Sima Yi's Three Kingdoms Collection Collection

Chapter 210
When Cao Pi saw it, he was overjoyed, and with a wave of his right sleeve, he asked Simpi to hold the plate of Jiahe and pass it on to the ministers and officials present one by one.He looked around smugly, and saw the envoys of Khotan, Qiuci, and Shanshan respectfully congratulating him on the side of Danchi. His heart suddenly moved, and he said: "The ministers of Shangshutai have written down: I have recently I went to the outskirts of Luoyang to hunt and have fun with the people, but found that the capital was sparsely populated and the streets and markets were sluggish. How can it compare to Xudu and Yecheng? I decided to move 13 military households from Jizhou and Youzhou. The scholar family came to live and work in peace and contentment in the capital, which made the popularity of this place flourish. This shows the grandeur of my Huanghuang Wei's "prosperity and peace, king's land and ten thousand kingdoms"!"

As soon as he said this, both Chen Qun and Sima Yi couldn't help being startled by the Shangshu: this Cao Pi is really——with a slap on the head and a moment of excitement, he recklessly put a bunch of "difficult things" on him, and he didn't care about it at all. Consider realistic feasibility.How to do this?In the final analysis, it was Meng Da who tried his best to incite His Majesty's vanity in order to curry favor with His Majesty.Sima Yi gritted his teeth bitterly: I was just about to take the opportunity to report to Cao Pi that the people in Yuzhou were short of food and grain due to the locust plague, but you, Meng Da, stepped in and presented Jiahe to whitewash the peace.It's just clever talk and flirtatiousness, which harms the country and the people!
While he was thinking about it secretly, he heard Cao Pi praise Meng Da: "I am very satisfied that there is such auspiciousness in the Xincheng County under Meng Aiqing's rule. Meng Aiqing is the regular servant of Sanqi!"

When Meng Da heard this, he quickly knelt down on the ground and kowtowed: "My humble servant thank Your Majesty Long En!"

After he thanked him, Sima Yi twitched his eyebrows, arched his sleeves, and showed a happy expression on his face: "Master Meng, Yi is here to congratulate you. Tell your majesty: Since Master Meng has been promoted to the rank of regular servant of Sanqi, I will Why don't you call him into the palace to take up his post today, so that Yi can often be with him to discuss military and state affairs, please allow your majesty!"

Cao Pi listened, nodded slightly, and turned his questioning gaze to Meng Da.

But Meng Da thought to himself: Meng has a territory of [-] miles in Xincheng County, and he can be regarded as a "Emperor of the Earth" at ease-why would you want to get into Luoyang Palace like you as a regular servant on horseback? "Senior attendant" ah!So, he rolled his eyes and replied with a slight smile: "Your Majesty... this minister is really wrong to be rewarded as a regular servant on a loose horse! I have been in the army for many years, and I can't stand such a noble position as a regular servant on a loose rider." I implore Your Majesty, please allow me to continue guarding the southwest gate for you in Xincheng County."

Cao Pi pondered slightly, but did not answer immediately.

However, Sima Yi was still hiding his needle in the cotton, pressing forward step by step: "Oh... by the way, since Mr. Meng has Jiahe to offer today, the area of ​​Xincheng County under your rule must be full of grain and full of grain? Alas, in the east of Yuzhou This year's grain harvest seems to be a little poor in counties such as , Yelin, and Quyang. The "Tao Te Ching" says: "The way of heaven is to make up for what is too much damage." Mr. Meng, can you set aside some grains to solve the problems in Yuzhou? What is the urgent need for the county officials and concubines?"

"This... this..." Beads of sweat burst out of Meng Da's forehead immediately, and he was so panicked that he kept wiping and wiping with the corner of his sleeve.This year his Xincheng County was also hit by a drought, so how much surplus food can be allocated?

