At this moment, in the yamen of the Prime Minister's Mansion in Xu County, Xun Ou was sitting at the head of Cao Pi with a solemn expression on his face.
Of course Cao Pi was aware of the chaos in the court today. However, although Cao Pi was the heir apparent, he did not hold any official position in the Han Dynasty, so he could not enter the Chongde Hall. Of course, this was also Cao Cao's protection for Cao Pi. After all, he had There is still no salary for the Han Dynasty. These are two completely different concepts.
Although it is said that the money used by Cao Pi belonged to his father, it was indirect, and it cannot be said that it is completely disconnected, but at least the name is easier to explain, and he will not be bound by some involvement.
The ancients died early, so they forced their children to mature as soon as possible. If you wait until you are twenty or thirty years old, or later, to become sensible, then according to the average lifeline of forty, even if you become sensible, you will not have a few years to live. .
Cao Pi tried his best to pretend to be an adult at this time. Although the fluff at the corner of his mouth still exposed his immaturity to a certain extent, as the heir apparent, no one could despise him, not even Xun or Xun. Treat them respectfully, at least on the surface.
"Mr.
Xun was silent for a while and then said calmly: "You must do what you do. A gentleman plans to do what is right, and a villain plans to do what is right for him. Now the villain is clamoring in the wild, just for his own benefit."
Cao Pi nodded and said, "If this is the case, how should we respond?"
Xun You smiled and said: "If the prince is stable in the government office, he will be like a mainstay, which is enough."
Cao Pi was silent for a moment, then nodded slowly, "This will help your Lord Xun."
Xun might have given his hand in response, saying, "It is the duty of ministers to share the worries of the Lord."
After the two discussed other matters, Xun or resigned.
This is almost a daily process.
In any case, even if Cao Pi is white, as the eldest son of the Cao Group, he still has invisible authority and is qualified to know some relevant information. However, similarly, the word "eldest son" does not mean that he is It can win the obedience of Xun He and others, because according to the dual monarch-minister system of the Han Dynasty, Xun He and others are Cao Cao's ministers, but not Cao Pi's ministers.
Cao Pi watched Xun You leave, pinched his chin and pondered.
Xun may have said it lightly, but Cao Pi didn't think it was easy.
From the crown prince to the lord, it seems that it is just the son to the father, but this journey is not easy to walk.
The death of his brother has become a mistake in front of him. He is trying his best to avoid walking on that road again, but the future is uncertain, either as dark as ink or dense and foggy. Even if he tries to open his eyes wide, He can't see clearly the world outside his five fingers.
Cao Pi knew that Fei Qian in Guanzhong was very troublesome, and Cao Pi also knew that the enemies inside were also very troublesome.
This is the lesson his brother wrote with his life, bloody.
Just taking the path of military power will not work. People who only know how to fight and kill will never become great. Because the ultimate goal of war is not for war.
This principle may be learned by later generations like Fei Qian when they are in junior high school or even younger, but it may take people like Cao Pi a lifetime to understand this principle.
Great men of later generations once said, "War is the politics of bloodshed" and "War itself is an action of a political nature. There has been no war without political nature since ancient times." These few seemingly simple sentences, in the present day of the Han Dynasty, are like
It's like a secret book that can't be told to others easily.
Some fools think that war is about killing people, and killing them is enough. But Cao Pi knows that the most important reason why his father has not experienced rapid increase in strength and financial growth over the years, and is even more and more different from Guanzhong Feiqian, is that he is not
In terms of simple superficial war, the difference lies in politics.
As Cao Pi grew older and more intelligent, Cao Pi felt more and more that Fei Qian was like a big mountain, oppressing Shandong so much that he couldn't breathe, and it also weighed on his heart, making his breathing somewhat congested.
Cao Pi remembered that he and his father Cao Cao were sitting alone in the hall a few days ago. Cao Cao seemed to want to explain something to him, but in the end there was only silence...
Yes, if you can win, then there is nothing to say.
If you lose, there is nothing to say...
Fei Qian left Chang'an and led his troops to the west.
