At this moment, in the office of the Prime Minister of Xu County, Xun Yu was sitting in the position of Cao Pi, with a solemn expression on his face.
Today's court was in chaos, and Cao Pi knew it. However, although Cao Pi was the crown prince, he did not have a position in the Han Dynasty, so he could not enter the Chongde Hall. This is of course a kind of protection for Cao Cao to protect Cao Pi. After all, he still did not receive the salary of the Han Dynasty. These are two completely different concepts.
Although the money Cao Pi used was his father's, it was indirect and could not be said to be completely separated from the relationship, at least it was easier to say in his name and would not be bound by some involvement.
The ancients died early, so they forced their children to mature as soon as possible. If they wait until they were 20 or 30 years old, or later to become sensible, then according to the average lifeline of 40 years old, even if they become sensible, they will not have a few years of survival.
Cao Pi tried his best to pretend to be an adult at this time. Although the fluff on the corner of his mouth still exposed some of his immatureness, no one could underestimate him when he sat at the position of Prince. Even Xun Yu had to treat him respectfully, at least on the surface, the etiquette was not bad at all.
"Xun Lingjun," Cao Pi said slowly, trying to imitate his father's tone, but his words were still a little bit short of meaning, "What do you think about the affairs of the court today?"
Xun Yu was silent for a little, and said calmly: "A action must be done. A gentleman plans to act and make righteousness, while a villain plans to do his own profits. Now a villain is clamoring in the wild, but he only seeks profits."
Cao Pi nodded and said, "Since this is the case, how should we respond?"
Xun Yu smiled and said, "If a prince is firm in the government office, he will be like a pillar of the road, which is enough."
Cao Pi was silent for a moment and nodded slowly, "It will be a blessing for Xun Lingjun."
Xun Yu bowed his hand to respond, "It is the responsibility of his minister to share his worries for the lord."
After the two of them said some other matters, Xun Yu left.
This is almost a daily process.
No matter what, even if Cao Pi is a white man, as the prince of the Cao family, he still has invisible authority and is qualified to learn some relevant information. But the word "Criminal" does not mean that he can win the compliance of Xun Yu and others, because according to the dual system of monarch and ministers of the Han Dynasty, Xun Yu and others were Cao Cao's ministers, but not Cao Pi's ministers.
Cao Pi watched Xun Yu leave, pinched his chin and pondered.
Xun Yu said it lightly, but Cao Pi did not feel that it was easy.
From the prince to the lord, it seems that it is just a son to the father, but this journey is difficult to walk.
The death of his elder brother has become his mistake. He is trying his best to avoid going back to that road, but the future is vast, either as dark as ink or thick fog. Even if he tried hard to open his eyes, he could not see clearly the world outside his five fingers.
Cao Pi knew that Fei Qian in Guanzhong was very difficult, and Cao Pi also knew that the internal enemies were also very troublesome.
This is the lesson his brother wrote with his life, and it was bloody.
It doesn't work just by following the military power. People who only know how to fight and kill will never become great. Because the ultimate goal of war is not for war.
This principle may be learned by later generations like Fei Qian, when they are younger than in junior high school, but people like Cao Pi may have to understand this principle in their lifetime.
A great man from later generations once said, "War is a bloody politics", "War itself is a political action, and there has been no war without political nature since ancient times." Just a few simple words seem like secrets in the Han Dynasty, they are like secret books and they can't easily speak to others.
Some fools think that war is killing people, and it’s enough to kill them, but Cao Pi knows that the reason why his father has never experienced rapid increase in strength over the years, and his fiscal growth, and even has a growing gap with Guanzhong Fei. The most important thing is not the simple superficial war, but the difference in politics.
As Cao Pi grew older and his intelligence increased, Cao Pi felt more and more that Fei Qian was like a mountain, which was so oppressed that Shandong could not breathe, and it was pressing on his heart, and his breathing was a little congested.
