Qinglong Three Kingdoms

Chapter 686 Cao Cao's Means

In fact, in addition to appointing Zhu Wei an official, Cao Cao also hypocritically invited Zhu Wei to serve in the court of Xudu in the name of the emperor.

Although the emperor gave Zhu Wei the official position of Taiwei and had the real power to record ministerial affairs, this position could only be used after Zhu Wei went to Xudu to take up his post. If Zhu Wei did not go, it would still be a false title.

In fact, the official positions that Cao Cao has granted Zhu Wei are all positions that Zhu Wei's cheap father, Zhu Jun, once held.

So Cao Cao used the name of the emperor to hope that Zhu Wei would give up all external military power like Zhu Jun did in the past, and go to the court of Xudu alone to serve as a civil servant by the emperor's side.

Of course, it was impossible for Cao Cao to allow Zhu Wei to take the opportunity to lead troops to Xudu, so he specifically stated that according to the Han military system, Zhu Wei, as a hussar general, could only bring two guards to Beijing at most, otherwise he would be convicted of treason.

But it is naturally impossible for Zhu Wei to accept this. Cao Cao obviously has bad intentions, and wants Zhu Wei to follow his cheap father Zhu Jun, give up the military power outside, and go to the emperor's court alone to be controlled by others.

It’s just that the reason Cao Cao gave seems reasonable on the surface. First, he used the name of the emperor to boast about Zhu Jun, telling many old stories about Zhu Jun’s entry into Chang’an alone, and now he greatly boasted about Zhu Wei’s achievements. Anyway, It is said that Zhu Wei inherited Zhu Jun's loyalty and patriotism, and he is Zhu Jun's son.

This is tantamount to lifting Zhu Wei to a high position. If Zhu Wei does not agree to go to Beijing, he will have ulterior motives, wrong intentions, and more importantly, he will be unfilial and unable to be as loyal as Zhu Jun.

This really gave Zhu Wei a troublesome problem. Zhu Wei would definitely not go to Xudu alone, but how to find an excuse was very difficult.

In addition, the emperor's envoy appointed by Cao Cao this time is also a trick. This emperor's envoy is Mi Heng, a famous madman in history, who is an outspoken character.

Originally, Mi Heng should have been dead in history, because Mi Heng was beating drums and scolding Cao in Xudu, which made Cao Cao very annoyed, but because he was a celebrity and could not be killed easily, Cao Cao deliberately sent Mi Heng as an envoy. Jingzhou went to Liu Biao's office to become an official, and if he wanted Ni Heng to go to Jingzhou to make a fuss, the best way was to let Liu Biao kill him, so as to bear the notoriety of killing celebrities.

And this Mi Heng still has certain ability to do things. Liu Biao was quite satisfied with him at first, but after Mi Heng's true nature was exposed, Liu Biao couldn't stand Mi Heng's bad temper and loud mouth, so Liu Biao sent him to Jiangxia. Huang Zu's side.

As a result, in 198 A.D., Ni Heng was still open-mouthed on Huang Zu's side, and finally angered Huang Zu, who was ordered to be killed by Huang Zu.

But now because of Zhu Wei, the butterfly, he took Jingzhou from Liu Biao early, so although this Mi Heng had offended Cao Cao before, Cao Cao hadn't had the chance to give him to Liu Biao.

In this way, Mi Heng has lived until now, but Cao Cao still got him to Zhu Wei's side in Jingzhou.

Now this Mi Heng, as the envoy of the Son of Heaven, has taken on a task to urge Zhu Wei to go to Beijing to serve. If Zhu Wei refuses to agree, then Mi Heng's mouth can play a role.

To be honest, Zhu Wei didn't expect Cao Cao to play such a trick. He wanted to ruin Zhu Wei's reputation.

But Zhu Wei knew that he was aware of this situation, but how to deal with it still needed to use his brain. Therefore, towards Mi Heng who was delivering the decree on behalf of the emperor, Zhu Wei's attitude was quite polite. Zhu Wei did not mention the specific appointment for the time being. He only said that he had to make some preparations and settle local affairs before he could go to the emperor's side to serve him in response to the emperor's edict.

Next, Zhu Wei specially arranged for Yang Hong to entertain Mi Heng. This Yang Hong's ability is average, but at least he has no problem in dealing with people.

Because of Yang Hong's loyalty and character issues, Zhu Wei has been restricting his position. Up to now, Yang Hong is only a staff member on Zhu Wei's side. Although he can participate in Zhu Wei's military and political discussions, he has no practical affairs. Authority.

Yang Hong seemed to know that he might not be liked by Zhu Wei, but he was unwilling to give up Zhu Wei's opportunity to become an official, so even if he was just dawdling, he had to dawdle first.

At the same time, Yang Hong was very active every time he saw Zhu Wei and attended meetings. Obviously, Yang Hong was still trying his best to figure out Zhu Wei's character and try to please Zhu Wei, so as to win over Zhu Wei. get useful.

It's a pity that Zhu Wei can see Yang Hong's loyalty, so far his loyalty has only reached 68, which is only an increase of four points from the beginning, obviously Yang Hong still has no real heart to contribute.

Therefore, although Zhu Wei did not treat Yang Hong completely coldly on the surface, he still allowed him to consult and discuss matters, but in secret, he sent people from the school office to keep a close eye on him. He used his methods.

If Yang Hong really secretly communicated with Cao Cao and Yuan Shao, Zhu Wei might use Yang Hong's channel to send some false news to Cao Cao and Yuan Shao. Such counterintuitive means can also bring special effects.

It's just that this Yang Hong has never caught Zhu Wei's feet. Obviously, although he is not completely loyal to Zhu Wei, he doesn't seem to have the intention of adultery with outsiders for the time being.

This time, Zhu Wei took advantage of Mi Heng's matter and simply appointed Yang Hong as the minister of the wine ceremony in Xiangyang, who was specially responsible for entertaining foreign envoys and foreign affairs.

In this way, Yang Hong finally got a practical official position. After receiving the order, Yang Hong was very happy and showed a willingness to accept the position. After that, he came forward to entertain Mi Heng instead of Zhu Wei every day.

It happened that there were famous people such as Pang Degong and Huang Chengyan in Xiangyang, so Yang Hong led Mi Heng to wander around Xiangyang to meet the famous people in Xiangyang.

Although this Mi Heng has an upright and arrogant personality, he likes to criticize current affairs, despise others, and looks down on many outstanding people in the world. Even Xun Yu, Cao Cao's first adviser, is regarded by him as a mourner with a mournful face, but for some He can still make friends with truly talented people, such as Kong Rong and Yang Xiu.

Now when I met Pang Degong, Huang Chengyan and other celebrities of the older generation from Jingzhou, Mi Heng finally gave some face, and when they met, he also showed the demeanor of a celebrity, and did not cause any embarrassing situation.

And Yang Hong is very good at flattering people, so he also entertained Mi Heng, and he had no chance to start bombarding people.

But things can't always be dragged on, so after discussing with Jia Xu, Wang Yuyan, Liu Ye and other counselors, Zhu Wei simply decided to start the battle against Luoyang.

In mid-February of 199 AD, Wei Yan, who had already prepared well, led the Jingnan Camp with more than 5000 soldiers plus [-] logistics auxiliary soldiers, and set off from Nanyang Wancheng, all the way north to Luoyang. go.

And Zhu Wei summoned Mi Heng again in Xiangyang, and expressed to Mi Heng the official statement of Zhu Wei's return to the emperor...

(End of this chapter)