"That's all! Sima Aiqing, don't tease him anymore." Cao Pi felt that Sima Yi's jumping out and poking at Meng Da's "foundation" was a bit too much. I'm afraid the play will be messed up!He raised his sleeves and cut off the conversation between Sima Yi and Meng Da: "Meng Aiqing should return to Xincheng County and be the guardian of my southwest gate with peace of mind. He doesn't have to pay a single bucket of grain tax there." , keep it for him to appease the scholars in Xincheng County."

He caught a glimpse of Sima Yi's frowning, and seemed to have something to say, so he raised his voice to Simpi: "Xin Aiqing—Xuan Jiangdong envoy Zhao Zi came to the palace to pay tribute!"

Jiangdong envoy Zhao Zi?It turns out that Sun Quan also sent people to pay tribute?What is their purpose?Sima Yi's thoughts were dragged back by Cao Pi's words, and he no longer entangled in the "verbal battle" with Meng Da, and immediately shot his heavy eyes straight at the entrance of Changle Hall...

Sun Quan showed great hospitality
Sun Quan, the overlord of Jiangdong, actually sent envoys into Luoyang to pay tribute to Cao Pi, the son of Cao Cao, his number one rival back then.

This made Sima Yi secretly admire: Sun Quan is not only a man of great talent and a broad mind, but also able to bend and stretch, strong and soft, good at adapting to the times and adapting to changes, he is worthy of being a generation of heroes!The courage of a common man, even if it comes happily for a while, is nothing more than a martyrdom; the emperor's courage, although sometimes it seems shameful and humiliating, is actually the foundation of Goujian's karma.It seems that what Confucius said, "When three people walk together, there must be my teacher" is indeed the most reasonable saying, and I have to carefully "choose the good one and learn it" from this Sun Quan.Only by constantly absorbing strengths from these heroes will he become stronger and stronger.

It is the ins and outs of why Sun Quan bowed his head and paid tribute to the Cao family. Sima Yi actually saw everything clearly: it turned out that in the 24th year of Jian'an in the previous dynasty, Guan Yu, the famous general of Western Shu, "borrowed" Jingzhou and refused to return it. , fully practiced Zhuge Liang's "Longzhong Opposition" strategy set by Zhuge Liang in the Nanyang thatched cottage, and led an [-]-strong army to set off from Jiangling City, breaking through Dangyang, sinking Xiangyang, crossing the Han River, submerging the Seventh Army, capturing Yujin, and beheading Pound. , went straight to Wei Guo Fan City.At that time, his sharpness was unstoppable, and even the court of Xudu was shocked by it, and the discussion of moving the capital followed.However, in the end, when Cao Cao was in crisis, he still listened to Sima Yi, who was the Sima of the Prime Minister's Army at the time, who offered the words of "knowing the truth for benefit, metaphorizing it for harm, uniting with grandson to control the pass, using strength to fight, and attacking from both sides". He planned to send someone to secretly contact Sun Quan to eliminate Guan Yu.However, Sun Quan was originally worried about Liu Bei and Guan Yu's borrowing of Jingzhou, and seeing that Guan Yu was so popular that even the hinterland of the Central Plains might be captured by him, which obviously broke the balance of the "three-legged confrontation". Potential, the bottom of my heart is also very unwilling.Therefore, he immediately replied to Cao Cao, "resigned as a minister, and begged to serve himself by sniping Guan Yu." Under the premise that the Cao-Sun alliance was formed tacitly, Sun Quan immediately sent Lu Meng and Lu Xun to cross the river in "white clothes." "The strategy took away Guan Yu's rear base - Jiangling City in one fell swoop, forcing Guan Yu to flee to Maicheng in a hurry, and eventually died at the hands of Wu general Pan Zhang!
After Guan Yu's death, Sun Quan also knew that he had formed a great enmity with Liu Bei from Western Shu, so he firmly guarded Jiangling, gathered troops and did not dare to go north to invade Xiangyang and Fancheng, so he bowed his knees to Cao Wei and served as a minister to the north. Later, he wrote a letter to persuade Cao Cao to stand on his own For the emperor.

