The 501st Changsheng Cao Cao (2)

Different people have different personalities.

Those who would rather bend than bend encounter the dilemma of a strong dragon not pressing the head snake, they may not care about fighting hard, and would rather die than bow their heads. However, Cao Cao is by no means a rather bending character. Cao Cao knew that everything was right, and Guandu defeated Yuan Shao, and Cao Cao chose to burn all the letters of his subordinates who secretly colluded with Yuan Shao in public; When playing with Sun Quan and Liu Bei, Cao Cao took the initiative to withdraw his troops when he was a little weak, and he was never willing to fight to the death. To be invincible first, and then to defeat others, this is Cao Cao.

Since the situation is stronger than people, Cao Cao simply said that he would bow his head.

Cao Cao sincerely thanked the Absolute Holy Gate for his contribution to the exploration of the unknown, and vowed not to cross the border of Liao'an County. Cao Cao also ordered Cao Pi to reward the Holy Gate, and to make Lu Kang the Marquis of Anwu and Wei Dongsheng to be the Marquis of Longshu for his meritorious work in guarding Huainan, and to reward him with countless riches, trying to show that he had no malicious intentions.

Of course, Cao Cao's bow is just uncontrollable, and there are no more ways to play. Cao Cao ordered Cao Pi to ask for the Marquis of Anwu for Lu Kang and the Marquis of Longshu County for Wei Dongsheng; However, in terms of actual official positions, he deliberately ignored Wei Dongsheng, promoted Lu Kang, the Taishou of Lujiang, to the history of Yangzhou, and Liu Ye, who was not to be engaged in the history of Yangzhou, to be the Taishou of Lujiang.

This is a strategy of killing two birds with one stone, worshiping Liu Ye as the Taishou of Lujiang but not sealing the marquis, and sealing the marquis Wei Dongsheng but not rewarding the official position, obviously wanting to separate Wei Dongsheng, Lu Kang, Liu Ye and other Absolute Holy Gate fathers. The promotion of Lu Kang to the assassin of Yangzhou and the granting of him the title of Marquis of Anwu were both cooperation and struggle between the Absolute Holy Gate and Sun Quan. If the Absolute Holy Gate regarded Yangzhou as its own territory, and Sun Quan led troops to attack Huainan again, the contradiction between the two families would definitely gradually intensify, and finally there would be no time to take care of Cao Cao, who stopped at the edge of Lujiang County.

As for the ultimate ownership of Yangzhou, Cao Cao doesn't care at all.

Moreover, it is said that it is Yangzhou, but considering the actual occupation of Jiangnan by Sun Quan and the division of Lujiang County by Sun Quan and Lu Kang, Yangzhou Thorn History is actually only more than Lujiang Taishou to govern one county of Jiujiang County. Compared with Cao Cao's longevity, what is Jiujiang County?

With all this, a total of four forces poured into Lujiang County.

The first is the Absolute Holy Gate led by Wei Dongsheng, which monopolizes the Dabie Mountain Range and the plains of six counties, including Longshu County, Shu County, Lu'an County, Anfeng County, Yanlou County, and Anfeng County.

The second is Zhou Yu, who exists in the form of a clan. The contradiction between Sun Quan and Zhou Yu was a political contradiction induced by the ownership of Lujiang County in the north rather than a personal emotional conflict. Perhaps in order to show his belly, or perhaps to drive Lu Su, Sun Quan soon reconciled with Zhou Yu in good faith. Zhou Yu is now at home, but he can indirectly influence Lu Su and the Yibao Camp under Lu Su's name like other famous clans in the south of the Yangtze River, resulting in the fact that the Yibao Camp exists independently from the Jiangdong political system. The relationship between Zhou Yu and Lu Su and Sun Quan was more like vassal cooperation than the respect of the monarch and the courtier.

The third is the trouble-relieving camp that Sun Quan personally prepared. After Sun Quan believed the words of Zhong Lingyuxiu of Lujiang County, he quickly crossed Zhou Yu, Lu Su and other military generals and concentrated resources to establish a force of immortals directly under him, which was named the Relief Camp. With the support of the Jiangdong regime, the camp directly administers Xunyang County in Qichun County and Linhu County and Xiang'an County in Lujiang County in the south. On the other hand, the Yibao Camp indirectly influenced by Zhou Yu can only directly govern Anhui County and Songzi County, and there is a worry that the camp will be relieved and overcome.

