"Master Hou, the Prime Minister hasn't been here for many days, hasn't he?" Kuai Yue came to Lu Rui's courtyard again, since Cao Cao and Cai's marriage, Cao Cao didn't seem to take care of political affairs very much, but stayed in Cai's courtyard all day long, ignoring political affairs, and handed over all military and political affairs to Cao Ang, so that Lu Rui and the sons of the Cao family assisted.

"Don't worry about the other, Ben Hou thinks that the prime minister has his own arrangements." Lu Rui smiled slightly, Lao Cao likes to be mysterious the most. There must be some big move below, and Cai's is just a cover.

"What does Master Hou mean?"

"Xeno, do you think it's not a matter of one sentence for the prime minister to stop these rumors? Why are rumors spreading now, and even Xu knows about the prime minister's affairs? Lu Rui picked up the tea on the table and handed it to Kuai Yue, originally Lu Rui thought that Lao Cao had made an old mistake, but the development of things made Lu Rui feel that things might not be so simple!

Now even Xu Du is spreading the romance of Lao Cao, and many people say that Lao Cao was fascinated by beauty, and just captured Jingzhou, he robbed other people's wives and ignored political affairs. When Ding Laohu of Xu Du heard the rumors, he was furious, smashed everything in Cao Cao's room, and threatened to come to Jingzhou to catch fox spirits.

It didn't work for everyone in the Cao family to talk about it, and in the end, it was Cao Song, the old birthday star, who came out to suppress Ding Laohu.

Cao Cao wants to be romantic, there is no need to make the family restless, and the government and the opposition know everything. This is not Lao Cao's style, and the only explanation is what Cao Cao wants to hide.

"Xeno, where is Cai Mao now?" According to Lu Rui's thoughts, if Cao Cao is the Ming Xiu Plank Road Darkness Chen Cang. Cai Mao's Jingzhou naval army will be Cao Cao's killer move.

"Master Hou. Cai Mao returned to Gangneung Province to go to his relatives. I heard that there is something important in the clan that needs to be dealt with by Cai Mao. In the past few days, Cai Mao also held a literary meeting in Jiangling to recruit talents from Jingchu. Of course, Kuai Yue knew what Lu Rui meant, and Kuai Yue also noticed Cai Mao's actions, but Cai Mao didn't want to make any big moves.

"Oh?" Lu Rui was stunned for a moment, what did Lao Cao pay attention to, Cai Mao actually had a holiday? Could it be that Cao Cao wanted someone else to replace Cai Mao to command the Jingzhou naval army, or did he have other arrangements?

"Xenomorph. Has the Prime Minister asked you anything lately? Lu Rui went through all the possibilities in his heart, Cao Cao might use Cai Mao as a suspicious strategy, and then start from another side to raid Sun Quan.

Thing? Kuai Yue was stunned for a moment, Cao Cao did ask himself a lot of things before his wedding, but it was all about how to appease the Jingzhou generals and the Jingchu barbarians. There is nothing special about these things, and Kuai Yue has been prepared for a long time, so the response is like a stream, and there is nothing abnormal.

Kuai Yue reported everything he knew to Lu Rui, and Lu Rui took a sip of tea. I began to organize my thoughts and thought about it for a while. Still clueless.

"Master Hou, Pi Gongzi is out asking to see you." Just as Lu Rui and Kuai Yue were speculating about what Cao Cao was thinking, Shi A came in and reported to Lu Rui, and Cao Pi asked to see him.

Cao Pi? Lu Rui was stunned for a moment, Cao Pi also came to him to persuade Cao Cao? Without thinking too much, Lu Rui asked Shi A to take Cao Pi into his study. After Cao Pi entered the study, he sat opposite Kuai Yue after saluting Kuai Yue.

"It turns out that Mr. Kuai is also here, just right, Pi doesn't need to go more."

"Childe?" Kuai Yue was stunned for a moment, looked at Cao Pi, and then looked at Lu Rui, what does Cao Pi mean, what does it mean that you don't need to go more? Did you ask yourself to advise the prime minister together? Thinking of this, Kuai Yue cast a pleading look at Lu Rui. Kuai Yue is a subordinate after all, and it may not be good to ask Cao Pi directly, and it is better for Lu Rui to come forward.

"Brother Pi, are you also here for the Prime Minister's business?" Lu Rui saw that Cao Pi's face was not good, and he knew that something must be something, so he went straight to the door.

"Brother Rui, my brother is here for my father's business, but not to ask Brother Rui, but to carry out my father's order with Brother Rui!" Cao Pi sighed softly and said the purpose of the trip weakly.

"Carrying out the father's orders?" Lu Rui will understand this, carry out his father's order, it seems that Cao Cao really has some plan, let himself, Cao Pi, and Kuai Yue execute.

"Yes, Brother Rui, Wen Lie has returned to Xiangyang City from Xudu with the tiger and leopard ride." Cao Pi said for a while, and then stopped, as if something made him uneasy.

"So what?" Cao Xiu, Cao Zhang, and Cao Zhen are the people who Cao Cao is optimistic about leading the army, and there seems to be no problem with Cao Xiu temporarily commanding the tiger and leopard cavalry.

