In the depths of winter, Luoyang is already covered with snow.

After more than a year of palace fighting, Queen Guo defeated Zhen Mi and successfully entered the Changqiu Palace and became the new queen of Cao Wei.

Zhen Mi could not escape the doom of history, and was framed by Queen Guo with good and jealousy, which caused Cao Pi to be furious, so he sent an envoy to give him death. Zongsun Ying tried every means to save Zhen Mi, but for fear of angering Cao Pi and offending Queen Guo, she had to keep silent.

Zhen Mi was worried that after his death, the young Cao Ei would have no one to take care of, so he sent a secret letter to Sun Ying, asking him to take care of Cao Ei. Sun Ying, out of gratitude to Zhen Mi, agreed to come down.

In the warm hall, Cao Pi began another day's work under Sun Ying's 'tongue' service.

After a rain cloud, just when the two of them were warm, Sun Ying wiped her tears and secretly sobbed alone.

Cao Pi felt that her beauty was crying, and wondered, "Why did Ying'er cry suddenly?" ”

Sun Ying wept and said: "The concubine is an ominous person, but fortunately, His Majesty has been favored for a long time, but she is not pregnant. It is expected that after the concubine is old and decrepit, she will stand alone, alone, how can An not be sad? ”

"This~"

Cao Pi showed embarrassment, since he had an affair with Sun Ying, it has been about two years, although it can't be said that he is lucky to be pampered every night, but the number of pampering is not less. Now that Sun Ying can't conceive a child, he is helpless.

Holding Sun Ying, Cao Pi comforted and said: "With Ying'er's identity, how can you say something like a lonely old man? In the future, the palace people will serve left and right, and I will come to Xingying'er from time to time, how can I say anything? ”

Sun Ying wiped her tears and said: "The concubine has a humble identity and has no ambitions, so she does not dare to serve His Majesty for a long time, but hopes to give birth to an heir and be the queen mother of the princes." But God doesn't bless me, and the concubine's wish will not come true! ”

Listening to Sun Ying's crying, Cao Pi had mixed feelings in his heart, and the excitement was stimulating, but the guilt was too heavy.

Cao Pi frowned and asked, "I will come to favor more in the future, to see if I can let Ying'er conceive an heir, how about it?" ”

Hearing the slight impatience in Cao Pi's words, Sun Ying said cautiously in order not to disgust Cao Pi: "Although Queen Zhen deserves it, her son is mostly innocent. And the plain marquis lost his relatives at a young age, which is pitiful. The concubine is guilty of heaven, but she wants to be pregnant. ”

"The concubines and the descendants of Zhen are all the heirs of His Majesty. When the concubine saw that the prince was lonely and miserable, she couldn't bear it in her heart. I don't know if His Majesty can allow the concubine to raise the Pingyuan Marquis, which not only relieves the pain of the concubine having no children, but also makes the prince of Ping's mother suffer from losing his mother. ”

Zhen Mi let Sun Ying enter the palace and wanted to compete with Queen Guo for favor. Now Zhen Mi was tripped and killed, Sun Ying felt the crisis, and in order to protect herself, she had to take the initiative.

In a crisis, Sun Ying sought Sun Quan for advice.

Sun Quan, the master of power, saw Queen Guo's congenital deficiencies at a glance. Queen Guo has no children, no children and no prince. Therefore, Sun Quan suggested that Sun Ying could overthrow Queen Guo by supporting Cao Rong as the crown prince and by relying on her mother and son.

Sun Ying listened to Sun Quan's suggestion and decided to ask Cao Pi to issue an edict to give Cao Ei to her to raise on the grounds that she had no heirs.

Cao Rong is the son of Zhen Mi and was first crowned Duke of Qi. Now because his mother was given death by Cao Pi, Cao Rong, who was implicated, was demoted to the Marquis of the Plains, and he was not treated by the princes.

Although Cao Ei is not welcomed, he can't stand Cao Pi's knees There are not many princes, either died of premature death or died of illness, and the candidates who are really qualified to compete for the crown prince, plus Cao Ei himself, only two or three princes. The operation is at the moment, Cao Rong wants to become the prince, and after succeeding Cao Pi, it is not difficult.

