Sima Yi's forehead was almost pressed against the ground, and he couldn't help but become nervous. He had assisted the three heroes of the Wei Kingdom. Taizu Xiong was extremely guessing and suspected that he had killed him. The late emperor gave Sima Yi the opportunity to achieve success and become famous in a short period of time. Cao Rui was mean and polite, and his plot and defense towards people's hearts were even more serious than Cao Cao. This made Sima Yi always feel fear when facing him.

When Cao Rui saw Sima Yi entering the hall, he forced himself to sit up and said weakly: "I am afraid that I will not see you. If I can see you today, I will die without regret."

Sima Yi smiled bitterly and said, "I heard that Your Majesty's body was uneasy, and I wish I could have my ribs and wings flying to the palace. Today I can see the dragon face, which is my blessing."

Cao Rui coughed, "It's a good thing for my dear to return."

If the performance was mentioned, except for the young prince Cao Fang and the deep friendship, the rest of them were all the best performers, and they all wiped their eyes with tears. Sima Yi raised his head again, and was already full of tears. He quickly climbed to the front and sobbed, "I have let down Your Majesty's grace and failed to pacify Liaodong. I will die after mercy."

Cao Rui said weakly: "Liaodong... Gongsun, the energy is not over, so there is no need to blame himself. My deadline is coming, and I will not wait for the world. My dearest me to keep this useful body to assist my young son in becoming a talent."

Sima Yi burst into tears, as if he was about to cry and cut off his anger. He said in a trembling voice: "Your Majesty, don't say it is unlucky, I wish I could suffer on your behalf."

Cao Rui waved his hand gently, "Call them in."

The inner palace immediately led the attendant Sun Zi, Liu Fang, and the general Cao Shuang into the hall.

Cao Rui looked at Sima Yi in front of him, and then looked at Cao Shuang, and his eyes fell on Cao Fang again, and said in a trembling voice: "In the past, Liu Xuande was critically ill in Baidi City. He entrusted his youngest son Liu Chan to Zhuge Kongming. Kong Ming was loyal to him. Therefore, he was loyal to him and stopped until his death: This is the case in the country, let alone a great country? My youngest son Cao Fang was only eight years old and could not control the country. Fortunately, the Taiwei and his elder brother, the elders and ministers, tried their best to help each other and did not let my heart down."

All five people present trembled.

Cao Rui winked at Cao Fang. Cao Fang followed his father's instructions and walked closer and hugged Sima Yi's head and neck. The king and his minister hugged their heads and cried bitterly, as if they were a fairy tale of the king and his ministers.

Cao Shuang was at a loss, but except for crying a few times, she couldn't do anything else.

Cao Rui stared at Sima Yi and opened his mouth, "I hope the Grand Marshal will not forget his youngest son's feelings today."

After speaking, he could no longer speak, and only made a sound of Johe. His raised hands also drooped down and fell on the edge of the bed. His eyes were lost. He died immediately and died in the third year of Jingchu, at the age of 36.

Everyone was shocked and cried, and the entire Wei Kingdom fell into sorrow.

The king passed away and the young emperor Cao Fang ascended the throne at the age of eight.

At the ceremony of offering sacrifices to heaven, Sima Yi and Cao Shuang were added, and he was appointed as the minister of military affairs in China and abroad, and recorded the affairs of the Shangshu.

At this time, the two of them were covered in plain clothes and had their own ulterior motives. This situation related to the future situation of the Wei State, and the turbulent struggle between the royal family and the gentry also slowly unfolded by the two.

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Gongsun Xiu, who was in Liaodong, learned that Cao Rui had passed away and the prince Cao Fang ascended the throne, and sent documents to comfort him according to the ritual system.

Once Cao Rui died, only the orphan and widowed mother were left in the royal family of Wei. Cao Shuang, as a branch royal family, became the position of the minister of the regent. After all, Sun Zi was promoted to power alone, with the purpose of pushing Cao Yu and others off the stage. The other regent minister who could be helped was Sima Yi, which would cost his life.

