Chapter 177 Chapter 27 Wei Wu Ru Qiyong (1)

Han Emperor Sitting on a Felt In the first month of the seventeenth year of Jian'an in 175, Cao Cao's class teacher returned to Yecheng. Cao Cao liked this place very much.Indeed, in terms of geographical location, Yecheng is located at the southern tip of Hebei Province, with the Taihang Mountains to the west, the North China Plain to the east, the Zhanghe River to the southeast to the south, and the Yin Ruins to the south.Going south from Yecheng, you can go straight to Zhengzhou, and go west to Luoyang, and the southeast of Luoyang is Xudu. In order to have a comfortable office environment for himself, Cao Cao built the "Three Terraces in Yecheng" in the west of the northern district of Yecheng and on the banks of the Zhang River. In this room, Cao Cao held a military conference here, and even gathered scholars and celebrities here. He held a poetry meeting, recited poems, composed Fu, sang and danced, and was very comfortable, so he gradually stopped going to Xudu.

Of course, it wasn't all because of the comfort of Yecheng that made him reluctant to think about the city.Since Emperor Xian Liu Xie was welcomed back to Xudu by Cao Cao in the first year of Jian'an, Liu Xie finally ended his life of fleeing and fleeing. Only in terms of daily life and clothing, he began to truly look like an emperor.It's just that the country's military and political power is completely in the hands of Cao Cao, and some ministers and ministers around Liu Xie will inevitably complain, dissatisfied with the situation that he only has a position but no power; the same is true for a large number of foreign relatives.Because their wealth and power rested on the emperor, and the emperor was just in name only, their own status can be imagined.

Liu Xie was originally a relatively peaceful person, and because he was grateful that Cao Cao was among the heroes who "served him as the emperor", he was quite original about Cao Cao's weight.However, all the ministers and relatives incited him every day, so that Liu Xie, who was not too eager for power, began to have more and more serious conflicts with Cao Cao in order to fight for the emperor's self-esteem. First of all, it was Yilang Zhao Yan who raised the issue of the distribution of power between "Gongzhong" and Cao Cao's "Fuzhong"—in essence, Xudu and Yecheng— before Emperor Xiandi, and strongly stated the specific situation that Fuzhong was superior to Gongzhong. , Encouraged Emperor Xian to negotiate with Cao Cao and regain power.

Cao Cao was fighting fiercely with Lu Bu at that time, and when he was about to break Zhang Xiu, he killed his eldest son Cao Ang.Hearing this for a while, he was furious, and immediately sent someone to kill Zhao Yan on the charge of inciting rebellion and splitting the government.Emperor Xian was shocked. From then on, whenever he saw Cao Cao enter the palace, he would be deeply afraid. One day, after thinking for a long time, Emperor Xian ordered Cao Cao to enter the palace to see him, and Cao Cao entered the palace immediately.When Emperor Xian met Cao Cao, he said bluntly: "If you are really willing to help me govern the world, I ask you to respect my due rights and responsibilities and status; if you can't, I am willing to give up the position of emperor. Please think again. , deal with it with full authority!"

When Cao Cao heard this, his complexion changed suddenly, and he immediately fell to the ground to apologize, and asked to retreat immediately. From then on, Cao Cao tried his best not to go to court if he could not go to court. Even if something happened, his chief counselor Xun Yu would communicate on his behalf.Around Emperor Xian, there are actually many people who do not oppose Cao Cao's monopoly. Most of them hold important positions and have actual authority, but they are all from Cao Ying.And the only person in Cao Ying who has always maintained respect and affection for Emperor Xian is Xun Yu. Now Cao Cao doesn't want to go to court, so the only communication channel between the court and the prime minister's mansion is Xun Yu alone.

Here, Cao Cao tightened up the expansion of Yecheng. He ruled on major military and political affairs, except in the "executive mansion" in Yecheng, in the temporary barracks and barracks during the Southern Expedition and Northern War. Make some post-event reports to Xu Du.If Xun Yu hadn't spent a lot of energy in coordinating the war while planning the war, an open political conflict would inevitably break out between Xudu and Yecheng. 176 However, even so, it finally happened.Some ministers and foreign relatives in Xudu saw that Cao Cao had gradually taken over the imperial court.It was necessary to usurp Han and proclaim the emperor, so Dong Cheng, known as the "uncle of the country", was promoted, and he secretly discussed with Emperor Xian about getting rid of Cao. Fu, Wu Zilan and others, as well as Liu Bei who lived in Cao Cao's barracks, conspired to kill Cao Cao.

After the incident was defeated, Dong Gui, who was a victim of the Dong Cheng incident, was pregnant. Emperor Xian asked Cao Cao to postpone the execution of the nobleman and kill him after he gave birth.But Cao Cao was furious and firmly disagreed. This incident shocked Emperor Xian's main palace, Empress Fu, and was deeply terrified of Cao Cao, because the real behind-the-scenes instigator of the Dong Cheng incident was Empress Fu's father, Fu Wan. In fact, Cao Cao also knew that it was Fu Wan who instructed Dong Chengjin to offer sacrifices to the emperor.However, Fu Wan's status is special. Cao Cao was unwilling to have large-scale serious conflicts with Emperor Xian and his relatives, considering that he had implemented the policy of "serving the emperor" and was very popular. It was very small, and only Dong Cheng, who had a certain amount of military power, was executed. He temporarily turned a blind eye to ministers and relatives of the emperor who had no armed forces, pretending not to know, and not to be held accountable.But when Empress Fu saw that Cao Cao had killed Dong Gui, who was pregnant, she was always worried that one day Cao Cao would kill her father and daughter. He wrote a letter and sent his confidants to his father, Zhang Fu Wan, asking him to do everything possible to contact the ministers who were loyal to Emperor Xian, and to conspire to get rid of Cao Cao so as to avoid the troubles of his confidantes.

After Fu Wan received the secret letter, he had a very headache, because he escaped with great difficulty, and now he is asked to preside over another conspiracy again, which is really embarrassing for him, not to mention, he still had the courage to resist at that time Cao Cao's ministers are almost insignificant.Fu Wan felt that the time was not ripe, so he tried to tell Queen Fu that he could only act according to the camera.The queen had no choice but to live in fear.And although Fu Wan saw that there was no opportunity for a while, he kept the queen's secret order, and when he had the opportunity, he would take it out to encourage others, so he couldn't bear to destroy it.After ten years like this, in the fourteenth year of Jian'an (AD 209), Fu Wan suddenly fell ill and died.Due to the sudden incident, he did not have time to burn this secret letter that had been treasured for ten years before his death.When Empress Fu found out, she was so anxious that she even sent her confidants to look for the secret order, but failed to find it many times.Empress Fu managed to live a stable life for ten years, and at this moment she began to worry again.Fortunately, two or three years later, nothing happened.

Of course, Cao Cao didn't know about this.What he was worried about was the deteriorating relationship between Yecheng and Xudu, and what would happen.Xun Yu was ordered by him to be fully responsible for the coordination of the relationship between him and Emperor Xian, but after a few years, he found that Xun Yu no longer spoke for him in terms of many political ideas, but gradually turned to the court. .Thinking of these often gave him a very headache.His migraines also often come from obsession with such things.