Chapter 289 The whole world worships [Subscribe]

The night is dark.

The waves of Onozawa gently hit the boat.

Cao Cao was standing by the window, looking up at the night sky, where the stars were shining brightly.

"Husband."

Yu Qing came over from behind with a big belly and hugged Cao Cao: "What's wrong with you?"

When Cao Cao received the message from Xunzhu and stood up, she woke up.

"Han Sui surrendered."

Yu Qing said in a low voice: "The North will be unified."

They were Cao Cao's close associates, and they listened to him talk about world affairs and spoke in his tone.

Cao Cao nodded slowly. "I don't think much of the unification of the north, but the unification of nine states is a stage victory. It's worth celebrating."

Yu Qing's charming peach blossom eyes were full of energy: "How do you want to celebrate, my husband?"

"Let's go find them and have some fun together," Cao Cao said.

Yu Qing: "No, I'm pregnant and I'll spoil the child."

Cao Cao was speechless and said, "What are you thinking? I asked you guys to get together, just to teach the children bad things?"

Yu Qing was pulled out of the room by Cao Cao. Next door was another cabin where Bian Mei, who was pregnant, was.

Next next is Bai Ke, then Zou Yuan, Diao Chan, and Wen Ji.

No one knows how the family celebrated or whether it taught the child bad lessons, and no one dares to ask.

Anyway, let’s have some fun at home.

Cao Cao originally planned to go north to inspect the border in person.

Feng rewarded the defeated Eastern Xianbei army and went to the grassland to capture the horse king.

But starting with the acquisition of Liang Province, a series of matters that followed, such as the appointment of officials, were imminent and required Cao Cao to do it personally.

Cao Cao temporarily put aside his plan to go north and set out to return to Yecheng the next day.

He did not walk fast and first went to two shipyards along the Yellow River to inspect the progress of ship construction.

Wang Xuan, the master shipbuilder who was captured from Jiangdong, led other craftsmen and worked hard for several days. Many ships of different types had keel frames.

Cao Cao promised that he would give the Wang family the qualification to enter the officialdom.

This was an opportunity to completely change his family's status. Wang Xuan was eager to make a contribution, so he supervised the construction of warships wholeheartedly.

If we want to build ships faster, we will need more shipbuilders and skilled workers.

There is still war going on in Jiangdong and the situation is quite chaotic.

Cao Cao took the opportunity to recruit some of them into his own service.

Thinking of the robbery, he asked Jia Xu on the carriage as he left the dock and headed back to Yecheng: "Wenhe, some time ago, they said they found Gan Ning. Do you have any further news?"

"I'll have someone keep an eye on it." Jia Xu replied.

"Where did the emperor go?"

"We are about to reach Yizhou."

“You’re walking so slowly.”

"Yes, it was Kong Rong who gave the idea. He has begun to secretly visit famous scholars along the way, hoping to form a new team of ministers for the emperor."

Cao Cao's carriage returned to Yecheng in early August.

At this time, most of the nobles with the most sensitive ears and eyes had already known that Han Sui of Liang Province had surrendered, and the nine northern provinces were in the hands of one man.

When the emperor returned to Yecheng, many nobles came to visit him.

Cao Cao didn't like these nobles who smiled in public but stabbed Cao Cao in secret.

However, the Xun and Chen families in the pro-Cao camp also sent people over as soon as possible to meet him.

Yecheng is becoming the center of the world, with people coming and going, and it is once again becoming extremely bustling.

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Gan Ning, courtesy name Xingba, was from Linjiang, Ba County.

He is 28 years old this year, with a slender and strong figure, giving people a sense of coordination and powerful inner strength.

Historically, he was a famous general of Sun Wu, and served as the Prefect of Xiling and General Zhechou.

When he was young, he was a notorious prodigal son who committed evil deeds and advocated extravagance.

He was not doing his job, but often gathered a group of people and appointed himself as the leader. They wandered around in groups, carrying bows and arrows, with bird feathers on their heads and bells on their bodies.

When the local people heard the bell ringing, they knew that Gan Ning and his gang had arrived, and they called them "Jinfan Thieves".

His bad reputation is known far and wide.

Gan Ning also loved to show off, and whenever he went out or came in, he was always accompanied by carriages, horses, and boats.

This situation continued until he was in his twenties.

Gan Ning suddenly repented, stopped robbing and killing, started to study various schools of thought, and wanted to make a difference, so he entered the official career, starting as a clerk, and gradually promoted to the county magistrate of Shu (a rank of 600 stones).

