Chapter 35: The wind rises

Xu County, the imperial palace.

Wei Feng knelt in front of the emperor, pressing his head against the ground. The emperor's face turned pale and his expression was ferocious. He looked at Wei Feng fiercely, and his eyes almost spurted fire. His hands were clenched into fists and supported them on the table, and his knuckles were pinched into blue-white. His body leaned forward, and he seemed to want to rush over to tear Wei Feng into pieces.

"Implement the new policy? Is this your advice to me?" The emperor said gritting his teeth, his voice squeezed out from the ivory, extremely mean, sharp as a knife, cutting Wei Feng's flesh in his heart piece by piece. Wei Feng was heartbroken and cried: "Your Majesty, the current situation is like this, the East China Sea, as everyone knows that the General of the Cavalry has an unexpected wisdom, the foundation for our great Han to establish a country has been destroyed, and the scholars are re-examining the new policy proposed by the General of the Cavalry. Although each has its own guesses, it has become a mess. Even the former Grand Marshal Yang Gong was silent. Your Majesty, it is difficult to do the Gang alone at this time. Even if you take a life blow, you can regain the power of the Cao family by chance, Your Majesty, how can you face the General of the Cavalry? Even if God blesses His Majesty and defeats General of the Cavalry, how can Your Majesty regain the hearts of the people?"

"As long as the old thief of the Cao family dies and controls the camp of the prime minister and chief historian outside the city, my imperial edict will kill Cao Chong. As for the hearts of the people..." The emperor's voice began to be fierce, but the more he said it, the less confident he felt. Even he felt a little unrealistic. He hated that the military parade changed his mind and only knew that there was a general of the cavalry, but not the emperor. The Northern Army was Cao Chong's territory. Even if his imperial edict was sent, no one would accept it. Originally, there was Xun Yun who could believe it, but now even Xun Yu had changed his mind and happily went to Jingzhou to lead the head of Cao Chong. How could Xun Yun listen to his imperial edict?

"Your Majesty, although the new policy of General Cavalry is absurd, it finally left behind the foundation of the Han Dynasty for four hundred years. He has made unparalleled achievements and has no crime of usurping the throne. There are only few scholars in the world who are afraid that they will oppose it. Your Majesty, if General Cavalry takes risks, the foundation of the Han Dynasty will be the real danger." Wei Feng staggered and persuaded.

After witnessing that test from the East China Sea, his mentality changed. What Cao Chong said about the earth is a ball. Although it sounds so unreliable, it is irrefutable. He had to calm down and re-examine everything Cao Chong brought. He was also lucky to witness the draft of the new policy. Although he felt that Cao Chong was too domineering to deprive the emperor of the supreme authority, the reasoning made him feel reasonable. For more than 400 years, how many emperors are worthy of praise? How many wise ministers and generals died under the suspicion of the emperor? Not to mention that so many underage emperors were taken over by the emperor. How much harm did the general hold the hand of a high position due to marriage cause to the Han Dynasty. The emperor in front of him seemed smart, but his heart was filled with hatred. How could the Cao family be at peace? The Cao family was uneasy, and how many people related to them were going to die in a bad way. No one would hand over the power at this time. Cao Chong's plan was already the best one the emperor could choose. No matter what, he could still preserve the foundation of the Han family. If someone changed him, I was afraid that the country would have nothing to do with the Liu family anymore, and it was very likely that it would be a bloodbath.

But as soon as he spoke, the emperor became annoyed. His usual gentleness and elegance were gone. No matter what Wei Feng said, he would not listen. Geng Ji and others also disdained his words. They even suspected that Wei Feng had been bribed by the Cao family in the past two months, and he fell into the arms of the Cao family again. Originally, he was also from Qiao County. As a member of the imperial town in the future, he would be so glorious, let alone increase his official position and salary.

"His Majesty……"

"Stop talking, get down and reflect on it." The emperor interrupted Wei Feng's words, waved his hand and asked someone to take Wei Feng down, then sat there and gasped, and it took a while to calm down slowly.

"Your Majesty..." Jin Yi shouted in a low voice. The emperor raised his head and glanced at Jin Yi without hesitation: "Your dear, just say something."

