Xudu, in the imperial city.

Cao Zhen, the general of Zhenxi, led thousands of tigers and leopards to ride, and was walking around the imperial city.

In the first year of Han Jian'an, Cao Cao urged Liu Xie, the son of heaven, to move the capital to Xu County on the grounds of "Luoyang is broken", and Xu County has since been renamed Xudu.

Xudu is divided into two cities, the inner city, which is specially for the son of heaven Liu Xie and the palace concubine to live, so the inner city of Xudu is also called the imperial city.

Outside the inner city, Cao Cao added an outer city as a residence for civil and military officials.

With the continuous expansion of Cao Cao's power, Xu Du is also constantly expanding.

Before Cao Cao made the capital of the king of Wei in Yecheng, after the expansion of the capital of Xu, the outer city was five times larger than the inner city.

Many palaces were also built in the inner city, such as Gyeongbokgjeon, Seongguangjeon, Yongshidai, Yuxiu Terrace, etc.

Under Cao Cao's years of expansion, the appearance of Xu Capital has changed greatly, and it has fully possessed the style of the imperial capital.

But Cao Zhen looked at the Xudu Palace in front of him after Cao Cao's expansion, and he always unconsciously recalled in his mind the Luoyang Palace he had seen last year.

Compared with the palace in Luoyang City, Rao is Xudu Palace has been expanded many times, and it is far from being comparable to the palace in Luoyang City.

Even the entire city of Xudu is far inferior to Luoyang.

It's too small.

China has had two capitals since ancient times, and the only one that can be compared with Luoyang is Chang'an.

And only by staying in these two cities can it be called orthodox of the Chinese Dynasty.

No wonder the king wanted to move the capital to Luoyang after becoming emperor.

After Cao Pi succeeded to the throne of Wei, he immediately appointed Cao Zhen as the general of Zhenxi.

Originally, Cao Pi planned to let Cao Zhen supervise the military of Yong and Liang, but considering that the emperor was about to be proclaimed and someone needed to be in charge of the Chinese army, he did not let Cao Zhen go to take office for the time being.

Under these circumstances, Cao Picai appointed Xiahou Nan as the general of Anxi as an expedient measure.

Cao Pi knew that Xiahou Nan did not have the talent for military strategy, but Xiahou Nan had the talent for governing life.

In Cao Pi's conception, the pattern after the Northwest Military will be with Cao Zhen as the main commander and leading the army to face Liu Bei's army in Yizhou.

And Xiahou Nan was responsible for sitting in Chang'an, raising grain, grass and ordnance, and ensuring that the military supplies on the front line were sufficient.

Cao Zhen and Xiahou Nan are both his confidants, and this arrangement can complement each other's strengths and weaknesses, which is Cao Pi's most ideal northwest pattern.

Guarded by thousands of tigers and leopards, Cao Zhen looked around the imperial city unscrupulously.

In the past, when Cao Cao was alive, because Cao Cao was still a Hanchen in name, so when Cao Zhen entered the Xu capital to meet Liu Xie, the son of heaven, Cao Zhen could only maintain his face, and his "awe" and "respect" to the imperial city of Liu Xie, the son of Han Dynasty.

But now, Cao Pi's change of day has entered the process, and Cao Zhen no longer needs to hide his true attitude towards Dahan.

Looking at the crimson banners of the Great Han Dynasty planted everywhere in the imperial city, Cao Zhen's eyes showed a disdainful attitude.

He was tired of seeing the red in this world, and he should have changed it a long time ago.

Among the thousands of tigers and leopards, because they are all Wei ministers, they all fly the banner of "Wei", and the flag of "Wei" is yellow.

After Cao Pi's intention to be the emperor was gradually revealed, especially after the "Nine Grades of Officials and Persons Law" began to be discussed on the surface, many famous Confucian ministers privately made suggestions to Cao Pi.

They suggested that Cao Pi could follow Tang Yu's old practice of Zen concessions, and suggested that Cao Pi should choose Tude according to the theory of the end of the five virtues.

