The next day, the letter departed from Xudu and was sent to Wancheng.

And last night, there were indeed many scholars who were still discussing this time.

With Dong Cheng as the mainstay, in their eyes, the main thing is to feel comfortable and stable in their hearts.

Cao Cao's defeat in Wancheng should make him a little more comfortable in this year.

Sure enough, after going to court today, Cao Cao didn't say a word, although he was a general of chariots and cavalry, he didn't just mention armaments.

And above the main hall, many guards changed, and they had no opinions, just kept silent, and let the Son of Heaven arrange for a familiar general to be a guard.

Zhijin Wu Xu Zhen was not there, and Cao Cao did not speak.

And many Cao generals in the hall seemed to be angry in their hearts, but none of them had a seizure.

Xun Yu, Zhong Xuan, Sima Fang and others all saw it, so the morning discussion broke up unhappily.

The final result was that the Son of Heaven was replaced by at least three or four hundred people under Dong Cheng's Zhang Luo, and they were mixed into the Praetorian Guard, even better than Jin Wuwei.

Xu Zhen's internal guards were squeezed out of the sequence of guards.

After the dispersal of the dynasty, Cao Cao was the first to leave.

didn't talk to anyone at all, General Cao was a little angry, the eldest brother was quite silent today, and in the court, the three princes and nine kings were mostly on the side of the Son of Heaven.

Support the change of internal guards to the front of the Son of Heaven.

The rest, even those who were mostly bystanders, did not speak.

Even Zhong Xuan and Sima Fang didn't speak.

These two should actually be on Cao Cao's side.

Zhong Xuan is the chief of Yingchuan, and among the existing four long families, he is the most prestigious.

Sima Fang is Cao Cao's master, when Cao Cao was the captain of the northern part of Luoyang, it was Sima Fang who was promoted, so the relationship has always been very good.

Even, Cao Cao had already given Sima Lang, the eldest son of the Sima family, a heavy responsibility to return favors.

In addition, he is even more respectful and humble to Sima Fang, and respects him as an elder in the family.

Neither of them spoke, but only dared to be bystanders, and they must have been waiting for something.

The generals were angry and angry, and Cao Hong even scolded directly when he walked to the front yard on the way.

scolded a few words and was held down by Cao Ren, and asked Cao Zhen to take him away, and directly dragged him to the barracks to vent his anger, and he was not allowed to say more.

And Dong Cheng and the others, almost with the attitude of a winner, deliberately stayed for a while, and discussed with the Son of Heaven the grain reserves after the current autumn harvest.

He also talked about the disaster of the displaced people in winter in various places.

It is said that the rise is like really managing the government, for Dong Cheng, Cao Cao lost a lot of prestige by defeating Wancheng, and there is no more comfortable than today.

As soon as the Son of Heaven arrived in Xudu, he suffered a big defeat, so this opportunity cannot be missed.

The lower Cao Cao's prestige was, the more stable the position of the Son of Heaven would be, and the higher their status would be thereafter.

If you can slowly win over the Cao family and control the inner city, it will really be much better than Li Dao, Guo Yan, and Dong Zhuo.

Cao Mengde is really not like those Liangzhou barbarian martial artists, he is much easier to bully.

"Hahaha!!"

Dong Cheng walked out of the hall, immediately laughed, and walked out with Taiwei Yang Biao, Ma Taifu, Zhong Dafu and others. Although the rest of the people didn't speak, Dong Cheng had been planning for a long time, and there was the support of the Fu clan and other big clans behind him.

Naturally, I couldn't help but smile at this time.

"Ladies and gentlemen, you can see that in the hall today, the big Sikong is silent, and the generals of the Cao clan are red-faced and red-eared, but they can only watch us and wait for our words."

"I look at Cao Mengde, but that's the ...... Hey. ”

Dong Cheng, who was slightly obese, smiled and patted Yang Biao's back a few times, and leaned closer to whisper, with a lot of smugness in his eyes.

"For now, Sikong has never had any disrespect, and we are like this, isn't it suspected of persecution?"

"Ha," Dong Cheng immediately sneered, "Cao Mengde made it clear that he would go to Luyang, but he turned directly to Xu Du, and prepared the palace site in Xu Du early. ”

"Don't you understand his heart? The wolf's ambition is just to emulate Dong Thief and others and play with the Son of Heaven in the palm of their hands, how can they respect the Supreme like us??? ”

Dong Cheng's words made these old ministers a little uncomfortable, so everyone didn't speak.

Just silently listening.

Only Yang Biao cleared his throat at this moment and said in a deep voice: "Sikong doesn't know for the time being, but he has indeed never said anything disrespectful, although he was born as a eunuch, he is not as bad as a eunuch." ”

"That's why the Captain is willing to accept this position, right?"

