Shu Yan was suddenly very inexplicable, that Dr. Xin has nothing to do with him, what does it matter to me whether he marries or not? But I couldn't help but worry about her. So he thought that the collusion between Jia Hou and Sima Wei must be nothing good, and then worried about Sima Liang and Wei Qian.

Worried that others are redundant, Wei Gong is his old boss, and he is very good to himself, of course, he can't ignore it, and he must tell him.

So after Xiao Mo left, Shu Yan came to Wei Qiang's Taibao Mansion. In the palaces of these three ministers, the imperial court has a complete set of retainers. Don't look at the retainers, some even rank Lu Qianshi, three levels higher than Shu Yan. When Shu Yan came to the door of the house, he didn't dare to be reckless, and respectfully greeted the person at the door. The person on the door knew Shu Yan, and he didn't dare to slack off, so he went in to report. When Wei Qian heard that it was his right-hand man who came down to worship, he immediately ordered him to come in.

Shu Yan gave a salute first, and Wei Yan asked Shu Yan to sit down and offer tea. Because of his humble status, Shu Yan has never visited such a mansion easily. Wei Qian also knew that he had something to do, so after chatting a few words, he asked, "Shu Lang easily refused to come to the door, could it be that there is something wrong here?" ”

This sentence made Shu Yan speechless, he was obviously here to remind Wei Gong to guard against Empress Jia and King Chu, but it was just a guess. How can it be based on this that there is a conspiracy between Empress Jia and the King of Chu?

Wei Qian looked at Shu Yan's thoughts, and laughed: "Shu Lang doesn't have to be embarrassed. The old man knows what you mean. ”

"Oh? Could it be that Ming Gong also guessed? ”

"Of course. You will come because of the performance appraisal of the center. Now that the officials are about to be awarded, and your quality has been rated too low by Zhongzheng, only five grades. There is no hope of promotion. In the past, Yang Jun was the assistant government, you didn't want me to be embarrassed, but now you know that I am in power, so you want to ask me to deal with it? ”

The other party completely understood his wrong intention, which made Shu Yan embarrassed, "The wind and horses are not related." Ming Gong, Xiao Lang didn't dare to mean that at all. ”

"Eh, don't be embarrassed. This is a common thing in officialdom. Especially if you are from a poor family, there is no power behind you, and it is not easy to be in the official career, if everything follows the rules, I am afraid it will be difficult to get ahead in the rest of your life. I have already thought of two ways out for you, and you can choose for yourself: one is to continue to stay in Shangshutai. Although I don't receive Shangshutai now, as long as I am informed, this bit of face will still be there; The second is to come to my Taibao Mansion. There is a shortage of a Sima in my Taibao Mansion, who is also an official of the imperial court, and his rank is a thousand stones, which is much higher than your four hundred stones. If you want to stay in Shangshutai, then promote you to Shangshu Zuocheng on the spot. Shangshu Zuo Chenglu is not high, and there are many affairs, but after all, it is an overview of government affairs, and he can get more experience. Do you want to have more experience or do you want to get more money? ”

"No, in fact, I am ......" At this point, Shu Yan also had to explain his true intentions, and then said, "Empress Jia is insidious, the king of Chu is good at killing, the two are united, and everything can be done." Yang Jun is a lesson from the past, and Ming Gong has to guard against it. ”

"The Jia and Yang families have always had a feud, and Yang Jun is domineering, so it is not surprising that he will be killed. I am no match for him. Wei Qian said disapprerovingly.

"The public admits that he has no enmity with others, but others may not regard Ming Gong as a thorn in his side. This time, the king of Runan invited the kings to return to the vassal, which made the kings resentful. None of the ministers in the court dared to express their approval, but Ming Gong supported it, which was originally a fair and upright statement, but inadvertently offended the kings of the clan; Also, when the first emperor was in power, the prince had always stood on the side of the king of Qi regarding the establishment of the prince. Especially at a royal banquet, the prince took advantage of the wine, stroked the throne of the Son of Heaven, and said the words 'It's a pity for this seat', which is obviously dissatisfied with the prince as the prince, how can this not cause Empress Jia's resentment? ”

Who knew that after listening to Shu Yan's words, Wei Qian first thought for a moment, and then smiled loudly: "I and the king of Runan are in the position of Zaifu, and they are bright and open, even if the king of Chu and Empress Jia are embarrassed, what can they do to me?" ”

"The King of Chu has now been promoted to General Wei and holds the power of the Praetorian Guard. If he really unites with Empress Jia, the two elders may have to be afraid. ”

"You don't have to. The old man and the king of Runan, as auxiliary ministers, must ask in person when the imperial decree is decreed, and if anyone makes any moves, they must first pass through the hands of the two of us. Even if Empress Jia and King Chu were traitors again, they didn't dare to do anything to the auxiliary ministers without going through the emperor. Wei Qian still didn't care, and finally turned to Shu Yan's career, "The old man's affairs don't bother you, after you go back, you should think about your own choice, and reply to me quickly." Many people are worried about those two positions, so they shouldn't be delayed! ”

After a long time of wasting lips and tongues, he returned in vain. Shu Yan returned to the party hall and thought to himself: Could it be that he is a cup bow and snake shadow? Empress Jia and the King of Chu may just have an ordinary relationship? If that's the case, you're making too much of a fuss. As for the future, to be honest, he really hasn't thought about it carefully, let alone through any unrighteous means. But now that the ready-made road has been paved, he has to think about it seriously. It's just that before he could think about it, there were even greater changes in the court.

