Chapter 165 Anyone who offends me will die
After Liang Lanbi left, Concubine Pei lost interest in continuing the tour and returned to the mansion.
In the study, more than ten staff members surrounded Sima Yue.
Some people were silent and frowned.
Some people kept drinking tea to hide their inner tension.
Some people are quite dissatisfied, but there is nothing they can do.
Sima Yue's face was flushed and he looked excited, but also a little scared.
Today the mountain collapses, let someone else come up. After a few years, then...
By then, maybe there will be a chance, right?
"Ahem." The more Sima thought about the end, the more excited he became, and he actually coughed.
Who among the powerful ministers doesn’t want to be the emperor?
The military and political affairs are in your hands, and everything can be decided with a single word, but there is still a certain person on your head. Everything must be approved by this person in the end, even if it is just a formality.
He knew that many people among his close aides opposed his regicide, but so what?
Wang Lun of Zhao usurped the throne, and the kings raised troops to punish him.
But today is different from the past. Who among the states in the world can raise an army? Who will raise an army?
Sizhou is in charge personally, so there is no danger.
The only potential threat, Shao Xun, is stationed in Liang County, with only a few thousand soldiers on hand, and ten times the number of forbidden troops.
Even though many generals and commanders of the Forbidden Army have a close relationship with them, they are just sitting on the fence.
Shao Xun led them to win several battles, gained many benefits, and had a close relationship. However, if they raised troops to Luoyang to oppose themselves, the Forbidden Army would not agree.
Nanyang Wang Mo has left the town of Guanzhong. He is the commander-in-chief of all military affairs in Yongliang. He is his fourth brother.
Wang Lue of Gaomi, Qingzhou, is his third brother.
Wang Teng of Dongyan Town, Jizhou, is his second brother.
Liu Kun, the governor of Bingzhou, is Liu Yu's younger brother and his confidant.
Wang Rui of Langya Town in Xuzhou is also dependent on himself.
As for Yuzhou, he personally took charge of it, and the officials cleaned it up from top to bottom.
Youzhou Wang Jun has been on bad terms recently, but he will not raise an army against him.
Only Jingzhou and Yangzhou are somewhat dangerous.
Before his death, Liu Hong of Jingzhou expelled his cousin Sima Shi, the governor of Wancheng and the king of Pengcheng. Fortunately, he is dead, and Jingzhou is leaderless. Only the governor (Liu Tao) is still there, so he can't do much.
It is indeed troublesome to have Zhou Fu in Yangzhou. But under the general trend, he dares to go against the will?
The world is full of people of our own, why can’t we try to go further?
Thinking of this, Sima Yue coughed excitedly again, feeling a little sad at the same time.
My physical strength and energy are getting worse every year. How long can I live?
Sometimes, he envied Sima Lun. At least he became an emperor before he died, which was enough.
The situation I face is much better than that of Sima Lun! At least there weren't that many unknown so-called sect kings who raised armies against him...
There were footsteps outside the door, and after a while, Military Commander Wang Yan appeared.
I saw him waving his hand and asking all the staff in the study to leave.
Sima Yue didn’t take it seriously and motioned for them to leave.
"Taifu, it's really hard to deal with these beginnings and ends." The two of them had nothing to pretend in front of each other. Wang Yan sat down directly and said: "The emperor's death in the Spring and Autumn Period is forty-nine. It is justified. . After everything is sorted out, no one will talk nonsense, and no one will believe it. There is only one thing. After the emperor's brother Yu Lingqian ascends the throne, he can't mess around anymore. He is only twenty-four years old."
Sima Yue's face twitched, Wang Yan's words were a bit rude, which made him a little annoyed.
But at the critical moment, he did not want to offend Wang Yan, who was "the most important person as the prime minister and assistant". After all, many things had to be covered up by his reputation.
How the world's scholars will view the emperor's death depends entirely on what Wang Yan says.
So, he could only suppress this anger in his heart for the time being, changed his smile, and said: "Thank you for your hard work, Yifu."
"It's all for the great advancement of the world." Wang Yan sighed He took a breath and said again: "Master, Jingzhou has no owner, it's time to make a decision early."
Is this a condition? Sima Yue frowned and said: "Jingzhou is such an important place that the king of Zong must come out of the town. I want the king of Gaomi to slightly change the town of Jingzhou, what do you think?"
