The five hundred and ninetieth chapters turn the attack to defend the heart
Chapter 592: Turning offense into defense to test people’s hearts
Does Cao Cao want to be king? In fact, he doesn't want to. He is just testing everyone's attitude towards him, especially Xun Yu! Everyone present only has Xun Yu's heart, and he cannot grasp it. (du ka nk If Xun Yu is a waste
, or just more talented than ordinary people, he would not take Xun Yu seriously, but Xun Yu was a rare talent. In this moment of crisis, as long as he has strength, Cao Cao does not want to give up!
When Xun Yu said the words to ask Cao Cao to become king, Cao Cao felt at ease. He understood Xun Yu's thoughts. Otherwise, Xun Yu would never have said such a treasonous thing because of his loyalty to the Han Dynasty. But no matter what happened in history,
Cao Cao, and Cao Cao today, all misunderstood Xun Yu. Because from the beginning to the end, Xun Yu never thought about betrayal, and his heart was always loyal to Cao Cao! Unfortunately, his behavior made Cao Cao misunderstood! However, it doesn't matter anymore,
Because at the last moment, Xun Yu showed his intentions!
"Damn Liu Xie, how dare you contact foreign ministers to plot against me when I'm in the most danger? Don't blame me for being ruthless!" Seeing that his cronies all agreed that he would become king, Cao Cao's eyes flashed with a gleam, and he was ready to kill his subordinates
Clean it thoroughly! Turning around, he ordered: "Send the Prime Minister's order and let Hua Xin take charge of the matter of conferring the king!"
"My subordinates understand!" Cheng Yu also understood what Cao Cao meant. He was still wondering just now why Cao Cao, who had never cared about fame and fortune, suddenly wanted to be king!
Seeing that Cheng Yu understood his idea, Cao Cao breathed a sigh of relief and said: "When all the troops are gathered, I will return to Shouchun. Wen Ruo, you should also go back with me!"
"This..." Xun Yu said hesitantly: "Prime Minister, if I leave, who will guard Xuchang? Who will guard Yanzhou? You also know that Hulao Pass is only a hundred miles away. If Liu Zhang leads his troops
Come on, except for me, most of the others won’t be able to keep it!”
"If you can't defend it, then defend it!" Cao Cao gritted his teeth and said: "The truth is, I will let Le Jin guard Xuchang, but he can't defend it! If Liu Zhang really comes to attack, he will block it if he can, and retreat if he can't! With the current situation,
Our army needs to shrink its territory to guard against Liu Zhang's army. Otherwise, the troops will be too scattered and easily defeated one by one!"
"What does the Prime Minister mean, to shrink all the forces to Yuzhou and then fight to the death with Liu Zhang?" Cheng Yu took a breath. If Cao Cao really planned this, Qingzhou and Yanzhou would be handed over to Liu Zhang. As for Xuzhou
, whether Jingzhou can be preserved depends on luck. However, speaking from experience, Sima Yi may not be able to defend Jingzhou!
"What else?" Cao Cao sneered; "Sima Yi is very ambitious. If it weren't for him, our army would have broken through Hulao Pass and entered Luoyang. Even Hebei and the two states were under threat from our army. But he did not try his best to stop it.
Pang Tong, let the prime minister’s plan fail! Not to mention whether Sima Yi can defend Jingzhou with his ability, let’s talk about the current state of our army. How can we defend such a large territory? Fortunately, our army has implemented strong walls and cleared the country in Yanzhou and Jingzhou. You guys immediately
Move the people from these two states to Yuzhou and Xuzhou! If anyone resists, they will be killed without mercy!"
"Prime Minister, this is not appropriate!"
In the hands of aristocratic families, we cannot send the common people to be their tenants or serfs!"
"Hmph!" Cao Cao said in a deep voice: "Wen Ruo, now our army is at the point of life and death. The truth doesn't care about anything else. I just want everyone to cooperate with the truth! Since the truth needs land, those aristocratic families must give it.
At worst, after Liu Zhang is defeated, the truth will be returned to them! You also know that with Liu Zhang’s policy, if they don’t help me, even if I am defeated, they won’t be able to keep even half an acre of land!”
"I understand!" Xun Yu nodded and said: "As a supporter of the Prime Minister, our Xun family is willing to donate land! Of course, we also ask the Prime Minister to consider the Xun family's past achievements and leave some land for the Xun family to support their family.
Live!"
"Don't worry!" Cao Cao patted Xun Yu on the shoulder and said, "I will never forget the contributions of the Xun family. After Liu Zhang is defeated and the world is unified, the Xun family will be the best family in the world, second only to the Cao family and Xiahou family.
Home!"
"Thank you, Prime Minister!" Although he knew that there were too many unknowns in Cao Cao's words, Xun Yu was still full of gratitude. Since the Xun family had placed all their bets on Cao Cao, he would not expose Cao Cao's shortcomings!
