Rejuvenation of the Han Dynasty in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 437 Cooking Wine on Heroes

In the morning of the second day, the sun was shining brightly, the breeze was blowing, and Surabaya was shining.

Liu He ordered Xu Chu to set up a banquet on the bank and evacuate the troops.Cao Cao saw it in the city early, and he walked out of the city gate alone without riding a horse. He walked across the stone bridge alone and waited quietly.

Liu He understood that Cao Cao was showing his sincerity, and after urging his horse to approach, he also dismounted and went to meet him. He clasped his fists from a distance and said with a smile: "Is Meng De okay?"

Cao Cao returned the gift and sighed: "In the old days at Hulao Pass, there were so many princes who wanted to compete with the world. They lost the land and benefited the people. In the end, Boxing won."

But Liu He shook his head and said: "Duke Ming's words are wrong. Since I started fighting against rebellion and worked hard to rejuvenate the Han Dynasty, I have never been proud of killing my own clan. This is not a real victory."

"Oh?" Cao Cao was a little surprised and narrowed his eyes slightly: "I would like to hear the details."

Liu He motioned him to take a seat, and the two sat down, poured a glass of wine, raised their glasses and said: "The Han Dynasty is in decline, the country is in chaos, and the people are displaced. If you can't save the people from suffering, it is not a real victory."

Cao Cao sighed deeply: "The general became famous at a young age, and his heroism is extraordinary. From Cao's point of view, he has actually surpassed the champion and went straight to the ancestors. He has such great ambition and benevolence. It is really the luck of the Han family!"

Liu He smiled helplessly and said, "Since Dong Zhuo ruined the government, everyone has supported the army and respected themselves, and their hearts can be punished. If there is a long civil strife and the emptiness in the country, wouldn't it be taken advantage of by the barbarians of other races? This is really a serious problem in the Central Plains."

Cao Cao frowned and said, "This is the first time Cao Cao has heard of such a grand statement. Although the Hu people are brave, they are reckless and ignorant. They don't know the art of war. If they dare to come to the Central Plains, they will never come back."

Of course, Cao Cao would not take these alien races seriously. After he unified Hebei, he conquered Wuhuan, conquered Xianbei, and pacified Mobei. Of course, they were not opponents of people like Cao Cao.

But Cao Cao didn't know that the Central Plains was really in chaos, and after the vitality was exhausted, the tragedy of Wuhuluanhua would still be staged.

People in this era still focus on the Central Plains, the land of Kyushu. They don't know the vastness of the outside world, let alone the wolfish ambitions of people in the West. Knowledge determines their goals.

Liu He knew that it would be useless to talk, so he took out the map again and put it on the table: "Minggong, please look, this map is the real face of this world, what we see... is just a frog in a well! "

"Hiss—" Cao Cao gasped when he saw the mark on the map, stood up and observed carefully, and then saw the land of the Central Plains marked by Liu He, clutching his beard and saying nothing for a while.

Liu He sipped the wine quietly. For an extremely smart person like Cao Cao, he didn't need to say anything. As long as he raised his horizons, he would naturally have his own ideas.

After a long time, Cao Cao sat down slowly and sighed: "If Cao's prediction is not bad, that kid Zixiu must have read this map before resolutely leaving me, right?"

Liu He nodded and said with a smile: "Zixiu is a blood-thirsty man, he knows the strategy of culture and martial arts, and he only wants to make achievements. There is a bigger world for him to break into. Naturally, he must first deal with the affairs behind him."

Cao Cao said with a wry smile, "But I don't know the character of the daughter of the Zhang family in Hanoi."

Liu Heyan said: "Zixiu and I hit it off right away, so naturally I was thinking of him, and this woman will surely make the Cao family flourish."

Cao Cao's eyes flickered, and after a while he shook his head and said with a smile: "It's a great honor to have the general in charge and Cai Zhonglang as the matchmaker. How can Cao be so beautiful?"

Liu Heyan said: "It's about Zixiu, but relax! You and I will meet alone today, and we will cook wine and talk heart-to-heart. I wonder if Mr. Ming has any private matters to discuss?"

Cao Cao said: "The general inherits the blood of the king of Beihai, and governs Hebei to determine the Central Plains. He is about to help the imperial court. What he is doing now is very similar to Guangwu Zhongxing back then. Today, there are very few people who can compete with the general!"

