"Come, Ping, I've seen your eldest mother!"

"Aunt!!"

Guo Ping happily rushed to the Queen Mother's side and threw himself directly into the Queen Mother's arms.

The Queen Mother looked at the little guy in her arms, and then raised her head to look at Cao Chao.

"Why are you here?"

"Auntie, my father brought me here!"

At this moment, Empress Dowager Guo only felt a little messy in her mind.

Cao Chao doesn't care, these are trivial things, everyone will talk about it in the future, if you really want to be more serious in terms of generation, then there will be a lot of unbelievable situations in the world today, for example, Cao Chao's wife is Sima Yu, her mother is Xiahou Hui, Xiahou Hui's father is Xiahou Shang, Xiahou Shang is Xiahou Yuan's nephew, and Xiahou Yuan also has a niece married to Zhang Fei, and their daughter is married to Liu Chan, from this point of view, Cao Chao and Liu Chan are still distant relatives!

Even if you put aside this angle, there are many angles from which you can climb with these people.

Over the years, the big families have married each other, and the relationship has been so complicated that it is not clear.

Empress Dowager Guo looked at Guo Ping, her heart was very complicated, looking at his happy appearance, but she thought of her cousin who died early again, and there was some sadness in her eyes.

Her tone became much softer, "Have you ever eaten?" ”

"What do you want to eat?"

"Auntie, I ate before I came, I'm not hungry."

Empress Dowager Guo teased the child for a while, and then looked at Cao Chao, this is to ask Cao Chao to explain the situation to her.

Cao Chao looked at Sima Yu on the side and said, "You take the child back to the hall first, I still have important matters to discuss with my mother." ”

Sima Yu was like a good wife at the moment, and left with the child.

"Mother, I have found out the truth of the Sima family."

"Oh?"

"After I arrived at Sima's house, they were very polite to me, and they never neglected me, so I went to see Sima Shi, and I saw that Sima Shi was seriously ill on the couch and couldn't move, I thought, probably in the next few days, he will have to go on the road."

"In order to test their truth, I deliberately said that I would take the child away."

"Mother may not know that this Sima Yu originally didn't want to come to the palace, but because her son was in the Great General's Mansion and had to come, I wanted to determine their attitude through this matter."

"As soon as I spoke, Sima Zhao readily agreed, without hesitation at all."

"There is no threat to the Sima family anymore!"

"Congratulations Mother! Finally, this powerful enemy has been completely defeated! ”

Cao Chao bowed to her again.

Empress Dowager Guo couldn't help but ask: "Then why did Sima Zhao send troops to be stationed at the Luoyang City Gate?" ”

"This is to deal with those ministers in the DPRK."

"Mother, although you now have the support of the temple ministers, we are not really loyal to our army."

"The ministers of the DPRK and China are too deeply connected with each other to entrust them with important tasks."

"Now that Sima Zhao and the ministers are fighting for military power, Lu Yu has written to you?"

The Queen Mother nodded, and she said seriously: "He went to the book and said that he wanted Wang Guan and others to lead the army. ”

"But Situ Gong said that these people were originally close to the Sima family and could not be reused, so they were not promoted."

Cao Chao narrowed his eyes and said, "This Gao Situ also wants to arrange his own people to lead the army." ”

Empress Dowager Guo was also a little upset at the moment.

She thought that if she defeated Sima Shi, she would be able to achieve great things, and she would be able to control the ministers and live a life of one person, and there would be no more troubles.

Unexpectedly, after this Sima Shi became seriously ill, things in the court became more and more chaotic.

She felt like things were getting out of hand, and she didn't know how to continue her plans.

She looked helplessly at Cao Chao on the side, "My son, what should I do next?" ”

"Mother, the courtiers have their own ideas, so why don't we promote some people from low backgrounds to use for us?"

"We should have our own direct forces!"

"People who will not be left and right by the ministers will come and lead the army for us!"

Cao Chao said firmly.

"Look at the current situation, Gao Rou, Lu Yu, and Sima Shi are all competing for military power, and you, as the common respect of the world, will definitely not work if you don't have military power in your hands."

"As long as they can control the Chinese army, those ministers don't dare to say anything in the face of their mother!"

Empress Dowager Guo nodded and asked again, "Then how to do it?" ”

Cao Chao said solemnly: "Erchen wants to recommend a few people for his mother!" ”

"Lu Ruoling Jiaobo, Li Zhao, the captain of the Chinese army, once followed me, and was later dismissed because he was unwilling to serve the Sima family, both of whom you can trust!"

"Mother, you can order Jiao Bo to lead a battalion in the Chinese army!"

"There is also Ji Kang in Luoyang, this person is the marriage of my Cao family, a famous man in the sea, he can also lead a battalion of the Chinese army."

"There is also a famous man Lu An, this person is the son of Lu Zhao, the first Jizhou Mu, who is brave and martial, and often has the determination to serve the temple, and this person can also lead a battalion."

