In order to ensure the logistical supply of the Western Expeditionary Army, the entire Liang, Yong, and Qin Prefectures in the northwest were extremely busy, and the cement straight roads that had just been paved were full of traffic, and the grain, grass, ordnance, and other materials mobilized from all over the country had to be transported to the Western Regions through this road. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Because it was Wei Shuo who led the army to march in person, the whole Yan Kingdom was paying attention to the progress of the Western Expedition and was anxiously looking forward to the good news.

However, it was not until more than a month after the start of the war that various news continued to spread from the Western Regions to Luoyang, first the good news that the Yan army captured Shanshan and Yanqi, and then the bad news that Gaochang was surrounded by Gaoche and Cheshihou.

The mixed good and bad news not only made the Yan Kingdom have mixed joys and sorrows, but also made the Eastern Jin Dynasty parties who had been secretly paying attention to the progress of the Yan Kingdom's westward expedition secretly happy. Even some families began to curse Wei Shuo's defeat in the Western Regions, and it was best to let Yan Guo be greatly injured by this, and he would no longer be able to threaten the safety of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

In the middle of April, from the northwest direction galloped far away, it galloped all the way, without stopping in the middle, directly from the west gate of Luoyang. As soon as the guards at the city gate saw each other's unique costumes, they knew that this was the Hongling Messenger who was responsible for transmitting information back and forth, and not only did not dare to stop them, but also were responsible for driving away the pedestrians blocking the road for them.

Hongling hurriedly rode a vigorous war horse, and soon galloped to the door of the Privy Council, and the messenger turned over and jumped off the war horse, and walked into the door of the Privy Council at a gallop.

After being identified, the envoy made a beeline for the MIA.

It wasn't until he handed over the confidential information he was carrying to the head of the Military Intelligence Agency and got the receipt that the Hongling Urgent Envoy could be regarded as having completed his mission.

Under normal circumstances, the Military Intelligence Agency will collect information from various places and collect valuable information from it, so that the person in charge will send it to the Privy Council for processing.

In less than a stick of incense, the urgent report from the Western Regions was transferred from the Privy Council to the Cabinet.

In the spacious and bright political affairs hall, the cabinet scholars headed by Pei Wei, Mo Han, Gao Zhan and others are dealing with a large number of important military affairs, and there are dozens of young officials assisting the scholars in their work.

Each scholar sat in his seat, looking intently at the papers. After reading it, they will use a brush to write their opinions on the document scroll, and sometimes when they encounter important matters, the scholars will discuss it with each other, and even report to Yan Wang Weishuo, and then determine the final opinion after discussion.

However, under normal circumstances, it is the major bachelors who quietly review their respective documents, and then hand them over to the assisting officials to classify them, and finally hand them over to the relevant departments for execution.

In this case, when the Military Intelligence Agency sent an emergency report to the cabinet, it was quickly sent to Gao Zhan. Gao Zhan glanced at it and immediately realized that the matter was very important, and he immediately beckoned Pei Wei, Mo Han, Han Shou, Shao Xu, Du Qun and other cabinet scholars to gather together to discuss countermeasures.

"It is reported that the army of the Western Expedition has successfully occupied most of the Western Regions, and there is only one chariot division left to survive!"

Gao Zhan took the confidential military information that had just been sent, and after giving everyone present a general introduction to the latest battle situation, he continued: "As the king said, what the Western Regions need most now is stability and governance!" The king divided it into states and counties, and it seems that he is preparing to occupy it for a long time. ”

"The Western Regions is a good place, bordering Mobei in the northeast and Liangzhou in the east."

"As long as Yan occupies the Western Regions, you can enter and exit Lianghe and Tianzhu, and you can block Liangzhou when you retreat."

"However, if the Yan Kingdom wants to completely occupy the Western Regions, I am afraid it will not be easy. Those countries in the Western Regions are all countries with their own heritage and culture, and China has never had a tradition of setting up state counties in the Western Regions, so it is necessary to be mentally prepared for the continuous local rebellions in the past few years. ”

At this time, Mo Han said murderously: "Don't worry about Jingqian, the king has killed all the princes and nobles of the Western Regions, I believe that as long as no one provokes it, those ordinary people in the Western Regions will not be interested in recovering the country." If someone really wants to take risks, then we can't be merciful, we must kill them all to prevent future troubles! ”

Pei Wei couldn't help but tease: "Hahaha, fortunately, the king didn't let Shirong go to the Western Regions, otherwise a western expedition will be defeated, I'm afraid there won't be many people left in the entire Western Regions." You can't kill the rebels just by killing, and the most important thing is that Yan Guo should restore the economy of the Western Regions in the shortest possible time, so that everyone can live a life without worrying about food and clothing. ”

"With the help of teaching, I don't think most people in the Western Regions will take risks. Of course, for some stubborn people, you can't blindly pay attention to gentleness, and you have to be ruthless. ”

Everyone had just dealt with the affairs of the Western Regions, and Gao Zhan picked up another document and said: "The Western Regions are about to settle down, but the Eastern Jin Dynasty is making trouble again!" ”

"What's the trouble in the Eastern Jin Dynasty again?"

