Cao Pi opened the letter and read it carefully.

The content of the first letter was extremely simple, and Yang Ling mainly asked for credit from Pang Tong, Zhang Liao, Gan Ning and others who had made great contributions.

These people are all Yang Ling's cronies, and Cao Pi doesn't want to reward them in his heart.

But he also knows that if the meritorious man does not reward him, it will only cause criticism.

So Cao Pi handed the letter to Sima Yi and asked him to reward the soldiers in front of him according to the process.

But Yang Ling's second letter was a big change in Cao Pi's complexion!

In the letter, he advised Cao Pi and asked Cao Pi to forgive Cao Hong's sins for the sake of Cao Hong's great contributions to the Great Wei.

In addition, he also suggested that Cao Pi should not be wary of Cao Hong and Cao Zhang, and should unite the clan.

Although there is nothing wrong with Yang Ling's words, Cao Pi can faintly perceive the threat behind it!

"Your Majesty, what is the matter?"

Sima Yi saw that Cao Pi's face was wrong, and asked in a low voice.

"You guys go down first, Zhongda stay!"

After the other ministers left, Cao Pi handed the letter to Sima Yi and said hatefully,

"This Yang Ling, it's too lenient! Zhongda, what do you say I should do? ”

After reading the letter, Sima Yi also frowned slightly.

He thought for a moment and said in a deep voice,

"According to the minister, Your Majesty should let the hussar general go."

Cao Pi raised his eyebrows,

"Why do you even have to be disobedient to Zhongda?"

"It's not that the minister wants to disobey Your Majesty, it's just that Your Majesty is asked to think twice!"

Sima Yi persuaded bitterly,

"The Empress Dowager and the ministers are all interceding for the hussar general, and now even Yang Ling is also coming forward."

"If Your Majesty insists on executing the hussar generals, wouldn't he push them all to Yang Ling's side?"

"Your Majesty, don't forget, the last words of the emperor before his death......"

When Cao Pi heard this, his heart jumped suddenly!

Before his father died, he said to Yang Ling that if he was incompetent, he could choose another son of the Cao family to inherit the throne.

If they execute Cao Hong by themselves and anger the Empress Dowager and the ministers, they are likely to join forces with Yang Ling and abolish their own throne!

Thinking of this, Cao Pi was scared into a cold sweat!

"What Zhongda said is extremely true! Spread my will, read that the hussar general made great contributions to Cao Wei, removed his official position and title, and abolished him as a concubine! ”

"Your Majesty is wise!"

Sima Yi was also relieved, he was afraid that Cao Pi would come by temperament.

"As for King Juancheng (Cao Zhi) and King Rencheng (Cao Zhang), Zhongda, you wait a few days to find some people with clean hands and feet......"

Cao Pi made a gesture of decapitation, and his eyes were full of cruelty!

Although there are many brothers, the only two who can threaten Cao Pi's throne are Cao Zhang and Cao Pi.

Among them, the biggest threat is Cao Zhang.

After inheriting the throne of King Wei, Cao Pi also knew that Cao Zhang had wooed Yang Ling to seize the throne of the prince.

He was angry and angry about this, and he wanted to kill Cao Zhang directly.

But at that time, Cao Pi's throne was not secure, and the two were his own brothers, so it was difficult for him to start.

Now that he has ascended the throne as emperor and the political situation is stable, he has a plan to eradicate them.

"Please rest assured, Your Majesty, after a while, the minister will find someone to do it."

Sima Yi nodded in response.

Cao Pi nodded with satisfaction, but then frowned,

"There is a way to celebrate the immortality of my father, and it is difficult to do so. Even if the two of them are eliminated, it will be useless not to remove Yang Ling. ”

Yang Ling has a heavy army in his hands and has a very high prestige, and he has his friendship in the army and even above the court.

The most terrible thing is that the words Cao Cao said before he died gave Yang Ling an excuse to abolish Cao Pi's throne!

It can be said that if Yang Ling does not die for a day, Cao Pi will have trouble sleeping and eating for a day!

"If we want to eradicate Yang Ling, we must not be in a hurry."

"If there is no excuse to attack him, I am afraid that it will cause criticism."

"But people make mistakes, so we just have to be patient. Once he makes a mistake, seize the opportunity to cut off his henchmen first, and then slowly clean him up! ”

Sima Yi suggested softly.

Cao Pi's brows stretched out, nodded and smiled,

"According to what Zhong Da said, from now on, let the spies of the school government keep an eye on Yang Ling!"

……

Hefei.

It has been a few months since the raid on Jianye.

Cao's army did not have enough sailors, so it crossed the Yangtze River to attack Jiangdong, and needed to consolidate the territory it had captured, so it temporarily stopped the offensive.

Jiangdong was not the opponent of Cao's army, and he was unable to counterattack, so he could only build a defensive line at the junction of Yangzhou and Jingzhou.

The two sides chose a truce with great tacit understanding, and this time was also peaceful.

Yang Ling did not choose to go to Jingzhou, but continued to stay in Hefei.

Although he spoils Pan Shu's three daughters every day, he is not overly addicted to beauty.

In his spare time, Yang Ling also patrolled the surrounding area of Hefei with Gan Ning, intending to find a suitable place to build a dock.

After the destruction of the water village, as long as the Cao army had enough warships, it could go down the river and take Jianye directly.

Although the shipyard on the Jiangling side has been almost built, the more warships the better to deal with the powerful Jiangdong Naval Division.

"What does the general think of this place?"

"Very good!"

Yang Ling nodded slightly.

The place Gan Ning mentioned has a wide water surface and a slow current, which is the most suitable place for a dock.

"Since this is the case, then we should start as soon as possible, and strive to build enough warships before the spring of next year, so that we can directly attack Jiangdong at that time!"

Although it has only been a truce for a long time, Gan Ning, who has always been belligerent, is already hungry and thirsty!

While chatting, the two took the guards and turned back to Hefei.

When they were halfway there, they saw Zhang Hu hurrying over with someone on horseback.

"I've seen the General!"

"Why is Huzi here?"

Yang Ling asked with a smile.

"Back to the general, a messenger has arrived in Jiangdong, and my father has asked me to come and inform the general!"

Zhang Hu said respectfully.

The arrival of the Koto envoy?

Yang Ling nodded thoughtfully and commanded,

"Hurry up and get back to the city early!"

The crowd did not dare to slack off, and immediately galloped wildly.

Before the sun set, they finally returned to the city of Hefei.

As soon as Yang Ling got off the horse, he saw Zhang Liao and Huang Zhong coming forward.

"I've seen the General!"

"No need to be polite, where is the envoy sent by Jiangdong?"

"Just wait in the lobby."

Everyone surrounded Yang Ling and walked towards the lobby.

He walked into the lobby and couldn't help laughing,

"Mr. Zijing, let's meet again!"

Yes, the person who came was Lu Su.

"I haven't seen you for a few months, but the general's demeanor is still the same!"

Lu Su also greeted Yang Ling with a smile.

After going to Yizhou to see Liu Bei, he rushed back to Jiangdong non-stop.

Before he had time to catch his breath, he was sent by Sun Quan to Hefei to meet Yang Ling.

"As the saying goes, a weasel gives a New Year's greeting to a chicken, and he doesn't have a good heart. Say, Mr. Zijing, what kind of crooked idea do you have? ”