"The teacher is right!"
"I will take my leave."
When Cao Mao heard Wang Xiang's words, he immediately nodded in agreement, stood up, and turned to leave.
Wang Xiang was anxious and quickly stood in front of him.
"His Majesty!!"
Cao Mao is not in a hurry at all. His teacher seems to be confused about the current situation. He did not come to you this time to discuss these matters with you.
This incident has no impact on me at all.
Wang Su has ruined your reputation and brought shame to your clan. That has nothing to do with me, so it will be the same as it should be.
If you feel that you are not qualified to refute Wang Su, then fine, it's all up to you.
Cao Mao looked at Wang Xiang in front of him, and his attitude became much colder. "Is there anything else, prince?"
Wang Xiang's grief and indignation at this moment is difficult to express in words.
How could it become like this?
As a pioneer in this new era, Wang Xiang naturally knows how great the influence of classics is. He is not willing to use the sword in the emperor's hand to deal with his own people. But the problem is, if he doesn't use this sword now, what will happen to his clan? Something has to happen.
This is hanging on a cliff. If you want to climb up, you can only drag your own people down and step on their bodies.
Wang Xiang felt cold in his heart when he looked at the calm emperor in front of him.
Could it be that he had already made all the preparations when he helped himself to the position of Tai Chang? ?
He looked at this face, the slightly squinted eyes, the face that couldn't see the change, and the smile that seemed to be absent at the corner of the mouth.
What a manifesto! ! !
Wang Xiang had no room for concession. He took a deep breath and said, "Your Majesty, I have never stolen anything."
Cao Mao waved his hand, not caring about this at all, "This is a matter between you and the prince. If you really did not steal it, even the prince cannot frame you. I will stand up for you."
"It won't be long before the prince comes to see you. Please be prepared."
"The banquet in the east hall where I am is actually a good place to debate classics."
Cao Mao seemed to have something on his mind, but he left Wang Xiang's residence without explaining much.
After the emperor left, Wang Xiang put away all his disguises. He slumped down in his seat with a frustrated face, his eyes full of despair at this moment.
The emperor had forced him to a dead end.
But Wang Xiang still didn't want to follow the emperor's thinking. He probably understood the emperor's thinking now.
The emperor obviously wanted to meddle in the interpretation of the classics.
Wang Su said that he had stolen it and explained that everyone had the right to interpret it. Then the emperor would personally step down and say, you guys, stop arguing and listen to me as the referee.
This is a huge hidden danger for the new era of the family.
When the emperor controls the classics, he can easily cause internal strife among the ministers in the temple. Whether it is ranking the classics or setting standards for the classics, it can cause civil war among the great clans.
If the classics are taken away, then there will be no difference between the rich and powerful, and they can be killed by the emperor.
Wang Xiang frowned, he must not let things go according to the emperor's ideas, and he had to protect his reputation.
We must find a way!
Cao Mao sat on the carriage and thought seriously. With Wang Xiang's character, he would not give in easily. It would be best to recruit more talents in this field to fight for him. The Seven Sages of the Bamboo Forest, these people can try Went to win over.
Wang Su's return will definitely have a great impact on the temple.
But I am not afraid of them.
Cao Mao looked into the distance. This was his next destination.
Chinese army camp.
With the end of the coup, the traffic within Henan Yin has returned to normal. The Chinese army left Luoyang and returned to the camp.
The defense of Luoyang County is mainly responsible for the county government and the city gate captain.
The Luoyang order has not been replaced yet, but the captain of the city gate is no longer Xun Biao.
Today's city gate captain is called Zhuge Chong.
This man is the son of Zhuge Xu, the prefect of Mount Tai. Of course, this man is still a sibling of Zhuge Liang.
Zhuge Chong was able to serve as the captain of the city gate because of his contribution in this coup.
He was originally on duty in Tingwei. When the Chinese army entered the city and took control of Tingwei's Mansion, this person actively cooperated with the officers and soldiers of the Chinese army and provided information about Tingwei's secret review of Gao Rou and others, which confirmed Gao Rou's rebellion. thing.
Because of such merit, at a time when everyone was losing their official positions, Zhuge Chong not only did not lose his official title, but was also received by the emperor, received a reward, and became the city gate captain, making him look like the emperor's confidant.
Zhuge Chong stood at the gate of the city, looking at the wealthy children in the distance who were glaring at him, and felt a little dizzy.
He now has a bad reputation.
Those rich people wanted to go out, but they didn't dare to go directly, so they tested from a distance. Obviously, the City Gate Lord would not allow them to go out at will.
They directed all their anger at Zhuge Chong.
Good on you little man!
He looked loyal and honest, but he was usually timid and fearful, but he actually deceived us all!
I didn't expect that he would be such a ruthless villain. He actually gave us a knife at the critical moment and used us to crawl in front of the emperor and become his confidant.
Zhuge Chong had no expression on his face and just sighed in his heart.
When his father sent him to Luoyang, he told him to fully assist the Sima family, gain more fame, and revitalize the family in the future.
