When Cao Xiangguo...
When Cao Cao heard what Emperor Liu Xie said, he had a headache and his brain ached for a while!
The prime minister is not the prime minister. In theory, the prime minister is the assistant official of the prime minister. He can appoint several prime ministers (left, middle, and right prime ministers) at the same time. The Prime Minister is above the Prime Minister, and there can only be one person at the same time, so the Prime Minister is truly under one person!
Moreover, the number of prime ministers in the Han Dynasty was very small. In the four hundred years of history, only Han Xin, Xiao He, Cao Shen, Fan Kuai, Lu Chan and Dong Zhuo served as prime ministers. Han Xin, Xiao He, Cao Shen, Fan Kuai, and Lu Chan all served as prime ministers in the early Western Han Dynasty. And Dong Zhuo was the only prime minister of the Eastern Han Dynasty! Just now the emperor said that Cao Cao has the appearance of the emperor, and now the emperor Liu Xie wants Cao Cao to take over Dong Zhuo's class... Can Cao Cao's head wind not attack?
But no matter how bad his headache was, he had to deal with the little emperor's problems first!
Thinking of this, Cao Cao bowed his head again with a bang, and his head was almost broken. He said in fear: "Your Majesty, how can I be so virtuous and capable that I dare to occupy the position of Prime Minister? Your Majesty loves you wrongly, and I would never dare to take this position. !”
As for Taiwei Yang Biao, Sikong Zhang Xi, Situ Chunyu Jia, Weiwei Zhou Zhong, Taifu Han Rong, these leaders, as well as Fu Wan and Dong Cheng, the two heads of relatives, and Zong Zheng, the leader of the Liu clan in Luoyang. Liu Ai and others all felt a little sympathy for Cao Cao at this time... Yes, they sympathized!
I don't know where Cao Cao offended the emperor? Why was the emperor banishing Cao Xiangguo? This is putting Cao Cao on the fire!
With Cao Cao's current strength, it would be difficult to convince the public even as a general or prime minister, let alone the prime minister!
After all, there is a "big brother" above Cao Cao named Yuan Shao!
Yuan Benchu, the fourth and third prince, had many old officials. He was already the Sili Xiaowei before Dong Zhuo entered Luo. Now he controls the three states of Hebei, Qing, and Bing, and seems to have grabbed a lot of territory in Youzhou. His strength Far better than Cao Cao! Even if the imperial court wanted to make him a prime minister or a general, only Yuan Shao could do it. As for the country that Dong Zhuo once served as prime minister, I am afraid that even Yuan Shao would not dare to take it. If Cao Cao becomes prime minister, what will Yuan Shao think?
Now the little emperor wants to give this official position to Cao Cao. This is not to reuse Cao Cao at all, but to trick Cao Cao!
Thinking of this, several ministers turned their attention to Taiwei Yang Biao - he was now the head of the ministers and had to be responsible for relieving Cao Cao! We can't let Cao Cao run away... Now Liu Biao can't take care of the food for the court. Cao Cao is going to run away, and everyone will starve again!
I've only had enough food for a few days...you have to cherish it!
"Your Majesty!" Taiwei Yang Biao had no choice but to report, "The post of Prime Minister is extremely noble and should not be awarded easily. Since Lu Chan, only Dong Zhuo has served as Prime Minister in this dynasty... Although General Zhendong has great influence on the country, Great achievements, but not enough to serve as prime minister."
General Fu Guo, the old father of Queen Fu Shou, Bu Qihou Fu Wan also reported: "Your Majesty, I also think that it is inappropriate to grant General Zhendong the position of prime minister, and it is not in line with the ancestral system since the Guangwu Zhongxing. "
Cao Cao's "good friend" Dong Cheng also quickly spoke for Cao Cao: "Your Majesty, since the rise of Guangwu and Zhongxing, the Han Dynasty has no longer established a prime minister and a prime minister. Instead, the three princes have led the outer dynasty and served as leaders of hundreds of officials. Previously, Dong Zhuo took office The Prime Minister has actually broken the country's system. Now that the imperial court has just returned to the east, and the people of Guandong have not yet fully surrendered, it is still necessary to restore the old system since Guangwu."
Seeing that so many people were opposed to him being the prime minister, Cao Cao was a little moved... There are still many good people in the court!