The fourth is Liao'an County, which Cao Cao personally suppressed.

Digression added: Songzi County, which was previously set up by Sun Quan, and then assigned to Lusu Town; The original Lujiang County Juchao County, since Zang Ba defeated Han Dang here, repeatedly suffered from soldiers, the old city gradually became a white land, Yangzhou Thorn Shi Wen Hui then moved Juchao County to Chaohu Lake Estuary. The mouth of Chaohu Lake is not within the scope of the original Lujiang County, nor is it favored by the effective range of the immortal seed, and Juchao County has been moved out of Lujiang County.

By 220 years, there were only 12 counties in the original Lujiang County. The Absolute Holy Gate actually occupied 6 counties, Sun Quan actually occupied 3 counties, Zhou Yu actually occupied 2 counties, and Cao Cao actually occupied 1 county, and the above is the new pattern of the immortal forces in Lujiang County.

That's it for now.

The influence of the Immortal Seed on the historical process was extremely weak, even if Zhou Yu and Lu Su did not participate in the Battle of Chibi, they could not reverse the historical trend of the Three Kingdoms in the end.

Cao Cao is different, as an undoubted overlord of the north, his life or death is closely related to the current situation in Kyushu. Here's a quick example. In the real world history, after Cao Cao's death, the Qingzhou soldiers beat the drums and went without permission, and the contradictions between the central and local governments represented by Zang Ba suddenly intensified. In order to prevent Zang Ba from having problems, Cao Xiu moved his official position four times within a year; As for Zang Ba, he saw that he couldn't do anything, and in the second half of his life, he gradually extinguished his desire to make contributions and retired to a rich man. Now that Cao Cao fused the Immortal Seed to save his life, and it is possible to live to be more than ninety years old like Lu Kang in the future, will the Qingzhou soldiers still dare to beat the drums?

The answer is obvious.

The list goes on. Although Cao Cao has been confined to Lujiang County since then, this banner can cross spatial distances to suppress vassals from all over the world. Cao Pi's official position as the right prime minister and Lord Wei Wang was also very embarrassing, and Cao Cao Cao's opinion must be consulted on every major military matter and every important personnel. Cao Cao vetoed it, and Cao Pi didn't want to implement the new policy smoothly.

In real-world history, the month after Cao Cao's death, Cao Pi promoted Jia Xu to Tai Lieutenant, Hua Xin, the Imperial Historian, to Xiangguo, Wang Lang of Dali, and the former General Xiahou to become the General, and so on. The process of Cao's usurpation of the Han Dynasty also accelerated suddenly, and at the end of the year, Liu Xiexan was forced to concede, and there was Wei Wuhan in the world from then on. Cao's usurpation of the Han Dynasty may be a predestined historical process, but Liu Xiechan's time obviously depends on Cao Pi's will. And if Cao Cao is immortal and Cao Pi takes a back seat, whether the Cao family usurps the Han and when he usurps the Han will depend on Cao Cao's will.

Cao Cao was able to endure from the Battle of Guandu to the Battle of Chibi, and then from the Battle of Chibi to the Battle of Xiangfan, obviously not as anxious as Cao Pi for a year. Even if Cao Cao is eager to usurp Han and ascend the throne, patience and patience for another three or five years is a natural result.

One more thing, why is Cao Cao reluctant to usurp the Han?

There may be many reasons for this, and outsiders can only vaguely guess.

Wei Dongsheng felt that he could understand Cao Cao's hesitation.

Later generations may read the history books of the Three Kingdoms and may think that usurping the throne is a simple matter, as long as the strength is reached, it is good to drive Emperor Liu Han from power. However, it is difficult for the people of the late Han Dynasty to agree with such values in their hearts. Looking back on history, from the Xia Shang Zhou to the Qin and Han dynasties, in addition to the usurpation of the scale of the vassal states such as the Tian dynasty and the Qi dynasty, which dynasty originated from the usurpation of the ministers? In the true sense of dynastic-level usurpation, Wang Mang is the first case, and it is also the only case that can be used as a reference for Cao Cao. Think about the hearts of all the people before Wang Mang's usurpation, and think about the flames after Wang Mang's usurpation, does Cao Cao dare to be cold?

