Cao Pi felt desperate. I just wanted to act. Why did my father really agree to go to the Cavalry General's Mansion instead of me when he came to his senses? In fact, I think Xiaozhi will definitely like the climate of Jiangdong.
"Zihuan, you spoke out loud again." Xia Houjuan reminded from the side.
"Xiaojuan, it's better for you to know that your brother, who feels sorry for you, has been sent here." Cao Pi said movedly.
At this time, Cao Pi and the honor guard were already in Ruyang County, heading from Runan to Yiyang and entering the area controlled by Bai Tu.
No matter how Cao Cao felt, the reason why he sent Cao Pi here was probably due to some "face" factors.
At this time, Cao Cao had already named himself the "Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty" and restored the prime minister system that had been banned for a long time after the Eastern Han Dynasty. In name, he overthrew Yuan Shao's "General".
And Cao Pi got his name because he was in charge of the Prime Minister's Office, representing the imperial court, communicating with Bai Tu about the annihilation of Yuan Ni. In other words, as long as the matter of Yuan Shu's legacy was not settled for a day, Cao Pi would stay in Jiangdong.
In fact, it also belongs to "proton".
But this way, it sounds much better.
As for the other sons besides Cao Pi, even the eldest Cao Zhang is only ten years old this year, and the other legitimate son Cao Zhi is only eight years old. It is unreasonable to insist that he represents the Prime Minister's Mansion and the imperial court to communicate about the annihilation of Yuan Ni.
Therefore, after Cao Pi's performance, Cao Cao was really tempted and accepted his suggestion.
In fact, Cao Pi was so used to it that he knelt down and cried without thinking!
"The young master is suspicious of the country", Cao Cao has thought clearly about it. Although the other sons are not very old, there are still five or six. Even if something unexpected happens to Cao Pi, it is impossible to extinguish the heir easily.
As for being young
Cao Cao felt that if he really could not live for ten years, even Cao Pi would not be able to stabilize the current situation!
And if they live for ten years, Cao Zhi and the others will have grown up, and it doesn't matter what they are missing.
Of course, since they were going to the Cavalry General's Mansion with a clear purpose, they were naturally equipped with ceremonial guards. There were hundreds of people at this time, but Cao Pi understood that only twenty or thirty guards and servants could finally enter Yiyang County, and there were
Sima Lang as his assistant.
Sima Lang, courtesy name Boda, is less than thirty years old this year. He was known in the countryside when he was young. His father was also a court official. During Dong Zhuo's rebellion, his father Sima Fang ordered him to take his brothers back to his hometown to avoid trouble.
When Cao Cao just welcomed back the emperor, he surrendered to Cao Cao.
First he served in the Sikong Mansion, and then he was transferred as a county magistrate, and then transferred back to the Sikong Mansion. Judging from his resume, although he is not comparable to Xun Yu, Guo Jia and other aides and masterminds, he is obviously a hero that Cao Cao focused on cultivating.
However, this time before he went to be appointed as the Magistrate of Tangyang County, he was met by Cao Cao. Later, he was appointed Prime Minister Shi and an official of the Prime Minister's Office. He was responsible for serving as Cao Pi's think tank and went to the Chariot and Cavalry General's Mansion together.
Sima Lang also had seven younger brothers, who had not yet entered official service at this time. The most famous in later generations was naturally his second brother Sima Yi.
At the same time, Xiahou Juan, Xiahouyuan's niece, also came to Runan from Cao Pi, which moved Cao Pi very much.
However, this excitement soon turned into fear.
Xia Houjuan actually said to him with a smile: "Actually, it's not all just for you. I'm also planning to go to Huainan and Jiangdong to have a look."
"Uncle, does uncle know?" Cao Pi asked in a shy voice.
"I know." Xia Houjuan said firmly.
"Know?" Cao Pi looked a little disbelieving.
"Yes, I told my uncle that I would pay attention to safety when I go out for a walk. My uncle only asked me to listen to Xiaolan's advice." Xia Houjuan said matter-of-factly.
Xiaolan is Xia Houjuan's maid. The two grew up together and would occasionally tell Xia Houyuan.
"I think going to Jiangdong is definitely not within the scope of going out for a walk!" Cao Pi said, holding his forehead.
"This is the territory of the Han Dynasty, what is there that we can't go to? Xiaolan didn't say much," Xia Houjuan said.
"Where's Xiaolan?" Cao Pi asked doubtfully.
"It's tied up in the car," Xia Houjuan said.
"Tie up?"
"Well, I can sleep more soundly this way." Xia Houjuan said without changing his expression.
Cao Pi:
"Do you think I'm just here to have fun? Now the Chariot and Cavalry General's Mansion may raise troops to rebel at any time. Why are you going to cause trouble?" Cao Pi asked helplessly.
Among Cao Cao's sons, the one they were most afraid of was not Cao Cao, but the two Xiahou family uncles, Xiahou Yuan and Xiahou Dun. In fact, they were not even related to Cao Cao by blood.
If Xiahou Dun is the "legendary" super scary uncle, then Xia Houyuan is the real uncle who often teaches them a lesson!
"I am Xia Houjuan now, not Cao Juan, what do I have to fear?" Xia Houjuan didn't look worried, and his eyes were a little complicated.
There is actually another hidden reason why she is here.
Cao Pi thought in his heart that he would find someone to send Xiahou Juan back soon. He could not let her run wild. However, at this moment, Xiahou Juan reminded: "You said that if you let me go back now, I would secretly escape and get lost halfway."
He was abducted by bandits or something, who should be blamed?"
