When the feelings of self-deprecation, jealousy, and humiliation came to Cao Pi's heart, his joy was gone.

And the change in Cao Pi's face was also seen by the ministers beside him.

With Cao Pi and Liu Fang's questions and answers, all the ministers of Cao Wei knew that the reason why Cao Pi's face had changed like this was that Mi Yang was the ghost.

The ministers were curious about what kind of eulogy Mi Yang wrote that would make Cao Pi's mood change so quickly and so thoroughly.

The curious looks on the faces of the ministers did not hide from Cao Pi.

When he noticed this scene, the gloomy look on Cao Pi's face had reached the extreme.

He knew very well that when this eulogy spread all over the world, his previous goal of using Guan Yu's death to stabilize people's hearts had failed.

And on the contrary, the morale of the Wei army will be further damaged.

This is the effect of a good work.

It's just that even if he knew this, Cao Pi didn't order Liu Fang to destroy this eulogy.

Because he knew that since Mi Yang would write this eulogy, he must have made all the preparations for the follow-up.

Step by step, that's what the deer does, isn't it?

Thinking of this, Cao Pi began to feel cold in his heart.

A thought suddenly appeared in his mind, how good it would be if it was Mi Yang who died of illness this time.

No matter how Guan Yu uses his soldiers like a god and bravely conquers the world, he is already an old man, and he will die one day.

For years, he could afford to wait.

But Mi Yang is only in his twenties this year, too young!

Can he wait?

When this thought came to mind, Cao Pi, who was wearing a good leather jacket, couldn't help but shudder.

Seeing that Cao Pi had signs of coldness, the ministers cast concerned eyes on Cao Pi, and they suggested that Cao Pi go to the warm royal car as soon as possible.

At the suggestion of the ministers, Cao Pi, with the support of Guo Guifei, once again raised his feet and stepped on the steps of the imperial car.

It's just that when Cao Pi's feet stepped on the steps and stepped into the royal car, although the burning furnace in the royal car brought him a warm environment, the chill in his heart did not dissipate at all.

Cao Pi, who was sitting in the royal car, lifted the curtain of the car beside him, and his eyes looked in the direction of Xinye, his eyes were full of fear.

After looking in that direction for a long time, Cao Pi turned his gaze to a bronze mirror in front of him.

The bronze mirror used by the emperor is, of course, the best mirror in the world.

Although the bronze mirror that has been polished through many processes is not as clear as the glass mirror of later generations, it also reflects Cao Pi's appearance quite clearly at this time.

After seeing himself in the mirror, a rather sad look appeared on Cao Pi's face.

He reached out and stroked the strands of white hair between his sideburns.

The white hair between the temples was there when he took the heir.

After doing this, Cao Pi let his hand stroke the hair on his head that had only turned gray in the past year.

The real touch from his fingertips told Cao Pi that the scene he was seeing now was not fake.

But this is what makes the sadness in Cao Pi's heart even stronger.

Guo Guifei, who was accompanying Cao Pi, looked at Cao Pi's actions, and she almost cried directly.

In the past year, Cao Pi has suffered too many blows.

It's just that although Cao Pi's heart is full of sadness, his thoughts are not completely disturbed by sad emotions.

He tapped on the window of the car and summoned Liu Fang, the supervisor of the middle school.

When Liu Fang came to the spacious royal car, Cao Pi said to him:

"Write a letter to Liu Bei for me, I have some deals to do with him."

After hearing Cao Pi's words, Liu Fang's face showed surprise.

Unlike the first emperor who occasionally exchanged letters with Liu Bei when he was alive, Cao Pi may have looked down on Liu Bei since he succeeded to the throne, so he has always faced Liu Bei with an arrogant attitude.

Unexpectedly, today Cao Pi took the initiative to ask to write a letter to Liu Bei for him.

Liu Fang asked Cao Pi with some doubts in his arms: "Dare to ask Your Majesty, what is the content of the letter?" ”

In the face of Liu Fang's inquiry, Cao Pi roughly told Liu Fang what he was going to do with Liu Bei.

And after Liu Fang listened to Cao Pi's words, a look of uncertainty appeared on his face.

It was clear that he was skeptical that Liu Bei would accept such a deal.

It's just that although he has some doubts in his heart, as Cao Pi's close minister, he only needs to obediently act according to Cao Pi's orders.

So after Liu Fang bowed to Cao Pi, he slowly withdrew from the royal car.

After Liu Fang withdrew, a look of exhaustion appeared on Cao Pi's face.

Of course he saw the uncertain look on Liu Fang's face just now.

It's just that he is different from Liu Fang, he firmly believes that Liu Bei will definitely accept such a deal.

Because he is the emperor, Liu Bei is also the emperor.

Even though he and Liu Bei's governing styles are very different, as long as he is an emperor, he will definitely take the stability of the country and society as his first thought.

With this confidence, Cao Pi let out an inaudible sigh in the imperial car:

"Some people will be saved."

After Cao Pi let out this sigh, he gave the command to set off.

