Cao Xiang held up the tea cup and took a sip of tea. "That old ghost is well versed in the art of strategizing and can see through the entire situation at a glance. Although the Liu Dynasty is in danger, its foundation is still there, and that is Confucianism."
"As long as Confucianism exists, the emperor is the greatest."
"If I am the only one who is powerful, I will naturally monopolize power by force. The emperor has no strength to fight against me, so he can only obey me."
"But if your lord is in the court, he can contact the Liu family as a royal family to fight against me. With the two powerful generals Guan and Zhang on his side, who can compete with me in terms of force?"
"Even I have to retreat a bit. In this case, the emperor will be more than just a decoration."
"You may want to ask, why does it have to be him and not other royal families?"
"Haha, the most important thing here is that Zhang Er around him is a powerful general who can keep him safe and not killed by me."
"As generals, the two of them are just enemies of ten thousand people. But if they are bodyguards, they can help your lord become a cauldron and shoulder the foundation of the Liu Dynasty."
"And by working together, we can not only easily wipe out the Sun family in Nanfang continent and relieve the suffering of the people, but also conquer the other three continents and create a more glorious Liu Dynasty."
"We should all still be alive now, continuing to scheming in the court and arguing every day."
"It's a pity that in just one thought, we are all here now."
"Poof!" Military Advisor Zhuge vomited blood.
"Ha, I like this scene." Zhou Lang gloated.
Military Advisor Pang smiled and said: "Lazy Loach, don't take it too seriously. The past is in the past. The present matter is just the number of days. Our mission is to end the turbulent Liu Dynasty and open a way for future generations."
"you do this delibrately."
Commander Zhuge raised his finger and pointed at Commander Pang, gnashing his teeth in anger.
As a very smart person, he immediately understood that he was indeed a bad friend. What was the fun thing to do? The fun thing was to watch him vomit blood.
"You don't have to be angry," Zhou Lang said with a smile, "He also vomited blood just like you."
Military Advisor Pang smacked his lips and said, "Without your Longzhong pair, the world would be divided into three parts, and without my over-the-top agents, forcing our lord to fight with the Liu family, I'm afraid my lord would have to return to the court in the end."
Zhuge Military Advisor turned to Prime Minister Cao, "May I ask Duke Cao, do you have any disobedience?"
"Yes, I won't hide it from you. I dreamed of sitting on that chair, but I didn't dare." Cao Xiang shook his head and said, "There are some things in the Ancestral Temple that have been circulated for a long time. After seeing it, I only dare to think about it."
"But that kind of unbearable itching in the heart, how can it be said that you can just let it go? That's how my headaches come from. It's all caused by heart problems."
Military Advisor Zhuge asked: "May I ask what is in the Ancestral Temple?"
Cao Xiang said seriously: "The great ancestor Liu You recorded the chats with the people in the mountains, as well as some information he obtained by bribing the servants of the Fan and Xiang families, as well as the information collected after he became emperor."
"Long before the heroes conquered the world, the people in the mountains said that it would be difficult for the Xiang family to succeed, because the Xiang family were ministers of the state of Liu and could only fight for the state of the state of Liu."
"Later I thought of a way for Xiang Zhen, which was to ask King Liu to give in."
"But the premise is that Xiang Zhen implements benevolent policies, and while coercing with force, he must convince people with virtue."
"In the end, Xiang Zhen massacred the surrendered Qin army in revenge."
"At that time, the people in the mountains said that if Xiang Zhen wants to live, he can only live as a minister. If he proclaims himself emperor, the whole world will rise up to attack him, and he who refuses to die will be killed."
"Because Xiang Zhen has no benevolence, this is an excuse to attack him, and the people do not want another Qin Emperor, so followers gathered."
"If you can't kill him at the same time, you will definitely be killed by him, so you must chase him all the way to death."
"But the great ancestor Liu You had no intention of proclaiming himself king or emperor. He just muddled through on the battlefield, but instead he left behind a reputation for benevolence."
"The people of Qin were afraid of Xiang Zhen, so they surrendered the great ancestor Liu You. This further increased the prestige of the great ancestor, and from then on he transformed from a grass python into a dragon."
"The great ancestor Liu You was so scared that he went to the people in the mountains for help. The people in the mountains told him to go as long as the time was right."
"It turned out later that Xiang Zhen did not kill the great ancestor Liu Yue, but just kicked him to a remote area."
"As a result, Xiang Zhen massacred all parties. Only Liu You, the great ancestor, stayed safe and was not attacked. He formed an alliance with all parties and formed a grand alliance to attack Xiang Zhen."
"In the end, Xiang Zhen was forced to death, but the great ancestor Liu You convinced the kings. After nearly a year of arduous negotiations, he successfully convinced the kings and was able to proclaim himself emperor."
"This is the number of days, this is destiny, it is the convergence of countless causes and effects."
"To be honest, Cao didn't really believe in the number of days at first."
"Until I met the man in the mountain later, I didn't know it was him. Otherwise, I might have woken up earlier."
"He said that my brother Guo Xian would be short-lived if he used too many tactics. Later, he died of illness on the way to the northern expedition to the Yuan family."
"After conquering the Yuan family, I slowly, accidentally, and figured it out bit by bit."
"The number of days is not determined at the beginning. We have to do something intentionally or unintentionally, and we suddenly realize it afterwards."
"And history is a good thing that allows us to summarize problems."
"The Liu Dynasty has been around for more than four hundred years, and the emperor, kings, and powerful ministers have been fighting constantly. It's all cause and effect."
"Look at those little emperors who were manipulated by powerful ministers. Now it seems that they are the consequences of the Liu Dynasty, and they are replenished with the life span of the Liu family's descendants."
"As for the powerful ministers, they can manipulate the emperor, but they cannot harm the world, let alone seek to usurp the throne."
"Because once you proclaim yourself emperor, those killings will turn from the service of protecting the country into sins of personal gain. You really can't afford it."
"The reckless man from before only served as emperor for fifteen years. After his death, he will spend countless years in hell to wash away his sins."
"After I went down to the underworld, I talked with some of the former powerful officials, and they had some understanding."
"I know very well that once they sit on that dragon chair, their lives will be short-lived, and when they have a lot of debt, their descendants will die, just like the little emperors of the Liu Dynasty."
"That's it. Don't talk about me. Why would even those powerful officials sit in that chair just for the sake of quick pleasure?"
"I also told my son something similar. Unfortunately, my son is disobedient and can't stop being greedy."
"Or maybe this is cause and effect, so that we can all be dragged into it to compensate for the sins of our lifelong battles and the ruin of our lives."
"This is the outcome of our days, the convergence of various causes and effects."
Military Advisor Zhuge digested it quickly, "Mr. Cao, do you think that we and the other three parties will not last long?"
Cao Xiang said with a smile: "It depends on the choices of all parties. If you declare before your death that you will no longer fight and concentrate on internal affairs, then you may not be able to delay it for a few more years."
Military Advisor Zhuge was silent, drinking tea and waiting to see what happened.
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world.
The Liu family was quiet, but the Cao family was not. They repeatedly provoked and destroyed the formations left by Zhuge's military advisor.
Over the past four years, all the formations on the border were successively destroyed. Finally, the Liu family could no longer sit still, and Jiang Wei, a disciple of Zhuge's military advisor, led the army north to reject the territory.
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