Outside Luoyang South Palace, Cao Jun camped.
After Cao Cao came back from the court today, he called Zhong Yao, Guo Jia, Dong Zhao, Ding Chong and others, and rushed into his Chinese army tent to discuss the matter of holding the emperor hostage and ordering the princes.
There is no way, this little emperor is so powerful! It always exceeds Cao Cao's imagination. Yesterday I thought the little emperor was just pretending to be crazy, but today he started hooking up with Jingzhou Liu Biao! Moreover, Zhou Zhong, who was sent by the Little Emperor to seduce Liu Biao, was a family friend of Cao Cao, and it was Cao Cao himself who suggested sending Luoyang.
It was hard for Cao Cao to stop him now, otherwise he would appear to be back on his word, and his words would not count.
But if the emperor and Liu Biao hooked up, and Liu Biao later sent troops to Luoyang, then why would Cao Cao threaten the emperor and order the princes? Liu Biao was a member of the Han Dynasty clan who was one of the Eight Great Scholars. Now he was worshiped as General Zhennan and Jingzhou Mu, and controlled most of Jingzhou. If he really needed soldiers and food, other than not Able to fight, he is better than Cao Cao anywhere!
But the problem is that once Liu Biao raises his troops and goes to Luo, he is not necessarily afraid of going to war with Cao Cao. Because Liu Biao was from Shanyang County in Yanzhou...he was the leader of the Yanzhou gentry!
The relationship between Cao Cao and the Yanzhou nobles was very bad! At the beginning, Zhang Miao and Chen Gong, the leaders of the Yanzhou gentry, colluded with Lu Bu to rebel against Cao Cao. Seventy-seven of the eight counties in Yanzhou opposed Cao Cao, and only three counties were controlled by Xiahou Dun, Xun Yu, and Cheng Yu. Cao Cao was almost finished.
And Cao Cao's behavior is that he would rather teach me to betray the people of the world than teach the people of the world to betray me! He made the Yanzhou nobles suffer so badly, how could he not take revenge afterward? Therefore, many of the nobles and common people in Yanzhou were later massacred by Cao Cao, and the hatred between the two sides was still hot!
Even the Yanzhou nobles who had been loyal to Cao Cao when he conquered Yanzhou were second-class people and were crushed to death by the first-class Yuzhou people!
If Liu Biao went to Luolai to compete with Cao Cao for the power to control the emperor, and the Cao and Liu families started fighting, who would the Yanzhou people help? Are you helping your enemy Cao Cao, or are you helping your relative Liu Biao? Do you even need to ask?
In addition, a group of nobles led by Chen Gong and Gao Shun who asked Cao Cao to drive out of Yanzhou are still squinting in Xuzhou!
If Cao Cao and Liu Biao fight, who will Chen Gong and Gao Shun help? I will definitely help Liu Biao!
Also, Cao Cao is the same enemy as the Xuzhou nobles! Cao Cao massacred Xuzhou twice and killed hundreds of thousands of people in Xuzhou!
If Cao Cao and Liu Biao start a film, who will the Xuzhou gentry help?
And...there's worse!
Liu Biao and Yuan Shao were allies, and Liu Biao helped Yuan Shao oppose Yuan Shu, so he, like Cao Cao, was Yuan Shao's "little brother". If Liu Biao goes to Luo, Cao Cao can't just beat Liu Biao regardless of the situation!
So Cao Cao is really having a hard time now. It's so hard that he has a headache and is rolling around in the tent with his head covered.
Seeing Cao Cao wandering around, Zhong Yao, Ding Chong, Guo Jia, and Dong Zhao also looked solemn. After watching Cao Cao wandering around for a long time, they heard Dong Zhao, the "second-class Yanzhou native" in Cao Cao's group, offer his advice: "General , Luoyang is not the territory of the general. It is naturally difficult for you to convince the people in Luoyang. It is reasonable for the emperor to want to marry Liu Biao to control the general. For the current strategy, the only way is to serve as a chariot and drive to the county."
Guo Jia also said: "What Gongren said is the fundamental strategy!"
Ding Chong also nodded and said: "The more extraordinary the emperor is, the less the general can keep him in Luoyang!"
"General, the princes in Luozhong now have to rely on you to provide food. As long as you make up your mind, what else can they do?" Zhong Yao said, "It is not advisable to delay the transfer... things will change after a while! "
Cao Cao covered his head and said: "This is my original intention, but the emperor has long understood my intention, and yesterday he tested it with words, saying..."
Boss Cao stopped talking and then sighed.
What the emperor said to him yesterday about abdication, it would be best to say "Heaven knows, earth knows, you know, I know"!
Although Cao Cao's words stopped abruptly, Zhong Yao, Ding Chong, Guo Jia, and Dong Zhao all understood. It seems that the biggest obstacle to the emperor's blessing is the emperor himself!
