Great Wei Nengchen

"Your Majesty, I'm calling you late at night, what's the matter?"

"The ministers are ordered to lead soldiers into the palace to escort them!"

Xin Ping, Xin Pi and other important officials came to the Qilin Hall, Cao Zhen and Cao Xiu also led troops into the palace, and tens of thousands of tigers and leopards were all dispatched to fortify layers of defenses inside and outside the imperial city. The defenses were like iron barrels. Send someone to control it!

But the city was peaceful, and there was no mutiny at all. On the contrary, many subjects climbed to high places and looked towards the palace. They didn't know what happened. What will the one with the sword do?

Sleeping in the middle of the night, or drinking too much tonic wine, too angry to vent, want to have a midnight drill?

"Well, tonight the moon and the stars are thin and the stars are bright. I summon Qing and others to enter the palace to enjoy the moon and taste wine together, haha!"

"Come here, set up a banquet and entertain the families of the nobles!"

"According to the order!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Cao Pi explained vaguely, and asked people to have a big banquet. The important officials were embarrassed to ask more questions, and did not dare to violate the sacred order, so they sat down in a daze and drank the muddleheaded wine!

It turned out that after a lot of tossing, Cao Pi gradually calmed down, thinking about the crown and dragon robe over and over again, and felt that he might have guessed wrong, for three reasons:

First of all, it is true that Xiao Yiquan is in favor of the government, but he has never shown any opposition. Moreover, Cao and Xiao are connected by blood, and it is far from the time of breaking up. Why did they suddenly rebel?

Secondly, the timing of the rebellion also depends on the timing. The former kings did not rebel when they died, and Cao Wei did not rebel when the Han Dynasty was replaced. Now that the Cao Wei regime has gradually stabilized, the Xiao family rebelled instead. Isn’t this unreasonable?

In the end, Xiao Yi was extremely cautious in his actions. Even if he really wanted to rebel, he would do it impeccably and take people's lives invisibly. How could he make a crown and a dragon robe privately and expose them again?

To sum up, although the crown and the dragon robe appeared in Guanzhong, they may not have anything to do with the Xiao family. It is very likely that someone deliberately framed them to provoke the relationship between Cao and Xiao. Fortunately, I realized it. Wouldn't it be self-defeating to send troops to force Xiao to rebel?

Who is behind the scenes? The Bashu Group, the Jiangdong Group, or the gentry group are all suspects!

Immediately afterwards, a secret report came from the eyeliner outside the palace: everything in Wushouhou's mansion is normal, the grand master is enjoying the moon with his family, having a lot of fun, and there are no changes in the few troops outside the city!

"I guessed it right. It really is an indirect plan. Someone wants to stir up civil strife in Wei, and let the Cao and Xiao families fight each other to the death, so that they can reap the benefits of the fisherman!"

Cao Pi let out a long breath, and finally let go of his uneasy heart. While guessing the mastermind behind the scenes, he also had some other thoughts!

For an emperor, he doesn't look at the truth or the false when doing things, he only cares about the pros and cons, as long as it is beneficial, the false can become true, and if it is unfavorable, the true can also become false!

Let's just talk about what happened tonight. Although Xiao's rebellion is fake, the crown and dragon robe are real, and they were indeed discovered in Guanzhong. Not a good thing, is it?

"Wen Lie, Zidan, Zuo Zhi, and Zhong Zhi are here with me. Tomorrow happens to be the Great Court Meeting. Do you...understand?"

"According to the order!"

At five o'clock, the security of the imperial city was lifted, and Cao Pi returned to the palace, where he favored the little beauty with great interest. In a good mood, he even created the best record of 'four goals'. With the old waist facing up...

Chapter 1658 Everyone is digging holes!

The first year of Huangchu - Xia, June [-]th, the Great Court Meeting!

"Book of Changes-Shuo Gua" says: "The one who is away from you is Ming Ye, and all things meet, and the hexagram of the south is also"; this passage means that among the eight trigrams, the hexagram Li is a symbol of light.

Therefore, during the great court meeting, the emperor sat alone facing the south and listened to the government affairs of the world, and the officials stood facing the north to show loyalty and diligence, but in the court hall of the Great Wei Empire, there were three people sitting!

Cao Pi sat on the dragon chair, his Yintang was black, his eye sockets were sunken, and he yawned from time to time. He thought he didn't sleep well last night, but the corners of his mouth were slightly upturned. Such a strange look!

Xiao Yi sat on the right side of the imperial steps, his eyes were slightly closed, his aura was introverted, and he scraped his cheeks with his fingers from time to time. This action made the officials a little scared. The Grand Master has a few habitual actions, which are well known by everyone in the court and the public:

Touching your nose - you are about to start a killing spree, pulling your hair out - you are thinking about strategies, touching your own little black face, you are trying to make a fool of someone in a puddle. I don't know who the Grand Master is going to cheat today, and the civil and military officials are fighting against each other. Take a look, and secretly pray that you are not that unlucky ghost!

