Sima Yi's Three Kingdoms Collection Collection

Chapter 211
Zhao Zi wrote again: "I would like to report to your majesty: the rebel Guan Yu was so pretentious that he flooded the seven armies and captured General Yujin alive. Later, Sun Chaolu raised his troops and drove them out of the Wei Dynasty. He killed Guan Yu in one fell swoop and rescued the army. General Yu Jin. My minister followed Sun’s intention to seek captives, and has already accompanied General Yu Jin back to the capital of Luoyang. Right now, General Yu Jin is holding the axe, waiting for his crime outside the Meridian Gate.”

After Cao Pi heard this, his face turned red immediately: "What face does the defeated general have when he comes to see me? Xinpi, convey my order: order him to go to the cemetery of the first emperor to guard the tomb, and he will not be allowed to set foot in Luoyang Capital for life!"

As soon as he said this, there was a silent commotion in the court hall.Sima Yi felt that Cao Pi's move was really narrow-minded and mean. He was just about to speak out, when he raised his eyes and saw Cao Pi's ferocious wolf-like gaze sweeping towards the ministers—his heart moved secretly, and he closed his mouth. Say no more.At the same time, his eyes flicked, and he met the eyes of Taiwei Jia Xu: from Jia Xu's pupils that were as deep as an abyss, he faintly saw a trace of inexplicable tremor and worry hidden deep in the depths.

Zhao Zi, on the other hand, was indifferent to all this like a complete outsider. He bowed his body and continued to clap his hands and said: "Qizou Your Majesty: Sun Chaolu is here to express his surrender and concern for the country. We specially sent 25 stone grains and grains in 50 large ships, and made a special trip to pay tribute to His Majesty, so as to show that the north and the south are one and share weal and woe!"

50 stone grains? !Sun Quan is really generous!In this world of confrontation and confrontation, he actually sent 50 shi of grain to Cao Pi in Luoyang with a wave of his sleeve!This time, the common people in Yuzhou Hedong, Yelin, Quyang and other counties suffering from the locust plague will get another relief.Sun Quan's move can be said to have made a remarkable contribution to the great cause of the people's livelihood of the Great Wei Dynasty.Immediately, almost everyone in the Changle Hall, from the Wei Emperor Cao Pi down, was moved by Sun Quan's generous gift of food.

However, Sima Yi frowned secretly. There is a saying in the proverb: "If you don't have anything to show courteousness, you will be a thief." This Sun Quan did not hesitate to spend all his money, what is his intention?Is he really ready to surrender to Wei?Are you really going to be a vassal of Wei?
"Very good, very good. In view of the fact that Sun Shulu looked at the wind and shadow and called him a vassal, he was loyal to the inside but his money was clear outside, and he believed in gold and stone and his righteousness covered mountains and rivers. I am very proud." Cao Pi's eyes were shining brightly, He was so excited that even the tone of his voice trembled slightly, "I will now confer the title of Duke of Wu on the Jin Dynasty, and bestow upon him a policy book with a purple ribbon and a gold-sealed tiger talisman!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Sima Yi shouted in a high voice: "Your Majesty Qi Zuo: I think that although General Sun Quan has an act of loyalty and service, and the intention of integrating the north and the south, it seems a bit too kind to confer the title of Duke of Wu at this moment." There is a saying in ancient books: Gentlemen are not rewarded in vain. Your Majesty can hang the Duke of Wu under the blue sky and white sun. After General Sun Quan and the kings of the Celestial Dynasty work together to pacify Western Shu, he will set up an altar to give practical teachings. In this way, General Sun Quan will "You have both the name and the truth, and you are worthy of the reward." The scholars and people of the world will be convinced and admired sincerely. Zhao Jun, do you think so?"

Zhao Zi didn't expect that Sima Yi would come out halfway to disrupt the situation, but after careful consideration, this Sima Yi's words were high-sounding and upright, and he had nothing to say for a while, so he could only look at Cao Pi, and silently responded.

