Liu Jing gave a ten-day deadline, in order to cooperate with the ten-day deadline, Gan Ning also withdrew his troops from Jingkou, the army returned to Jiangbei, and Han Dang, who had retreated to Piling County, returned to Jingkou again, holding the strategic place of Jingkou, but he only had 5,000 troops left under his command and could not hold Jingkou.

For this reason, Han Dang wrote several times to Sun Quan for help, but there was no reply, as if Sun Quan was no longer interested in Jingkou.

In fact, when Liu Jing put forward three conditions, Sun Quan remained silent, Jianye Palace did not say anything, did not meet anyone, and no one knew what he was thinking?

Although Sun Quan was silent, the government and opposition in Jiangdong fell into a brief calm before the rainstorm.

Under the turbulent calm situation, Liu Jing's three conditions have long been well-known, and every household is closing their doors to discern these three conditions, some people think that this is Liu Jing's pretentious gesture and set conditions that Jiangdong cannot accept, and some people think that this is Liu Jing's benevolent and righteous move, and Jiangdong does not know the times.

But whether it is the supporter or the opponent, everyone has a consensus, that is, Jiangdong may not be spared this time, back then, Jiangdong vowed to destroy Jingzhou and unify the south, and today, the unification of the south is getting closer and closer, but it is Jiangdong's old opponent, Jingzhou Liu Jing, which has to make people feel the ruthless tricks of fate.

For ordinary people, the capture of Jiangdong by the Han army means the arrival of light and thin endowments, which means that they can eat well, and the men in the family do not have to hide in Tibet, and no longer have to bear the pain of war, this is what they have been longing for, they only hate ten days too long, and hate the Jiangdong army to resist.

As for high-ranking officials and generals, the fall of Jiangdong will make them face the choice of a future again, whether to return to the north to defect to Cao Wei, or die with Wu Hou, or to be loyal to the Han State for the sake of family interests, everyone is faced with a choice, it is difficult to decide, and many people still have a glimmer of hope.

Or a miracle will happen, just like the plague that occurred in Cao's army back then, Cao Cao's army was defeated in Chibi and evacuated to the south, in short, until the last moment, high-ranking officials and generals would not make the final choice lightly.

Time passed, and the situation in Jiangdong was quickly transmitted to Yedu by Cao Wei's intelligence system and presented to Cao Cao's desk.

In the Tongque Palace in Yedu, Cao Cao handed the latest information to the military advisor Cheng Yu, and said with a smile: "Zhongde take a look!" This is Koto's latest information, and it's really interesting. ”

Cheng Yu took the information, read it roughly, and handed it to Cao Pi, who was sitting next to him, and smiled at him: "What does the prince think of this?" ”

This information was reported by Cao Pi to his father, he already knew it, he saw that Cheng Yu gave him a chance to speak, so he said: "I thought this was Liu Jing's pretended posture, wanting to make his attack on Jiangdong reasonable and legitimate, so he used arrogance to talk about things, in fact, Sun Quan could not agree to these conditions at all." ”

Cao Cao nodded, "Wu'er is right, this is indeed an excuse that Liu Jing found, I don't want to be left behind to bully the weak, when I went to Jingzhou, I also needed the consent of the Son of Heaven, although now many people have forgotten the Son of Heaven, whether there is an edict from the Son of Heaven does not affect anything, but Liu Jing after all is a descendant of the Han Dynasty, and the name of the teacher is still very important to him, he accused Sun Quan of trespassing, but did not give him a chance to correct, this is clearly coming at me, not giving me the opportunity to help Sun Quan." ”

Cheng Yu smiled: "Duke Wei wants to help Sun Quan? ”

Cao Cao smiled bitterly and said: "Last year, in order to keep Sun Quan, I did not hesitate to confront Liu Jing in Hefei with the strength of the whole country, as long as I can keep Jiangdong, the momentum of the Three Kingdoms can appear, but Hefei was unfortunately defeated, Jianghuai was lost, which means that I can no longer help Jiangdong, and it also means that the Han army's encirclement of Jiangdong is completed, at that time I knew that Jiangdong has no power to return to the sky, and it is a matter of time before it is destroyed, and now even if I crown Sun Quan as the king of Wu again, in addition to being disgusting Liu Jing, what is the meaning of Jiangdong?" ”

"Father means to say, do we give up Koto?" Cao Pi said a little unwillingly.

Cao Cao glanced at him, stretched his voice and said, "It's not that I want to give up Jiangdong, but that Jiangdong is gone, and I have no power to return to the sky, why can't I see through the situation?" ”

Cao Cao had a hint of dissatisfaction in his tone, so frightened that Cao Pi hurriedly said: "What the child means is that the father also needs to make a statement, even if he can't help Jiangdong, at least he can give an explanation to the people of the world." ”

There is some truth in this sentence, and Cao Cao asked Cheng Yu again, "What does Zhongde mean?" ”

Cheng Yu smiled slightly, "Weichen thinks that silence is the best statement, if you say too much, you will lose, and it is better not to say some things." ”

Cao Pi was greatly dissatisfied, he looked back at Cheng Yu, "There have been drastic changes in Jiangdong, but we are silent, isn't this a cover-up?" It will make people all over the world think that we are showing weakness and compromising with Liu Jing, today we don't sympathize with Jiangdong, who will sympathize with us in the future? ”

"What nonsense are you talking about!"

