In the Wangxiang Building of Jinling, Xiao Ling, the king of Hui, held a wine glass and chattered to Sima Yi. Sima Yi looked at the Qinhuai River in the afternoon, and his mind was not on Xiao Ling at all, and after listening to it for a long time, he only vaguely heard Xiao Ling say that Zhu Tongjing was "unusual" these days. ”

"Brother Sima, are you listening to me?" Xiao Ling suddenly asked Sima Yi who was looking out the window.

"You said that Master Zhu came back from the north, what else?"

After a few months of dating, Sima Yi is very familiar with Xiao Ling's character. This is a talker, he doesn't talk much, and he doesn't seem to care too much about whether others are listening to him, as long as he picks up the stubble casually, Xiao Ling will continue to talk, and the nagging will not end. Many times he doubted that Xiao Ling was a mute in his previous life, and what he didn't say in his previous life was said in this life.

“…… and Xie Xiang, these days, he has found a lot of courtiers to put pressure on the imperial sister-in-law, probably for the purpose of sending troops. It's too chaotic in the north, it's better to be in the south of the Yangtze River, there is wine today and drunk today, and this day is really free. ”

When Sima Yi heard this, he turned his head, thought for a moment, and said, "Xie Xiang has the intention of sending troops?" ”

"Huh? Brother Sima, you don't know? I remember telling you before. It's okay, I'll talk to you again...... In this court, Xie Xiang is the most respectful of force, and these days the court is also arguing every day, some say that they want to go to war, and some say that they will continue to wait. Xie Xiang said that he would wait until when? When I heard it, I felt that he didn't know each other, and my imperial sister-in-law clearly had no intention of going to war. Isn't this bullying the imperial sister-in-law, her orphan and widow? ”

Sima Yi nodded slightly and asked, "Then King Hui." What do you mean? ”

"Me? Hehe, of course, it's better to stand aside with the imperial sister-in-law and not go to war. What's so good about this war? This one is on the battlefield, there are victories and defeats. You look at the Northern Dynasties, they are fighting with the Xianbei and Bohai people every year, and Jiangnan, it seems that the soldiers are good enough to eat, but in fact, the soldiers have been slack over the years, how can there be the pride of Pingchuan entering Shu back then? Besides, there is victory and defeat in war. I can't live a peaceful life. At that time, I didn't have so much time to drink and have fun. Alas! In general, it is better not to fight than to fight. ”

Sima Yi smiled slightly, these words. It wasn't the first time he had heard Xiao Ling say. Xiao Ling's character. It's a fantasy and a fantasy about how to be happy.

"Can King Hui think about one day? Even if there is no external war, there will be war within the Qi Dynasty? ”

Sima Yi's question stunned Xiao Ling.

"Brother Sima is saying? Civil strife in the Qi Dynasty? Xie Xiang? Or who? Last time, Brother Sima said that Xie Xiang might rebel, I think ...... It's unlikely. After all, Xie Xiang is a Wenchen, even if he has some manpower on the Jinling garrison, he will not dare to rebel. As for the others, the generals who led the troops, I don't believe much, these people ...... On weekdays, they claim to be loyal to the country, but who has seen them really contribute? In these years, if they don't fight, they just eat and wait for death, and they are not as good as those literati, who make some splendid articles, and they can be passed on after thousands of years. ”

Sima Yi nodded, Xiao Ling's idea of emphasizing literature over martial arts, and it was not the first time he had come into contact with it.

Thinking of this, he was suddenly stunned, when did he become so "keen". In the past, when Han Jian said big truths in front of him, he always felt disdainful and felt that those things had nothing to do with him. But now, when he summed up some things, he was very handy, and he thought that this was probably due to Han Jian's edification.

"I can hear that the Soldiers and Horses Division of the Five Cities of Jinling have had a lot of actions recently." Sima Yu said suddenly.

"Huh? I seem to have an impression of that. Xiao Ling thought about it for a while and said, "It was a few days ago, at the banquet in He Mansion, or Brother Sima, you reminded me, saying that that person is the newly promoted deputy leader of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, which is a little strange, this position has always been arranged by my imperial sister-in-law, and it involves the important task of inner city defense, what is that person's name?" ”

"Gongsun Qi." Sima excused himself.

"Yes, that's him. This surnamed Gongsun is Xie Xiang's person. Xiao Ling looked at Sima Yi, "But it's not right, even if it is the deputy leader of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses, it doesn't mean anything." There are many generals in the court, and they are not mighty generals, and there are hundreds of people under them, what else can they do? ”

Sima Yi smiled and didn't answer.

Xiao Ling looked at Sima Yu, but when Sima Yu smiled and didn't speak, there were many more things hidden in it than he said.

