Survival Three Kingdoms

Chapter 701 Cao Cao Goes West
In February of the 25th year of Jian'an, exciting news came successively from Wang Can and Zhang Yin.Sun Quan urgently needs Zhou Cang's friendship now, and regards Longhu Mountain as the location of the Heavenly Master, and all the output of the place belongs to the Heavenly Master.The old lady Wu played a very important role in this. The old lady believed it. She stubbornly believed that Sun Ce's death had a lot to do with killing Yu Ji and offending the heavens. come out.At this time, the old lady was also dying of illness. In order to honor the old lady's last wish, Sun Quan inevitably paid a large amount of money and labor services. He made another request, to build a shrine for his mother in Longhu Mountain, which is a small matter. not a problem.

Zhang Lu, the third-generation celestial master, has no interest in the extremely dangerous career of officialdom. He originally wanted to build a dojo in Zhongnan Mountain in the south of Chang'an. Cao Zhi agreed, but as long as Cao Zhi agreed, some people opposed it, especially those who had a good relationship with Cao Pi. Xia Houshang, so Zhang Lu can only build a small dojo.Zhang Lu was overjoyed when Zhou Cang, the king of politics, was interested in the Tao of Heavenly Masters, especially Zhou Cang repaired the tomb of his great-grandfather Zhang Dashun, and planned to build a large-scale Tianshi Palace in the place where his grandfather ascended to immortality, which made Zhang Lu very grateful.He immediately sent his fourth son Zhang Sheng, who had no official position and was secretly practicing Taoism, to take 49 believers to Longhu Mountain to preach and practice.After Zhang Lu's death, Zhang Sheng became the fourth generation of Heavenly Master.

Everyone is happy, the thorny problem was resolved in the hands of Xu Shu, and the Qingxu area was only slightly affected.The Emperor Liu Xie still had a fresh memory of the Yellow Turban Rebellion, so he was quite resistant to preaching.

In March of the 25th year of Jian'an, the all-powerful generation of traitor Cao Cao left with regret.Cao Mengde fought in the army and horse all his life, fought south and north, fought east and west, destroyed the Yellow Turban, challenged Dong Zhuo, eliminated Yuan Shu, captured Lu Bu, defeated Yuan Shao, subdued Liu Biao, and surrendered Zhang Lu. Most of the princes in the world were wiped out by him.It is a pity that he failed to regain Jiangdong, and failed to eliminate Liu Bei. The most regrettable is that his younger brother Zhou Cang, who has been following him, came from behind and became his biggest enemy.The so-called success is Zhou Cang, and failure is Zhou Cang. Behind Cao Cao's great achievements, there is Zhou Cang's help, but Zhou Cang also becomes bigger and stronger from this.

Cao Cao sometimes felt that he knew Zhou Cang very well, and sometimes felt that he was very unfamiliar. During his serious illness, he had been paying attention to Zhou Cang's various government orders.Zhou Cang drove the central and eastern Xianbei and the Xiongnu to Mobei. Cao Cao was amazed that this would ensure peace in the north for at least 50 years. Why didn't he have a general like Lu Xun!

Cao Cao was most worried about neither Zhou Cang, nor Liu Bei and Sun Quan. Before he died, he said to Cao Pi: "Sima Yi is not a minister, and he must pre-empt your family affairs, use him with caution!"

Cao Cao had no intention of getting rid of Sima Yi, but Sima Yi was cautious, never made mistakes, and couldn't catch the handle.And Sima Yi's father, Sima Fang, was Cao Cao's enlightenment officer. Cao Cao was a little more scrupulous about starting, not only for his own reputation, but also for the power of the Sima family.

The eldest son Cao Pi moved Wei Wangfu to Luoyang in March to succeed the prime minister and Wei Wang.Appoint Jia Xu as Taiwei, Hua Xin as Xiangguo, and Chen Qun as Yushi doctor. Following his father's last wish, Sima Yi was appointed as prime minister.Appointing Xiahou Dun as the general, Cao Ren as the general of chariots, and Cao Hong as the general of hussars, the power of the Cao clan was unmatched for a while.

