Chapter 1076 Improvements
After thinking about the treatment at the Shu Han side, and then looking at the current treatment, Yang Yi felt even more regretful:
“If I stay in the west, even if I can’t take power, others may not dare to openly neglect me like this.”
Just thinking of his hard work over the years, the prime minister would rather give power to a junior than trust himself.
Yang Yi's resentment suddenly became a little higher than when she was in Guanzhong.
"If not, how could I have ended up in such a situation? After all, it's not the prime minister's unfair rewards and punishments, but Feng Thief's arrogance and domineering?"
snort!
While he was having some random thoughts, Deng Yang finally put away all the drawings and said to Yang Yi:
"Mr. Yang knows what is right and what is wrong. If you want to avoid disaster, go with it. It is very good to go back to the road. It must be hard to come all the way at this time, so it is better to go down and rest first."
"This matter is of great importance. How about I report it to the general and see how the general makes a decision?"
At this point, what else can Yang Yi say? Naturally, it will be whatever the other party says.
After arranging Yang Yi, Deng Yang sat there and pondered.
The look he just made was half an act.
According to what Yang Yi said, these military items are the secret of the Shu captives’ repeated victories over the years.
Whether these words are true or not, it is still right to give them a try.
So he still took the drawings and reported to Cao Shuang again.
Shortly after Cao Shuang returned to the general's house from Deng's house, he learned that Deng Yang was following him, and he couldn't help but be a little surprised:
“Didn’t I say that all this matter will be left to Xuan Mao? Why is Xuan Mao here again?”
Taichung Three Dogs gained Cao Shuang's trust more and more.
From Cao Shuang's point of view, this matter is just a trivial matter, and he believes that Deng Yang can handle it well.
Deng Yang did not hide any more this time and told everything about the conversation he had just had with Yang Yi.
Hearing this, Cao Shuang didn’t take it seriously:
“Didn’t Xuan Mao say before that this person deliberately exaggerated his words to show his official intentions?”
“Why was it that after meeting with Yang Yi, I was persuaded by him?”
Because I wanted to cover up my fault before, so naturally I had to say those words.
Deng Yang was a little embarrassed, but this time, he got himself involved.
He suggested carefully:
“General, in your opinion, why don’t you have someone try to build these things first?”
“It’s up to you.” Cao Shuang waved his hand and yawned, “It’s okay to have someone build it and give it a try.”
Cao Shuang is a fat man who is physically weak. In addition, he worked too hard last night, which has caused him to feel a little depressed.
Deng Yang saw that Cao Shuang was like this and knew that it was not appropriate to mention the matter again, so he had no choice but to agree.
Then he told what he had learned from Yang Yi about Feng Thief and Wei Yan.
Probably it is human nature to listen to gossip.
When he learned that the generals of the Shu army were at odds with each other, Cao Shuang immediately became energetic.
“Is this serious?”
"I just heard that what Yang Yi and his family said is true. I can't make a direct conclusion yet. I have to find a way to investigate and confirm it."
Hearing this, Cao Shuang said "Oh" and said with some regret:
“At this time, Ge Thief had just died, and the Shu puppet emperor had just come into power. If there were any conflicts between the two highest-ranking generals in the Shu army, it would be a great thing for the Wei Dynasty.”
In the past, this matter might have been left to Sima Yi, but at this moment, tut!
“Xuanmao thinks, how can we prove this?”
Deng Yang thought for a moment and suggested:
“Why don’t you let Sun Deda, the governor of Jizhou, think of a way to try it?”
"this…"
Cao Shuang originally wanted to say something like, "Jizhou and Guanzhong are not connected, so if you want to investigate, it's not easy."
But when Deng Yang mentioned Sun Li, he suddenly remembered that in the dispute between Qinghe County and Pingyuan County, Sun Li finally awarded the disputed land to Pingyuan County.
As soon as he thought of this, Cao Shuang felt a sudden tremor in his heart.
Originally, the Cui family in Qinghe had already made an agreement with Cao Shuang. If Cao Shuang could really handle the territorial dispute, he would be grateful afterwards.
From Cao Shuang's point of view, if he can fulfill the wish of the Cui family in Qinghe, he can also take the opportunity to win over the wealthy families in Hebei.