Mo Han's eyes lit up when he heard the word "Eastern Jin Dynasty", he was bent on helping Wei Shuo unify the world, and at present, there was only one separatist force left in the Eastern Jin Dynasty.

Gao Zhan stroked the three wisps of long beard and introduced: "According to the latest intelligence, the three towns of Huainan belonging to the Eastern Jin Dynasty are currently secretly gathering soldiers and horses, sharpening their knives and preparing to follow Wang Dunqingjun's side. ”

"Haven't the three towns of Huainan always looked to the imperial court as the only horse? Why do you suddenly want to clear the monarch's side again? They have already offended my Yan Kingdom, how dare they continue to offend the Eastern Jin Dynasty? Aren't they afraid that the Yan army will take advantage of the situation to go south and clean them up together? Zu, Su, and Guo are so big that people can't see through it! ”

"It's not that you can't see through it, it's that you don't see the game hidden behind the scenes!"

A sneer appeared at the corner of Mo Han's mouth, and he explained to the young official who interjected next to him: "Do you think that if Guo, Zu, and Su have no support behind them, they dare to rebel?" ”

"Alas, the family has gone crazy for their own interests, they not only secretly supported and provoked the three towns of Huainan to launch a rebellion, but also secretly poisoned the diet of the Son of Heaven, so that Sima Shao, the Son of Heaven, who was in good health, suddenly became seriously ill." Pei Wei said with a bitter face.

Mo Han said excitedly: "Isn't this just right?" When the Eastern Jin Dynasty became a pot of porridge, the Yan army took advantage of the situation to cross the river and go south, and it would definitely be caught off guard by Jiangdong and lay the pattern of unifying the world in one fell swoop. ”

"In Han's opinion, you might as well deliberately release false news that the Western Expedition is unfavorable, so that the Eastern Jin Dynasty will think that the Yan State has failed in the Western Expedition and is powerless to interfere in the Eastern Jin Dynasty disputes, prompting it to break out into more intense internal strife."

Mo Han's suggestion was unanimously approved by everyone in the cabinet, but Pei Wei couldn't help but sigh secretly for Sima Shao's fate: "Although the Son of Heaven is young, he can indeed be called heroic and decisive. If the Eastern Jin Dynasty unites as one and the family helps each other, there may not be no chance to keep the Eastern Jin Dynasty's country. ”

"However, today's son actually provoked the family to kill him, it seems that it is not for nothing that King Yan has always been vigilant against the family."

"Do you need to ask the king to come back?"

"Of course!"

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To be honest, in the original history, the emperors of the Jin Dynasty were more than a waste. However, Sima Shao is an exception.

Sima Shao was the eldest son of Emperor Sima Rui of the Jin Yuan Dynasty, the founding emperor of the Eastern Jin Dynasty. It is said that his mother is an orchid, and she is a mixed Chinese and Hu race.

This made his appearance and character very different from other Jin Dynasty clans, and Wang Dun called him "Xianbeier".

This Xianbei child was "young and intelligent" when he was a child, and Sima Rui loved him very much.

Note that the history books do not say "smart", but "smart".

Following Sima Rui to flee to Jiangdong, after Sima Rui became emperor, the 20-year-old Sima Shao was immediately made the crown prince.

In 322 AD, Sima Rui was so angry with Wang Dun that he died, and was succeeded by the 24-year-old Sima Shao.

His talent began to shine from this moment on.

Sima Shao's opponent was Wang Dun, a powerful man for a while, who put Sima Rui on the throne and forced him to death.

Its cold-blooded and arrogant characteristics were shown as early as when Shi Chong and Wang Kai were eating at the mansion.

But it is such a heroic figure, who was folded in the hands of Sima Shao, the young son of heaven as soon as he succeeded to the throne, he showed his wisdom and decisiveness to the world.

Historically, Sima Shao was an all-round talent in civil and military affairs, and he returned to his heart from afar. However, God was jealous of the talent, and just as he was about to start putting the country in order, he fell ill.

After Sima Shao's death, the Eastern Jin Dynasty never had an emperor as enterprising and capable as him, so that the strength gradually weakened, even if there was such an unprecedented great victory as the Battle of Weishui, it could not change the fact that the Eastern Jin Dynasty was declining. (To be continued.) )