Outside Xudu City.
Cao Pi, wearing the robe of the Crown Prince of Wei, was waiting at the side early.
Over the past month or so, he has gradually become familiar with Cao Cao's daily affairs, and he has gradually found a feeling for getting along with Cao Cao's civil servants and generals.
certainly...
He originally had a team.
Clan members such as Cao Xiu, Cao Zhen, and Xia Houshang, as well as ministers such as Cui Yan, Jia Xu, Sima Yi, Chen Qun, and Mao Jie, all stood firmly on his side when they competed with Cao Zhi for the title of legitimate son.
Once the emperor and the courtiers,
Naturally, he had to entrust these people who had firmly supported him with important responsibilities.
far away...
On the white earth, a black spot appeared.
The black spot grew closer and closer, gradually turning into a marching army.
The soldiers in black armor had stern expressions and their brows were furrowed.
Marching in the snow in winter is a sour and refreshing experience. Only soldiers like them know the difficulties. These nobles, they don't know anything!
"Abandon your hometown.
Leaving the house.
Traveling thousands of miles from the military.
Overcoming thorns.
Seek Qianmo.
Walking alone with side legs. "
Cao Pi sighed with emotion and stepped forward slowly.
He had already seen Cao Cao's king.
"My son, please pay homage to your father."
"My lord, I would like to pay my respects to the king."
Cao Pi led a group of clan ministers to kneel on both sides of King Cao Cao's carriage.
"The king is safe."
Cao Ren came from the king's carriage and shouted loudly at the ministers who were kneeling on the ground.
"Everyone, please get up without any courtesy."
Cao Ren answered for Cao Cao. Cao Pi knelt on the ground, his eyes flickering, but he didn't waste time. He stood up immediately and said, "Thank you, father."
The rest of the ministers shouted: "A thousand years old!"
After getting up, Cao Cao did not invite Cao Pi to enter the king's palace, but went straight into the Xudu city.
"Your Highness."
Chen Qun stepped forward, his eyes dark, and whispered: "The king has to let the general do the talking for him, I'm afraid..."
"Don't say too much!"
Cao Pi waved his hand to stop what Chen Qun was about to say. His eyes flickered, and he didn't know what he was thinking.
"Zijian...should be arriving soon?"
Chen Qun nodded.
"It should be within these few days."
Cao Pi nodded.
"Let's go into the city and pay homage to our father."
His father's body was even more corrupt than he imagined.
Can't you even speak?
This doesn't mean...
Will he die soon?
Cao Pi was both excited and sad, and deep down, he was even a little scared and worried.
What's exciting is that he's finally coming through.
Accompanying you is like accompanying a tiger.
What's more, I am still a suspicious person.
It’s so easy to kill someone in a dream!
During the battle for the heir, he narrowly escaped death and finally survived.
Cao Ang, Cao Chong, Cao Zhi.
Now it's finally Cao Pi's turn!
Sadly, Cao Cao is his biological father after all, and now he is seriously ill and about to die. As a son, he naturally feels sad in his heart.
His father had more than twenty sons. Although Cao Zihuan never loved him, he never despised him.
What should be given to him was finally given to him.
There is no distinction.
What is fearful and worrying is that after the death of his father, Cao Pi, can he really control the entire Wei Kingdom?
It was his father who conquered this world. As his son, could he hold on to his legacy and even dominate the world?
As the saying goes, it is easy to conquer the world but difficult to defend it.
The situation in Wei State was complicated, including aristocratic families, clans, powerful men, and emperors. Cao Pi felt a little overwhelmed after just understanding it.
Not to mention, in addition to internal troubles, Wei State also has external troubles.
Jiangdong rat, you can ignore him.
Xianbei to the north and the countries of the Western Regions to the west can be ignored.
But he did not dare to ignore Liu Xuande of Yizhou and Liu Gongsi of Jingzhou.
Especially Liu Gongsi, the crown prince of Hanzhong!
Liu Bei and his father were of the same generation, and he, Cao Pi, could outlast him.
But Liu Chan is younger than him!
