As soon as he entered Luoyang, Hormizd III was closely protected by the Great Jin officials, on the one hand to protect the safety of the other party, and on the other hand, to prevent the Persians from learning about it. At the same time, Sima Rui, who was in Jiangdong, was in a dilemma.

With the frequent military movements in the north, Jiangdong is facing increasing pressure. However, Jiangdong, which should have been united in overcoming difficulties, faced a split situation again due to financial problems, and Sima Rui, the king of Jin, hoped that the major families in Jiangdong would help him raise military funds from their own pockets.

However, an economic crisis caused the Jiangdong family to suffer heavy losses, not to mention asking them to donate to Sima Rui, but they themselves were trying to get some money from elsewhere to tide over the current crisis. So in the end, except for Wang Dao, Xie Kun, Wen Xian and a few others who donated more than 100,000 yuan for Sima Rui, the others were like iron roosters.

In the face of such a selfish behavior of the Jiangdong family, Sima Rui's originally fiery enthusiasm cooled down suddenly. Sima Rui, who had been under tremendous pressure, brazenly went to the other extreme in this situation.

In the twelfth year of Hongwu, on September 5, Sima Rui quietly called Wang Dao to the Jin Palace, and in the secret room, he confided his latest thoughts to Wang Dao, and Wang Dao's face changed greatly after listening.

"King, have you really thought about it? Once you take this step, you will really become a thorn in the side and a thorn in the flesh of the Jiangdong family, and even your own personal safety will not be guaranteed! Director Wang didn't expect Sima Rui to be so crazy, and he couldn't help but be a little worried about the other party's safety.

"Since they are unkind, then don't blame the widows for their injustice!" Sima Rui said viciously. He was really 'bullied' by the big family and was going crazy, especially watching the Great Jin Emperor of Jiangbei - Sima Shu live a good life every day.

Sima Shu can definitely be called the most powerful emperor since the founding of the Great Jin Dynasty, and what people say is really true. Don't talk about the Northland family with Sima Shu, they can't wait to take out Wanguan family property to tie up with the emperor. How do you look like yourself? begging grandpa to sue grandma for a little military money all day long, not only will you not get a little support, but you will also suffer the secret ridicule of the other party!

Director Wang looked at Sima Rui with a crazy look in his eyes, and couldn't help but show a trace of sympathy, as Sima Rui's confidant and close friend, Director Wang can be said to have watched how the other party stepped step by step to the status of the overlord of Jiangdong. In this process, it was not Sima Rui's own strength and status that played a decisive role.

It is the product of the compromise between the Beidi Shi clan and the Jiangdong Shi clan. At the beginning, Emperor Sima Shu cleared the family forces in the north. In order to let the family have a place to survive, the Northland family and the Jiangdong family jointly elected Sima Rui as the lord of Jiangdong. But after Sima Rui ascended to the throne of the Jin Dynasty, the real power of his Jin Mansion has always been held by the family, and he is just a puppet supported by the family against the imperial court.

Sima Rui has lived a very aggrieved life over the years. Any one of his claims must be endorsed by the family. Otherwise, his decree would not have been able to leave the Jin Palace. Nevertheless. He was also bullied from time to time by Wang Dun, and once Sima Rui wantonly promoted family officials from Jiangdong in order to get rid of the control of the Wang family.

This caused dissatisfaction among the Wang brothers. Wang Dun even went directly to the book, expressing his dissatisfaction with Wang Dao's "seeing and alienation", and asked Sima Rui to recall what he said back then, "I should be friends with Qing and Maohong (Wang Dao) to manage Bao", which means that Sima Rui was accused of not believing his words and crossing the river and demolishing the bridge.

This piece of music reached the imperial court and was retreated by Wang Dao, but Wang Dun sent someone to Sima Rui again. Sima Rui can be described as depressed and angry when he sees this recital, a courtier openly says that he is not, and he can't refute anything, which shows how aggrieved Sima Shu is living.

In fact, in the original history, Sima Rui was even more aggrieved and embarrassed than he is now, and even he himself was angry to death by his subordinates, which can be said to be the most wretched and aggrieved founding emperor in Chinese history.

To what extent was Sima Rui aggrieved in history? He once personally "took off his clothes and put on court clothes" and said to Wang Dun: "I want to get my place, but when I say it early, I will return the evil spirit, why should I be so trapped by the people!" "It means that if you want to be the emperor, Wang Dun, tell me earlier, I will give you the throne and be my evil king. Why let the people suffer with them?

Among the founding emperors of the past dynasties, Sima Rui was the first and only one who could be so embarrassed, so cowardly, and so undignified by his courtiers.

Although Sima Rui did not suffer much insult in this life because of Sima Shu's arrival, his life was not much better. Especially with Sima Shu's comparison, he can't stand the bullying from the family. Under all kinds of pressure, Sima Rui finally went to the extreme.

After asking for help from the family many times but could not, Sima Rui brazenly ordered Wang Dun and Wang Dao to start picking up the hidden populations of the various Jiangdong families. This time, Sima Rui can be said to have made a lot of determination, in order to solve the problem of insufficient military funds, he is ready to attack the family.

And this time, Sima Rui got Wang Dun's full support, and Wang Dun was specifically responsible for the whole thing. For a time, Wang Dun's soldiers and horses began to inspect the hidden population of the family in various parts of Jiangdong under the banner of Sima Rui, and all the families who concealed it were all raided, and part of the money obtained was used as military funds, and the other part belonged to the Jin Palace.

