Pei was not inclined to Sima's, but was dissatisfied with Pei Cai.

Of course, she loves that nephew very much, and she is also happy to see his dragon fly for nine days - originally she and Sima Yue were politically married, and they were not favored, and then they were oppressed by Sima Bi, so that they were trapped in the camp, not to mention that her husband and stepson were already hanging, even if she was still alive, she was not as close as her distant nephew Pei should be in the balance of her feelings.

Pei Gai has always respected and missed this aunt who sacrificed herself to save her life in the camp and shared weal and woe with her, so since she was sent to Jiankang, it was impossible not to take the opportunity not to contact Pei. Although Yu Liang placed the Chinese envoy in a secret place, strictly guarded it, and did not let the outside world communicate with the outside world, but in a place like Jiankang City, how could he stop the Chinese envoy Sun Zhen, who was on a special mission?

- It's not Gu Zang, Zhang Mao gave an order, and no one dared to spread the news for the Chinese envoy; The so-called defense in Jiankang City is actually like a sieve.

Therefore, Pei Gai's handwritten letter was secretly sent to Concubine Pei before Director Wang came. In the letter, Pei Cai first followed the old practice, greeted his aunt's daily life, and then reported the news of his founding of the country, hoping that his aunt could return to the Central Plains and rely on him - and have a chance to go back to his hometown to have a look.

Pei Gai's letter naturally revealed his true feelings, and the retouching of Hu Fei and other secretaries was enough to impress his relatives. Question: Concubine Pei is not an ordinary woman, she is good at poetry and books, she has gone through hardships and hardships, she has a wide range of knowledge, and she is more sensitive to politics. ”

A woman marries and obeys her husband, and her husband dies and obeys her son, unless she has nothing, she can return to her mother's family alone. Concubine Pei said in her heart that I have now succeeded Sima Chong, the third son of Sima Rui, as my grandson, so the honor and disgrace of the rich and poor in the second half of my life must be pinned on Sima Chong. If Sima Rui refuses to surrender to the Hua Dynasty, the north and the south will become enemy countries, Sima Chong is the son of Sima Rui, and his name is the king of the Jin family, how can he follow me to the north? Even if Sima Rui is willing to let go, I have no reason to take Sun Xiangluo with me.

Therefore, it stands to reason that Pei should implore me as an elder to lobby Sima Rui and serve Hua Shuo, so that you can be good to me, hello to everyone, and it is possible for my aunt and nephew to meet in Luozhong. However, Pei Gai didn't say a word about this - does he think that women shouldn't meddle in politics, or is he not willing to submit to Sima Rui at all?!

This nephew has some strange ideas, and after years of getting along, Concubine Pei can also feel that Pei should respect himself, not only because of his relatives and elders, but also because of the virtue of saving each other in the stable, he is willing to treat women equally. Therefore, with Concubine Pei's understanding of Pei Gai, she definitely does not think that women should not meddle in politics, and even if people who hold this kind of thinking encounter such a major event, they will hope that women can play a certain role in it.

Then Pei Gai didn't mention this matter at all, there was only one reason: he didn't want Sima Rui to take the initiative to surrender at all, but hoped that he could be subdued by force in the future.

Out of a certain understanding of politics, Concubine Pei can understand the reason why Pei should do this: if Jiangnan is a different surname, it is just that, since he is the king of the former Jin Dynasty and sits on the land of six states, once he takes the initiative to surrender, how should he deal with it? If Sima Rui splits the soil and claims the domain, it will definitely not work; If Sima Rui is summoned to the court, how should his subordinates be placed? And under the premise that it is impossible for the Chinese Dynasty to go all out to seek Jiangnan, it is also easy to cause long-term local turmoil.

Rather than this, it is better for you to follow Jin Zuo and do it against me. Anyway, you don't have the strength of the Northern Expedition for the time being, and when I ease up, you can completely solve the Jiangnan problem in one fell swoop.

But at that time, what will happen to Sima Rui? What will happen to Sima Chong then? As the wife of the Sima family, Sima Rui's aunt, and Sima Chong's grandmother, how should I deal with myself? It's not like you're in a camp, where there are enemies everywhere, and you have to think hard about your own plans, and don't dare to consult with me; You made your worries and thoughts clear to me in your letter, so that I could be mentally prepared in advance, so why bother not saying a word? You're stupid?!

Sure enough, as long as there is a gap between feelings, it will naturally be separated......

Concubine Pei didn't like this, so when she faced Director Wang, she directly called herself "an old woman in my Sima family" - although she is not really old. Wang Maohong was overjoyed because of this, so he dared to tell his intentions in person.

Concubine Pei Yu Qing—whether it was for Pei's or Sima's—was unlikely to resist Wang Dao's request to prevent Sima Chong from signing the persuasion seal they had prepared. In fact, according to her original thoughts, she hoped that Sima Rui would not set the right chariot and horse against Pei Cai, and also hoped that Sima Chong would not get involved in this kind of thing, so that she would be convenient for the two surnames to deal with. But after reading Pei Gai's letter, Concubine Pei was a little angry, and even a little self-defeating, so she agreed to Director Wang's invitation in one bite.

