After Xu Qian left, Zhou Yang and Cao Cao were left in the room.

The military situation on the front line I just reported was in a hurry, and it seemed that it was just a blink of an eye and had nothing to do with it.

Zhou Yang stood stupidly, as if he had said so many heartfelt words and had been to waste. Now he was still thinking about whether he wanted to persuade Cao Cao not to abandon the elders and establish the young people. He still couldn't say it out.

Cao Cao was a very deliberate person. He would take clever opinions, but when it comes to regime issues, he would rather sacrifice Xun Yu than give in.

Although he later called himself "King Wen of Zhou" to show that he had no intention of usurping the Han Dynasty, Zhou Yang knew very well that this was just paving the way for future generations to replace the Han Dynasty with Wei.

Cao Cao always hopes that the country he has worked hard to seize and the foundation he has founded can become the country of his family.

Why can only be emperors with the surname Liu?

Why did an emperor who was locked up by himself since childhood, and without him, even Cao Cao, who could not even have enough food to eat back then become an emperor?

Why do people who are eunuchs have to be belittled by the gentry and famous scholars?

Look at Yuan Shao, who is also the third emperor of the fourth generation, has such a powerful advantage in the north, but was finally annexed by Cao Cao.

Let’s see what kind of life the people are living today.

Look at the food stored in the country, and think about the dark and corrupt court back then.

Is it more serious to say that a mere title is more serious than these substantive problems?

Zhou Yang saw the unwillingness in Cao Cao's eyes, and even though he gradually grew old over the years, he still had the gaze of dominating the world and would never go out in the wind and candlelight.

"I heard that there is a strange man who is in contact with the masses everywhere among the people. Do you know?" Cao Cao suddenly asked.

"The Luoyang Intelligence Team has reported to the son-in-law." Zhou Yang told the truth, "This matter can be big or small, and at this time when it is turbulent, it can be big or small."

"I will give you an imperial guard now, how about it?" Cao Cao said.

"Does my father-in-law plan to get this person out?" Zhou Yang paused and said, "Son-in-law obeys the order."

"It's not that you want to catch this strange man, but that you want to kill Geng Ji, Prime Minister Si Zhi Wei Huang, Imperial Doctor Ling Jiben, Jin Yi and others," Cao Cao said with a cold look, "Kill them all for me."

"What?" Zhou Yang said in a lost voice.

"If possible, pick a few more representative guys who are causing trouble in Xudu, and capture them one by one." Cao Cao said with a cold tone and expressionless face, "If there is an emergency, it is okay to kill them on the spot."

Zhou Yang felt a cool air rise from the soles of his feet to his backbone. Cao Cao finally made up his mind to be enemies with these gentry and family.

The result of doing so will inevitably only cause even more dissatisfaction among the middle class.

Although forceful suppression can temporarily serve as a warning, it cannot truly eradicate the grievances of the aristocratic families against Cao Cao, but will instead lay a more serious disaster from then on.

Cao Cao suddenly said angrily: "Why are you still standing there?"

Zhou Yang trembled all over and stood still, but did not make any concessions because of Cao Cao's roar.

However, Cao Cao was still sitting on the sandalwood chair, holding a ball of official documents in his hand, as if he wanted to tear it apart at any time.

Zhou Yang had never seen him so angry. Even when facing the Battle of Guandu, at the lowest point, or when he was defeated in the Red Cliff, and was seriously injured after losing his troops and generals, he had never seen him like this.

Is Cao Cao's anger real anger or used to cover up the anxiety in his heart?

Zhou Yang took a deep breath and plucked up the courage and said, "My father-in-law, aren't you planning to make your son a successor?"

Cao Cao said: "Who told you?"

Zhou Yang smiled and said, "This is a well-known thing. No one needs to tell the son-in-law that the father-in-law often mentions the matter of establishing a heir in front of others. Isn't the purpose of using his son as a successor to reach a compromise with the Han and his relatives?"

Cao Cao snorted coldly: "Even if Zijian has nothing to do with these pro-Han scholars, his talent for literary and military affairs is above Zihuan. Do you have anything to say?"

Zhou Yang knew that nothing was useful, so he originally planned to quote two examples of Yuan Shao and Liu Biao from Jia Xu, hoping to dispel Cao Cao's idea of ​​abandoning the eldest son.

But Cao Cao in front of him seemed to not compromise with anyone.

In addition to looking forward to the future and the fear of internal and external troubles with anger at this time, the eyes are filled with only loneliness.

"The son-in-law understands." Zhou Yang stopped saying anything and bowed his hand and fisted to retreat.

"Wait a minute." Cao Cao called him, and saw his dissatisfaction, and asked, "Do you have any opinions on the orphan Zi Jian as the heir?"

"The father-in-law does this, so there are naturally reasons for his father-in-law," Zhou Yang paused for a while before he stopped talking, "It's just..."

"It's just something, let's continue." Cao Cao's voice was irresistible.

