Sima You's throne was also unstable, and this seizure of the throne was originally reluctant.

How can it be so easy to establish a dynasty, naturally there are many people who miss their old dynasty, and there are not many people he can trust, and the most trusted person is Pei Xiu, who was trusted by his brother Sima Yan before.

Pei Xiu returned from the counties of Jizhou, promoted to the prime minister, and worshiped the prince of Julu County.

When he arrived at the palace, he saw that the palace was full of officials.

Pei Xiu walked forward with his head held high, and there were two guards behind him, with long knives hanging from their waists, and they followed suit, although they arrived at the entrance of the hall, they still stayed outside, but they met the eyes of the warriors in the inner temple.

The monarch and the ministers went up the palace steps, and someone shouted loudly: "The emperor is seated, and all the officials are courteous!" ”

After speaking, the ministers knelt down, and Pei Xiu was the first.

The emperor instructed: "Show the prime minister a seat." ”

At this time, the main hall was full of cigarette smoke, solemn and solemn, the people on the emperor's throne were still in the ninth place, ruling the world with their clothes, Pei Xiu thanked him, sat down, and saw the official singing ceremony, and the officials came forward to bow down.

Now that Pei Xiu has been promoted several times, he already has the privilege of entering the court, going to the palace with his sword, and being praised.

Speaking of ancient rites, the ministers see that the king must tend, that is, walk quickly; If you don't enter the court, you don't need to walk quickly.

The ancients were not allowed to wear swords when they went to the temple, and they went to the temple with swords, that is, they wore shoes and swords and went straight into the hall.

When the ministers worship the king, the courtiers will roll call, and they do not need to go through this procedure if they are not named, and these three articles are a special courtesy.

At this time, sitting in the main hall, for some reason, he suddenly lost his usual pride, and only felt that his mood had deteriorated a lot, and this emotion made him feel very irritable.

Da noticed that he was in a bad mood, and the officials who participated in the court meeting were cautious.

As soon as the chorus finished speaking, a royal Shi Yueban suddenly stood up, knelt down and kowtowed, and played: "Your Majesty, yesterday there was a servant of the Taiwei galloping on horseback, stepping on more than a dozen people in a row, and three people died. ”

At this time, everyone was shocked, although it was a domestic servant, but it still depends on the owner to beat the dog, this person's behavior is obviously aimed at the royal family, and now the Taiwei is Sima Jing, this is Sima You's confidant, but his uncle is rarely close to Sima Yan.

The Emperor was silent.

Pei Xiu was angry at this time: "Above the main hall, what are you doing with such a trivial matter?" Is there something else in mind! ”

This imperial history kowtowed and said: "It's not just the people, among them there is also an official who has stepped to death, it is the eighth grade of Gongcao, although this matter is small, but the hundred officials of the court have their own dignity, and they were killed by cheap slaves, isn't it the following offense, the courtiers are responsible, just on the matter, not offside!" ”

Hearing this, Sima You above was also furious.

In the past, Sima You was still very face-saving to civil officials in public, and he did not blindly suppress civil officials who criticized him.

Most of the accusations are tolerated, this is also to appease people's hearts, after all, now there are strong enemies outside and lone wolves inside, so they can only be appeased.

But at this time, Sima You was suddenly furious, and thought to himself: "I have endured for so many years before I ascended the throne, but there are always some people who come out in the name of loyalty and righteousness, scolding and inviting names, which is really hateful." ”

In a fit of rage, he stood up suddenly, sneered, and said, "Who are you who dare to say this?" Someone! ”

Under this drink, a guard suddenly stepped forward and responded: "Here!" ”

This suddenly shocked the entire court, although you are the emperor, but now the Jin Dynasty, it is really the emperor and the family are in charge, Sima You usually abides by the bottom line of the rules, why is he so angry now, openly ordering the forbidden army?

I only heard Sima You angrily: "Drag this fang out and kill it with a cane!" ”

"No!" In the court, there was a forbidden army pounced on it, dragging this imperial history down, and the place where the battle was killed was not far from the palace, and everyone in the silent hall heard the terrible shouts and the curse on the Sima family's seizure of the throne.

The hall was full of officials, no one dared to speak out again, where had they seen such a bloody scene on weekdays, and some people even turned pale with fright and trembled all over.

After a few moments, the shouting grew lower and lower, and there was silence at last.

A guard stepped forward and said, "Your Majesty, you have been slain!" ”

"Humph!" Sima You's mood improved slightly, and he was holding back an evil fire, and quickly signaled the eunuch next to him to announce his retreat.

The eunuchs standing on the side didn't dare to look at the ministers with different faces, and directly followed Sima You's orders and announced their retreat from the court.

Pei Xiu sat for a while, his face was slightly gloomy, he didn't look at the eyes of those officials looking at him, got up later, and took the lead in striding out of the palace.

