[Three Kingdoms] Small people's plan

Cao Ang was looking at the bamboo slips by the lotus pond. It was so hot in the afternoon that he felt drowsy.

The lotus leaves are lush, and the coolness is very pleasant.

The voice of the little emperor came from the opposite side: "Go and twist some lotus leaves and insert them into the house."

Xiao Huangmen ran to get the scissors, and after a while, Liu Xie said, "It's so slow! I'll pick them myself."

A group of little yellow men shouted:

"Your Majesty!"

"Your Majesty, hurry up!"

"If the water is cold, you will catch the cold!"

Cao Ang didn't intend to move, he was just comfortable, anyway, he couldn't see it from the side with dense lotus leaves.

Suddenly Cao Pi said: "Stop shouting, the emperor just wants to go down to cool off."

All the little yellow gates were silent.

Liu Xie said triumphantly, "So what?"

Cao Pi said: "When a gentleman comes out, he has a dignified appearance."

Liu Xie didn't speak, Cao Ang only heard the sound of water.

Cao Pi said again: "The king is the guide for the ministers."

Liu Xie said with a smile: "What? Your father also learned how to make pools?"

"Tom—"

A sound of water.

Cao Ang was taken aback, and just about to stand up to watch, Cao Pi said: "The upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked!"

Liu Xie yelled "Wow!"

When Cao Ang thought about it, he was overjoyed.

There was a lot of water splashing, and the two children started working.

"What kind of minister are you! You are a big fart! Dare to teach me a lesson!"

"Faithful words are harsh to the ears! I am admonishing you to death!"

"You die and show me!"

"No, only by living can we die!"

"Why is immortality called dead remonstrance! Hurry up and die to see! Wow!"

Cao Ang laughed.

It was rare for Cao Cao to allow the two children to get along like this. Cao Ang thought for a while, but his face darkened.

In the study, Cao Cao grabbed the inkstone and threw it at Cao Ang.

Cao Ang evaded and said, "Father, please find another husband for Pi'er, so as to confuse the distinction between monarch and minister..."

Cao Cao shouted: "It's not your turn to talk too much!"

Cao Ang said: "It's a good thing for my father to save me from the thief, please don't learn from Dong Zhuo..."

"Shut up!" Cao Cao said angrily, "Get out of here! Is this what you should say? Get out of here! Don't tell you not to come back, stay in the camp!"

Cao Ang said: "Father..."

Cao Cao pointed at the door: "Get out! Go back to the camp and get twenty army sticks!"

Cao Ang stood silently for a while, agreed, and retreated.

Cao Cao held his forehead and sighed: "Damn Confucian scholars! How did you teach them?"

At the end of September, Xuchang was completely new, three times larger than before. The outer city wall was more than twice as high and twice as thick as the old city wall. The new inner city surrounded the majestic Changle Palace.

In appearance, Xuchang has also changed from a county to a "capital".

According to the Zhou ritual, Cao Cao invited the emperor to enter the palace, worshiped the ancestral temple, and then announced it to the world, and at the same time issued the emperor's edict——

The imperial capital was moved to Xuchang, and the princes, prefects, governors, and generals of all states were ordered to come and pay homage.

From now on, Xuchang changed its name to Xudu, and the court changed its reign name to Jian'an.

Amnesty the world.

Liu Xie's miserable days in the early court began again.

Cao Cao stood in front of all the officials and took the lead to kneel down: "Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

Liu Xie secretly sighed. According to what he knew, he should still be in Chang'an, being held hostage by Li Jue and Guo Si. Now, he doesn't know whether it is good or not.

"Everyone is flat." This sentence, he said weakly.

Cao Cao doesn't know how to spank his little ass, so it's a good thing to think so.

The ministers - some old faces, some new faces.

It seems that some of the old ministers and nobles in Chang'an couldn't stand Li Jue when they heard that the emperor had arrived in Yanzhou, and some of them fled with their families.

Cao Cao still let them stay in their original positions. As for those new faces, they must be Cao Cao's people.

Cao Cao came out and said, "I have something to play."

It seems...it's not even possible to take a nap in the morning.

Cao Cao is very strict about etiquette and does not allow others to make irresponsible remarks, unlike Dong Zhuo who likes to sing by himself.

Liu Xie regained his energy, sat up straight and said, "Please tell me, Ai Qing."

Cao Cao said: "Your Majesty, I would like to ask for your permission to confer the titles of Yuan Shao in Jizhou as General, Marquis of Wuting, Yuan Shu of Nanyang as General of Hussars, Marquis of Zhongyi, Liu Biao of Jingzhou as Former General, Marquis of Dong'an, and Gongsun Zan of Youzhou as Marquis." The latter general, conferred on the Marquis of Jing'an..."

Xiao Huang's gatekeeper presented the memorial, and Liu Xie was puzzled: "I heard that General Fenwei Lu Bu has entered Nanyang, so why does Aiqing mention Nanyang Yuan Shu here?"

Cao Cao laughed and said, "Where did your majesty hear about it? Why didn't you know?"

Liu Xie looked at Cao Cao's smirk, and really wanted to pat him with a brick. He changed his mind and said, "Aiqing was the most timely rescuer when I was in trouble. Do you not have a lover?"

Looking down, Cao Cao looked up with a smile on his face——

They knew each other well who they were, pretending and so on, Liu Xie wanted to forget about it.

Cao Cao said: "I dare not take credit."

Liu Xie also smiled like him: "Zhen, let's play."

Cao Cao thanked him, and Liu Xie said again: "Choose Cao Cao as prime minister, confer..."

