Chapter 27: Destiny of Heaven

Xun Yu was immediately stunned. How could he be determined about this matter and how dare he be determined? Looking at Cao Cao's appearance of holding the wise beads, it was obvious that he had his own arrangements. How could he guess his thoughts in a moment? Not to mention that he did not have a suitable candidate for a while, even if he had one, he might not be able to fall into Cao Cao's thoughts. He smiled awkwardly and said, "Prime Minister is joking, how can Yu decide the candidate for the Prime Minister?"

Cao Cao laughed: "Since that's the case, let the emperor bother. I just have to unload my burden. Whoever is going to be the prime minister is the emperor's own opinion. Wenruo, you should go to the second palace and ask the emperor for a favor on my behalf." He said, and took up the draft of the new policy on the case, patted it in his palm, and threw it to Cao Chong and said: "You have nothing to do these days, and you often come to ask your father-in-law for advice. Make this matter as soon as possible, and submit it to the emperor to issue an edict to implement it."

"Here." Cao Chong took the draft and put it in his arms.

Xun Yu picked up the corner of his mouth, and of course he understood what Cao Cao meant. The candidate for this prime minister was not as good as his wishes, and nothing could be discussed. The most urgent thing at the moment was to do the work of Emperor Tong first.

"The Prime Minister has been fighting for life. When are you afraid of these long spears that fill the storefront?" The emperor curled his lips and looked at Xun Yu and said with a smile. Xun Yu came to plead for Cao Cao and asked to cancel the halberd of the halberd when he went to the palace. The emperor remembered the embarrassing scene when he came to see the emperor before he was in Wancheng in the second year of Jian'an. He almost laughed out loud. At that time, Cao Cao had just returned to the east and was appointed as Sikong and the general of the cycling and cavalry. He was qualified to enjoy this treatment. Unexpectedly, he couldn't bear it and made a big ugly. In short, this was also the last time the emperor saw him. Since then, Cao Cao has come to the emperor to express his feelings and asked others to do it.

Xun Yu looked at the emperor with some displeasure and looked gloating. What's the use of the dignified emperor being proud of these small links? He covered his mouth and coughed, and said slowly: "Your Majesty, today is the tenth day of the lunar month. The fifteenth day of the lunar month will be held. At that time, the Xiongnu, Xianbei and the envoys of the Qin Dynasty will come to watch the ceremony. If the general and the cavalry general are not there, it will be a big deal."

The emperor lowered his face. Of course he knew about this. He was also angry about it. Ten days have passed, and neither of the father and son came to pay New Year's greetings. Cao Cao was used to being arrogant, so the emperor endured it. Now even Cao Chong has changed. He no longer takes him as the emperor seriously. He is far less respectful than before. His expectations for him for so many years have been completely lost. Is it unbearable? The most hateful thing is that he not only demanded this time to be kind, but also asked to issue an edict to exempt this rule. This is too much.

What the emperor was even more annoyed was that whether it was Cao Cao or Cao Chong, they did not lead troops in this visit. According to the rules, they could not have to cross the halberd around their necks. They were not afraid at all. They were taking this opportunity to put pressure on the emperor and threaten the emperor by not attending the military parade, showing the power of his father and son. This was purely a blackmail.

"Your Majesty, King Wuping is here to meet you this time. In addition to celebrating the New Year to His Majesty, there is another thing." Xun Yu saw that the emperor looked bad, and then said: "The King Wuping wants to ask His Majesty to retreat. He wants to go back to Wuping to celebrate his old age."

"Is that right?" the emperor said angrily: "Have King Wuping told Lingjun who he was going to be the general and who would be the prime minister? It would also be easier for me to issue an edict together so as not to go twice, which would be a lot of trouble."

Xun Yu straightened up and looked at the emperor with a little regret. He really wanted to scold him, but thinking about his purpose, he swallowed the words that rushed to his throat and looked at Zhang Zhao next to him. Zhang Zhao was also very angry, but he was more steady than the emperor, and knew better to advance and retreat. When he saw Xun Yu looking over, he had to persuade: "Your Majesty, I have a good intention. If the general and the cavalry general do not attend the military parade, this... will make the barbarians feel that our Han Dynasty is unstable and thus covetous."

