Chapter 033: The Sole Candidate

Luoyang, General's Mansion.

"Brother."

Sima Zhao bent over and maintained a saluting appearance.

Sima Shi was lying on his side on the bed, his face was extremely gloomy, and Sima Zhao, as his younger brother, would feel scared when he saw his brother's eyes.

"After Guo De's death, the ministers no longer read books."

"I'm now going to build momentum for King Pengcheng, and when the Queen Mother was flustered, I forced her to write an edict to support King Pengcheng to be the emperor, and I have also thought about the candidates for the throne, and I am ready to let ...."

"Stupid."

Sima Shi directly interrupted his younger brother.

"If you support the king of Pengcheng, then the Guo family will completely lose its power, and the queen mother will no longer be the queen mother, and she will not let you do this even if she dies."

Sima Zhao was stunned for a moment and asked, "Isn't it what you mean to support the king of Pengcheng?" ”

"I proposed to support the king of Pengcheng in order to force the Guo clan to make concessions and make them compromise, so that Wang Neng could serve as the general of the central protector and share the palace guard with the Guo clan."

Sima Zhao suddenly realized, "I see, you never thought of really letting King Pengcheng be the emperor, no wonder you regressed in this matter." ”

"But, brother, now that you have offended the Guo family ruthlessly, as soon as Guo De dies, there is no possibility for our two families to repair, it is better to directly let the Queen Mother step down and make King Pengcheng the emperor..."

Sima Shi's face was expressionless.

He said indifferently: "Between families, there is an intersection of interests. ”

"At the beginning, the Cao family almost wiped out the Guo family, but later, the Guo family was not grateful to them."

"What is it to kill a Guo De, as long as you can give enough benefits, you can still be your confidant."

"Besides, I killed people, so what does it have to do with you?"

Sima Zhao woke up again.

"Brother, can't you still support Cao Chao?"

"Although this erector is young, he can do things for people, almost demonic, if he grows up, then it will be repaid? You must not support him as the emperor, it is better to let him die, so as to prevent future troubles! ”

Sima Shi sneered.

"You're finally right once, but you can't kill this person, you can only kill me."

"As for the emperor's candidate, Cao Huan, the son of Cao Yu, the king of Yan, is young and intelligent, and can be enshrined by Emperor Ming..."

"Okay, then support this person as the Son of Heaven! But, brother, Cao Chao's side, when will you do it? ”

"Don't worry, and when the new emperor ascends the throne, the townsman will die of illness."

Sima Shi waved his hand, "Let's go and prepare!" ”

Just when Sima Zhao received the order, a person outside the door hurriedly broke in.

The person who came was Zhong Hui.

Zhong Hui and Sima Shi had a very close relationship, Sima Shi was very tolerant of him, Sima Zhao didn't dare to force his way into Sima Shi's study, but Zhong Hui dared to do so.

"General! Something happened! ”

"Oh?"

"The general of Zhendong, Biqiu Jian, sent someone to see the general."

Sima Shi sat up abruptly, and a hint of surprise finally flashed in his eyes.

Sima Shi has already rectified the temple, so that there are no ministers in the temple who dare to resist him, but in the local area, Sima Shi still has concerns.

Cao Wei's system continued the Han Dynasty, and the army was divided into the Chinese army and the foreign army.

Of course, the Chinese army is to guard Luoyang and defend the emperor, while the foreign army is "the military governor of the prefectures, looking for the name of the general of the four expeditions and four towns".

The foreign army is still the central army, which does not belong to the state and county soldiers, and can be regarded as the central army stationed in different theaters.

Sima Shi, a general, can nominally command all Chinese and foreign armies, but whether they are willing to obey is another question.

Among these "governors", there are not only the confidants of the Sima family, but also the loyal ministers of Cao Wei.

Biqiu Jian is a rather unstable factor.

His reputation is very high, comparable to Xiahou Xuan, he has a wide range of contacts, he is friends in the government and the opposition, and he is very capable of fighting, playing the best record of the whole Chinese expedition to the Northeast, and he still has 60,000 elites under his command, these are veterans who have been fighting with him for a long time.

Sima Shi was extremely polite to him, because Sima Shi was not completely sure that he could solve him.

If he unites with Wu and calls on the governors in the country to crusade against him, and Jiang Wei from Shu takes Xiahou Ba to take advantage of the situation, then the Sima family is afraid that there will really be a big problem.

"Change my clothes!"

Sima Shi hurriedly prepared.

When the envoy sent by Biqiu Jian walked into the study, he saw a bright and energetic Sima Shi.

