Moreover, Gongsun Du intended to seek the throne, so someone told this strange stone to Gongsun Du: "The shape of this stone is similar to the crown stone of Emperor Xuan of Han, and the Yanli where it is located is the same as your father's name." The shrine is a place where the god of the land is worshipped, indicating that you should own the land of the world, and the three princes are the auxiliaries. ”

Gongsun Du was very happy.

The former Hanoi Taishou Li Min, who was very well-known in the county, wanted to forcibly conquer him, but he didn't like what Gongsun Du did, and he was afraid that Gongsun Du would harm him, so he led his family to move to an island.

When Gongsun Du learned about it, he was furious, dug up Li Min's father's grave, opened the coffin and burned the body, and exterminated the Li clan.

Gongsun Du divided Liaodong County into two counties of western Liaoning and central Liao, divided the post of Taishou, crossed the sea to collect the counties of Donglai, and set up a state to assassinate the history; He proclaimed himself the Marquis of Liaodong and the pastor of Pingzhou, and posthumously named his father Sun Yan as the Marquis of Jianyi. Set up temples for the two ancestors of the Han Dynasty, set up an altar in the south of Xiangping City according to the ancient system, worship heaven and earth in the suburbs, plough the fields pro-ploughing, govern the army, sit on the Luan car that the emperor can sit on when traveling, hang nine jade strings on the hat, and take the cavalry wearing the hat as the Yulin Army.

Cao Cao recruited Gongsun Du to be the general of Wuwei and named the Marquis of Yongning, and Gongsun Du said: "I am the king of Liaodong, what do you want Yongning to do!" "Hide the ribbon in the arsenal.

In the ninth year of Jian'an (204), Gongsun Du died, and his son Gongsun Kang succeeded him and gave the title of Marquis of Yongning Township to his younger brother Gongsun Gong.

After Gongsun Kang succeeded to the throne, he heard that Cao Cao had captured Yecheng, and he had the idea of capturing Yecheng, so he gathered people to discuss and said: "I heard that Cao Gong went on a long journey, Yecheng has no preparation for defense, and now I want to use 30,000 infantry and 10,000 cavalry to attack Yecheng directly, who can resist!" ”

All the generals thought so, but Liang Mao was opposed.

Liang Mao character Bo Fang, Yanzhou Shanyang County Changyi (now Shandong Changyi) people, young studious, often quote scriptures to discuss things, used to deal with right and wrong, very much appreciated by Cao Cao, was recruited as Sikong Peng, ranked excellent in the examination, and supplemented the official for the imperial history.

At that time, there were many thieves in Taishan, Cao Cao recommended Liang Mao to serve as the Taishan County Taishou, and within a month he pacified the thieves, stabilized one party, and there were more than 1,000 people who came with swaddling babies on their backs, showing the ability to be good at governance, and transferred to Youzhou Lelang County Taishou.

Gongsun Du left Liang Mao in Liaodong without authorization, and did not let him take office, Liang Mao never gave in, and now seeing that everyone is in favor of attacking Yecheng, he stepped forward and said: "Recently, there has been great turmoil in the sea, the country is about to collapse, general, you have a force of 100,000 people, sit at home, watch the successes and failures of all parties, as a subordinate of the monarch, it should be so." Cao Gong was worried about the defeat of the national crisis, took pity on the suffering and harm of the people, and led the righteous army to quell the rebellion and suppress the chaos for the people of the world. Cao Gong only because Jizhou had just been pacified and the people had initially settled down, so he didn't punish the general's crimes! And the general, if you want to raise troops to the west, don't you sit on the charge of treason, then the effect of survival and destruction is set day and night. Please general, do it yourself! ”

When the generals heard this, they were all shocked and moved. Gongsun Kang pondered for a long time: "Liang Mao's words are right. "Fang strikes the idea of attacking Ye.

Gongsun Kang heard that Yuan Xi, Yuan Shang and Shan Yu Su Yan had led thousands of cavalry to vote, so he convened his subordinate officials to discuss.

Someone suggested: "Cao Cao pacified Wuhuan, and may still march into Liaodong, it is better to accept Er Yuan and Su Fuyan to help me resist Cao's army." ”

Liang Mao said: "Yuan Shao was in Japan, and often had the heart to annex Liaodong, and now his son was defeated and died, and defected to Wuhuan, resulting in Wuhuan being annihilated and having nowhere to live." Now that they are like-minded, they really have the meaning of snatching the magpie's nest. If it is accommodated, it can be said that it will lead the wolf into the room, and it will be a picture later. It is better to earn and kill in the city, and dedicate the head to Cao Gong to ensure the stability of Liaodong. ”

Gongsun Kang hesitated, and Gongsun Gong said, "You can send someone to investigate." If Cao's soldiers come to attack, they will leave two Yuan to help; If it does not move, kill the second Yuan and sacrifice it to Cao Gong. ”

Gongsun Kang thought it was a good idea of both worlds, that is, he sent someone to find out the news.

