Chapter 86 Cao Pi under the abacus
Cao Pi's house, looking at the hand-copied "Luo Shen Fu" that has been circulated in the world and is well known to passers-by, Cao Pi was so angry that he smoked and tore the paper in his hand to shreds, and he was furious for a while.
"Cao Zijian! Where am I, who is an elder brother, sorry for him, but he wants to rob me of a woman? This article "Luo Shen Fu" is clearly demonstrating to me! Is it tolerable or unbearable!"
Childe was angry. At the bottom of the stairs, looking at Cao Pi with an angry face, the advisor Hua Xin said, "According to speculation, this "Luo Shen Fu" is likely to be forged by others, and the purpose is to separate the brotherhood of the two sons. ”
"But Zijian's notes, how could I not recognize them? Also, dare to ask who else in this world can write such gorgeous poems except for Cao Zhi, who is only eight years old?" Cao Pi roared, insisting that it must have been written by Cao Zhi.
"In this case, I am a shallow learner and there is no way to deal with it, so the son can discuss this matter with Sima Yi. Hua Xin said.
"Okay, now only Mr. Sima can help me suppress Zijian and marry Zhen Mi. Cao Pi seemed to have eaten a reassuring pill.
For a period of time after Guo Jia's disappearance, the northern country bid farewell to the bitter sea of war, and the people gradually became able to have enough food and clothing, and their productivity was restored, and there was a stable and peaceful scene everywhere.
Looking at the vibrant land and the people living and working in peace and contentment, Sima Yi was also deeply grateful. It's a pity that his senior sister Diao Chan and his friend Guo Jia didn't see this day, and thinking of this, Sima Yi began to think about his old classmates and confidants, and now Changshan Zhao Zilong, who fled with Liu Bei, he also failed to witness the peaceful scene in the northern world.
However, Cao Cao would never be satisfied with the status quo, and it was far from enough to conquer the thousands of miles of rivers and mountains in the north, and what he wanted to conquer was the whole world! Therefore, while ordering the construction of Tongque Terrace, he once again summoned Sima Yi alone to discuss with him the plan for the southern expedition.
"In my opinion, if you want to expand your territory, you should not choose to go south. Sima Yijin admonished, "Jiangdong Sun Quan inherited his father's and brother's Mandate of Heaven and Emperor's spirit, saying that the king's heart as the emperor is clearly revealed, the momentum is flourishing, and the Eastern Wu has the Yangtze River, the sailors are invincible in the world, and the knights of the Northern Army
The arrows and crossbows are strong, but the water battle is unstable, and it is difficult to fight. ”
"You don't have to worry about the water war, I have asked Yu Ban to dig the Xuanwu Pool to train the water army. ”
"No, the Yangtze River waves are in rapid water, Jiangdong warlocks are all experts in controlling the water element, the momentum of the Yangtze River is by no means comparable to the artificially dug Xuanwu Pool, and the lord must not underestimate Jiangdong. ”
"Sima Yi, what did you say? According to what you said, I won't recover Jiangdong?" Cao Cao looked a little impatient, after all, he initially thought that Sima Yi would approve of his plan to go south, but he didn't expect Sima Yi to grow up with others and destroy his own ambition.
If the lord can pacify the Xiongnu once and for all, and then attack the Goguryeo kingdom, he will be able to advance north indefinitely. Sima Yi laid out his ambition to conquer the unknown, "To the north of the Xiongnu were nomadic peoples known as 'Russians,' and the north was fertile and could reach the Arctic Ice Sheet all the way north. ”
"I don't understand, what is the point of opening up the frontier to the top of the end of the earth? It is better to rest and recuperate, in case of the need to go south. ”
"The point I'm talking about is not the Far North ice sheet, but the attack on the Western world. Sima Yi said, "There are many vassal states in the West, and they have not been unified for many years, and their races are also very different from those of the Han Chinese, and the nomads and independent kingdoms are mixed. Once, there was a Roman Empire in the Western vassal states, and they were like the Qin Dynasty, which unified the entire western continent, but the Roman Empire had fallen apart, and the Western tribes were once again divided into princes, and it was a good time for us to conquer them. ”
"That's just rumors, we don't know what is in the West. ”
"But under the know. There is a kind of phalanx soldiers in the West, they hold a long shield higher than a person and a giant sword dozens of zhang long, invulnerable, invincible, and according to legend, the Roman Empire also has a kind of army called 'gladiators', they have been trained like hell, they are not afraid of life and death, they only know how to fight, these two types of soldiers are the most terrifying, but there is a way to crack them. Sima Yi plucked up the courage to suggest, "The lord can order the second prince Cao Zhang and Xiahou Yuan as the commanders, Zhang Liao and Xu Huang as the vanguards, and Xun You and I as the staff officers of the army. ”
"But the battle line is so long, and the supply of grain and grass is a hard wound. Cao Cao was still quite worried.
Sima Yi disagreed: "Grain and grass don't need to be replenished, just harvest along the way." Western barbarians do not eat grains and grains, and the officers and men of our army can not only enter the West, but also follow the customs of the country. ”
"I'll wait until I've asked the ministers before making a decision. Cao Cao stroked his beard, thoughtfully.
When Cao Cao's ministers put forward the strategy of Sima Yi's dedication, the ministers were shocked when they heard that the lord had such a creative idea, and they all agreed that this trip was too risky, and once it encountered an accident, reinforcements would not be able to arrive, and they would be wiped out.