Liu He said with a smile: "There are so many heroes in the world, no one should be underestimated."

Cao Cao waved his hands and said with a smile: "Fang today, Jiangdong Sun Bofu can be regarded as a hero. However, this man is brave and foolish. He underestimates the enemy and advances aggressively. He is probably the same as Zixiu imagined. It is difficult for the general to compete. The rest of the princes are not to be feared." !"

Liu He said with a smile: "Liu Biao of Jingzhou, known as the eight handsome men, and the mighty town of Kyushu, is also a difficult person to deal with!"

Cao Cao said with a sneer, "Liu Biao is just a generation of guards. His name is not real. He can only talk high-spirited. After the general settles the Central Plains and sends his troops south, Liu Biao will definitely surrender to the north and dare not resist at all."

Liu He asked: "Yizhou Liu Zhang took over his father's foundation. Yizhou is naturally dangerous and far away from the Central Plains, so it is not easy to conquer."

Cao Cao laughed and said, "The general has already laid out a plan for Yizhou to drive away tigers and wolves. Then Liu Zhang must not be Liu Xuande's opponent. Now that Yizhou is in civil turmoil and the people are not convinced, how can he hold it?"

Liu He said with a smile: "So, in Minggong's eyes, Liu Bei is a hero in this world?"

Cao Cao sighed: "Liu Xuande, with great ambitions, often lives as the Han family clan himself, with the intention of revitalizing the Han family. A virtuous hero is willing to use it for him. He is indeed a hero."

Liu He frowned and said: "In this way, my plan to drive away tigers and devour wolves is not to raise tigers to cause trouble?"

Cao Cao shook his head and said with a smile: "Since Liu Xuande regards himself as a loyal minister of the clan, how can he rebel and ruin his half-life reputation? Now that Zhongxing is in sight, he can be ranked at the top of the imperial court as a weaver of mats and shoes, which is enough to shadow the younger generation. If you strengthen your tribe, if you see something you can't do, you will definitely submit, and if you can understand the current affairs, you will be a true hero!"

"Oh?" Cao Cao's analysis made Liu He a little surprised. He would actually comment on Liu Bei like this, thinking that Liu Bei cherishes feathers and will not die to the end, but play by ear, which is indeed something he never thought about.

According to Cao Cao, Liu Bei will be able to rank in the imperial court in the future, and he will be satisfied if he is named a marquis and a general, and he will not destroy the name of the Han clan he has accumulated so hard. From this point of view, Liu Bei is still a benevolent man. people.

But these can only be judged after the results come out, and he smiled immediately: "In my heart, Minggong is indeed a hero in the world, although Liu Bei and Sun Ce are not Minggong's opponents."

Cao Cao sighed with emotion: "In the past, Cao raised an army to attack Dong, aiming to help the Han Dynasty. If he could be a general in the Western Conquest in this life, he would have no regrets. However, today's world is weak and the courtiers are unable to do anything. They are afraid that their ambition will be difficult to realize, so they support themselves with troops. Shou, even if the general has the ability to recover mountains and rivers, and the ambition to send troops overseas, if the emperor is unable to do so, what can he do?"

Liu He frowned slightly, and said: "Duke Ming invited me to meet alone, is it because he is asking for the position of General Zhengxi?"

"No!" Cao Cao shook his head and said slowly: "The Son of Heaven is incompetent. Even if the Han Dynasty rejuvenates, there will be great chaos. If it is not a sage master, how can the power of the Han Dynasty be reproduced? Not only the emperor uses the ministers, but the ministers also choose the master. Yea!"

Liu He asked suspiciously, "What does Duke Ming mean by this?"

Cao Cao sighed with emotion: "The previous dynasty was 200 years, and Guangwu Zhongxing was another 200 years. Isn't this the rise and fall of the Han Dynasty as a reincarnation? Now that the Han Dynasty is declining, only the general can turn the tide and the hearts of the people return. Is it God's will? After 200 years, the Han Dynasty Shi Daxing will be transferred to the prince's line!"

"What did you say?" Liu He was taken aback. He didn't expect Cao Cao to meet him in private to persuade him to become the throne.

(End of this chapter)