Cao Pi has been familiar with reading scriptures and classics since he was a child, and he naturally knows the saying that the five virtues of dynastic change are mutually reinforcing.

So after receiving the performance of those famous ministers and Confucians, Cao Pi thought so.

Although there has not yet been a change of dynasty, since Cao Pi has the intention of becoming emperor, all the corresponding preparations have also been put on the agenda.

For example, this yellow "Wei" flag.

Tu De Shang Huang.

Maybe all this is not recorded in the history books, but when history comes to this point, then all the development and preparation are actually going on in secret.

In the imperial city, there are not only Cao Zhen and thousands of tigers and leopards, but also many soldiers who garrison the imperial city, as well as the busy palace ladies and small yellow gates.

But when they saw the red and incompatible yellow in the imperial city, they all lowered their heads in fright, and they didn't dare to look directly, let alone make any associations.

In Xu Duzhong, the people who would stop this great rebellious scene, their blood had already been sprinkled on the palace road under Cao Zhen's horse's hooves many years ago.

The three massacres in the fifth year of Jian'an, the fourteenth year of Jian'an, and the twenty-third year of Jian'an were carried out outside Liu Xie's dormitory, Jingfu Hall.

In those three massacres, countless ministers loyal to the Han family died on the palace road of this Gyeongbokgjeon.

Among the guards outside the Gyeongbok Hall and the small yellow gate of the palace, there are many witnesses of the massacre that year.

Even in their minds, sometimes the angry roar of countless ministers dying still echoes:

"Cao Cao, what is the difference between your actions and Dong Thief!"

Countless loyal ministers died in front of the eyes of the Son of Heaven Liu Xie, and countless blood was sprinkled at the feet of the Son of Heaven Liu Xie.

This tragic scene has already shattered all the resistance psychology of Liu Xie, the son of heaven, and provided confidence for Cao Zhen's actions today.

Cao Zhen looked at the Gyeongbok Hall in front of him, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth.

Hope you get acquainted!

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In the deep and quiet Jingfu Palace, some courtiers were kneeling in front of Liu Xie, the son of heaven, explaining the stakes to Liu Xie.

When the titular master of today, Liu Xie, the son of Han Tianzi, looked at the ministers in front of him who he didn't know in the past, and his face was blank.

Liu Xie was born in Guanghe four years ago and is forty years old this year.

Liu Xie welcomed Cao Cao to Xudu in the first year of Jian'an, and since then he has spent twenty-five years of life in Xudu.

Although Liu Xie was said to have suffered chaos when he was young and almost died, his living conditions have improved since he was welcomed to Xudu by Cao Cao.

In the past 25 years, Liu Xie has no shortage of fine wine and delicacies, and there is more than enough splendid clothing.

But after many years of pampered life, Liu Xie, who is only forty years old, is already full of silver hair, like an old man.

This is because Liu Xie has lived in a highly tense environment for a long time.

In the past years, Liu Xie didn't even know when he would be killed by Cao Cao.

Under such mental pressure, Liu Xie's mental strength has dried up.

Those ministers kneeling in front of Liu Xie were still chattering and analyzing the current situation for Liu Xie.

But after analyzing it for a while, they noticed that Liu Xie on the throne didn't respond a word, and their faces showed anger.

They no longer concealed it, and stood up directly, and one of the ministers walked directly in front of Liu Xie, pointed to his nose and asked:

"What does Your Majesty mean? Don't want to give in?"

A look of anger appeared on the face of this little minister, as if Liu Xie was not the Son of Heaven, but his son and nephew who had made a mistake.

Liu Xie sat on the throne, looking at the courtier in front of him who he didn't even know his name, and dared to point at him and question, his face was still full of confusion.

In the past, such a lowly and low-reputation courtier would not even be qualified to meet him, but unfortunately this is not the usual time.

Liu Xie knew that Cao Pi sent these unknown ministers to leave a way out for himself.