There is a precedent for Wang Mang, how dare Cao Cao usurp the Han lightly?

The human heart must not be feared.

We must not underestimate the hearts of the contemporary people. Just like the game between capitalism and feudalism, in the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China, capitalism's ban on feudalism was the general trend of the people's aspirations; In the Tang and Song dynasties, when capitalism had not yet fully defeated feudalism, the feudal monarch was the general trend of the people's hearts, and the fate of rashly propagating capitalist values or communist values can be imagined.

Usurpation can also be regarded as a trend of thought, just as the people of a strong feudal empire will not accept capitalist values, and the people of the empire who are hostile to the usurpation of the throne will find it difficult to accept the values of usurpation by powerful ministers. Especially with the example of Wang Mang's fiasco, Cao Cao and other powerful ministers, it is a normal struggle to hesitate whether to usurp the Han.

As an aside, even if Cao Pi succeeded in taking the risk, and then investigated the internal reasons for the collapse of Cao Wei and Sima Jin, the sequelae of the unjust usurpation of the country could never be bypassed.

Cao Cao hesitated all his life.

Cao Cao's banner will not fall, and it may continue, and the heir Cao Pi does not have to make a desperate effort to accelerate the process of Cao's usurpation.

The above is the direct impact of Cao Cao's fusion of immortal seeds, and Cao Pi's title as emperor and Cao Wei and Huang in the early years instantly had no basis for existence.

Until 222, the Liu Han Empire was still surviving, and Cao Pi was still only the king of Wei. Without Cao Cao's permission, Cao Pi inherited the Lord of Wei and did not dare to recklessly usurp the Han; Without Cao's usurpation, Liu Bei and Sun Quan did not dare to rashly claim the emperor.

Of course, there are differences. As Cao Cao was not allowed to go out of Lujiang County half a step from now on, the news spread all over Kyushu, and the military generals from all over the country slowly bred careful thoughts, some military generals wanted to take the opportunity to divide the frontier, and some civil ministers moved closer to Cao Pi with the idea of "a son of heaven and a courtier". Although Cao Cao is still the undoubted main banner, there are more and more civil and military generals gathered around Cao Pi, and many of them refuse Cao Cao's dispatch in order to win Cao Pi's trust. The longer Cao Cao was stationed in Liao'an, the more Cao Pi's actual power swelled, and the father and son gradually became estranged due to power conflicts.

Before and after 220 years, North China gradually took on different styles.

Perhaps, this is "there are no two days in the sky, and there are no two masters in people." ”

Cao Cao's immortal derivation, let's talk about it for the time being.

Let's talk about the external environment.

Cao Cao and Cao Pi did not usurp the Han, and Liu Bei could only call himself the king of Hanzhong all the time. Liu Bei is also a hero in troubled times, and he will never hide in Yizhou, waiting for Cao Cao to recast the order of Kyushu. At the beginning of 220, Cao Cao was seriously ill, and Liu Bei began to actively prepare to take advantage of the chaos to expand. Although Cao Cao's fusion of immortal seeds to stop aging greatly changed the course of history, Liu Bei felt that Cao Cao's grounding in Lujiang County was not an opportunity to punish Cao Cao and Cao Pi's father and son, so he still launched an eastward crusade in the name of Guan Yu's revenge, and 50,000 troops slaughtered Jingzhou.

In the history of the real world, Cao Cao died, Cao Pi usurped the Han Dynasty, Liu Bei held high the banner of revenge for Guan Yu, and slaughtered Dongwu. In the face of the arrogant Liu Bei, Sun Quan reconciled with Cao Pi and avoided fighting on two fronts; On the one hand, Lu Xun was urgently appointed as the governor of the capital, and he commanded an army of 50,000 to meet Liu Bei. In the end, Lu Xunyiling burned the company camp for 700 miles, almost completely annihilating Liu Bei's main force. The Battle of Yiling, together with the Battle of Guandu and the Battle of Chibi, are also known as the three major battles that laid the political pattern of the Three Kingdoms.

In the thousand-year-old killing world, how will the Battle of Yiling evolve?