Chapter 45: The Conspiracy Emerges (1)
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Guanzhong Chang'an Zhao Wangfu
After Sima Lun, the king of Zhao, received Empress Jia's secret order, he immediately summoned his confidant Sun Xiu to discuss, and as soon as Sun Xiu came in, he congratulated King Zhao with a happy face: "Congratulations to the prince, great things can be done!" ”
At this time, Sima Lun was also happy to find the east, west, north and south, since receiving the secret decree issued to him by Empress Jia, King Zhao knew that the things he had planned for many years finally had an eyebrow.
"The widow can have today's achievements, thanks to the help of Mr., his widow's wish will be realized, and he will live up to the hard work that Mr. has paid in the past."
"Hey, the prince is polite. The reason why Empress Jia urgently summoned the prince to Beijing this time was because the family and Empress Jia had reached an agreement, and Empress Jia couldn't wait to depose the prince. In fact, since Guo Huai's death at the beginning of this year, Empress Jia has become more and more unscrupulous, and who in the government and the opposition does not know Empress Jia's thoughts? If the prince hadn't been hiding in Xincheng, I'm afraid he would have been poisoned a long time ago. ”
"Hehe, what Mr. said is right, look, this is the secret message that Empress Jia gave to the widow. The imperial court prepared to let the king of Liang replace the king as the commander of the army in Guanzhong in order to suppress the rebellion of Qi Wannian. Who knew that at this time, the prince was able to die and went to a twist, and was willing to take the three guards of the East Palace into the customs to quell the rebellion. ”
"Humph! The widow saw that Sima Shu was impatient with his life, and dared to go to Guanzhong to die. Sir, you see, this is the secret decree of Empress Jia, let us think of secretly getting rid of the prince by the hand of Qi Wannian. After thinking about it, we can't anger Empress Jia at this time, so we have to handle this matter well no matter what, I'm afraid it will have to fall on Mr. in the end, otherwise it will be uneasy to hand it over to other people. It's just that the widow is about to enter Beijing, and he really can't bear to be separated from his husband. ”
Sun Xiu looked at the secret decree, and it was indeed written that King Zhao should leave a confidant and plot to frame the prince. To be honest, of course Sun Xiu didn't want to stay in Guanzhong, in order to satisfy the insatiable appetite of King Zhao and Empress Jia in the past few years, he has done a lot of bad things in Guanzhong.
If it weren't for the refuge under King Zhao, it is estimated that he would have been secretly killed. The people who wanted Sun Xiu's life in the entire Guanzhong were not only those fierce Hu people, but also the local Han nobles who were oppressed by him. Once King Zhao left him alone, Sun Xiu didn't dare to guarantee how long he would live.
But looking at the appearance of King Zhao in front of him, he obviously planned to let him stay in Guanzhong, although he hated King Zhao for being unrighteous, but Sun Xiu also knew that it was impossible for him to turn his face with King Zhao. Therefore, Sun Xiu's eyes rolled and said: "The prince has a life, and the minister doesn't dare to refuse, but he ...... It's just that the minister doesn't know whether to say something or not? ”
"How can you be so polite, sir? If you have something to say, it doesn't hurt to say it, and the widow just listens to it. ”
"Lord Wang, there is no problem for the minister to stay in Guanzhong, but I am afraid that after the prince leaves, King Liang will not know the situation in Guanzhong when he arrives, in case he mishears slander and ruins the minister's life...... The safety of the minister is small, and he is afraid that he will delay the major affairs of the mother and the prince, and the minister Sun Xiuke will be to blame! ”
"Hmm......"
Sima Lun listened to Sun Xiu's words and groaned, he knew that what Sun Xiu said was not an exaggeration at all. Because the two of them were embarrassed and offended the entire Guanzhong officials, in case he patted his ass and left, leaving Sun Xiu alone, it was very likely that Ouyang Jianzhi and his ilk would be killed.
