Chapter 142 Imperial Edict Appointment [Subscription Request]

Previously, Ling Jin was asked to lead a team to go to Sequence 04, the tomb with the Sun Shadow Mirror.

Ten months passed, and Cao Cao tried several times to contact Ling Jin using the Moon Shadow Mirror.

No response.

Ling Jin and his group disappeared without a trace.

In recent days, because of the tense war situation, Cao Cao has not paid much attention to Ling Jin.

The other party also remained silent.

Cao Cao recalled that he had obtained a partial map pointing to Tomb No. 4.

Through the refraction of the moon mirror, one can see the characters of Yinxu reflected on the other side, with the words "Baxiantai" or "Guoxiantai" appearing above an extremely large stone door.

Judging from the clues and preparations, nothing should go wrong...

Cao Cao turned his thoughts back to the present.

Xunzhu is a rare treasure, but he had already guessed that there might be more than just the one in his hand.

Unexpected entries will give hints.

Cao Cao had never used the goal of reaching 300,000 reputation before.

He immediately used fixed pointing to obtain the location of Tomb No. 104 where the Xunzhu was located.

According to the entry, it is a king's tomb from the Warring States Period that disappeared in the long river of history.

A king obtained a rare treasure and took it into his tomb after his death.

The tomb is located in the territory of the Chu State during the Warring States Period, four or five hundred miles away from Qiao County where Cao Cao was located, and not far from Ningling where he pursued Yuan Shu and Taishou where he dug the dam.

[Tombs within sequence 21-100, no direction, anyone who enters without permission will die]

[Tombs within Sequence 150, with reputation to suppress evil spirits, enter with caution]

The burial sequence before 20, as pointed out by the entries, does not seem to be sufficient to ensure safety, so the sequence of entries starts from 21.

This tomb with Xunzhu is ranked 104th. It is open to entry, but it is high-risk.

Cao Cao took out the Moon Shadow Mirror and tried to connect the aura differentiated by the mirror into the bodies of Ling Jin, Xu Huan and others.

Still no response!
Cao Cao put away the mirror, thought for a moment, and then looked at the scroll on the low mat.

Jia Xu and Guo Jia jointly proposed expanding the army.

If you want to control Yuzhou, the current number of troops is very limited.

The wealth brought back from Chang'an Meiwu from Dong Zhuo was huge enough to support the expansion of the army.

The two's suggestions were recognized by Xun Yu and eventually sent to Cao Cao.

After reading it, Cao Cao picked up his pen and wrote "Yun" on the scroll, stamped it, and gave it to the attendant beside him to pass it on.

Cao Ying immediately began to increase troops and expand the army based on this approval.

It is planned to increase the number of troops by 60,000 to take over and control the defense of Yuzhou.

Time passed quickly as Cao Cao dealt with various affairs.

In the evening, Wang Yun suddenly sent a message:
"Meng De, His Majesty has drafted an edict to appoint you as the governor of Yanzhou.

But the imperial order was passed to the Shangshutai, and Yuan Taifu was temporarily withheld in the name of recording Shangshu affairs to assist the state. "

Due to his age, the young emperor, although smart, does not think deeply about things.

It was reasonable for Wang Yun to obtain the imperial edict for appointment.

Yuan Wei knew that once the imperial edict came down, Cao Cao would not only secure his position as governor of Yanzhou, but would also control Yuzhou with his troops, and his power would expand tremendously.

He wanted to suppress it, which was also not surprising.

However, the Secretariat could not hinder the emperor's power to appoint and dismiss local officials without reason.

Yuan Wei would delay sending the imperial edict for three to five days at most, but he would eventually issue the imperial order.

He wanted to use these three to five days to do something...Cao Cao immediately figured out the underlying reason.

Wang Yun also had the same judgment: "Grand Tutor Yuan would not withhold the emperor's order without reason. He must want to delay it for a few days and have other plans."

The imperial edict was temporarily withheld because he was afraid that Cao Cao would be appointed as the governor of Yanzhou.

All Yuan Wei could do was to start from within Yanzhou and the gentry.

Cao Cao sorted out his thoughts and asked, "What is the current situation in Chang'an?"

Wang Yun: “Your Majesty still trusts me.

But after the lesson of Dong Zhuo, His Majesty is particularly wary of his ministers, and he sometimes stands on the side of Yuan Taifu to prevent me from taking control of the government."

