Han Dao world

Chapter 687 The Bystander Clears (Leader Bodhi Jiageng comes first)

Liu Xie raised his eyebrows. "I just heard you say that Xi Zhicai is recovering from illness?"

He is somewhat curious.According to the history books, Guo Jia was recommended by Xun Yu to enter Cao Cao's shogunate after Xi Zhicai died of illness, and it was after Cao Cao became Sikong.

But history has changed, Cao Cao has no chance to be Sikong again, Guo Jia has already appeared beside Cao Cao, and has overlapped with Xi Zhicai's life.

In terms of time, it seemed that this was before he came to this time and space.

Is there an error in the historical records, or...

With a smile on his face, Liu Xie looked at Guo Jia intently, whether he was nervous or looking forward to it.

"Yes." Guo Jia said lightly.

Liu Xie pondered for a moment. "What's wrong with him?"

"Overwork." Cao Cao sighed, and said, "Xi Zhicai planned military affairs for my ministers. The affairs were complicated, and he worked day and night. As a result, he lost both energy and blood, and became sick due to overwork."

Liu Xie looked at them carefully and did not continue this topic.

If it is as he guessed, it is he who is in the light and the other party is in the dark.As long as the other party doesn't want to expose it, it is difficult for him to find out anything from the language.

But if he can't find anything in language, it doesn't mean that he will never show his feet, unless he is willing to fully integrate into this era and not show a little bit of glory.

Liu Xie immediately talked to Cao Cao about Du Tian.

Cao Cao expressed his attitude cautiously.

He recognized the legitimacy of Du Tian, ​​after all, even a family with a large amount of land could not legally object to Du Tian.But the difficulty of Dutian should not be underestimated.The aristocratic family can't object on the surface, but it doesn't mean they can't do some tricks secretly.

Chen Gong, Yan Xiang and others tried Du Tian, ​​but the probability of success is very low.

It's not that they are obedient and obedient, but that they don't have enough clever means.They are all excellent counselors, but not excellent prefects.

According to Shandong's public opinion, a good prefect is a prefect who doesn't care about things.

Zongzi is a typical example, "Fan Mengbo, the prefect of Runan, and Zongzi of Nanyang are only Huanuo".Chen Gong and Yan Xiang are celebrities who grew up in this kind of atmosphere. Even if their ideas are afraid of changing now, can they completely break with the scholar-bureaucrats?

If there is no split, how can Dutian be carried out?
Liu Xie smacked his lips after listening, but didn't say anything.

He didn't have much hope for Chen Gong and Yan Xiang, and he couldn't say how disappointed he was when he heard Cao Cao's judgment.

"Cao Qing, when did you come up with such an idea?"

Cao Cao said with a smile: "Your Majesty, the young minister is fond of reading. If you learn from the past and know the present, you will know that the family is not a blessing for the royal family. The three families are divided into Jin, the third Huan is weaker than Lu, and the Tian family is on behalf of Qi. They are all strong branches and weak stems." From ancient times to the present, mergers and acquisitions are both inevitable and stubborn diseases, and both good and bad. Whether it is a disaster or a blessing, it all depends on the balance."

"How to balance?" Liu Xie asked.

Cao Cao was silent for a long time. "Self-denial and return to ritual."

Liu Xie laughed silently. "How to restrain yourself, and how to be polite?"

Cao Cao bowed and worshiped. "This requires your majesty to discuss and ponder with the lords in the court. It is beyond the ability of ministers to speak nonsense."

The smile in Liu Xie's eyes was even wider. "Cao Qing's words are very good, would you like to give it a try?"

Cao Cao was stunned. "Your Majesty is saying..."

"Be the prefect of a county and try to save the land." Liu Xie said with a smile: "I think you are more competent than Chen Gong and Yan Xiang. Don't rush to answer, you can go back and think about it, think it over, and then reply. "

Cao Cao had no choice but to bow and accept orders.

Seeing that it was getting late, Liu Xie ended his first meeting with Cao Cao and went back to the palace.