"That's it, sir, before this king returns to Beijing, say hello to King Liang in advance, and try to entrust you to the care of King Liang, and King Liang is greedy for money, and the widow will give him another sum of money, so that he must save Mr. 's life."
Jinyang
The top royal families of the Jin Dynasty are also holding discussions on the prince's request to go on the expedition, and the northern families of the Jin Dynasty, such as the Hongnong Yang family, the Longxi Li family, the Fanyang Lu family, the Boling Cui family, the Qinghe Zhang family, the Jinyang Wang family, the Hedong Pei family, the Chenjun Yuan family, and the Yingchuan Xun family, after receiving the news that the prince asked for his life to go to the Guanzhong, they all gathered to the Wang family to discuss.
The current head of the Wang family is Wang Cong, who is in his fifties this year, and sitting in front of him is Cui Huan, the head of the Cui family, and several other family heads. Wang Cong glanced at everyone and asked the person in front of him, "Haven't the people of the Pei family arrived yet?" "Right now, the famous big family in the north has arrived, except for the Pei family.
"No, it seems that Pei Wei's old puppet plans to remain neutral!" Cui Huan frowned and replied, "However, the Hedong Pei family has always been close to the Sima family, so it is not surprising to make such a choice at this time." ”
"You didn't tell the other party that this meeting was held specifically to deal with that Sima Shu? Could it be that in the future, their Pei clan plans to bow to that yellow-haired boy? Wang Cong asked a little incredulously, he really didn't expect that when the crown prince made it clear that he wanted to go against the whole world, the Pei family still insisted on the alliance with the Sima family.
"Forget it, put the Pei family aside in advance, what happened to the Jia family?"
Wang Cong also knew that Pei Wei, the head of the Pei family, was an old fox, and it seemed that the other party would not show his attitude until the critical moment. The reason why the Wang family attaches so much importance to the Pei family is because Pei Wei is Empress Jia's confidant, and if he can pull the other party to his side, he can not only monitor Empress Jia, but also expand the influence of the family in the court.
"Humph! The Jia family has long been not when Jia was the family, what does Jia Mi's hairy boy know? This time, Empress Jia made a great determination, not only transferred King Liang to Chang'an as the commander of the army, but also transferred the powerful general Meng Guan and the old general Zhou to Chang'an to take charge of controlling the army. ”
"Around? The fierce general who surrendered from Wu State? Why did you send him? Jia Nanfeng doesn't know that Zhou is at odds with King Liang? Our main purpose this time is to get rid of Sima Shu by the hands of the Hu people, but not to let King Liang declare a personal vendetta! ”
Wang Cong was very dissatisfied with Empress Jia's arrangement, in his opinion, this was obviously a blind toss, in case King Liang couldn't bear to make a black hand against Zhou, causing the prince's vigilance, all their previous arrangements would not be in vain!
"This ...... This one...... This was repeatedly requested by King Liang, and in order to appease King Liang's court, he had to temporarily agree to his request. Moreover, it is not without some benefits to send around. At present, the crown prince asks for orders to go on the expedition, and when the battle plan is arranged, we can completely organize Zhou and the prince into a team through the imperial court, as long as King Liang does something to Zhou, our side will take the opportunity to fish in troubled waters, and finally push the responsibility to His Royal Highness King Liang. Cui Huan said with a smile, but Cui Huan may not know that there is a saying that is well called: people are not as good as heaven.
"Well, that's good, how is Liu Yuan's preparations?" Wang Cong asked again, this is the killer weapon prepared by the family in order to deal with Sima Shu, if you can't get rid of the prince with the help of the Guanzhong Rebellion, you need to use Liu Yuan, the Huns, and then only need a 'wandering' Huns to raid Sima Shu's camp to succeed.
"Don't worry, Liu Yuan is ready for everything, just wait for us to give an order to kill Guanzhong!"
"Good! This time, there is no way to let Sima Shu go, if it weren't for that kid cowering in the new city in the past five years, we would have taken his head a long time ago! ”
"That's it, that's it, that kid dares to challenge the authority of the world's family, it's just that he doesn't know the sky, without our family, how can their Sima family's country be stable?"
