"Prince, yesterday I dreamed that I was covering the Emperor Liezu, what kind of omen do you say this is?"

In the Zhaoyang Palace, Empress Dowager Guo asked with a confused expression.

And sitting in front of him was an extremely kind-faced old man.

The old man looked extremely kind, always with a light smile on his face, his eyes were clear, no one could be malicious to him, at this moment, he sat respectfully beside the Empress Dowager Guo, and listened carefully to the Empress Dowager Guo's inquiry.

"After the death of Emperor Liezu, the Queen Mother bothered with state affairs, told the new monarch, entrusted the virtuous ministers, and worked hard for the great cause of Emperor Liezu, this is the foreshadowing of the dream."

"Prince, your reputation is known to everyone in the world, and there are some things that I can only ask you."

Empress Dowager Guo said with some sadness: "At the beginning, Your Majesty entrusted the King of Qi to me and let me teach me well, but because of my lack of talent, the King of Qi was so unreasonable, and he did all the evil things, and he could not inherit the great cause of the Liezu. ”

"I had no choice but to order him to be removed from the throne and driven to his fiefdom."

"However, Emperor Liezu originally had no children, and when he succeeded King Qi, he wanted him to inherit the mantle of Liezu, inherit his great cause, and not forget the sacrifice to Liezu and worship his temple."

"King Qi doesn't have such virtues, it's not enough to do this."

"Emperor Liezu had nine younger brothers, one of whom died young, and six died early, most of whom left no heirs, except King Ding of the East China Sea, who had many heirs."

"King Ding of the East China Sea, young and intelligent, deeply favored by Emperor Gaozu, and later Emperor Liezu ascended the throne, he was also very fond of him, and gave him the most rewards, made an exception for him to come to Luoyang, took his hand, and told me: This is my sibling!"

"King Ding's son Cao Chao, inherited his father's appearance and morality, after the death of King Ding, he voluntarily left his fiefdom, unwilling to enjoy himself, and kept filial piety for King Ding for two years."

"He regarded Emperor Liezu as his father and me as his mother."

"I often write letters to inquire about my situation, and every day I have to pay homage to the mausoleum of my ancestors."

"He is humble, and when the sages in the court were ready to support him as the emperor, he was afraid that he would not be able to live up to my expectations, so he repeatedly refused, and even wanted to cut himself, but fortunately he was stopped in time by the anti-auxiliary order."

"Now there is no one to worship in the temple of Emperor Liezu, and no one inherits his great cause."

"I want to adopt the noble townsman Cao Chao as the child of Emperor Liezu, so that he can succeed Emperor Liezu and become a rightful prince, I don't know what the prince thinks?"

After Empress Dowager Guo finished speaking, she stared at the face of the old man in front of her.

The old man was not the slightest surprised, and his face was smiling from beginning to end.

The old man is called Wang Xiang.

The protagonist in the story of lying on the ice and begging for carp!

Because he was extremely filial to his stepmother, he became famous at a young age and was a well-known filial son, and later, he repeatedly refused the requisition of the temple and became famous.

At this moment, his reputation is even more than Wang Su.

After all, humility and filial piety are the most important topics today.

He also took advantage of this to become the moral leader of Shilin at this moment.

Of course, he himself is also very capable, the ability to govern government affairs is very good, after being requisitioned, the career is soaring, and now he has achieved the position of the big farmer.

Wang Xiang participated in the "candidate war" between Empress Dowager Guo and Sima Shi, and cast a very important vote for Cao Chao to determine Cao Chao's position.

In return, Empress Dowager Guo also decided to canonize Wang Xiang, who had "meritorious policy", as Guangluxun after the emperor succeeded to the throne.

And Sima Shi also attaches great importance to this moral benchmark.

The Sima family needs the support of this moral leader very much, and they need the moral leader to testify for them in the future, and the Sima family is not a virtuous usurper, but obeys the mandate of heaven.

Wang Xiang's connections are very strong, and he is friends with many big clans, and he is not panicked at all in the face of any unexpected situation.

After Empress Dowager Guo spoke, Wang Xiang smiled and nodded.

"The Queen Mother is very thoughtful, she can do this."

During the late Han and Wei and Jin dynasties, it was very common to adopt the children of brothers' families without children, such as Cao Rong and Sima Shi.

Empress Dowager Guo sighed and said: "I'm just a woman, I shouldn't have participated in the major affairs of the temple, and there is already a precedent for King Qi, so I'm afraid that the sages in the court will oppose it." ”

Wang Xiang was also a little puzzled at the moment, he didn't know why the Queen Mother was so eager to build momentum for Cao Chao and make him orthodox.

Could it be that Sima Shi's side repented?

It's impossible, he's not quite the same as his father, and he's not a person who goes back on his word easily.

