Chapter Seventy-Two: The Change of Xiliang
Before Lu Rui could enjoy the happiness of getting an heir, he was summoned to the palace of King Wei by Cao Cao.
"Extraordinary, this is Xiliang's battle report, Chang'an Zhong Xuan has already led his troops to Tianshui." Cao Cao didn't talk nonsense this time, and directly threw a bamboo slip to Lu Rui. This is the first time Cao Cao has talked to Lu Rui like this, and he didn't even have an opening remark, which shows the seriousness of the matter.
According to Cao Cao's intentions, Cao Pi decided to go to the Qiang tribe in person to meet him, firstly, to touch the situation of Biao, and secondly, to appease the foreign leader, so that he could recognize the situation and not support Liu Xie.
"What is the second son thinking?" Jiang Yan came to the top of the city tower, looked at Cao Pi who was looking from afar, and brought a pot of wine up.
"Jiang Taishou, don't call the second son anymore, Cao Pi is no longer from the Cao family."
"Second son, the title is just a pronoun, why should the second son mind? Since the second son is not from the Cao family, do you still care about the title of the second son? If he cares, how dare the second son say that he is not from the Cao family? Jiang Yi smiled and handed the wine to Cao Pi.
"It's still Jiang Taishou who understands Pi and sends wine!" Cao Pi smiled slightly, Jiang Yi was right, although he was expelled from the sect, but his blood relatives are still there, the second son, he must be the second son of the Cao family again!
"Jiang Taishou, are you at ease with Yan? King Wei is not in Tianshui, so he doesn't know the situation here now. I'm afraid I can't wait anymore and I'm going to do it. Cao Pi shook his head, Cao Pi didn't dare to say bad about Cao Cao's decision, after all, Cao Cao was far away in Xudu. Didn't understand the situation here. According to Cao Pi's opinion. Yan didn't want to negotiate at all, but wanted to cede the land as the king, which was contrary to Cao Cao's concept and not the concept of the entire Han Dynasty, and it was impossible to negotiate peace without a common understanding.
"I am even more worried about Yi in the next, and I am also a Qiang person in the next, to tell the truth. The Qiang people are also very worried about the fact that there can be such scheming and people in the city, and the future of the clan is probably ruined in the hands of this person. Jiang Yan shook his head, if an ambitious person like Yu unifies the Qiang people, then the Qiang people are afraid that they will face the danger of extinction, Jiang Taigong's words back then were to avoid the demise of the Qiang people, although the Central Plains is good, but unfortunately the blood is too heavy.
"Jiang Taishou, since this is the case, Pi has decided to do one thing, please support Taishou!" Cao Pi vomited a little, since Jiang Yi had the same idea as himself. Cao Pi decided to let it go.
"The second son wants?"
"My son wants to do Jing Ke's thing, Jiang Taishou is willing to help?" Cao Pi smiled slightly. glanced at Jiang Yan.
"This?"
"Second son, don't do it!" Before Jiang Yi could say a word, he was stunned by Cao Pi's personal guards.
"Jiang Taishou, of course Pi knows that you won't agree, but this is what Pi should do as a member of the Cao family." Cao Pi motioned to the guards to take off Jiang Yi's token, and ordered the guards to lock Jiang Yi in prison and leave the city alone.
After leaving the city, Cao Pi went to meet Yu as Cao Cao's envoy, and also made a feat to assassinate Yi, but unfortunately, Yu did not let Cao Pi succeed, but detained Cao Pi.
Instead of putting Cao Pi to death, he raised the banner of supporting Cao Cao as emperor. Sending troops to the Di clan, this next step can break all kinds of balances in Xiliang. Some of the Qiang leaders who uphold the preciousness of the Han and sincerely obey the Han family made a rebellion, first of all, the army besieged the city, and the Tianshui County was broken, Jiang Yu died in battle, and now the Tianshui area has fallen into the hands of the Qiang people, and these Qiang people play the banner of Kuang Fu Han Chamber!
On the other hand, it is very interesting, Yu sent troops to the Di tribe, and some generals who supported Cao Cao actually let go of the defense line, allowing Yu to bypass the rear of the Di tribe and raid the cottage of the Di tribe, and Yu quickly completed the attack and became the new leader of the Di tribe, and at the same time announced his lineage and re-established the Di kingdom.
"Father, this? All messed up? When Lu Rui saw the battle report, he was also stunned, this is not an ordinary power, and it is really difficult to deal with the situation like this now. Even his own army can't tell whether he is friend or foe.
"I didn't expect it, Bi's plan is actually like this, it seems that this king really underestimates the alien race, and I'm afraid that Bi's strategy is still above the lone king." Cao Cao shook his head, originally thinking that Yu just wanted to use Liu Xie, colluding inside and outside to seek self-reliance. I didn't expect that Yan's tricks would be so clever, and as soon as he made a move, Cao Cao was in a dilemma.