If there is any accident in his coercive action, then he can put all the blame on these ministers, blame them for asserting their opinions, and completely extricate himself from this matter.

The anger of this little minister did not make Liu Xie angry or afraid.

He had seen Cao Cao's anger and cruelty in the past years, but how could he be afraid of the threat of this minister?

Although he was not afraid, Liu Xie did not think about resisting.

He had tried to resist before.

In the fifth year of Jian'an, he secretly issued an edict ordering Dong Guiren's father, Dong Cheng, a chariot general, to try to kill Cao Cao.

Dong Cheng conspired with General Liu Bei, Captain Changshui, General Wu Zilan, Wang Zifu and others.

As a result, the matter was revealed, Dong Cheng and others were killed by Cao Cao, and the pregnant Dong Guiren was also hanged, and there were countless people who were connected.

Later, Zhao Yan, a commentator, once stated the current situation for him, and Cao Cao killed Zhao Yan when he heard about it.

Those events made him question Cao Cao:

"If you can complement each other, then you will be thick; No, I'm glad to give up!"

In the nineteenth year of Jian'an, Empress Fu asked her father to kill Cao Cao's plot to be exposed.

Cao Cao wanted to blackmail him into deposing Empress Fu, and wrote an edict on his behalf to depose Empress Fu.

Then Cao Cao sent the imperial historian Xi Xi to take the edict, and together with Shang Shu Ling Hua Xin, he led troops to surround the palace and hunt for the queen.

Queen Fu hid in the wall of the palace and was dragged out by Hua Xin.

Queen Fu walked out barefoot and cried to him for help: "Can't you return to the evil spirit?"

Then he saw through everything and said, "I don't know when my life is."

Subsequently, Queen Fu was imprisoned alive and died, and the two princes born to him and Queen Fu were also poisoned with poisonous wine, and more than 100 people of the Fu clan were executed.

Maybe he's been waiting for death since that day.

As for the throne, is it up to him to decide?

Faced with the aggressiveness of the ministers, Liu Xie recalled that there was a minister back then, and respectfully knelt in the hall to comfort him:

"Your Majesty, if there are ministers in one day, the Han will not die."

But now, Xun Gong is gone.

Recalling that person's loyalty and humility in his mind, Liu Xie's face moved for the first time, he looked at the entire hall that was empty and no one else, and finally said his first words.

"King Wei can do it himself."

After Liu Xie said this, these ministers in the hall were overjoyed.

They hurriedly ran towards the outside of the hall and reported the good news to Cao Zhen, who was waiting outside the hall.

With the departure of those ministers, Liu Xie wanted to stand up, but because of the turmoil in his mind, he slipped under his feet and fell heavily under the throne.

Liu Xie knew that when he said those words, the national honor representing the four hundred years of the Han Dynasty would be cut off in his hands.

But what can he do!

The attendants, scholars, and confessors beside him are all loyal to Cao Pi, and even if he disagrees, these people can write a gorgeous Zen edict in his voice and spread it to the world!

Cao Pi sent someone to ask for his opinion, but it was just a formality.

Even if he died, Cao Pi would have a way to make his death known after he had succeeded in his meditation position.

As his body hit the throne, Liu Xie couldn't help but let out a whine in his mouth.

Liu Xie's heart is not as calm as he seems.

Because he didn't let people outside the hall hear that there was something abnormal, Liu Xie quickly covered his mouth with his hand.

He was afraid that he would cry and be noticed by those who were watching him outside the temple.

Even in his own dormitory, Liu Xie couldn't vent his emotions at will.

Because he is just the plaything of Cao Cao's father and son, playthings can't have their own ideas.

But as Liu Xie's hands covered it, Liu Xie's whining still sounded uncontrollably in the hall.

Because the grief and crying in Liu Xie's heart are uncontrollable.

Although he had expected this day and made all the preparations, when this day really came, the heart-wrenching feeling still invaded Liu Xie's heart in an instant.