Unexpectedly, Sun De reached Jizhou. Regardless of his own opinions, he directly took out the official map and said that he wanted to divide the territory according to the year when the late emperor was granted the title of King of Pingyuan.
When the news reached Xuchang, Cao Shuang even told Sun Li that the official maps were too vague to be used as reference, and asked Sun Li to ask the local elders again.
Unexpectedly, Sun Li never thought of asking him, a great general, to save any face.
In the end, instead of changing his mind, he wrote a memorial.
To put it bluntly, if He County of the Qing Dynasty did not accept the result of the treatment, it would be a sign of weakness and incompetence as the governor of Jizhou. In fact, he was a person who had nothing to do and asked the court to remove him.
Words such as "weak and incompetent" and "shilu vegetarian meal" deeply hurt Cao Shuang.
I only thought that Sun Li was referring to mulberry trees and scolding huai trees.
Cao Shuang was so angry that he almost went to the court to sentence Sun Li for slandering an important minister.
The handling of this matter really made Cao Shuang lose face in front of the Cui family of Qinghe.
At the same time, it also made the aristocratic family who were just outsiders see the instability of Cao Shuang's status.
It became more difficult for Cao Shuang to win over the wealthy families.
So you say, can Cao Shuang not hate Sun Li so much that his teeth itch?
It's just that except for Sun Li, no one else can get in touch with Shangdang.
Moreover, I heard that it was Wei Yan who led the troops to attack Shangdang.
So Cao Shuang thought about it again and again, and finally endured his disapproval and nodded:
“Forget it, send someone to inform Sun Deda and see if he can investigate the matter.”
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When Sun Li received the news from Cao Shuang from Xuchang, he immediately sneered:
“Cao Zhaobo tried to get me to leave Xuchang, but now he has fulfilled his wish?”
“How long has it been since then? How many things have happened in Xuchang?”
Deng Xuanmao changed his wife from official to official, but he was not satisfied with marrying a princess. He Pingshu (He Yan) was sparse on the outside and Ding Yanjing (Ding Mi) was jealous on the inside.
In Taichung Three Dogs, which is not an empty and well -known guy?
Sun Li was personally promoted to General Commander Shi by Cao Rui, so it was natural that Cao Wei still remained loyal.
When I learned about the changes in Xuchang, I felt sad.
Just thinking about what Cao Shuang did again, he felt a little angry:
“The basis of my judgment is based on the boundary of the late emperor when he was the king of Pingyuan. Cao Zhaobo dared not recognize it at this time, which shows that he has no respect for the late emperor at all.”
Recalling the late emperor's eagerness when he appointed Cao Shuang as general and entrusted him with the prince, Sun Li couldn't help but sigh:
"If the late Emperor Huang Quan knew it, I don't know if he would regret letting Cao Bozhao take on the important responsibility."
He could see that Sima Yi of Luoyang might be ambitious, but on the surface at least he respected the Wei royal family.
Although Cao Shuang was a member of the clan, he had begun to lose the courtesy of a monarch and his ministers.
Sun Li felt a little confused about what the fate of the Wei Dynasty would be like in the future.
However, what Cao Shuang arranged this time made Sun Li cheer up a little.
If Feng Thief, the two top generals of the Shu captives, does not get along with Wei Yan, it will not be an opportunity for the Wei Dynasty.
Just when Sun Li was thinking about how to implement and investigate this news, Ma Jun from the Wei State of Xuchang was assigned a task.
That is to create some weapons and equipment according to the drawings.
When Ma Jun was young, his life was relatively poor, and because he had stuttered since he was a child, he was not good at speaking.
Later, when he became a doctor, his life still did not change much, so he improved the damask weaving machine, and then he became famous.
When he was in trouble, he wanted to build the legendary compass car.
The compass was a legendary object from the time of the Yellow Emperor. Zhang Heng of the Later Han Dynasty also made it, but the method has been lost.
Learning that Ma Jun wanted to recreate the compass, Gao Tanglong, a respected minister of the Wei State, and Qin Lang, a trusted general of Cao Rui, also blocked it.
Both Gao Longtang and Qin Lang believed that the ancient legends were not credible.
Qin Lang even mocked Ma Jun's name and said:
"Mr. Jun's name is Jun, and his courtesy name is Deheng. Jun refers to the shape of the utensil, and Heng can determine the weight of an object."
Ma Jun was born into a poor family, and his official position was too low compared to Gao Longtang and Qin Lang.