And when Liu Xie heard what the big guys said and saw that Cao Cao was almost swollen in head because of not being the Prime Minister, he also knew that he had acted too hastily - it seems that he should not be too impatient about the abdication, as impatient people cannot be Shanyang. Lord!
Liu Xie thought about it for a while and asked Cao Cao: "General Zhendong, what position do you want?"
When Cao Cao heard this question, his head hurt again! Isn’t this difficult for loyal ministers? As a loyal minister, can he lead an army to ask for an official position from the emperor? Isn't that what Li Jue, Guo Fan, and Bai Bo did?
If Cao Cao did this, wouldn't he be a traitor to Cao Cao?
But he had already given the official position of General Zhendong to Liu Bei before... He had to get himself a bigger official! The emperor wanted him to be the prime minister just now. Is that big enough? He didn't want to do it himself. Now the emperor asked him to mention whatever he wanted to do, but he refused to mention it... Is this a bit shameless? Is this to take credit and be arrogant?
That’s a headache for Cao Cao!
This young emperor who is either crazy or not is really difficult to deal with! Every word he said was leading Cao Mengde into the fire pit! What should Cao Cao do?
"Your Majesty," Dong Cheng, Cao Cao's ally at this time, spoke up to help Cao Mengde, "the post of Sili Lieutenant was originally held by Li Jue, but it is now vacant. General Cao was not afraid of violence and was selfless when he served as the Northern Lieutenant of Luoyang. . Now he has led the troops to pacify the two states of Yan and Henan and has made outstanding achievements, which is enough to shoulder the responsibility of the Sili Xiaowei."
The Sili Xiaowei was a highly authoritative official position in the Eastern Han Dynasty. During court meetings, he could have a special seat with Shangshu Ling and Yushi Zhongcheng, which was called "three independent seats". Because Sili Xiaowei often impeached respected officials such as the Three Dukes, he was feared by hundreds of officials. In addition, the seven counties in the capital of the Eastern Han Dynasty were also called the Sili Xiaowei Department, which belonged to one of the thirteen states of the Eastern Han Dynasty. County officials were also under the supervision of the Sili Xiaowei, so the Sili Xiaowei was equivalent to the state governor!
Therefore, this official can manage both the local and the central government, which is quite suitable for Cao Cao.
However, for Cao Cao, who wanted to control the emperor and command the princes, it was not enough to have a Sili officer. He had to add a Shang Shu officer to be enough!
But how can we get this record of being a minister? Just now the emperor asked him to ask for an official position, but he didn't mention it. Now Dong Cheng has helped him raise it, but he feels it is not enough, so he raises it himself... It would be better to have a Sili Xiaowei and a Minister of Public Affairs from the beginning!
Cao Cao's head is really hurting more and more!
When he was in a dilemma, the young emperor Liu Xie finally spoke to help him out: "General Cao, I will give you another task of recording the ministers! From now on, you, Yang Taiwei, Zhang Sikong, and Chunyu Situ will record the ministers together. Let’s do it!”
Finally got the job of recording the minister!
Cao Cao breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, his head no longer hurt so much, and he stopped pretending to refuse - this little emperor is a bit crazy, don't take back the affairs of Sili Xiaowei and Lu Shangshu! So Cao Cao hurriedly thanked him for his gratitude and accepted the official positions of Sili Xiaowei and Lu Shangshu.
Seeing that Cao Cao finally took the first step of coercing the emperor and commanding the princes, the little emperor Liu Xie was also a little relieved. Although the progress is still a bit slow, it is making progress. It was almost noon at this time, and Liu Xie was not prepared to take care of the lunch of the ministers in Yang An's palace, so he could only announce the dismissal of the court. Let a group of ministers go find Shi'er by themselves, while he goes back to the harem to find the two beauties, Queen Fu and Dong Guiren... and then see what delicious food they can get.
Liu Xie's stomach growled when he thought of eating... He was only sixteen years old in this life, and he was still growing. His appetite was good, but there was nothing good to eat. No, we have to think of a way!
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"Yuan Chang, Daying, Gongren... Although the emperor is young, he is unfathomable!"
Cao Cao's narrow eyes seemed to be closed. He was leaning on a short bed, holding a wet linen cloth in his hand to cover his forehead. There was also a bowl of dark soup on the table next to him, which exuded a pungent smell. The smell.
