As the saying goes: 'Those who follow the sky are easy, and those who go against the sky work', this heaven is not only the time of the day, but also the time of the day, and it is very simple to conform to the time of the day, as long as you keep in mind three sentences: find the opportunity, seize the opportunity, and use the opportunity!

Although Cao Cao and Xiao Yi joined forces, it was enough to control the court and command the world, but it is not easy to break the iron law of 'no one surnamed Liu can be king' and obey it for hundreds of years......

This year, the Central Plains has been in good weather, the crops have been harvested, the imperial court has been exempted from taxes, forced labor, the people are all happy, some places have also set up a temple of eternal life for Cao Cao and Xiao Yi, and the incense is extremely prosperous!

At the same time, thousands of miles away sent back the battle report, after a hard and long march, the Western Expeditionary Army finally arrived at the city of the Second Division, and Ma Chao's team should join forces outside the country, and stormed the coalition forces of the Western Regions......

It was a battle, Cao Zhang's first soldier, even more than a dozen arrows still fought to the death and did not retreat, the soldiers and soldiers were deeply inspired, all bloody and desperate, breaking the coalition forces of various countries in the Western Regions, beheading 80,000, capturing more than 100,000 prisoners, and seizing countless trophies!

After winning the war, Cao Zhang and Ma Chao discussed and killed all the more than 100,000 captives, and then stationed troops outside the city, accumulated various strategic materials, and prepared to kill the green mountains all the way west in the spring next year......

"Wan Sheng--Wan Sheng! --Dahan Wansheng! ”

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The good news arrived in Xuchang City, and there was a sudden sensation inside and outside the government, dignitaries and ordinary people all looked up to the sky and shouted, the sound of ten thousand victories resounded in the sky, and the restaurants everywhere were swept away, and it was difficult to count the drunken people......

Even those celebrities who pretend to be high and high have to secretly admit: 'Since the traitorous male and the god of murder have been in power, the upper security society, the lower soothing the people, the inner peace of the heroes, and the expansion of the territory, although the means are bloody and cruel, but they are still heroes for a while! ’

Cao Cao immediately issued an order: on the seventh day of the first month of October - the day of the beginning of winter, the prime minister's mansion held a banquet to congratulate a group of civil and military ministers...... The time is finally ripe for kingship!

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"The Prime Minister's achievements cover the world, far above Lu Wang and Zhang Liang, please have a drink!"

"Prime Minister, Lord Debu Quartet, comparable to Shang Tang and Zhou Wen, please have another drink!"

"Haha, everyone's praise is too much, please have a drink!"

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Late at night, in the lobby of the Xiangfu - the lanterns are hanging high, bright as day, Cao Cao and Mrs. Bian are sitting in the center, and the princes and concubines of the Xiangfu are surrounded on both sides, and there are Xiao Yi, Cheng Yu, Mao Jue, Man Chong, and Xiahou brothers...... Nearly 100 civil and military people are on both sides of the seat, all of whom are powerful figures in the DPRK and China!

Cao Cao and Mrs. Bian have always been simple and unpretentious, and they never pay attention to luxury in their daily lives, as long as they are casual and comfortable, but today is an exception, both of them have changed into gorgeous clothes, which is more grand than festivals and birthdays!

Mrs. Bian's hair bun was rarely worn with jewelry, and Cao Cao's hair and beard were also carefully combed, and the whole person was full of energy, as if she was several years younger.

"Why didn't the fourth brother stop drinking, he has lost a lot of weight recently, so he has to cultivate well!"

"Thank the second brother for your blessing, the younger brother is safe and sound, so don't bother with it!"

"It's the best, my brother-in-law came to visit a few days ago and gave me a lot of tonic for my brother, and I just gave some to my fourth brother!"

"What, brother-in-law has gone to visit you--alas!"

After a few months of recuperation, Cao Pi's injuries healed, his face was full of red light, full of energy, and his spirit was a few points better than before.

