Chapter 22 Xianbei

Lao Cao's eyes were like flying knives, and the knife urged people to grow old.

Cao Pi thought quickly and changed into a sincere smile and said, "Father, it seems that my son is not a material for war. My son is in Qingzhou, and the war is not decided for a long time. As soon as my son leaves Qingzhou, Liaodong is immediately pacified. It is OK to pacify it. Just take advantage of the New Year when Cang Shu is about to offer prisoners, and it is a joy to add another joy. Compared with Cang Shu's great achievements in pacifying Xiliang, the fact of the war in Liaodong is not worth mentioning, and it is always better than nothing. Zhao Yun, the prefect of Zhuo County, Zhao Yun, the chief minister of the General of Zhendong, and Zang Ba, the governor of Xuzhou, are the main meritorious officials. Please submit your father to commend him. Especially Zhao Yun, who can make a quick decision in such a short time to catch up and win Gongsun Kang, avoiding the subsequent war, is of great significance to pacifying Liaodong. My son believes that it should be the first merit."

Cao Cao was a little surprised, his half-white eyebrows trembled for a moment, and then immediately smiled and said, "Changqian, Cang Shu, Zijian, what do you think?"

Xun Yun and Cao Zhi smiled. They had no say in this matter. What Cao Cao asked them was just giving them face on the scene. They smiled and bowed and said, "There is not only Zihuan, General Zhendong, and General Cang Shu, who is qualified to speak in this matter. Cang Shu should talk."

Cao Cao looked at Cao Chong. Cao Chong smiled. Cao Pi was doing so generously. He knew that Zhao Yun was his power, but he gave his first merit directly to Zhao Yun, leaving him speechless. If he said this was good, he would seem a bit suspicious of competing for merit. But if he said it was not possible, it would make Zhao Yun's heart cold again. Of course he knew what Zhao Yun was running wildly in the snow for a day and a night. He thought about it, stretched out his hand and scratched his eyebrows and smiled, "Zihuan is the general of Zhendong, and he is directly responsible for the war in Liaodong. His father is the general. What do you think about this? Of course, I, the general of the cavalry, agreed with you without any objection."

Xun Yun and Cao Zhi looked at each other and laughed. The father and son all had their own thoughts, each one of them was not leaking.

Cao Cao pondered for a moment and said, "Cang Shu is right. Zihuan is the general of Zhendong. Although you have not personally visited the battlefield to command the war, you still cannot escape. If you can't escape, you can't escape even if you have made merits. You should work hard on this troublesome thing, so we won't participate."

Cao Pi was overjoyed and secretly thanked that his brain was fast and did not leave a bad impression on Cao Cao. He quickly bowed and said, "Father, the first time I encountered this, I should ask my father and Cang Shu for advice. After I wrote the merits of asking for me, I would also ask my father to look at it and correct it so as not to show off his bad attitude in front of the emperor, and make his father look bad."

"Hahaha, you have to earn your own face, what does it have to do with me?" Cao Cao laughed and waved his hand and said, "Zihuan, there are many talents in the Prime Minister's Mansion, and you are very familiar with Chen Kongzhang. If you have any questions, you can just find them. Don't disturb me, the old man. I still have to play with my children and grandchildren. I don't have time to pay attention to your nonsense."

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help laughing.

Cao Pi was in a very good mood and talked to Cao Chong and the others for a while. Then he took the time to go back to his yard to find Cao Zhen. He had just talked to Cao Zhen for a few words when he saw Guo Biao coming in from outside excitedly. Cao Zhen smiled and said, "Zihuan, it seems that today is not a happy day, but a double happiness. Guo Sima is so happy, there must be another happy event."

Cao Pi raised his head and smiled: "I hope so."

Seeing that both of them were smiling, Guo Biao asked strangely: "General, Sima Cao, why are you so happy?"

Cao Zhen stepped forward and hugged Guo Biao's shoulder and smiled, "Because you have brought us good news."

"Good news?" Guo Biao smiled in surprise and said, "It's so amazing. How do you know that I've brought good news?"

Cao Zhen and Cao Pi looked at each other and smiled. It seemed that it was really good news. Cao Pi broke away Cao Zhen's hand that teased Guo Biao and said, "Don't pay attention to him, tell me, what's wrong?"

