Chapter 12, Yellow Whisker Daqi
Cao Pi didn't come by himself, but also brought his wife Zhen and son Cao Rong - the little guy is seven years old this year, and he was born with a tiger's brain, and he looks quite clever.
The two sides saluted, and then Xun asked Cao Miao to lead Zhen and Cao Rong to play in the back, and talked to Cao Pi alone, and asked him: "I heard that the king wants to let his son go outside, I don't know where to choose?" What about me? "Cao Pi said that I had come to bid farewell to my son-in-law, and that I also wanted to ask my uncle for a letter so that I could act in office.
It turned out that Cao Cao asked the third son what he wanted to go that day, and Cao Pi said: "Please go to Hanoi, regardless of the size of the county." "He also wants to go out and practice, not only to grow his skills, but also to brush up on some political achievements to show his father his ability, but he doesn't plan to run too far. Otherwise, if Cao Cao really has the intention of changing heirs, and he is separated by 108,000 miles, it will be difficult to rush back and fight with his brothers. Of course, it's not okay to be too close, and you have to open your mouth to belong to Anyi County? Daddy Duomin, he will definitely doubt his true intentions.
Therefore, he chose Hanoi County, and Cao Cao asked for Ji according to the map and let him be the county commander of Yewang. So Cao Pi found Shi Xun and said that the largest family in Hanoi County is the Sima family of Wen County, and Sima Yi, the second son of the Sima family, is your disciple of your son-in-law, and you have a great relationship with the Sima family, so I asked for a letter to pass it to Sima Fang, the eldest head of the Sima family and the central official of Hanoi, and asked him to take more care of his little nephew in case of trouble.
When Shi Xun heard this, he couldn't help frowning, and his heart said that it was not good. In the original history, the Sima family was represented by Sima Yi, who hugged Cao Pi's thighs, so if I introduce Cao Pi to the Sima family now, wouldn't they hit it off and form a new political group? I haven't planned to help Cao Lao Er's second position - Zhongda is mine, how can I let it be given to you?!
But Cao Pi asked for it. Reasonable. I couldn't help but say yes. He had to say perfunctorily: "Sima Jiangong used to be kind to the king (Sima Fang was once a scholar. Raise Cao Cao as the northern lieutenant of Luoyang), why didn't Zihuan ask for a book about the king? Cao Pi shook his head again and again, saying that his father would definitely not be able to write, and he would feel unfair to my other two brothers. Shi Xun asked again: "Sima Boda saw that he was in Duyi, why didn't he ask for it?" "Cao Pi said that I don't have any friendship with Sima Lang, so it's inconvenient to speak.
Cao Pi is very strong-willed, and it is not easy for Shixun to refuse thousands of miles away - if he shirks too much, it will be tantamount to saying that I absolutely do not support you - and finally had to write a letter. Introduce Cao Pi to Sima Fang, and then give it to Cao Pi to take to Hanoi.
He was still depressed here, who would have thought that not long after Cao Pi left, Cao Zhi came to the door again, the purpose was also to resign and ask for letters. Cao Zhi's mind is the same as that of his brother, but since Cao Pi went to the east, he went west, chose Jingzhao, and also took any county. So Cao Cao appointed Cao Zhi as Du Lingling, and Cao Zhi immediately came to find Shixun. Ask him to write a letter to Sima Yi, the assassin of Yongzhou.
It's Xun who is annoying: You are also here to rob Zhongda?! But after thinking about it, in the original history, Sima Yi hugged Cao Pi's thigh. It is estimated that the two are more compatible, in other words, it must be in conflict with Cao Zijian, and he may not be able to get on Cao Zhi's thief ship. And he just wrote a letter to Sima Fang to introduce Cao Pi, and now he is writing to Sima Yi to introduce Cao Zhi, which can be regarded as finding a balance between the two sons. So he didn't have a lot of prevarication like treating Cao Pi, so he wrote a letter to pay it.
Then he wondered with his family, these two are here, so will the third one follow? What county did Cao Ziwen choose? The mystery was soon revealed, and the third person to come to the door was Cao Zhang, who opened his mouth and said: "The nephew Yi Wuji will return to the capital." ”
Cao Cao inquired that day, an elder brother and a brother, all of whom chose a nearby place, only Cao Zhang was silent. Cao Cao asked: "Where does Ziwen want to go, what can he get?" Cao Zhang arched his hand and replied: "Father can remember that he taught his son to read the day before yesterday, what did he answer?" Cao Cao said I remember, you replied at the time: "My husband should be Wei and Huo, and he will ride 100,000 horses across the desert, drive Rong Di, and make meritorious contributions, how can he be a doctor?" "But this time I'm not going to treat you brothers differently, they are both county magistrates, and you must also be county magistrates, don't plan to sneak into the army—and there is no battle to fight for the time being.
Cao Zhang replied: "Xianbei and Karasuma are still outside the fortress, what does my father mean without a fight?" If you dare to come, your son will be stubborn and stubborn, regardless of difficulties, for your father! Cao Cao laughed when he heard this, thought about it for a while, and said that Wu Zhen has also been a county magistrate in Guangyan for many years, and his performance is quite good, just for the sake of being close to Hu, others may not dare to go, so simply, you go and replace him and come back.
So Cao Zhang came to the central government to tell Shixun: "I think about Gao Que, but I was young when I met in the past, and I am afraid that I will not know each other, because Aunt Qian's son-in-law will pay each other." "Gao Que" is the word of Wei, he followed Shi Xun to Xu Capital at the end of the twelfth year of Jian'an, met the Son of Heaven, and also met with Cao Cao's sons. At that time, Cao Zhang had just come of age, and it was best to bow the horse, and he was quite in agreement with the humble rough man.
