The Three Kingdoms

"Brother, you don't know, those old guys are really hateful, they are like lions!"

After Cao Pi returned to Luoyang, the first person he contacted was Xiahou Ling. In his heart, the power of the aristocratic family was just to use each other, and only Xiahou Ling was worth relying on.

Hearing this, his face was a bit cold, and he looked angrily, and said in a deep voice: "If we can only rely on their strength for support now, I wish I could directly send troops to ransack their homes and destroy them!"

It is undeniable that he really needs the support of the Guanzhong family now, and only their support can allow him to return to the court, compete for the crown prince, and even ascend to the Ninth Five-Year Lord.

But when he thought of Sima Fang's smiling old face that day, he wished he could send troops to wipe out those aristocratic families in Guanzhong.

No wonder his father has always been so wary of these aristocratic families.

This is not without reason.

These Guanzhong aristocratic families are the moths of the Great Wei. They are usually obedient, and their fangs come out, almost wanting to swallow the court of the Great Wei. This appetite is not ordinary.

"Do they want the position of prime minister? Or the position of Taiwei, or they can't even get their hands on the position of general?"

Xia Houling narrowed his eyes slightly, and asked with a cold light in his eyes.

In today's imperial court, only these few positions can tempt them.

"Hmph, you underestimate them, they all want it!"

Cao Pi clenched his fists, smashed the desk hard, and said with some displeasure: "That old guy Sima Fang is sure now that the prince can only rely on them, so he wants to take all the positions that control the government and the public." Let's go. That old man Yang Biao was born, and he was directly eyeing the position of the prime minister. They have already started to win over the officials in the court and are ready to impeach Xun Yu. The position of lieutenant is also easy, but as for Zhang Liao, the defeat in Youzhou is the best excuse!"

"Hehe, they are greedy enough!"

Xia Houling sneered coldly: "The hearts of the people are not enough to swallow the elephant. They have such great ability. They want to swallow several giants of the imperial court. I think it is a death. However, these aristocratic families still have a lot of ability. These days are boiling. The public opinion and the overwhelming rumors are probably all written by them, it is really difficult to deal with!"

"Hmph. In the future, after I, Cao Pi, take the throne, I will imitate my father's method and drive them all to extinction, leaving no one behind. I will see how arrogant they are!"

Cao Pi gritted his teeth, his face pale.

"Now you have to rely on their strength to return to the court, so you must not talk nonsense in front of them!"

Xia Houling was very calm, and said calmly: "Being careful can make the Ten Thousand Years Ship, as long as you fail to seize the position of the crown prince for a day, in front of them. It is better to be weak and let them think you are easy to bully, so that they can Knowing the direction will let you do your best to help you!"

"I see!"

Cao Pi nodded.He thought for a while, looked a little nervous, and said in a low voice: "Brother, how is my father's current situation?"

What he is more worried about now is Cao Cao.

If Cao Cao had already woken up, it would be useless for him to do anything.

That was Cao Wei's day.

If the sky hadn't fallen, Cao Pi wouldn't have dared to return to Luoyang to seek his own death even if he gave Cao Pi another chance.

"Your Majesty is still in a coma. But as far as I know, he is in good health!"

Xia Houling said in a deep voice: "It's just that if you want to wake up and manage the government normally, it will take at least two or three months. As long as you abolish the crown prince and become the crown prince during this period of time, everything will be much smoother!"

He also didn't expect that Xun Yu's deception and beheading Hua Tuo on the surface made him relax a lot in this regard, but they had secretly dropped the death row prisoner and let Hua Tuo take care of Cao Cao in secret.

Now Cao Cao is recovering very well, somewhat beyond his expectations. I am afraid that he will be able to stand up again in only a month or two.

"If you want to abolish the crown prince, Cao Zixiu is hard to deal with!" Cao Pi heaved a sigh of relief, but he still frowned slightly thinking of his elder brother Cao Ang.

