Chapter 087: The General Wants to Kill Us
Cao Chao has a great affinity, and it turns out that Zhong Hui's substitution strategy is not too clever.
Cao Chao also learned the whereabouts of the original people in the palace from Sima Yan, Guo Jian and others.
Yin Damu replaced Guo Zhi as the captain of Changshui, and the number of soldiers under his command increased from 800 to 3,000.
Although this Changshui lieutenant is not guarding the Taiji Palace, he still bears the important responsibility of guarding the Luoyang Palace.
It can be said that this is even a good thing for Yin Damu.
He has been a lieutenant in the palace for a long time, and he has never been promoted, and this time, the Sima family took the opportunity to replace the guards in the palace and promoted him to the next level.
It can be seen that the Sima family still trusts him, and he is worthy of being the person who can follow Sima Shi on the expedition to Biqiu Jian in history.
When he first heard the news, Cao Chao was so happy that he almost wanted to dance.
This is great, 800 people can still be of some use in the palace, and it is difficult to say when they leave the palace.
But with 3,000 people, it's different, besides, the commander of Changshui is mainly Hu Qi.
These Hu Qi are not the hardcore of the Sima family, they only recognize the tiger charm, or rather, they only recognize interests, whoever can make them full, they will follow whoever kills.... Just don't owe them wages.
The three thousand Hu cavalry in Luoyang, if this is used well, can completely give the Sima family a fatal blow.
And the arrangement of the rest of the people is also ridiculous.
Jiao Bo was promoted to Shaofu as Ruo Lu Ling, and became the subordinate of that Zheng Yuan, and his duty was to hide weapons....
Li Zhao is even more outrageous, he was directly arranged in the Chinese army, serving as a military commander, nominally leading a thousand troops.
As soon as the bell was dispersed, Cao Chao felt that his strength had been greatly improved.
Not to mention anything else, if Sima Shi suddenly died of illness, and then Zhong Hui assassinated himself by poisoning, then these people would definitely not sit idly by, and when the army crusaded against Biqiu Jian, Yin Damu alone would be enough to give the Sima family a whole life.
Of course, Zhong Hui's behavior did bring a lot of trouble to Cao Chao.
After Jiao Bo's transfer, he could no longer contact forces outside the palace.
However, we still have Guo Jian as an alternative, he just helped the other party win the military power in the palace, which greatly improved the relationship between the two sides, as long as he can start from the restaurant according to the original plan, he can still establish his own "underground transportation station" outside.
It would be better if he could take the reckless man in front of him for himself.
Cao Chao looked at Cheng Ji with a smile.
Chengji's state these days is obviously a little wrong.
At first, Cheng Ji has always had a deep resistance to himself, unwilling to take care of himself, and looked at him with the wrong eyes, as if he was looking at his prey.
But in the past few days, Chengji has been like a frosted eggplant, listless, sad and worried.
Based on these years of contact, Cao Chao has already deduced in his heart that with this guy's mind, he will not find out how dangerous his situation is at all, which is obviously someone who told him the inside story, and it is likely that his brother spoke.
In history, Cheng Ji killed himself, it was an occasional situation, Cheng Ji served as the prince's housekeeper, the Lang official in the palace, and after Jia Chong gave the order, he immediately took action.
His brother had no idea what his brother had done and could not remind him, so he had to be killed with him.
But this time it was different, because of Cao Chao's activity, Sima Zhao made arrangements in advance, Cheng Ji was not ordered in danger, but got an order in advance, as the elder brother Cheng Yan, if he found that something was wrong, he would definitely dissuade him.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I haven't seen Jia Gong for a long time, and I miss it very much."
"Do you know what happened to his family?"
Cao Chao suddenly asked.
Sima was stunned for a moment, and then replied: "Your Majesty, the general has forgiven his family and allowed them to go to the west to settle down...."
Cao Chao shook his head and said with emotion: "When the general led Jia Chong to see me, what a favor he was for Jia Chong, how long has it been, and he died in front of me, which is really emotional." ”
"However, this person is also innocent, he doesn't know how to advance or retreat, he thinks about adding officials and knights all day long, and in the face of fame, he is impatient, and deliberately separates me from the general, wanting to make a profit from it... But it also involved the people who were responsible for taking care of me. ”
"Since ancient times, those who are eager for quick success and quick profit, and who are swordswords for others, have no good end."
"This is true of the cool officials of the former Han Dynasty, and the same is true of Jia Chong today."
