Cao Chong was very satisfied with Pang Tong's idea. That night, Wang Su made a memorial and sent it to Yecheng by a quick horse to Lao Cao for his inspection. When Lao Cao saw Cao Chong's handling method, he smiled satisfied and did not change a word. After the seal was sealed again, he immediately sent someone to Xu County.

With a "bang", the angry emperor slammed Cao Chong's watch on the wide desk and stood up. His body was very agile, and he was not as weak as he usually walked slowly. His face turned as if he was ashen, he opened his eyes wide and gasped. He strode back and forth like a beast trapped in a cage. He suddenly stood up, turned to look at Jin Yi, who was so arrogant that he dared not come out, pointed to the document on the desk and said angrily: "Is this the famous minister of Zhongxing that I like? This is the hope of my great man?"

Jin Yi only knew that this was the official document sent by the Prime Minister's Office. He didn't know who it was and what he said, but he knew that the emperor was so angry that it was obviously not a good thing. He hesitated for a moment, looked at the official document, and smiled in embarrassment. The emperor then realized that Jin Yi had no idea what was going on. He strode to the case, grabbed the official document and threw it into Jin Yi's arms, and said hatefully: "Look, this is the statement on General Zhennan, you are most interested in."

When Jin Yi heard that it was Cao Chong's memorial, he quickly scanned it quickly. Wang Su's handwriting was very neat, with the flavor of Cao Chong's small regular script, and the words were not complicated. He just expressed his hard work for Zhou Yu to travel thousands of miles to surrender to Liu Bei and Sun Quan, which showed his admiration for the emperor's love for the people, and then expressed his doubts about the sincerity of the two surrenders. Finally, he suggested that the court ask the court for the two to be entrusted to the court to strengthen their hearts. Once their entrusted entrusted to Xu County, he immediately ordered Jingzhou to export food to Liu Bei, without any words. He followed the emperor's head and expressed his loyalty.

Jin Yi finished reading it quickly. He didn't say anything, but put the memorial back on the desk, stood there respectfully with his hands crossed, without saying a word. Seeing that he didn't say anything, the emperor said unhappily: "Why, my dear thinks he is right?"

"I think General Zhennan's proposal is just right and there is nothing to blame. The practice of taking qualities has been common since the founding of the Han Dynasty. In this turbulent autumn, taking qualities is even more important. But..." Jin Yi saw that the emperor's eyebrows were about to stand up, and quickly relaxed and said, "It's just that things are urgent. When these two people are in doubt, if they insist on sending qualities, they are afraid that they will be more worried and will cause trouble."

The emperor did not know the reason why he would be given a entrusted position. Not to mention Liu Bei and Sun Quan, but those important generals under Cao Cao, who did not place their family members in Yecheng to calm their hearts? It would be too much to say that Cao Chong's request was too much, but in this situation, it was basically as impossible for Liu Bei and Sun Quan to give a entrusted position. If he wanted to rely on these two people as foreign aid, he naturally had to accommodate them. He could not force them too much, so he could only come step by step. Cao Chong's reasonable request was obviously blocking the way.

"It's just that things are urgent to follow power." The emperor said as Jin Yi said: "Now that power is moved to the lower level, everyone is uneasy and wants to take the responsibilities. How can they be relieved? Wouldn't the surrender be a waste of time and become a laughing stock? My dear, how could he not understand my thoughts when you say that Cao My dear is such a smart person? But he made this request at this time?"

He let out a long breath, as if he had spit out the block in his chest, and his whole body became quieter, murmured to himself: "If he is really a loyal minister, why don't he understand my intentions? He gave me millions of stones of food to the Prime Minister's Mansion at once, why can't he give me some? Even if it's tens of thousands of stones, at least let the emperor have some confidence in me."

The emperor turned around for a while, lowered his head and walked back to his seat dejectedly, picked up the memorial and looked again, sighed, put it aside, and his slender fingers gently tapped the dark red desk. He thought for a while and said, "Go and invite the young mansion Geng Ji, the young master Fude, and the Shangshu Ling Liu Xian... Forget it, he is in poor health recently, so don't bother him."

