"Your Majesty, General Zhendong is loyal to Your Majesty. Your Majesty, Dong Cheng, is willing to guarantee General Zhendong!"
Outside Yang An's palace, the first person to speak for Cao Mengde was Dong Cheng, the man responsible for the belt edict incident! This really surprised Liu Xie!
I saw Dong Cheng taking off his sword, taking off his shoes, and walked into the Yang An Palace. Then he ran to Cao Cao and knelt down in small steps. He bowed to the little emperor again and said sincerely: "Your Majesty, General Zhendong is by no means a member of the Jue, Fan, or Ji generation. He is actually here for King Qin and is the pillar of the country. I sincerely ask your Majesty not to doubt him."
Hearing what Dong Cheng said, Liu Xie felt a little emotional: So you two have such a good relationship now? But why did they turn against each other later? It also caused trouble for my little beauty Dong Guiren... It really shouldn't have happened!
"Your Majesty, the veteran Taiwei Yang Biao is also willing to risk his family's life to guarantee General Zhendong!"
Seeing that Dong Cheng took the lead, Yang Biao, now the chief minister of the Han Dynasty, also quickly stood up and became a good man. Just like Dong Cheng, he took off his sword, took off his shoes, walked all the way to Liu Xie, knelt down and worshiped the chief inspector, and spoke for Cao Cao.
Liu Xie looked at the Taiwei, who was in his fifties and looked like a white-faced scholar, and thought to himself: There is no need to use the lives of the whole family as a guarantee. Just use the life of your son Yang Xiu as a guarantee!
"Your Majesty, my guard, Zhou Zhong, is willing to protect General Zhendong with the lives of his entire family!"
Another guarantor came to Cao Cao. He was a tall, handsome middle-aged man... His relationship with Cao Cao seemed to be stronger than that of Dong Cheng and Yang Biao, and the whole clan was weighing on him! Liu Xie thought for a while and remembered that this man was the patriarch of the Zhou family in Shu County, Lujiang. He had two generations and three sons in his family. His brother Zhou Yi had served as the order of Luoyang in his early years, and he was his superior and subordinate to Cao Cao, who was the northern captain of Luoyang at that time. And the relationship between Zhou Yi's son and Zhou Zhong's nephew and Cao Cao is even closer! It was Zhou Lang of Jiangdong, Zhou Yu and Zhou Gongjin who would later be incompatible with Cao Cao in Chibi!
This Zhou Yu must be among the Zhou Zhong clan... In other words, Zhou Yu is now Cao Cao's guarantor!
The popularity of Cao Cao is really beyond words!
"Your Majesty, I am willing to guarantee General Cao!"
"Your Majesty, General Cao is truly the pillar of the Han Dynasty. The Han Dynasty cannot live without General Cao for a day!"
Since even Zhou Yu has become Cao Cao's guarantor, the other ministers outside Yang An's palace have nothing to hesitate. They all walked in with small steps to vouch for Cao Cao!
There was no way, because Liu Biao of Jingzhou who had been ordered to supply grain to Luoyang was attacked by Zhang Jijun, so that the grain road from Jingzhou to Luoyang was interrupted. Now Luoyang City is about to run out of grain, and all the civil and military officials in the dynasty rely on Cao Cao to manage it. There’s rice!
When Liu Xie saw this scene, he felt relieved - those dazed officials probably didn't hear the relevant words he just said... So he hurriedly walked down the steps set up by these officials. .
Liu Xie said loudly: "Lieutenant Yang, Weiwei Zhou, General Dong, and other ministers, you have all misunderstood! I did not want to punish General Zhendong, I was just talking to General Zhendong about my actions." In my dream, I received the heavenly book passed down by my ancestor Red Emperor...General Zhendong, am I right?"
"Your Majesty," Cao Cao immediately changed his tone of loyalty and respect, "the teaching of the Heavenly Book in a dream cannot be believed to be true."
It turns out that the little emperor had a nightmare...
A group of ministers all breathed a sigh of relief, and felt sympathy for the little emperor in their hearts. Taiwei Yang Biao immediately spoke up and said: "Your Majesty, what General Zhendong said is right. The affairs of the world depend on people, not the heavenly books in dreams. Now that General Cao has led his troops into Luo, your Majesty and the court are out of danger. Li Jue, Guo Fan, Zhang Ji and others have long been unable to do anything to Your Majesty, Your Majesty need not be afraid!"
