Chapter 43 first quarter

Cao Cao said that he would rest for three days, and the three days passed.Today will go to court as usual. Before going to court, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty paced up and down anxiously in the palace.He said to Empress Fu: "You told me three days ago that you wanted to gamble with Cao Cao. You haven't said how to gamble until yesterday. You will go to court this early in the morning. Tell me quickly." At the gate of the palace, carefully reported: "Your Majesty, the golden chariot is waiting outside the palace. Your Majesty is ready to go to court." Emperor Han Xian flicked his sleeves, and Huang Fu carefully withdrew.Empress Fu said: "I can tell you how to gamble with Cao Cao this time. Your Majesty, think about it, how do you sit in this court now? If you don't gamble, you can't sit. So, when you go to court today, you will Come on.” Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty said, “How can I reject the law?” Empress Fu said, “You have to prepare to quit court from now on—no more courtship.” Emperor Xiandi of Han said, “The Son of Heaven will quit court? I only heard that I don’t want to The ministers who do do it will quit the picker." Empress Fu said: "You can't give up being the master, but your majesty still doesn't understand, is the real master of the court Cao Cao? So you can stop the court and blackmail Cao Cao. If you quit the picker, what will you do?" Let him take a look." Han Xiandi said: "Then why doesn't he take the opportunity to abolish me?" Empress Fu said: "Your Majesty is wise and sees the world far better than ordinary people, but when it comes to abolishing the emperor, he often doesn't understand it. It is unwise to worry about gains and losses as the ancient sages said. Now, instead of saying that Your Majesty needs Cao Cao, it is better to say that Cao Cao needs Your Majesty more." Han Xiandi said: "Then how should we stop the court?" Empress Fu said: "Once you go to court, You ordered all the ministers to retire, leaving only Cao Cao alone. Your Majesty wants to set conditions, saying that without these conditions, you will not be able to go to court again." Han Xiandi said: "What conditions?" Empress Fu said : "I have written it here, please look it over, Your Majesty." Then, he took out a piece of plain silk from his sleeve, unfolded it and handed it to Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty.

Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty saw it and was taken aback: "Isn't it a lion's mouth to raise such conditions?" Empress Fu said: "Give it up and gamble. If you put down the pick, can he still coerce the emperor to command the princes? Can he still force the emperor to order Liu Bei to attack Liu Bei?" Emperor Han Xian was extremely hesitant: "Just take a gamble like this? Empress Fu said with gloomy eyes: "I'm sure. This time, I will strangle Cao's neck, and I must let him swallow it. He killed Dong Guojiu and other five people without asking for orders, and dictatorship without permission. Your Majesty swallowed it." One bite. Now let him swallow it." Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty said: "Why did the queen tell me this plan before I went to court?" Empress Fu said: "I told you in advance, your majesty will inevitably have trouble sleeping and eating, and you will not be able to move forward when you go to court. Let’s go. Now you are forced to tell your Majesty, if you fight it out, you will go up to court.” Han Xiandi said harshly: “He made me swallow, and now he should swallow this.” He flicked his sleeves Said, "I'm going to court now." Then, swaggered out of the palace and went up to the chariot.

Empress Fu sent to the door, squinting to watch Emperor Xian of Han get on the golden chariot under the service of everyone.Watching the golden chariot being pulled forward amidst the shouts of "the emperor arose".Then he watched the golden chariot turn and disappear. The shout of "The emperor drives to the main hall" came from afar across the palace pavilions.She withdrew her gaze, and Huang Fu stood beside her. Huang Fu said: "With the support of the queen, the emperor is full of confidence." Empress Fu flicked her sleeves, turned around and walked into the palace.Huang Fu waited and followed.Empress Fu walked without turning her head and said: "You heard what I said to the emperor outside the door?" Huang Fu just shook his head to defend: "No...no..." Empress Fu said: "If you hear it, you will hear it. Good to hear that." Huang Fu said: "I have heard a few words...the empress gave the emperor this trick, the surname Cao must have never thought of it and couldn't bear it."

