Chapter 363: Awakening to Power [Subscription Request]

"King Wei."

Cao Cao and Dian Wei came out, and everyone came forward to greet them.

Chi Xiao turned into a red light and escaped back into the tomb.

After walking a distance, they set up camp.

It was late in the evening, and the stars were shining brightly.

In the tent, Diao Chan asked, "My husband, will those foreigners come again?"

“The Buddhist leaders who came to our Central Plains to preach have been purged.

There are still some remnants, but they are not in my Central Plains."

"They won't be stupid enough to send people to my Central Plains to die at this time."

Cao Cao: "When Buddhists crossed the sea to the East, they chose Shi Zimiao because he had connections with Taoism and the royal family.

They killed the real Shi Zimiao, replaced his identity, and indeed gained many opportunities. "

"They want to use the Taoist connection to continue the Yellow Turban Rebellion, push the remnants of the Taiping Dao, and stir up more unrest. The ultimate goal is to try to establish a religious-based country."

India is a country of religious forms.

Their religion occupies a central position in their political and social structure.

The caste system originated from religion and has deeply influenced the social structure of India.

Every historical turning point in ancient India has a lot to do with religion.

It is wishful thinking for Buddhism to absorb the experience of Brahmanism and bring it to China in order to establish a country that worships Buddhism as its spiritual source.

The later generations of Buddhism were able to spread in China by absorbing the local culture of China.

To be precise, they are no longer Hindu Buddhism, but the product of fusion with Chinese culture, which is why they were able to take root.

Cao Cao said a few simple words.

After getting rid of Shi Zimiao, he felt relieved.

After all, there are always people hiding in the dark. Although Cao Cao is not afraid, he will regret it if he makes any mistakes with his relatives, wives, concubines, and children.

Now that we have cleared out the missionaries from India who have crossed the sea to the East, we are naturally in a good mood.

The next day, the sky was cloudy.

On the carriage returning to Yecheng, Cao Cao closed his eyes and rested his head on Diao Chan's legs.

The sound of the heavy cavalry's hooves outside the carriage was like thunder.

The interior of the car was quite comfortable.

Diao Chan's cheeks were lightly rosy, and she was as bright as the morning glow and as beautiful as peach blossoms.

She was massaging Cao Cao's temples.

Looking up from Cao Cao's position, the mountains blocked the view and it was difficult to see the face.

Cao Cao couldn't help but stretch out his hand and transformed into the 'Tower-Bearing Heavenly King'.

Diao Chan tried to stop him twice, but failed...

In the afternoon, Diao Chan couldn't resist the sleepiness and took a nap in the car.

Cao Cao began to check the spoils.

Take out the Buddha's relics first.

The death of Shi Zimiao meant a change in the offensive and defensive positions. The Buddhists in Han territory were purged, and it was Cao Cao's turn to take the initiative to cause trouble for them.

Cao Cao held the relic in his hand, thinking that the entry said that this thing could gather faith. If he tried to refine it with a totem dragon, would it be helpful in gathering the destiny of humanity?

He collected the relics and picked up a scroll left by Shi Zimiao.

There were two important messages written on the scroll.

Initially, Buddhists discovered that there were dragon veins in the Central Plains in the sacred mountain (Kunlun Mountains), which contained great fortune, and thus came up with the idea of ​​digging up the veins and transferring the fortune.

This scroll recorded the clues that they had discovered a team sent by Emperor Wu to search for something in the sacred mountain.

From then on, the Indians began a long period of planning, infiltration, and plotting to cross the river to the east.

Invasion at the cultural and belief level is sometimes more terrifying and has more far-reaching consequences than directly waging war.

Cao Cao remembered that he had found records of Emperor Wu sending people to explore Kunlun in some information related to Emperor Wu.

Emperor Wu sought immortality and was looking for the legendary Kunlun Ruins.