"Your Majesty, although Wei Zijing is crazy and rebellious, he has no intention of rebellion. He...he is loyal to Your Majesty." Although Jin Yi is also a noble family, he is young and knows Wei Feng very well, and does not deny him in one go like Geng Ji.

"Then you go and persuade him." The emperor hesitated for a moment. Usually, he discussed with Wei Feng and Jin Yi. Wei Feng's strategy was obviously even better. Now he locked up Wei Feng, and he couldn't find anyone to say anything. "As long as he changes his mind, I don't want to waste his talent. If God blesses me, a great man, I will definitely not treat him badly."

"Vei." Jin Yi wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and breathed a sigh of relief.

Wei Feng sat on the hay in the corner of the wall with his legs crossed his legs, his hands on his knees, his head hanging weakly between his legs, and his spirits were depressed. He heard the footsteps at the door, and he raised his head gently, looking at Jin Yi who came in with wine and food, and grinned and said bitterly: "Dewei, I have thought about it for a long time. There are so many people in the palace, and only you can come to see me."

Jin Yi sighed, put the food plate on the ground, picked up the wine pot and poured a glass of wine, and handed it to Wei Feng: "Zijing, please suppress your shock."

"What's so shocking?" Wei Feng took the wine and drank it all, grabbed the wine pot from Jin Yi's hand, poured another glass for himself, drank it again, then put down the wine glass, grabbed the meat in the plate with his hand, took a big bite, and swallowed it in three or two. It was not until he wiped his mouth and sighed and said, "Dewei, I'm going to hide it, no surprise is as strong as the mast tip appears on the sea level on the sea. Before I spoke to His Majesty today, I expected that His Majesty would be furious, and I was even ready to...." He said, and used his hand to behead his neck.

"Do you think things are really not for?" Jin Yi looked at Wei Feng sympathetically.

"Don't do it." Wei Feng shook his head, looking depressed. He stared at the spider who was about to weave a net in the corner of the wall, and murmured to himself: "The current situation is all within the Prime Minister's decision. If he decides to destroy the fire of this great man, then the great man will be over. Even if there are still many people in the world who have great man, these people do not have the strength and they cannot reverse the situation. Even if chaos arises, they will soon be destroyed by the powerful strength of the Cao family. Deyi, don't forget that the people of Jingyi and the four states have enjoyed great blessings over the years. They will not fight against the Cao family for His Majesty. If these four states do not move, the world will not be in chaos."

"Then do you think there is a great man in Cao Cao's eyes? Do you still have a great man in Cao Chong's eyes? Isn't they going to do to destroy the great man's fire?" Jin Yi said a little unhappily. He felt that Wei Feng was expelling the Cao family, but he didn't appreciate his affection at all.

"I don't know if there is any in the Prime Minister's eyes." Wei Feng smiled faintly, "But there must be in the eyes of General Cavalry. Otherwise, with his strength, as long as he advises the Prime Minister to replace the Han Dynasty, even if the Prime Minister does not do this, he will be King Wen of Zhou and eliminate all possible obstacles, including... Deputy Prime Minister Cao."

"But..." Jin Yi hesitated for a long time: "But if General Cavalry had a man in his heart, why didn't he follow Huo Guang and be a general and assist the emperor, and he could be famous in history in the future. Why...what would he... implement this new policy?"

Wei Feng glanced at Jin Yi and knew what Jin Yi meant. It was not that Jin Yi could not see the benefits of the new policy to the Han Dynasty, but he had opinions on Cao Chong's approach to attracting the children of the people and the learning of all crafts. These all hurt the interests of aristocratic families like them. He smiled and did not say anything more. He now realized that the great man in his eyes was fundamentally different from the great man in Jin Yi's eyes, and the great man in the eyes of the emperor. Compared with that, his views were closer to Cao Chong.

"For peace for all ages, we must make extraordinary contributions and wait for extraordinary people." Wei Feng turned over and fell on the hay, put his hand behind his head: "I finally understand the intention of General Cavalry, and it is not unfair to die. Master said, "I heard the truth in the morning and died in the evening."

"Zijing, why are you so stubborn?" Jin Yi was a little anxious, "Your Majesty still has some hope for you. Why can't you give your Majesty another plan? What if it can be done?"