- Whatever, anyway, you men are in charge of everything in the world, so you don't have to pay attention to my thoughts as a woman...... Am I embarrassed that you don't even think about it!

Therefore, led by Sima Chong, the king of Wuxing, including Wang Dao, Wang Dun and other Danyang officials, and the pastors of various states in the south of the Yangtze River jointly played, imploring Sima Rui to practice the throne and be respected. Sima Ruilan was shocked and refused to allow it. Wang Dao and others insisted on death, and again and again, Sima Ruinai sighed and said: "Loneliness is a sinner, only to die righteously, with the shame of the snow world, and the punishment of the axe...... When the Son of Heaven sees it, why do the sages force me?! "If you draw your sword directly, you have to wipe your neck.

Director Wang and the others didn't dare to force it, so they took a step back for the time being, please continue to be the same, and carry the throne to the king of Jin.

Sima Rui was also very conflicted in his heart, on the one hand, he couldn't bear to end up with his ancestors' inheritance, on the other hand, he was worried that he would die without a place to be buried if he opposed the Hua Dynasty, and at the same time, he was afraid that because of his cowardice and retreat, Wang Maohong and other relatives and friends would not end up...... So in the end, he reluctantly agreed, that is, he was promoted to the throne on the obscure day of March of that year, and the temple was established in Jiankang.

Xuanfeng's eldest son Sima Shao is the son of the king of Jin, Sima Chong, the king of Wuxing, is the Taibao, Wang Dun is the general, Wang Dao is the hussar general, and the Chinese and foreign military are supervised, Ji Zhan is the general Wei and supervises the Yangzhou military, and Yu Liang is the left servant of Shangshu......

For the Chinese envoy Sun Zhen, Yu Liang suggested that the sacrificial flag be killed, in order to show the righteousness of obedience and rebellion, but Sima Rui resolutely refused to allow it, and ordered Sun Zhenli to be sent across the river.

Sun Zhen returned to Luoyang and asked Pei Gai for guilt, Pei Gai smiled: "They are arrogant, they resist Wang Hua, how can this be changed by Qing - not guilty." ”

This Sun Zhen recommended by Pei Shu does have some talents, but he is not an immortal, and it is impossible to completely reverse the back of the Jiankang regime by himself. Even if Zhuge Liang crossed the river to lobby Sun Quan and unite to resist Cao, wouldn't Lu Su and Zhou Yu have to echo it internally? In fact, the opinions of internal ministers are the main reason for Sun Quan's decision, and Zhuge Liang is just icing on the cake. And what about the interior of Jiangdong today? Wang Dun is comparable to Zhou Yu, Wang Dao is comparable to Lu Su, as long as one of those two goods does not approve of Conghua, how can Sima Rui, who even owes Sun Quan Yicheng's authority and initiative, dare to make a decision?

This was also expected by Pei Gai. In fact, a long time ago, he began to plan in advance for the confrontation between the north and the south, and once he held the authority of Jin, he immediately played and asked Huainan and Lujiang counties to be placed under the jurisdiction of Yuzhou.

These two counties are in Jiangbei, and the geographical location is very important, and I think that Sun Quan and Cao Cao had many troops here. Pei Cai cut down the two counties with one sword, and the southern soldiers on the eastern front could not cross the river, so they could only rely on the Yangtze River to take the defensive.

Pei Gai once said at the beginning that guarding the river must first guard Huai. The two counties of Huainan and Lujiang are located in the upper reaches of Huaishui, through which they can threaten the south of Xuzhou to the east, and to the west they can attack Anfeng and Yiyang in Yuzhou with the Jingzhou army. Besides, Huainan can also be used as the advance base of the Northern Expedition - didn't Pei Gai do that back then?

During the Three Kingdoms era, in fact, Eastern Wu did not rely on the river to defend it, and still maintained a large territory in the north of the Yangtze River, blocking the Wei people on the eastern front line in Hefei. Because of this, Cao Pi thought that Sun Quan was a great enemy, and repeatedly sent troops to attack; Zhuge Ke also had the courage to launch the Northern Expedition...... Although the attackers often return home in the southward and northern expeditions, if the Yangtze River is separated, will there still be such a tug-of-war that will last for decades?

However, the Jiangnan forces stretched across the Yangtze River, not only on the eastern front, but also in the middle reaches of Jingzhou, Weixing County in the northwest is adjacent to Yongzhou across Nanshan, Nanyang and Nanxiang in the north, and Sizhou across Funiu Mountain, which is like a dagger, straight into the heart of the Northern Dynasty. It's just that Pei Gai didn't want to—and didn't dare—too much to stimulate the Jiankang regime that day, and Jingzhou was forbidden by Wang Dunmu, so he could still cut the knife in the eastern line, and if he cut the Jiangbei county of Jingzhou on the western front, Wang Chuzhong would not give up.