During the late Han Dynasty and the Three Kingdoms period, Zhou Yu was the best commander in naval battles.

When it comes to generals who fought on water, Gan Ning was among the top three and was quite powerful.

In the first year of Xingping, after Liu Yan died, his son Liu Zhang took control of Quanzhou.

At that time, under the instigation of Liu He, Gan Ning, together with Shen Mi, Lou Fa and others, rebelled against the rule of Liu Zhang, but was defeated.

Gan Ning led more than 800 people to Jingzhou and attached himself to Liu Biao.

However, he soon discovered that Liu Biao was not familiar with military affairs, and when the world was in chaos and many heroes emerged, he had no ambition to expand territory.

Gan Ning felt that Liu Biao had no ambition and wanted to leave.

According to history, he later joined the Eastern Wu because he heard that Sun Quan was "recruiting talented people and hiring famous scholars, and Lu Su, Zhuge Jin and others were the first to become guests" in Jiangdong, so he also wanted to follow him to join the army.

At this time, Gan Ning was still in Xiakou, temporarily relying on the account of Huang Zu, the prefect of Jiangxia under Liu Biao, but he was not given important positions.

Gan Ning was thinking about escaping all day long, and it happened that a spy from Cao's camp came to him and extended an olive branch.

According to common sense, if he wanted to run away, and Cao Yingcai was powerful and wanted to recruit him, he should have shared the same goal and just followed his will.

But the reality is not like that.

Gan Ning refused Cao Ying's recruitment.

He heard about Cao Cao's appointment of generals. Cao's camp had many soldiers and generals, including Ten Tigers and Five Sons. They had good plans like rain and brave generals like clouds.

Gan Ning felt that if he went to Cao's camp, it would take too long to make a name for himself.

He couldn't wait.

He was determined to go to Dongwu, where the water system was well developed and where he could put his military skills to good use.

But it was not until this time that the news of Cao's army defeating the Eastern Xianbei spread to all directions.

Even the Xianbei were defeated, and Cao's camp had already shown its power to dominate the world.

No war is more convincing than defeating the powerful Xianbei. After hearing the news, Gan Ning thought again and again, and when Cao Ying's spies contacted him secretly again, they wanted to recruit him.

He then had the idea of ​​going to Cao's camp to take a look.

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Yecheng.

Outside the study, the breeze blows the willows and the water ripples.

The civil and military officials in the room were divided into two rows.

The military includes Taishi Ci, Cao Hong, Cao Chun, who just returned from the northern front, as well as Yu Jin, Li Dian, Man Chong, Le Jin and others. There are also the gentry whose property was confiscated, Ma Chao and Pang De who just returned.

The civil officials included Xun Yu, Guo Jia, Xun You, Cheng Yu, Jia Xu and Dong Zhao.

Zheng Xuan was also sitting in the guest seat next to Cao Cao.

Nowadays, the division of labor among the civil officials has gradually become clear.

Xun Yu was in charge of all affairs, and Guo Jia was in charge of military planning.

Xun You was the chief strategist.

Jia Xu rarely appeared in public.

Apart from the top brass, the outside world didn't even know that there was such a vicious person behind the scenes in Cao's camp, who had the ability to plan without any omissions. It was really scary.

Cheng Yu is responsible for all internal supervision matters.

If there is a foreign visit, Dong Zhao will be in charge.

Xun You said: "The Sun clan is advancing very quickly in Jiangdong. In the past two years, Sun Ce and Sun Bofu have successively captured Hengjiang and Dangli, and then they broke through the Niuzhu camp."

"At the end of last year, he defeated Xue Li and Zuo Rong at Moling, and defeated the generals of Liu Yao, the governor of Yangzhou, at Meiling."

"This spring, we captured Hushu and Jiangcheng counties. A month ago, we defeated Liu Yao at Qu'a."

With Zhou Yu and Lu Su as his assistants, Sun Ce personally led the army and continuously expanded his sphere of influence in Jiangdong.

Sun Ce's actions fully demonstrated his military talent and bravery.

All the ministers in Cao's camp gathered together, and most of them suggested taking action against Sun Ce in the next stage.

If this child is not eliminated early, it may become a disaster.

Guo Jia said slowly, "Sun Ce is a frivolous and unprepared man. Although he is brave and has a large army in a favorable position, he is used to acting alone and showing off his bravery. If he is ambushed by an assassin, he will be defeated by one person. In my opinion, Sun Ce will die at the hands of the assassin."

This was Guo Jia's most famous act of sharp tongue.

This was the conclusion he came to after analyzing the situation in Jiangdong and Sun Ce's character.

