Survival Three Kingdoms

Chapter 618 The King of Wei
Just like Cao Chong's death, Cao Cao had no intention of pursuing it. Pulling up a carrot with mud was already a troubled time, and the involvement was too wide. If there was a bloody storm, not only would everyone be in danger, but he would also be deeply involved in it.Not pursuing it does not mean that Cao Cao will let the situation develop. Cao Cao can already conclude that the root of all kinds of rumors is nothing more than the issue of his successor.

Cao Cao was Wei Gong, Jizhou Mu, and prime minister.The fief is in Wei, but Wei is in Zhou Cang's hands, and Jizhou is also in Zhou Cang's hands. It is out of date to call Wei Gong and Jizhou Mu.When Sun Quan and Zhou Cang proclaimed the Duke, Cao Cao would naturally be a head above him, so under Dong Zhao's suggestion, the ministers began to prepare a table to ask Cao Cao to be king.On the surface, the reason is very good. Pingjing Northwest Qiang people rebelled and built Yongzhou and Liangzhou, which contributed to the community.As for Jizhou and Qingzhou in the hands of Zhou Cang, they are still the territory of the Han Dynasty, right?This cannot be regarded as Cao Cao's loss of territory.

Cao Cao is the king, according to the etiquette system, he must be registered as a son, and when the time comes, who is the heir will be revealed.To be a king requires a new fiefdom, which is also the base camp and foundation.Based on this, the location of the fiefdom will affect the birth of the son.It is impossible for Chang'an, the western capital, and Luoyang, the eastern capital, to be fiefdoms. That would be no different from rebellion. Everyone has their own plans for where to change the fiefdoms.

Cao Cao was called Duke Wei, and Chenliu, the place where he made his fortune, belonged to Wei during the Warring States period. He was enfeoffed with Wei Commandery, and the capital of Ye was also an important place in Wei State. Therefore, Cao Cao can still be called the king of Wei, and the fiefdoms can be Liang Guo, Chenliu, Chen Jun and his hometown Qiao Jun, and Cao Cao's Yanzhou animal husbandry will be restored.The capital can be in Shangqiu in Liang State or Chen County in Chen County, which is relatively close to Xudu.

Yang Xiu sent a letter to Cao Zhi, suggesting that Guanzhong Sanfu should be made Cao Cao's fiefdom, called King Qin, and changed to Yongzhou Mu.Yang Xiushen was in Chang'an, and he had the ability and conditions to arrange for his own people to take up positions. The Yang family was also a large Hongnong family with strong connections and foundations. Of course, he wanted to take this opportunity to put Cao Cao's fiefdom in Guanzhong.And when Cao Cao became the governor of Yongzhou, Zhong Yao could be the governor of Yanzhou, and by the way, Sima Lang's governor of Yanzhou was also taken away.

Sima Fu moved his family from Hanoi to Chang'an according to Sima Yi's instructions. Sima Yi never thought that Cao Cao would keep Yang Xiu in Chang'an. The attempt to develop forces in Guanzhong was shattered.

Chen Qun and Dong Zhao had roughly the same idea; Wu Zhi wrote to Cao Pi, saying that Cao Cao had his own conclusions about why the fief was created. Cao Pi’s participation is not good, but Guanzhong must not be used as a fief. Cao Pi has little power in Guanzhong , will be extremely disadvantageous.Sima Yi's attitude is more thorough than Wu Zhi's, even if Cao Cao chooses Guanzhong, he must firmly support it.

So Dong Zhao, Liu Ye, Hua Xin and others advocated that Cao Cao be called King of Wei, and the five sons of Jian'an advocated that they be called King of Qin.Cao Cao hesitated, and called Xun You and Jia Xu together to discuss.

Xun You hesitated again and again: "Your Majesty only temporarily lost Wei Commandery. You only need to rest for a year and a half to regain it. Besides, the Zhou, Sun, and Liu families are all waiting and watching. Being king at this time will leave an excuse for the three families..."