Empress Fu sat down very empressly, and snorted: "He will give it a try." All the ministers in the main hall have finished their kowtows.The civil and military ministers stood neatly in the hall.Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty sat high on the throne.The head official of the palace came out as usual and announced loudly: "If there is something to do, go to work, and if there is nothing to do, roll the curtain and retreat-" Before the officials could react, Emperor Xian of Han stroked the teacup, stretched out his hand and said slowly to the following: "Xie Chao three Today, the situation is a little special, I have an important matter to discuss with Prime Minister Cao alone, and the rest of the ministers will withdraw from the court." The civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty were all stunned.Cao Cao was also stunned.This situation is unprecedented.The head official of the palace proclaimed: "The emperor has a decree that all the ministers will retreat immediately, leaving Prime Minister Cao alone."

After looking at each other in blank dismay, the civil and military ministers retreated row by row. Cao Cao looked at the scene of retreating from the court and was thinking about the way out. Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty overlooked the gradual retreat of all civil and military officials.Only he and Cao Cao were left in the hall, and there were a few people who served the emperor.Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty said: "The people who served on my left and right also stepped down, leaving only me and the prime minister to talk." Cao Cao looked at the arrangement of Emperor Xian of Han in surprise and calmness.After all the people who served Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty left, the hall was empty.There is an emperor on the throne and a prime minister in the hall, and the two face each other alone.Emperor Han Xian said: "Prime Minister Cao, I have no choice but to make such a special arrangement today. I left the prime minister alone, just to express my sincere thoughts. This involves the relationship between me and Prime Minister Cao, and the relationship between the ministers and the officials. It’s irrelevant, so I don’t want them to interrupt the discussion. I just want to say one thing, it’s already very difficult for me to sit in this court. No matter what the reason is, Taiwei Yang Biao and others removed it first, and then a few days ago Guojiu Dong Cheng and others have been removed. So far, the entire court is full of Prime Minister Cao’s people, including those who are in charge of guards inside and outside the palace. There is no one from Zhen. Think about it for me. How do you sit in this court? How do you feel at ease in this palace? Prime Minister, if you were alone in Yuan Shao’s Jizhou, would you be comfortable? Since it is an imperial court, there must always be some checks and balances among ministers. Now all officials are Prime Minister Cao has the final say, am I still a puppet when I go to court? The Prime Minister may not want to be called a dictatorship, but in fact, it is inevitable?"

Cao Cao understood after hearing this, and said, "Your Majesty wants to make a condition." Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty nodded: "There are a few conditions, otherwise, I am really difficult to do as the emperor." Cao Cao said, "What are your conditions, Your Majesty?" Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty said, "My conditions are simple. , roughly balance the situation, so that both I and the prime minister look better. I seem to have a little control over the court, and the prime minister does not seem to dominate the world." Cao Cao said: "Your Majesty, just say it." Han Xiandi said: "First, we I want to designate Zhang Fuwan as Taiwei, to replace Yang Biao's role in the past, and personally control the Huben Army and Yulin Army guarding the imperial palace." Han Xiandi paused, and then said: "Secondly, I I want to make Fu Jian, the son of Fu Wan, General Chariot and Cavalry." Cao Cao listened and let Emperor Xian of Han continue to speak.Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty said: "Thirdly, I named Yilang Zhao Yan as Doctor Guanglu. I mentioned this in the court before, but was rejected by the prime minister. Zhao Yan often became the prime minister at the court, and the prime minister might be displeased, but there is such a person, at least the court will It's not just one voice, it's good for me and the prime minister." Cao Cao still didn't say anything, and listened to Han Xiandi continue to talk.Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty said: "Fourth, the former Taiwei Yang Biao has naturally been removed, and his eldest son Yang Diao was also killed. Here I nominate his second son Yang Xiu as Minister of the Ministry of Officials. This is an important position, in charge of the court Officials go up and down, but only such an arrangement of real power can give the impression of checks and balances in the imperial court."

Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty paused once after speaking, and then paused again here. Cao Cao still quietly listened to Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty. Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty said: "Fifth, it's very simple. It has nothing to do with the court, but has something to do with my palace. Concubine Dong was killed, and I want to make Fu Rongmei a concubine. Just these five conditions." Cao Cao said: "Fu Rongmei's Your Majesty must know the origin very well, she was originally Dong Zhuo's grandniece." Han Xiandi said: "Those can be wiped out at once. Empress Fu has recognized her as a younger sister, and her identity originates from Empress Fu's younger sister. Concubine, in line with decency. I have given her the surname Fu and the name Rong, and she can be called Concubine Rong after being named concubine." Cao Cao thought for a while, and said: "I want to go to Xuzhou to conquer Liu Bei first, and discuss what your majesty said when I come back. Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty said: "Then I will end the imperial court." Cao Cao was puzzled: "End of the imperial court?" Emperor Xian of the Han said: "Let the prime minister go to conquer the world, flatten the sea, and do as he pleases, but I will not bear this false name. If the prime minister thinks that this is not easy for me to confess, the matter of abolishing the establishment will be left to the prime minister."

Cao Cao said: "Your Majesty is blackmailing Cao?" Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty sighed and said: "Prime Minister, you said, I have always been a careful person, right? I know that it is only with the support of the Prime Minister that I can sit in this court. But if it is like sitting on pins and needles, what is the point? Prime Minister Cao Monopolizing power is a matter of circumstance. But if all the courtiers are envious of the prime minister, and there is no one or two who can check and balance the prime minister, how can I sit in this court? Does the prime minister have a good-looking face when he recites the name of monopoly? The prime minister does not need to Answer me, but before going to court tomorrow, that is, before midnight today, just send a reply to the palace. If the prime minister can be magnanimous and accept these requests from me, I will go to court tomorrow as scheduled, and I will ask the prime minister to nominate the above five I will approve the rewards of people. If the prime minister asks for an order to send troops to Xuzhou to attack Liu Bei, I will do so. If I don’t get a clear reply from the prime minister before midnight today, I will not go to court from tomorrow. Just say it Come here, please retreat to the prime minister."

There was a moment of silence in the hall. Cao Cao suddenly leaned back and laughed.Han Xiandi looked at him a little puzzled. Cao Cao laughed and said, "Your Majesty is just here to gamble. I guess it was Empress Fu who gave His Majesty an idea. This man has been addicted to gambling since he was a child, and he has gone through life and death thousands of times. He is not afraid of gambling his life, but he is afraid of gambling this? Okay, Since your majesty wants to hear an answer, there is no need to wait until midnight. If your majesty wants to discuss it and go to court tomorrow as usual, I may follow the conditions your majesty said today and propose Feng Fuwan and others, but I may not mention it. If your majesty tomorrow If you don’t go to the court, and just stop the court, I will send troops to attack Liu Bei by myself, and immediately send troops to surround the palace, and then call all the officials to discuss the matter of abolishing the establishment. Before midnight today, I will never send any other answers to the palace In a word, if your majesty goes to court on time tomorrow, the matter will be ambiguous. If you don’t go to court tomorrow, you will have to abolish the establishment. Your majesty can figure it out.” Cao Cao said with a flick of his sleeve and left the hall.

Emperor Xian of Han stared blankly at Cao Cao's leaving back. Cao Cao walked out of the Meridian Gate alone in an imposing manner.His sixteen-carrying sedan chair was waiting outside the Meridian Gate, and hundreds of guards also stood up neatly.Li Dian, the leader of the team, made a gesture, and the bearers immediately made preparations to pick up the sedan chair at any time, and the guards also turned around and formed a marching formation.Li Dian came up and said, "Shall the prime minister go back to the mansion?" Cao Cao ordered while getting on the sedan chair: "Immediately order the military advisers Guo Jia, Xun You, and important civil and military officials to come to the prime minister's mansion to discuss important matters." Said: "Decree." Then he galloped forward.

