"I'm going to leave!"

Yang Tian was a little disappointed. Cao Cao did not summon Zhong Yao immediately, which shows that he still had doubts. It also shows that Duke Wei had reflected on the case of the Seven Sons of Jian'an two months ago. This was exactly what Yang Tian was most worried about. He did too many things that harmed the world, fearing that Duke Wei would use him as a scapegoat.

When Yang Tian surrendered, Cao Cao began to examine the impeachment letters and confessions on the table. His heart was like a mirror. His eldest son Cao Pi rushed to Taiyuan overnight, which just showed that this matter was Cao Pi's commander, and Cao Pi wanted to take the opportunity to get rid of Zhong Yao.

In order to ensure that the power replacement can be completed smoothly, Cao Cao did not hesitate to condone Cao Pi's case against his original intention, and he did not hesitate to withdraw Xiahou Dun, who supported Cao Zhi, from his military power and completely eradicate the forces supporting Cao Zhi.

But Cao Cao also knew that this kind of official cleanup was a double-edged sword. Although it could ensure a smooth transfer of power, it would also cause the people of Wei to be distracted. Especially in the context of the increasingly powerful Han Dynasty, this cleanup could easily trigger a wave of officials' escape, thus shaking the foundation of Wei.

In fact, Cao Cao's concerns have become a reality. He received a report from Xu Yi that dozens of local officials in Bingzhou had abandoned the seal and surrendered to the Han Dynasty. This was just the beginning. Cao Cao was very worried that this wave of escape would expand to Hebei and the Central Plains.

So he had already begun to reflect on the case of the Seven Sons of Jian'an. He realized that he had done a bit too much. In this case, dismissing important officials like Zhong Yao would only completely intensify the conflict. Even if Zhong Yaozhen and Han State had an inappropriate move, he had to think twice.

Cao Cao suppressed Yang Tian’s impeachment letter. In the afternoon, Zhong Yao came to Tongque Palace and officially reported his trip to Jiaozhou to Cao Cao.

Cao Cao and Zhong Yao sat opposite each other. Cao Cao looked calm and listened to Zhong Yao's report intently. "Reported to Duke Wei, Liu Bei was very enthusiastic about the Wei minister at the beginning, and seemed to have great hope for the Wei State, but he became very cold when he actually met. The whole reception process ended in less than half an hour. Wei State suspected that perhaps it was the Han envoy Sima Yi who gave Liu Bei some promise, which made Liu Bei give up his alliance with Wei State."

Cao Cao did not have much hope for the alliance between Liu Bei and Wei. They were separated by Han, and it was extremely inconvenient to interact with each other. However, Cao Cao was very interested in what promise Liu Jing gave Liu Bei. He asked with a smile: "What kind of promise did the military advisor think it would be?"

"I am not sure what promise I made, but I am aware of two things. The first is that Sima Yi was on a mission to Jiaozhou and asked the Jiaozhou army not to enter Jian'an County; the second is that Sima Yi met with the Manchus and occupied the representatives of the two clans in Fanyu, which caused the two clans to respond fiercely. The representatives rushed back to Jiaozhi immediately. From this, I infer that the Han State might want to use the Manchus and occupied the two clans to restrain Jiaozhou."

Cao Cao laughed, "This is also a hint to Liu Bei that the Han army will not attack Jiaozhou for the time being, so Liu Bei is not very enthusiastic about forming an alliance with us."

Zhong Yao nodded, "Duke Wei is right. Regardless of whether Liu Bei believes in the hints of Han State or not, at least the urgency of the alliance between Jiaozhou and Wei State was weakened. Liu Bei still wanted to wait and see again. In this way, Han State achieved an attempt to destroy the alliance between Jiaozhou and Wei State."

"It's like a bow that has tightened the string. The arrow is on the string and has to be fired. At this time, the Han Dynasty loosened the bow string and the arrow can't be fired. Liu Jing's wrist is indeed unexpected."

Cao Cao sighed slightly, and he changed the subject and asked lightly: "Is there anything else that the military advisor wants to report?"

“There is nothing to report for the time being.”

"Is that so? But I heard that when the military advisor came back, he went to Chang'an again. Why is this?" Cao Cao looked at Zhong Yao with a smile.

Zhong Yao thought about this on the way back. He knew that it would be difficult for him to hide Cao Cao's eyes and ears from him when he went to Chang'an, so he had to face Cao Cao's questioning. He had already thought of a solution to his answer. He said calmly: "Report to Wei State, going to Chang'an was due to repeated invitations from the King of Han. The minister was unable to be kind, so he had to go to Chang'an to take a look. The minister thought it was a private matter and had nothing to do with official matters, so he did not report to Duke Wei."

Zhong Yao's answer was concise, which made Cao Cao not know what to say. If the ministers had an affair with the Han Dynasty were just a betrayal, then what was Cao Cao's marriage to Liu Jing? So without evidence of acquaintance, Cao Cao could not be furious and immediately punished Zhong Yao.

Cao Cao laughed dryly and said, "Does the military advisor think Chang'an has changed a lot?"

