Chapter 787: Salted Fish Turns Over
Ling Huyu mentioned in the letter that when today's son Cao Fang is mediocre and incompetent, the government is controlled by the Sima family, and Cao Biao, the king of Chu, is talented, intelligent, brave and resourceful, and can be the new monarch.
For Wang Ling, it doesn't matter whether Cao Biao, the king of Chu, is smart or not, the most important thing is that they can use this name to deal with Sima Yi, who holds the central authority and coerces the Son of Heaven to order the locality.
If there is no confrontation from the beginning, then they will definitely bear the charge of rebellion, and pushing Cao Biao, the king of Chu, to the forefront, can eliminate this bad reputation, Cao Fang is mediocre and incompetent, and replaced it with the intelligent and courageous Cao Biao, that is a matter of course, as Cao Cao's son, Cao Biao definitely has this qualification.
Since Cao Biao's fief is in Baima and is in the territory of Yanzhou, Wang Ling is naturally inconvenient to come forward, so all the contact affairs with Cao Biao are completed by Ling Huyu.
In the letter, Wang Ling repeatedly told Linghu Yu that he must be cautious and cautious in doing things, do it secretly, and never leak the slightest rumor, and not let Sima Yi be half vigilant.
Now Sima Yi conquered the north and merged the state, and Cao Liang fell into a bitter battle in Shangdang, according to the news heard by Linghu Yu, the battle situation of the Shangdang was very stalemate, and Sima Yi must have no eyes in the south in a short period of time, which undoubtedly provided them with the best opportunity to support the new monarch Cao Biao and crusade against the usurper Sima Yi, the thief Sima Yi, at the right time.
However, the location of the new monarch is a debatable, whether it is Yanzhou or Huainan, it seems to lack appeal, there is no doubt that the most suitable place is Luoyang, if Wang Ling and Linghu Yu's men can control Luoyang in their hands, directly abolish the current son Cao Fang, and set up Cao Biao, the king of Chu, as the emperor, it would be perfect.
However, as an important place in Beijing, even if Sima Yi is gone, he will also appoint capable people to garrison, and the news they found out is that Sima Yi arranged for his second son Sima Zhao to be stationed in Luoyang, and at the same time asked Gao Rou and Wang Su to assist him.
Sima Zhao, a milky little kid who has not dried up, was naturally not taken seriously by Wang Ling, but Gao Rou and Wang Su, the two old guys, made Wang Ling have to be wary, there are two people stationed in Luoyang, I am afraid that there will be a lot of resistance to the abolition of the establishment in Luoyang.
In this regard, Wang Ling could only retreat, and he agreed with Linghu Yu to place the place where Cao Biao was appointed as the new monarch in Xuchang.
Xuchang as Cao Wei's accompanying capital, in Cao Wei's political arena, has always played a very important role, in the Cao Cao era, here became the new capital of the Han Dynasty, Cao Cao here coerced the Son of Heaven to order the princes, conquered the princes of the Quartet, completed the feat of unifying the north, and laid a solid foundation for Cao Wei to set the world.
It was not until Cao Pi usurped the Han Dynasty that the capital was moved from Xuchang to Luoyang, although the name of Xudu was no longer there, but as the foundation of Cao Wei, its influence could not be ignored.
With the help of the glorious status of Xudu, Cao Biao ascended the throne here as the emperor and issued an edict to the world, which is of great significance, and its role is second only to the emperor in Luoyang, and it is only a matter of time before it is responded to by all parts of the world.
However, Xuchang is in Yuzhou, far away from Huainan, but relatively close to Yanzhou, so how to arrange Cao Biao's affairs to ascend the throne in Xuchang, Wang Ling still mainly relies on Ling Huyu to do.
Linghu Yu received Wang Ling's reply, and was very happy to see that he agreed to raise troops to support the new king, and immediately began to arrange, sending his henchman Zhang Shi to Baima to discuss the plan with Cao Biao.
Cao Biao had contact with Ling Huyu before, and as a prince, he had no chance to ascend to the emperor's throne, but the support of Ling Huyu and Wang Ling made Cao Biao feel like a salted fish turned over.
That's right, don't look at the glamorous appearance of the princes and kings, in fact, they are just high-level prisoners, imprisoned in the fiefdom, without the edict of the Son of Heaven, they don't even have a chance to leave the fiefdom.
To tell the truth, they are a group of stinky, hard, almost moldy salted fish, living a lifeless life under the watchful eye of the imperial court.
But even if he is a salted fish, Cao Biao also dreams of one day having a chance to turn over, he is Cao Cao's son, after all, there is a generation of heroic blood in his bones, he is unwilling to live in such a muddy nightmare in this life.
And Linghu Yu sent people to visit, which undoubtedly provided Cao Biao with an opportunity, and he, a salted fish, finally ushered in the opportunity to turn over.
Ling Hu Yu and Wang Ling wanted to use Cao Biao's name to crusade against Sima Yi, and Cao Biao wanted to use their support to ascend to the throne he had coveted for a long time.
However, welcoming the new monarch is a major event, and the preparations are also complicated, so Hu Yu has to use all his cronies to complete this matter, and the whole family is very busy.
In the past, he contacted Wang Ling, and Ling Huyu had always sent Zhang Shi to go, Zhang Shi was his confidant, and he was naturally obedient to him, but after the contact with Cao Biao increased, Zhang Shi had been in charge of Cao Biao's line, and he went to Huainan with no clones, so Ling Huyu selected a small official named Yang Kang from among his staff and sent him to carry letters to Shouchun.
Yang Kang is a timid person, although he has followed Ling Hu Yu for many years, but it is just to make a living, not to say how loyal he is to Ling Hu Yu, at least there is absolutely no such state as a confidant to die.
Although Linghu Yu repeatedly concealed the truth, but up and down the house, so many clerks, no matter how much they couldn't keep their mouths shut, all some situations, the people in the house still knew some, Yang Kang heard about the establishment of a new monarch, and almost became stupid, can this new monarch be a trivial matter, if it is not done well, I am afraid that it will end up full of beheadings.
When Linghu Yu called Yang Kang to the study, handed him a letter, and asked him to send it to Shouchun Wang Ling, Yang Kang's cold sweat broke out on the ground at that time, and the thin letter, in his hand, seemed to have a thousand weights.
When he took the letter, Yang Kang's hands trembled a little, and his face was as white as white paper.
It's just that Linghu Yu was so busy that he didn't notice the change in his face at all, and thought that he was sweating because of the heat, so he just urged him to hurry up and get on the road and send the letter to Wang Ling as soon as possible.
Yang Kangwei agreed, carried the letter, left Ping'a City, and set off for Shouchun.