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Liu Jing came to the Han State Mansion and walked into his official room. He sat down and wrote a warrant and handed it to the chief clerk Fei Yi and said, "If you go to find Prince Li, just say it was my order to ask him to provide all the ice cubes of Chang'an government to the army."

Fei Yi took over the order, "Wei Chen will go now."

Fei Yi left quickly. At this time, Sima Yi's voice came from outside the door, "Is the palace down?"

"Your Highness has arrived, please wait."

The guards quickly came in to report, "Your Highness, Sima Shangshu asked for a meeting."

Liu Jing nodded, "Please come in."

Sima Yi walked in and bowed and said, "Your Highness, Cao Pi and Chen Qun have arrived, and are waiting for your highness to summon him in the rest room."

Liu Jing smiled and said, "Did they arrive so early?"

"Yes, they seemed to be in a hurry. They came just after dawn. I have taken them to visit the Han State Mansion."

"Since that's the case, please ask them to come to my official room."

Sima Yi hurried away. After a moment, he led Cao Pi and Chen Qun to Liu Jing's official room. Liu Jing personally went to the door to greet him. This was the first time he saw Cao Pi, even though they had heard of each other's reputation for a long time.

Cao Pi's image is similar to Liu Jing's imagination. He has a medium figure, fair skin, long eyebrows and thin eyes, and a full eyebrow in his eyes. The first impression he gives is shrewdness, but this shrewdness that appears to his appearance may not be outstanding.

Cao Pi was also looking at Liu Jing. His father talked to their brothers countless times about this young hero, praising him to the world, saying that he was his only opponent, but Cao Pi felt a little disappointed. Although he was tall and heroic, he was still different from what Cao Pi imagined. Cao Pi felt that Liu Jing in front of him seemed to lack aura.

The two of them laughed at the same time, and Cao Pi bowed and said, "See Your Highness the King of Han."

"The eldest son doesn't have to be too polite, please come in"

Liu Jing nodded to Chen Qun again and asked him to come in and sit down. The four of them took a seat. The guards gave them herbal tea. Liu Jing smiled and said, "I just came back yesterday and piled up an emergency man with a table. I was so busy that I didn't have time to visit him. I have neglected both of them in the past two days."

Cao Pi hurriedly bowed and said, "Your Highness is polite. Your Highness just came back yesterday, so naturally we have to work on urgent official duties first. I am also a person in charge of government affairs. I know the hard work here, and some things will cause problems if you delay overnight. Besides, we should come to visit Your Highness first."

Liu Jing nodded and asked again with a smile: "I don't know that Mr. Wei is in good health now."

"I felt a little cold at the beginning of the year. I was resting for a while. Now I have fully recovered and am ready to go to the Huns with His Highness."

Speaking of this, Cao Pi smiled and said, "My father wants to compete with His Highness to see who annihilates more Huns. Of course, this is just a joke."

Liu Jing laughed, "The old horse is in the stable and has a thousand miles of ambition. Mr. Wei has such ambition. How can I, a junior, not be with me, please tell Mr. Wei. Liu Jing is willing to compete with him."

Speaking of this, the skylight could be opened. Cao Pi picked up the tea bowl, took a sip of herbal tea slowly, and inadvertently gave Chen Qun a wink. According to their prior discussion, Chen Qun would say the rest.

Chen Qun understood and took the conversation calmly and said, "This time I went to Chang'an with the Deputy Prime Minister. There were two main things to discuss with His Highness. One was to send troops to fight against the Huns. The Huns had been causing trouble for the Central Plains for a long time. Duke Wei had long been determined to expel the Huns, but he was not strong enough and was afraid of being harmed by them. Now his Highness sent troops to fight against the Huns, Duke Wei was unwilling to stand by and spread 100,000 elite troops to march from the Yuan Dynasty."

Liu Jing nodded, "Duke Wei sent troops to the Huns, this is a blessing for the people of the world. I don't know what I can do for Duke Wei."

Liu Jing's words were very implicit. He knew that Cao Cao had conditions to send troops, but this condition based on national justice seemed to be unspeakable. He could not say that Mr. Wei was willing to send troops, but with conditions, it was a bit unreasonable, so Liu Jing gave the other party a step so that the other party could make requests calmly.

Cao Pi was slightly stunned. He suddenly realized Liu Jing's extraordinary features, that is, his broad mind. Logically, they were mortal enemies, and one side had clearly stated that he wanted to send troops to deal with the Huns. The normal reaction was to block the opportunity to deal with the conditions and do everything possible to obtain the best benefits.

But Liu Jing actually took the initiative to give them a step so that they could calmly put forward conditions. This kind of mind is indeed not something that ordinary people have. This is the one who does big things, and is not focused on the details.

Chen Qun got the steps, so he followed Liu Jing's words and said: "Mr. Wei has an idea. Since he sent troops to the Huns, he might as well ask the world to send troops in the name of the court. Duke Wei and His Highness the King of Han are both Han ministers. As the army of heaven, he attacked the Huns from the left and right. I don't know what your highness wants."