The emperor glanced at Zhang Zhao, gasped for a few breaths, frowned and thought for a while, then he said unhappily: "In the opinion of Mr. Zhang, what should he do?"

"In my opinion..." Zhang Zhao was also a little embarrassed. Why did he get around him? If he said he could not do it, then the Cao family would not hate him to death. If he said he could do it, wouldn't the emperor hate him to death? He thought for a long time before saying, "I think that the Prime Minister is old. Since he wants to ask for retirement, he will not have many opportunities to see His Majesty again in the future. What's more, he has not led his troops to fight for many years. Even if he doesn't ask for retirement, he will not lead his troops to meet him in the future. As for the General of the Cavalry... Why don't Your Majesty allow him not to follow this ritual to show his favor?"

The emperor squinted his eyes, bit his lips and looked at Zhang Zhao, and his face slowly eased. This was a solution. It did not avoid the rules, but also gave them a way out. He gave them enough face and should be able to solve the problem.

"Let me see it so good?" The emperor's voice was cold.

Xun Yu smiled and took back the prepared remarks. It seemed that the emperor had not yet understood his position. Since that was the case, he would not be in the mood to listen to Cao Chong's draft now. Why not wait and say it again. Anyway, the problem of the Cao family's father and son coming to invite him has been solved, and his purpose was half. He stayed for a while and stood up to say goodbye.

When Xun Yu went out, Cao Pi was just getting off the car excitedly. When he saw Xun Yu, he hurried up to pay his respects and said with a smile: "Lingjun, have you ever seen Your Majesty?"

Xun Yu nodded with a smile: "General, please see Your Majesty. Could it be that there is any good news?"

Cao Pi smiled and dusted the good news in his hand: "How can some small things in Liaodong be called good news? It's just icing on the cake, adding some joy to Your Majesty." He glanced inside and asked again: "Does Your Majesty have free time now?"

Xun Yu smiled and said, "Your Majesty is very idle, the general is coming." After that, Gong bowed and hurried away. Cao Pi humbly sent him into the car and watched him go away. Until his car disappeared, he put away the stiff smile on his face and hummed faintly.

When the emperor heard that Cao Pi was coming again, he was even more unhappy. He deliberately neglected for a while before he could make people say that Cao Pi entered the hall. Cao Pi was in a good mood and didn't care. He gave a great gift in front of the emperor, and then he presented the news with both hands: "Your Majesty, Liaodong is a great victory, the former General's Mansion, and the Zhendong General's Mansion work together to break through the old nest of the rebel Gongsun Kang on the New Year's Day. Zhao Yun, the prefect of Zhuo County, killed the brothers of Gongsun Kang and captured his son and nephew alive. Your Majesty, my great Han has returned to the same place."

"Is that?" The emperor was overjoyed and his anger disappeared. He quickly asked Wei Feng, who was standing next to him, to take the news and unfold it. He hurriedly read it, laughed, and then realized that there was another Cao Pi kneeling in front of him. He quickly curled his smile and looked calm and looked unstoppable: "Thank you, my dear, I thought your Cao family was a general of the cavalry, but I thought you were good at fighting and fighting in advance. You took down Liaodong County in half a year. It was beyond my expectations. The sage said that there must be loyalty and trust within the ten rooms, and I will not deceive you. My dear, please get up quickly and give me a seat."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Cao Pi was in a good mood and did not take the sting of the emperor's words. He sat down respectfully, lowered his eyebrows with a smile, and looked at the emperor like a young wife. After reading the good news, the emperor read the merits again and said with a smile: "Cao Aiqing, this Zhao Yun is the subordinate of Liu Bei, the former left general?"

"That's right, Your Majesty has a good memory." Cao Pi said with a smile: "This time Zhao Yun seized the fighter's opportunity, attacked quickly, killed the Gongsun Kang brothers in one fell swoop, seized Xuanzhuang County, completely ended the Liaodong rebellion and shortened the time for the court army to suppress the rebellion. I personally think that his contribution is not under the Chief Secretary Zhang Xiu and the Xuzhou Governor Zang Ba, and he should be the first."

