Chapter 6753 Crown

Chapter 6753 Crown
Cao Ang is still a little confused, there is nothing he can do, he has only been in the Kandahar secret prison for less than an afternoon. How did things develop to this point now? Cao Wan even brought Lao Cao and various seals and asked Cao Ang to forge an imperial edict and then send Cao Cao back to Chang'an?

What on earth happened? What was going on outside? Why did it suddenly become like this? Which link went wrong?

"Sister, what on earth happened outside?" Cao Ang did not take the seal, not because he had any doubts about Cao Wan, but the most direct reason was, what on earth happened today? Just because I, Cao Ang, was imprisoned, why did everything outside turn upside down?
To put it bluntly, even if someone wanted to persuade him to ascend the throne, it shouldn't be you, Cao Wan, who did it!

To be precise, when faced with such a thing, shouldn't you just ignore it? No matter who is in a higher position between me and my father, it has nothing to do with you. How come the water you poured out flows back?
“Don’t worry about what happens outside. Hurry up and put the seal away, and then get the imperial edict. I’ll have someone send father to Chang’an urgently, and then once you ascend the throne, this matter will be resolved. If you continue like this, father may be dead!” Cao Wan stuffed the seal, imperial edict and other things into Cao Ang’s arms, then looked left and right, picked up the crooked crown on Cao Cao’s head, and stuffed it into Cao Ang’s arms. Even though Cao Cao had no human emotions, he couldn’t hold it back at this time!

"Ah?" Cao Ang was stunned and naturally looked at Barak.

Barak thought about it, wondering why today's scene felt so familiar, and whether he had experienced this somewhere before. However, this thought only lasted for a moment, and Barak extinguished it. Don't think too much, life now is very good.

Barak put aside all unnecessary thoughts and clearly realized how to deal with this matter today. He immediately knelt on one knee and said, "I beg you to take the throne, Prince. Kandahar is in chaos now, and the ruler is ignorant. We need a pillar to calm people's hearts and continue the great rule to prove that the will of heaven has not changed."

Barak spoke directly. After all, Cao Wan had come to this point, and Barak did not want to dwell on this matter. He told Cao Ang clearly that the current situation was that your father had messed up the situation, people were unstable, and Kandahar was already in riot. A reliable figure must stand up to suppress the people's hearts, and you are the only choice. You must stand up and inherit the throne, otherwise the Cao family will be finished.

These words were meant to intimidate Cao Ang, but they were not entirely nonsense. After all, the Cao and Xiahou families were not exterminated and the bandit leaders were not executed, in large part because they were far away from the turmoil. If the riots continued now, the country would think that the Cao and Xiahou families no longer had the ability to control the Northern Nobles and would directly withdraw the Cao and Xiahou families back to the Central Plains.

In the past, the distance was far, tens of thousands of kilometers, and there were a large number of elite guards, which could stop the revengeful desires of the Xuzhou veterans. But now, without the large number of elite guards, and people have returned to the Central Plains, what do you think those who want revenge will do?
Therefore, whether the Cao family can survive depends on your choice, Cao Ang. If you don’t advance, Kandahar will really explode in the current situation.

"What?" Cao Ang's voice rose octaves. Kandahar was in riot again!
As someone who had experienced a riot, Cao Ang knew very well what kind of turmoil would happen if he got caught in that kind of riot. But what Cao Ang didn't understand was why there was a sudden riot, when it was quite stable before? Although everyone was dissatisfied with their father, there was still a long way to go before a riot. After all, the majority of people in this world were silent!
"It's true, there was a riot outside." Lin He walked over and said to Cao Ang.

Cao Ang was silent for a while after hearing this. With the help from Madam Bian, Cao Ang's fast-moving mind had already realized what went wrong.

"Is there someone shouting slogans saying they want to save me, and then the people are following them?" Cao Ang asked bitterly.

