Section 5: Adding

Wu Zhi was grateful for his inexplicable reason. He kowtowed twice on the ground before sitting up again. Cao Pi asked someone to bring water, let Wu Zhi clean the dust on his face, and let him eat something to eat. Wu Zhi thanked him repeatedly, without refusing, and ate some in front of Cao Pi. Seeing Wu Zhi eating voraciously, Cao Pi was in a good mood and looked at him with a smile, and drank two drinks himself. For Sima Yi and Wu Zhi, he prefers to face Wu Zhi, not only because Wu Zhi was loyal to him and gave him many ideas, but more importantly, for Sima Yi, a child of aristocratic family, Wu Zhi is a single family with no future. He can only have a way out after following him, and his family background has no place to praise. Although Cao Pi had nothing to say in front of those aristocratic families, he had enough psychological advantages in front of him and could experience more dignity.

Wu Zhi hurriedly filled his stomach, wiped his mouth, raised his neck and drank the wine in the glass, swallowed the food in his mouth, and then bowed his hand to Cao Pi and said, "Thank you, Mr. Xie, I have a word, please ask me to pay attention."

Cao Pi smiled and waved his hand, indicating that he should be welcome and say nothing.

Wu Zhi rubbed his hands, thought for a moment and said, "I think although Liaodong is going to fight, the general doesn't have to come in person."

"Why?" Cao Pi was stunned for a moment and asked back.

"Gongsun Kang only relies on the distant land of Liaodong and the Central Plains to be uneasy and uneasy, so he can be at peace for a while. It is not because he can occupy Liaodong because he has any ability or what the Gongsun family has to do. Now a former general leads a large army to fight, and Zang Ba and others lead the navy as a supplement, and advance water and land. It is really a trivial matter to conquer Liaodong. What we need to consider is just a matter of the length of time it takes." Wu Zhi licked his teeth with his tongue, licked a piece of meat embedded in the gaps of his teeth, and chewed it two times.

Then he swallowed it into his stomach and continued, "Liaodong is nearly three thousand miles away from Yecheng. If something happens in Yecheng, can the general be able to come back? The Prime Minister has not yet appointed the prince, nor has his wife the queen. The intention is to make the general of chariot and cavalry clear. What he is doubting is that he is still in good health. Moreover, after his brother passed away, the general will be the eldest son, and he has to care about the intention of the ministers. Therefore, he can only wait for the general of chariot and cavalry to make great contributions and reputations to achieve their success."

Wu Zhi bluntly talked about the current situation of the Cao family without any skewers. He said directly that Cao Cao's meaning was not Cao Pi. Cao Pi's face suddenly looked a little ugly, but he also knew that Wu Zhi said this, but did not tell him falsely. It was his loyalty. He thought for a while, nodded and murmured: "I have no reason to ignorant of it. I just tried to conquer Liaodong, just to make some contributions. Although I am unvirtuous and incompetent, I am the eldest son and have no faults after all. It is not so easy for him to depose me."

Wu Zhi nodded and said seriously: "The general is right. The general is the eldest son, he has not made any mistakes, and his reputation has always been good. If there is no obvious fault, the Prime Minister will indeed bear great pressure to depose the eldest son and establish the young. But the general has never thought about it. After all, the Prime Minister is in his sixties. He may still be able to live to the age of ten, or maybe it is..." Wu Zhi hesitated for a moment and secretly glanced at Cao Pi's face. Cao Pi had no idea at all that Wu Zhi was saying that Cao Cao might die early, which was a disrespectful topic. He was still thinking about his mind in a daze, with a hint of anger and a hint of ferocity on his face.

Seeing that Wu Zhi stopped halfway through his words, Cao Pi urged in confusion: "Say it, why did you stop halfway through his words?"

Wu Zhi coughed and continued, "If the general is far away in Liaodong and the Prime Minister is unpredictable, then he can pass the throne to the General of the Cheqi on the grounds that the general is not around. At that time, even if everyone has any opinions, there will be no leader. How will the general deal with it?"

Cao Pi hesitated for a while and said unconfidently: "The Prime Minister is in good health, probably not."

"If the Prime Minister wanted to be the general, this kind of thing would naturally not happen. But the current situation is that the Prime Minister wanted to be the General of the Cavalry, and he would not not take advantage of this opportunity. Besides, even if he is fine, would he pretend to be an emergency disease and set up the General of the Cavalry as the crown prince first? The title is certain. Even if the general comes back from Liaodong, the road is already completed. What can the general be? With the ability of the General of the Cavalry, and with the Prime Minister in charge, what can't the result be accomplished?"

