[Three Kingdoms] Seven steps into wetness

Cao Zhi started to have a fever in the middle of the night when he fell asleep, and his whole body was red in the morning.

Cao Cao sat by his window and called Yang Xiu.He looked Yang Xiu up and down, and suddenly said after a long time, "You made the fourth child pretend to be small?"

Yang Xiu's heart shuddered.

He calmly stared at Cao Zhi who was lying unconscious on the bed, gritted his teeth and said, "...Yes."

In fact, Cao Zhi's serious illness was introduced into his house, and he felt a little strange.Now Cao Cao called him to ask this question, and he naturally understood why Cao Zhi was ill.It's just that he never imagined that he was the one who suffered from Cao Zhi's disease!

Sure enough, he heard Cao Cao say quickly: "What is your purpose?"

Yang Xiu's whole body was stiff.

What Cao Cao meant was that Yang Xiu intentionally mixed up with his heir's battle for succession.In fact, no matter who is involved in this matter, it is Cao Cao's taboo.

Therefore, if Yang Xiu answered well today, he and Cao Zhi could escape from danger together; if he answered badly, he might offend Cao Cao, and it would be easy for him to be killed.

Yang Xiu's brows trembled slightly, he suddenly knelt down and said hastily: "Prime Minister Mingjian, I will never participate in this matter! In fact, ten years ago, I was Mr. Fourth Young Master, and I asked Fourth Young Master if he wanted to be the eldest son."

Cao Cao looked unpredictable: "Oh?"

"The fourth young master said at the time, no!" Yang Xiu lowered his head, speaking earnestly, "So I will teach the fourth young master poetry, books, rituals and music with all my heart. And the fourth young master is very smart, and he has already learned it in just a few years."

Cao Cao said calmly: "Go on."

"Five years ago, I asked the Fourth Young Master if he wanted to be the son. The Fourth Young Master said, no!"

Cao Cao frowned: "—oh?"

Yang Xiu said cautiously: "If the prime minister reads the past articles of the fourth son, he will find that the first five years are completely different from the next five years. Five years ago, the fourth son will not hide his thoughts, and he must speak out about any assumptions; and in the next five years, The Fourth Young Master has little novelty."

Hearing what Yang Xiu said, Cao Cao also had some aftertaste.He ordered the servant to fetch Cao Zhi's poems and articles over the years, and found that although the modest words and sentences written by Cao Zhi five years ago were a bit rough, the content was very interesting.However, in recent years, it has become more and more mediocre.

He said, "You told him?"

Yang Xiudao: "Yes. I will tell the fourth son that if the fourth master has no intention of competing, he will try his best to hide his edge. Because you must know that a big tree attracts the wind, and prosperity will inevitably decline! The fourth son has no intention of competing for the son, so it is better to escape from it as soon as possible and live in peace. .”

Cao Cao's eyes flickered.

He glanced at Cao Zhi, and there were too many emotions in his eyes, which were mixed together and complicated.He finally said in confusion: "Then, why do you ask him if he wants to be the prince?"

Yang Xiu looked up eagerly.

He stared at Cao Cao, his eyes gradually covered with conceit and arrogance: "If the fourth son is right, I will do everything I have learned to teach him to be the best among the prime minister's heirs! The prime minister loves him, and finally, under the support of everyone, Become the son of the world!"

Cao Cao closed his eyes and nodded slowly.He said: "Yang Dezu, no one has ever said in front of Gu that he wants to support Gu's son as his son. If Xun Wen can't, neither can Guo Fengxiao!"

Yang Xiu lowered his head.He was a little flustered on the face, but there was not much fluctuation in his heart, because he could see that there was no killing intent in Cao Cao's eyes.

After a long time, he heard Cao Cao say slowly: "Young man, pride is a good thing. But you must know that when the water is full, it will overflow, and if it is too strong, it will easily break."

Yang Xiu leaned over and saluted: "Yang Xiu, thank you Prime Minister for teaching!"

Cao Cao said slowly: "If you say a single lie today, I will kill you!"

"Prime Minister Mingjian, how dare I lie to the Prime Minister?"