Yu first sent people to announce the kindness of the Han family within the Qiang people, not to prepare for his own rebellion, but to gather all the pro-Han people in the Qiang people, which was just a reason. When everyone got together, Yu suddenly changed his words, saying that he supported Cao Cao, and disappeared as soon as he slipped away, but went to attack the Di tribe.
This made a group of pro-Han Qiang people angry, and they were completely tricked by Yu and Cao Cao as monkeys. Of course, the pro-Han Qiang people would not let go of this opportunity, and made a decision to attack Cao Cao, and sent troops to occupy all the surrounding counties of Tianshui County. Cao Cao originally had nothing to do, but because of Biao's calculation, he became Biao's accomplice, which is indescribable.
"Extraordinary, this is a letter sent by generals from all walks of life, look at it, they all want to be added to the knighthood." Cao Cao pinched his forehead, and Cao Cao's people thought that they had smelled the political atmosphere, and some generals who had received the news early had written a statement to let Cao Cao be the emperor. Some people also punished the pro-Han officials and families under their rule, which made Cao Cao cry and laugh.
"I didn't expect it, I, Cao Cao, were already disgusted with blood, so I asked this king to hold the long sword again." Cao Cao is now very angry, and after doing this, those fools under his command began to hold a celebration banquet, and now Cao Cao's rule is no longer stable, in order to stabilize the political situation, Cao Cao is going to kill again.
"Father, we must be cautious in this matter, if we use force, I am afraid that we will lose the support of the people, we." Lu Rui was stunned for a moment, if there were large-scale killings under his rule now, coupled with the invasion of foreign enemies, I am afraid that the foundation of Cao Wei's regime would be shaken, and even if the country was established at that time, it would be difficult to maintain it for a long time.
"Bufan, do you think that this king is now speaking to the people of the world to frame Lone, and anyone will believe it? The princes of the world are all people who have the heart to fight for hegemony. I will definitely not miss this opportunity. Merely. The king's methods are not vegetarian, and the use of strength may not be able to stabilize the political situation, as long as the successor of this king is wise, the foundation of the Cao family will not collapse! Cao Cao glanced at Lu Rui, now this is the best way Cao Cao can think of, make mistakes and replace Han with Cao in advance.
Lu Rui was blocked back by Cao Cao's words, indeed. Now if Cao Cao tells the world that he is not helping himself, but is here to frame himself, who will believe it? Could it be that Bi is an idiot who used tens of thousands of soldiers and horses to help Cao Cao attack the Di tribe, is it fake? Someone else will do it for real? Not to mention that others don't believe it, Lu Rui thought for a while and felt extremely ridiculous.
Now Cao Cao has been forced to a corner, and Cao Cao's middle and lower-level officers have already decided that Cao Cao is going to replace Han with Cao, so if Cao Cao doesn't act, what will his subordinates think. It was also a blow to Cao Cao's prestige.
"Extraordinary, it is impossible for this king to be a courtier of the Han Dynasty. As for the foundation of the Cao family in the future, it still needs the efforts of Bufan and the children of the Cao family, and this time I want to hear what Bufan thinks about the current situation and what good suggestions do I have? Cao Cao especially accentuated his tone on the word suggestion, he wanted to know what Lu Rui was thinking, it seemed that Cao Cao had thought of some solutions, but they were unresolved.
Lu Rui lowered his head and thought about the current situation, now that Cao Cao has been crowned with the hat of Cao Daihan, this step is going to go on forever, and it can't be stopped. The problem is to deal with the hidden dangers left by Cao Daihan, and how to deal with the original families of the Han Dynasty so as not to endanger Cao Wei's regime.
Maintain stability! This word that often appears in later generations is the problem that Lu Rui wants to solve. To keep the family from making trouble, the only way to do it is to give the family greater benefits and power. Now there are not many families under Cao Cao's rule, and the area between Yanzhou and Qingzhou is either the Cao family or the Xiahou family. The area around Xuzhou is the Chen family and the Mi family, and the two Mi Zhu brothers followed Liu Bei's power in Xuzhou has been weakened, and Chen Deng is still obedient, constantly weakening the strength of his clan to show loyalty to Cao Cao.
The family of Jiangdong and Jingzhou was originally not deep-rooted, and under the repeated invasions of Sun Ce, Sun Quan and Cao Cao, the family was already weak, that is, Cao Cao would not have any major resistance on behalf of the Han Dynasty. What's more, there is still Cai Mao's support in Jingzhou, and there are more than 100,000 barbarian troops in Wumanxi, so there should not be any problem in the south.