Cao Pi's face turned pale. Wu Zhi was indeed a master of conspiracy. He suddenly thought of such a hooligan but extremely effective trick. According to Lao Cao's personality, if he wanted to pass the throne to Cao Chong without causing a big dispute, he would really be able to play the trick of pretending to be sick and establishing the prince. So, can't Liaodong go to?

"There are indeed many officials in the Prime Minister's Mansion in Yanyuqing and Qingxuzhou. They can be biased towards generals because of the ninth-rank official law. It is undeniable that it is possible, but does the general think they will fight with the Prime Minister when the general is away?" Wu Zhi then asked again.

Cao Pi did not answer. This answer was obvious. If he was not in Yecheng, even if those people had any ideas, they would not force Cao Cao. They would make a call from the side and make them rush to the front line. Hopefully, they would not have.

"Cang Shu... isn't it also in Guanzhong?" Cao Pi was still hesitant.

"Guanzhong is only a thousand miles away from here, and it is all smooth. The general thought that if something happens, can the general come back in front of the chariot and cavalry general?" Wu Zhi shook his head and asked solemnly. He paused and said, "There is nothing happening in Guanzhong. The chariot and cavalry general are free and free. Every day, if you go around, he may take his personal guards back to Yecheng at any time. At most, three or five days, when he arrives in Yecheng, he is afraid that the general has not received the news. The general is fighting on the front line. Even if he receives the news, he cannot let go of the army and rush back to Yecheng immediately. If unfortunately, then what's the use if the general wipes out Liaodong?"

Cao Pi was silent and said nothing. Wu Zhi said reminded him, what's the use of no matter how great the contribution is? Is it even more important to pacify Liaodong than to pacify Xiliang? He is no longer a match for Cao Chong in his military achievements. Is there any need to take this risk? He has fought in Guanzhong and knew that it is one thing to talk about strategy, but it is another thing to fight in real life. Why did Cao Chong never go to the front line after fighting for so many years? He has such a good skill but has never killed anyone with his own hands? Why? He still knows that the battle formation is dangerous.

He was not Cao Zhang, nor was he Cao Zhang interested in conquest. He wanted to go to Liaodong to make contributions, but on the other hand he was also angry, just to let others see that Cao Chong could fight, and Cao Pi could do it, even though his military achievements were not as outstanding as Cao Chong.

But if the opportunity was given to Cao Chong for nothing, the price would be too high.

Seeing his face changing, Wu Zhi knew that he felt relieved, and then said, "Although his military achievements were prominent, they were not what the king did. Emperor Xiaowu had great martial arts, but he never came to the battle formation in person, but regarded Wei Huo as his minions. Why don't the general use his minions and want to be his own minions? Victory is not worthy of dependence, and defeat is a lifetime of humiliation. Why should the general take this risk? After the General of the Cheqi and Cavalry narrowly defeated Xiliang, he was led by the general to conquer the Western Regions, but he returned to Guanzhong. He gave the great achievements of the Northern Expedition to General Zhenbei. How could he say "hum"? "

"Ji Chong, what you said... is reasonable." Cao Pi sighed, raised his head and looked at the curtain on the roof, speechless for a while. Cao Chong had earned enough military achievements and could retreat to the center at the age of 21. From then on, he would not have to fight in front of the formation anymore. He, the elder brother, still had to take the arrows and stones for his military achievements. It was really more annoying than the popular. In terms of following Cao Cao on the battlefield to see the world, he had been many years earlier than Cao Chong. The gap now is so big. It seems that he is really not a material for war. It is obviously unrealistic to defeat Cao Chong by relying on military achievements. Although this conclusion made Cao Pi unwilling to accept it, from a rational point of view, he had to accept it.

"I'll think about it again." Cao Pi shook his hand powerlessly at Wu Zhi: "You come from afar, go down and rest first, and I'll discuss with you later."

"Here." Wu Zhi saw that Cao Pi's expression was a little depressed, and knew that Cao Pi was in a bad mood. He said it was not good, so he hurriedly asked to leave.

Xuanwu Pool.