"Prime Minister, this is new information from outside, please take a look." Back at the mansion, a henchman put the information collected some time ago in front of Pei Xiu.

took the tea cup sent by the next person, which was his favorite tea on weekdays, and tasted it gently, the fragrance entered his throat, and his restless heart calmed down.

"These?" Glancing at the ones in front of him, Pei Xiu couldn't hear the mood or bad voice.

seems to know what is happening in the court, as long as Pei Xiu is in a bad mood, this person, even if he is his confidant, is also careful to deal with it.

Listening to his inquiry, he hurriedly said respectfully: "Yes, Prime Minister, these are picked out, involving changes in the state capitals such as today, I dare not detain them privately, and the Prime Minister will decide!" ”

"That's right." casually flipped through a few pieces of information and looked at it, thinking about the current situation, Pei Xiu's whole person had a lazy taste: "It's just some useless information, I already know about it, you better take it...... Well? ”

The page turned by his fingers was quickly turned back by Pei Xiu, and the expression on his face became solemn.

"This is the ......" The information he is looking at now is the intelligence from the Great Han Kingdom, not a secret: "The current situation is already like this, Ding Feng is also a famous general in the world, and it has been reduced like this?" He was so disrespectful of Sun's kindness? Aren't you afraid that people will poke his name in a hundred years? ”

The Han Dynasty attacked in two ways, one pointing to the state and the other to Jingzhou, and he also knew that the Han divided his troops to attack Jingzhou, so Sima You called him back, otherwise he would have to defend the Han State from invading eastward in Jizhou.

The situation in Bingzhou has collapsed, but Jingzhou, according to Pei Xiu's calculations, can still last for a year, and by then, his own military training has also achieved some results, and he can go to Nanyang and threaten the Han State.

At that time, if the negotiation with Wu is reached, all the Jianghuai troops will be withdrawn, and they can be put into the battlefield of competing with the Han State, and the two countries will still have the strength to fight, at least they can prevent the situation from continuing to collapse.

But now, the Han has swallowed Jingzhou so easily, so how long can Yangzhou last?

Jiangdong, like his own country, is maintained by the family, and when the Han army advances eastward, how many people can resist?

Pei Xiu frowned, staring at the information in front of him, his face was covered with a deep shadow, and suddenly, he felt that he had found the source of his unhappiness.

The authority of the Jin Dynasty's broken ship is declining, even if he becomes the first minister, what about it? Literature Great

Although you are the prime minister, according to the previous actions of Wang Mang, Cao Cao, Sima Zhao and others, he can prepare to usurp the throne, but if he usurps this, he has to struggle for more than ten years, even if it is really done, can the Jin Dynasty still exist at that time?

Pei Xiu was slightly conscious, and looked at the request for supplies reported by General Deng Ai of Zuo and put aside, he had some calculations in his heart.

……

"Senior brother, I have received news that the Great Han Kingdom has taken Jingzhou, and the situation in the world will be clear, and this matter is beneficial to us." In the palace of the King of Jinqi, Yin Jian mentioned the news he had learned to his junior brother Gan Shi, with a relaxed look on his face.

Gan Shi's insight was not inferior to him, and he nodded and said: "This matter is indeed beneficial to us, with Sima Yan's temperament, this time, if it is beneficial to him, he will be able to make up his mind." You go and do this alone, I won't go to the Qi Palace's Mansion with you. ”

"Senior brother wants to contact other officials, can't you?" Yin Jian asked.

Gan Shi smiled but did not speak.

Xun Jian knew that this was the default: "Since this is the case, let's go out together." ”

"No." The two carriages went out of the gate one after the other, one to the left and one to the right, and each left.

To the right, is the carriage of Xu Jian, the carriage traveled on the road for a while, and came to the gate of the palace of the king of Qi.

The doorman was already very familiar with Yin Jian, and when he saw that he was coming, one of them hurriedly ran forward respectfully and asked, "Lord Yin, are you here to meet the king?" ”

"Can the king be in the palace?" Yin Jian nodded and asked.

"Lord He, my king is in the mansion."

Xin Jian's heart was relieved, which made him very pleased.

"Your Majesty, Lord Hao is out asking to see you." In the study, Sima Yan was closing his eyes at this time, and when he heard someone report that Yin Jian was coming, he couldn't help but open his eyes.

Is Hao Jian coming?

It happened that he also had something to discuss with him, Sima Yan pondered for a moment and spoke: "Please let him in." ”

"No."

In the garden, the doorman who brought in with Yin Jian was leading the adult in.

"Speaking of which, isn't the king's mood very good these days?" As soon as he entered the Qi Palace, Yin Jian had already noticed that the atmosphere in this mansion was very depressing, and there was no need to guess the reason for this phenomenon, it must be Sima Yan, the owner of this mansion.