Cao Cao took a deep breath, he has come to a conclusion.

Without the guidance of others, it is impossible for a person to pretend for so many years.And once he pretended for so many years, how could he expose his intelligence in an inexplicable environment, so that everyone should be wary?

If so, this person is not only inconsistent, but also extremely stupid!

Cao Cao was a little dubious in his heart, because he really couldn't understand Cao Zhi's mentality.After hearing what Yang Xiu said today, he believed that Cao Zhi really had no intention of seizing the son.

Because Yang Xiu is a little too arrogant.He has the same personality as Yang Biao, and he doesn't bother to lie at all.He also believed that if Cao Zhi said "yes", Yang Xiu would definitely teach him how to please himself and offer advice for himself.

So at that time, it's really hard to say whether I like Cao Zhi more or Cao Chong more.

And Cao Chong might not be the only one who died.

Thinking of Cao Chong, he felt a little sad again.He said: "Since this is the case, why did you leave Xuchang at such a time, and even behaved differently in Chibi?"

Yang Xiu hesitated and said, "This..."

"Say!"

Yang Xiu's eyes flickered: "Before Chibi, the Fourth Young Master once divorced me and said that he dreamed that Chibi was defeated, and the Prime Minister might also have... his life in danger...so when the military adviser came, the Fourth Young Master also followed."

Cao Cao remained silent.

After a long time, he turned his head to look at Cao Zhi: "Go down."

Yang Xiu had left, and Cao Cao sat in his room for a long time in a daze.

Then, he ordered his servants to order Cao Zhi to recuperate from his illness, and he started the reform himself, and ordered the five people who had been absent before to be arrested and imprisoned, and to be executed at a later date.

It was noon when Cao Zhi woke up.He didn't know that his father had summoned Yang Xiu into the mansion, and he was really fooled by Yang Xiu, and instead believed that he had no intention of harming Cao Chong.

In fact, he was still experiencing dizziness.

He hadn't experienced this feeling of waking up from a coma for many years.This feeling was not very good, because when he woke up for the first time, he found that he had forgotten everything and was in a strange time and space.Then even if he racked his brains, he couldn't think clearly about everything in the past, he could only vaguely remember some messy things.

Fortunately, now he still remembers everything in these years.

He can still recall when he was in a coma, as if someone was calmly writing in front of him, writing poems and songs one after another in the brocade silk.It's just that when he opened his eyes, he completely forgot about it.

The first to see him was the Bian family, followed by Cao Pi and Cao Zhang.As usual, Cao Zhang despised his body, and then he was entangled that the article he wrote was called "unsightly" by Cao Cao, so he almost knelt down and begged Cao Zhi to get better soon and write an article for himself.And Cao Pi watched them interact with a smile, and then asked gently: "Is fourth brother okay?"

Cao Zhi showed a weak smile and had a conversation with Cao Pi.Cao Pi saw that his expression was not very good, so he covered him with a quilt and said with a smile, "Just rest, your father has already taken over the reform, so you don't need to worry about it."

Cao Zhi just smiled and said nothing.

He closed his eyes, and felt Cao Pi's dry and warm palm on his forehead, somehow there was a sense of bleakness inexplicably.

Because he no longer knows whether Cao Pi is really worried about him at this time, or whether he is just like the hypocritical resentment he faced Cao Chong in the past.

After Cao Pi and Cao Zhang left, Cao Zhi could not fall asleep for a long time.He sat up, put on his coat and went to the table.

All the materials related to the reform have been taken away by Cao Cao.Now there are only a few volumes of letters on it.

Cao Zhi began to grind ink subconsciously.I don't know if he lacks strength, but he grinds for a long time before finishing.Then he took the pen and wrote a line of poems in the brocade silk.

It was born from the same root, so why is it too anxious.

Then, he stared blankly at the poem under his pen.It took a long time before sadness came from it.

As the sun set, Cao Zhi drank a bowl of porridge, and Luo An informed that Mr. Guo Yi had arrived.

When Cao Zhi saw Guo Yi for the first time, he suddenly remembered how Guo Jia was waiting by the side of the road last night, so he smiled: "Young brother is here, did you come here?"