No matter what Chen Qun said, Cao Cao had only one intention. He wanted to be the leader of the Northern Expedition to the Huns. Liu Jing knew this very well. However, since Cao Cao wanted this false reputation, Liu Jing would not compete with him. Liu Jing smiled and said, "If Wei Gong did have this intention, I would not object."

Chen Qun and Cao Pi looked at each other, but they didn't expect Liu Jing to agree so happily. The two were overjoyed. At this time, Chen Qun hurriedly said: "If the appointment of the head coach, there will be a division between the head coach. Duke Wei suggested that His Highness the King of Han be the head coach and he can be the deputy."

Before Chen Qun could speak, Liu Jing waved his hand and laughed, "Duke Wei is the prime minister of the Han Dynasty. He should be the head coach. I, Liu Jing, are the deputy, so there is no need to discuss this."

Although Liu Jing was willing to give Cao Cao this false reputation, he would not give in to some principles. Liu Jing continued: "But I have something to say first. The so-called commander and deputy commander are limited to the heavenly edict."

The implication is that this is just a nominal coach, and Cao Cao could not use the name of the coach to suppress him. Of course, Cao Pi and Chen Qun understood that they could not command the Han army. They knew that this was self-aware, but Liu Jing was willing to accept Wei Gong as the coach, so their goal had already been achieved.

Cao Pi said happily: "Since we have reached a consensus on the general direction, the next step is to discuss the details of the dispatch. We will rush back to Yedu to ask Duke Wei, and then send a detailed dispatch plan to Your Highness. I hope your Highness can also give us a plan to send troops to the Han army."

"It's totally OK. After we finish drafting, I will send someone to Yedu, or Yuan."

Cao Pi did not expect that this mission would go so smoothly. He agreed on the major plan within less than half an hour of visiting Liu Jing. In this way, his mission results were far superior to his younger brother Cao Zhi. In front of his father, he had another advantage, how could he not make him feel happy?

However, Cao Pi's joy was not shown. He was very cunning and related to his personal interests. Naturally, he would not let anyone see his compliment.

At this time, Chen Qun smiled and said, "We have another major event on this mission. I believe that Sima Shangshu has told Your Highness that Wei Duke hopes to further the relationship with His Highness King Han. Duke Wei is willing to marry His Highness King Han. I don't know what your Highness wants."

Cao Pi smiled and added, "My second sister, Your Highness Cao Xian, has also seen him, and has also gone to Chengdu to disturb Your Highness. It seems that she gets along well with Your Highness. She is also my father's favorite daughter and is most respected by her father. I believe that Your Highness will never be disappointed in marrying her as a wife."

Liu Jing thought for a while and said with a smile: "With this marriage as the basis, I believe that my cooperation with Mr. Wei to fight against the Huns will be more successful."

This is what Liu Jing agreed to this marriage. Chen Qun and Cao Pi were overjoyed and stood up to salute each other, "Thank you Your Highness for your successful completion of our mission."

Cao Pi and Chen Qun discussed for about half an hour before saying goodbye. Sima Yi sent them away from the government and hurried back to Liu Jing's official room. Liu Jing asked him with a smile: "Zhongda thought the main battlefield of counterattacking the Huns would be in the pass or in Bingzhou."

Sima Yi smiled bitterly and said, "It goes without saying that this must be on our side. Cao Cao should be against the Zuoxian King Liu Bao, and the Xiongnu Chanyu would put the army in the pass and cooperate with Liu Qubei to fight."

"But what I'm a little worried about is that Hu Chuquan originally just wanted to deal with our side. Now we join forces with Cao Jun to see if Hu Chuquan gives up supporting Liu Qubei."

"If Hu Chuquan gave up Liu Qubei, it should be a good thing. What are your highness worried about?"

"What I worry about is the future."

Liu Jing sighed and said, "The Huns are revenge, and once they have a grudge against each other, they must be killed. Otherwise, even if they leave the matter, it will be a temporary compromise. Once we fight with Cao's army in the future, they will wait for an opportunity to kill them. I am worried that at that time, we will fight on both sides and face the powerful Hun cavalry, and we may suffer a great loss."

"But if the Huns were destroyed, the Xianbei people would take the opportunity to go south again. Then we will face the stronger Xianbei people. Have you considered this issue?"

Liu Jing walked to the window with his hands behind his back. He was really a little upset. During the Wei and Jin Dynasties, it was when the Hu people on the grasslands were heading south, and the Xianbei people even established the Northern Wei. Its influence continued throughout the Sui and Tang Dynasties. Even if Liu Jing unified the Central Plains and revived the Han Dynasty, he still had to face the threat of powerful grasslands.

This is just like the early Han Dynasty, the Jin Dynasty, the Tang Dynasty and the Song Dynasty, after the war-torn Central Plains dynasty, they always faced the powerful threat of the Huqi on the grassland. The early Han Dynasty used humiliation to marry, and the early Tang Dynasty endured humiliation and paid gold for peace. The Jin Dynasty, like the Song Dynasty, was destroyed in the north and the court fled to the south and survived in a silence. So would he, Liu Jing, surrender to the iron hoof of the Xianbei cavalry?
Chapter completed!