"If you count Li Zhao, there are ten battalions of the Chinese army, and my mother has four battalions in hand!"

"Let's start with these four battalions as a base and turn these four battalions into your absolute direct line!"

Empress Dowager Guo nodded thoughtfully, but asked again: "My son, even if the captain is appointed, but you said in the past that the generals and colonels under the captain are all relatives of the minister, what should I do?" ”

Cao Chao replied: "This matter is very simple, let the four of them reorganize the army, promote the soldiers who have made meritorious contributions in the past and are capable, and find an excuse to get rid of the generals from the family." ”

Empress Dowager Guo's eyes widened, "Will those ministers allow us to do this?" ”

Cao Chao grinned.

"Mother, this matter was done by Situ Gong in order to contain Lu Gong, no matter how bad it is, it was also done by Sima Zhao in order to curb the ministers after he won over his sons, what does this have to do with us?"

Empress Dowager Guo suddenly realized.

"But will this offend Situ Gong too badly?"

"No, Mother, you can tell him the truth, let him do it!"

Looking at Empress Dowager Guo's wise eyes, Cao Chao spoke again: "In this way, leave this matter to me, how can I let you worry about these things?" I'll do it for you! Definitely won't disappoint your high expectations! ”

In these days, Cao Chao has indeed contributed a lot, and many of the things he said to the Queen Mother have developed as he predicted.

At present, Empress Dowager Guo, Cao Chao's trustworthiness is still very high.

At least Gao Rou needs three or four times to shake her trust in Cao Chao, and Cao Chao only needs one time to make up for it, and then shake her trust in Gao Rou by the way.

It's just that Cao Chao's age has dragged him back, if Cao Chao is twenty years older, I am afraid that Empress Dowager Guo will trust him infinitely and leave everything to him to do, as long as Cao Chao can show such respect as he is now.

Empress Dowager Guo's biggest ambition is nothing more than wanting to be valued by others and respected by others.

She doesn't have any ambitions to change the dynasty or establish a thousand-year-old clan, she is a person who is seriously insecure, needs to be cared for, needs to be needed, and proves her worth.

She has participated in so many things now, and the most extraordinary thing she has done is just to show off in the palace and let those armor generals salute her.

Compared with those vicious wolves and tigers in the DPRK, this is simply a harmless little lamb for humans and animals.

Cao Chao likes this queen mother too much.

yes, that's great.

Cao Chao didn't want to get rid of the Queen Mother's idea, for the current Cao Chao, the Queen Mother is still a very good backer, although she is not so reliable, but she will not take the initiative to cause trouble, the ministers make a fuss about her, Cao Chao can know it for the first time, how good this is.

Cao Chao didn't say anything more, and told the Queen Mother some interesting stories, and when the Queen Mother was a little tired, she resigned and left.

After walking out of the Zhaoyang Palace, Cao Chao continued to think of his plan.

The current chaotic situation is the best time to increase your own power.

The ten battalions of the Chinese army are all warriors of the Great Wei.

If he could, Cao Chao didn't want to start a civil war, these people were originally his own armor soldiers, why should he shed blood for the personal contradictions of those ministers?

Cao Chao wants to have the Chinese army, and whether it is the position of the leader of the army, the middle protection army, or the middle support army, they are too important and are stared at by countless people.

Cao Chao just wants to start, and there is no one in his hand who can get these positions.

If you want to seize this position, you can only meet with Zheng Yuan, and then release the pressure on the clan and find a few people with enough fame and seniority to take over.

The position of the lieutenant is also important, but the impact is not as great as that of the above.

Today's Chinese army is particularly chaotic.

Sima Zhao dismissed Guo Li, and he himself was the general of Zhengxi and the leader of the Central Army, which was regarded as the highest commander of the Chinese army, and he took over the Zhonghu Army with his younger brother Sima Gan, and asked Deng Ai, the assassin of Yanzhou, to enter Beijing as the Zhongfu Army.

In terms of the selection of school captains, he placed his son Sima Yan, henchmen Yin Damu, Cheng Qi and other cronies in the positions of many captains in the Chinese army.

But Lu Yu is also constantly seeking these positions, constantly going to the table, and winning over many of the original captains.

Today's Chinese military captains are very complex, and because of each other's kinship, it is difficult to figure out who is who.

Cao Chao can push out some people, let them take over the position of captain, and then slowly figure it out, complete the purge of the Chinese army, and let them become the real division of the Son of Heaven.

But what worries Cao Chao the most now is that none of his cronies know about soldiers.

They have no experience in commanding the army, although this does not prevent them from taking the position, but the next purge of generals and colonels and training of the army all require a certain level, except for Li Zhao, who is from the military, the rest of the people may not be able to do these well.

However, Cao Chao has an excellent candidate here.

Malone.

At this time, Ma Long was depressed, because his background was too low and he couldn't get the opportunity to progress, Cao Chao was willing to give him a chance.

As long as Malone comes to Luoyang, then everything will be fine.