Lu Dynasty

Chapter 325 Xu Tian
After Liu Bei was invited by Cao to go to Xuchang, although he won the title of Uncle Emperor, the official position of General Zuo and the title of Marquis of Tinghou in Yicheng, he had no real power at all, even his original personal guards were deprived by Cao. up.He is afraid that Cao will harm himself, so he has been practicing the strategy of hiding.However, even if Liu Bei resorted to the strategy of keeping a low profile, how could he escape the eyes of Cao's advisers, not to mention the cunning Cheng Yu and Wang Zuozhi's Xun Yu, Mao Jie, Dong Zhao and others, he might not be able to hide it. Pass.

On this day, Cao summoned his advisers for a meeting at the Sikong Mansion. Xun Yu said to Cao, "My lord, it may not be good for my lord if the emperor recognizes Liu Bei as the emperor's uncle."

Cao said: "Since Liu Bei regards himself as the emperor's uncle, he dare not disobey me when I use the edict of the emperor to order him. I kept Liu Bei in Xuchang for the reason of being close to your majesty, but in fact I wanted to control him in my own hands. In my hands. Since he is in my hands, why am I worried about him? I am only worried that Taiwei Yang Biao and Yuan Shu are related by marriage. If he acts as an internal response for the two Yuans, it will be very harmful to us. We should hurry up Get rid of this hidden danger."

Cheng Yu laughed and said, "It's not that simple? As long as we falsely accuse him of colluding with Yuan Shu, we can deal with him!"

Cao laughed and said: "As expected of Cheng Yu and Cheng Zhongde, he is really resourceful, so I will do as you said, and take down Yang Biao at the court tomorrow morning!" Cheng Yu nodded and went down to arrange to frame Yang Biao.

In the early morning of the next day, Cao ordered soldiers to take Yang Biao down as soon as he went to court.Kong Rong, the prefect of Beihai, was retained by the court as a doctor of the Taizhong because he went to Beijing to report on his duties. Seeing that Yang Biao was captured by Cao Suo for no reason, he immediately stood up and asked injustice: "Cao Sikong, Mr. Yang is in an important position. What an outstanding contribution, how could you take him down for no reason?"

Cao took out the forged Yang Biao letter and threw it on the ground, and then asked someone to bring a fake Yuan Shu's slave and said, "It's no reason! Yang Biao colluded with Yuan Shu to conspire to rebel. If someone else might be a false accusation, but Yang Biao and Yuan Shu Yuan Shu is a relative by marriage, do you dare to say that there is absolutely no such thing? Now that I have someone to prove that Yang Biao and Yuan Shu conspired long ago, how can it be said that he was imprisoned for no reason?"

When Kong Rong heard what Cao said, how could he not know what he meant? Kong Rong shook his head and said, "Taiwei Yang Biao has the name of four generations of Qingde, how could Cao Gong take him into custody because of Yuan Shu's treason and the villain's false accusation?" Woolen cloth?"

Cao really had nothing to do with Kong Rong. Kong Rong was a great Confucian. If there was no special reason, Cao would not dare to kill him.Cao rolled his eyes and said, "It's not what I mean, it's what His Majesty the Emperor meant!" Cao thought to himself: Now you, Kong Rong, have nothing to say!If you dare to say that His Majesty is wrong, I will arrest you together!

How could Kong Rong not understand Cao's sinister intentions? Besides, even with Kong Rong's behavior, he would not commit such a crime of disrespect and let Cao get the handle.Kong Rong ignored Cao's words, but asked instead: "Excuse me, Mr. Cao, if King Cheng of Zhou wants to kill Mr. Zhao, do you think Mr. Zhou knows?"

Cao was dumbfounded. Kong Rong even compared Liu Xie to King Cheng of Zhou, and made him the Duke of Zhou. He could never say that Kong Rong was disrespectful.But this Yang Biao can't be caught out of nowhere, and then released out of nowhere!Cao Yi waved his hand and said, "Forget it! Since Dr. Kong said so, let Yang Biao go! However, Yang Biao is Yuan Shu's in-law after all. Although it is impossible to confirm whether he conspired with Yuan Shu to rebel, he should avoid suspicion." ! Let’s resign for the sake of the people!”

Yang Biao was dismissed by Cao, which immediately annoyed someone.This person has a good relationship with Yang Biao, and he can be said to be Yang Biao's close friend.Seeing Cao's domineering, he was very dissatisfied, so he stood up and said loudly: "The minister has a book to play!" Seeing that it was Zhao Yan, Cao thought he wanted to plead for Yang Biao, so he let him speak.Zhao Yan prostrated himself on the ground and said: "I impeach Sikong Cao for being domineering and domineering. I arrested the minister without the imperial edict. Please punish Cao Sikong for his crime!"

Zhao Yan is also an idiot. He knew that Liu Xie was Cao's puppet, and he impeached Cao.If Liu Xie could really punish Cao, he would have chopped Cao Da into pieces and fed them to the dogs.Originally Cao was angry for not killing Yang Biao, but now Zhao Yan dared to impeach him face to face. Cao said with a sinister smile, "You say I am domineering? Then I will show you domineering. Come on! Take this Zhao Yan dragged it down and cut it!" Cao Yan's voice fell, and a group of soldiers rushed into the hall outside the hall and dragged Zhao Yan out.Cao glanced at all the officials in the court hall, and all the officials were silent.Cao laughed and walked away.

Back at the Sikong Mansion, Cheng Yu had already been waiting for Cao in the Sikong Mansion. He saw Cao come in and said, "My lord, did you get angry today? I see that your lord looks uneasy. Is something wrong?" Cheng Yu told Cheng Yu about the matter, and Cheng Yu said with a smile: "My lord's prestige is getting higher and higher now, why don't you take this opportunity to implement the strategy of king and hegemony?" Do not obey.

You know, Cao's initial strategy was determined by Xun Yu. How could someone as loyal to the Han family as Xun Yu let Cao take the emperor to order the world?In fact, until now, what Cao has done is to serve the emperor to order him not to be a minister.Although these two sentences are similar, there is a world of difference between the words Feng and Xie.Serving means serving, and Xun Yu asked Cao to serve the emperor in order to assist the emperor in governing the world.And the coercion Cheng Yu said was to let Cao hold the emperor hostage and force the emperor to be obedient, and the next step should be usurping the throne.

Cao was very moved after hearing Cheng Yu's words, and he also had his own ambitions in his heart.Always let Liu Xie, the emperor who is dazzled by power, and the group of ministers who only fight for power and profit hold him back, it is better to let them be obedient, and when the world is unified, whether it is usurping the throne or retiring, it is not all about Cao himself What do you say?But Cao is not like me. Among his cronies, there are not only the poor family but also the children of the aristocratic family. He is still very worried that all the aristocratic families will oppose him, so Cao asked: "Zhongde, there are many people who are loyal to the Han family. Even my cronies may not necessarily support me in carrying out the strategy of domineering, what do you think is better?"

"My lord, why don't we go hunting first?" Cheng Yu said with a smile, "My lord uses the hunting as an excuse to bully Liu Xie a little bit on the hunting ground. I'll observe everyone's movement behind you, so I should be able to roughly see who is who. Those who support the lord, who are against the lord!"

Cao Da laughed and said: "Zhongde is really my ovary! Just do as you say, we will go hunting in Xu Tian, ​​and kill all those bastards who get in the way, so as not to hinder our great cause!"

(End of this chapter)