Mi Han

Chapter 534 Tornado Luoyang Street Pavilion Street Pavilion

Chapter 534 Tornado Luoyang Street Pavilion Street Pavilion

The news that the three counties of Longyou surrendered without a fight swept through the entire Guanzhong like a tornado.

This tornado not only blew Guanzhong up and down, but also approached Luoyang City at an extremely fast speed.

Chang'an, Tongguan, and Hangu Pass, when the tornado rushed through these three places with unstoppable momentum, it finally reached Luoyang, the imperial capital of Cao Wei.

And it is obvious that whatever effect this tornado has in Guanzhong, it will have the same effect in Luoyang.

For a moment, the entire Luoyang City was disturbed by this tornado, and people were panicked and terrified.

If Longyou is lost, can Liangzhou hold it?

And if Liangzhou can't hold it anymore, once the Han army turns against the enemy, can Guanzhong hold it?

When these two doubts surfaced in the heart, who in Luoyang City did not shake their hearts!

Including Cao Rui, who had just come to power, was also shocked by the news when he first learned about it.

But Cao Rui's psychological quality is also very high, he quickly calmed down his mood, and then decisively issued an order to summon all the ministers to discuss in the palace.

The influence of this tornado is too great, even with Cao Rui's current authority, it is impossible to control its spread.

Now that I can't control it, it's better to spread everything on the table, so that we can brainstorm instead.

Before Cao Rui's order was issued, almost all the dignitaries in Luoyang City knew the bad news that Liu Bei led his army to surprise Longyou and the three counties of Longyou surrendered without a fight.

Because of this, when the envoys sent by Cao Rui entered the mansions of every dignitary and nobleman, they didn't wait long to take all the important ministers of the Great Wei to the Chaoyang Hall in the palace.

The Chaoyang Hall has the highest status among the halls of the Luoyang Imperial Palace.

Because it has been the place where emperors of all dynasties held court meetings since the Eastern Han Dynasty.

Not long ago, Cao Pi officially issued an edict, canonizing Cao Rui as the crown prince of Wei.

But the prince is just a prince after all, in the past Cao Rui could not preside over the council of ministers in Chaoyang Palace - this has always been the power that Cao Pi can only have.

Cao Rui did so openly at the moment, and anyone with a discerning eye knew that this matter must have been approved by Cao Pi, or even Cao Pi's preference.

And what does this mean?

It seems that His Majesty's health is getting worse and worse.

Those who are eligible to go to the Chaoyang Palace to participate in the parliament are all elites who have worked in the officialdom for many years. How could they not be able to make such a simple political judgment?

But after thinking of this point, every Wei Chen who went to Chaoyang Hall showed deep worry on his face.

Especially those members of the Cao clan.

They looked up at the sky that had been gloomy recently.

Although they went to Chaoyang, how did Chaoyang ever take care of them?

Under the anxiety and suspicion in their hearts, a group of important ministers of the Great Wei met outside the palace gate, and then they lined up in two rows and walked towards the Chaoyang Palace under the leadership of the servants.

Not long after, a group of important Wei officials arrived outside Chaoyang Hall.

After the successive roll calls sounded, one after another, the important ministers of Cao Wei walked into Chaoyang Hall one after another.

As soon as each minister entered the palace, they saw Cao Rui, the prince of the supervising state, sitting next to the throne.

Except for Cao Rui sitting on the steps, the Chaoyang Hall was already full of soldiers, and even the big and round Tiger Guard General Xu Chu was guarding below Cao Rui with a halberd.

Xu Chu had a majestic figure and a resolute face. The appearance of him and many tiger guards added a chilling atmosphere to the entire Chaoyang Hall out of thin air.

From this chilling atmosphere, it can be seen that Cao Rui is in a very bad mood now.

Cao Rui, who was wearing the Nine Liu Liu Crown, saw that most of the important ministers had arrived, so he didn't start discussing directly.

He just let the ceremony officer signal the important officials who arrived to take their seats first, and then he closed his eyes as if waiting for something.

Cao Rui's silence made the ministers who arrived at the Chaoyang Palace feel even more uneasy.

Although Cao Rui is Cao Pi's eldest son, and now the prince of Wei Dynasty, Cao Pi is very taboo about relatives making friends with ministers.

Therefore, in the past days, Cao Rui was basically raised in the deep palace, and had little contact with outside ministers.

Of course, when Cao Rui was young, Cao Cao took Cao Rui to a banquet, but how many years ago was that?

Not to mention whether the ministers saw Cao Rui's nature and intelligence in those few pitiful banquets, even if they did, after so many years, there is no guarantee that Cao Rui will be the same as when he was a child.

After all, it's too late, and it's not uncommon in today's world that big things may not be good.

Because of this, except for the fact that Cao Rui had shocked the officials with his iron-blooded fishing skills, the officials knew almost nothing about Cao Rui in other aspects.

It is a dangerous thing for the lord to like intelligence and not be known by his subordinates, but Cao Rui's silent behavior and gloomy face made the ministers even more at a loss.