Of course you blame yourself!
Cao Pi roared in his heart, but on the surface he could only say: "Well, I can allow you to follow for the time being, but you must hide your identity first, and go back immediately after you have had enough fun!" Cao Pi estimated that Bai Tu, Liu Biao, and his father
Even with Yuan Shao, the battle will not end in one or two years.
Xiahou Juan curled his lips: "What is there to hide my identity? Isn't my identity the daughter of the Xiahou clan? Compared with you, the prime minister, how can I be conspicuous? If you want to express your anger to me, you will probably have already.
Was it sliced?"
"You don't understand! Clan girls are not good at this. Before arriving in Yiyang," Cao Pi, who was full of complex thoughts, gave his sister a "good idea."
At the same time, Bai Tu was inspecting the Pingman army in Yuzhang County.
The most rampant part of Shanyue was that it had separated out separately in Zhangling County, north of Yuzhang. At this time, Gao Shun was in charge of Pingyue affairs.
However, in Yuzhang County, there are many nominal mountains that do not have barbarian soldiers or commanders who can "turn barbarians". Their combat effectiveness is only at the level of ordinary mountain people, and most of them are ordinary Han people who go up the mountain.
When dealing with this part of the "mountain crossing", Bai Tu initially focused on encouraging people to go down the mountain. However, he also did not hesitate to send troops to those mountain villages that were in chaos from time to time.
And in recent months, planned construction of fortifications in the mountains has begun, which are actually camps and fortresses.
Referring to Shen Qingzhi, the famous general of the Liu and Song Dynasties in the Southern Dynasty, when he conquered the mountain people, he adopted a step-by-step approach and a multi-pronged attack strategy to compress the living space of the wild people in the mountains.
At the same time, it was also promised that those who come down from the mountain would be granted farmland and would be exempted from taxes for one year. Those who did not want to come down had not yet resorted to violence. It was just that the camps and fortresses in the mountains would continue to be built, and the mountain people who farmed, fished and hunted in the mountains could not stay there for the time being.
However, Bai Tu has been cracking down on the copycats that occupy copper and iron minerals step by step.
Boiling the sea into salt and casting mountains into copper are two great benefits to Jiangdong. Baitu will definitely gradually regain his official status.
Although some mountain residents were irritated, the situation has remained under control.
Bai Tu was in Jinling at this time, meeting with representatives of front-line officers and soldiers from Yuzhang and Pingyue. The Chinese New Year was about to come. Bai Tu had already had an unwritten practice. Every year during the Chinese New Year, representatives from major garrisons would return to Jinling.
And this time when Bai Tu was looking at the list, he also discovered a person named Deng Dang!
Deng Dang is not very famous. Although he is one of the first generals to follow Sun, he has been responsible for pacifying Yue in history, but he has few achievements.
But Deng Dang had a brother-in-law who was very famous, Lu Meng!
Calculating his age, Lu Meng should have reached the age of 18 this year. He followed his brother-in-law when he was young, hoping to make a successful career.
For Lu Meng, Lu Su, Zhang Zhao and others, they may not have paid attention at all. With their height, they could barely catch the sight of the captain Deng Dang. As for Deng Dang's brother-in-law, he knows who he is!
Even among Deng Dang's army, everyone's impression of Lu Meng was that he was a young general who was a little smart, a little courageous and had some connections.
When Lu Meng "joined the army" for the first time, he was only sixteen years old. He quietly followed Deng Dang on the road. Lu Meng's goal in joining the army was very simple. His family was too poor and he had never read any books. If he didn't work hard, he would still be like him in the future.
Just like our ancestors, instead of being an ordinary farmer who is hungry and full, it is better to join the army and fight in order to gain a wife and a son.
At that time, Deng Dang was angry and took him directly to his mother-in-law, Lu Meng's mother, and asked the old lady to teach him a lesson. As a result, Lu Meng quoted Ban Gu's allusion of "If you don't enter the tiger's den, you won't get the tiger's cubs" to persuade him.
He killed his brother-in-law and mother.
Bai Tu even knew that historically it was Lü Meng who took over as the third governor of Soochow when Lu Su passed away many years later.
After the Battle of Chibi, Lu Meng first planned to capture Jingnan, and then commanded the Battle of Ruxukou, which was Cao Cao's second campaign against Sun Quan after Chibi.
Although it ended with Sun Quan asking for surrender, at the tactical level, it was Lü Meng who was at Ruxukou, preventing Cao Jun from doing anything, and giving Sun Quan the opportunity to "please surrender". Otherwise, Cao Cao would definitely swallow Sun Quan directly, but as long as
He paid homage and paid tribute in name only.
Then came the peak battle of Lu Meng. After taking over the position of governor, Lu Su changed his previous friendly strategy towards Guan Yu and decided to take Jingzhou by force.
Finally, when Guan Yu flooded seven armies and went north to attack Wei, Bai Yi crossed the river and cut off his retreat, and in one fell swoop, he regained Jingzhou south of the Yangtze River for Soochow.
Of course, later on, it may be that the governor of Soochow was really poisonous. Not long after, Lu Meng also became ill from overwork. He died of illness before Liu Bei could even catch up with the battle to avenge Guan Yu. His successor, the fourth governor, Lu Xun,
, defeated Liu Bei, that’s another story
When Bai Tu came to the military camp and met with Deng Dang and others, he paid special attention and found that Lü Meng had also come to Jinling as a representative of outstanding grassroots generals. After all, he was Deng Dang's brother-in-law. It would be strange if he was not an outstanding representative.