Seeing that the emperor was unhappy, Jin Yi knew that the Secretary of State Liu Xian had recently told him about Huang Lao's way and let him go with the flow. He was a little unhappy about the emperor who was determined to restore the Han Dynasty. He subconsciously referred Liu Xian to Cao Chong's side, and even refused to let him come to discuss matters. He hesitated for a moment, bowed to take the order, and went out quietly.

Geng Ji looked at Cao Chong's memorial and frowned slightly. He handed the memorial to Fu De beside him and looked at Fu De thoughtfully. Fu De was not understanding his intention. He had heard Jin Yi talk about the general situation on the way to come. It doesn't matter whether he looked at the memorial or not. Now seeing Geng Ji frowned, he asked, "Ji Xing, what's wrong?"

Geng Ji wiped the beard on his lips, lowered his head and thought for a while, then raised his head and said to the emperor: "Your Majesty thinks they will definitely not be given a tribute?"

"Of course." The emperor blurted out.

"Since Your Majesty believes that they will not give you a tribute, they are not sure of their sincerity in submitting to the court. Since they have no sincerity, even if Your Majesty wins benefits for them, can they do things for Your Majesty with peace of mind? I am afraid that once they overcome the difficulties, they will attack again and will not take into account His Majesty's dignity at all. At that time, I am afraid that Your Majesty's good deeds today will become a joke." Geng Ji was not too slow, as if he was thinking and said, but his eyes glanced at the emperor's expression from time to time.

The emperor frowned and turned his face to Fu De. Fu De was a little unhappy. He said in a verbal voice: "Ji Xing's words are bad. You can't be sure of surrendering. You can only take one step at a time. Today's surrender and tomorrow's rebellion are common. Even if you have a qualifying responsibility, you cannot avoid it. Even Prime Minister Cao cannot guarantee that all the surrendered people will not rebel again. Chang Jin's incident is just an example. I have never seen anyone laugh at him. Why did the emperor surrender two people? Ji Xing was worried that he would make jokes in the future? Is it better to be the Prime Minister with the respect of the emperor?"

Geng Ji smiled bitterly, and had nothing to say about Fu De's pedantic nature. In his opinion, the emperor's current strength is not as strong as the prime minister, but this cannot be said. Fu De's statement will always have the upper hand in theory, but it will be difficult to implement it. In front of the emperor, he was unable to refute Fu De, so he had to grin and not say a word.

The emperor was a little unhappy, but he was better than Fu De. He knew that Geng Ji's words were hurting his face, but it was the truth. He raised his hand to stop Fu De who was continuing to perform and said sincerely to Geng Ji: "Then my dear thought he should do what he should do. You can't just let the emperor break off his good intentions like this."

"In my opinion, this edict is of course to be issued, otherwise they will take His Majesty underestimate His Majesty and ignore the court. If this is the case, even if the surrender is brought to the emperor, it will not be the help of His Majesty, and it will be a bad thing. Therefore, this edict must be issued. As for the degree of urging, you can relax a little. This will show the rules of the court and not force them to rebel against them, and they can also understand His Majesty's tolerance." Geng Ji was still so slow and thought for a long time. When the emperor heard this, he felt moved and his anxious mood understood this, and hurriedly said to Geng Ji: "Your dear is right, let's talk about it."

"Mr. Zhou is the Weiwei. As long as General Zhennan is not in Jingzhou, he is the highest official there. Moreover, he has been through battle formations and his ability to use troops is not under General Zhennan. If no one is restrained, as long as he has enough time, he will naturally gain the upper hand and conquer his heart. It may be more effective than just giving in."

"You mean, let Zhou Aiqing be in Jiangnan? What should I do if General Zhennan has done? He has already rewarded the army and will be able to return to Jiangnan soon."

Geng Ji smiled and said, "The emperor wants to hire the prime minister's daughter as his concubine. Isn't this the proper procedure done? General Zhennan's sister's wedding, his future uncle will never leave Xu County to fight at this time, right?"