The emperor was a little surprised by Cao Pi's generosity. He knew that it was Cao Chong's man and asked him to be the leader. He thought he was helpless, but looking at Cao Pi's face, he seemed to be unable to see that he could not see any forced feelings. He was a little surprised. He put down his merit request, he hesitated and asked, "Your dear, how should you reward Zhao Yun?"

Cao Pi hurriedly replied: "It is the kindness of your Majesty's destiny that you dare to kill the past? Please take back your words, but I dare not take them."

The emperor was even more curious. Cao Pi was so arrogant before, but now he became so well-behaved. He looked at Zhang Zhao in confusion. Zhang Zhao also looked at Cao Pi in confusion, suspicious, and didn't know how to deal with it for a while. Cao Pi did not look at them, lowered his head and obeyed his ministers.

The emperor thought for a while and smiled, "Since that's the case, I'll wait for two days. The General and the General of the Cavalry are about to come to celebrate the New Year. Let's discuss it together. By the way, the Lord, the Han Song newspaper of the Great Honglu, said that the Lu Yu you recommended successfully convinced the Xianbei people. The Xianbei envoy has followed him to Xu County. Do you know?"

Cao Pi smiled reservedly: "I know a little about Lu Yu from a little bit."

"Well, this Lu Yu is the son of Lu Shangshu. He is young and promising. He actually convinced the arrogant Xianbei people." The emperor nodded with satisfaction and continued, "I have not received the Xianbei envoy yet. I just heard Han Song say that they want to imitate the Huns and marry my great Han. What should I do?"

Cao Pi hurriedly bowed and said, "Your Majesty, this is exactly where Your Majesty is so kind to you. All nations come to pay tribute to you. Since the Xianbei people ask for marriage, how can our dynasty cherish a woman and abandon the people to be uneasy? Your Majesty, I think marriage is a good thing. When Emperor Xiaoyuan and Huhanye got along with each other, they exchanged a woman for a hundred years of peace. The border wars could not be afforded. Emperor Xiaowu fought against the Huns who had not pacified for decades and had not pacified him. From then on, the Xianbei people disturbed our northern border for decades. Emperor Xiaoling took the initiative to ask for marriage, but was rejected by Tan Shihuai. Now that your Majesty can only send an envoy to recruit Xianbei people to come to you. It is precisely where Your Majesty is benevolence. I dare to congratulate you!"

The emperor smiled and looked at Cao Pi who was extremely obedient and in a very happy mood. Cao Pi was still like this, just like Cao Chong before. Unexpectedly, the two brothers changed their appearance in a blink of an eye. It was really a will to do something to others.

"Since my dear said, I will approve them. Unfortunately, my two princesses are still young and cannot stand the wind and snow in the northern border." The emperor said with a pity. When he heard Han Song's return, the Xianbei people asked for marriage, he had a heart to promise. No matter what, the powerful Xianbei people came to surrender, which made him feel a little vain. However, the two daughters were still young, the eldest was thirteen and the younger was eleven. He was really reluctant to marry them to the distant Xianbei.

"Your Majesty," Cao Pi hesitated for a moment, gritted his teeth and said, "The princess has never been regarded as a princess, either the daughter of the royal family or the palace maid. Wang Qian is just a palace maid. The princess is a nobleman. How can he marry a barbarian like the Xianbei people? Why don't your majesty choose from the royal family?"

The emperor frowned and sighed and said, "I have thought about this. However, there are no women of the age in the royal family, and there are no palace maids who can see it. In such a huge palace, there is no suitable woman to marry the Huns. I had no choice but to decide to let my beloved daughter... My dear, do you have any solutions?"

"Your Majesty!" Cao Pi kowtowed and said in a crying voice: "The king is worried about his ministers' hard work, and he is humiliated and died. How can the royal bloodline be subject to this grievance? I am not careful of my misfortune. There is a woman with a rough and virtuous appearance. I am willing to offer her to Your Majesty and marry the Xianbei on behalf of the princess."

