Chapter 137: Sima Yi's disdain

Cao Pi thought at first that the "Three Princes" had come out to speak, and the court meeting to impeach Sima Yi would end soon, who knows, these two "Three Princes" also quarreled. He was already a headache from the ministers, but now he has an even more headache.

Cao Pi saw that these two old men were attacking each other there, the more they talked, the more excited they became, the more they talked, the more hot they became, the two of them gradually showed their muscles, their faces were red, Cao Pi felt very helpless, these two people were very heavy in the court, and they couldn't be forcibly suppressed.

As an emperor, the key is to achieve balance, so you can't take a stand to support that or not support that, even if you want to say it, you have to say it euphemistically, so that the one who is denied doesn't feel so uncomfortable.

Therefore, being an emperor is not so easy to do, it seems to be a promise, but in fact, it is still restricted by various factors. However, in his heart, he is still inclined to Sima Yi, who is one of the main strategists who helped him defeat Cao Zhi and seize the throne, just like a teacher, who has been reminding him.

He not only has trust in Sima Yi, but also relies on him a little, so in his heart, he doesn't want to blame Sima Yi.

Seeing that the two old men were arguing and not playing, Cao Pi finally got impatient, and he gestured with his eyes to Hua Xin, the other "three princes" who didn't speak, meaning to let him find a way to stop the two from fighting. Hua Xin is Situ, and he is one of the "Three Princes" like Wang Lang and Zhong Xuan, so he is the only one who can intervene in the court to argue between Wang Lang and Zhong Xuan.

As soon as Hua Xin received Cao Pi's signal, he immediately cleared his throat and said, "Two, two of you are slow, and listen to Hua's words." ”

Seeing Hua Xin, a court boss with the same weight as them, he still had to give a little bit of a face, so they stopped arguing together, turned their heads to stare at Hua Xin, and saw that he had something to say.

"Ahem," Hua Xin cleared his throat again, "What the two of you said makes sense, but now that the enemy is now, it is not the time to hold him accountable, and it doesn't matter whether Sima Yi is right or wrong, whether he has merit or a fault." The most important thing now is to do everything possible to let Shu withdraw its troops.

If Shu does not retreat for a day, it needs to have a general # to lead the troops in Xiangyang for a day. It is really taboo to change generals in battle, so now is not the time to care about his merits no matter what.

Hua mentioned yì, it is better for His Majesty to ask him what the current battle situation is, and ask him to write back to report on his work, explaining why he lost so many soldiers and horses. Or you can also properly urge him and let him send troops to repel the Shu army as much as possible. How about you two deal with this for the time being? ”

Hua Xin said at the beginning, "What the two of them said makes sense" This is actually in the mud, and the later treatment method is even more and the mud in the mud, Wang Lang and Zhong Xuan One advocates punishment, and the other advocates reward, so he will come to a no reward and no punishment, come to a middle way, or to put it nicely, it is called the golden mean, neither side is offended, both sides take advantage, and a good old man.

But where is the advantage so easy to take advantage of, as soon as his voice fell, Wang Lang and Zhong Miao began to bombard him. Both of them put forward a lot of reasoning, saying that his handling method was inappropriate, and both felt that his handling method was biased towards the other.

Wang Lang thought that even if he wanted to send a holy decree to Sima Yi, he should be asked why he had lost so many men and horses, while Zhong Xuan thought that it was okay to send a holy decree to Sima Yi, but he should cordially comfort him for the hard work of leading the army to fight abroad, and praise him for repelling the Shu army and keeping the territory alive.

So, a new round of quarrels began again, but this time Hua Xin was added, and it really became a melee between the Three Kingdoms, oh, it should be called the "Three Princes" melee right.

It's a pity that this kind of "Three Publics" melee is not as ornamental as the "Three Publics" melee in the playing cards, and it is not so exciting and fun. Especially Cao Pi, his heart has already flown to the beautiful concubines in the harem, where is he still willing to listen to the three old men spitting here.

In the end, Cao Pi couldn't bear it anymore and decided to exercise the emperor's dictatorship once, so he let the eunuch with the whip shake the whip three times, so that the entire court was quiet.

Then he stood up indignantly and said, "Don't say anything, since everyone disagrees, let's use a compromise method, I have made up my mind, I will write a handwritten letter to the Xiangxiang Marquis, let him explain the course of this battle, and explain why so many soldiers and horses were lost." That's it, retreat! ”

Seeing that the emperor had made a decision, the ministers had to stop arguing, bowed down and shouted, "Congratulations to Your Majesty!" "Send Cao Pi away. After Cao Pi rushed back to the harem to find a beautiful concubine to live a happy life, the ministers also withdrew from the palace while discussing, where are the remaining "three dukes", you look at me, I look at you, and finally flicked off each other's sleeves, snorted and went out of the palace.