"The loss of Yuzhou, the defeat of Guandong, is the best chance to bring him down, and now, Zihuan, if you don't want to be imprisoned in the imperial mausoleum for the rest of your life, then you have to fight hard."

Xia Houling sneered at the corner of his mouth, and said coldly: "The defeat in Yuzhou is your only chance. Only this opportunity can turn defeat into victory. If you miss this opportunity, you can only go back to Jizhou in despair!"

"I obey my brother in everything!"

Cao Pi nodded and said.

"By the way, is Jizhou stable?" Xia Houling asked suddenly with a flash of light in his eyes.

Jizhou is a very important weight.

But as far as he knew, Jizhou had already fallen under the control of Cui Zhouping. Cui Zhouping used to be Fang Shi's subordinate. Cao Pi didn't know, how could he not know?

He believed that Jin Yiwei would definitely make a move.

He only hoped that this action would not affect Cao Pi's operation.

"Brother, don't worry, Cui Zhouping's ability is extraordinary, and he is loyal to me, there should be no problem. There are also a few capable people left in our army to stare at him. These people were all assigned to me by the King of Hanzhong. Controlling the military power, even if Cui Zhouping has a different heart and wants to be self-reliant, it will be difficult for him to do anything!"

Cao Pi said confidently: "With him in Jizhou, we have one more foreign aid, which is like adding wings to a tiger!"

"King of Hanzhong?" Xia Houling narrowed his eyes slightly, his pupils flickering coldly: "What's his attitude?"

He didn't expect Cao Pi to drag Zhang Lu into the water.

"He has always maintained an attitude of neither near nor far, and has never expressed his position!"

Cao Pi said with a wry smile: "He sent many experts to help me before, and it was his generals of the Hanzhong Army who made me gain a firm foothold in the army. I really want to win him over, but he is an old fox. He won't express his opinion easily, and now that he controls Luoyang's forces, he must sell at a high price because he wants to sell him a good price!"

"Take him down, with his help. Things will go much smoother, and Zihuan, you must hurry up on this matter!"

Xia Houling's eyes were deep: "I just learned that Cao Zixiu is already under the escort of Jia Xu. After returning from Sishuiguan, he will return to Luoyang within a day at most. Once he returns to Luoyang, I am afraid it will not be Cao Zhang is so easy to deal with!"

"So fast?"

Cao Pi heard the words.Surprised, he was still very afraid of his elder brother Cao Ang. Of course, he was even more afraid of Guo Jia: "What about Guo Fengxiao?"

"He will not return to Luoyang for the time being!"

Xia Houling smiled and said: "In order to prevent the army of the Eastern Wu from entering Guanzhong, he has to sit at Sishui Pass. I'm afraid he won't be able to return to Luoyang in one hour or three quarters!"

"That's good!"

Cao Pi's tension immediately relaxed: "We can have one less enemy. Guo Jia drowned the three armies in Ru'nan, not only destroying the Central Army of Soochow, but also plunged the whole of Runan into dire straits. It's too cruel. , if he is in Luoyang, it will be really bad for us!"

"Flood three armies in one flood?"

Xia Houling sneered, and in the depths of his eyes, a hidden murderous intent broke out: "Butcher!"

"Brother, do you think Xun Yu and the others will compromise?"

Cao Pi was still a little worried: "Although the influence of the Guanzhong family is strong, they have no soldiers in their hands. Even if Xun Yu compromises for the overall situation, Zhang Wenyuan is so strong, he hates me to the bone. How can I let it go!"

"Zihuan, have you heard a word!"

Xia Houling quickly regained his composure, and said indifferently: "Barefoot people are not afraid of wearing shoes. Now you are barefoot. If you fail, you will be benevolent, but they have to estimate the entire Wei Dynasty, and the smarter they are, the more It's more fear and more.

Although Xun Wenruo has the talent of Wang Zuo, he is extremely intelligent and talented.But now that His Majesty has fallen into a coma, the court has no leader, and the burden of the great Wei country is on him. Didn't really care! "