Chang'an is in chaos right now, not only because of internal chaos, but also because of external threats.

Lü Bu cooperated with Wang Yun and barely gained control of the military power, but unfortunately his prestige was insufficient, and his own troops were not enough to deter all parties.

The Liang Province Army left behind by Dong Zhuo is a huge hidden danger.

After Dong Zhuo's death, the Dong family's relatives were crushed by the combined forces of public opinion, officials, and imperial power.

Dong Zhuo's power in Chang'an was completely eliminated.

But when Li Jue and Guo Si heard the news of the change in Chang'an, they immediately led their troops back to Dong Zhuo's hometown in Liangzhou.

Chang'an is not far from Liangzhou, and Dong Zhuo's son-in-law Niu Fu has been guarding his home in Liangzhou.

After Dong Zhuo's death, Lu Bu wanted to take over the Liang Province army, and sent his fellow villager Li Su to Liang Province to announce the emperor's decree, intending to kill Niu Fu, the only remaining general of Dong Zhuo's faction who was in power.

Niu Fu led his army to resist, Li Su was defeated, and when he fled back he was executed by Lu Bu.

Although Niu Fu won, he was extremely terrified and wanted to abandon the army and escape alone, but he was killed by his men.

Among the remaining people from Dong Zhuo's faction, Li Jue and Guo Si were the most important.

The two men lost their leader and were frightened, so they sent envoys to Chang'an to ask for pardon.

Wang Yun’s reply was: "Two pardon orders cannot be issued within one year." This meant that he refused to pardon them.

Li Jue and Guo Si's way of survival was cut off by Wang Yun, leaving them with no way to retreat.

If we follow the historical context, they would take risks, gather troops and march towards Chang'an, causing chaos in Chang'an, almost replicating the chaos when Dong Zhuo first entered Luoyang.

The two armies launched a massive plundering campaign in Chang'an, killing Lu Kui, the Grand Coachman, Zhou Huan, the Grand Herald, Cui Lie, the former Grand Commandant, as well as Wang Yun and all his family members in Chang'an.

The streets of Chang'an were littered with corpses, tens of thousands of people died every day, and blood flowed like a river.

During the process of Li Jue and Guo Si's chaos in Chang'an, there was a very key person who gave them advice in order to protect themselves.

That person is Jia Xu.

He was afraid that his faction in Liangzhou would be wiped out and he would be killed along with them, so he once said to Li Jue and Guo Si that running away was not a solution, as they could just send a team of people to capture the two of them and execute them.

Only with troops in hand can you protect yourself.

Both of them listened to Jia Xu's words, gathered their troops to attack Chang'an, leading to a new round of bloody storm.

Now that Jia Xu had been taken out by Cao Cao early, no one could predict what would happen next. Cao Cao and Wang Yun sent a message and reminded him, "Don't rush to eliminate the trouble in Liangzhou and expose your intentions easily."

Wang Yun: "I have already made plans for this matter, Meng De can rest assured."

Cao Cao put down the communication bead and ended the connection with the other end.

At this time in Chang'an, Taifu Mansion.

Yuan Wei was staring at a list in front of him.

The list included the names of some Yanzhou nobles and celebrities, including his disciples and nobles who followed Yuan's lead.

Names such as Li Zhang, Qiu Zhen, Bian Rang, Xu Huai, etc. come into view one by one.

Yuan Huai looked at it for a moment and said, "Send the appointment of Yanzhou governor to Cao Cao, but don't rush it, and take your time on the way."

One of the attendants agreed and went down to make the arrangements.

The next day, afternoon.

Cao Cao had dealt with all the things and had some free time. He walked out of the study and said, "Let's go out and take a look."

Dian Wei and Xu Chu accompanied him.

Cao Cao noticed that Dian Wei was holding a small bamboo basket. "What are you holding?"

Xu Chu answered quickly: "It's donkey meat, which I got from the young master by tricking him."

"Don't believe him, Governor. How dare I lie to you, young master?

I have taught you a method to increase your strength. I have been practicing this method, eating more transformable food to increase your strength. Over time, your strength will surely surpass that of others."

The basket in Dian Wei's hand was full of donkey meat buns, which smelled delicious.

"For this Qigong method, the best way to absorb and transform energy is to eat donkey meat. I have tried it. The young master found two donkeys, slaughtered them, and gave me some donkey meat to put in his bread. He also ate it himself to build up his strength."