Guo Yidan said: "I come whenever I want, what does it matter to him?"

"..." Cao Zhi was almost speechless.He said after a while, "...then why did you come here?"

Guo Yi took it for granted: "Aren't you my senior brother? Senior brother is sick, so of course junior brother wants to come and see?"

Cao Zhi's mouth twitched.

Do you have "of course"?Can your face be any more ugly?People who don't know will think you came to the funeral!

Guo Yi stared at him curiously for a moment, doubting: "Are you okay? Is this expression because your brain is burnt out?"

Cao Zhi resisted the urge to vomit blood, stretched out his hand and beat his chest.

——Also, you use Guo Jia's face to say Yang Xiu's words, is this really scientific? !

Guo Yi frowned: "Did you really burn out your brain?"

Cao Zhi showed an almost distorted smile: "Which eye did you see that your brother's brain was burned out?"

Guo Yi frowned and said, "That's it. Since you're fine, I'll leave."

Cao Zhi said: "Wait a minute!...Surely it wasn't Mr. who ordered you to come and see me?"

Guo Yi paused slightly.He turned around and met Cao Zhi's eyes, with an indifferent and indifferent expression on his face, "He's sick himself, how could he have time to miss you? If Doctor Hua hadn't said that my senior brother was also sick, I wouldn't have thought of you."

Cao Zhi was startled.

The coldness of last night, with Guo Jia's newly recovered body, naturally couldn't bear it.He threw off the quilt suddenly: "Mister is sick? I'll go and see!"

But maybe it was because he got up too quickly, and the dizziness hit him, causing him to fall suddenly into the bed.

Seeing this, Guo Yi sneered: "Forget it, you should be sensible, how can you still be so reckless? What if you pass out halfway through the journey? My father and I will take care of it, and you can rest assured to recover from your illness." .”

Cao Zhi listened to the lesson dumbfounded.

In the summer and March of the 14th year of Jian'an, Cao Cao issued an order saying: "The king who has been ordered since ancient times and Zhongxing has never been able to rule the world with a virtuous gentleman! He has acquired a virtuous man, and he has never left Luxiang. How lucky to meet him?  … The second and third sons help me to be bright and humble, but only use talents, and I will use them."

Therefore, talented people from all over the world were widely called to serve as officials in the court. All officials who mishandled their affairs would have their salaries reduced, dismissed from office, and in severe cases would be sentenced to death; People who were displaced due to the war had to report to the imperial court if they settled in one place, and they were not allowed to move anywhere easily; the people were not allowed to commit crimes, but after investigation, they were all executed regardless of the seriousness...

Cao Cao's reform this time has a total of eleven items.

Two of them are about how talented people can become officials in the court, and the laws and regulations that officials need to abide by; , to restrict wandering and begging, and to settle in one place to reclaim fertile land and be self-sufficient; the last three are related to economic currency, adjustment of local taxes, etc.

At this time, Sun Quan was inseparable from Cao Ren, who stayed behind in Nanjun, and Liu Bei recommended Liu Qi as the governor of Jingzhou, and went south to conquer the four counties.Soon, all four counties surrendered to Liu Bei.

It was also at this time that Cao Pi invited Cao Zhi to participate in the exorcism ceremony.

After the ceremony, as usual, people sat around among the beautiful mountains and rivers and recited poems on the grounds of "flowing cups and curved water".

Cao Zhi picked up his pen calmly, and soon a poem was completed.

"Yidan travels in Huangliao. I don't know the rivers and seas. Birds play with firewood. Anzhi Honghu travels. The world's scholars are honest and bright. Great virtue is unmatched. Driving the five mountains. Then the small hills. Looking down on the passers-by. Snobbish only It's a conspiracy. The royal family is high. The Kyushu is far away. The sword is thunderous. The fierce air is floating. The moor is crying. Who knows that the strong man is worried."

Someone soon thought that Cao Cao's reform was opposed by everyone before, and most people here are still young and energetic. Now they feel that this poem is wonderful, and they pass it on to each other, and there is praise in their words.