Wei Chang'an, gloomy and condensed, Wei water surging, but it can't take away a trace of solemnity.

The entire pass was shrouded in low air pressure.

Hedong was defeated.

Helo was defeated.

To the east of Guanshan, the Wei State has been completely lost, leaving only Guanzhong, Liangzhou, and Shuzhong.

Shuzhong was self-reliant, and became more and more alienated from the imperial court, and even isolated from internal and external communication.

Liangzhou is remote, and there are many changes.

The state of Wei has fallen into an unprecedented predicament.

Above the court.

Cao Chengsi roared: "If you are really incompetent to the extreme, as a general, you have incurred such a big defeat, and you have almost lost your country and family, and it is not enough to determine the hearts of the Great Wei people if you don't kill them." ”

Cao Dao died on the battlefield, but the rest of the people knelt in the temple with shackles, these people were unkempt, the prison clothes on their bodies were tattered, some of them had big mouths, and their saliva couldn't stop drooling.

If there is a king who dares to take responsibility, he can naturally bear it with all his might.

But in today's Wei State, the emperor is a doll, the queen mother is a deep palace maid, Cao Chenghei wishes they died, and the rest of the ministers are not qualified.

The only end for these generals who went out on the march was death.

They have survived until now because Cao Chengsi is not sure whether the Yan Kingdom will directly attack Guanzhong, and now that Murong Ke was directly recalled by the gold medal, Cao Chengsi, who is a conspirator, immediately knew that it was his own counter-plot that played a role, and he instantly let go of his hands and feet.

In the hall, only Cao Chenghe's righteous indignant voice could be heard, and the prisoners kneeling on the ground were deliberately gagged on the way to come, resulting in almost all of them being dumb now, and the uncontrollable drooling was also because they couldn't close their mouths at all.

I can only hear the hoarse and ugly roar, and the teeth and claws want to climb to the top to tell their grievances, seeing this scene, the queen mother felt a little scared, the emperor was directly frightened and cried, the queen mother picked up the emperor, and left a sentence "This matter will be handed over to the king of Jincheng to deal with, and the emperor will be taken away first, so as not to collide with the emperor by these sinners", and left in a hurry.

The Queen Mother's departure seemed to have taken away the last light from the people in the palace, and their hands were still stretched forward, but they didn't move, just staring blankly at the back of the Queen Mother who was fleeing in a hurry, and Cao Chenghe's increasingly obvious smile that could not be restrained even if he forcibly restrained it.

Cao Chengsi said almost without hesitation: "Drag it down, beheaded!" ”

As soon as his words fell, an official in the hall came out and said loudly: "King Jincheng, this is not in line with the laws of my Great Wei, they are all clan relatives, first of all, Zongzheng must be convicted, and then it must be ruled by my Great Wei, even if it is sentenced to beheading, it will have to wait until the autumn queen, and finally it will be reviewed again before it can be executed." ”

Cao Chengsi's eyes like a tiger and wolf stared at him instantly, and he said with compassion: "You should go and say this to the families of the tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands of dead soldiers, this king is going to cut these sinners who led to the defeat of my Great Wei army with a thousand knives, who is in favor and who is against?" ”

His words were like a glacier shrouding down, it was clear that he was the first villain in the death of these soldiers, but he was so righteous and stern, it was really shameless, the palace was silent, to this point, who could resist Cao Chenghe?

The guards standing outside the hall dragged these people away one by one, the weak struggle and the roar full of blood and tears naturally couldn't touch a person like Cao Chengsi, he sneered and watched as all his political enemies were dragged away.

Accompanied by a few screams.

The ministers sitting on both sides couldn't bear to look directly, Cao Chengsi walked in the hall with square steps, slowly raised his arms, looked around at the ministers and laughed loudly: "The traitors have been eliminated, the holy Luo God will bless my Great Wei, and the country will be extended. ”

He looked up to the sky and left the hall laughing, and his henchmen naturally followed quickly, all beaming.

After this incident, Cao Chengsi almost had no opponents in the Wei State, and their henchmen naturally rose to the top, and glory, wealth and power were just around the corner.

The rest of the people in the hall left with heavy steps, what will the Wei Kingdom look like in the future?

Nobody knows.

The blood spilled during the beheading soon became cold on the ground, and even gradually condensed into frost, and the weather became more and more cold, but it was not cold.

After Cao Chao's death, only Cao Chengsi remains.

At the age of 20 and nearly 30 years old, he has become the general of the Wei State, the pastor of Yongzhou, the secretary of the Jialu Shangshu, the governor of the internal and external military, and the title of king of Jincheng County.

