Chapter 13: I Don't Force You
"The teacher is right!"
"I'm leaving."
When Cao Chao heard Wang Xiang's words, he immediately nodded in agreement, then stood up and turned around to leave.
Wang Xiang was in a hurry and hurriedly blocked in front of him.
"Your Majesty!!"
Cao Chao is not in a hurry at all, his teacher doesn't seem to understand the current situation, and he didn't come to you this time to discuss these things with you.
It didn't affect me at all.
Wang Su has ruined your reputation and disgraced your clan, and it has nothing to do with me.
If you feel that you are not qualified to refute Wang Su, then well, it's up to you.
Cao Chao looked at Wang Xiang in front of him, and his attitude was a lot colder, "Is there anything else going on with the prince?" β
Wang Xiang's grief and indignation at this moment are difficult to express in words.
How did it come to this?
As a pioneer of this new era, Wang Xiang naturally knows how great the influence of the classics is, and he is unwilling to deal with his own people for the sword in the emperor's hand, but the problem is that if he doesn't use this knife now, then his clan will have to do something.
It was hung on a cliff, and if you wanted to climb it, you had to drag your own people down and step on their corpses.
Wang Xiang looked at the calm emperor in front of him, and only felt a chill in his heart.
Could it be that he had already made all the preparations when he helped himself to the position of Taichang??
He looked at this face, his eyes slightly squinted, his face that could not be changed, and the corners of his mouth seemed to have a smile on his face.
What a kind of proclamation!!
Wang Xiang had no room to back down, he took a deep breath, "Your Majesty, the minister has never stolen it. β
Cao Chao waved his hand, not caring about these at all, "This is a matter between you and the prince, if you really don't steal it, even if you are the prince, you can't frame you, I will stand up for you." β
"It won't be long before the prince will come to you, so please be prepared."
"The Dongtang banquet over there is actually a good place to debate the classics."
Cao Chao seemed to have something to say, but he didn't explain much, and left Wang Xiang's mansion.
After the emperor left, Wang Xiangfang put away all his disguises, and he sat down in his place with a depressed face, his eyes full of despair at the moment.
The emperor has driven him to a dead end.
But Wang Xiang still didn't want to follow the emperor's train of thought, he had probably understood the emperor's train of thought now.
The emperor clearly wanted to meddle in the interpretation of the classics.
Wang Su said that he stole it, and explained by himself that everyone has the right to interpret it, and then the emperor will personally step down, saying that you don't quarrel, listen to me to be the referee for you.
This is a huge hidden danger for the new era of the Maison.
The emperor's manipulation of the classics can easily cause infighting among the ministers in the temple, whether it is to order the classics or to set standards for the classics, it can cause civil wars among the great clans.
If the classics are taken away, then there will be no difference between the big clan and Haoqiang, and the emperor will be killed.
Wang Xiang frowned, he must not let things go according to the emperor's ideas, and he must protect his reputation.
Gotta find a way!
Cao Chao sat in the carriage and thought about it seriously, with Wang Xiang's character, I am afraid that he will not be easy to comply, it is best to collect more talents in this area to fight for himself, the Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest, these people can try to win over.
Wang Su's return will definitely have a great impact in the temple.
But I am not afraid of them.
Cao Chao looked into the distance, this was his next destination.
The Chinese army battalion.
With the end of the coup d'Γ©tat, the traffic inside Yin in Henan had returned to normal, and the Chinese army left Luoyang and returned to the camp.
The defense of Luoyang County is mainly the responsibility of the county government and the captain of the city gate.
Luoyang Ling has not been replaced, but the captain of the city gate is no longer Xun Biao.
Today's city gate captain is called Zhuge Chong.
This person is the son of Taishan Taishou Zhuge Xu, of course, this is still Zhuge Liang's kindred.
And Zhuge Chong was able to serve as the captain of the city gate because he made a contribution to this coup.
He used to be an errand in Tingwei, but when the Chinese army entering the city took control of Tingwei's Mansion, this person actively cooperated with the officers and soldiers of the Chinese army, and provided information on the secret examination of Gao Rou and others by Tingweifu, which confirmed Gao Rou's rebellion.
Because of this kind of merit, in the era when everyone lost their officials, Zhuge Chong not only did not lose his official title, but was also received by the emperor, and was rewarded, and became the captain of the city gate, just like the emperor's confidant.
Zhuge Chong stood at the gate of the city, looking at the children of the big clan who were glaring at him in the distance, and only felt a little dizzy.
His reputation is now stinky.
Those children of the big clan wanted to go out, but they didn't dare to go directly, so they tried in the distance, obviously, the city gate marquis would not allow them to go out at will.
They directed all their anger at Zhuge Chong.
Good for you, villain!
With a loyal and honest face, he is timid and afraid of things on weekdays, but he deceived us all!
I didn't expect it to be such a ruthless villain, who actually gave us a knife at a critical time, and used us to climb in front of the emperor and become his henchmen.
Zhuge Chong's face was expressionless, just sighing in his heart.
At the beginning, his father sent him to Luoyang and instructed him to do his best to assist the Sima family, raise more fame, and revitalize the family in the future.
