After the spring passed, the weather gradually became hotter, and after staying in the palace for a long time, Liu Xie sometimes felt depressed.

It's not that Cao Cao is in charge of him and doesn't let him travel, except for a lot of etiquette, Liu Xie himself has nowhere to go.

And he has been wandering outside for too long, and after many years of unaccompanied, frightened days, he just wants to stay in the palace and be more stable.

There are also brocade clothes and jade food, the palace people are serving, and there are concubines on the side, and the night is not lonely.

However, it was still because of the boredom and the lack of food and sleep.

In recent days, many of the meals in the kitchen have not been appetizing, so that the internal fire is strong, and it is even more uncomfortable, no matter morning or evening, the taste of food is light.

And if you eat chickens, ducks, deer and pigs, etc., and you feel that it is too strong, you only eat a little full all day long, and your appetite is not filled.

"Recently, the climate has become hotter, so the food supervisor doesn't have to bother, those medicinal diets are not of great use, I still feel bored in my heart, and I have no intention of eating."

"Feel free to do it."

"Only, the slave maid will go and inform the food supervisor ......" Wen Rui, the regular attendant, immediately saluted and trotted away.

This permanent attendant is a palace person who was promoted this year, and he takes care of His Majesty in every way and takes care of him properly.

Liu Xie was deeply satisfied, and Cao Cao was also deeply satisfied.

Not long after, Liu Xie arrived at the courtyard of the dining room, and indeed only saw a few soup cakes, minced meat, and a bowl of rice, so he also frowned, and subconsciously looked at the regular servant Wen Rui.

The main thing is that I feel uncomfortable in my heart, and if I say casual, it's really casual? This is not the food of ordinary people's families, why is it still served to the palace?

"Your Majesty, try to eat." Wen Rui smiled and persuaded in a low voice, "I heard that this is a new delicacy of the food supervisor, although it is simple but it is secretly wonderful, they said, Your Majesty will understand it if you eat some......"

Liu Xiehu looked at him suspiciously, frowning slightly, but he didn't intend to be embarrassed, he slowly walked to the main seat and sat down, beckoned the palace people to bring the dinner plate over, and looked at the bowl of soup cakes in front of him.

and a lot of side dishes and dim sum, at first glance, there is nothing wonderful about it, it is just ordinary people's household food.

"Your Majesty, this soup cake is often eaten by the prime minister, and it is said that when he is tired of dealing with official business late at night, he will order someone to cook a bowl."

"Oh, I see," Liu Xie also expressed his interest, since the prime minister likes to eat, it doesn't hurt to eat some.

"The prime minister has been frugal all his life, and his family style is quite strict, and most of the Cao family are incorruptible people, alas, except for Bo Chang Aiqing...... However, he is a son-in-law, and he is not a member of the Cao family, which is understandable. ”

Liu Xie also had a headache recently, that is, the imperial history began to participate in Zhang Han's crimes again, mainly the crime of enriching his own pockets and misappropriating the court's expenses.

In fact, Liu Xie is also an understanding person now, he knows that Zhang Han is good at this, and the routes planned by these businessmen are all planned by Zhang Hanli, and if he is greedy for ink, he will turn a blind eye.

However, Liu Xie didn't expect that what was said in the chapter was that Zhang Han used all the money to arm his black robe and armor.

The armor is as fine and meticulous as the general's armor, and the craftsmen alone have recruited hundreds of people, and if it is according to the words in the recital, they must be held accountable......

Liu Xie wanted to close his eyes and let him pass over, as if he was a little unconvinced.

"Well, that's it."

Liu Xie put aside these troubles, took a sip of soup with a spoon, and then said "Huh".

The taste is not as bland as ordinary soup cakes, and there is no greasy chicken soup.

The taste is just right.

"This soup cake tastes good and is quite fragrant, who made it?"