"Hua Mei is here too!" Cao Pi weakly spat out a sentence from his mouth. Hua Mei came, which means that Cao Cao's daughter Cao Hua also came.

"My father decided to marry Wumanxi, marry Hua Mei to the son of the old barbarian king, and borrow barbarian soldiers to attack Chaisang Sun Quan." Cao Pi shook his head helplessly and told Lu Rui about the matter. I couldn't figure out why my father wanted to use Wumanxi to deal with Sun Quan, and Cao Jun had hundreds of thousands of troops, couldn't he still deal with Chaisang's 100,000 Sun Quan army?

Marriage? Lu Rui was stunned for a moment, it turned out that Lao Cao had this idea! Lu Rui understood after listening to Cao Pi's words that Lao Cao wanted to attack Sun Quan from the flank with the help of the army of Wumanxi, and to cover up his unpreparedness by surprise, and to break through Chaisang in one fell swoop, so that Cao Hua could marry, probably in order to stabilize Wumanxi.

Cao Pi's loss is not difficult to explain, although Cao Pi is known as the ruthless and unrighteous founder of the country by later generations, but in the eyes of Lu Rui, Cao Pi may not be ruthless, but the identity of the emperor is there, and sometimes he has no choice but to do so. Compared with Li Shimin, Cao Pi calculated well, but he just snubbed his younger brother and did not kill his relatives.

"Zihuan, are you dissatisfied with your middle father's decision? Think we shouldn't cooperate with the barbarians? Lu Rui glanced at Cao Pi, Cao Pi's true thoughts Lu Rui wanted to know, this is a factor that affects Cao Wei's overall situation in the future, that is, Cao Pi is not an emperor, but also a prince with real power.

"Brother Rui, my brother is not discriminating against barbarians, thinking that barbarians are not my race, and their hearts must be different, in fact, since the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, if Qin unifies the six countries with Qin as orthodox, which of the six countries is not a barbarian? It's just that the younger brother thinks that his father is doing this. It's like the Siege of Baiden. Lose the prestige of my Cao family! Cao Pi vented his dissatisfaction. Facing Cao Cao, Cao Pi didn't dare to be so presumptuous.

It turned out to be for Cao's face? It seems that Cao Pi, like Cao Cao, only pays attention to reality and not fame, does not value the reputation of the family, and there is no discrimination against the poor and foreign races, so Lu Rui is relieved. In the future of Great Wei, a small number of barbarians may play a big role.

"Zihuan, since this matter has been decided, the middle father has decided. We can't say anything, Hua Mei is your own sister, and she is also my sister, I decided to double Hua Mei's things to be married, and the extra part will be from the Hou Ye's house, which is worthy of our brother and sister relationship. Lu Rui had no way to comfort Cao Pi, only to raise Cao Hua's dowry, because in the Han Dynasty, things like this and the woman's marriage determined the status of the woman in her husband's family.

"Hey, thank you Brother Rui. My brother also knew that this matter could not be stopped. It was just a whining, and by the way, my father told us to wait in the southern suburbs after lunch. Hua Mei's convoy is in the southern suburbs. Cao Pi sighed and told Lu Rui that he was going to leave for Wuman Creek in the afternoon.

"I understand, Xeno, Zihuan, let's go to dinner first, and then pack some simple clothes and set off." Lu Rui was not ambiguous when he heard Cao Cao's order, since Cao Hua had been brought to peace, then Lu Rui could not waste this opportunity, and he must use Wumanxi to give Sun Quan a heavy blow!

After lunch, Lu Rui took Cao Pi and Kuai Yue and his own guards to the southern suburbs of Xiangyang City.

"Brother Rui, where is my father and sister!" Cao Pi pointed not far away, and saw Cao Cao and Cao Hua as if they were talking about parting, and Cao Hua wiped his tears with a handkerchief from time to time.

"See the Prime Minister!" Lu Rui took Cao Pi and Kuai Yue to come forward to salute.

"Extraordinary?" Cao Cao blew his nose and turned his head to Lu Rui and the others. From Cao Cao's reddened eyes, Cao Cao's reluctance can be seen.

"Yes, sir!"

"Well, Zihuan, you and Xenodu take Cangshu and Hua'er first, and Bufan stays, and Benxiang has something to discuss with Bufan." When Cao Cao saw Lu Rui and the others, he restored the majesty of the prime minister and directly gave an order to Cao Pi.

"Yes, sir!" Cao Pi did not dare to express any dissatisfaction in front of Cao Cao, arched his hand, and led the brigade to the south.

"Extraordinary, do you know why I sent Hua'er to Wumanxi for marriage?" Cao Cao looked at the carriage in the distance, slowly turned his head, and his tone became a little helpless.

"Is the middle father trying to deal with Sun Quan? Attack it unprepared, surprise it! ”

"That's just one of them, there's a bigger reason why no one can understand me but my father." Cao Cao shook his head, some sadness passing through his eyes.

