Soon after, Cao Pi, who was far away in Luoyang, also received a second secret letter from Xiahou Shang in the palace.

Cao Pi heard that Xiahou still had a second secret letter presented, and he sighed in his heart.

Originally, he thought that something was happening in the south, but after watching Xiahou Shang's secret recital, a look of excitement appeared on his face.

Previously, when Xiahou Shang wrote the first secret letter, Cao Pi had intended to agree to Xiahou Shang's dispatch of troops, but this matter was dissuaded by Sima Yi and Jiang Ji.

Under the persuasion of the two confidants, Cao Pi temporarily left Xiahou Shang's first secret letter and did not return.

And when Xiahou Shang's second secret recital was delivered to him, looking at the contents of Xiahou Shang's secret recital, Cao Pi immediately convened a group of confidants and important ministers again to discuss the matter.

Since Cao Pi Shouchan officially became the emperor, he began to work hard in the name of the Son of Heaven.

Because he had read the scriptures since he was a child, Cao Pi wanted to achieve the deeds of a Confucian benevolent monarch.

In terms of the concept of governing the country, Cao Pi pursued to emulate the ancient benevolent monarchs and virtuous ministers.

On the one hand, he made laws to cut down the feudal domain, cracked down on dissidents, continued to consolidate his own power, and issued an edict strictly prohibiting foreign relatives and eunuchs from interfering in politics.

On the other hand, he also lived with the people, and the edict was quite beneficial to the people, and vigorously developed Confucianism among the people.

Cao Pi wanted to educate the people as soon as possible, restore the order of social life, promote socio-economic and cultural development, and restore the national strength of the north.

Not to mention Cao Pi's personal character and some of his gross mistakes, he did make outstanding contributions to the development of the internal affairs of the north.

A few years later in history, the north raised 100,000 troops at every turn, and even in the later period, it was not a problem to send hundreds of thousands of troops to fight a protracted war, and the foundation of all this was laid during the reign of Cao Pi.

In terms of political ambitions, Cao Pi has always wanted to inherit Cao Cao's ambition to unify mountains and rivers.

Under Cao Pi's edict, a group of confidants and important ministers soon came to the main hall.

After the arrival of a group of confidants, Cao Pi ordered the attendants to show them Xiahou Shang's secret music one by one.

There are not many ministers summoned by Cao Pi, and they are all people he can trust, so he is not afraid of leaks.

After several Cao Wei upstarts watched Xiahou Shang's second secret recital, everyone's faces could not hide their shock.

Cao Pi was a monarch who grew up under the influence of Confucian culture, so all the ministers he trusted were also courtiers who were familiar with the Confucian classics.

Among such a group of monarchs and ministers, the impact of Meng Da's decision to invent his will was even greater.

There may have been important ministers who would advise Cao Pi to be cautious, but under Meng Da's move to cut off his hair, no minister had anything to dissuade him.

Otherwise, Cao Pi asked rhetorically, and if you are willing to make a decision, no minister can answer.

Seeing that his confidants and ministers no longer had any objections, Cao Pi's face began to show excitement.

If Xiahou Shang and Cao Ren are more likely to get rid of Mi Yang from a personal aspect, Cao Pi is focusing on the overall situation of today, thinking about taking Xicheng in his hands as soon as possible.

Because Xicheng, or Hanxing County, is a transportation hub connecting Hanzhong and Xiangyang.

If he can hold Hanxing County in his hands, then he can cut off the fastest communication between Hanzhong and Xiangyang with one sword.

….

In this way, when Liu Bei launched a large-scale northern expedition in the future, it would undoubtedly make him unable to echo the east and west, so that he could break them one by one.

Moreover, Cao Pi, who is a template for traditional Confucian monarchs, believes in the Mandate of Heaven.

Some time ago, after Cao Pi established Wei, he heard from Zhang Yin's mouth the four words "Tian Bu Zuoer" said by his sister Cao Jie.

