Sima Yi's Three Kingdoms Collection Collection

Chapter 81
"That's right! That's right! This Kong Rong is seeking his own death!" Sima Lang also nodded and echoed, "Cao Cao is so easy to offend? My child also thinks that he is too frivolous and adventurous, simply desperate. "

"Father, but my son doesn't think so." Sima Yi picked up the third black jade chess piece from the silver bowl and flicked it back and forth in his palm, his eyes flashed brightly, but his tone was as deep as Gu Yuan, "My son always I feel that Dr. Kong’s jumping into the light and embarrassing Cao Cao this time is by no means as simple as it seems on the surface. He is a "golden signboard" used by Cao Cao to deceive the people of the world in the name of "respecting the Han and calming chaos"—— Now this "golden signboard" is actually turning against customers, forcing Cao Cao to constantly take out the practical actions of "being respectful and self-defensive, respecting the superior and the inferior" to express himself... This is really enough for Cao Cao to drink a pot of dull wine."

"By the way, why did that Jia Xu have a verbal argument with Dr. Kong at the Zhuque Pond event today? His few words seem to have hidden secrets!" Sima Lang frowned and asked Sima Yi suspiciously, " Jia Xu has always been a man of few words, and he appears to be courteous on the surface in his dealings with others. However, when Gu Pan behaves, there is always a hint of eerie aloofness that makes it difficult to get close. My brother has always felt that he is the most courteous person in the court. The eccentric, and most elusive of…”

"The elder brother mentioned Jia Xu, and the younger brother is also very interested in him. Could it be that the elder brother can't see that Jia Xu's performance at the Suzaku Pond event today is 'thinking in silence', and he began to completely rely on Prime Minister Cao for himself. Seeking glory and wealth?" Sima Yi pondered and said slowly, "He cleverly accused Kong Rong of attacking Cao Cao rashly in public, one seemed to be thinking of Kong Rong everywhere, and the other was actually fighting for Cao Cao "Back to the face and self-esteem that was lost in public... Cao Cao must be very grateful for the intangible support he sent to him when he was alone. Jia Xu is really not simple. The essence of Huai Huai, and the sense of proportion to deal with the drastic changes of the current situation are in place, which is beyond the reach of ordinary strategists!"

"Second brother, his statement 'Jade is neither adornable nor shatterable - it can only be used as a ritual vessel in the ancestral temple' is a bit vague." Sima Lang continued to ask, "What do you think the second brother thinks?"

"Brother, how do you understand this?" Sima Yi smiled lightly, and asked his elder brother gently.

"Oh...my brother's understanding is that Jia Xu is secretly persuading Prime Minister Cao to treat Kong Rong as a sacrificial offering in the ancestral temple. Although politeness exists, it is secretly discarded." Sima Lang didn't hide anything, and expressed his understanding bluntly. out.

"That's right. Jia Xu's words do contain such a meaning." Sima Yi said, "However, there is more than just this hidden meaning in what he said—from my point of view, what he said There is a deeper meaning in it, which is to secretly advise Cao Cao to sweep away the dead things that Kong Rong turned into a "Hulian weapon" from the court, and move them into the ancestral temple and discard them forever."

"Dead thing? Sweep it out of the court?" Sima Lang was taken aback. "Could it be that he is actually admonishing Prime Minister Cao to take down Kong Rong..."

"That's right. So, my younger brother has always believed that this Jia Xu is definitely not an ordinary person. On the surface, his words of advice seem ambiguous and specious, but in essence they are extremely ingenious and flawless. On the one hand, he can It prompted Cao Cao to understand the hidden murderous intent in these words in the first time and made up his mind; on the other hand, he made the kind-hearted Xun Lingjun and other famous scholars and officials in the Han Dynasty only hear the smooth and smooth side of his words. I don’t bother to contemplate the deepest meaning of his words with the heart of a villain, so as to escape their verbal criticism..." The expression on Sima Yi's face was filled with a faint excitement like solving the mystery of the "Book of Heaven", "Oh! Like Jia Xu Such a strategist who uses his three-inch tongue to kill people invisible is the most terrifying! He played it so cleverly, he is like Chen Ping reincarnated... To be honest, in the court of Xudu, you can encounter such a strategy as Jia Xu Wizards, what a lucky little brother!"