After Liu Bang seized the world, he set up a motto: No one can be crowned king unless he is the Liu family.At this time, Cao Cao became king, and the three families must use this as an excuse to form an anti-Cao alliance, and justifiably encourage the world to become enemies with Cao Cao.Although Xun You's worry was justified, Cao Cao was very dissatisfied, and turned to Jia Xu, "What do you mean by Wenhe?"

"Duke Ming has made great contributions to the Han family, and the merits of Duke Ming cannot be demonstrated without being a king. Gao Zu said that different surnames cannot be crowned kings. That is because the world has been determined, and it is not in line with the present. Duke Ming helped the Han family in danger. He made great contributions to the community. I don't know how many people will become king, so I think that Ming Gong's promotion to the throne is in harmony with the weather and the people's will."

A bunch of nonsense, Cao Cao's focus is not here. "Where does Wenhe think it is appropriate to establish a country?"

"Except for Dongxidu and Xudu, where else can we do it?"

"Where does Wenhe think Guanzhong and Chendi are better?" Cao Cao asked persistently.

"Guanzhong is dangerous, Chen land is rich and rich, each has its own advantages." Jia Xu said another ambiguous sentence.
"Guanzhong is connected to Bashu in the south, Chendi is connected to Jingxiang in the south, and Wuyue is connected to the east. It is an important place."

Why didn't Cao Cao know this? In other words, Guanzhong is now more stable and there is no need to worry about fighting. Chen Di is facing Guan Yu in the south, Zhou Cang in the northeast, and Sun Quan in the southeast.

Glancing at Xun You, Xun You was silent.Cao Cao sneered: "I, Cao Mengde, have never seen such a battle since I sent troops. At the beginning, there were only a few thousand people and no land to earn the present foundation. Why should I be afraid of Zhou Cang, Sun Quan and Liu Bei? I have made up my mind. build a nation!"

Xun You sighed secretly, my lord, you are such a wise person, why are you so confused at this time?

In December of the 20th year of Jian'an, Dong Zhao and others invited Cao Cao to be the king of Wei and establish the country in Chendi.The emperor Liu Xie couldn't help sneering, okay, I will make you the king of Wei, let's see how long you can do it?Liu Xie issued an edict to Jin Cao Cao as king, Hua Xin and others persuaded Cao Cao to refuse to accept it, Liu Xie issued three consecutive edicts, and Cao Cao officially became king in the first month of the 21st year of Jian'an, and set the capital in Chen County.As for Yanzhou Mu, Cao Cao had no such plan at all. He was Yanzhou Mu at first, and changed to Jizhou Mu after taking Hebei, and now he changed back to Yanzhou Mu.Therefore, Cao Cao still retained the name of Jizhou Mu, his actual position was the prime minister, and his title was Wei Wang.

Cao Cao refused to listen to the advice, and Xun You missed his uncle Xun Yu. Xun Yu persuaded Cao Cao not to be Duke of Jin Wei, but now it is his turn to persuade Cao Cao not to be king.Think again, Cao Cao obeyed his words back then, but now he is gradually alienating.These are still in the second place. Three of Cao Cao's five great advisers have been lost. Jia Kui, Wang Lang, Cui Yan, Wang Chang and others were killed; The death of Qianzhao and others greatly weakened Cao Cao's power. Xun You believes that the most important thing now is to select talents and appoint talents, improve the government and support the people, rather than making enemies everywhere for the sake of name.The worried Xun You caught a cold and couldn't afford it.

Cao Cao doesn't think it's important what Cao Pi did in Hebei and whether Wei Xi should die. The key is that Cao Pi is ruthless and decisive enough, which has the basic qualities of an heir.Cao Zhi has outstanding literary talents, elegant and romantic, and has a good reputation as a scholar.Who should be registered as the son, Cao Cao hesitated again about how to choose between Cao Pi and Cao Zhi.

Wu Zhi, who was in Hanoi, wrote to Cao Pi, suggesting that Cao Pi must calm down, don't explain, don't argue, just pretend that nothing happened, do his own thing well, and show respect and filial piety in front of Cao Cao.

(End of this chapter)