At the beginning of the first month of the fourth year of Jianxing, in the palace of Nanyang in Shangtai, Qinzhou, Sima Bao sat in the middle with a wide body and a fat body, and discussed important matters with the civil and military forces of Qinzhou on the left and right sides.

Ever since the Liaodong Army defeated the Xiongnu coalition army, he knew that the throne of Sima Ye in Chang'an would be unprecedentedly stable. It's just that Sima Bao was not willing to give up, and he formed an alliance with Taiwei Suo Qi, intending to take the opportunity to seek the throne.

"Ladies and gentlemen, since the Liaodong Army entered the customs, the position of the Son of Heaven in Chang'an has become increasingly stable, and the widow's plan is empty, can you have a clever plan to help the widow?"

Although Sima Bao was asking questions to everyone, his eyes fell on the first person sitting on the left side. It's just that Chun Yuding doesn't seem to have the intention of opening, like an old monk entering the meditation, deaf to him.

Chun Yu Dingben was the adviser of Sima Mo, the king of Nanyang, and it was he who tried to prevent Sima Mo from obeying the imperial court and insisting on staying in Guanzhong, and later Sima Bao possessed the land of Qinzhou. After Sima Mo was defeated and killed, he fled to Qinzhou with Pei Xu, the prince of Nanyang, and took refuge with Sima Bao, the prince of Nanyang.

After Chun Yuding came to Qinzhou, he was deeply trusted by Sima Bao, and soon became his confidant and adviser, and shared the important task of assisting Sima Bao with Pei Xu, who was engaged in Zhonglang, and Yang Man, who joined the army.

As soon as the words fell, I saw Zhang Chun standing tall and arrogantly said: "The king doesn't have to be embarrassed, he only needs tens of thousands of elite soldiers, and the generals will let that Sima Ye abdicate and make way for Xian!" ”

Since squeezing out Chen An, Zhang Chun and Yang Ci have mastered most of the troops under Sima Bao, and their ambitions have swelled day by day. He repeatedly instigated Sima Bao to be the title, because he coveted the position of power and wanted to rise with the tide.

Although Sima Bao was very relieved to hear the fierce words of Zhang Chun and other generals, he had not lost his mind yet, and knew that things were by no means as simple as the generals said, and he still needed to listen to Wenchen's advice.

"Mr. Chunyu......"

Hearing Sima Bao shouting in a low voice, Chun Yuding sighed secretly. He didn't want to pour cold water on Sima Bao in front of everyone, but Sima Bao had to let him speak.

"King, if you have any doubts in your heart, please solve your doubts for me!"

Sima Bao didn't know what Chun Yuding was selling, but he knew that this person was extremely powerful, so he didn't dare to slack off. Busy respectfully said: "Please speak up, sir, the widow listens." ”

"Dare to ask the king, which is stronger or weaker between the Liaodong Army and the Qinzhou soldiers?"

"Liao...... Liaodong army is strong! Sima Bao blushed, and finally had to admit that the Qinzhou soldiers were far away from the Liaodong army.

"Dare to ask the king, if the Son of Heaven sends General Zhenbei west to Qinzhou, can the generals have the confidence to win?"

"Naturally, there is ......" Zhang Chun rushed to answer without waiting for Sima Bao to speak, but unfortunately his answer was not recognized by everyone.

"The king, it's not that the ministers are arrogant, but Liaodong is too strong. The general of Zhenbei set up his army, and his advisers were like rain and soldiers were like clouds. Since the beginning of the Liaodong army, there has not been a single defeat. The minister dared to assert that if he tried his best to attack, Qinzhou would definitely not be protected. ”

After listening to Chun Yuding's analysis, Qin Zhou's face was very ugly, but because what he said was the truth, no one said anything to refute it.

It's just that Sima Bao said with a little unwillingness: "According to Mr. 's words, isn't the widow without a big position in this life?" ”

"In fact, in the opinion of the minister, the king does not have to covet the ethereal throne at all. Instead, we should concentrate on solving the internal separatist forces in Qinzhou, as long as Yang Maosou, the leader of the Di tribe in the south, is cut off. The king opened the door to Hanzhong in the south. Yiliang, the land of abundance, the land of overlords. If you benefit from Liang Erzhou, what does it matter if the king is to follow the example of Emperor Zhaolie Liu Bei? ”

Sima Bao was not very interested in Chun Yuding's suggestion to go south to Yiliang to establish a hegemony, what he wanted to do most was to go east to Chang'an. Replaced Sima Ye on the throne.

"This ...... This, Mr. Chun Yu has many difficulties in going south to Yiliang, and the widow has more than enough hearts but not enough strength! ”

Hearing this, Chun Yuding was extremely disappointed in his heart, and in his opinion, going south to Yiliang and north to Hexi was the real way out for Qinzhou. In the future, even if Liaodong takes Yongzhou, Sima Bao will also have the capital to protect himself. It's a pity that Sima Bao wants to be the emperor and has no time to run Qinzhou.

