The Three Kingdoms: The Cold Gate World

Chapter 341
Let Wu Cheng persuade the two sisters Cao Jie and Cao Xian to go back to their room first, and then Guo Jia directly pushed open the door of Guo Jin's study.

Stepping into the study, looking at the messy bamboo slips, Guo Jia casually picked up some and looked at them.

A knowing smile.

Guo Jin wanted to criticize Cao Cao with poems, but he didn't seem to be satisfied no matter how he wrote it.

There are many ways to criticize others with words, but it is rare to be able to scold others. The outspoken scolding is bloody. In contemporary times, there is already a model of Chen Lin's call for thieves. Others want to surpass it. difficult.

It can also be used to praise others and use some allusions with bleak endings to praise others. It sounds good, but when you think about it carefully, it is actually irony.

Guo Jin was holding the pen and her eyes were blank. When she saw Guo Jia approaching, two tears fell from her eyes unwillingly.

Others praised him as a child prodigy, but now he wants to write an essay criticizing the Cao family, but he has no intention of writing. In front of Guo Jia, he is ashamed.

"Father, children are useless."

Guo Jin lowered her head, blaming herself very much.

Guo Jia touched his head comfortingly, took the pen from his hand, wrote four words on the blank bamboo slips in front of him, and said: "Your talent is neither for showing off nor for criticizing others. , Don’t take this matter to heart anymore, let’s go, it’s time for dinner, don’t worry your family.”

In Guo Jia's view, if Guo Jin insisted on fighting back, he would be at a disadvantage.

Cao Zhi is standing on the Tongque Terrace, what's the situation?Moreover, the theme of this Fu is not specifically aimed at Guo Jia, but it is just expressing emotions through the scenery, and by the way, I have a whimsical idea to involve Guo Jia.

If Guo Jin's starting point was to belittle the Cao family, no matter how he wrote it, he would not have the artistic conception of Cao Zhi.

Guo Jin stared at Guo Jia's thickly written four characters in a daze.

Enemies make you faint!

Whether it is piano, chess, calligraphy, painting, or poetry and poetry, in Guo Jia's eyes, these are all arts. Art should not be eaten as food, but art should be a beautiful thing that cultivates sentiment. Spoiled art.

Therefore, Guo Jia looks down on those guys who are domineering with a little artistic achievement, which runs counter to the essence of art.

Yecheng
Cao Cao lived in the mansion that used to belong to the Yuan family. It was completely new inside and out, and all the extravagances were put away, making it simple and plain.

Xun You came to see Cao Cao, in fact, he wanted to remind Cao Cao that now is not the time to quarrel with Guo Jia.

why?
Because Liu Biao in Jingzhou is seriously ill!I'm afraid it won't last long!
Facing Xun You, Cao Cao said thoughtfully: "Guo Jia conquered the Northwest, slaughtered nearly [-] people, and promoted Mi Fang to the Northwest to serve as Liangzhou Biejia. Is he already confused?"

Slaughtering the Northwest is a sign, and promoting Mi Fang will definitely cause dissatisfaction among insiders.

These two things made Cao Cao think about it day and night, trying to figure out Guo Jia's motives.

It stands to reason that internally, neither of these two things is of any benefit, but will instead stir up internal disputes.

From Cao Cao's point of view, Guo Jia's two moves were terribly wrong!
Destroy the Great Wall!

Xun You didn't have the time to think about Guo Jia now, but said sincerely to Cao Cao: "My lord, Liu Jingsheng may die soon, my lord should think about how to take Jingzhou before Guo Jia."

After Xun Yu's death, since Xun Yu had gone to join Guo Jia, didn't Xun You know Xun Yu's last will?

No, he knows.

The Xun family knows it all!
However, how the Xun family should take the future path is not because Xun Yu died without knowing why and turned against Cao Cao.

According to the current situation, if the Xun family wants to survive and prosper, it is impossible to be self-reliant. If they rely on others, only Guo Jia can compete with Cao Cao. We have to start all over again.

Then there are only two ways left, to join forces with the imperial party or remain loyal to the Cao family.

Xun Yu supported the establishment of the Han Dynasty, what happened?
Then the Xun family has only one way to continue to be loyal to Cao Cao. Besides, Cao Cao has no intention of suppressing the Xun family. The glory that should be given to them is not stingy at all. Yu's title was replaced by Xun Yun.

Cao Cao looked at Xun You, and said with a smile: "Doesn't Guo Jia know about the situation in Jingzhou? Once Liu Jingsheng dies, his troops in Hanzhong and Badong will sweep Jingzhou immediately. Therefore, before that, let him divide the situation. Let him not care about the upcoming changes in Jingzhou."

To take over the world, Jingzhou is the top priority. Cao Cao, Guo Jia, and even Sun Quan are all staring at Jingzhou. Of course, besides these three, Guo Jia knows that there is one more person who must also be staring at Jingzhou!
Liu Bei!

Therefore, since everyone is staring at it, if Cao Cao wants to seize Jingzhou, he may not be able to get ahead of Guo Jia. Therefore, before Jingzhou changes, Cao Cao has to take another move.

"My lord's words are reasonable, but I don't know how the lord intends to distract Guo Jia?"

