Chapter 7: Rumors and Truths

After Shen Chong learned about it, he was anxious on the spot, pulled Qian Feng's sleeve, and blamed: "It's all Shiyi's plan, and I will be in a different place today!" ”

Qian Feng was also a little caught off guard, but he was a wise man after all, and after a little hesitation, he lowered his voice and asked Shen Chong: "The imperial court has this edict, can the Zhou family know about it?" "I attached Shen Chong's ear to this, saying that we might as well do this......

In March of the first year of Yan Ping, the rebellion of Wuxing was completely quelled, and Wang Dun sent an envoy to Luoyang to present the heads of Zhou Zha, Zhou Xiao and others.

Not long before that, Wang Dun not only let Zhou Za return to Wuxing safely, but also hired Zhou Xiao and other Zhou children as subordinate officials. But then he got a "denunciation", saying that the Zhou family had revolted, so he killed Zhou Xiao and others in the army, and then took advantage of the fact that the army had not yet retreated to Wuchang, and suddenly killed Wu Xingguo three times.

Shen responded internally, cut off the news in advance, and re-guided the Wuchang army to attack the Zhou family. Zhou Za didn't know that the army was coming, but he only heard reports that there were scattered people who were in rebellion, so he personally led hundreds of people under his command to suppress them, but was surrounded and killed by the official army on the spot.

Wang Dunbei set up the Zhou clan as the chief, and took the opportunity to encroach on nearly half of the Zhou clan's land, slaves and maids. Immediately went to the imperial court, dedicated the heads of Zhou Za and others, and asked for forgiveness for Shen Chong's crimes with the resignation of Shen Chong's rebellion before the battle and the pacification of the Zhou family.

It is impossible for the imperial court not to agree to this request of his. Previously, Zhou and Shen were in turmoil, so they were strictly ordered to take the heads of the two fangs, but they were thousands of miles apart, and what was the specific situation, Wang Dun, as a front-line commander, had the right to arbitrarily make decisions on the spot-on-the-spot - and Wang Dun also had Sima Rui endorsed him. So since they said that Shen Chong had done the internal response and had already atoned for his sins, it would be unreasonable for you to have Shen's head again......

After Wang Dun was stationed in Jiankang for more than a month, he immediately said goodbye to Sima Rui and returned to Wuchang. But with the assistance of Wang Dao and others, he tried all kinds of means, and even usurped the new army of Yu Yin's department, handed it over to Shen Chong, and made it stand outside the Suzaku Gate to "guard" Jiankang City - Sima Rui and Yu Yin naturally played but the two Wang brothers, plus no Diao, Liu and others dared to fight, so they only got thousands of soldiers, and they were all handed over.

In this regard, the government of Jiankang was restored to the Langya Wang family, and Wang Dao changed Diao Xie to the internal history of Danyang, the internal mastermind, and the external control of Dugi, and the power was more powerful than before - of course, Wang Dun was considered to have taken him a hand, and the right to speak in the clan, Wang Dao officially fell behind Wang Dun.

When the news came to Luozhong, I don't know why, it was linked to the previous rumor of "one day fall", and folk legends have said: Today's king is coerced by the king of Danyang, and Pei Dasima may also coerce the Son of Heaven on another day...... There are also rumors that the Xun group abused his power and forced Liang Fen to retreat, and when Pei Dasima heard the news, he threw a wine cup angrily in Chang'an City, threatening to lead troops into Luo and punish the Xun family!

Fortunately, as the weather gradually warmed up, Zu Ti's illness improved greatly, and he was even able to get up. Zu Shizhi heard his son Zu Lian talk about the recent rumors in Luozhong, and couldn't help but say angrily: "This thief can't defeat me, and wants to separate me from the king!" "That is, I asked my brother Zuna to come over to the house and ask him face to face, saying that now that rumors are flying all over the sky, my brother is a scholar and is in the center, is he helpless?

Zuna smiled bitterly and spread his hands and said, "Although I am in the center, how can I forbid people to speak?" If there is a large-scale arrest, it may make people's hearts even more confused......" paused, and said: "I also went to Liang Gong, but he wanted to return to the Wu clan and no longer interfere in the government affairs. Forced to invite it, Naiyun: 'Da Sima once said: 'It's not strange to see it, it's ...... blame itself.'"

Zu Ti coughed repeatedly, and finally breathed a sigh of relief, shook his head and said to Zuna: "Brother is mistaken, if there is no foreign enemy, he can defeat himself, and now that the thief is coveting the side, how can he let the rumors run wild?" In the brother's intention, if a few villains are arrested, falsely accused of spreading rumors by thieves, and the canonical punishment is clear, then there is no need to search for them, and the rumors may gradually subside. ”

Zuna nodded and said, "This is reasonable, and I should consult with Zhu Shangshu." "In fact, I said in my heart that if there is no pusher behind this rumor, your tricks will definitely work, and it is difficult to say how much effect it can play if there is a pusher......