As a result, in just a few days, Wang Dao received hundreds of thousands of yuan from Wang Dun, and at the same time tens of thousands of people and thousands of hectares of fertile land. Sima Rui looked at the mountains of money that had come from his family, but the anger in his heart could no longer be suppressed. I saw him pick up a bill and roar at Director Wang:

"Maohong, do you see that? Yes! This is just from a medium-sized family in Jiangdong, there are 100,000 guan, 100,000 guan! But look at what they said when Lone borrowed money from them in the first place?! One by one, they wore tattered clothes and cried poor in front of Lonely, this time I saw what those families had to say! ”

Director Wang smiled bitterly and said: "King, this time we are cool, and at the same time we have made a fortune, but we have also deeply offended the Jiangdong family, and they will never just forget it." ”

"Humph! They don't let go of loneliness? Lone won't let them go, these moths, maggots! At the critical moment of their demise, they are still unwilling to donate some money to help Lone, and Lone has no reason to stand by them. It's a big deal that Lone dedicated Jiangdong to the imperial court, and everyone broke up. Sima Rui shouted a little frantically.

Director Wang looked at Sima Rui, who had been unable to calm down, and was worried in his heart, he knew the details of Jiangdong very well. Sima Rui is no better than the emperor in the north, with the support of hundreds of thousands of soldiers and soldiers and some wealthy families and industrial and commercial classes, and Sima Shu would be an empty prince without the support of him and his brother.

Director Wang was worried that Sima Rui would continue to fool around like this, which would plunge Jiangdong into unprecedented chaos. In the past, Jiangdong was not the opponent of the Northland, and once there was internal chaos, Jiangdong would be even more vulnerable to the Northland's blow. And Wang Dao knows very well what kind of virtue his brother is, and Wang Dun is a fanatical political seeker of the family.

In the past, the reason why Sima Rui was in such a nominal situation was more than half of the credit of Wang Dun. Don't look at Wang Dun now actively acting as Sima Rui's thug, it is because Wang Dun wants to take this opportunity to suppress the arrogance of the local scholars in Jiangdong, on the other hand, Wang Dun also wants to get some military funds.

And if Sima Rui takes a closer look, he will find that Wang Dun's targets are all small and medium-sized families, while top families like the Gu family and the Zhang family have not been affected at all. After the Jiangdong Shi clan bowed to Wang Dun under pressure, Wang Dun had almost raised enough military funds, and Wang Dun would no longer listen to his orders from Sima Rui.

When Wang Dun, who had a heavy army, no longer supported him Sima Rui, Wang Dao alone was probably not enough to scare the Jiangdong clans who had suffered heavy losses and wanted to take revenge on Sima Rui. At that time, Sima Ruike will really be unlucky, and looking at Sima Rui, who has now fallen into madness, Director Wang is really worried that there will be some big basket at that time.

"Lord Wang, please calm down! If you continue to do this, you don't need to use troops in the north, and Jiangdong will have to finish the game by itself! Director Wang persuaded bitterly.

"Ho, ho, can you still stop? Maohong, Maohong, after this chaos, the local scholars in Jiangdong hate to be alone, and they can't wait to get rid of it quickly. Your brother Wang Dun has enough military resources, and I'm afraid he won't take Gu in his eyes, because he won't need Gu anymore after he has money! Sima Rui muttered to himself with a look of despair.

"O king, O king! I'm sorry for you! Director Wang looked sad, no matter what, Sima Rui is his benefactor, the two have been teachers and friends for so many years, and they are really close friends named Junchen! Now seeing Sima Rui in such a desperate situation, Director Wang can't help but be in great pain.

After a while, Sima Rui gradually calmed down, only to see him calmly tidy up his appearance, and suddenly asked Wang Daodao: "Maohong, you were personally received by Emperor Sima Shu when you were in the Northland, according to your observation, he is comparable to Emperor Xuan Sima Yi?" ”

"Huh?!" Director Wang was stunned when he heard this, he didn't quite understand what Sima Rui meant by this, "What does the king mean?" ”

"Gu thought about it carefully, my Sima family has gained the world from the Cao family after three generations of hard work, and the greatest contribution is Emperor Xuan, who laid the foundation for the entire family to seize the world. To be honest, from his grandfather Emperor Wu Sima Yan's own talent is not as good as Emperor Xuan's eleventh, so that it will cause the hidden danger of the vassal king and Hulu rebellion! ”

"When I crossed the river to the south alone, it was nothing more than to see the wolf smoke rising in the north, and the Jin family was about to be lost, so I had to lead Jiangdong to preserve a trace of blood and hope for my Sima family. Unexpectedly, Sima Shu, who ascended the throne at a young age, saved the Great Jin Empire from the brink of collapse step by step. ”

"Now the prestige of the Great Jin Empire is even more spread at home and abroad, so it seems that Sima Shu's ability is not as good as Emperor Xuan, I am afraid it will be almost the same. Today, Lone Count understands that the ability of the widow is not to be compared with Emperor Xuan, even today's saint Sima Shu is not comparable. ”

"Therefore, Lone has decided and is ready to accept the conditions of the imperial court!"

(The madman made a mistake about the generations of Sima Shu and Sima Rui before, and I apologize to everyone here, these two should belong to the same generation, and they used to make Sima Shu Sima Rui's uncle!) I bow down again and apologize, and thank you for the support of the three big monthly passes! (To be continued......)