Of course, this is also supported by intelligence.

Some people in history say that Guo Jia was extremely wise and saw through Sun Ce, who was very similar to his father. Whenever he charged into battle, he was likely to die at the hands of an assassin.

Some people also say that this statement was slipped by Guo Jia, but in fact it is very likely that Cao Ying was behind the scenes and pushed the assassin to kill Sun Ce.

The actual situation was that not long after Guo Jia said this, Sun Ce was assassinated by Xu Gong's followers and died of his injuries.

Guo Jia cursed Sun Ce to death and became famous for this.

Given the current power of Cao’s camp, people did not discuss Jiangdong too much.

The three or two people at the top level all knew that Sun Ce’s current fame was actually the result of Cao Cao’s deliberate promotion.

Cao Cao allowed him to attack Jiangdong and unify Jiangdong.

In a sense, he was using Sun Ce to do things for him, intending to achieve his goal in one fell swoop.

This is the confidence that comes from strong strength and control.

Let Sun Ce conquer Jiangdong and then defeat it, which would be the most important step towards unifying the world.

Sun Ce spent more than two years conquering Jiangdong.

Cao Cao could take away all his gains in one battle.

Ma Chao and Pang De stood aside, blinking their eyes as they listened to the ministers and Cao Cao discussing the affairs of the world, and they had no right to speak.

After a while, Xun Yu handed Cao Cao a scroll of bamboo slips.

When he opened it, he found that it was a letter of promotion signed by all his officials, to congratulate him on his control of the Nine Provinces and the unification of the north.

As a subordinate, he could not give credit to his boss alone, so he united all the officials, led by Xun Yu and five others.

"Since the traitor Dong caused chaos in the country, in a short time, six years have passed. To control the chaos in the world and stabilize the country, only a genius can do it. This is the King of Wei, and there is no hero in the world who can surpass him."

What it means is that when the world is in chaos, the person who can save the people and restore order to the world as soon as possible and put an end to the chaos can only be Cao Cao, and no one in the world can compare to him.

The ministers also wrote: "You are the one who has the rare ability to bring together heroes and restore order to the chaos."

Still has a similar meaning.

"The King of Wei was concerned about the dangers of the country and the sufferings of the people. He led the righteous army to punish the thieves throughout the world. His achievements were great and his virtues were broad. He can be said to be unparalleled."

"The former King of Wei was a ruler who was good at politics."

"We have seen the King of Wei, who is brilliant and resourceful, and has an endless variety of magical powers... His military prowess is unparalleled, and in less than six years, he has already purged all nine provinces. This is an unparalleled achievement, unprecedented in the world, unparalleled before, and unmatched after. The people share his ability, and the world admires his virtue."

Cao Cao only read the first few sentences, looked up to the sky and laughed, saying:

"It's over, it's over. I don't deserve such praise."

Cao Cao was well aware that all the ministers were just banding together to flatter him.

But I am really happy.

Xun Yu stood up and said, "Let the King of Wei know that from today on, the King of Wei will control the nine provinces. I have already informed Yanzhou, Jizhou, Yuzhou and other places.

Some people were grateful to the King of Wei for bringing peace to the world, so that they no longer had to suffer the pain and death of the chaotic times.

Upon learning that the Nine Provinces had returned to the King of Wei, many people spontaneously came to pay homage in the direction of our Yecheng.

The people's hearts are with Wei. Please issue a notice to reassure the people and stabilize their hearts! "

"Very good."

Zheng Xuan also stood up and said, "Xuan dares to ask the King of Wei to move outside the carriage. There is an ancient etiquette of asking the heavens for guidance. We should ask the heavens and the earth to increase the King of Wei's great fortune. This will be admired by both heaven and earth."

This old man is going to do something fishy, ​​and from the looks of it, he's planning to get the whole world to flatter him.

Cao Cao came out of the study happily.

Zhang Zhongjing and Hua Tuo were also waiting outside, standing with Zheng Xuan.

These three people are leaders in their respective fields both in their time and in history.

They walk in parallel, and their luck gathers naturally.

Civil and military officials gathered in the square in front of the Cao Mansion.

Zheng Xuan and the other two first paid their respects to Cao Cao together.

After Cao Cao returned the gift, Zheng Xuan took out a handwritten book by a sage first, his face full of solemnity.

Zhang Zhongjing and Hua Tuo also each offered sacrifices to the medical saints to gather their good luck and to make the ceremony solemn and formal.

Ps: It may be a little later at night, about half an hour or an hour.

(End of this chapter)