As soon as these words were said, not only the emperor was stunned, but even Zhang Zhao, Wei Feng and others were stunned. In the past, the emperor chose a daughter to marry someone, but I heard that he tried every means to refuse. This was the first time I heard that he had taken the initiative to apply. Even if he really shared the worries for the emperor, it seemed that it was not Cao Pi. Apart from his performance today, he was no longer like a minister who could be loyal to the emperor.

The emperor looked at Zhang Zhao who was staring blankly, then looked at Wei Feng, who looked puzzled, and then looked at Cao Pi who was kneeling on the ground sob: "Love, you said just now..."

"I have a daughter who is ten years old. Although she is like Pu Liu, she cannot be compared with the princess, but I am willing to give her a solution to your majesty and marry the Xianbei on behalf of the princess." Cao Pi said word by word, with a crying voice in his voice, as if he was really considering the emperor.

This time the emperor heard it clearly. Although he still didn't believe it, he really heard it clearly. He stood up and stared at Cao Pi in a daze. Suddenly, he felt that he had really misjudged Cao Pi before. He could present his ten-year-old daughter as a princess to marry. No matter how he said that he was not a minister who had no right to be a monarch and minister. Not to mention anything else, he was so kind to Liu Zhang. As soon as he mentioned the marriage, Liu Zhang's head shook like a rattle, and kept saying that his daughter had already married.

"My dear, get up, I know your loyalty." The emperor was a little reluctant, but it was always good to keep his daughter and let someone else's daughter go. He looked at Zhang Zhao again: "Mr. Zhang, do you think this is OK?"

Zhang Zhao was still considering Cao Pi's intention. His cunning old eyes blinked. When the emperor asked him, he slowly said, "General Zhendong's move is loyal. I think Your Majesty should not refuse, so I am disheartened General Zhendong's intentions. I think Your Majesty issued an edict to refer to General Zhendong's beloved daughter as the princess and marry the Xianbei."

After hearing this, the emperor thought for a moment and said, "Since that's the case, I will thank you for your kindness and issue an edict immediately..."

Cao Chong was in a very unhappy mood after listening to Xun Yu's remarks in Xun Mansion. The emperor actually refused their request. Although in the end, their father and son did not need to be "grace" with a long halberd against their necks when entering the palace, the emperor refused to remove this etiquette, which was equivalent to refusing them in disguise. If they could not agree to this, how could they hope that he would agree to his new policy plan?

Could it be that this is just as Liu Ba and the others estimated that the emperor could not agree to this plan? He could not understand that the emperor had nothing, so how could he be so tough? He really wanted to force me to get angry? To this end, he couldn't even want to get angry, and Lao Cao was staring at him.

Seeing Cao Chong's face becoming more and more ruthless, Xun Yu couldn't help but feel a little worried. He persuaded in harmony: "Cang Shu, I have a great physical condition and I can't be anxious. Please allow me for a while and I will slowly persuade Your Majesty. Besides, although your new policy is not good for the emperor's authority, it is good for all the ministers. At least they don't have to worry about when they violated Your Majesty, and they will be suspicious inexplicably. I guess as honest as Mr. Zhang can agree. I can convince him first and then convince Your Majesty."

Cao Chong looked at Xun Yu and smiled, nodded and said, "Father-in-law, do you think I am asking for trouble? I am afraid that even if my Cao family wants to seize this country, the difficulties I encounter will not be greater than this. Now I give up the easy and difficult, which is very unwise."

Xun Yu lowered his face with some displeasure: "Cang Shu, you have also brought tens of thousands of people and fought countless wars, why are you not patient at all? At the beginning, you could wait patiently for Ma Chao's troops to come to the city, but now why can't you wait for me to convince Your Majesty for two more days? Do you think it's easy to seize the country? Although my great man has suffered serious setbacks after the Party and Prison Rebellion, many people can sacrifice their lives for justice. Since you have all thought of such a good way to solve the long-term solution, how can you feel regretful because of a temporary small setback?"