Dong Cheng immediately asked, and after asking, without waiting for Yang Biao to reply, he continued: "If you can occupy the inner guard this time, you can actually make Cao Cao's power continue to decrease." ”

"I'll wait for the old minister to have a foothold." After he finished speaking, he glanced at Zhong Xuan and asked, "What does Captain Ting think of this?" ”

"Hehe......" Zhong Xuan chuckled twice, knowing that he had to speak, "Hmm...... It is fortunate that the Han is well, and it is not good to talk about it, if the son is gradually peaceful today, of course, he is very relieved, does General Wei not like evil? ”

Dong Cheng was asked by this rhetorical question, and it immediately became clear in his heart that Zhong Xuan had not made a decision yet, and he didn't seem to have much prejudice against Cao Cao.

In this way, it is completely different from Taiwei, Taifu and others.

Because of this, Dong Cheng said a lot less along the way, and the four of them tacitly knew it, and it was not embarrassing not to speak.

After walking for a while, Zhong Yu saw Xun Yu walking alone on the school field, and immediately separated from Dong Cheng and the others and walked towards Xun Yu.

As soon as Zhong Xuan left, many words could be said easily, and when he was by his side before, Dong Cheng didn't dare to say it clearly.

Because Zhong Miao is like an old fox, he has never clearly stated his position, but at any time he will explain that he supports the Han family.

"Hmph, it's okay to leave, Captain Tingwei really worries me, if you don't stand behind us at this time, how can you gain a foothold in Xu Du."

Dong Cheng immediately smiled behind his back, and the tone of his speech changed again Xu Du, Taifu, Taiwei, are now their own people.

Yang Biao has even expressed his dislike for Cao Cao many times, not only for him, but also for Cao Cao's background, his grandparents were eunuchs.

And the struggle and resentment between the scholars and the eunuchs have been accumulated over the years, and there is opposition from the bones, and the scholars themselves are high, even if there is not much intersection, this hatred has also continued to Cao Cao.

The people of the scholar clan of the Three Princes and the Nine Qings, but most of the famous people will secretly think that Cao Cao is "the eunuch is ugly", which is doomed, and not many scholars will sincerely befriend Cao Cao.

Xun Yu is already an outlier, not only abandoning Yuan Shao and joining Cao Cao, but also the friendship between the two is better than that of a folk husband and wife, understanding each other's hearts.

Yang Biao took a deep breath at this time, his chest was straightened, and he sighed with a serious expression: "The general can't be too complacent, we are in control of the current situation in the court for His Majesty, and the internal guards are only to protect its safety, and the court is stable. ”

"Captain, aren't you sure at this time? Although Cao Mengde has soldiers and horses, he will not betray the reputation of killing the lord and usurping the Han, so now he has no reason to forcibly control it. ”

"And these internal guards are all selected by the elite veterans of the self and other battalions, and they can gradually grow in the future——"

"The selection of people who can be used for us can be called the mainstay of the army, and in Jinwuzhong, Xu Zhen is already convinced that he is not a virtuous person, although he is not a wine bag and a rice bag, but his reputation for many years is just a promotion of the Cao family."

Dong Cheng was full of confidence and walked behind his back, the situation was almost in his hands at this time, and his mind never wavered, "I have been planning for a long time for today, and even Xu Zhenbu is included." ”

"Isn't it humble to resist the enemy by paying such a backbone manpower, and being cautious about the humble talents?"

Yang Biao was speechless, it would be good to say so, originally he only needed to guard against Cao Cao and many generals.

But for the sake of safety, they even found a way to transfer Xu Zhen away, so that no one among Jin Wuwei could speak out.

This is more convenient for the court, today is Cao Cao did not oppose much, if he objected, naturally there would be other officials to stand up and refute it.

Before he controlled the backbone ministers, it was absolutely impossible for the power to be too overwhelming, and the most interesting thing was that the Son of Heaven in the palace was still comforting Cao Cao today.

Let him say something about the scene of thanksgiving Dade, the atmosphere is set to such a situation, how can he have the face to come out and refute the matter of the internal guard.

Really, a big victory.

Dong Cheng kept smiling, full of spring breeze.

At this time, Zhong Xuan, who walked to Xun Yu's side, gave his hand first, approached and said: "Ling Jun, today's matter is quite strange, why don't you see Sikong refute, there is no emotion in the court, Guozhang, Taiwei and others obviously want to use the guards all over the imperial city and gradually control the city." ”

"Captain Ting," Xun Yu bowed deeply, his face remained unchanged, and he said: "What you think is common, you don't dare to speculate in the future." ”

"However, Sikong is still being tolerated by the Han Dynasty, and now he is facing enemies on all sides, not only Yuan Shao of Jizhou, but also Shouchun Yuan Shu, the princes of Yangzhou, and the princes outside the Guan."

"These people are all great enemies, if there is no commonplace to welcome them, Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu have no intention of welcoming the Son of Heaven, who else can accept this Han family bowl among the princes outside."

Xun Yu's words made Zhong Xuan's face gradually solemn, and he nodded secretly.

Xun Yu continued: "Yes, it is an eventful time, Sikong is already broad-minded, and it is common for him not to be taboo, after all, this is not the time to fight for internal friction, but the court captain must not forget, if there is no Sikong, I am afraid that some princes have begun to call themselves kings and emperors now." ”

"Who in the Han family can hold up this day?"

