Extravagant hopes are extravagant hopes after all.

Just as he had experienced many times in the past, Zhang He once again tasted an emotion called extreme disappointment from the head of the Cao family.

No matter how good his strategy is, no matter how good his strategy is, it is a pity that he will always lack something called trust.

After a thick sense of disappointment flashed in his heart, nothing unusual appeared on Zhang He's face.

He just bent his body lower, which means that he unconditionally accepts Cao Pi's arrangement.

Just like when he was in the battle of Hanzhong, he was obviously a great hero who defended Hanzhong, but when he was deprived of military power by Cao Cao for no reason.

It's just that Cao Pi doesn't care what Zhang He is thinking, he thinks that his arrangement today is very thoughtful.

Cao Pi knew that Zhang He was very talented, but he lacked the capital to be trusted.

On the contrary, although Sima Yi has not made military merits so far, he has fully embodied his excellent military strategy in his previous arguments.

At present, what Sima Yi lacks is only practical experience.

Let Zhang He, who has extremely rich experience in the army, become Sima Yi's deputy, which is enough for Sima Yi to make up for his shortcomings.

The most important thing is that Sima Yi is a person worthy of Cao Pi's trust.

Thinking of this, Cao Pi looked at Sima Yi with expectant eyes.

And after Sima Yi saw Cao Pi casting an expectant gaze at him, he also bowed to Cao Pi at the right time.

Under Sima Yi's bow, Cao Pi immediately said his latest appointment to Sima Yi.

"Proposed recruitment: Add Shangshu, overseer the army, and Sima Yi in the imperial history as the servant, Shangshu's right servant shoots, General Annan, and supervise the military of Jingzhou during the fake festival."

When this grand reward came out of Cao Pi's mouth, not to mention Sima Yi himself, even Jiang Ji and other ministers present had a look of surprise on their faces.

Shizhong is a close minister of the Son of Heaven, and most of the people who can hold this official position are confidants of the Son of Heaven.

And because the highest central institution of Cao Wei is Shang Shutai, the position of Shang Shu's right servant can almost be regarded as a real and nameless sub-phase.

The power held by Shangshu's right servant in political affairs is only under the orders of Cao Pi, the son of heaven, and Chen Jiao, Shangshu.

If such a reward is still a normal promotion to Sima Yi's previous official position.

Then the two rewards of General Annan and the military of Jingzhou released an extremely important signal.

That is the minister with a foreign surname, and he has begun to officially control the military power of the frontier!

And this point has always been the exclusive domain of the Cao family and the Xiahou clan in the past.

Just like when Cao Ren was still there, even if the transportation was inconvenient, he was in Wancheng but he was able to supervise the military of Yi, Jing, and Yang at the same time.

Don't look at General Annan's low position among Cao Wei's heavy official positions, he is even lower than Zhang He's General Zuo, and Zhang He also has the right to fake festivals.

However, in Cao Wei's military system, the symbol of the number one leader of the local military was always the word "governor".

Only when the real governor of the military side does it mean that the minister is the leader of the local military and government.

Such power could not have been given to ministers with different surnames in previous years.

This kind of power is even more difficult for Zhang Liao and Xu Huang to ask for with their lives.

It's just that such power is now easily obtained by Sima Yi.

Therefore, when the ministers heard Cao Pi's appointment of Sima Yi, a look of surprise appeared on their faces.

Compared with the surprise of Jiang Ji, Liu Ye and other ministers, Zhang He's eyes showed a strong envy of Sima Yi.

As for Sima Yi himself, after hearing Cao Pi's reward for him, his first reaction was to accept it.

It is true that Cao Pi had communicated with him before, and his words revealed that he would let him be the leader of Jingzhou.

But originally Sima Yi only thought that Cao Pi would appoint him as the protector of Jingzhou, and use the protector to achieve the goal of subduing Zhang He.

Sima Yi never expected that Cao Pi would grant him the right to be governor.