Cao Pi had a bad heart for those four words, so he ordered someone to engrave the word "Great Wei Shou Han Chuan Guo Xi" on the shoulder of the national seal, so as to prove that he was not a "usurper of the Han".

After completing this act, his heart was much more settled.

After completing this move, Cao Pi heard that Cao Zhi was crying for Liu Xiefa in recent days, which made him very dissatisfied.

It's just that because he hasn't been on the throne for a long time, it's not good for him to do it to his brother

Too harsh treatment.

But because he didn't punish Cao Zhi to vent his anger, he always felt a kind of haze surrounding him.

Although he hated Cao Zhi, Cao Zhi was his brother after all.

Now even his brother believes the rumors and cries for Liu Xiefa, which makes Cao Pi's heart even more uncertain what other people think.

What is Destiny?

The Mandate of Heaven is the attachment of the hearts of the people and the submission of all nations.

Now when Cao Pi's heart is gloomy, his biggest rival general, Meng Da, wants to break his will to defect to the north and submit to the righteousness.

Meng Da's reputation Cao Pi has also heard of it, Meng Da is not the kind of unknown general.

This made Cao Pi's heart full of joy.

Cao Pi was determined to set Meng Da as a benchmark.

Cao Pi smiled and said to the confidant ministers in the palace:

"In the past, Yin Zhi returned to Zhou with his back to business, went to Yu and entered Qin for a hundred miles, Le Yi felt that the cicada was transformed, and Wang Zunzhi went against the grain, all of which were effective in judging the rise and fall of the decadence.

Knowing the inevitability of success or failure, Danqing painted its description, and the good history recorded its merits.

Jinzi is pure in posture, excellent in quantity, decisive in invention, and deeply aware of righteousness.

I look westward with an open heart, and I hate not to know early, so that I sigh.

Xi Yuqing entered Zhao, goodbye to take the picture, Chen Ping went to Han, a pilgrimage to the multiplication, Zidu Yu me, at this time.

Edict: Command the messenger to bring me to the royal horse to show loyalty and love."

When Cao Pi issued this edict, Sima Yi, Jiang Ji, Chen Qun, and Zhu Shuo in the main hall had frowned slightly.

Cao Pi's old mistake was made again, and he began to reward the people he loved again.

The imperial horse is the exclusive mount of Cao Pi, the emperor, and how can it be rewarded to his subordinates.

But after Cao Pi said the above words, he felt that there was something insufficient, how could such a reward reflect Meng Da's loyalty?

The heart of a loyal servant cannot be cold.

Cao Pi thought for a while and said: "Today, the sea is clear, I want to unify thousands of miles, the three hanging boundless dust, and there is no danger of dogs barking in midsummer.

Zidu Shunyi returned to the north, and issued an edict to order his family to have colorful roads to show his nobility. If Zidu wants to come to meet, and first settle down, there is a guarantee, and then slowly ride to the north.

I will be a regular attendant of the scattered cavalry, leading the general of the expedition to the west, and sealing the Pingyang Pavilion Marquis."

Every time Cao Pi said an edict, there was a Huangmen squire on the side to record Cao Pi's edict.

These edicts will be sent to Nanyang in a while.

But when Cao Pi finished saying the latest edict, Jiang Ji, who was loyal and upright, finally couldn't help it, and he bowed to Cao Pi and said:

….

"Today, Meng Da intends to submit to His Majesty, which is actually caused by His Majesty's heavenly might, but Meng Da's talent is unknown, Dan's heart is not right, how can he rashly reward too much?"

"I hope Your Majesty will think twice, if Your Majesty wants to reward, it will not be too late to reward after Meng Da successfully raises righteousness."

Jiang Ji's admonition drew a look of approval on the faces of several other important ministers.

But after Cao Pi listened, a smile appeared on his face, and he waved his hand and said, "I will protect it from others, and I will shoot Artemisia in the middle ear with an arrow."

"If it were not so, how could we have been satisfied with the loyalty of the Broken Will?"