The bamboo scrolls left by Shi Zimiao also mentioned the Xiantai Seal. The earliest record of the Xiantai Seal was in a tomb somewhere.

“…This scroll says that one must possess the power of Buddha to truly activate the Immortal Terrace Seal.”

Cao Cao thought to himself: The 'power' of the Buddha obviously corresponds to the realm of mythology.

If he could achieve unification, Cao Cao would likely break through to the mythical realm.

Generally speaking, even if a country is unified, it is difficult for the ruler of a country to reach the mythical realm.

But Cao Cao had cheats and was given many directions, so his own strength and the power of Cao Wei grew much faster.

Coupled with his deliberate promotion over the years, he has accumulated reputation and gained great fortune in humanity.

These factors combined allowed Cao Cao to unify the north and touch the door to mythology.

At the moment of great unification, there should be a huge explosion, transforming past gains into strength and breaking through the wall of mythology.

Finally, Cao Cao took out the things that were rolled off Emperor Wu's coffin using the Chixiao sword energy.

It's a mirror.

Bronze coffins all have a coffin mirror.

It is said that mirrors can connect to the Yin, which is equivalent to opening a door on the coffin for the soul to enter and exit. It is called the gate to ascension after death.

There is also such a mirror on Emperor Wu's coffin.

The last thing that was swept away by the sword energy was the mirror.

The round shape corresponds to the square shape of the coffin, and the coexistence of square and circle echoes the meaning of heaven and earth.

The mirror is the size of a palm, antique in style, and made of bronze.

On the back of the mirror, there is a green gem, like a deep pool. Above it is engraved a line of words: Mountain and River Mirror.

Cao Cao tried to inject his own spiritual practice into it, but there was no response.

He tried to push the emperor's luck again.

The mirror surface suddenly changed, and the mountains, rivers and other scenes of the land of China emerged. The gem on the back of the mirror was filled with mist, and the curse was extinguished, forming a line of inscriptions: I obtained the fragments of ancient treasures, and refined them to achieve this state.

Was this mirror made by Emperor Wu of Han?

Cao Cao's carriage traveled quickly for several days and was getting closer to Yecheng.

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The first thing Liu Bei did after withdrawing his troops from Hanzhong and returning to Ba County was to visit Zhuge Liang to seek advice on how to deal with Cao Wei and strengthen Yizhou.

Zhuge Liang and his disciple Pang Degong were both there.

The three of them gathered in a small courtyard to drink tea.

"Cao Wei's advantage is too great. There is no other way to deal with it but to catch up head-on."

Pang Degong said: "Yizhou wants to increase its strength, but the northern Hanzhong is not feasible, so we might as well consider other directions."

Liu Bei pondered for a while.

He had been thinking over and over again these days that if Yizhou wanted to become stronger, it could only do so by annexing and integrating the surrounding tribes.

Internally, we might as well learn from Cao Cao, rectify the gentry, and "kill the rich to help ourselves."

Liu Bei sighed secretly. The situation inside and outside Yizhou, with all the tribes and aristocrats was so complicated that it was not easy to control it.

He had made plans before coming here, and immediately stood up and bowed to Zhuge Liang and his disciples, saying:

"Gong Pang is a great sage in the world, and Kong Ming is even wiser, beyond the reach of others. I would like to ask for your help in reviving the Han Dynasty!" After saying this, he bowed deeply again with a sincere attitude.

Pang Degong refused, saying that he was used to being idle, had no talent to help the world, and had no intention of competing with the world.

But he was willing to stand behind Zhuge Liang and think about it.

Zhuge Liang did not make Liu Bei visit him three times at his cottage as happened in history.

Liu Bei's decision to leave Yizhou was something he had discussed with Pang Degong. His original purpose was to emulate Emperor Gaozu of Han and stay in Shu to observe the world.

And Cao Cao actually did not leave them any other choice.

Liu Bei and Zhuge Liang set a day to leave the mountains.

