When Cao Mao left the military camp, the sky began to turn dark.
But Cao Mao was in a good mood.
In the future, he would come to this camp more often and get close to the soldiers. Cao Mao didn't care so much about the ministers and their clans. As long as the army was still in his hands, these people would not be able to cause any turmoil.
However, Xiahou Xian was a little puzzled by Cao Mao's visit. He persuaded Cao Mao to focus more on classics and talents. That was the way for a sage king to govern the world.
This is not to say that Xiahou Xian was disloyal to Cao Mao, but because of Xiahou Xian's own background and experience, he could not understand the emperor's behavior of being close to the soldiers.
When Cao Mao returned to Tai Chi Hall, it was completely dark.
Cheng Ji walked up quickly and didn't say much about Cao Mao not taking him with him when he went out.
Ever since he was beaten with a wooden stick by Wen Yang, Cheng Ji's character suddenly became much more restrained.
Even when Cao Mao praised him, he felt a little embarrassed.
In fact, this is not a bad thing.
Seeing the emperor's arrival, Cheng Ji and others said goodbye and left.
The huge west hall was empty, Cao Mao sat alone on the bed, silent.
Tomorrow, the East Hall Banquet will be held.
This East Hall banquet will definitely be more lively than any other one in the past.
After all, he is now the emperor with real power, and all the ministers in the court are greedily staring at the vacant positions, salivating. Even if it is just to test his tone, they will definitely send someone here.
Cao Mao has always wanted to use the Dongtang Banquet as an important place to change today's ideological trends.
His previous campaign of admonishment was the first step towards change, allowing scholars to speak freely.
But at that time, Cao Mao spoke as a puppet king, but this time, he can serve as the real emperor to let the scholars speak, and the impact will be completely different.
This banquet must make some breakthroughs.
Although I am a little tired, fortunately everything is moving in a good direction.
I don’t have to be as tired as when I first arrived in Luoyang.
While Cao Mao was deep in thought, a voice suddenly came from outside.
"His Majesty!"
Cao Mao was stunned. He recognized this voice. It was Husband Guo who served under the Queen Mother.
"Is it Husband Guo? Come in!"
Cao Mao said loudly.
Soon, two eunuchs came here with Mr. Guo.
Mr. Guo saluted Cao Mao very respectfully.
Cao Mao did not ask about the purpose of his arrival. Instead, he gave him a seat and asked him to sit down and talk.
Husband Guo sat aside uneasily and hesitated to speak.
"Husband Guo, is there anything you want to tell me?"
Mr. Guo gritted his teeth and said seriously: "Your Majesty, in the past few days, the Queen Mother has called the slaves into the house alone several times to ask about the situation of the Guo family."
"She asked me not to alert His Majesty and secretly inquire about those people."
Cao Mao was a little stunned.
"When did this happen?"
"It's after you came to see the Queen Mother yesterday."
Cao Mao was stunned. When he went to see the Queen Mother yesterday, the Queen Mother smiled very happily. She once grabbed his hands and told him gently: He must handle the matter of inheriting Emperor Liezu as soon as possible, so that he can be legitimately regarded as his son. .
And after she left, she asked people around her to secretly inquire about the Guo family?
Seeing the silent emperor, Mr. Guo hurriedly explained: "Your Majesty, it's not that the servants are disloyal. It's just that the people of the Guo family have been colluding with Master Sima in the past and even reprimanded the Queen Mother. If Your Majesty hadn't come here, I'm afraid the Queen Mother would have been killed. They despised.”
"I just don't want to see them continue to come to bewitch the Queen Mother. I just came to inform Your Majesty. I hope Your Majesty will pardon my crime."
Cao Mao quickly put on a smile and helped Mr. Guo up in front of him.
"How can you say that? You are doing this to prevent the Queen Mother from being deceived by villains. It can never be said to be an act of disloyalty."
No king likes informers very much, even if the informer's behavior is beneficial to him.
Husband Guo knew this very well, so when he came to see Cao Mao, he was a little hesitant. However, thinking about the few thieves in the Guo family who were not human beings, and thinking about the emperor who acted vigorously and quickly and quickly conquered the temple, he decided Tell the truth directly.
Cao Mao said calmly: "Since my mother wants to know their situation, just do it."
"I already know about this matter. If anything happens again in the future, you can come and report it at any time."
"Thank you, Your Majesty!!"
Mr. Guo hurriedly thanked him. He was also afraid. If he really followed the Queen Mother's instructions and did not inform the emperor in advance, he was afraid that he would die in the hands of the emperor.
This emperor even dared to kill the three princes, so he was not easy to provoke.
Cao Mao sent husband Guo away with a smile. After he left, the smile on Cao Mao's face suddenly disappeared, and his eyes looked a little lonely.
He knew what the Queen Mother wanted to do. It seemed that in recent days, his strength had made the Queen Mother lose her sense of security, and she wanted to find someone to "defend" herself.
