"This is true for most princes. As long as the emperor is around you, the lord can definitely save a lot of things and issue various edicts that are beneficial to you directly in the name of the emperor. At the same time, your official position can be further respected. Even if you are appointing yourself as prime minister, your final achievement is only here, because you are on the banner of respecting the emperor, and many people under your command also surrender to you because you respect the emperor. This leads to assisting you without knowing whether so many people respect the emperor or are loyal to you. In this way, the lord will have constraints on doing many things. You must not only worry about the emperor's feelings, but also the feelings of the ministers, especially your current identity."

Hu Zhao paused for a moment and said, "After all, lord, you are the emperor's brother-in-law, the princess' husband, especially now the princess is still in charge of the Secretariat. Although this is the emperor's favor, this is the title given before the princess got married. So on the other hand, we also reflect that this is the emperor's checks and balances against the lord, unless the princess is a person who does not want to be greedy for power, or he turns to the lord unconditionally regardless of the royal interests, but this possibility is almost zero, so if the lord does things and ignores the face of the emperor.

Not to mention all officials and ministers, even if the princess knows, she will not let go with the lord. In this way, the lord can only work for the lord. Moreover, once the emperor is unhappy, he can dismiss or weaken the lord's position at any time. Therefore, this is not a wise approach. Therefore, instead of doing this, it is better to give the lord the emperor to Cao Cao. In this way, the lord does not need to look at the face of others when doing things, and it can also arouse the common hatred of the princess and the civil and military officials, and also ensure the loyalty of the civil and military officials under his command, which is greatly beneficial to the lord's great cause."

Pei Qing was immediately in deep thought after hearing this. Hu Zhao's thought was really shocking. Even Pei Qing had never thought before that he had another way to go besides wielding the emperor to command the princes. But now thinking about it, Hu Zhao's statement is indeed reasonable. Because the emperor is in Chang'an, he did not know whether the civil and military officials under his command were loyal to him or the Han court, nor did he know whether many new talents came for him or the court. This issue of loyalty has always troubled him. If he did what Hu Zhao suggested, the issue of loyalty could be solved smoothly.

"But without the call of the emperor, wouldn't I have no advantage of the emperor?" Pei Qing certainly knew that without the emperor, the civil and military officials under his command would be more pure, but after all, using the emperor to make the princes can bring him huge benefits. The two are weighed, and the interests of the emperor are greater. Pei Qing still understands this, so he still has some difficulty in choosing.

But Hu Zhao smiled and said, "The lord's concerns are actually unreasonable. Although you do not have the emperor around you, you are a royal relative after all, and there is a princess by your side. This is your political advantage. Although it is still not as good as the emperor, as long as you find a way to get some benefits from the emperor, such as Bai Qiang and Huang Yue, and the general of the military affairs of China and abroad, you can completely make up for the losses caused by the loss of the emperor. At the same time, the lord can also make the civil and military under your command more sincerely united. This is actually more beneficial than the emperor staying in Chang'an before."

"I understand," Pei Qing was immediately delighted when he heard this, bowed to Hu Zhao and said, "Mr. These words made Qing Ru very enlightened. Fortunately, he got help from Mr., otherwise Qing would have taken many detours."

Pei Qing then completely realized that he used the emperor to make the princes have its advantages, but also its disadvantages. For example, Cao Cao relied on this means in history to expand his strength and gain political advantages. However, it was precisely because of this that he only wanted to be a Duke, but he was opposed by Xun Yu. Although he was successfully named Duke, or even a king later, he never dared to take that last step. He could only place his hope on his son and chose to be King Wen of Zhou helplessly.

Although Pei Qing never said anything to Hu Zhao, Hu Zhao already knew that his relationship with Pei Qing had further. This step would allow him to gain a great advantage in the future. As long as Pei Qing can take the position of supreme in the future, he will definitely be the most trustworthy minister under Pei Qing's command.

"But I can't take advantage of this guy Cao Cao. He has taken such a big advantage for me. I must steal his genes. It may be useful in the future." Pei Qing smiled faintly and said silently.

Just the next day, Pei Qing received news that it was Cao Cao's visit, and he was secretly happy. It was really hungry that someone gave him steamed buns, and someone gave him a pillow when he was sleepy.

Pei Qing then met Cao Cao. Both of them were cunning people and had a few secret confrontations with each other, but they were like nothing, and they both acted very intimate on the surface. Cao Cao admired Pei Qing's achievements and gave Pei Qing a pair of white walls, ten pearls, and various gifts to Pei Qing on his wedding.

Pei Qing naturally wanted to be very grateful to Cao Cao. He immediately accepted the gift solemnly, expressed his appreciation to Cao Cao, and then said a lot of unnutritious social talks. Cao Cao bowed farewell to Pei Qing.

Pei Qing immediately moved the gift Cao Cao gave him to him to the secret room after Cao Cao left, not because the gift was so precious, but mainly because Cao Cao's fingerprints were left on the gift box. Pei Qing could extract Cao Cao's genes from these fingerprints. Although under the current conditions, the genes extracted from hair and fingerprints could not be made into injections, as long as there were genes, there would always be solutions.

"Haha, now I have stolen Cao Cao's genes, and at least I can know his attributes, so I can deal with him in a targeted manner in the future."

Pei Qing then put the extracted Cao Cao gene into a box for testing. Soon after, a string of information was displayed on the computer: "Cao Cao, a monarchical talent, has 75 military power, 96 command, 91 intelligence, 94 internal affairs, 93 talent, traits are treacherous heroes, and has trait effects. When performing a conspiracy, he adds 3 points to his own intelligence. If the opponent's military advisor's intelligence is lower than the one with the one with the highest intelligence, the chance of being seen through the conspiracy is reduced by 50%. If the opponent's military advisor's intelligence is higher than the one with the highest intelligence, the chance of being seen through the conspiracy is increased by 30%.

"Haha, it turns out that Cao Cao has such a characteristic. This is also interesting. In other words, as long as we have a top military advisor, we can see through his conspiracy. For example, this time, he wanted to deceive Dong Cheng and kidnap the little emperor, but Hu Zhao saw through his conspiracy. As for the last time he built Luoyang, he conspired to use the emperor to command the princes, the reason why he was so difficult was probably seen through was because Cao Cao had the intelligence around him at least not less than his own intelligence value.
Chapter completed!