The three countries are very nuclear

Chapter 686 Critically ill
After Cao Cao died, his eldest son Cao Ang led his subordinates to surrender to Guan Yu according to his instructions.

Guan Yu accepted it readily, and then ordered Cao Ang to write a letter to Chen Gong and others guarding Ye County, asking Chen Gong to surrender with 1 troops under his command.

Now that the general situation is over, and even the lord Cao Cao is dead, Chen Gong naturally has nothing to insist on, and immediately leads the crowd to surrender to the guards outside the city.

For the famous scholar Chen Gong's request to surrender, the interrogator naturally gave him great courtesy. After gathering Chen Gong's troops, he sent people to escort Chen Gong and others all the way to Luoyang.

Not to mention that he has no right to deal with such a big matter, even Guan Yu is the same.

Therefore, Cao Ang and the others were also packed and sent to Luoyang together with the corpses of Cao Cao and others, and handed over to Liu Bei for personal disposal.

Guan Yu was kind enough to allow Cao Ang to walk back to Luoyang on behalf of Cao Cao, and he was not afraid of delaying time on the way.

It seems that Cao Cao's loud shout before his death also made Guan Yu feel respect and pity for him.

Thinking about it carefully, Cao Cao in this life did not have much fault. He neither slaughtered the city nor offended the emperor.

He thought that he was a Hanchen until his death, and Guan Yu gave him the treatment that a Hanchen deserved.

Half a month later, Cao Cao's coffin arrived in Luoyang.

After hearing the news, Liu Bei felt a lot of emotion, and even missed the days when he and Cao Cao belonged to the Kwantung Allied Forces.

At that time, Cao Mengde was full of enthusiasm and devoted himself to serving the country. Although the soldiers he recruited with great difficulty were beaten up by Xu Rong, he still failed to dampen his ambition.

Look now...

Thinking of this, Liu Bei couldn't help but feel emotional, and he didn't ask to open the coffin to identify his identity during the prisoner offering ceremony, so he ordered the Ministry of Rites to bury Cao Cao with the ceremony of a prince.

After all, it was midsummer, and after half a month of fermentation, Cao Cao's body was already unrecognizable. Fortunately, it was sealed with a coffin so that no smell was revealed.

Since he is ready to accept Cao's surrender in good faith, there is no need to open the coffin.

People like Xiahou Dun, Xu Chu and others, after being held under house arrest for nearly ten years, finally saw the light of day again and attended Cao Cao's funeral.

Cao Cao is dead, and they have no threat at all.

Liu Bei even went to express his condolences in person. It stands to reason that Liu Bei's current status as the king of a country is not suitable for participating, but in order to subdue Cao Cao's remaining troops, he made an exception once.

But after only staying for a moment, Liu Bei turned and left.

It wasn't that he didn't want to stay longer, but that Lin Xi broke in suddenly and whispered something to Liu Bei.

Others don't know the content of what he said, but Liu Bei, who is the emperor, turned pale with fright after hearing it, and got up and left the venue without even saying hello.

All because of what Lin Xi said: My brother is critically ill and wants to see His Majesty.

That's right, at this moment when Cao Cao died, Yuan Shu was about to fall, and the world was about to be unified, Lin Chao fell ill!

And very sick!

It stands to reason that people who eat whole grains will inevitably suffer injuries.

But Lin Chao's illness this time was a little unusual.

Things have to start before January...

Guan Yu and Zhao Yun attacked in two directions, and captured most of Yuzhou in just a few months.But it is easy to attack and fight, but it is not easy to govern. If you want to digest these territories, you must manage them well.

Therefore, Lin Chao, who is the prime minister, is busy with this matter these days.

In addition, when the new dynasty was first established, there were too many government affairs, so Lin Chao didn't have much time to be lazy.

However, with Lin Chao's temperament, how could he obediently go to work in Luoyang? After working for a few months, he became impatient and even thought about secretly going to the front line.

After all, he and Skeleton King, his wife Cao, Lu Xiaozi and others are also old friends, and now it is reasonable to send them on the road with their own hands.