"Nothing is wrong." Wei Feng turned over and slept with his back to Jin Yi: "Dewei, thank you for letting me be a full-fed demon. If you listen to me, I will advise Your Majesty to give up that idea. If the Prime Minister is in charge of Xu County, you have no chance of success. The only result of doing that is to harm General Cavalry, His Majesty, and my great man's foundation for four hundred years."

After saying that, he stopped saying a word, and no matter how Jin Yi persuaded him, he would not say a word. Jin Yi had no choice but to pack up the cup and plate, and go out dejectedly. The heavy prison gate closed behind him, separating them between life and death.

"He is still stubborn?" As soon as the emperor saw Jin Yi's expression, he knew that he had failed.

"Your Majesty, Rong will persuade him again." Jin Yi said stutteringly.

"Hmph!" the emperor snorted, "Please persuade me slowly, but now call Geng Aiqing for me first."

After a while, Geng Ji, the young mansion, hurried into the hall. Under the shaking lights, he, the emperor and Jin Yi, put their heads together, muttered for a long time before getting up and leaving.

Xianbei grassland.

Cao Pi stopped at Ma Daqing Mountain and looked into the distance. The grassland that had returned to the green is endless, like a light green blanket, spreading to the end of the sky. It also blew with a hint of cold breeze, blowing a layer of green waves and rippling into the distance.

The Danhan Mountain, a hundred miles away, is just a small black dot on the undulating horizon, hidden in the grassland and is almost invisible.

"Have the army set out for ten days?" Cao Pi asked.

Guo Biao calculated by fingers: "Today is the twelfth day."

"It should be a result." Cao Pi sighed: "Wait for two more days, no matter what the result is, I will go back to Xu County."

Guo Biao pointed to the distance and said, "Sir, maybe that's it."

Cao Pi put his hand on his forehead, blocking the slightly dazzling sunshine, and looking at the horizon. At the end of the sky, a black dot was moving towards this side in the boundless green. A quarter of an hour later, a fast horse rushed to him. The knight immediately flew off the horse, ran two steps, knelt in front of him with one leg, and presented letters with extremely tight seals on both hands, which were Lu Cui's handwriting.

"General Lu reported urgently."

Cao Pi reached out to snatch the letter in a hurry. Just as he was about to open it, the knight presented a long sword stained with blood on both hands. Cao Pi's eyes suddenly straightened. He was very familiar with the knife, and there was a very similar one on his waist. He didn't care about reading the letter, and took the knife and pulled it hard. Half of the blood-stained blade body appeared in front of him, and a strong smell of blood came to his nose. There were many gaps on the blade, and some places were even curled. It seemed that the knife had killed countless enemies, and its owner eventually lost it.

Cao Pi threw the scabbard into Guo Biao's arms, who was both excited and nervous, reached out and took out a silk handkerchief from his arms, gently wiped away the blood on the blade, and a bear-shaped inscription appeared in front of Cao Pi. Cao Pi breathed a sigh of relief, showed a smile, pushed the knife to the distance and looked carefully, then smiled with satisfaction.

"Yes, it's Ziwen's long sword." Cao Pi handed the long sword to Guo Biao, reached out to open the letter, held his breath, swept it quickly, and finally showed a satisfied smile on his face.

In the letter, Lu Cui said that he and Wu Zhi went deep into the grassland for more than 500 miles apart and did not find Cao Zhang. However, he found a large number of battle traces along the way, which seemed extremely tragic. It was estimated that Cao Zhang had almost no power around him. He caught several wounded soldiers and learned that Cao Zhang was surrounded by Bu Dugen and Kirby's army of 80,000. He fought hard for three days. Although he had severely damaged Bu Dugen, he also suffered serious damage and fled west with his personal guards.

Bu Dugen and Kirby were able to chase each other. After dozens of battles a day, Cao Zhang was seriously injured. He was probably in danger of his life and could not escape death. Lu Cui continued, and he was not sure. He followed him for dozens of miles and found a headless corpse wearing Cao Zhang's armor by a pool, and found this long sword on him. Judging from the traces of the battlefield, at most three or five people could break through, and the Xianbei people following him were at least one hundred cavalry. It should be expected that the entire army would be wiped out.

If Cao Pi could be sure that the knife was Cao Zhang's, then Cao Zhang would definitely be dead.

Of course Cao Pi could be sure.

