Originally, the degree of liking and disliking for the sons of the Cao family in Xun's mind was basically sorted like this-

One ang, two chong, three pi, four zhang, five plants.

It is very interesting that if Cao Pi and Cao Zhang are reversed, this order coincides with the order of their deaths in the original history. The reason is also for this, the longer a person lives, the easier it is to leave a real talent, endowment, and multiple aspects of character in the history books. The person who dies early will cause many conjectures in later generations, and even place illusory expectations on him to a certain extent.

First of all, Cao Ang, he is Cao Cao's eldest son, but he died in Wancheng when he was young, and the face left in the history books is very vague. But it is precisely because he died early, whether it is Cao Cao, Pi or Zhi Zhuzi, they are full of remembrance for this son and eldest brother, and they have never said half a bad word in their mouths. Therefore, Cao Ang completely formed a virtual image of loyalty, filial piety, righteousness, and all virtues.

And in this timeline, it is Xun and Cao Ang who have been in contact for the longest time, Cao Zixiu's temperament is different from that of his father, he is indeed humble and courteous, although he is not the lord of the world, he also belongs to the loyal king that the scholars are willing to serve. Therefore, before Cao Ang expressed his dissatisfaction with his father's usurpation, Shi Xun did not have the slightest doubt or dissatisfaction with his promise to inherit Cao Cao's career.

Secondly, Cao Chong, this child is too smart, and died too early, after Cao Chong's death, Cao Cao is showing his willingness to make him his heir - it may be that he really thinks so, it may be the most precious thing he has lost, and it may also be to inspire a few sons who are still alive - so future generations will associate it, if Cao Chong does not die, he will inherit Cao Cao's career. Does Cao Wei have a chance to unify the Three Kingdoms? What about the world? The Sima family hasn't had a chance to rise to the top yet?

Yeshun is quite unimpressed by this. History does not allow for assumptions, and the current of time does not deflect too much because of individual talent and effort. He has done his best to support the Shu clan in countless ways that only future generations can think of, and has not been able to completely weaken the power of the family, so even if Cao Chong is smart and succeeds Cao Cao without dying, can he really suppress the Sima clan, the representative of the family?

And again, "It's been hours." There are many examples, for example, there is a Sun Liang who is very similar to Cao Chong in Soochow......

But even if he doesn't think that Cao Chong will necessarily be smart until he is old, and he doesn't think that he may reverse the trend of history, Shi Xun originally had a good impression of this Cao Xiaoxiang. One is influenced by the conjectures and hopes of later generations, and the other is that everyone loves smart children, plus in this timeline, Cao Chong is quite respectful to himself, how can Shixun hate him?

However, with the frequent contact. and the passage of time, he is now as far away from Cao Chong as possible. He recognized himself in his current identity and status. All the sons of the Cao family will treat each other respectfully, how can Cao Chong be the only one? Cao Chong's gradual growth and strong ambition and resourcefulness made Shi Xun wonder whether he had pure family love and respect for his elders, or whether it was completely utilitarian.

When you know that a child is close to you not because you are his elder, nor because you are more capable, but simply think that you are useful to him, will you like this child again?

So for now, Cao Chong has to go to the back row.

Let's talk about Cao Pi, this person has disguised himself as a filial son and loyal minister for half his life, and when Cao Cao died, his original form was immediately revealed. Cao Pi's shortcomings are that he is taboo, imprisoning his brothers, killing his henchmen, and deliberately playing tricks on Yu Ban and Wang Zhongji - to put it bluntly, this guy is too small-minded to tolerate people. The second disadvantage is extravagance, after the usurpation of the throne, the palace is overhauled, and the state is spent; The third disadvantage is the lack of strategic vision, and the war is also two knives, if Cao Cao is still there, Yiling has such a good opportunity, he would have taken the opportunity to destroy Eastern Wu, and then he can Tu Shu, Cao Pisheng wasted the good opportunity, and then forced Sun Quan to rebel.

Of course, Cao Zihuan also has strengths, and his talent for poetry and writing is not under his brother Cao Zhi. Shi Xun has always felt that the reason why Cao Zhi's literary reputation is above his brother is that "poetry is poor and then work", he is unlucky enough and chagrin enough, so he can pin all his blood between pen and ink - Cao Pi's excellent works in his early years continued, and after he became the son of heaven triumphantly, his literary talent naturally shrank; Second, it was also because Cao Zhi was unlucky enough and chagrinous enough, so later generations added a little sympathy points.

In terms of politics, if the first succession is successful, it can be seen that Cao Pi is stronger than Cao Zhi. After he became the country, he rectified the dynasty and made good achievements in light and thin. Although he promulgated the nine-rank Zhongzheng system during his reign, which made the family sit big, and finally Sima usurped the throne, it is not necessary to blame the original trend of historical development and the inevitable historical limitations of the ancients.

To put it simply, if Cao Cao can score 100 points in both civil and military affairs, then Cao Pi can score 70 points in civil affairs, and he has just passed the martial arts. Of course, he reigned for only seven years, and if he lived another two years, no one could say whether he would have done the opposite.

