Three Kingdoms: Cao Cao and Liu Bei help me to ascend the throne

Chapter 37
Luoyang City, Cai Mansion.

On a stone table, Cai Yong and his uncle Cai Zhi played chess.

Speaking of which, due to some special reasons in the Cai family, the uncle and nephew live in the same house, and Cai Zhi's identity is not simple, but he is one of the nine ministers with the title of Wei Wei.

He is in charge of guarding the southern and northern palaces of the capital, as well as the guards of the Yemen, and has a prominent position.

But because of the frequent occurrence of weird phenomena in the imperial court this year, Cai Yong wrote a letter to get rid of treacherous men and use talents, thus offending eunuchs Cao Jie, Wang Fu, Shi Changshi and others!

Cai Zhi was also implicated and was dismissed from office at home, waiting to be released.

After all, waiting for a conviction is not easy!

At this time, Cai Zhi fell into a sunspot...

Cai Yong pondered for a moment, and did not forget to praise, "Hiding ingenuity out of clumsiness, this is a master hand! I lost..."
Cai Yong pitches in and admits defeat...

Cai Zhi's expression was not too happy, on the contrary, his tone became serious.

"Bo Jie said just now that my hand is a 'skillful hand', so? The recent Song Empress' witchcraft case and Wang Fu's ink corruption case, if it is on the chessboard, your Majesty, Da Changqiu, and Da Honglu will play the 'Ben' respectively. Which one of the 'hand', 'skillful hand', or 'common hand'?"

This…

Hearing this, Cai Yong paused.

Good hand, good hand, and common hand are the three common sayings in Go.

"Original hand" refers to the normal way of playing that conforms to chess theory;

"Miaoshou" refers to the subtle and unexpected moves;

"Common hand" refers to a move that seems reasonable, but is usually damaged in the overall situation.

When Cai Zhi asked this question, he obviously meant something else.

This…

Cai Yong pondered for a while, and then tried to analyze it after pondering for a long time. "Your Majesty's action is unexpected, but it is reasonable. Except for the eunuchs, the common people's anger, and the shocking officials, it can be regarded as achieving the goal. It is quite satisfactory, and it can be regarded as 'his hand'!"

"Cao Jie confessed that Wang Fu was greedy for ink, resigned from office and lived in seclusion, and gave up his power... It seems like a 'vulgar hand', but in this situation, the exchange of 'vulgar hand' is the best choice at the moment!"

"As for Cao Dahonghe, no... it was my student Cao Mengde who beat the Dengwen drum twice, in the name of suing Wang Fu for being greedy for ink, but he was actually saving the Cao family from fire and water, and this hand, more secretly, was plotting for the emperor. , this hand can be described as a 'skillful hand'!"

Speaking of here…

Cai Zhi nodded. "As Bo Chi said, 'skillful hand' means an excellent hand, which is hard to come by, and has a strong concealment and uniqueness. As far as chess is concerned, many people are often too rigid in the game. It's a 'false hand' that ignores the whole situation! On the contrary, this real 'hand' hides its ingenuity, which is really rare!"

"Bo Jie...you have taught me a great apprentice!"

The "good apprentice" proposed by Cai Zhi is naturally the disciple of Cai Yong's Taixue——Cao Cao!
In Cai Zhi's view, this "skillful hand" alone is enough to show his skill.

only…

Cai Yong shook his head resolutely. "I know Meng De. Although he is quick-witted, he is not calm enough. He is easy to slap his head when he does things. He definitely can't set up such a meticulous situation, and can't make such a 'skillful hand'!"

Well…

Cai Zhi was taken aback, Cai Yong's words continued.

"Indeed...he has a sworn brother named 'Liu Yu', who left a bamboo slip before, and it is exquisite. Perhaps...Meng De learned from this bamboo slip! 'Young master, worthy of his name!"

Hiss... Liu Yu?
Cai Zhi narrowed his eyes slightly, and he immediately thought of the name. "But, Liu Yu, the master of the Yulin Temple at eighteen miles east of the city?"

"Uncle knows him?"

"Porridge is given out every day, rain or shine for three years, this Liu Yu is a strange person!"

It seems that Cai Zhi has a certain understanding of Liu Yu.

After all, as a Wei Wei, guarding the north and south palaces, he has to learn more or less about the strange news and strange things around Luoyang.

hiss…

Suddenly, Cai Zhi thought of something again.

His face became more serious. "Bo Jie, in my opinion, since this Liu Yu can leave a 'skillful hand' in this complicated situation, his power of insight and observation must be extraordinary, our Cai family may visit one or two, and ask about the strategy to break the situation ?”