When Cao Pi's order to set off spread throughout the army, the tens of thousands of Chinese troops escorting Cao Pi back to Luoyang began to march slowly.

The clouds outside Wancheng stretched for thousands of miles, and the mood of the tens of thousands of Wei people who were marching was also extremely low.

The ranks of tens of thousands of Wei troops were all dejected, like walking corpses whose spirit and spirit had been sucked away.

At this time, they did not have the pride they had when they went south.

Their pride has been trampled by the Han army in Jingzhou.

Just as when they were in Xudu, they wantonly trampled on the majesty of the Han Dynasty.

Heaven has its own cycle.

...

The news of Cao Pi's return to Luoyang was sent to Mi Yang's hands by spies as soon as possible.

After Mi Yang got the news, he didn't show a look of surprise.

As early as after Mi Yang found out the news that Sima Yi had become Cao Wei's general Annan, he already knew that Cao Pi had retreat in his heart.

Compared with the news that Cao Pi led the army back to Luoyang, Mi Yang was still more interested in the news that Sima Yi had become the number one leader in Cao Wei's Jingzhou.

Mi Yang remembers that in history, in recent years, Sima Yi became the governor of Wancheng.

Unexpectedly, in this life, it is this Sima Yi who takes on the heavy responsibility of guarding Wancheng.

Needless to say, Sima Yi's talent is not to mention the military exploits he has made in history.

Historically, he was able to lead his army to resist Zhuge Liang's attack, although it was because he was supported by Cao Wei's strong national power behind him, but his own talent was also very important.

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In this life, although Sima Yi has suffered losses under Mi Yang and Guan Yu, those two defeats are really not to blame on Sima Yi's head.

Objectively attaching importance to Sima Yi's talent is the most correct attitude to deal with him as an enemy.

It's just that although he attaches great importance to Sima Yi, that's all.

is still the same sentence, with Mi Yang's current prestige in the world, it should be Sima Yi who is afraid of him.

After Mi Yang received the information that Cao Pi led the army back to Wan, he immediately asked him to report this information back to Xiangyang to Liu Bei.

After completing this, Mi Yang looked at the state in front of him.

Previously, Mi Yang suggested that Li Yan serve as the leader of Yiyang Taishou, and Liu Bei had already given a reply.

In Liu Bei's reply, Mi Yang knew that Liu Bei had agreed to his recommendation.

It's just that Li Yan is currently in Yizhou, and with the current transportation conditions, Li Yan may have to take a while if he wants to reach Yiyang County to perform his duties.

Therefore, in a short period of time, Mi Yang must also take on the responsibilities of rebel Yang Taishou.

And during this time, an incident happened in Yiyang County.

And this incident was caused by the state of Tai.

In the list of the elders of the previous champion Hou Guo, Mi Yang found the talent of Zhou Tai.

But with Mi Xuan's current status, it is impossible for him to send a special envoy to suddenly go to the Champion Hou Kingdom to recruit a person who is not very famous.

Moreover, there are not many records of Zhoutai in the history books, and Mi Yang is not very sure of Zhoutai's ability.

So after Mi Yang discovered the talent of Zhou Tai, he just took the opportunity to appoint Zhou Tai as the state minister of the champion Hou Guo, and he wanted to see how Zhou Tai's ability was.

But just after Zhou Tai was appointed as the state minister of the champion Hou Guo, Zhou Tai, who had just taken office, immediately made one thing.

This incident made Zhou Tai, who was still the minister of state, now become a prisoner, and was tied up in front of Mi Yang by a group of soldiers.

Mi Yang looked at Zhou Tai, who was quite thin in front of him, and a look of thought appeared in his eyes.

At this time, there were two reports in Mi Yang's hands, one of which was the content of the chief officials of the champion Hou Guozhong, who jointly sued Zhou Tai for rebellion.

The other report was written by Ding Feng to Mi Yang, an investigation report on the matter of "Zhou Tai's rebellion".

In Ding Feng's investigation report, Mi Yang finally understood the ins and outs of the whole thing.

Champion Hou Guo is essentially a big county, and since it is a big county, there are naturally many wealthy families in the county.

If there are many wealthy families, there will definitely be no fewer people who rely on their family backgrounds to do evil.

On the first day that Zhou Tai had just become the prime minister, he was punished harshly and forbidden.

There was a traitor from a wealthy family in the country of the champion Hou, who did many evils, and Zhou Tai whipped him to death in public for the sake of strict law and discipline.

This move of Zhou Tai greatly shocked the outlaws in the country of the champion Hou, and also made the traitor's clan feel righteous indignation.

It's just that Zhou Tai is, after all, the champion Hou Guoguo Minister personally appointed by Mi Yang, and under Mi Yang's prestige, the traitorous clansmen do not dare to openly oppose Zhou Tai.

They just spent money to buy off most of the governors of the country, and together with them, they sent a letter to the governor of the state who had inspected the champion of the country, and accused the state of rebellion.

This kind of accusation is undoubtedly very effective, and it immediately attracted Ding Feng's attention.

