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In the side hall of Taichu Palace, Sima Rui, the Son of Heaven, was talking with a fifty-year-old man.

Even though the spring is cold at the moment, because of the burning of high-quality bamboo charcoal, the entire side hall is warm in spring.

In the game of chess in front of me, the white chess pieces have been defeated by the black pieces, and at a glance, the chessboard is almost all black chess pieces.

After a while, Sima Rui finally threw the white chess pieces in his hand on the chessboard, and sighed: "I lost!" ”

Seeing that the Son of Heaven abandoned his son and admitted defeat, the man opposite smiled and said: "Hehe, it's not that the minister's skills are superior, but His Majesty's mind is not on the game, and the minister is just taking advantage of it." If Your Majesty takes it seriously, how can Weichen be Your Majesty's opponent? ”

"Alas, those who know me are also Dao Hui!"

"Your Majesty is worried about the general?"

Hearing this, Sima Rui's face was poignant, he got up and bent down to give a deep salute and asked: "Please Aiqing for me to give me some guidance!" ”

At this time, Sima Rui had already had the intention to get rid of Wang Dun, but unfortunately it was too late for Wang Dun to be full-fledged.

At present, facing Wang Dun, who is planning a rebellion, Sima Rui can only secretly plan and plan, and on the surface, he has to swallow his anger, so as not to anger Wang Dun and make his dog jump off the wall in a hurry.

But Sima Rui is never willing to be tied, and he will not be Wang Dun's puppet with peace of mind, otherwise he would not have reused Diao Xie and Liu Kui at the beginning.

Today, he summoned Xi Jian to the palace in the name of playing chess players, just to ask the other party for advice or two.

Speaking of which, Sima Rui also has some trustworthy talents under his hands, such as Diao Xie, Liu Kui, Dai Yuan and others, but if you really want to talk about it, in addition to Liu Kui, I am afraid that only Xi Jian in front of him is suitable for advice.

Xi Jian hurriedly stepped forward and knelt down, and said in a deep voice: "Your Majesty has tormented the ministers, Your Majesty is worried, and the ministers have several strategies to help Your Majesty break the rebellion and thief Wang Dun." ”

Sima Rui was overjoyed when he heard this, and looked at Xi Jian with eager eyes: "Please also ask Xi Qing to speak up." ”

In the face of the kindness of the Son of Heaven, Xi Jian said leisurely: "Since ancient times, the lords and the weak ministers have been the source of trouble. If His Majesty had been in power, it would have taken only an edict to put Wang Dun to death. But it's a pity, at present, Jiangzuo's military power is in the hands of Wang Dun, and once His Majesty acts rashly, it will definitely bring disaster to himself. ”

"Therefore, the minister advises Your Majesty to first of all be haste-stricken and patient, and not to take risks when you are not completely sure."

"Aiqing's words, I should keep them in mind, but I can't always be passive and patient, right?"

"Your Majesty, don't be in a hurry, and listen to the next one."

"First of all, Your Majesty should not list the entire Langya Wang clan as a rebel, but distinguish Wang Dun as Wang Dun and Langya Wang as Langya Wang, and the two should not be confused."

"This strategy is to divide and win over the enemy, Your Majesty should know that not all the children of the Wang clan in Langya support Wang Dun, such as Wang Dao, Wang Ling and other children of the Wang clan are against Wang Dun to launch a rebellion, only because Wang Dun is powerful and stubborn."

Xi Jian's remarks were actually reckless before criticizing Sima Rui, and he should not alienate Wang Dao, because that would only disappoint the moderates within the Langya Wang clan, and it was possible to support the hardliner Wang Dun in turn.

Fortunately, Sima Rui, the Son of Heaven, has realized that he has done an inappropriate job in handling the relationship between Wang Dao, and from various indications, Wang Dao and Wang Dun are indeed not of the same mind, or not completely of the same mind.

Although Director Wang also values the interests of the family as much as Wang Dun, at least he will not be as ambitious as Wang Dun to overthrow the Jin family and replace him.

"What Dao Hui said is very true, I know that I am wrong, and tomorrow I will issue an order to summon Mao Hong into the palace to see him."

"This is a great goodness, Your Majesty's move is better than 100,000 soldiers!" Xi Jian saw that Sima Rui knew that his mistakes could be corrected, and he couldn't help but admire.

"With Wang Maohong here, Your Majesty can use him to stabilize Wang Dun so that he cannot rebel when the imperial court is not well prepared."

"Maohong, he ......" Sima Rui wanted to speak and stopped, he was worried that Director Wang would not be used by him.

Who is Xi Jian, he saw through Sima Rui's concerns at a glance, and hurriedly explained: "Your Majesty, please rest assured, Mao Hong is a loyal man, how can he resent Your Majesty because of a little misunderstanding?" Moreover, Wang Dao is not optimistic about Wang Dun at all, once Wang Dun is defeated in the future, in order to avoid the Langya Wang clan being hit hard, Wang Dao must try his best to help His Majesty, and make special contributions in the process of counterinsurgency. ”

After listening to Xi Jian's words, Sima Rui's eyes lit up, and he didn't have any worries about Director Wang in his heart, and at the same time realized the importance of Director Wang.

