238 AD, October 17.
Luoyang Imperial Palace.
The whole hall was very noisy. Some people were sighing, and some were worried. There was no one in the whole court who could feel calm.
"His Royal Highness King Qi!"
Sikong Cuilin raised his voice. He wanted all the civil and military officials in the hall to quiet down, because continuing to argue like this is not the solution.
As Cui Lin's voice sounded, all the civil and military ministers in the hall quickly shut their mouths in a sensible manner, wanting to see what Cui Lin could do.
King Cao Fang of Qi was the adopted son of Emperor Cao Rui, and is now Cao Rui's eldest son.
Cao Fang looked gloomy from the moment he entered the hall today. How could he have any ideas? He is just a six-year-old baby this year.
Cao Fang was stunned for a moment when he heard someone calling him.
Of course, when Cui Lin called King Qi, he did not mean to ask a six-year-old baby to give everyone advice now. Cui Lin bowed his hands to Cao Fang and saluted, then turned around and said to the civil and military officials: "Everyone, it is not us who are in trouble for the emperor." As you wish."
"Now... is the time when we need to make a decision quickly."
Yesterday evening, news came back from the front that Emperor Cao Rui was defeated in Jinyang and was captured alive by the Han army.
This is a big deal.
All civil and military officials in the dynasty were panicked.
The emperor was captured, so that’s okay.
"Ji Sikong!" Situ Weizhen walked out of the queue slowly and asked: "The situation is very critical right now. If Ji Sikong has an idea, please speak it out quickly."
The other ministers also looked at Cui Lin expectantly. He was Sikong and had some prestige in the court. Maybe he could really do something good.
"Yes!" Cui Lin nodded slightly, and then saluted the ministers. This is rare, because in terms of official positions in this court, most officials have lower positions than him, but he is very formal. He saluted, and then said: "The emperor has been captured. This is a matter of national importance, so it is naturally extremely urgent."
"Before I make any decision, I have something to ask you."
As Cui Lin spoke, he purposely glanced around the hall, but it turned out that Wei Zhen was the most anxious. He was already impatient, so he said: "I urge Sikong to speak quickly... It's already this time, so don't be pretentious. ”
"Wei Situ..." Cui Lin asked casually: "What if your Majesty was not captured by the Han army in this battle, but I, the Wei Dynasty, captured Liu Adou alive... What do you think Liu Adou's fate should be?"
After Cui Lin finished speaking, he immediately closed his mouth.
The entire hall suddenly fell silent.
Although this is a hypothesis, it can well confirm Cao Rui's subsequent fate.
After a long while, Taichang Hanji suddenly said in a panic: "It's more bad than good..."
Hiss——
Everyone was stunned, and of course Han Ji was even more embarrassed, because he said such unlucky words at this time, but in his opinion, if the Wei Dynasty captured Liu Adou alive, the Wei Dynasty would most likely kill him.
Just when everyone was panicking, Cui Lin nodded slightly and said: "What Han Taichang said is true. If I, the Wei Dynasty, capture Liu Adou alive, I don't necessarily have to kill him, but he will be more dangerous than good."
"This time His Majesty was captured alive by the Han army...I'm afraid..." Cui Lin frowned and said: "I'm afraid it will be more misfortune than good."
Everyone basically agrees with this.
After all, Cao Rui was the emperor of the Wei Dynasty. It was impossible for the big man to treat him well after finally capturing him.
"Urge Sikong..." Wei Zhen asked again: "Based on your plan, what should we do?"
Wei Zhen is a Situ and an important minister of the imperial court, but now he wants to hear what Cui Lin has in mind.
When Cui Lin heard this, he looked around and found that everyone was looking at him expectantly.
"Cough cough cough!" Cui Lin coughed twice, then turned around and bowed slightly to Cao Fang, and then said: "Your Majesty is captured, which will definitely bring disaster... As the saying goes, a country cannot be without a king... Besides, Your Majesty He once made King Qi his eldest son."
Everyone was stunned.
What does Cui Lin want to say?
But Cui Lin didn't pay attention to everyone's surprise. He continued: "I thought that no matter whether your Majesty could escape this difficulty, he would not be able to return to Luoyang in a short time... So I proposed that King Qi should be appointed as the new king."< /p>
Hiss——
As soon as Cui Lin said these words, the hall was shocked into silence.
The emperor is still alive, but was captured by an enemy country. Instead of trying to rescue the emperor, the ministers took advantage of this situation to establish a new emperor?
This——
Everyone was stunned when suddenly someone shouted sternly: "This plan is absolutely impossible, absolutely impossible."
When everyone heard this, they immediately turned around and saw that it was Yang Fu, the young master.
Yang Fu continued: "The emperor is in trouble. We and the courtiers should try to rescue the emperor. How can there be no reason to ignore the emperor's safety and establish a new king here?"
"Yang Fu!" Cui Lin said angrily: "Tell me how we can rescue the emperor...How can you guarantee that the Han army will not harm the emperor?"
Facing Cui Lin's roar, Yang Fu was not timid. He said: "Whether the Han army will harm the emperor, Yang Fu cannot guarantee... But as a minister of the Wei Dynasty, Yang Fu knows that the emperor will be in trouble, and we will wait for him." The courtiers must try to rescue the emperor. No matter what method they use, they must rescue the emperor."
"Then you can tell me how to rescue him?" Cui Lin asked.
Cui Lin originally thought that this would embarrass Yang Fu, but Yang Fu said loudly: "We should immediately send envoys to Chang'an to negotiate with the Shu Han and let them release His Majesty."
"Hehehe..." Cui Lin heard this and said with a smile: "Do you think that the Shu Han court belongs to your Yangfu family and if you ask them to be released, they will release it?"
At this time, Situ Weizhen, who had been watching for a long time, said: "I think what Yang Shaofu said is reasonable... Let's not talk about whether the emperor is safe now, but as the ministers of the Wei Dynasty, we should also send envoys Go to Chang'an to win one or two."
Wei Zhen stood on Yang Fu's side, and the hall was immediately divided into two factions. One faction was represented by Sikong Cuilin. They proposed to immediately appoint Qi King Cao Fang as their king, and then continue to send troops to fight against the Han Dynasty.
The other faction was represented by Situ Weizhen and Shaofu Yang Fu. They suggested sending envoys to Chang'an immediately and asking General Sima Yi to immediately send troops to Tongguan to put pressure on Chang'an and force Chang'an not to harm Cao Rui. Buy time to negotiate with Changan.
But the forces on both sides are equally matched, and no one can convince the other.
In an instant, the whole hall was quarreling again, everyone wanted to use their own reasons to convince the other party and then implement it immediately.
But——
If we continue to quarrel like this, can we reach a final result?
Six-year-old Cao Fang has been watching the argument between the two groups of civil and military ministers in the main hall. Although he is only six years old, he can still hear some clues.
At the same time, he also knew that the Wei Dynasty was now in danger.
Before that, he was a prince, and he only needed to study hard and learn knowledge.
But now, listening to the debate among the ministers in the court, it seems that it has something to do with me, because Cui Lin and his group suggest that they should establish themselves as emperor.
‘I am only six years old, how can I become the emperor?’
Cao Fang, who was frowning, looked at the noisy ministers and stood up suddenly and shouted: "Stop the quarrel... Stop the quarrel... It's so annoying."
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