Revisiting Future Path

501st Changsheng Cao Cao (2)

Different people have different personalities.

The people who would rather bend not bend when encountering the plight of a strong dragon and not overwhelming a snake, may not care about fighting hard, and would rather die than bow their heads. However, Cao Cao would never rather bend his character. Cao Cao knew that everything was just right. Guandu defeated Yuan Shao. Cao Cao chose to burn the letters of his subordinates secretly colluding with Yuan Shao in public. In a game with Sun Quan and Liu Bei, Cao cao took the initiative to withdraw his troops and never made a desperate move. Spell out the life and death. First stand in an invincible place, and then slowly try to defeat others, this is Cao cao.

Since the situation is better than others, Cao Cao simply said that he would lower his head.

Cao Cao expressed his sincere gratitude to Jueshengmen for exploring the unknown and vowed not to cross the border of Liao'an County. Cao Cao also ordered Cao Pihou to reward the sacred gate, to guard the Huainan meritorious service, Jin Feng Lu Kang as An Wuhou, Jin Feng Wei Dongsheng as Long Shuhou, countless wealth rewards, trying to show that he was not malicious.

Of course, Cao Cao's bowing of his head was just unavoidable, and there were many ways to play. Cao Cao instructed Cao Pi to make an appointment with Wu Hou for Lu Kang, and to make Longshu County Hou for Wei Dongsheng; however, in terms of actual official positions, he deliberately ignored Wei Dongsheng, promoted Lujiang prefect Lu Kang as Yangzhou governor, and worshipped Yangzhou not to drive Liu Ye as Lujiang. Prefect.

This is a strategy of two birds with one stone. He worshiped Liu Ye as Lujiang's prefect but did not grant him the title, and gave him Wei Dongsheng but did not reward him with official positions. Obviously, he wanted to separate Wei Dongsheng, Lu Kang, and Liu Ye. Promoting Lu Kang as Yangzhou governor and granting him the position of Marquis of Wu is because of the cooperation and struggle between the Sacred Gate and Sun Quan. If Jueshengmen regards Yangzhou as its own territory, and Sun Quan invites troops to attack Huainan, the contradiction between the two families will definitely gradually intensify, and eventually there will be no time to take care of Cao Cao, who is on the edge of Lujiang County.

As for the final ownership of Yangzhou, Cao doesn't care at all.

Moreover, Yangzhou is said to be Yangzhou, but considering the actual occupation of Jiangnan by Sun Quan and the division of Lujiang County by Sun Quan and Lu Kang from the north to south, Yangzhou Provincial Governor has only one more jurisdiction over Jiujiang County than Lujiang Prefect. Compared with Cao Cao's longevity, what is Jiujiang County?

All these, Lujiang County has poured into four forces.

The first is the Supreme Gate led by Wei Dongsheng, which monopolizes the Dabie Mountains and the six counties of Longshu County, Shu County, Lu'an County, Anfeng County, Yulou County, and Anfeng County.

The second is Zhou Yu who exists in the form of clan. The contradiction between Sun Quan and Zhou Yu was a political contradiction rather than a personal emotional contradiction induced by the belonging of the northern Lujiang County. When Zhou Yu obediently surrendered the northern Lujiang County, the foundation of the contradiction no longer existed. Perhaps in order to show his belly, perhaps to drive Lu Su, Sun Quan soon reconciled with Zhou Yu in good faith. Zhou Yu is now at home, but he can indirectly influence Lu Su and the Yibaoying under the name of Lu Su like other famous clan in Jiangnan, causing Yibaoying to exist independently of the Jiangdong political system. The relationship between Zhou Yu and Lu Su and Sun Quan is more like a vassal cooperation, rather than a humble emperor.

The third is the trouble-free camp built by Sun Quan himself. After Sun Quan believed that Lujiang County Zhong Ling Yuxiu said, he quickly passed Zhou Yu, Lu Su, and other civil servants and generals, and concentrated resources to establish his own longevity force, which he named the Jiefang Camp. Jiefan camp is supported by the Jiangdong regime and directly governs Xunyang County in Qichun County and Linhu County and Xiang'an County in Lujiang County in the south. On the other hand, Yibaoying, which Zhou Yu indirectly affected, can only directly administer Wanxian and Songzi counties, and there is a concern that the camp will come from behind.