"After using Wang Dao to appease Wang Dun, His Majesty will next set out to win over the generals loyal to the imperial court."

"Only when Your Majesty has enough soldiers and horses in his hands can he be truly invincible."

As soon as he mentioned the matter of soldiers and horses, Sima Rui was annoyed, originally he had several available divisions in his hands, which were in the hands of Dai Yuan, Liu Kui, and Xi Jian. However, with the invasion of Jianghuai by Qianhu, almost half of the soldiers and horses under the command of the three confidant generals were lost, and they were now overwhelmed.

"Alas, if Liu Yin hadn't drunk and made a mistake, he wouldn't have let Hu Lu swallow the tens of thousands of troops in Huainan in one gulp."

"Your Majesty, it's a pity that the elite of Huainan is lost, but Jiangzuo still has a few troops and horses that can be used by Your Majesty."

"One of them is Tao Kan, who is in Jiaoguang Erzhou, who was born in a poor family, is proficient in the art of war, and is deeply feared by Wang Dun. As long as His Majesty always gives orders to comfort, Tao Kan will definitely be used by the court in the future. ”

In addition to Tao Kan, Gan Zhuo, Sima Cheng, Zhou Wan and other leading generals all did not agree with the general, but they did not dare to openly express their dissatisfaction for fear of their powerful position. His Majesty needs to secretly try to win over and appease the people, even if the people can't openly support the court, at least not let them fall to Wang Dun. ”

Listening to what Xi Jian said, Sima Rui was full of brilliance, and his confidence suddenly increased.

Xi Jian glanced at Sima Rui, who was full of joy, and directly poured cold water and said: "Your Majesty, don't be happy too early, it is not enough to rely on outsiders alone, you must also have descendants in your hands in order to play a role at the critical moment." ”

"Yes...... But now that Jiangzuo's military power is in the hands of Wang Dun, I can't do anything! Sima Rui said in frustration.

Unexpectedly, a smile appeared on Xi Jian's face and said: "No, no, no, although the general is amazingly powerful, he can't cover the sky with one hand." ”

"Oh? Is it? Please come down carefully, and listen to me. Sima Rui suddenly became interested and listened to it.

"Your Majesty, have you forgotten the old general Zhou who visited Zhou in Xiangcheng? Since last year, General Zhou has been seriously ill and has been terminally ill. ”

"In the past, Wang Dun was worried about the growth of Du Zeng's power, so he promised Zhou Wan that once Zhou Yu captured Du Zeng, he would be appointed as the assassin of Jingzhou."

But he didn't expect that after Zhou visited and killed Du Zeng, Wang Dun actually appointed himself as the assassin of Jingzhou, and did not fulfill his original promise, and still let Zhou visit to serve as the assassin of Liangzhou, which completely led to the rupture of the relationship between Zhou and Wang. I heard that Wang Dun wrote several times to try to explain, but he did not get the understanding of the weekly visit. ”

"Now that I am seriously ill next week, I will go west in a short time, why don't Your Majesty take the opportunity to arrange a henchman to go to Xiangcheng to serve, so that not only can tens of thousands of elite troops be obtained for nothing, but in the future, Wang Dun's rebellion can also threaten Wuchang from the flank."

mentioned Zhou's visit to Sima Rui and couldn't help but sigh: "The old general of Zhou is a generation of famous generals, and he is loyal to the imperial court, if his body is unharmed, he will be able to suppress Wang Dun." Now that I'm thinking about it, the one who has the ability to replace General Zhou in the DPRK is none other than Aiqing, I wonder if Aiqing is willing to take on this important responsibility? ”

Xi Jian hurriedly thanked him and said: "Thank you for your majesty's reuse, please rest assured, this Xiangyang minister will definitely hold the military power firmly in his hands for His Majesty." ”

Sima Rui stretched out his hand and stroked Xi Jian's back and said, "Aiqing is loyal and brave, I already know it, but how to persuade the general to agree to this matter?" ”

"Well, Your Majesty can hand over this matter to Lord Wang Dao, the Central Supervisor, to negotiate, and at the same time, Your Majesty should also show a tough attitude to the outside world. Isn't Liaodong a supporter of His Majesty now? How can you not make good use of such good foreign aid? Your Majesty can only appoint ministers to serve in Xiangcheng with great fanfare, and if the general does not agree, you can take advantage of the momentum of Liaodong to join Wang Dao to force it through. ”

"Is this appropriate?" Sima Rui was used to being weak in front of Wang Dun, and he was not used to facing Wang Dun toughly for a while.

"Your Majesty, you are the Ninth Five-Year Honor, you must not blindly submit to Wang Dun, the minister's intention is not to ask His Majesty to confront him fiercely, but to properly show his toughness to the outside world, and to let outsiders know your dissatisfaction with the general. If His Majesty only blindly retreats, it will not only boost the arrogance of Wang Dun's henchmen, but also disappoint the loyal people in the court, and even make the wait-and-see forces fall to Wang Dun. (To be continued.) )