Seeing that Cao Pi insisted on this, and thought that Meng Da's measures were indeed not any major doubts, so Jiang Ji could only retreat in the end.

After Jiang Ji retreated, Cao Pi immediately ordered the Huangmen squire who had finished recording the edict on the side, and asked him to send his edict to Xiahou Shang as soon as possible, and it was important to let Xiahou Shang transfer it to Meng Da as soon as possible.

What Cao Pi didn't know was that shortly after his edict was issued, the first fraud in the post-Three Kingdoms period was about to take place.

And soon, he, the Emperor of Great Wei, will also become the laughing stock of the world!

...

Under Cao Pi's imperial order, his edict was soon sent to Xiahou Shang in Wudang County.

At this time, Cao Ren's army had not yet arrived.

After all, Nanyang County is a large southern county in the Central Plains, and there are tens of thousands of tigers in Xiangyang

Eye-catching.

In this case, Cao Ren must arrange all the defenses of Nanyang before he can lead the army south with peace of mind.

When Xiahou Shang received Cao Pi's edict, he excitedly bowed to the north three times.

Your Majesty is really tomorrow!

Although Cao Ren's army had not yet arrived, in Cao Ren's reply to Xiahou Shang, Xiahou Shang already knew that Cao Ren was about to lead the army to Wudang County in the future.

Under such circumstances, what Xiahou Shang had to do during this period of time was to step up the training of soldiers and horses, collect boats and boats, and on the other hand, strengthen the contact with Meng Da to appease him.

At this point, as Xiahou Shang, who contacted Toucheng at the beginning of Meng Da's contact, he has become the intermediary between Meng Da and Cao Wei.

And he was already convinced of Meng Da, and at this time, he had already bet all his treasures on Meng Da.

Unlike at the beginning, at the beginning, it was Meng Da who was eager to contact Xiahou Shang, fearing that he would not trust him.

Now it is Xiahou Shang who wants to strengthen his connection with Meng Da in every possible way, and he is deeply afraid that something will happen to him.

Under this mentality, after Xiahou Shang received Cao Pi's edict, he immediately ordered Li Fu to carry Cao Pi's edict back to the Hanshui military village and inform Meng Da of Cao Pi's heavenly grace.

And Li Fu was excited to hold Cao Pi's edict, and soon returned to the Hanshui military village to find Meng Da.

When Meng Da read the edict given to him by Cao Pi, a huge surprise appeared on his face.

What he didn't expect was that Cao Pi would value him so much.

Looking at the bright red seal on the edict and Cao Pi's reward for him, Meng Da's heart was really moved for a moment.

But then this idea of greed was quickly dispelled by the reason in Meng Da's mind.

He has been following Mi Yang for several months, and he knows a lot about Mi Yang's methods.

Compared with his former superior, Liu Feng, Mi Yang is definitely not the kind of arrogant character.

….

Since Mi Yang dared to let him exercise this trick, there must be a means of countermeasures.

Moreover, his only son, Meng Xing, is currently in the county government of Miyang.

In such a situation, Meng Da would not have taken that risk.

Like Xiahou Shang, Xiahou Shang gave all his trust to Meng Da, and Meng Da also gave his trust to Mi Yang.

After receiving Cao Pi's edict, Meng Da ordered Li Fu to go down first to rest.

Then, in the middle of the night, he came to the county government alone to find Mi Yang to report the latest situation.

Thanks to the previous Great Purge, Mi Yang currently has absolute control over Xicheng.

In such a situation, as long as Mi Yang is properly arranged, then no one will notice that Meng Da has a secret meeting with Mi Yang late at night.

Because he has been concerned about seducing Xiahou Shang recently, Mi Yang has fallen asleep very late during this time, and what he is worried about is that Meng Da has something important to report at any time.

Under the leadership of Gan Xu, Meng Da met Mi Yang in a remote hall in the county government.

After Mi Yang saw Meng Da, he smiled and handed over a few letters in his hand to Meng Da to read.