Even as old as his son.
Who outlasts whom?
and...
Even if Cao Pi didn't want to admit that Liu Chan was better than him, he couldn't deny that Liu Chan was indeed extraordinary and had both military and political skills.
There is a young, ambitious, righteous, popular and capable Liu Gongsi, the crown prince of Hanzhong.
I'm afraid he will be Cao Pi's lifelong enemy!
Cao Pi was filled with distracting thoughts, but the next moment, he shook his head heavily to get rid of the distracting thoughts in his mind.
If I am afraid of this or that, what kind of king should I, Cao Zihuan, be?
It's better to surrender as soon as possible to the Hanzhong Crown Prince Liu Gongsi!
...
Prince Wei's Mansion.
The inner chamber of the inner courtyard.
Cao Pi slowly walked in and saw a sick old man lying on the bed.
The skin and bones look like a dying person.
Although Cao Cao looked weak a month ago when he was in Xudu, now Cao Cao looks like a dead man.
The difference between the two is huge.
"Bring the medicine."
Cao Ren came forward with a bowl of thick soup. It was better to say it was soup or soup dregs.
A bowl of soup is filled with herbs.
Cao Cao took the medicine bowl, frowned, and chewed it while drinking. It took him almost a quarter of an hour to drink the small bowl of medicine.
"Huh~"
He slowly exhaled a breath, drank the hot decoction, and finally some color appeared on his pale face.
The pain in his head, which felt like needle pricks, ushered in the long-lost peace.
The ninth medicine.
The last medicine, finally, there is no more medicine to take.
After sitting paralyzed for another quarter of an hour, Cao Cao's eyes gradually became brighter.
He looked at Cao Pi, who had been waiting early, and said to Cao Ren: "Zixiao, you go and wait outside the door. If you have anything to say, you need to talk to Zihuan alone."
"promise."
Upon hearing this, Cao Ren put away the medicine bowl, nodded to Cao Pi, and walked out the door.
When you go out, don't forget to close the door.
"You go out on patrol and no one is allowed to come within a hundred meters of this place!"
"promise!"
The guard left immediately, and Cao Ren stood at the door, motionless like a door god.
In the room, Cao Pi was stared at by Cao Cao's tiger eyes.
After standing for almost half an hour, his feet were already numb.
But he didn't dare to speak at this moment.
"I already know what's going on in Xudu City, and you've done a good job."
Cao Pi breathed a sigh of relief in his heart and said: "This is what a son should do. If there is anything I did wrong, please correct me."
Cao Cao glanced at Cao Pi, but his tone became a little more serious.
"The affairs of the family and the state are the affairs of the world. You only take care of the state affairs, but what about the family affairs? Even a woman can't control it."
After hearing Cao Cao's reprimand, Cao Pi's cheeks immediately turned red with embarrassment.
"My son...my son..."
That bitch!
Cao Pi's eyes couldn't help but turn red when he thought of Zhen Mi enjoying herself under Liu Gongsi.
A feeling of being bullied went straight to my head.
"That's all."
Cao Cao looked at Cao Pi's performance and was very dissatisfied.
"She's just a woman. I treat women like clothes. Wear them when they fit, and discard them when they don't. Now that Mrs. Zhen has been captured by Mr. Liu, what you have to do is not to breathe heavily or look angry, but to We must find a way to snatch her back, and even snatch her away from Mr. Liu’s wives and concubines to play with!”
Who in the world is better at playing with other people's women than Cao Mengde? Have more insights?
"My son, I understand."
"You do not understand!"
Cao Cao looked directly at Cao Pi. He, Cao Mengde, was so careless that he didn't know how he gave birth to such a feminine son.
Not manly at all!
"Can you swear to the sky in front of me that you will defeat the Hanzhong Crown Prince Liu Gongsi, seize his inheritance, plunder his wives and daughters, and gain his subjects?"
Defeat Liu Gongsi, the crown prince of Hanzhong?
Cao Pi hesitated for a moment, then pointed his right hand to the sky and said, "My son can definitely do it!"