After he left, Zhuge Liang took out a letter and handed it to Pang Degong:

"The King of Wei sent another letter to inform you that your nephew Pang Tong is studying with Master Shuijing and is also in charge of some specific affairs of Cao Wei."

"Master, what is the purpose of King Wei's action?"

Pang Degong stroked his beard and smiled, "I am greedy for you."

"If Cao Wei can make one more step, it can unify the country, rule the world together, and return to a prosperous era. Don't you want to participate?"

Zhuge Liang said nothing, but looked far away towards the north.

Starting from the end of May, Zhuge Liang joined Yizhou. Just like in history, he was a guest in the early days and did not participate in specific affairs.

But he moved to Shu and lived there, and Liu Bei came to ask for advice from time to time.

Yizhou began to make many internal and external operations in full swing.

At this time, Cao Cao had returned to Yecheng, closely following the situation in the world and controlling the north and the south.

In the north, in early summer of June, it is the time for the Xianbei people to herd horses and sheep.

The Xianbei have decided to take back the land of Eastern Xianbei from the Buyeo people this autumn.

Cao Cao then received news that Liu Bei was on the "right track" in Yizhou.

In other words, the Xianbei and Yizhou, both in the north and south, were on the path he had "planned".

However, Cao Cao still felt that the progress was a bit slow.

If Liu Bei was allowed to develop slowly and clear Yizhou, it would take at least several years before he could see any clues.

Cao Cao immediately ordered Jia Xu to let his own spies, and even those who had secretly defected to Cao's camp in Yizhou, contribute their efforts to promote rapid changes in the situation in Yizhou.

At this moment, Zhou Yu was still commanding his troops in Jingzhou, and had already had many clashes with Guan Yu.

Cao Cao laughed and said, "We can't favor one over the other. After defeating Liu Bei, we might as well take control of Jiangdong.

Let the troops in southern Henan move, ask Gan Xingba and Cai Degui to cooperate, and treat it as a training exercise for the navy."

As long as Cao's army heads south, they will direct their troops towards Jiangdong.

With their heartland attacked, the nobles in Jiangdong would surely urge Zhou Yu to return and stabilize the situation.

His plan to attack Jingzhou would naturally stop, which would free up Liu Bei's time and manpower to speed up the integration of Yizhou.

Cao Cao calculated the time.

This year is expected to trigger a major war.

With the strength of Cao's camp, Jiangdong and Shu would suffer losses one after another, forcing them to unite.

If the coalition forces are defeated, Jiangdong can be taken over.

The current situation and power in the world all depend on Cao Cao's thoughts.

Within Jiangdong, the problem of the aristocratic families was the most serious.

After his father and brother died one after another, Sun Quan took over the power of the Sun family.

To Jiangdong, the Sun family were outsiders.

His father and brother died tragically, and he came to power at a young age. It can be said that he was in real trouble both internally and externally, and every step he took was difficult.

In addition to the support of Zhang Zhao, Zhou Yu and Lu Su, Sun Quan also had to compromise and cooperate with the gentry.

He became increasingly tied to the Jiangdong aristocratic families of Gu, Lu, Zhu, and Zhang, and gradually formed a community of interests.

In the later period of his life, Sun Quan handed over the military power and political power to Lu Xun and Gu Yong respectively.

This alone shows how powerful the Jiangdong gentry were.

Defeating Jiangdong would be a heavy blow to the Jiangdong gentry, and it would be a very appropriate time to uproot them.

Cao Cao was thinking about the subsequent strategic direction when his personal soldiers outside the door reported: "King Wei, the people have been brought here."

There were three or four people standing outside, waiting to enter for an audience.

One of them is Da Qiao.

She had been under house arrest in Yecheng for more than a year, and she didn't know what Cao Cao wanted to summon her for.

Moreover, this time she came alone, unlike the previous times when she came with her mother-in-law, Mrs. Wu.

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