Liu Xie took another bite, looked at Wen Rui and asked, and immediately said without waiting for an answer: "This smell is different from usual, I don't know how to describe it." ”

"In short, the taste is a little heavier, but not too greasy, let him come to see me quickly."

"Back to Your Majesty, when the slave maid tried the food before, she also thought it was delicious and asked how it was made, but the cook said that she didn't know, just adding a seasoning called chicken essence, which can make the soup delicious and flavorful, not as monotonous as before......"

"Oh, where did this come from?" Liu Xie asked curiously.

"Yes, what the prime minister sent should be a rare treasure, extremely precious, so it was sent to the food supervisor to present to His Majesty."

"The people from the Prime Minister's Mansion also said that if this thing is put into the dishes that are fried on weekdays, it can also add a lot of flavor."

"That's it, quick, hurry up and order the kitchen to cook a few more dishes."

Of course, Liu Xie was very interested, and if this thing could be placed in other dishes, it would mean that it could add flavor to it.

When Wen Rui heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and then immediately clapped his hands and said yes, and trotted away.

Your Majesty is finally willing to eat freely, "Hurry up, follow me to the food prison, find a cook, and use that chicken essence to make a few more dishes!" ”

Liu Xie feasted that night, and felt a little more taste of everything he ate, and he was full of praise as soon as he entered his mouth.

After Cao Cao heard about it, he quietly left and returned to the Prime Minister's Mansion to govern.

At the same time, he also ordered Shang Shutai to send all the recitals of the officials in the imperial history to the Prime Minister's Mansion.

Cao Cao didn't want to read it before, because he had a backlog, and he planned to keep backlogging these pieces, and by the time of the autumn harvest, as long as the grains were abundant and there were harvests in various places, it didn't matter if these pieces of impeachment were played in the imperial history.

Naturally, there will be new things to do to keep these backlogs in the dust.

Anyway, if there are any officials who are not observing, unkind, and incorruptible, the school government has more detailed information, and Cao Cao knows it clearly.

The way to deal with it is also very simple, if your own people are involved too much, you can punish a little, in order to warn others, a bowl of water to the level.

If your own people are not involved, you can be punished and dealt with seriously, so as to strengthen this clean and strict order and correct the atmosphere of the court.

If it's all his own people, then he doesn't care about 3721, go and scold Zhang Bochang first, he can't be wronged, he must be indispensable in this troubled water, maybe the water is muddy.

Cao Cao's heart is like a mirror, stable as Mount Tai, and all kinds of situations are clear how to deal with it, and now he is naturally in a good mood and can take a look.

However, it is possible to watch it now.

Cao Cao looked at it for an afternoon, and several of the recitals were all about Zhang Han's greedy and private affairs, and he used the money used to expand the construction of the court to fill his black robe and armor.

Seeing that later, Shang Shutai's literary Peng has been waiting on the side, and he even has to say a word to Cao Cao.

After reading the recital sent by Shang Shutai until the afternoon, Cao Cao smiled and said to the literature: "I often don't think about building in the office, but I first replenish the armament and expand the armor and cavalry, and I say that this crime is as if he is enriching his army privately." ”

"Hehe, but these people, don't you know that the black-robed armored rider is my soldier and horse? When the army first formed, this was the cavalry that guarded my left and right, and it was also the most elite under my command, on a par with the tiger and leopard cavalry. ”

"Cheng, what the prime minister said is extremely ......" Literary Peng lowered his head in shame, although he had nothing to do with these pieces.

At this time, Yang Xiu came into the lobby from outside and said loudly: "The reason why the capable person is the capable person is that he has his academic origin, his talent and aura, and he can adapt to changes; And the reason why Changsheng can always win is because of the heavy money to build, elite armaments, coupled with day and night drills, and can win battles. ”

"And the victorious army, once there is a defeat, I am afraid that it will collapse, because the prince knows its military theory well, only continue to train, expand the armament, select war horses, so that the soldiers and horses can maintain the ability of courage at any time, until the generations of people go forward and succeed, there is still the name of victory, therefore, it is said that the capable person often wins."