"Ziwen came back from outside and heard that you were captured, so he led his troops into Kandahar." Cao Wan answered on behalf of the others, "Then countless people shouted slogans to overthrow father. Brother, you have no choice. If you don't move forward, another result will come out today, and you will be forced to move forward."

Cao Ang was silent for a while. "Barak, go inform General Xu and ask him to take Liu Changshi and my father to Congling first. Wait for my order and then go to Chang'an."

If it weren't for the support from Madam Bian, Cao Ang might have hesitated for a long time. It's not that he didn't have a brain, but that there were too many things he needed to consider. However, at a time like this, he actually couldn't think so much. Fortunately, in order to prevent Cao Ang from losing his ability to judge the overall situation due to insufficient information in prison, Madam Bian shared her spiritual talents with Cao Ang in advance, ensuring that Cao Ang had the decision-making ability he should have.

"Yes!" Barak looked at Cao Ang with a little surprise. He had come into contact with Cao Ang many times and knew Cao Ang's character to some extent. This man was not too outstanding. At least he should not make a decision as quickly as he did now. He should have hesitated for a long time and then been held back by Cao Wan and forced to ascend the throne.

In fact, let alone Barak, even Cao Cao, who originally thought he had a thorough understanding of Cao Ang, was deeply surprised at this moment. He chose Cao Ang only because Cao Ang was the only suitable one among his sons. Although Cao Cao also felt that Cao Pi was suitable, Cao Pi was not the eldest son. If he was the eldest son, Cao Pi's ability would make him more suitable to inherit his position.

Just like King Wen of Zhou's eldest son and second son, the eldest son is kind and open-minded, and can be a role model for his younger brothers, while the second son is brave and decisive, and can analyze the situation. If it is a prosperous era, choosing the eldest son is inevitable, but in troubled times, the second son is actually a necessary choice.

Although Cao Pi did have flaws in character and morality, he was actually quite capable. It was just that Cao Cao's previous test did not arouse Cao Pi's ambition. From this point of view, Cao Ang, as his brother, did a very good job, so much so that Cao Pi did not realize that his identity had changed when his mother was made a lady.

In addition, Cao Cao could also sense Mrs. Bian's resistance to the enthronement of Cao Pi, so the matter was left unresolved. However, this does not mean that Cao Cao thought Cao Ang would be an excellent monarch. It can only be said that under the current environment of Cao Cao's forces, only Cao Ang is suitable to be the monarch.

If we really have to make demands in terms of ability, Cao Ang is actually not suitable.

From a certain perspective, true monarchs do not actually have a high human component. Most of them can be considered anthropomorphic creatures. The private morality that humans normally pursue is nothing to these monarchs.

Cao Ang could not do it, but the current situation forced Cao Cao to accept Cao Ang as a suitable monarch instead of an excellent monarch like Cao Pi.

However, Cao Cao, who closed his eyes and waited for the end, suddenly realized that he had made a mistake in his judgment of Cao Ang. This child was able to abandon his moral cleanliness at certain times.

"Sister Wan, take the others and guard outside the secret prison." After Barak responded, Cao Ang looked at Cao Wan and spoke.

Cao Wan didn't understand, but her feminine intuition made her look at Cao Cao, who was lying on the stretcher with his eyes closed. She nodded silently, and then left with the others.

After everyone left the Kandahar Secret Prison, Cao Ang sat next to Cao Cao's stretcher and said, "Father, everyone else is gone. Open your eyes. Although I still lack some information, I think there are some things that need to be formally confirmed with you."

Cao Cao slowly opened his eyes. Unlike his previous majesty, he did not show any anger. He just sat up from the stretcher and looked at Cao Ang.

"It is indeed the case." Cao Ang sighed, "In fact, you should have told me directly. If you had told me earlier, the game between us would not have developed to such a scale and caused such an impact. Now the situation is somewhat irreversible."

"Do you really think that my subordinates in Kandahar will have the power to make progress?" Cao Cao asked his son calmly, looking at him.

