[Three Kingdoms] After offending Wei Guoquan, I went to the peak of my life

Chapter 112

The people originally lacked understanding of the murderous intent hidden in the emperor's edict, but because of the latest rumors, under the guidance of someone with a heart, they combined the bizarre dream of the father kneeling and the son with current events, and gave birth to another interpretation of the edict.

The bolder ones, those who thought more began to mutter inwardly, feeling that the emperor's edict was ill-considered and unkind.

Even if Cao Pi is really favored by the emperor, as the emperor said, "the blue is better than the blue", but the person who has been assisting the government and fighting in the south and north is Cao Cao.The emperor bypassed Cao Cao and directly made his son a duke, and asked him to salute his son. He was too old to be respectful, how could he not make people think.

Although most people lack political acumen, they can empathize with each other and interpret current events in a way they can understand.As long as you give them a little inspiration, even if they don't think of the "father and son jealousy", they can vaguely sense something wrong.

And Cao Pi took advantage of this opportunity to enter the palace to face the saint, and earnestly asked the saint to take back the will of the canonization of Duke Wei.

He didn't directly say that he was incompetent due to his lack of merit or virtue, or he used other reasons to evade. He first talked about the rumors in the market recently, and then mentioned that his father had been a soldier for half his life and had made great contributions to the country. His son is still a head shorter.

As for other things, although Cao Pi didn't say it clearly, the people's strange guesses about the edict have been revealed inside and outside the words.After singing emotionally and rationally, Cao Pi finally added a sentence: If you really want to be named Wei Gong, it is not impossible, first make the prime minister Cao Cao the Wei Gong, and at the same time make him Cao Pi the son , so that we can not only fulfill the love between father and son, but also live up to the love of the emperor...

If it wasn't for the inappropriate timing, Liu Xie really wanted to point to his head and sneer and say, "You have a good idea."

In the edict, he made Cao Pi a public, not only to make Cao Cao unhappy, but also to create a buffer space.After all, he didn't want to reward anyone in the Cao family with a duke at all, and all he did was just a stopgap measure.

With Cao Pi's current connections and status, as long as he didn't break his head, he would definitely not accept the title of Duke Wei.

And Liu Xie only needs to say a few specious insistences in it, and he can temporarily suppress the matter of conferring Duke Wei—it’s not that he doesn’t want to confer Duke Wei on Cao’s family, it’s that the person concerned himself doesn’t accept it, and Dong Zhao and others can’t do anything about it. Then use a high-sounding petition to disgust him.

Liu Xie thought everything very well, even Cao Cao and others took their reputation into consideration, and the thoughts of ordinary people were taken into account.The only thing he didn't expect was that a strange dream suddenly spread in the market, which directly disrupted his plan.

If the dream of "father kneeling and son" was just a coincidence, Liu Xie would never believe it.There has never been such a thing as a coincidence in this world, let alone the rumor that more than one person had this dream, the only possibility is artificial arrangement.

As for who made the arrangements, you can guess just based on Cao Pi's words that disgusted him just now.There is only one person in Yecheng who can give Cao Pi a trick, and put him together and deliberately use words that make people angry and not pay for their lives.

Liu Xie wanted to uphold the power of the emperor, and insisted on the original edict on the grounds of keeping his word.

But what Zheng Ping and Cao Pi have done has already cut off his way, even if he doesn't pay attention to the eyes of the people, I'm afraid there are still tricks waiting for him.

If it is just to bring up the unfilial topic of "father kneeling son", dreaming alone is enough. Why do you need to keep rumors so mysterious?

The founding emperor of the Eastern Han Dynasty used prophecy to win the hearts of the people. If Zheng Pingping and others did the opposite and secretly criticized the inappropriateness of his edict under the guise of dreaming, he might not succeed in separating Cao Cao and his son, and would leave a bad name.

No matter how aggrieved Liu Xie was, he had no choice but to succumb to the situation again, accepted Cao Pi's refusal graciously, wrote a new edict, praised Cao Pi's humility and filial piety, and made Cao Cao the Duke of Wei and granted him a fief.

It's not like what Cao Pi said, he was canonized as the son because of his love for him, and he was only called into the palace from time to time to prove his "favor".

Before Cao Cao could resolve the matter, the whole matter had been perfectly resolved by Cao Pi himself.He didn't say much to Cao Pi, nor did he immediately set Cao Pi as his successor, but brought Cao Zhi, Cao Zhang, and Cao Chong with him and taught him carefully.

Cao Pi's disciples were anxious and uneasy, and persuaded Cao Pi to take the initiative to show kindness and eliminate the estrangement with Cao Cao.

Cao Pi calmly and self-restraintly rejected many of their suggestions, and even more restrained his followers and servants, preventing anyone from speaking out of line.

But no matter how self-reliant he was, he was not completely free from worries.He quietly visited Zheng Ping, sat down and talked with him, and told him his worries and the unsafe number of his followers.

Zheng Ping just said: "It's too early. You go back and copy Sanxuan, and come to me after copying."

Sanxuan is not a single book, but three books: Zhuangzi, Laozi, and Yi, with a total of hundreds of articles, plus more than [-] words in the compilation, Cao Pi had to copy it for at least a month.

Cao Pi wanted to ask other questions, but Zheng Ping had brought tea to see off the guests.After all, Guo Xuan's name was only twitched on the tip of his tongue, and then he swallowed it back, and was pressed in the corner of his heart with patience.

A few days later, Cui Yan, the new minister, expressed without hesitation that he supported Cao Pi, who was currently the eldest son, to succeed him as the eldest son, and did not favor Cao Zhi because the Cui family had an in-law relationship with Cao Zhi.

On the surface, Cao Cao lamented Cui Yan's selflessness and integrity, and awarded him the post of lieutenant, but in fact he was not hesitant, and was extremely dissatisfied with his unsealed and public statement.

And because of this incident, even though Cao Cao has recently shown that he prefers Cao Zhi and others, there are still many scholars and civil servants who secretly joined Cao Pi's family to work for him.

Among them is the literary master Sima Yi.Cao Pi and Sima Yi got acquainted because of the frightening horse. After several contacts, they found that their temperaments matched each other, and they gradually approached each other because of business interests, and became close friends.

Regarding Cui Yan's support for him, Cao Pi actually couldn't figure it out.

In terms of in-law relationship, no matter how you think about it, Cui Yan should be on Cao Zhi's side, and it is impossible to support herself.

If it is said that he has the intention of pleasing both sides, it is actually impossible.For one thing, from ancient times to the present, either do not intervene in the merits of the dragon, or bet on the most likely side. There has never been a possibility of pleasing both sides.Secondly, with Cui Yan's temperament, it is really impossible to do such a thing.No matter how you think about it, it is possible that Cui Yan supports him because he has the title of "prince".

Come to this conclusion, Cao Pi's mood is somewhat complicated.

Fortunately, he remembered Zheng Ping's words. He didn't enlist the disciples right away, but locked himself at home after business, copying books day and night.

After about half a month of copying, news came that Cao Cao was seriously ill.