Cao Cao got into the sedan chair and returned to the prime minister's mansion under the escort of hundreds of elite soldiers. The sedan chair stopped in front of the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion, and Cao Cao got off the sedan chair being waited upon by everyone.The heavily guarded soldiers on both sides of the gate saluted together.As soon as Cao Cao stepped up the steps, Zhu Liu, the new deputy housekeeper, greeted him at the gate: "Prime Minister, all the civil and military officials have arrived and are waiting in the lobby." Cao Cao nodded slightly, and then Zhu Liu shouted loudly, "Prime Minister returns home." There was another report from the gate: "The prime minister is returning to the mansion." Cao Cao went straight into the gate, and then strode into the lobby.Civil officials such as Guo Jia, Xun You, Kong Rong, Yang Gang, and generals such as Xu Chu and Zhang Liao had already arrived, standing on the left and right.Li Dian, who followed Cao Cao, also joined the ranks of generals.All the people said "Wanfu, Prime Minister" and saluted together.Cao Cao took his seat in the hall.Cao Pi was still standing behind Cao Cao, and Bai Shao sat beside the secretary. Cao Cao said, "Your Majesty gave Gu an embarrassment today." Everyone was a little surprised.Cao Cao went on to say: "As soon as he came to the court, before discussing the matter, His Majesty said that today he would confront Gu, and ordered all the civil and military ministers to retreat. Only he and Gu were left in the hall. Then, he opened up his battle against Gu He said that in this current dynasty, there are all lonely people. He can't go up or sit down. He goes up to the court every day like sitting on pins and needles. I will no longer go to court." Everyone was very shocked.Guo Jia and Xun You said at the same time: "The emperor wants to stop the court?" Cao Cao continued: "He said that if he is still allowed to sit on the throne every day, there must be some conditions, and then he proposed to seal five people: first, Feng Guozhang Fu Wan was made a Taiwei, and he personally controlled the palace guards, such as the Habayashi Army and the Huben Army; second, Fu Wan's son Fu Jian was named General Chariot; Fourth, make Yang Xiu, the son of the former Taiwei Yang Biao, the official minister; One of them replied, agreeing to the conditions, and he will go to the court on time tomorrow, if he does not agree, he will stop the court and let himself do his own thing. He said that he will never bear this false name again. " Cao Cao finished speaking.Guo Jia said: "Is this not a threat? I know that the prime minister is going to attack Liu Bei in the name of the emperor. I want to blackmail him before asking for an order to send troops." Xun You said: "This is a big gamble with the prime minister. It must be Queen Fu who is behind the scenes, or else , How can two of the five conditions be from her Fu family?" Cao Cao said: "Gu also pointed it out to him on the spot." Guo Jia asked again: "How should the prime minister answer?" Cao Cao said: "Gu said, Discuss this matter after Liu Bei from Xuzhou is conquered. That majesty will not let go, saying that if this is the case, he will quit the dynasty from tomorrow. I know that this matter cannot be blackmailed, but I can't break the monarch and ministers. If he really dares In the court, I must first abolish the establishment before I can conquer Liu Bei under the order of the emperor. That would be too late. At that time, Gu laughed and said, I have been addicted to gambling since I was a child, and I have been born and died thousands of times. " Guo Jia and Xun You interjected: "The prime minister said well." Cao Cao then said his own words: "I told him that I will never send any reply to the palace before midnight today. If your majesty returns to court on time tomorrow, The matter is easy to discuss. I may agree to your majesty's conditions, and please seal these people, but it may not be possible to seal these people. The matter is ambiguous. But if he quits the court, I will send troops to Xuzhou to attack Liu Bei , and immediately sent troops to surround the palace, and then summoned hundreds of officials to abolish the establishment overnight." When everyone heard this, they all said: "The prime minister answered well." Kong Rong said: "The prime minister answered in this way, with both rigidity and softness, and can advance or retreat." Yang Gang said: "Master Kong Rong's opinion is very reasonable. Xiao Yang Gang thinks so too." Cao Cao looked at Guo Jia and Xun You: "What do the two military advisers think?" Guo Jia said: "The Prime Minister's answer is exactly as what Master Kong and Master Yang said