Meng Da respectfully took the book that Mi Yang gave him, and then read it carefully.

After Meng Da finished reading it, a smile also appeared on his face.

These letters were written by Lu Yi and Deng Ai to Mi Yang.

Not long ago, after several of them learned that Meng Da had broken off and confessed, they all wrote to defend Meng Da, believing that he would not have the intention of rebellion.

And in their words, there was a vague hint that Mi Yang persecuted Meng Da too much.

It can be seen from this that Meng Da's previous confession of guilt had a big impact on everyone.

And Meng Da had a warm feeling in his heart after reading the books of Lu Yi and Deng Ai.

Maybe he has suffered a lot of grievances over this period of time, maybe those colleagues didn't have much enthusiasm for him in the past, but fortunately, they are willing to believe him at a critical moment.

This is something that Meng Da has not experienced before.

After being moved, Meng Da handed the edict given to him by Cao Pi in his arms to Mi Yang to read.

And after Mi Yang finished reading it, his brows raised slightly, and he couldn't help but sigh that Cao Pi was so big.

However, this is also in line with Cao Pi's character in history, and his deception by Sun Quan in history has a lot to do with his own character.

Then Meng Da reported one thing to Mi Yang:

Xiahou Shang not only asked Li Fu to bring Cao Pi's reward edict today, but also discussed with Meng Da in a reply to discuss the follow-up military matters.

It is necessary to cooperate with the inside and the outside, and of course, to inform Meng Da of the advance strategy and approximate strength of his army, so that he can cooperate seamlessly.

After Mi Yang learned that Cao Ren would personally recruit, a look of surprise appeared on his face, but he didn't expect that he would catch a bigger fish.

After informing Mi Yang of the general situation, Meng Da said to Mi Yang: "If Cao Ren comes in person, he will bring no less army, and our army is only 10,000, so I am afraid that it will not be safe."

Meng Da's admonition made Mi Yang nod, which he had already considered.

Even if Cao Ren didn't come in person, Mi Yang didn't plan to rely on the 10,000 army in his hands to eat Xiahou Shang's 20,000 army.

Mi Yang looked at Meng Da and saw that his long hair in the past was gone.

In the case that her hair is not long, Meng Da can't even tie her crown, she can only wear her hair out.

….

And in the aesthetics of the world, adults will be ridiculed by people if they wear their heads.

Feeling Meng Da's dedication, Mi Yang stretched out his hand and patted Meng Da's shoulder and said:

"Zidu doesn't need to worry about the troops, Zidu only needs to investigate Cao Ren's further movements in detail for me."

"If this happens, even if I don't want my own merits, I will still protect my son and be a marquis."

Hearing Mi Yang say this, Meng Da bowed to Mi Yang excitedly, and said excitedly, "General Xie."

...

Just two days before Cao Pi's edict was delivered to Meng Da, a team carrying the royal decree quickly came to the outside of Nanzheng City in Hanzhong County.

When he was stopped by the guards guarding the city, Fa Miao, the leader of this secret team, took out a gold medal, and then said to the soldiers at the gate of the city:

"The king is in a hurry, and those who dare to stop him will be killed!"

After checking the identity of this group, the guards of the city immediately retreated respectfully to the side.

After no one stopped him, Fa Miao, who was Liu Bei's envoy, led the group behind him and quickly rushed into Nanzheng City.

If Mi Yang was present, he would definitely be able to recognize who the group behind Fa Miao was.

Zhang Nan, Feng Xi, Fu Kuang, Cheng Ji, Guan Xing, Zhang Bao, Zhao Tong, etc.

Some of these people were people who fell in the Great War of Yiling in history, but their fate has changed in this life.

Mi Yang's previous letter was not only to express his bold words to Liu Bei, but also Liu Bei's "good to do" is not just spiritual encouragement.

Now everything is ready, just wait for the fish to be caught!

If the Han Dynasty intends to re-establish, how can it be rendered without the blood of thieves?

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