Gai didn't expect Sun Ying to want to adopt Cao Rong, and Cao Pi was a little caught off guard.

After pondering for a long time, seeing Sun Ying so pitiful, Cao Pi relieved himself and said: "Ying'er has this thought, how can I not be!" ”

"Come on, order Sun Qing to write an edict, and from now on, the Marquis of Pingyuan will be raised by Mrs. Sun!"

"No!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty, concubine!"

Sun Ying showed the big white headlights and knelt down to thank Cao Pi.

Seeing the temptation of the beauty like this, Cao Pi swallowed his saliva, and finally took care of the Zhuqing in the hall, and finally removed his eyes.

Under the service of the attendants, Cao Pi went to see the ministers in court clothes.

In the hall, Cao Pi sat on the couch, forgot the charm in the inner palace, looked at the ministers in the hall, and asked: "Ma rebels have no king and no father, turn his back on the Heavenly Empire, Yin Lianshui thief, and divide Longyou." The general of the army wants to raise troops to recruit Longyou, I don't know what you think? ”

After Cao Zhen repelled Liu Bei and Lu Xun, Cao Zhen was promoted to the general of the army by Cao Pi because of his merits, and he was in charge of the armies of Yong and Liang in Guanxi.

After becoming the general of the Shang Army, Cao Zhen specially requested to attack Longyou according to the letters deliberately left by Lu Xun and learned that the Southern Han had the intention of attacking Longyou.

The official Shangshu Wei Zhen got up and replied, and said: "Your Majesty, although Lu Xun and Ma Chao are fighting for the second county of Longnan, but Ma Chao is forced by the situation, and has made an oath with Lu Xun to make an oath to each other. ”

Cao Pi frowned slightly, and said: "Ma rebelled against Longyou, and the water thieves went on a northern expedition one after another, if our army did not take the opportunity to use troops, just closed the city and held without fighting, wouldn't it be a big increase in the might of the enemy?" ”

Sima Yi pondered for a while and said: "Your Majesty, there is a danger of Longshan in Longyou, and you need to take the Longdao in Guanzhong, which is thousands of miles long and hundreds of miles short. Today, Ma Chao blocked Longdao, and sometimes Lu Xun used troops as support, and there was no national army, which was not enough to go down to Long. ”

"In the past, according to Longyou, even if Guangwu raised his division in person, he couldn't go down quickly. If the army is trapped in Guanxi for a long time, Liu Bei and Huo Jun will definitely take the opportunity to raise troops. And Your Majesty should not forget that Liu Feng is slightly on Luo, and the place where the business is no longer available, and the division is in danger. ”

Cao Pi stroked his beard and groaned, and said, "I don't know what Zhongda thinks? ”

"Easy first, then hard!"

Sima Yi arched his hand and said: "Liu Feng is rough and martial, not a general. Liu Bei stayed on the side of his residence and wanted to use the Jianghan soldiers and horses as help, but today the cold ground is freezing, the Danshui is dry, and the boats have no help. ”

"Your Majesty can send Guanzhong, Sili, and Jingzhou to march together, and between the ten months, Liu Feng will be killed, and Shangluo and Wuguan can be built."

"What if Liu Feng holds on to the city?" Cao Pi asked.

Sima Yi replied: "The strength of the water thief lies in the waterway, if he abandons the water to save him, he should use his own shortcomings to block the interests of our country." When the elite soldiers are attacked, and the cavalry is sent to plunder the grain road, the water thieves cannot hold on for a long time, and they will be defeated by our army. ”

"What about the following?" Cao Pi asked.

"If Your Majesty wants to march south, you need to watch the movements of the water thieves and horses, and then discuss the matter of raising troops to levy. As follows, His Majesty can send a large army to the south; If Longyou is turbulent, His Majesty can order the army to go west. Sima Yi said.

Cao Pi frowned and thought slightly, then looked at Jia Xu and asked. "Does Jia Gong have a high opinion?"

