I, Liu Bian, the hero

Chapter 72 Cao Chun
For the next few days, the hussar general Dong Zhong, who had been hinted by Sun Zhang, had been waiting for the Yuan family to take the initiative to mention the Gepi Yellow Turban in the court, and Liu Bian was also waiting.

But the strange thing is that Yuan's side didn't have much reaction.

Not to mention Dong Zhong, Sun Zhang and others were secretly surprised, Liu Bian was also quite puzzled.

Just when Liu Bian was suspicious, Taiwei Cao Song came to see him and recommended his clan son Cao Chun to Liu Bian: "...this is clan Zichun, styled Zihe, eighteen years old, with little talent, maybe he can be used by His Highness. "

"..."

Looking at the immature-looking young man beside Cao Song, Liu Bian suppressed the joy in his heart.

What little talent?This is Cao Wei Confucian General, Tiger and Leopard Cavalry Governor Cao Chun, Cao Zihe, the commander-in-chief of Cao Wei's most elite army.

In history, apart from being bluffed by Zhang Fei alone in Changbanqiao, this Tiger and Leopard Cavalry Governor has no stains in terms of character or record. It is a pity that he died young, at the age of 40, so he became famous. Far inferior to his brother Cao Ren, Xiahou Dun, Xiahouyuan, Cao Hong and others.

Previously, Liu Bian thought that these Cao brothers were either still at home, or they all defected to Cao Cao and went to the third assistant army training. Unexpectedly, Cao Chun was missed, and Cao Song recommended him to him today.

Based on his current relationship with the Cao family, he won Cao Chun, just like Liu Bei was delighted when he got Zhao Yun.

Thinking of this, Liu Bian looked at Cao Chun and applauded: "Zihe is quite like a Confucian general."

Cao Chun is not good this year, and his temperament is far less stable than when he was appointed as the Tiger and Leopard Rider by Cao Cao in history. Seeing that Liu Bian is much younger than him, but praises him in an adult tone, he can't help but feel a little out of harmony.

Fortunately, he was mature and prudent, although he felt weird in his heart, but his face didn't show any clues, he bowed his hands and thanked: "Thank you Shi Hou for your compliment, I'm really ashamed and dare not take it."

Seeing Liu Bian's neither arrogant nor humble attitude, Liu Bian nodded secretly, and he liked it even more. He turned around and asked Cao Song, "Which official would Cao Taiwei recommend your son?"

Seeing Liu Bian praising Cao Chun, and seeing Liu Bian asking with a smile on his face, Cao Song made up his mind and asked tentatively, "Maybe you can be the servant of the Huangmen, and be driven by His Highness?"

Yellow door servant?

Who?
Cao Chun?

Liu Bian looked at Cao Chun with some surprise, and suddenly remembered that Cao Chun was the servant of Huangmen during this period of history.

After all, although Huangmen Shilang is an idle official and has no real power, to put it bluntly, he is just an errand for passing official documents between the Chongde Palace, the General's Mansion, and the Sangong Mansion. A not low starting point.

Just like Xun You, as the temptation and bond for the Xun family of Yingchuan to seek refuge with the general He Jin, isn't he also serving as the servant of the Huangmen now?

It's a pity that Cao Chun's luck in history was not very good. Not long after he became the servant of the Huangmen, his cousin Cao Cao fled because he planned to assassinate Dong Zhuo. The official defected to his cousin Cao Cao, and since then he abandoned literature and pursued martial arts, and became a fierce general under Cao Cao's tent, and he was a strong general at the level of the guard. He only obeyed Cao Cao's orders, and only led tigers and leopards out in the most critical situations.

In Liu Bian's opinion, such a fierce general will be appointed as the servant of Huangmen, which is a bit inferior to his talent.

So he hinted at Cao Song and said: "The servant of the Huangmen is an idle official."

Cao Song was startled: "Your Highness means..."

I saw Liu Bian looked at Cao Chun, said with a smile, "I, Guan Zihe, has a handsome appearance. I don't care about my words and smiles, and there is a faint majesty. I intend to recommend him as Habayashiro. I don't know what Cao Taiwei thinks?"