Seeing that the ministers unanimously opposed, Cao Cao had no choice but to give up, but Sima Yi still persevered, and angrily admonished: "The spirituality of the Western barbarians is not inferior to that of the Central Plains, and their research on astrological phenomena and elemental magic has far surpassed that of the Central Plains.
None of the pedantic Confucian scholars would approve of Sima Yi's crazy strategy. Sima Yi can only lament that Guo Jia is no longer there, and only Guo Jia is his bosom friend, and although Jia Xu and others are extremely strategic, they are low-key and indisputable with the world, and Sima Yi's ambitions are also under the lips and tongues of these corrupt Confucians, and they died abruptly.
After a thousand years, until the end of the Qing Dynasty, people finally remembered what Sima Yi had said. The so-called "rising" industrial revolution had been anticipated by Sima Yi thousands of years ago, and the Western world really stretched out its claws to the Chinese people, but none of those rotten Confucians could see it.
Although Sima Yi was depressed for a while, he did not show it in front of others. It happened that Cao Pi invited him to drink and play chess, so he planned to go to the eldest prince's house to relieve his boredom. However, he did not forget to bring someone to Cao Pi.
"Sir, I'm really a genius, I lost again so quickly. Looking at the chessboard, the black pieces had surrounded all the white pieces, and Cao Pi humbly lowered his head.
Sima Yi smiled lightly: "Childe's chess skills have already improved, but Childe really wants to know why he can't always win?"
"Sir, Zihuan listens to me. ”
"Well, listen up. When Childe plays chess, he doesn't think about how to move next, and one step counts as one step, while the average smart person will think about the next step first, but not further. The lord can count five moves at the beginning, and Hu Zhao, the mentor under him, can count after ten steps, and ...... next," Sima Yi smiled mysteriously, "Before the start, the whole game of chess has been counted in his mind, so every move of the prince is expected in the game, and the fortune of the whole game of chess is controlled between applause, and the world is the same." If Childe wants to control the world, he must learn to calculate everything that will happen in the future. ”
"Sir...... Mr. is a god descending from heaven, please accept Zihuan's worship. Cao Pi's mentality was completely led by Sima Yi, and he really worshipped Sima Yi as a god.
"Childe, please, these are not enough to worry about. Sima Yi respectfully picked up Cao Pi. Today, Cao Pi and Sima Yi, known as Junchen and apprentice, are actually siblings.
"Sir, Zihuan has one more thing to ask for, I beg Mr. to ......"
"I already know Childe's heart, Childe, please see, who is here?" Sima Yi stretched out his hand and pointed forward, Cao Pi looked in the direction Sima Yi pointed, and then the whole person froze in place, full of.
The beauty of the flowers, the elegant posture, the beautiful woman leaning out of the flowers, the soft curves, the moving eyes like the blue waves, the charming smile, the moving demeanor, no matter the movement or the static, are no different from the immortals, and the description in "Luo Shen Fu" is exactly the same!
"This woman should only be in heaven, and she will be cultivated once in several lifetimes. Beautiful, so beautiful, I was able to see it up close today, Zihuan was very lucky. Cao Pi was stunned for a long time, and finally issued such an emotion.
"The people's daughter Zhen Mi visited the eldest son. ”
"Excuse me, excuse me. Cao Pi was so excited that he rushed forward and held Zhen Mi's jade hand tightly. Because he was so excited, he almost got on his heel before running.
Zhen Mi just looked at Cao Pi with a shy smile, and the watery eye waves deeply touched the love that sprouted in Cao Pi's heart for the first time.
"Mr. Zhongda, this son is so happy, this time I must reward Mr. heavily!" Cao Pi is so big, it is the first time he is so excited.
Sima Yi shook his head, and his tone was flat and impermanent: "I don't dare to ask for credit, I just hope that the eldest prince can be happy." ”
"Mr. doesn't have to be modest, in Zihuan's heart, Mr. is always the most important person. Cao Pi hugged Zhen Mi, and his mood was still in a state of extreme excitement, "My son will set up a banquet in the mansion tonight, and I specially invite Mr. and Miss Zhen to get together." ”
"Obey the command. After Sima Yi finished speaking, he turned around and left.
Zhen Mi looked at Sima Yi's departing back, her heart was stunned, and her crimson little face became redder and redder with the departure of her back. And Cao Pi mistakenly thought that Zhen Mi had a crush on him and was ashamed to confess and blushed, but he couldn't have imagined that Zhen Mi's heart had already been captured by Sima Yi.
Zhen Mi couldn't understand why Sima Yi did this, but she always firmly believed that Sima Yi would not harm herself, and there must be his difficulties in doing so. Zhen Mi didn't explicitly refuse Cao Pi's kindness, but he was afraid of hurting Cao Pi's pure heart, and he couldn't tell Cao Pi that Sima Yi, the person he liked, was afraid that Sima Yi would be hurt.
"Zhongda...... I, Zhen Mi, promised, that you will not marry in this life, but only love you, why do you want to dedicate me to Cao Pi......? What's so hard to say?" The heavy rain in Zhen Mi's heart poured down, how he hoped that Sima Yi could resign and go into hiding, even if he wandered the world with him, she would never complain.
But she didn't know that now Cao Pi and herself have become beads under Sima Yi's abacus, for Sima Yi, although he loves Zhen Mi, the most important thing is the whole world. For the sake of the world's plans, anyone can be his bargaining chip, even if it is Cao Cao, who is a traitor in the world, it is just a stepping stone on Sima Yi's way forward.
Zhen Mi's heart was entangled, but the person who was also entangled was not Sima Yi, but another son who was lying down and was shot.