This little emperor is really not simple!
"General," Zhong Yao reminded, "today Luoyang is short of food, the emperor has no soldiers, and Liu Jingzhou is far away... If the general has made up his mind and threatens to cut off food, who among the Gongun princes will dare to Don’t obey? In my opinion, only Yang Feng, who is stationed in Liang County, still has the strength to stop the emperor’s chariot.”
Guo Jiaze added: "General, Han Xian, who was dismissed from the post of general a few days ago, led a small number of his confidants to escape from the camp when our army was about to encircle it. After leaving Luoyang, they headed south. It is estimated that He joined Yang Feng. Some of his Baibo thieves also escaped, and they probably went to Liang County."
It turns out that while Cao Cao was impeaching Han Siam, he also sent troops to surround Han Siam's barracks! Because Han Xian's army was short of food, every officer and soldier starved to death. Of course, they couldn't defeat Cao Cao's elite troops, and they were unwilling to fight because Han Xian couldn't send out military rations, so Han Xian had only one way to escape.
Yang Feng and Han Xian were both leaders of the White Wave and Yellow Turbans. Han Xian had previously been granted the title of General, while Yang Feng had been granted the title of General of Chariots and Cavalry. However, Yang Feng did not garrison Luoyang like Han Siam, but led his troops out to garrison Liang County at the junction of Nanyin, Nanyang and Yingchuan counties in Hehe. In the Liang County area, Yang Feng grabbed some food, so the situation was much better than that of Han Siam. Now that he has gathered Han Siam's subordinates, he should be able to fight Cao Jun!
"General," Dong Zhao frowned, as if he had thought of a trick, "Why don't you go south to serve the emperor in the name of Luyang County... Luyang is under the jurisdiction of Nanyang County in Jingzhou, and it is considered Liu Biao's territory. .Don’t the emperor want to eat Jingzhou rice? So he will definitely not object to going to Luyang!
The general can also write a letter to tell Yang Feng, saying that the emperor has sent Zhou Weiwei to Jingzhou to ask Liu Jingsheng for food, and you have also sent troops to help Liu Jingsheng defeat Zhang Ji, so Liu Jingsheng will definitely send the food. Now I am driving to Luyang just to eat Jingzhou rice earlier. Tell Yang Feng again that when the rice arrives from Jingzhou, you can share some with him. In this way, Yang Feng will definitely let the chariot pass through Liang County. After General Qin Feng arrives at Luyang, it will be up to the emperor and Yang Feng to decide where to go! "
"Okay!" Cao Cao shouted, feeling refreshed and his headache was mostly gone. He immediately said, "Without further delay... Gongren, you and Daying draft a letter to Yang Feng together. Fengxiao and Yuanchang, follow me into the palace to meet the emperor!"
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When Cao Cao took Guo Jia and Zhong Yao to the outside of Yang'an Hall in Nangong, they were catching up with a meal and smelled a smell mixed with the aroma of wine, oil and fish from a distance... This was so fragrant, it made Cao Cao a little hungry.
When Hou Zhe, the halberd-wielding doctor guarding the door, announced loudly, the laughter of the young emperor Liu Xie came from the door: "Mengde, you came at the right time. I just cooked myself and made bad fish." Make slices and carp soup for Zhou Weiwei to practice, you are here... Feng Shuo, Tai Chong, go and move a table, get a pair of bowls and chopsticks, I want to sing with Meng De over wine!"
What? The emperor cooks? Cao Cao was stunned again. He also had fish slices and carp soup... What kind of dishes are these? In addition, the four words "singing to wine" are very good.
When Cao Cao was feeling strange, the young emperor Liu Xie and the guard Zhou Zhong had already come out to welcome him!
"Isn't this Zhong Yuanchang?" As soon as the emperor walked to the door, he saw Zhong Yao and Guo Jia. He knew Zhong Yao, but he didn't recognize Guo Jia. "This is..."
Cao Cao bowed to the emperor, then pointed at Guo Jia beside him with a smile: "This is Guo Fengxiao of Yingchuan."
"Guo Fengxiao? Guo Jia!" Liu Xie was stunned for a moment, then looked at the thin young man who was following Cao Cao, and said with a smile, "I have admired your name for a long time! Please come in quickly... Feng Shuo, Tai Chong, move two more tables and get two more sets of bowls, chopsticks and wine glasses!"
While talking, the little emperor didn't wait for Cao Cao and Guo Jia to take off their swords and take off their shoes. He took Guo Jia with one hand and Cao Cao with the other, and walked towards Yang An's palace - now Cao Cao and Guo Jia were together. A swordsman came to the temple.
