"Cao Ying's precedent?"

Liu Feng was slightly stunned, and immediately realized.

Although Cao Ying was a little suspicious of Sima Yi's "wolf and eagle vision" before, in order to win over the scholars and prove his desire to seek talent, he finally reused Sima Yi and made him the master of the Prime Minister's Mansion.

It was Cao Ying's seemingly insignificant trust in Sima Yi that finally gave this person an opportunity.

Originally, the defeat in the Battle of Lejia was not enough to make Cao Ying completely defeated, but the rebellion of Luoyang gave Cao Ying a fatal blow and cut off Cao Ying's way back to the north.

Cao Ying's "trust" in Sima Yi has caused the bitter fruit to be close at hand, and what Jiang Gan pointed out should be exactly that.

Such a lesson from the past, in fact, there is no need for Jiang Gan to remind him, Liu Feng also knows it.

Jiang Gan's words showed Liu Feng that he and Sima Yi were not in the same camp, and the previous alliance was just an expedient measure.

"Ziyi, what you said seems to be a negative Zhongda's trust to you?" Liu Feng said with a smile.

Jiang Gan was calm and said happily: "Sima Zhongda and the others are all famous families in the Central Plains, and they are already disdainful of Jianghuai people like me, if he didn't know that I had a relationship with Da Sima back then, he wouldn't let me come on this trip, so I and Zhongda are not the same people at all." ”

I see.

Liu Feng pondered for a long time and asked: "Now that the Central Plains has been decided, and the unification of the world is imminent, the most urgent thing to do is to gather the wise men of the world to govern the peace together, but I don't know what Ziyi's opinion is." ”

Jiang Gan did not shy away from it, and said calmly: "Since the two Han Dynasty, relatives, eunuchs and scholars have fought with each other, although it has caused a lot of harm to the country, but in other words, the tripartite restraint has also avoided the dominance of one party and the fall of imperial power. Now that the relatives and eunuchs have been extinguished, and the scholars dominate the world, it is true that if the great Sima is only to support the Han family, he can rule the world with the scholars, but if the great Sima has other ambitions, he is afraid that he must be vigilant, so as not to create the foundation of hard work, and finally make a wedding dress for others. ”

Jiang Gan's words were on Liu Feng's heart.

When he first came to this era, he must not have known the background of this era, but over the years, his insight has long been far from comparable to that of the past.

As Jiang Gan said, wouldn't it be a great irony if he worked hard to build this great country, and finally ended up with Cao Wei?

Liu Feng smiled: "Then according to Ziyi's plan, if I don't use scholars to rule the world, who can I use?" ”

Jiang Gan hurriedly said: "To govern the world, we must use talents, and talents are mostly from scholars, this point cannot be avoided, I mean, Da Sima can change the means of employing people." ”

"By what means?" Liu Feng was curious.

Jiang Gan said unhurriedly: "The Central Plains scholars have a huge power and a deep foundation, if they are used to govern the government, they will be a disaster in the future. ”

Turning around and around, finally turning here.

Liu Feng took a sip of wine and asked, "What is the truth in Ziyi's words?" ”

Jiang Gan said with great interest: "The Great Sima rose in Jingchu, and the people of Jingchu are naturally more loyal to the Great Sima. And Da Sima had a marriage relationship with the Sun family, and this section made the Yangzhou scholars fall in love with Da Sima. Moreover, Jingyang is located in the south, and the strength of the scholars is far less powerful than that of the Central Plains scholars. There are these two major benefits, I don't know what Da Sima thinks? ”

Jiang Gan's strategy is not unreasonable, but Liu Feng quickly saw that Jiang Gan's words were not all conceived by him Liu Feng, and I am afraid that there are some selfish motives in it.

Jiang Gan is a native of Jiujiang, and he himself is a famous man in Yangzhou. Now he suggested that Liu Feng reuse the Yangzhou scholars, and it was obvious that he was fighting for the interests of the scholars in his hometown.

Liu Feng is not stupid, Jiang Gan's selfishness, he can see it clearly.

"What Ziyi said is certainly reasonable, but I have to ask, if I reuse the Jingyang people to rule the world, a hundred years later, the power of the Jingyang Shi clan will swell to the point where it cannot be controlled, wouldn't it be exactly the same as the situation facing today, Ziyi's concerns are still unsolved."

Jiang Gan was stunned for a moment, and said happily: "The things of the world are repeated over and over again, this is the common way. It is not easy for Da Sima to set a plan for a hundred years, and as for what will happen a hundred years later, who can predict it. ”

A hundred years from now, who can predict it...... After pondering for a long time, Liu Feng suddenly burst out laughing.

#####三天之后.

According to Liu Feng's order, Sima Yi disbanded more than 10,000 miscellaneous troops on the front line of Chaoge as promised, and smoothly handed over the Han Emperor to Chen Zhi and other generals.

Sima Yi, Jiang Ji, Wang Lang and other famous ministers who participated in the Luoyang Revolution also obediently rushed to Liu Feng's camp first to show their allegiance to the new lord.

Also in the Chinese army's tent, Liu Feng greeted him warmly, and set up a banquet to entertain this "meritorious minister".

Liu Feng finally met the legendary "winner in life" Sima Yi.

On the surface, this is an ordinary man who is not very outstanding.

Sima Yi's words and deeds are so humble, and from this person's body, there is hardly any edge to be seen.

Moreover, in the dialogue with Liu Feng, Sima Yi praised Liu Feng's wisdom and martial arts from beginning to end, without mentioning his own merits at all, as if he had no influence at all in the process of Liu Feng's destruction of Cao Ying and the Han Emperor.