This is naturally the biggest flaw.
But here’s the problem, doesn’t Fei Qian himself know it? He dared to take Tai Shici away! How dare he?!
If it were Cao Pi, after thinking about it again and again, he still felt that he had to keep a general in Chang'an to feel at ease.
What? Wei Yan? How can a general who came out of the mountains and valleys be compared with the notorious Taishi Ci of Shandong?
So, is this really a flaw, or is it an empty post?
Cao Pi felt that the Heavenly Gourd in his hand was not big enough. Cao Pi could also understand that his father, Cao Cao, had taken a series of actions in order to find out what trump card Fei Qian had in his hand.
But what Cao Cao did today made Cao Pi confused.
Please resign as Prime Minister?
Is there wind or water in Dad's brain?
Or...
Got both?
Bah bah bah!
Cao Pi burbled for a while, apologizing for his unlucky thoughts and to his father.
Although Cao Pi also knew that position does not mean everything. For example, Dong Zhuo was still the Grand Master back then. With his great power, didn't he end up in a place where he died without a body? But at such a critical moment, he resigned.
The position of Prime Minister...
The reason why Cao Pi specially invited Xun or came here was because he hoped to get some advice from this think tank. However, he did not expect that Xun or said almost nothing, which made Cao Pi a little angry and a little embarrassed. Of course, more
Still helpless. Because Xun He was not yet his minister, he had no way to force Xun He to do something. Even when necessary, for example, if Xun He had orders from Cao Cao, he could in turn ask Cao Pi to do what he should not do.
.
So what does Xun or mean?
Just do nothing?
Cao Pi couldn't help but rub his head, feeling a little headache.
From the corridor at the door, the sound of kicking came, Cao Zhi's head was exposed by the door, and then Cao Chong's little head was also exposed below Cao Zhi, with two shining eyes staring at Cao Pi.
"What's the matter?" Cao Pi asked with a straight face.
Cao Zhi immediately pulled his face down and said to Cao Chong, "I'm telling you, your second brother doesn't have time to play with you..."
Cao Chong ignored Cao Zhi, raised his feet and crossed the threshold. When he reached the hall, he raised his hands and said, "Brother, is there anything you are worried about? Can I share your worries with you?"
"Huh?" Cao Pi raised his eyebrows, "This...how did you learn it? Who taught you?"
"Do you need others to teach you this? It's all in the book..." Cao Chong said loudly, "If two people are of the same mind, their sharpness can break gold; if they speak of the same mind, they will stink like orchids!"
"Hiss..." Cao Pi suddenly felt a bit of toothache, "How easy is it for you to be so young?"
"Just watching and playing when I'm bored." Cao Chong smiled, revealing his missing teeth.
Cao Pi suddenly felt that he had lived in a dog's belly for a while...
"It's okay. You and Brother Zhi can go play. If I really have a problem, I'll come back to you." Cao Pi was embarrassed to ask Cao Chong. If Cao Chong really answered, where would he put his face? That's not a compliment.
If you look at it, it will be littered all over the floor, so hard that you can't even pick it up.
Cao Chong was young, and although he was smart, he was still naive after all. Seeing what Cao Pi said, he didn't mean to force it, so he nodded seriously, "If you really have any problems, come to me, and I will definitely help you!"
"Oh oh oh!" Cao Pi felt his teeth hurt so much, "Go and play, go and play."
Cao Chong nodded, then turned around and walked back, saying to Cao Zhi, "Let's go back and read a book!"
Cao Zhi cupped his hands towards Cao Pi and led Cao Chong back.
Cao Pi watched the two of them go away. Not only did his tooth hurt, but his head also hurt slightly.
Perhaps Cao Pi felt a crisis, or received some stimulation, or both, Cao Pi decided that he must figure things out!
So Cao Pi sat in the hall and thought, thought...
Then fell asleep.
When Cao Pi woke up again, he saw Mrs. Bian's face as calm as a puddle of water.
The surface is smooth and the water is deep.
"Wipe your saliva." Mrs. Bian threw over a piece of silk cloth.