Cao Cao closed his eyes and said in a deep voice: "Prepare an emperor's edict to ask Guo Jia to send a son to Xudu as a hostage. If he is willing, it means that Tu Xibei's promotion of Mi Fang before him was an illusion, and he was trying to confuse me, because a person who can A monarch who disregards the reactions of the left and the right will not bow to me when the strength is evenly matched. Even if he does send a son, he must want to make me numb and despise him. If he refuses, then he is defiant and disrespectful , just proves that he is now arrogant to the point of being defiant, between me and him, we must first have a decisive battle."

Xun You thought it made sense, but when he heard about the decisive battle, he frowned.

Now the strength of the two armies is indistinguishable. If there is a decisive battle, it is hard to predict who will win the battle.

"My lord, isn't this decisive battle a little too hasty?"

As soon as Xun You asked, seeing Cao Cao's mysterious and sly smile, he suddenly realized.

The decisive battle is fake.

Cao Cao didn't explain, and let Xun You go down to do things.

After a piece of imperial edict was sent to Chengdu, it caused an uproar.

Cao Zhi's poems have already humiliated Guo Jia by insinuating, and now he is oppressing Guo Jia openly with his nose on his face.

These are all means.

Guo Jia is a Han minister, aren't you loyal to the Han Dynasty?Don't you use the name of eradicating traitors and thieves for the Han Dynasty every time you expand?
Now, send a son to Xuchang, to the imperial capital, to the emperor's side, to express his loyalty, what's the problem?
During the time of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, Xiaolian Maocai recommended from all over the country would go to the imperial capital for further training and observation by the royal family. Therefore, it is not uncommon for the princes’ heirs to be sent to the imperial capital. The key is that the world is in chaos and the princes are divided. , Sending an heir to the imperial capital is obviously a hostage.

Dian Wei, Xu Chu and Guo Jia jointly petitioned Guo Jia not to accept this edict.

The military generals didn’t care about the messy things of the literati before. Some of them really couldn’t tell what was wrong with Cao Zhi’s poems, whether there was a metaphor, and they didn’t know if others didn’t say it. I couldn't sit still, but Guo Jia didn't say anything, they didn't like having a fit.

This time, Xu Du issued an edict, but it was clear at a glance, and the generals were filled with righteous indignation: Cao Cao deceived people too much!

In the Yizhou government council hall, the civil servants didn't say anything, everyone bowed their heads indifferently, but the generals had already held their heads high and were fighting.

My lord sent his son as a hostage, if this is true, the generals will feel very useless.

Dian Wei, Gao Shun, Xu Chu, Zhang Yan, Deng Zhi, Zhang Ren and other generals came out and knelt down on one knee. Gao Shun, as the representative, solemnly begged Guo Jia for orders: "My lord, the Cao thief has repeatedly insulted you. My lord, a soldier can be killed but not humiliated, please think twice, my lord, I can't accept this edict! Even if I meet with Cao Bandit, the last general and others are willing to die in battle for the lord, and they don't want to see the lord humiliated!"

In this situation, Guo Jia still didn't change his face.

On the counselor's side, Zhang Song stepped out, first glanced at the generals who were kneeling on one knee and didn't get up, then cupped his hands at Guo Jia and said, "My lord, Liu Biao in Jingzhou can't get sick right now, Jingzhou is very likely to usher in a disaster." Great change, at this moment, my lord, it is not appropriate to start a war with Cao thief, otherwise, if Jiangdong Sun Quan takes advantage of the lord and Cao thief to win Jingzhou, the future situation will not be optimistic."

Counselors have always thought further, and the current world structure is in a very delicate period.

Jingzhou is the most important place in the world, and Liu Biao's serious illness means that the three forces around Jingzhou must focus here.

Two heroes stand side by side, and it is difficult to maintain a balance in this situation. After accumulating strength, one side must destroy the other.

But if it develops into a three-legged situation, then the three parties will contain each other, and the two weaker parties will unite against the strong one. When the strong one becomes weaker, the new strong party will face the new joint confrontation of the other two parties , the situation will continue to stalemate.

In order to avoid this situation, first of all, Cao Cao and Guo Jia cannot let Sun Quan swallow Jingzhou.

If Cao Cao swallows, Cao Cao will be stronger, and Guo Jiatun will be the same, but Sun Quan cannot take Jingzhou, otherwise the strength of the Jiangdong Sun family will advance by leaps and bounds in a short period of time, and they will be on par with Cao and Guo. No one has the strength to dominate the world in one go. Even if they develop and become the strongest among the three, they will still face the joint attack of two opponents.

Therefore, Zhang Song came out to remind Guo Jia.

Facing the edict of the imperial court, there are many ways to do it, but rejecting it is the most unfavorable choice.

Even if Guo Jia didn't want to send his son there, he could agree first and use various reasons to delay the matter until the situation in Jingzhou became clearer before dealing with it.

Guo Jia stood up, waved his hand lightly and said, "I'll think about this matter for a few days before making a decision."

"Lord!"

Gao Shun and the others will turn to Guo Jia with their faces changed drastically.

The last thing they want to see is Guo Jia's compromise, and after considering it for a few days, they seem to be wavering in their hearts.

Guo Jia waved his hands and walked out without saying anything.

With the military commander in the hall behind him, Guo Jia drifted away, looked up at the fiery sunset, and sneered: "Cao Mengde, you want a battle that allows you to safely march south, and I will give it to you."

(End of this chapter)