The current Sima Yi has no ambitions later.

At present, he just wants to assist Cao Pi well, and he will definitely not accept Cao Pi's reward in public and private.

It's just that in the face of Sima Yi's resignation, Cao Pi held Sima Yi's hand and said:

"I deal with national affairs day and night, and I don't have a moment to rest, because I am afraid of disappointing the expectations of my subjects in the world.

Now I canonize you not to glorify you, but to share your sorrows for me. ”

When he heard Cao Pi say this, Sima Yi saw that Cao Pi's words were very firm, so he stopped resigning.

In the face of Cao Pi's incomparable trust in him, Sima Yi's face showed a strong color of gratitude.

He bowed deeply to Cao Pi, and then said: "The minister will live up to His Majesty's high expectations." There are ministers in one day, vowing not to let the thief army take a step beyond Wancheng. ”

Although Sima Yi was born as an orthodox Confucian scholar, he had an air of eagleishness.

So when he said this promise, Cao Pi felt an inexplicable peace of mind.

And between the dialogue between Cao Pi and Sima Yi, Sun Zi, the Chinese scholar who has been serving by Cao Pi's side, has already polished the edict of reward for Sima Yi and Zhang He.

When Sun Zi presented the edict of reward to Cao Pi for him to preview, Cao Pi personally raised the jade seal of the country from the jade plate in front of him, and then did not hesitate to put the seal towards the edict cover on the jade plate.

When the sound of a seal falling on the plate spread throughout the hall, Cao Pi's face appeared with joy.

This cover may really be able to protect Nanyang County, which has been in turmoil for Dawei.

And this cover also made the future history go in a completely unpredictable direction.

The most ironic thing is that Cao Pi, who is the initiator, can't see that scene.

Just when Cao Pi was rewarding Sima Yi and Zhang He in Wancheng, a huge funeral was being held hundreds of miles away outside Xiangyang City.

This huge funeral was organized by Liu Bei for Guan Yu.

Long before Liu Bei returned to Xiangyang City with Guan Yu's coffin, one of his edicts had been conveyed to Ma Liang, who stayed in Xiangyang City.

In that edict, Liu Bei clearly pointed out that Jingzhou Thorn Shi Ma Liang should follow Huo Guang's story and prepare a funeral for Guan Yu with the burial utensils of the Son of Heaven.

When Ma Liang received this edict, he immediately began to prepare a ritual for the burial of the Son of Heaven according to Liu Bei's instructions.

It was precisely because of Ma Liang's advance preparations that on the day pre-scheduled by Liu Bei, the funeral of Guan Yu, the general of the Han Dynasty, began to be held as scheduled.

On February 21 of the second year of Han Zhangwu, the ministers of the Han Dynasty in Xiangyang City, regardless of their status, changed into plain clothes and came to Xiangyang City one day earlier.

Under the auspices of Liu Bei's appointed funeral ministers, Shizhong and Shangshu Deng Zhi, all the ministers of the Han Dynasty dressed in plain clothes bowed on both sides of the gate of Xiangyang City, waiting for Guan Yu's coffin to be transported out of the city.

There was a heavy sadness on the faces of every minister.

And many ministers who were full of emotions had already begun to whimper quietly even before Guan Yu's coffin appeared.

A small whimper, under the traction of the wind, slowly converged, and finally formed a very sad atmosphere, shrouded in the towering city gate of Xiangyang City.

The minister is vegetarian and bows down to cry and mourn, which is the highest funeral specification for the exclusive Son of Heaven in the past.

And under the thick atmosphere of sorrow, when the first rays of sunlight appeared outside Xiangyang City, a huge chariot with six horses began to slowly appear in the city gate.

In front of the huge chariot, the Dao Spirit Banner fluttered in the wind, as if luring Guan Yu's soul back.

On top of the chariot, the yellow car cover that originally belonged to the Son of Heaven was covering Guan Yu's Zi Palace.

