Three Kingdoms: Salted Fish's son-in-law was overheard by Cao Cao

Chapter 56 Sun Ce's letter, Cao Cao was furious

As for Mian Sheng, Liu Bei believes that there will be a chance sooner or later, and as long as he stands up to the righteousness, even if there is no emperor's edict, he still has the opportunity to unite with people of insight to attack Cao.

After making up his mind, Liu Bei looked back at Shouchun again, and then headed north with his troops and horses.

At this time, the spy who had been falling far behind Liu Beijun immediately turned around and ran towards Shouchun.

At this time, in the palace of Shouchun City, Cao Cao was sitting in the middle, discussing politics with a group of counselors.

Han Ze also sat solemnly at the end of the counselor's seat, writing and drawing, not knowing what he was recording.

Jia Xu, who was sitting not far away, glanced at Han Ze from time to time. Every time Han Ze found him, he would give him a warm smile, but Han Ze ignored him. Paper.

Every time Han Ze snorted coldly, Jia Xu's heart would become colder.

Seeing that Han Ze was still angry, Jia Xu let out a long sigh, wondering when they would be able to fish happily together.

Han Ze and Jia Xu were fishing for fish at the last table, and they had no intention of participating in the discussions of the previous counselors.

Cao Cao had already realized the strangeness, and turned his head to pretend he didn't see it.He took a roll of bamboo slips from the side and said to everyone.

"This is a letter that Sun Ce sent me overnight. Do you know what is said in the letter?"

Cheng Yu rushed to answer: "It must be to congratulate the lord for winning the birthday, and hope to have a good relationship with the lord and help each other."

Xun You also said: "There must be congratulations, and I am afraid that the land of Yangzhou must be divided."

Guo Jia was thoughtful, and after listening to the two's answers, he continued, "Sun Ce knows that my lord has just won the land of two states, and he is still facing pressure from Yuan Shao in the north, so he will definitely not go to war with him. Therefore, it is not possible to mention anything too much. Request it?"

Cao Cao laughed angrily, threw the unfolded bamboo slips on the table, and said to his advisers: "Sun Ce said, if he hadn't restrained most of Yangzhou's troops, I would have been driven out of Yangzhou by Yuan Shu by now. Seal him as Da Sikong"

hum-

All the voices of doubt suddenly sounded in the hall.

"what!"

"Young Sun Ce is really shameless."

"Yuan Shu's soldiers and horses have already gathered Shouchun, so why should he, Sun Ce, restrain him?"

……

The messy discussion interrupted Han Ze's thinking, and he raised his head and glanced at Cao Cao.

Taking advantage of Han Ze's body movements, Jia Xu quickly glanced at Han Ze's desk.

Huh?Is the painting an organ?Could it be that Taining still understands the techniques of the Mohist school?

But it looks like a mess, like a basket.

Jia Xu was staring at the drawing paper thinking about it, when he felt a cold gaze fall on him, he immediately turned to look at Cao Cao, and shouted after everyone.

"So shameless!"

"I have never seen such a shameless person."

Cao Cao was annoyed by the crowd's quarrel, so he raised his hand to suppress him, and everyone quickly shut up.

Cao Cao was also very angry, but at the same time he couldn't figure it out. Wasn't Sun Ce afraid that he would really hit him?
Or does it mean that Sun Ce has something behind him, and he came to this letter just to irritate himself.

Messy thoughts were intertwined in Cao Cao's mind, and Cao Cao couldn't help but think of Sun Jian.

At the beginning when the Eighteenth Route princes attacked Dong Zhuo, the two talked very happily and agreed to attack and defend each other. Unexpectedly, Sun Jian died at the hands of Liu Biao soon.

Dad is quite a hero, why is my son such an asshole.

Seeing that Cao Cao was thinking, the counselors didn't dare to disturb them. After waiting for a while, Cao Cao sat down again, looked at the counselors and asked.

"I always feel that Sun Ce has other plans, but I never thought of it for a while. What do you guys think?"

Cheng Yu, who was selected by Han Ze as Shouchun's second meritorious service and was commended by Cao Cao, was the first to speak.

"My lord, I think the position of Da Sikong must have special meaning to him, otherwise it's just a false name. Sun Ce is not worth offending the lord for this."

Obviously, in order to be the first to speak, Cheng Yu hadn't fully figured out the answer to this question, but he provided a train of thought. The other counselors followed this train of thought and soon came up with various answers.

Xun You: "Zhong De is right, but to Sun Ce, this great Sikong is not entirely a false name."

Cheng Yu also thought about it, but he had just finished speaking, and it was not easy to continue talking, so he had to give up the great opportunity to Xun You.

Xun You went on to say: "The value of this great Sikong to Sun Ce is twofold. One is that his name is justified. With the position of Sikong, Sun Ce can recruit troops on a large scale, recruit scholars to advise him, and quickly expand his own strength."

"Secondly, it is to use the name of Sikong to suppress the local gentry. Although the Sun family has some reputation in the local area, it is not enough to be the lord of Jiangdong. Therefore, Sun Ce needs a higher official position so that he can better control it. Jiangdong."

After Cao Cao heard this, he thought it made sense, and Sun Ce was also quite ambitious, so it was inevitable that he would not try to become a higher existence like Yuan Shu.

After Xun You finished speaking, Guo Jia frowned and said, "But now, the gentry in Jiangdong have already bowed their heads to Sun Ce, so why bother?"

Xun You smiled, feeling a sense of family pride.

Some information is only circulated among aristocratic families, and outsiders can rarely touch it.Xun You happened to know this secret of the Jiangdong gentry.

Xun You stroked his beard and said, "Fengxiao doesn't know something. There are still many nobles in Jiangdong who are dissatisfied with Sun Ce. It's just that Sun Ce's friend Zhou Yu has been helping him take care of them, so those aristocratic families have not made trouble. Now that Sun Ce has won part of the land in Yangzhou and To suppress the gentry here, it is natural to have an identity to handle things better."

Guo Jia paused, guessing that the information was not concealed by Cao Cao from himself, but by the gentry.

Sighing, even though he has grown into one of the best counselors beside the lord, his background is still a weakness.

After listening to Xun You's explanation, Cao Cao relaxed a little.As a hero, Cao Cao is not afraid of enemies, only enemies he doesn't understand at all.

Now that he knows Sun Ce's needs, he can naturally find a corresponding solution.

"In this way, we will reward Sun Ce as a Sima, and let him stay in Jiangdong honestly."

[What a fart, just let Sun Ce die, a person who has not lived for a few years is afraid of what he will do. 】

Cao Cao was shocked!

I have never heard of Sun Ce's illness. Could it be an unknown hidden disease.

But since it was a hidden disease, how did Taining know about it?
[And didn't Xun You say that Sun Ce wanted officials to suppress the gentry, wouldn't you help Jiangdong snobbish integration by giving him the official position. 】

[It's better to let them fight among themselves, it will be easier to clean up in the future. 】

This... makes sense, but what does this have to do with Sun Ce's death? Why is Sun Ce's death?
Cao Cao scratched his head curiously, but what was waiting was Han Ze's daily nonsense.

[Extraction is too difficult, there are many impurities, it is not easy to get rid of, and the temperature difference is a bit...]

Ugh……

I really want to take Taining's head off and see what's inside.