As soon as Cao Pi heard what Sima Yi said, he immediately realized that he was dazzled by the agitation for a moment, and he actually lost his words!He wanted to take back his words according to Sima Yi's remonstrance, but he couldn't let go of his face; he wanted to wait for Zhao Zi to resign politely, but he didn't expect that Zhao Zi would pretend to be stupid at this time, and just kept silent No, it was clearly forcing me to fulfill my promise.For a moment, he felt his head was as big as a bucket, his face turned red and pale, and he hesitated to speak.

At this moment, outside the gate of the hall, Han Jian, a military officer on duty and Lieutenant of the Yulin Military Academy, suddenly heard a summons, which broke the dullness in the hall: "His Majesty: General Cao Ren has urgent military information from Jingzhou." Present!"

As a veteran of the clan, Cao Ren is located in Xiangyang, Jingzhou, bordering Shuhan in the west and Wuyue in the east, which is exactly at the center of the East-West conflict.He suddenly sent an urgent military intelligence report, it must be that there is another war on the front line of Jingzhou!

Hearing Han Jian's report, Cao Pi's heart skipped a beat, and he couldn't help but glared at Zhao Zi sideways, thinking to himself: Could it be that this Sun Quan is playing the deceitful trick of "Yang gives yin, first courtesy and then soldiers" again?Just sent envoys in the front to show weakness and surrender, and immediately secretly kill them in the back?

At this time, beads of sweat as big as soybeans dripped from Zhao Zi's forehead: he is naturally quite familiar with the ups and downs and unpredictable strategies of his lord Sun Quan - who would have expected what he would do at this juncture What about the sword going slanted?

With a sullen face, Cao Pi waved his hand to Simpi, and said, "Tell me the military information!"

Xin Pi also panicked, ran down Danchi in a hurry, quickly took the silk message from Han Jian from the gate of the hall, and presented it to Cao Pi.With his left hand, Cao Pi lifted the bead hanging from the Xuanmian in front of him, and picked up the silk letter with his right hand to look at it quickly, and then his eyes widened. It turned out that Cao Ren wrote this in the silk letter: False Liu Bei, the lord of Shu, personally led an army of 20. In the name of avenging Guan Yu's murder, he drove across the mountains and ridges from Wu Gorge in Yizhou, and came straight to Yiling, the west-line fan of the Sun family in Jiangdong!

"I didn't expect it—it turned out that it was Liu Bei's old thief who suddenly launched a surprise attack on General Sun Quan..." Cao Pi's eyes flickered coldly, and he stared at Zhao Zi, "Zhao Aiqing, before General Sun Quan sent you to Luoyang to deliver food and tribute, I'm afraid you have already Guess what happened?"

When Zhao Zi heard this, a big stone in his heart suddenly fell down, and he bowed and said: "Qizou Your Majesty: This is the pseudo-Shu Liu Bei who saw that my six counties in the east of the Yangtze River surrendered to Wei, and also killed his right-hand man Guan Yu, Zhang Fei and Zhang Fei are self-serving, that's why he harbored hatred and revenge, intending to invade Jiangdong. I hope that Your Majesty will show your kindness and make decisions for my elders in Jiangdong!"

"This..." Cao Pi couldn't help murmuring: No wonder Sun Quan sent another rare treasure today, and returned it to General Ban, and also paid 50 stones and grains as a tribute.In the end, it was to stabilize his own side that he could get away and deal with Liu Bei!On a second thought, he had a plan in his mind: Why didn't he take the opportunity to let Sun Quan and Liu Bei "snipe and clam fight"?So, he straightened his face and said solemnly: "Yes! General Sun's loyalty to the Great Wei is a lesson to the world. How can I sit idly by? Let's let you feel at ease against the pseudo-Shu and Liu thieves. , I immediately sent an edict to General Cao Ren, asking him to withdraw the soldiers stationed in Dangyang County to the area of ​​Xiangyang City - to leave room for you to maneuver, let you Jiangdong ministers fight with the puppet Shu Liu in the Jiangnan area of ​​Jingzhou Thieves give it a go!"

