Soldiers come to the world

Yang Tian is a very special person. Although his official position is not very high and he has no official qualifications, he started his career by reporting on the Yang Cui case. Although the minister looked down on him, he was very afraid of him.

However, in the depths of Yang Tian's heart, there is another unknown secret hidden. For many years, he has been Cao Pi's personal staff. The encounter made him a double agent, not only working for Cao Pi, but also secretly delivering information for the Han Dynasty.

Coming out of Cao Pi's mansion, Yang Tian did not go back to his own house, but took a carriage to a tavern on the south side of Guangyangmen Street. The tavern was called Sanjin Tavern, which was opened by a Bingzhou businessman. With the lights still on, he got out of the carriage and walked quickly to the tavern.

At this time, Haishi has passed, the night is chilly, the street is deserted, there is no one pedestrian, the tavern is closed, and the bartenders are busy clearing the tables.

Yang Tian opened the door and walked in. Immediately, a bartender came out to greet him, saluted, and said apologetically, "My guest, I'm sorry, the tavern is closed, come back tomorrow!"

"Where's your shopkeeper?" Yang Tian asked unhappily.

At this time, the shopkeeper came out to greet him, and immediately said with a smile on his face: "So it's Yang Zhongcheng, he hasn't been here for a long time."

Yang Tian nodded, "I want to have a drink, is it okay now?"

"of course can!"

The shopkeeper quickly reprimanded the bartender, "You are all blind, this is Yang Zhongcheng, the censor, hurry up and warm the wine and serve some side dishes!"

The bartenders muttered and hurried to prepare the food and drinks. At this time, the shopkeeper invited Yang Tian to an elegant room on the second floor, smiled meaningfully, and left quickly.

Not long after, the food and wine were served. Yang Tian drank slowly and waited patiently. After about a quarter of an hour, the door of the elegant room opened, and a man walked in from the outside. He was tall, thin and shrewd. This person is Li Fu.

This Sanjin tavern was indeed opened by a Bingzhou businessman, not an intelligence agency of the Han army, but the tavern owner is a secret Han army intelligence officer. He has only one task, to make one-line contact for Li Fu and Yang Tian, This is to protect Yang Tian's secret.

Li Fu lived nearby, and when he got the news from the shopkeeper, he rushed to the tavern immediately. He knew that Yang Tian must have something important to ask him, so Li Fu sat down opposite Yang Tian, ​​smiled slightly, "Yang Zhongcheng seems to be very busy today."

"That's right! Today the crown prince has been settled, and the two Cao brothers have officially turned their backs. Tomorrow Cao Zhi will be exiled to Xuchang."

"Cao Cao started to clean up Cao Zhi's power?"

Yang Tian shook his head, but then nodded, "Cao Cao really wanted to clean it up, and even forced Cao Zhi to ask for a list of supporters, but probably because it involves too many people, Cao Cao won't do it all for a while, but will clean it up step by step."

Speaking of this, Yang Tian sighed: "Actually, I came to join the army to clarify one thing. Which side do you support? Cao Pi or Cao Zhi?"

Li Fu smiled and said: "What a coincidence, Sima Shangshu came today and just talked about this matter with me. What His Royal Highness the King of Han means is to muddy the waters of Wei State and make them as messy as possible. We must let this brother The two fight among themselves to weaken Wei State as much as possible."

Yang Tian nodded, "I see, Cao Pi came to me just now and asked us to closely monitor Shang Shu Ling Zhong Yao and Shi Zhong Wang Jie, these two are Cao Zhi's biggest supporters, but Cao Pi also ignored a loophole, that is Cui Lin, if Cao Zhi wanted to find Zhong Yao or Wang Jie, he would not go to them directly, but would go to Cui Lin first and let Cui Lin forward the news for him."

"You mean, as long as you monitor Cui Lin's interactions with Zhong and Wang, you can roughly know Cao Zhi's intentions?"

"That's what I meant. I reminded Cao Pi, but he didn't understand, so I won't say it again."

Li Fu's heart was dark, although this Yang Tian was a contemptible person, he was promoted to a high position by luck under the support of the Han state, but it can't be said that he is stupid and incompetent, he still has some skills, otherwise, Cao Pi would not value him so much.

Li Fu put away the contempt for Yang Tian in his heart, took a sip of wine and smiled lightly: "His Royal Highness does not have any specific requirements, as long as you can achieve the final goal, everything is up to you to control, if If we need cooperation from our side, just bring it up.”

Yang Tian pondered for a moment, drank the wine in the glass, put the wine glass heavily and said: "I need money, at least 500 taels of gold!"

Early the next morning, Sima Yi had just washed up and had a bite to eat. At this moment, his attendants came to report, "Wei Shizi Cao Pi begs to see the Minister!"

Sima Yi pondered for a while, then immediately understood, stood up and smiled to Qin Mi, the deputy envoy, "Since he is already the heir of the Wei Kingdom, we should be courteous and go out to meet him!"