It seems that Yang Biao thought that the young emperor Liu Xie was being hunted by Li Jue, Guo Fan, Zhang Ji and others again in his dream.
The emperor Liu Xie just sighed softly when he heard this, thinking: These ministers are also obstacles to my Zen throne for Cao Cao... I have to make them and Cao Cao believe that this emperor can really figure it out!
Liu Xie stood up, returned to the emperor's special mat, and sat down again on a heel support used to support his thighs and buttocks. Then he thought about it for a while, and then suddenly laughed: "Lieutenant Yang, really To be honest, when I was ill a few days ago, Emperor Gao came to me in my dream and passed me three volumes of the Heavenly Book so that I could know what will happen in the future."
Hearing what Liu Xie said, Cao Cao, who had been relieved, suddenly became nervous, and his forehead was suddenly covered with beads of sweat - he now knew what it means to accompany the emperor like a tiger!
The other ministers in the palace looked at the young emperor Liu Xie with confused expressions.
Liu Xiedao said: "After observing the celestial phenomena and making predictions, I learned that the three thieves, Jue, Fan and Ji, are all going to die soon... Fan will be dead next year, and Jue will probably live one year longer. As for Zhang Ji... he should die in Nanyang County this year! I believe that the three thieves Jue, Fan and Ji are all withered bones in the grave, so there is nothing to worry about!"
What? Is this nothing to worry about? This little emperor shouldn't take the things in his dream as reality, right?
After listening to Liu Xie's words, all the ministers in Yang An's palace were shocked - could this little emperor be frightened by the atrocities of Dong Zhuo, Li Jue, Guo Fan, Zhang Ji and other traitors? What should I do?
Cao Cao was relieved. To be honest, he is a little afraid of Emperor Liu Xie now! Wait, is this young emperor pretending to be crazy? The emperor is pretending to be crazy...what is he trying to do? Are you trying to harm me, a loyal minister? Thinking of this, Cao Cao's brows became tighter and tighter!
Seeing the dumbfounded looks of the ministers below, Liu Xie actually felt a little proud in his heart - under this person (Cao Cao), he felt quite good among thousands of people. It would be even better if these people really believed Liu Xie!
So he continued to pretend to be crazy, no, he should be pretending to be a "magic fortune teller". Liu Xie continued: "According to my predictions, Yuan Shu of Huainan is fully equipped with troops and supplies, and he is about to do something disloyal. He wants to usurp the throne, which is really a serious problem for the court!"
What? Yuan Shu proclaimed himself emperor? How can this be? Unless Yuan Shu is crazy, he will proclaim himself emperor at this time... It is impossible for Yuan Shu to be crazy, so I am afraid that the one who is crazy is...
"Your Majesty, how can this divination be taken seriously? The heavenly book in the dream is nothing!" Dong Cheng said worriedly.
"Your Majesty, the Fourth and Third Duke of Yuan Gongzhu, who has served the country for a long time, should not do such a rebellious thing. Please do not take the Heavenly Book in his dream as true." Yang Biao, the Fourth and Third Duke, felt that Yuan Shu, the Fourth and Third Duke, would not take this seriously. The emperor's... Anyway, their old Yang family will never have such a rebellious minister!
"If your Majesty does not believe Yuan Shu, I can go to Shouchun and ask Yuan Shu to send envoys to pay tribute." Zhou Yu's uncle's clan is in Yuan Shu's territory, so of course he has to speak for Yuan Shu.
While these ministers were speaking, they were all very anxious! They all now feel that Liu Xie may have been frightened crazy by Dong Zhuo, Li Jue, Guo Fan, Zhang Jicheng and others, and they can no longer distinguish between dreams and reality... This is a symptom of madness!
The Han Dynasty is about to end, and another "mad emperor" has come. What can we do!
A group of ministers were speechless when they thought of this... They couldn't tell the emperor, "You are crazy and you need to be cured early"!
There is no way this lunatic will admit that he is crazy! Besides, even if the "Crazy Emperor" admits that he is crazy, what can he do? Now the "mad emperor" doesn't have a queen mother, and the "mad emperor" doesn't have any sons or brothers... And Dong Zhuo has learned from his past mistakes, so who dares to abolish the throne?