After hearing this, Cao Song worried about gains and losses.

In all fairness, Habayashiro is a soldier in the Imperial Guard, so his status is naturally not low. There are only 120 places in total, and the public price of each place is several million dollars, which is much more noble than that of Huangmen Shilang and other idle officials. The problem is, the purpose of Cao Song's recommendation of Cao Chun is to let the son of the clan accompany this Marquis Shi in front of him. If he agrees with this matter, isn't the whole story upside down?

Liu Bian also guessed what Cao Song was thinking, and added with a smile: "...and the prince's family."

The prince's family, that is, the people under the prince's house, are the guards.

So far, Liu Bian has not been appointed as the crown prince and has not met anyone he can trust for the time being, so he has not set up guards. It was only when he saw Cao Chun today that he changed his mind.

Cao Song was even more delighted when he heard Liu Bian's words, and hurriedly urged Cao Chun: "Fool, why don't you thank Shi Hou?"

Compared to Cao Song's ecstasy, Cao Chun, a young man, was more stable. After being slapped on the forehead by his uncle, he still cupped his hands in an unassuming way to thank him: "Thank you Shihou."

Liu Bian admired Cao Chun's stability, and said with a smile, "Zihe, I will entrust my life to you in the future."

Cao Chun was very surprised that Shi Hou in front of him could say such words to buy people's hearts at such a young age, but he couldn't help standing up straight, and responded with a serious face: "Chun takes orders! As long as Chun is still alive, no one will It can endanger Shihou."

"Good, good." Liu Bian praised repeatedly, and Cao Song was smiling all over his face.

In fact, if Liu Bian simply wants Cao Chun to serve as his guard, in fact, a crown prince is enough to give up others, and he does not need to serve as Habayashi Lang. Chun put in, and then secretly assisted Cao Chun to gradually seize control of the Habayashi Army, until finally driving Yuan Shu's forces out of the palace.

The question is, isn't Habayashiro's quota fixed?How to arrange Cao Chun?
It's very simple, just leave this matter to Zhang Rang, Zhao Zhong and others.

No, Liu Bian turned around and handed over the matter to Zhao Chun.

Zhao Chun looked at Cao Chun suspiciously, took the order to leave, and replied back and forth after a while, because Habayashiro happened to have a vacancy.

As for why there was a vacancy, Liu Bian didn't ask, and Zhao Chun didn't mention it either.

Compared with Habayashi Lang, the position of Prince Sheren is more troublesome. After all, the word "Prince" is attached to this position. With the sensitivity of the word in the palace today, even Zhang Rang dare not make a claim. He must ask for advice. Otherwise, if Sun Zhang joins him, although he can't defeat Zhang Rang, he can still be accused of manipulating the emperor-although this is actually the case.

So, after Zhao Chun was ordered by Liu Bian to inform Zhang Rang of the matter, Zhang Rang immediately invited Emperor Ling.

In view of the previous example of recommending Lu Zhi as the crown prince's tutor, today Liu Bian recommended Cao Chun as the crown prince's sacrificing person. Lingdi would naturally think that this was another temptation of his son, and he couldn't help but feel a little headache.

Zhang Rang saw the distress of Emperor Ling, and persuaded him: "With the precedent of Lu Shangshu, why should your majesty bother? Besides, Shi Hougui is the eldest son of the royal family, and now he is quite taboo. A confidant, so as not to have a traitor assassinate Shihou."

How could Emperor Ling fail to realize that Zhang Rang was referring to those people? After thinking about it for a long time, he finally acquiesced in this matter.

Zhang Rang was secretly delighted, and immediately sent someone to tell Liu Bian the good news.

At this time, in Jiafang Hall, Taiwei Cao Song had already left, leaving Cao Chun to stand by Liu Bian's side.

Since they only met for the first time today, Liu Bian naturally wanted to win over him, so he talked with Cao Chun in the Dongpian Hall.