Coupled with his stuttering, he was often looked down upon by others.
But he has a tenacity in him, and he must do what he sets his sights on.
The three of them even got into trouble in front of Cao Rui. Cao Rui was very interested and ordered Ma Jun to build a compass.
After continuous attempts, Ma Jun finally succeeded in creating a compass using the structural principles of differential gears.
This incident made Gao Tanglong and Qin Lang lose face. At the same time, Ma Jun's reputation for his skill spread throughout the court.
It is a pity that Ma Jun's success did not bring much benefit to him because he offended the senior ministers of the Wei Dynasty and the most trusted ministers of the emperor.
After Cao Rui learned about Ma Jun's skill, he did not let him build more useful things.
Instead, he asked Ma Jun to create entertainment objects for himself.
Once, someone presented Cao Ruijin with a puppet show. The shapes were quite exquisite, but the puppets could only be placed there and could not move. Cao Rui felt quite regretful.
At this time, he remembered Ma Jun, who was known as a skillful man, so he summoned Ma Jun and asked:
“Can you make these puppets move?”
Ma Jun used wood to make a motive wheel, which was driven by water to rotate. Through the transmission mechanism, the puppets could beat drums, play Xiao, dance, etc.
It is known as "Water Turns Hundreds of Plays" and its structure is extremely exquisite.
The creation of this fun thing made Cao Rui very happy, but Ma Jun's official career still made no progress at all.
Within two years, the Great War in Guanzhong broke out and Cao Rui died of illness. In the chaos that lasted for more than half a year, even Shangshu Ling Pei Qian disappeared.
Let alone a small person like Ma Jun.
If Cao Shuang hadn't ordered people to build the equipment according to the drawings, I'm afraid it would have been until when Ma Jun would be remembered.
“Good…good…good stuff!”
Although he had been left out for so long, Ma Jun's eyes lit up as soon as he got the drawings.
When he saw clearly the parts and assembled objects on it, he became even more excited.
It’s just that he stuttered, and when he was excited, he became even more incoherent:
“Wonderful, wonderful, the ingenuity of this thing is really, really...it’s so ingenious that it’s as if it was made by heaven!”
Yang Yi, who was sent here, has been suffering from the cold and warmth of the world these days.
At this time, someone finally saw the value of the drawings he sent. He was so happy that he almost shed tears.
Happiness is that someone affirms oneself, but sadness is that this person is just a small official - let alone a stutterer!
too difficult!
At this point, he can only do his best to prove that what he has sent is worth thousands of gold, and then he will be valued by the general.
With this mentality, he fully assisted Ma Jun in building these instruments.
Among these things, Ma Jun valued the most, and that was the stone cannon.
After he successfully built it, he was still not satisfied, so he studied day and night to improve it, and finally created a new type of wheel-type stone cannon cart.
It uses a wooden wheel to hang stones on the wooden wheel. In this way, a machine is installed to drive the wheel to rotate quickly, and large stones can be launched one after another.
Although it is not as good as the large stone cannon, it is better in that it is light, has a good range, and can be ejected automatically. If it can be promoted in the army, it will be a powerful weapon in the army.
After finishing the equipment, Ma Jun happily ran to Deng Yang to inform him of the result.
"You made it so quickly? Listen to what Yang Yi said, this kind of equipment is the secret of the Shu army. Did you just build something at random to fool me?"
Deng Yang looked at Ma Jun in front of him with some suspicion.
It is already the hot summer, and Ma Jun has been immersed in research these days. Where does he have time to take care of himself?
Not only was he dirty, but there was also a lot of sawdust on his body, let alone getting closer, there was a sour smell.
“Chang Shi, how dare I deceive you?”
Ma Jun suddenly became anxious when he heard what Deng Yang said.
He took two steps forward, as if he wanted to explain clearly, but the movement was a little wider, and the sour smell on his body immediately dispersed, causing Deng Yang to cover his nose:
“Stop, just stand there, I can hear you, what did you build?”
"Stone cannon!" Ma Jun waved his hands excitedly, "Shu's stone cannon is indeed powerful, but the official has improved it and created a lighter and more usable stone cannon."
“Stone cannon?”
“Exactly, it’s similar to the Thunderbolt Chariot used by Emperor Wu in the Battle of Guandu…”
Before he finished speaking, Deng Yang understood:
“Oh, I know it!”