The yellow car cover is particularly dazzling in the sunlight.

In addition to this piece of foreign objects that symbolized great glory, before Guan Yu's body was put into the Zi Palace, his body had already been dressed in golden jade clothes.

Under the march of the six divine horses, the speed of the chariot carrying Guan Yuzi Palace was not slow.

When Guan Yu's chariot crossed the rank of the minister and walked to the front, a group of people wearing plain clothes and white cloth on their heads, the Yulin Jingcai of the Son of Heaven's pro-army drove out from both sides of the official road under the leadership of the Han hussar general Ma Chao.

They silently drove the horses under their crotches to open the way for the Zigong Palace of the Han General behind them.

The sound of thousands of horses stomping heavily on the ground resounded outside the city of Xiangyang City, transforming the originally sad atmosphere into solemnity.

And as the thousands of forest spirits began to act, many ministers behind Guan Yu's Zigong also took their own steps and followed behind Guan Yu's Zigong.

And those who have been following on both sides of Guan Yuzi Palace are Liu Bei, the son of heaven of the Han Dynasty, and Zhang Fei, the general of the Han chariot cavalry.

They are mourning their brother as relatives.

Compared with Liu Bei, Zhang Fei, who has more feelings, is still in the same state as he was back then, crying all the time.

Listening to Zhang Fei's constant cry on the other side, Liu Bei looked at Zigong beside him with sad eyes, and his eyes gradually moistened.

It was only after touching the document in his arms that Liu Bei's emotions gradually calmed down.

The document in his arms was a eulogy prepared by Liu Bei for Guan Yu, and he must read out the contents in the best state for a while.

After more than half an hour of marching, the procession of the funeral Guan Yuzi Palace finally came to a place more than ten miles northwest of Xiangyang City.

In ancient times, there were no good conditions for preserving the body, and in this case, it was not easy for Liu Bei to transport Guan Yu's body back to Chengdu for burial.

In addition, Guan Yu was also the Marquis of Xiangyang of the Han Dynasty during his lifetime, and Xiangyang, as Guan Yu's vassal country, would be a good destination for Guan Yu if he was buried outside Xiangyang City.

For various reasons, Liu Bei was unable to bring Guan Yu back to Chengdu.

But when choosing a burial location for Guan Yu, Liu Bei also carefully considered it.

The reason why Guan Yu was chosen to be buried in the northwest of Xiangyang City was because the direction of the Han army in the coming day was the northwest.

Guan Yu, who was honored on the battlefield and died in the war, if he had a spirit in the sky, he would definitely like to see the great achievements of the Han army in the northwest in the future.

After Guan Yu's Zigong was escorted by thousands of people to the burial site, Deng Zhi, the chief funeral minister, commanded a number of strong men to step forward and transport the Zigong containing Guan Yu's body from the chariot.

Then Deng Zhi asked the few strong men to carry Guan Yu's Zigong Palace and carefully place it in the pit wooden coffin tomb prepared in advance.

And the vertical pit coffin tomb has long been arranged according to the rules of the yellow intestine inscription.

When Guan Yu's Zigong was slowly lowered into the tomb under the carrying of the Hercules, thousands of people watching this scene began to cry in unison.

Thousands of people wept either out of sincerity or out of etiquette.

But no matter what their intentions are, at this moment, their crying is announcing that Guan Yu, the general of the Han Dynasty, is going to say goodbye to this earthly world completely.

At the moment when Guan Yu's Zigong completely fell into the tomb, the crying of thousands of people reached a climax at once.

At this moment, Liu Bei stepped on a high altar next to Guan Yu's tomb.

This high altar was built by Ma Liang and was the altar for Guan Yu's sacrifice.

It's just that according to etiquette, after Guan Yu's tomb was sealed, Liu Bei should step on the altar to pay tribute to Guan Yu.

