Chapter 103 The king with different surnames

The emperor looked at the manuscript in his hand over and over again and smiled. Yang Biao played beautifully and suddenly took the initiative, which not only pushed Cao Sun and Liu's three families to the forefront of the storm, but also showed him that the hearts of the people accumulated by the Han Dynasty for 400 years are still available. Although these forces are still very fragile in front of Cao Sunquan, who holds heavy soldiers, they can finally make them a little afraid, especially now. A situation.

"Yang Gong took action, and he must be hit with one blow."

Yang Biao is also in a good mood. The change of attitude of Cao Sun and Liu San's family, especially Cao Pi, made him see the hope of success. He has stayed in Xu County for many years. Yang Xiu is also Cao Zhi's cronies. He is watching the battle between the Cao brothers. At this time, Cao Pi knows what he is thinking very well. He also knows why Cao Qian sent Cao Pi here. If you don't make good use of this, won't Yang Biao's more than 50 years of experience be in vain?

"Your Majesty, this is not the credit of the minister." Yang Biao said with a smile.

"It's not Mr. Yang. Is there someone else?" The emperor looked at Yang Biao with a smile. After all, he was from the Yang family. Even at this time, he refused to make contributions.

"I may come up with this idea, but I can't copy so many manuscripts in such a short time, and I can't send the manuscripts to Jingyang and Yujishu in such a short time."

"Yes, this speed... is really a little rare." The emperor turned his eyes, and then looked at Yang Biao curiously. The emperor is not a fool. Like his father Liu Hong, he is actually a very smart person. In the first year of Xingping, when he was still in Xijing, he poked through Hou Wen, who was greedy for the rice beans to help the victims, which made Hou Wen, who was used to tampered with his hands and feet, speechless. At that time, he was only fourteen years old. That's why he was surprised by the speed. If there is still a way to distribute these manuscripts to such a wide range in half a month, it is almost impossible to copy 2,000 copies in such a short time.

"This is the credit of General Sun." Yang Biao stroked his beard and smiled gratifiedly, "It was General Sun who handed over 2,000 identical manuscripts in one day, and he also distributed them to Sifang in half a month."

Sun Shao? The emperor meditated for a moment, and he suddenly sighed: "Mr. Yang, I remember the one who was first many years ago."

Yang Biao thought for a moment and frowned. He didn't know why the emperor thought of Lv Bu's capricious martial artist at this time.

"Yang Gong, Lv Bu is a loyal minister." The emperor sighed, "Anyway, he is a loyal minister to me, but unfortunately, another loyal minister, Wang Yun, can't cooperate with him, otherwise..."

Yang Biao thought about it, and he understood what the emperor meant. It is said that Lv Bu and Wang Yun are false, and the emperor hopes that he and Sun Shao will cooperate with each other to help him through the difficulties in front of him. At the beginning, Yang Biao knew how Wang Yun treated Lv Bu. Although he later felt that Wang Yun was too hasty, from the bottom of his heart, he did not think that a man like Lv Bu should be on an equal footing with Wang Yun to preside over the state affairs. He killed Dong Zhuo, and named him Marquis Wen and General Fenwu. He has been rewarded for his credit. It's a little too much to uphold the country. What kind of government affairs does he know except to fight in battle?

However, Sun Shao is obviously more shrewd than Lv Bu. Although he is not a qualified pillar of the country - although this person is strong and competitive, he is quite intelligent, he is very profitable in everything, which is far from the policy of governing the country with virtue first.

However, for the time being, Sun Shao is a very useful person.

Yang Biao is not Wang Yun. He knows the importance and what to do, so he bowed to the emperor respectfully: "Your Majesty, I must remember your Majesty's holy will, work together with General Guan and General Sun to serve the country."

The emperor glanced at Yang Biao and said nothing more. He clapped his hands on the paper: "How did General Sun copy 2,000 manuscripts in one day?"

Yang Biao smiled bitterly: "I don't know. He said it was a secret and couldn't be known."

"Secret?" The emperor was even more curious. He turned his eyes and said, "Is he a skillful person like Bi Lan?"

Yang Biao sweated all over and quickly reminded him, "Your Majesty, Bi Lan is a castration. It's not appropriate to compare him with General Sun."