Even if Ding Feng will not listen to one side of the story, but in the face of the common accusation of most of the chiefs, Ding Feng will not take it lightly.

Ding Feng immediately arrested Zhou Tai and sent him to Xinye.

After arresting Zhou Tai, Ding Feng stayed in the champion Hou Guozhong to carefully investigate the cause and effect of the whole thing.

Although the traitor's people colluded with most of the chiefs, there were still some of them who were unwilling to join the ranks.

In addition, what Zhou Tai has done is a good thing for the benefit of the people, so the people of the champion Hou Guozhong are very sympathetic to Zhou Tai's suffering.

Under such circumstances, Ding Feng finally found out the truth of the matter after careful investigation.

After receiving Ding Feng's investigation report, Mi Yang summoned Zhou Tai, who had been imprisoned before.

When Mi Yang looked at Zhou Tai, Zhou Tai was also secretly looking at Mi Yang, who was not far from him and had only appeared in legends before.

Although Zhou Taijian Miyang is not very old, he has a chilling power in his body.

This made Zhou Tai look a little nervous.

The name of a man, the shadow of a tree.

Mi Yang's prestige is the result of several mighty battles and the bones of hundreds of thousands of enemies.

Even Emperor Wei Cao Pi would feel extremely jealous when he heard Mi Yang's name, not to mention the unknown Zhoutai in the world now?

And when Zhou Tai secretly looked at Mi Yang, he also saw Mi Yang's clear and wise gaze.

This made Zhou Tai feel even more nervous, as if his secrets had been seen through by Mi Yang.

It's just that Zhou Tai is not an ordinary person after all, and he will not be frightened by Mi Yang's might.

The most important thing is that Zhou Tai also knows that he can be received by a big man like Mi Yang today, which may be an opportunity that he will never encounter again in his life.

He must grasp such an opportunity.

Zhou Tai also knew what the reason for his arrest by Ding Feng was, but as long as Mi Yang could personally listen to his defense, then he would naturally be able to exonerate himself.

It's just that what Zhou Tai didn't expect was that after Mi Yang looked at him for a long time, the words he asked were this.

Mi Yang changed to a casual posture and sat down, which weakened the momentum on his body a little, and then he opened his mouth and asked Zhou Taidao:

"Yiyang is newly returned to the Han Dynasty, and people's hearts are unstable. I have previously issued an order instructing the governors of all parties to give priority to morality in the administration of the government, in the hope of stabilizing the hearts and minds of the people of Uiyang County as soon as possible.

And it would be too cruel for you to take office soon after you suddenly started to kill. ”

Hearing Mi Yang's rebuke about this, a puzzled look appeared on Zhou Tai's face for a while.

It's just that although there is a sense of reproach in Mi Yang's words, his face is still mild.

So Zhou Tai quickly thought of the wording, and then replied to Mi Yang in a calm tone:

"The prince is right.

Rantai thought that a peaceful country could use etiquette, and a chaotic state must use it.

The prince does not regard Tai as incompetent, and let Tai serve as the minister of state of the prince, so trusting that Tai is single-minded and wants to eradicate the fierce and cunning people for the prince.

Otherwise, if the people of the Champion Marquis are ravaged, then the reputation of the Marquis will be damaged.

Now Taicai has killed a traitor, there are still many villains who have not yet been punished, and the prince's kingdom has not yet been governed.

If the prince wants to punish me for not being able to get rid of the cruelty and purge the lawbreakers, how dare I be unwilling to be severely punished to thank the prince for his crimes?

But as far as the current situation is concerned, I was condemned by the prince as "cruel to government" for punishing the wicked, and the minister would rather die than accept this charge. ”

When Zhou Tai replied to Mi Yang, he probably really thought that he was doing the right thing, so his tone became calmer and calmer.

It's just that after Zhou Tai finished explaining, the corners of Mi Yang's mouth showed some smiles.

Perhaps Zhou Tai whipped the traitor for the above reasons, but Zhou Tai's idea will not be so simple.

Mi Yang looked at Zhou Tai and then said slowly: "Although what you said is reasonable, according to the Han system, the Hou State is the same as the county order.

What law does the Han Dynasty have that states that the county magistrate has the right to kill the county officials at will? ”

"You have been a county official for a long time, you will not know this.

If you know what you can't do, you will ask for something, so what do you ask for? ”

Mi Yang did not deny the feasibility of the state Tai doing this, but the county order is not too observant, but it is not too much power.

When Mi Yang's words came out, Zhou Tai, who had seen through all his thoughts, was suddenly shocked in his heart.

It's just that since Zhou Tai dares to do something beyond his authority, then his courage is naturally not low.

Regarding Mi Yang's question, Zhou Tai raised his head and looked at Mi Yang with a hopeful gaze, and he replied:

"Otherwise, the prince's kingdom will not be able to rule in a short time."

"If I can't make the prince's kingdom rule, how can I get the prince's favor for my political achievements?"

That's what he wants.

He didn't want to be unknown anymore.