Cao Pi remembered that he and his father Cao Cao sat alone in the hall a few days ago. Cao Cao seemed to want to explain something to him, but in the end he was silent...
Yes, if you can win, then nothing goes to say.
If you lose, you don't need to say anything...
Fei Qian left Chang'an and led his troops to fight westward.
This is naturally the biggest flaw.
But the problem is here. Does Fei Qian know that he himself dared to take Taishi Ci away! How dare he?!
If it was Cao Pi, after thinking about it, he still felt that he would have to stay in Chang'an to feel at ease.
What? Wei Yan? Can the generals who come out of the mountain valleys compare with Taishi Ci, who is famous in Shandong?
So, is this really a flaw or an empty shell?
Cao Pi felt that the cards in his hand were not big enough. Cao Pi could also understand his father Cao Cao's previous series of actions to find out what trump card Fei Qianshou was holding.
But Cao Cao's move today made Cao Pi feel a little confused.
Please resign from the Prime Minister?
Is there wind or water in my dad’s mind?
Or...
Both have entered?
Bah bah bah bah bah!
Cao Pi snorted in a mess, apologizing to his father for his unlucky thoughts.
Although Cao Pi also knew that position did not represent everything, for example, Dong Zhuo was still the Grand Tutor back then, but with his powerful strength, he ended up in a place where there was no corpse in his death? But at such a critical moment, he resigned from the position of prime minister...
The reason why Cao Pi specially invited Xun Yu to come was to get some tips from this think tank, but he didn't expect Xun Yu to say almost nothing, which made Cao Pi a little angry and embarrassed, and of course he was more helpless. Because Xun Yu was not his subject, he could not force Xun Yu to do anything, and even when necessary, for example, Xun Yu had Cao Cao's order, he could in turn ask Cao Pi to do whatever he could not do.
So what exactly does Xun Yu mean?
Really do nothing?
Cao Pi couldn't help but rub his head, making him feel a little headache.
At the corridor at the door, the sound of kicking and stomping came, Cao Zhi's head was exposed by the door, and then Cao Chong's little head was also exposed under Cao Zhi, and his eyes were staring at Cao Pi with sparkling eyes.
"What's the matter?" Cao Pi had a stern face.
Cao Zhi immediately pulled his face down and said to Cao Chong, "I said that, your second brother has no time to play with you..."
Cao Chong ignored Cao Zhi, raised his feet and crossed the threshold, arrived in the hall, bowed and said, "Do you have something to worry about? Can you share your worries for your brother?"
『Uh?』 Cao Pi raised his eyebrows, 『This...who taught you?』
"If you want to teach others this? There are in books..." Cao Chong said loudly, "The two of them are in the same heart, and their sharpness will be cut off; if they are in the same heart, their smell will be as smelly as orchid!"
『Hiss…』 Cao Pi suddenly felt a little toothached, 『You are so young and you are looking at it?
"Watching and playing in boredom." Cao Chong smiled, revealing his missing gums.
Cao Pi suddenly felt that he had lived in the dog's belly for a while...
"It's okay, you go and play with Brother Zhi. If I have any problems, I will go find you again." Cao Pi was embarrassed to ask Cao Chong. If Cao Chong really answered, where would his face be put? Isn't that the kind that fell all over the floor with a slag and couldn't even pick it up.
Cao Chong is a young man. Although he is smart, he is still naive after all. Seeing Cao Pi say this, he has no intention of forcing him. He just nodded seriously, "If you have any questions, come to me, I will definitely help you!"
"Oh oh!" Cao Pi felt his teeth hurt so much, "Go and play, go and play."
Cao Chong nodded, then turned around and walked back, saying to Cao Zhi, "Let's go, go back to read a book!"
Cao Zhi bowed to Cao Pi and led Cao Chong back.
Cao Pi watched the two of them go away, not only with a toothache, but also with a faint pain in his head.
Perhaps Cao Pi felt the crisis, or received some stimulation, or both, Cao Pi decided that he must figure it out!