"Even if I only have one or two pointers from him, it is still better than waiting to be killed in this mansion, with nothing to do!"

Having said this, Cai Zhi paused. "Isn't Bo Chi also advocating Taoism?"

Indeed, although Cai Yong has studied Confucianism since he was a child, he is erudite about rules and etiquette, but...he admires Taoism very much, and like "Zhuangzi", he is very good at telling stories!
The stories he told were eloquent and lively, and he could always hide the profound truth in the simple stories. Cao Cao loved listening to them the most.

only…

Now that he is at home, there is nowhere to show his knowledge. Both Cai Yong and Cai Zhi are extremely eager for the Cai family to survive this calamity.

What's more, the situation has changed now...

Wang Fu was punished, Cao Jie retired, Zhang Rang was punished, this round...is no longer a dead end, they just lack expert advice!
call out…

Cai Yong's eyeballs rolled.

He suddenly felt that what his uncle said made sense...

only…

"I heard from Meng De that Mr. Liu has gone to Bashu, and it has been a few months at least!"

Cai Yong sighed.

Cai Zhi's tone was firm. "I'm looking forward to it anyway. It's better than there is no hope in this day, and Bo Jie doesn't want to... Your two-year-old daughter 'Zhao Ji' has become the daughter of a sinner, right?"

call…

Mentioning Zhaoji seemed to touch a nerve in Cai Yong's heart.

What he thought of was that when he was one year old, on the messy tabletop, bypassing knives, bows, arrows, sticks, Linghua bronze mirrors, rouge boxes, jewelry boxes, colorful Qunfu, gold, business jackets, beasts, etc. The skin, the pheasant feathers, and finally...the daughter holding on, holding on to a writing brush!

Yaner...

You shouldn't be reduced to the daughter of a criminal minister!

Even if it is for her to grow up comfortably, Cai Yong has to give it a go and try his best to avoid the shackles and shackles of that 'sinner' status!
"Uncle, don't worry, Yong knows what to do!"

A calm and firm voice rose spontaneously.

At this moment, Cai Yong is completely hopeless, but there are only two things that he can't let go of.

——One is the compilation of "Book of the Later Han Dynasty"!

——The second is the daughter Cai Yan Cai Zhaoji!

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On the outskirts of Luoyang, a simple farmhouse.

Cao Jie was repairing the grain storage, while opening his mouth. "Cao Man, this time... our family has to thank you!"

At the entrance of the grain store, Cao Cao stood there.

He has been here for a long time, and he watched Cao Jie first repair the "threshing ground", then the "cellar", and finally the "grain storage".

To his surprise, the old Changqiu, who used to have power in the government and the public, is now very skilled in doing farm work.

"You don't need to thank me!"

Cao Cao's answer was a bit cold...

He recalled that the day before the "decisive battle", he received Liu Yu's urgent letter, he opened it, and a method was deployed in detail.

So, he came to Cao Jie's mansion again.

Cao Jie asked him if he wanted to force him to die, and when the fish died, Cao Cao only said a word. "You and I joined hands to quietly transfer all the corrupt money to Wang Fu's mansion, and put all the crimes on Wang Fu..."

Under Cao Jie's shocked gaze, Cao Cao explained Brother Yu's plan in detail.

——"Your Majesty doesn't care who owns the money? Your Majesty just wants to kill a 'criminal' official to quell the anger of the people and scholars, and to collect a lot of money. This is the emperor's check and balance technique."

——"No matter how many loopholes are there in our method of transferring corrupt money? How many loopholes are there? These are not important, as long as this crime is pushed to Wang Fu, His Majesty's anger will end from now on! As long as Cao Dachangqiu resigns his official title and gives up the "Shangshutai" ', then you are no longer a threat to His Majesty."

——"I want to save my father, but I don't want to fight with Da Changqiu to the death, so I can only believe in Brother Yu's plan!"

Cao Jie at that time was shocking...

He was too dumbfounded to speak.

He couldn't even judge what kind of scheming Cao Cao's so-called "brother Yu" had in order to formulate this plan?To what extent can the situation be counted?
At that time, Cao Jie asked Cao Cao: "What if I don't?"

Cao Cao just answered calmly. "Brother Yu repeatedly mentioned in the letter he sent me that Da Changqiu will definitely accept it, because Da Changqiu has no choice!"

Therefore, there was Cao Cao's Dengwen Drum the next day, and Cao Jie made a plea to His Majesty!
Only then did Wang Fu be punished;
Only with His Majesty's centralization of power and the collection of wealth in one brain!
Cao Cao and Cao Jie sang and played for the emperor, for all the officials, for all the common people...

And because of this...

It was the last!

——A turnaround against the wind!

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(End of this chapter)