"Brother Sima, if you think of something, don't hide anything. You know that I am a person, we just have something to say, and it is not a gentleman's doing. Xiao Ling said with an eager expression.

Zhu Tongjing ...... Guru Zhu, where are you these days? Sima asked.

"What the hell knows? Didn't I just say that this kid used to be seen all the time, but these days he is gone, could it be that he went to the north on the orders of the emperor's sister-in-law? But now that the north is calm, he heard that there is another fight in Yuzhou, and he may have gone for this matter. ”

Sima Yu shook his head and said, "I think he is hiding and preparing to concentrate on dealing with Xie Xiangcai." ”

"Huh?" Xiao Ling was surprised, "This ...... What is the solution? ”

Sima said: "Now that the north is already in chaos, it is beneficial for the Qi Dynasty not to send troops. But in order to seize power, Xie Xiang naturally wanted to send troops and get involved in military power. It is precisely because of this that the Queen Mother has always avoided sending troops, not because she does not want to pacify the north, but because she does not want to hand over the military power to Xie Rumo. ”

"Sounds reasonable." Xiao Ling nodded with admiration, "What else?" ”

"Xie Rumo knows that he is the queen mother's henchman, will he sit back and wait to die? At this time, if you want to send troops, you must have a military talisman, but who is in the hands of the current talisman? ”

"This ...... The military talisman of the Qi Dynasty is a bit chaotic, and Brother Sima may not understand it very well. There are three armies in the imperial court, and the military talisman of the northern army is in the hands of the imperial sister-in-law. The military talisman in Gyeonggi is in charge of the imperial sister-in-law and Xie Xiang, which you also know that the military talisman of the inner city and the imperial city has always been under the control of my imperial sister-in-law, after all, it involves the safety of the imperial city. In fact, this is nothing, in the land of Gyeonggi, no matter what the military runes do, they are directly dispatched by the military department. The personnel arranged are also the most trusted people by the imperial sister-in-law.

As for Huzhou and some places in the south, some of them are in my hands, which were passed down to me by my father, and some generals often come to report on their work. Because I was closer to my sister-in-law, my sister-in-law was also very reassuring to me. There are also some local soldiers and horses that are dispatched by the military department, and in the final analysis, once these soldiers and horses are dispatched. They are all deployed with the talismans of the Northern Army. ”

"That is to say. The main military power of the Qi Dynasty was in the hands of the Queen Mother. Sima borrowed the color of the road.

"Hmm." Xiao Ling nodded.

"Isn't it?" Sima Yi suddenly smiled and said.

"Oh. This is not the case? What does this say? Brother Sima, you are sometimes too inscrutable, you talk like this. It's a lot like a person. Belch. It's the Mr. Li from the Chess Academy. He also speaks so incomprehensibly, but he never talks to me about politics, but he plays chess. The words are exactly the same as yours, and when you hear them, you know that the meaning of the words is not on the chessboard. ”

Sima Yi smiled, he wanted to say very much, in fact, there were some things that Li Shanye taught him. These days, among the people he can come into contact with, there are also Li Shanye. Although he was just playing chess, Li Shanye taught him a lot of things.

It is precisely because of Li Shanye that Sima Yi began to develop from a young man who was ignorant of the world to an old and serious strategist.

Sima Yu explained: "Since the soldiers and horses of the Qi Dynasty are basically under the control of the Queen Mother, why has the Queen Mother first eradicated Xie Xiang's party in the past few years, but she can't?" ”

"This ...... In fact, there is an allusion, probably that Xie Xiang helped the imperial sister-in-law eradicate the internal troubles. Two years ago, the envoy in front of the palace, Fu Siqi, wanted to establish King Min as the emperor, but it was Xie Xiang's help that made it so quickly pacified. This also made the imperial sister-in-law take the talisman of the Northern Army into her own hands. Xiao Ling said.

Fu Siqi was one of the auxiliary ministers entrusted by Emperor Ming of the Qi Dynasty on his deathbed four years ago, and was in charge of the military and political affairs of the Qi Dynasty. But three years ago, Fu Siqi's party was jointly eradicated by Empress Dowager He and Xie Rumo, and his henchmen were also killed or dispersed.

But in fact, the military talisman of the Qi Dynasty, after Fu Siqi's death, has little significance. The soldiers and horses of the Qi Dynasty were basically divided into factions.

The Northern Army and the soldiers and horses around Jinling were basically divided by the Queen Mother's party and Xie Rumo's party, and the two sides controlled the generals and soldiers, horses, grain and grass, which can be said to be evenly balanced. Most of the soldiers and horses in the south-central part of the Qi Dynasty were under the control of Xiao Ling, the king of Hui.

