"I don't have one."
Cao Xian whispered.
Yang Ling smiled, closed the door, and sat down next to Cao Xian.
The two were so close, Yang Ling could feel that Cao Xian was trembling.
"From now on, we are husband and wife, you don't have to be nervous."
Yang Ling smiled and held her white catkins.
For some reason, Cao Xian stopped trembling after being held in his hand like this. Instead, he mustered up the courage to say,
"Actually, I am...excited."
"Excited?"
Yang Ling was stunned for a moment.
"Um."
Cao Xian nodded, leaned on Yang Ling's shoulder obediently, and said softly,
"Not only I, but even my two sisters have been looking forward to this day for a long time..."
Ever since they followed Cao Qing to a poetry gathering organized by Cao Zhi and met Yang Ling for the first time, the three daughters Cao Xian, Cao Jie, and Cao Hua were impressed by him.
Who knows that Yang Ling was originally a jade tree facing the wind, handsome and elegant, but he even showed off his talent in the poetry meeting!
The three sisters were at the beginning of their love affair, so how could they not fall in love with him.
Later, Yang Ling's works became popular all over the world.
The three sisters hide in their boudoir and recite his collection of poems every day, looking forward to one day marrying Yang Ling like their sister Cao Qing did.
And their wish finally came true today!
After listening to Cao Xian's words, Yang Ling couldn't help but sigh.
Really, girlish feelings are always poetry!
I didn't expect that I would inadvertently gain three little fans!
"In that case, what are you waiting for, madam?"
Yang Ling held her in his arms with a smile and began to gently take off her clothes.
When only his underwear was left, Cao Xian suddenly grabbed Yang Ling's hand.
"What's the matter, ma'am?"
"Husband, wait a moment."
As he spoke, Cao Xian stood up from Yang Ling's arms, took out a piece of white silk from the dowry on the side, and spread it on the bed.
"Please come, husband."
She lay on it, closing her eyes tightly, her face already turning red.
Yang Ling chuckled, no longer hesitated, and blew out the candle on the side.
…
The romantic and charming night was naturally not something outsiders could appreciate.
The next night, Yang Ling followed the same pattern and brought Cao Jie and Cao Hua into the room.
In addition, he also had a good time accompanying several other beauties, and even Fu Shou in the palace was not left out in the cold.
Fortunately, there was the Qi refining technique taught by Zuo Ci, otherwise Yang Ling would not be able to bear it no matter how strong he was.
On this day, Yang Ling was at home with his wives, concubines, and children.
Just as he was thinking about how to coax Cao Qing and the others into the room, a servant came to report that it was Dian Wei who had arrived.
"Why is my second brother so free today?"
Yang Ling came to the lobby and greeted Dian Wei with a smile.
"Brother, to be honest, it was the Prime Minister who asked me to invite you here."
Dian Wei shrugged his shoulders.
have to.
Just a few days after marrying Cao Xian's three daughters, he had to deal with himself again.
But they all slept with Boss Cao's daughter, and Yang Ling was too embarrassed to be lazy.
So he got up and followed Dian Wei towards Duke Wei's mansion.
Duke Wei's Mansion.
study.
"I've met Mr. Wei!"
Yang Ling bowed his hands.
"My brother-in-law doesn't know. Now my father is no longer the Duke of Wei, but the King of Wei."
Cao Pi on the side interrupted with a smile.
"A few days ago, Gukan Ziyi was newlywed, so I didn't inform you."
Cao Cao smiled reservedly,
"Today the emperor has consecrated Gu as the King of Wei."
Yang Ling was slightly startled, then relieved.
After the pacification of Liangzhou, the eight states of You, Bing, Sili, Ji, Qing, Xu, and Yan were all returned to the jurisdiction of the imperial court.
Cao Cao was originally the Duke of Wei, and it was reasonable for him to further become the King of Wei.
Now Cao Cao was canonized as King of Wei, with thirty thousand households in the city, and he was ranked among the princes and kings.
You don’t need to be a minister when performing an event, and you don’t need to worship when you receive an edict. You can use the emperor’s clothes, chariots, and etiquette to worship heaven and earth in the suburbs. The ancestral temple, ancestral temple, and temples were all made like the Han system, the capital was Yecheng, and princes like Cao Pi were all lords.
At this time, although he was not the emperor, he was already the emperor.
But it is a pity that Boss Cao currently has no idea of reliance on behalf of Han.
Yang Ling thought this in his heart, but he smiled and saluted Cao Cao again.
"My subordinates congratulate King Wei!"
"Speaking of which, Ziyi is indispensable for Gu being canonized as the King of Wei. I wish you all the same."
Cao Cao also smiled and waved.
After the two exchanged pleasantries, Cao Cao went straight to the topic.
"I invited Ziyi here today mainly because I want to see you for two things."
"King Wei, just tell me."
"First, now that the war in the north has been calmed down, the next step is to prepare to go south to attack Jingzhou and Jiangdong in order to unify the world."
"It's just that Liu Biao, Liu Bei and others are not as easy to deal with as Han Sui, Yuan Xi, and Yuan Shang."
Speaking of Liu Biao and Liu Bei, Cao Cao looked a little solemn.
"Therefore, I plan to appoint you, Ziyi, as the general to conquer the south, and go to Nanyang County first to prepare for the next campaign against Jingzhou."
Compared with Jiangdong, which is dominated by tigers and has a powerful navy, Jingzhou is undoubtedly much easier to attack.
Moreover, after capturing Jingzhou, we can also go down the Yangtze River to attack Jianye in Jiangdong.
Therefore, Yang Ling had no objection to Cao Cao's appointment.
"Subordinates take orders."
"Besides that, there's a second thing."
Cao Cao paused and said with a smile,
"There were frequent wars in the past, so it was not the time to promote the imperial examination system. Now that there is no war in the north, I plan to promote the imperial examination system."
"That's a good thing."
Yang Ling said happily.
As long as the imperial examination system can be promoted, we can fundamentally prevent wealthy noble families from controlling government affairs.
"It's just that we are encountering some trouble right now."
"What trouble?"
"According to the public school teachers who were sent out, the enlightenment books used to teach children were too obscure and difficult to understand, and the progress was not smooth."
Cao Cao sighed in distress.
There had been frequent wars in the past, and neither Cao Cao nor the imperial court could allocate energy or money to promote the imperial examination system.
With the salt-making method provided by Yang Ling, the court received a large amount of taxes.
So after pacifying the Yuan family in the north, Cao Cao began to promote the imperial examination system.
The three steps proposed by Yang Ling to Cao Cao back then have now been achieved with papermaking and movable type printing, leaving only the last step of holding official schools.
In order to make it possible for poor people to study, Cao Cao even spent a lot of money to provide free food and accommodation for children who came to study.
As a result, there was an endless stream of children who came to study, and Cao Cao's reputation among the people soared to the sky!
However, accordingly, new problems arise.
Most of the children from wealthy noble families studied in the family's private schools.
All those who come to public schools are children from poor families.
Their foundation is relatively poor and they must start with ordinary literacy.
However, the teaching materials used for enlightenment are really obscure and difficult to understand.
After teaching for a period of time, those gentlemen found that the progress was too slow, so they reported it to Cao Cao.