"Yes, Lord Yin, you will go in later, but be careful, several adults have been rebuked by the king in the past few days." Seeing that there was no one around, the doorman whispered a reminder.

Hao Jian rarely showed a gentle smile: "Thank you for reminding me." Then he handed over a silver coin, but everyone got what he wanted.

"Lord Hao, the king invites you to come over." At this time, a steward came over.

Seeing this, the door official stopped and retreated, and Yin Jian followed behind the steward and walked towards the study of the Qi Palace.

When they reached the door, the steward stopped and said to the door, "Your Majesty, Lord Hao has been brought." ”

Sima Yan's reply came from inside: "Please Mr. come in." Stand down. ”

"No." In response, the steward turned around, bowed to Yin Jian, and retreated.

The door was hidden, and Yin Jian pushed the door directly in, but saw Sima Yan boiling tea by himself, and when he saw him coming in, he greeted: "Sir, you are here, sit casually, the tea will be boiled in a while, and you can taste it." ”

As he spoke, he got busy with himself, but he was learning to hone his mood, which is said to be the method passed by the Yan Han Dynasty, and the tea scripture written by the Yan Han Emperor himself.

Knowing his preferences, he found a place to sit down, and watched Sima Yan make tea by himself.

It is difficult for outsiders to imagine that Sima Yan, who has a majestic appearance, would be so enthusiastic about these elegant things now.

After a while, Sima Yan boiled this tea, although the taste was not strong, the faint aroma was even more sultry, and he was in a certain mood, just by this move, he knew that what he said before had already moved Sima Yan's heart.

After all, it is Sima Yan, who was the son of the King of Jin and held great power, and now he is also the king of Qi, ruling millions of people in Qi, no matter how keen he is about these elegant things, it is impossible to make tea in person, and if he can make tea in person, it must be a big change in his mind.

Looking at the color again and inspecting it carefully, I saw that at this time, the number of qi representing the Jin Dynasty had declined a little, why is this?

Yin Jian's heart shook suddenly, but he felt that this was a good thing: "As soon as the imperial court declines, the predicament of Sima Yan will be weak." ”

So what is Sima Yan's mind, there is no need for him to say anything, and he tastes tea leisurely at the moment.

The fragrance of tea in the room is pervasive, quiet and silent.

Yin Jian, who was dressed in a wide robe, sat opposite Sima Yan in civilian clothes.

Yin Jian held the tea cup in his hand and only drank tea quietly, Sima Yan's habit was very clear to him, at this time, it was better not to make a sound, let Sima Yan think about it himself, at this time, he was about to start separating from Sima Yan.

Sima Yan had just passed forty years old, and he was in the prime of life, with a majestic figure, and he was born with a different appearance, his temples and beard were black, his eyes were bright, and he sat there with a majestic demeanor.

Seeing this, Yin Jian was secretly happy in his heart.

It's been decades since they intersected, and he doesn't know this man's ambitions?

It's just that before, this person was injured by the dragon qi of the Han Dynasty, that is the true son of heaven, Sima Yan certainly has a bit of life, but when he met the real king, he was naturally injured, and then Sima You ascended the throne, Sima Zhao changed to the king of Yi Jin, and soon thereafter, Sima You named Sima Yan the king of Qi and drove him out of the capital, and then Sima Zhao died, and Sima You directly usurped the throne.

All this made this person hesitate for a while, originally worried that the situation would evolve now, and when the Han Dynasty was ready and attacked again, Sima Yan would bow down to his fate, and at that time, his senior brother and brother would also be implicated, and the investment for many years would be empty, but even if Sima Yan woke up at this time, it would be too late.

Han swallowed Jingzhou, has taken half of the world's qi, this dragon and snake rise together, it is about to end, than the immortal monarch's prophecy, but it is more than ten years earlier, what does this mean, as the true legend of the Taomen, Yin Jian is clear.

There are not many opportunities for their senior brothers, only to coax Sima Yan to take the throne, then they can take advantage of this opportunity to withdraw, although the investment is in vain, but they can be satisfied if they can withdraw, and dare to think of other things.

Sima Yan single-handedly, does he still want to be like Tian Dan, with only two cities, to counterattack Yan Kingdom?

This kind of thing, few people in the world can do it, just like Prime Minister Zhuge back then, with his own strength, to do things to save the sky, Sima Yan looked left and right, and he was not such a character, and his left and right did not have such a character.

Even with the assistance of such figures, Sima Yan was not the Emperor Zhaolie of the Han Dynasty back then, and wanted to rise up again like the Han Dynasty, which was the result of the joint efforts of countless people with lofty ideals, and it was also the auxiliary work of the Han Dynasty for 400 years, how could the Sima family have such help?