This scene is quite similar to Cao Shuang back then, and he also had such a monopoly on power.

The only difference is that Cao Shuang had Sima Yi as an opponent back then, while Cao Chengsi had no opponent.

Cao Shuang has a problem with his brain, but Cao Chengsi has no problem in political fighting.

Back at the Jincheng Palace, Cao Chengsi immediately gathered his henchmen, and almost everyone's eyes flashed with a strange light, staring at Cao Chengsi with shining eyes.

Cao Chengsi took a deep breath and said slowly: "Everyone, now that all the traitors have been ambushed, and the Great Wei Sheji has finally arrived in our hands, it is time for us to help Sheji and protect the temple."

Some of you, this king is going to send you out to be assassins, and some of you are adding officials to the court and replacing all those traitors, so that I will be the Great Wei and all the people will be in the dynasty! ”

The word Zhong Zhengyingchao came out of Cao Chengsi's mouth, and he himself was very solemn, but among his henchmen, some of them were not thick-skinned enough, so they could only endure and not laugh.

Cao Chengsi knew, and others also knew, that Cao Chengsi's move was to allow his henchmen to control power from the imperial court to the local level, and everyone in power would do so.

"What are we going to do now, my lord?"

Cao Chengsi's cousin asked this question, and Cao Chengsi said almost without hesitation: "Tomorrow follow me into the palace, first replace all the guards in the palace, and then you will start to go to all parts of my Great Wei to inspect those scholars."

We must make sure that the nobles are on our side, although the power in the court cannot be given to these nobles, but the local people still need the help of these nobles. ”

Everyone was stunned, and Cao Chengsi did not talk about any good policies for governing the country, but continued to strengthen his power, and this attitude was already obvious.

The next most important thing is to start to elevate the emperor and the queen mother in order to seize power and usurp the throne, and everything else must be conceded for this matter.

Following.

Cao Chengsi led a group of cronies to transfer his private army to palace guards to meet the empress dowager and the emperor.

The little emperor didn't understand this, he just looked at it curiously, but the queen mother realized that something was wrong, her face changed greatly, she was pale, her beautiful face was pale, and she asked in horror: "King Jincheng, you brought troops into the palace, what are you going to do?" ”

Cao Chengsi knelt on one knee on the ground and said in a deep voice: "Queen Mother, the minister has received news that there are a few people in the palace guard who are the same party of those traitors, and the minister is worried that the Queen Mother and His Majesty the Emperor are in danger, so he recruits warriors loyal to the emperor and replaces those people to ensure the safety of His Majesty." ”

The group was in the hall, and then they listened to some voices from outside, followed by some dragging sounds, and soon quieted down, Cao Chengsi smiled: "The Queen Mother doesn't have to worry, these traitors only account for a small part, and now the guards are safe."

Then he retired.

The queen mother enjoyed wealth and nobility in the palace, and the ministers were busy with official business, so she left. ”

Cao Chengsi said that he left directly, and the Queen Mother looked at the figure of Cao Chengsi leaving, and realized that the person in front of her was not a loyal minister, and he may have been tricked before.

She looked at the little emperor in the hall, and a trace of bitterness flashed in her eyes, how could Great Wei fall into such a change?

Starting from Cao Shuang, he couldn't find a loyal and upright courtier, only endless struggles, and endless careerists, and now, even a person who can entrust the government can't be found.

She thought that Cao Chengsi would be the one who could be trusted, but now it seems that it was just Cao Chengsi's disguise, and he was also an ambitious person.

……

After Cao Chengsi left the palace, he only felt extremely happy, after today's cleanup, his degree of control over the palace has risen sharply I don't know how many levels, although limited to the prestige of the government and the opposition, he can not completely control the palace, but he thinks that he is not in a hurry for the time being.

The next thing to do is to purge the former political opponents, those who are unwilling to surrender, those who deserve to be killed, and those who deserve to be exiled.

Cao Chengsi arranged the task step by step, but some people felt that something was wrong, so he asked: "King, aren't we ready to recover Hedong and Heluo?" ”

Cao Chengsi paused, looked over with the expression of a fool, the man naturally knew that he had said the wrong thing, and quickly lowered his head, Cao Chengsi looked at the others again, and took everyone's reaction into his eyes, and immediately knew that many people had questions.

So he groaned and said: "Our army was defeated in Hedong and Heluo, the field army suffered heavy losses, at least for a few years, there is no ability to attack, this should be known to everyone, even if I don't know much about military affairs, I also know that defending the city and attacking the city are different, you should know better." ”

Everyone nodded in unison, this is the truth, Cao Chengsi said again: "The Liang State occupies Heluo, but because of this, it is against the Yan State and the Han State, and my Wei State only needs to guard the pass of Cuihan and sit back and watch the battle in the Kanto region."