The fourth is Liao'an County, which Cao Cao personally suppressed.

Digression supplement: Songzi County was previously set up by Sun Quan and then placed under Lu Su; the original Lujiang County, Juchao County, has been plagued by soldiers since Zang dominance defeated Han Dang, and the old city has gradually become a white place. Yangzhou Governor Wen Hui moved Juchao County to the mouth of Chaohu Lake. The mouth of Chaohu Lake is not within the scope of the original Lujiang County, nor is it favored by the effective range of longevity seeds. Juchao County is equivalent to being moved out of Lujiang County.

Until 220, the original Lujiang County area, currently only 12 counties. Jueshengmen actually occupies 6 counties, Sun Quan actually occupies 3 counties, Zhou Yu actually occupies 2 counties, and Cao Cao actually occupies 1 county. The above is the new pattern of longevity in Lujiang County.

Let's stop here for the time being the political situation.

The longevity seed had a very weak influence on the historical process before. Even if Zhou Yu and Lu Su did not participate in the Battle of Chibi, they ultimately failed to reverse the historical trend of the three kingdoms.

Cao Cao is different. As an unquestionable northern overlord, his life or death is closely related to the current situation in Kyushu. Take a simple example. In the real world history, after Cao Cao died of illness, Qingzhou soldiers beat the drums and went, and the conflict between the central and local governments represented by Zangba suddenly intensified. In order to guard against Zangba's problems, Cao Xiu moved four times within a year; but Zangba, he couldn't do anything about it, and gradually extinguished his thoughts of making meritorious deeds in the latter half of his life and retired to become a rich man. Now that Cao Cao is fused with the seeds of longevity to save his life, and in the future it is possible to live like Lu Kang to more than ninety years old, will Qingzhou soldiers still dare to beat the drums?

The answer is obvious.

The similar effects are numerous. Although Cao Cao has been banned from Lujiang County from now on, this banner can span the distance and suppress all his subjects. Cao Pi's prime ministerial position and Lord Wei are also very embarrassing. Cao Cao must be consulted on every major military affairs and every important personnel matter. Cao Cao vetoed it, and Cao Pi didn't want to implement the New Deal smoothly.

In real-world history, the next month after Cao Cao passed away, Cao Pi promoted Jia Xu to the position of Taiwei, Doctor Hua Xin of Yushi as Xiangguo, Wang Lang of Dali as Doctor of Yushi, former General Xiahoudun as General, and so on. The Cao family's usurpation of Han also speeded up abruptly. At the end of the year, Liu Xie was forced to give in, and there was Wei Wuhan in the world. Cao's usurpation of Han may be a destined historical process, but Liu Xie's resignation time obviously depends on Cao Pi's will. And if Cao Cao is immortal and Cao Pi retreats to the second line, whether the Cao family will usurp the Han and the time will depend on Cao Cao's will.

Cao cao can endure from the battle of Guandu to the battle of Chibi, and then from the battle of Chibi to the battle of Xiangfan, obviously not as anxious as Cao Pi for a year. Even if Cao Cao is eager to usurp Han to ascend to the throne, patiently endure for another three to five years, it is a natural result.

One more thing, why doesn't Cao Cao want to usurp Han?

There may be many reasons, and outsiders can only guess vaguely.

Wei Dongsheng felt that he could understand Cao Cao's hesitation.

Later generations reading the history books of the Three Kingdoms may think that usurping the throne is a simple matter. As long as the strength is reached, it will be enough to rush the Liu Han emperor to step down. However, it is difficult for the gentry and common people of the late Han Dynasty to agree with such values. Looking back at history, from the Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasties to the Qin and Han Dynasties, apart from the usurpation of vassal states such as the Tian's Daiqi, which dynasty originated from the usurpation of the throne by powerful officials? Wang Mang was the first case of usurping the throne at the dynasty level in the true sense, and the only case for Cao Cao's reference. Think of the hearts of all the people before Wang Mang usurped the throne, think about the flames of war after Wang Mang usurped the throne, Cao Cao dare not feel cold?

