As a strategist, Qian Feng is barely qualified, but his control of the overall situation is still insufficient-otherwise, he would not have assisted in presiding over the second rebellion, and he was defeated and lost-plus as a southerner, his vision is only north to the Yangtze River, so he can't really perceive the possible threat of Pei Cai, and advises Wang Dun to prepare early.

Besides, how to prepare, how can Wang Dun stretch out his hand across the river? He doesn't have a case, so how dare he come up with an idea? So I can only compliment Wang Dun and say that you will definitely be able to control Pei Gai.

Immediately, Qian Feng drafted a letter and informed Wang Dao of the relevant situation - of course, not including "Pei Xuzhou's heart is also in the East China Sea, not in Langya" - to Wang Dao in Jiankang. Director Wang immediately called Yu Liang and directly handed Wang Dun's letter to Yu Yuangui for a look.

The more Yu Liang reads, the colder his face becomes, and finally casually puts the letter on the case, and said loudly: "Pei Wen's appointment to go west this time, or as he said, is to aid Zu Shizhi and join forces to Xiang Luo, but he can't fight, and he returns eastward, but he goes down the river, clearly showing off his strength." His ambition is not small, and the prince should not allow him to cross the river that day! ”

Wang Dao replied quietly: "Yuan Gui, there is a vicious dog in my house, it is a pity to kill it, and if you don't kill it, you will be afraid to frighten the child, so you have no choice but to tie it outside to guard the door." Why did Qing cut off his rope and want to take the food from his mouth? If this dog chases Yu Qing, what can he do? If you want me to take her into the house, I'm afraid the family will be uneasy......"

I originally planned well, let Pei protect Xuzhou, let's rest assured to calm Jiangnan, and when the thieves are wiped out, the raccoon dog bows down, and the soldiers are strong, maybe the vicious dog will be the leader to chase the Central Plains. As a result, you just planted your brother in the past, trying to steal the foundation he had built up with great difficulty, didn't you deliberately want to force Pei Gai to rebel?

"Although Pei Wenyue is young, he used to save his life from the defeated army in Ku County, and returned from a perfunctory thief, and returned in embarrassment, like a young deer meeting a jackal for a long time, his facial features must be very sharp, his heart is also very alert, and it is not easy to shoot. And now with 5,000 sharp soldiers, a battle to break Du Zeng, and return to the army on the river, Qing thinks, with the ability of the Qing brothers, it is possible to seize his military handle, so that the south is smooth? ”

Yu Liang spread his hands: "If it is a deer, there is nothing to worry about, I am afraid that as the prince said, it is a vicious dog." If you don't kill him today, I'm afraid that after he grows up, he may burst out and devour people at any time, and it will be too late to regret it by then! ”

Director Wang shook his head lightly: "Yuan Gui, if everything in the world is what Qing wants, how can there be turmoil?" Pei's famous family, if placed on the left side of the river, will share the power of overseas Chinese such as us, and fight with each other, so that the southerners will benefit; If you are in Jiangbei, you are afraid that you will be the enemy of Jiankang. Weighing the pros and cons, we can only focus on the present, and we should not look too far ahead. Today, Du Tao and others are extinguished, Jing and Hunan are broken, and Yang and Jiang are also unstable - the matter of Xu Fu at the beginning of the year is difficult to ensure that the imitators will be invalid again......"

At the beginning of this year, Wu Xinggong Cao Xu Fu really launched a rebellion under the instigation of Zhou Xian, killed Yuan Xiu, and pointed the spearhead at Wang Dao and Diao Xie. However, Xu Fu wanted to serve Zhou Za as the master, but was categorically rejected by Zhou Za, Zhou Xun saw that his uncle had this attitude, and he did not dare to raise troops to help, resulting in Xu Fuxuan being killed by his subordinates - Zhou Zazi Zhou continued to support the rebellion, and also designed to remove his cousin Zhou Zhen.

Xu Fu's rebellion did not last long, and the intensity was not strong, but it spread widely, and many wealthy families in the south of the Yangtze River had secretly communicated with them, and they were ready to move for a while, and Wang Dao and others felt considerable pressure. Therefore, he was forced to pay Zhou Za for his position as a county guard in Wuxing, and the Zhou family was more conservative with the wealthy families in the county, and his power not only did not weaken, but swelled even more.

Therefore, Wang Daocai said: "At the beginning of the year, Xu Fu's incident is difficult to guarantee that it will be invalid again...... although the fire in this place has been successfully extinguished, who knows if there will be fires elsewhere? You must know that now the whole land is full of dry firewood accumulated by the resentment of the southerners!

“…… If we quarrel with Xuzhou at this time, or Pei Wenyue completely falls to Chang'an, or is forced to send troops to attack, the southerners will definitely fight to attack my back, and the situation will be eroded in an instant. Even if he knows that Pei Wen's covenant will be difficult to control in the future, he can only continue to restrain him now-Yuan Gui, so let's call Brother Ling back. ”

Yu Liang couldn't help but smile bitterly: "I know that there are poisonous sores, which may endanger my life, but I don't dare to cut ...... Can we just watch him grow swollen and festering, and there is nothing else to be done? ”

Director Wang smiled faintly: "It's not necessarily that there is nothing to be done." Then he pointed to the letter on the case: "Pei Wenyue also knows that his back to Jiangdong will be controlled by us, but he wants to make meritorious contributions to Yuluo and protect himself with the merit of welcoming the Son of Heaven. In that case, it is better to grant them what they ask......"