At the same time, there are other rumors circulating in the Guanzhong area, including Sima Yi's booby-trapping of Cao Shuang, Sima Zhao's murder of Cao Chao, and so on. Not to mention scholars, even ordinary people and small soldiers, if you don't know these things, you will be despised if you can't talk to people......

This matter was reported to Pei Cai by Pei Xu, Chen Hao and others, but the attitudes shown by the two were different. Pei Ziyu is completely coping with errands - he doesn't dare to hide Pei Gai after all - and in response to the strategy, he refuses to say a word; Chen Yansi said: "I don't know who spread this statement, although it is not false, it is really not suitable for the peddlers and pawns to discuss, and it is strictly forbidden by the Ming Gong." ”

Pei Gai asked him: "Yan Si, the so-called 'mouth of preventing the people is more important than visiting Sichuan', if I order a strict prohibition, I am afraid that those who know it will be even more true." And if anyone breaks the order, how should he be punished? "This rumor is so banned, how can the truth be blocked? Rashly ordered, doesn't it seem that "there are no three hundred taels of silver here"?

Chen Hao himself was helpless, and just asked Pei Gai to "discuss with Changshi, Sima and others". Pei Caixin said that this matter was made by Changshi Pei Wei, how could he discuss it with him? And it is estimated that Pei Wenji can only spread the scandal of the Sima family, and if he wants to take it back, he has no tricks......

In fact, as Pei Wei said to Pei Cui in private, Pei Gai did not have any loyalty to the Sima family. The soul from later generations, but loyal to the country and the nation, and will never be loyal to a family or a surname, not to mention that the Sima family, as a representative of the country, is really incompetent. It's like later generations hated Yue Fei for being loyal to Zhao Song, although this theory is nonsense, but because of the decline of Zhao's morality, he can no longer be a representative of the country and the nation, and later generations will have this hatred.

If the monarch's reputation is acceptable, and the burden of the country's leader can barely be lifted, then even in later generations, loyalty to the queen is basically equivalent to loyalty to the British Empire, is there any problem?

Pei should be bent on killing Hu and Xian, restoring social peace, so that China will be restored to peace, and the people will see peace again, on this basis, whether to let the Sima family continue to be the representative of the feudal state, can be considered after the fact - but basically, unless Sima Ye really has the appearance of a hero, he probably will not approve of the renewal of Jinzuo.

As for the hypocrisy system, it basically does not meet the requirements of the times and the environment, and although it seems to be beautiful, it cannot go down that path for the time beingβ€”unless there is a bourgeoisie with a certain strength and scale in China.

Specifically, Pei Wei, Pei Cui, and even Pei Xu, Wang Gong and others are planning, Pei should not have to inquire, he naturally knows - there are too many precedents for him to refer to in the previous world. But in fact, he has been trying to avoid this tendency in the past, because at the moment of the great enemy, it is not appropriate to have internal disputes again, otherwise it will cause confusion in the hearts of the people and turmoil in the country.

It is estimated that before, Pei Wei and others would never dare to think in this direction, but Hu Han was destroyed, Guanzhong was quiet, Pei Gai not only took charge of the Jin government, but also acted in the West, just like a country, its military strength is the first in the world. In this new situation, not to mention Pei Wei, even Pei Gai can't help but be tempted occasionally......

But he tried his best to suppress his desires, first, because he wanted to lay a more solid foundation, and second, because the great enemy Shile was still there, and this united front against the Karma must continue to be maintained. Therefore, he will cede part of his power to the Xun family in Luoyang, so as not to cause unnecessary discord between Xingtai and China and the DPRK.

It's just that rumors are spreading in Luozhong, Pei should not be able to manage this matter, and it is inconvenient to meddle in it - it is estimated that Xun, Zu and other generations have no good way to eliminate it. Unless he, Pei Da Sima, immediately withdrew from Taiwan and returned to Luoyang, or even handed over the military power in his hands, the natural rumors could not be broken - but this kind of thing, Pei should never do it.

So since the rumors in Luozhong cannot be eliminated, it is only in Guanzhong to suppress the speech, but it has the intention of covering it up. Although Pei Gaiya didn't want this situation to happen, when the situation really came to this point, he could only stand by and watch coldly, and the rumors slowly fermented...... I only hope that he can sweep away the states as soon as possible, and no matter what emergencies there are, he will not be afraid.

So Tao Kan, Guo Mo and others were urgently summoned to discuss the strategy of marching into the state and merging the state. Previously, Liu Yang had been ordered to retreat from Jiexiu City, and still return to Pingyang, and according to Tao Kan's suggestion, if he sent troops again, he should increase Liu Yang's troops and go straight to Xihe and Taiyuan, and at the same time send another army over the mountains to attack the party. Only by advancing on the two roads can the Zhao army be difficult to take care of, and it is expected that the state will be annexed in one fell swoop.

Of course, the timing of the mobilization must be carefully chosen, and it is best to do it after Luoyang Xingshi has restrained Shi Zhao's main force - I hope Zu Ti's illness can really gradually improve.