The emperor was stunned, and then laughed at himself. Bi Lan was the order of the Ling Emperor. He was skillful and had done a lot of clever machinery. However, he was ranked among the top ten permanent attendants. He was a villain and was despised by scholars. Compared with Sun Shao, of course, it was inappropriate in the eyes of people like Yang Biao. He was not so much praising Sun Shao as scolding Sun Shao.

However, it can be seen from this sentence that Yang Biao and Sun Shao, an old man and young man, are still getting along very well now, at least not as contemptuous as Wang Yun treats Lv Bu.

The two were gossiping when Xiao Huangmen came to report, and Vice Prime Minister Cao Pi made a speech. Yang Biao, who was surprised by the emperor, exchanged a look. Yang Biao got up and stood behind the screen. The emperor sat up straight and let Cao Pi enter the hall. With the sharp sound of the little yellow door, Cao Pi, who was well-dressed, held the chapter in his hands and hurriedly entered the hall. He took off his silk at the door and stepped into the hall. He trotted all the way to the place where he was three steps in front of the emperor. He knelt down respectfully, pushed the chapter over his head and said loudly, "The deputy prime minister, the general with five facial features, there is a watch. Your Majesty."

The emperor looked at the respectful Cao Pi and was in a very good mood. He has seen Cao Pi several times before, but he has never seen Cao Pi have such a good attitude. When Cao Pi looked at him occasionally, his eyes did not seem to be on his emperor, but on the throne behind him, although it was just an ordinary couch covered with cotton.

"What did you play?" The emperor said faintly.

"I am the generals Guan Yu and Sun Shao for their contributions." Cao Pi first explained his intention, and then explained, "Guan Yu and Sun Shao guarded the emperor to avoid military chaos. They made contributions to the society. They did not reward and punish their majesty, and did not intend to inspire the ministers to work hard."

The emperor subconsciously blinked his eyes and thoughtfully took the table handed over by the little yellow door. Cao Pi's calligraphy is well written, graceful and elegant. I have to say that although Cao's father and son are domineering and have bad intentions, their literary talent is indeed extraordinary. The emperor quickly read Cao Pi's chapter, and finally was stunned, with extreme surprise in his tone: "King?"

Cao Pi seemed to have been prepared for the reaction of the emperor. He bowed again and saluted again: "I thought that Guan Yu and Sun Shao guarded the emperor, stuck to Wancheng for several months, and cooperated with the king of Wei and General Fubo to reject Sun Quan and Liu Bei, so that they had no opportunity to take advantage of it. He also proposed to kill the army and have the merit of re-engineering in the Han Dynasty. If he was not awarded the title of king, he could not rewarded for his merit."

The emperor was stunned for a long time, and his mind was still a little confused. He seemed to understand what Cao Pi meant, but he didn't seem to fully understand it. He was thinking about what to say. There were a few soft sounds from the screen behind him. Yang Biao seemed to remind him of something. He nodded quickly: "What you have done is very important. I will discuss it with you."

"Only." Cao Pi gave another salute: "I will leave. I beg your majesty to consider it as soon as possible, so as not to hurt the heart of the loyal minister. After saying that, he got up and retreated to the door of the hall. Then he turned around and left the hall, put on his silk and strode away.

Yang Biao turned out from behind, took the chapter handed up by the little yellow door and read it. He curled his lips: "It's just a plan of alienation."

The emperor already knows this. Cao Pi asked Guan Yu and Sun Shao to be crowned king. The king must have a fief. It is impossible for Cao to give them the place under his control. So only in the territory of Sun Quan and Liu Bei, the question is whether Sun Quan and Liu Bei will agree? Not to mention the fief, once Sun Quan and Guan Yu seal the king, then they are above Sun Quan and Liu Bei. The righteousness of the king and minister must be gone. The Sun and Liu families will be divided into four families, distrust each other, scattered, and unable to compete with the Cao family.

So Cao Pi's chapter is not harmful to himself at all, but it provokes a contradiction within Sun Liu, which can be said to be a good move. If the emperor is sealed, his clever plan will succeed. If not sealed, he can at least please Guan Yu and Sun Shao, and can also play a certain role.