"You can go back and report to Shangshutai, and there are already several articles submitted for the Secretary of State and His Majesty the Holy Driver to discuss."

Cao Cao looked at Yang Xiu with satisfaction, and said with a smile: "Dezu is here." ”

"See Prime Minister," Yang Xiu stepped forward and bowed his hand, neither humble nor arrogant, his face was calm.

Cao Cao nodded and asked him to go aside, first ordered the literary Peng to leave, and then retreated left and right, but Guo Jia has been behind the screen, secretly watching the coming, standing in the dark, and the face of the literary Peng when he came and went, he remembered it in his heart.

At this time, Yang Xiu gave his hand again and said, "Zhonglang will order me to report to the prince." ”

"Sure enough, it's Jizhou's handwriting."

Cao Cao said "um", his face was pale, and his eyes motioned for Yang Xiu to continue.

"A few days ago, Xiu received a letter from Jizhou, and many of the protégés of the family back then still have a relationship with their father, and there is still a sense of wooing in their words."

"In accordance with the will of General Zhonglang, I secretly intercepted many letters from the ministers of the DPRK and China along this road."

"In the future, the envoy will be arrested and sent to prison, and he will change his henchmen to deliver a message to the messenger, which can make this way quiet, and he will secretly find out more news in the future."

"Well, to the point," Cao Cao nodded with satisfaction, and immediately reminded with a slight urge.

He looked at Yang Xiu as if he was a little proud, so he was as formal as holding the reins and pulling the horse's head.

In the past, Bo often said that Yang Xiu is a material that can be made, that is, he is happy and contented, and occasionally has wonderful ideas, and he will always say proudly, so he needs to keep beating.

Cao Cao and Guo Jia had both received Zhang Han's advice, and they had nothing to do to beat him more.

lest he cause any great calamity in the future.

Yang Xiu also felt that he had made an old mistake again, and when he talked about secretly continuing this letter path, he was indeed a little carried away, and accidentally expanded it a little.

Actually, just talk about the result.

"In the letters, there are hints to inquire about the current situation of the prince and marquis, and at the same time, he also wants to win over people again, and secretly continues to publish rumors about the prince and marquis, wanting to make the prince and marquis punished again."

"However, this move will definitely not succeed, the Chinese of Jizhou does not know the status of the prince in Xudu......"

Yang Xiu said one more word, and Cao Cao's eyes immediately looked over.

When the two looked at each other, they were a little silent and quiet, and after a while, Cao Cao smiled and said, "Dezu, come and sit." ”

Although Yang Xiu didn't know why, he didn't hesitate, and slowly walked to the futon at the other end of the case in front of Cao Cao and sat down.

Cao Cao approached expressionlessly and said softly: "Child, you are still young, let me ask you again, do they know Bo Chang's status in Xu Du?" ”

"No, I don't know......"

No, I've already said it before, so I'm going to sit here and talk about it now.

Sure enough, Cao Cao had already shook his head.

Yang Xiu thought deeply again, sweat seeped out of his back, and under the tension, it was difficult to have unobstructed thoughts, and soon said tentatively and softly: "Do they know?" ”

Cao Cao still shook his head and sighed: "If it was Bo Chang, he wouldn't think so." ”

There is not much difference between Zhang Han and Yang Xiu, and Zhang Han is more than a year older.

can be regarded as a peer, and Zhang Han has no home education since he was a child, he has been displaced, wandered in all directions, and grew up eating hundreds of family meals, which is said to be the case.

Yang Xiu is the Hongnong Yang family, a famous family in the world, and few families in the world can match the depth of family learning.

And Cao Cao's words stabbed Yang Xiu fiercely, making him even more nervous, and even had no pride in his heart, and he didn't dare to say more.

