The first thousand two hundred and sixty-seven chapters are naturally full of contradictions
Chapter 1,267 Contradictions arise naturally
Half a month ago——
An urgent letter went all the way north from Shouchun to Yecheng, which is now the capital of Wei State.
"Give it to me—"
The messenger knocked on the door of the old Prime Minister's Mansion and stuffed the letter inside.
But in fact, the old Prime Minister’s Mansion has been without a home for a long time——
The current old Prime Minister's Mansion is the office of the newly established Shangshu Province, and the chief minister of the Shangshu Province is naturally Xun You, who has the highest status and reputation among the ministers.
As for where Xun Yu went, it can only be said that after the disagreement with Cao Cao, Xun Yu actually no longer cared about politics. Yi Xiaotian enlightened him and gave him a way out. Now Xun Yu has
He worked as an idle lecturer at Youjian Villa outside Yecheng. He would give lectures on literature and ancient times when he had nothing to do, and he would not talk about the general trend of the world... This seemingly complacent behavior actually made Xun Yu's mentality much better.
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But the same thing...because of Xun Yu's departure, Xun You has indeed become the most responsible leader among Cao Cao's civil servants.
Jia Xu was shy about his identity. He was not a retainer of Cao Cao, and he always liked to keep a low profile. Even when Cao Cao established the country and wanted to crown Jia Xu, Jia Xu still declined.
Of course... Boss Cao knows very well what Jia Xu's status is. If everyone sees through it and doesn't tell it, the friendship between the emperor and his ministers will not change.
However, although Xun You served as Shangshu Ling, in the past six months, except for the routine handling of official affairs between the DPRK and China, Xun You, Hua Xin, Liang Mao, Liu Ye and other important civil servants were actually not very busy on weekdays.
The reason lies in only two points...
The first is that now that the Wei State has been established, although the country is not in a state of ruins waiting to be revitalized, various grassroots arrangements still need to be implemented for a period of time - this has led to the fact that although the Wei State has its name, people in many places
They didn't hear what their minister said. They still talked about one prime minister and only recognized Cao Cao but not him.
What this requires is time.
Another point is that for Wei Guochenwu, what they are most concerned about at the moment is naturally the development of the war between Jiangdong and Liu Bei.
The matter of seizing the direct heir seemed to be due to the promulgation of the assessment system. Not only did the original tense atmosphere disappear, but everyone who originally wanted to join in the fun lost their interest in watching the fun after realizing the rigor and standards of the assessment.
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The initial fight between Cao Zhi and Cao Pi was definitely a fight between a dragon and a tiger. The tense atmosphere made the big and small figures standing behind both sides look red-eyed.
It's just that... although such a dramatic development may be interesting, it is not conducive to the development of a country.
Especially after Yi Xiaotian, who originally kept silent about the matter of seizing the direct heir, also came to an end, the situation has developed to a height beyond the reach of ordinary officials.
But for the current Wei State, the assessment of the two princes has entered a new stage - it is said that it is to examine the ability of both parties to manage the city and lead the troops. Therefore, the two princes had already set out before Yi Xiaotian set off.
They went to their respective assessment sites and conducted assessments that basically did not interfere with each other.
Of course, they may not know that what they will experience next will also become an important indicator for their future assessment - because Yi Xiaotian chose to keep the entire matter secret.
This is to ensure that in a state of complete information closure, the most natural reactions of both parties can be tested.
This is actually the reason why Cao Cao agreed to Yi Xiaotian to go to Jiangdong first as the main person responsible for handling all matters in Jiangdong.
Otherwise, with Cao Cao's character, he is guaranteed to have a large army pressing down on the territory at this moment, and he will not give Jiangdong a chance to quell the civil strife on his own to decide the outcome - as for the scene of Liu Bei's decisive battle with Jiangdong now, it will not happen.
So... In fact, Yi Xiaotian's journey to Jiangdong was deceiving Cao Cao to a certain extent...
Because his purpose was not to realize Cao Cao's earlier declaration in front of all the civil and military officials to disintegrate Jiangdong after learning of Zhou Yu's death.
He had other purposes... This also led to many people in the court and the court who had not had close contacts with Yi Xiaotian to begin to harbor doubts about Yi Xiaotian's various behaviors that seemed to be "contrary to the interests of Wei" after they became aware of the changes in the situation in Jiangdong.
There was dissatisfaction, and there was even an incident where the newly appointed imperial censor Hua Xin took the lead and the civil servants openly impeached Yi Xiaotian in court.
That's not true...it was clear that Cao Cao allowed Yi Xiaotian to enter Jiangdong first in order to allow him to collect information about Jiangdong. His behavior of leaving without saying goodbye for the first time to Jiangdong had already made some ministers in the court who only accepted death feel quite resentful.
Criticism - "Yi Xiaotian, if you can't hold him firmly in your hands, you must destroy him..."
Of course, Cao Cao's decision to support Yi Xiaotian from behind was also confirmed after various things happened later - he was right, Yi Xiaotian was good for me, and Cao Cao wanted to make this clear.
go out.
It's just that...it's hard to reconcile everyone's opinions, and...as the size of the Wei Kingdom grows larger and larger, many people begin to feel the inconsistency of the special existence of Youjian Villa——
Why is the standard unified across the country... Yi Xiaotian is not an official, not a Hou, so why does he have all kinds of privileges?
This is the common emotional attitude towards Yi Xiaotian among the newly emerging gentry.
Of course the common people don't care about this... After all, in the eyes of the common people, Yi Xiaotian is a legendary figure... With the intentional or unintentional promotion of Youjian Villa, folk art such as story books have actually begun to take shape, and among them, the story books
The most famous and most loved story prototype, isn’t that Yi Xiaotian?
There is gradually a larger generation gap between officials and people. In this era, this is normal, but for the future that Cao Cao wants to build, this is not allowed.
But... not only Jia Xu, Xun You and others could not come up with a solution, even Cao Cao himself was extremely confused.
Because of Xun Yu's departure, Cao Cao is still hesitant about claiming kingship and hegemony.
The wheel of history will never stop, and one day's hesitation will not affect the direction of the general trend.
The Duke of Wei was first established, but at that time Dong Zhao and others, who openly wrote to the court to plead for Cao Cao, had already begun to work on the next step of making the king a king.
This is not something Cao Cao can stop.
In short...all kinds of conflicts, although Cao Cao obviously didn't like them, naturally arose between him and Yi Xiaotian, between Wei Guo and Youjian Villa.
Of course... this time, Cao Cao still stood by Yi Xiaotian despite the impeachment by Hua Xin and others.
For no reason...just because of the letter, Yi Xiaotian was willing to call him "Brother Hiding, Lord Hiding"...