Geng Ji said this, and looked at Fu De with some hesitation. Fu De's face changed drastically. He closed his mouth and sulked. Seeing Geng Ji looking at him, he turned his head and pretended not to see him. The daughter of the Cao family was about to enter the palace, so wouldn't his Fu family be stepped down? The power of the Fu family is incomparable to the Cao family. Apart from a few people who can read some books and do some knowledge, they have no real power. They rely on Queen Fu to be named Marquis. If Queen Fu is deposed, what else can his Fu family play?

Seeing Geng Ji hesitating, Fu De was unhappy, the emperor felt a little guilty. Since Xun Yu proposed this marriage last year to calm the Cao family's heart, although the emperor did not object, he has not been very enthusiastic to promote it. With the excuse that Cao Jie is not old, he can delay it for one day, and try to delay the time of the deposed queen to reduce the guilt of Fu Shou in his heart. Now Geng Ji proposed this marriage again and wanted to use it to hold Cao Chong's time so that Zhou Yu can have room for turnaround in Jiangnan. It is a good way to say it, and it is worth a try. Thinking of this, he nodded gently and said to Geng Ji: "Your dear to continue."

"Now!" Geng Ji saw the emperor's approval, and continued, "Your Majesty's marriage with the Cao family is a major event for the Cao family. Not only will the Zhennan General stay in Xu County, but also the cavalry general Cao Zhang and the western supervisor Cao Pi are going to come back. Your Majesty might as well take this opportunity to install some people in the two places in order to succeed in the future."

The emperor's eyes lit up, nodded repeatedly, his eyebrows raised, and he seemed very excited. When Fu De saw it, he was displeased, but he could not have an attack. He just snorted and claimed the crime, "I am not in good health and want to sue first, so I'll ask Your Majesty to make a promise."

When the emperor heard that he was not right and knew that he was unhappy, he did not blame him. He nodded and said, "Since that's the case, my dear, please go back and rest first. If there is anything, I will send someone to invite my dear."

"I dare not!" Fu De responded with a straightforward voice, stood up and bowed, and left with a meteor. The emperor was not angry with him, and said to Geng Ji who was a little embarrassed: "Don't take it to heart, please tell me in detail and see who can be trusted."

"Zhong Yao and Zhong Yuanchang have been in Guanzhong for a long time. Last time they were defeated, they are now living in Yecheng. Since he has the trust of the Prime Minister, he must have suggested that the emperor would go to Guanzhong again, and the Prime Minister would not be dissatisfied. I heard that his son Zhong Yu and Zhong Zhishu were in a court and had a young talent. Why didn't Your Majesty recruit him to the palace to show his favor?"

The emperor thought about it and nodded slightly: "This person can be used, but he has a very good relationship with the Prime Minister. Will he listen to me?"

Geng Ji smiled and said, "The Zhong family is like the Xun family, both of Yingchuan clans. Xun Lingjun made so many contributions to the Prime Minister, but this time he was deprived of all his power by the Prime Minister because he was not intimate with the Prime Minister. If it weren't for his in-laws and intimate relationship with the Prime Minister, the outcome might not be known. I think Zhong Yuanchang would not be indifferent to such a thing. Even if he could not listen to Your Majesty's orders, at least he would have doubts and would not be loyal to the Prime Minister's Mansion like those who were not in court. Since Jingzhou returned to the court, many of the gentry fled from Guanzhong have returned to Guanzhong. If it weren't for the wars for many years, there would probably be more people going back. These people were determined to become officials. Your Majesty sent Zhong Yuanchang to Guanzhong and could recruit some famous scholars to the court and strengthen Your Majesty's strength. I think as long as you do not do it too much, Zhong Yuanchang will turn a blind eye."

"Hahaha..." The emperor laughed softly, nodded with satisfaction, waved his hand to Geng Ji and said, "Your dear continues..."