"You must do it, otherwise, you will not be able to rest in peace even if you are alone under the Nine Springs."
"Father..."
Cao Pi's eyes were red and he was about to kneel down.
However, Cao Cao snorted coldly and said: "Crying and crying, is this the image of a human master? Stand up!"
When Cao Cao shouted loudly, Cao Pi quickly wiped the tears off his face and straightened his back.
"I want to ask you, if I come a hundred years from now, how will you rectify the Wei state?"
How to rectify the Wei State?
Cao Pi thought for a while and said: "I believe that when governing a country, we should first pay attention to the selection of officials. The advancement and retreat of talents is related to the purity of official governance, political gains and losses, and if the officials are successful, then all officials will be governed, so officials of the world should be used , Military achievements and inspection are the main ones, only talents are promoted, and wisdom and talents are valued."
Cao Pi secretly glanced at his old father, Cao Cao, and found that there was no strange expression on his face, and he felt reassured.
"If you want to control the overall situation and stabilize people's hearts, you may be able to gain special privileges and be rewarded for your merits."
The noble families are intertwined, and Liu Gongsi is a clan member of the Han Dynasty. After King Jing of Zhongshan, he carries a big flag. If he, Cao Pi, wants to confront him and make concessions to the noble family in order to gain their support, it would be better for him.
"You go on."
Compromising profits with the gentry?
You can give in, but it depends on how much you give in.
If the gentry becomes so big that it cannot be controlled, then will this world belong to his Cao family or to the gentry?
"Governing the country and appointing officials is also a top priority. Appointing officials to perform duties is related to the profits and losses of government and the effectiveness of governing the country. Appointing officials is the right person, so they govern without doing anything. When serving as officials, ministers will naturally know how to recognize people. Appoint people well, assign duties according to their ability, employ people with sincerity, be informal, reward good and punish evil.
The ministers already know the ways of appointing officials, such as conferment, bestowal, special certificate, probation, recommendation, transfer, filling vacancy, concurrent appointment, and dispatch. In order to achieve complete control of the situation. "
Cao Cao nodded.
"It seems that, Zihuan, you have seriously studied governing the country."
Governing a big country is like cooking small dishes.
It is necessary to work on the smallest details to achieve results.
Making good use of talents means ensuring that officials are suitable for their positions and that they are used at the right time to make the best use of their talents. This is a key link in national governance.
When appointing an official, one should not only know people well, but also be clear about things and handle matters appropriately. Furthermore, one should be responsible for assigning tasks. On the basis of inspecting talents and investigating the reasons, one should strive to put the job first, have the right person for the position, and have the right personnel. It is necessary to centralize the power of appointing officials, but also to decentralize the paths of appointing officials, and give full play to the dominant advantage of the monarch in appointing officials...
He, Cao Cao, was good at this and was able to rule the Wei Kingdom obediently.
After listening to Cao Pi's words today, he must have his own opinions on how to serve as an official.
very nice.
"Finally, it is about governing officials. The effectiveness of governing officials is related to the welfare of the people and the rise and fall of the world. If officials do not practice governance, officials will become complicated and chaotic. Govern officials with virtue, govern with etiquette, govern with law, and govern with discipline. ..”
Cao Pi talked eloquently, and he was not an incompetent person.
on the contrary.
He is not bad at running the country as an official.
"Promote the farming system and implement the grain and silk market..."
"Restore agricultural production. Reduce taxes and expenditures and reduce the burden on the people..."
"Build the Imperial Academy and win the hearts of scholars..."
...
Cao Pi kept talking for more than an hour before he stopped.
Cao Cao's expression has changed from disgust and scrutiny at first to satisfaction now, and he can't help but nod.
It seems that Cao Cao has a successor.
If there is no war, if Wei is handed over to Zihuan, he will definitely be able to preserve the foundation laid down by Cao Cao.
certainly...
The premise is that there is no war.
When he thought of Mr. Liu, Cao Cao's originally brilliant face turned gloomy.