Zhong Yao nodded, "It's a earth-shaking change. I really can't recognize it. Guanzhong is full of vitality and the people live and work in peace and contentment. I can only say that Liu Jing has managed it well."

Zhong Yao's frankness finally made Cao Cao feel a little embarrassed, which made him secretly annoyed. Cao Cao took out Zhang Qi's confession and Yang Tian's impeachment letter and handed it to Zhong Yao, "The Chief Censor Yang Tian impeached the military advisor and an accomplice of the Han Dynasty, and there is also the confession of a military advisor. The military advisor will take a look first!"

Although this was also as expected by Zhong Yao, he did not expect Yang Tian to act so quickly. He started impeaching the country just after he came back yesterday afternoon, and even prepared his confession.

He carefully read the impeachment book, then read Zhang Qi's confession, and then pointed to the confession and said to Cao Cao: "This confession is basically true, but Duke Wei should not see this person reaching a conclusion. He is just an ordinary person, only knowing where I went, whom I met, and as for why I went, or what I talked about, he knew nothing."

Zhong Yao pointed to Yang Tian’s impeachment letter and said angrily, “This is even more nonsense, and it is made of a crime, and it is clearly intended to kill me. Let me ask, if I talk to the King of Han and I am a marriage between Duke Wei and King of Han, what is the point of marriage?”

The last sentence made Cao Cao very embarrassed. This was indeed an unavoidable fact. Cao Cao quickly appeased Zhong Yao and said, "I don't believe Yang Zhongcheng's words very much. After all, when the military advisor talked to Liu Jing, he was not present. After all, as a military advisor, if Liu Jing did not meet, it would be unreasonable. I don't know what Liu Jing and the military advisor talked about?"

"What can Liu Jing talk to me about is nothing more than talking about the changes in Chang'an, the Ding Ling of Duke Wei, and asked me how many calligraphy I had asked for, second only. However, Sima Yi came to see me on behalf of Liu Jing, hoping that I would go to Han to serve as prime minister and serve as the Secretary of the Central Committee, but I declined it."

Zhong Yao was very frank and did not hide Cao Cao. With his identity and qualifications, he was still disdainful to fabricate lies. To be honest, it was his consistent principle.

Cao Cao said a long "Oh!", and Zhong Yao's frankness was beyond his expectations. Even the other party's hope that he would be the Minister of the Central Secretariat was told. It seemed that Zhong Yao did not hide it. Cao Cao believed his words. He pondered for a moment and asked again: "I wonder how Liu Jing said that I was Ding Ling?"

Cao Cao did not want to make things worse. He avoided the truth and asked an irrelevant thing, but he did want to know Liu Jing's opinion on Ding Ling.

"Reporting to Duke Wei, Liu Jing said that Duke Wei's order to issue Ding is a disadvantage and has been a hundred years of contribution. He agreed with Duke Wei's direction, but did not agree with Duke Wei's means."

"How do you say this?"

Cao Cao asked in confusion: "What does it mean to be disadvantageous to the present? It will be rewarded for a hundred years?"

"He said that the powerful families occupy land and hide their population is indeed a big problem. The southern region is a little better, but there are also such problems. If this problem is solved, the world will achieve a century of prosperity and peace. Therefore, he very much agrees with the Ding Ling of Duke Wei, but with the current Duke Wei's implementation methods, it may be more harmful than good."

"Did he say I'm too impatient and too violent?" Cao Cao understood what Zhong Yao meant.

Zhong Yao nodded, "He said so. The Han Dynasty spent ten years to solve this problem, but it is far from success. Jingzhou and Guanzhong are the best, while Bashu occupied a very serious area, and a large number of people were hidden. The Jiangdong area, which had just been incorporated into the Han Dynasty, was also very serious. The Han Dynasty was preparing to solve this problem in another ten years, but he said that Duke Wei was preparing to complete it within one or two years. This is unrealistic and will also cause very serious problems."

"For example, what's the problem?" Cao Cao asked again.

Zhong Yao sighed slightly, "The King of Han said that local governments are basically controlled by aristocratic families. Wei Gong used his army to force Ding Ling to force him to target the aristocratic clans first, which may trigger a strong rebound in the local government and cause unstable local governments.

Cao Cao didn't say anything. A few days ago, dozens of local officials in Bingzhou left with seals. More than 20 counties had no county magistrates and county magistrates. Cao Pi had rushed to deal with it urgently. Although he didn't know the reason yet, he was very likely to be criticized by Liu Jing.

Cao Cao felt really uncomfortable. He snorted coldly, "He was standing and talking without any pain. If he was willing to send all the self-cultivated farmers who fled to Han, why would I do such a big fight?"

"Duke Wei, Wei Chen, also thinks that Liu Jing's suggestion makes some sense."

Before Zhong Yao finished speaking, Cao Cao waved his hand and interrupted him, "Don't talk about this anymore. No matter how turbulent the local government is, you must not give up halfway through the Ding Ling!"

Cao Pi was determined to impeach Zhong Yao, but Cao Cao did not accept the impeachment of Zhong Yao in the end. He did not want to cause turmoil in the officialdom anymore because of this incident, so he put the impeachment letter on the shelf. Soon, the new year of the 23rd year of Jian'an finally arrived.

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