Sure enough, the facts confirmed Shu Yan's worries. Jia Hou was indeed planning a big conspiracy, and used Sima Wei again.

Although Yang Jun was eliminated, the current court is still a three-legged standing: Sima Liang, the king of Dazai Runan, and Taibao are one foot, the queen Jia family is one foot, and Sima Wei, the king of Chu, and Ma Xuan of Dong'an Company are one foot. Jia Nanfeng is tantamount to facing two forces, and both of them are Sima family clans. But everyone underestimated Jia Nanfeng's ambition and ability, and she took advantage of the dislike between the two parties and successfully eliminated them both.

Sima Wei, the king of Chu, was young and young, and relied on the great merit of punishing Yang Jun, and he was even more unscrupulous in the court. Although he does not have auxiliary power, he is good at killing and punishing, and he is the son of the first emperor, and among the kings, he belongs to the most intimate and orthodox clan, so he does not take anyone seriously.

As the emperor's uncle, Sima Liang is very unaccustomed to this little nephew, but he is very jealous of him. So he discussed with Wei Qiang, first transferred his helper Ma Xuanyuan of the Dong'an Company to Obifang County in the northeast, and then asked the emperor to order all the kings, including Sima Wei, to return to their respective vassal states. The policy of driving the kings back to the feudal kingdom was implemented during Sima Yan's reign, but it was not so smooth. Now that the mediocre Sima Zhen is on the throne, there is even more resistance, which has aroused the disgust of the kings.

Often when the three legs are established, in order to save themselves, they are the weaker two parties to unite and jointly deal with the strongest party, such as the Wu Shu alliance in the Three Kingdoms to fight against Cao. Of course, Jia Nanfeng knows that among the three forces in the DPRK today, Sima Liang and Wei Qian are the strongest, and he and Sima Wei are weaker. It is necessary to unite with Sima Wei to get rid of Sima Liang and Wei Qian, and leave Sima Wei, a young and reckless uncle, which is easier to deal with.

However, how easy is it to get rid of Sima Liang and Wei Qiang? The auxiliary ministers are high and powerful, and under the emperor, they control the entire government, and they cannot be shaken by slandering ordinary small mistakes. The most effective strategy to bring down the Vice-Chancellor is to directly accuse them of conspiracy. This was the first cardinal sin of the imperial era. 33

Yang Jun is the slandered crime of rebellion, but this time unlike Yang Jun, Jia Nanfeng arranged for Sima Liang and Wei Qian to be charged with "wanting to abolish the establishment", that is, to abolish the current emperor and set up a new emperor.

Historically, it is not uncommon for powerful ministers to abolish the legislature, especially for an ignorant emperor like this dynasty, and the credibility of the auxiliary minister to abolish him naturally sounds. When Sima Zhen heard his ugly wife say to himself that someone wanted to set up a new emperor, he was completely incapable of distinguishing the true from the false, so he immediately wrote the edict abolishing Sima Liang and Wei Qiang.

Jia Nanfeng sent the Yellow Gate attendant to issue the edict to Sima Wei overnight. Sima Wei didn't know in advance, and when he got the edict, he naturally hesitated, because after all, the object of execution was the first minister, and it would be trivial if he made a mistake. So I wanted to go to the emperor's brother to verify before acting. How could the waiter of the Yellow Gate allow him to delay, so he said to him, this matter is very important, you must not delay, and the emperor gave you a secret edict, if you toss back and forth, you will definitely leak the secret, and the big thing will not be done.

Sima Wei thought about it, he originally wanted to get rid of the emperor and Wei Qiang, but now that he has the opportunity to be justified, what are he hesitating about? He used to be a person who likes to take risks, and now he is even more ruthless: if he doesn't do it, he won't stop doing it, rather than abolishing them, and then he has to go through interrogation and refutation, trouble, and he doesn't have that patience, so it's better to kill them directly. So he did the deadliest absurd thing - killing the two patriarchs without permission.

Jia Nanfeng knew that Sima Wei's own strength was not Sima Liang and Wei Qian's opponent at all, so he considered his assistant in advance, which was his three half-brothers: Sima Yun, King of Huainan, Sima Yi, King of Changsha, and Sima Ying, King of Chengdu. These three kings led troops to block the gates of the palace and echoed each other.

Even so, in terms of Sima Liang's identity, it is still possible to change from passive to active. But this imperial uncle took out a posture of absolute loyalty and a clear conscience. Facing the tiger and wolf soldiers who climbed the wall, he was still innocently asking: "I have no second heart for the emperor at all, why do you want to accept me?" Since you said that you came with the emperor's edict, then take out the edict and let me see it first! Of course, the other party can't come up with a real edict of killing. So his subordinates persuaded him: "Look at this situation, this must be their conspiracy, and now the mansion is as handsome as a forest, if you fight hard, you have a chance of winning." Sima Liang was still unwilling to resist, and gave his life in exchange for his own honor.

The same fate, there is also too much protection. In vain Shuyan's advice, he was still obsessed at this time. Faced with the soldiers who broke into the palace with swords and halberds, his subordinates persuaded him one after another that he should use soldiers to resist while playing the court and clarifying the facts. But Wei Qian didn't realize the seriousness of the problem at all, thinking that he was just going to go with these people, and everything would be clear when he met the emperor. How did he know that the other party's methods were extremely vicious, and he was not given this opportunity at all, and he was killed on the spot along with his family. Only the two grandsons who were not at home at that time survived, one of them was Wei Jue, who was ranked alongside Pan An and was known as one of the four beautiful men.

Some people died, but not completely......