Qin Mi nodded, and the two walked out of the expensive hotel together. On the steps outside the gate, Cao Pi was pacing back and forth with his hands behind his back, waiting patiently for Sima Yi to come out. Yesterday's celebration of the son of the son has passed, and today he resumed his normal morning routine. However, with the identity of the prince, he is more confident and more enthusiastic about the court affairs in his hands.

Today, Cao Pi is officially representing Cao Cao to negotiate with Sima Yi and decide the final fate of the Xiongnu in Bingzhou.

"Congratulations, son!" Sima Yi and deputy envoy Qin Mi greeted him from the gate with a smile.

Cao Pi hurriedly saluted and said apologetically, "Come here so early and disturb Sima Shangshu."

"It's okay, my son, please come in!"

Cao Pi nodded to Qin Mi again, and then walked into the noble guest house, until he came to the VIP guest hall. Is there any position in Guochao? I don’t seem to know much about it.”

Qin Mi leaned slightly and said, "I don't serve in Chang'an, I'm an official in the military, it's normal that the son doesn't know about it."

Sima Yi next to him smiled and added: "Qin Canjun is the marching Sima under the account of the King of Han. He is responsible for recording meritorious service and disposing of prisoners of war. This time, the Hun prisoners of war were also created by him and finally handed over to Pingzhangtai."

Cao Pi thought to himself, "It seems that they know my purpose of coming, that's why this Qin Mi attended the meeting." '

Thinking of this, Cao Pi smiled again: "Since Qin Canjun is here, then I can better explain my reason for coming."

Cao Pi sat up slightly, and then slowly said: "I came to visit you today, mainly because of my father's entrustment, to talk with you about the ownership of the Huns in Bingzhou. Originally, we hoped that the Han Dynasty would take the prisoners of war Bingzhou Xiongnu was handed over to Wei State, but Xu Changshi also reported to his father yesterday. It seems that Han State also hoped that we would hand over Bingzhou Huns, women, children, and children to Guanzhong. Since both parties want to have these populations, then we need to find a place that both parties are satisfied with. plan."

Sima Yi also said frankly: "We do need people, especially in the area of ​​Guannei and Heshuo, where there are thousands of miles of fertile land, and we need a large number of people to reclaim land. Although they are the Xiongnu in Bingzhou, we also believe that under the protection of the Han army, These Huns will gradually settle down and become self-cultivated farmers. This is not only in the interests of the Han Dynasty, but also the interests of the entire Han Dynasty. It will take decades, so what the King of Han means is that if Wei Gong can agree to use the Huns to reclaim and merge the northern part of the state , we are willing to return the Huns prisoners of war free of charge.”

"The King of Han's mind is admirable, but the northern part of Bingzhou does not need the Huns to cultivate it for the time being. If you are willing to pay some compensation, we are also willing to send more than [-] Hun women and children to Guanzhong."

Cao Pi was not trapped by Sima Yi's statement of "willing to return the Huns prisoners of war for free". He just admired the King of Han's mind lightly, and directly put forward his own request.

Sima Yi and Qin Mi looked at each other, and Qin Mi took the initiative to ask, "I wonder what kind of compensation Wei Guo needs?"

Cao Pi pondered for a moment, then slowly said: "We need food as compensation, one stone per person."

Half an hour later, in the Tongque Palace, Cao Pi reported his negotiation with Sima Yi to his father Cao Cao, "To my father, Sima Yi has made it clear that they will not give us the Huns prisoners of war, but they need our Huns prisoners, and we will also give them to us." A deal was mentioned."

"Did they agree? A total of 25 shi of grain." Cao Cao smiled with great interest.

"They said that they couldn't afford 25 shi of grain, and they could only give 50 shi of grain at most, plus [-] sheepskins. In addition, as an additional condition, they promised to cancel the [-] shi of grain per month that the Han army had withdrawn from Hefei. subsidy."

This condition is not bad. If the Han army really went to war in Hefei in April, they would be able to save 50 shi of grain compensation. In fact, they would use [-] sheepskins to pay [-] shi of grain. Judging from the market price, they took advantage .

But Cao Cao didn't care about the profit of this kind of businessman. He thought for a moment and asked again: "Then did you talk about how to avoid the battle of Hefei?"

Cao Pi nodded, "My boy asked Sima Yi specifically. Although he didn't say it clearly, he took the initiative to talk about Luoyang, saying that the King of Han yearned for Luoyang. The implication was that Luoyang was exchanged for the truce in Hefei."

Cao Cao sneered and said, "Since this is the case, there is no need to discuss the matter of Hefei. You go and tell Sima Yi that I accept his plan of exchanging the Huns, and I request that the exchange be completed before the New Year."

Cao Pi knew that his father didn't want to waste food on the Huns and was eager to send them away. He nodded immediately and said, "I'll tell you right away. Besides, when is father going to leave for Hefei?"

Cao Cao thought for a while and said, "I originally went to Hefei after the New Year, but since Liu Jing refuses to make concessions on Hefei, then I will go now. Hefei must speed up the construction of the city wall, and it must be completed before April."