Chapter 233 Winner in Life Emperor Wei Roars
The capital of Wei Dynasty, Luoyang.
In the first year of Chuping of the Han Dynasty, Dong Zhuo coerced the Emperor of Han to move the capital to Chang'an and burned the palaces, temples and homes of Luoyang. The prosperous city of Luoyang was completely destroyed.
However, in the first year of Jian'an, after Cao Cao took control of Luoyang, Cao Cao spent a lot of manpower and material resources year after year to repair Luoyang City because Luoyang is the ancient capital of the Han Dynasty.
Thanks to Cao Cao's continuous repairs all year round, most of Luoyang City's defense buildings have been restored to their original state, and even the population in the city has continued to grow due to migration.
As of this year, although Luoyang has not yet returned to its former prosperity, its city size and population are not far different from Yecheng.
Because of this, Cao Pi set the capital of the empire in Luoyang after proclaiming himself emperor, and established the Sili Xiaowei Department.
However, although the scale of Luoyang City is constantly recovering, there is still a lot of gap between it and its heyday.
Especially the Luoyang Palace, which the people of the Han Dynasty were so proud of.
The Luoyang Imperial Palace was originally divided into the South Palace and the North Palace.
The damage to Nangong was too serious, so Cao Pi no longer planned to repair Nangong after moving the capital.
He had previously mobilized a large amount of manpower and material resources to repair the North Palace and build the Taiji Hall. He adopted a single palace system of "centering and building the pole", which changed the pattern of two palaces juxtaposed in Chinese history.
It's just that although the South Palace in Luoyang has not been repaired, the North Palace alone is already very magnificent and magnificent, and is very suitable as the residence of the emperor.
At this time, in the Xuanming Hall of the Luoyang Palace, Emperor Cao Pi of the Wei Dynasty was wearing ordinary clothes. He was sitting on the throne with a smile on his face, watching two family members in the hall playing a game.
This game is pitch pot.
Hut throwing is both a game and a etiquette.
When the pot throwing ceremony is held, both parties take turns throwing arrows without arrows into the pot. Each person has four arrows. The one who hits more arrows is the winner. The loser is punished by drinking.
Of course, Cao Pi was the emperor, and competitive games in the royal family would not just punish the loser with wine as a reward for the winner.
Today, when Cao Pi gathered his family members to launch the pot throwing competition, he took out a jade belt that Cao Cao wore when he was still alive as a reward.
The two people currently competing are two young men, but these two young men are both people of high status.
One of the young men was named Cao Rui, who was Cao Pi's eldest son.
Cao Rui's mother was Zhen, who was the wife of Yuan Xi, the governor of Youzhou. After Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao, she was accepted by Cao Pi and was very favored. She gave birth to Cao Rui and Princess Dongxiang.
Perhaps because of his excellent genes, Cao Rui has been handsome and admirable since he was a child. He is also smart, knowledgeable and has a photographic memory.
When Cao Cao was alive, he was very surprised by Cao Rui's intelligence and loved him even more.
Cao Cao often asked him to accompany him. At court banquets, he also often asked him to sit alongside his ministers and ministers.
Cao Cao once pointed at Cao Rui, who was less than ten years old at the time, in front of the ministers and said: "I am based on the third generation of Er."
After Cao Pi became emperor, the fifteen-year-old Cao Rui was named Marquis of Wu De because Cao Rui was his eldest son.
In order to cultivate Cao Rui, Cao Pi specially wrote "Zheng Zheng, the Shizhong, as the Marquis of Wude and Fuling", and personally ordered Zheng, a devout scholar who was then the Shizhong, to be called Cao Rui's master and teach him Confucian classics to clarify his ambition.
Although the other boy is about the same age as Cao Rui, he is Cao Rui's uncle Cao Yu.
Cao Yu, born to Cao Cao and Mrs. Huan, Cao Chong, Cao Ju's brother.
In the 16th year of Jian'an, Cao Yu was granted the title of Marquis of Duxiang. In the 22nd year of Jian'an, Cao Yu was granted the title of Marquis of Luyang.
Although after Cao Pi became emperor, he was deeply jealous of Cao Zhang, Cao Zhi and other brothers, and strictly prohibited them from participating in government affairs.
But Cao Pi still dotes on his younger brother Cao Yu, who is very young and has a humble temperament.
Cao Rui and Cao Yu have been friends since childhood because they are close in age.
At this time, in the Xuanming Hall, apart from Cao Pi sitting on the throne, there were also many men and women with luxurious clothes and extraordinary temperaments sitting on both sides of the hall.
They are all members of the Cao family.
And on the seat closest to Cao Pi, there was a lady with an extremely beautiful appearance and a temperament as refined as a hibiscus sitting on her knees.
This noble lady was Cao Rui's biological mother, Zhen, who should have been canonized as queen by Cao Pi.