Guo Biao hurriedly bowed and said, "Return to General, Lord Lu is back and is waiting for his husband outside the mansion. He brought good news from the Xianbei."

"Is that?" Cao Pi opened his eyes wide in surprise, and indeed Cao Zhen said it was a double happiness today. It had just pacified Liaodong, and good news for the Xianbei people came again. He kept saying, "It's great, please please, please, oops, forget it, I'll go to Yingzi's house by myself." As he said that, he lifted up his robe and strode out of the door. Cao Zhen and Guo Biao hurriedly followed.

Lu Yu, who was a little thin but with a hint of excitement, was waiting outside the door when he suddenly saw Cao Pi jogging out with a smile on his face. He waved from a distance and shouted, "Zi Family, you are back, but you are so worried about me." As he said that, he had already rushed to him, held his shoulders with both hands and looked at him carefully and said, "Hmph, I'm thin, black, but I'm more energetic. How about it? Is it good to get it?"

Lu Yu was very moved. He hurriedly retreated and bowed deeply: "Return to the general, Yu was lucky to have fulfilled his mission. He said that the Xianbei people came to surrender. The Xianbei envoys had followed him to Xu County. I arranged them in the inn to ask the general whether to meet him before Lord Han (Han Song, the Great Honglu) meet him and ask for relevant matters."

Cao Pi was very satisfied with Lu Yu's performance. He held Lu Yu's hand and smiled, "I won't see him anymore. With the Zi family, I still know the Xianbei affairs. Come in quickly and have a drink to warm your body. How about it? Is the Xianbei wind and snow strong this year? Are they suffering from heavy disasters? Isn't the Zi family going all the way? "

Lu Yu smiled and said, "General Meng is asking. He is guessing it. The Xianbei people are in trouble this year. It starts to snow on the grassland in August, and countless cattle and sheep are frozen to death. They originally planned to enter the Fortress to plunder, but they did not expect that General Zhenbei, General Zuo, and General Bandits blocked them tightly. General Xiao Xiahou beat them up again in Juyan, and even Juyanze was robbed. Han Yin, the captain of the Qiang, guarded Wuwei tightly, and did not let them take any advantage. They were forced to bow their heads and send an envoy to Xu County with gifts to meet the emperor and ask for marriage."

"Is that right?" Cao Pi touched his chin and smiled, but he said in his heart that Cang Shu had indeed touched the tempers of these Xianbei people thoroughly and arranged a large army to block them. Otherwise, let alone whether these Xianbei people could surrender, the northern counties would probably be in great trouble again. However, his arrangements fulfilled my contribution, but luck could not be stopped. Even Cang Shu had to make a wedding dress for me.

Lu Yu was still a little excited. He picked up a glass of hot wine and tasted it, and said in a sniff: "General, this is the first time in sixty years. Since the Xianbei people came out of the Tanshihuai, the Xianbei people have been obscene and have never taken me seriously. They have not disturbed the border every year, but also arrogantly abandoned the kindness of my great man. Today, my subordinates are lucky to rely on the general's power to attract the Xianbei to surrender with a scholar. It is a great honor."

Cao Pi smiled reservedly: "This is all the credit of the Zi family."

"Don't dare." Lu Yu was humble. He sighed and said, "The general doesn't know that this Xianbei people have been arrogant for decades, and this Tan Shihuai is even more arrogant. He built the royal court on Danhan Mountain, which is only 200 miles away from the border of our Han Dynasty. It is simply a contempt for our Han Dynasty. Unfortunately, our Han Dynasty was a prestigious man who intervened in politics and had endless civil strife. First, it was the party and fining disaster, and then the Dong Zhuo Rebellion. It has not been quiet for decades. Only then did the dignified Heavenly Dynasty be bullied by these barbarians. Now it's good, the general's father and son brothers turn the tide, and support the generals to revive the Han Dynasty, with great achievements and great power. Yu is not talented and can be attached to the horse's tail. I have a blessing in my life."

When Cao Pi heard this, he frowned indifferently, and then smiled again: "Zi Family, where are you talking? Without your help, what can we do with our father and son brothers? There is another good thing to tell the Zi Family that when you were on the Xianbei mission, Zhongsi and his friends attacked Liaodong for thousands of miles and captured the Gongsun Kang brothers, Liaodong, hehe, it has been settled."