A humble and low-key person, this is Liu Feng's initial impression of Sima Yi.

However, Liu Feng knew very well that all this was a superficial disguise, and under that humble face, what was hidden was the heart of the city that no one could guess.

Since the first moment Liu Feng saw Sima Yi, he has always reminded himself that he must not be deceived by this person's superficial appearance.

After a few polite words, Liu Feng asked with a smile: "I have heard for a long time that Zhongda is resourceful, and now that the world is about to be unified, there is only one Liu Bei left who is stubbornly resistant, I would like to hear what Zhongda has to say." ”

Sima Yi hurriedly arched his hand and said: "Da Sima has won the award, how can the lower officials have any high opinions, but there are some foolish opinions, I am afraid that I will make Da Sima laugh when I say it." ”

Liu Feng waved his hand and smiled: "Zhongda is too modest, but it doesn't hurt to say it." ”

Sima Yi said: "The lower officials think that what the big Sima should do now is to welcome His Majesty and return the capital to Luoyang on the one hand, and send troops to the north to collect the two prefectures of Hebei and You, deter Hulu in the north, Fu Yiyue in the south, and Shimin in Nei'an." After recuperating for a year and a half, when the morale of the soldiers is restored, the grain and grass are enough, and then the troops are sent to fight against Liu Bei, and the world will be determined in one fell swoop. ”

"Seven Ways to Defeat Liu Bei?" Liu Feng's interest suddenly rose, "I don't know which five roads?" ”

Sima Yi stood up, walked over to the hanging map and raised his finger to point.

"This first way, when the troops were sent from Youzhou, went south to Yanmen, and launched an attack on Bingzhou from the north. The second road should be sent from Jizhou, and the line from Jingcheng should be directly inserted into Taiyuan County, the heart of the state. The third route, when advancing from Hanoi to the west and capturing Hadong County, after the three armies seized the annexed state, they would meet in Hedong and advance from the north to Guanzhong from Pubanjin. ”

Sima Yi paused, and then said: "The fourth route of soldiers and horses, Hongnong should attack Tongguan, and send a frontal attack from the avenue to Guanzhong. The fifth road starts from Wancheng and attacks Guanzhong from Wuguan. These two lines of soldiers and horses are the middle route army, which should be the main force to destroy Liu. ”

He was beaming, and gradually became excited.

After a sigh of relief, he said: "As for the soldiers and horses of the Sixth Road, they will start from Hanzhong, or through the Xiegu, or take the old road of Chencang, and attack the middle of the country in the north. The Seventh Route Army took the Qishan Avenue, captured Longyou, cut off the connection between Guanzhong and Liangzhou, and made it impossible to take care of each other. These two lines of soldiers and horses are for the Southern Route Army, because the mountains of Shu are treacherous, and it is not easy to attack, so they should be partial divisions that contain the enemy's strength. These seven-way army, from the north, the middle and the south, launched an attack on Liu Bei in an arc-shaped array, believing that with Liu Bei's troops from the three states, they could not resist at all, and Da Sima would dominate the world, which should not be a problem. ”

Liu Feng was infected by his strategy, and couldn't help but stand up, and couldn't help but applaud in front of the map for a long time: "What a seven-way battle Liu Bei, it's really a wonderful plan, Zhong Da, where are you stupid, it's clearly a rare high opinion." ”

Sima Yi smiled faintly: "The lower official is just talking nonsense, there must be omissions in it, which makes the big Sima and all my colleagues laugh." ”

Although Sima Yi was humble, he lost no time in "showing" in front of Liu Cover, in order to show his talent.

It's no wonder that being a courtier is low-key, but you can't act useless, if Sima Yi keeps his mouth shut and blindly pretends to be stupid, not only will Liu Feng feel at ease with him, but will make Liu Feng think that he is deliberately hiding.

After all, if he was a foolish person, how could he betray Cao Ying and kidnap the Han Emperor at such a critical moment.

Sima Yi's plan to send troops on seven roads, Liu Feng remembered it in his heart, so he promised to entrust Sima Yi with the post of Guangluqing on the spot.

This Guangluqing is one of the nine Qings, in principle, he is in charge of the garrison of the capital, and Liu Feng's appointment shows that he attaches great importance to Sima Yi.

In addition to Sima Yi, such as Jiang Ji and other "meritorious ministers", Liu Feng also rewarded them, and sent someone to draft the holy decree on the same day, and sent it to the Han Emperor Liu Xie to seal it.

Sima Yi and others defected to Liu Feng for the sake of natural interests, and Liu Feng's reward made them satisfied.

Although these people first humbly excused themselves, under Liu Feng's insistent resignation, everyone still accepted the gratitude of "respectful rather than obedient".

After two days of the feast, Liu Feng personally sent Sima Yi and others out of the camp, and ordered them to return to Luoyang first, and prepare with Pang Tong for all matters related to the return of the Han Emperor to the capital.

At the time of parting, all the ministers had already gone on the road, and Jiang Gan also wanted to go on the road, but he was secretly stayed, saying that Liu Fengshang had something to tell him.

Jiang Gan stopped at the camp gate, and after a moment of stationing on the horse, Liu Feng rode his horse and returned slowly, Jiang Gan stepped forward and asked, "I don't know what else Da Sima commanded?" ”

Liu Feng smiled at him secretly, and said lightly: "Ziyi, have you forgotten the conversation between you and me before?" ”

(To be continued)