Isn't it just that the Shu pirates stole the thunderbolt chariot from the past somewhere?
Yang Yi said that Shulu has been improved and is more powerful than the original thunder chariot.
Now you say that after improvement, it is even better than that of Shu?
For example, what is more powerful than the thunder from the sky?
A **** comes down to earth?
Deng Yang smiled:
“Let me ask you, apart from the Thunderbolt Car, have you built any other objects?”
Ma Jun originally wanted to say that the thunderbolt chariot used by Emperor Wu was very different from the stone cannons made today.
But Lord Chang Shi seemed to have determined that it was a thunderbolt car.
Alright, if it’s a good thing, it’s a good thing.
Hunting to see Deng Yang's appearance, he seemed not to pay attention to this important weapon in the army at all.
He immediately became anxious:
“Deng…Deng…Deng…long history…”
Unexpectedly, the more anxious I am, the more speechless I am.
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About Deng Yang's appearance and behavior, the book has been relatively restrained. In fact, Guan Ren, who gave Deng Yang a fortune teller, had an even more outrageous term: Guizao.
To put it bluntly, he is obviously the same person, but he looks like a ghost.
Second, about Cao Shuang.
When history is debated on the Internet, some people always use words such as "history is tampered with by the victors" to defend themselves.
This sentence is correct.
But in fact, I don’t recommend that everyone say this easily.
Because those who have the confidence to say this sentence know this period of history or this historical event. There are conflicts in various historical records, and what is recorded in official history may not be completely correct, so they dare to say this sentence.
Take the two most typical things. One is that Dayu succeeded the tribal leader. According to official history, he came after abdication.
However, according to some scattered historical data such as "Bamboo Chronicles" and "Han Feizi", Cao Pi succeeded the Han emperor, and he fought for power through **** political struggles.
There was also Zhuge Liang’s Fourth Northern Expedition. In the historical materials written by the Wei people, it was said that Sima Yi defeated Zhuge Liang, but the actual mainstream historical materials said that Zhuge Liang defeated Sima Yi.
In other words, if you want to say "history has been tampered with", you must at least provide relevant historical data to support your argument.
Otherwise, when people say this, they are looking at history dialectically, and if you imitate others, it will be imitating others, and it will be historical nihilism.
According to the conspiracy theory, all Chinese history books can be burned, and there is no point in keeping them. After all, we can re-edit them at any time.
Getting back to the subject, what about the historical records about Cao Shuang?
Intimidated the Queen Mother, slept with the women left by Cao Rui, resembled an emperor in clothing and utensils, blatantly embezzled royal property, indulged his subordinates to amass money, exiled officials in the court, believed in greedy words, led an army to conquer Shu and returned in defeat, etc.
These things are what he has done in the ten years he has been in power. I can't see how smart he is at all.
These things are not only found in the biography of Cao Shuang, but also in the biographies of relevant personnel. They corroborate each other and there is no contradiction.
If these things are all blamed on Cao Shuang by later generations, then Cao Shuang's status in history may far exceed that of Dayu and Sima Yi.
Because neither Dayu nor Sima Yi were photoshopped so perfectly, there was still black material exposed, but the records of what Cao Shuang did were photoshopped so that no flaws could be found.
is it possible? (There may be conflicts in historical data, just because I have read too few books to know. If there are any, please correct me.)
I would rather believe that Cao Shuang really did these things.
So he is really stupid. He indulged the three dogs in Taichung and beat a good hand to pieces. I can't think of any other explanation for him other than being stupid.
This conclusion is not from the author, but from Cao Shuang’s ally Huan Fan:
The beautiful lady Cao Zidan gave birth to your brother, Du'er! Why do you think your clan will be destroyed today?
During the Gaoping Ling Incident, Sima Yi swore to Luoshui in front of the emperor, courtiers, and soldiers that he would make Cao Shuang a rich man.
At that time, everyone believed in Sima Yi, and some even vouched for him. Only Huan Fan opposed Cao Shuang's surrender.
Regardless of whether Huan Fan's suggestions at that time could deal with Sima Yi, he was indeed the only sober person present, and he did predict the fate of Cao Shuang and his party members: genocide.
After all, no one expected that Sima Yi could do something that lowered the bottom line of Chinese political morality.
(End of this chapter)