"Now it seems to be only Skunel." Xun Yu was sincerely emotional.

Although it is not as many as Yuan Shubing, it is not as good as Yuan Shao.

But his command is also full of talents, and now he is not fighting with Dong Cheng and others, because he doesn't want to fight with him, not dare.

Dong Cheng and the others don't know Sikong before, and they don't have any friendship, and before they came to Xudu, what they have been hearing is the comments of Sikong and others.

And when he saw Sikong with his own eyes, he might despise him because of his attitude of respecting the Son of Heaven, but Xun Yu firmly believed that it was not that simple.

Sikong will never really let things out of his control, not to mention that Xun Yu can also see that there is no one in the hall today who can really have a plan in the belly.

"Hmm...... So you know it below. ”

Zhong Xuan bowed modestly.

Xun Yu didn't smile, but he turned back seriously, and stared at him with deep eyes, "Captain Ting, have you already made a decision?" ”

"No, I want to wait and see."

Zhong Miao replied without thinking, and the two looked at each other stunned, but they both smiled lightly for a moment and walked out tacitly.

……

That night.

Cao Cao received a letter from Yuan Shao.

It was deliberately sent to Xu Dulai from Jizhou with great fanfare, making it known to everyone, and there were even replicas of letters circulating in secret.

Cao Cao may not have been the first to see the letter.

When he returned to Sikong Mansion and saw it, it made his heart even more blocked, and Guo Jia was beside him at this time, not daring to make a sound.

He wanted to persuade a few words, but he didn't know where to start, and even he felt a little at a loss at this time.

If this is to make the lord feel comfortable, I am afraid that he will have to wait for Xu Bowen to come back, but he is not there at this time.

Because Yuan Shao's letter was obviously ridiculing and suppressing the momentum of the lord, ruining his reputation, and further dividing the relationship between the scholar and the Cao family.

Telling the truth is heavy, and telling lies is not conducive to coming up with countermeasures, so everyone can be happier if they only tell jokes.

But the person who was the best at telling amazing jokes went to Chen Liu's official business.

"Humph!" Cao Cao snorted coldly, and he couldn't tell whether he was laughing or angry on his face, "My original brother, worthy of being a good big brother, has often helped me since I was a child, and even stopped in Dongjun at the beginning, all of which were borrowed from his face." ”

"Hehe...... Cao Cao suddenly smiled, "I didn't expect that even at this time, I would be willing to help me, my love and righteousness are unparalleled, and I will definitely bury him in the future." ”

Guo Jia: "......"

You know how to cheat against business, and now you can tell jokes and deceive yourself.

"My lord, what does the letter say......"

Guo Jia still instinctively wants to know, I don't know if there will be any clues to see.

Cao Cao sneered: "Yuan Shao is arrogant and rude, and he is extremely sarcastic, this letter still goes straight to Xu Du, I am afraid that it has already been spread among the ministers of the Shi clan." ”

"My original brother, maybe he was reluctant to give out those tributes, so he had to pay attention to the utility, he said that I hold the sword of the Son of Heaven in my hand, and I will still be defeated, and it has no effect and does not show the prestige of the Han family; Entering the city and surrendering, but he can still be burdened by the pickled trip, embroidered and reversed, scolded me for being ugly, villain's will, careful and narrow, and not right-minded. ”

After Cao Cao said this, he was quite helpless in the end.

Guo Jia immediately clenched his fists, resentful of Yuan Shao, and regretful for Wancheng, and sighed: "Of course this matter is inappropriate, An Min acted a little recklessly. ”

"What if Fengxiao has this need?" Cao Cao asked as if chatting and laughing.

Guo Jia frowned and recalled for a moment, shook his head and said, "I haven't experienced it, most of them are women who come to find Fengxiao." ”

Cao Cao immediately raised his hand to stop.

"Okay, let's talk about this letter, originally I had a plan to watch the fish in the muddy pond, and as soon as Yuan Benchu's letter arrived, I am afraid that how many fish are under the pond can be seen a lot."

"That's right," Guo Jia arched his hand and said: "I have sent secret agents into Xu Du, without the name of school affairs, doing school affairs, and cultivating a lot of dead soldiers, which can be used by the lord at any time, if this letter does not affect the strategy, you can read it for a few more days." ”

Cao Cao suddenly smiled easily, his face was very leisurely, as if he was not affected by emotions at all, and stretched out his hand to pat Guo Jia's shoulder.

"Fengxiao, how can I care about other people's words, your policy has not been affected, I am just worrying about Yuan Shao scolding me."

"Alas, my original brother, this letter really woke me up, since the Son of Heaven is the sword, I should really slash hard, how can I not show my grandeur? Right? ”

The corners of Cao Cao's mouth pursed, and he barely squeezed out a smile on his face.

Guo Jia's face was expressionless, he bowed to his side and stopped talking, but he was gradually irritable in his heart, and he couldn't help but want to hurry up and suppress these so-called old Hanchens who protected the son of heaven by means.

That is, Sikong took advantage of the free time at the end of the year and wanted to watch it for a few more days.

Here it comes!

(End of chapter)