It's not right to know, it's not right to know, what's the answer?

"Please, please teach the prime minister."

Yang Xiu respectfully bowed his hand, not daring to guess again.

Cao Cao slowly straightened his waist and said in a deep voice: "It doesn't matter, whether they know it or not, or whether Bo Chang's status is high or not, it doesn't matter." ”

"The purpose of using rumors to cause chaos in a place is to obstruct the harmony of our government decrees and the harmony of the ministers, as long as there is chaos."

"Bo Chang, it's just one of the purposes," Cao Cao stretched out a hand, and a hoarse and magnetic voice surrounded Yang Xiu's ears.

Hearing this, it dawned on him that he could understand one thing, and that it was true, and that it did not matter whether the letters had been intercepted or not.

If no one finds out, it is possible to incite the secretary of the Shi clan to attack Zhang Han or someone else.

If it is intercepted, the prime minister will also suspect that some people in the court have ill intentions and do not trust the officials, which will make it easier to become suspicious, so he will be angry and may strictly supervise him.

If the situation becomes more and more difficult, there will be no harmony between the DPRK and China, and sooner or later things will change, and it will only be a matter of time before they intrigue with each other.

No wonder, Jizhou will continue to send letters to Xudu to various officials, this is to sow discord, but in fact, it is a plan to create something out of nothing.

If the prime minister is not the master, and he is bewitched by him, he may secretly do what Dong thief did back then.

The heart of northern Hebei is also poisonous.

As for why Zhang Hou is always mentioned, there is no other reason, because he is the most arrogant and domineering Cao relative in the Ming Dynasty.

In this way, the prince's behavior over the years may have been deliberate, walking on the cusp of the waves.

Yang Xiu's eyes closed slightly, he turned his back to the sky, and sighed: "Thank you Prime Minister for teaching, Dezu has understood." ”

"Well, you did the right thing," Cao Cao smiled quietly, "Since you know his heart, you must not mess with it." ”

"You refute it with an article, which can make the hundred officials have nothing to say, and what I said just now is also a reason, Bo Chang has merits, and the black-robed armored cavalry under his command is the pillar of our army, these cannot be used as a reason to criticize."

Cao Cao had already made a decision in his heart, Zhang Han was regarded by them as a goal, and he used this as a point to spread out the net, so this momentum should be immediately contained here in Zhang Han.

After Yang Xiu left, Cao Cao returned to the inner room of the lobby, where Guo Jia was watching the farewell recital, and when he saw Cao Cao coming in, he immediately got up to greet him.

The two looked at each other and smiled, Guo Jia said: "The son of Taiwei Yang's family is indeed outstanding in literature and talented, but he is really quite arrogant and not calm enough. ”

"Compared with Bo Chang, there is too much cunning; Compared with Zixuan, he is less open-minded. ”

"As long as the two of them are here, Yang Dezu will not be able to make any waves in the future, and he can be a generation of capable ministers in peace and stability, and his name will remain in history."

"Hmph," Cao Cao smiled, agreeing with Guo Jia's opinion, among the younger generation, no one can compare to Zhang Han in terms of cunning.

And if it is about martial arts, it is impossible to find the second one, and even the newly arrived Zhao Yun loses half of Zhang Han's sinister points.

"What's next for the lord?"

"Well, I still want to see it again," Cao Cao said with a smile, "I always feel that this kid Dezu still has information that hasn't been told to me." ”

"When he reported it just now, the letter did not mention who the specific person was communicating with, it is estimated that he was arrogant in his heart, and he felt that he was framing, slandering, and intriguing when he said it, so he did not say it."

"I'm afraid, I'll have to ask the school government about this."

Thinking of this, Cao Cao stretched out his hand and pointed outside, and said, "Fengxiao will take a trip, go and call Zhicai for me to come over and bring information about this matter." ”

"Eh," Guo Jia nodded, and immediately turned away.

(End of chapter)