Wang Yan had expected this and immediately asked: "Where is Qingzhou? ?”
“My younger brother Chu Zhong is very talented, so I think he can be entrusted to me,” Sima Yue said.
Wang Yan nodded slightly, with a smile on his face, and said: "Thanks to Taifu's wrong love, Chu Zhong can only do it with all his strength."
After receiving the benefits, Wang Yan's attitude improved a lot. , began to seriously plan major events for Sima Yue, only to hear him say: "Zhou Zuxuan arrived in Shouchun, and quelled Chen Min's rebellion, but the first contribution was made by the Jiangdong scholars." , seemed to have the intention of supporting Chen Min. Gu Rong and others accepted Chen Min's official title, and over time, Gan and Chen found that Chen Min was not like the master, so they turned their backs on him. "
"But if this continues. It’s not a solution. The Jiangdong scholars don’t mind the appearance of the second Sun Ce. Now that the four directions are settled, it’s time to pay attention to Jiangdong.”
"What's Yifu's clever plan?" Sima Yue asked.
Wang Yan is telling the truth.
During the Chen Min Rebellion, the wealthy families in Wuzhong tried to speculate. Although they failed halfway, they are worthy of vigilance.
"On this occasion, we must be appeased." Wang Yan said: "It is better to recruit Gu Rong as the servant, Ji Zhan as the minister, appoint Zhou Qi as the shogunate to join the army, and Lu Wan as the pupil..."
Wang Yan talked about a lot of people in one breath, some were good friends with him, some had average relationships, and they really didn’t have much selfishness.
After Sima Yue listened, his annoyance faded away, and he secretly thought that Wang Yifu was very knowledgeable in soothing people's hearts, so he nodded in agreement.
However, Wang Yan’s private goods soon arrived: “However, it’s not a problem that there is no owner in Jiangdong, and the clan king has to leave the town.”
“Wait a little longer, Zhou Fu I won’t be able to move for a while,” Sima Yue declined.
Wang Yan was not pushy and actually nodded in agreement: "We really need to find an opportunity."
He was not in a hurry.
When the emperor dies, there will always be people who suspect that Sima Yue did it, although there is no evidence.
It is inevitable that the Taifu's prestige will be damaged. From now on, he will rely more on himself to serve him in the court, and there will be many opportunities. "After talking about Jiangdong, let's talk about Hebei." Wang Yan continued: "After the defeat of Gongshi Fan, some remnants took Ji Sang as their leader, collected horses from Chiping Muyuan, gathered people to plunder, called themselves generals, and claimed to avenge the King of Chengdu. . Shi Chao and others sneaked back to Wei County, recruited the rebels, and claimed to have the secret letter of the Princess of Chengdu. The King of Chengdu still had a surviving son, so they gathered people to cause trouble and captured the city. "
< br>Sima Yue sighed after hearing this.
He really didn’t know how to deal with this rotten sore in Hebei.
He knew that his fourth brother was not talented enough to control Yecheng, so he asked his cousin Fan Yang Wangfei to go out to control Jizhou.
The Yuzhou soldiers were indeed good at fighting and quickly calmed down the situation in Hebei. But with the violent death of King Fan Yang, the Yuzhou soldiers wanted to return after a long battle, so they had no choice but to let them go back.
But something went wrong after this release. The Hebei rebels resurfaced and flourished again.
The second brother doesn’t seem to be able to calm down, what should I do?
Perhaps, we can only rely on Gou Xi.
At the beginning, he served as a general under King Fan Yang and made great contributions to quelling the rebellion of Gongshi Fan. Later, with Xuchang Shibing as the backbone, he formed the Yanzhou New Army and won many battles. Now that he is allowed to enter Hebei again, he should be able to calm down the chaos, right?
"Gou Dao will hold his troops on the river and make them ready." Sima Yue said.
Wang Yan knew it well.
The Taifu did not want anyone to interfere in Jizhou, and he also hoped that his younger brother Dongyan Wang Teng could turn the tide.
Wang Yan didn’t want to do this when he changed places.
Ji Sang, Shi Chao and others have not yet pressed Yecheng. It seems that they can wait and see before making a decision.
