The Three Kingdoms: The Cold Gate World

Chapter 340
Since the unification of Hebei, Cao Cao moved the government to Yecheng. Xuchang is the capital of the Han Dynasty in name, but it has no name.

After the Jin proclaimed the Duke of Wei, Cao Cao's ambition to stand on his own was clearly revealed. He already had a political position, but he still wanted to win people's hearts, especially the reputation among scholars. Most of them are Confucian generals, and those who don't know how to fight can have good lethality with a pen.

However, Cao Cao's reputation in the shilin excludes his own literary accomplishment, and he is disdainful by scholars all over the world. In addition to his background, Cao Cao also killed Kong Rong, the great-great-grandson of Kong Shengren.

After conquering Wuhuan, Cao Cao no longer has to worry about the future. As far as the matter is concerned, Cao Cao can be regarded as a national hero when he conquered Wuhuan. Whether it's singing the praises or leading the atmosphere, it's all in the interests of the Cao family.

Yecheng
Cao Cao ordered the construction of Tongque, Jinhu and Bingjing.

On the day when Tongque Terrace was completed, Cao Cao held a poetry meeting here, and the world focused on it.

The Tongque Terrace is ten feet high and has a hundred palaces. Before it was completed, Cao Cao had expressed to his left and right that he would spend his days here after the world was settled.

The feast of the Poetry Club was extremely lively, with all civil and military officials present. On the majestic Tongque Stage, Cao Cao sat in the main seat after taking the stage, overlooking all living beings.

Military generals join in the fun, civil servants compose poems impromptu, and the protagonists of this feast are all members of the Cao family.

Even Chen Lin, who surrendered to Cao Cao, couldn't grab the limelight.

"Feijian rises up, and the building looks like a successor to the sky... Good! Pi'er, this Fu is well written!"

Cao Cao laughed heartily, and everyone on stage and martial arts also praised him. After taking the stage, Cao Pi looked humble, but smiled lightly and did not get carried away.

If you say that Cao Cao's favorite son can be ranked, the first is not Cao Chong, but Cao Ang who died in Wancheng, the second is Cao Chong, and after Cao Chong, is Cao Zhi.

As for Cao Pi, in fact, he did not please Cao Cao much.

But it is undeniable that although the Cao family is not a scholarly family, the trendy atmosphere of Jian'an literature, the father and son of the Cao family all occupy a good position, Cao Cao, Cao Pi, and Cao Zhi.

After Cao Pi, Cao Cao asked Cao Zhi to write poems on stage.

Cao Zhi, who is quite young and has a gentlemanly demeanor, has no stage fright, and he walked up to the stage politely, splashing ink, and the article was written in one go.

Cao Cao presented this Fu Mingren before his eyes, lowered his head to read it, and halfway through it, he suddenly raised his head and looked at Cao Zhi with a strange expression.

Cao Zhi stared at Cao Cao expectantly, with reverence and excitement in his eyes.

Cao Cao raised a faint smile at the corner of his mouth, and ordered people to recite this Fu of Cao Zhi in public.

"From the Ming Dynasty onwards, I used to play around, and climbed onto the stage for entertainment.

See the vast expanse of the Taifu, and see the camp of the holy virtue.

The lofty gates are so majestic, and the floating double queres are so clear..."

Cao Zhi's prose is gorgeous, and it is a kind of enjoyment to listen to. Many civil servants in the audience showed eyes closed and intoxicated.

Cheng Yu, Xun You, Man Chong, Mao Jie, Chen Qun and others were also present. They did not write poems on stage, but it did not affect their evaluation of poems and fus. Cao Pi's poem won applause from all the audience, and Cao Zhi's poem is enough to be famous through the ages.

Originally closed their eyes and listened immersed in the artistic conception of the poems and prose descriptions, Cheng Yu, Xun You, Man Chong and others who could advise Cao Cao suddenly opened their eyes wide and looked dignified.

The people reciting poems and prose were still going on, but these people had already set their sights on Cao Cao who was sitting on the high seat.

Cao Cao looked contented, with his eyes closed, his expression unchanged.

The poems with gorgeous rhetoric and transcendent artistic conception were loudly praised by the people present. After Cao Cao rewarded Cao Zhi, he also wrote a poem.

But Cheng Yu and the others' minds were no longer in poetry and fu, but seemed to be preoccupied.

As the banquet dissipated, civil servants and military generals left one after another in twos and threes, and the topic could not be separated from today's feast.

Xun You walked to Cheng Yu's side, lowered his voice and said solemnly: "My lord should be able to see that Mr. Zhi's Fu is implying something, why did you order someone to read it in public?"

Cheng Yu shook his head, also at a loss.

"Tongque Terrace Poetry Club attracts the attention of the world. The poems written on the stage today will be spread all over the world within a few days. I don't know what it will be like to hear Mr. Zhi's Fu from Guo Jia. I hope the Lord will do well." prepared for the worst."

"Could it be that the lord wants to use this to test Guo Jia?"

Xun You was full of doubts.

Cheng Yu smiled wryly and said, "Do you still need to test it now? It is difficult for two heroes to stand side by side, and sooner or later they will be victorious."

Xun You stopped talking and planned to ask Cao Cao face to face in a few days.

Guo Jia, who was far away in Chengdu, Yizhou, still arranged political affairs in an orderly manner in the spring of Jian'an 13th year.

In the council hall of Yizhou Mansion, when Guo Jia was sitting in the chair discussing this year's government affairs plan with the officials, the guards outside came in and handed over their hands to report: "My lord, Mr. Jin is out to see you."

