The Three Kingdoms: A vicious plan was offered, and Liu Bei was stunned!

Chapter 308: Cao Zijian learns from Luo Yuan, Xiong Ying rejects Prime Minister Cao again
After Luo Yuan left Yecheng last time, he embarrassed Cao Zhi again and dealt a heavy slap to the northern gentry in the face, which in turn made the relationship between the gentry and Cao Zhi better. After that, Cao Zhi also tried hard to perform well and often met with Yang Xiu and others to discuss state affairs and give advice on how to deal with the country.

He no longer paid attention to military and political affairs, but worked hard to make use of his expertise, specializing in writing and editing books. The country still relied on classics.

Cao Zhi planned to demonstrate his ability in this way, and with the encouragement of aristocrats such as Yang Xiu, he advised him not to live too comfortably during this period.

Cao Cao had always liked this youngest son very much. When he saw that Cao Zhi was making progress and knew that he could help him win over the gentry, he would reward him with things from time to time.

When Luo Yuan arrived in Jiangling, he would send Cao Cao some of the good things he had, hoping that Cao Cao would advertise for him. When Jiangling white paper was produced, Luo Yuan sent two large carts of it to Cao Cao. Cao Cao directly gave one cart of white paper to Cao Zhi. Cao Zhi also used the fine porcelain produced in Jiangling.

There were also Jiangling's down quilts, down jackets, and other things that Luo Yuan had given to Cao Cao, all of which were used by Cao Cao as rewards to him.

But Cao Pi had nothing, which made Cao Zhi ecstatic. Cao Pi almost fainted in the bedroom. If Jia Xu hadn't helped Cao Pi and asked him to be patient, Cao Pi would have been unable to bear it.

It is too obvious that my father treats me differently.

Cao Cao called someone to inform Cao Zhi to come and see him. Cao Zhi was having a party with Yang Xiu and other scholars. He was a little drunk and said with a smile: "Father is looking for me, but I don't know what the matter is. The person who came didn't explain clearly. Could it be that he wants me to guard Yecheng when he goes south to Jingzhou next year?"

When Cao Cao went south, whoever was left guarding the house would most likely be the heir.

Cao Cao is no longer young, and it is time to determine his successor.

He has been behaving so well recently, is his father going to announce his decision?
Yang Xiu was Cao Cao's secretary, and he hadn't heard anything. He thought it was possible, but it was absolutely wrong for Cao Zhi to go to see Cao Cao when he was drunk. He quickly reminded him, "Sir, go take a bath and change your clothes!"

Cao Zhi smiled and said, "Why should I be so careful? Father summoned me privately. He knew that I was meeting with you all today. Bathing and changing clothes would be too deliberate. Didn't the teacher teach me to be honest and straightforward in front of father? Isn't Luo Gongqi just like that in front of father?"

Thinking about it, Cao Zhi still felt unhappy. In order to please Cao Cao, he was now learning Luo Yuan's way of doing things. Yang Xiu suggested that he should be like Luo Yuan and say whatever he wanted to Cao Cao, not being fussy about details, but being sincere.

Carefully savoring the style of Luo Yuan and Cao Cao's interactions, Yang Xiu and other northern nobles were simply shocked, it was too damn smart, they were at most at the first level, Luo Gongqi must be at the fifth level, anyway, he was much higher than them.

Everyone knows that Cao Cao is suspicious, so it is useless to be careful in front of Cao Cao. He will still suspect you. It is better to say whatever you want and let Cao Cao see the end. He will think, "This is just who I am. You can think whatever you want." Then Cao Cao will not suspect you anymore.

Yang Xiu and others summarized that Luo Yuan's tricks made Cao Zhi like this. As Cao Cao's ministers, they did not have the courage to let Cao Cao know all his thoughts. With Cao Cao's character, if he knew their inner thoughts, he might have killed them earlier. However, Cao Zhi was Cao Cao's biological son, so there was no problem with this relationship.

It is filial piety for a son to be honest with his father. Cao Cao was very satisfied with Cao Zhi's use of him and did not care at all if he made some minor mistakes.

Cao Zhi curled his lips and said, "Luo Yuan is a treacherous villain, and his nature is like a money wolf, but he is a good person. I am selfless to my father, and my father can treat me like this. Some wine is just a small matter."

do not worry about it!

Yang Xiu and others were at a loss for words. It was they who asked Cao Zhi to do this, and he had done as they said. What could he be dissatisfied with?

Xu Gan suddenly said, "I heard that Cao Jie went home to visit her relatives. It's not the end of the year yet. Isn't it too early for her to come back? Is there any reason?" That was Luo Yuan's wife and the eldest daughter of the Cao family. Cao Jie didn't have a high status in the Cao family before. Although she was Cao Cao's daughter, she was noble, but weren't daughters used for marriage alliances?

What status a daughter will have in the future after she gets married depends on the strength of her husband's family!

Luo Yuan happens to be very powerful.

He has a population of 600,000 and 80,000 soldiers under his command. He is doing very well in Jiangdong and has friends all over the world. Luo Yuan can talk to all the princes from all over the world.

The Cao family has even more friends, so naturally Cao Ji's status is different. Now that he has returned home, he can fully represent Luo Yuan.

Yang Xiu quickly said: "Perhaps this is Luo Yuan's intention. We should be careful!"

Cao Zhi said with disdain, "How can a married woman manage household affairs? Since ancient times, a married daughter is like spilled water. How can she interfere in Cao's affairs? If she is just visiting her parents, it is fine. If she has other purposes, don't even think about it. I am not afraid of her."

Behind Cao Jie was Luo Yuan, and behind him were northern gentry such as Yang Xiu, who had countless grievances with Luo Yuan.

Humiliating Cao Jie could also make the nobles behind him more supportive of him.

Cao Zhi stopped talking and went to the Prime Minister's Mansion. It was not far away and he arrived in no time. He saw a bear squatting at the door and Cao Cao was still feeding the bear with biscuits.

Xiong Ying was unwilling to pay attention to Cao Cao, but Cao Cao was shameless enough for the sake of talent and personally helped Xiong Ying tear the bread to eat, with a very intimate attitude.

"I used to have a bodyguard named Dian Wei, who was also a hero..."

"I know. My lord told me that Dian Wei is the ancient E Lai. I heard that it was the prime minister who said that. I thought that my lord should give me a nickname as well. Then I was scolded by my lord. He said that I was mentally ill. E Lai is only brave enough to fight beasts. I am a general. It is not my job to be E Lai."

Xiong Ying stuffed the pancake into his mouth, then stared at Cao Cao in surprise and said, "Why is there no meat? It's just flour, it hasn't been fermented yet, it's not soft enough, you guys can't even make pancakes properly!"

Lao Cao is going crazy. Is this a problem with the pancake? This is clearly me being respectful to others. Isn't this more important than the pancake?

Xiong Ying sighed helplessly, "Forget it, I'll do it myself. It's hard for you, Prime Minister, but I really don't want to be your subordinate. First of all, what is the relationship between me and the lord? We are brothers. Secondly, I am the general of Jiangling. How can I rely on others? In this life, I will either achieve success or die. It is impossible for me to rely on others."

Cao Cao sighed. Seeing Xiong Ying's look, he thought of Dian Wei and wanted to pull him to his side. Unfortunately, Xiong Ying didn't care about the benefits he gave at all.

What future do you have if you can’t even make a pancake?

Cao Cao thought about it and asked: "What does Jiangling's bottom line mean?"

(End of this chapter)