Chapter 415: Fulfilling a Wish
Yang Xiu's suggestion not only made a big stone fall to the ground in the hearts of those officials involved, but also made Cao Zhi, who was sitting on the main seat, praise him.
In Cao Zhi's heart, Yang Xiu was very difficult to let go of Sima Yi, and this time, since he said this, it could also show that Yang Xiu's state of mind had also been improved to a higher level through this matter, and this promotion was an important basis for him to decide whether to reuse Yang Xiu or not.
After Yang Xiu's words, Cao Zhi knew that it was time for him to make a decision, the foreshadowing that should be done had been done, and now, he could make a break for the Yingchuan that he had worked hard for for a period of time, indeed as Yang Xiu thought in his heart, Cao Zhi went through an extremely fierce ideological struggle last night, but he still did not make up his mind to get rid of Sima Yi, and in the end, Cao Zhi decided to temporarily abandon Sima Yi, If Wei State, with the assistance of Yang Xiu and others, could still achieve extraordinary achievements in the battle against Liu Feng and Zhuge Liang, Sima Yi would only become his last insurance.
After all, the foundation of Wei is the most important thing in Cao Zhi's heart, everything he does at this time is for the foundation of Wei, he is still very young at this time, and after removing those Yingchuan forces, the Sima family does not have much power, as long as he does not hand over the military power to Sima Yi, then there is no risk in letting the Sima family under his own surveillance.
"Dezu's words are reasonable and well-founded, I am very relieved, before Dezu read out that the circumstances are serious, immediately remove the official position in the court, and the rest of the people will be fined for three years, the official will be demoted to three levels, and he will not be allowed to take charge of the army for three years, can you have any objections?"
At this time, Cao Zhi was already quite majestic above the court of the Wei State, so under such a question, where would anyone dare to refute it.
"Zhongda, are you still convinced?" Seeing that Sima Yi was still kneeling on the ground, without even raising his head, Cao Zhi stared at Sima Yi and asked.
"We have a very close relationship with forces outside the court, but fortunately, the lord taught us to return to the lost way with the power of thunder this time, and I am convinced this time, these days must be quiet and reflective, and I will never do it again in the future!"
Sure enough, Sima Yi had such a posture again, but since he had already expressed his position like this, Cao Zhi naturally couldn't suppress it anymore, so he smiled slightly, and waved his big hand to make all those who knelt on the ground stand up, and this was the end of the matter.
In just half an hour, the court of Wei has undergone the most drastic changes since Cao Zhi inherited Wei, except for the generals with foreign surnames who were not implicated, almost none of the old ministers of the late Han Dynasty escaped, and the idea of leaving a way back for themselves finally eliminated them from the court of Wei, and the change of power that Cao Zhi was looking forward to was one step closer.
After deciding the fate of these sincerely fearful people, Cao Zhi struck while the iron was hot, and entrusted Zhang Liao, Xu Huang, Xu Chu, Yu Ban, Li Dian and other innocent generals to more important official positions, which made those Cao clan relatives angry, but helpless, they all knew in their hearts that the days of their prestige and fortune in the Wei State in the Cao Cao era were gone, and people like Yang Xiu, Zhang Liao and even Sima Yi who really had talent and learning were the ones Cao Zhi wanted to appoint.
When the great changes in the court of Wei reached Liu Feng's ears, Li Chuang had returned to Chengdu, and Li Chuang's achievements made Liu Feng very pleased, almost all of the elites deployed by Liu Feng and Zhou Yu were brought to Chengdu by Li Chuang, and Li Chuang brought these people's families to Chengdu safely in disguise as merchants, which made these people very grateful to Li Chuang and Liu Feng.
After Liu Feng learned about the abilities of these people, because their identities were too sensitive, if they appeared in Yizhou in a short period of time, it was difficult to guarantee that they would not let the spies of Wei know about it, and at that time, Cao Zhi would probably think about this Yingchuan incident, and Liu Feng played a lot of roles in it.
Thinking of this layer, Liu Feng settled all the people brought back by Yingchuan into Li Chuang's shadow guard, through this shadow guard's action in Yingchuan, Liu Feng naturally wanted Li Chuang to take on more responsibilities in the future, according to Liu Feng's idea, if the shadow guard increased these manpower, in addition to the security of his own house, all things that were carried out secretly could be handed over to Li Chuang, Liu Feng believed that after several years of development, the shadow guard would become another force on his side that was not weaker than Fei Yuwei.
After getting the news of the great changes in the Wei government, Liu Feng summoned Zhou Yu, Pang Tong, and Xu Shu into his mansion, and the matter of Yingchuan, which he had laid out for a long time, finally had a result, and it was naturally time to discuss how to act next.
After Zhou Yu's independent planning and completion of the Yingchuan incident, Pang Tong and Xu Shu can be regarded as seeing the other side of Zhou Yu in addition to leading the troops, and it is under Liu Feng's instruction that Pang Tong and Xu Shu did not participate in it, and now the results obtained not only prove Zhou Yu's ability, but also let Zhou Yu gain a firm foothold in the court in Chengdu, and no one will have the idea of questioning Zhou Yu in their hearts, because they know in their hearts that Zhou Yu's ability is far above their own.
"It's a pity that I couldn't put Sima Yi to death this time......"
I heard that Sima Yi was only demoted by Cao Zhi by three levels, although it became an inconsequential idle position, but it was still above the court of the Wei State, which naturally proved that if Cao Zhi wanted Sima Yi to return to his original position in the future, then he would resume his original position. Only then did Zhou Yu sigh and say this.
Pang Tong said with a smile: "To be able to turn Sima Yi from Cao Zhi's most trusted person into an ordinary official who can't lead the army, this plan is already very perfect, Cao Zhi is also a person with a clear mind, if he is allowed to kill Sima Yi, it is extremely difficult, and now with such results, if I Yizhou and Wei go to war, Sima Yi will definitely not appear on the battlefield in the early stage, for me Yizhou, it is also a great benefit, if I can seize the opportunity, I will definitely beat Wei to the ground of demoralization." ”
Obviously, according to the meaning of Pang Tong's words, let Sima Yi stay away from the power center of Wei first, and the next step is naturally to start a war against Wei, after saying that, Pang Tong looked at Liu Feng, who had never spoken, and looked at what Liu Feng thought in his heart, after all, at this time, once the troops are dispatched, a big war will be formed, no matter whether it wins or loses, the loss will not be small, and the consumption of money and food is also very huge.