When Liu Xie was sitting on the throne and crying, a beautiful woman in palace clothes walked into the palace, she was Liu Xie's queen Cao Jie.

Cao Jie was Cao Cao's daughter, and after Empress Fu was executed by Cao Cao, Cao Jie became Liu Xie's empress under Cao Cao's arrangement.

It's just that although Cao Jie is Cao Cao's daughter, she has been loyal to Liu Xie since she became Liu Xie's queen and has completely fulfilled the responsibility of a wife.

After Cao Jie entered the palace, she saw Liu Xie sitting on the throne and hiding his face and crying.

She hurriedly stepped forward and asked Liu Xie what had happened.

Under Cao Jie's inquiry, Liu Xie informed Cao Jie of what had just happened.

"I, I'm going to be Liu's sinner!"

After Cao Jie knew what had happened just now, anger instantly appeared on her beautiful face.

No wonder Cao Zhen wanted to break her apart just now, it turned out to be for this rebellious thing.

Cao Jie was angry and was about to go out to find Cao Zhen's theory, but her body was tightly stopped by Liu Xie, Liu Xie's eyes were red, he looked at Cao Jie and shook his head and said, "I don't want anyone to die for me."

"Enough people have died."

Liu Xie's eyes seemed to have pleading, seeing this scene, Cao Jie sympathized with Dasheng in her heart, and she temporarily dispelled the idea of leaving.

Cao Jie held Liu Xie's hand tightly, she wanted to say some comforting words, but after thinking about it for a long time, she didn't say anything for a while.

It was her own brother who cut off her husband's family, which made her feel relieved.

Seeing Liu Xie's tearful appearance, Cao Jie could only say softly in the end: "The king of Hanzhong is still here, Your Majesty doesn't need to worry too much."

After hearing Cao Jie mention Liu Bei, Liu Xie, who was crying and languishing, seemed to come to his senses all of a sudden, and he asked Cao Jie to get a piece of clothing.

Seeing that Liu Xie asked for a piece of clothing, Cao Jie understood, and she took one of her underwear.

After Cao Jie took her underwear, Liu Xie hurriedly took the underwear, which had something on it that he regarded as life in the past.

I saw that after Liu Xie took Cao Jie's inner clothes, he unfolded the inner clothes and placed them on the throne.

Then he looked at the above table, which was Liu Bei's "Hanzhong Wang Persuasion Table".

In the autumn of the twenty-fourth year of Jian'an, Liu Bei's ministers advised Liu Bei to become the king of Hanzhong, and asked the Son of Heaven for his approval.

After Cao Cao learned the news, he did not stop Liu Bei from going to the table, because he felt that this letter could just let Liu Xie recognize Liu Bei's true face.

But unlike Cao Cao's imagination, Liu Xie did not get angry after getting this letter.

He didn't mind Liu Bei being the king, but he was happy after seeing Liu Bei's power getting bigger and bigger.

Because this means that there is still hope for the Han family.

It's just that after reading this letter at that time, Liu Xie was worried about arousing Cao Cao's jealousy, so he copied the "King of Hanzhong Persuasion Table" on Cao Jie's internal clothes, and then returned the letter played by Liu Bei himself to Cao Cao's messenger.

The reason why it was copied on Cao Jie's internal clothes was because Cao Cao's people did not dare to search Cao Jie.

Liu Xie knelt on the throne, his fingers sliding over the letter in front of him.

Looking at every word in "The King of Hanzhong's Persuasion Table", Liu Xie's heart ignited a glimmer of hope.

When Liu Xie's finger swiped on the twelve words "Dong Qi's Sixth Army, Rectify the Alliance, and Sweep Out the Fierce Rebellion", Liu Xie's eyes once again left tears.

Liu Xie's tears fell on those words, and they were instantly soaked.

Uncle Huang, I am incompetent.

The world of the Han Dynasty depends on you.

Be sure, be sure to protect the red color of the big man!