Sima Yi, who was far away in Xiangyang, soon received Cao Pi's handwritten letter, the reason why it was a letter and not a holy decree showed Cao Pi's attitude, this is not the meaning of the court, this is my own personal concern about the war situation, just care about you.

After reading the letter, Sima Yi stood in front of the window with his hands behind his back, looking at the flowers and plants competing in the garden outside the study, and was silent for a long time. His old servant saw that his master was playing deep again, so he did not disturb him very interestingly, but waited quietly.

I don't know how long it took, Sima Yi finally quit the standby state, as if talking to himself and as if he was talking to someone: "Hmph! These short-sighted guys are making waves again, is it so easy to break down the situation? ”

Hearing Sima Yi speak, the old servant answered in a timely manner: "Master, Your Majesty's letter is just to inquire about the battle situation, and there is no intention to ask questions throughout the article, will the master be too careful." ”

This old servant even read the emperor's letter to Sima Yi, which shows how high his status is in front of Sima Yi.

"Humph! There is no word for questioning, but the meaning of the question jumps on the paper, what are the thoughts of those guys, isn't it clear in this way? It's not that those guys who can only talk empty words jump up and down, forcing Majesty, how could Majesty write such a letter to Ben Hou. It's just a bunch of clowns jumping off the beam, so why bother. ”

Sima Yi actually experienced the meaning of the question in a letter from Cao Pi that was quite peaceful, and then guessed the back # of the letter (kao, which is also a forbidden word), and his associative reasoning ability is not ordinarily strong, even compared with those who opened the plug-in and knew the direction of history in advance.

"Then, sir, how to reply to this letter, Your Majesty is asking you to tell me about the battle and the reason for the loss of 65,000 men and horses." The old servant asked.

"Hmph, what is there to reply, just one sentence, if anyone is dissatisfied with Ben Hou, let him lead the troops to resist the attack of the Shu army instead of Ben Hou. These guys who talk in the vernacular, I want to see who dares to take this hot potato. ”

"Master, wouldn't that be too blunt?"

"What about being blunt? That's just the way it is. These people will only talk and let them do something practical, and none of them can do it well. If they really want to lead the troops, I am afraid that it will not be a loss of 65,000, and it is not impossible for the entire army to be annihilated. Forget it, you can embellish your words a little, after all, the letter is for His Majesty, not for these clowns.

Also, you have to tell His Majesty that he must vigorously develop the Thor Army, immediately recruit craftsmen from all over the country, and let them make every effort to produce all kinds of firearms, the more the better, otherwise, the fall of our Great Wei Kingdom is imminent. ”

Sima Yi is worthy of being a person with extraordinary strategic vision, knowing that firearms are a weapon that can change the times, but neither he nor Cao Pi knows that Liu Hou has long seen this and made arrangements early on to control the scale of firearms produced by Wei from the raw materials.

Now, whether it is copper and iron ore, sulfur, and saltpeter mines, they are either controlled by the fine work of Shu or destroyed, and even if there are many craftsmen in Wei State, it is difficult for a clever woman to cook without rice, and it is extremely difficult to expand the scale of firearm production.

"Yes, sir." The old servant answered, and Sima Yi seemed to have entered a trance again, only to hear him mutter:

"It's a pity, it's a pity, it's a pity that such a powerful weapon is not in the hands of Ben Hou, if you give Ben Hou 50,000 such firearms troops, it will be easy for Ben Hou to sweep the world. Hum! What is chasing the Central Plains is just pediatrics. If there were 50,000 firearms troops, they would definitely be able to sweep away Liuhe and wipe out all the ghosts and ghosts around the Central Plains.

With these firearms, he would have been able to wipe out these barbarians lightly, and expand his territory for thousands of miles. It's a pity that such a divine weapon is in the hands of Liu Chan, the yellow-haired boy, and he can't exert their huge power. It's a pity, it's a pity, it's a pity that the heavens don't fulfill people's wishes, why does Zuo Ci, the old Taoist, take a fancy to Liu Chan, a useless boy, is there really a blessing from the gods of the Holy Son of Heaven? Could it be that Liu Chan is really the true son? Alas! God bless the Great Wei Kingdom......"

The old servant listened to Sima Yi's muttering for a while, and when he saw that there was nothing to do with him, he retreated and prepared to write a letter to Cao Pi, leaving only Sima Yi's lonely back still muttering in front of the window.

Sima Yi was depressed in Xiangyang, but Liu Hou in Maicheng ushered in his happy life. The reason for the happiness is that Zhou Xue is here. Zhou Xue came over with a few generals of Eastern Wu.

After this period of ideological work by Zhou Xue and Bu Qi, the Eastern Wu generals gradually began to accept Liu Hou's orthodox status. Especially when Zhou Xue became one of the queens, their attitude towards Liu Hou has changed a lot.