The scene in Yang An's palace suddenly became very strange.
The emperor Liu Xie is quite sure. He also knows that he is the only one with the root...the only one with the scorpion's tail! It’s no big deal to say something “crazy”!
Is it possible that Cao Cao can still depose him? If he is deposed, who can be appointed as emperor?
Based on his understanding of the history of the Three Kingdoms of the Later Han Dynasty, it seemed that there was only one King of Chen, Liu Chong, who was more qualified to ascend the throne in Cao Cao's territory. However, Chen Wang Liu Chong had food and soldiers, and his prestige in the Chen Kingdom was very high, and he was already similar to the princes and kings in the early Western Han Dynasty.
If Cao Cao wanted to make him emperor, he would just coax a "little crazy emperor".
And Cao Cao felt a little regretful at this time... It turns out that King Luoyang Qin seemed to be right if Yuan Shao didn't come! He must have known that the little emperor was crazy and not easy to "coerce". He might have failed the princes and turned himself into a national thief that the whole world would condemn!
In other words, Cao Cao was so loyal that he came to Luoyang without understanding the situation. Now he was trapped. What should he do?
When Cao Cao was thinking about whether to get out of the trap, the young emperor Liu Xie suddenly spoke seriously: "I have read the memorials of General Zhendong's impeachment of General Han Xian and Grand Sima Zhang Yang. Although these two people have their differences, It's an appropriate move, but after all, he has done meritorious service in escorting, so he cannot be punished more severely. It is better to remove Han Siam from the post of General and be appointed as General of Zhengdong and Grand Administrator of Hongnong. Don't be the Grand Sima of Zhang Yang, and let him be General Anguo and Grand Administrator of Hanoi."
Liu Xie's words now are not crazy at all, and they are very measured. The reason why Cao Cao impeached Han Xian and Zhang Yang was, firstly, to show favor to Dong Cheng - these two men had a bad relationship with Dong Cheng, especially since Han Xian had previously kidnapped the emperor and sent troops to attack Dong Cheng.
The second reason is that the two of them, a great general and a great Sima, are both above the three princes, and they are personally appointed by the emperor, not "expressed" or appointed by themselves. Where does this leave Yuan Shao and Cao Cao? Therefore, Liu Xie removed the two generals and commanders and let them take their original official positions. One became the general of Zhengdong and the other the general of Anguo. In fact, it was not a punishment. Moreover, Liu Xie also granted them the official positions of the Grand Administrator of Hongnong and the Grand Administrator of Hanoi, giving them the title to rule Hongnong and Hanoi. They could barely be regarded as showing favor - the titles of generals and Sima were all empty. The land is the real deal!
After Han Xian and Zhang Yang were punished, Liu Xie brought up the issue that the ministers were most concerned about: "Now there is no food in Luoyang, and it is difficult for the court to gain a foothold...General Zhendong, what are your good plans?"
The best strategy is of course to pack up the emperor and the court and take them to Xu County. This is also the answer Liu Xie is looking forward to.
But Cao Cao didn't want to answer like this, because when the little emperor and Cao Cao were alone just now, he had already revealed Cao Cao's thoughts. Now the little emperor has taken the initiative to bring the topic to this aspect, which is really suspicious! Moreover, this little emperor is "crazy" for a while, and then not crazy for a while, which makes him look even more suspicious!
Cao Cao's "suspecting everything" good mind suddenly changed and he felt that the "improvement" matter had to be slowed down and he had to go back and discuss it carefully with Guo Jia, Zhong Yao, Dong Zhao and Ding Chong. So he said with a serious face: "Don't worry, Your Majesty. I will do my best to raise food for the court. Your Majesty and the officials will never be trapped by food again."
A group of ministers who were waiting for Cao Cao to "dispose of food" breathed a sigh of relief when they heard what he said. At least the food problem in the short term was solved!
In addition, the little emperor's madness does not seem to be too serious, and it should be curable.
But at this moment, Liu Xie, who looked quite normal, suddenly said another sentence that put Cao Cao on the fire and roasted him alive: "General Zhendong is indeed a loyal minister. I heard that you declared Liu Xuande as the general in June." General Dong, Marquis of Ting of Yicheng. I will obey what you said, but General Zhendong was given to Liu Xuande, so what position should you change?
Why not... just be Cao Xiangguo! "