Madam Zhen looked at the young man in the hall who looked very much like her with gentle eyes.
That young man is Cao Rui.
Cao Rui seemed to feel Mrs. Zhen looking at him. He turned his head to look at Mrs. Zhen, showing her a bright smile on his face.
That smile seemed to say that he would not disappoint her.
After smiling at Mrs. Zhen, Cao Rui turned around. After turning around, the smile on his face had disappeared.
Cao Rui slowly raised the clusterless arrow in his hand and looked at the arrow pot in front of him with a pair of sharp eyes.
There are already six arrows in the arrow pot.
According to the rules of pot throwing, Cao Rui and Cao Yu each have four arrows in their hands, and then throw them in sequence.
From the six arrows lying in the arrow pot, it can be seen that in the pot thrown just now, Cao Rui and Cao Yu all scored in the first three pots thrown.
Now according to the order, Cao Rui should start throwing arrows.
If Cao Rui can throw the last arrow in his hand into the quiver first, then Cao Rui will be the winner.
And that jade belt eventually belonged to Cao Rui.
Cao Rui is bound to get that jade belt.
Since it is a relic of Cao Cao, the jade belt has extraordinary significance to all the Cao family members.
But Cao Rui wanted to get that jade belt not because of the meaning that the jade belt represented.
He just thought the jade belt was very beautiful, and he wanted to win it and give it to his mother as a gift.
This is crucial to Cao Rui.
Cao Rui held his breath and concentrated, aiming the arrow in his hand at the arrow pot a few steps ahead.
The mouth of the Arrow Pot is already narrow, and there are already six arrows in the Arrow Pot, making the narrow mouth almost seamless.
Under such circumstances, it is not easy to put the arrow in your hand into the quiver.
But although Cao Rui's face was solemn, he was not worried.
After holding his breath and concentrating, Cao Rui threw the arrow forward without hesitation.
After the arrow left Cao Rui's hand, it drew a beautiful arc in the air, and then fell straight into the arrow pot under the gaze of everyone in the hall.
The whole process of Cao Rui throwing arrows was done in one go, crisply and neatly.
After Cao Yu, who was next to Cao Rui, saw Cao Rui successfully throwing the last arrow, his face showed a look of resignation.
And when the arrow fell into the arrow pot and made a crisp impact, bursts of cheers instantly erupted in the hall.
Under the melodious music in the hall and the cheers of the family members, Cao Pi, who was sitting in the main seat and witnessed everything, also had a smile on his face.
Now that Zhen is still alive, although Cao Pi no longer loves Zhen as much as before, it has not yet reached the point of extreme disgust.
Therefore, Cao Pi still loved this eldest son who was highly praised by Cao Cao.
Seeing that Cao Rui had won the pot throwing competition, Cao Pi smiled and asked Cao Rui to step forward.
Before and after Cao Rui came up, Cao Pi took the jade belt from the servant on the side and handed it to Cao Rui.
When Cao Rui took the jade belt from Cao Pi, after saluting Cao Pi, he happily ran to Zhen and wanted to present the jade belt to her immediately.
But when Cao Rui came to Mrs. Zhen, he glanced at a lady in palace attire next to Mrs. Zhen.
Then he immediately gathered his emotions and sat down next to Zhen, pretending to be nonchalant.
The lady in palace attire seemed to be aware of Cao Rui's look just now, but she didn't take it seriously.
Currently, she is deeply favored by Cao Pi and can be said to have everything she needs in the palace, so naturally she will not care about a young man's sudden glance.
After Cao Pi gave the jade belt to Cao Rui as a prize, he looked at the arrow pot in the hall, and he began to show eagerness to try.
He is in a good mood now.
Before he proclaimed himself emperor, Cao Pi actually had worries in his heart.
He was worried that his act of proclaiming the emperor would cause Liu Bei and Sun Quan, the two great princes, to join forces to attack him, but the subsequent development was as Sima Yi expected.
Now the news of his proclaimed emperor has spread all over the world, but there is no movement from the two great princes Liu Bei and Sun Quan.
He became independent on behalf of the Han Dynasty, so what?
Not only that, after the news of his proclaimed emperor spread throughout the world, it also indirectly triggered Meng Da's determination to surrender.
Meng Da's move not only allowed him to gain public opinion that he was destined to be destined, but also gave him the opportunity to get rid of the scourge of Mi Yang.
How could something like this not make Cao Pi feel happy and satisfied?
He is now the number one winner in life in the Three Kingdoms.
In fact, if Cao Pi was not worried about the negative consequences of urging too quickly, Cao Pi would have already issued an edict to Nanyang to inquire about Cao Ren's progress.
But even though he didn't know the latest progress of Cao Ren's army, Cao Pi didn't have the slightest worry in his heart.