"The king with different surnames..." The emperor looked at Yang Biao from time to time with a calm face. Yang Biao stroked his beard and pondered for a moment, and asked, "Does your majesty think that Cao Yan's title of King Wei can be taken away?"

The emperor's face changed for a moment, and he shook his head helplessly. Just kidding, it's lucky that Cao Shen didn't claim to be emperor further, and he still wanted to deprive him of the king of Wei. Isn't that forcing him to rebel? He suddenly understood another meaning of Cao Pi: Yu Dahan has made contributions, and it is right to be crowned king, so the king of my Wei came openly. Don't have any ideas. Now the reason why Cao Wei is accused of being a rebellious minister is that he violated the white horse alliance of Emperor Gaozu at the beginning and became a king with a different surname. But if Guan Yu and Sun Shao also call themselves kings, who else can say that the king of Wei should not be sealed?

The emperor understood this truth and knew that it was not the time to mention this white horse alliance. The situation in front of him could not be compared with Emperor Gaozu, who had just leveled the king with different surnames, but he was still a little uncomfortable for him to agree to make Guan Yu and Sun Shao kings. Cao Jian's King of Wei was forced to be helpless, and Guan Yu and Sun Shao did not have the strength to force him. Is it necessary to leave the White Horse Alliance behind again? If you open this, can you still hold it in the future? What's more, in this way, it is equivalent to admitting that the king of Wei deserves it, and the binding force of morality on Cao will be weaker.

The emperor was very hesitant. Intellectually, he knew that Yang Biao's words were right, but emotionally, he couldn't accept it for a while.

Yang Biao sighed. Although the emperor is smart, he still lacks decisiveness: "Your Majesty, why don't you give Cao Pi's watch to the officials for discussion and see what everyone says."

The emperor nodded helplessly: "Just according to what you played."

Sun Shao finished his business in the house and was gossiping with Guan Feng. Guan Feng has been away from home for more than half a year. She misses her son A Yi very much. She said in Sun Shao's ear that she wanted to pick up her son. Sun Shao was comforting her. Shuai Zeng came to report that Cao Pi visited.

A bamboo slip is written with several correct official scripts: "Cao Pi of the State of Pei worship again, ask about the living, the word Zihuan."

Sun Shao was surprised that he and Cao Pi had met several times in front of the emperor, but they didn't say anything. Because of Cao Zhi and Yang Xiu, Cao Pi disliked him very much. Although he was very polite when he saw him, his politeness was alienated and resentful. In private, they didn't come and go. Today, Cao Pi suddenly came to visit, which was really unexpected.

"Please." Sun Shao thought for a moment and motioned Guan Feng to avoid it for the time being. He got up and went down to the steps. Cao Pi entered the door under the guidance of Shuai Zeng. As soon as he saw Sun Shao's descent, he hurriedly greeted him in two steps: "How dare you to greet General Lao Ming?"

Sun Shao smiled and saluted: "The Prime Minister came to the humble house. How dare you not welcome him?"

The two laughed, held each other's arms, and went up the steps together. The guests sat down and pulled a few unnutritious gossips such as mutual admiration. Cao Pi said Lai Yi, and then looked at Sun Shao's expression without blinking.

"King of Kings?" Sun Shao seemed to hear something funny. He stroked the soft short beard on his chin and looked at Cao Pi with a smile.

"With the general's credit and wisdom, it is a matter of course to be crowned king." Cao Pi seemed to say sincerely. He doesn't have a good impression on Sun Shao, but he also knows the current situation. Sun Shao and Yang Biao are very close, which is much more difficult to deal with than Guan Yu's powerless Wufu, and the contradiction between Sun Shao and Sun Quan need not be covered up. Sun Shao's self-reliance from Sun Quan's control is obvious, so he and Chen Qun and Sima Yi proposed With this plan, they believe that Sun Shao must not be able to refuse such **.

And Sun Shao's expression in front of him made him more reassured. Sun Shao would definitely accept it. Perhaps he had been waiting for this day.

"Where is my Fengyi?" Sun Shao's mouth was crooked, and he looked at Cao Pi's mind: "Is it Xuzhou or Qingzhou?"

