Chapter 186 Songshan worships the son-in-law Taichu's policy, Luoyang begs Li Shengzhaobo to condescend
In the Wuyang Marquis Mansion, the head of the family, Sima Yi, was still sitting in the pavilion surrounded by white camellias. At this moment, he, who was already looking a little old, was thinking about some countermeasures to deal with the current situation.
After a long time, Sima Yi called his eldest son Sima Shi:
"Master, Du Wubo has been living in seclusion in Yiquanwu for quite some time, right?"
In the third year of Taihe, the late emperor, Du Shu impeached Cao Zidan, the brother of the great Sima Cao Zidan, and Cao Fan, the uncle of the general Cao Shuang. He offended Cao Shuang and was dismissed from his post. For many years, he has been living in Yiquanwu, Yiyang.
Can't live in seclusion.
The cold look in his eyes became more and more like his father's, Master Sima thought for a moment, nodded and replied:
"Back to my father, brother Du Shi has lived in seclusion in Yiquanwu for almost eleven years."
"Eleven years... I heard that the governor of Hedong County will soon retire. Master, if you have the opportunity then, don't forget about Uncle Du Wu..."
Hearing this, Sima Yi nodded. After saying these words, he fell into deep thought again.
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Luoyang Palace City, Forbidden Army Camp.
The Forbidden Army soldiers from the Zhonglian Battalion and the Wuwei Battalion were wearing armor and holding spears, swords, and halberds. They were walking in neat steps along the various corridors in the palace to inspect each palace gate.
The brothers Cao Xi, the general of the middle base, and Cao Xun, the general of the military guard, in order to get along with their soldiers as soon as possible, have often led their respective teams to patrol various places in Luoyang these days. But even so, the backbone of the middle base had previously been
Cao Xi, who didn't have many connections in the camp, still felt a lot of pressure.
Cao Xi thought to himself that it seemed that he still needed to ask Taichu to help select a few capable and reliable deputy generals, so that he could hope to completely control this backbone camp.
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Clothes are given in September.
In the blink of an eye, it’s the Double Ninth Festival in late autumn.
More than a hundred miles south of Luoyang City, on top of Songshan Mountain, in a pavilion, several noble people were sitting on the ground talking.
"Haha, the autumn scenery of Zhongyue is indeed worth admiring. It's wonderful! However, Uncle Zhao and Taichu invited me to the meeting today. They didn't really just come to climb the mountain, plant dogwoods, and drink this.
Daisy Bar?”
On the top of Songshan Mountain, among the pavilions, a middle-aged man in luxurious clothes, elegant and handsome, sat on the ground, holding a glass of wine and laughing. Although he was in his late teens, he still had an air of aura that was hard to conceal.
This is none other than Prince Consort He Yan and Uncle He Ping.
"Why did the prince-in-law say this?" Cao Xi took a sip of chrysanthemum wine from the cup and said with a smile: "During the late emperor's lifetime, due to the suppression of ostentation, our uncle and nephew have not communicated with each other for many years. It just so happens that today is the day.
It is the Mid-Autumn Festival, and my brother has never forgotten his friendship with your uncle, so I took advantage of this auspicious day to ask Xi to come and talk about old friendship with my uncle!"
He Yan was originally a man with great ambitions and arrogance, and he had long wanted to find an opportunity to fly into the sky. But now Cao Xi's words were so secretive, which made He Yan feel a little unhappy:
"Since, General, he really just had nothing to do and only thought of He, then I will take my leave now!"
"Your Majesty, stay here!" Seeing this, Xia Houxuan put down the wine glass in his hand and immediately stood up to stay behind.
Although he had never liked to associate with flashy people like He Yan, he thought that He Yan was an indispensable person in confronting the Sima clan. After some consideration, he still planned to lower his profile and invite He Yan to join Cao Shuang's camp.
"Prince-in-law, the late emperor has made great achievements and His Majesty has ascended the throne. Now the general is in the high position of chief assistant, but he lacks good assistants. Don't you really want to come to the general and show your ambitions?"
After He Yan heard these words, his body trembled slightly and stopped. He turned back to look at Xia Houxuan, and a strange brilliance suddenly bloomed in his eyes.
"Taichu, is this true?"
Xia Houxuan nodded solemnly, and Cao Xi immediately said sincerely:
"To be honest, the two of us are here today to invite Uncle Ping!"