Yongzhou, Xiliang, and Sili are basically extinct. Now the threatening families in the Han Dynasty are all in Hebei, and there is only one Hanoi Sima family under Cao Cao's rule!
"Sima's family? Father Zhong wants to use the prestige of the Sima family to appease the family under the rule of our army? After his own analysis, Lu Rui suddenly found that the situation of Cao Wei was very different from history, the four states of Hebei were not in Cao Wei's hands, and the threat of the family was less. As long as the Sima family can express their position, the family under Cao Cao's rule will be much easier to appease, and as for the stubborn, they will have to use a butcher's knife.
"Yes, Bufan also thought of it, now the Sima family is the only chess piece that this king can use, but Sima Yi has always been a big trouble, and this king has to be careful!" From Cao Cao's tone, Lu Rui heard helplessness and melancholy. If Cao Cao relied on the Sima family this time, then Cao Cao would not be able to easily attack the Sima family in the future, which was an obvious signal of Cao Cao's compromise, and he would compromise with the Sima family in exchange for the stability of the regime.
"Father Zhong, although this matter is a last resort, but in Rui's opinion, Sima Yi is not terrible. As long as the monarch is wise, Sima Yi can only be a capable minister. Lu Rui smiled slightly, sorted out his thoughts, everything was easy to do, although Sima Yi was powerful, he had his own restraint, and he was confident that Sima Yi would not mess with the government. It's a big deal to fight for life in the future, and see who has a long life.
"Yes, as long as the children of my Cao family are wise, Sima Yi is not to be afraid, but this king is suspicious all his life, this is a disadvantage and an advantage, this king knows the hidden danger but can't pull it out, he is unwilling, he is old, he has a lot of power, and he has more scruples, if he was young, Sima Yi would have already fallen to the ground." Cao Cao sighed, Sima Yi's problem is really difficult to solve, which makes people love and hate.
"Do you have any other suggestions?"
"Middle father, the child is stupid, so he can only come up with this way."
"Don't blame yourself, think about this matter for your father, you can step down." Seeing that Lu Rui didn't have any good suggestions, Cao Cao waved his hand and asked Lu Rui to retreat, and he had to think more about this matter.
Outside the Yecheng General's Mansion, Liu Bei heard Yu's actions in Xiliang, and hurriedly rushed from the plain to the outside of the Yecheng General's Mansion, knelt outside the mansion, and waited for Yuan Xi. Liu Bei's kneeling made Yuan Xi, who had just pacified the north, leave the brigade and hurriedly return to Yecheng with his personal guards and Tian Feng.
"Uncle Huang, please hurry up, why is Uncle Huang kneeling outside my general's mansion?" Yuan Xi rode a fast horse back from the front line, and Liu Bei had been kneeling here for three days and three nights.
"General, Cao thief is trying to replace Han with Cao, and the Han family will die, please allow the general to prepare troops to Xu Du to rescue Your Majesty!" When Liu Bei saw Yuan Xi, he immediately cried, the shouting was very moving, and the center of the words was one, Cao Cao was going to replace the Han, and asked Yuan Xi to send troops to fight the thief.
"Uncle Huang, please hurry up, this general has already discussed this matter with the military division, please ask the emperor to return to the plains to reorganize the army, and after three months, the general and the emperor's soldiers will divide into two ways and attack Xudu." Yuan Xi helped Liu Bei up and said his decision.
"The general is wise, and he must do his best!" Liu Bei heard Yuan Xi's answer, and immediately stood up and held Yuan Xi's hands tightly.
"Come on, prepare a banquet, this general wants to get drunk with Uncle Liu Huang before resting!" Yuan Xi smiled slightly, and pulled Liu Bei into the mansion to have a banquet. After the banquet, Yuan Xi sent Liu Bei out of the mansion and returned to his study.
"Strategist, this foreigner has given us a big gift. I didn't expect that Yi would actually pull this trick, Cao Cao was in trouble, and Liu Bei would not be happy. Yuan Xi smiled slightly, Liu Bei's mind Yuan Xi certainly understood that if he wanted to take the opportunity to expand his strength, Yuan Xi would not let Liu Bei succeed.
"Don't worry, my lord, Feng has already arranged, Liu Bei sent troops, as long as we keep his right-hand men in Yecheng, no matter how powerful Liu Bei is, his strength will be greatly damaged, and whether Liu Bei can avoid Cao Cao's army at that time depends on the will of heaven." Under the mask, Tian Feng showed a sinister smile.
"Okay, everything is handed over to the military advisor, General Ben is tired, I want to rest for a while."
"No!"
"It hurts, why is this happening, have I reached the limit?"
After Tian Feng left, Yuan Xi covered his chest with his hands, feeling distressed and sick again. I didn't expect the pain when I was young to attack again, but it has been cured, why did it attack again?! (To be continued......)
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