Cao Pi smiled faintly and said to his heart that you can really dream. Will Xuzhou and Qingzhou give it to you? He shook his head: "I don't know about this. I don't know where your Majesty is. In my humble opinion, it should be more appropriate for Huiji or Wu County. Your father was awarded the title of Marquis of Wu in those years, and the son inherited his father's business. It seems more appropriate to be awarded the title of King of Wu. However, at present, Wu Hou is Uncle Zun. In order to avoid your uncle and nephew from competing, Huiji's surname may be larger.

Sun Shao curled his lips. It's too clumsy for you to use your discord in front of me. Whether it's Wu Jun or Huiji, it's impossible for Sun Quan to give it, or to put it directly, the matter of Feng Wang is a joke. He can estimate that as long as Cao Pi spreads the news, Sun Shao will immediately come to him and advise him to put the overall situation first and not to fight against Sun Quan. Of course, he can't be the guest-oriented.

There is no doubt that Daqiao and Ayi are hostages, and his subordinates will also have opinions. Sun Huan will not agree, Zhou Xun will not agree, and Yuehai will not agree. Only Cui Qian's pirates can agree.

"Thank you for your kindness, but you put me on the stove." Sun Shao smiled and stopped talking about this topic. He stretched out his hand and said, "Please drink tea, and then ask for a gentleman's sword under your feet."

Cao Pi is in his arms. His intention is to make friends with Sun Shao, have the opportunity to show his literary talent and martial arts, and let Sun Shao see that he is not worse than his brother Cao Zhi. Now Sun Shao has taken the initiative to see his swordsmanship, which saves him a lot of nonsense. After drinking tea, Cao Pi got up and drew his sword, and went to the court to show his swordsmanship. Sun Shao looked at it vigorously, and he couldn't say that it was useless at all. At least he corrected some of his previous wrong views. Cao Pi's swordsmanship is far from the swordsmanship of later generations, which is tossing and jumping, and the sword light. The move also seems to be very simple, mainly stabbing, supplemented by chopping and flirting. His action is very fast, which can be said to be fatal, and there is no fancy at all.

"Good sword!" Sun Shao touched his palm and smiled.

"Shameful!" Cao Pi smiled proudly: "Although I can't practice my swordsmanship, I am also famous. This is the swordsmanship of Hu Benlang and Wang Yue in those years. Wang Yue passed on Shi A, and Shi A passed on to me. It's a pity that I have a lot of customs, and I can't do my best.

"Can't you do your best to defeat the swordsmanship of the divine hand Deng Zhan?" Sun Shao blinked his eyes and joked with a smile.

Cao Pi laughed, which was his most proud thing. Deng Zhan, the general of Fenwei, is a master in the army. He can enter the white blade empty-handed. Once when they competed in public, he defeated Deng Zhan three times in a row with this swordsmanship, which can be said to be in the limelight. Sun Shao's current mention of this matter is exactly what scratched his itching flesh, and his aversion to Sun Shao has faded for a while.

Sun Shao's previous life was in the office. He was very familiar with these skills that he liked and approached the topic. After suddenly opened Cao Pi's defense against him, he took advantage of the victory and quietly showed that he had nothing to do with Cao Zhi. At the beginning, Yang Xiu went to the South China Sea to express his feelings to him about the Yuan brothers and sisters. Thank you. Although Cao Pi didn't believe it, Sun Shao could say so, and he still liked it very much.

The two talked and broke up happily - at least on the surface.

As Sun Shao expected, Sun Shao came to the door that night.

"This is Cao Pi's trick to alienate the general and the supreme. Please don't be fooled." Sun Shao did not bend at all and said bluntly, "General, please take a look at Jiangdong's foundation and resign with General Guan."

Sun Shao sat rudely with a gloomy face. He leaned back and looked straight at Sun Shao with squinting his eyes, without saying a word. Sun Shao knelt in front of him and felt the corners of his eyes twitching involuntarily. The back of his neck tightened. Unconsciously, a drop of sweat dripped on the green brick and slowly turned into a dark shadow. In his eyes, this dark shadow is like blood, indicating the collapse of Jiangdong and the river of blood.