"Wen Lie was injured when he picked up Hua'er, you asked the accompanying military doctor to pay more attention, I am ashamed of Wen Lie."

Cao Xiu is injured? Lu Rui was stunned for a moment, and there was worry in his eyes. Cao Xiu is a military general, and he can be regarded as experienced in a hundred battles, but he was actually injured on the way to pick up Cao Hua, and it seems that everyone in the Cao family did it.

Cao Xiu's injury was obviously caused by Cao Xiu's failure to stop the scolding and beating of the Cao family. This is terrifying, because it shows that Cao Cao's resolution has encountered so much opposition in the Cao family for the first time. It is difficult for most people in the Cao family to understand why Cao Cao still uses the trick of marriage when he has an absolute advantage, which is simply ruining his daughter's happiness.

"Please make it clear to the middle father, Rui'er can't guess the middle father's plan." Lu Rui arched his hand and asked Cao Cao for advice. To deal with Sun Quan, with Cao Cao's current advantage, as long as he fights steadily, within three years, Sun Quan will be defeated, but why Cao Cao used the strategy of marriage at this time, I am afraid there is a secret behind it.

"Extraordinary, the situation in the Han Dynasty is unpredictable, and the situation of my Cao family is also unpredictable, I originally wanted to sweep away the disaster of the family with my own strength, and return the world to a peaceful place, but unfortunately it backfired, as a family, how can I eradicate all the family, but the family is the disaster of the world. Extraordinary, do you think that if you want to deal with the family, what should you do next? ”

Woe to the family? Lu Rui has thought about this question many times, and the most effective way to deal with the big families in later generations is to open the imperial examination, but how can today's Han open the imperial examination? Most of the people who read are people from families, even if there are one or two poor families, they are also small landlord class, and the peasant class is a fantasy to read in this era, and their lives cannot be saved, what else do they read? The foundation for opening the imperial examination is not enough, to lay the foundation, it will take at least several generations of hard work, and Lu Rui will not be able to do it in this life.

The monopoly of the bureaucracy is the scourge of the decay of any regime, and now Cao Cao has suppressed the family to the extreme with strong military control, if Cao Cao wants to attack the family one step closer, then it is only Cao Dai Han! Promote to the emperor and obtain the highest rights, even if the founding king has no kindness, he has the domineering spirit of killing.

"Cao for Han!"

"Hahahaha, yes, it's Cao Daihan! But Cao Daihan must get the support of the family, even if the original appearance is not needed, the successor is also needed, the middle father is not the founding king, the founding king's killing nature is not needed, the middle father now has to do something for the Cao family's defender. Cao Cao looked up to the sky and laughed, as if he was intoxicated with his own plans, planning for his grandchildren, I am afraid that emperors since ancient times have such foresight!

Plotting for the king of the city? After listening to Cao Cao's words, Lu Rui fully understood what Cao Cao meant. Cao Cao is fighting the world, and the killing spirit of the founding king can suppress the family, so this killing spirit is better left to his sons. The marriage that Cao Cao is doing now is an effort made by the third generation of the Cao family, the king of the city.

"The middle father is far-sighted, and he can't be wise, but the intention of the middle father's move, Rui can't guess yet."

"Extraordinary, the situation of the family is difficult to change now, since the family is immutable, I can only enhance the strength of my Cao family, so that the people of the poor family and the family loyal to my Cao family, and even foreign races can be used by my Cao family! I can't destroy the family, I have to create the family" Cao Cao smiled slightly and said his plan.

"The middle father is wise and admirable!" Lu Rui listened to Cao Cao's words, and suddenly realized, it turned out that Cao Cao found another way to deal with the family with countermeasures, if the family could not be eliminated in the short term, let the Cao family maintain the strength of the first family!

Cao Cao's strategy is very simple, it is to give an identity, and use a cold door and a foreign race! It is very difficult for the children of non-families to enter the officialdom, but it is different with an identity, especially the relationship between Weng and son-in-law of this marriage, if the Cao family is called the emperor in the future, then Cao Hua is the princess, and the leader of Wumanxi is naturally the Great Wei Horse, and the horse enters the court as an official, which is reasonable, and the Hanmen and the alien race have no family foundation, so they must be attached to the Cao family, so the power of the Cao family will grow.

The scheming skills of officialdom have been used by Cao Cao perfectly, and this scheming has not been learned even by Lu Rui, who has crossed over. "Extraordinary, that's all I say, you should also know the intention of the middle father to send you to Wumanxi, this time, not only to marry Wumanxi, but also to lead the army of Wumanxi to raid Sun Quan from Changsha County, I hope that Extraordinary will not disappoint Zhongfu."

"Rui understands, thanks to the love of the middle father, Rui will definitely break through Chaisan and pacify the south for the middle father!"

"Okay, it's not too early, you should leave early."

"Yes, Father!" Lu Rui arched his hand, took it and left Cao Cao, and caught up with the team alone.

"Hua'er? I hope you don't blame my father, for the sake of the Cao family, I have to do this! Cao Cao looked south and shook his head. This is the helplessness of the emperor and the tragedy of the emperor's family. (To be continued......)

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