In the tenth year of Yuankang, just after the Dragon Boat Festival, the Huainan battlefield sent a good news to the capital, saying that the imperial army on April 27 said, in the Huainan battlefield to break the Jiangdong army of nearly 60,000 people, beheaded 23,000 people, captured more than 31,000 enemies, captured nothing, and has advanced into the hinterland of Huainan, even more than a dozen cities, basically recovered the hometown of Huainan.

When the news reached Jingshi, the whole city cheered, and the reputation of the crown prince rose again. Subsequently, the prince issued an edict to reward the three armies, promoted Tao Kan to the governor of Huainan, and controlled all the Xiang troops and government soldiers in Huainan to guard Huainan, while Xu Chao led part of the Xiang army soldiers to return to the court, preparing to accept further rewards from the imperial court.

Excited? There are some, but not many, not that he is not very dissatisfied with the great victory ahead, but Sima Shu has learned the detailed battle report through the War Department a few days ago, and knows the whole story of this battle. The excitement has already been excited, and as for the moment, his heart is no longer here.

After the First World War, the Western Jin Dynasty was completely free from the danger of annihilation at any time. As long as the court does not make fatal mistakes again, and then operates carefully for ten or eight years, the Western Jin Dynasty can completely sweep the north and south.

Regardless of the Xiongnu in the state and the Xianbei in Youzhou, it is impossible to cause serious damage to the Central Plains as in the original history, and the reason why Sima Shu has not cleaned them up is nothing more than that the Rebellion of the Eight Kings has caused too much damage to the imperial court, and it will take four or five years to recover his breath, to say the least.

Therefore, Sima Shu's mind has already shifted to the court situation, and after his blows, the influence of the Shandong family on the political situation has dropped to the lowest level in history. Moreover, their economic strength has also declined a lot, and except for some of the wealth they have accumulated for hundreds of years has been transferred to Jiangdong, the rest has basically been plundered by the imperial court.

Coupled with the Lingbao Sect and the gradual rise of the newspaper industry in the Western Jin Dynasty, the family lost its influence on the common people. They can no longer respond to the common people as before, but they must always care about the common people's evaluation of themselves, otherwise once the bad side of the relevant newspapers is exposed, what awaits them may be severe punishment from the imperial court.

Sima Shu knew that after his repeated rectifications, it would be impossible for the family to develop into a political, economic, and cultural trust group like the late Han Dynasty in a short period of time, and he felt that it was time to show them a little sincerity.

"Mr. Mengsun, there are many motions inside and outside the court, especially some families say that this palace should be on the throne, and this palace is slightly hesitant, I don't know what Mr. Mengsun wants, and let's talk about it, can this shareholder wind be borrowed?"

In the study of the East Palace, Sima Shu, who had just returned from visiting his parents in the palace, had not even changed his court clothes, so he rushed to the study, summoned his conspirators back, and unabashedly expressed his intention to ascend the throne, and his words were full of confidence - this time the ministers' motion was not from Sima Shu's instructions, but the situation forced the ministers to act spontaneously.

Especially with the continuous progress of the Central Plains reconstruction plan, the people of the world are all grateful, the people's hearts have returned, and now Huainan is a great victory, and the prestige of the prince has risen to the peak, and he is qualified to take charge of the leading power of the court.

Under such a favorable situation, it was impossible for Sima Shu not to be moved, but he was still a little hesitant in his heart, and he did not take action immediately, but cautiously asked his great strategists to take the pulse of this move.

On the surface, it seems that this matter has come to fruition, but when he approached, he found something unusual. Therefore, according to Weichen, this matter is not simple, and it is necessary to prevent villains from making trouble! Although Zhang Bin couldn't wait for the crown prince to ascend the throne, the recent news from the Intelligence Agency made Zhang Bin a little worried.

Originally, Sima Shu was very complacent, but he didn't expect Zhang Bin to pour a large basin of cold water on his head unceremoniously.

"Huh? Mr. means ......"

Sima Shu is not an ordinary person in the end, as soon as Zhang Bin reminded him like this, he immediately became alert, and his heart was terrified, could it be that there were other inside stories in it?

"When the water is full, it overflows, although this matter is what everyone is looking forward to, but I am afraid that someone will take the opportunity to make trouble, Your Highness must be cautious."

"Well, sir's lesson is that this palace is negligent."

Sima Shu obviously realized that he seemed to be a little too anxious, and when he calmed down and thought about it, he couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. In particular, it seems that he deliberately ignores the current emperor Sima Zhen, as if he does not take the other party into account at all. That's right, Emperor Hui is now ignoring the government, but after all, he is still the emperor, and he is still his father.

If he acts too radically, provokes the criticism of the ministers, the people are distracted, and is guided by other political enemies, even if he cannot shake his rule, it will definitely disrupt the situation that has been stabilized with great difficulty. Now Sima Shu's father and son give the outside world the impression of a father and a filial piety, and he doesn't want to spoil his beautiful image.

"Your Royal Highness Shengming, but anyone who can save his own body three times, the great sage, the court is fortunate!"

Seeing that Sima Shu was not completely carried away by a series of victories, he was still able to follow the advice, and Zhang Bin's heart was put down, and he praised it very appreciatively.