Yu Liang couldn't help but be surprised: "Prince, if you allow his northern expedition, if you lose, then you can't, once you win, the Central Plains will fall into the hands of the King of Qin, and when the time comes, we may all become prisoners of the order!" "Sima Ye is in Chang'an, and he has repeatedly urged Sima Rui to send troops north, and King Qin escorted him, Sima Rui found all kinds of excuses to push and push, so do you say Sima Ye can not hate in his heart? If he sits firmly on the throne of the Son of Heaven, and then restores the Central Plains, he will be powerful, and he will be able to spare Jiangdong? Sima Rui is mediocre and has royal blood, so he may just be degraded and imprisoned, but Jiang Zuo's ministers, especially the ruling Wang Dao, Yu Liang and others, I am afraid they will not be so lucky.

Director Wang waved his hand: "Yuan Gui is a little restless." Since Chang'an has repeatedly issued edicts and invited King Langya to go on a northern expedition to King Qin, it is better to obey his orders. The Northern Expedition should raise the banner of the governor of eastern Shaanxi, rather than Xu and Yu themselves, if they fail, they can be blamed on Pei and Zu, and if they win, the merit is in Jiangdong. And with this righteous name, which southerner dares to oppose at this time? Those who dare to have different opinions will be pointed out by thousands of people. ”

Yu Liang thought for a while, and then asked: "This plan of killing two birds with one stone seems to be quite feasible, but ...... Jiangdong didn't have many strong soldiers......" glanced at Wang Dao as he spoke: "And the status of King Langya is precious, and he should not be moved lightly, is it possible to order his brother to be under the guardianship of Zhongzhijie?" ”

It is said that the governor of eastern Shaanxi sent troops to the north to Qinwang, but in fact, it is not necessary for Sima Rui to personally lead the troops, and it is the same to send an agent to supervise the armies. But the question is who to send? It seems that only Wang Dun is qualified enough...... Wang Maohong, your cousin is already very powerful, and I have warned you many times not to trust him too much, are you going to give him a great share of the credit? If the Northern Expedition is defeated, it will be enough, once it is won, do you say that the credit will be attributed to the Langya Wang family, or to your Langya Wang family, or only to him Wang Dun alone?

Director Wang shook his head: "Brother Chu Zhong should protect Jiangnan, and it is not appropriate to go north." ”

"Then the only way to do this is to send the kings to supervise the teacher......" Yu Liang looked at Wang Dao suspiciously, but deliberately did not finish his words. His meaning is very clear, although the kings of Nandu also have to be led by the governor of eastern Shaanxi, but after all, they are not Sima Rui's ministers, but just relatives, if the Northern Expedition is successful, they will definitely take the credit to themselves, Sima Rui - that is, the Jiankang regime - still has nothing, and will suffer misfortune.

Director Wang looked at Yu Liang: "Yuan Gui, why is Qing confused?" Among the kings, although one person's reputation is not high, it is enough to make Pei and Zu bow down, and he is worthy of this important task. ”

Yu Liang suddenly realized: "King of the East China Sea! ”

Sima Pei, the king of the East China Sea, is sixteen years old this year, and is planning to perform the crown ceremony, he is Sima Rui's second son, although he succeeded the king of the East China Sea, but Sima Rui is very convenient to exert influence on him, and it will not be so that his son will climb up by trapping Lao Tzu - it is difficult to say a few years later, for now, a yellow-mouthed son can't do this kind of thing, and even if he wants to do it, no one around him responds.

Sima Pei is the king of a town, and the Donghai royal family is the old master of Zu Ti and Pei Gai, even if Zu and Pei are only superficial, they don't dare to directly bombard Sima Pei back, they must be willing to accept his leadership - as for whether to obey his command...... Even if Wang Dun crossed to the north, if his subordinates did not have thousands of troops to protect him, do you think those two goods would listen?

If you don't listen to orders, it is best to be frustrated, or even defeated, Sima Rui, Sima Pei and his son will be convenient to shake the pot; And if he really wins, won't these two princes, who are the governor of eastern Shaanxi and the actual guardian of the armies, take the greatest credit?

Yu Liang twisted his beard and muttered for a long time, still a little uneasy: "Prince, if the king of the East China Sea has meritorious service, he is afraid that he will take the position of heir the next day......"

Director Wang flicked his sleeves: "Yuan Gui, don't talk nonsense!" Then he slowed down his tone slightly: "The things of the day after tomorrow don't have to worry about the sky." ”

Sima Rui's eldest son Sima Shao and second son Sima Pei, both of them are concubines, born to the palace man Xun - but this Xun family has nothing to do with the famous family of Yingchuan, just pretending to be a Xianbei beauty - but they were adopted by Sima Rui's wife Yu Meng's mother when they were young, and they can be regarded as concubines under the premise of having no grandchildren. The age difference between the two sons is only one year, and they are both equally smart and clever, and they are favored by Sima Rui, so if Sima Li is meritorious in leading the Northern Expedition, he is likely to overpower Sima Shao and become Sima Rui's heir.