Cao Cao asked Cao Chong to shoot five knives in Hanzhong, and carved dragon, tiger, bear, bird, bird, bird, and tiger pattern to Cao Chong. Because he was like a tiger and tiger, bear pattern to Cao Zhang, because he was as strong as a bear, the bird pattern was given to Cao Zhi, because Cao Zhi's heart was like a bird pattern, and Cao Pi had bird patterns. According to Cao Cao, this was hope that he would soar into the sky. As for the dragon pattern, Cao Cao always wore it by his side and never left his body. Cao Pi kept thinking that the dragon pattern represents unfathomable. Whoever he gave this knife in the future means that Cao Cao would pass the position to. It is precisely because of this that Cao Pi has always been obsessed with this knife.

Of course, he was also very familiar with the swords of the other three people. The sword in front of him with a bear in mind was definitely Cao Zhang's sword. He had always been with the sword. Since it was hung on that person, then that person must be Cao Zhang. With Cao Zhang's personality, he could not do anything like someone who died on his behalf. As for his head, it would be exchanged for money by the Xianbei people soon.

"Let's go back." Cao Pi said relaxedly: "We will go to the General's Mansion in Zhenbei first, and then go back to Xu County to invite the Prime Minister to mourn the changes on the day of the Prime Minister."

In mid-May, Cao Pi rushed back to Xu County in a hurry.

To Cao Pi's surprise, Cao Cao held the long bear pattern sword, burst into tears, but said nothing, just asked Cao Pi to go down to rest, and then locked himself in the room without coming out for a whole day. When he appeared in front of Cao Pi again, although his expression had returned to normal, his whole body seemed to be ten years old. His hair was originally gray, and he turned white overnight. Cao Pi was puzzled and could only comfort him with harmony.

Five days later, the chief clerk Sima Yi rushed over from Yecheng and told Cao Pi about something.

"The Prime Minister forced Cui Jigui to death." Sima Yi said sadly.

Cao Pi was stunned for a moment, and he stared at Sima Yi in a daze: "Why?"

Sima Yi wiped the corners of his warm eyes and sighed softly: "It's not for the last time Yang Xun wrote a letter, but I always feel that this matter has more to do with the matter of revealing the letter on the board."

Cao Pi took a breath. Since Cui Yan took the letter on the board and supported Cao Pi as his heir, Cao Cao became very cold to him and had never made a clear statement. The matter of consulting for the establishment of the heir was suspended. Later, Yang Xun, a native of Julu, wrote a letter to praise his merits and praise Cao Cao. He was ridiculed by the officials of the Prime Minister's Office in Yecheng, saying that he flattered and had no shame that scholars should have. Therefore, he implicated Cui Yan, who recommended him, and thought that his recommendation was inappropriate. Cui Yan called Yang Xun, read his letter, and wrote a few words on it: "Reduce the statement, matters."

Jiaer, sometimes, sometimes, sometimes." And signed his name on it to show his support. Yang Xun was very proud and deliberately put this watch in his hat and swaggered across the market. When people saw it, the matter reached Cao Cao's ears. Cui Yan was arrested and sentenced to a prison sentence, and was sentenced to a prison sentence, which was to do hard labor. Everyone thought that the matter would be over, and with Cui Yan's reputation, this was already a great punishment for him. Unexpectedly, a fast horse from Xu County entered the Cui Mansion in Yecheng the day before yesterday. News came out that Cui Yan committed suicide.

Cui Yan's death seemed to be Yang Xun's confession, but anyone with discerning eyes believed that the root of this matter was still on the letter on the exposed board. Cui Yan supported Cao Pi, not Cao Chong, who was in the prime minister's wishes. The Prime Minister did not kill him at first, but he had not made up his mind yet. Now he has made up his mind, of course he has to use Cui Yan to set an example for those who support Cao Pi, which means that I want to depose the elders and establish the young people. Don't talk too much, otherwise Cui Yan will be your fate.

Who is Cui Yan? Cui Yan's reputation is one of the best in Yecheng, and Cui Yan can be forced to death because of this. This shows how firm Cao Cao's determination is. Other officials know their reputation, and most of them shut up.

"Then...what should I do?" Cao Pi was a little anxious.