He smiled and asked Cao Chundao: "Your cousin Cao Mengde is now training in the army under the tent of the Marquis of the Three Fudus. I thought you and the children of the Cao family and the Xiahou family would go to join him."

Cao Chun was a little surprised that this Shihou knew the relationship between his Cao family and Xiahou's family. Hearing this, he smiled and said, "To tell Shihou, in fact, brother Yuanrang... oh, Xiahoudun, Xiahouyuan of Xiahou's family, and my family Brother Cao Hong has already defected to my cousin, I received a letter before, and they are currently serving as Sima of the other department under my cousin's account."

It was only then that Liu Bian realized that it was not only Xiahou Dun he had seen who accompanied Cao Cao to Luoyang, but also Xiahou Yuan and Cao Hong.

At this moment, Cao Chun added with a strange expression: "...and, there are my brothers Cao Ren and Cao Zixiao."

That's right, with Xiahou Dun and Xiahou Yuan, how could there be no Cao Ren?

This is Cao Cao's former general.

Suddenly, Liu Bian noticed that Cao Chun had a gloomy expression when he mentioned Cao Ren, and he seemed to be hiding something. He asked curiously, "Why? Are you at odds with your brother Cao Ren?"

Cao Chun shook his head, and said with a complicated expression: "It's not that there is no discord, it's just... my brother deviated from the orthodoxy a few years ago, and my father didn't like it very much. At home, I only came back when my father passed away... I only found out afterwards that Cousin Meng De sent someone to summon my brother..."

Hearing this, Liu Bian was very surprised, and asked curiously, "Why are you deviant?"

Cao Chun couldn't hide it, and in the end he hesitated to tell Liu Bian about his elder brother Cao Ren, including Cao Ren's fondness for hunting with horses and bows when he was young, and also including Cao Ren running away from home—or simply saying that after being expelled from the sect, he lived in Huai, In the land of Si, more than a thousand people gathered to fight and rob houses.

Good guy, Cao Wei's great general and great Sima, the one who has the most combat experience under Cao Cao's account, actually has the black material of being a robber in Xuzhou?
No wonder Cao Chun has a weird face when he mentions his brother Cao Ren.

"It seems that perhaps the imperial court recruited Cao Cao to fight against the rebellion in Liangzhou, which made Cao Cao think of Cao Ren and gave his brother a hand. 』

Liu Bian thought secretly.

After all, according to what Cao Chun said, Cao Ren was very unhappy after being expelled from the clan. He was clearly a brother.

What made Cao Chun even more embarrassed was that his elder brother was so arrogant and arrogant that he refused his funding, and even kept away from him for several years. Fortunately, Cao Cao was different from history this time, and climbed to the rank of Shihou with the same status as the prince. , I thought of pulling my brother, otherwise Cao Chun didn't know how to treat his brother who was a robber in Xuzhou.

Looking at Cao Chun who confided his heart to him, Liu Bian felt a little sympathetic to Cao Ren.

As for the Cao people robbing their homes in Xuzhou, to be honest, these evil deeds are not a big deal in this troubled world. After all, in this troubled world, there are many officials and thieves. How many of the governors, prefects, and county magistrates are clean?
In the final analysis, the Han Dynasty lost its prestige, and the central government could not restrain the localities, so the localities were naturally in chaos. When Liu Bian reorganized the Han Dynasty's prestige in the future, this situation would naturally improve a lot.

During the conversation, Zhang Rang sent someone to deliver the good news, which was similar to Liu Bian's expectation. Emperor Ling acquiesced in making Cao Chun the crown prince, but did not mention Liu Bian's crown prince status.

Liu Bian is also used to this.

However, what he couldn't let go of was that Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu hadn't played the Gepi Yellow Turban for a long time.

One day when he discussed this matter with Cao Chun and Zhao Chun, Cao Chun said euphemistically, "Has your Highness ever thought that with Yuan's prestige in Runan, the Gebei bandits might not dare to offend?"

"Well?"

Liu Bian was taken aback.

(End of this chapter)