Cao Cao was lying on the lounge chair, gently closing his eyes, listening to Prime Minister Junmou Lucui reading the documents sent by Cao Pi to allocate food, grass and weapons. Cao Zhi stood behind him, gently shaking the lounge chair, with a medium figure and thin face, and stood quietly beside Cao Zhi. The two beauties Song Ji and Mei Ji sat on the mat in the distance, glanced at this side from time to time. Mei Ji had never seen Cao Cao dealing with political affairs since he came. Today, he was a little curious.

If Song Ji hadn't pulled her, she would have wanted to come over and listen. Song Ji sat quietly, rubbing the clean desk in her hand, looking at the neatly arranged wine glasses and food to see if there was any dust on it. In the crystal crystal cup, there was blood-red Western Regions wine. This was specially bought by the General Cao Chong of the chariot and cavalry from the Western Regions. It was said that it was good for the elderly and let Cao Cao drink a cup every day. This has become Cao Cao's habit of living, although Cao Cao doesn't like the taste of wine very much.

After reading the official document, Lu Cui put it down with a little nervousness, raised his hand and wiped the sweat from his forehead. Although it was late September and the weather was not very hot, he was still sweating.

Cao Cao has not been in charge of government affairs for a long time. Cao Zhi has always been doing the government affairs of the Prime Minister's Office. If you have any questions, you can discuss with the subordinates below. Usually, you can just tell Cao Cao the result. Today, the reason why I came to Xuanwu Pool to report to Cao Cao was because Cao Zhi's opinions were inconsistent with those of the Prime Minister's Office represented by Lu Cui. Cao Pi asked to transfer 70,000 troops for a year, and there were a lot of military equipment. Cao Zhi was unwilling to make military achievements to compete with Cao Chong. He used the excuse that the number was too large and it was difficult to allocate it at once, and did not want to agree. Lu Cui got the benefits of Cao Pi, and was determined to promote his great achievements and strive for the benefits of conquering Liaodong, saying that the Prime Minister's Office should strongly support it. Cao Zhi lost his mind for a while and turned to Yang Xiu for advice. However, Yang Xiu did not give him any advice like before, but advised him to bring Lu Cui to Xuanwu Pool together, and Cao Cao decided.

Even Yang Xiu didn't support him, so Cao Zhi was even more afraid to make a decision. He had to take Lu Cui to Xuanwu Pool with him and let him read Cao Pi's official documents in front of Cao Cao to see what Cao Cao did. Now that Lu Cui has finished reading, Cao Cao seems to be asleep, motionless. If his eyelids had not been pounding occasionally, Cao Zhi would have thought he was asleep.

The room was so quiet that it was a bit too quiet. Even Meiji's gentle laughter in the distance was clearly heard. The breeze outside gradually rose, and the curtains that blocked the wind were blown up by the wind, waving at Cao Zhi's feet. A wisp of wind blew in, making him feel cold all over.

"What do you think?" Cao Cao slowly opened his eyes, but no one looked at him, but calmly looked at the floating curtain.

Cao Zhi hesitated a little. He looked at Yang Xiu. Yang Xiu's eyelids were lowered. He held his hands together and seemed to fall asleep. Lu Cui looked at him anxiously. Seeing that Cao Zhi couldn't escape, he, the acting prime minister, had to explain his opinion first. He opened his mouth, but felt his mouth was dry, so he had to swallow his saliva first, and then he said hesitantly: "My son thinks that Liaodong is too far away and the army's expedition is too much. Now the new policy has just begun.

, It is not appropriate to... draw too many things." He secretly glanced at Cao Cao's eyes and continued: "My son thought... although Gongsun Kang of Liaodong intends to be independent, he did not. He still used the seal of the prefect of Liaodong and General Wuwei given by the court. If the court rashly raises troops to attack, it would be a bit inappropriate. It would be better to send an envoy to Liaodong to declare the court's kindness and power. Maybe he can win without fighting and avoid...swords and weapons."

Cao Cao grinned silently, without commenting, and asked Lu Cui again: "Wen Mok, what do you think?"

When Lu Cui saw Cao Cao speak, he hurriedly said, "My subordinates think that what the prince said is inappropriate. Although Gongsun Kang and the prefect of Liaodong and General Wuwei used the seal of letters of Liaodong in the official documents of the court, he established himself as the Marquis of Liaodong and the governor of Pingzhou in Liaodong. He also divided Liaodong into the Zhongliao County of Liaoxi. He set up a private prefect, and Yuehai to the Donglai counties and the governor of Yingzhou. He had long since ignored the prefect of Liaodong, which was granted by the court. Not only did the people of Liaodong know it, but even the court also knew it. How could he say that he was not independent? How could he say that he had the court in his eyes? "

Cao Cao nodded and nodded. Cao Zhi's face changed immediately, but Lu Cui was encouraged and his spirit increased.

