Chapter 159: Marriage?
"Our general of the chariot cavalry, there is news again, what do you think?" Cao Cao was in Sikong Mansion and said with some taste.
When Liu Ye heard this, he smiled, but fortunately, Cao Cao said this on purpose, and he didn't really blame him.
Before, Cao Cao originally wanted to make Yuan Shao a "general of the chariot and cavalry" as a gesture of goodwill, and he would receive another "general", so that there would be a feeling of riding on Yuan Shao's head, which was simply beautiful.
However, when Liu Ye was on an envoy, Cao Cao specially gave Liu Ye the right to act cheaply in order to persuade Bai Tu to send troops.
This "Che Rider General" is also within the scope of acting cheaply, and is specially used to plug Bai Tu's mouth!
It is said that if he really used the "Che Cavalry General" in exchange for Bai Tu's troops, Cao Cao would not lose anything.
However, now it is "drifting" in vain, and Cao Cao can only make Yuan Shao a "general", which is more unpleasant.
Think about what Bai Tu said......
What else is "as long as virtue is enough to convince people, then the people should open the door to greet them", Cao Cao simply wanted to scold!
Guo Jia, who has always been wary of white pictures, immediately suggested that this may not only be a prevarication, or a reputation for gain, but also a deeper conspiracy.
And after autumn, Bai Tu began to move south in Xunyang, Shiting, and Guazhou, leading Jiangdong refugees to move south, which is even more suspicious...... Will there really be a day when there will be a city in Huainan and a city to Baitu?
However, this thought was only a flash, Huainan, as a rich land a few years ago, even if it was plagued by Yuan Shu, it was also "a tiger that could not be defeated".
Now the people who have moved south are just wild people outside the city, real wealthy families, and this point still has the ability to resist natural disasters, as for the ...... in the city. There must also be food in stock, it's just a matter of how much.
Shu Shao's opening of a position in Guangling is enough to illustrate this point.
Want to take the initiative to donate the city?
Hehe, unless the drought continues this year!
It's just that Bai Tu's behavior of moving south to Huainan made Cao Cao's camp a little uneasy - although it can be explained by "caring for the people", but ...... It is inevitable that people will also have associations of "ambition".
Cao Cao himself is sensitive and suspicious, and there is also a persistent and suspicious Guo Jia......
Fortunately, most of the masterminds under Cao Cao, led by Xun Yu, still believe that Bai Tu is not a careerist.
However, this time Bai Tu's request to the imperial court once again divided the opinions of Cao Cao's masterminds.
"Will the Yangzhou salt tax be temporarily collected into the Cheqi General's Mansion?" Xun Yu also saw Bai Tu's request at this time.
In fact, everyone knows that the so-called "request for instructions" is to go through a process, even before the Yellow Turban Rebellion, the salt tax that the imperial court can receive has been seriously lacking, and even now the princes of all parties cannot collect much salt tax, the largest proportion...... It should be the Gongsun Du of Liaodong?
Gongsun Du was originally an irascible brother, and there were no too hard families in Liaodong at this time, most of them were ordinary people who took refuge, so he had a lot of control over salt and iron, but ...... In the whole of Liaodong, you can't scrape a few taels of meat.
Xuzhou and Yizhou also produce salt, the former is sea salt, the latter is well salt, although there is still pond salt in Bingzhou, but the output is not high at this time.
However, whether it is Liu Bei or Liu Zhang, they can only drool over the salt tax, and no matter how greedy they are, they can only slowly figure it out - when Liu Bei entered Shu in later generations, he relied on his basic plate to be a Jingzhou soldier, but he stubbornly returned the Yizhou salt tax to the official.
But now Liu Bei and Liu Zhang can't mess around in their own territory......
In particular, the Haoyou Gu in Jiangdong will only be worse than the situation in the Central Plains and the land of Sichuan and Shu!
Even if the part of the salt tax that was harvested by the local princes was not paid to the imperial court.