Let's say that Yuan Xi, Yuan Shang and Su Fuyan entered Liaodong, and secretly discussed: "The tens of thousands of soldiers in Liaodong are enough to compete with Cao's army." Now temporarily take refuge, and then kill Gongsun Kang and seize his land, develop a climate to resist the Central Plains, recover Hebei, and plot the world. ”

The discussion has been decided, and he will see Gongsun Kang.

Gongsun Kang left Yuan Xi, Yuan Shang and Su Fu in the pavilion to rest, and settled the soldiers and horses he brought to another place.

The three of them asked to see each other several times, but Gongsun Kang said that he was sick, so he didn't see each other immediately.

Within a few days, Tanma came back and reported: "Cao Gongbing's troops are in Yizhou, and there is no sign of entering Liaodong. ”

Gongsun Kang immediately ordered the axe men to lay an ambush in advance, and then summoned the three of them.

After the ceremony, Gongsun Kang sat down.

When the weather was bitterly cold, Yuan Shang saw that there were no clothes and bedding on the bed, so he was suspicious and said to Gongsun Kang: "I am willing to sit on the table." ”

Gongsun Kang reprimanded: "Your head will travel thousands of miles." Where do you need an agent? "Drink the knife and axe hand, cut off the head, put it into a wooden box, and send Liang Mao to Yizhou to present it to Cao Cao.

Besides, Cao Cao did not move his troops in Yizhou, and Xiahoudun, Zhang Liao and others persuaded: "If you don't go down to Hedong, you should go back to Xu to guard against Liu Biao." ”

Cao Cao said: "After the Yuan brothers' heads arrive, even if they return to the army." ”

Everyone laughed.

Suddenly, Gongsun Kang sent someone to present the heads of the Yuan brothers, and Cao Cao greeted him.

Liang Mao presented a letter from the heads of Yuan Xi, Yuan Shang, and Su Fuyan and Gongsun Kang.

Cao Cao laughed and said, "As expected, Fengxiao did not expect. Then Gongsun Kang was appointed as the general of the left, the marquis of Xiangping, and Liangmao was appointed as the Taishou of Wei County (the county is in present-day Linzhang County, Hebei) in Jizhou.

Everyone was shocked and asked: "What is not expected by Fengxiao?" ”

Cao Cao Fang took out Guo Jia's deathbed book for everyone to watch, and the book was slightly cloudy: "I heard that Yuan Xi and Yuan Shang were going to Liaodong, and Ming Gong could not join the army." Gongsun Kang was afraid of the annexation of the Yuan clan for a long time, and the two Yuan would be suspicious. If you fight with soldiers, you will meet the battle with all your strength, and you must not be in a hurry; If the plan is slow, it will kill each other, and it is inevitable. ”

When everyone saw Guo Jia's book, they all praised Guo Jia's clever calculation.

Cao Cao led everyone to Guo Jialing again to set up sacrifices, and then led the army back to Jizhou, so that people first helped Guo Jialing's coffin to Xudu for burial.

Cao Cao stayed overnight on the east corner of Yecheng, Jizhou Zhishuo, looked up at astronomy by the railing, pondered the history of the railing, thought that since the Qin and Han dynasties, the Qin Emperor and the Han Dynasty dominated the world, in order to prevent the invasion of the northern Yi tribe, he did not hesitate to spend a lot of military and material resources to build the Great Wall and build the castle. However, it is impossible to prevent it. Now that Wuhuan has been pacified, Liaodong has been conquered, and the north is established, but there are still Liu Biao and Sun Quan in the south. If you want to march south, and you are afraid of chaos in the north, you are still in a dilemma, so you have the idea of building Yecheng as the capital.

The next day, Cheng Yu and others asked to return to the army and Xu Du, and decided to go south.

Cao Cao said: "What you say is exactly what I want. Then he said the intention of building Yedu and solicited opinions.

Cheng Yu said: "Yecheng was built when Qi Huan was the hegemon of the Spring and Autumn Period, and it was the capital of the Seven Kingdoms of Wei. After Ximen Leopard governed Yecheng, the history is profound. Hanzhi Jizhou, Ye is the place of governance, Yuan Shao has been operating for many years, and the scale is magnificent. On this basis, it will be expanded and built, and it will be an important place for the fortress. ”

Cao Cao's young son, Cao Zhi, said: "They are not compared with ordinary cities, not only are they easy to live, trade, and play, but they should also have important signs, so as to increase the cultural heritage and gather scribes and virtuous people." ”

Cao Zhi, the word Zijian, is the third son born to Cao Cao and Mrs. Bian, when he was more than ten years old, he was able to recite the "Book of Songs", "Analects" and the pre-Qin and Han Dynasty dictionaries.