just now, hard and soft, you can advance or retreat. According to the Prime Minister, it is possible to agree to his conditions, but you can't accept blackmail It was the first of its kind, so he proposed in a counter-offensive manner, what would happen if he did not go to the court tomorrow, and it was up to him whether he would agree to his conditions. This put the prime minister in a more active position. Now let's make an estimate, if If the Prime Minister said today, if he doesn’t reply, will he go to court tomorrow?” Cao Cao said, “This is the bottom line. I can’t back down anymore. If he really dares not to go to court tomorrow, I have no choice but to risk the disgrace of the world. You are not afraid of offending the princes of the four directions when you abolish and establish." Xun You said: "But I guess he will go to the court, because that majesty seems to have no way out, and he can't afford to gamble more than the prime minister. If the prime minister abolishes the old and establishes the new, he will support another emperor , Although there may be chaos for a while, there is still a chance of conquering the world. And if he breaks up with the prime minister, it will only be a dead end. Besides, the prime minister has left a life in his words, and there will be two things in the court tomorrow." Guo Jia continued: " If it is determined that His Majesty will go to court tomorrow, then we have to consider whether the Prime Minister agrees to his conditions." Cao Cao said, "Master Guo, what do you mean?" Guo Jia said: "The prime minister's answer today actually includes the conditions that can be considered to agree to him. You are alone today, and outsiders don't know about his big bet with you. Tomorrow, the prime minister will come forward to invite nominations. The prime minister, rather than letting others, the prime minister does not lose face. But he must agree to the conditions raised by him with a discount. That is to say, he does not fully agree, nor does he not agree at all. In this way, it still shows that the major affairs of the government are up to me Him." Cao Cao asked, "How can I make a discount?" Guo Jia said, "Ren Fuwan as Taiwei, that's fine. Although the position is high, but don't give real power to him, just let him go. The so-called control of the Imperial Palace's Habayashi Army and Huben Army Waiting for guards is not one of the conditions that the prime minister agreed to. Second, regarding Fu Jian's appointment as chariot general, this can also be agreed, but with a title in the court, he does not necessarily have the real power to lead troops. Third, Ren Zhao Yan For Doctor Guanglu, this matter is also possible, but the salary is added to two thousand shi, and he is in charge of a lot of affairs in name. , Absolutely not, this is real power, it can be changed to the Ministry of Rites, and in the Ministry of Rites, you can't be a minister, only a servant. Fifth, it doesn't matter about Fu Rongmei's concubine, he can seal it if he likes it, it has nothing to do with the overall situation." Cao Cao listened and nodded: "Guo Jia is right. Where's Xun You?" Xun You said: "Tomorrow when you go to court, the prime minister will open the chapter with two requests. The first one is to send troops to Xuzhou to attack Liu Bei. Then your majesty must be waiting for the second request from the prime minister. This dispatch of troops to attack Liu Bei has nothing to do with him." The relationship is also passed. The second thing is to mention the matter of sealing the five people, but the prime minister must have a high-sounding reason for sealing these five people. Otherwise, the civil and military officials will definitely guess that it is His Majesty who is alone with you today. A condition was proposed, but the Prime Minister had to agree." Cao Cao smiled when he heard this, and pointed to the two groups of people in front of him: "You all have talents in the world, and you have the brains to plan strategies, so why don't you worry about it alone? The world? I'll sort out the royal court majesticly, seal these people, and give this Majesty the feeling of sitting in the court. It's as lonely as he said, but it looks good on the face, and it's not so authoritarian." Cao Cao waved his hand. , "That's it, go to court tomorrow, clean up the mountains and rivers." After saying this, Cao Cao suddenly had an idea, smiled slyly, pointed to the civil and military groups and said: "From now on, you should step up military mobilization and set up a plan for tomorrow." The posture of sending troops to conquer Xuzhou immediately without asking for an order must be strong enough. In addition, let the wind out, saying that Gu is urgently