Everyone present was very surprised. Guo Jia clearly distinguishes public and private affairs. His son, the oldest Guo Ye, is honestly staying in the barracks. It is the first time for the young Guo Jin to visit Yizhou Mansion. It must be a business. , and Guo Jin, a teenage boy, what business can he have?
Guo Jia temporarily put aside the topic and asked someone to bring Guo Jin up.

Unexpectedly, Mr. Jin, who has always been a modest gentleman, walked in hurriedly, with unsteady steps, holding a bamboo slip in both hands.

Guo Jin stepped into the hall, rushed directly in front of Guo Jia, presented all the bamboo slips in her arms to Guo Jia, and said in a deep voice with gritted teeth: "Father, Cao Cao built the Tongque Terrace in Yecheng. Banquet ministers held a poetry meeting, and in the hand of the boy, the boy's hand was a poem written by Cao Cao's son Cao Zhi, among which there were disrespectful words to his father."

Guo Jin likes literature, and there are not many scholars who don't care about it at the Tongquetai Poetry Club. Leaving aside the opposition of camps, Guo Jin appreciates many poems and proses at the Tongquetai Poetry Club, but Cao Zhi's poem is the only one. After seeing it, he was shocked and turned pale, and then became angry.

So he hurriedly sent this Fu to Guo Jia for review.

Many officials in the hall showed surprise. They had heard about the Tongque Terrace Poetry Club, but they were not as leisurely as Guo Jin and urged people to inquire about the news. Poems and prose that are well-known on stage.

Everyone looked at Guo Jia in unison, to see how he would react, and also curious about what Cao Zhi wrote in the Fu, which would make Guo Jin gnash his teeth with hatred.

Guo Jia first picked up a bamboo slip from Guo Jin's hand, and instead of opening it to read, raised his hand and tapped the bamboo slip on Guo Jin's head.

"When will you be as calm as your elder brother? With the panic you walked in from the door, don't say it's my son when you go outside, it's embarrassing."

Guo Jia said these words with a light smile, neither serious nor serious.

Guo Jin was taken aback, secretly ashamed, but opened his mouth again: "But, father, Cao Zhi..."

Guo Jia sneered and said: "He is disrespectful to me, you are so flustered, if he kills me with a sword, wouldn't you lose your mind?"

Guo Jin instantly understood that Guo Jia was teaching him to have a calm mind.

This is Guo Jia's current state of mind. He cannot follow the pace of the enemy, let alone be led by the nose.

Seeing the son in front of him puffed up his chest and regained his calm expression, Guo Jia took the time to read the bamboo slips wide open.

Perhaps many people know Cao Zhi because of three reasons, either because he is the son of Cao Cao, or because of the seven-step poem, or because of Luoshen Fu.

However, Cao Zhi's literary level is absolutely brilliant in contemporary times. It is not easy for several people to lead the trend of Jian'an literature. It is even more commendable that Cao's family has three people at a time.

There are many poems and Fu handed down by Cao Zhi, but because many of them are lyric poems, not many are widely known.

"From the Ming Dynasty onwards, I used to play around, climbed to the stage for entertainment... I took the second bridge in the southwest, and shared the joy of the day and night. Hehe, Cao Zijian, who is unparalleled in talent, he gave me a reason to kill him in the future ,Yeah."

Guo Jia read halfway, and suddenly burst out laughing.

The officials below heard this with anger on their faces.

In ancient times, Joe and Bridge were the same thing.

Erqiao, whether it refers to Guo Jia's two concubines, Xiao Qiao or not, at least those who know the situation in the world and Guo Jia's wives and concubines will have imaginations and illusions.

He is no longer a young and energetic boy, Guo Jia is more thinking about the deep meaning behind this Fu when facing this Fu.

Can't Cao Cao see the metaphor in Cao Zhi's Fu?

Then why is this Fu still leaking out?
Declare war?
Or try to provoke?
Guo Jia stood up, held the bamboo slips and tapped them in his hands, and said: "Splendid mountains and rivers, heroes and beauties, Cao Zijian is very considerate of his father, but I don't know if Mr. Cao will live in Tongque Terrace to enjoy the happiness .”

Guo Jin didn't think about Guo Jia's reaction after reading this Fu, but now, he was dumbfounded, as if his anger seemed a bit nonsense, and Guo Jia and the officials around him didn't show any excess.

After exiting the hall, Guo Jin trotted back to the mansion and locked himself in the study. He wanted to attack the Cao family in the same way.

In the evening, Guo Jia returned to the mansion after finishing his official duties. When passing by Guo Jin's courtyard, he unexpectedly saw two young girls, Cao Xian and Cao Jie, standing in front of the study door and weeping secretly. Both girls' eyes were red from crying.

Guo Jia called Wu Cheng who happened to be not far away, and asked, "What's going on?"

Wu Cheng said with a worried face: "The two of them feel ashamed to face Jin'er, and Jin'er locked herself in the study again without seeing anyone. My sister called him several times, but he just didn't come out."

The two sisters of the Cao family are innocent in the final analysis. Even if Guo Jia fought Cao Cao to the death on the battlefield, Guo Jia would not have any prejudice against them.

It is understandable that they feel ashamed in their hearts. After all, Cao Zhi's Fu is not only a provocation to Guo Jia, but also a moral intolerance.

Cao Cao had many wives and concubines, but many of them were wives who took over from others.

It seems that now they are targeting Guo Jia's wife again.

After hearing this, Guo Jia said to Wu Cheng: "Go and persuade them. It's been so many years. In my eyes, they are just like my daughters. Don't pay attention to the rumors from the outside world. Live here well. If you can be happy and worry-free, you will be happy." Try not to trouble yourself."

Wu Cheng smiled softly, nodded in agreement.

(End of this chapter)