Three Kingdoms: Liu Daer, you dare to steal my horse!

Chapter 141 How to deal with Yang Xiu

Late at night, at Baichuan Mansion.

Thinking of what Diao Chan told him during the day, Bai Chuan couldn't help nodding his head slightly, with a serious expression on his face.

Going to the prime minister's mansion tomorrow to discuss matters?

What are you discussing?

Could it be the attack on Xiliang?
Thinking about it carefully, it is indeed possible.

Although Cao Cao's measure is not small, but there is also a sense of revenge.

Ma Teng and Liu Bei joined forces to attack Xu Du.

Cao Cao will definitely not give up on this matter.

After all, if Xu Du fell, it would be a fatal blow to Cao Cao.

This is good, Ma Teng directly transferred all of Cao Cao's anger in Jiangdong to himself.

It is necessary to attack Xiliang, but it seems that this is not the time.

When defending against the Xiongnu earlier, Bai Chuan learned that the Qiang people were going to unite with the northern and southern Xiongnu, eyeing the Central Plains.

With foreign aggression, it would definitely not be a wise choice to deal with Xiliang at this time.

Bai Chuan informed Cao Cao of the alliance of different races early in the morning.

Logically speaking, Boss Cao couldn't fail to see this.

Compared to attacking Xiliang, it is really better to let Yan Rou slowly destroy the Xiongnu.

After the Xiongnu were beaten away, even if the Qiang people wanted to, they would not be able to take control of the Central Plains.

When the time comes, take care of Ma Teng slowly.

Moreover, Xiliang is easy to defend but difficult to attack, and there are many cavalry.

So many soldiers were exposed when they attacked Xuchang.

What's more, these are not necessarily the entire force of Xiliang.

There are dozens of large and small tribes in Xiliang, at least half of them disobeyed Ma Teng and Han Sui's arrangement.

Among these tribes, there must be at least 10,000+ soldiers.

In this case, it is impossible for Cao Cao to attack half of Jiangdong and fight with most of his troops.

Therefore, it is impossible to attack Xiliang.

Even if they don't say it, Jia Xu and Cheng Yu will definitely not agree.

what would that be?

Bai Chuan couldn't help but frowned slightly, he really couldn't figure out why.

Now that the war has just gone through, it is best for Cao Cao's army to recuperate for a while.

Whether it is to attack Jiangdong, Ma Teng, or Zhang Lu, it is definitely not a wise choice.

The best thing to do is to deploy enough troops near Xudu and keep an eye on Jingzhou's movements.

Use static braking to strike later.

……

Just as Bai Chuan was thinking, a thought suddenly flashed in his mind.

Although Bai Chuan didn't participate in today's recruiting conference, according to Cao Jie, many scholars were recruited.

The officials of the DPRK and China also changed a wave of blood because of this, and many conservative officials were all dismissed by Cao Cao.

Purging the government and the public, rectifying the government, and summoning all the officials so eagerly.

Could it be that Boss Cao wants to become king? !
Or even say that you want to proclaim yourself emperor?

As soon as this thought flashed across, Bai Chuan's complexion suddenly became more serious.

Most likely!

Although the attack on Jiangdong ended in failure, Jiangdong was also severely injured and could not recover in a short time, let alone covet Jingzhou.

As for Liu Bei, let alone, with only such a little force in his hands, he can't make any waves at all.

In the south, it is rare to say that there will be no war within a year.

And Ma Teng, the biggest hidden danger in the north, was also seriously injured, so he dared to guard his Xiliang honestly, for fear of Cao Cao's rebellion.

As for Zhang Lu, Liu Zhang and others, they are ordinary people in a corner.

At this time, when he became king, no one dared to stop him.

It should be impossible for him to be the emperor, as long as Cao Cao is smarter, he will not follow in Yuan Shao's footsteps.

Thinking of this, Bai Chuan probably knew it in his mind.

No wonder Xun Yu came to him last night and asked about these things.

It turned out that he had already noticed Cao Cao's thoughts, and planned to ask himself how he thought about it.

Xun Yu claimed to be a Han official, and he lived on Han's salary all his life. When encountering such a crisis, he would naturally obstruct it, or use more extreme methods.

If you can become king in this step, you will become emperor sooner or later in the next step.

The big man is about to be replaced.

However, he didn't care about this Bai Chuan.

On the contrary, it is still supportive.

It has nothing to do with me whether the big man is dead or not, and I don't have any Han Dynasty complex, so I desperately say something to protect the Han Dynasty.

This is not only pedantic, but short-sighted.

In today's Han Dynasty, there is no possibility of saving the slightest bit.

Even if Cao Cao was willing to be prime minister for the rest of his life, assisting Liu Xie in politics.

Based on Liu Xie's experience since he ascended the throne, he will never become a wise king.

In the best case, that is a mediocre gentleman.

There are countless examples in history of becoming tyrants because of their perverse and violent personalities due to childhood experiences.

Cao Cao can only be a traitor, not a loyal minister.

……

And when Bai Chuan was pondering at his own home.

At this time, the prime minister's mansion was in Cao Cao's study in the side room.

Although it was late at night, the study room was full of people.

Jia Xu, Cheng Yu, Xun You and other civil servants are all here.

"Prime Minister, uncle has been feeling unwell recently."

"It seems that he caught the wind and cold while defending the city, and now he is bedridden at home, so it is difficult to come here by the order of the prime minister."

At this moment, Xun You spoke slowly.

While talking, Xun You couldn't help but sighed faintly in his heart.

How could the prime minister not know whether Xun Yu was really sick?
A look of disappointment flashed across Cao Cao's face, but he returned to normal immediately, and said:

"Have you heard about today's talent recruitment conference?"

Cheng Yu, Jia Xu and the others bowed slightly and said:
"The minister is on the spot."

Cao Cao's face showed a bit of savage color:
"Yang Xiu dared to use the recruiting conference to blatantly win over the nobles and squeeze out the poor."

"Do you know about this matter?"

Hearing this, everyone showed embarrassment and said nothing.

How could they not see this kind of thing.

But no one dared to say no.

Nowadays, these civil servants all want to be alone, not to mention that there is no external conflict for the time being.

Only a person with no background like Bai Chuan dared to point out this kind of thing that plunged him into a whirlpool.

After all, they had too many things to consider, but Bai Chuan didn't.

Seeing that these civil servants were silent, Cao Cao didn't mean to blame them.

But his face was still extremely gloomy.

What Cao Cao hates is not that these people dare not act, but the gentry who make them dare not act.

Each of these gentry is now powerful.

If it wasn't for the fact that I have been fighting outside during this time, I would have planned to rectify them a long time ago.

Thinking of this, Cao Cao couldn't help narrowing his eyes slightly, and said in a deep voice:
"Tell me, how should I deal with Yang Xiu?"

The gentry can't move for the time being, but Yang Xiu, who is standing on the cusp of the storm, must be punished.

Otherwise, if the recruiting conference is held again in the future, no poor family will take it seriously.

In this way, it violates its original intention.

"This……"

All the ministers looked at each other in blank dismay, unable to tell why for a while.

(End of this chapter)