Although there is still some ruthlessness between the eyebrows, it looks full of momentum, and there is no serious illness at all.

"General!"

After the man visited, he hurriedly handed Biqiu Jian's letter to Sima Shi.

Sima Shi looked at the letter, and his face was cloudy.

"Okay, I see, I'll write back to General Zhendong later, you can wait in the mansion for a while."

The man saluted again, and then left.

After he left, Sima Zhao and Zhong Hui walked in.

Sima Shi's face was very ugly, Sima Zhao was about to step forward to check the letter, but Zhong Hui took it first and read it directly.

Sima Zhao frowned and did not speak.

When the clock looked at it like this, it was also shocked.

This letter from Biqiu Jian is about Cao Chao.

In his letter, he stated:

Cao Fang, the king of Qi, did something wrong, and the general followed Huo Guang's example, and his ambition was commendable, but such behavior would inevitably cause criticism.

Fortunately, the new son of heaven you want to support is intelligent, kind-hearted, generous and virtuous, and can be the king of a country.

I have great respect for him and support your decision.

I have already informed this good news to Guo Huai, General Sima Zhao, General Zhuge Dan, General Zhuge Dan, General Hu Zun, General Wang Chang, General Shi Bao, Fenwu General and others, and most people also agreed.

The general is really wise, the new son of heaven ascends the throne, and the Great Wei will surely prosper.

Finally, it's just some normal pleasantries.

Zhong Hui finished reading the letter, his eyes full of shock.

"How is this possible? Biqiu Jian has always been grateful to Liezu and wants to repay his kindness, I predicted that the abolition of the emperor may make him have a rebellion, he can't agree with the abolition, how can he support Cao Chao now? ”

Only then did Sima Zhao snatch the letter from his hand and read it completely.

"And wrote me a letter? How did I not know? ”

Sima Shi ignored his younger brother, just looked at Zhong Hui, he squinted his eyes, "How could Biqiu Jian speak for Cao Chao?" This matter of Xiahou Xuan, even if someone rushed to Huainan quickly, it was impossible for him to send an envoy so quickly. ”

"Unless, someone contacted him in advance and informed him of his plans."

"Impossible! Our eyeliner at his side said that no outsiders had come to see him these days, only his son had sent him letters..."

Zhong Hui argued.

Sima Shi was stunned for a moment, and then suddenly laughed.

This was the first time Sima Shi laughed, and when he did, his face would become even more terrifying and gloomy.

"It turned out that he was contacted through his son."

"Good boy, I really thought he wasn't afraid of death, it turned out that he had been prepared for a long time."

Zhong Hui said in disbelief: "This is definitely impossible to be Cao Chao's doing!" He's only a thirteen or fourteen-year-old kid, how could he have such a plan?! He has a great sage by his side! ”

"Guo Zhi is a dull person, not enough to worry about, this must be Yang Zong's plan!"

"Yang Zong, a person, had made suggestions for Cao Shuang at the beginning, and was an enemy of the general, and the general pardoned his crimes, but he was still obsessed! The Great General Kills Quickly!! ”

"No!!"

Sima Zhao hurriedly said: "Yang Gong Dacai, I have a useful place, don't kill it!" ”

"General, what do you mean?! Is it to shield the thief? ”

"How dare you talk to me like that?!"

The two immediately argued, and Sima Shi squinted at them and shook his head again.

"There's no need to argue."

"Biqiu Jian's affairs, we can't be cautious, we are not ready, Guo Zhun in the west, I heard that he is seriously ill in bed, Zhuge in the south, I heard that he has some dissatisfaction with Biqiu Jian...."

"But now, Guo Zhun is still alive, and Zhuge Dan is still Biqiu Jian's best friend."

"We can't face these three armies if we take the liberty of doing it."

Sima Zhao frowned, "What does my brother mean, or do you want to support Cao Chao as the emperor?" ”

"He's already stirring up the world now, if he is made emperor, wouldn't the situation be even worse??"

Sima Shi said calmly: "Don't worry. ”

"The art of deceit is not enough to be fundamental.... Yellow-mouthed children, why worry about teeth? ”

"What we should deal with now is not Cao Chao, but Biqiu Jian, Biqiu Jian is not dead, I am not at ease."

"Shi Ji, you go to Yuzhou for me."

"Yui!"

ps: The first duel between Ah Chi and Sima Shi is about to start, and Ah Chi has fought with Sima Zhao before, so many people feel that the enemy is not powerful enough, and the next step is to face Sima Shi directly, and the smell of gunpowder will definitely be enough.