Chapter 439 Volume Proposal
“Your Majesty, the concubine Cao Jie requests to see you.”

Liu Xie put away the map and signaled the palace servant to bring Cao Jie in.

“I have met your Majesty.”

Liu Xie looked up and found that Cao Jie’s expression was erratic and even his steps were not as steady as before, so he guessed that he wanted to ask him something.

“What’s the matter? Is it because the family needs are insufficient or your brother has committed a crime, so he has to come to me for help?”

Cao Jie pursed his lips and took out a stack of papers from his sleeve.

“I have a medical method to offer to Your Majesty!”

Liu Xie couldn’t help laughing after hearing this: “Are you offering me some prescription for cultivating the art of longevity?”

However, when the palace servant brought a pile of papers from Cao Jie, Liu Xie suddenly frowned and looked surprised.

“Snapped!”

At this time, Cao Jie also tried to grab the ground with his head.

“I have been interested in medicine since I was young and often read medical books.”

“Now that I have learned Lun Heng, I understand the theory of primordial energy and know that everything in the world is made up of primordial energy.”

“Plus, the Queen often told us about your Majesty’s theory of ‘micro-insects’, so I began to speculate whether the human body is also composed of vital energy and micro-insects. Later, I borrowed the Queen’s Kongming mirror to observe blood and qi, and indeed, I saw a large number of tiny things in human blood.”

When Cao Jie said this, he secretly looked up at Liu Xie.

After all, what she said was actually quite shocking, and Cao Jie was a little worried that Liu Xie wouldn’t be able to accept it…

But seeing that the emperor looked normal, Cao Jie felt relieved.

“So I thought that blood is not an illusory thing.”

“If someone is injured and losing a lot of blood, is it possible to give him another person’s blood and revive him?”

After saying this, Cao Jie knelt on the ground, his face pale and trembling.

What she said actually touched upon many taboos.

For example, traditional Chinese medicine.

For example, the secular view that “our body and hair are given by our parents.”

For example, Cao Jie’s achievement actually refuted the “fatalism”. After all, we all shed the same blood. Why do you say that you are more noble than others?

……

Cao Jie was not sure whether the emperor would accept his words with pleasure or would be furious and throw him into prison.

But Cao Jie knew that he could only gamble on this matter.

As for the body…

Who in the harem didn’t know about the last time Zhen Mi and Fu Shou whispered in the emperor’s ear?
Even the beauty of Zhen Mi and the friendship between Fu Shou and the emperor could not impress the emperor, so what right could Cao Jie have?
So Cao Jie took the courage to hand in his discoveries of the past few days, wanting to give it a try!
“what.”

“what?”

Cao Ji looked up in surprise, only to find that the emperor was actually laughing.

“I forgot that you like medicine.”

“And I didn’t expect that you would be the one to present this method to me!”

Liu Xie quickly walked up to Cao Jie and helped her up.

“If this method can really be promoted, it would not be an exaggeration for the world to build a shrine for you!”

Cao Jie stared at Liu Xie blankly.

The emperor…actually believed it?
And you believed it without any verification?
Cao Jie pinched himself lightly in disbelief, only then did he confirm that he was not dreaming.

“This technique is good, but it is not suitable to be publicized now.”

This is different from the Kongming lantern and Kongming mirror invented by Zhuge Liang.

If Cao Jie’s statement were to spread, he would probably be criticized to death by countless people!
This is a big step. If Liu Xie wants to protect Cao Jie, it is better to hide this thing and wait until later.

But Cao Jie didn’t care whether these things were hidden or publicized.

She just looked at Liu Xie happily: “Your Majesty, are those things useful?”

“Of course it is useful! And it is very useful!”

Cao Jie couldn’t help but cheer in his heart!
“Then may I ask, Your Majesty, will there be a reward this time?”

The story that Zhuge Liang used arithmetic to solve a large amount of costs for the new city of Chang’an and was rewarded with 100,000 taels of gold is still circulating in the streets of Chang’an.

What Cao Jie has presented now is, in some ways, several times more useful than Zhuge Liang’s achievements. How could he not give a reward?
“How about one hundred thousand taels of gold?”

Although Cao Jie’s work is of great significance, it cannot be realized as quickly as Zhuge Liang’s achievements.

So after some thought, Liu Xie set the prize money at 100,000 taels of gold!

“hiss!”

Cao Jie took a breath of cold air!
She obviously didn’t expect that the emperor would be so generous!

That’s a full 100,000 taels of gold!

If it were exchanged into Wuzhu coins, it could bury the entire yard where Cao Jie lived!
If I get this money…

However, Cao Jie quickly came to his senses and quickly bit the tip of his tongue!
“I actually hesitated to save my father and the gold?”

Cao Jie leaned forward again and asked anxiously, “Your Majesty, can I not give up the gold and exchange it for other rewards?”

Liu Xie was quite surprised, but nodded and said, “Don’t worry, there are not many rewards that can be compared with 100,000 taels of gold. You must think it through before you speak.”

“I have thought it through!”

Cao Jie took a deep breath and spoke his request very quickly –

“I would like to ask Your Majesty to spare my father’s life!”

“…”

After these words were spoken, the palace fell into silence.