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In Bi Mansion, in the study.
Bi Gui, who had gone through many ups and downs in his official career, was looking at the letter sent by his friend Deng Yang by the light of the oil lamp. After reading the letter, Bi Gui had a lot of thoughts in his heart and was silent for a long time.
He was thinking whether to agree to Deng Yang and join the general's camp, or to attach himself to Sima Yi, the veteran of the three dynasties.
He could no longer stay out of the current situation and had to make a choice.
For no reason, he suddenly thought of the late emperor and the days when he served as a literary attendant in the Prince's Palace of Pingyuan.
An old friend of the late emperor, Guanqiu Jian, the Marquis of Anyi, is now in Youzhou. He has always been on good terms with the Marquis of Changling, Xia Houxuan, the brothers of the General, and Zhuge Dan and others. Naturally, he will side with the General. As for Li Sheng, although he was also an old member of the East Palace back then, he was dismissed from office and detained by the late emperor because of the flashy case. However, even so, the general had quite a relationship with him back then, and I am afraid that he would also follow the general. of.
Based on this calculation, my old friends and old friends are basically on the side of the general. In addition, my son is the husband-in-law of a princess. With this relationship, I stand on the same camp as the clan in-laws, so I should be able to More secure.
After Bi Gui figured out the whole story, his mind became much clearer. After he made up his mind, he immediately began to write a reply to Deng Yang.
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The next day, at the waterside of Yangqu in the east of the city, inside a tea shop.
A middle-aged man wearing a black fur coat and a jade crown, with sharp and majestic eyebrows, was sitting alone at the table. He was playing with the celadon tea cup in his hand boredly, as if he was waiting for someone.
He waited for a long time, but the person still didn't come.
The waiter once again took away the pot of cold tea on the table, and then replaced it with new hot tea.
Maybe it's because this noble gentleman doesn't like drinking tea. Every time the waiter brings hot tea, he will replace it with cold tea after a while.
Even so, the waiter still didn't dare to show any slightness. Seeing the arrogance and nobility in every gesture of this gentleman, one could tell at a glance that he was by no means taking things for granted.
If the waiter knew the man's true identity at this moment, he would be shocked.
Because the young nobleman sitting at that table was none other than the first-ranking minister of the clan at that time, the Marquis of Wu'an and the general Cao Shuang and Cao Zhaobo.
After a long time, finally, a disheveled, sleepy-eyed, and unkempt man in his thirties appeared at the door of the tea shop.
These are the people Cao Shuang is waiting for today, Li Sheng and Li Gongzhao.
When he finally arrived, Cao Shuang felt a burst of joy and almost stood up in excitement, but due to his dignity and the airs of his noble status as a general, he did not do so.
"Brother Zhaobo, I kept you waiting for a long time." The man walked lazily to Cao Shuang's table, bowed hastily, and sat down opposite Cao Shuang, then opened his mouth and yawned.
"Gongzhao makes people wait easily!"
"I, Li Sheng, am an idle person. I am lazy by nature, which is normal." He picked up the tea cup in front of Cao Shuang, took a sip of tea, rinsed his mouth vigorously, and then swallowed it.
Cao Shuang looked at the decadent appearance of his old friend who was once full of energy but was now disheveled and lazy. He didn't say much. He took out a bamboo slip from his sleeve and pushed it in front of Li Sheng.
What was written on the bamboo slip was the four words "Luoyang County Magistrate".
After Li Sheng read the few words on the bamboo slip, he suddenly sobered up a lot. After pondering for a long time, Li Sheng's eyes finally emitted a bright light. At this moment, Li Sheng swept away the previous decline and looked towards him with a serious expression.
Cao Shuang bowed to the ground:
"Sheng is willing to do his best to serve the great... and serve Brother Zhaobo as hard as he can!"
Seeing this, Cao Shuang also showed a satisfied smile on his face.
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That night, He Yan, Bi Gui, and Li Sheng were formally invited to the General's Mansion by Cao Shuang.
At this moment, within the shogunate, Cao Shuang was discussing with Ding Mi, Deng Yang, and the three newcomers he had just recruited on the next step of fighting for the power of the Taige.
"If we want our people to take control of Taige, we must first remove Xu Miao, the Sili captain appointed by Sima Yi, and Yin Liujing of Henan!" Ding Mi said, stroking his goatee.
