Originally, last year, the Yan State had frequent military movements on the north bank of the Huai River, which brought great pressure to all parties in the Eastern Jin Dynasty. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

But I didn't expect that at the beginning of this year, the whole Yan Kingdom would concentrate on preparing for the westward expedition, which made Jiangdong breathe a sigh of relief.

It is said that the external pressure is gone, and the Eastern Jin Dynasty should unite inside and outside to improve its own strength. However, what I didn't expect was that with the shift of the strategic center of gravity of Yan to the west, the internal contradictions of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, which had been somewhat eased, became fierce again.

In fact, the internal contradictions in Jiangdong are still concentrated between the Son of Heaven and the family, and Sima Shao wants to follow the example of Yan to reform politics, implement new policies, and change the law to become stronger.

Unexpectedly, these measures greatly damaged the interests of the Maison.

Under the pressure of the Yan army, for security reasons, the family could only pinch their noses and agree with some of Sima Shao's reforms, after all, the reforms improved the strength of the Eastern Jin Dynasty to a certain extent and helped to fight against the Yan State.

However, once the external situation eased, coupled with Sima Shao's more unfavorable policies, the family became more and more dissatisfied with the New Deal reforms.

If the family can't vent their dissatisfaction, when this dissatisfaction accumulates more and more, once it erupts, it will be enough to overthrow the rule of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

Wang Dao, Xi Jian and other people with lofty ideals in the imperial court saw this clearly, but they had no solution, so they could only appease and advise the Son of Heaven and the family respectively.

However, this two-pronged approach has little effect, the Son of Heaven Sima Shao is ambitious, bent on reviving the Jin family, and now that the reform has begun to bear fruit, where is he willing to give up halfway?

As for the family, not to mention, the land reform has lost a lot of benefits before, if you let the Son of Heaven toss it again, when will it be a leader?

Both sides are very clear, neither side is willing to make compromises and sacrifices, and both want the other side to make concessions. In this case, it is useless for Xi Jian and Wang Dao to break their mouths.

In the end, even Director Wang, who was good at mediating the conflicts between all parties, had no choice but to give up.

The failure of mediation is not due to the incompetence of Wang Dao and Xi Jian, but as two parties with stakeholders, unless one party falls down or makes a major compromise, it is difficult for the two sides to coexist peacefully, and it is a matter of time before they turn their faces and fall out.

In fact, since the founding of the Eastern Jin Dynasty, this hidden danger has been buried.

Historically, although the Eastern Jin Dynasty was a continuation of the Sima regime, the Sima clan itself did not have a high political prestige, and the entire imperial court was controlled by the family members.

The first one was Wang Dao and Wang Dun of the Langya Wang family, and then there were Xie An and Xie Xuan of the Xie family of Chen County, and so on.

Among the big families, the representatives include the overseas Chinese surnames such as Wang, Xie, Yuan, and Xiao who went south, and the Wu surnames such as Zhu, Zhang, Gu, and Lu who live in the south of the Yangtze River.

At first, the Eastern Jin Dynasty relied on the powerful minister Wang Dao to preside over the overall situation, on the one hand, to win over the Jiangnan scholars, and on the other hand, to arrange for the scholars to go south from the Central Plains, and to take the Sima family as the object of common support.

However, the clans themselves were not really loyal to the Sima clan, especially since they themselves owned a large amount of land and even had their own armies (the so-called "tribes") that were strong enough to resist the Sima regime.

Whenever the Sima clan harmed the interests of the family, there would be a family member who stood up to resist.

There is Wang Dun in the front and Huan Xuan in the back, which are typical representatives of the fierce outbreak of contradictions between the family and the royal family.

Just after the Spring Festival of the second year of Taining, the entire Eastern Jin Dynasty was in a delicate atmosphere.

Sima Shao, the son of heaven, worked hard for the new policy almost every day, and his favorite horsemanship, shooting, hunting, drinking and feasting were all put aside, and he only devoted himself to governing the world and trying to save the decline of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. However, due to the lack of trusted helpers, it was difficult to implement the new policy with only a few people such as Ying Zhan, Bian Hu, and Xi Jian.

At the same time, taking advantage of the Spring Festival to visit relatives and friends, the Jiangnan clans represented by Gu He, Lu Wan, He Xi, and Zhou Xian, took the opportunity to get together to discuss countermeasures against the new policies of the imperial court.

Lu Yu glanced at Gu He and asked, "Jun Xiao, how did you talk to Situ a year ago?" Is the Son of Heaven willing to depose the New Deal? ”

Hearing this, Gu He shook his head and said with a gloomy face: "Situ is not trusted and reused by the Son of Heaven, and his influence on the Son of Heaven is limited, not only can he not persuade the Son of Heaven to cancel the new policy, but he also asks us to make a compromise with the Son of Heaven. ”

"What?! How is this possible? Now that we have handed over some of the land and population, how can I wait? ”

"It's, it's, why do you always ask me to give in? Why didn't the Son of Heaven compromise? ”

Gu He's words caused great dissatisfaction among everyone, originally forced by internal and external pressure, the family had given up some of the benefits, but I didn't expect that after the Son of Heaven tasted the sweetness, he would intensify it, and he would take the family under the knife, could it be true that the family was easy to bully?