Sima Fang, as a new 'Teacher', also got a seat on the imperial steps. He seemed to be sitting upright, as stable as Mount Tai, but his eyes were wandering, and his heart was uneasy!

This is not surprising. The Sima family has a profound background and is known as a "thousand-year family of scholars". However, among the nine fathers and sons, none of them has mastered military power and made military achievements. !

And the three sitting on the top of the hall are also a true portrayal of the Cao Wei regime. The three major groups of the Cao family, the Xiao family, and the gentry stand together, intrigue and restrict each other!

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

"Every dear one, you are free from courtesy and peace, what's going to happen in the court today?"

"Chen-Shangshu Pushe-Xinpi has this inscription: The minister has ordered learned men to revise the "Zhou Li" half a month ago, and has printed [-] copies for distribution to court officials. Learn the rites of a saint!"

"Okay, okay, there is nothing great about learning ancient rituals, so please present the newly printed book, and let me and my lovers have a quick look at it!"

"According to the order!"

Four eunuchs carried a large wooden box to the hall, which was filled with newly printed books, which were distributed to the civil and military officials in turn. Each volume was one foot five inches high and nine inches three inches wide.

The pages of the book are made of snow-white, thick mulberry bark paper, which feels very good to the touch and exudes a faint fragrance. The standard script handwriting is clear and beautiful, and the outermost layer is wrapped with a layer of yellow silk. present!

"Zhou Li" is a political book written by Zhou Gong, a politician and thinker in the early Western Zhou Dynasty. It is divided into six chapters: Tianguan, Diguan, Chunguan, Xiaguan, Qiuguan, and Dongguan. Its content is extremely rich, covering all nine states in the world , astronomical and calendar phenomena, as small as ditches and roads, grass, trees, insects and fish, all state systems, politics, law, culture and education, rites, music, military punishment, taxation, food and clothing... everything is included!

To put it bluntly, it is through the ritual and music system to determine the superiority and inferiority, so as to consolidate the rule of the emperor of Zhou!

For example, there are strict regulations on what clothes the emperor wears and what kind of car he rides in. If a courtier wears the emperor's clothes or uses the emperor's ritual utensils, it is a crime of usurpation.

It is a pity that in the late Zhou Dynasty, the rites collapsed and the music was broken, and the princes fought, so no one followed the "Zhou Li". In the Qin and Han Dynasties, due to wars and other reasons, the "Zhou Li" became more incomplete, especially less. The last winter chapter!

Since Cao Pi came to the throne, he has always wanted to establish Wenzhi and Wugong, so as to improve his authority, but the timing of the war was not ripe, and he was not sure of winning, so he had to work hard on Wenzhi.

So a decree was passed down to ask Simpi to gather a group of well-educated people to collect fragments, compare and refer to them, and to complete the "Zhou Li" as one of his political achievements. This is what happened in the past.

"Repairing ancient books, inheriting rites and music, enlightening the hearts of the world, and creating a peaceful and prosperous world, this is a great achievement for thousands of years. I would like to congratulate Your Majesty, long live, long live!"

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"Haha, I don't dare to make great achievements for thousands of years. I just can't bear to lose the works of the sages and let the posterity sigh. I will pass on my will: Shangshu Pushe-Xinpi has made great achievements, increased the number of households in the city by one thousand, and one son of Yin will become an official. , and the rest of those who participated in the restoration of "Zhou Li" will all be promoted to a higher level, and each will be rewarded with 200 taels of gold and [-] pieces of brocade!"

"According to the order!"

The emperor made a great achievement, and the ministers naturally had to congratulate him. All kinds of flattery words continued, but some ministers with high political sensitivity have already smelled the taste of conspiracy.

Warfare is fast as lightning, directly attacking the enemy's vital points, but political struggle is much more complicated, what is needed is to blow the wind, light the will-o'-the-wisp, and kill people invisible!

The most typical method is: first do an insignificant thing, and then lead to a shocking event, and then turn the big event into a big case. Countless people will be killed, and the court will be full of blood, and the political purpose of the perpetrator will be achieved. Yes, Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty used this routine to clean up the arrogant soldiers and Emperor Wudi of the Han Dynasty to clean the court.

Now that the Cao family, the Xiao family, and the gentry are constantly fighting openly and secretly, Cao Pi suddenly moved out of "Zhou Li", maybe it has ulterior motives?

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Next, Cao Pi dealt with some government affairs and discussed a few things with the officials. When the Great Court Meeting was about to end, a servant from the Huangmen suddenly ran in, holding a big burden in his hand...

"Reporting to Your Majesty, Guanzhong has sent an urgent report from eight hundred miles away. Some people have privately created taboo things and tried to raise troops to rebel against the imperial court!"

"What, there is such a rebellious thing?"

The baggage was opened, and inside were the crown, dragon robe, jade belt, court boots, etc., and they were mainly white. Han belonged to fire, Wei belonged to earth, earth gave birth to gold, and gold was white. What do you mean!