Fortunately, the two states of Yong and Si, which are the core of the Northern Dynasties, are naturally well defended, and I believe that the southern army does not dare to attack easily - unlike the eastern front, only Su Jun has a soldier and horse, and he is mainly stationed in Qingzhou, and the southern defense is weak, if the southern army easily captures Huainan, it will most likely form an avalanche.

Therefore, at the beginning of the practice, Pei Gai ordered Zhou Jin to lead a brigade of troops to camp in Wuguan, and Xue Ning to lead a brigade to settle in Liang County, in order to prevent Jingzhou soldiers from going north. He initially wanted to appoint Zhen Sui, saying: "Qing is a southerner, so he should be good at dealing with southern soldiers. But Zhen Sui refused, saying, "Big ...... Your Majesty once allowed me to fight Shile, but now I have sent all the oriental affairs to the ancestral army. Even so, the minister should be a guard by His Majesty's side, in case the ancestral army is defeated, so that he can go up.

"Wang Dun's waste, he may not have the courage to lead his troops north, so if I am placed south of Sizhou, isn't it the same as a holiday? In two or three years, where can you still catch a war! If the southerners really refuse to submit to Your Majesty, and after the north is pacified, the minister will lead the army straight down to Jingzhou and return to his hometown in one go.

"As for now, I will never go on this errand."

Pei Wei scolded beside him: "Your Majesty's golden mouth, since there is a will, how dare the general disobey it?!" ”

Zhen Sui glanced at him and retorted: "Your Majesty said in the past that I should go to fight Shile, isn't it Jinkou Yuyan?" Is Pei Gong the Majesty himself, or the crown of His Majesty? Pei Wenji was speechless......

The reason why Pei Gai finally acquiesced to the plan of Pei Wei and others and returned to the Luo Gong Palace in advance was because except for Zu Li, the other forces were not to worry about it for the time being, and few dared to take an offensive against their own side - especially after the two battles of Taiyuan and Xingyang had greatly defeated Zhao and Zhao. Jiangnan seems to be a behemoth, but in fact it is a paper tiger, Sima Rui is a half-puppet, Wang Dun will only fight in the nest, especially the southern army crossing to the north, and the Central Plains cavalry compete for power between Heluo, the difficulty coefficient is too high.

Hanzhong visited Zhou, and the power was small and weak; The same is true for the Zhang family in Liangzhou. Don't look at the tens of thousands of male horsemen in the Zhang family, after all, the population is too small and the productivity is too low, it is difficult to support a long-term expedition. There is also Liu Kun in Pingzhou, who has not only been repeatedly defeated, but also far away - even in the original history, Liu Yueshi was established in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, but only on a famous persuasion seal, and did not play any practical role.

Of course, Liu Kun is also a celebrity in the world, and he is good friends with Zu Ti, Pei Gai doesn't want him to end up, especially Liu Kun has a Wen Taizhen who he values more. Therefore, soon after Pei Gai ascended the throne, he summoned Wen Qiao and comforted him with kind words, hoping that he could bring the edict ordering Liu Kun to Pingzhou and persuade Liu Kun to bow down.

Pei Gai named Liu Kun as "a young master from a product, an envoy, a military governor of Pingzhou, and a duke of Zhuoxian" - only one level lower than Zu Ti, and the separation between civil and military makes it inconvenient for them to be superior. At the same time, he also worshiped Wen Qiao as the assassin of Pingzhou, and worshiped Liu Yan as "General, General Fujun, and Captain of Hudongyi", both of whom were named Pavilion Marquis, and the rest of Liu's generals, according to the list provided by Wen Qiao, also had their own worship.

Wen Taizhen's attitude is quite good, after all, he has been to and from the Central Plains many times, and he has a deep understanding of the power and martial arts of the Pei family, especially when his family is curled up in the Northeast, and there is no capital to resist. It's just that Wen Qiao resolutely refused to accept Juelu on the spot, and accused: "The minister is a subordinate of Duke Liu, and he should follow Duke Liu's wishes." This return to Pingzhou should persuade Liu Gong to return to China, but if Liu Gong insists on not allowing it...... Your Majesty values the grace, and let it be repaid in the next life. ”

In fact, Pei Gai's only worry is Xianbei.

Although Tuoba was defeated and the civil strife subsided, if he insisted on being an enemy, it would be enough to shake the annexation of the state. In fact, those nomads are accustomed to going south to plunder, even when they worship Jinshuo, except for the time when Yilu and Liu Kun are about brothers, they will come to invade the territory in three days, at most they will not attack the city and kill the officials. However, can Pei should allow the generals who are now guarding the annexed states, such as Liu Yang and others, to be brothers with Tuoba?

Therefore, on the one hand, we must try our best to restrain and expand, and on the other hand, we must also have a strong cavalry unit stationed in the emerging territory, and if Xianbei dares to stretch out his hand, he must chop off the knife on the spot.

Under the current situation, it is inconvenient for Pei Gai to ask Tuoba to return the Yanmen counties ceded by the Jin people, and at the same time he has to maintain the title of "acting king" of He Wei......

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