As for the land of Hedong, in the current Yan Kingdom, the counter-intrigue has just achieved results, and the struggle between the Empress Dowager of Yan and Murong Ke will not stop for a while and a half, at this time, if we attack Hedong, wouldn't it give Murong Ke a chance to get out of Jicheng?

Instead of fighting Murong Ke on the battlefield again, it is better to wait for Murong Ke to die in Jicheng, and then we will make a move, as long as we do not attack Yan State, the Empress Dowager of Yan State will definitely not let Murong Ke cross Taihang Mountain, and even we will soon be able to hear the news that the kingdom of Murong Ke, King of Taiyuan, has been changed. ”

Cao Chenghe's grasp of the psychology of the Empress Dowager Yan is too good.

Cao Chengsi's various actions, naturally can't hide from others, but at the beginning no one else reacted, they were directly taken by Cao Chengsi, and after returning to the mansion, many ministers who opposed Cao Chengsi immediately began to contact each other to overthrow Cao Chengsi's rule.

The intensity of the struggle between Cao Chengsi and the other factions had completely put the state affairs of the Wei state on the back burner, to the point where it was necessary to distinguish between high and low, and even life and death.

……

"Liangzhou rebels again!"

In Cao Chenghe's Jincheng Palace, the members of the shogunate all had gloomy faces, and he slapped him hard and said angrily: "Just one Liangzhou, in just one year, there have been two rebellions, this is a slap in the face of me, a great general."

I don't know how many people in the court are watching this king's joke.

It was too merciful to quell the rebellion in Liangzhou last time, and this time Liangzhou must be cleaned up heavily, so that Liangzhou can be completely settled. ”

Cao Xu stubbornly said: "Brother Wang, the Liangzhou rebellion last time suffered heavy losses, so this time we will rebel again, if we lose heavy losses again this time, our strength in Chang'an may be affected."

This time we must be cautious and cautious in quelling the rebellion, and we will kill in Liangzhou, I am afraid that it will not work, it will arouse the resistance of the people of Liangzhou, and the local people are fierce, once they are separated from the imperial court, I am afraid it will be Dong Zhuo's old thing. ”

Xiliang Dong Zhuo.

As soon as these words appeared, Cao Chengsi immediately calmed down, what he said is right, the fast land of Liangzhou is not easy to provoke, a carelessness is the result of the rebellion, and those Liangzhou people are all born good cavalry, brave and good at fighting, if the switch is repeated to put the people of the Western Regions in, it will be all over.

And.

Cao Chengsi suddenly reacted to one thing, "Although the people of Liangzhou are strong, the strength of my Great Wei Forbidden Army is even stronger, but when the last time the chaos was quelled, they suffered heavy losses, and those Liangzhou people always seem to be able to anticipate the enemy first, this matter is very wrong."

Could it be that someone in the DPRK sent intelligence to the people of Liangzhou and deliberately leaked the news of our army to the people of Liangzhou, which led to these tragedies in our army? ”

Cao Xu immediately nodded frantically and said: "Brother Wang, it is very likely, in fact, when my younger brother went to Liangzhou to rebel, he felt that something was wrong, my heavenly soldiers are the elite of Great Wei, even if they are brave in Liangzhou, but it is impossible to be the opponent of my army."

It must be that there are traitors in the court, although they did not participate in the secrets, but after all, they are in a high position, and these things cannot avoid them, they just want to weaken our strength through the Liangzhou rebellion, and then defeat us in Chang'an. ”

Cao Chengsi stood up and paced and frowned: "That's right, it must be the case, it seems that this Liangzhou rebellion, we can't go so quickly, first suppress the news, we will first be in Chang'an, find out those who have malicious intentions towards us and kill them, the rebellion in Liangzhou is just a trivial matter, as long as the Guanzhong is guarded, the four counties of Hexi are just a desolate place, and they can't enter the Guanzhong, and when we free up our hands, as long as the food is cut off, the people of the four counties will come to beg the Wang army to enter the four counties." ”

Hiss.

It's ruthless.

Cao Chengsi's understatement of cutting off food is not a simple matter, the four counties of Hexi have always been unable to be self-sufficient, and the population on that land has exceeded the upper limit of the population that can be accommodated after being relocated, so the four counties have always been a subsidiary unit of Guanzhong, because the four counties need food in Guanzhong to make a living.

