Wang Dun monopolized the power, and the Langya Wang clan covered the entire Jiangdong land like a thousand miles of ice, and the whole court, including the Sima royal family, submitted to its obscenity. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

In the face of the arrogant Wang Dun, Sima Rui used both light and dark hands, pretending to be a "grandson" on the surface, and continued to let Wang Dun do whatever he wanted.

Behind the scenes, the stepmother beat the child - secretly working hard, while continuing to reuse Wang Dao, Xi Jian, Tao Kan, Yu Liang and other former ministers' henchmen, on the other hand, he vigorously cultivated his son Sima Shao, pinning the hope of destroying Wang Dun on the heroic prince.

But Sima Rui knew very well that his son Sima Shao alone was by no means the opponent of the treacherous and cunning Wang Dun, so the Son of Heaven took advantage of Wang Dao's convenience to transfer his confidants who he originally trusted but were now deposed by Wang Dun, such as Xi Jian, Yu Liang and others, to the East Palace, so as to enrich the power of the East Palace.

At the same time, Sima Rui is still actively provoking the relationship between Director Wang and Wang Dun, trying to make the two break up completely.

Speaking of which, the relationship between Director Wang and Wang Dun is very complicated, and the two have always been cooperative and confrontational.

First of all, because Wang Dun's personality is too strong and there are contradictions with all parties, he is very unsuitable to sit in Jianye and take charge of the government. This is also an important reason why Wang Dun quickly returned to Wuchang after he won the power of the imperial court after he laid down Jianye.

Because Wang Dun knew very well that he was not suitable to be the prime minister, he did not have the bearing to tolerate people, so Wang Dun needed Wang Dao to stabilize the court for him, which was the basis for the cooperation of the Wang brothers.

Secondly, Wang Dun has something to ask for from Wang Dao, doesn't Wang Dao need Wang Dun? Naturally not!

For example, in Wang Dun's operation to eliminate the henchmen of the Son of Heaven, in fact, Wang Dao had a chance to save most of the people, but in order to take charge of the government in the future, Wang Dao watched a large number of ministers loyal to the Son of Heaven being killed by Wang Dun and was indifferent.

It is difficult to say that there is no selfishness of Director Wang in this, or that he is 'deliberately' using Wang Dun's hand to get rid of political enemies.

In the end, the relationship between Wang Dun and Wang Dao is not without trouble, and there are also many contradictions between the two. The two of them had different positions on the Wang clan, and Wang Dun was bent on making the Langya Wang clan the second Sima clan, so he spared no effort to launch a rebellion.

And Director Wang never thought about overthrowing the Jin family, he just wanted to make the Wang family the first scholar clan in the Great Jin Dynasty by assisting the Sima clan.

And the Son of Heaven obviously sees the complicated relationship between the Wang brothers, so he has been looking for an opportunity to turn the two against each other.

The opportunity soon came, and since the first year of Yongchang, the body of the Son of Heaven has been getting worse day by day. And after the turmoil that has just passed, Sima Rui, the son of heaven, is basically unable to walk on the ground except for his clear mind.

As he could not serve as a director, Sima Rui immediately issued an edict to let the crown prince Sima Shao handle government affairs on his behalf, and at the same time, he also appointed Wang Dao as Situ as an auxiliary minister, with full power to help the prince to govern the government.

Sima Rui made this holy decree, the focus is not on letting the prince participate in political affairs, after all, the power of the court is in the hands of Wang Dun, and it is not a big deal if the prince participates or not, the key is that Wang Wei is appointed as an auxiliary minister.

It is said that the crown prince Sima Shao is twenty-four years old, and he has assisted Sima Rui in handling court affairs many times, and he is not a child of five or six years old, so the prince does not need any auxiliary ministers at all.

And if you really want to choose an auxiliary minister, why is Wang Dun, as a veritable second-in-command in the current court, put aside?

The most important thing is that Wang Dun needs the title of auxiliary minister, because he has always been determined to depose the heroic crown prince Sima Shao. He once wanted to abolish the prince in the name of unfilial piety when he attacked Jianye, but when he discussed with Wang Dao, he was persuaded by Wang Dao.

If Wang Dun gets the title of auxiliary minister, then he can justifiably point fingers at the prince, and even abolish the other party is not a problem, just like Huo Guang, who was edicted by Emperor Wu to abolish the king of Changyi.

But now that the Son of Heaven has pushed Wang Dao to the position of auxiliary minister, it is absolutely impossible to say that Wang Dun does not have a little mustard in his heart. Even Wang Dun suspected that this was done by Director Wang, after all, it was not a secret that the Son of Heaven and Director Wang had a close relationship, and he had no reason not to doubt it.