So Lin Chao wanted to find an opportunity and asked Liu Bei Shangzuo for a business trip.

As for the reason, it is also very simple, the enemy army is cunning, although Yun Chang and the other generals are brave, but the water inside is too deep, they can't grasp it except the minister.

But before the memorial could be handed over, there was a sudden change in Lin Chao's family.

Uncle Fu passed away.

There was almost no sign, and Uncle Fu even ate a big bowl of rice that night, drank half a jug of wine, and played with the prime minister's son Lin Yi for a while, then fell asleep beautifully, and then did not wake up the next day .

Although Uncle Fu was under [-] years old, he served the four generations of Lin family heads, and even provoked the mainstay of the family by himself when Lin Chao's father had just passed away.

He has been diligent and conscientious all his life, and he has worked hard without complaint, which can be regarded as the dog of Lin's loyal dog. (This is a compliment.)
Lin Chao had always treated Uncle Fu as his own elder, and now that he passed away suddenly, Prime Minister Lin was greatly grieved, so he ordered him to be buried in a magnificent manner, and even asked his younger brother Lin Xi to observe a filial piety for Uncle Fu for three months, to show his lifelong loyalty to Uncle Fu in return.

During the funeral, Lin Chao personally kept watch until sending Uncle Fu into the ground.

After all this tossing, Lin Chao woke up early the next morning, suddenly feeling light-headed, and almost passed out on the ground.

When Xun Cai arrived, he found that Lin Chao's forehead was terribly hot, so he hurriedly ordered his servants to invite Hua Tuo and Zhang Ji to come and treat him.

In fact, it was just an ordinary fever. Under the joint consultation of Hua Tuo and Zhang Ji, the two genius doctors, Lin Chao's fever quickly subsided, but he was told to cultivate well and stop working hard.

Lin Chao is clear about his own body.

The so-called weak and sickly since childhood, to put it bluntly, is congenitally deficient, and is weaker than other children in the mother's womb.So these years Lin Chao concentrated on health preservation, just wanting to live a few more years.

After all, no one can conquer the sky, Lin Chao is still much weaker than ordinary people.

Lin Chao ordered Lu Su to ask the court for leave. After several days of recuperation at home, his health gradually improved.

During this period, Liu Bei even came to the door in person to express condolences to Lin Chao's condition.

But just when he was about to recover, another burst of bad news came.

That night, Zheng Yi'en, the son of Zheng Xuan, appeared in front of Lin Chao in plain clothes, and told Lin Chao the news of Zheng Xuan's death.

This time, it's not a feint like last year.

Zheng Xuan, a great Confucian of the generation, died of illness at the Yushan Academy on the thirteenth day of the sixth month of the first year of Tianming, at the age of seventy-four.

Hearing this news for the first time, Lin Chao felt as if he had been hit by a thunderbolt from the blue sky, and he was so shocked that he could not speak.

After a long time, Lin Chao came back to his senses, and took the mourning clothes from Zheng Yien's hand and put them on.

"Let's go back to Xuzhou, I want to mourn for my teacher..."

At this moment, Lin Chao couldn't care about anything else, and walked outside as he spoke, but before he took a few steps, he fell to the ground.

When he opened his eyes again, beside the bed was Liu Bei with an anxious face and red eyes.

"Zichu, you're awake!"

Seeing Lin Chao wake up, Liu Bei finally had a smile on his face, and his expression was extremely happy.

"His Majesty……"

Lin Chao was about to struggle to get up and salute, but Liu Bei forcibly pressed him on the bed.

"Zi Chu, you have not recovered from your illness, you still have to cultivate well, and you don't have to stick to customary etiquette." Liu Bei said with concern.

Lin Chao stopped struggling, but still said: "Your Majesty, please help me to get up. My teacher died of illness. As a disciple, I have to go to mourning."

"No, no." Liu Bei quickly waved his hand and said, "With your current body, not to mention going to Xuzhou, whether you can use it or not, Luoyang is another matter. It's better to cultivate well, and it's not too late to go to the filial piety after you recover. Kang Cheng Gongquan knows, and he probably doesn't want you to ruin your body."