"Is that?" Lu Yu shouted in surprise and quickly bowed two more: "Congratulations to General, Congratulations to General." Then he turned around, leaned his limbs on the ground, bowed to the north for a few bows, and was already full of tears when he got up. Cao Pi and Cao Zhen looked at him in confusion. Lu Yu raised his sleeves and wiped his tears and said, "The general is laughing. Yu is not fortunate. He is young and lonely. Before his father died, he fell apart to our great man. The governors of all regions did not want to be loyal to the country. They only wanted to separatist one side and were angry and unjust, and died with their eyes closed. He told Yu that if God had eyes, the great man would have time to unify again, he would sprinkle a glass of wine in front of his grave and tell him the good news. Yu originally thought that his father's wish would never be realized again, but he did not expect that today, God would really open his eyes. My great man... has really been unified again. My father now... can rest in peace."

He was covered in tears, but smiled, and bowed again in front of Cao Pi: "This is all given by the general, Yu Dai's father, thank you again."

Cao Pi was a little embarrassed for a moment, and he was not laughing, nor was he not laughing. After Lu Yu finished worshiping, he came to his senses, stepped forward and helped Lu Yu up, comforted him, and said, "Zi Family, don't be sad. You should tell me about the situation of the Xianbei people."

"Here." Lu Yu washed his face in the water brought by the maid, calming his emotions, and then came back to greet Cao Pi again. He calmed down and told Cao Pi carefully about the Xianbei situation he learned.

After the Xianbei king, Tan Shihuai, who was born in the world, died during the Guanghe period, his son Helian succeeded to the throne. He was greedy and lustful, and was unfair to the law. He favored his confidants. The Xianbei people were different from the Han people. They were the strong kings, and Helian could not control those people. The powerful Xianbei that Tan Shihuai had only been established for many years in war, and the Danhan Mountain King Court became one of the most powerful branches. In the late years of Emperor Ling, Helian went to Beidi County to plunder and was shot to death by local hunters. His son Qianman was still young, so he became king from Helian's nephew Huaitou. Later, when Qianman grew up, he fought for the throne with Huaitou and formed a group, and his power became more and more divided, and the smaller the divisions were.

At the beginning of Jian'an, Huaitou died in an internal strife. His younger brother Bu Dugen succeeded to the throne and became an adult. His other younger brother Fu Luohan had tens of thousands of people under him and he also became king. In the winter of the 12th year of Jian'an, Cao Cao, who was the Lord Sikong at the time, conquered Wuhuan in the three counties. Bu Dugen and Ke Bi Neng, the adult of another tribe, contributed through the commander of Huwuhuan Yan Rou. Later, Di, a capable minister of Wuhuan in the county, rebelled from Fu Luohan for help, and Fu Luohan took him with him.

More than 10,000 cavalry came to welcome him. When he arrived at Sang Qian, Nengchen Di and others felt that Fu Luohan had no prestige and could not convince the public. They probably could not stop the Han people, so they asked him to invite Kirby Neng. Kirby Neng brought more than 10,000 cavalry to him. At the alliance, Kirby Neng set up an ambush to kill Fu Luohan, conquered Fu Luohan's son Hui Gui Niyou and his subordinates, and then watched Cao Zhang defeated Wuwan people, learned about the strength of the Han people, and did not easily tease Cao Zhang.

However, Bu Dugen hated Kirby to the core. But his strength was not as strong as Kirby, so he could only keep his resentment in his stomach. This time, Lu Yu went to Xianbei, and when he went to Bu Dugen's Danhanshan Wangting. Although Bu Dugen occupied the royal court, his life was really hard. Not only was his strength inferior to others, but he encountered heavy storms and robbed again this year. Seeing that the three Han army gathered on the border again, even the Huns followed behind and wanted to make some advantage, he did not dare to entrust him anymore. He agreed to Lu Yu's persuasion to surrender, was willing to bow to the Han people, and sent an envoy to see the emperor and general with gifts, requesting to marry the Han Dynasty, imitating the Huns' example and seeking to be a vassal.

After listening to Lu Yu's story, Cao Pi smiled: "It turns out that the Xianbei people are also working hard on the outside but also on the inside."