And that's exactly what he did.
He was deeply trusted by Zhong Yu in Tingwei, and Zhong Yu told him some of his thoughts, saying that the courtiers would do something to His Majesty, and when the time came, he would gather the Chinese army and eradicate the traitors.
What else could he think when he saw the Chinese army coming?
He really thought that this was the king sent by Zhong Yu to eradicate the traitors, so he decisively took out many files that Zhong Yu had prepared in advance to use to crusade against the traitors, and dedicated them all.
Thinking of this, Zhuge Chong wanted to give himself a few slaps.
He still remembered the suspicious look in the captain's eyes when he looked at him, and when the captain patted him on the shoulder and said that he was really a loyal minister of the temple, he still expressed his loyalty vigorously.
He sent Gao Rou in like this, and even his own people were sent in.
In a daze, he became the emperor's confidant and a traitor to the ministers.
And he was rewarded for it.
Now he has actually become the captain of the city gate, focusing on the defense of Luoyang, it's over, if my father knew this, he would definitely tie himself up and beat him to death.
But I can't be blamed for that, right?
At that time, it was clearly Sima Gan and others who came in, who would think that they were helping His Majesty do things?!
Just when Zhuge Chong fell into self-doubt, he saw a group of people and horses coming towards the city gate, Zhuge Chong hurriedly put down the thoughts in his heart and led the people to meet him.
Naturally, it is still Cao Chao who goes out of the city.
Cao Chao looked at Zhuge Chong, who was saluting not far away, and couldn't help laughing.
This unlucky bastard.
Cao Chao still remembers the wonderful expression of this person when he held his hand and felt his loyalty.
It is impossible for Cao Chao to let the Xun Yi family dominate, and the power of the Zhuge family in Cao Wei is actually not small, not to mention Zhuge Dan, it is Zhuge Chong's father Zhuge Xu, which is also two thousand stones, and later served as the big man of Jiuqing.
Zhuge Dan is a person, he is neither a loyal minister like Biqiu Jian, nor a thief like Sima Shi.
He is between the two, and he is an ambitious person who chases fame and status, and does not dare to do things too much because he cares about face and fame behind him.
Sima Zhao asked him to come to the temple, he dared to rebel, but Cao Chao asked him to come to the temple, so it's hard to say.
If he could, Cao Chao still hoped to subdue this Zhuge Dan through gentle means.
Although the soldiers under his command are not as frugal as Biqiu, after all, they are also the elite of the perennial war, and Cao Chao does not want to see his country's strength consumed in the civil war for no reason.
Nowadays, there are many vacancies in the temple, if he can give Zhuge Dan enough respect and let him be among the three dukes, Zhuge Dan may not be willing to continue to be a local emperor.
Historically, Sima Zhao asked him to come to the temple, and the official title he gave was Sikong.
Although Sikong is one of the three dukes, compared to the official of General Zhennan, he obviously does not have much attraction to him.
Of course, the temple officials are higher than the local officials, but if they lose their military power, Sima Zhao can clean him up at will.
The status of the generals of the four towns is slightly lower than that of Jiuqing, the general of the four expeditions is the same as that of Jiuqing, and the general of Wei, the general of the chariot cavalry, and the general of the hussars are higher than the nine qings and lower than the three dukes.
And the general is on an equal footing with Sangong, and even a head taller than Sangong.
Zhuge Dan cares a lot about officials and fame, and may be able to use this to recover his army in Yuzhou.
The candidate for the general of Zhenxi can completely let Wen Qin serve as the candidate.
Wen Qin and Biqiu Jian sat on Yuhuai, which was almost invincible in the Central Plains.
Letting Zhuge Chong come to serve as the captain of the city gate is the emperor's goodwill to the Zhuge family.
Cao Chao set off from Luoyang and galloped quickly in the direction of the Chinese army camp.
Inside the camp of the Chinese army.
Xiahou Xian frowned, sitting on the chariot, there were knights holding high the flag, Xiahou Xian just galloped back and forth in the camp, went to the stations of each battalion, and inspected the drills of each battalion.
For today's Chinese army, Xiahou Xian almost scolded.
Do you dare to say that it is the Chinese army in terms of this performance? If my father were still alive, he would have to be angry with you!
His eldest father, Xiahoudun, was the first general of Cao Wei.
During his period, the Chinese army was still Cao Wei's strongest combat force, and any foreign army had to give in, and the army was all the elite who followed Emperor Wu all the way out, and the division of a hundred battles.
It's only been how many years have passed, and the Chinese army has become so stretched!
This is also Xiahou Xian's failure to see the Chinese army forty years later, and the performance of the Chinese army in that period is the real anger of Xiahou Xian.
Xiahou Xian also led the Chinese army more than ten years ago, and the Chinese army at this moment is completely different from that time.
After Xiahou Xian took charge of the Chinese army, he began to practice drastically.
He extended Ma Long's drill methods to the entire Chinese army, first forcing out the pests that came to gild them, cleaning them out, and then promoting those armor and low-level officers who performed well in drills.