With Wang Mang's precedent, how dare Cao Cao usurp the Han?

People's hearts are not undaunted.

We must never underestimate the hearts of the contemporary people. Just like the game between capitalism and feudalism, at the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, capitalism banned feudalism was the general trend of popular sentiment; while in the Tang and Song dynasties where capitalism had not fully defeated feudalism, the feudal monarch was the popular trend. The general trend, the fate of rashly promoting capitalist values ​​or communist values ​​can be imagined.

Usurpation can also be regarded as a trend of thought, just as the people who prospered the feudal empire would not accept the values ​​of capitalism, the people of the empire who were hostile to usurpation could hardly accept the values ​​of the usurpation of the throne by the officials. Especially with Wang Mang's disastrous ending, Cao Cao and other officials, entangled in hesitating whether to usurp the Han is a normal struggle.

As a digression, even if Cao Pi succeeded in taking the risk, the internal reasons for the subsequent collapse of Cao Wei Duanzuo and Sima Jin were investigated, and the sequelae of usurping the throne of the country's unfairness could not be avoided.

Cao cao hesitated for a lifetime.

The banner of Cao Cao will not fall, and perhaps it will continue. The heir Cao Pi does not have to make a desperate bet to accelerate the process of Cao's usurpation of Han.

The above is the direct influence of Cao Cao's fusion of the seeds of longevity. Cao Pi proclaimed the emperor and Cao Wei Huang Chu Nian had no basis for existence at the moment.

Until 222, the Liu Han Empire was still dying, and Cao Pi was still the king of Wei. Without Cao Cao's permission, Cao Pi would not dare to recklessly usurp the Han as he succeeded to Lord Wei; Liu Bei and Sun Quan would not dare to claim the emperor without the Cao family.

Of course, there are still differences. With the news that Cao Cao would not be able to leave Lujiang County for a half-step spread throughout Kyushu, civil servants and military commanders from all over the country gradually grew cautious. Some military commanders wanted to seize the opportunity to segregate the frontiers, and some civil servants approached Cao Pi with the idea of ​​"one emperor and one courtier". Although Cao Cao is still the unquestionable main banner, there are more and more civil servants and generals gathered around Cao Pi, and some of them refuse to be dispatched by Cao Cao in order to win the trust of Cao Pi. The longer Cao Cao stayed in Liao'an, the more Cao Pi's actual power expanded, and the father and son gradually became separated due to power conflicts.

Before and after 220 years, Northern China gradually presented different styles of pictures.

Perhaps this is "the sky is no two days, and man has no duality."

Let's stop here for the time being the various derived from Cao Cao Changsheng.

Let's talk about the external environment.

Cao Cao and Cao Pi did not usurp the Han, and Liu Bei could only call himself the King of Hanzhong. Liu Bei is also a hero in troubled times, and will never hide in Yizhou, waiting for Cao Cao to recast the order of Kyushu. At the beginning of 220, when Cao Cao was found to be seriously ill, Liu Bei began to actively prepare to take advantage of the chaos and expand. Although Cao Cao’s fusion of the seeds of longevity stopped aging and changed the course of history, Liu Bei felt that Cao’s forbidding Lujiang County to punish him and Cao Cao and Cao Pi’s father and son gradually became separated might be a good opportunity, so he still thought that Guan Yu’s revenge launched an Eastern campaign. Ten thousand troops smashed to Jingzhou.

In the real world history, Cao Cao passed away, Cao Pi usurped Han, Liu Bei held high the banner of revenge for Guan Yu, and smashed to Soochow. In the face of the arrogant Liu Bei, Sun Quan claimed to Cao Pi for repairs to avoid fighting on the two fronts. On the other hand, he urgently appointed Lu Xun as the governor of the city and commanded 50,000 troops to face Liu Bei. In the end, Lu Xunyi’s Mausoleum burned the company camp for 700 miles, almost completely wiped out Liu Bei’s main force. The Battle of Yiling, the Battle of Guandu, and the Battle of Chibi are also known as the three major battles that established the political structure of the Three Kingdoms.

How will the battle of Yiling evolve in the millennium killing world?

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