So Cao Pi sat in the hall and thought, thinking...
Then fell asleep.
When Cao Pi woke up again, he saw Mrs. Bian's face as calm as a pool.
The surface is smooth and the water is deep.
"Wipe saliva." Mrs. Bian threw a piece of silk cloth over.
"Wei, Wei." Cao Pi hurriedly did as he asked.
In fact, one thing in the customs of the Han Dynasty was quite hard, that is, you cannot have lunch break at noon, or that you cannot sleep during the day. However, Cao Pi still had a body in the teenager stage of growing up. It is normal for thirst to sleep. You don’t have a rest throughout the day and you will naturally be tired at night.
Originally, Cao Pi wanted to pay tribute to Mrs. Bian at this time, but everyone else went there, and only Cao Pi did not come. Mrs. Bian sought it over and thought something had happened, but when she saw Cao Pi was dozing off with a tilt...
Cao Pi knew something was wrong, so he quickly made a remedy. He told him that he was not so tired of playing, but because he thought too much and worked hard to take a nap...
Mrs. Bian still listened expressionlessly, not angry or loudly, "So what did the prince think of?"
"Crown Prince"?!Is it so serious?!
Cao Pi's ability to observe his expressions was almost full, so he immediately noticed that his mother's hidden surging anger was about to burst out under her calm face and tone!
"My mother!" Cao Pi immediately prepared to put out the fire, lowered his head and pretended well, "The child is wrong, please punish him!"
Mrs. Bian sat on her head, was silent for a moment, and waved her hand.
The servant and servant stood up with their butts and retreated in a scattered way.
After a while, in the hall, Mrs. Bian's voice sounded faintly, "Do you really think the word "prince" is so easy to be called? I just told you before, have you forgotten it now?"
"Gulu..." Cao Pi swallowed.
Cao Pi sweated slightly on his head.
Mrs. Bian said a lot before, but how could Cao Pi remember everything? Cao Pi was just a master, maybe a little bit more, but she definitely did not have the talent of his father Cao Cao, nor the literary talent of his younger brother. Cao Pi often made new poems and made it stronger.
His father Cao Cao often filled his poems with generosity and desolation, vigorousness and strength throughout his life. He had a masculinity, similar to the "Haoran" state, using poetry to talk about history and poetry to speak about events, which led to the idea of ​​governing the world. However, Cao Pi, as the leader of the talented men in Yecheng in history, not only did not bring these talented men passionate and enterprising, but was abducted on a path that was basically the opposite of his father and headed towards a graceful school, such as "The lowly concubine guards the empty room, and she is worried about you and dare not forget it, and she does not feel tears in her eyes."
Although Cao Pi also created a seven-character poem, Cao Cao probably couldn't write this resentful feeling.
Fortunately, Mrs. Bian did not continue to ask questions, but said: "Since the incident of Kong Wenju, your father intended to let you stand alone... This time he even had the vague intention of asking you to supervise the court on his behalf, so he asked Xun Lingjun to come every day... Since you have questions, why don't you ask?!"
Cao Pi hurriedly said: "I have a question!"
"What are you asking?" asked Mrs. Bian.
Cao Pi recounted the previous questions and answers between him and Xun Yu, and then looked at Mrs. Bian pitifully.
Mrs. Bian pondered for a moment, then looked at Cao Pi, "Don't you understand? Well, you didn't understand."
"Ah?" Cao Pi glared.
Mrs. Bian waved her hand and sighed slightly, "I won't talk about this for now, I'll give you some time. Well, by the way, since you haven't understood what Xun Lingjun meant just now, why don't Zhier discuss with you when he rushed over?"
『Ah?!』 Cao Pi glared again, 『Could it be...』
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! "Yes," Mrs. Bian nodded and said, "I asked them to come."
After pausing for a moment, Mrs. Bian said, "I know why?"
Cao Pi lowered his head and thought for a moment, "Mom is for my own good."
