Chapter Seventy-Six: Worthy of the Surname Cao (2)
"Khooth!" The Heavenly Sword came out of its sheath, and a dragon chant erupted: "Sima Zhao's heart, everyone knows it!" ”
Just one hour before Sima Zhao and Wang Yuanji were talking about Guan Yi, the fourth emperor of Cao Wei, Cao Chao, known as "Wen Tong Chen Si and Wu Taizu", gathered more than 200 servants in his palace and published an impassioned essay.
"Since the change of Gaopingling, Sima Zhao, father and son, have been in power for 11 years! In the past 11 years, he has killed loyal ministers, suppressed speech, fought against dissent, and arbitrarily abolished the party. The sin is so great, it's really too much to write! Recently, Sima Zhao launched his minions again, intending to be named a duke! His intention to plot the dynasty and usurp the throne is clearly revealed! ”
"I! He is the great-grandson of Emperor Taizu Wu and a descendant of the Cao family. At this time when the life and death of Great Wei is at stake, I can only stand up and personally crusade against the traitors! In this battle, no matter whether I succeed or fail, I only hope that he will be worthy of seeing Emperor Taizu Wu underground! Only to be worthy of Cao's surname! ”
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Your Majesty must not." Wang Jing, who was defeated by Jiang Wei in the battle of Taoshui, is now Cao Wei Sili's lieutenant and Shangshu, and that night, among the ministers of the imperial court, only he and Wang Shen and Wang Ye were on duty in the palace. Cao Chao made such a big battle, of course he was shocked.
"Your Majesty, in ancient times, Lu Zhaogong ran away because he couldn't stand the dictatorship of the Ji clan and failed in the crusade, lost the country, and was laughed at by the people of the world. Now that the power has been in the hands of Sima Zhao for a long time, it is not a day that the court and the ministers of the Quartet have served him regardless of the reason of obedience. Moreover, there is a vacancy in the palace guards, and the troops are very weak, what does Your Majesty rely on? And when you do this, don't you want to get rid of the disease, but make it worse? I'm afraid the disaster is unpredictable, please think twice about it! ”
"Shangshu, please get up, I have no will, don't say more!" After Cao Chao said this, he threw away the inscription in his hand and went into the palace to bid farewell to the Empress Dowager Guo.
Seeing Cao Chao's figure gradually disappearing, Wang Shen and Wang Ye glanced at each other, and took a step together: "Yanwei, I'll go and report to the general soon, right?" ”
"What a word!" Wang Jing heard the proposal of the two of them, and his eyes were splitting for a moment: "As Wei Chen, we are waiting for our Majesty to take the time of the expedition, and we don't have the courage to follow it." How can he betray his master and show His Majesty's plan to Sima Zhao! ”
Wang Shen and Wang Ye bowed deeply to Wang Jing with flushed faces: "Yanwei Gaoyi, I will wait for you." But I really can't bear to have a family in my family being beheaded because of me. So I had to sell my lord to survive. Yanwei should come with us! ”
After listening to the words of the second king, Wang Jing's footsteps faltered for a while - the cruelty of the Sima family no longer needs to be proven: in the past eleven years, too many political enemies of the Sima family have been wiped out by the three clans. The rolling heads of people have frightened Cao Wei's ministers all over the body. But Wang Jing wavered for a while and immediately became firm: "Through this peasant family, recommended by Xiaohou (Cui Yan's brother Cui Lin) for the use of the imperial court." In the 20 years of the Great Wei Dynasty, although there was a defeat in Taoshui, it was still reused by the imperial court. Today, Sima Zhao's rebellious heart is well known. If Great Wei is about to die, there should be a minister to accompany the funeral. After the face of the residence! ”
Wang Shen and Wang Ye glanced at each other, and both knelt down to salute Wang Jing: "Yanwei take care!" ”
At the same time, in the deep palace, Empress Dowager Guo looked at Cao Chao, who was wearing battle armor, with tears in her eyes.