discussing the matter of abolishing the establishment with his trusted Minister of Civil and Military Affairs today. If the wind is loud, it must be blown into the palace today. Li." Xun You also smiled cleverly: "Then His Majesty will definitely go to court tomorrow faster than usual, and the Prime Minister will go to the court at that time, saying that the five conditions that have already been discounted can be further discounted." Cao Cao said: "That's exactly what I mean. When the enemy advances, we retreat. If the enemy retreats, we advance. All affairs in the world are judged by the situation and measured. At that time, Gu is going to discount and remove the promotion of Zhao Yan as Doctor Guanglu." At night, the lights in the imperial city are dim, and the palaces and pavilions are dark.The eunuchs who watched the night walked between the palaces in groups of three or five with lanterns.There was a beeping sound.Empress Fu's Kunning Palace was brightly lit. Emperor Han Xian paced up and down anxiously with his hands behind his back. When he heard the sound of the watch, he stopped and said, "It's already the second watch. Cao Cao hasn't given any reply to the palace yet." Empress Fu sat there, watching Emperor Han Xian walk up and down Go, at this moment, he squinted his eyes and said thoughtfully: "You can review how Your Majesty and Prime Minister Cao are alone today." Emperor Xian of Han flicked his sleeves and said: "I played on the spot according to the queen's wishes, and I thought I played well. Let me tell you first, no matter what the reason is, now everyone in the court is looking up to Prime Minister Cao. There is no such thing as a minister. With a little check and balance, I can't go to this court. Such a court would not look good to Prime Minister Cao, and it is inevitable that one person will monopolize power. Then, I put forward the five conditions according to the queen's wishes, and named the head of the country and sealed Fujian , Feng Zhao Yan, Feng Yangxiu, and finally Fu Rongmei as a concubine. Oh, I want to ask here, the empress has always regarded Fu Rongmei as a thorn in her side, why this time she took the initiative to make her a concubine?" Fu The queen said: "Your majesty doesn't believe the words, so I can only tell the truth. If you don't make Miss Fu Rong a concubine now, don't you think it's an eyesore when Cao Cao sends another woman into the palace to make you a concubine? There have been rumors for a long time. , Cao Cao wants to send his daughter to the palace. He has a lot of daughters, and one of them will be put in as a concubine, just to put a nail next to us. Even if your majesty can accommodate it, I, a queen, can't. "Han Xiandi He nodded to show that he understood, and then continued: "I put forward these five conditions at the time, and said that if I agree, I will call back to the palace before midnight today, and I will go to court on time tomorrow, and he will come forward to ask for an order to send troops Xuzhou attacked Liu Bei, and asked to nominate these five people, and I will agree to it. If I don’t get his reply before midnight, I will start to stop the court tomorrow.” Empress Fu said: "Please repeat Cao Cao's answer again, Your Majesty." Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty said: "Cao Cao laughed when he heard this, and said that I was gambling with him, and that it must be the queen's idea. Then he said that he was addicted to gambling since he was a child, and he was born and died thousands of times. He gambled his life and was not afraid of gambling. This. The last word for me is that if I go to court on time tomorrow, then it is easy to discuss and discuss things. If I don’t go to court tomorrow, he will immediately send troops to Xuzhou to attack Liu Bei, and first send troops to surround the palace, and then Summon civil and military ministers to abolish and establish. I have told you these words more than once. It’s just that it’s just the second watch, and it’s not yet time.” Empress Fu said: “Cao Cao said he won’t answer today, so I’m sure He won't reply. He bet with us, and his confidence is stronger than ours. " Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty said: "If he doesn't answer today, will I still go to court tomorrow?" Empress Fu said: "What do you mean by Your Majesty?" Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty said: "As the Son of Heaven, I must keep my word and do what I say, and I should do what I say. If he doesn't agree to my conditions today, I will go all out tomorrow morning and not go to court It's gone." After speaking, he flicked his sleeves and hurriedly paced in the palace.Empress Fu thought about it for a while, then shook her head and said, "No." Emperor Xian of Han stopped, looked at Empress Fu, and listened to her continue.Empress Fu said: "Betting big with each other, both sides have to advance and retreat. Today, His Majesty confronted him alone, and proposed five conditions, and told him that if he did not agree, he would not go to court. If the conditions are not met, then he will lose all. So he said that he will not answer today, and that if His Majesty does not come to the court tomorrow, he will abolish the establishment. This is his intention of not retreating. But at the same time he said , If His Majesty goes to court on time tomorrow, the matter is ambiguous, and he may nominate the five people at the court, which is equivalent to not retreating, and partly accepting His Majesty's conditions. It seems that he is not willing to do everything." Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty said: "The queen's meaning..." Empress Fu said: "Your Majesty, let's go to court tomorrow. You take a step forward and take half a step back. It's a bargain. If he invites these five people to play tomorrow, then His Majesty will win and have face. What about him?" , It’s not too much of a loss, and I didn’t lose face.” Han Xiandi said: “Tomorrow, if he does not accept the conditions proposed by me, please seal these five people?” Empress Fu squinted her eyes and thought for a while: “ Then His Majesty can only choose two ways, one is to admit defeat and have to humbly allow Cao Cao to be a puppet; the other is to really stop the court and let him be deposed." Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty was very entangled.Hearing a cough outside the palace gate, Huang Fu entered the palace and said: "Your Majesty, Empress, I have to report something important." Han Xiandi stood there with his hands behind his back and asked, "What's the matter?" Huang Fu approached with a serious expression He said: "Two pieces of news, one is that Cao Cao is dispatching troops overnight, preparing to attack Liu Bei in Xuzhou tomorrow; the other is that Cao Cao is meeting secretly with some civil and military ministers to discuss the abolition of the emperor. These two pieces of news There are multiple sources, so they must be reliable." Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty turned pale and could not stand firmly.Huang Fu observed his words and carefully withdrew. Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty sat down and said, "What should I do if the bet has become like this?" Empress Fu said with gloomy eyes: "Your Majesty, hold on tight. I will deal with it tomorrow morning." Early the next morning, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty went to court on time. In the main hall, the civil and military ministers shouted long live and kowtowed.Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty tried his best to appear calm on the throne.He stretched out his hand and said, "Everyone is flat." The civil and military officials all stood up with a "Thank you Your Majesty for your grace".The head official of the palace declared loudly as usual: "If there is something to do, go to work, and if there is nothing to do, roll the curtain and retreat." Then, Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty braced his majesty as the emperor, looked at the civil and military ministers guarding Cao Cao, and said: "Today, all the gentlemen When you go out to work, you will be flat." Cao Cao first went out to play and said: "I want to report to Your Majesty, I had a separate court meeting with Your Majesty yesterday, and Your Majesty met with my ministers heart and soul. The communication between the monarch and the ministers is actually the exchange of heaven and earth, and the communication of all things, and the communication between the upper and lower levels, and they are like-minded. The ministers report to Your Majesty." It also reported the crimes of Dong Cheng and other five people who made an alliance with blood and murdered ministers; they also reported that these five people also used the name of "repaying His Majesty's grace" in the alliance letter of blood alliance, especially the crime of pretending to be the emperor. It is a great pardon; I also reported the reason why the five conspiratorial traitors were killed first and then played. Your Majesty approved the imperial edicts one by one yesterday, and I am very pleased." Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty was very nervous at first.After hearing Cao Cao say this, I didn't expect it.He could only nod his head involuntarily, indicating that it was indeed the case yesterday.All the officials paid great attention to Cao Cao's Chen Zou. Cao Cao went on to play: "Today, I have two special requests for Chen Zuo's order. The first one is that Liu Bei, who had rebelled last year, was among the conspiratorial party who formed an alliance to murder the ministers of the current dynasty. I ask Your Majesty to send troops to conquer Liu Bei in Xuzhou. " Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty nodded when he heard this: "The performance of Prime Minister Cao." Cao Cao went on to play: "Secondly, since last year, firstly, Taiwei Yang Biao, who was connected with Yuan Shaomi, was removed, and recently, the chariot general Dong Cheng, the minister of the Ministry of Industry, Wang Zifu, Yilang Wu Shuo, Changshui Xiaowei Zhongji, Zhaoxin General Wu Zilan and others. The former kings had training to remove the old and take the new. Now that the old has been removed, the new must be taken. For the first performance, please make the head of the country, Fu Wan, as a Taiwei, and for the second performance, please seal it Fu Jian, the son of Fu Wan, was appointed as the chariot general. In the third memorial, Yang Xiu, the son of the former Taiwei Yang Biao, was appointed as the servant of the Ministry of Rites. In the fourth memorial, Fu Rong, the younger sister of Empress Fu, was invited to be the concubine." Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty asked Fu Wan to be the concubine when he first heard the memorial. Taiwei and Fu Jian nodded happily when they were the chariot generals.These two nominations are exactly as he proposed.Hearing the third nomination, when Yang Xiu was appointed Minister of Rites, he was suddenly puzzled.Here, he obviously skipped the nomination of Zhao Yan, and the appointment of Yang Xiu was not the Minister of the Ministry of Officials.Cao Cao finally said: "Your Majesty, please play." Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty said very carefully: "Prime Minister, please enrich the court, which is very much in line with my wishes. I would also like to ask a few more questions: First, can he be allowed to play after Feng Guozhang Fu Taiwei, can he be clearly allowed to control the palace guards?" Is this more reasonable?" Cao Cao said: "It won't be too late to discuss this matter when I come back from Xuzhou." Han Xiandi nodded and said: "Can you promote Yilang Zhao Yan to be Doctor Guanglu? I mentioned this last year. Cao Cao said: "I thought that although Zhao Yan dared to speak up in the court and express his views, but none of the things he reported in the past year was appropriate, so he was promoted to Doctor Guanglu, which was actually disapproved by the civil and military courts of the Manchu Dynasty." Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty froze for a moment, and Zhao Yan's eyes flickered among all the civil and military officials. Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty did not dare to fight, and then said: "The prime minister nominated Yang Xiu, the son of the former Taiwei Yang Biao, as the Minister of Rites. His elder brother's crime, and nominating Yang Xiu as the minister of the Ministry of Rites, it shows that the prime minister has a broad mind, and it also shows that the official system of the dynasty is clear. If you can be bolder, let him be appointed as the Minister of the Ministry of Officials. In the Ministry of Officials, a department with great power Serving as the chief official, especially shows the broad mind of the prime minister and the clear management of court officials." Cao Cao said: "There are advances and retreats in everything, and there is a sense of propriety in doing things. The appointment of Yang Xiuli's Minister of Rites is enough to tell the world. After all, it is suspected of being exaggerated. I hope your majesty will play it. If not, the fate of these people The appointment can be discussed after the triumphant return of Liu Bei's conquest of Xuzhou." Emperor Xian of Han heard this and immediately said: "I just made a little deliberation. The prime minister's explanation is enough to clarify the matter. So the prime minister will play, and the title of the country's abbot will be finished. As a Taiwei, Fujian was appointed General Chariot and Cavalry, Yang Xiu was appointed Minister of Rites, and Furong was appointed Concubine. Immediately draw up the decree." A servant nearby announced loudly: "The decree will be drawn up immediately, and troops will be sent to conquer Xuzhou to attack Liu Bei. Second, Fu Wan will be named Taiwei, Fujian will be named General of Chariots, Yang Xiu will be named Minister of Rites, and Furong will be named Concubine. " Cao Cao said: "The minister has ordered that tomorrow we will send troops to Xuzhou to attack Liu Bei."