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Although Liu Jing was very polite to Hua Xin, he did not make any concessions on the issue of principle, and he would never accommodate etiquette. Regardless of whether Hua Xin represented Cao Pi or not, he was not qualified to negotiate directly with Liu Jing. On the principle of reciprocity, he should negotiate with the prime minister.

Hua Xin was anxious for a moment, and forgot this, and was coldly rejected by Liu Jing. Hua Xin suddenly turned red and said apologetically: "It's abrupt person."

Liu Jing smiled and gave Sima Yi a wink. Sima Yi understood and stood up and smiled, "Please please, Shizhong Hua!"

Sima Yi invited Hua Xin out of the big account and went to discuss other accounts, while Liu Jing slowly drank tea and pondered, thinking about how to take advantage of the opportunity of internal strife in Cao Wei.

Soon, Sima Yi returned to Liu Jing's tent. He did not receive Liu Jing's specific instructions, but listened to Hua Xin's plan. He smiled and reported to Liu Jinghui: "To be honest, I didn't expect Cao Pi to make such a request. They made a request, the first was to release Cao Ren, the second was to release prisoners of war, and the second was to hope that the Han army could evacuate Qingzhou. In return, Cao's army was willing to give up Luoyang and let Xu Huang's army evacuate Luoyang."

This remark made Liu Jing laugh. What did Cao Pi mean? Did he think the Central Plains War was the victory of Cao's army? Is this the sincerity of seeking for himself?

Sima Yi pondered for a moment and said, "I don't think Cao Pi is so ignorant of the current affairs. This should be Cao Pi's temptation."

"What are you trying to test?" Liu Jing asked.

"He hopes that Your Highness will take the initiative to propose the conditions, and the request he made is the most critical. The other two requests are just his cover-up."

Liu Jing nodded, Sima Yi's analysis made sense. He pondered for a moment and said: "It is not impossible to release Cao Ren and the prisoners of war. I can agree to withdraw from Qingzhou for a while, but I only have one condition, that is, to abolish the current pseudo-heaven, and Cao Pi can temporarily plan the government as the prime minister of the state, until the lord of the world ascends the throne."

It should be said that the conditions proposed by Liu Jing are very harsh. This is no longer a regular condition for you to fight for a single stone. It is a political condition, ten times more harsh than the conditions that required to ensure the safety of Queen Fu. Of course, Liu Jing has this confidence. As for whether Cao Pi agreed or not, he didn't care.

Sima Yi was also secretly surprised. He did not expect that Liu Jing would put forward such harsh conditions, how could Cao Pi agree? But after a second thought, he realized that if Cao Pi really got out of the predicament, it would be detrimental to them to unify the world. Therefore, he put forward harsh conditions. If Cao Pi was forced to agree, they would at least be able to offset the benefits and losses.

Sima Yi smiled and said, "I understand, so I will negotiate with Hua Xin now."

Liu Jing said again: "Tell Hua Xin that if he comes to see me again, let him go to Chang'an."

The next morning, Liu Jing ended the inspection of Dongjun and also ended the inspection of various parts of the Central Plains, and took the Luoyang Line to return to Chang'an.

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Just as Liu Jing received information, Cao Pi was indeed facing great pressure. This pressure was caused by Cao Zhi and Cao Zhang's forced palace, as well as the distrust of ministers in him. When the news of the disastrous defeat of the Central Plains War reached Yedu, the government and the country were in an uproar. No one thought it was Cao Ren's responsibility. It was obvious that the responsibility lies in Cao Pi's failure to deal with it.

This battle brought Cao Pi's prestige to freezing point. If Cao Pi used the Wei Satire case to slap Cao Zhi's supporters before, which had aroused public anger, then the disastrous defeat in the Battle of Central Plains made many ministers who originally supported him begin to be dissatisfied with him.

What made Cao Pi even more frightened was that his second brothers Cao Zhang and Xiahou Dun were brave enough to mobilize their troops without authorization. Cao Zhang took advantage of his absence from Yedu to rob the 20,000 Youzhou troops in Beidaying. Xiahou Dun was even more overwhelmed and transferred 20,000 troops from Bingzhou, leaving 40,000 of the 50,000 troops in Yedu were not under his control. A mutiny was about to happen.

The government and the public were guided by Cao Zhi, and the army was controlled by Cao Zhang and Xiahou Dun. The attack on Wu was aggravated, which made Cao Pi very worried. At the same time, he had no choice but to send Hua Xin to Dongjun to negotiate with Liu Jing in an attempt to regain some reputation. On the other hand, he sent his confidant to Qingzhou and transferred Cao Xiu's army into Yedu.

For several days, Cao Pi was overwhelmed by anxiety and concern. The calls for him to bear the responsibility for defeat in the court and the public were getting higher and higher. Cao Pi knew very well that this was his brother Cao Zhi planning behind the scenes, but he had no choice but to do anything. More and more officials were inclined toward his younger brother. This was not only affected by the defeat of the Central Plains, but the deeper reason was the adverse impact of the Ding Ling on him.

Although Ding Ling was in a state of being in name only, and his father was seriously ill and Cao Pi was unable to promote it, the major families who suffered heavy losses in the early stage turned the contradictions of hatred at him, making him passive in politics.

With internal and external troubles, Cao Pi felt physically and mentally exhausted. He felt that it was necessary to seek help from his father. In the outer hall of Tongque Palace, Cao Pi waited for almost an hour, but there was no news. He felt a little restless and stood up and said to a guard: "Go and take a look, what's going on in the palace?"

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Doctor Wang walking out quickly. Cao Pi was stunned and felt a little bad in his heart. He hurriedly stepped forward and asked, "What's wrong with my father?"

Doctor Wang sighed, "It's better to go back!"