He believed that he was extremely kind to the Queen Mother, but he didn't know why the Queen Mother still wanted to be wary of him.
Cao Mao lost his mother when he was born and his father when he was young. He was alone in two lives.
Cao Mao smiled and shook his head.
"Well, Guo Jia, it will come in handy."
Cao Mao stood up and found three documents from somewhere. He knelt down in front of the documents, picked up the pen in his hand, and wrote down three names.
After finishing all this, Cao Maogang put away the documents in front of him and put them back to their original positions.
You can use it with confidence
It wasn't just Cao Mao who was busy all night, several important ministers were gathered in Dahong Luzhi's house and were discussing important matters.
"Wang Su is coming suddenly, so be on guard."
"I heard that His Majesty went to greet him in person, and then went to Wang Xiang's residence. Could it be that he wanted to re-appoint Wang Su as the Taichang?"
Tao Qiu, the servant, asked.
"No, if he does too much, who will be the third official? Who else can be as famous as him now?"
It was Xin Chang who spoke.
Xin Chang said seriously: "Your Majesty is an ambitious and wise king. Wang Su has the merits of supporting him, has a high reputation, and is a capable minister. He must be serving as the third prince when he comes here this time. Otherwise, Your Majesty will also I won’t go to greet him personally.”
Hearing Xin Chang's words, Guo Zhang, who was sitting opposite him, hurriedly said: "How can your Majesty use such a person? He was hanging out with Gao Rou at the beginning and participated in the abolition of Li Li!"
"How many wrong things did he do when he helped the general? Will Your Majesty still trust him to serve as the Third Duke?"
Lu Zhi listened to their discussion calmly, her face very calm.
Although the discussion was in his house, it seemed to have nothing to do with him.
The young master Zhou Pei said at this moment: "The main reason is that His Majesty is a little too indulgent towards the Sima family."
"Although Duke Xuanwen has made great achievements, the general still has many faults. People like Wang Su should not be reused."
Just as Cao Mao thought, Wang Su's sudden arrival caused some confusion among the ministers. Naturally, they did not want Wang Su to return. With Wang Su's identity and status, there was no one in the temple except Zheng Chong. If you dare to suppress him, he has almost locked up the third position.
There are already so many positions, and we don’t have enough of them ourselves. You have already retired and returned to your hometown, so why are you still coming to compete with us?
The important ministers were quite dissatisfied with this. Xin Chang said at this moment: "I think your Majesty attaches great importance to the Sima family, mainly because of the queen."
Guo Zhang snorted coldly, "Where did the queen come from in the Wei Dynasty? Your Majesty has never adopted an adopted daughter, and has never heard of the ceremony of canonizing a queen. The general forcibly sent his daughter to the palace without announcing it to the ministers, nor did he Carrying out sacrifices and holding ceremonies is not in line with etiquette and law."
"Now that the general is no longer here, his daughter should be allowed to leave the palace and return to the general's residence."
The other ministers looked at each other in shock, not daring to say this easily.
Guo Zhang said again: "Your Majesty is now in charge of the government. Having a family has always been a prerequisite for being in charge of the government. Your Majesty should have a descendant by your side."
"I have a Jewish daughter who is only a little older than Your Majesty and has not yet been married."
Upon hearing this, Xin Chang immediately interrupted him, "Guo Jun, it's not your turn to make the decision on this matter."
The ministers also looked at him with a strange look. Are you talking so much to turn one of your own into a queen? ?
Guo Zhang said unconvinced: "Then what do you think?"
"Queen Mother."
Lu Zhi finally spoke. He looked at Guo Zhang faintly and said: "You can talk to the Queen Mother about the concubines, but you can't talk about the Queen. It is your Majesty's duty to establish a queen. As human ministers, we , cannot participate.”
Guo Zhang narrowed his eyes. Guo Zhang is from the Guo family in Taiyuan. Their family is the descendant of Guo Ting, the general of the Western Han Dynasty.
The Xiping Guo family where Queen Mother Guo lives is a branch of their family. Although they have not interacted with each other for many years, they are naturally much closer than these ministers.
If the Queen Mother can be persuaded to betroth one of her people to the Emperor, it will be of great help to the maintenance of the clan.
After Guo Huai's death, there was some turmoil within the family, and the rapid improvement came to a halt.
When Sima Zhao left the temple, new interest groups had emerged, and they began to reject the original groups, unwilling to let them come back again to divide the benefits.
This time, the ministers' discussion failed to reach any conclusion and they all left.
Xin Chang was not in a hurry to leave. He waited until everyone else left before looking at Lu Zhi.
"Gong Lu, do you think I am talented enough to serve as the Third Duke?"
Lu Zhi was stunned and looked at Xin Chang in front of him in astonishment.
Why do you have this illusion? ?
Xin Chang knew the answer when he saw the surprise in the other person's eyes, and he smiled bitterly.
"Gong Lu, I heard some ministers say that they want to appoint King Cao Yu of Yan to be the general."
"Are they out of their mind??"
