Chapter 202 Chapter Twenty-Eight

In the 21st year of Jian'an in 203, Cao Cao, under the support of the young and strong faction and military officers loyal to him, asked Han Xiandi Liu Xie to make him the king of Wei. This incident aroused people loyal to the Han court. The strong dissatisfaction of the scholar-bureaucrat Cui Yan and others.Cui Yan criticized Cao Cao's plot to usurp power in public.He said: "As early as the winter of the 15th year of Jian'an, Cao Gong described his life and physiology on the Tongque Terrace. I think, I still remember a few words from him: ... Now that I am a prime minister and an extremely personable minister, I have exceeded my life's long-cherished wish too much, so I am very calm... Now some people suspect that I have too much power

, I have never believed in the theory of destiny, and I suspect that I have some kind of political ambition. In fact, this is just their subjective speculation...This is the main idea, but not long after, he was appointed as the Duke of Wei by the prime minister. .Therefore, Xun Yu still did not prevent Duke Cao from entering the feudal domain with death remonstrance.Now he has been promoted to be the king of Wei, which is far from the opposite of what he said in his report. " Mao Jie, He Qia, and Huan Jie all echoed his words, and the scholar-bureaucrats loyal to Cao Cao did not show weakness, and the two sides started a fierce debate.

When Cao Cao heard that Cui Yan was talking bad about him openly, he was so angry that he drew his sword and cut off a corner of the desk, thinking bitterly: "I, Cao Mengde, follow the fate of heaven and love people." For decades, he has never seen his subordinates openly mocking him.Thinking about how Cui Yan was in Yuan Shao's tent back then, but he has been reused under my command. Vengeance, too unreasonable. "Cao Cao thought that he had recruited Cui Yan and asked him to promote talents for himself. After Cui Yan had considerable influence among these people, he was afraid that his words would create political influence in Xudu.

To deal with the storm, the idea of ​​"killing" hangs in the mind. That night, Cao Cao tossed and turned in bed, unable to fall asleep. He knew that Cui Yan had made great efforts in his early entrepreneurial stage, and he was his right and left arm, so he couldn't bear to get rid of him. But the general political trend can no longer be reversed by Cao Cao's personal will.Cui Yan's situation will be worse than Xun Yu's. The next day, Cao Cao's supporters gathered in Wei Wangfu, denouncing Cui Yan in front of Cao Cao. Cao Cao thought about it in the middle of the night last night, and finally made up his mind to kill.At this time, he also lost his usual solemnity when he heard the violent words filled with righteous indignation, and his voice was obviously angry: "I will wait for you!"

Cui Yan is not thin, he was so unsuccessful in the past, it was I who discovered his talent and entrusted him with a heavy responsibility.But I really don't understand that he has reached such a high status today, and he still doesn't know the status of his country. Destiny, I gave him the authority, then, I can also take back the authority. " Cao Cao ordered to write a book to Cui Yan, which read: "Lonely thinking about the old love, I have no choice but to make such a bad plan. I can give you poisonous wine if I don't move your stupidity. No way! No way!" Cui Yan burst into tears after reading the letter, and the scene of Xun Yu's death floated before his eyes.Knowing that his future was lost, he stayed there for a while, drank the poisoned wine handed by the messenger, his seven orifices bled and died.

Death. Cui Yan's satire on Cao Cao did cause a political disturbance. The intellectuals in Xudu and Yecheng confronted each other and expounded the correctness of being loyal to the imperial court and Cao Cao. problem with errors.When Cao Cao bestowed Cui Yan's death, the dissatisfaction with Cao Cao reached the climax of the "king respect faction" in Cao Ying. The servant of Shangshu shot Mao Jie and was indignant at Cui Yan's death. He appealed for Cui Yan's grievance as a veteran of Cao Yingzhong.Mao Kui was an important partner of Cao Cao when he started his business, Cao Cao Xing Yibing

At that time, Mao Jie planned a plan for Cao Cao to "serve the emperor and conquer the princes".Cao Cao took his plan as a blueprint for starting a business, and it has achieved ideal results. With the political slogan "Brother Dai Tianzi", he conquered the hearts of the people in the north.Cao Cao recommended Mao Jie to Emperor Xian's court as minister. Now his old partner also attacked him, which surprised Cao Cao.The generals loyal to Cao Cao believed that Mao Jie was rigid in thinking, so they also slandered and attacked him. Cao Cao was annoyed. , the arrest of Mao Jie was handed over to the Department for deliberation.