During Cao Pi's recuperation in the mansion, Cao Cao and Mrs. Bian visited more than a dozen times, such an honor is unparalleled, even Xiao Yi, who has always been neutral, also visited once, and one time is enough!

Now no matter how stupid people are, they also know that in this fierce battle for the hidden dragon, the second son will have the last laugh, and the civil and military ministers have also come to visit when they see the wind and rudder, and the gifts they send are piled up.

There are even people who make a twist: Zihuan Gongzi - loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness, both civil and military, and the son of the eldest son, should be established as the prince of Great Wei, and Cao Cao neither agreed, nor reprimanded, or acquiesced!

On the contrary, Cao Zhi has lost a lot of weight, and in the past few months, he has been accused by the world, what is ruthless, plotting to kill his brother, what is despicable and shameless, and he is not a son of man...... The important ministers who supported them in the past have gradually become estranged!

In fact, for a ruler, being ruthless is not necessarily a shortcoming, don't you see the actions of the first emperor, killing his biological father, imprisoning his biological mother, and sacking his second brother...... It's a ferocious mess, but if you don't have this kind of iron-blooded means, how can you annex the six countries and dominate the world?

In fact, plotting to kill his brother and being despicable and shameless is just an excuse, seeing that Cao Zhi is about to lose and has no hope of becoming a prince, everyone has withdrawn and left, for fear that in the future, the city gate will catch fire and affect the pond fish!

Old Qin, restore my rivers and mountains, blood will not be drained, and death will not be truce!

There is Daqin in the west, such as the Japanese side, a hundred years of national hatred, and the sea is difficult to peace!

The world is in turmoil, how can Kangning, Qin has a sharp soldier, who competes with him?

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In the crisp sound of drums, dozens of strong men wearing bronze armor and holding bronze Changge, doing the costume of the ancient Qin army, danced the dance of the military in the lobby!

They lined up neatly, making a brave fight, the posture was simple and rough, as if the army of tigers and wolves hundreds of years ago had been resurrected in front of everyone, and there were bursts of military songs to be sung......

You must know that at the banquet held by the magnates, the singing and dancing are not performed at random, and are often mixed with some political factors...... It's called dancing to convey your heart!

Tonight's performance is not an ancient song, but a new song and dance, telling the story of the 'Battle of Yin and Jin', during the reign of King Qin Hui, with the rhino head (Gongsun Yan) as the general, sent troops to attack the fortress of Hexi, captured the Wei lord Long Jia in a war, beheaded 80,000 people, and took the land west of the Wei River!

"What a wonderful military dance, full of masculinity, the lyrics are even more heroic and mighty, I don't know who did it?"

"The name of this song is "Da Qin Zongheng", which was compiled by Da Sima himself, so there is such a brave wind!"

"I see, Da Sima is both civil and military, and he can be called a generation of geniuses!"

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The singing and dancing are wonderful, winning bursts of applause, while the ministers admire Xiao Yi's talent, they also secretly guess the intention?

The Seven Heroes of the Warring States fought for hegemony, and the soldiers did not stop for a day, and the battle of Yin and Jin beheaded 80,000, which was not the most tragic, and there were more battles of Yique, 240,000 beheadings of the Qin army, the Battle of Huayang, 150,000 beheadings of the Qin army, and 450,000 of the Qin army's pit killing in the Battle of Changping......

Similarly, among the monarchs of the Qin dynasties, King Qin Huiwen was not unknown or too famous, and the major events he did during his reign were: splitting Shang Ying, capturing Hexi, and occupying Bashu...... What does this have to do with the current situation, could it be that troops are going to fight again?

"No, there seems to be another big thing, and that is the Longmen ......"

"I see, I finally figured it out, it's really unresponsive!"

There is no shortage of well-educated people here, such as Cheng Yu, Man Chong, and Mao Jue...... Soon thought of one thing, after the Qin people were Shaohao's clan, because they were good at domesticating horses, they were divided into Qin by Zhou Tianzi!