He said tentatively: "Queen Mother, since the ministers have agreed to support the noble township, they will not object to letting him succeed him, he is originally inheriting the mantle of Emperor Liezu, how can the ministers object?" ”

The Queen Mother said helplessly: "I heard that some people in the court slandered the noble townsman and wanted to support others as emperors. ”

Wang Xiang suddenly understood.

This is because he is worried that Sima Shi will regret it, so he wants to finalize this matter and doesn't want to make another accident?

Wang Xiang laughed, the things that supported him were not only the affairs of the Guo family and the Sima family, but also the participation of these people.

The things that everyone determines together are not something that the Sima family can change at will.

This must be that after Cao Chao refused many times, the Guo family was worried that the Sima family would mention the king of Pengcheng again, so he was determined to close the coffin.

After all, it's a woman's family, and I don't have any patience at all.

"The Queen Mother has been thinking too much, supporting the emperor is a major event in the world, and there is absolutely no reason to change it easily."

Wang Xiang said seriously: "What the Queen Mother said, there will definitely be many talents to support it. ”

The Queen Mother nodded, "Hearing you say this, I will be relieved, the noble townsman is young and filial by nature, and when he comes to Luoyang, he should ask for advice from a great sage like you, you should teach him as a teacher, so that he can learn the truth of filial piety!" ”

The Queen Mother's words sounded like an order, but it was essentially a transaction.

And how dare Wang Xiang refuse the Queen Mother's order?

He hurriedly got up and said with sincere fear: "The old minister has no talent and virtue, and he does not dare to be His Majesty's teacher, but he will definitely assist and advise His Majesty, so that he can live up to the mantle of Emperor Liezu!" ”

The deal is done.

Wang Xiang left the palace tremblingly on crutches.

The next day, the remarks of Emperor Liezu, the heir of the noble township, swept Luoyang, and many moral people expressed their hearts:

The king of Qi has no virtue and cannot sacrifice to the ancestors, and the ancestors must not lose their rituals, and should let the noble townsmen who are closest to him come to succeed.

This just hit the pain point of the Sima family.

After all, everyone knows how Emperor Liezu's sacrifice was interrupted.

Although the current Sima family is in full swing, it has not yet reached the complete body of Sima Zhaoshi, and it is impossible to ignore such a big problem as Emperor Liezu's decommissioning.

No one realized that the original fill-in-the-blank question of choosing one of the many sects had suddenly turned into a multiple-choice question between Cao Chao and Cao Ju.

Sima Zhao was furious, and immediately summoned many talents and asked them all to go to his mansion.

Immediately preparations were made to impose martial law in the city.

Just when Sima Zhao decided to have a big fight with this gang of dogs, a young and handsome man appeared here.

His presence interrupted the meeting.

This man was tall, gorgeously dressed, and had some arrogance in his eyes, but he was different from Guo Jian, and everyone hurriedly got up to meet him.

This person's name is Zhong Hui.

He was the youngest son of Zhong Xuan, a heavy minister of Cao Wei, and at the age of five he was extremely famous, well-read, and valued by Sima Shi, and later became an important staff member of Sima Shi.

He brought with him the orders of Sima Shi.

"General Yun: The court is loyal and good, and it is for the sake of the Liezu's posthumous affairs, and this good deed is also."

Sima Zhao frowned, hurriedly got up, pulled Zhong Hui to his side, and sat down with him.

"Shi Ji, what does the general think? If he agrees to them, then he will not be able to inherit all of Emperor Liezu's... If anything happens in the future, how can this be done? ”

Sima Zhao almost asked how he would ascend the throne in the future.

Zhong Hui tilted his head, his face full of confidence.

"With the general here, what are you worried about? What can we guess what the general thinks? ”

Zhong Hui has great respect for Sima Shi.

Sima Shi said that Zhong Hui was Wang Zuo's talent, and Zhong Hui also regarded Sima Shi as his Bole and assisted him with all his might.

When Sima Zhao heard the other party say this, he was immediately deflated.

Fortunately, Sima Zhao also trusted his brother enough, waved his hand, and let everyone under his command leave.

"I knew that I wouldn't support Cao Chao, this guy hasn't succeeded to the throne, so many things have happened, if he really succeeds to the throne, wouldn't it be even worse?"

Zhong Hui said solemnly: "Your Majesty has the virtue of humility and the style of a gentleman, isn't this the luck of the community?" Besides, how can a general call His Majesty by his first name? ”

Sima Zhao was stunned for a moment, looked at the young man in front of him who was more and more like a big brother, and immediately smiled bitterly.

"Okay, okay, okay, you have the final say."

"Your Majesty is wise!!"

"The Great General is wise!!"

Zhong Hui heard Sima Zhao's ridicule and immediately laughed.

"General, don't be impatient, these little tricks are not worth mentioning at all in front of the general."

"It's just grandstanding and asking for hardship."

"How dare the fires compete with the sun and the moon?"