"Alas..." Seeing Xun Yu's actions, Cao Cao sighed. He really hoped that Sima Yi could help him like Xun Yu did. Unfortunately, not to mention that the Cao family was just a small aristocratic family that had just been established four hundred years ago.
The Sima family will not surrender to a family that has been established for thousands of years! What's more, Cao Cao has a bad reputation after being a eunuch!
"Lord, since Sima Yi has other intentions, why don't you recall him to Shouchun and get rid of him?" Xun Yu raised his doubts. In his opinion, Cao Cao was never a soft-hearted person!
"If I could get rid of him, I would have taken action long ago, but now he is still valuable!" Cao Cao sneered: "If Liu Zhang sends troops, it is likely to advance in two directions, passing through Xuchang, entering Xuzhou, and attacking Yuzhou. The other way
, from Wuguan to Jingzhou, and then to Yuzhou. The route to Xuchang is blocked by the prime minister personally, so there is no problem. But which route to Wuguan, which of you are confident that you can block it? Furthermore, Sima Yi still has an army of 300,000 people. If
If he dies, who can control these armies!"
"My lord, you have a good plan!" Xun Yu nodded and said, "First, use Liu Zhang's hand to destroy Sima Yi's power, and at the same time use Sima Yi to hold Liu Zhang back. It is indeed a good plan to kill two birds with one stone. I'm afraid, Sima Yi won't cooperate!
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"Don't worry, he has to cooperate!" Cao Cao said; "The Prime Minister has ordered people to put all the Sima family members under house arrest. If he doesn't cooperate, the Prime Minister will make the Sima family disappear!"
"Lord, there is one more question!" Xun Yu frowned and said, "It can be seen from Sun Quan's proclaimed king that Liu Zhang is quite opposed to proclaiming the king. If you proclaim the king, you will face Liu Zhang's boundless anger. Do you think you can stop Liu Zhang?
A big army?”
"Even if he doesn't claim to be the king, wouldn't Liu Zhang be right with him?" Cao Cao laughed and said, "The conflict between our army and Liu Zhang is not about the attitude towards the Han Dynasty, but because they both want to unify the world! Liu Zhang has his own reasons.
Ambition and true goals have true goals. This is an irreconcilable contradiction that will break out one day! It will be more beneficial to our army if we do it sooner. If we do it later, I am afraid our army will be unable to recover!"
"I understand!" Xun Yu bowed and stopped talking. Although he supported Cao Cao's becoming king, he did not want Cao Cao to become king. In such a contradictory mentality, he supported Cao Cao's becoming king.
While trying to dispel Cao Cao's idea of becoming king, in the end, he understood Cao Cao's determination and kept silent!
Seeing that everyone had no objections, Cao Cao waved them to leave. He was really tired. An old man in his fifties and suffering from illness, how much energy could he waste? Especially when facing Liu Zhang, who is so energetic
The great enemy! The hero Cao Cao had to admit that he was old!
While Cao Cao was discussing the matter of becoming king, Liu Zhang's envoy Peng Yi quickly returned to Hulao Pass. However, Peng Yi felt a little uneasy because he failed to accomplish what Liu Zhang asked him to do. Although he managed the matter well.
I listened to Guo Jia's words, but there are some things that can only be understood and cannot be expressed in words!
"What did Cao Cao say?" When Liu Zhang learned that Peng Yi was back, he met him immediately, but his expression made Liu Zhang a little unhappy!
"Lord, Cao Cao said no matter!" Peng Yi stood aside, bowing slightly, his head lowered, his eyes staring at his feet, spinning around!
"No matter what? Doesn't he want justice anymore?" Liu Zhang frowned and said, "Please tell me the details again, without leaving anything out!"
"This..." Cold sweat broke out on Peng Yi's head. He was so presumptuous in front of Cao Cao, how dare he tell Liu Zhang. But Liu Zhang had already given the order, and he would be in trouble if he didn't tell him!
"What's wrong?" Liu Zhang felt that something was fishy, his face darkened, and the atmosphere in the hall became colder!
"My subordinate is guilty!" Peng Yanmeng knelt on the ground and said, "When my subordinate met Cao Cao, his attitude was arrogant and arrogant, and his words were even thorny. He may have irritated Cao Cao, so he said he didn't care!"
"Arrogant and arrogant attitude?" Liu Zhang smiled and said: "Yongnian, get up! Cao Cao is a tyrant, will he change because of your attitude? If you point your finger at him and scold him, he will not do anything that is beneficial to him.
No anger at all! Besides, I already know your arrogance!"
"My lord is generous, but my subordinates are ashamed!" Peng Yi also knew that his temper was disliked by others and his mouth was foul. There must be many people making slanderous remarks around Liu Zhang. After hearing Liu Zhang's words, he immediately reacted and couldn't help but feel
A hint of joy!