Although the Cao family has the habit of tempering the heir, it is well known that once the heir is established, the master of the Cao family will spare no effort to protect the heir.

Wasn't the "Wei Satirical Rebellion Case" in Yecheng back then a political cleansing by Cao Cao to pave the way for Cao Pi?

In that massacre, thousands of people were executed by the Zhang River outside Yecheng.

With such a tragic precedent, the officials did not want to provoke the tragedy that Wei Xi suffered in those years because of angering Cao Rui.

Just as the hearts of the officials in the Chaoyang Hall became more panicked and their suspicions grew deeper, a resounding call of fame appeared outside the hall.

"Jia Xu, the Marquis of Taiwei Shouxiang, will meet you!"

When the words shouted by the ceremony officer were heard in the hall, Cao Rui, who had been closing his eyes to rest, suddenly opened his eyes.

With a look of anticipation on his face, he looked towards the gate of the palace.

Not only Cao Rui, but the officials who had been waiting for a long time in the hall also turned their eyes to the entrance of the hall.

But compared to Cao Rui's expectant eyes, the eyes of the ministers seemed quite full of meaning.

Jia Xu's reputation in the world is very bad.

To what extent is it so bad that it is almost as good as Ma Chao.

One is a model of violating loyalty and benevolence, and the other is a model of violating filial piety.

When Sun Quan learned that Jia Xu had become the third prince of Cao Wei, he openly laughed at Cao Pi, mocking Cao Pi for handing over the high position of the third prince to someone like Jia Xu, and Guo Zuo would not last long.

What's more important is that not only Sun Quan has this view, but there is also a lot of resistance within Cao Wei to Jia Xu's becoming a Sangong.

For example, when Hua Xin and Wang Lang saw Jia Xu entering the palace, the two of them put on a dirty face.

An expression of unwillingness to be with Jia Xu.

Jia Xu is an extremely smart person, of course he knows how his bad reputation will make the world think of him.

Therefore, since he joined Cao Cao, he has been very low-key.

According to common sense, with his personality, he would never take the initiative to participate in this kind of council today.

But no matter how low-key Jia Xu is, his life trajectory has changed in this life.

He is Cao Rui's prince Taifu in this life.

Jia Tu urged him, and the current situation was indeed critical, so what reason did Jia Xu have for not showing up?

It's a pity that even though Jia Xu intends to plan for Da Wei today, his physical condition is already not optimistic.

Jia Xu in this life may have hope in his heart, so he lived a few months longer than in history.

But no matter how high the expectations are, it is impossible to go against the things of birth, old age, sickness and death.

Jia Xu has been ill since last month.

Up to now, Jia Xu's physical condition is no longer optimistic.

He came to Zhaoyang Hall today and was carried all the way in a soft sedan.

When the soft sedan appeared at the entrance of the palace, Cao Rui couldn't wait to walk down the steps and walked towards the entrance of the palace.

As the prince of Wei, he wanted to welcome Jia Xu into the palace himself.

Cao Rui's temperament is very similar to Cao Cao.

Cao Rui hated celebrities with flashy names the most in his life. On the contrary, he didn't mind using people with real talents and learning, no matter how bad their reputation was.

When employing this part of talents, Cao Rui will also show enough demeanor of courtesy and corporals.

Cao Rui, who was wearing the crown prince's crown, was seen walking towards the soft sedan step by step. The eyes of the officials in the palace became dazed.

At that time, Emperor Wu conquered Wancheng three times before finally making Zhang Xiu surrender.

When accepting Zhang Xiu's courtiers, Emperor Wu saw that Zhang Xiu's other courtiers had very flat faces, but when he saw Jia Xu, Cao Cao left his seat to greet him like Cao Rui now.

It seems that the saying in the market: "This child is like me" was really what Emperor Wu said before his death.

And after Cao Rui quickly came to the gate of the palace, he heard a small cough coming from inside the soft sedan, which made Cao Rui worry.

But the current national emergency did not allow Cao Rui to hesitate at all.

After the soft sedan was put down at the gate of the hall, Cao Rui stepped forward to personally help Jia Xu get off the soft sedan.

Originally, with Jia Xu's character, he would not let himself be so ostentatious in front of everyone, but the soft sedan chair was given by Cao Rui, and the people carrying the soft sedan chair were all Tiger Guards and did not obey Jia Xu's orders.

One of the reasons why Cao Rui wanted to personally give Jia Xu a soft sedan chair was that he knew that Jia Xu was unwell, so asking him to walk by himself was undoubtedly embarrassing him.

Another reason is that Cao Rui wants to use today's actions to tell the people of the world that as long as anyone can make suggestions, then whoever can get the respect of Wei.

Jia Xu can do it, let alone other people?

How could Jia Xu fail to see Cao Rui's thoughts?

Therefore, after Cao Rui personally helped him out of the soft sedan chair, he leaned on the wooden staff with one hand, while Cao Rui naturally led him towards the hall with the other hand.