Sima Yi shook his head repeatedly: "Young Master, the Prime Minister has made up his mind, and most of the army is under the control of General Cavalry. After your victory in Liaodong, the Prime Minister was promoted and surrendered in secret, and gave you a deputy prime minister, but deprived you of military power. The Prime Minister's meaning is already very clear. In Yi's opinion, the Prince has two ways to choose from. One is to honestly withdraw from the struggle, and to take General Cavalry as the head of the family, inherit the title of Prime Minister, and then implement the new policy. You can be your deputy prime minister with peace of mind. But..." Sima Yi paused, raised his head and looked at Cao Pi, and wanted to speak but stopped.

"But what?" Cao Pi urged impatiently.

"But General Cavalry probably won't let the young master be the prime minister. Xun Jun is here to be the one who wants, and now he has more than half of the wealth of the Han Dynasty. He should be the prime minister for granted. Even if the young master becomes the prime minister, he is afraid it is just a false reputation. According to the assessment method of the new policy, the young master will step down in two years because of poor political achievements." Sima Yi said with a careful word.

"Is this a matter of saying?" Cao Pi said unhappily: "Stop talking about Xun Yu, even Liu Ba is more interested in Cang Shu than me. However, Cang Shu is so kind, he should not be able to deal with me, and he will take my life, right?"

Sima Yi nodded: "Of course, General Cavalry is kind to others. If the young master is in charge, he should not deal with you."

Cao Pi's face changed, "I've been safe and secure. When did I have been safe and secure? Liu Chan almost died at his own hands. Cao Zhang is dead at his own hands now, not to mention that Cao Chong himself almost died at the beginning. Anything of these things will take his life. He was speechless and walked back and forth in the house with his hands behind his back.

Sima Yi looked at Cao Pi's expression, and a hint of chill in his eyes. Cui Yan was very sad when he died. On the one hand, Cao Cao wanted to establish Cao Chong, but Cao Chong was not against him. When Cao Chong came to the stage, Sima Yi would never have a day to make a comeback. On the other hand, Cui Yan not only had a deep friendship with his Sima family, but also had the kindness of promoting him. Before he became an official, Cui Yan said to his brother, Sima Lang, who was the chief clerk of the prime minister at the time, that your brother "Cong Zhe Mingyun, just cut off the INT", which is not something you can catch up with. It is precisely because of this that he became famous in Hanoi. After he arrived at the Prime Minister's Office, Cui Yan took good care of him. From this point of view, they are both teachers and friends. Now that Cui Yan is forced to death by Cao Cao, how can Sima Yi remain indifferent? Even if he really reports a letter, he doesn't need to come from Yecheng day and night.

"This road... won't work." Cao Pi gritted his teeth and looked at Sima Yi: "Which road is there?"

Sima Yi didn't say it directly. He seemed very hesitant and wanted to speak a few times but stopped. Cao Pi was anxious and stepped forward and grabbed Sima Yi's shoulder: "Zhongda, what's wrong with you today? You and I have been together for many years, so what else should I worry about? Just say it if you have something to do!"

"Young Master, it's not a concern for his subordinates. It's really this matter... it's too... You're filial, and I'm afraid you can't do it." Sima Yi said in embarrassment, looking at Cao Pi with helplessness: "Although you're forced to do this, it's ultimately contrary to the lessons of the saints."

"What can I do?" Cao Pi roared: "I also want my father to be kind and filial, my brothers are friendly and respectful, but now my father is not kind, how filial the son is, how filial the brothers are, how filial the brothers are, how chaotic the brothers are? Tell me quickly, what can you do to solve this problem."

Sima Yi thought for a while, until Cao Pi was almost anxious, he said slowly: "Actually, it's not difficult to say that. Xu County now has two groups of people, one of which is the camp of Prime Minister Wang Bi, and the young master is the deputy prime minister, who is fully qualified to take over this group of people. The other part is the personal guard infantry and cavalry in the hands of the prime minister. Cao Zidan was originally a tiger cavalry Sima. As long as he subdued the leopard cavalry, Cao Wenlie, the personal guard cavalry is the prince's. As long as the young master gets the Prime Minister's order, Xu Zhongkang can't make a comeback. The young master..."

Sima Yi approached Cao Pi and whispered a few words. Cao Pi blinked his eyes, thought for a while, and laughed: "Zhongda is a good plan."
Chapter completed!