"Second brother, it's true that Jia Xu can be called 'Chen Ping reborn'. However, don't exaggerate his level too much. Whether Prime Minister Cao will listen to his words of advice, in my brother's opinion, Whether it is possible or not." Sima Lang frowned slightly and shook his head, "If we really want to get rid of Kong Rong, Prime Minister Cao may not be worth the loss."

"However, brother, judging from the current situation, Prime Minister Cao has already plotted to kill Dr. Kong—and even a cunning counselor like Jia Xu has pointed out that Dr. Kong must be the only one. Are you clear about this? In my younger brother's opinion, Prime Minister Cao is just choosing the most appropriate time to make a move." Sima Yi didn't just talk casually, but still expressed his opinion directly.

"Well... from this point of view, Jia Xu is ready to completely surrender to Cao Cao and become an enemy of the Han Dynasty... Yi'er is right. With his resourcefulness and means, this Jia Wenhe (Jia Xu's word Wenhe) will definitely He will become the confidant of Chen Ping and others around Cao Cao." Sima Fang said, "Jia Xu is a man of sinister and unpredictable ways, and our Sima family should try our best to win over him and make friends with him, and we must never confront him unless it is absolutely necessary. Confrontation."

"Yes. The children all remember it." Sima Lang and Sima Yi agreed in unison.

"Yi'er, why don't you continue to explain to your father what the third layer of resistance Cao Cao encountered in his three-step plan to conquer the world?" Sima Li stretched out his fingers and tapped the rosewood chessboard lightly, and looked at Sima Yi. glance.

"Okay. Father, is this the third layer of resistance..." Sima Yi gently placed the third black jade chess piece on the right side of the third white jade chess piece on the rosewood chessboard, and said unhurriedly "That is, the princes of the Quartet, each with their own troops, united and fought against Cao Cao. Sun Quan in Jiangdong, Liu Biao and Liu Bei in Jingzhou, Liu Zhang in Yizhou, Han Sui in Kansai, Zhang Lu in Hanzhong, etc. are all a few of Cao Cao's power expansion. Important opponents. Among them, Jiangdong Sun Quan, Jingzhou Liu Biao and Liu Bei are the most troublesome for Cao Cao. If they unite and form a group, Cao Cao wants to dominate the world and dominate the world in his lifetime, which is really hard to achieve. "

"Liu Biao and Liu Bei in Jingzhou made Prime Minister Cao very headache, but Sun Quan in Jiangdong is still a young boy with yellow hair and blue eyes. How can he be an enemy of Prime Minister Cao? He is at best a middle-aged man like Yuan Shang and Yuan Tan in Jizhou That's all!" Sima Lang shook his head disapprovingly, "What's more, Zhang Zhao, who is really in charge of Jiangdong, is a civil servant like Hua Xin and Wang Lang. How many of Jiangdong's Confucian officials are good at fighting with soldiers? Look at Hua Xin and Wang Lang are two famous scholars, when they sit down and talk about the Tao, they speak eloquently and eloquently, but when they stand up and practice the Tao, they throw away the city and pond, and flee in a hurry."

"Brother, I really don't know much about Sun Quan's real situation in Jiangdong. But judging from the performance of the special envoy he sent this time, there are actually many outstanding people in Jiangdong." Sima Yi said seriously, " That Lu Su looks serious and simple, but in reality he is shrewd and introverted. When he saw Cao Cao, he tried his best to provoke him to attack Jingzhou first. That set of tricks where Li replaces peaches and blames Jingzhou is really extraordinary! This man is good at observing changes, Keep an eye on Xu Du's movements, maybe he will change his face after returning to Jiangdong, and immediately persuade Sun Quan and Jingzhou to join forces to fight against Cao Cao. In short, Jiangdong is the most worrying. Big brother, you still have to take over the prime minister's mansion in the future Send all the information and secret reports about Jiangdong here to the little brother to check and think about it..."