Cao Chong smiled and bowed to Xun Yu, saying, "Father-in-law, it's not that I'm impatient, I'm just angry for a moment. You don't know that although my father agreed to this matter, he has been hesitating. If I look back and forth and things don't go smoothly, you can imagine how things will be out of control once he regrets it."

Xun Yu relaxed his face, stroked his beard and nodded and said, "Of course I can understand what you said. Although your father asked you to discuss with me, he did not say when to submit a letter to Your Majesty. Now that you are not rejected, he will be unhappy. However, such a big thing, don't expect to be done in one day, and don't expect to be done in one or two months. Although we emperors were born in the deep palace and were raised by women, he ascended the throne at the age of nine and suffered countless hardships. He is also smart. He is not the kind of person who will give up easily." He glanced at Cao Chong and suddenly smiled and said, "Cang Shu, although Your Majesty is not as smart as you, if he was not in this situation, he was born fifty years earlier, I'm afraid you might not be his opponent."

Cao Chong also smiled and continued, "It's not because I'm not as good as him, but because he has the killing weapon of imperial power in his hand. Just as the Qiang people are fierce, when they meet our army's strong bows and crossbows, they can only become hedgehogs. When they meet our army's long horns, their only future is to become minced meat. Father-in-law, I think this is not a thing to be proud of. There are few emperors like His Majesty, but those who are as smart as my subjects have been born from generation to generation, but their luck is not as good as me."

Xun Yu was stunned for a moment, then laughed. He patted Cao Chong's shoulder and smiled, "Cang Shu, do you know, what I admire most is your vision that looks farther than ordinary people. You can always stand at a higher place than others to look at problems, always pay more attention to the overall situation than others, and sometimes even forget your own situation. I said, you have really been to heaven and read those magical scriptures, and do you know the fate of my Han a hundred years later? Then tell me, is your new policy destined?"

Cao Chong said: "Father-in-law, how do you... know..."

"Wen Qian told me, but I have never told anyone else." Xun Yu sneered and said, "Don't worry, this matter is rotten in my stomach, no one knows."

Cao Chong looked at Xun Yu's mysterious appearance and almost laughed out loud. Only then did he understand why Xun Yu had such a big change. It seems that his dream of heaven that Hu Fei could really fool these people. But this was a paradox. When he saw the Emperor of Heaven, what was his mission? Was he usurping the throne? Wouldn't he be unable to get over the fate of heaven? If his destiny was to do this new policy, then what would hesitate about? The Emperor of Heaven had arranged it, of course it would be possible.

I was so dizzy that I surrounded myself. Of course, I was surrounded by this cunning old man.

Cao Chong, who was speechless, smiled awkwardly and said goodbye and went out. Xun Wenqian was waiting in the car. When Cao Chong talked about Xun Yu's experience of meeting the emperor, Xun Wenqian also frowned. She agreed with Cao Chong's statement that it was necessary to put some pressure on the emperor to let him know his situation, but she did not agree with Cao Chong's approach to take action himself. She thought that it was not appropriate for them to meet now. Once the matter broke down, there would be no way to go back and forth. It would be better to let Xun Yu and Zhang Zhao act as mediation in the middle. It is always necessary to go back and forth.

Cao Chong was very angry, and his evil spirits burst out, thinking about going back to Zhang Song, Pang Tong discussed how to deal with the incident. As the two were talking, the carriage had already arrived at the gate of Cao Mansion. As soon as the carriage stopped, Cao Rui rushed over and grabbed Cao Chong's clothes and said with tears in his eyes: "Uncle, uncle, help my sister, help my sister, I, Aweng, want to send him to Xianbei to marry, she is only ten years old."

"Grimage?" Cao Chong was stunned and immediately remembered the Xianbei people's marriage, but why did the marriage come to Cao's family? He raised his head and saw Zhen pulling his daughter, two beauties, one big and one small, talking, looking at him pitifully.

Suddenly, an idea came to my mind. Damn, I was sleepy, so they brought a big pillow. Kiss, kiss your mother, see how I made this matter ruined.
Chapter completed!