"Wei, wei." Cao Pi hurriedly followed the request.
In fact, among the customs of the Han Dynasty, one of the more difficult things is that you can't take a lunch break at noon, or in other words, you can't sleep during the day. However, Cao Pi's body is still in the adolescent stage of long body, and it is normal to be sleepy.
I didn't take any rest during the whole day, so I was naturally tired at night.
Originally, Cao Pi was going to see Mrs. Bian to pay her respects at this time, but when the time came, everyone else had gone, and only Cao Pi did not come. Mrs. Bian then came over, thinking that something had happened, but she saw that Cao Pi was there.
Dozing off crookedly...
Cao Pi knew something was wrong and quickly tried to remedy the situation. He recounted what happened during the day, saying that he was not dozing off because of playfulness, but because he was thinking too much and working too hard, so he took a nap...
Mrs. Bian still listened with an expressionless face, neither angry nor loud, "Then what did the prince think of?"
"Prince"?! Is it so serious?!
Cao Pi's ability to observe words and emotions was almost at full capacity, so he immediately sensed that beneath his mother's calm face and tone, the surging anger hidden beneath was about to burst out!
"Mother!" Cao Pi immediately prepared to put out the fire, lowering his head and pretending to be obedient, "My child is at fault, please punish me!"
Mrs. Bian sat at the top, was silent for a moment, and waved her hand.
The servants stuck their buttocks out and retreated in small steps.
After a while, in the hall, Mrs. Bian's voice sounded faintly, "Do you really think that the word "Crown Prince" is so easy to use? I just told you before, have you forgotten it again?"
"Gulu..." Cao Pi swallowed.
Cao Pi was sweating slightly on his head.
Mrs. Bian had naturally said a lot before, but how could Cao Pi remember them all? Cao Pi was just a middle-aged man, maybe a little above average, but he definitely did not have the talent of his father, Cao Cao, nor the literary talent of his younger brother. Cao Pi had more
When I'm writing, I'm trying to compose new words and improve myself to a higher level.
His father, Cao Cao, during his military life, mostly filled his poems with desolation and vigor. There was a masculine spirit, similar to the "awe-inspiring" state. He used poems to describe history and poems to describe events, so that his poems contained the meaning of governing the world.
The concept of Cao Pi, as the leader of the talented people in Yecheng in history, not only did not lead these talented people to be passionate and enterprising, but he was turned onto the opposite path to his father, towards the graceful school.
For example, "I am a humble concubine who stays alone in an empty room. She worries about you and misses you, but dare not forget her. She sheds tears on her clothes without realizing it."
Although Cao Pi also created the seven-character poem, it is unlikely that Cao Cao could have written such resentment.
Fortunately, Mrs. Bian did not continue to ask, but said: "Since the incident of Kong Wenju, your father has intended to let you be more independent... This time, he even had the intention of letting you supervise the court on his behalf, so he ordered Xun Lingjun to come every day.
...Since you have questions, why don’t you ask?!』
Cao Pi quickly said: "I have a question!"
"What did you ask?" Mrs. Bian asked.
Cao Pi recounted the previous questions and answers between him and Xun Yu, and then looked at Mrs. Bian pitifully.
Mrs. Bian pondered for a moment, then looked at Cao Pi, "You don't understand? Well, you don't understand."
"Ah?" Cao Pi stared.
Mrs. Bian waved her hand and sighed slightly, "Let's not talk about this for now. I'll give you some more time. Well, by the way, since you didn't understand what Xun Lingjun meant just now, why didn't you come with Zhi'er when Chong'er came over?
talk over?"
"Ah?!" Cao Pi glared again, "Could it be..."
"That's right," Mrs. Bian nodded and said, "I asked the two of them to come."
After a pause, Mrs. Bian said, "Do you know why?"
Cao Pi lowered his head and thought for a moment, "Mother is doing this for my own good."
Mrs. Bian sighed, "Yes...it's for your own good...but why do I feel that sometimes this "good"...is not used in the right place?"
