The next morning, Cao Shu brought Cai Ji to the palace.

When he heard that Cao Shu was coming, Liu Xie quickly summoned him into the front hall.

The front hall of the palace was supposed to be a place where civil and military ministers discuss important matters in the military and national affairs, but the main hall of Xudu was particularly deserted.

In the hall, except for Liu Xiehe, two regular attendants, there was only Cao Shuo.

Standing facing Liu Xie, Cao Shuo bowed and said, "I bow to your Majesty."

"Zi Rong is not a gift." Liu Xie owed his body and asked with a smile: "I heard that Zi Rong went to the Huns this time and killed hundreds of thousands of Huns army. I wonder if this is the case?"

"The hundreds of thousands of Huns are a bit exaggerated." Cao Shu replied: "There are still more than 100,000."

"More than 100,000 counts the number of captured people?" Liu Xie asked.

"I did not leave any prisoners." Cao Shuo said: "More than 100,000 Huns are only considered to be killed by our army."

Liu Xie was stunned: "Wouldn't that be corpses everywhere?"

"War is going to kill people." Cao Shuo said: "It's just over 100,000 people. When the Huns attacked the Central Plains in a large-scale attack, there might be more than that."

"Zi Rong is saying that." Liu Xie nodded and asked, "I heard that Zi Rong returned to the city yesterday. Someone once proposed to write a letter to me and recommend you as the general. What do you think about this?"

"Your Majesty, I can't do the general." Cao Shuo said: "If you don't talk about military achievements, just talk about my age, you can't convince others if you become a general."

"It's wrong for Zirong to say this." Liu Xie said: "Of course, the general must be based on military merits. I feel that Zirong's military merits can be fully qualified for the position of General."

Cao Shu didn't say anything.

Cao Cao just asked him to express his military merits to Liu Xie, but Liu Xie took the initiative to ask him to be the general.

Although the general of the Han court was only a false name, all the heroes still tried to do it.

Although you don’t have any real power to be this general, it is the best bargaining chip for the heroes to gain a strong army.

"My intention has been decided." Liu Xie said: "I conferred Cao Zirong as the general..."

"Please take back the life." Liu Xie said as soon as he spoke, Cao Shu said: "Ma Teng, Han Sui led his army to help, and the two of them were just conferred generals. I am still young, so it is obviously unreasonable to be a general."

Cao Shu refused to be a general, and Liu Xie initially thought he was just pretending to shirk.

He reiterated his refusal to be a general, and Liu Xiecai believed that what he said was not false.

"I always feel that the military achievements are outstanding. If I don't enthrone a general, I always feel..." Liu Xie hesitated for a moment and asked Cao Shu: "If I enthrone a king, will Zirong refuse?"

"I dare to ask Your Majesty, where is my fiefdom located?" Cao Shuo asked.

"King of Huainan!" Liu Xie said: "At the time of Emperor Wu, Liu An, the King of Huainan, had set the calendar for the world, compiled the "Biography of Honglie", and asked Lei to be refined by eight others for Emperor Wu to make the immortal pill. Although he later rebelled and executed, his achievements were indelible. Huainan's outstanding people were indeed a good place. Shouchun was also the capital of Chu, and he only hoped that Zirong could take charge and make more contributions to the court."

When Liu Xie mentioned Liu An, the King of Huainan during the reign of Emperor Wu, Cao Shuo certainly understood what he meant.

When he sent troops to the Huns, he used an army of 80,000.

Including the number of people transporting food and grass, the total number is more than 200,000.

Such a huge army, except for the Cao family, no hero can come up with any hero now.

No wonder he couldn't wait to be appointed as the general when he saw Liu Xie.

It turned out that he wanted to use these false titles to make Cao Shuo grateful to the emperor's kindness and not to make trouble with the Han court.

"Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will do my best to manage Huainan and other places for the Han Dynasty." Cao Shuo bowed his fists and thanked Liu Xie.

"Zi Rong refused to be a general. Your Majesty gave you a great commander. You can't refuse again, right?" Liu Xie asked.

Cao Shu was stunned.

The Grand Sikong was one of the three Dukes, and he could be said to be a great minister.

If you don’t become a general, you will become a great Sikong. Today, Liu Xie seems to have sent this official position, otherwise he will never be at ease.

"Your Majesty is very kind, and I am inexplicably grateful." Cao Shuo said: "Your Majesty had previously appointed a vassal as the left general, and his official position was extremely high. The Grand Sikong was one of the three Dukes. I still cannot afford such an important position."

"The general doesn't do it, nor does the Grand Sikong do it." Liu Xie was a little anxious: "Does I want me to give this emperor to you?"

"Your Majesty, you can't say anything nonsense!" Liu Xie said, and Cao Shu hurriedly said, "If you spread it, people who don't know the inside story think that the minister is forcing the palace."

Liu Xie also realized that he was wrong and sighed dejectedly, "Forget it, if I asked you to choose it yourself, what official position would you choose?"

"I wonder if Your Majesty can give it to me?" Cao Shuo said, "I will take Yangzhou, Xuzhou, and Qingzhou again."

"Zi Rong doesn't look down on the General and the Grand Sikong, but he can actually take the position of Tingwei." Liu Xie said: "Forget it, forgot, I will give you a Tingwei. Then lead Yangzhou, Qingzhou, Xuzhou and other places."

Cao Shu was about to thank him, but Liu Xie continued, "Remember, we are waiting for places, not just Yangzhou, Xuzhou and Qingzhou."

In fact, without Liu Xie’s reminder, Cao Shu also knew what he meant.

Liu Xie gave me just a false title, but for Cao Shu, with these false titles, he could just rightly set up all four directions.

The Tingwei Mansion in the Eastern Han Dynasty was actually Dali Temple.

During the Han Dynasty, Tingwei Mansion and Dali Temple were renamed many times, and the two names changed many times as different emperors controlled the government.

No matter how the name is changed, the functions of Tingwei Mansion and Dali Temple have not changed.

By holding the Tingwei Mansion in his hands, Cao Shu had the opportunity to hear the case.

Especially when some officials commit crimes, they are handed over to the Tingwei Mansion for handling.

With such power, Cao Shu has a legitimate excuse to rectify officials whom he does not deal with in the future.

Although Cao Shu did not take the position of General or Grand Sikong, he accepted the title of king and became the magistrate, and also took the position of governor from several places. Liu Xie breathed a sigh of relief as he felt that his relationship with him was closer.

Since the incident of the robbery of clothing and belts, Liu Xie clearly felt that Cao Cao's attitude towards him was different from the past.

At that time, Liu Xie did not know about the robbery, but he did not know until the matter was caused.

I want to explain to Cao Cao, but the belt is indeed his...

Having offended Cao Cao, if you want to live in Xudu, Liu Xie must find another backer.

Cao Shu is undoubtedly his best backer.

Although Cao Shu could not turn against him and Cao Cao, Cao Cao would not blatantly do anything to him with Cao Shu stopped him.

Liu Xie and Cao Shu both considered their own interests, so many things are of course easy to reach a consensus.

Cao Shu accepted the reward, and the satisfied Liu Xie said to him: "Zirong might as well tell me how the battle was fought when he went to fight against the Huns this time."
Chapter completed!