Three Kingdoms Star System

Chapter 556
At this time, Liu He was indeed as Sima Yi expected. In order to appease Dian Wei and Zang Ba, he appointed Dian Wei as the leader of the central army, Zang Ba as the general of Pingdong, and the governor of Xuzhou. He also issued an order for Dian Wei to recruit [-] The Iron Halberd Army allocated another [-] spearmen to Zang Ba, and asked them to train hard and train well. When the training was successful, they led the army to attack Xuzhou.

After that, Liu He wrote another memorial, claiming that Cao Pi had bullied the emperor, deposed the queen, and massacred the ministers. He committed a heinous crime. He specially requested an order from the emperor to mobilize 30 troops to come to Xuzhou, massacre the traitors, and share the emperor's worries. .

Immediately after receiving Liu He's memorial, Emperor Xian was moved to tears. He really wished he could sign the "agreement" letter immediately, but the servant Cao Pi sent to monitor was staring at him. He would never issue the edict, so he forcibly held back the impulse in his heart, wrote in the memorial against his will that all this was because of the faults of Empress Fu and those ministers, and greatly praised Liu He loyalty.

Liu He's memorial soon reached Cao Pi's ears. After hearing the news, Cao Pi broke into a cold sweat. Unfortunately, Sima Yi's words were right. Fortunately, he sent extra people to the emperor in advance. Otherwise, once the emperor wrote With the next word "ke", it is estimated that he will soon be faced with a catastrophe.

Although he usually disdains Liu He, Cao Pi is deeply aware of the gap between his own side and Liu He's army, so he is so afraid when he hears that the other party looks like he wants to attack.

This also made Cao Pi firm in his determination to support Sima Yi's eastern conquest of the Wa Kingdom. As long as he escaped to the Wa Kingdom and became king there, he would no longer have to be threatened by Liu He.

But fortunately, Cao Pi had corresponding means. According to Sima Yi's instructions, he immediately issued a seal to the emperor, recommending Liu He as the king of Qin. What's more, Liu He's forces are huge, and the emperor also wanted to use this to win him over to help him deal with Cao Pi. Naturally, he readily agreed, and immediately issued an edict to canonize Liu He as the King of Qin, allowing him to open the mansion and add Jiuxi.

In ancient times, there was an essential difference between the throne that opened the government and the throne that did not open the government. Simply put, allowing the government to open means allowing the establishment of officials, which represents real power, and not opening the government is just a title of honor without real power.

And "adding nine tins" is also an honor. The so-called "nine tins" refers to nine kinds of ritual utensils, including chariots and horses, clothes, music, Zhuhu, Nabi, tigers, axes, bows and arrows. The utensils respectively represent the nine virtues or talents of the gifted objects: virtue, ability to comfort the people, ability to make the people happy, a large number of people, the ability to advance goodness, the ability to repel evil, the ability to subdue injustice, the ability to punish the guilty, and the ability to be filial. The highest courtesy given by the emperor to ministers, and in the previous history, Wang Mang had received Jiuxi and founded a new dynasty as a result, which means that those who were given Jiuxi may threaten the rule of the dynasty.

Cao Pi "added nine tins" to Liu He, not only to win over Liu He, but also to put Liu He on the fire.

Therefore, after the imperial court sent envoys to Chang'an, Liu He accepted the canonization of Wang Jue, but rejected the honor of "adding nine tins".

In his view, with the power and status he currently possesses, there is no difference at all whether he adds Jiuxi or not. Instead, some people will label him as "usurper".

When talking to the envoy, Liu He asked specifically about the emperor, including his food and daily life. This made the envoy uneasy, for fear of finding something wrong, but he did not dare not answer, so he had to He said it according to the facts. Fortunately, Liu He didn't say anything. He just asked him to pass on the message, hoping that the emperor would take good care of his health, and then he would say nothing more.

After accepting the canonization, Liu He presented his wife Huang Yueying as the queen, his son Liu Yu as his son, and all concubines including Xiao Qiao, Cai Zhaoji, Sun Shangxiang, Ma Yunlu, Wang Yi, and Lu Lingqi as wives. Reward the civil and military ministers under his command.

Liu He appointed Xun Yu as Shangshuling, Guan Ning as Taifu, Guo Jia as Taiwei, Xun You as Zuopushe, Zhong Yao as Youpushe, Chen Qun, Jia Xu, Liu Ye and Lu Su as servants, and others The civil and military officials all had their appointments, and the whole country was filled with joy and all the people celebrated together.

The emissary endured anxiously for a few days, and finally returned to Xuzhou to report to Cao Pi in detail what he had seen and heard this time.

"Liu He actually rejected the reward of 'Jia Jiuxi'?" Hearing the envoy's report, Cao Pi was immediately surprised. He didn't expect there to be such a noble person in this world who didn't even want the right to send him to his door, but he was also a prince after all. , is also very familiar with playing tricks, and after a little thought, he understood Liu He's intentions, and sighed softly: "Is this Liu He really an ordinary person, who can easily see through my intentions, but to be honest, the world can see through my intentions. There will never be fewer people who are dedicated to me, but it is absolutely impossible that there will be many people who can resist such a big temptation. At least in this respect, I am definitely not as good as him. Alas, this person is really not simple. In his hands, there is absolutely no injustice."

After hearing that Liu He carefully asked about the emperor's clothing, food, housing and transportation, Cao Pi's heart jumped even more. He couldn't figure out Liu He's intentions in doing so, and he was afraid that Liu He would catch him because of this, and cause something to happen again crusade event.

Although he rejected the honor of "Jia Jiuxi", Liu He was also able to find an excuse to "be on the side of the Qing emperor", and it was precisely because of his refusal to "Ja Jiuxi" that Liu He would not be suspected of having a crime when he crusaded him. What "ambition".

Therefore, Cao Pi repeatedly asked the envoy what Liu He had asked, and what he said, until the envoy had repeated it more than a dozen times, and he found that there was nothing missing, so he let the envoy retreat.

"What does Liu He mean by asking this? He especially asked about the diet and daily life of the emperor. Do he hope that the emperor eats well and has more women to accompany him, or does he hope that the emperor eats well and has fewer women to accompany him? This is really a big question." Why can’t I figure out his intentions? What should I do if what I do is not in line with his intentions and he finds an excuse to punish me? Sima Zhongda is not here, and the Taishan bandits are all attacked by him. I'm going to attack the Japanese country, and now we only have 2 troops in our country, so it's not enough for him to stick between his teeth?"

Cao Pi was anxious and uneasy for many days, and then he couldn't bear it anymore. He sent someone to send a letter to Sima Yi, hoping that Sima Yi would give him some advice. It was not until three months later that Sima Yi wrote back, saying that if Liu He stayed here If there is no reaction for a while, it should be fine. Cao Pi felt a little relieved when he saw that Liu He did not make any next move in the past three months.But in the future, he also restrained himself a lot, not daring to insult the emperor and the ministers in the court at will.

(End of this chapter)