Cao Pi fell to the ground and said, "My child... my child is unfilial! My child failed to understand what my mother meant. My child is at fault. My child should have thought long ago that Chong's words of "two people working together can cut through gold" were no accident.
…Now that the government and the opposition are in turmoil, it’s time to work together to overcome the difficulties...My child, my child..."
"Isn't this wonderful?" Mrs. Bian sighed, "Why didn't you think of it just now?"
Cao Zhi and Cao Chong may not really be able to give Cao Pi any ideas, but if Cao Pi asks Cao Zhi and Cao Chong to sit down together, face the problems together, and discuss what to do, even if nothing can be solved or no problem can be solved, at least Cao Pi will
He showed his generous attitude as an elder brother.
If Cao Pi is second to Cao Cao and is full of strategies, then naturally there is no need for any discussion and he can just act arbitrarily.
But Cao Pi obviously couldn't keep up with his father's pace...
So, is there anything wrong with being more humble and tolerant? Isn’t it right?
Cao Pi lowered his head deeply and said, "I know I was wrong."
Mrs. Bian let out a long sigh, "Don't always say you know your mistakes, you know your mistakes, and then just don't correct them and make them again next time."
Cao Pi kowtowed to the ground and did not dare to argue.
"You don't have much time..." Mrs. Bian said in a faint voice, "Your father has already mentioned you in the name of resigning, but you still think you can relax? Can you still sleep? Sometimes I really admire you...
...You are so arrogant...Your father's resignation is not true, but in the name of your heir apparent..."
Cao Pi sweated even more on his head, "Mother..."
"Obviously, you also guessed that your father could not really resign..." Mrs. Bian sighed, "This does not become a reason for you to be proud, because anyone who is not a fool can guess it... But what happens next?
What's next? Why did your father do this? What are you going to do to cooperate with your father? You can't think of anything, and you can still sleep? You can sleep so hard that your saliva is drooling? Ha!"
Cao Pi almost put his head on the ground, his face turned red.
This is Cao Pi's problem.
He can analyze problems, but he often only takes one step forward and then stops. Because at this time he needs to look at "someone's face" to determine whether his step is correct, and then whether to continue to take another step, or
Which direction to go in, and once there is no one to provide this "face", he is at a loss and has no direction.
Mrs. Bian was also helpless, because what Cao Pi was doing now was also caused by her influence and the problems in Cao Cao's inner chamber. Although she has worked hard to adjust now, she has been used to it for many years. How can she say that
Can it be changed?
"Get up." Mrs. Bian did not scold Cao Pi, "Think carefully, why does your father ask Xun Lingjun to come here every day? Or do you think your father only considers one aspect when doing things? Also, why did Xun Lingjun say that?
Don’t those words sound familiar to you? Ha... By the way, if you can keep Zhi'er and Chong'er, maybe you will get some tips... After all, they are better at reading than you..."
"Book?" Cao Pi was stunned for a moment, and then his mind started to spin quickly, "Mother, you are saying... Lu's Spring and Autumn Period, be careful what you say?!"
"You just thought of it now?" Mrs. Bian shook her head, and then said, "Forget it, it's better than nothing you can't think of... In this case, can you understand what Xun Lingjun means? In other words, who is "Fei Wuji"
"?Also, who is "Wu Zixu" again?"
Cao Pi took a deep breath.
There are too many things involved here...
Cao Pi's mind was buzzing for a moment, and there were various confusing clues on the left and one on the right, all of which seemed to be slightly related and not related at all. Just when Cao Pi was frowning and thinking hard, there was a sound of footsteps coming from outside.
.
Someone outside the hospital reported, "Your Majesty, there is an urgent military situation!"
Cao Pi and Mrs. Bian looked at each other.
Mrs. Bian signaled, then stood up and walked around the screen. Cao Pi walked to the top position where he was sitting, sat down, and said in a deep voice: "Pass!"
"Report to the Crown Prince!" Not long after, the messenger rushed to the hall, half-bowed to the ground, and said urgently, "There is chaos outside the city! There is a mob rioting!"