At this time, Cao Cao no longer regarded Cao Ang as his son, but as his true heir. After all, a man who had been hiding himself until the situation became serious would be impossible to defeat unless a chess player of Chen Xi's level stepped in. This middle-aged man who had completely completed the transformation of his identity was indeed worthy of being called an excellent heir.

Cao Ang did not answer. If he still had some hope before, then when Madam Bian shared her spiritual talent with him and allowed him to have the same thinking and calculation power as those who possessed spiritual talent, many things that were blinded by emotion were dispelled by rational thinking.

"It seems that you have seen it clearly. I don't need to teach you anything anymore." Cao Cao said with some emotion. He always thought that his eldest son was just an ordinary one, but he actually gave him such a big surprise. "If you think about it this way, when Zhang'er and the others were sent out by you, you should have made up your mind. I didn't expect that you saw further than me. Originally..."

"Originally, you were required to set up the plan yourself and tie General Yan to my carriage, right?" Cao Ang finished the second half of the sentence on behalf of Cao Cao, who nodded.

"You really know everything. That's good. As a lord you cannot be swayed by your own emotions. You must have insight into the world. Hiding your shortcomings is a very good habit." Cao Cao rarely praised his eldest son. A hint of relief appeared on his usually cold face. At least he could rest assured to hand over this broken power to his eldest son.

If it weren't for the other part of the answer given by Mrs. Bian, and most importantly, if it weren't for the sharing of part of Cao Ang's spiritual talent, which enabled Cao Ang's calculations and thinking to the level of spiritual talent, Cao Ang would never have been able to come up with this answer.

"Father, I will wear the crown, hold my head high and stride with my officers towards victory." After kowtowed three times to Cao Cao, Cao Ang said sincerely. There is no AI Cao Cao. From the beginning, the AI ​​Cao Cao that he identified was just a silhouette of Cao Cao. Combining with everything he has judged now, this silhouette is probably his father from twenty years ago, the father who still had a sense of justice!

"How are you going to take Kabul?" Cao Cao was very pleased to see this. Cao Ang's awareness, ability, and cognition were indeed beyond his expectations. In this way, he could retreat with peace of mind without having to get entangled in this quagmire.

"The final destination of this rainstorm is the Kabul Valley. The rainfall there will be even heavier than that in Kandahar. It's pouring rain here, so Kabul will probably be flooded by the river from the sky." Cao Ang looked at Cao Cao calmly, "After I take over, I will go to the battlefield in person and join forces with Ardashir to curb the monsoon. When I lead my army to the southwest entrance of the Kabul Valley, I will destroy it together with the monsoon!"

"Good, good, good!" Cao Cao clapped his hands, no longer worried. This was a sure-fire way to win, even more effective than what he had thought before, and far more feasible than before.

The three great empires all have the ability to change the weather. Assuming that the intensity of the Han Dynasty's change is two hundred, the intensity of the Kushan and Roman weather phenomena is probably one hundred and twenty. The intensity of natural phenomena in an ordinary rainy season is about one hundred, and the intensity of natural disaster-level phenomena is about two hundred.

This was also the time of the Battle of the Ganges. Both the Han and Kushan needed sunny days, but the rainy season was suppressed and did not break out. But when Kushan needed rain, the Han tried to change the weather by force, but it could not make it sunny. In the end, in anger, they also urged the rain, which was twice as much, resulting in Altay being flooded with seven armies and suffering a great defeat.

To put it bluntly, the intensity of the weather changes that could be unleashed by the joint efforts of the Han Dynasty and the Kushan Empire could block the monsoon and natural disasters. However, if it was the rainy season, the Kushan Empire wanted it to rain and the Han Dynasty wanted it to be sunny, and the rainfall in the rainy season itself was outrageous, the Han Dynasty would not be able to stop it.

This was also the reason why the Han Dynasty had no way to stop Ardashir from locking the celestial phenomenon to bring rain, because it was already raining heavily here during this period and the intensity of the celestial phenomenon itself had reached its maximum.