Later, the princes of Zhou Youwang were killed by the invading dog Rong people, and set fire to Haojing, so the Qin people escorted the king of Zhou Ping, moved the capital to Luoyi to the east, and was named an earl because of his escort, and officially became one of the vassal states!

After the twenty-five generations of monarchs of the Qin State, they were all earls, until after the Battle of Yin and Jin, the Qin State showed its strength and fought the three Jin trembling, and finally succeeded in the Longmen Xiangwang, and King Qin Huiwen became the first King of Qin!

In this way, it is clear that the purpose of performing this military dance is not to send troops to fight, nor to inspire morale, but that Prime Minister Cao Cheng wants to follow the example of the ancients and become a king!

"Shhh --Hiss! ”

After a few smart people figured it out, they immediately handed over their eyes and beat their hands, suggesting that the rest of the civil and military ministers, and suddenly gasped, some people were happy, and some people were worried......

Happily, once Cao Cao becomes king, he will definitely reward his ministers, and everyone sitting here will be beneficial, either to increase the official and enter the knighthood, or to seal the wife and son, no matter how bad it is, there will be money and rewards!

The worry is that for hundreds of years, no one has dared to break the iron law, and the prime minister is in a hurry to take this step, so he is not afraid of the world attacking him?

Don't you see the fate of the Lu family's feudal king - it collapsed in an instant, and none of the hundreds of people in the clan survived, even the married daughter and the grandson who gave birth were not spared!

"Tonight's feast, sitting or for the close relatives, or the ministers of the humerus, the old man has a few words of confidant, and I hope you will listen to one or two!"

"Prime Minister, please speak, we are all willing to listen!"

After a period of singing and dancing, Cao Cao stood up with a golden cup in his hand, and invited the civil and military ministers to come tonight, one is to set up wine to congratulate and celebrate the victory on the battlefield in the Western Regions, and the other is to create momentum and pave the way for entering the king.

"The old man is stupid, he started to be filial and honest, and then he was in turmoil in the world, and he built a fine house in the east of the fifty miles, and wanted to study in spring and summer, hunt in autumn and winter, so as to wait for the world to be peaceful, and he came out of Shi'er!

I didn't want the court to recruit the old man as a military captain, so I wanted to make meritorious service to the country, and I wanted to write the tomb after my death: 'The tomb of Cao Hou, the general of the Han Dynasty's expedition to the west', is enough for his life's wishes!

Since Yanzhou raised troops, the old man commanded the three armies, personally came to the battle array, broke the yellow scarf, broke Lu Bu, collected Yuan Shu, and destroyed Yuan Shao...... Sweeping all parts of the Central Plains, now as the prime minister and the Duke of Wei, the nobility of the people and ministers has reached the extreme, what hope is there again?

Some people see the weight of the old man, and they suspect that they have different intentions, which is a big fallacy, but it is not feasible to let the old man hand over his authority and return to the fief to live for a long time, it is not that the old man is greedy for power, and he has to suffer......"

Cao Cao paced back and forth, narrating his life experience, as well as the changes in his mentality and ambitions, and the deep feelings to be said, he couldn't help but feel sad, he had deceived countless people in his life, but tonight's heartfelt words...... At least half of it is true!

I am fifty-six years old this year, my hair is gray, my teeth are falling out, and my body is not as good as day by day.

But he relied on the medicine of the tiger and wolf to forcibly squeeze out his physical potential, and kept dealing with military affairs day and night, fighting with the sky, the earth, and people...... It's physically and mentally exhausted, and life is no longer fun.

The evil consequences of swallowing the medicine of the tiger and wolf have gradually been reflected, the hair has fallen out in large pieces, the body is covered with red spots, especially at midnight, the pain of shaving the bones all over the body, and I am afraid of shaking people's hearts, the pillow bites more than ten times, and I dare not scream, that taste is better than death!

Cao Cao once visited his son as an excuse to visit Hua Tuo and Zhang Zhongjing, two miracle doctors, to seek a good way to alleviate pain and prolong life.