Cao Zhangchun is a martial artist, and he has not made any achievements in politics, so he will leave it alone for the time being. As for Cao Zhi, he is a guy with acceptable talent and disgusting temperament, who can be regarded as a Wenzong, and is not enough to succeed the unification as a politician. In the original history, the reason why Cao Cao finally determined Cao Pi as his heir was precisely because Cao Zhi couldn't support him, and after many experiments, Cao Zijian was unreachable on paper, but he often dropped the chain when he really got started. Later, Cao Pi didn't use him, although out of jealousy, Cao Ei didn't use him, which proved that this person was really useless.

At present, the Cao family has the power to win the championship for these sons, and the rest is not enough. Shixun originally pinned his hopes on Cao Ang, and even after Cao Ang revealed his pedantic nature in "righteousness" and naivety in politics, he still felt that he could change with the maturity of his character and the changes in the current situation. The reason why he didn't stand up to support Cao Ang was that Cao Zi Xiu was in a storage position, and he didn't need to rush to post it; The second is that he is still hesitant, and a monarch who is too pedantic is not easy to serve, so I'll wait and see.

But Cao Ang was actually fascinated by Shi Dao, which really shocked Shi Xun, and this son's status in his mind fell several notches in an instant. Others may not be able to understand the harm of the Buddha, but Xun has the lessons of nearly 2,000 years of history since then, but Xun is very clear, especially Cao Ang's plan to shave his hair - even if it is just gambling - can not help but remind Xun of Xiao Yan's old puppet......

Since persuading the Wei Gang monk, in a hurry for several months, Shi Xun has been pondering that it is indeed time to change horses. So he didn't show it to others, especially Cao Cao, just because he hadn't figured out which horse to change to. I don't like Cao Chong, but at present, Cao Chong is indeed favored, and he is the most likely to replace Cao Ang; Among the three sons of Pi, Zhang, and Zhi, he is more optimistic about Cao Pi, but Cao Pi is different from Chong, Zhang, and other generations, and he doesn't take the initiative to hug his thighs, and he is still very close to the family - is it really worth creating another "Emperor Wei Wendi"?

When it was difficult to make a decision, that kind of rumor suddenly appeared in Luoyang City, and Xun must be concerned, and speculated who the so-called mastermind behind the rumor was. He first ruled out Cao Zhang, that guy may not have such a scheming, and most of the people he has friends with are martial artists, and no one can come up with such a poisonous plan. The rest of Pi, Zhi, and Chong are all possible - who is it?

Why don't you take this opportunity to screen out one of the alternatives?

So when he was summoned to see Cao Cao this time, he thought on the way that Cao Cao would inevitably ask him about the rumors. originally thought that all the important ministers were coming-at least Cao De, you have to call over-but when I got to the place, Cao Cao called himself one, and pretended to talk about military issues first. It was Xun who instinctively realized that this matter had something to do with him - in that case, it was better to make it clear to Cao Cao, lest it would be more dangerous for that guy to be silent and think wildly in his heart.

As long as you talk face-to-face, with your own skills, you can always take advantage of your tongue and fool things over.

That's why he took the initiative to break it: "The minister is not presumptuous, he spends his selfishness, and he has to do nothing to do the rumors in the capital recently?" ”

Cao Cao nodded and said You guessed well, so what do you think about this matter? Shi Xun hurriedly said: "Although this is nonsense, it is groundless, and it may not be without a cause." The source should be thoroughly investigated, and those who take trouble in the chaos should be punished. ”

The rumor is directed at one of your sons, and it must have been created by another son, so you have to get to the root of it and find out who is spreading it, even if it is.

Shi Xun's words were calm and impeccable, as if he was pure and public. But if he had known in advance who had spread this rumor, he probably wouldn't have made such a suggestion to Cao Cao......

It is said that Cao Ang went to the White Horse Temple that day to ask to become a monk, and when the news came, the kings and ministers naturally discussed it. Cao Zhi once said to his cronies: "There are many coincidences in the world, but when it comes to political disputes, I am afraid that there is no coincidence in others." The monk of Bizheng County entered the capital, and saw the prince's affairs with the white horse, and someone must instigate him! ”

When Ding Yi heard this, he was concerned about it, and he happened to be the assassin, and he also had Cao Cao's favor, and he was very influential in school affairs, so he sent out his hands to secretly investigate. In these days, people lack a sufficient sense of secrecy, let alone really high-end intellectual crimes, and all kinds of conspiracies and tricks, as long as they sink down and investigate carefully, they can always find some clues. So it took Ding Yi several months to finally catch Xiao Ji's feet - no need to ask, there must be Cao Ziying behind the Yuan diagram.

He hurriedly ran to report to Cao Zhi, but Cao Zhi said, you can find someone to help expose Xiao Ji, but you must not expose yourself - everyone knows that you are my team, and we don't have enough human and physical evidence, if you really want to be stabbed through you, the emperor must suspect that I want to frame Ziying.

Ding Yi retreated, went back and pondered carefully, and then remembered what was the return. One thinks it's brainless and easy to use, and the other is that Xiao Ji used to be a guest of Xunmen, and it is reasonable that he inadvertently caught Xiao Ji's feet because of this. The most important thing is that once he reports this matter to his father, he is afraid that he will avoid suspicion, and he will never come forward, and then find a way to stab the news to Cao Cao through other channels, so that he will definitely not be exposed.

However, what he didn't expect was that the reply to him turned out to be: "The matter of chasing after the wind and shadows should not be suddenly ...... to adults" (to be continued......