Once Yanzhou soldiers enter Hebei, it will be difficult to say who will be named in Yecheng in the future.
"Is it true that the King of Chengdu has a posthumous son?" Sima Yue's eyes flickered and he suddenly asked.
Wang Yan was stunned.
"I'm afraid it's false." Wang Yan shook his head and said: "After the death of the King of Chengdu, Princess Leshi has been under house arrest. If there is really a posthumous child, how could the court not know about it?"
Sima Yue felt relieved.
Sima Ying was sentenced to death in July of the second year of Yongxing (305).
Counting from that time, even if there was a posthumous child, he would have been born in April of the first year of Guangxi (306) at the latest, but he never did.
In November, Princess Leshi was given to Shao Xun.
If she gives birth to an heir, it can only be Shao Xun's son. What does it have to do with the King of Chengdu?
But Sima Yue was still worried, and asked again: "Will there be others outside?"
"Don't worry, Taifu." Seeing that Sima Yue was a little nervous, Wang Yan reassured: "If it weren't for Princess Le's family, who would dare to say that this is the heir of the prince of Chengdu?"
Sima Yue felt relieved and said with a smile: "All the important generals of Ye Mansion such as Gongshi Fan were defeated, and the Ji Sang mob gathered together. It's not as good as Gongshi Fan, how can it be accomplished?"
But after thinking about Shao Xun, Sima Yue felt unhappy and asked: "What will Shao Xun do when he stationed troops in Liang County?"
"Taifu." Wang Yan smiled and asked: "How many soldiers does Shao Xun have?"
"More than five thousand."
The number of people and equipment of the Yamen Army are all carefully planned. This is the evidence for the distribution of money, food and equipment, and the court certainly knows it.
"How many are there in the Forbidden Army?"
"More than fifty thousand."
"Most of the generals in the Forbidden Army are sons of aristocratic families. Will they obey Shao Xun's advice?"< br>
"No." Sima Yue was a little hesitant when he answered this, but it was still the same. They had a good relationship with Shao Xun, but they would not oppose him for Shao Xun.
What's more, the Forbidden Army has also carried out some reorganization in recent months.
The number of people increased by 20,000, various ministries were scattered and mixed, and a large number of generals from Qingxu, Yuzhou, and Hebei were promoted to officers at all levels. Shao Xun's influence has been greatly reduced.
Sima Yue even had the impulse to summon Shao Xun to the shogunate.
He didn't dare to do this before, for fear of making it look too ugly.
But now, with the Forbidden Army as the backing, he is very confident.
If Shao Xun dared to come, he could barely forgive him and let him serve as a supervisor in the shogunate or join the army and relinquish military power.
If you don’t dare to come, it means you have a ghost in your heart. Maybe you can go out to conquer?
"Tai Tuo!" Wang Yan observed his words and reminded: "Don't act rashly at this time, you should keep calm. Even if you want to use means, you have to wait for the first half of the year."
The Emperor After his death and the new emperor ascending the throne, nothing is appropriate at this sensitive moment. Liang County is just around the corner from Luoyang. Once chaos breaks out, it will be very ugly.
"Forget it, let him be free for a few months first." Sima Yue said helplessly.
Wang Yan nodded in agreement, but at the same time he felt secretly in his heart: The Taifu is narrow-minded, so you have to be careful when planning affairs with him in the future.
The two talked for a while, and then Wang Yan said goodbye and left.
Sima Yue sat in the study for a long time, then called an old servant and said: "Go to Xuzhou and tell Pei Dun that after Gu Rong and others went north, if they hesitated or hesitated, "Kill him immediately."
"No." The servant left quietly.
Sima Yue let out a sigh of relief.
Chen Min once played a trick on himself, which has always brought him shame.
Gu Rong and others actually attached themselves to Chen Min and helped him do evil, which made him very angry, and he even transferred part of his hatred towards Chen Min to them.
If they dare to come to Luoyang, they can barely be forgiven. When we meet in the future, we must ask them what they thought at the beginning. Sikong and Taifu didn't vote, but they voted for Chen Min? Could it be that he has lost his mind?
If Gu Rong and others were hesitant, they would just find an excuse to kill.
No one can keep anyone who has offended him.
Sima Ying and Sima Yong have all died, and the emperor has also died. Who is next?
(End of this chapter)