After entering the main hall, Cao Cao saw two small wine tables placed in the middle of the main hall, facing each other. Between the two small wine tables, there was a bronze marching stove with two ears and three legs. There was a fire in the marching stove, but the fire was not big and could not be used for cooking. It could only be used to keep food and wine warm.
There are three bronze cauldrons placed on the stove. One bronze cauldron is heating a large "cauldron" of snow-white fish soup. It is steaming and smells delicious!
In the other bronze cauldron, there is a hot white and tender "kettle" fish fillet. This fish fillet is still soaked in the slightly yellow "wine juice" and exudes a strong aroma of wine... The fish is still It’s so refreshing to be able to do this!
In another bronze cauldron, there is a "cauldron" of white wine - white rice wine, which is a kind of turbid wine. It tastes great when heated. The wine that Cao Cao and Liu Bei cooked when they were drinking green plum wine to discuss heroes was probably this kind of turbid wine.
But today there is no "plum", only fish, it is considered a carp cooking wine to talk about heroes!
Feng Shuo and Tai Chong, who had just been recruited by Liu Xie as their subordinates, quickly moved three low tables and surrounded the marching stove. On each low table, there were bowls, chopsticks, wine glasses and a plate of Cao Cao's food. This is a snack that I have never seen before - this is a rolled "steamed cake" that seems to be made from dough. There are many green onions on the surface of the "cake", which smells very fragrant.
After Liu Xie, Cao Cao, Zhou Zhong, Zhong Yao, and Guo Jia sat down on their knees behind the five low tables, Feng Shuo and Tai Chong served Cao Cao, Zhong Yao, and Guo Jia a large bowl of fish soup and a bowl of fish soup. Plate the fish fillets.
Cao Cao first grabbed a "steamed green onion cake" and smelled it, then took a bite. It was fluffy, slightly salty, and quite delicious. Then he picked up another "wine-flavored" fish fillet and ate it, and took another sip of fish soup. He couldn't help but admired: "I didn't know carp could be cooked so delicious!"
Liu Xie smiled and said: "This is a secret method in the palace. It is said to be passed down by Emperor Gao! Mengde, when I get to Xu County, I will make more delicious food to share with you!"
The emperor is talking nonsense again! Where could Emperor Han Gao know how to cook fish? Returning secrets in the palace... Cao Cao said to himself: My grandfather was a minister of the Imperial Palace and a great eunuch in Changqiu. What secrets are there in the palace that his old man doesn't know?
No...this fish and this soup are not poisonous, right? When Cao Cao thought that the little emperor was talking nonsense, he immediately became suspicious. Looking at the fragrant fish fillets in fish soup, I lost my appetite for a while. So he put down his chopsticks, smiled and said to Liu Xie, "What are the Tianjia going to do in Xu County?"
"Didn't you say that there is no food in Luoyang?" Liu Xie said with a smile, "Mengde, don't you want to be able to eat as a driver?"
As soon as Liu Xie's words came out, Guo Jia and Zhong Yao were stunned - this little emperor is really difficult to deal with! He knows everything!
Cao Cao had been prepared for this, so he kept his expression calm and just smiled and shook his head: "There is not much food in Xu County."
"Xuxian County is short of food, so we can promise to farm it!"
"Promise to farm?" Of course Cao Cao knew what farming meant. As early as the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the Han Dynasty used farming to define the Western Region. However, before Liu Xie mentioned the promise of farming today, he had never thought about farming. But when Liu Xie mentioned this today, he also felt that it was time to start farming on his own territory.
However, he would not admit that he wanted to move the imperial court to Xu County. He just smiled and shook his head and said: "Tianjia, it will take at least a year from the start of farming to the harvest of grain... This is a situation where water from afar cannot quench the thirst of the people nearby. !”
Liu Xie smiled and asked: "Where is the near water?"
"In Jingzhou!" Cao Cao said solemnly, "Liu Jingsheng in Jingzhou is well-prepared with troops and provisions, and he is a clan member of the Han Dynasty, so he has always been loyal to the court. Now His Majesty has ordered Zhou Weiwei to send an edict to Jingzhou, and a large amount of food will be transported northward in the near future. However, Luoyang is too far away from Nanyang County in Jingzhou, so transportation is difficult. Why not temporarily move the imperial court into Nanyang County to get food nearby... I wonder what your Majesty would like?"
This time it was Liu Xie's turn to be surprised!
What's going on? Cao Cao stopped holding the emperor hostage and ordering the princes? Want to send the imperial court to Nanyang to "beg for food"? This...has history changed like this? Is it possible that Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty could escape the fate of being a puppet emperor and become a "begging" emperor instead?
How did this change... happen?
wrong! Still weird! I had to make a good calculation. As soon as Liu Xie calculated in his heart, he knew something was wrong. This Cao Cao is treacherous. He must be cheating!