Shi Xun couldn't help but glance up at Cao Zhang. He originally said in his heart, just three years ago, what did he say "still young", afraid that he would "not know each other"? However, this glance is also abrupt. Because Cao Zhang's appearance has changed a lot in recent years, he may be the most densely haired among the sons of the Cao family, and he just showed a little hair on his lips three years ago, but now he has a beard with a cheek, not just black, but slightly burnt yellow - the so-called "yellow beard" is also. If he had taken the camera back then, nine out of ten people would not believe it was the same person if he had taken a photo of his current three years ago.
It was Xun who looked at Cao Zhang's tall stature, and then looked at his yellow beard, and said in his heart that you are really not a father-you are so far from your own brother, and you are like a cousin like Wei Wei...... I don't know if Mrs. Bian has Hu blood...... Ah no, Cao Pi and Cao Zhi are not rude at all, is it an atavistic phenomenon?
Judging from Cao Zhang's choice, it seems that there is no desire to fight for the heir, so Shi Xun was more enthusiastic about him than for his two brothers, and immediately wrote a letter to Wei that Fu was paid, and introduced to Cao Zhang in detail the situation of the Hu and Han miscellaneous places in the north of Shuozhou. Yes Xun said that the Xiongnu are not a big trouble, but we must also be careful not to make a mess, the Hu people ride horses, come and go like the wind, and the small chaos is likely to be connected into a big mess. As for Xianbei, it is necessary to grasp the method of "using razing to control razing", and use the Tuoba Department to restrain other departments, so that one family will not sit big, and the northern land will be safe.
After Cao Zhang left, Shi Xun couldn't help but say: It seems that politics is no trivial matter. Cao Cao let his three sons out, I was going to stand on the shore and watch, who would have thought that all of them would come to me, and it would be really difficult to get out completely. In that case, it is necessary to pay attention to it with great care. So he summoned Guan Jing and Xiao Ji, and said that you should arrange some people to investigate the movements of the three sons at any time...... By the way, when they leave the capital in a few days, they will also help me keep an eye on it and see which important ministers are going to see each other.
For this latter point, it is very convenient to inquire about the situation in the public, so on the day the three sons left the capital, there was news. According to the order of leaving the city, the first to bid farewell to Cao Zhi were Yang Xiu, the secretary and supervisor, and the two sons of Ding Chong, the former lieutenant of the school, Peng Dingyi and Ding Hui, the right assassin.
Is Xun Xin saying that Cao Zijian is still the original historical team, they are just scholars, and relying on this vote, it is estimated that he will still lose on this timeline.
The second to leave the city was Cao Pi, and Guan Jing reported: "Chen Changwen and Mao Xiaoxian are all sending each other." "Yes Xun couldn't help frowning when he heard this, and said in his heart that Chen Qun hugged Cao Pi's thigh, which is reasonable, but Mao Jue, why did you get on the thief ship? There was no such thing in the original history......
In the end, Cao Zhang left the city, and the list of people who sent him was handed over, and Shi Xun was even more shocked - it even included the "Counselor Doctor Leads the Capital Protector General Cao Zilian!" And Cao Hong not only went to bid farewell to Cao Zhang, but also offered 5,000 yuan of ancestral gold. Although 5,000 yuan is not a large amount in this class, it ...... It turned out to be from the hands of Cao Hong, who has always been stingy, which is even more eyeglasses than Cao Zilian wearing women's clothes!
How can I say that Cao Ziwen has no intention of taking the heir? He put his hand into the army, and grabbed a heavy general like Cao Hong with one hand! No wonder in the original history, Cao Pi found an excuse to severely punish Cao Hong after he became emperor, not only because Cao Hong refused to lend him money, but because Cao Hong was Cao Zhang's party! Although the events of the original history may not be the same as in this life, if this assumption is made, then it all makes sense!
Well, with Cao Hong's temperament, he will indeed appreciate Cao Zhang more among Cao Cao's sons, maybe he still despises Yuzi in his heart - Zixiu, do you know how to fight? Zihuan, do you think that you can dance the sword twice, and you can shoot left and right? But it's not the enemy. As for Zijian, in addition to equestrian skills, what other skills do you have? Only Ziwen can be entrusted with great things, if this trip can be broken in Shuozhou, the king must belong to Qing - Qing Qi reluctantly!
Cao Zhang is very capable of fighting, and even Cao Cao said: "Huang Xue'er is very strange." But I don't know why, in the original history, it seems that he was excluded from the heir sequence from the beginning - Cao Cao would rather consider the fourth Cao Zhi than the third one. This is compared with the Yuan family, if you don't count the eldest brother Cao Ang who died early in the original history, then Cao Pi can be compared to Yuan Tan, according to the etiquette is the first heir, Cao Zhi can be compared to Yuan Shang, who belongs to his father, and Cao Zhang is better than Yuan Xi, both of whom are middle-aged sons who don't hurt their fathers, don't love their mothers, and lack a sense of zài......
However, Ye Xun carefully compared the temperament and ability of their brothers, but suddenly found that in fact, for the Cao family, and even for himself, Cao Ziwen is also a good successor. Cao Ang is pedantic, Cao Pi is treacherous, and Cao Zhi is reckless - don't look at his polite appearance, in fact, he is good at drinking and willful, and he often does things without his brains - but Cao Zhang, although his literary level is almost there, he has the shadow of his father in terms of military talent. I don't know what that guy is doing in politics...... The history books commented that after he returned to the domain, "the princes of Beizhou were all afraid of the strictness", maybe his personal morality was better than that of his own brother.
I don't know if Cao Zhang has a chance on this timeline. (To be continued......)