Xie Rumo did not dare to rebel, because he was afraid that the strength at hand was not enough to directly control Jinling. Empress Dowager He's thoughts are basically the same.

These truths were inadvertently mentioned by Li Shanye to Sima Yi. Sima Yi could feel that Li Shanye deliberately asked him to bring these words to Xiao Ling, so that Xiao Ling chose to "stand in line".

At first, Sima Yi didn't understand why Li Shanye suddenly mentioned this, but now according to Xiao Ling's feedback, he realized that this was a sign that the rain was about to come in Jinling City. Xie Rumo figured out the battle against the north and completely controlled the military power.

Although the Empress Dowager He controlled the military power of the Northern Army and the Gyeonggi part, the Empress Dowager did not have a general who could lead the troops, while Xie Rumo was co-opted by Guò in the past two years and mastered the resources of the generals. That's why he was so desperate to go to war. And as the Queen Mother's idea of not fighting gradually became stronger, Xie Rumo knew that he could not open the gap from this aspect, so he was simply ready to "take risks".

Sima Yu asked, "If the army of the Northern Dynasty comes to kill you, King Hui, can you send the soldiers and horses from the south to Jinling?" ”

"This ......," Xiao Ling said with a smile, "I don't want to pay attention to this kind of thing." It has nothing to do with me, does it? Even Fu Siqi's time, I only found out about it afterwards, and it scared me a lot. Fu Siqi is a good man on weekdays, who would have thought that he would dare to support King Min as the emperor? However, the matter has passed, the imperial sister-in-law and the little imperial nephew are safe and sound, and the Qi Dynasty is peaceful, so there is nothing. We can continue drinking. Haha, this kind of good day is really happy. ”

Sima has gradually understood these days that in fact, the greatest significance of Xiao Lingcun's zài is not to fight for power and profit, but to check and balance.

Xiao Ling's attitude of not asking about the world made the Queen Mother and Xie Rumo dare not take it lightly, mainly because of the soldiers and horses on hand in Xiao Ling. With Empress Dowager He and Xie Rumo's thoughts, if they want to fight for power, they must be thunderous and thunderous to control Jinling firmly. In this way, we can avoid external interference factors. If something happens, things like Xiao Ling and some scattered neutral factions will have an impact on Jinling's shape.

"Brother Sima, don't talk about these unhappy things. I heard that Miss Qian had some good wine. It's all from the Western Regions, it seems to be wine, and it's ...... Ageing what, anyway, I don't understand. If we have time, let's go over and have a look? ”

Sima glanced at Xiao Ling, his expression was a little strange.

Since Xiao Ling touched his light and had a banquet at Qian Su Oak's place, Xiao Ling has been thinking about this since then. I always want to find another opportunity to pull him to go with Qiansu Oak's boat.

Sima Yi knew that Xiao Ling had always admired Qiansu Oak, and he could have been a favor who pushed the boat along the river. But he knew very well that Qian Suli's heart was not on Xiao Ling at all, but on his good friend Han Jianjian. When Qian Suli learned that the famous Dongwang was the famous Dongwang, who had once dominated the Cao Gang, she still regretted that she didn't have the opportunity to show her heart. After that, she got very close to the Cao Gang, and it was precisely because of Han Jian's relationship.

As for Sima Yu, he was also stained with Han Jian's light, so he was invited by Qian Su Oak. However, Sima was under house arrest in Jinling, and he didn't want to go to find some unhappiness for no reason, and go to Qiansu Quercus's flower boat to eat and drink.

"I don't have time." Sima Yi directly refused.

If others had rejected Xiao Ling like this, Xiao Ling would have been furious. But Sima said this, Xiao Ling only had pity on his face.

Xiao Ling knew that the Sima Yi in front of him was also a "very unknown" person, mainly because there was no interest between the two people. Sima Yi is a native of the Northern Dynasty, and he is a first-class prisoner of the imperial court, even if he can accompany him out to drink and enjoy the scenery, he still has to keep an eye on a lot of people behind him to prevent him from escaping.

Such a person, with a very good personality, has nothing to ask for him, and is the only person in the entire Qi Dynasty who can make friends with him.

Sima Yu's "ignorance" became an advantage in his eyes, not a disadvantage.

"Brother Sima, you always say that you don't have time, but you still have time every day if you don't have time, alas, why can't you take some time to fulfill my wishes? It's a beauty for adults. If you promise me, I'll give you ten singers, no, twenty...... A hundred of them will be done. Just have a meal, and you can't miss a piece of meat. What do you think of this? ”

Sima glanced sideways at Xiao Ling, who looked expectant, glanced back out the window, and replied coldly: "I'm not interested." (To be continued......)