In fact, there were many people around Liu Zhang who were saying bad things about Peng Yi, but those people had no place in Liu Zhang's heart, so Liu Zhang ignored him. Moreover, Peng Yi was indeed talented, and even Fazheng and Zhuge Liang praised him. Liu Zhang
It would not be detrimental to him. It was just that Liu Zhang remembered that he had instigated Ma Chao to rebel in history, so he was a little wary of him. However, Liu Zhang did not even bother to do the thing of punishing someone without guilt!
Seeing that Peng Yi was still there, Liu Zhang frowned and said, "Stop talking nonsense, tell me in detail from the time you entered Cao Ying to the time you left Cao Ying, including your attitude!"
"Yes!" Since Liu Zhang no longer blamed himself for being arrogant, Peng Yi had no need to hide it. He told the details of his mission. He believed that Liu Zhang would definitely understand why he did what he did, even if Guo
Jia did not tell Liu Zhang the plan!
After Peng Wei finished speaking, the hall fell into silence. After a long while, Liu Zhang asked with a smile: "Yongnian, are you afraid of death?"
"I'm... not afraid!" Although he didn't understand why Liu Zhang asked this, Peng Yi knew that his opportunity had come, and he quickly expressed his loyalty!
"Just don't be afraid!" Liu Zhang said: "Anyway, you have offended enough people, so you can put down all your errands and go to the Ministry of Civil Affairs to be in charge of official assessment and concurrently serve as censor. However, you must be fair and honest in your work.
Otherwise I won’t let you go!”
"I obey my orders!" Peng Yi was overjoyed. He was originally just a clerk, but now he has directly entered the Ministry of Personnel and can also be a censor to supervise officials. It can be said that he has jumped several levels in a row. How can he not be happy? The most important thing is that he got
Liu Zhang's appreciation!
You know, with Peng Yi's character, he is really not suitable for being an official! No matter what era he is in, officials are all about being friendly, but with his mouth, he can't be friendly to anyone he meets, even if what he tells is the truth!
However, this kind of person is exactly what Liu Zhang needs. Every generation of wise kings and saints will have a critic, just like Tang Taizong and Wei Zheng!
There are many people around Liu Zhang who dare to tell the truth, but when it comes to critics, there are none! Since Peng Yi has the qualities of a critic, he decided to spend some effort to cultivate him. As for Peng Wei who betrayed Liu Bei in history, Liu Zhang did not
He doesn't care, because Liu Zhang believes that he is much stronger than Liu Bei!
"Okay, you can go down!" Seeing Peng Yi's face full of excitement, Liu Zhang waved his hand. For him, employing people has become a habit. However, just when Peng Yi was about to go down, he said again: "After going down,
, let Fengxiao come to see me!"
"Yes!" Peng Yi hurried down and called Guo Jia for Liu Zhang!
"I wonder why the Lord summoned me here?" In the hall, Guo Jia stood there quietly, with a smile on his face.
Liu Zhang stared at Guo Jia's smiling face and asked coldly: "What do you mean?"
"What do you mean, lord?" Guo Jia still had that smiling face, as if he didn't know anything!
"Don't pretend to be stupid with me, do you really think I don't know?" Liu Zhang sneered: "Peng Yi sent Cao Cao as an envoy. No matter how arrogant and domineering he is, I'm not surprised. But what he said was to persuade Cao Cao to stop Sun Quan, but secretly he was
Tell Cao Cao to mind his own business, do you really think I can't hear it? Or do you think I'm a fool?"
"My lord, Sun Quan becoming king will not do you any harm at all, why should you care about him?" Guo Jia shrugged, his face full of indifference.
Indeed, the less dignified Liu Xie is, the higher his status is. If one day Cao Cao usurps the throne, Liu Zhang will not need to unify the world, he will be able to become the emperor as a clan member of the Han Dynasty! However, such an emperor with half of the country will
, Liu Zhang doesn’t like it, and Guo Jia doesn’t like it either!
"Fengxiao, you know what I mean!" Liu Zhang shook his head. Although he participated in the struggle for world hegemony, he was not very interested in the throne. He just wanted to do something for the Han people, even if he once said that he wanted to be the founder of the Han Dynasty.
Emperor!
Maybe saying this will make people feel a little contradictory, or even a little pretentious. But in fact, this is exactly Liu Zhang's mentality, because he knows that the reputation of Emperor Qin and Han Dynasty comes from merit. There are some things that don't need to be said in detail, and don't need to be flattered by others.
All he had to do was do it. Liu Zhang believed that facts speak louder than words. As long as he did it, even if he didn't proclaim himself emperor, future generations would give him the title of emperor!
Seeing that Liu Zhang was still worried about Sun Quan becoming king, Guo Jiaqi said seriously: "My lord, I understand your thoughts, but do you understand our thoughts? If the name is not correct, the words will not go smoothly, and if the words are not right, things will be difficult.
Success! Now is your chance to achieve something big, you shouldn’t hesitate!”