Huanjie and Heqia, the servants, interceded for Mao Jie, counted Mao Jie's achievements in Cao Cao's camp, and argued with reason. Cao Cao remembered the old love and spared Mao Jie's death penalty, but in order to weaken those " Cao Cao ordered Mao Jie to be deposed as a commoner, and he would never be hired. Cao Cao's series of incidents from forcing Xun Yu to death, poisoning Cui Yan to death, and abolishing Mao Jie as a commoner showed that due to the growth of his power, his initial entrepreneurial ideals had deviated. The tendency of middle-aged intellectuals such as Hua Xin to disrespect the Han Dynasty increasingly incited Cao Cao to set out to establish a new court-Wei.But Cao Cao never announced his measures to the world,

He only wanted to be a "King Wen of Zhou" and hoped that his son would become "King Wu of Zhou." Cao Cao once mentioned to Sima Yi that he had been in the army for decades, and he often had great achievements in military affairs, but he had no long-term plans in politics, which led to several political incidents in his backyard. The incidents distracted him.Now that he is old and it is very difficult to go on a long-distance battle, he plans to strengthen their Cao family team and make a good job for the future political and military affairs. Talent reserve work. 204 Just when Cao Cao had finished dealing with the political turmoil of Cui Yan and Mao Jie, Xia Houyuan of Hanzhong wrote to report to Cao Cao that there was another possibility of military disputes with him, and Cao Cao went all out

, to deal with the official documents sent by these front lines. Since Cao Cao came from Hanzhong, the generals in charge of defense in Hanzhong are the troops of Xia Houyuan, Xu Huang, and Zhang Yun. These three troops are Cao Cao's elite.Cao Cao knows Hanzhong well Because of the importance of the army, the military force arranged is still relatively sufficient. Zhang He broke through Bashan in the 21st year of Jian'an and came to the Bazhong area.This area is also the fat that Liu Bei has coveted for a long time. As early as when Cao Cao was fighting Zhang Lu, Liu Bei sent Huang Quan, who was familiar with the terrain in this area, occupied the Bashan area and defeated a local tribe called Hu. Liu Bei's army made a posture to attack Hanzhong here.Zhang He naturally does not

Reluctant to show weakness, he led his troops to attack the Shu army in this area, and encouraged the residents here to move to Hanzhong, indicating that this place would be chosen for a large-scale decisive battle with the Shu army.Zhang Hezhi led the army well, and his troops The team acted quickly, and quickly defeated Huang Quan's lair, and successively occupied Zhaixi in Yizhou, as well as important military sites such as Mengtou and Tangshi, all of which were under his jurisdiction. On the way to Chengdu, the cavalry sent emergency letters continuously. Liu Bei was a little flustered. He reckoned that if Zhang Yun used Bazhong as a base to expand to Langzhong, it would be like inserting a war in Shuzhou. A piercing wedge that must be pulled out.In view of this, Liu Bei immediately sent the Brazilian prefect Zhang Fei and Zhang He to fight. Zhang Fei is older than Zhang He, but his bravery is still rare in the world.Zhang Fei's appearance is quite rough, but in fact he has a meticulous mind.During the Battle of Dangyang Changban, he used his bravery to win the three armies After the prestige, he boldly used the suspicious soldiers to stop Cao Jun, and Liu Bei was able to escape by chance. Zhang Fei was obviously at a disadvantage against Zhang Yun's forces. In order to avoid his sharp edge, Zhang Fei did not show his courage. Deal with Zhang He. At this time, Zhang He relied on the advantage of having a large number of troops, and he had not yet faced Zhang Fei in a decisive battle. Zhang Fei also tried not to fight him alone. Therefore, Zhang He became arrogant and arrogant, thinking that Zhang Fei was the enemy. "Lian Po is old", and the soldiers shouted "Lian Po is old" to stimulate Zhang Fei to come to a decisive battle, so as to encircle and wipe them out with superior forces.