The Warriors of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 415
Dongfang Sheng never expected that Cao Cao's son-in-law turned out to be Sun Quan who had been beaten by him before and fled in embarrassment.

So the idea of ​​politicians is far more exaggerated than you imagined. Marriage is just a means, and no one will take it seriously.

The story of Liu Bei and Sun Quan's younger sister in the Romance is actually ridiculous. How much can a woman affect her natal family after she gets married?This kind of thing is useless even in modern times, because there is really no right to speak, unless it is as strong as Wu Zetian.

There was a hypocritical smile on Sun Quan's face, and the people around him didn't look straight at him, even when Sun Quan was in control of Jiangdong before, no one looked at him squarely, this was because of Sun's family background.

Dongfang Sheng got the name of Dongfang Shuo's descendant because of his good operation before. At least when walking in the crowd, some people would show his face and say hello, while Sun Quan was completely ignored.

Regarding this point, Sun Quan didn't care at all, and looked contented.

Cao Cao frowned after seeing this situation, he didn't want to see Sun Quan's calm appearance.

Dongfang Sheng sent things and drank the wedding wine, and he didn't want to stay in Xudu for a long time. After all, Dongfang Sheng felt a chill down his spine after staying here for a long time, and always felt that someone was plotting against him behind his back.

However, when he thought that he had brought so many soldiers and horses, and at the same time concealed such a big killer as homemade explosives, Dongfang Sheng felt that he was very confident.

Cao Cao leaned over to Dongfang Sheng's side and pulled Dongfang Sheng's corner calmly, saying, "Meng Ren, please follow me."

Dongfang Sheng looked around and followed Cao Cao out after finding nothing unusual.

Once out of the hall, the air became much fresher. Cao Cao led Dongfang Sheng around to a small pavilion. There was a pot of wine brewing in the pavilion, and the aroma of the wine had already wafted away.

Dongfang Sheng knew at a glance that Cao Cao had already prepared, but he didn't point it out, and just sat down with Cao Cao.

"Oh, Meng Ren, do you know that I most want to marry my daughter to you, not Sun Quan's son." Cao Cao said with emotion as soon as he sat down.

"The prime minister praised Meng Ren too much." Dongfang Sheng replied with a smile.

Both of them looked at each other and smiled. After the polite words were finished, it was time to enter the topic.

Dongfang Sheng watched Cao Cao remain silent, Cao Cao sighed and said, "Do you know what I thought when I was young?"

Without waiting for Dongfang Sheng to answer, Cao Cao said to himself: "Others think that I have great ambitions when I was young. In fact, there is no such thing. When I was young, I wanted to be a Dianjun captain. I have a group of people under my command." , Just do your own achievements."

"The prime minister is too modest." Dongfang Sheng dealt with it cautiously. He didn't know what Cao Cao was going to say, so he could only go along with it first.

"Recently someone asked me to call me the King of Wei. This is to put me on the fire." Cao Cao said with a light smile, "If a person can maintain a normal heart, I am afraid that he can become a saint, but it is a pity that I am not yet. , I was almost tempted, of course, for various reasons, I still rejected everyone's kindness."

Dongfang Sheng has also heard about Cao Cao being elected King of Wei. It is said that it was proposed by several old subordinates of Cao Cao, but Cao Cao directly rejected the proposal and verbally punished the old subordinates who proposed it.

Dongfang Sheng and Jia Xu had discussed the matter of Cao Cao becoming the king. It was definitely not that Cao Cao didn't want to do this, but that he had some scruples so he didn't dare.

As for Cao Cao, who is so powerful, who can make him so scrupulous and temporarily push away his desire to become king?
Dongfang Sheng glanced at Cao Cao, and Cao Cao's slender eyes showed a trace of displeasure: "Those people look down on me and my background, but now I have a big soldier in my hand, and they dare not object, but if Once I give up the power in my hand, it is estimated that I will be killed soon."

Dongfang Sheng didn't know who Cao Cao was referring to by "they", so he could only nod his head to express his understanding.

A look of exhaustion suddenly appeared on Cao Cao's face, and a look of disappointment flashed in his eyes, and he said, "It would be great if Zixiu was still there, but now there is no one under my knees who can fully inherit my will, alas."

Zixiu is Cao Ang's character, Cao Ang is Cao Cao's eldest son, Cao Ang in history died in the turmoil of Cao Cao's anger and rebellion after Zhang Xiu surrendered. For this reason, Cao Cao's wife, Mrs. Ding, divorced Cao Cao.

Of course, Cao Ang was also Cao Cao's favorite son, but unfortunately, although there was no Zhang Xiu rebellion in history because of Dongfang Sheng's insertion, Cao Ang still died unexpectedly.

"If I am a hundred years from now, would Meng Ren be willing to take the post of prime minister?" Cao Cao suddenly changed his depression, staring at Dongfang Sheng with bright eyes and asked.

This is very clear, Cao Cao wants Dongfang Sheng to be his heir.

To be honest, when Cao Cao just said it, Dongfang Sheng was very moved, because if he agreed, then after Cao Cao died, the whole man would be his.

It’s just that after Dongfang Sheng forced himself to calm down and analyzed it carefully, he found that he would face many troubles in taking over the throne, the most important of which was that Cao Cao reused relatives of the Cao family. Where is the position of the Cao family and the others going?

"Prime Minister, don't be joking. I, Dongfang Sheng, have no virtue or ability. I dare not take on this important task." Dongfang Sheng refused without hesitation.

Hearing Dongfang Sheng's words, Cao Cao had a complex look on his face, with worries and curiosity, and more of a sigh of relief.

Seeing Cao Cao's performance, Dongfang Sheng understood a little bit in his heart. Cao Cao himself felt that this method was unreliable, and he didn't agree to it, which relieved him a lot.

"The gentry with powerful surnames are born with an incomparable status, but they don't necessarily have enough talent." Cao Cao said with a long sigh of relief: "All I did was to give some poor scholars a chance. , it's a pity... alas."

Dongfang Sheng sat up straight when he heard Cao Cao's words, and said, "The Prime Minister is really a role model for Meng Ren, but it's a pity that this matter is not that easy. If you want to give the humble scholars a chance, then once these humble scholars become the rulers , wouldn't they use the power in their hands to benefit their own families? After three generations, these humble scholars who hold a lot of power have long since become powerful families. At that time, everything you do will not return to the original point gone?"

What Dongfang Sheng said made Cao Cao's eyes brighten, but Cao Cao shook his head and smiled bitterly after savoring it carefully: "Besides this, I can't think of any other way, so I can only do it this way."

Dongfang Sheng didn't speak any more. What he wanted to do was to change the situation through the system. Cao Cao was a visionary, but he was still limited by this era after all.

(End of this chapter)