At the end of September, the former hussar general and lieutenant Sima Yi quietly returned to Beijing.

Originally, many ministers were ready to go out of the city to greet him, but Sima Yi was very low-key, did not inform anyone of the arrival time, quietly entered the city, and then sent Sima Zhao to inform a few friends to apologize.

On the evening of returning home, Taiwei's mansion was deserted, and Sima Yi, Master Sima and his wife held a simple family banquet, except for Sima Fu and his wife, there was no one else. After the banquet, Zhang Chunhua accompanied Sima Fu's wife to talk, and Sima Yi and the four of them came to the study and sat around the bookcase, and no one spoke for a long time.

In the end, it was Sima Fu who opened his mouth to break the silence. "It's also a good thing for my brother to return to Beijing. I heard that Sun Quan intended to be the emperor, and the imperial court was bound to use troops against Jiangdong again. In terms of the current situation, even if the Son of Heaven is personally recruited, it is useless, and it is better to watch from the wall. ”

Sima Yi nodded silently and shook his head again. "Shuda, you underestimated Your Majesty."

Sima Fu looked at Sima Yi puzzled. "Brother, what do you mean ......?"

"As a scholar of the degree branch, you are familiar with the use of money and food, and when you know that Cao Xiu has failed miserably, the loss is so great that it is obvious to all, even if you don't go to Shangshu Province to check the documents, you can know it. At this time, it is unlikely that His Majesty will personally enlist to vent his anger. ”

Sima Fu thought about it and felt reasonable. "Then watch Sun Quan betray and stand on his own?"

"Of course not." Sima Yi stroked his beard. "I think that a tooth for a tooth may be your majesty's best choice."

"A tooth for a tooth?" Sima Shi interjected: "Send someone to Jiangdong to lure General Wu to avenge Zhou Yi's bullying of Cao Xiu?" ”

Sima Yi nodded. "This should be a better way than pro-recruitment. Cao Xiu's 100,000-strong army was defeated, and there were not a few generals. If you send people to Jiangdong, contact these generals, make meritorious contributions, and make a little noise, no matter how big the movement is, as long as you can save some face. If you can persuade one or two Wu generals to surrender, it will naturally be better. There are also many contradictions within Jiangdong, and the conflicts between those Jianghuai generals and the local clans in Jiangdong are becoming more and more intense, and some of them can take advantage of them. I heard that Zhou Yin, the second son of Zhou Yu, who was stationed in the public security, was at odds with Lu Xun. ”

Sima Fu thought for a moment. "Is this the news that those school officials heard, or did my brother's assassination hear the news?"

Sima Yi glanced at Sima Fu and bowed his head slightly. The third brother is still the most experienced, and he suddenly heard the key point. "The school officials are very active, and they do not hesitate to go deep into Jiangnan in order to make meritorious contributions. This is the news they heard, and as for how much truth there is, it is difficult to judge. ”

Sima Fu smiled, revealing a hint of disdain. Since this is the case, let the Son of Heaven toss and see what result he can toss in the end.

Sima Yi turned his head to look at Sima Shi. "Ziyuan, I heard that you and Yuanrong are not on good terms? This is not a good time to be temperamental. ”

Sima Shi was a little embarrassed, but he still bowed his hand. "Ong, it's a long story......

Say. Your third uncle is not an outsider, so what is there to avoid suspicion. ”

"Whoa." Goodbye, Master Sima. "This matter has to start with Cao Miao Sapo." Moxue Literature Network

"Cao Miao?" Sima Yi stroked his beard and frowned. "Why is it him again?"

Sima Shi didn't know how to talk about it for a while. He met Cao Miao several times, and none of them were pleasant. Even he couldn't tell where this hatred came from or why it had come to this point.

"My brother is not in Beijing, I don't know that this son is used to pretending to be crazy and stupid, and acting recklessly. Wang Tai's death, there is no evidence, not to mention for the time being, but the pursuit of Wang Ji was not long ago. It's just a matter of killing people, burying ...... alive" Sima Fu shook his head and said with a wry smile: "It's really a beast, and it can't be done by humans." ”

Sima Yi looked at Sima Fu in surprise. "Shuda, you tell me carefully."

Sima Fu gave a general account of what he knew. Although so far, not many people have seen Cao Miao in the palace, the story of Cao Miao has spread in the palace. Many people called Cao Miao the prince of the middle finger and treated him as a joke, but Sima Fu didn't think so.

He felt that those people were all confused by Cao Miao's madness, forgetting that the Son of Heaven's recent series of initiatives were all related to Cao Miao. Gao Xun was bitten off his finger, Cangji and Zhong Tai were arrested, Wang Ji was killed, the ministers of the clan were frustrated, Xiahou Xuan was appointed as a pawn farmer in Luoyang, and the clan took over the defense of Gyeonggi, these are all major events that affect the direction of the government, and they can be traced back to Cao Miao.

In other words, just looking at one thing, Cao Miao is messing around. But when viewed together, it is Cao Miao who is intentionally or unintentionally influencing the general trend of the imperial court.

After listening to Sima Fu's words, Sima Shi woke up like a dream. He was not familiar with the situation in the palace, and he couldn't figure out why Cao Miao was targeting him, but now he looked at the situation of the entire court, and he suddenly understood.

Cao Miao wanted to target not their father and son, but the ministers with foreign surnames in the court, especially the ministers with military power in their hands. The reason why they were chosen was only because Sima Yi was the representative of the foreign minister in charge of the army.

Sima Shi immediately told him how he met Cao Miao several times, and finally added a point: Cao Miao advocated pragmatism and was very disgusted by flashy habits, Deng Yang was also humiliated by Cao Miao, after Xiahou Xuan was released, he almost cut off contact with the celebrity circle, but ran and exercised every day in the Diannong Governance Institute, like a martial artist, it seems that he wants to inherit his father's legacy and take the command of the army as his own responsibility.

Sima Yi thought for a long time and smiled slightly. "Young people, to have such a responsibility, courage is commendable, but the means are a little immature. Ziyuan, Zishang, etc., should learn from their strengths and go to their shortcomings, so that they can make progress. ”

Sima Shi and Sima Zhao bowed their hands. "Ask my father for advice."

Sima Yi picked up the water cup and took a shallow sip of tea. "Back then, the first emperor and the king of Yongqiu competed for the heir, and the first emperor won in the end, it seems that the support of the family is very important, but in fact, this is the last choice of Emperor Wu. It is said that the function of governing chaos is still functional, and the governance of peace is still moral, but if there is no support from the family headed by Ru Ying, Emperor Wu will have the opportunity to compete in the Central Plains. ”

"Nowadays, Dawei Dingji needs the support of talents. Although the poor family can also produce talents, how can the talents of the poor family be compared with the talents of the family? If Your Majesty wants to rule the country and level the world, you can't do without the support of the family. The reason why he belittled the family was just an overkill of Emperor Wen, and it was impossible to exterminate the family. ”

Sima Yi looked around, the corners of his mouth slightly raised. "Moreover, there are four hundred years of the Han Dynasty, and it is relatives, eunuchs, and courtiers who compete in the court, and what hall has a clan? Liu Ziyang (Liu Ye) once said that His Majesty is the son of Emperor Qin and Han Wu, and Emperor Qin and Han Wu treat the clan like this, you should know very well. ”

Sima Fu nodded approvingly. Sima Shi and Sima Zhao glanced at each other and breathed a sigh of relief.

Sima Zhao said: "Father, then how should we deal with it next?" ”

Sima Yi stroked his beard and gently spit out a word. "Wait."