The golden autumn season is the rarest, when people are still enjoying the cool and pleasant good weather, and in an instant it is winter again.

The cold northwest wind blows from outside the Yumen Pass, so that the temperature of the Central Plains continues to drop, at this time, hide in the restaurant and call a mutton hot pot, plus a pot of hot Changhe Daqu, it is a real enjoyment.

On a cold wind dusk, in the eastern part of the Sili area, close to the Kaifeng City of Yanzhou Chenliu, one of the most famous Hongyun restaurants welcomed several guests with mysterious identities but certainly noble.

The reason why the identity of the guest is mysterious is because the shopkeeper and the runner in the restaurant have not seen the face of the guest until now. The reason why the identity of the guests is noble is because the officers and soldiers in Kaifeng City have searched the Hongyun Restaurant several times inside and outside in the past few days, and today the restaurant has been surrounded by three layers inside and three layers outside.

In a rather luxurious box on the top floor of Hongyun Restaurant, only two people were slowly drinking the long river song, discussing something in a low voice.

These two people, one is the current emperor's uncle, Tingwei, and official Cao Shangshu Liu Xuande, and the other is the emperor's personal Zhendong general, Yanzhou Mu Cao Mengde.

Although Liu Bei and Cao Cao were not sure that Zhao Xing had an extremely secret and special spy force, they could clearly feel the feeling of being watched and watched. Today's secret meeting is of great significance, and will even determine the fate and future of the two people who will meet in the future, so they have to be cautious and cautious, and secretly prepare for this meeting.

Kaifeng is located in the easternmost part of the Sili area, and the distance from Yanzhou Zhizhi Chenliu is only dozens of miles, so it is indeed an excellent place to choose to meet here.

Liu Bei and Cao Cao were both extremely sophisticated politicians, and after a brief exchange of greetings after they met, they went straight to the topics that both sides cared about, without delay.

Cao Cao said: "This time, the imperial court named Zhao Guochang as the king of Pingxi, if Yuan Highway and Sun Wentai's generation also want to follow suit in the future, how should the imperial court respond?"

Liu Bei replied: "The imperial court named Zhao Guochang as the king, which was really a last resort, and it was not the original intention of the emperor and the ministers of the court. However, more than 30,000 Imperial Forest Army, nearly 20,000 Northern Army, and nearly 30,000 Southern Army were detained by Zhao Xing's generals in Diaoyin, Linfen and Gantao City, not to mention that 50,000 thieves broke in from outside the pass at that time.

Cao Cao drank the hot Changhe Daqu in the cup with a melancholy face, and said with some self-deprecation: "I can't imagine that a kid who sold wine in Luoyang City back then, but in just fifteen years, it has developed to the point that no one in the world is invincible, and I am afraid that the country of this big man will change his surname to Zhao in another fifteen years!"

Liu Bei also sighed and said: "When I first saw Zhao Guochang in the teacher's mansion, I knew that this son was not a thing in the pool, but I didn't expect him to be able to do it today. Could it be that there are really people in this world who are born to know?"

Cao Cao said: "I can't be sure whether Zhao Guochang was born to know, but I believe that the emergence of Zhao Guochang has greatly promoted the pace of development of Han civilization." Xuande does not see that today, our clothing, food, housing and transportation are inseparable from the various commodities produced by the Jin Kingdom, even the mutton hot pot eaten today, and the Changhe Daqu drunk are all produced by the Jin Kingdom. ”

Liu Bei nodded and agreed with Cao Cao's statement, he said: "I have analyzed the reasons for Zhao Guochang's success, and found that this person is particularly outstanding in three aspects. First, this person is as wise as a torch, and the talents who are trusted and reused almost never make mistakes, and it can be said that as long as they are valued and selected by him, they will be able to shine in the future. ”

"The second is that this person is unprecedented in managing the army, and the five-character formula of the Zhao family for commanding the army proposed by him is simple and easy to implement, and the organization of the national defense army and the setting of command organs at all levels are also extremely reasonable. The Xianbei and Qianghu people, who were originally rampant in the north, were almost completely defeated after encountering the Protector Army, until they were completely wiped out. ”

"The third is that this person has always had unexpected measures in buying people's hearts and governing internal affairs, and his reputation in the north is even more unmatched today, and even today cannot be compared with it. In the past, we always felt that businessmen were very lowly and craftsmen were very lowly, only the real family was respected, and only studying and being an official was noble, but now it seems that we are really wrong!"

Liu Bei said a lot in one breath, but later on, I don't know if it was because of the heat of the hot pot or the strength of the wine in Changhe Daqu, anyway, it looked like his face was flushed, and his emotions became a little excited.

Cao Cao looked at Liu Bei, who was emotional, and suddenly said a sentence: "Xuande admires Zhao Xing so much, and this person is a corporal Lixian, why not find another way?"

Liu Bei listened to Cao Cao's cold joke, looked at Cao Cao with a sneer and said: "Meng De is a capable minister who rules the world, and the Cao family is even more heroic, why don't you go to take refuge?"

Yes, these two people are unwilling to live under others, and now they start to ridicule each other.

Cao Cao, who was bored, shut up, he buried his head in eating a few mouthfuls of good mutton, and drank the wine in the cup deliciously, then he raised his head and said to Liu Bei: "Since everyone is unwilling to fall, let's discuss how to deal with Zhao Guochang in the future!"

Liu Bei said: "Liu Yan is a person who has done nothing, and he has been stealing Yuzhou for a long time, so why don't Meng De replace him?"

Cao Cao thought to himself that Liu Bei would throw out such a big piece of fat in Yuzhou as soon as you came up, and it was estimated that the plot must be very big, so he asked: "Xuande threw out such a rich piece of territory in Yuzhou, what do you want me to do?"

Liu Bei didn't go around the bend with Cao Heizi, and said directly: "Now if you want to fight against Zhao Guochang, you must integrate all forces! Sun Jian in Wuzhou cannot be handed over, Yuan Shu in Yangzhou cannot be retained, Liu Yan in Yuzhou is unavailable, Liu Biao in Jingzhou is unreliable, and Sima in Yizhou is not credible. ”

Cao Cao looked at Liu Bei with a playful expression, and said slowly: "After such integration, the imperial court is bound to take the authority to the central government, and Yuzhou said that it was given to me, and it will not be returned to you in the end?"

Liu Bei seemed to have known that Cao Cao would say this, and he did not deny it, but threw out a very surprising proposal: "Now you and I both know that on our own, we are just surviving, and sooner or later we will not be able to escape the fate of annihilation." Presumably, Meng De would not have made a request to the imperial court to be crowned king, right? In this case, why don't we join hands to control the court and show our ambitions? If Meng De is the general and I am the prime minister, and they are respectively in charge of the military power and the government of the Han Dynasty, wouldn't it be happy!"

Good guy, as soon as Liu Bei's amazing proposal came out, Cao Cao's face changed after hearing it!