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Liu Jing gave a ten-day deadline. In order to cooperate with the ten-day deadline, Gan Ning also withdrew from Jingkou. The army returned to Jiangbei. Han Dang, who retreated to Piling County, returned to Jingkou and defended the strategic location of Jingkou. However, he only had 5,000 troops left under his command and could not defend Jingkou.

For this reason, Han Dang wrote letters to Sun Quan for help several times, but did not reply, as if Sun Quan was no longer interested in Jingkou.

In fact, when Liu Jing proposed a condition, Sun Quan remained silent. Jianye Palace did not make any statement, and he never met anyone again, and no one knew what he was thinking?

Although Sun Quan was silent, the court and the country in Jiangdong fell into a brief calm before the rainstorm came.

The turbulent situation was under the calm situation, and the conditions offered by Liu Jing were already well-known. Every household was closing the door to identify this condition. Some people thought that this was Liu Jing's pretending to behave and offered a condition that Jiangdong could not accept, while others believed that this was Liu Jing's benevolent and righteous act, and that Jiangdong did not know the current affairs.

But whether it is the supporter or the opposing party, everyone has a consensus, that is, Jiangdong may not be spared this time. Back then, Jiangdong vowed to destroy Jingzhou and unify the south. But today, unify the south is getting closer and closer, but it is Jiangdong's old rival, Liu Jing, who did it in Jingzhou. This makes people feel the ruthless teasing of fate.

For ordinary people, the Han army captured Jiangdong, which means that light taxes and taxes are coming, which means that they can have enough food. The men in their family do not have to hide from the east and no longer have to bear the suffering of war. This is something they have longed for for a long time. They only hate ten days and hate that the Jiangdong army still has to resist.

As for high-ranking generals, the demise of Jiangdong will make them face a future choice again, whether to return to the north to join Cao Wei, or die with the Marquis of Wu, or be loyal to the Han Dynasty for the sake of family interests, everyone faces a choice and is difficult to decide, and many people still hold a glimmer of hope.

Or miracles will happen, just like a plague occurred in Cao's army back then. Cao Cao defeated the Red Cliff and evacuated the south. In short, until the last moment, high-ranking officials and generals would not easily make the final choice.

As time passed day by day, the situation that happened in Jiangdong was quickly transmitted from Cao Wei's intelligence system to Yedu and presented it to Cao Cao's desk.

In the Tongque Palace in Yedu, Cao Cao handed the latest information to military advisor Cheng Yu and smiled and said, "Look at it Zhongde! This is the latest information in Jiangdong, which is really interesting."

Cheng Yu took the information, read it roughly, and handed it to Cao Pi who was sitting next to him, and smiled at him, "How does the world view this matter?"

This information was reported to his father. He had already understood it. Seeing that Cheng Yu gave him a chance to speak, he said, "I thought this was Liu Jing's pretending to be a pretentious move to make it reasonable and legal for him to attack Jiangdong, so he used usurpation to say things. In fact, Sun Quan could not agree to these conditions at all."

Cao Cao nodded, "My son is right. This is indeed an excuse that Liu Jing found. He doesn't want to give up the excuse of bullying the weak. When I went to Jingzhou, I also needed the approval of the world's edict. Although many people have forgotten the heavens now, it doesn't matter whether there is a heavenly edict or not, Liu Jing regarded himself as the ruler of the Han Dynasty, and the name of becoming a master is still very important to him. He accused Sun Quan of usurping but did not give him a chance to correct it. This is clearly for me and not giving me the opportunity to help Sun Quan."

Cheng Yu smiled and said, "Mr. Wei wants to help Sun Quan with his help?"

Cao Cao smiled bitterly and said, "Last year, in order to protect Sun Quan, I did not hesitate to fight against Liu Jing in Hefei with the whole country. As long as I could protect Jiangdong, the national tyrant would appear. However, Hefei unfortunately lost and the fall of Jianghuai meant that I could no longer help Jiangdong, and it also meant that the Han army's siege of Jiangdong was completed. At that time, I knew that Jiangdong was powerless to turn the world back, and it was a matter of time before it was destroyed. Even if I named Sun Quan the King of Wu again, except for being disgusted by Liu Jing, what is the meaning of Jiangdong?"

"What my father meant is, will we give up Jiangdong?" Cao Pi said a little unwillingly.

Cao Cao glanced at him, raised his voice and said, "It's not that I want to give up Jiangdong, but that Jiangdong is in a desperate situation. I can't turn the world back at all. Why can't I see through the situation?"

Cao Cao's tone was filled with dissatisfaction, which scared Cao Pi quickly said: "What the child means is that his father needs to express his opinion. Even if he can't help Jiangdong, he can at least give an explanation to the people of the world."

This sentence makes some sense, and Cao Cao asked Cheng Yu again, "What does Zhongde mean?"

Cheng Yu smiled slightly, "Weichen thinks that silence is the best statement. Too much words will lead to mistakes. It is better not to say some words."

