"The minister still has a plan, which can temporarily relieve His Majesty's urgent needs" Just when Cao Cao felt a splitting headache and was about to end today's court meeting, Fan Li stood up again and bowed down.
Gonggong Su looked at Cao Cao, who was stroking his forehead, and said with a worried face: "It seems that Your Majesty's headache has been committed again, Master Fan should play it again another day."
Cao Cao endured the pain and glared at the big eunuch who he regarded as his confidant: "Well, where is your turn to speak in the court, if it weren't for your dedication to serving me, I would definitely be guilty this time."
Frightened, Father-in-law Su hurriedly knelt on the ground: "How dare the slave and maid interfere in the government affairs, but seeing that His Majesty has a splitting headache, he can't bear it in his heart, so he talks a lot" Cao Cao snorted coldly: "Kneel, kneel from now until tomorrow morning, so that all the eunuchs in the palace can teach a lesson, and whoever dares to discuss the government in the eunuch's harem will be severely punished."
"The slave obeys."
Father-in-law Su was dumb and couldn't say whether he was suffering from eating Coptis chinensis, so he could only kneel honestly on the side of the dragon chair.
Cao Cao stroked his forehead with his hand, endured the severe pain and said to Fan Li: "Fan Qing has any clever plan to solve the urgent need, come quickly" Fan Li bowed and said: "When the minister was in Xuzhou, he once sent people to visit Yunnan and gained something. ” "Oh Yunnan" Cao Cao frowned and groaned, "What's the use of sending people to such a distant place" Fan Li replied: "Back to Your Majesty's words, there are many natives in Yunnan, who are fierce and barbaric, capricious, and there are a lot of them.
If someone is sent to entrap him and induce him to rebel and stand on his own, he will definitely let Liu Wei divide his troops to suppress it, so that the pressure on my Great Wei will naturally be reduced."
After listening to Fan Li's words, Cao Cao's spirits were lifted and he clapped his hands and applauded: "Fan Qing said it well, why didn't I think of this, your plan is similar to Wei Wei to save Zhao, feasible, feasible."
After a pause, he stroked his beard and laughed: "I suddenly feel that the headache has improved a lot, it seems that I am worried about state affairs, I don't know what Fan Qing has gained by sending someone to Yunnan to investigate" Fan Li held the wat board in his hand and replied solemnly: "Back to Your Majesty's words, the minister sent more than a dozen scouts to Yunnan to investigate when he was in Xuzhou, and learned that there was a native in Yunnan, named Meng Huo, who was born nine feet tall and had infinite strength.
His wife's name is Mrs.
Zhurong, and she is excellent in martial arts, and she is good at using flying knives to kill people invisibly.
Meng Huo has two brothers, named Meng Jie and Meng You respectively, and they are both reckless men with extraordinary strength.
This Meng has more than 100,000 people, from which more than 10,000 people have been levied, and he is quite dissatisfied with the rule of the Eastern Han Dynasty, hoping that Liu Wei can canonize him as the king of Yunnan and cut the land for autonomy.
However, Meng Huo's request was directly rejected by Jiang Wan, the assassin of Dianzhou, and could not be conveyed to Liu Wei or the Jinling court, which made Meng Huo very dissatisfied, so he secretly befriended the Yunnan natives such as King Mulu, Jinhuan Sanjie, A Huilan, and Dong Chana, and plotted to rebel.
His Majesty can send eloquent people to Yunnan with jewels and gold, secretly meet Meng Shu, and promise him a high-ranking official Houlu, so that he can start an army against the Han as soon as possible, and attract Liu Wei to divide his troops to suppress it.
In this way, the pressure on my Dawei has at least been relieved."
After listening to Fan Li's recital, Cao Cao clapped his hands again and applauded: "Fan Qing said well, Fan Qing did a good job, take precautions, and send someone to Yunnan to spy in advance, this is to share the king's worries, no wonder Feng Xiao tried his best to recommend you to me before he died, he really didn't read it wrong, I am really very pleased." ” "It's rare that Guo Fengxiao is so important to the ministers, and His Majesty is so trusting, how dare Fan Li not be blunt, and his liver and brain are smeared on the ground, in order to repay His Majesty's kindness" Fan Li knelt on the ground and bowed his head.