Wang Dun soon showed the prestige of the first person in the dynasty, and soon after the Son of Heaven enshrined Wang Dao as Situ, he 'decreed' to remove Wang Dao from the position of Yangzhou Assassin and added himself as Yangzhou pastor.

Wang Dun's actions annoyed Director Wang, no matter how strong Director Wang was, he couldn't tolerate being slapped in public, not to mention that person was still his cousin who had helped a lot.

So far, Sima Rui's separation calculation has been successful, and Wang Dao and Wang Dun have been separated from each other since then, and they have basically parted ways.

After the Son of Heaven successfully provoked the relationship between Wang Dao and Wang Dun, he did not stop, but continued to win over others in secret.

Because after Wang Dun took power, he only relied on his trusted henchmen or Wang clan members.

Therefore, Sima Rui put the objects of attraction on the Wang clan - Wang Bin, the assassin of Jiangzhou, and Wang Shu, the assassin of Jingzhou.

Wang Shu once got very close to Wang Dun, because he himself relied on Wang Dun to make his fortune.

And Wang Dun also attaches great importance to Wang Shu, and has said to outsiders more than once: "I have two younger brothers, one is Wang Dao, and the other is Wang Shu. The old man admired Wang Shu very much when he was young, and he will definitely promote him one day. ”

Wang Dun admired Wang Shu very much, and even handed over the important land, Jingzhou, to the other party after taking power.

But Wang Dun never expected that Wang Shu, whom he admired, was no longer the cousin who obeyed him, and Wang Shu had his own interests. After observation, Wang Shu found that Wang Dun was weak and could not live for a few years. And once Wang Dun died of illness, all Wang Dun's henchmen would fall and scatter, and then be liquidated by the imperial court.

In order to avoid suffering in the future, Wang Shu quickly caught up with the crown prince Sima Shao under the guidance of Wang Dao, and became another important helper that the Son of Heaven recruited for Sima Shao.

If Wang Shu secretly took refuge in the imperial court, then Wang Bin, the assassin of Jiangzhou, openly opposed Wang Dun. The biggest reason why Wang Bin is so disgusted with Wang Dun is Zhou Yi's death. Wang Bin and Zhou Yi are very good friends, Wang Bin also begged Wang Dun to save Zhou Yi, but in the end he still failed to save Zhou Yi's life.

Since then, Wang Bin has regarded Wang Dun as an enemy, and has repeatedly attacked Wang Dun in public, which made Wang Dun very annoyed, and even wanted to assassinate Wang Bin for a time.

And Director Wang was also worried about Wang Bin's safety, and repeatedly hinted that he should not openly oppose Wang Dun.

But I didn't think that Wang Bin had a hard temper, and he didn't pay attention to Director Wang's reminders, and he looked like Wang Dun would listen to Wang Dunxi's respect.

Wang Dun was helpless when he saw this cousin who didn't want to die.

Last time, because of the assassination of Wang Ling, the Wang clan had already turned away from him, so even if Wang Dun wanted to chop Wang Bin, in order not to cause everyone to betray his relatives, coupled with Wang Bin's outstanding ability and reputation, he had to let the other party go.

At the same time, in order to win over Wang Bin, Wang Dun also let him control Jiangzhou.

In this way, unconsciously, the Son of Heaven has secretly extended his hand to Jing and Jiang, and these two states are the places where Wang Dun is rooted. Therefore, don't look at the fact that after the attack on Jianye, the general Wang Dun was imposing, but in fact, the hidden danger of failure had been buried.

While the Son of Heaven was secretly exerting his strength, the crown prince Sima Shao was also not to be outdone. On the one hand, he took over many forces loyal to the imperial court from Sima Rui; On the other side, they quietly trained soldiers, trained and selected generals, gathered grain and grass, and prepared for the final victory over Wang Dun.

The crown prince appointed Yu Liang, Yu Bing's brothers, and Xi Jian as vassals of the Eastern Palace, especially the resourceful Xi Jian as his confidant. Sima Shao's move was criticized by many former officials of the East Palace, who believed that Xi Jian had performed poorly in this rebellion and was not qualified to hold an important position again.

But Sima Shao didn't think so, he thought that Xi Jian's poor performance was not the fault of the other party, mainly because Zhou Za surrendered too quickly, which not only caught the court off guard, but even Xi Jian lost the opportunity to attack Wang Dun's back road.

As for the later initiative to give up military power and save his life, in Sima Shao's opinion, this is the wisest choice for a mature and rational person. When the overall situation has been decided, even the Son of Heaven has given up resisting, let alone Xi Jian? Only by staying useful can we make a comeback! (To be continued.) )