Cao Cao almost put his hand to his forehead.

To say that Dian Wei deceived Cao Ang is really not the case. After all, he did pass on to him the method of overeating to increase strength.

But he was indeed taking the opportunity to cheat people into eating donkey meat.

Dian Wei's mind is all focused on eating.

"Governor, this donkey meat pancake is delicious. Please try it."

Dian Wei took out the largest cake from the small basket and bribed Cao Cao.

Cao Cao took a bite and said: "The cake is good, and the donkey meat stew is also delicious. Who made it?"

"Zhongde heard about eating donkey meat and joined in. He not only likes it but is also good at making it. He steamed the meat patties himself," said Dian Wei.

Zhongde is Cheng Yu's courtesy name.

Was this cake made by Cheng Yu?
Cao Cao looked at the meat pie and asked, "Are you sure there is donkey meat in this pie?"

"Ang?" Dian Wei didn't understand what he meant.

There is a rumor about Cheng Yu that is hard to tell whether it is true or not, saying that he eats human flesh...

Cao Cao silently returned the cake to Dian Wei: "Eat it, eat more."

In the afternoon, people from the Xun family of Yingchuan came to Qiao County to pay a visit to Cao Cao.

In the past few days, some big noble families came here from nearby Yingchuan, Runan and other places.

On the contrary, the small and medium-sized nobles are still conservative and take a wait-and-see attitude.

Because their resources are limited, they dare not easily join any force.

The real big families are prosperous and habitually distribute resources, so everyone gets a few pieces.

Among the big families, the Xun family is one of the top ones.

The Xun family of Yingchuan inherited the tradition of Xunzi, the great sage of Confucianism.

Almost every generation has outstanding people who are famous throughout the world.

Two generations before Xun Yu, there was Xun Shu, who had eight sons, known as the Eight Dragons of the Xun Family, all of whom were very talented.

Among them, the sixth son, Xun Shuang, was also appointed Sikong, one of the Three Dukes.

Xun Shuang died just last year.

The current Xun family is led by the only three remaining of the eight sons.

The eldest son of the eldest branch of the family was Xun Yue, who was of the same generation as Xun Yu.

The person who came to Qiao County was Xun Yue, and with him came a thin old man who was nearly sixty years old.

This old man is Xun Fu (fū), the youngest of the eight dragons of the Xun family.

He has a reserved look and is used to squinting at people. Half of his hair is already white.

The practice related to cultural context is also divided into different factions, similar to the four sects of military strategists.

They are different directions such as making plans, plotting, advising, selecting candidates, assisting the country, and being a strategist.

Xun Fu was good at observing people and selecting talents, so in recent years, before the Xun family made important decisions, it was usually Xun Fu who personally contacted and observed the other party.

The older generation of the Xun family arrived in Qiao County and announced something at the gate of Cao's mansion, who immediately sent someone to inform Cao Cao.

Xun Yu asked someone and found out that Cao Cao was not in the mansion.

Went out in the afternoon.

Xun Yu then asked someone to take him there.

When Xun Yu met Cao Cao, he was in a farmer's farmland outside Qiao County.

The oxen have begun to turn the soil in the fields.

Farming twice a year is the life and death of farmers.

Xun Yu got off the car and saw a crowd of people surrounding a young man in black shirt with a tall and calm figure. It was Cao Cao who came to check on the farm work.

He pushed everyone aside and squatted alone on the edge of the field, seemingly watching the plowing of the land.

Xun Yu also saw many familiar faces, all from aristocratic families. He turned around and smiled at his nephew Xun Yue who was accompanying him:
"Not only did we come, but other families were even faster. They were all acquaintances, and quite a lot of them came."

Xun Yue said: "The battle between Caozhou Mu and Yuan Gonglu initially laid the foundation for the pattern of the surrounding states and counties, so naturally many people are paying attention.

But in Yanzhou, no one can compete with our family. Wen Ruo is the Sima in Yanzhou."

Xun Yu sighed, "Wen Ruo wrote home a few days ago, saying that he had to hold his urine twice at once. If he continues like this, he might get sick."

The old man made a joke and said:

"Besides, there are people who are here to get married. Their in-law relationship is no weaker than ours. Let's go and take a look."

When Cao Cao saw the Xun family, he thought happily: The person who can solve the problem of the Yanzhou gentry has arrived.

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