At this moment, Sima Lang no longer deliberately argued with him, but just nodded silently.

"Okay, you don't need to say more about the details of the third level of resistance." Sima Fang waved his hand, and continued to ask, "What is the fourth level of resistance that Cao Cao finally encountered in his three-step plan to achieve the world? ?”

Sima Yi focused his eyes on the red sandalwood chessboard, and a deep smile appeared on his face: "Confucius said: 'I am afraid that Ji Sun's worries are not in Zhuanyu, but in Xiaoqiang.' ——The fourth layer of resistance is inside their Cao family!"

"Inside the Cao family?" Sima Lang couldn't help but asked in bewilderment.

"Oh...I understand for my father. What Yi'er means probably means that the Cao family may repeat the same mistakes of Hebei's Yuan family's heir struggles and civil strife..." Sima Fang nodded slowly as if he had realized something, " Yi'er, do you suspect that if Cao Cao makes his third son Cao Zhi his heir, his eldest son Cao Pi and his second son Cao Zhang will feel dissatisfied and seize the heir?"

"That's right." Sima Yi turned his gaze and asked Sima Lang, "Brother, you have been in the prime minister's mansion for a long time, so you should know something about Cao Cao's sons. Do you think the eldest son Cao Pi, the second son Cao Zhang, and the third son of the prime minister's mansion Young Master Cao Zhi, what are the personalities of these three Young Masters and how are they related to each other?"

"Well... Cao Pi, the eldest son of the prime minister's mansion, is capable of writing and martial arts, and his poetry is good, but he has no other shortcomings, except that he is a little narrow-minded, and his mind is not open-minded enough... Once Simpi gave a speech to everyone in the prime minister's mansion. The young master distributed the jade silk and baht money for monthly expenses, as if he had given him a piece of jade, and he insisted on forcing Simpi to make up for it quickly. Of course, according to Brother Yiwei, he is not Coveting such a piece of jade, he himself said it plausibly-"Jade is a small matter, but the shortage of things is also a problem of unevenness, so the unevenness is a big deal!" Anyway, he doesn't like others to neglect him and his friends. Neglect him." Sima Lang recalled for a moment, then slowly said, "The second son, Cao Zhang, has been working in the ranks since he was fourteen or five years old, and he has the air of a general, with an upright and upright personality. Second brother, you have seen his talent and demeanor with your own eyes at the Zhuquechi event today. I am afraid that it is not an exaggeration to call him a "perfect man of the generation". According to brother's daily observations, the relationship between the second son Cao Zhang and the third son Cao Zhi The most harmonious, but the relationship between Cao Zhang and the eldest son Cao Pi is a little distant, probably because Cao Pi thinks that his second brother has only the courage of a man and despises him."

"Well... very good, very good." Sima Yi dropped his right hand, and with a "snap", he placed the fourth black jade chess piece directly in front of the third white jade chess piece, intercepting it like a divine soldier descending from the sky. Knowing the direction in which Bai Ziqi is going, he instantly "reversed" the situation on the chessboard. "From this point of view, the fourth layer of resistance that the Cao family encountered is precisely a great opportunity that our Sima family can take advantage of! , and also afraid of being hacked and broken from the inside'..."

Sima Yi's blood splashed Juxian Pavilion
In Xudu at the end of May, the wind is blowing dry and the sun is scorching hot.In the Hibiscus Pond in the north corner of the city, there are sparkling blue waves, jumping gold and eye-catching, and ducks and cranes dancing; on the bank are jade willows fluttering, and cicadas sing loudly, and the sound is in your ears.However, among the clumps of green shades, there is an exquisite restaurant with blue bricks and green tiles standing in a forest, which makes people feel cool.

(End of this chapter)