"Your Majesty is right, brother, it's more important to take care of your health."

Beside, Zheng Yien also echoed.

Lin Chao thought about it, and now is indeed not the time to be brave, so he sighed and stopped being brave.

Lin Chao had already woken up, Xun Cai and others were waiting outside the door, and Liu Bei didn't want to stay too long, so he got up and went back to the palace after giving instructions.

Zheng Yien also had to go to another place to report the funeral, and then left.

From then on, Lin Chao began his career of recuperating from illness.

It's just that people have misfortunes and blessings overnight, and it is difficult to protect themselves after all.

More than ten days passed, but Lin Chao's illness did not improve, but became more and more serious.

Lin Chao understood that his body was too weak, but he couldn't do anything about it, he was groggy all day long, and his condition became more and more serious.

When it was late June, Lin Chao was afraid that his illness would not heal, so he asked Lu Su to write a memorial to Liu Bei, summoned Zhuge Liang who was still fighting abroad, and made him a captain of Sili, and at the same time he was promoted to Yin of Henan.

He also let Lin Xi, the right general, concurrently serve as Zhijinwu, and the two of them, one civil and one military, firmly controlled the land of Gyeonggi.

Even if he dies, he is not afraid of making changes in the court.

Knowing that his mentor was seriously ill, Zhuge Liang asked Guan Ping to lead the army, while he himself led dozens of horsemen to return to Luoyang.

The time came to mid-July, after Cao Ang brought Cao Cao's head to Luoyang, Lin Chao's condition was at its worst, and that's when Liu Bei hurriedly left the scene at Cao Cao's funeral.

When Liu Bei and Lin Xi arrived at the Prime Minister's Mansion, Lin Chao was lying on the sick bed, his whole body was haggard and extremely weak.

Seeing his brothers and sisters like this, Liu Bei couldn't stop the sadness in his heart anymore, tears came out of his eyes.

"Zichu...why did this happen!"

The world is about to be pacified, the great man is about to rise three times, and the days of peace have just begun. Is Zichu going to abandon himself!
When Liu Bei cried, Lin Xi, Zhuge Liang and others who were beside him couldn't hold back anymore, and wept one after another.

Lin Chao's symptoms are actually very simple, that is, he has a low-grade fever for a long time and feels weak all over.

According to later generations of medicine, it was probably infected and the immune system was disordered.

Although it is not a serious illness, there are neither anti-inflammatory drugs nor antibiotics in this era. I can only live or die, and I can only resign myself to fate.

So although Lin Chao was weak, he was very clear-headed.

"Life and death are fate, Your Majesty need not be sad."

With Xun Cai's support, Lin Chao slowly got up from the bed.

Liu Bei hurriedly dissuaded him: "Zichu, let's rest and recuperate, so you don't need to get up."

But Lin Chao shook his head and insisted on sitting upright, then waved his hand and ordered everyone to retreat, leaving only himself and Liu Bei in the room.

Seeing this scene, Liu Bei panicked even more.

Is Zichu going to entrust his funeral?
no, I can not!
But it's just a minor illness, how could it be so serious!
But Lin Chao's feeble voice slowly came out: "Your Majesty, I have been born weak and sick since I was a child. If I live forever, it is also destined. Your Majesty does not need to be sad..."

"Zi Chuxiu is talking nonsense!"

Before Lin Chao finished speaking, he was interrupted by Liu Bei frowning.

There are some things he can't say, and some things he doesn't want to hear, because he is afraid that it will really happen.

"Your Majesty, in the world of life, life is not gold and stone, and depth is not value." Lin Chao shook his head and smiled, his voice was extremely peaceful, "I have the honor to follow His Majesty to make contributions and make great achievements. What can I ask for to rejuvenate the Han Dynasty? Please rest assured, Your Majesty." Cao, I am very grateful to listen to my words."