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At the end of March, when the old tree next to the official road sprouted new buds, Cao Chong returned to Yecheng. Before he could enter the city, he received an order from Cao Cao to go to Xuanwu Pool to reply. Cao Chong was puzzled and had to give up the idea of ​​seeing his mother and the left-behind wives before entering the city. He took Pang Tong, Wang Su and others, and twenty accompanying tiger soldiers to the Xuanwu Pool, and the other people were brought back to the Yecheng Camp by Sun Shangxiang.

As soon as the group walked outside the Xuanwu Pool, they saw the newly built pavilion in the Xuanwu Pool from afar, and Cao Chong was stopped by the leopard cavalry Sima Cao Zhen.

"Cang Shu, it's not that I want to stop you." Before Cao Zhen could speak, he first gave a smile. He bowed to Cao Chong, who was sitting on the horse, and said, "The Prime Minister is here, we are responsible for the guards, and I dare not take it lightly. Of course, there is no need to check the people of Cang Shu. If Cang Shu is not trustworthy, I think no one is trustworthy. But..." He stopped and looked very embarrassed, standing in front of Cao Chong's horse and not allowing him.

"Okay, I understand, please send someone in to report it." Cao Chong waved his hand a little unhappily. The official of the Prime Minister's Office who came to pass the order quickly got off the horse and hurriedly ran in to report it. Cao Zhen smiled repeatedly, "Hahaha, I know that Cang Shu, you understand others and you will definitely not make things difficult for us. Come on, don't sit there, I don't have wine here, but there are some fruits that the Prime Minister rewarded. You can eat two to relieve your fatigue, and take advantage of this time to tell us about Ziwen's war, so as not to be bored standing here."

"Is it better for Ziwen to hear him say it at that time?" Cao Chong laughed, turned over and got off the horse, took the fruit plate handed over by Cao Zhen, but did not eat it, but handed it to Dian Man behind him: "This is what Cao Sima rewarded to his brothers, so don't be polite, don't thank Cao Sima?"

Dian Man smiled and glared at the twenty tiger soldiers. The tiger soldiers understood and shouted in unison: "Thank you, Sima Cao!" As he said that, he reached out and snatched the few nuts in the plate in a blink of an eye. Before Cao Zhen could react, some of them had already pinched the hard shells with their hands, and some directly threw the shelled fruit into their mouths, biting them hard, and saliva splashed.

Cao Zhen felt so sorry. These nuts are rare in Yecheng. Cao Zhang forced them to collect from the Wuwan people. He sent a few cars to Yecheng. Cao Cao rewarded him half a pound. He himself was not willing to eat them. Today he took them out for Cao Chong to taste them. However, Cao Chong did not accept his affection, but directly rewarded them to the tiger soldiers. In the blink of an eye, he was completely divided, making him feel very painful. But his face could not be expressed. He laughed and pointed at Dian Man and said, "Ziqian, your subordinates are fierce in fighting and eating. You can bite such a hard shell. This teeth are really good."

"Hahaha..." Cao Chong smiled and pulled him aside. The soldiers of the Leopard Cavalry brought a horse stool. He thrust his legs down, crossing his legs and swaying gently. There was a chatting gossip: "Zi Dan, your sister married Boren, but she is amazing. In just two or three years, a sir is a boy and a young girl is born. She is very fast. Boren wants to thank you, brother-in-law."

Cao Zhen laughed dryly and did not respond. His father died early, so he only had one girl. Xiahou Shang was Cao Pi's confidant. He married the girl to Xiahou Shang to express his support for Cao Pi, which means he stood opposite Cao Chong. Until now, he didn't know whether this was a good or a bad thing. Originally, Cao Zhang went to the northern border to fight, and the tiger and leopard cavalry had no cavalry commander. He and Cao Xiu always thought that Cao Cao would choose one of them, and Cao Pi also revealed to him that Cao Cao had a better impression of him, but after Cao Zhang went there for a year, Cao Cao never expressed who would be promoted to cavalry commander, which made Cao Zhen feel a little bad and doubted whether he was standing in the wrong position.