Mrs. Bian sighed, "Yes... it's for your own good... But why do I think sometimes this "good"... is not used in the place?"
Cao Pi fell to the ground, "Baby...Baby is unfilial! The child failed to understand the mother's intentions, and the child was wrong. The child should have thought that the words "Baby two people are united and their strength is to cut off gold" were not accidental... Now the government and the country are in turmoil, so we should work together to overcome difficulties...Baby, child..."
『Isn't this good?" Mrs. Bian sighed, 『Why didn't you think of it just now?
Cao Zhi and Cao Chong may not be able to really give Cao Pi any advice, but if Cao Pi asked Cao Zhi and Cao Chong to sit down, face the problems together, and discuss how to take measures together. Even if nothing can be solved, no problem can be handled. But at least Cao Pi showed his generous attitude as a brother.
If Cao Pi is Cao Cao's second, and he is full of strategy, then there is naturally no need for any discussion and arbitrary behavior.
But Cao Pi obviously couldn't keep up with his father's pace...
So be more humble and tolerant, is there any problem? Shouldn't it be?
Cao Pi lowered his head deeply, "The child knew he was wrong."
Mrs. Bian sighed, "Don't always say that you know your mistakes, you know your mistakes, and then you don't correct your mistakes and make them again next time."
Cao Pi kowtowed to the ground and dared not argue.
"You haven't had much time..." Mrs. Bian's voice was quiet, "Your father has mentioned you in the name of resignation. Do you still feel that you can relax? You can still sleep? Sometimes I really admire you... You are so heartless... Your father's resignation is not true, but is your name of the prince..."
Cao Pi sweated more, "My mother..."
『Obviously, you also guessed that your father could not really resign…』 Mrs. Bian sighed, 『This is not a reason for your complacentness, because as long as you are not a fool, you can guess… But what later? What happened? Why did your father do this? What do you have to do to cooperate with your father? You can't think of anything, and you can still sleep? You can even sleep so hard that your saliva can flow out? Ha!"
Cao Pi almost always pressed his head to the ground, and his face turned red.
This is Cao Pi's problem.
He can analyze the problem, but often stops just by stepping forward. Because at this time he needs to look at the "someone's face" to determine whether his step is correct, and then whether he should continue to take a step down or in which direction. Once there is no one who provides this "skin", he will be at a loss and have no direction.
Mrs. Bian was also helpless because Cao Pi was like this now, which was also caused by her influence and the problems in Cao Cao's inner room and back hall back then. Although she has been working hard to adjust, after many years of getting used to it, how can she say that she can change it?
"Get up." Mrs. Bian did not scold Cao Pi, "Think about it carefully, why did your father ask Xun Lingjun to come every day? Or do you think your father will only consider one aspect when doing things? Also, why did Xun Lingjun say that, don't you feel familiar with it? Ha... By the way, if you can keep Zhier and Chong'er, you may get some tips... After all, they are better than you..."
"Book?" Cao Pi was stunned, and then his mind quickly turned, "My mother said...Lu's Chunqiu, be careful about his actions?!"
『You just want it now?』 Mrs. Bian shook her head and said, 『Well, it's better than I can't even think of it... In this case, can you understand what Xun Lingjun meant? Or, who is "Fei Wuji"? And who is "Wu Zixu" again?"
Cao Pi took a deep breath.
There are too many things involved here...
Cao Pi's head was buzzing for a moment, and there was a chaotic trick on the left and the other on the right. It seemed to be touching a little, but there seemed to be no connection. Just as Cao Pi frowned and thought hard, there was a burst of footsteps outside, and he rushed over.
Someone outside the courtyard reported, "The prince, there is an emergency military situation!"
Cao Pi and Mrs. Bian looked at each other.
Mrs. Bian signaled, then got up and walked around the screen. Cao Pi walked to the seat of his head, sat down, and said in a deep voice: "Come on!"
Chapter completed!