"What's all the noise?!"

Lu Wan glanced at everyone sternly, and after suppressing the noisy voice, Fang Shen said in a deep voice: "The Son of Heaven wants to change the law to compete against the Yan Kingdom, this is right!" But you can't always let me wait for the Jiangnan family to bear the loss, if the price of unifying the world is to damage the interests of us and others, then the world is not unified. ”

Lu Wan's words touched the hearts of everyone present, the imperial court wanted to compete with the powerful Yan State, of course everyone raised their hands in agreement, but this was on the premise of not harming the interests of the family. Otherwise, even the best policies will not be accepted by the Maison.

"Yes, Shi Yao is right! We must let the Son of Heaven know the power of the family, otherwise the Son of Heaven will not back down. ”

"I don't know what Hikowa suggests?" Lu Yu stared at Zhou Xian's eyes and asked.

"In the past, the Yan Kingdom was eyeing Jiangdong, and it was not good for us to fall out with the Son of Heaven, so as not to be reaped by the King of Yan. But at present, King Yan will go west in a big way, and he will definitely not have the energy to pay attention to Jiangdong. Even if we break the sky, there is a way to make up for it in the end. ”

"It's just that the strength of the Son of Heaven is swelling right now, and there are Xi Jian, the Yu brothers, Ying Zhan, and Bian Hu as minions, and Tao Kan, Su Jun, Zu Yue, and Guo Mo as foreign aid.

"Then you can't just watch the Son of Heaven mess around, right? If it weren't for the support of my father's family at the beginning, where would there be Sima today? However, I didn't expect Sima Shi to be a white-eyed wolf who couldn't be fed, and he was going to take us as soon as he gained momentum. ”

Zhou Xian's brows furrowed, and he pondered for a moment and suggested: "It's best that we don't make a direct move, if we can try to provoke the relationship between the Son of Heaven and the three generals of Huainan." I heard that Guo Mo, Su Jun, and Zu Yue were all unruly, and although they were nominally imperial generals, they were actually just semi-independent feudal towns. ”

"Is this possible?" The rest of the crowd hesitated, and had little confidence in Zhou Xian's suggestion.

"If Wang Situ Bingzheng is still in power at the moment, he will definitely not be easily tricked, but now it is Zhongshu Ling Yuliang who is in charge. Although Yu Yuangui is a bit capable, he has too much desire for power and is a little self-righteous. In the past, there were two generals, the Situ brothers, who suppressed it, and Yu Yuangui had nowhere to show it even if he had the heart. ”

"Let's see, as long as I wait for a little provocation, Yu Yuangui will definitely be fooled, until the ambitious people are forced to rebel."

……

Things turned out as Zhou Xian expected, in addition to successfully preventing Wang Dao from further controlling the government, Yu Liang set his sights on Tao Kan, Zu Yue, Su Jun, Guo Mo and other foreign generals who had made great contributions in the process of counterinsurgency.

At this time, the news about Zu Yue, Su Jun, and Guo Mo secretly recruiting troops to expand their strength in Huainan reached Yu Liang's ears.

At first, Yu Liang naturally didn't believe it, but who knew that he sent someone to secretly check it before he realized that the rumors were true.

When the henchman informed Yu Liang of the news from the inquiry, he couldn't help but feel a spirit, if Zu Yue, Su Jun, and Guo Mo colluded together, it would be a disaster for Jiangdong.

In a hurry, he found Wang Dao, Bian Hu and others to discuss, according to Yu Liang's meaning, he planned to follow the former Han Chao's mistake in advising Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty to cut the feudal domain, and summoned Su, Zu, and Guo to enter Jianye to confer official positions, and then wait for the opportunity to remove the military power.

"General Su Zu Guo San sits in Huainan, taking on the important task of guarding against the southward movement of Yan State, and it is not surprising that he privately recruited some soldiers and horses to strengthen his momentum. But if the three of them have a heart of disobedience, there is no solid evidence at the moment. Moreover, the three of them were unruly and would not be called to come, but doing so would force the three to rebel. ”

Wang Dao's words were euphemistic, after the Wang Dun Rebellion, the Langya royal family was greatly suppressed, and he pursued the principle of "more is better than less" in the court.

Bian Ju is a straight man, and after listening to Yu Liang's plan, he hurriedly dissuaded: "The third general Zusu Guo, who has been in battle for a long time, has many strong and strong people under his command, once it is chaotic, Jianye will not be guaranteed, and I will think twice about transferring three people into Beijing!" ”

However, Yu Liang, who had made up his mind, shook his head: "What the two of them said is to increase the ambition of others and destroy their own prestige." Su Jun, Zu Yue, and Guo Mo are vulgar martial artists, and what they covet is nothing more than glory and wealth, how can they think long-term? I tempted him with an official, and it will be done! (To be continued.) )