When Cao Cao was about to lead his army south to completely surrender Sun Quan, he suddenly suffered an emergency and died in Xudu.After his death, Sun Quan immediately hibernated and became silent again, and severed ties with the Cao family.It was not until after more than a year of "rest period" that he suddenly sent someone to Luoyang to pay tribute today. I really don't know what kind of medicine Sun Quan was selling in his gourd at this time?

Sima Yi was thinking about it in his head, until the emissary of Sun Quan came to the palace, he finally collected his thoughts and looked over there slowly.

However, Zhao Zi, the envoy from Jiangdong, was born with a short stature. From a distance, he looked like a short winter melon rolled in, and even the corners of his clothes and sleeves were dragged on the floor of the hall.Upon seeing it, all the ministers of Wei State couldn't help smiling and laughing.

As if nothing had happened, Zhao Zi went forward to kowtow and salute Cao Pi frankly.Cao Pi asked him to stand up flat, and said with a smile: "Zhao Aiqing——you are going to court today, which seems to be similar to Yan Zi's mission to Chu, but I don't know if you are worthy of Yan Zi?"

Zhao Zi glanced at the ridicule of the Wei ministers around him, and replied neither humble nor overbearing: "Qizou Your Majesty: I am not as good as Yan Zi, but I was met by Yan Zi when I was envoy to Chu - this is my humble minister." It is not as good as Yanzi. In the heavenly kingdom, the princes judge people by their appearance, and do not treat them with courtesy and courtesy; Ugliness does not give a mission. Which is better and which is worse, is at the heart of the mind."

As soon as he said this, all the ministers of Wei Guoman's court were shocked: this Zhao Zihao was so eloquent, and he scolded everyone in a flash of words!

Cao Pi didn't want his subordinates to waste time arguing with him, so he asked directly, "Since you have come to pay tribute, what do you have to offer?"

As soon as Zhao Zi heard this, he realized that Cao Pi was a person who valued things and despised virtue, and was a flashy person. He sighed secretly, took out a red sandalwood box from the sleeve of his robe, held it in his hand respectfully, and said: " Sun Quan, the general who sought captives, sent his ministers to go deep into the coast of the South China Sea, and searched for a golden conch cup with tiger skin pattern, which is rare in a thousand years. It is not respectful, please appreciate it."

As he said that, he was about to open the lid of the box, but Cao Pi stopped him with a wave of his hand: "The golden conch cup with tiger skin pattern? Forget it, Xin Aiqing, please accept it for me. Hehehe! It can still compare to My rhino horn cup, agate bowl? Zhao Aiqing! My palace is already full of such rare treasures as you and others. Your Jiangdong is a barren land, how can it compare to Hua Tianbao, the treasure of my Central Plains? "

Zhao Zi thought to himself: You Cao Pi, while selfishly coveting Jiangdong's "Golden Conch Cup with Tiger Skin Pattern", at the same time pretending to be arrogant and belittle my Jiangdong's products.What an outrageous villain!But of course he didn't dare to expose his feelings to the outside world, so he had to bow his head and answer: "Your Majesty is a sage—the Central Plains Shenzhou has outstanding people, rich resources, and prosperity. compare to?"

Cao Pi blushed slightly, and hurriedly changed the topic: "Uh...Zhao Aiqing, besides bringing these rare treasures to pay tribute, do you have any other tributes? You Jiangdong can offer something comparable to my Central Plains Shenzhou Did the poems and songs of the 'Seven Sons of Jian'an' make me pleasing to the eye?"

"This...don't hide your majesty, we really don't have such a tribute in Jiangdong." Zhao Zigong bowed his sleeves and answered respectfully. He said, "It's just because all the scholars in Jiangdong have a heart for the common people, have a mind to be economical, and do their best to save the world, so I have no time to imitate the vulgar scholars' excerpts and words!"

After hearing this, Cao Pi and the officials of Wei State couldn't help but looked at each other in blank dismay.Sima Yi also secretly nodded at the side: Jiang Donglai's response was so subtle, ingenious and energetic, it really has the atmosphere of a great country standing on top of each other.It seems that Sun Quan and his ministers are not willing to be inferior to others!

(End of this chapter)