Now that he heard Cao Chong jokingly with him like this, he didn't know how to answer. Because he was closer to Cao Pi, Cao Chong naturally walked away from him and rarely had any contact with him. If he hadn't been responsible today, he wouldn't have come to get close to Cao Chong.

As the two were talking, Cao Xiu strode from a distance. When he saw Cao Chong sitting and chatting with Cao Zhen, he said in surprise: "Cang Shu, why are you sitting here? The Prime Minister is waiting for you."

"Aren't you waiting for a notice?" Cao Chong smiled and pointed at Cao Zhen standing beside him with the whip in his hand: "You tiger and leopard cavalry don't let go, how dare I break through."

Cao Xiu looked at Cao Zhen with some surprise, pulled Cao Chong and left: "Go quickly, hurry up, the Prime Minister was waiting in the middle, so he asked someone to come out and call him three times. If he hadn't seen you here in the pavilion, he would have thought you were having something." He complained while walking: "Why do you need to report when you come to see the Prime Minister?

Cao Zhen lowered his head and pretended not to hear it.

Cao Chong smiled and said, "You ask me, whom I asked, he said yes, I naturally thought it was. Why, what urgent matters are there in the prime minister, and he screamed in such a hurry?"

"It's nothing." Cao Xiu smiled and said, "It seems that it's the matter of Miss Jie entering the palace. The day is almost settled. The school in the palace has no movement. Did you point to let Miss Jie in and be a child for others? The Prime Minister may feel a little unhappy. Today I called Zihuan to ask, and I'm waiting for you to come. Let's discuss an idea together."

"Zihuan is back?" Cao Chong was stunned, thinking that Cao Pi was so quick. He received news a few days ago that he was still in Guanzhong. In just a few days, he actually returned to Yecheng before him.

"I'm back. I just arrived last night. I arrived here early this morning." Cao Xiu nodded. As the two of them said, they had already walked to the Changting and climbed to the long dike. It was the warning range of Xu Qian's Wuwei Camp. Even the tiger and leopard cavalry should not enter easily. Cao Xiu sent Cao to this point, stopped and chuckled, "You go in quickly, don't let the Prime Minister wait for a long time."

Cao Chong understood it and said goodbye to Cao Xiu. He looked up at Cao Pi, who was sitting opposite Cao Cao in the pavilion. He looked back at Cao Zhen, who was still peeking at this place in the distance. He frowned, then smiled and walked towards the pavilion in the lake.

Cao Pi in the pavilion saw Cao Chong coming from afar, and said to Cao Cao with a smile: "Father, look at Cang Shu, I haven't seen him for more than a year, and it seems that he has grown a lot taller again. When he walks, he walks with a dragon and tiger steps, and he is very brave. He will definitely be a powerful general in my Cao family in the future."

Cao Cao stroked his beard and looked at Cao Chong who was stroking with satisfaction, but said unhappily: "What kind of powerful generals, who are procrastinating in their work, and there is no killing spirit at all. To talk about powerful generals, it must be Ziwen. When he arrived in the northern border, he advanced thousands of miles and killed the Wuwan people. Zihuan, do you know that the King of Xianbei, Kebi, took a hundred thousand troops to watch, was frightened by Ziwen's power, and he didn't even dare to move. He just watched Ziwen defeat the Wuwan people. Alas, I didn't expect Huang Xuer to be so amazing."

Cao Pi laughed and said, "That's natural. Ziwen has been extremely powerful since childhood and is also focused on Wei Huo. He wants to be a general in the north of Mo. Now he finally has his wish." He said as he stood up and greeted Cao Chong who was walking into the door, laughing and said, "Cang Shu, I didn't expect that I would be ahead of you."

Cao Chong hurriedly smiled and saluted: "I have met my father and my elder brother. When I heard the news on the way, I rushed back without stopping. Unexpectedly, I still fell down my brother. Could it be that my elder brother was also brought back with the cavalry? Why is it faster than my team of cavalry?" He joked Cao Pi, turned his head to Cao Cao and said: "By the way, father, I have taken the thousand war horses that Ziwen asked me to bring back to the camp outside the city. Father see what to do?"
Chapter completed!