Hearing this, Liu Bei could no longer hold back the tears in his eyes, he held Lin Chao's hand and said, "Zi Chu, you are not yet forty years old, but you started with a certain person at the infancy, after more than ten years of hard work, you just came to this achievement. Seeing that the world will be peaceful and the great man will be prosperous, you can't abandon me!"

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I'm not yet at the age of death, but I'm afraid that if my illness changes and I can no longer follow Your Majesty, I still have to explain the matter clearly."

"Tell me, I'm listening."

Lin Chao paused for a moment before he opened his mouth and said, "Now that Cao Mengde is dead, your Majesty's confidantes are relieved. As for Yuan Shu, Lu Bu, Sun Ce and others, there is nothing to worry about. You Yunchang led the army to attack, and I think that the enemy will be defeated soon. At that time, only Jingzhou, Yizhou, Yangzhou, and Jiaozhou will be left in the world.

Most areas of Yangzhou and Jiaozhou have always been barren lands. After His Majesty regained them, they should be governed in a good way. It only takes more than ten years to bring the people back to their hearts.

As for the Jing and Yi prefectures, Liu Jingsheng and Liu Jiyu are both His Majesty's brothers of the same clan, it would be best if they can be taken down without bloodshed.The world has been in turmoil for decades, ten rooms and nine empties, and the common people have suffered greatly from it. I hope that your Majesty will take the people into consideration, and if you don't use weapons, you won't use weapons. "

Liu Bei nodded and said, "Don't worry, Zichu, I'll save you."

"The minister is seriously ill now, and even if he does not die, he will not be able to assist His Majesty in governing the country. I also hope that His Majesty will dismiss you from the position of prime minister and find another great sage to take over."

"No, others are all up to you, but this is not the case." Liu Bei flatly refused, "Zichu, you can rest easy and recuperate. The cabinet will take care of the state affairs, so you don't need to worry about it. As for the matter of dismissal, don't mention it again." !"

Seeing that Liu Bei insisted on refusing to dismiss him, Lin Chao had no choice but to give up, and continued to speak: "Fortunately, Your Majesty has pity on me, and the envoy steals a high position. It's just that if the minister is unlucky... Your Majesty will have to find his own way. Although Wen Ruo is a gentleman, But after all, he is resourceful and indecisive, and there are too many obstacles around him, although His Majesty has great trust, he must not allow him to monopolize power."

Once Lin Chao died of illness, Xun Yu, who was the chief assistant of the cabinet, would naturally become his successor.

It's just that Xun Yu is good in everything, but his personality is too noble and his temperament is mild. Even if he controls the government, Liu Bei has to be tougher, otherwise there may be troubles.

"My disciple, Kong Ming, is loyal and upright even though he is young. Most of what I have learned is bestowed on him. It only takes a few more years of experience, and he is enough to be the prime minister of the world. I hope that your majesty will cultivate him a lot. This son will surely protect me as a great man." Prosperous for decades."

Liu Bei chose his successor without asking, which is actually a very taboo thing.

But in the current situation, Lin Chao didn't know when he would be cold, and he couldn't care less.

Fortunately, Liu Bei didn't think too much, just nodded while covering Lin Chao's hand.

"Zi Chu, I have written down what you said."

After some secret talks, Lin Chao felt that he had explained almost all the things that should be explained, and felt weak and tired again.

Seeing this, Liu Bei told Lin Chao to take a good rest, and then got up and left.

The first year of destiny, at the end of July.

Liu Bei used the prime minister's illness as an excuse to issue an edict that the government affairs should be temporarily handled by the cabinet, and there was no need to submit them to the prime minister's office.

As soon as the edict came out, the capital was shaken, and only then did the officials know the news that Prime Minister Lin Chao was sick and bedridden.

As a result, there was an endless stream of visitors.

Liu Bei was furious when he heard this, and issued an edict that no one should disturb Lin Chao's cultivation, and finally even brought Lin Chao's family into the palace to live and cultivate.

In this way, I can see Lin Chao every day, and if there is any change in his body, I can know immediately.

This kind of behavior of allowing courtiers to live in the palace has been considered unique in the Lin Dynasty for hundreds of generations.

(End of this chapter)