Cao Pi was very dissatisfied, and he looked back at Cheng Yu, "There has been a drastic change in Jiangdong, but we remain silent. Isn't this covering the bell? It will make people all over the world think that we are showing weakness and compromising with Liu Jing. Today we don't sympathize with Jiangdong, who will sympathize with us in the future?"

"What are you talking nonsense!"

Cao Cao angrily scolded Cao Pi and interrupted Cao Pi. Cao Pi did not dare to continue speaking, so he had to lower his head and curse Cheng Yu in his heart.

Cao Pi did not understand Cheng Yu's meaning, but Cao Cao understood. Cheng Yu asked him not to express his opinion easily. The Sun Quan regime was no longer popular, and unifying the south was the will of the people. If he supported Sun Quan at this critical moment, not only would he not be able to save Sun Quan, but he would also drag himself into the water, remain silent, and pretend that he was not aware of this matter. This is indeed the best choice at present. As for expressing his opinion, I will talk about it later.

Cao Cao and Cheng Yu looked at each other, and both of them laughed tacitly. They were thinking about the same thing.

At this time, Cao Cao glared at Cao Pi again. Cao Pi's choice really disappointed him. A fifteen-year-old man has such a simple political mind. If he dies, how could he be Liu Jing's opponent?

Cao Cao became more and more annoyed the more he thought about it. He then asked Cao Pi: "How is Ding Ling doing now? Why haven't you reported it to me?"

Cao Pi's heart suddenly jumped. He was afraid that his father would ask him about Ding Ling and abandoning the slaves. This would touch the vital interests of countless high-ranking officials and wealthy families. Local governments generally resisted and could not continue to implement it. Half a year has passed. He could not think of it, but he didn't expect his father to ask about this matter again at this critical moment. How did he ask him to answer?

But his father was staring at him with a stern look, which made Cao Pi unable to avoid him. He had to bite the bullet and said, "There is a lot of involvement in Ding Ling. It is not a matter of one order that my father can solve it, nor can it be completed in a few months. The child needs time."

"Hmph! What takes time? I think you don't want to do this at all!"

"Of course I want to do it. There are few self-cultivated farmers, which has seriously affected our financial recovery. Although the summer grain harvest is bumper, the government's taxes have been reduced compared with last year. Of course, it is related to the large number of people fleeing people. However, the fundamental reason is that wealthy families hide a large number of people, making the number of self-cultivated farmers less than half of what they were ten years ago. My child knows that this is the foundation of the country, so he is also very anxious, but it does take time."

Cao Cao's face was slightly relaxed, "Since you know the problem is serious, I won't blame you, but you must give me a plan and time. I want to know what you are going to do and how much time will it take?"

Cao Pi had no choice but to respond: "You are going back to draft now!"

"Go!" Cao Cao waved his hand and asked Cao Pi to leave.

Cao Pi stood up and slowly retreated. After looking at his son walking away, Cao Cao sighed and said to Cheng Yu worriedly: "Zhongde, I am really worried now. I have made a mistake in this life. Maybe it is wise for me to inherit my career."

Cheng Yu smiled bitterly in his heart and said to Cao Cao: "Since Duke Wei has made a choice, don't change it easily, otherwise it will shake the foundation of the country. Although the world is not as good as Liu Jing in political mind and overall control, at least he is very diligent, and I know a little about Ding Ling's affairs. There are many oppositions, especially the military strongly opposes it, and the local governments also deal with it and are unwilling to offend the aristocratic families. Therefore, it is very difficult for the world to implement it. It took Liu Jing ten years to gradually achieve results in this kind of land grabbing and abolition of slavery. What's more, Cao Wei, whose interests are deeply rooted, is to say something bad, I am afraid that it will be the same as Sun Quan digging the canal in the end."

Cheng Yu said it was very implicit, but Cao Cao understood very well. He implemented Ding Ling and finally made a wedding dress for Liu Jing. Cao Cao was helpless and could only sigh: "I couldn't shake the interests of high-ranking officials and powerful people back then, so I used a compromise method to order the army to farm and solve the urgent need for lack of military rations. However, compromise is not the fundamental solution. I hope that before I leave the world, I can solve the problem of my unfinished confidant. It seems that there is still no hope."

Seeing that Cao Cao was confused by some of the authorities, Cheng Yu couldn't help but remind him, "The troubles of Duke Wei's confidant should be external troubles, not internal troubles."

Cheng Yu woke up Cao Cao with one word, and he suddenly realized that his biggest concern was Liu Jing. If he forcibly implemented the Ding Order and triggered civil strife in Cao Wei, it would just give Liu Jing the opportunity to send troops to Cao Wei, and he would almost turn the main and secondary.

He asked again: "How should I deal with this Jiangdong change between military advisors?"

Cheng Yu smiled and said, "Why did Mr. Wei marry his daughter to Liu Jing?"

Cao Cao finally nodded, "I understand what the military advisor means, respond to changes with the same change, and seize the time to restore his strength."
Chapter completed!