As soon as he said this, Taiwei Jia Xu, Shangshu Pushe Sima Yi, the leader Xia Houshang, and the general Cao Xiu who guarded the army were all shocked: Now Sun Quan has occupied Jiangling City in Jingzhou Jiangbei, and Dangyang County is Xiangyang The buffer barrier between the important town and the Jiangling fortress, how can this be easily given away?What's more, General Cao Ren deployed elite troops to the Dangyang area, and right now he is guarding the strategic position of "advance can be attacked, retreat can be defended, and two-way monitoring"-absolutely do not return to the north at this juncture!So, they all went out to play and said: "The ministers and others will tell your Majesty: Please think twice about vacating Dangyang and returning troops to the north!"

As soon as Cao Pi said this, he felt that it was inappropriate, and he couldn't help being extremely annoyed!When he was hesitating, Zhao Zi kowtowed and bowed down with a "boom": "On behalf of General Sun Quan, I would like to thank Your Majesty for your great grace! Long live Your Majesty! Long live! Long live!"

Cao Pi stared straight at him, gasped heavily, and couldn't say anything for a moment.

Whoever makes Cao Pi lose face, Cao Pi will make him restless for the rest of his life.

After returning to the imperial study room, Cao Pi leaned on the dragon bed and leaned against the five-clawed golden dragon mattress. The retreating golden autumn in July suddenly felt a chill from the bottom of my heart.

Jia Xu, Chen Qun, Sima Yi, Xia Houshang, Cao Xiu and a group of Cao Pi's cronies sat down on a row of boxwood benches a foot away from the dragon bed, from right to left according to their official ranks. pole.

Cao Pi flicked his sleeves, and said coldly: "I have something to say here today: in the future at the court meeting in the temple, even if there is something wrong with my words and deeds, you can come down and secretly advise, and you are not allowed to open it publicly again." Talk to the outside world! If anyone makes me unable to step down in front of the subjects of the world, I will let him never have a safe life for the rest of his life!"

Jia Xu, Sima Yi, etc. heard Cao Pi's aggressive words, they could only sigh in their hearts, their eyebrows were lowered, and they dared not speak.

After Cao Pi vented the anger in his chest angrily, his mood gradually calmed down, and he seemed to feel that his attitude just now was too blunt, so he eased his tone and said slowly: "My dear friends, you must also understand me: the foundation of the Great Wei was created, I have ascended to the throne for the first time, and all the people are watching. How dare I allow my ministers to openly criticize and attract jokes from Sun Quan and Liu Bei? My image is the image of the brilliant Wei, and there must be no slight flaws! Please remember, love dears, remember!"

When Sima Yi heard this, he thought to himself: This Cao Pi, after all, has too little virtue, and has never been able to change the ills of "emphasizing the outside and neglecting the inside, emphasizing the virtual and neglecting the reality, emphasizing the end and neglecting the essence".If you want to maintain your "brilliant image", can you do it by sealing other people's mouthpieces?There is an old saying: "Only a great hero can show his true colors", how can you build up the appearance of a hero and the appearance of a virtuous monarch by just pretending to be serious and being soft-hearted?Back in the day, Yuan Shao was very courteous, courteous, courteous, and in the end it was difficult to achieve a great cause, but the late emperor Cao Cao was natural, happy when he heard it, and not afraid of ridicule, and finally settled in the Central Plains.It seems that it is not difficult for Cao Pi to carry on the past and forge ahead and achieve great achievements.

Cao Pi saw that all the confidants were still silent, so he said warmly: "How about it... What is wrong with me today at the court ceremony? This is all ears!"

The arena was still silent, so quiet that only the sound of boiling Xiyi wine in the three-legged unicorn bronze wine bottle in the corner of the room could be heard.

Cao Pi's eyes flicked across the faces of the confidant ministers in front of him one by one, wishing to hook words straight out of their throats.

After a long time, Xia Houshang, the leader of the Central Committee, whispered, "Qizou Your Majesty: I thought Sima Pushe was right at the court meeting—you should take advantage of today's court meeting ceremony to detain Meng Da in Luoyang. Sanqi Changshi, he should not be allowed to return to the separatist side of Xincheng County."

Cao Pi suddenly glanced at Xia Houshang, his eyes full of suspicion: This Xia Houshang, who seems to have a good relationship with Meng Da on weekdays, why is he standing on Sima Yi's side to deal with Meng Da today?
(End of this chapter)