Now that Liu Bei has ascended the altar, it seems a little too early.

Liu Bei's unusual behavior instantly attracted the attention of thousands of people under the altar.

At this time, Deng Zhi, who had long known what Liu Bei was going to do, immediately asked everyone to stop crying as the chief mourning minister.

At the moment when everyone stopped crying, Liu Bei's feet happened to step on the altar.

After coming to the altar, Liu Bei turned to look at the thousands of people under the altar.

Standing at his feet now are the ministers of the Han Dynasty and the elite of the Han Dynasty, and he wants to read a sacrificial text exclusive to Guan Yu in front of them.

Under the gaze of thousands of pairs of eyes, Liu Bei took out a silk book from his arms.

Then he looked at the handwriting that belonged to Mi Yang on the silk book, and plucked up his own qi to read out the content in his eyes word by word.

Boom faintly, like thunder, like thunder, the tiger roars and the valley is windy, and the scenery rises in response to the dragon.

My general is smart and martial, Guangyuan Qide, always righteous in his heart, and proud of the thief army.

During the Jian'an period, the general bowed his armor, long-term town Jingxiang, the wind and rain, tired of tiredness, and then rose up to the strong Chu division, and asked the first emperor in the north.

30,000 into a brigade, boats and boats for the army, breathing the Han and the river will not flow, and the command will be Xiang and Fan will extricate himself.

Attack the city in this way, and the city will not fall; Strike the formation with this, and the formation will not be destroyed!

For example, it is like pouring out the sea and filling the remnants, lifting Kunlun and pressing the small eggs. The drums marched, a hundred roads were in front, Cao Ren's life hung in the balance, and Cao Cao was terrified.

During the period of Zhang Wu, Cao Pi was a traitor, falsely claiming the number of days, daring to refuse the volunteers, driving the ugly gangsters, there were 100,000 people, from Luo to Wan, so they came to send me.

Liao and others aided Pi to abuse, did not know the destiny of heaven, danced in the ladder, and set up nine refusal schemes;

So the bears competed, the tigers competed, the drums and horns sounded, the thieves disintegrated, the dead soldiers were not many, and the Jiajia was cut off and the Han River flowed eastward.

Two attacks on Xiangfan, the general strategizes thousands of miles, bravely crowns the three armies, the fencing is to intercept the turtle, and the arc is to chant the ape and fall the goose.

Tongyun has risen since then, the soldiers are not punished, and the Han smoke has reached Wanluo, which is sharp and difficult;

In the land of Nanyang, the country is rich, and I have a lot of bases, and the situation is flourishing.

The Quartet Han Division, beating drums, full food and soldiers, invincible.

The general transports troops to carry virtue, and takes advantage of the spiritual wind to fan the might. Destroy the heroes and electric shocks, and lift the enemy as if they were gone.

It is a pity that the great general Yu will not live forever, so he first abandoned the subjects of the Han Dynasty and returned to the spirit.

I thought of the old and the righteousness of the loyal ministers, and I wanted to have the same fate, but the general Yu did not reach the knight's life and died. Alas!

Yun Changsi is my brother. The clouds are long, crying and looking at the end of the world.

Heaven and earth are sad, and the grass and trees are sad. The sacrifice is not coming, and the spirit is gone. Woohoo hee!

When is it fate? What can I do!

Now I will mourn it, not only for its merits, but also for its people, I hope that the general's merits can forever go down in history, thousands of years also! ”

When Liu Bei finished reading the last sentence of the eulogy, many commentators on the altar also conveyed all the contents of the eulogy to the ears of everyone present.

And after everyone listened to Liu Beinian's eulogy, while sadness appeared on their faces, another emotion began to spread in their hearts.

This kind of emotion is called heart-pounding.

Is this a eulogy, or is it a tribute to Xuanhe's martial arts!

Normal updates will begin tomorrow.

You'll barely see me.

That's a chapter for today.

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