Three Kingdoms: The ghost plotter taught Liu Bei to seize Jingzhou first

"My sons must fight to the death for the Wei Dynasty!"

The fourth son of the Cao family expressed his attitude impassionedly.

Cao Cao nodded with satisfaction and praised:

"Okay, okay, you are worthy of being my Cao Cao’s son."

"If you have this determination, we, the Wei Dynasty, will not have to worry about winning this battle!"

For a time, Cao Cao was in a happy mood, and he frequently took the cup and drank with the disciples.

After a few glasses of wine,

Cao Pi hesitated again and again, then cupped his hands and said:

"Father, I wonder what your father thought about the"Nine-Rank Zhongzheng System" that my son presented to my father last time?"

"I think that in this time of national crisis, we should quickly implement the"Nine-grade Zhongzheng System"."

Cao Cao frowned and the smile disappeared from his face.

The expression was not that of anger towards Cao Pi, but some kind of entangled worry.

"Second brother, your"Nine-grade Zhongzheng System" is really ridiculous!"

"My father always hires people based on their ability, regardless of the poor family background."

"Your"Nine Ranks Zhongzheng System" is clearly intended to make your father compromise with the aristocratic family and hand over the power of selecting officials to the aristocratic family?"

"This system runs counter to my father’s employment philosophy. How could my father adopt it?"

Before Cao Cao could express his stance, Cao Ang stood up and rebuked Cao Pi.

Cao Cao remained silent, neither agreeing with Cao Ang's words nor directly rebutting.

He just sipped his wine and looked at Cao Pi calmly.

Obviously, the doubts pointed out by Cao Ang were also his concerns. He wanted to see what kind of explanation Cao Pi could give him.

"It is true that my father employs people on a meritocratic basis, but after so many years, how many talents from a poor family are there for my father to employ?"

"There are only a few people who can be called great talents."

"Most of those who can relieve the worries of my father and serve as the pillars of Wei Dynasty are children of aristocratic families."

"Even if the power of selecting officials is not given to aristocratic families, don’t all the high-ranking officials in our Wei Dynasty come from aristocratic families~?"

"In this case, why don't we accept the reality and simply use the"Nine Ranks Zhongzheng System" to legitimately reward the right to select officials to the aristocratic families?"

"In this way, my father will be able to win the surname of a noble family and give full support to my father and me, the great Wei Dynasty."

"With the help of the world's aristocratic families, we can hope to defeat the strong with the weak and destroy that big-eared thief!"

Cao Pi was impassioned and brought all the stakes to the table.

The entanglement on Cao Cao's face gradually dissipated, and he stroked his short beard and said nothing.

Obviously, Cao Pi was deeply moved by this analysis of the stakes. He.

Or maybe he already knew the stakes in his heart, but he just deceived himself and refused to face it because of his face.

Cao Ang became anxious and shouted:"But——"

"No but!"

Cao Pi interrupted him with his hand and said sternly:

"Now is the time when the survival of the Wei Dynasty is in danger. All considerations must make way for the future and destiny of the Wei Dynasty!"

"If my father is afraid that the aristocratic family will become powerful and pose a threat to our Cao family, we can wipe out Liu Bei in the future and unify the world, and then replace this nine-level Zhongzheng system with another new system that has the best of both worlds."

"But now, in order to win over the aristocratic families and gain their full support, implementing the nine-level Zhongzheng system is our only choice!"

Cao Pi's voice was stern, even threatening Cao Cao, with an aura that could not be questioned.

Cao Ang was stunned and looked at his younger brother in surprise, as if he couldn't believe that he dared to speak to Cao Cao in such a tone.

This Cao Cao didn't It was strange to be irritated.

Cao Zhi and Cao Zhang both had cold sweat rolling down their foreheads and looked at Cao Cao nervously.

Cao Cao was not angry.

He raised his head again and looked at Cao Pi. In addition to surprise, there was also Mixed with some appreciation

"Pi'er, your ability to see the big picture really impresses my father."

"It seems that although you have been imprisoned for three years, it is a shame, but it is not an ordeal."

"In this regard, your elder brother is not as good as you."

Cao Cao actually openly praised Cao Pi in front of all the disciples!

He also said that Cao Ang, the prince, is not as good as Cao Pi!

Cao Ang was taken aback and felt bad in his heart.

Cao Pi was secretly happy in his heart, but he just bowed his hand sternly:

"My father is so complimentary that my son must not take it for granted."

"In the essay on martial arts, I am not as good as my brother, just in case, I just discuss the matter and tell the truth in my heart."

"The father has a powerful strategy, and the son believes that he will make his own decisions!"

Cao Pi was humble and flattered Cao Cao calmly.

Cao Cao nodded with satisfaction, stood up and walked outside the palace gate, looking in the direction of Xuchang and thinking silently.

He was weighing the pros and cons and making the final decision.

For a long time After that,

Cao Cao let out a long sigh, and when he looked back, there was only determination on his face.

"Pi'er is right. Now it is a foregone conclusion that Yan will be strong and Wei will be weak."

".If you want to reverse the trend of strength and weakness and finally unify the world, you can only temporarily compromise with the noble family!"

"My father decided to implement this"Nine Levels of Zhongzheng System"!"(To read Baoshuang novels, go to Feilu Novel Network!)

Cao Pi was secretly relieved, secretly happy in his heart, and praised Cao Cao for his wisdom.

Cao Ang shook his head and sighed. Although he was dissatisfied, he did not dare to object anymore.

This The family banquet ended.

That night,

Cao Cao promulgated the"Nine Levels of Zhongzheng System" and officially announced to the outside world that he would implement the new system.

The next day, he personally led the main force of 100,000 Wei troops and headed west to Guanzhong.

…

Ten days later.

West of Luoyang, Shaanxi County, Maojin Ferry.

When the sun sets in the west.

Liu Bei and Deng Mu stood side by side on the trestle, looking downstream.

The last twilight sets before the mountain.

A huge naval force marched westward from the lower reaches of the river and arrived at Maojin Ferry.

Warships entered the port one after another.

Not long after[]

Tai's Shi Ci, Gan Ning, Ling Tong and other generals all disembarked and came to see

"Report to the king, I will lead the Qingxu navy and thousands of warships to come."

"Please give the order, Your Majesty, and I will kill Bentong Pass immediately!"

Taishici generously asked for orders, looking eager to fight. Both

Gan Ning and Ling Tong were full of fighting spirit.

Liu Bei and Deng Mu looked at each other and smiled knowingly.

These navy generals were obviously They were still kept in the dark, thinking that Liu Bei was really going to capture Guanzhong this time with his overwhelming army. The purpose of moving their naval forces into the Yellow River was to cooperate with the infantry and launch a pincer attack on Tongguan by land and water.

After all, Tongguan is surrounded by mountains to the south and to the north. In the Yellow River, although the threat from the navy is not great, it can still contain some enemy forces.

"Ziyi, what I want to attack is not Guanzhong, but Hebei!"

Liu Bei no longer concealed anything and directly stated his strategic intentions.

Taishi Ci was stunned.