"If you want to talk about the amount of food and grass, 70,000 generals of the chariots and cavalry conquers Xiliang. Except for a small amount of food and grass, most of which are transported from Hedong County, are transported from Nanyang, Nanjun and Hanzhong. The mountains and roads are rugged and transported more difficult, and they can all be transported. Why can't Liaodong be unable to? Although Liaodong is far away, it has the benefits of rivers and seas, which is twice the result with half the effort. It is much easier than transporting to Xiliang."

Lu Cui was polite, and compared Cao Chong's campaign against Xiliang and Cao Pi's campaign against Liaodong, it meant that Cao Zhi was biased and inappropriate. Cao Zhi was a little angry, but because Lu Cui was saying exactly what he was thinking, he felt guilty for a moment, and was worried that Cao Cao would blame him, and he was blushed and at a loss.

"When the new policy is mentioned, the new policy of Emperor Liu of Henan Province is implemented for one year, and the harvest of all counties is about to be bumper. It is said that the harvest this year will increase by 50% compared with previous years. With such a bumper harvest, it is difficult to pay a 70,000 army of grain and fodder for a year? What's more, there are financial resources from the six states of Qingxu, Yan, Henan, Jiyou that can help. Not to mention the grain and fodder for a year, it is not impossible to provide two years of grain and fodder for a year."

Lu Cui calculated the calculations with his fingers, and calculated clearly how to allocate the food and grass needed by the army and how much it was from which state. Cao Cao nodded repeatedly after hearing this, saying, "Wen Mok said it well, Chen Liu is very talented, and this is indeed true."

"The Prime Minister has been too rewarded." Lu Cui was overjoyed and quickly said a few humble words.

Cao Cao laughed a few times, raised his hand to pat his belly, and made a sound: "Zijian, you are so empty. You can't even settle such an obvious account. It seems that you are not very suitable for government affairs."

Cao Zhi's face turned gray and he quickly lowered his head and said, "My son knows that he is wrong, so please punish him."

Cao Cao raised his head, Cao Zhi quickly stepped forward and helped him up. Cao Cao sat up from the recliner, sat quietly, stood up again tentatively, held his waist and walked for two steps, and moved for a while, then turned around and said to Lu Cui: "Wen Mok, you are very reasonable. Liaodong Gongsun Kang's intention to be unofficial for a long time. If he is pacified today, he has not submitted congratulations. I am afraid he is busy preparing for the war. In my opinion, if you want to fight, you have to fight quickly. The faster the army goes, the less prepared he is, and the greater the chance of winning Zihuan."

"Prime Minister's opinion." Lu Cui almost got so happy that Cao Cao's words meant not only to support Cao Pi to fight, but also to do his best. He did not dare to say too much, for fear of interrupting Cao Cao's thoughts, and listened to Cao Cao's following with a little nervousness.

"The food, grass and weapons that Zihuan invited were transferred to him in full. That...that weapons were the best quality of the Nanyang Workshop. The Prime Minister's Office issued an urgent order to ask Nanyang Prefect Zhuge Liang to transfer them in full, so that there must be no mistakes. In addition, I will issue an order to Cang Shu, and ask him to transfer some good siege experts from the army to Zihuan, like that Zhang... What's the matter? Is Zhang's nephew Zhang?"

Lu Cui quickly responded: "Zhang Fen and Zhang Wenjing."

"Yes, it's him. Let him take some people to Liaodong. With him, it's easier to capture the city." Cao Cao slapped his head and laughed: "I'm old and I can't remember the names of some people."

"Where is it, the Prime Minister is busy with everything, and it is normal for him to forget it occasionally." Lu Cui quickly smiled and flattered. Zhang Fen is the captain of the baggage battalion in Cao Chong's army, and the first in charge of military equipment. Cao Cao can transfer him to Cao Pi, which is very hopeful for Cao Pi. It is good news for Cao Pi, and of course it is even better for Lu Cui, who doesn't like Cao Chong but likes Cao Pi. Zhang Zhao is from Xuzhou. This time, Cao Pi recruits famous scholars in Xuzhou. Zhang Zhao's son Zhang Cheng and Zhang Xiu were all enlisted into the palace. Now that Zhang Fen is transferred to Cao Pi's tent, Zhang Zhao is afraid that Zhang Zhao will not be able to escape. Zhang Zhao is now a popular person in front of the emperor, with high virtue and respect, and even Cao Cao has to give in. Zhang Zhao's attitude has a great influence on the emperor.