Who is Sima Yi? A top strategist who is good at hiding and disguising can't beat him by Cao Shuang.

But this is also good, which means that Liaodong can get some peace for a period of time.

In April, the snow melted in winter and everything revived. The soldiers and households in Xiangping, Liaotun and Liaokou areas also rushed to work. According to Deng Ai's division, they were 60 people and battalions, each of which was cultivated, and they also cleared the Liao water and irrigated the farmland. The land reclamation is a major project, and there will be no harvest in the first or two years, and it cannot be profitable in the short term.

Deng Ai reported: "The current 30,000 people will be stationed in two tenths. If there is no war, the soldiers will be stationed on the border. If there is any war, they can take up weapons and guards. In the future, the king will send troops to You and Ji, and the food transport along the way can save millions of hu of food."

Gongsun Xiu nodded. Wu Qiu Jian from Youzhou was still there to guard. Maybe one day he would attack Yan State and be prepared for protection. Suddenly, he thought of something and said with a smile: "Shizai thinks that our Yan State builds naval ships and crosses the sea to meet the enemy, how about it?"

Deng Ai frowned: "Shipbuilding?"

"That's certain."

Gongsun Xiu said seriously: "After the old man occupied Liaodong, he built a ship across the sea and ordered the general Liu Yi to seize the counties of Donglai. It was only because Cao Cao sent Zhang Liao to recover the Qingzhou seaside and burned a large number of warships and tower ships that the Liaodong Navy never recovered from then on."

Deng Ai suddenly realized: "What the king meant is to build a ship to prepare for the future attack on Qingzhou?"

"It's not just Qingzhou, but the place I captured in the first place could be Qingzhou."

Gongsun Xiu pointed his fingers, Liaoxi County, Youbeiping County, Bohai County, and Donglai County, and smiled and said, "Use Dazhu as the key military point to establish a naval port. As long as the navy is strong enough to attack the nearest Donglai County, across the sea, the narrowest part is only less than 200 miles. If you can block this place, the people within a few hundred miles of the coast of the inner sea counties can all plunder their men and women to fill Liaodong."

The name Dazhu may sound unfamiliar, but I believe most people have heard of its modern place name - Lushun. As the watershed between the Bohai Sea and the Yellow Sea, Lushun is extremely important in both ancient and modern times.

The Liaodong Peninsula is across the sea from the Shandong Peninsula, and it has convenient transportation for navigation. Among them, the north-south distance between Penglai Point of Shandong Peninsula and Laotie Mountain Point of Liaodong Peninsula is only 180 miles away. At this small distance, famous scholars such as Taishi Ci, Guan Ning, Wang Lie and others all took a boat from the Shandong Peninsula to Liaodong to avoid disaster.

Deng Ai took a deep breath, thinking that the king's thoughts were crazy, and this was to treat the entire Bohai Sea as the inland sea of ​​Yan State. If it could really create an extremely powerful naval ship, this would not be impossible.

But it is not a simple problem to create a powerful navy.

The first is manpower and material resources, and the second is technical personnel.

In terms of manpower, Liaodong currently has more than 300,000 people, and it is not short of manpower. It is not difficult for technicians. After all, Liaodong's naval team and craftsmen are there, and they have always had experience in building ships. Gongsun Yuan even built ships around the Shandong Peninsula, got in touch with Sun Quan, and traded with each other.

Now there is no shortage of manpower and no shortage of technology. Gongsun Xiu is the King of Yan, and as long as he hopes to build a large seaship, it can be easily built.

But the problem is that Yan State can build, Wei State and Wu State can also build. Compared with the shipbuilding speed of Wei and Wu State launching war machines, it must be more fierce and faster than Yan State, and will always be beaten by one end.

If you don’t create a sea boat that overtakes on a curve, don’t want to fight them to the end.

When Jia Fan heard that Gongsun Xiu had the intention of building a sea boat, he couldn't help but smile: "If the king wants to build a ship, he doesn't need to look elsewhere, just look for the Liu brothers."

Gongsun Xiu was stunned: "Brothers of Liu?"
Chapter completed!