Cao Jie didn’t even dare to breathe at this moment, staring blankly at the blue bricks laid below. “Get up.”

Liu Xie stepped forward and actually helped Cao Jie up personally.

But this support made Cao Ji unable to control himself, and tears immediately flowed like a fountain.

“Actually, I also know that the one who made the mistake was not Your Majesty, but my father, but, but…”

Seeing Cao Jie sobbing quietly, Liu Xie also said: “But since ancient times, it has been difficult to be both loyal and filial. Cao Cao is your biological father after all. You can’t just watch your father die with your own eyes.”

“But you got one thing wrong.”

Cao Jie looked at the emperor with confusion through misty eyes.

“It was never my intention to take your father’s life, but your father wanted to fight me to the death.”

“I can only promise that if your father can repent, I will spare his life.”

“But if he persists in his wrongdoings, I hope you won’t blame me.”

Cao Jie choked for a moment, but finally accepted this reality.

However, Cao Jie immediately took off a jade pendant he was carrying and handed it to Liu Xie.

“Your Majesty, my father has always taught us that we should be like jade. Jade can be broken but its whiteness cannot be changed.”

“If Your Majesty sees my father, I hope Your Majesty will give the jade pendant to my father and let him think about the teachings you once gave me!”

Liu Xie stretched out his palm and saw that the jade pendant was pure white, warm and soft, with several long bamboos carved on it by the craftsman.

“I understand.”

Liu Xie took the jade pendant into his arms.

“If I could meet Cao Cao, I would show him this jade and tell him your feelings.”

“It’s just a small matter, I’ll help you. Even if you don’t offer those things, I will help you do it.”

“But I didn’t expect that it was you, my daughter, who came to me first, instead of Cao Pi and Cao Zhi… It shows that you are much better than your two brothers!”

After hearing this, Cao Jie couldn’t help but proudly straighten his chest which had already begun to take shape!
“So the 100,000 taels of gold should be awarded, and you can just keep it with confidence.”

Hearing that the emperor was not only willing to help him but also willing to give him the 100,000 taels of gold, Cao Jie’s mouth suddenly began to drool.

Be nice!

So much money!

I’m afraid he could kill Cao Pi directly!

……

Liu Xie glanced at Cao Jie who was grinning foolishly, and without hesitation, he struck her on the forehead with his hand.

“The money is given to you so that you can continue to study those things!”

“Let me ask you, when you say blood transfusion, how do you do it? What instrument do you use?”

“Besides, who can guarantee that someone will survive after receiving a blood transfusion? Are there any differences between different blood types? You have to think about these things carefully, understand?”

Cao Jie covered his head, responded twice and then glared at the emperor.

How does the emperor know everything?

Since the emperor knows everything, why doesn’t he say it himself?

If Zhuge Liang were here, he would probably have a deep resonance with Cao Jie!
But now, after Liu Xie kicked Cao Jie in the butt, he made her go back to Changle Palace to have dinner.

After driving Cao Jie away, Liu Xie touched the jade pendant in his arms, carefully looked at Cao Jie’s work twice, and then put it down with a smile.

“Although it’s a bit rough, it’s a good thing after all.”

At this moment, in Liu Xie’s eyes, Cao Jie’s value instantly took off and reached the point of surpassing Cao Cao!
“How lucky was Cao Cao to have such a daughter?”

After complaining about Cao Cao, Liu Xie turned his attention back to military affairs.

“Cao Cao probably didn’t expect that I would target him first.”

“Combined with the misleading information in Cao Pi’s previous letter, he will probably think that I will send troops next year.”

“And Cao Cao is in Qiao County, obviously gathering his forces to guard against Yun Chang in the Central Plains.”

“In that case, Cao Cao’s weakness is…”

Liu Xie’s gaze moved towards the east of the map.

Pengcheng!

“I will leave Luoyang and head east, pretending to attack Qingzhou from the direction of Dongjun. In fact, after arriving in Shanyang, I can immediately head south with cavalry and raid Pengcheng with light cavalry!”

“Once Pengcheng is lost, the eastern gate of Xuzhou will be wide open. At the same time, the connection between Qingzhou and Huainan can be cut off, and the connection between Yuan Tan and Cao Cao can be cut off.”

“The only thing we have to guard against is the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry that Cao Cao formed using the war horses he bought from Gongsun Du in Liaodong.”

The performance of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry in the Battle of Yingshui was already impressive enough.

This thing really costs a lot of money, but its role on the battlefield is indeed unparalleled.

“In this case, I’m afraid we need to send a decoy to attract Cao Cao’s attention near Qiao County.”

Liu Xie pondered for a while and thought of Zhang Liao who had been sent to Nanyang before.

“Let Zhang Liao and Guan Yu act as decoys!”

The imperial court today, even if it is a false alarm, is extremely luxurious.

The shadow of a famous tree.

With Zhang Liao and Guan Yu blocking the doorstep, Liu Xie really didn’t believe that Cao Cao would dare to send the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry, his lifeline, to Xuzhou!

“One month later, we will march eastward!”

The Central Plains, which has been in turmoil for decades, must finally have a result after this battle!

(End of this chapter)