Lu Yu was talking dryly, and was about to drink a little wine to moisten his throat. After Cao Pi said this, he quickly swallowed the wine in his mouth and said, "General, although the Xianbei people have been in the northern border for a long time, they have suffered major disasters this year, but they cannot be despised. These people have been in the northern border for a long time and are resistant to hunger and cold. After this wind and snow, most of the dead are the elderly, weak, sick and disabled, and even children, women, strong and strong, and most of them can survive. They will be even more crazy after the great disaster. If the general thinks that we can take the opportunity to attack them, it will cause endless wars, which will be extremely unfavorable to our northern border. The Xianbei people occupied all the land of the Huns, with vast territory. They lived by water and grass, coming and going like the wind. My Han and the northern border are all targets of their harassment, and they cannot be guarded against."

Cao Pi smiled embarrassedly. He waved his hand to stop Lu Yu, who was anxious and said, "Zi Family, I understand what you mean, I have no other meaning. Since they come to propose marriage, I have no reason to be inaccurate. Be kind and righteousness first. I still understand this principle. However, they are divided into several parts, and we only have one to marry. Can the others be admitted?"

Lu Yu then breathed a sigh of relief. He smiled and said, "General, Bu Dugen is in the royal court. He is the King of Xianbei. Is the reason why Kirby and others are not convinced by him? He married my great man and became a vassal of my great man. Behind him is the strong support of my great man, how can Kirby be his opponent? Although we marry Bu Dugen alone, we can control the entire Xianbei. This is called using the captives to control the captives. At the beginning, Emperor Yuan and Huhanye Shanyu were divorced. The Huns were divided into two, and the Southern Huns became the vanguard of my great man. Kirby was even more cruel than my Han people when he was surrendering Bu Dugen. How could Kirby be arrogant? If he was a smart man, I was afraid that he would send someone to ask for peace immediately after he got the news."

Cao Pi slapped his head and smiled apologetically, "Oh, Zi family, look at me. I've been staying in Xu County these days. Because of the matter of the Ninth-rank official law, I'm so troubled by those people every day. I can't figure out such a simple thing. Fortunately, the Zi family has experienced Qingyuan and is my honor to be able to help the Zi family."

Lu Yu asked strangely: "What? The emperor has not issued an edict to implement the law of the ninth rank official?"

"What to implement?" Cao Pi said a little depressedly: "My Cang Shu and the Prime Minister do not agree with it, and the emperor is not sure of his idea. Now he wants to ask for opinions. Cang Shu came up with an idea, saying that he would write down his ideas and print them into a newspaper. Not only would the emperor listen to it from all sides, but it would be clear to both listen, but more and more people from the Han Dynasty participated. The result was good, the topic became more and more discussed, and more people participated. The sales of newspapers increased sharply, making Zijian laugh, but things were indecisive."

"How can the big events in the court allow those common people who don't know anything to participate in the discussion?" Lu Yu frowned unhappily.

"This..." Cao Pi was a little embarrassed and said in a low voice: "The emperor issued an edict, and the Prime Minister agreed. I... have no choice. Zi Family, you have a good understanding and good writing skills. This time, you have made great contributions and will be of great help to our strength. You have to work harder." He looked at Lu Yu's face and continued to smile: "Zi Family, you don't have a residence in Xu County, so don't bother to live in me. I will take all the newspapers of these issues for you immediately. You can take a look, write a few articles, and explain the benefits of the Nine-rank official law."

"Thank you, General." Lu Yu looked dissatisfied. He looked like he was like that, and he wanted to read the newspaper now, then go to the opposition to debate, or go directly to the emperor. No, the emperor is not good, so he wants to find the general and the prime minister to explain the wonderful things of the ninth-rank official law to the great man.

"Zi Family - Zi Family -" Cao Pi saw that Lu Yu was inclined to become crazy immediately, so he hurriedly grabbed him and said, "Don't worry, it's hard to come far away, it's not too late to rest for two days." After that, he asked someone to take Lu Yu to rest.