Cao Pi had no choice but to reuse the clan.Once Cao Cao died, the government and the public were in fear. In order to prevent someone from starting to be tempted again, Cao Pi could only rely on the power of the clan to consolidate his power, and he was not at ease handing it over to others.Sima Yi managed all the funeral affairs, and arranged everything in detail, with awe-inspiring internal and external, and the stability of the court.

The so-called burial does not include encoffining. Cao Cao had already made arrangements for this. Xu Chu secretly led a hundred warriors to carry Cao Cao's coffin into Yuntai Mountain under the guidance of Ma Yi and other lieutenant Mojin, and these people never came out again.A few days later, several dragon-breaking stones suddenly fell down, forming several waterfalls, which flowed into the canyon. There was a spring in three steps, a waterfall in five steps, and a pool in ten steps, but it was unknown where Cao Cao was.

The news of Cao Cao's death spread, and rebellions broke out in various places in Xiliang. Yan Jun of Wuwei, He Luan of Zhangye, Huang Hua of Jiuquan, Qu Yan of Xiping and other counties all rebelled.Feng Yi's bandit Zheng Gan rebelled. Sima Guo Huai led the army and defeated him. Zheng Gan surrendered.

In April, Liu Xie, who was oppressed, thought he could take a breather. Unexpectedly, Cao Pi would guard him even more strictly. On the bed, he often expressed some emotion to the queen Fushou. Fushoumi sent someone to deliver a letter to his father, telling him Cao's father and son committed atrocities, please find a way to figure it out.Fu Wan did not dare to act rashly and burned the letter.

There is no impenetrable wall, Cao Pi's eyeliner in the palace reported to Cao Pi, Cao Pi was furious, ordered Hua Xin and Xi Xi to lead troops into the palace, poisoned Fu Shou and his two sons, changed his younger sister and nobleman Cao Jie to be the queen, and then Beheaded and killed more than a hundred members of the Fuwan clan.Mu Nan, who was living on the street, mixed into the Taoist Taoism and became a Taoist.

The poor emperor Liu Xie could only wash his face with tears. The eldest son Liu Feng died early, leaving behind an underage grandson Liu Kang who was considered smart.Liu Xie, who was devastated, began to learn Taoism under Mu Shun's persuasion. He often called Zhang Fu, the servant of the Huangmen, to give lectures. Zhang Fu was the eldest son of Zhang Lu.

Cao Pi laughed when he heard that Liu Xie chanted scriptures and listened to sermons every day, and now he began to rectify the imperial court.In terms of military affairs, Cao Pi may not be as good as Cao Cao, who lived his life as a soldier, but he is unique in politics. After ascending to the throne of King Wei, he issued two new policies one after another:

The first new policy is to strictly prohibit eunuchs from intervening in politics, and eunuchs from serving as officials, and eradicate eunuchs from interfering in politics.Abolished Zhongchangshi and Xiaohuangmen, and re-established two official positions: Sanqi Changshi and Sanqi Shilang, and ordered people to engrave the above-mentioned decrees on metal brief policies, and then treasure them in the stone room.

The second new policy is to adopt Chen Qun's opinion and establish the nine-rank Zhongzheng system.The Jiupin Zhongzheng system refers to the election of one Da Zhongzheng by each state and county, and the elected Da Zhongzheng must be an official in the central government and has a high reputation.The big zhongzheng regenerates the small zhongzheng.Zhongzheng is the official title for evaluating talents.After the big and small Zhongzhengs are created, talents are divided into nine grades, upper upper, upper middle, upper lower, middle upper, middle middle, middle lower, lower upper, lower middle, lower lower.Zhongzheng, big and small, from all over the country registered all the exiles from all over the place, whether they were official or not, according to their own knowledge.Xiao Zhongzheng assisted Da Zhongzheng to review and submit the form to the Ministry of Officials, and the Ministry of Officials carried out the promotion and dismissal of officials accordingly.

The two decrees in the extraordinary period have caused great repercussions, and people have begun to speculate and interpret the deep meaning.

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