Chapter 596: Killing Two Birds With One Stone
The Feng brothers and sisters were temporarily placed in a villa in the city by Yuan Ying. Cao Ang did not pay much attention to the matters of the Feng brothers and sisters.
Maybe others will think Cao Ang is heartless after hearing this, but unfortunately Cao Ang has never been a kind person.
A few days later, Guo Jia hurriedly arrived from Tan County.
Guo Jia came here this time because Cao Ang asked him to pass on the national jade seal. In order to hurry up, he went in a hurry, which made him uncomfortable.
"Ming Gong, how about I stay in Pengcheng from now on!"
Guo Jia came to Pengcheng two or three times almost every month and spent countless hours on the road. It was more than 200 miles from Pengcheng to Tan County. With his small body, he really couldn't bear the torment of riding a horse.
Cao Ang also knew that Guo Jia was in trouble, but this matter could not be solved for the time being. After all, there are no mobile phones these days, so he had to comfort Guo Jia and said: "If you wait any longer, it won't take long."
In fact, because Cao Ang was observing mourning in Pengcheng, many departments have moved to Pengcheng, such as the Military Affairs Office and the Record Office. These are Cao Ang's secretarial units. Naturally, they are where Cao Ang is. And the newly recruited civil servants are also there.
Pengcheng training, Cao Ang has recently planned to move the Sima Department and Land Department to Pengcheng.
Cao Ang prepared some warm water to boil the frogs and moistened them without making any noise. Unknowingly, he moved the capital to Pengcheng.
Although Tan County is located in the middle of Xuzhou, its location is too far to the east, which is really not conducive to the struggle for hegemony. Not far to the west of Pengcheng is Pei State, and the battlefield is right outside the door. Just transporting food can save a lot of trouble.
Guo Jia also knew what Cao Ang was thinking, so he complained a few words and said no more.
The two entered the mansion and went directly to Cao Ang's study.
As soon as the door closed, Guo Jia couldn't wait to ask: "Ming Gong, is this really the jade seal passed down to the country?"
Guo Jia has always been calm and calm, but today it is rare that he is not calm.
Cao Ang said angrily: "I can still tell the difference between true and false!"
Guo Jia sighed with emotion on his face. Who would have thought that the jade seal, a symbol of the country, would actually fall into the possession of a little palace maid, and then travel thousands of miles to be delivered to Cao Ang's hands.
If he hadn't known that the matter was serious, Cao Ang would never have spoken so freely, and Guo Jia would have found it hard to believe it anyway.
"How do you plan to deal with it, my lord?"
"Not ready yet!"
Guo Jia looked at Cao Ang's casual look and quickly asked: "Does Duke Ming want to keep this imperial seal in his hands?"
Cao Ang did not answer directly, but said: "Fengxiao, do you know that this thing is a bit 'tasteless'!"
“What is ‘tasteless’?”
"It's useless to eat, it's a pity to throw it away."
"Since it's useless, it's better to abandon it."
"Isn't it a pity?"
"Since it is useless, why be pity!"
After hearing this, Cao Ang couldn't help but sigh: "You can see it clearly. I don't want to keep it. This thing is just a way to bring disaster. I won't rebel, so keeping it is really useless."
After hearing this, Cao Ang immediately said: "Ming Gong, since you are not going to keep him, it would be better to throw him away as soon as possible!"
After hearing this, Cao Ang pointed at Guo Jia and said with a smile: "Guo Fengxiao, Guo Fengxiao, you are just afraid that I will be greedy to keep him, and you wish I would throw him away as soon as possible."
Guo Jia was not embarrassed when her thoughts were exposed.
"Since Ming Gong said that this thing is the source of disaster and cannot be kept, there is no harm in throwing it away early."
"To put it lightly, this is the national jade seal!"
Cao Ang glanced at Guo Jia angrily.
Guo Jia didn't seem to know it, and still said: "Which one will I choose between Chuanguo Jade Seal and Xuzhou Mu?"