The family clan present hated Sima Shu to the core, especially when he implemented the new policy in Xincheng, which completely forced the family to death, which is why the family family had to kill Sima Shu.
In the palace of King Liang, Sima Tong, the king of Liang, was discussing with Wang Quan, who joined the army, about entering the customs with a fine wine.
"Lord Wang, now that the court has made a decree, let the prince replace King Zhao to command the army to exterminate the rebels, and I wish the prince a victory and success!" Wang Quan raised his glass and drank it all.
"Hahaha, the widow's achievements today depend on joining the army to help, and he will never dare to forget the merits of joining the army when he becomes famous."
Since he learned that he was going to Guanzhong, Sima Tong, the king of Liang, began to be complacent, he had long envied King Zhao for making a windfall in Guanzhong, and he hated to replace him. Now that the imperial court has finally transferred itself to Chang'an, Sima Tong can't wait to fly to Guanzhong in one step. As for Qi Wannian's rebellion, Sima Tong didn't pay attention to it at all.
In order to quickly extinguish the rebellion of Qi Wannian, the imperial court not only mobilized 50,000 troops stationed in Chang'an for him, but also prepared to let the fierce general Zhou take 5,000 people from his headquarters into the customs first. At the same time, the imperial court, just in case, was also ready to send another 10,000 Su guards, as well as the pro-army led by the crown prince, to rush to Guanzhong.
If the 5,000 cavalry of the Xiongnu is added, the army commanded by King Liang can reach 80,000 people. With so many troops, King Liang was confident that he could beat the Di rebels to the point of crying father and mother.
In the city of Luoyang during the day. Meng Guan's house, Mrs. Meng sat on the bed with her newborn in her arms, Meng Guan was playing with a ractrum on the side, and the brave and warlike General Meng licked his face and looked at his baby son: "Bald boy!" Ugly boy! Stinky boy! ”
Mrs. Meng couldn't help but glance at him and said, "Okay, you, don't scare the child anymore." ”
Meng Guan laughed and said: "It's okay, boys have listened to the drums since they were young, and they are not afraid of war in the future." Come, let Father kiss one. ”
Mrs. Meng said angrily: "you, we won't go to war, we just want the world to be peaceful, right?" Silly boy! ”
Seeing that his wife was angry, Meng Guan made amends again and again: "Mrs. said well, our son will be called Taiping." ”
"Meng Taiping?" Mrs. Meng was a little puzzled, and always felt that the name was a little weird.
Meng Guan Zhengse said: "Yes, Meng Taiping." When he is older, he is called Meng Ping. You tell me? My Taiping? Just as the husband and wife were talking, the housekeeper of the Meng Mansion came in and reported: "Master, the two adults, Zhang Shizhong and Pei Wei, are here. ”
Meng Guan was stunned when he heard this, and then turned to his wife and said: "It seems that the DPRK and China have reached a compromise on the matter of sending troops to Guanzhong, and the husband may want to lead the army to Guanzhong." If your husband is not at home, you will close the door and thank you, and you don't have to worry about your husband's safety, thinking that no one can hurt your husband's ability. ”
When Mrs. Meng heard that her husband was going to go to Guanzhong, she was a little worried, but she also knew that the things decided by the imperial court were not something she could change, so she could only bury her worries in the bottom of her heart and wish her husband a triumphant return as soon as possible.
Mrs. Meng hurriedly took the child in her husband's arms, and then instructed the maid to put on a robe and hat for her husband.
Meng Guan guessed well, Zhang Hua and Pei Wei, two important ministers, came to the General's Mansion to introduce the situation in Guanzhong to Meng Guan in person, and at the same time, let him secretly take care of the surrounding area.
Zhang Hua was very dissatisfied with Empress Jia's sending Zhou to King Liang, but no matter how dissatisfied he was, he couldn't change the fate of Zhou to go to Guanzhong, so he could only secretly mention Meng Guan and let him take care of Zhou when he arrived in Guanzhong.