It will take a few more days for the wolf and tiger and leopard riders to practice, so there is no rush.

Liu Xie asked Cao Cao to station near Xiliuying, and while he was familiar with the terrain, he also asked the tiger and leopard riders to rest and prepare for battle.There are large tracts of pasture in Shanglin Garden, which can be eaten by tigers and leopards on war horses, reducing the burden of transportation.

On the way back to the city with Liu Xie, Cai Yan, who has been in charge of recording and did not express any opinions, raised his own doubts.

"Your Majesty intends to change Yanzhou Mu to be the prefect. Is it a test?"

"Trying what?" Liu Xie turned to look at Cai Yan.

"To test whether he is willing to obey the edict and whether he has greater ambitions."

"What ambitions can he have?"

Cai Yan thought about it. "Many of his views are similar to His Majesty's, but they are limited by his status and cannot do whatever he wants. If he goes to Jiaozhou or other remote places, the imperial court can't reach them, and there are no big clans in the local area to restrain him, maybe it will be possible. If he has the idea of ​​​​separating one side , this might not be a choice, just like Zhao Tuo back then."

Liu Xie's eyes flickered slightly, and then he smiled. "Ling Shi is a bystander."

"Isn't that what Your Majesty meant?"

"Originally not." Liu Xie shook his head. "I just think that he is more suitable than Chen Gong, Yan Xiang and others to try to save fields, but I didn't expect this level."

"Even if he is pragmatic, with his reputation, I'm afraid it will be difficult to get the approval of the local scholar-bureaucrats?"

"Wouldn't that be better?"

"Uh..." Cai Yan didn't say any more.

She couldn't figure out what the emperor was thinking.Whether she wanted to use Cao Cao to test the bottom line of the scholar-bureaucrats, or as she said, did not give Cao Cao a chance to separate one side, she was not sure.

But she knew that the matter of preventing generals from becoming big can only be reminded privately, and it must not be brought up on the table.It is understandable that the emperor refused to admit it.

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After sending the emperor away, Cao Cao and Guo Jia stood side by side by the Kunming Lake, and ordered people to send the rest of the troops to Xiliuying.

Although the emperor did not explicitly reject his idea of ​​guarding the border, he put forward a suggestion for him to carry out Dutian, and asked him to think about it for a few days, which he had never thought of before.

To implement Dutian, at most it is only a prefect of a county, and the number of troops is no more than [-].For him, this is simply a move to the left.It is possible for Yang Biao and other veterans to agree, but he will suffer great losses, which is definitely not the purpose of his initiative to go west.

"Fengxiao, what do you mean?"

Guo Jia lowered his head and looked at the weeds at his feet. "My lord is too aggressive, which has aroused the emperor's wariness. I'm afraid that the plan of guarding the border will be difficult."

Cao Cao smacked his lips, feeling somewhat regretful.

"My lord, if you still want to guard the border, I have a plan, maybe it will work."

"tell me the story."

"Since we're going to the south, the cavalry probably won't be useful."

Cao Cao was taken aback, then turned to look at Guo Jia. "Feng Xiao, you mean..."

Guo Jia nodded. "Docking the tail to survive is also a choice. It's better than giving up all your strength. There are many jungles in the south, and the cavalry consumes a lot of money and has little utility. It's better to dedicate it to His Majesty to relieve his worries."

Cao Cao took a deep breath and felt a toothache.

Survival by docking the tail is easy to say but difficult to do.

Guo Jia's idea does have some truth.Tigers and leopards can't play a big role when they ride to the south, so it's better to dedicate it to the emperor, so that he can rest assured.

But the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry is his painstaking effort, his most elite force, so he is really reluctant to give it to the emperor like this.

"My lord, there is a shortage of horses in the south. Within a few years, tiger and leopard riders will become pawns..."

Cao Cao raised his hand. "Feng Xiao, let me think again."

　Leader Bodhi Jiageng is the first
　　
　
(End of this chapter)