"Since the Ming Emperor's great trip, the mourning family has seen Zhaobo (former Cao Wei general Cao Shuang) beheaded all over the house, and watched Lan Qing (Cao Fang, King of Qi) deposed...... hated the Sima family, every time he did these things, he had to force the mourning family to use the seal, and scolded Zhao Bo and Lan Qing in the tone of the mourning family...... Your Majesty is the most talented and martial artist among the younger generation of my Cao family, and it was the Mourning family who insisted that Sima Shi make you emperor. I just want to think that one day you can rejuvenate the Cao family...... But why is Your Majesty so careful? If His Majesty has three longs and two shorts, the mourning family will be forced to scold His Majesty by the Sima family, and the Cao family will have no possibility of revival. Why can't Your Majesty think twice? ”
"Queen Mother! Today's Great Wei has reached the most critical juncture! Sima Zhao has forced his retainers to make him a duke, the next step is the prince, and then what's next? Erchen would rather die than be Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty! Taizu overcame thorns and thorns, and it took the blue wisps of the road to lay down the rivers and mountains of my Great Wei. If he really wants to perish, there should be an emperor to die for him! Erchen has already thought about it, although there is very little hope for sending troops this time, it may not be impossible to succeed. If it fails, it will be difficult for the sons to save their lives, but the usurpation of the Sima family will inevitably be delayed for several years. In a few years, I hope that there will be heroes in my Cao family who will come forward again! The Queen Mother, even if the sons and daughters die, it is not meaningless. Erchen is to buy me a few more years of Dawei! ”
"Hey~~~ Your Majesty has thought of this, what else does the mourning family have to say? Go ahead, take the Heavenly Sword left by Taizu, and let him drink the blood of the traitor! ”
"Whoa! Queen Mother, take care! ”
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At the same time, Sima Zhao, who received the news, was already chilling all over his body, and he was trembling all over: "Cao Chao, how dare you do this?" ”
Anger, fear...... A variety of emotions came to my heart at once. Sima Zhao's already not very good body was even more unbearable at this time. Seeing that he was staggering and about to fall.
At this time, a delicate but powerful jade hand firmly supported his body: "Zishang, you can't fall down at this time." You have fallen, and the next person to be wiped out of the three clans will be my Sima family. ”
"Motohime." Sima Zhao gratefully shook Wang Yuanji's hand: "Has Yuanji ever heard of this gentleman personally going into battle to crusade against his courtiers?" ”
"Hehehe, what's wrong with Zishang today? The matter of the monarch personally going into battle to crusade against his courtiers has been known since ancient times, and I don't know how many people are in the Spring and Autumn Period, but they basically failed. Today's incident, of course, will not be an exception! ”
"Thank you, Motohime." Sima Zhao turned around, his previous panicked mood was completely gone, and he began to issue an order calmly: "Immediately order the general (Sima Ling) to close the palace gate and prevent His Majesty's team from leaving the palace." ”
"On the son, the son will have a supple personality, and he may not dare to stop it to the end."
"Hehehe, don't worry. How could I not know who the son will be? Order again, order Gonglu (Jia Chong) to come to my house immediately! ”
When Sima Zhao was dispatching troops in his own mansion, Sima Ling, the captain of the Tun Cavalry, was in the most dilemma in his life at this time.
As Sima Zhao's half-brother, Sima Ling is relatively reliable in a group of waste sons of the Sima family: knowledgeable and generous. But what such a person lacks is firmness and ruthlessness, and he is usually too generous to his subordinates, but his subordinates are not very afraid of him - this is the same as Guan Yu, usually his subordinates love him, but when it comes to the most critical time, he will scatter in a hurry.
"Your Majesty, please take a break from the thunder! Even if the general made a thousand mistakes, he also made great contributions to the Great Wei. Why did His Majesty make such a drastic move. ”
"Hehehe, Sima Zhao's credit is great! So big that I have to give him this throne to reward him! He said without words, Zi General, will you let go? ”
"Your Majesty, the minister is really in a dilemma......"
"Well, I won't embarrass you. I'm going to go over like this, and if you want to kill the king, then come! ”
Cao Chao nodded lightly to his Fengche Lieutenant, and with a shake of the reins, Cao Chao's chariot began to move slowly. This great sense of oppression made Sima Ling feel a strong pressure, pressing him to the ground, no matter how he struggled in his heart, he couldn't get up.
The main generals are like this, and the soldiers under Sima Ling are even more frightened. It's not that there are no soldiers trying to move their weapons and put on a show. But even this posturing behavior was also reprimanded by the servants around Cao Chao: "If you dare to dance your weapons towards the Son of Heaven, aren't you afraid of being wiped out by the three clans?" ”
Don't think that the ancients were stupid, and don't think that the soldiers at the bottom of society are stupid. They all have their own survival wisdom. I don't dare to say much, but everyone understands the saying "the gods fight, the little ghosts suffer" very well: no matter what the emperor and Sima Gong end up with, this is the business of the top figures. In this process, if that little soldier doesn't open his eyes and joins in, no matter what the final outcome is, this little soldier will definitely wipe out the three clans!
Seeing Sima Ling's soldiers disperse in the last hurry, Cao Chao loosened his fist that was too hard because of nervousness, and his nails were sunk into the flesh: "Sure enough, these soldiers are not stupid, and they all know that this kind of thing will not end well no matter what." In this way, as long as I can get out of this palace and walk to the streets of Luoyang, no one will dare to stop me at that time, and Sima Zhao will definitely die! ”