If Sun Shao accepts the throne, then the relationship between him and Sun Quan will be officially broken. For the current Jiangdong, this is tantamount to a disaster. As for the bridge and A Li as hostages, Sun Shao has no hope. Compared with the throne, what is a stepmother and son? Sun Shao is still young, and Cao Wei is still considering marrying him. He can have many sons in the future. As for the bridge, hey hey, if it is a biological mother, then Sun Shao may consider it. It doesn't matter to be a stepmother.

After a silence that almost suffocated Sun Shao, Sun Shao finally opened his mouth, but the cold voice made Sun Shao more desperate.

"Why didn't Lu Su's 8,000 troops come in for a long time?"

Sun Shao swallowed his saliva. Just as he was about to explain, Sun Shao asked again. This time, his tone was more harsh and his tone was colder.

"Lv Meng's army is stationed in Chaisang. Why hasn't it been going north?"

Sun Shao's heart tightened, and he opened his mouth and was about to defend. Sun Shao would jump up, picked up the teacup on the case, and smashed Sun Shao's face. The teacup broke Sun Shao's forehead, and the bright red blood flowed down the light green tea, quickly wet the clothes on Sun Shao's chest. Sun Shao turned a blind eye and kicked Sun Shao on the shoulder, kicked him to his back and fell to the ground, pointing at his nose and scolding:

"I ignored the danger and went straight ahead. I guarded Wancheng with General Guan for nearly half a year, just waiting for you to join us to attack Xiahou Dun. With Wancheng in hand, Cao Yan dares not leave lightly. Xiahou Dun's 40,000 troops are the meat in our mouths. Why don't you come? What are you waiting for?

Sun Shao was furious and roared. The angry voice echoed in the lobby, which made Sun Shao's ears buzz. He stared at the angry Sun Shao and couldn't believe his eyes. In his impression, Sun Shao has been gentle and elegant in the past few years, with a three-point smile when he speaks. This kind of gnashing of ferocious face is unheard of.

"What are you waiting for? Waiting for me to die? Isn't it? Isn't it?" The more Sun Shao said, the more angry he became. When he caught up, he kicked Sun Shao in the chest again. This kick was so strong that Sun Shao almost carried his back. Guan Feng, who heard Sun Shao's roar, rushed over from the back room. When she saw this scene, she was shocked. She quickly hugged Sun Shao and pushed him away from Sun Shao. In her opinion, although Sun Shao's body was still strong, Sun Shao was so angry that he could kill him with a few feet.

Sun Shao was pushed aside by Guan Feng and still refused to give up. He struggled to rush over. Guan Feng didn't dare to let go. While pushing him with all his strength, he called his personal guards for help. Sun Shao pointed to Sun Shao and cursed, "What on earth have I done to make you treat me like this? In front of the enemy, you don't want to be consistent with the outside world, but you are thinking about the black hand behind my back. Is this what the supreme of the saint does? Is this the idea that you wise ministers came up with? You said, you said, if you don't tell me why today, I will split you alive."

Sun Shao was so scared that he trembled all over and didn't dare to move. Guan Feng handed Sun Shao over to Ding Feng and Shuai Zeng, who rushed over. She turned around and shouted, "Why don't you help Lord Sun to heal his wounds? What are you doing?"

The two guards woke up like a dream. Without saying a word, Sun Shao, who was bleeding, went forward and left. Sun Shao was put out of the door, and he could also hear Sun Shao's angry roar: "Who came up with the idea, who wants my last name? If you don't hand over this person, I want you to look good!"

Sun Shao's mind was blank. He was afraid that Sun Shao would chase him out and kick him again and jumped into the carriage and left. It was not until the carriage stopped in front of the gate, and the driver timidly asked him where he was going, whether to leave the city or go back to the post house. Then he calmed down a little, stroked his chest and gasped for a long time and said, "Go back to the post." After thinking about it, he took off his coat, which had been stained with blood tea, dipped in the blood still flowing on his forehead, wrote a few words on his coat, and then stuffed it into the hands of his son Sun Mo next to him. He said hurriedly, "Six hundred miles in a hurry, immediately send the news here to the supreme and ask him to make a decision. Don't delay, otherwise the consequences will be unimaginable.

Sun Mo did not dare to neglect. He put his blood clothes into his arms, kicked the horse in the abdomen, and the war horse hissed and rushed out of the city.

(to be continued)