"Yan Jing's words make sense."
Cao Shuang nodded after hearing this.
He thought to himself that Xu Miao, as the captain of the Sili school, had the power to impeach hundreds of officials. If he forcibly replaced several ministers in the ministerial station, he was afraid that Xu Miao would immediately impeach the people he inserted.
Henan Yin controlled the imperial capital internally and the capital outside. It was the arm used by the emperor to control government affairs around the capital. It was very important. Liu Jing, the current Henan Yin, was Sima Yi's person. If he continued to be Henan Yin, even if his own people
After becoming the Minister of the Shangshutai, I am afraid that Henan Yin will not obediently send the government affairs from various places to the Shangshutai for processing.
"In this case, I will go to His Majesty tomorrow and demote Xu Miao to the rank of Guanglu doctor, and remove him from the position of Sili Xiaowei. Zhaoxian, I will first hand over the important responsibility of Sili Xiaowei to you.
Come on. Uncle Ping, Xuan Mao, and Yan Jing, you will take advantage of the vacancy of the Sili school captain and accompany Zhao Xian to collect clues about Liu Jing and Lu Yu!"
"The general has made a clear decision!"
Seeing Cao Shuang's ingenious arrangement, He Yan, Deng Yang, Bi Gui and Ding Mi couldn't help but praise in unison.
Cao Shuang finished arranging the first step, and then turned his attention to Li Sheng. He patted Li Sheng on the shoulder and said:
"Gongzhao, tomorrow I plan to recommend you to the post of Luoyang County Magistrate in front of His Majesty. You will work for a few months first. If you achieve success, I will move you to the post of Xingyang Prefect. By then we have defeated Liu Jing. This
Henan Yin is yours!"
Li Sheng was extremely excited after hearing this. He understood that although the position of Luoyang County Magistrate seemed to be just a small county magistrate, Luoyang, as the capital of the Wei Dynasty, was more important than any major county in the world.
Nothing less.
After making arrangements for the next step, Cao Shuang and his five men breathed a sigh of relief. At the same time, they couldn't help but think: It seems that there will be another fierce fight at the next court meeting.
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The whole residence of Marquis Changling was filled with a peaceful and joyful atmosphere.
"Mingyue, be good..."
Marquise Li Huigu was holding her and Xia Houxuan's almost one-year-old child, and she was humming a gentle song.
"Hui Gu." Xia Houxuan gently opened the door and walked in. His eyes were as gentle as water at this moment.
"Ming Yue is good, daddy is back..." Li Huigu said softly to the child with a smile.
The child blinked his big eyes and looked at the handsome and kind middle-aged man in front of him, biting his finger and smiling innocently.
Xia Houxuan took the child from his wife and coaxed the child to sleep unskilledly. However, Mingyue, who was originally drowsy after being coaxed by her mother, became more and more energetic under Xia Houxuan's guidance.
Li Huigu brought a food box and said with a smile: "Today is the Double Ninth Festival. How would you like to taste the bait I made myself?"
[Note 1: Pengbai is rice flour cake. 】
"I'll feed Mingyue a little too." Xia Houxuan grabbed a piece of cake and put it towards the child's mouth with a smile.
"Hey, no!" Li Huigu hurriedly reached out and grabbed the piece of rice cake: "Ming Yue is only one year old, how can he eat this?"
"I'm teasing you, hahaha..."
Li Huigu looked at her husband who was laughing, couldn't help laughing, and lightly hit him on the shoulder as a "punishment".
"By the way, Huigu, please send two servants to deliver some bait to the general's house later. I remember that Uncle Zhao and his siblings are not very good at doing this."
"It's been prepared a long time ago." Li Huigu smiled and called the housekeeper Gu Ting in.
"Your Majesty, Madam, what are your orders?"
"Uncle Gu, please go to the General's Mansion in person and deliver the bait I made myself." Li Huigu said as she handed a food box to Gu Ting.
"Okay, I'll go right away." Gu Ting took the food box and headed out the door.
"By the way, Uncle Gu." Xia Houxuan suddenly stopped Gu Ting and said, "Remember to tell Brother Xi to come to the house for a drink another day."
"okay."
The family's laughter spread outside the courtyard, and even the cold autumn wind that blew by seemed to have become much softer.
Late at night.
An autumn rain came quietly, and the sound of pattering rain became increasingly clear.