"How can there be such a comparison!"
The imperial seal is very important, but if he had to choose between Xuzhou Mu, Cao Ang would definitely choose Xuzhou Mu.
Cao Ang looked at Guo Jia and asked again: "How are you going to give up Fengxiao?"
For Cao Ang, it was not an easy task to give up the jade seal that passed down the country. In name, only the emperor could possess the jade seal that passed down the country, so if Cao Ang got the jade seal, he could only offer it to the emperor. Read the book
But Cao Ang couldn't dedicate it to the emperor because of Dong Zhuo, so this became a dilemma.
In addition to dedicating it to the emperor, no matter how Cao Ang dealt with it, he seemed to be suspected of overstepping his bounds, and might even make people think he had ulterior motives.
Cao Ang was helpless precisely because he couldn't throw it away or take it.
Guo Jia thought about this matter on the way here. At this time, he already had a plan, but it was relatively involved. He couldn't say it easily, so he had to ask tentatively: "What do you think, Duke Ming, of giving the jade seal to Yuan Bohai?"
After hearing this, Cao Ang's eyes lit up and he looked at Guo Jia again, only to see that Guo Jia looked harmless to humans and animals.
"You Guo Fengxiao, you even tricked my uncle!"
Cao Ang knew very well at this moment that Guo Jia was already preparing for the war between the Cao family and the Yuan family. In this world, only one family was destined to be the winner.
Although Yuan Shao is Cao Ang's father-in-law, Cao Ang certainly doesn't mind cheating him.
If Yuan Shao gets the imperial seal, he will end up in an embarrassing situation like Cao Ang. It depends on whether he is willing to give up the treasure.
"It's okay to give it to my uncle, but how to give it to him?"
For the same reason, Cao Ang could not hand over the jade seal to his ministers, as that would be a crime of transgression.
After hearing this, Guo Jia immediately said: "Ming Gong, Yuan Bohai is the leader of the alliance against Dong Zhuo!"
"Useless!"
After hearing this, Cao Ang immediately waved his hand. Regardless of whether Yuan Shao was an alliance leader or a general, after all, he was still a minister, and as long as he was a minister, he could not give this jade seal.
After hearing this, Guo Jia thought for a long time and then said: "What if Ming Gong had the excuse to hand it over to Liu Da Sima?"
Liu Yu?
When Cao Ang heard this name and thought about it carefully, he had to say that this person was quite suitable.
As Cao Ang was the official in charge of the Secretariat, he was a highly respected minister, so it was not appropriate to hold the imperial seal. But it was barely feasible to hand it over to Liu Yu. After all, Liu Yu was the head of hundreds of officials, a member of the clan, and a famous scholar. If it were given to him,
For appropriate reasons, people in the world can barely accept it.
"If Fengxiao has any ideas, please feel free to tell me."
Guo Jianai said: "Liu Da Sima already has the hope of the world. If Ming Gong writes a letter to the imperial court and forces him to Dong Zhuo, far away from the pass, I don't know if it exists, he will represent Da Sima as the supervisor of the country and act as regent for the emperor. Then Ming Gong will
After presenting the jade seal passed down to the country, the matter will become a matter of course."
Cao Ang kept nodding after hearing this.
Ministers have been supervising the country on behalf of the emperor since ancient times. At that time, Duke Zhou was the regent and administrator of the country on behalf of King Cheng. Now that they have become supervisors of the country, it is not too much to hold the imperial seal for the little emperor.
This perfectly solves the problem of disposal of the imperial seal.
"Fengxiao, Liu Yu may not be willing?"
Guo Jia smiled and said: "It doesn't matter whether he wants it or not. Once the imperial edict is submitted and the imperial seal is presented, whether Liu Yu accepts it or not, what does it have to do with us?"
Cao Ang was stunned.
What a good trick this scoundrel played.
Guo Jia continued: "What's more, if the jade seal sent to the state passes through Hanoi, I wonder if Yuan Bohai can withstand the temptation."
Chapter completed!