Cao Cao once read the article written by Cao Zhi and asked him in surprise: "You asked someone to write it for you, right?" ”

Cao Zhi replied: "Words are words, and the next pen becomes an article, as long as you take the exam in person, you will know it, why ask someone to do it on your behalf!" In addition, the temperament is frank and natural, does not pay attention to solemn appearance, carriage and horse costumes, and does not pursue gorgeous and rich, which is naturally very suitable for Cao Cao's taste. Gradually, Cao Cao began to transfer his love to Cao Zhi.

When Cao Zhi was fifteen years old, he began to follow his father to the east of Canghai, and the pirates of the eastward expedition arrived in Chunyu (northeast of present-day Anqiu), and at the age of sixteen, he went north with his father out of Xuansai and went north to Liucheng. On the way back to the army, Cao Zhi presented his self-composed poem "White Horse Chapter" to Cao Cao. Poetry Cloud:

The white horse is decorated with gold bonds, and it gallops northwest.

Who's going to ask you? Ghost and Ranger.

When I was young, I went to the countryside and raised my voice in the desert.

In the past, Bingliang bow, what a jagged arrow!

The control string breaks the left, and the right one destroys the moon branch.

Raise your hand to catch the flyer, lean over and scatter the horse's hooves.

Cunning than the monkey ape, brave as a leopard.

There are many police in the border cities, and the number of captives and cavalry has moved.

The feather came from the north, and the horse climbed the embankment.

Long drive the Huns, left Gu Ling Xianbei.

Abandon the edge of the blade, and take your life safely?

Parents don't care, how can they say a son and a wife?

The name of the strong man is not allowed to take care of his own interests.

Sacrifice your life to go to the country, and see death as if you were going home.

After Cao Cao finished looking at it, a white horse boy with a prancing horse Hengge, shooting arrows with a bow open, galloping across the field, sacrificing his life for the country, and seeing death as home.

Cao Cao liked Cao Zhi even more, and now he heard that Cao Zhi built a logo of the capital, and attached great importance to it: "What is the sign that Zijian saw, what kind of sign should be built?" ”

Cao Zhi said: "In ancient times, emperors built their capitals mostly based on palaces. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty built Jianzhang Palace in the western suburbs of Chang'an, and there were twin towers built on both sides of the gate, called Shuangyuanque. There is a pair of bronze phoenixes installed on the roof. Zhang Heng of the Eastern Han Dynasty described the double circle as towering in the air, like a pair of mountain peaks rising from the sea. The logo of the capital city should be based on gathering Shi Naxian. Can build a layer platform in Linzhang River, the platform is divided into three, the middle high platform is called Tongque, the left one is called the jade dragon, the right one is called the golden phoenix, and then two flying bridges are built, the platform and the bridge are connected, the water platform reflects each other, it is still spectacular. ”

Cao Cao called it "good" after hearing this. Then Cao Zhi and Cao Pi were left to supervise the construction in Ye, and Zhang Yan was ordered to guard the Beizhai, return to Xudu from the class teacher, and be a great hero, and presented Guo Jia as a marquis of Zhen, and adopted his son Guo Yi in the house.

Xun Yu went to Cao Cao's mansion to congratulate and talk freely.

Cao Cao talked about Guo Jia, and Xun Yu said: "As expected, the Ming Duke went on an expedition to Liucheng, and Liu Bei persuaded Liu Biao to raise troops to attack Xudu. ”

Cao Cao sighed: "I am counted as filial piety, but I abandoned me, if it weren't for Wen Ruo by my side, I really don't know what to do?" ”

Xun Yu said: "There is a lot of help for the righteous, but little help for the unjust." Ming Gong is eloquent and strategic, takes the world as his own responsibility, regards the people as his people, and worries about the country and the people. ”

Cao Cao said: "It is my life's wish to calm the world, rectify the world, and stabilize the people." Now the north is established, and it wants to conquer Liu Biao in the south, and then map Jiangdong to complete the great cause of unification. ”

Xun Yu said: "The Ming Dynasty returned to the north, and the army and horses were tired, and they could not be restored. And after half a year, raise troops and recuperate, Liu Biao and Sun Quan can go down in one go. ”

Cao Cao complied, and then divided his troops to Tuntian, waiting to be called. Exactly: raise troops and wait for time, and the grand cause will dominate the world. I want to know when Cao Cao will march south, and see the next decomposition.