Cao Cao scolded angrily and interrupted Cao Pi's words, Cao Pi didn't dare to say any more, so he had to bow his head in hatred and curse Cheng Yu in his heart.

Cao Pi didn't understand what Cheng Yu meant, but Cao Cao understood, Cheng Yu asked him not to take his stance lightly, Sun Quan's regime is unpopular, and the unification of the south is the will of the people, if he supports Sun Quan at this juncture, not only can he not save Sun Quan, but he will also drag himself into the water, keep silent, and pretend not to know about this matter, it is indeed the best choice at present, as for the statement, I will talk about it later.

Cao Cao and Cheng Yu glanced at each other, and both of them laughed tacitly, they were thinking the same thing.

At this time, Cao Cao glared at Cao Pi again, Cao Pi's choice really disappointed him, a thirty-five or sixteen-year-old person, his mind is still so simple, if he dies, how can he be Liu Jing's opponent.

The more Cao Cao thought about it, the more annoyed he became, and asked Cao Pi again: "How is the progress of the Ding Order now, why haven't you reported it to me?" ”

Cao Pi's heart jumped suddenly, he was afraid that his father would ask him about the Ding order, divide the land and abandon the slaves, which will touch the vital interests of countless high-ranking officials and wealthy families, and the local government is generally resistant, and it can't be implemented at all, this matter has passed for more than half a year, he couldn't think of it, but he didn't expect his father to ask about it again at this juncture, so how could he answer?

But his father was glaring at him sternly, so that Cao Pi couldn't avoid it, so he had to bite the bullet and say: "The order is too wide, not a single order from my father can solve it, nor can it be completed in a few months, the child needs time." ”

"Humph! What takes time, I don't think you want to do it at all! ”

"Of course the child wants to do, there are too few yeoman farmers, which has affected our financial recovery, although the summer grain is harvested, but the government tax has dropped by three percent compared with last year, of course, it is related to a large number of fugitives, but the fundamental reason is that the wealthy families have hidden too many people, so that the number of self-cultivated farmers is less than half of ten years ago, the child knows that this is the foundation of the community, so he is also very anxious, but it does take time."

Cao Cao's face softened slightly, "Since you know the problem is strict, I won't blame you, but you have to give me a plan and time, I want to know what you are going to do and how much time will it take?" ”

Cao Pi replied helplessly: "Son, go back and draft!" ”

"Go ahead!" Cao Cao waved his hand and let Cao Pi leave,

Cao Pi got up and slowly retreated, looking at his son walking away, Cao Cao sighed, and said to Cheng Yu worriedly: "Zhongde, I'm really worried now, whether I chose the wrong son in this world, maybe it's wise for me to let my third son inherit my career." ”

Cheng Yu secretly smiled bitterly in his heart, and said to Cao Cao: "Since Duke Wei has made a choice, don't change it lightly, otherwise it will shake the country's foundation, although the prince is inferior to Liu Jing in terms of political mind and control of the overall situation, but at least he is very diligent in government, and I also know a little bit about the Ding order, there are many opponents, especially the military strongly opposes, and the local government also responds passively, and does not want to offend the family, so the prince is very difficult to implement, this kind of seizure of land and abolition of slavery, Liu Jing still took ten years to gradually achieve results, What's more, Cao Wei, whose interests are deep-rooted, Weichen said something unpleasant, and he was afraid that he would end up digging a canal with Sun Quan. ”

Cheng Yu said very implicitly, but Cao Cao understood very well, implemented the Ding Order, and finally made a wedding dress for Liu Jing, Cao Cao was also very helpless, so he had to sigh: "Back then, I just couldn't shake the interests of high-ranking officials and magnates, so I used a compromise method to order the army to settle the fields and solve the urgent need of lack of military food, but compromise is not a cure, I hope that before I die, I can solve the problem of my henchmen who have not been able to complete, it seems that there is still no hope." ”

Cheng Yu saw that Cao Cao was a fan of some authorities, so he couldn't help but remind him, "The trouble of Duke Wei's henchmen should be an external trouble, not an internal worry." ”

Cheng Yu's words woke up Cao Cao, and he suddenly realized that his henchman was Liu Jing, and if he forcibly implemented the Ding Order and caused civil strife in Cao Wei, it just gave Liu Jing the opportunity to send troops to Cao Wei, and he almost reversed his priorities.

He asked again: "Then between the military and the division, how should I deal with this Jiangdong change?" ”

Cheng Yu smiled: "Why did Duke Wei marry his daughter to Liu Jing? ”

Cao Cao finally nodded, "I understand what the military advisor means, so I should respond to all changes with the same and seize the time to restore my strength." ”

Cheng Yu said meaningfully: "Liu Jing and we made a two-year peace covenant, I think he must have thought it through, if I guessed correctly, after the Han army destroyed Jiangdong, the next target must be Jiaozhou Liu Bei." ”