In Cao Pi's view, he had the enemy general Meng Da as his internal support, and there were famous generals like Cao Ren leading the army.
No matter how powerful Mi Yang is, if he calculates mentally or unintentionally, he will only end up hating the northwest.
And as long as Cao Ren can defeat Mi Yang, or even capture and kill Mi Yang, then not only will Cao Ren make a great contribution, but his prestige will also greatly increase.
This kind of temptation filled Cao Pi's heart with anticipation and excitement.
In the excitement of anticipation, Cao Pi was even ready to reward the generals.
If Cao Ren makes great achievements again this time, then worship him as the great general of the Wei Dynasty.
Cao Pi was relieved to hand over the military power of the Wei Dynasty to a loyal and capable general like Cao Ren.
In a happy mood, Cao Pi looked at the arrow pot in the hall and his hands began to itch.
Cao Pi, who was wearing regular clothes, patrolled the brothers in the hall, and finally his eyes fell on one person.
Cao Zhang.
Cao Pi had somewhat complicated feelings towards his younger brother, whose military achievements were far superior to his own.
But compared to Cao Zhi, I don’t feel disgusted with Cao Zhang and Cao Pi yet.
Cao Pi stood up from his throne and walked quickly to the main hall.
Just when he was asking Cao Zhang to get up and throw the pot with him, Chen Qun's figure appeared outside the hall, holding a memorial in his hand.
Chen Qun's face was full of anxiety. Because of the anxiety in his heart, he didn't even have time to take off his shoes when he stepped into the palace gate.
For Chen Qun, who always pays attention to etiquette, strictness and integrity, this is almost unimaginable.
Even because of the anxiety or fear in his heart, Chen Qun almost tripped when he stepped into the threshold of the hall.
Chen Qun's various abnormal behaviors are enough to reflect the shocking content of the memorial in his hand.
When Chen Qun appeared outside the main hall, Cao Pi, who was facing the main hall door, saw Chen Qun immediately.
Naturally, he also saw Chen Qun's strange behavior just now.
This made some doubts appear on Cao Pi's face.
He knew very well what Chen Qun was like, and his behavior today was very rude and abnormal.
As Chen Qun gradually approached, the anxious look on Chen Qun's face also fell into Cao Pi's eyes.
This made the doubts in Cao Pi's eyes even deeper. Could it be that the foreign races in the north were restless again?
The report in Chen Qun's hand has a red background, which means that the report in his hand contains urgent military information.
After much thought, Cao Pi concluded that the most likely people who could launch an attack on the Wei Dynasty were the foreign tribes outside the Great Wall.
Until now, Cao Pi was still convinced that Cao Ren would win.
Cao Pi didn't think for long before Chen Qun came to him.
Before arriving at Cao Pi, Chen Qun quickly bowed to Cao Pi and said, "Your Majesty! Nanyang urgent military report!"
After hearing Chen Qun say that this military report came from Nanyang, Cao Pi had a look of astonishment on his face.
How could it be Nanyang?
It can be seen from Chen Qun's expression that the military newspaper in his hand must contain bad news.
But how could there be bad news coming from Nanyang County? What came from Nanyang County should be good news.
Seeing the anxious look on Chen Qun's face, Cao Pi began to have a bad premonition in his heart.
The certainty that Cao Ren would win began to disintegrate little by little.
This feeling made Cao Pi's heart feel as if it was being held tightly by a pair of big hands for an instant.
How could something happen to Nanyang!
After being stunned, Cao Pi quickly reached out and took the military report from Chen Qun's hand.
After taking the general's newspaper in his hand, Cao Pi's hand holding the military newspaper trembled a little.
A terrible suspicion began to engulf his heart bit by bit.
At this time, because of Chen Qun's words, the music in the entire hall had stopped.
The Cao family members in the main hall all shut up and stopped talking very wisely.
Cao Ren led the elite troops of Nanyang to the west city to attack Mi Yang. Everyone present knew about this.
In order to dispel the terrible speculation in his heart, Cao Pi opened the military newspaper under the gaze of everyone in the hall.
When Cao Pi fixed his gaze on the military newspaper in his hand, his expression could no longer remain calm.
His expression quickly changed from shock to disbelief, and then to full sadness.
Finally, Cao Pi's expression turned into one of great anger.
Cao Pi threw the military report in his hand at Chen Qun in front of him and angrily yelled at him:
"What do you mean by not knowing whether a chariot general is alive or dead? Where did Mi Yang get the tens of thousands of troops to besiege Wudang!"
"Where are the tens of thousands of troops of the chariot general?"
When the terrible guess in his heart came true, Cao Pi could no longer control his emotions.
How proud he was in the past, he is so angry now.
Roars filled with the emperor's majesty resounded through the hall, frightening everyone in the hall to bend down.
Since Cao Pi took the throne, this was the first time that everyone saw him looking so angry.
(End of chapter)
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