"Zihuan, you already know how to govern a country. You feel at ease when you are alone. So, do you have a plan in mind on how to deal with Mr. Liu?"
Deal with Liu Gongsi?
Cao Pi was stunned for a moment. He thought again and again and said: "Liu Gongsi should not be underestimated, but there is no need to be afraid of him. Our country of Wei has nine states with millions of people. Let's stay here and recuperate. We will not be out for another three to five years." , the treasury is full, and the soldiers are elite, it will not be a problem to choose a strong general and send a large number of troops to recapture Jingzhou and Yizhou."
Could it be that Cao Zixiao, Pang Lingming, Yu Wenze, and Xu Gongming were not strong generals before?
Which of their soldiers is not an elite soldier?
There are more than 100,000 people.
Still can't defeat Gongsi Liu.
Cao Cao was very dissatisfied with Cao Pi's general remarks.
"What if in three to five years he comes from Jingzhou and Hanzhong, together with Sun Quan from Jiangdong, to attack Wei from three sides?"
Attack Wei on three sides?
Cao Pi looked serious and said: "I will appoint Cao Zhen and Cao Xiu as generals to guard Guanzhong. As for Liu Gonghe, I will personally lead the troops to fight with him. Sun Quan from the east of the Yangtze River has Wen Yuan in Hefei, so there is no need to worry about Xuzhou. "
Cao Cao shook his head and said, "Is this all you can think of?"
Cao Pi frowned. He could clearly feel that Cao Cao was very dissatisfied with his answer.
He thought for a long time and had intense brainstorming in his head.
"Sun Quan from Jiangdong can be fought for. We can make an alliance with him, give him some benefits, and invite him to conquer Jingzhou together. Now Liu Gongsi is famous all over the world. The king of Hanzhong has the status of great ancestor. The Marquis of Nanchang has been defeated by Liu Gongsi many times. He must be resentful of Liu Gongsi and attack Wei from three sides? Impossible!"
This is a political consideration.
Military is just an extension of politics.
There are many battles that cannot be resolved politically and can only be waged on violence.
The best strategy is to stabilize Jiangdong before going to war.
When it came time to send troops to deal with Jiangdong, he was already at a disadvantage.
"And, Your Majesty...how are you going to deal with it?"
His Majesty?
After thinking for a moment, Cao Pi immediately said:
"The father is a minister of the Han Dynasty, and the son is the heir apparent of Wei."
Cao Pi lowered his head and did not directly answer Cao Cao's words, but the answer was actually ready to come out.
Cao Cao was stunned for a moment, and finally sighed.
"Remember, keep your dignity."
"My son understands."
After talking to Cao Pi today, Cao Cao was obviously much more relaxed.
It was as if something that had been on my mind had finally been completed.
"I'm lonely, please step back."
"promise."
Cao Pi felt relieved and backed away slowly. When he was about to open the door, Cao Cao's faint voice crawled into his ears behind Cao Pi.
"That day Chong'er, but you killed him?"
Buzz buzz~
Cao Pi's ears were filled with a buzzing sound, as if something was rolling inside.
He quickly turned around and knelt on the ground.
"Father, Chong'er is the brother of my son. How dare your son kill his own relatives?"
Cao Cao stared at Cao Pi carefully, waved his hand and said, "Remember what you said today, and go down."
"promise!"
Cao Pi's back was already soaked with sweat.
When he walked out of the door, his knees softened and he almost fell to his knees.
Cao Ren had quick hands and eyes, so he hurried forward to help Cao Pi.
"Your Majesty, be careful."
Cao Pi had a look of gratitude on his face.
"Thank you, Uncle Clan."
All the way out of the inner courtyard, Cao Pi's eyes were gloomy and he couldn't help but laugh sadly twice.
Thirteen years of Jian'an.
How did Cao Chong die?
In this world, perhaps no one knows this better than Cao Pi.
But as long as he can sit on the throne of Wei King, everything will be fleeting.
Brother Chong.
He was bitten to death by a poisonous snake.
Cao Pi said this, who could not believe it?
Who dares not to believe it? !