Inside the tent, four men dressed as scribes looked at each other with surprised expressions. After a while, a young man broke the silence: "Your Majesty, is this emperor really suffering from hysteria? A considerable part of the things that the emperor calculated based on the heavenly book in the dream can be verified quickly. If not How should he explain it’s efficacious?”
Cao Cao opened his eyes, and his gaze was like lightning directed at the counselor Guo Jia and Guo Fengxiao who had just joined his disciples not long ago: "Fengxiao, what if he can calculate accurately?"
"Are you sure?" Guo Jia smiled, "Did the little emperor really get the Book of Heaven?" After saying that, he shook his head again, "No way, absolutely impossible."
Cao Cao turned his head and looked at Zhong Yao, Zhong Yuanchang, Ding Chong, Ding Daying, Dong Zhao and Dong Gongren. These three people were Cao Cao's spies in the court. Among them, Zhong Yao was worshiped by Shangshu Pushe, Ding Chong was worshiped by Shizhong, and Dong Zhao was worshiped by Shi Zhong. Zhao Ze is Yilang. The three of them were all close ministers of the emperor. They had followed him all the way from Chang'an, and they knew Liu Xie's situation relatively well.
Zhong Yao shook his head, stroked his beard and said thoughtfully: "I have been by the Emperor's side for a long time, and I have never heard that the Emperor is proficient in the art of divination."
Ding Chong also shook his head and said: "Mengde, the emperor was bullied by Dong Zhuo, Li Jue, and Guo Fan when he was in Chang'an, and he suffered a lot of frights on the way east... In addition, the emperor was young and was frightened. Hysteria is not surprising."
Dong Zhao is a rare fat man here in Luoyang. He is famous for his broad heart and fat body. He can gain weight even if he drinks cold water. He smiled and said to Cao Cao: "Don't worry, Cao Cao. The emperor is just a young man. He has not been worried these years." , even though he was wandering around, he had no time to delve into knowledge. Even if he really had some Book of Changes in his hands, he didn't learn it so quickly. As for Emperor Gao's dream, it was nothing more than thinking about it every day and dreaming about it at night."
Cao Cao covered his head and just shook his head: "I don't understand, I don't understand..."
Guo Jia laughed and said: "Your Majesty is not a good doctor, how can you understand the emperor's hysteria? I heard that Zhang Zhongjing of Nanyang and Hua Yuanhua of Pei Guo are both miracle doctors of the time. They can cure bones and make people alive. Why don't we invite them to Xu County?" Diagnose and treat the emperor. Let them know at a glance whether the emperor is truly hysterical or good at divination."
Cao Cao nodded: "This is a way...but it is not convenient for me to bring up this matter."
"Mr. Cao Cao," Zhong Yao smiled and took over Cao Cao's mission, "this matter is left to the official, who ordered Liu Jingsheng to send Zhang Zhongjing to the court in the name of Shangshutai."
"This will trouble Yuan Chang." Cao Cao's head finally stopped hurting, but he still picked up the decoction on the table and took a big sip. Then he thought of another question, "The Emperor said in Yang An's Palace today that Yuan Gongli will be alive next year." He will usurp the throne! The road also has eyes and ears in the court, so this matter must not be hidden from him, how should I deal with it?"
Guo Jia said with a smile: "It is better for you to fulfill Zhou Weiwei's wishes and tell the Emperor of Tomorrow to go to Shouchun and tell Yuan Jiujiu himself about the Emperor's divination that Yuan Jiujiu will proclaim himself emperor. If Yuan Jiujiao If he has no intention of becoming emperor, he will definitely send envoys to pay tribute, so that the people of the world will know that the emperor is ill and unable to govern. If he does not pay tribute, haha... maybe the Runan family of the fourth generation and the third prince really want to An emperor has been born!"
Cao Cao laughed evilly a few times, clapped his hands and said: "Brilliant plan! Wonderful plan! No matter how Yuan Jiujiu handles it, he will have to scramble for a while. Moreover, the fact that the emperor was frightened into hysteria by Jue and Fan will be known to the whole world. This is a plan to kill two birds with one stone. Tomorrow I will go to the Emperor of Heaven and see how the little Emperor responds."
