Chapter 313 Zhuge Reply
After hearing Cao Chong's words, Zhuge Liang was silent for a long time and didn't say anything. His eyes kept turning, as if he was constantly thinking about something. After a moment, Zhuge Liang raised his head, and his eyes seemed to be confident.
Cao Chong looked at Zhuge Liang like this, and he also had curiosity and expectation in his eyes. What kind of answer would Zhuge Liang give him?
"Wait here to listen!"
Zhuge Liang looked at Cao Chong sitting upright, with a serious look on his face, and suddenly had some ridiculous thoughts in his heart, as if the young man in front of him was not the prodigy who made Liu Bei lose Jingzhou, but a student who worked tirelessly and longed for knowledge.
At this time, Cao Chong did regard Zhuge Liang as his teacher, and he has this qualification!
Huh ~
Zhuge Liang closed his eyes, breathed a deep breath, and said to Cao Chong: "Young Master is in a time of drastic change!"
Time of drastic changes?
Cao Chong frowned, feeling a little puzzled.
"What is the time of a drastic change?"
Zhuge Liang looked at Cao Chong and said, "When the upheaval is changing, it means that there are countless possibilities in the life situation where the young master is in at this time!"
Since Zhuge Liang agreed to analyze the form for Cao Chong, he would naturally work hard for Cao Chong and would not do anything perfunctory to Cao Chong.
"The so-called countless possibilities are that the young master is now in an extremely unpredictable place. There is only one possibility of life for ordinary people, why are the father, why are the son, the son stepping on the father's business, and perhaps only a few possibilities, but there seem to be countless ways to go before the young master."
Countless roads can be taken?
Cao Chong thought for a while and knew what Zhuge Liang was going to say in his heart, but he continued to ask: "Well, sir, what paths do I have to walk now?"
Zhuge Liang smiled and started talking.
"The road ahead will change due to the situation of the times. At this time, there are countless road ahead, but there are only three roads. For the young master, it is a life path!"
Life path?
Three?
Cao Chong frowned again and asked, "Which three?"
"First, I know that the young master will not choose."
Cao Chong smiled and asked, "Why can't I choose?"
"This road is self-bound."
Self-binding?
Cao Chong understood what Zhuge Liang meant, that is, he was away from the list of positions and made himself without threat, but Cao Chong would definitely not choose this road. Not to mention that he wanted to withdraw but he didn't know whether to withdraw or not. Even if he could withdraw, what he did along the way would be wasted soon?
Now there is more than one person behind me, and there are also this group of people who can't withdraw even if they want to withdraw. Cao Chong never thought about withdrawing.
I am a man who wants to conquer the world, how could I retreat at this point?
Cao Chong shook his head and continued to ask, "What is the second road?"
Zhuge Liang had no look of surprise in his eyes, and he obviously knew that Cao Chong would not choose this path.
"The second road is called the Virtuous Minister's Road!"
The road to a wise minister?
"What is the road to a wise minister?"
"The way to being a wise minister is to be a Han minister and become Prime Minister Cao for the second time!"
Cao Cao...a wise minister?
Cao Chong looked at Zhuge Liang in surprise, wondering why Zhuge Liang regarded Cao Cao as a wise minister.
Zhuge Liang seemed to be a bug in Cao Chong's heart, and hurriedly said: "Uncle Liu said that Cao Cao was a Han thief, but there was some reason, but more so, he was building momentum for himself and showing that he was on the right side. Other princes said that the Prime Minister was a Han thief, and they were just envious. In fact, they all wanted to be the second Cao Cao, and they would even be one step closer to Cao Cao and directly took the emperor. When the Prime Minister was still respecting the Han throne, he would always be a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty."
Cao Chong's eyes flashed, and he looked at Zhuge Liang's eyes with a strange light.
In the game, if you have such insights, you really live up to your reputation!
One of the biggest political basis of "Romance of the Three Kingdoms" is that Cao Cao usurped the Han Dynasty. During Cao Cao's administration, he was named the Prime Minister of Han, but was actually a thief of Han. His son Cao Pi really usurped the Han Dynasty after Cao Cao and even let Cao Cao die for the crime of usurping the Han Dynasty!
But, did Cao Cao really want to usurp the Han Dynasty?
We may not be able to determine that Cao Cao usurped the Han Dynasty from his son Cao Pi usurped the Han Dynasty.
The objective conditions for Cao Cao to usurp the Han Dynasty were fully met. Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty was just a man. Both inside and outside the Han court were Cao Cao's people. Cao's army was the Han army. People only recognized Cao's politics but did not know about Han government. In this way, Cao Cao's usurpation of the Han Dynasty was just a matter of following the flow.
However, Cao Cao did not usurp the Han Dynasty! This is an ironclad fact.
Did Cao Cao want to usurp the Han Dynasty?
This is the key to this problem! Many people believe that Cao Cao had really thought about usurping the Han Dynasty, but it was just because he did not implement it for some reason.
Many of Cao Cao's subordinates did want to usurp the Han Dynasty. But this does not mean that Cao Cao himself wanted to usurp the Han Dynasty.
It is not an exaggeration to even say that Cao Cao was a wise minister of the Han Dynasty.
Cao Cao participated in the assassination and attack on Dong Zhuo, the usurper, and even curbed Yuan Shao's biggest political force. It can be said that Cao Cao's first political career revolved around protecting the Han Dynasty.
The reason why Cao Cao was able to receive the support and follow from so many loyal and brave men should have the closest and direct relationship with Cao Cao always holding up the banner of protecting the Han Dynasty. It is precisely because of this that Guan Yu, who was loyal, was willing to temporarily submit to Cao Cao, or had reason to convince himself to surrender to Cao Cao.
Otherwise, if Cao Cao had already demonstrated his intention to usurp the Han Dynasty at that time and Guan Yu surrendered again, Guan Yu's loyalty and righteousness would have disappeared! Cao Cao had always carefully regulated himself. Although he finally achieved the highest level of a minister who had added nine tins and brought a sword to the hall, he did not take the step of usurpation of the Han Dynasty.
Before taking the last step, even Wang Mang was the King of Zhou Wen of the Han Dynasty.
So there is no problem with Zhuge Liang's words. From a historical perspective, Cao Cao was indeed a wise minister and a Han minister.
Cao Cao was born as a local warlord, and even if he was willing to delegate power to Emperor Xian of Han, it would not work. It should be noted that Cao Cao had already made great achievements and shocked the master. Which era could a person with a high success and shocked the master get a good end?
To a certain extent, Cao Cao was protecting himself.
But later, Cao Pi usurped the Han Dynasty, so the black spots on his body could not be washed away.
Cao Chong knew what Zhuge Liang meant. This road was Cao Cao's road, but not my Cao Chong's road. Cao Chong bowed to Zhuge Liang and said, "Although this road is good, it is my father's road, not my way."
Zhuge Liang looked at Cao Chong's eyes and knew that he had a purpose long ago. Now he asked himself, it was just to enhance his confidence.
This guy has amazing ambitions, so I don’t know if he has this ability.
Zhuge Liang paused, his eyes emitted a dazzling light. He looked around and said in a voice that only mosquitoes and ants could hear, "Three roads are the road to the king!"
Chapter completed!