"Ambitious! It can be seen that this person not only covets the profits of salt and iron, but also specially puts on the name of the general of the chariot and cavalry, which shows that he cherishes his feathers, and is really a traitor who seems to be loyal and a big hypocrisy. Guo Jia is still hostile to Bai Tu.
"This ...... Bonghyo is too sensitive, right? If Bai Gong is really ambitious, wouldn't he even be able to use the benefits of salt and iron? I heard that Bai Gong was in Jiangdong and recruited the people of Huainan to help, but I thought that it was impossible to continue at this time, so I did this risky move...... Xun Yu was also puzzled, how Feng Xiao did not seem to be as calm as usual when it came to the matter involving Bai Tu.
Cao Cao tasted the opinions of both sides, and it was really more reasonable for Xun Yu to say.
For the wealthy families of Yangzhou, Xuzhou, and Yizhou, the salt brine itself is where their rentier lies, and it is Cao Cao...... He would never be so iron-headed, after all, the lessons after the last head iron are still vivid.
"Since this is the case, then continue to pay attention to Jiangdong's intelligence and see if General Bai will really turn against the Jiangdong family."
After Cao Cao finished speaking, Xun You took the opportunity to mention the incident last time: "Bai Gong still doesn't seem to be married, and this time there is no related ...... on the table."
Bai Tu has now been made a marquis, and according to etiquette, he will definitely go to the court in advance when he gets married.
Cao Cao also understood the hint in Xun You's words, when Xun You had just returned from Jiangdong, he suggested marriage, and also won the approval of Xun Yu and others, but Cao Cao kept refusing.
"This ...... It's a pity that Jing'er's temperament ...... And Jie'er is still young, hey. Cao Cao looked very sorry.
Xun You didn't care either, Cao Cao had ignored his opinion before.
Recently, Xu Du's chickens and dogs jumped up, and he has learned that Cao Cao's eldest daughter's character is indeed not suitable for marriage.
I had heard before that the eldest daughter of the lord was heavily Yan controlled, and at first Cao Cao wanted to marry her to Ding Yi, and she had a marriage contract.
As a result, Cao Jing disliked Ding Yi's small eyes, and recently resolutely repented of her marriage, coupled with Cao Pi's intercession, Cao Cao did not force it, which made Ding have some thoughts recently.
And Bai Gong once appeared in the city of Lu, which was controlled by Cao Cao, and it is said that at that time, ...... Ahem, aliens have their own different phases, and now even in Lucheng, rabbit pajamas are popular!
However, it seems that because of this incident, Cao Jing also has great doubts about the aesthetics and appearance of Bai Tu, and is unwilling to marry far away.
Bai Tu is not a foreign chieftain, and marriage is different from harmony, and there are great requirements for the woman's character!
Of course, Xun You also knew that Cao Cao's other daughters were still young, and the eldest was only two or three years old......
The reason why I mention it now is because Xun You still has the second half of the sentence.
"The lord can succeed the daughter of a family, and it can also show sincerity, otherwise...... I'm afraid of accidents. Xun You reminded.
Xun You didn't finish his words, but everyone knew that he was worried that Bai Tu and Lu Bu would be close to each other, and Lu Bu, who was already hostile to Cao Cao, would have a greater say in Jiangdong and a greater impact on Bai Tu!
After Cao Cao heard this time, he really thought about it seriously.
The adoptive daughter is definitely not as sincere as her own daughter, but in the absence of her own daughter, it is also a way......
Of course, it can't be a daughter who casually succeeds a side branch, and her parents must also play a pivotal role in the Cao family!
It's a pity that Cao Chun, Cao Ren, and Cao Hong are not very old.
At this moment, Xiahoudun, who had always been just paddling and picking his nose at the Yuedan meeting, secretly thought: Zilin, that stinky boy, actually fell in love with Jing's niece...... Originally, I didn't have a good time opening this mouth, but ......