And that's exactly what he did.
He was deeply trusted by Zhong Yu in Tingwei. Zhong Yu told him part of his thoughts, saying that the courtiers would take action against His Majesty and that the Chinese army would be summoned to eradicate the traitors.
When he saw the Chinese army coming to kill him, what else could he think?
He really thought that this was the royal master sent by Zhong Yu to eradicate the traitors, so he decisively took out many files that Zhong Yu had prepared in advance and used them to defeat the traitors, and presented them all.
Thinking of this, Zhuge Chong wanted to slap himself a few times.
He still remembered the suspicious look in the captain's eyes when he looked at him. When the captain patted his shoulder and said that he was really a loyal minister in the temple, he continued to express his loyalty.
He just sent Gao Rou in, and by the way, he also sent his own people in.
In a daze, he became the emperor's confidant and the traitor of his ministers.
And he was rewarded for it.
Now he actually became the captain of the city gate, taking charge of Luoyang's defense. It's over. If my father knew this, he would definitely have himself tied up and beaten to death.
But you can’t blame me entirely, right?
The people who came in at that time were clearly Sima Qian and others. Who would think that they were helping His Majesty? !
Just when Zhuge Chong fell into self-doubt, he saw a group of people heading towards the city gate. Zhuge Chong quickly put aside his thoughts and led the people to meet them.
Naturally, Cao Mao was the one leaving the city.
Cao Mao looked at Zhuge Chong who was saluting not far away and couldn't help but laugh.
This unfortunate guy.
Cao Mao still remembered the wonderful expression on this man's face when he held his hand and admired his loyalty.
It is impossible for Cao Mao to let Xun Yi's family dominate. The Zhuge family's power in Cao Wei is actually not small. Not to mention Zhuge Dan, Zhuge Xu, Zhuge Chong's father, also had two thousand dan, and he later served as a big shot in Jiuqing.
Zhuge Dan was neither a loyal minister like Guanqiu Jian, nor a rebel like Sima Shi.
He is somewhere between the two. He is an ambitious person who pursues fame and status, but is also concerned about his face and reputation, and does not dare to go too far.
Sima Zhao asked him to come to the temple, and he dared to rebel, but Cao Mao asked him to come to the temple, so it was hard to say.
If possible, Cao Mao still hopes to subdue Zhuge Dan through gentle means.
Although the soldiers under his command are not as many as Guanqiu Jian, they are still elites who have fought all year round. Cao Mao does not want to see his country's strength wasted in civil war for no reason at all.
Nowadays, there are many vacancies in the temple. If I can give Zhuge Dan enough respect and let him be listed among the three princes, Zhuge Dan may not be willing to continue to be a local emperor.
Historically, when Sima Zhao asked him to come to the temple, he was given the title of Sikong.
Although Sikong is one of the three princes, compared with the official rank of General Zhennan, he is obviously not very attractive to him.
Of course, the temple official title is higher than the local official title, but without military power, Sima Zhao can deal with him at will.
The status of the generals of the four towns is slightly lower than that of the nine ministers. The generals of the four expeditions are the same as those of the nine ministers. The generals of the guards, generals of the chariots and cavalry, and the generals of the hussars are higher than those of the nine ministers and lower than those of the three ministers.
The general is on par with San Gong, and even a head taller than San Gong.
Zhuge Dan cares about official title and reputation, and may be able to use this to take back his army in Yuzhou.
Wen Qin can definitely be chosen as General Zhenxi.
Wen Qin and Guan Qiujian controlled the Henan and Huaihe Rivers, which made them almost invincible in the Central Plains.
Letting Zhuge Chong serve as the city gate captain was the emperor's goodwill towards the Zhuge family.
Cao Mao set out from Luoyang and ran quickly towards the Chinese army camp.
Inside the Chinese army camp.
Xia Houxian frowned, sitting on the chariot, with knights holding general flags high, Xia Houxian just galloped back and forth in the camp, going to each battalion's station to inspect the training status of each battalion.
Xia Houxian almost cursed the current Chinese army.
With this performance, do you dare to call it a Chinese army? If my eldest father were still alive, I would be angry to death by you!
His eldest father Xiahou Dun was the first general of Cao Wei.
During his period, the Chinese army was still the strongest combat force in Cao Wei, and all foreign armies had to make concessions. The army was all elites who had followed Emperor Wu to fight all the way, and were capable of hundreds of battles.
How many years have passed, and the Chinese military has become so stretched!
This is why Xiahou Xian failed to see the Chinese Army forty years later. The performance of the Chinese Army during that period was what really pissed off Xiahou Dun.
Xia Houxian also led the Chinese Army more than ten years ago, but the Chinese Army now is completely different from what it was then.
After Xia Houxian took charge of the Chinese Army, he began vigorous training.
He extended Malone's training methods to the entire Chinese army. He first forced out the pests who came to gild the army, eliminated them, and then promoted those soldiers and low-level officers who performed well during the training.