Cao Cao's face changed, and he knelt down to interrupt Liu Xie: "I don't dare!"

Liu Xie asked with a smile: "Why is Ai Qing afraid?"

Liu Xie pretended not to see the gazes of Cao Cao's subordinates.

Cao Cao stared at Liu Xie for a while: "The minister's qualifications are still low, and he dare not take the post of prime minister."

Liu Xie smiled: "If you don't dare to take the post of prime minister, then take the post of chief minister."

Although it is not as high-profile as the position of the prime minister, it is enough to make the princes want to move around.

Cao Cao said: "Your Majesty, thank you for your kindness."

After the morning court, Cao Cao said to Cao Ang who was waiting outside the palace gate: "I underestimated the little emperor, haha! From now on, the guards of Changle Palace will be appointed by you and Xun Yu, and no one will be allowed to enter or leave, not only to prevent him from running away, Also prevent him from interacting with outsiders."

Cao Ang said: "Then Cao Pi..."

Cao Cao thought about it: "Who else can be the emperor's companion besides Cao Pi?"

Cao Ang said: "Father asked Zhong Yao to be the tutor, and Zhong Yao had a son named Zhong Yu, whose name was Zhishu. He was fourteen years old and one year younger than the child. He was said to be very knowledgeable and talented."

Cao Cao: "Well, what else?"

Cao Ang said: "There is also Sima Yi from the Sima family, named Zhongda, who is two years older than His Majesty, and also became famous when he was young."

Cao Cao said: "Okay! Just the two of them, they are all members of the gentry family, and they are qualified to study with you. Let them go to the palace with Pi'er tomorrow."

Cao Ang said: "No!"

Cao Cao explained again: "There is only one thing, tell them to strictly abide by the palace rules, and anyone who violates it will never be lightly forgiven."

"promise."

Liu Xie didn't know about studying. In the past, Empress Dowager Dong loved him very much and taught him herself. That was to play when he wanted to play, and to learn for a while when he didn't want to play.

If he knew that Cao Cao had hired a tutor for him, and there were three companions, he might not be able to eat well.

The change of Liu Xie surprised the old officials from Chang'an.

After the court was over, they walked in twos and threes and talked in a low voice:

"What the emperor said was ordered by Cao Cao, right? Who doesn't care about the position of prime minister? He knows how to do it, and he will let us see. He only takes a big Sikong."

"Da Sikong is just calling the law. Could it be that what he does is not something that a prime minister can do?"

"I only have pity on the emperor, who is young and has suffered many disasters... hey!"

A person next to him said: "I don't think Cao Cao asked His Majesty to say those words."

"how?"

A few people looked over, and that person was Dong Cheng, the General of Chariots and Cavalry.

Dong Chengdao: "I saw that Cao Cao knelt down very neatly, as if he was shocked, and it didn't seem like he was instructed in advance."

"Could it be the emperor's own intention?"

"Don't be joking, why did the emperor give Cao Cao an official title?"

"Hey!" Dong Chengdao: "Cao Cao is a man who only cares about real power. He doesn't care about false fame. The princes are busy fighting for territory. Only he has been keeping an eye on His Majesty's whereabouts. Otherwise, how could His Majesty be brought to Xuchang so quickly?" Come? Moving the capital to Xuchang is already very beneficial, so why attract the envy of other princes for an official title?"

"Then according to General Dong, the emperor not only understands the meaning here, but also deliberately pressured Da Sikong to Cao Cao?"

Dong Cheng smiled and said: "Dong Zhuo and Cao Cao are not the same kind of people. In front of Dong Zhuo, if you are stronger by one point, he will be stronger than you by ten points. Cao Cao... As for His Majesty's own intention, we all wait and see!"

……

In the early morning of the next day, Liu Xie only felt that Cao Cao was always looking at him and smiling, which made his eyelids twitch.

After the court, the clothes hadn't been changed yet, Xiao Huangmen said at the entrance of Qingliang Hall: "Cao Sikong, Master Cao is here, please see Your Majesty."

Liu Xie stretched out his arms to ask Xiao Huangmen to change his clothes—it was too hot, so he said without turning his head: "Chuan."

After a while, footsteps sounded and came behind him.

Liu Xie said: "Take the thin one, yes."

Cao Cao coughed, "Your Majesty—"

Liu Xie said: "Aiqing is here, what's the matter?"

Cao Cao said: "Your Majesty, I have elected a man as Taifu, and brought him here to show His Majesty."

Liu Xie turned his head, a little surprised, Cao Cao smiled:

"Your Majesty has not performed the coronation ceremony. There should be a Taifu to teach the classics and the strategy of governing the country. The capital has just been moved, and there are too many officials to be promoted. It is difficult to select. After a while, the ministers will elect three princes to rule on your majesty's behalf. Afterwards, return it to His Majesty."

The Han system uses the Zhou ceremony, the crown can only be crowned at the age of 20, and the crown can be considered an adult, able to marry and do things, but in the past, the emperors and princes all advanced the crown ceremony in order to take over the power as soon as possible, and some even had the crown ceremony at the age of 12. For example, a certain emperor of the Zhou Dynasty had a big woman's belly at the age of 13, so the historian had to record that the emperor was only 12 years old when he was crowned.

Of course Cao Cao was not afraid that Liu Xie would make someone's belly bigger. He emphasized the crown ceremony, but he wanted to emphasize that Liu Xie was not qualified to participate in politics.

This is to control Liu Xie from the perspective of etiquette, but it also makes it impossible to say that he is wrong.

Liu Xie could only sigh secretly, he really is a hero!

This is to ask him not to talk too much when he goes to court in the future.