke out, in which almost all of the guards participated, including Jiang Qin, a general whom Sun Quan regarded as a confidant.

They want to use Sun Quan's head to change their lives.

The only one still standing in front of Sun Quan was Zhou Tai, the full force of this fierce general was extremely terrifying, killing more than 30 people in one go, only Jiang Qin relied on martial arts and escaped with injuries.

Of course, such an outbreak will not come without a price, Zhou Tai has dozens of wounds, but in this kind of place, there will obviously be no Hua Tuo to save his life. The Qingzhou Army, who conducted a search afterwards, found Zhou Tai's body nearby, but Sun Quan's trace disappeared as if there had never been such a person in the world.

The fall of Koto dealt a devastating blow to the two forces that were still resisting.

After the spring, the war in Yizhou was rekindled, and with his resourcefulness and geographical advantages, Sima Yi fought wits and strength with Xu Shu in the Sword Pavilion, which was basically a flat state. But the good times didn't last long, and the news of the Jiangdong army's defeat and retreat soon spread to Yizhou, and the Yizhou army's morale began to be unstable.

At this moment, Sima Yi got the bad news that Gao Shun and Wei Yan had crossed the Yinping Trail and Lianke Jiangyou and Mianzhu.

As in history, the separatist forces in Yizhou no longer had any resistance, and flags were erected in various places, and Chengdu was the first to set an example. In Sima Yi's army, Yan Yan, Lei Tong, Zhang Wei and others surrendered one after another, and even Zhang Ren, who would rather die than give in in history, was not exempt from vulgarity.

Sima Yi could only embark on the road of escape with a remnant of his army, like Sun Quan, and his goal was Yunnan.

His run happened to fulfill Tai Shi Ci's intentions, and Tai Shi Ci, who was anxious for his life's affairs, pulled his two brothers and pursued them all the way with three thousand hidden fogs. Along the way, more than a dozen tribes bewitched by Sima Yi were eliminated, and other tribes who had no intention of confronting the Central Plains were also co-opted.

Finally, on the shore of Dianchi Lake, he met the person in his fate.

According to Tai Shici's own statement later, he and his beloved wife fell in love at first sight, like glue. However, according to Wei Yan, an eyewitness at the scene, there was once an earth-shattering battle there. The final result was that the Sima brothers were awarded the head, and Tai Shi Ci robbed no one and returned.

Due to the great disagreement between the two, the final official adoption was the account of another eyewitness, Gao Shun.

His original words were like this: "There was indeed a battle, but it was not as exaggerated as Wen Chang said, it was just a heads-up, Ziyi connected Zhu Rong's twenty-seven flying knives with his empty hands, convinced the other party, and hugged the beauty." As for the earth-shattering battle that Wei Yan said, it was probably when he was doing a happy event here, according to those who listened to the root of the wall according to local customs, including Wen Chang, according to the aftermath, it is said that a good show of seven captures and seven verticals was staged that night, as for the specific situation, it would not have been clear. ”

According to the historian's recollections, what appeared on Gao Shun's face at that time was unadulterated confusion.

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The last resistance was Liu Bei's thousands of soldiers in Dabie Mountain.

In fact, the real purge was not carried out at all, Liu Bei had eyeliner in Jiangxia, and after discovering that Zhuge Liang and Zhou Yu had started spying, he felt that something was wrong.

When Zhou Cangdong came, Zhou Yu changed his banner, and Liu Bei completely dispelled the luck mentality.

He was much smarter than Sun Quan and Sima Yi, and he didn't make any drama of fleeing thousands of miles alone, but directly dismissed the troops, leaving only Jian Yong, an old man who was unwilling to abandon him. Taking advantage of the chaos everywhere in the south of the Yangtze River, no one could take care of it, and the two of them went on the road together, also all the way to the south, and disappeared into the sea of people.

Some people say that he went to Jiaozhou incognito to live in seclusion; It is also said that with the help of the simplified version of the map in the edict, he went further afield.

But no one cares, because a new era is opening, and the people and things of the past are like the rolling eastward water, disappearing in the white waves. (To be continued......)

ps: It's not the end, there's a finale later, but I really couldn't write it today.