"Since ancient times, it should be common for brothers to fight for throne!" Zhou Yang turned around and asked, "But I don't know who will support more people between the two brothers Zihuan and Zijian?"

In fact, behind Cao Pi was supported by Jia Xu, Zhou Yang, Wu Zhi and others, and Cao Zhi also supported by famous scholars such as Yang Xiu and Ding Yi.

However, Cao Cao's idea of ​​abolishing the elders and establishing the young people did break the secular concept again.

This means that it is once again contrary to the traditional Confucian concepts of the aristocratic family and society. In addition, he has now sent Zhou Yang to suppress this long-standing hidden danger.

Therefore, the deposed elders and the establishment of young people will not only fail to achieve the purpose of living in harmony with the relatives of Han people, but will instead deepen the conflicts between them.

They even bring people who are under the banner of not being distorted for Cao Pi but are actually trying to make power and rebel.

This gave it an excuse to overthrow the rule of the Cao Wei group.

However, Cao Pi could not have been in power because of this, but instead became their puppet, just like Cao Cao "handled the emperor to command the world."

Whether it is Cao Zhi who is about to succeed to the throne or Cao Pi who is regarded as a conspiracy, it is a situation that Cao Cao and Zhou Yang do not want to see.

What's more, Cao Zhi inherited only the throne, not the throne.

After Zhou Yang finished speaking, he saw that Cao Cao had no response for a long time. He knew that he had started to hesitate and did not dare to disturb him too much, so as not to backfire.

It seems that Cao Pi is not completely desperate to succeed to the throne, and Cao Cao is still quite afraid of the aristocratic families.

But he buried this fear deeply and planned to use the blood from the killing poke to wash away the long-buried grievances.

Zhou Yang did not speak anymore, but also stood at the door and did not leave immediately.

"Uh--" Cao Cao's face twitched tightly, revealing a painful expression.

"My father-in-law!" Zhou Yang rushed over quickly, but was stopped by him and signaled not to get close.

"Go and perform your mission." Cao Cao covered his chest in pain, unable to breathe for a long time.

"The son-in-law gave up." Zhou Yang finally left disappointed.

When he walked out of the door, Cao Cao blew blood on the table, dyeing the review documents piled up into mountains.

Zhou Yang rushed in again and supported him.

Cao Cao said, "Go and close the door, no one is allowed to enter."

After Zhou Yang immediately did as he did, he immediately returned to his side and asked with concern: "Son-in-law immediately summoned the miracle doctor Zhang Zhongjing from Luoyang."

Cao Cao shook his head and said, "Go and call Ziwen."

Zhou Yang said in surprise: "Ziwen?"

At this moment, Cao Cao actually mentioned Cao Zhang, who was stationed in Yecheng.

There was a key government place where the Cao family had concentrated power. An imperial guard led by Cao Zhang symbolized the supreme power of Cao Wei.

Cao Cao summoned Cao Zhang at this time, with only one purpose, which is to announce the matter of becoming an heir immediately.

Is it Cao Pi or Cao Zhi?

Did Cao Cao plan to continue his unconventional style to the end, decide to fight with the gentry, or decide to be compromised by secular society?

Zhou Yang was completely unsure. In fact, he was also a mortal who was compromised by the secular world.

Cao Cao is a god of war, but he is also an ordinary mortal.

What path does a person who can conquer the world with force, accommodate any talent from any background, and can be moved by the people of the world, ultimately choose?

"The mission was cancelled." Cao Cao used up his last breath.

Zhou Yang knew that the answer had come out.

At this moment, a figure seemed to flash at the door.

Cao Cao pointed: "Who is it?"

Zhou Yang immediately became alert, held the tiger roar spear tightly in his hand, called the guards to protect Cao Cao, and then rushed out alone to chase him.

I saw the black shadow jumping over the wall and turning over the roof.

Zhou Yang chased him reluctantly. With his agile body technique, he supported the ground with a gun, bent and bounced up, and finally landed gently on the roof.

The man turned his back to him, and his loose and old cloth robe was floating in the breeze, but he could not hide his short and thin figure and his messy half-white hair.

"I was able to break into the prime minister's mansion alone. Was Liu Bei or Sun Quan sent you?" Zhou Yang said coldly.

At the same time, raise your spirit to the fullest, and focus your eyes on every possible position under the other person's feet, and every angle where you may escape.

No matter how fast the opponent's body is, he cannot escape Zhou Yang's relentless pursuit.

But the man seemed to have stopped and had no intention of continuing to run away.

Zhou Yang felt strange in his heart, and suddenly remembered something, and immediately thrust the iron spear and stabbed it.

Sure enough, the other party's figure immediately disappeared into the moonlight.

"Zhou Xianghou has such a good eye!" The other party's voice came from behind, "He can actually see through my husband's afterimage technique."

"Who is it?" Zhou Yang turned around.

I saw that although the other party was short, it felt unsurpassable to climb under the moonlight on the roof.
Chapter completed!