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When Pei Gai was planning to attack the north and annex the state, Shi Le also wanted to completely eliminate the trouble behind him, so he tried his best to fight a decisive battle with the Jin people.

As for the big enemy behind him, it is naturally the Xianbei Duan clan, as for Liu Kun, he is still confined to the west of Pingzhou, and the dry bones in Cui Bi's mound are not to be feared.

Last year, when Shile and Zhang Bin went to Hanoi and held on to the Jin people, Wei Xun, the governor of the Jin Huaihai capital, led his boat division north to harass the coast of Yan. Kong Chang didn't take it seriously at first, and sent thousands of men and horses to attack, but was instead contracted by the Jin army to Duan Wenyang, resulting in the defeat of Tuyuan. As a result, Kong Chang did not dare to hide his matter anymore, and was forced to send an envoy to report to Xiangguo.

Qian An and Cheng Yao stayed behind at the time, and the countermeasure was: If you quickly send troops to eradicate all the dock forts in the south of Yan Kingdom, move all their people into the interior, and don't let them live near the sea, won't the Jin people have nothing to harass the coastline? If you dare to land deeper, it will not be difficult to break it.

Kong Chang sent troops to attack those dock forts, but who thought that each dock fort had already used salt goods to get grain and weapons from the hands of the Jin people, and its momentum was getting stronger, Kong Chang personally attacked the crowd, and it took more than a month, and he had just laid down one. And the other dock forts saw that the situation was not good, and all sent people to Duan Wenyang for help, and the Duan army often patrolled the west of Beiping County, with the intention of covering Jixian County, so that Kong Chang did not dare to go all out to suppress it.

What is even more unexpected is that the Jin fleet sailed north again after the beginning of spring......

I wanted to concentrate more than 50 ships on the same day, buy salt from the coastal dock fort of Yan at a very low price, and resell it to Sanhan, which made five times the profit. People's hearts are already greedy, let alone maritime merchants, and soon more people will come up, first accusing - "The governor went out before, and it happened that the family boat was sailing, and he couldn't follow it, so he didn't intend to resist the governor's order"β€”and then he instigated Wei Yinzhi, saying that now that my family's ship is empty, should we go to Yan Country again?

Wei Xun refused: "The salt goods in his fort are almost exhausted, and even if they go further, there is no trade." You might as well wait for ...... next year."

But the merchants said: "The swallow goods are not only fish and salt, that is, in the Pier Fort, it is said that there are many rare ......."

This is going to kill the chicken and take the eggs. Wei Xun was not allowed, and he should not be persuaded repeatedly by the merchants-"Since the governor has united with them and defeated the Zhao army, how can Kong Chang sit idly by?" We will send troops to attack to cut off the road of trade for our goods. If all the forts in Yannan are destroyed by Zhao Jun, I will wait until next year, and I will definitely gain nothing. In this case, why not take advantage of the fact that Zhao Jun has not taken it, we will take it first, even if there is no hidden treasure in the dock, we can kidnap them and sell them to Sanhan or Jiangzuo, and we can also make a profit if we want to. ”

Wei Xun couldn't help but be moved, so he immediately sent Su Jun and asked him to send more soldiers and horses to help him go north to harass - the last fifty boats, you sent me 2,000 soldiers, and now the boats are no less than three times, you have to lend me at least 4,000 people.

The first time he attacked Yannan, as one of the planners, and Su Jun, who would come with two thousand steps, naturally reaped a lot of profits, if he was still stationed in Ye County and had nothing to do, I believe that he would definitely agree to Wei Xun's request. It's a pity that Su Jun is advancing with Feng Long and besieging Linzi, and he really can't distinguish troops to fight him. Su Zigao is also a ghost, and he immediately reported this matter to Sima Zhongsheng, saying that please help me write a reply letter, and politely refused Wei Yinzhi - you are a scholar, try to be tactful, don't ruin my friendship with Wei because of this, we will still need him in the future.

When Zhong Aihua heard this, he was anxious on the spot, leaning on the horse to write a book, and hurriedly blocked the guard.

The gist of his letter was: It was a clever plan to use boats to carry troops and harass the coastal areas of Shizhao in the north; And through this means, by the way, trade, to enrich military supplies, is also very good. But the problem is that you can only go to battle with the thieves, how can you deliberately attack Yannanwu Fort? Although they are under the rule of the thieves, they really have to bow down, and they are mostly Jin people. According to Da Sima's meaning, the Chinese do not fight the Chinese, if you attack and kill the Jin people indiscriminately, you will cause the Da Sima to be angry!

When Wei Xun read this, he couldn't help but pout, and said in his heart that this rotten Confucian, who came from Chang'an with a swagger, thought that he understood Da Sima's mind...... I think that when Da Sima was in Xu Fang, he led us to break through I don't know how many dock forts and how many Jin people were killed and plundered. It is good that the Chinese do not fight the Chinese, but there must be a premise, that is, the other party also professes to be Chinese, and is willing to accept the orders of the Chinese government, especially Pei Da Sima!

However, if I continue to read it, I feel that what the bell says may not be completely undesirable......

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