"Hehe, Mr. said and laughed, the palace was proud for a while, and almost forgot about the shape, that's it, don't talk about this, now the motion has risen, and the enemy hidden in the shadows will not sit idly by, and it is very likely to take advantage of this east wind to disgust the palace. I wonder if you have any advice on this? ”

"Your Highness, according to the information obtained by the minister from the Intelligence Agency, Jiang Dong cannot shake the foundation of His Highness at all, except for slandering the prince in reputation. If they want to succeed, the best way is to use the hands of the Chaozhong family. The world's families are interconnected, and the in-laws are continuous, and His Royal Highness just took advantage of this matter to investigate the family again! Zhang Bin smiled slightly, stretched out his left hand and touched his chin, and unhurriedly said the countermeasures in his heart.

"Well, that's good, it's decided, and please explain to Mr., let all the people below wait for the news to monitor, so as not to be taken advantage of by the annihilators." Sima Shu silently thought about Zhang Bin's suggestion a few times, and saw that there was nothing wrong, so he nodded and made a decision. Although he used the family again, for the sake of the empire, he couldn't take care of it so much for the time being.

Now that the prince has made a decision, Zhang Bin will not have a different opinion, so he bows down and retreats, and does not mention the relevant matters to arrange for himself.

In Jiangdong, Sima Rui, who had just ascended to the throne as the king of Jin, was anxious in the face of the frequent loss of territory in Jiangbei and the constant threat to his personal safety by the imperial court soldiers. Heard the news that the Huainan army was destroyed, Shouchun and Hefei were lost, and Wen Xian retreated to Tuzhong.

Sima Rui immediately summoned his trusted ministers Wang Dun, Wang Dao, Gu Rong, He Xun, Zhou Yi, Diao Xie, Ji Zhan, Bian Yan and others to gather in the palace to discuss.

Wang Dun and Wang Dao brothers were originally from a northern family, and they knew that the elite army under the command of the prince was powerful, and at the same time they had a large number of generals who could conquer and fight, and Sima Shu was very wise.

"Your Majesty, this battle cannot be fought any further. For the sake of Jiangdong's stability, the minister thought that it was not a bad thing to give up Huainan for the time being. With the current situation of the imperial court, it is really impossible for them to give up the land of Huainan. Therefore, to cede the land of Jiangbei to the prince, to win his retreat, and then we work hard, wait for the opportunity, and then send troops to recover the lost territory, this is the only way to deal with the current national security, I hope the king will make a wise decision. ”

Although Sima Rui knew that Wang Dun was telling the truth, he was still unhappy after hearing it, and he lowered his face, covered his face with frost, looked around at the generals, and said, "Do you think that we can only swallow this bitter fruit?" Don't we even have a chance to fight back? ”

Wang Dao, is Sima Rui's number one think tank, playing the role of a military advisor, he is good at observing color, and not as domineering as Wang Dun showed, he saw Sima Rui's face change color, so he said unhurriedly: "In the humble opinion of the minister, it is really no good to abandon the land of Jiangbei to fund the enemy." First of all, we will lose the northern barrier in Jiangdong, and the enemy troops can go directly to the north bank of the Yangtze River, which is far away from Jiankang across the river, and directly threatens the security of Jiankang. The ancients said: 'On the side of the couch, how can you allow others to snore', this is one of them;"

"In addition, the Huaiyang area, a rich land, can collect a large number of taxes every year to support the army and enrich the country, once this large source of income is lost, how can our army maintain; And giving up this large area of wealth to the enemy is tantamount to seeking skin with the tiger and adding wings to the tiger. Therefore, this method of financing the enemy is absolutely not feasible, and this is also the case. ”

Director Wang's words, Sima Rui could hear them, and his face was a little softened, at least not like Wang Dun's words that hurt morale. Only Wang Dun frowned, as if he was dissatisfied with his cousin's performance. Didn't Wang Dun know the important surname of Huainan, of course not! However, the strength is not good, and at present, Jiangdong is simply unable to compete with the imperial court for Huainan.

"However......" Director Wang paved the way for a long time, and finally got to the point, "Although Huainan is important, it can't lose the hegemony of the prince because of this." If we have been entangled with the imperial court in Huainan and fallen into a long-term war of attrition, we must be the first to be dragged down in the end! Therefore, the minister is also in favor of temporarily abandoning Huainan and returning to Jiangdong to accumulate strength! ”

Director Wang's last words made Wang Dun breathe a sigh of relief, and at this time, even Sima Rui no longer objected, and was obviously convinced. However, Sima Rui was still a little unwilling, "Do you think you can make some trouble for the north?" We are developing, and the north is also developing, and we can't let the other party develop so easily! ”

"The king, the minister recently said that he listened to the discussions of some families left behind in the north, and the court and outside the court are preparing to let the prince ascend the throne as soon as possible, and even some families are planning to persuade him, can we add some obstacles to Sima Shu in this matter?"

"Huh? Yes, it works! Doesn't Sima Shu boast of being a dutiful son, let's talk about this, even if we can't mess up the enthronement event, it will definitely make Sima Shu disgusting for a lifetime! (To be continued.) )