Prime Minister Cao held up the tea cup and took a sip of tea, "That old ghost is well versed in the art of strategizing and can see through the entire situation at a glance. Although the Liu Dynasty is in danger, its foundation is still there, and that is Confucianism."
"As long as Confucianism exists, the emperor is the greatest."
"If I am the only one who is powerful, I will naturally monopolize power by force. The emperor has no strength to resist me and can only obey my orders."
"But if your lord is in the court, he can contact the Liu family as a royal family to fight against me. With the two powerful generals Guan and Zhang on his side, who can compete with me in terms of force?"
"Even I have to retreat a bit. In this case, the emperor will become more than just a decoration."
"You may want to ask, why does it have to be him and not other royal families?"
"Haha, the most important thing here is that Zhang Er around him is a powerful general who can keep him safe and not killed by me."
"When the two of them are generals, they are just enemies of ten thousand people. But if they are bodyguards, they can help your lord become a cauldron and shoulder the foundation of the Liu Dynasty."
"And by working together, we can not only easily wipe out the Sun family in Nanfang continent and relieve the suffering of the people, but also conquer the other three continents and create a more glorious Liu Dynasty."
"We should all still be alive now, continuing to scheming in the court and arguing every day."
"What a pity, just a thought, we are all here now."
"Poof!" Military Advisor Zhuge vomited blood.
"Ha, I like this scene." Zhou Lang gloated.
Military Advisor Pang smiled and said: "Lazy Loach, don't take it too seriously. The past is past. The present matter is just the number of days. Our mission is to end the turbulent Liu Dynasty and open a way for future generations."
"You did it on purpose."
Commander Zhuge raised his finger and pointed at Commander Pang, gnashing his teeth in anger.
As a very smart person, he immediately understood that he was indeed a bad friend. What was the fun thing to do? The fun thing was to watch him vomit blood.
"You don't have to be angry," Zhou Lang said with a smile, "He also vomited blood just like you."
Military Advisor Pang smacked his lips and said: "If it weren't for your Longzhong pair, the world would be divided into three parts, and without my Yuecuo agents, our lord would be forced to fight with the Liu family, and my lord would probably have to return to the court in the end."
Zhuge's military advisor turned to Prime Minister Cao and asked, "May I ask Duke Cao if he is disloyal?"
"Yes, I won't hide it from you. I have always wanted to sit on that chair in my dreams, but I dare not." Cao Xiang shook his head and said, "There are some things in the Ancestral Temple that have been circulated for a long time. After seeing them, I only dare to think about them."
"But that kind of unbearable itching in the heart, how can it be said that I can just let it go? That's how my headaches come from. It's all caused by heart problems."
Military Advisor Zhuge asked: "May I ask what is in the Ancestral Temple?"
Cao Xiang said seriously: "The great ancestor Liu You recorded the chats with the people in the mountains, as well as some information he obtained by bribing the servants of the Fan and Xiang families, as well as the information collected after he became emperor."
"Long before the heroes conquered the world, the people in the mountains said that it would be difficult for the Xiang family to succeed, because the Xiang family were ministers of the state of Liu and could only fight for the state of the state of Liu."
"Later I thought of a way for Xiang Zhen, which was to ask King Liu to give in."
"But the premise is that Xiang Zhen implements benevolent policies, and while coercing with force, he must convince people with virtue."
"In the end, Xiang Zhen massacred the surrendered Qin army in revenge."
"At that time, the people in the mountains said that if Xiang Zhen wants to live, he can only live as a minister. If he proclaims himself emperor, the whole world will rise up to attack him, and he will be killed if he refuses to die."
"Because Xiang Zhen has no benevolence, this is an excuse to attack him, and the people do not want another Qin Emperor, so followers gathered."
"If you can't kill him at the same time, you will definitely be killed by him, so you must chase him all the way to death."
"But the great ancestor Liu You had no intention of proclaiming himself king or emperor. He muddle along on the battlefield, but instead he left behind a reputation for benevolence and virtue."
"The people of Qin were afraid of Xiang Zhen, so they surrendered the great ancestor Liu You. This further increased the prestige of the great ancestor, and from then on he transformed from a grass python into a dragon."
"The great ancestor Liu You was so scared that he went to the people in the mountains for help. The people in the mountains told him to go as long as the number of days was set."
"It turned out later that Xiang Zhen did not kill the great ancestor Liu Yue, but just kicked him to a remote area."
"As a result, Xiang Zhen massacred all parties, and only the great ancestor Liu You stayed in a corner without being attacked. He formed an alliance with all parties and promoted a grand alliance to defeat Xiang Zhen."
"In the end, Xiang Zhen was forced to die, but the great ancestor Liu Yue convinced the kings. After nearly a year of arduous negotiations, he successfully convinced the kings and was able to proclaim himself emperor."
"This is the number of days, this is destiny, it is the convergence of countless causes and effects."
"To be honest, Cao didn't really believe in the number of days at first."
"Until I met the man in the mountain later, I didn't know it was him. Otherwise, I might have woken up earlier."
"He said that my brother Guo Xian would be short-lived if he used too many tricks. Later, he died of illness on the way to the northern expedition against the Yuan family."
"After conquering the Yuan family, I slowly, accidentally, and figured it out bit by bit."
"The number of days is not determined at the beginning. We have to do something intentionally or unintentionally, and we suddenly realize it afterwards."
"And history is a good thing, it allows us to summarize problems."
"The Liu Dynasty has been around for more than 400 years, and there have been constant struggles between emperors, kings, and powerful ministers. This is all cause and effect."
"Look at those little emperors who were manipulated by powerful ministers. Now it seems that they are the consequences of the Liu Dynasty, and they are compensated by the life span of the Liu family's descendants."
"As for the powerful ministers, they can manipulate the emperor, but they cannot harm the world, let alone seek to usurp the throne."
"Because once you proclaim yourself emperor, those killings will turn from the service of protecting the country into sins of self-interest, and you really can't afford it."
"The reckless man from before only served as emperor for fifteen years. After his death, he will spend countless years in hell to wash away his sins."
"After I went down to the underworld, I talked with some of the former powerful officials, and they had some understanding."
"I know very well that once they sit on that dragon chair, their lives will be short-lived, and when they have a lot of debt, their descendants will die, just like the little emperors of the Liu Dynasty."
"In this case, let alone me, how could those powerful officials sit on that chair just for a quick moment?"
"I also told my son something similar. Unfortunately, my son is disobedient and can't stop being greedy."
"Or maybe this is cause and effect, so that we can all be dragged into it to compensate for the sins of our lifetime of fighting and ruining our lives."
"This is the outcome of our days, the convergence of various causes and effects."
Military Advisor Zhuge digested it quickly, "Mr. Cao, do you think that we and the other three parties will not last long?"
Cao Xiang said with a smile: "It depends on the choices of all parties. If you declare before your death that you will no longer fight and concentrate on internal affairs, then you may not be able to delay it for a few more years."
Military Advisor Zhuge was silent, drinking tea and waiting to see what happened.
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world.
The Liu family became quiet, but the Cao family did not. They repeatedly provoked and destroyed the formations left by Zhuge's military advisor.
Over the past four years, all the formations on the border were destroyed one after another. Finally, the Liu family could no longer sit still, and Jiang Wei, a disciple of Zhuge's military advisor, led his army northward to reject the territory.