Thinking of his contempt when he first saw Fan Li, Cao Cao was ashamed and embarrassed, and sighed and said: "Alas, in terms of knowing people, I am not as good as Fengxiao, when I first saw Qing, I didn't know that you had great talent, so that the pearl was secretly cast, and the clay pot thundered, and I hope Fan Qing will not mind." ” Fan Li kowtowed and said: "What does Your Majesty say, Weichen is only in his early twenties, Your Majesty has every opportunity, so naturally he will not waste his mind on Weichen."
What's more, Wei Chen was sent by His Majesty to the plains to assist General Xiahou as soon as he came out, and he was already promoted exceptionally, how dare Wei Chen be greedy and not enough, and he has to make inches" "It's rare for Aiqing to think like this, hurry up" Cao Cao summoned Fan Li to get up, and his eyes swept to Cheng Yu and Wen Hui: "Cheng Demou, you prepare a thousand taels of gold, plus rare treasures, and hand them over to Wen Hui, so that he can disguise himself as a businessman from Yongliang to the south of Yizhou, quietly enter Yunnan to meet Meng Huo, and persuade Meng Huo to start an army against Han as soon as possible." ” Cheng Yu took a step forward and said, "Back to Your Majesty, due to the high salary conscription in the past three months, which has led to a sharp increase in expenditure, the treasury is already a little tight.
It was a long journey from Jizhou to Yunnan, and he had to travel thousands of miles from the territory of the Eastern Han Dynasty, but he was afraid that Wen Hui would expose the target by carrying a large amount of gold, attract the attention of the Han army, and make the plan leak.
It is better to let the craftsman engrave a large seal of the king of Yunnan, and personally give Meng Shu a book, promising him that if he can take Yizhou and Yongzhou and open up the road connecting the state, he will fund him with 10,000 taels of gold, 1 million stones of grain, horses, armor, and weapons.
Anyway, it is basically a fool's dream to expect these natives to succeed, it is nothing more than to let them muddy the waters of Yunnan, attract the Eastern Han Dynasty to divide a corps to suppress it, waste the food and grass of the Han army, and reduce the pressure on our army.
The empty promise is both safe and affordable, and the effect is far better than letting Wen Hui carry gold and silver to trek through mountains and rivers, please think twice."
"What Cheng Demou said is extremely true, so it is the best" As soon as Cheng Yu's voice fell, Fan Zeng, Jia Xu, Fan Li and other strategists, as well as most of the generals, agreed.
Cao Cao bowed his head and said: "Demou is very right, this matter is entrusted to the two of you, you must move Meng Shu to raise troops against the Han as soon as possible, drag down the pace of Liu Wei's army, and fight for a respite for our army."
"The ministers obey the order" Cheng Yu and Wen Hui bowed down together to receive the order.
Cao Cao's gaze slowly swept to the three somewhat unfamiliar faces, among which the burly man was Du Ling, who was recruited by Cao Zhang a few days ago.
And the other two young faces are Xiahou Yuan's sons Xiahou Ba and Xiahou Wei.
"Zhong Quan, Ji Quan, after a while, your brother will come to my study, I have something to order."
Cao Cao Huo Ran got up and admonished.
The Xiahou brothers clasped their wrists together and saluted: "The ministers obey the holy decree" "Retreat" Cao Cao immediately announced his retirement from the court, and left the Jinluan Palace accompanied by several small eunuchs, and the civil and military officials dispersed.
Only the great eunuch Su Gonggong was left to kneel on the main hall and be punished.
Cao Cao returned to the study, and did not wait for the Xiahou brothers, but Fan Li took the first step and asked to see him outside the door.
"Oh, didn't Fan Li say everything in the court, come to the imperial study to see me at this time, is it possible that there is some secret plan to tell me" Cao Cao stroked his beard and groaned, and ordered the eunuch who came to report: "Call Fan Li to come in and see me, and see what he has to say." t1706231537: