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Yang Tian is a very special person. Although his official position is not very high, he has no official qualifications. He started his business because of reporting the Yang Cui case. He is inferior and despised by the ministers. It is just because he is Cao Pi's confidant and holds real power. Although the ministers look down on him, they are very afraid of him.

However, deep in Yang Tian's heart, there was another unknown secret. For many years, he had been Cao Pi's personal aide and was sent to Chengdu to seize the power of intelligence. However, due to a series of accidental encounters, he became a double-faced spy, not only doing things for Cao Pi, but also secretly conveying intelligence to the Han Dynasty.

After leaving Cao Pi's mansion, Yang Tian did not return to his mansion, but took a carriage to a tavern on the south side of Guangyangmen Street. The tavern was named Jin Tavern, which was run by a Bingzhou merchant. Seeing that the lights were still on in the tavern, Yang Tian got off the carriage and walked quickly towards the tavern.

At this time, the hour of Hai was over, the night was cold and the streets were deserted, and there was no pedestrian. The tavern was closed, and the bartenders were busy cleaning the tables.

Yang Tian pushed the door and walked in. A bartender immediately greeted him, bowed and said with apologies: "This guest, I'm sorry, the tavern is closed, come again tomorrow."

"Where is your shopkeeper?" Yang Tian asked unhappily.

At this time, the shopkeeper came out and immediately smiled and said, "It turned out to be Yang Zhongcheng, I haven't been here for a long time."

Yang Tian nodded, "I want to have a drink, is it okay now?"

"sure"

The shopkeeper quickly scolded the bartender, "You are all blind. This is the censor Yang Zhongcheng. Should I go and boil two wine and serve some side dishes?"

The bartenders muttered and quickly ran to prepare the food and drinks. At this time, the shopkeeper invited Yang Tian to a elegant room on the second floor, smiled meaningfully, and left quickly.

Soon, the wine and food were brought. Yang Tian was drinking slowly while waiting patiently. About a quarter of an hour later, the door of the elegant room opened, and a person walked in from outside. He was thin and tall, with a smart face. This person was Li Fu.

This Jin tavern was indeed opened by merchants from Bingzhou, and was not an intelligence agency of the Han army. However, the shopkeeper of the tavern was a secret Han army intelligence officer. He had only one task, and made a single-line contact for Li Fu and Yang Tian, ​​in order to protect Yang Tian’s secret.

Li Fu lived nearby and got the news of the shopkeeper, so he rushed to the tavern immediately. He knew that Yang Tian must have something to do to find him. Li Fu sat down opposite Yang Tian and smiled and said, "Yang Zhongcheng seems to be very busy today."

"Yes, today's life has been decided, and the two Cao brothers have officially turned against each other. Cao Zhi will be exiled to Xuchang tomorrow."

"Cao Cao has begun to clean up Cao Zhi's power."

Yang Tian shook his head, but nodded immediately, "Cao Cao really wants to clean up, and he forced Cao Zhi to ask for a list of supporters, but it is probably because it involves a wide range of areas. Cao Cao will not take full action for the time being, but will gradually clean up."

Speaking of this, Yang Tian sighed and said, "Actually, I am looking for the army to clarify one thing, which side do you support Cao Pi or Cao Zhi?"

Li Fu smiled and said, "What a coincidence. Today, Sima Shangshu arrived and happened to talk to me about this. His Highness the King of Han meant to muddle the waters of Wei and make them more chaotic. We must make the two brothers fight in the internal struggle and weaken the Wei State to the greatest extent possible."

Yang Tian nodded, "I understand. Cao Pi asked me to closely monitor the Secretary Ling Zhong Yao and the Shizhong Wang Jie. These two were Cao Zhi's biggest supporters, but Cao Pi also ignored a loophole, that is, Cui Lin. If Cao Zhi wanted to find Zhong Yao or Wang Jie, he would not look for them directly, but would look for Cui Lin first and ask Cui Lin to forward the message for him."

"You mean, as long as you monitor the interaction between Cui Lin, Zhong and Wang, you can roughly know Cao Zhi's intentions."

"That's what I mean. I reminded Cao Pi, but he didn't understand, so I won't say it again."

Li Fu's heart was secretly in his heart. Although Yang Tian was despicable and was lucky enough to rise to a high position under the support of the Han Dynasty, he could not be said to be stupid and incompetent. He still had some skills, otherwise Cao Pi would not attach so much importance to him.

Li Fu put away his contempt for Yang Tian, ​​took a sip of wine and smiled faintly: "His Royal Highness Han has no specific requirements. As long as you can achieve the ultimate goal, everything will be controlled by you. If we need to cooperate, you can just bring it up."

Yang Tian pondered for a moment, drank the wine in the glass and released it heavily and said, "I need money, at least five taels of gold."

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The next morning, Sima Yi had just finished washing and ate something. At this moment, the follower came to report, "Cao Pi of Wei asked to meet the Secretary of the Shang Dynasty."

Sima Yi pondered for a moment, immediately understood, stood up and smiled at the deputy envoy Qin Mi, "Since he is already in the Wei Dynasty, we should be well-polite and go out to greet him."

Qin Mi nodded, and the two walked out of the VIP hotel together. On the steps outside the gate, Cao Pi was walking back and forth with his hands behind his back, waiting patiently for Sima Yi to come out. Yesterday's Shizhiqing had passed, and today he returned to normal court handling. However, after having the status of Shi, he became more confident and more enthusiastic about the court affairs in his hands.

Today, Cao Pi officially represented Cao Cao to negotiate with Sima Yi and decided the final fate of the Xiongnu in Bingzhou.

"Congratulations to the world." Sima Yi and deputy envoy Qin Mi smiled and greeted him from the gate.

Cao Pi quickly bowed and apologized: "I came here so early to disturb Sima Shangshu."

"It's okay, please come in"

Cao Pi nodded to Qin Mi again, then walked into the guesthouse and came to the guesthouse. The guests and hosts sat down. Some followers took tea. Cao Pi smiled and asked Qin Mi, "I don't seem to know any position in the Han Dynasty."

Qin Mi bowed slightly and said, "I am not working in Chang'an, I am a military official, and it is normal that I don't understand it in the world."

Sima Yi smiled and added: "Qin joined the army and was the marching Sima under the Han King's tent. He was responsible for the matters such as memorials and handling prisoners of war. This time, he also created the prisoners of war in the Huns and finally handed over to Pingzhangtai."

Cao Pi thought to himself: It seems that they know my purpose, so Qin Mi attended the meeting.

Thinking of this, Cao Pi smiled and said, "Since Qin joined the army, I can better explain my purpose."

Cao Pi sat upright and then slowly said: "I came to visit you today, mainly on my father's entrustment to talk to you about the ownership of the Xiongnu in Bingzhou. Originally, we hoped that the Han State would hand over the Xiongnu, the prisoner of war, to Wei, but yesterday Xu Changshi also reported to his father. It seems that the Han State also hoped that we would hand over the Xiongnu women, children, and young people in Bingzhou to Guanzhong. Since both sides think of these populations, we need to find a solution that satisfies both sides."

Sima Yi also said frankly: "We do need population, especially the areas around Guannei and Heshuo, which have a fertile field of thousands of miles and a large number of people are needed to re-reclaim. Although they are the Xiongnu in Bingzhou, we also believe that under the protection of the Han army, these Xiongnu will gradually settle down and become self-cultivated farmers. This is not only the interests of the Han Kingdom, but also the interests of the entire Han Dynasty. It will take decades. So the Han King means that if Duke Wei can agree to use the Xiongnu to reclaim the northern part of Bingzhou, we are willing to send the Xiongnu prisoners of war back free of charge."

"The Han King's mind is admirable, but the northern part of Bingzhou does not need the Huns to cultivate them for the time being. If you are willing to give some compensation, we are willing to send more than 200,000 Hun women and children to Guanzhong."

Cao Pi was not trapped by Sima Yi's words of willingness to send the Hun prisoners of war back to the place for free. He just underestimated the mind of the King of Han and directly made his own request, asking for someone, but he needed compensation.

Sima Yi and Qin Mi looked at each other, and Qin Mi took the initiative to ask: "I don't know what kind of compensation the Wei State needs."

Cao Pi pondered for a moment and said slowly: "We need food as compensation, and one person can eat one stone."

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Half an hour later, in Tongque Palace, Cao Pi reported to his father Cao Cao about his negotiations with Sima Yi. "Reporting to my father, Sima Yi has made a clear statement that they will not give us the Hun prisoners of war, but they need our Hun prisoners, and we also mentioned the transaction."

"Then did they agree to a total of 250,000 stones of grain." Cao Cao smiled with great interest.

"They said they could not get 250,000 stones of grain, and they could only give 100,000 stones of grain at most, and add 500,000 sheepskins. In addition, as additional conditions, they promised to cancel the monthly grain subsidy required by the Han army to withdraw from Hefei."

This condition is not bad. If the Han army really started war in Hefei in April, they would be able to save 50,000 stones of grain compensation. In fact, they would use 500,000 sheets of sheepskin to compensate for 100,000 stones of grain. Judging from the market price, they took advantage.

But Cao Cao was not concerned about the benefits of this kind of businessman. He pondered for a moment and asked again: "Did you talk about how to avoid the battle in Hefei?"

Cao Pi nodded, "The boy asked Sima Yi specifically. Although he did not say it clearly, he took the initiative to talk about Luoyang, saying that the King of Han yearned for Luoyang, and the implication was to exchange Luoyang for the ceasefire in Hefei."

Cao Cao sneered and said, "Since that's the case, there is no need to talk about Hefei anymore. Go and tell Sima Yi that I will accept his plan to exchange the Huns, and I will ask that the exchange be completed when the New Year comes."

Cao Pi knew that his father did not want to consume food on the Huns anymore and was eager to send them away. He immediately nodded and said, "The child will go and say it immediately, and in addition, when will his father set out to Hefei?"

Cao Cao thought for a while and said, "I originally went to Hefei after the New Year, but since Liu Jing refused to make concessions on Hefei, I will go now. Hefei needs to speed up the construction of the city wall and must be completed before April."
Chapter completed!