Lu Yu left, and Cao Pi became happier the more he thought about it. The Xianbei people were so weak. Fortunately, they didn't let Ziwen go north. Otherwise, the credit would be his. It would be his fault. The brothers born to a mother don't help him. What kind of brothers will help Cang Shu? Otherwise, will I pull you back? This is good. If the marriage is done, it is my credit. If the marriage is not done, I will take the army from Liaodong to fight the Xianbei people. Anyway, Liaodong is also pacified. That... Zhao Yun is really a good man who leads cavalry. Unfortunately, Cang Shu's man, so he has to find a way to win him over, at least he has to make efforts for me. This time he has to ask for an order to grant him a high-ranking official. In addition, there is Liu Chan. If this silly boy died in Cang Shu's mansion for no reason, would Zhao Yun be angry and entangled in my disciples?

Cao Pi was thinking about the bad thoughts, and a strange smile appeared on his face, but Cao Zhen pulled him and said softly: "Zihuan, what are you thinking about? Are you thinking about the candidate for marriage?"

"The candidate for marriage?" Cao Pi was stunned, "What do I want that to do? Of course, I have to go to the emperor's daughter for such a thing. Didn't he have two daughters already grown up? Even if he doesn't have a daughter, he still has to find a daughter from the royal family, such as the Liu Zhang family. Why am I worried about that?"

Cao Zhen smacked his lips, looked outside, and whispered: "Zihuan, think about it, getting married to this Xianbei person named Gen is equivalent to having tens of thousands of cavalry in his hand, but..." He clenched his fists and looked very powerful.

Cao Pi suddenly understood, yes, the Xianbei people, the Wuhuan people, the Xiongnu, and the Qiang people are all good tribes with cavalry. Why is Cang Shu so powerful? He has not won many battles with two thousand Qiang cavalry. Most of the personal guards in his hands are Qiang people, and composed of Wuhuan people. I heard that Cai Yan's two Xiongnu sons were recently pulled into the personal guard camp as military marquis, and suddenly won over the Xiongnu people. Why didn't he take this opportunity to win over the Xianbei people and form a personal guard cavalry of tens of thousands of people?

"You mean..." Cao Pi looked at Cao Zhen with a smile. Cao Zhen nodded knowingly, and his mouth was grinning. He originally had two thousand leopard cavalry, but now there are only five hundred left. It's not a bad thing. If thousands of Xianbei people come to Cao Pi to be their own guards, they will definitely be included in his subordinates. Thousands of Xianbei cavalry will be exciting to think about it.

Cao Pi was also excited, but after he was excited for a while, he pulled his face down and shook his head depressedly. He was Cao Hua, a girl of the right age. However, when Cao Hua didn't marry him and got married, even if he got married, it would not be good for him. Instead, it would increase Cao Chong's strength. Besides, Cao Chong was not even happy to marry Cao Hua to the emperor. Can he agree to marry Cao Hua to a Xianbei?

Cao Zhen was so anxious that he was sweating. Who made you miss Cao Hua? That little girl regarded Cao Chong as an idol and obeyed her. If you let Cao Hua marry to Xianbei, no matter whether you can succeed or not, it has nothing to do with you.

"Don't you have a daughter?" Cao Zhen said anxiously: "If you want to marry, of course you have to marry your own daughter."

"My daughter?" Cao Pi's eyes glared. He had a daughter, born by Zhen. He was only ten years old this year. He looked very beautiful, very much like her mother. He was a standard beauty. He was extremely favored by him, even surpassing his son Cao Rui. He let his ten-year-old daughter marry into Xianbei? It was really a joke. He shook his head repeatedly: "My daughter is only ten years old, how can she marry Xianbei?"

"Isn't it that I'll marry now, let's agree first, and wait for three or four years, isn't it appropriate?" Cao Zhen continued to persuade: "Control the Xianbei people means controlling the northern border. With the northern border, plus the six states of Yan, Yu, Qing, Xu, Ji and You, you control most of the big man. Even if... that doesn't work, you can..." Cao Zhen swallowed hard, and then whispered: "How can you cherish a woman?"

Yan, Henan, Qing, Xu, Ji and You, and the vast northern border, Cao Pi's heart also moved. He looked at Cao Zhen, then felt a little dry and his heart beat faster. He thought about it, shook his head, nodded again, clenched his right hand into a fist, constantly tapping in his left hand, making a sound of slapping.
Chapter completed!