One is to stop taking the medicine of the tiger and wolf, and then go to live in the mountains behind the school, and from then on only ask about worldly things, pure heart and few desires to nourish the body and mind, and then cooperate with nourishing drugs, slowly adjust the body, and live a seventy or eighty years old is not a problem!

The second is not to listen to good advice, continue to squeeze the potential with drugs, with Cao Cao's physical condition, even if he uses precious medicinal materials to supplement, it will last for three or four years at most, and the death will be very miserable!

Who doesn't want to have a comfortable old age, Cao Cao has also seriously considered it, just like Zhou Gong assisted the king, he retired after success, handed over his authority, and changed his name in history, but unfortunately this road does not work, he is not a capable minister in the world, but a traitor in troubled times!

Since the Son of Heaven has been coerced to order the princes, he has been domineering and domineering, iron-blooded and ruthless, and has killed the emperor's relatives, the imperial concubine and the prince, and the queen of the main palace.

The southern conquest and the northern war for many years, the siege of countless cities, the power of the traitorous male is added to the four seas, the princes are afraid to die, but also hate to die, once they hand over their authority, the princes will inevitably send someone to assassinate, this is two must die!

has been in power for more than ten years, regardless of background, meritocracy, and promoted a lot of poor people, but he also offended the ruthless Shi clan.

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Cao Cao is now better than dead, so he is fearless of life and death, but if he dies now, the consequences will be: family defeat, clan annihilation, and national chaos...... Therefore, I can't afford to die, and I don't dare to die easily!

"Now Sun Quan is in Jiangdong, Liu Bei is called the Xiongjingnan, Liu Zhang and Zhang Lu are facing each other in Yizhou, and the war in the Western Regions has not subsided, so the world is undecided, and the old man does not dare to relieve the power for a day, just because if there is no old man, the world does not know how many people are emperors and how many people are kings!

The people who are all close to each other here either get along with the old man day and night, or fight the world with the old man, but the old man is hardworking, you may not know everything...... But who knows my heart in the world, who knows my heart? ”

Life is like sailing against the current, since you can't retreat or die, then you can only move forward bravely, three or four years is not a short time, enough for Cao Cao to fight again, take a key step, and restrain a key person!

As long as he succeeds, he will be the second king of Zhou Wen, not to mention giving his children and grandchildren a country, and he can still leave a name in the annals of history, and he will always be admired by future generations, or he may be scolded!

"Whew! Call! --Boom! Boom! ”

In the face of the traitor's constant questioning, there were no less than 1,000 family members, important ministers, and guards present, but none of them could answer, the lobby was as silent as water, only the sound of heavy breathing and thumping heartbeat!

Since ancient times, it has been difficult to ask about the will of heaven, how can it be easy to know what the traitor's mind is, but there is one thing that everyone understands, the prime minister is going to be the king, according to the previous routine, there are some things to prepare.

"Who knows my heart in the world...... Who in the world knows my heart, where there is no worry, do you know? ”

"The last general is stupid, and he can only know a little bit about it!"

"I know a little bit about it, you try to say it!"

Cao Cao asked several times, but still no one answered, and he couldn't help but feel a sense of loneliness, since ancient times, heroes have been lonely, but they don't know that the traitorous male is even more lonely, even his own son, I'm afraid it is difficult to be a confidant!

In the end, his eyes fell on Xiao Yi, this son-in-law was very disobedient and made him very troubled, but at every critical moment, only he could bring hope......

"Only when the wind and water rise do you know that the sky is high and the clouds are light, and the sea shows the true colors of a man...... Ruling the world, treacherous in troubled times, and being the prime minister, who dares to be the king? ”

Looking at the lonely figure in front of him, Xiao Yi also sighed a lot in his heart, because his birth made the traitor's strength stronger and his achievements more brilliant, and his heart was also more tormented!

"I am the prime minister, who dares to call the king...... I am the prime minister, who dares to call the king...... Ha ha! ”

(End of chapter)