Sima Bao said that it was the history of Qinzhou, but in fact, only the three counties of Longxi, Nan'an, and Tianshui were really in his hands, and most of the rest were under the control of Diqiang Haoqiang. If Sima Bao concentrates on running Qinzhou, learns from Liaodi to turn Hu into summer, and gets the help of Qindi, he will definitely be able to dominate the northwest and make a career.

"If the king insists on going east to Chang'an, he will definitely encounter accidents!"

"Lord Chun Yu is too underestimated of my Qinzhou, with the help of Taiwei Suo, what is Liaodong Weishuo afraid of? In my opinion, the king might as well seek the throne of King Jin first, as a temptation to seek the throne. Joining the army, Yang Man was quite angry.

"King Jin?"

Sima Bao's eyes lit up, the King of Jin had a special status in the Wei and Jin dynasties, and entering the throne of Jue Jin was a favorable competitor even if he was not the direct successor to the throne. Now Sima Ye is young and has not yet had an heir, if Sima Bao enters the throne, it means that he has taken a solid step towards the throne.

Yang Man immediately made a righteous and awe-inspiring look, and earnestly persuaded: "Yes, now that Guanzhong has been decided, the people's hearts are unstable, and the internal and external troubles are pressing, the ministers and others implore the king not to bear the mandate of heaven, enter the throne of Jin, and reorganize the rivers and mountains!" ”

At first, Sima Bao 'insisted on refusing', but Yang Man, Zhang Chun, Yang Ci and others insisted on asking and refused to give up. In the end, under the repeated persuasion of Yang Man and others, Sima Bao had no choice but to call himself the king of Jin, build a house in Shangtai, set up subordinate officials, supervise the military of Shaanxi, and establish a secession regime in Qinzhou.

The farce of Sima Bao and others made Pei Xu, Chun Yuding worried, but everyone was blinded by power and couldn't listen to any advice at all, and in the end, Pei Xu, Chun Yuding had no choice but to retreat. Pei Xu even moved the idea of returning to his hometown, he avoided Qinzhou because of the war, but now it seems that Qinzhou is not a happy land.

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After the news of Sima Bao's title reached Chang'an, it caused a condemnation from the court.

Sima Ye, the son of heaven, was so angry that he jumped like thunder, when Sima Bao repeatedly resisted the decree and disrespected the safety of Chang'an, he wanted to punish him, but now he has the title of Yan privately, obviously not taking the Chang'an court in his eyes.

"I'm so angry! Ladies and gentlemen, the bold Sima Bao is good at calling the honorific title, he is rebellious, and I want to send troops to suppress him, what does the captain think? ”

Although Taiwei Suo Qi was dissatisfied with Sima Bao's private promotion to the throne of Jin, he did not want to fall out with Qinzhou. Besides, how can Chang'an have the strength to attack Qinzhou now, if it really does what the Son of Heaven said, it must be Liaodong that will benefit in the future.

"Your Majesty, the minister thinks that Chang'an has just ended the military rebellion, and when the soldiers are tired and the people are weak, how can they have the strength to attack Qinzhou? Besides, the right prime minister Sima Bao is a close relative of the clan, although he is in a position, but he can't add a sword and axe, His Majesty does not give the following decree to comfort him, canonize him as the king of Jin, in order to set the record straight. ”

"What?! Taiwei, it was Sima Bao's unauthorized title, not only did I not punish him, but I even issued an order to recognize his throne, so ...... Where is my face? ”

Sima Ye's face turned pale with anger at Suo Qi's words, he had never heard such a ridiculous suggestion, if it weren't for Suo Qi being an auxiliary minister, he really wanted the palace guards to pull him out and break his body into pieces.

"Your Majesty's face is important? Or is it important? At present, Guanzhong is full of displaced people and starvation, how can Chang'an have any food to fight? If he is accidentally defeated by Qinzhou, Sima Bao takes the opportunity to sweep Chang'an, what will His Majesty do then? Is it to abdicate and make way for Xian, or to flee Chang'an? ”

"I ...... I...... I still have the Zhenbei general available, can't the Liaodong Army under General Wei defeat the Qinzhou soldiers? ”

"Your Majesty, the Liaodong Army is naturally brave and good at fighting, and General Wei will definitely be able to capture it when he goes out, but Weichen heard that Liaodong is planning to eliminate the Huns to avenge the first emperor, how can he delay revenge for the country because of this trivial matter? Besides, the Liaodong Army has occupied half of Yongzhou since it entered the pass, and if it is allowed to enter Qinzhou in the west, most of the generals will fall into the hands of Liaodong. So that His Majesty may sleep peacefully? ”

Suo Qi's words suddenly made Sima Ye sit on the throne and let him see the bloody facts thoroughly. If the imperial court itself does not have strength, it must not allow one side to become bigger, otherwise it will definitely endanger the imperial power in the future.

In the end, Sima Ye still listened to Suo Qi's suggestion and issued an order to canonize Sima Bao as the king of Jin. Sima Bao was complacent after receiving the holy decree, while Zhang Chun, Yang Ci and others became more and more carried away, and arrogantly stated that they wanted to enter Chang'an City and support Sima Bao to ascend the throne. (To be continued.) )