Cao Pi suddenly became anxious, grabbed his clothes and said viciously: "Do you say it?"

The Imperial Doctor Wang had no choice but to whisper to Cao Pi: "Duke Wei has been in a coma for two days and has not woken up yet."

Cao Pi was stunned and slowly let go of his hand. Doctor Wang quickly tidied up his clothes and said, "This is not the first time. After waking up, he became very excited and unconscious. He didn't even recognize your mother. He said that your mother wanted to harm him and ordered someone to push your mother out and kill him. Fortunately, everyone knew the truth and did not obey his orders. Now even your mother dared not see him."

"What's going on?"

"I don't know either. Some people say that Mr. Wei was involved in evil and wanted to ask a wizard to exorcise evil, but my experience is a kind of reflection."

"How long will my father last?"

"Let's do our best! Better to last until the end of the year or the beginning of next year. If the will of heaven is not going well, then it will only last until around November."

Cao Pi was unable to wait for his father's help, and he returned to his mansion in a daze. As soon as he entered the door, a guard stepped forward and said, "Report to the world, Shizhong Hua is back, and now he is waiting in the study."

This is also the news that Cao Pi had been looking forward to for a long time. He quickly helped himself to the study room outside. As soon as he entered the door, Hua Xin quickly got up and saluted, "See the world!"

Cao Pi waved his hand and closed the door casually. He sat down and asked nervously, "How are you talking to Liu Jing?"

"Reporting to Shi, I first discussed with Sima Yi and proposed Shi's plan, but Liu Jing refused."

Cao Pi was not surprised. This was completely as expected. His plan was just a temptation, not his real condition. He hurriedly asked: "Did Liu Jing propose the conditions?"

Hua Xin nodded and hesitated: "Sima Yi did put forward the conditions for Liu Jing..."

"What is it?" Cao Pi leaned forward, his face was very nervous. He was eager to know Liu Jing's conditions.

"Tell me quickly, don't hesitate."

Hua Xin had no choice but to continue: "Liu Jing said he could agree to Shi's request, but he had a condition to demand that Shi dethrone the current heaven, and he agreed to Shi as the Prime Minister of the Han Dynasty."

Cao Pi was stunned for a while. He shook his head and said to himself: "How is this possible!"

Hua Xin also smiled bitterly. He knew that this condition was indeed harsh. If the world agreed to this condition, it would undoubtedly be a disguised recognition of Liu Jing as the Great Han Dynasty. Cao Pi would not only suffer a crushing defeat on the battlefield, but also completely lose in politics.

But then again, there are few people who recognize the young children's heaven established by Cao Pi. The Han Dynasty in Yedu has been in name only. If Cao Pi abolished this young children's heaven, the loss will not be great. Moreover, Cao Pi can continue to serve as the prime minister of the state, which is still the prime minister recognized by Liu Jing.

Although Hua Xin thought so in his heart, he did not dare to say it. Cao Pi had to figure out such a thing out himself. As a subordinate, he could only stop.

When Hua Xin saw Cao Pi fall into deep thought, he whispered: "I'm going to leave first!"

"Go!"

Cao Pi waved his hand. He really didn't want anyone next to him to disturb his thoughts. Hua Xin bowed and stepped down.

Cao Pi walked to the window with his hands behind his back and looked at the sky full of sunset. He couldn't help but sigh.

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As Xiahou Dun led his army back to Yedu, the power structure of Yedu became complicated, and Cao Pi was no longer the bigger one. In fact, Cao Pi was already at a disadvantage.

The 20,000 Youzhou troops in the Northern Army Camp were regained military power by Cao Zhang, while the more than 10,000 Cao troops on the north bank of the Yellow River in Wei County were restrained by the Han army and could not withdraw to Yedu. Now Xiahou Dun led another 20,000 troops to garrison in the Southern Army Camp of Yedu. Only 10,000 Huben Guards and Qianchengmen Army led by Xu Chu were left in the city.

The soldiers of Thousand City Defense were mainly troops guarding the nine gates of Yedu. They were originally only soldiers of Wei County and were affiliated with local governments and ranked at the bottom of the Cao army system. They were far inferior to regular troops in terms of equipment, supplies, and social status, and do not need to be compared with the Hu Ben Guards in the same city.

But it was such a county soldier that had always been despised, which unexpectedly highlighted its importance when the situation in Yedu was subtle.

The general who commanded this thousand-man army was named Chen Guo, who was appointed as the commander of Wei County. Perhaps because of his relatively low official position, Chen Guo neither belonged to Cao Pi's direct line, nor to Cao Zhi's Xiahou faction, nor to Cao Ren's faction. He belonged to a irresponsible territory - Wei County County Office.

Chen Guo was about his early fifties and had a son who could climb trees. In two years, he would be ready to retire from his official position and return to his ancestral home to enjoy the joy of family.

Although Chen Guo had a low status, his family was well off. In fact, due to the chaos at the end of the Han Dynasty, the local officials of each county were controlled by local aristocratic families or powerful people. The aristocratic families followed and powerful people served as military officials. Therefore, the commanders of each county were basically appointed by local powerful people, and Wei County was no exception. Chen Guo's family was a famous powerful family in Wei County.

Chen Guo’s mansion is located in the south of the city, and it is a middle house covering an area of ​​ten acres. The house is not big because of his low status. In a capital like Yedu, he, the Wei County Commander, is really not worth mentioning, but his manor in Anyang covers an area of ​​two hectares, making it the largest manor in Anyang County.

At night, Chen Guo had just returned from the city gate and was sitting alone in the room and drinking a few drinks. Chen Guo’s biggest hobby was to drink good wine. Just when Yedu issued a ban on alcohol, he also brewed wine at home and drank it himself. He would rather not be the chief lieutenant than not have wine for a day.
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