After bringing Jia Xu into the hall, Cao Rui directly arranged Jia Xu on the seat closest to his own.

Jia Xu's seat was even closer to Cao Rui's than Wang Lang and Hua Xin's.

This disgusted Wang Lang and Hua Xin.

The tactful Hua Xin may still hide his emotions in front of Cao Rui, but the upright Wang Lang doesn't care so much, his current complexion is more gloomy than the dark clouds outside.

But Cao Rui doesn't care what Hua Xin and Wang Lang think, these two are just the auspicious babies of Great Wei.

After returning to his seat and sitting down, Cao Rui told Jia Xu about the urgent military situation he had received.

After Jia Xu finished listening, there was no obvious shock on his face.

He knew about it before coming here.

In other words, in the current Luoyang city, is there any minister who doesn't know?

After talking about the military situation, Cao Rui finally revealed his inner anger:

"The general came to report earlier, saying that Mi Yang led the main force of the Han army to appear outside Chang'an City, intending to harm Chang'an City.

Under such circumstances, Gu continuously mobilized troops from various places to go to Chang'an.

Gu even asked the general to transfer Longyou's troops to Chang'an!

But what about the result? "

"There is the main force of the bandit army in Chang'an, and there is the main force of the bandit army in Longyou. How many main forces are there in the bandit army?

Is it possible that Zhuge Liang will scatter beans into soldiers! "

Speaking of this, Cao Rui became more and more angry.

It's not that he is easily deceived, it's that he is far away in Luoyang, and the only way to judge the military situation is based on what Cao Zhen reported.

After Cao Zhenyan confirmed that the main force of the Han army was outside Chang'an, Cao Rui definitely supported Cao Zhen's suggestion to concentrate troops in Chang'an.

But who would have expected that the "accurate" military situation Cao Zhen gave him was actually a big pit!

How could Cao Rui, who was so smart at this point, not know that the so-called main force of the Han army led by Mi Yang was actually just a suspect army.

Because Liu Bei's more than [-] Han army clearly appeared on the land of Longyou, but Mi Yang's so-called [-] army has been hiding in the camp, and at most thousands of soldiers and horses will come out at a time.

What's more, even if the Han army has won consecutive battles recently, but the national strength is there, the [-] to [-] regular army should be the largest force that Yizhou can pull out in a short period of time.

Since there are more than [-] Han troops in Longyou, how many soldiers and horses can Mi Yang actually have under his tent?

It is obvious that this is the Han army's plan to attack the east and attack the west.

What's more obvious is that Longyou was devastated by this trick.

Isn't it the best proof that the three counties of Nan'an surrendered without a fight?

Is there such a cheating nephew?

When Cao Rui yelled the last sentence "but the result" to the officials, all the officials in the hall lowered their heads and did not dare to look directly at Cao Rui.

At the moment when Liu Bei's army appeared in Longyou, it was not difficult for people to see through Mi Yang's trick of making a move.

Therefore, on the one hand, the Weichens were ashamed, and on the other hand, it was because this was Cao Rui's housework, and they did not dare to speak rashly.

Seeing that all the ministers were silent and avoiding his gaze, Cao Rui also knew that this was not the time for accountability. He looked at the ministers and asked:

"Now the bandit army has swept through the three counties of Longyou. Liangzhou is about to be in danger. I wonder what you can do to help me retreat from the enemy?"

Cao Rui didn't expect that he would encounter such a serious danger just after he came to power.

Fortunately, Cao Rui was much calmer than Cao Pi, so Cao Rui only vented his emotions for a while, and then quickly turned his attention to the most important thing at the moment.

Among the many important ministers of Cao Wei, there are not only those who shrink back.

As soon as Cao Rui finished speaking, a minister stood up and bowed to Cao Rui:

"I believe that in order to resolve the crisis in Guanzhong, we must first defeat the thieves entrenched outside Chang'an City.

Now that our army knows that the Mi Bandits have not many troops, and our army is gathering a large number of troops to Chang'an, why not issue an order for the General to repel the Mi Bandits' troops.

The thieves are brave to the thieves. Once the thieves retreat, the morale of the thieves will drop. Moreover, Liu Bei's army is deeply entrenched and has no help. It is difficult to fight alone, making it easy to defeat. "

The person who came out to speak was none other than Wang Ling, a veteran of the two dynasties.

Not only did Wang Ling come from a noble family, but he also had military exploits, so when he came out to make a suggestion, many ministers in the palace echoed him.

But the two people in the hall frowned together.

One is Cao Rui, and the other is Jia Xu.

Looking at Wang Ling who was talking eloquently, Jia Xu angrily knocked the wooden stick in his hand on the ground, and then said firmly:

"Street Pavilion! Street Pavilion!"

Jia Xu is a good old tortoise, but when the tortoise is about to lose his home, he has to be anxious, right?

　One chapter today, two chapters tomorrow.

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