If the grain in the four counties is cut off, then within a few months, the four counties will be full of corpses, which is no exaggeration, and the dead will not be 12,000, but 100,000, 200,000, or even more.

What would be the result if there was enough food for nine people in this world, but there were ten people?

Will it be for everyone to eat a little less and let everyone live?

No.

The result would be a frenzied carnage, and it would be nice to have five people alive.

Cao Chengsi let so many deaths in just an understatement, even his henchmen felt that a burst of cold spread throughout his body.

Would Cao Chengji be a good lord?

They were deeply skeptical.

In this world where Luo's has left countless imprints, all the holy kings have the same trait, that is, excellence in personal morality, that is, benevolence, that is, leading by example.

Since Bang Zhou, the holy kings have been those kings who are extremely capable and affectionate, because those kings who use imperial techniques have been targeted by the Luo clan for nothing, such as King Zhou Xi, the maker of the blood-colored Wang Ji who created the Luo Kingdom for a hundred years.

He has the power to use the means, if Luo's moral standard is not so high, King Zhou Xi can use benefits, such as giving land, promotion, people, and other benefits that are not allowed to be rejected by any prince, to pull Luo's into his camp, but unfortunately, he met Luo's, and Luo's refused to cooperate with such a son of heaven without hesitation.

So he could only sadly become a faint king of Bang Zhou, and was scolded by later generations until now.

Another example is King Zhou Yi, he was supposed to be a character who caused chaos in the country, but because of his benevolent character, Luo's supported him and finally achieved a great achievement, although he was not a holy king, but in Bang Zhou, he was a role that could not be ignored.

For a thousand years, when choosing allies, Roche has always given priority to that person's character rather than purely looking at interests, which has subtly influenced the world.

Until entering the Han Dynasty, in fact, there was still no great change, and the requirements of the people of the world for the Son of Heaven have become higher, and it is not a simple sentence that a good person can not be summarized as an emperor.

The emperor can kill decisively, but it is very simple, fair, the magnates want a fair, if the emperor has a double standard, it is disrespectful to the courtiers, and the magnates dare to draw their swords to the emperor, and the people of the world support this behavior.

Liu Qi, the former crown prince of Emperor Wen of the Han Dynasty, Liu Qi, the former prince of Jiujiang Li, died because of this, he killed the son of the Duke of Qi, if Liu Qi was not belittled at that time, everyone in the world was not convinced, and the law of the Han family would be destroyed.

Those emperors who are unwilling to follow these guidelines, those emperors who think they are supreme, have become faint kings, and even have been slandered by the previous one, this is the choice of the people of the world.

In other words, people in the world don't like the emperor who is mean and unkind.

Under this kind of atmosphere, people like Cao Chengsi will naturally be questioned, but in just a few decades, it seems that people like Cao Chengsi are not uncommon.

And.

No one stands up against this kind of person as clearly as Luo's, so the people of the world acquiesce to this.

Cao Chengsi naturally didn't know what these people were thinking, he had already begun to think about how to rectify his political enemies, those people were like hidden insects, they couldn't kill endlessly, why couldn't they obediently accept his rule?

……

After a short investigation, Cao Chengsi found that this matter could not be investigated at all, and after the clues reached a certain level, they would be broken, and he immediately knew that there was someone with a high status who was obstructing him.

But he proved at least one thing, that is, there was really someone secretly communicating with the rebels in Liangzhou, and this fact made him shocked and angry, which was completely beyond his expectations.

To some extent, he even doubted that the Liangzhou rebels were under the orders of a certain force, and this force was hostile to him, and what was even more terrifying was that he had no idea who was in charge of this force.

At the time, the Auxiliary Minister's henchmen, he thought that he had been cleared, and the rest were obviously his own people and his allies, and only a few people did not belong to him, but they did not have the ability to resist.

This is not normal!

At this critical time, Cao Xu sent a very critical news to Cao Chenghe, "The Queen Mother summoned her clansmen to Beijing, and also brought clan soldiers, and now she has entered the palace, and it is said that she will give her relatives the title of prince, and then take over the palace guards." ”

？？？

Cao Chengsi looked at Cao Xu speechlessly, and after a long time, he asked in disbelief: "Let the clan soldiers swagger into the palace?" The results are only known now? ”

He is stupid, this thing is really weird, his control of the palace is naturally not 100%, but how can he not let an army enter the palace without knowing.

Not to mention entering the palace, an army should have been discovered as soon as it entered the territory of Chang'an, and then it was killed halfway by mountain bandits with Wei weapons.