But if only one side has no interference from the opponent, it is still possible to maintain the climate of a certain area, that is, a few kilometers. But if the climate needs to be reversed on a large scale, it will only be possible if both sides join forces.

The current rainfall has reached the intensity of a black catastrophic climate. In other words, even if the two sides join forces, it is impossible to eliminate rainfall on a large scale when the rainfall is the heaviest. The most they can do is reduce the amount of rainfall. But even if it is just reducing the amount of rainfall, it will be very important for the next Ardashir.

Again, the amount of rainfall in the Kabul Valley will be as high as the backflow of the river from the sky! Ardashir's water conservancy facilities in the Kabul Valley cannot withstand such rainfall, so floods are inevitable.

In this situation, Cao Ang proposed to join forces with Ardashir to fight the heavy rain and reduce the rainfall. Even if Ardashir knew there was a pit, he would have to jump because he had no choice.

If he disagrees, there will be no problem in deducting the casualties from Ardashir's losses due to the flood in Kabul. If he agrees and the rainfall decreases, Cao Ang will lead his team through the Helmand River Valley, ensuring that Cao Ang will reach the southwestern gate of the Kabul Valley as soon as Ardashir arrives.

Next, Ardashir led his troops to block Cao Ang. Cao Ang then blessed the backflowing Tianhe River to see whether Ardashir wanted the hearts of the people or the southwestern gate of the valley.

If Ardashir did not come to block Cao Ang, Cao Ang would build bunkers and fortresses at the southwest gate, occupy the entrance and fight against Ardashir step by step.

In short, Cao Ang will not lose anything, because those are the hard work of Ardashir.

"How do we resolve the public outcry?" Cao Cao looked at Cao Ang and asked.

"Take over the southwestern gate of the Kabul Valley and completely block the possibility of Ardashir invading downstream the Helmand River. Then invest manpower to rebuild the lower reaches of the Helmand River, improve the utilization rate of water resources from the root, open up new plantations, and give the people hope!" Cao Ang told Cao Cao his idea.

This plan was actually rejected by Cao Cao because it required too many resources and manpower, and compared to construction, the efficiency of robbery was too high. So the plan proposed by the Sang, Li, and Wang families to reconstruct the Helmand River water network and restore the three major freshwater lakes on the remains of the original water network was ultimately not implemented.

Cao Ang knew about this plan, but because his thinking and foresight had not reached this level before, it was actually difficult for him to realize certain things. With the help of Mrs. Bian, Cao Ang had a higher level of vision and analytical ability, and some places that were originally overlooked were instantly noticed.

"In addition to your actions, the unrest in public opinion is actually more because the people cannot see the benefits of following us. Reputation, something that cannot be seen or touched, is extremely important at certain times. Now the people of Kandahar are turning against the Cao family. Fundamentally speaking, they subconsciously believe that we cannot bring enough benefits." Cao Ang slowly explained his understanding of the entire force and public opinion based on the knowledge he learned from Chen Xi.

"The same dream is a very important thing. A common dream that can be realized can greatly unite people's hearts. Drawing cakes to satisfy hunger is not smart, but if most people believe that this cake can be realized, then they can really endure hunger for a while." Cao Ang's eyes sparkled.

"My credibility is not enough, and the Cao family's credibility is not enough, but someone's credibility is enough, and if professionals come up with a detailed plan and long-term strategy, the other party is willing to lend us this credibility." Cao Ang said slowly, "I think the Sang family, the Li family, and the Wang family are also willing to do this kind of water conservancy project that will go down in history."

"I was negligent in this regard. You are indeed very good." Cao Cao said with admiration, "I can feel more at ease with you inheriting the family business. I previously thought that you were only kind and virtuous but lacked ability. I was biased."

"This is not my ability." Cao Ang shook his head and knelt down again.

Seeing this, Cao Cao picked up the crown representing the princes from the side, took off Cao Ang's hair crown, and slowly put it on Cao Ang, saying, "What historical status your father will have in the future depends on you."

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