"Also, Wen Mok, you know a lot about military aircraft. Last time I didn't have many opportunities to display in Jingzhou, Liaodong may be the last battle. If you don't go, you may not have a chance. Go and follow Zihuan and make good achievements. You may be a general like your brother." Cao Cao pointed at Lu Cui, who was ecstatic and smiled: "Don't let me down."

"I dare not." Lu Cui shouted loudly, and knelt down on the ground with a pounce. He was so excited. He thought it would take some trouble to accomplish this, but he didn't expect it to be done so smoothly, and he also gave himself a chance to make military achievements on the battlefield. This is the good opportunity he had always dreamed of after being defeated by Guan Yu in Xiakou. Although Liaodong is far away, it is not difficult to fight. He made such a great contribution. Cao Pi would definitely not treat him badly. It is not impossible to be a general at that time.

"Get up, take the Prime Minister's Mansion's order to Nanyang, and escort the arms and set off on the road immediately." Cao Cao waved his hand and said.

"Here." Lu Cui responded, stood up and walked out. Before leaving, he glanced at Cao Zhi who was sweating in cold sweat, full of joy as the winner. It is conceivable that Cao Zhi's criticism today is inevitable. Maybe the beauty of the acting prime minister is gone. Unexpectedly, he did not expect that he would gain such a great harvest with this move.

Cao Cao watched Lu Cui walk out, and waved to Yang Xiu again. Yang Xiu knew it and hurriedly retreated. Cao Cao watched him retreat from the water pavilion and kept leaving the tiger warrior's cordon. Then he slowly turned around and looked at Cao Zhi who was sweating, and the smile on his face gradually solidified. He stared at Cao Zhi for a long time, and saw that Cao Zhi's head almost drooped to his chest, and then he slowly sighed and said:

"Zijian, how old are you this year?"

Cao Zhi was ashamed, but he didn't expect Cao Cao to ask this question. He was stunned for a moment and quickly replied: "My son is... twenty-five years old."

Cao Cao turned around and looked at the rippling water surface of the autumn wind rising and the sparkling water. He said lightly: "Zi Jian, for the father, he was twenty years old, he made five-color sticks for the Northern Quarter of Luoyang, and killed Jian Tu. The capital was shocked. No one dared to offend. You are twenty-five years old, but you can't even control these people. How can I rest assured?"

"Father..." Cao Zhi choked up a little, "My son is incompetent. Yecheng has been saying that the ninth-rank official law has been recently. Many officials have come to the Prime Minister's Office to ask about this matter, but Mr. Chen doesn't know how to reply. The Prime Minister's Office has not yet issued discussions on everyone. How can it spread the storm of the city? Mr. Chen is really...satiable. Mr. Chen is not a politician. Please remove my position from my father."

"Abandon your position?" Cao Cao smiled and looked back at Cao Zhi: "Then what do you want to do? I asked you to write poems and essays, but I, the old man, were so tired like a dog in the desk. Your filial piety is really good."

Cao Zhi was shocked and quickly explained: "Father, it's not that the son minister is unfilial, but that the son minister is really incompetent. The son minister also imagines that Cang Shu and Zihuan can relieve his father's worries, but the son minister's ability is really limited, so he can't help but cause these troubles. He has to..."

"Hehe, I really got you by Cang Shu. You are Gao, Wen is Miao, but he is not the opponent of these dirty people." Cao Cao laughed a few times, patted the vermilion railing with his hand, and thought for a while and said, "Since that's the case, you wrote a letter to Cang Shu. Wen Qian and Xiao Yu'er have both given birth? Why didn't he come back and carry it for me to see him? Do you still have to run to Xu County to see your grandson?"

"That's true. I just heard that Cang Shu had two more sons today. Before I could tell him about this with his father, why did the father already know this?" Cao Zhi looked at Cao Cao with a look of resentment and thought in surprise. Why did Xun Wenfu and Cai Ji have given birth to a son on the same day so quickly?

Cao Cao looked back at Cao Zhi and smiled proudly: "Of course, the old man, I, will know about this big thing as a big deal before you."
Chapter completed!