Three Kingdoms: I, the eldest son of Cao, a loving father of a great man!

When Cao Ang saw that everyone was silent, he calmly said to Liu Bian: "Your Majesty, since no one objects, let's make the decree."

"Okay, let's issue an order!" After hearing Cao Ang's words, Liu Bian came back to his senses and prepared to issue an order to punish the thieves.

The murderous aura released by Cao Ang just now shocked him.

He could not imagine that if one day, Cao Ang came with such murderous intention to force him to give up his position, then could he hold back the fear in his heart and argue with Cao Ang?

No one objected to Cao Ang sending troops anymore, and the edict was quickly drawn up, stamped with the emperor's seal, and handed over to Cao Cao.

This edict is only stamped with the emperor's seal, which is not legitimate enough. It must be stamped with the imperial seal to be truly effective.

The current imperial seal is naturally kept by Cao Cao.

As for Liu Bian, he only has his own seal of emperor.

If there is only the emperor's seal on an edict, then this edict is not actually such a formal edict.

Those who want to accept the edict do not need to have too many etiquette.

And such an edict can be withdrawn at any time.

But if this edict is stamped with the seal of the Imperial Seal, then this is the most formal edict. Once it is sent out, it cannot be taken back.

Seeing that the edict had been handed over to Cao Cao, everyone said nothing more, because even if they did, it would be of no use.

Soon it was time to disperse, and all the ministers left one after another.

At this time, Xun You found Cao Ang with an embarrassed look on his face.

"Young General." Xun You came to Cao Ang and called out to Cao Ang in embarrassment.

When Cao Ang saw that it was Xun You who came to see him, he smiled and asked, "It's Gongda, what do you want from me?"

Xun You became even more nervous when he saw Cao Ang smiling.

"Major General, can you please explain to me what happened in the court just now?"

Cao Ang still knew how loyal Xun You was to Cao Ang.

After all, if he had not traveled through time, then in the end, it would have been Xun You who first suggested that Cao Cao abolish the emperor and establish himself.

What can be said is that Xun You is a pure pragmatist. He knows that only the Cao family can end today's troubled times, so he stands unswervingly on Cao Cao's side.

And in the end, he saw the decline of the Han Dynasty, so he suggested that Cao Cao become independent.

In Xun You's opinion, only a person with both ability and political integrity can occupy the position of emperor.

For example, these children of Emperor Ling don't seem to be doing well.

And the thing that pragmatists value most is military power!

If you don't have soldiers in your hands, then no matter how lofty your ambitions are, they are all empty talk.

Only those with military power can accomplish what they want to do.

Xun You took a fancy to the fact that Cao Ang had military power, so he wanted to come over and explain his thoughts to Cao Ang.

Cao Ang looked at Xun You and asked with a faint smile: "Explanation? Explain what?"

"Explain what happened just now." Xun You looked at Cao Ang with a smile.

When Cao Ang heard this, he smiled and said, "No need to explain, I understand you."

When Xun You heard this, he immediately became anxious.

He thought that Cao Ang was angry with him, or even with the entire Xun family, because of Xun Yu's affairs. As a result, Xun You became even more anxious.

"Major General, you'd better listen to me explain the current situation of our Xun family."

"Oh? Then tell me about it." Cao Ang became interested as soon as he heard what Xun You was going to say about the current situation of the Xun family.

He also wanted to see what these people from the Xun family wanted to do.

When Xun You saw Cao Ang's message, he breathed a sigh of relief and explained: "Young General, the thing is like this. The Xun family now has been divided into three factions."

"One faction is the royalist faction headed by my uncle Wenruo. They feel that the Cao family is so powerful that they will definitely become disobedient in the future, so they want to use the emperor to check and balance the Cao family."

"The second faction is the neutral faction, headed by my uncles Xiuruo and Youruo. They believe that no matter who is the emperor in this world, they choose to do their own thing well and ignore the power in the court. battle."

At this point, Xun You stopped.

When Cao Ang saw that Xun You was silent, he said, "Go on, Gongda, there is a third faction."

When Xun You heard this, he smiled sheepishly, and then said to Cao Ang: "I am the only one in this third faction. I am a staunch protector of Cao. I am the only one on your side, Major General!"

Upon hearing this, Cao Ang laughed.

He reached out and patted Xun You on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Gongda, in fact, based on my understanding of you, even if you don't ask me for an explanation today, I won't doubt you."

"This... Major General, a soldier dies for his confidant. Even if he is ruined in the future, he must repay the kindness of the Major General!"

Xun You was moved and bowed his hands to Cao Ang.

Cao Ang stretched out his hand to help him up, and said with a smile: "Okay, let's go back and prepare. After this expedition to Zhang Xiu, we will still look for opportunities to attack Jingzhou."

"There are so many things, big and small, you can't let me be lazy!"

"Yes, Major General, I'll get ready right now." Xun You responded, then wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with his sleeves, and then said goodbye and left.

Xun Yu, who was standing far away, had a complicated expression after seeing this scene.

In fact, when he first followed Cao Cao, he really wanted to help him to calm the world.

After all, he has talent, and Cao Ang has ambition and means. Together, the two of them really have the power to bring peace to the world.

And in the early stage, Xun Yu also tried his best to assist Cao Cao.

But later on, after Cao Ang took control of the military, things became somewhat out of Xun Yu's control.

This Cao Ang had many ideas, and his strategic vision far surpassed that of Cao Cao and Xun Yu.

So slowly, Xun Yu stayed away from the Cao family.

The Cao family's current strength is expanding very fast, so fast that Xun Yu is a little scared.

In addition, some aristocratic families were dissatisfied with some of the Cao family's practices, so they secretly contacted Xun Yu, hoping to join forces to check and balance the Cao family's expansion speed.

It's just a pity that it's too late.

The Cao family now controls the prefectures and counties in the north and south of the pass, plus the two counties of Huainan. It can be said that half of the world is already controlled by the Cao family.

It's just that in name, these states and counties are under the rule of the imperial court.

But not only those aristocratic families know that, but also ordinary people know that they can live a peaceful life now because Major General Cao Ang led his troops to defeat it.

Coupled with the improved seeds, the Cao family's prestige among the people has reached its peak. (End of chapter)