Jia Xu, who lowered his eyes, seemed to be awakened, and said: "Your Majesty is in China, and you should rule the world peacefully with virtue and literature." Water thieves are not small countries, relying on mountains and rivers, Liu Bei is eloquent, Huo Jun sees the strength of the army, and Zhuge Liang is good at governing the country. According to the danger, boating in the rivers and lakes is difficult to plan. The way of using troops, win first and then fight, measure the enemy and judge the generals, so there is no last resort. ”

"Liu Bei is in the Northern Expedition, and the reason why he has gained something. In fact, because of the mutiny of Tang Zhi and Ma Chao, if there is no chaos between the two, Longyou and Xu Huai are in the hands of His Majesty. With today's downward trend, the minister thinks that it is advisable to put literature first and then martial arts. When you can go down, you can go down first, defend in the east and attack in the west, and curb Huo Jun's intention to pass through the Jianghuai. ”

Seeing that the left and right did not agree to the large-scale southern expedition, Cao Piduo was a little dissatisfied. But he also knew that what Sima Yi and Jia Xu said was not unreasonable, and there was no good opportunity for the army now, so it was better to solve the scourge of Liu Feng first, and then wait for the opportunity to go south.

"For the time being, Cao Zhen, the general of Shangda, and Xiahou Shang, the general of Zhengnan, were ordered to send troops and horses to seize the land of Shangyu. The general Zhang He led 10,000 troops, starting from Hongnong, and marched through the road, and the three armies took Shangluo, so that the three armies should be quickly decided! ”

Cao Pi commanded left and right, and said: "Order someone to appease Ma Chao, so that he must not violate the territory, if there is a violation of the order, I will send troops and horses to attack him." ”

"No!"

Finalizing the military affairs of attacking Shangluo, Cao Pi asked: "When the first emperor set the Central Plains, there were two or three hundred thousand elite soldiers. Today, he has repeatedly fought with thieves in Henan, and many of his troops have withered. Although there are many soldiers in the country today, there are not many people who can use them. And the Henan states have been repeatedly defeated by Huo Jun, and the defense is more than enough but the battle is insufficient, how should these two policies be solved? ”

"Your Majesty, you should order the governors and counties to drill the soldiers on schedule, and the people who will patrol the states and counties to inspect the military affairs."

Sun Quan said: "Henan Prefectures have been repeatedly warned, although the nationality is not abundant, but there are many people. The first emperor edicted the people to join the army, but now they can conscript the people to join the army, or make them obey the conscription. ”

In terms of exhausting and fishing, Sun Quan's ability is extraordinary. When Cao Cao implemented the tuntian system, in order to reduce the burden of the tun peasants, he did not let the tun peasants serve in conscription, nor did they let them fight in the army.

With the destruction of the tuntian system, many tun farmers have been conscripted to serve in forced labor. Now Sun Quan simply suggested that Cao Pi increase the oppression of the peasants and let them fight in the army.

When everyone in the hall heard this, their expressions changed. If Sun Quan's method was implemented, these Cao Wei's tuntian systems would have been destroyed.

Sima Yi retorted loudly and said: "Your Majesty, the first emperor ordered the household to modulate, and when the peasants were used to produce grain, the people served and paid. Today, if the tunnong is recruited into the army, the tuntian will inevitably collapse, and this is also a critical state matter. ”

The land rent borne by the people was very heavy, and the people could not meet the needs of the army to fight and pay high land rents at the same time, so in order to keep the army running, Cao Wei would not easily destroy the tuntian system, unless it was a last resort.

Historically, Cao Wei conscripted and mobilized the people to fight, except for the Xuchang Rebellion, which was during the Huainan Three Rebellions. When Zhuge Dan and Biqiu Jian set off a rebellion, Sima Shi recruited Tunnong into the army on a large scale in order to quickly defeat the two, so the total number of troops exceeded the number of previous periods.

"It is advisable to be cautious in recruiting tunnong into the army."

Xin Bi said: "If Your Majesty thinks that Henan has insufficient soldiers and horses, you can transfer troops from Hebei Prefectures to the south, thinking that it is beneficial to guard the border." ”

Cao Pi hesitated a little and said: "Jingzhou has few soldiers, and Hebei soldiers alone are not enough to defend it. There are many people in Yingchuantun, and they can choose to join the army to enrich Jingzhou. The border city of Henan can be sent to the brave warriors of the three states of Hebei to benefit it. ”

"No!"

(End of chapter)