Cao Chao seems to mean something else.
The people standing beside Cao Chao had different expressions.
The faces of those chamberlains were a little frightened, in the eyes of those big clans, the lives of these eunuchs were not worth mentioning, and when Zhong Hui replaced the palace guards, he also directly killed these eunuchs, and all of them were executed.
The eunuchs in the palace hate and fear these big clans, every time Cao Chao speaks, they have to cheer up, Cao Chao said something wrong, or said something that should not be said, they were the first to be executed.
When Cao Chao came into contact with the eunuchs in the palace, he found that they were extremely resentful of the big clans in their hearts.
At the beginning, the rebellion of the party was a nightmare that all the scholars did not dare to forget.
During the Wei and Jin dynasties, attacking eunuchs was politically correct from top to bottom, from the emperor to local officials, no one dared to speak for them, and no one dared to approach them.
Otherwise, it is a self-destructive scholar in the world.
Cao Chao didn't have this kind of concern, he didn't have to worry about whether his reputation in Shilin would be affected, anyway, he had no influence in Shilin.
Cao Chao was supported by many eunuchs in the palace, including Tang Guanling, who was in charge of the meals, and secretly showed his loyalty when delivering the meals.
And the Yellow Gate is different, the two Yellow Gates that Sima Zhao found for Cao Chao are both from the Sima family, they don't dare to get close to Cao Chao like Jiao Bo, but they are not exactly Sima Zhao's eagle dogs, they have always kept a distance from Cao Chao, they are not close or indifferent, just complete their duties.
Cheng Ji's expression is the most exciting.
Listening to Cao Chao's words, he blackened his face and didn't say a word.
"Come on, take a wooden stick, I want to learn martial arts with Chengjun!"
Cao Chao ordered again.
Cheng Ji did not give Cao Chao the interest in teaching martial arts, but at this moment it was different from the past, the emperor ordered, and he did not dare to disobey.
The two of them made a move, and the rest of the crowd was watching.
"Chengjun... You'd better find a way to get out of the palace. ”
"Smack~~"
The wooden sticks collided together, and Cao Chao said in a low voice.
Cheng Ji was stunned, took a few steps back quietly, and the two fought again.
"There's no way back!"
"Smack!!"
"You are a fierce general who can make achievements, and I really dare not participate in this kind of thing."
"I...."
The two made another move.
Cheng Ji was probably distracted, but he didn't defeat Cao Chao as easily as before.
"Do you know why Sima Wang left, why did he change to the Guo family? It's about Jun! ”
"You can ask Cheng Caidu!"
Cao Chao said, the long stick swept away, and it hit Cheng Ji's calf, Cheng Ji stood unsteadily, and suddenly fell to the ground, looking at Cao Chao in front of him blankly.
Cao Chao hurriedly stepped forward to help him up, and said with a smile: "Why did Chengjun let me do this? Hahaha, learn martial arts from Cheng Jun, my martial arts have risen sharply! ”
Cheng Ji didn't have the heart to compete, and was still thinking about Cao Chao's words.
Looking at his appearance, Cao Chao was very pleased.
He wanted to tell Chengji directly, but people were always willing to believe their guesses compared to what others told.
It's better to let Cheng Yi and them guess for themselves, and when they find out the doorway, Cheng Yi will definitely send his younger brother to contact him.
If you can get the help of the brothers of the family, tsk, then you can really deploy the beheading operation against the Sima family.
If you want to subdue Cheng Ji, it is best not to involve his brother, but it is not only Cheng Ji that Cao Chao wants to subdue, he wants to get the military general Cheng Ji who can be valued by Sima Shi more than this reckless man.
They are not from a big family, and even if they are valued by Sima Shi, they have no chance to continue to improve.
Win over those who have no interests, and fight against these vested interests!
These words really touched Chengji a lot, and that day, he hurried to his brother's mansion and told his brother about it.
Cheng Yan has been thinking about how to solve this matter for the past few days.
He wanted to meet with the general, but the general didn't see anyone, and Sima Zhao was not familiar with him...
When the younger brother talked about Sima Wang and Guo Jian, Cheng Yan reacted violently.
He stood up, his eyes full of ferocity.
"Good thief!! Sima Zhao asked Sima Wang to guard the palace in order to kill you!! ”
"They're ready to kill you!!"
"I was born and died for him, but this dog thief wants our lives!!"
"Huh??"