But the question is, Sima Pei has already gone out, do you say that in the future, Sima Rui will pass the Langya throne to Sima Pei and vacate the throne of the East China Sea, or will it be better for the two sons to get a prince each? That's not a problem at all. Unless...... Sima Rui went further, then between the crown prince and the vassal king, Sima Rui really needs to fight......

So what are you thinking about? Even if you are like me, you have the heart of supporting the King of Langya to inherit the orthodoxy of the Jin family, after all, now that Chang'an still has a genuine son of heaven, you can't show your mouth at all! Besides, King Langya is still far from the throne of the Son of Heaven, so you are starting to think about his heir? Maybe I'm thinking too far ahead.

Yu Liang hurriedly stood up and apologized: "It's Liang's nonsense, and the prince blames it...... The prince was so thoughtful that he couldn't shine brightly. In fact, he only thinks deeper than Director Wang, but it's a pity that he can't do it too much.

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Besides, after Pei Gai sent Qian Feng away, he set off the camp the next day and returned to Xuzhou. On the way, he got the news that although Todd had been walking for more than half a year, he had finally come back smoothly, and not only that, but he had also "kidnapped" several people from the north.

What kind of person Lu Zhifu is, Pei Gai doesn't know, and he won't take it to heart for the time being; But the arrival of Pei Wei's father and son made him feel deeply happy, and he couldn't help but feel like an arrow, and he just wanted to return to Huaiyin in one step and meet his distant uncle.

Because of the friendship between the East and the West, speaking of Wenxi Pei's children, he only had an impression of two people in his previous life, one was the dead ghost father Pei Wei, and the other was this Pei Wei Pei Wenji.

The so-called "Five Hu and Sixteen Kingdoms" are not at the same time, and in order to facilitate memory, we can draw out a basic context like the "Five Generations". The first foreign regime to establish the foundation was of course Hu Han, but when Hu and Han were at their strongest, they were only in Hedong, Henan and southern Shaanxi, and the first to encompass most of the Central Plains was Shi Zhao. However, Shi Zhao's foundation was unstable, and he was wiped out, replaced by Murong Yan, then Qianqin, and finally Tuoba Xianbei's turn to kill the Quartet.

Therefore, the first foreign power to control the Central Plains more firmly is the Xianbei Murong clan. Don't look at Qianyan was beaten like a dog by Wang Meng later, it was because the foundation had been built for a long time, the sharpness had disappeared, and the fatigue was fully revealed. If in the heyday of Murong Hao and Murong Jun, you let Wang beat him again?

Oh, as a fan of Wang, Pei Gai still thinks that Wang Meng will win, but it is probably impossible to win so easily.

At the back of the "Chronicle" of Murong Diao, the ancestor of the Murong clan, as in the last account of Zhang Bin in Shile's Chronicle, the biographies of two Han people are attached—one is Gao Zhan and the other is Pei Wei. Gao Zhan is not enough, Pei Weizhi and Murong Diao, but like Zhang Binzhi and Shi Le, they are really confidants and ministers, and they are good friends who start their careers.

And strictly speaking, Pei Wei cannot be regarded as a traitor, because in his lifetime, the Xianbei Murong clan did not set up a banner of rebellion against the Jin Dynasty, and Murong Diao was only the military governor of You, Pingerzhou, and Dongyi under the Eastern Jin Dynasty regime, and the general of the Che Cavalry, Pingzhou Mu, and Xianggong, and did not go deep into the hinterland of the Central Plains. Pei Wei's behavior can be regarded as "borrowing teachers to help suppress", although most of the people who have always done this have refused wolves at the front door and welcomed the tiger at the back door, ending up in becoming a traitor, but the bad guys died early, and even Murong Hao called King Yan couldn't see it.

Moreover, Pei Wei was once ordered to send an envoy to the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and said to Sima Rui: "Gu Yi is the imperial palace to move, the mountains are humiliating, and General Murong Longxiang is more and more in the table, but the heart of the royal family, generous sincerity, righteousness of heaven and earth, sweeping the middle of the soil, flattering the emperor, so he sent envoys, thousands of miles to express sincerity...... shows that he still hopes to rely on the soldiers and horses of Xianbei Murong to pacify the Central Plains for the Jin family, and he does not plan to be like Zhang Bin to help foreigners to be the masters of China.

Therefore, Pei Gai's impression of this cousin uncle is not bad, and since he can assist Murong Diao, defeat the Yuwen clan, and oppose Shi Zhao, I believe that his talent must not be weak. Therefore, he hurried back to Huaiyin, but only Bian Yan, Zhou Zhu and others were greeted when they went out of the city. Pei Gai asked Bian Wangzhi: "Where is my uncle?" ”

Bian Yan replied: "I have arranged a place to stay, so that you can enter the city to rest, and then you can go to pay respects." ”