Cao Xu smiled bitterly: "Brother Wang, this army is said to have only a few hundred people, they pretended to be ordinary people to enter in batches, after all, the Queen Mother is the master of the palace, she ordered some people to enter the palace, this is really normal, but we didn't tear our faces with the Queen Mother, these unsubordinate actions, naturally dare not do it." ”

Cao Chengsi knew that Cao Xu was right, the queen mother and the emperor were the natural monarchs of this country, even his ancestor Cao Cao almost couldn't control Liu Xie, this was the emperor's natural advantage.

But he still couldn't stand things getting out of his control.

"Follow this king into the palace, this king is going to ask the queen mother, what is she going to do when she summons such a clan soldier over, and this king also wants to ask, is her clan really going to be an enemy of this king?"

Entering the palace?

Cao Xu looked at Cao Chengsi in shock, in his opinion, Cao Chengsi was completely dizzy, completely lost his usual composure, he hurriedly persuaded: "Brother Wang, when you enter the palace at this time, are you going to tear your face with the Queen Mother?"

If so, then the younger brother thinks that it is enough to send troops to besiege it directly, but if not, then it is better to treat this matter as if it is not known, and send someone to inquire later.

It's just a few hundred, and our strength is far from being comparable to hundreds, so my brother doesn't think you need to be so anxious. ”

Cao Xu's words were very crucial, and he successfully persuaded the angry Cao Chengsi to come back, he took a few deep breaths in a row, turned his head to look at Cao Xu and said: "I can't wait any longer, take down all the people on the list who may have secretly communicated with the Liangzhou rebels."

Then he fought with Liangzhou with one hand, and began to prepare to seize power with the other.

It is too dangerous to keep the Queen Mother and the Emperor still in their seats, and they must be removed from power as soon as possible. ”

Cao Xu wanted to speak and stopped, Cao Chengsi asked impatiently: "Just say anything directly." ”

Cao Xu lowered his head and asked: "Brother Wang, according to the current practice, the monarch of the previous dynasty is usually given the title of a county duke, we ......"

Chan Rang will give the royal family of the previous dynasty a decent look, the county duke of Longxi of Wei and the county duke of Liaoxi of Yan State, as well as the county duke of Liang State, are all in this mode, but it is a different surname to seize the throne, let the other party flatter Zongmiao.

If Cao Chengsi seized power, both of them were Cao's family, then it would be ridiculous to let the little emperor go to flatter the temple, Cao Chengsi frowned when he heard the words and said: "The little emperor is still young, and he occasionally feels cold and dies." ”

Cao Xu's body trembled, and he killed the king again, Cao Chao died in the hands of Cao Chenghe, but he didn't expect that now Cao Chao's son will also die in the hands of Cao Chenghe, "Brother Wang, where is the Queen Mother......"

The emperor can directly let him die early when he is young, and others will not feel that there is anything wrong, but the queen mother is an adult, and it is difficult to kill it easily, and it is difficult to cover up the leisurely mouth of the people in the world.

Cao Chengji could not bear such a reputation to ascend to the throne.

Cao Chengsi pondered for a moment and said: "The queen mother, this woman, you have to think about it, a woman who has lost her husband and son is always easy to handle, after all, she is a fool."

You go and deal with the Emperor's affairs first, I hope to see the results as soon as possible, and I can't wait to get to that position. ”

He lowered his head and whispered, "Brother Wang, my brother understands, so let's go down and make arrangements." ”

Of course, Cao Chengsi would not rush directly into the palace and kill the emperor with a knife in his hand, that was too rude, so if he did it, the day he became the emperor, I am afraid that it would be against everywhere.

He has so many eyeliners in the palace, it is not difficult to give the emperor some medicine, or create a little accident, a small child, the body is too fragile.

To put it mildly, even if Cao Chengsi doesn't do anything, whether the emperor can live to the age of ten is a big question, and from the perspective of past experience, even if it is the royal family, ten children can feed three or four, even if it is lucky.

However, Cao Chengsi was not ready to gamble, he wanted the emperor to die safely.

His goal is very simple, that is, to ascend to the position of emperor safely and securely, and fulfill his long-standing wish.

He had worked so hard for this goal that he had given up almost everything, and he could not fail!

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Killing the king and seizing the throne, conspiracy coup d'état, suddenly, the world seems to have returned to the era of decay, and a person's death represents the opening of an era.

The death of Emperor Wei was not unacceptable under the medical conditions of ancient times, but everyone believed that he died in a conspiracy, and this suspicion did not need evidence, it only needed to be born from the heart.

Because people believe that in that era, killing the king was an extremely likely thing, and the chaos of people's hearts in that era can be glimpsed from it. - "Zhuxia: Northern and Southern Dynasties"

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