Yecheng.

Sima Zhao sat on the top seat, He Zeng, and Chen Ben were all sitting on his left and right at the moment.

Sima Zhao looked at He Zeng and couldn't help asking, "This traitor made such a big fuss before, why did I collapse when I came?" ”

He Zeng hurriedly replied: "This is all because of General Wei's divine might, and when the traitor heard that you were coming, he was frightened and did not dare to be an enemy of the temple again. ”

Listening to this flattery, Chen Ben couldn't help but close his eyes.

This guy really doesn't have any discipline at all.

is from a big family, but he still looks like such a villain.

But Sima Zhao couldn't stand it, he liked this set, and when he heard He Zeng's praise, a smile flashed on his face, and he hurriedly put on a straight face, and said solemnly: "This is because many ministers in Hebei can't work together and have their own selfish intentions!" ”

"The princes are in their own way, and they don't obey the orders of the superiors, and the generals compete with each other for military merits, and even intercept supplies, which is simply bold!"

He Zeng looked at Chen Ben at this time.

"General Wei doesn't know anything, it's really because there are villains."

Sima Zhao didn't see He Zeng's movements.

The situation in Hebei has calmed down, He Zeng said it is very serious, in his book, it seems that Hebei has completely returned to the period of the Yellow Turban Rebellion.

But in fact, although the turmoil happened quickly, the Great Wei was not the Great Han, and the Wei State fully absorbed the disadvantages of the fall of the Han Dynasty, including the solution to the rebel army.

The assassins and Taishou of the Great Wei Dynasty all have military power in hand, and there are four expeditions and four towns holding large armies to guard all places, and it is difficult to quickly sweep half of the country like the Yellow Turban Rebellion, even if the army of Hebei is not as good as the army of Huaisi in the northwest, it is also a fully armed, tens of thousands of troops, and it is not so difficult to quell the rebellion.

He Zeng described the situation as very serious, largely to cover up his incompetence.

He Zeng is not good at military strategy and does not know how to fight, this time so many wealthy families have accidents, he is unwilling to take responsibility, and he is not willing to become the public enemy of the Hebei wealthy family.

He can only push everything on others, such as Chen Ben, such as Lu Yu.

Sima Shi and Zhong Hui did not inform He Zeng when they were handling this matter.

There are many reasons for this, one is that Zhong Hui doesn't like He Zeng at all.

The second is that Zhong Hui wants to find someone with status to backstab Lu Yu.

The third is that this person has a cowardly personality and great family power, and if he knows about it, he is likely to betray and not cooperate.

And He Zeng always got the news of the temple slowly, and he only now knew that Sima Shi was dead, and he didn't know that the era of the ministers fighting had come.

Chen Ben is different.

Chen Ben was the main planner of the Hebei operation, and he was originally not in harmony with He Zeng, but this time he pretended to compete for military merits, making trouble for He Zeng everywhere, so that his counterinsurgency could not be carried out smoothly.

And He Zeng treated others with himself, if he found out that Chen Ben was in big trouble, he would definitely go against him everywhere and make him collapse, so he did not doubt Chen Ben's position, but felt that this person was falling into a hole.

And here in Sima Zhao, he knows everything that is happening in Hebei.

He knew that Chen Ben carried out all this in Hebei because of his brother's orders, and he also knew that He Zeng probably didn't know.

Therefore, today's questioning is only what Sima Zhao showed He Zeng, not to pursue responsibility.

This can be regarded as a disguised protection of Chen Ben.

Sima Zhao frowned, and said seriously: "Although my brother has passed away, I am still here, the ministers of Hebei, there are those who neglect government affairs and use private interests to harm the public, I will not spare them." ”

A smile appeared on He Zeng's face, and he raised his head to look at Chen Ben.

Chen Ben was still calm and didn't say a word.

"Okay, let's go back first, I have to take a rest, General He stays."

"Yui!"

The group of ministers came out one after another, and He Zeng stayed by Sima Zhao's side.

After everyone left, Sima Zhao put away Fang Cai's seriousness, he looked at He Zeng with a smile, "Ying Kao, don't worry, there is me in the temple, I won't let you bear any fault, there is a rebellion in the place, it is all because of Lu Yu's willful behavior, and the rebellion is not good, that is because of General Zhenbei." ”

"I know that Hebei would not have been able to be pacified so quickly without you, and you have made a great contribution this time."

"Even those Hebei tribes should also thank you, if there is no Yingkao, wouldn't the Hebei tribes suffer greater casualties?!"

He Zeng's face was full of flattering smiles, he and Jia Chong were the same kind of people, obviously they were both from top families, but they were villains, flattering, and this person's talent was not as good as Jia Chong, otherwise he would not have acted as a licking dog for Jia in history, and Jia Chong had always been a licking dog for Sima Zhao, He Zeng was a licking dog for licking dogs.

Sima Zhao likes to be friends with such people, not just to hear them praise themselves, but most importantly, these people dare to do things that ordinary ministers dare not do.

Let's just say Jia Chong, apart from him, who would dare to do something to kill the king?

"General, this is all what I should do, besides, you are the one who put down the rebellion, how can you say that it is my credit?"

"Yingkao, it would be nice if the courtiers could be as loyal as you."

He couldn't help but say, "Among the ministers, there are not many people as sensible as you. ”

He Zeng was stunned for a moment, and then said angrily: "Aren't these people afraid to defend the general when they see that the general is gone?" ”

"Which of these traitors didn't get the favor of the general, and dare to do so?"

"General, is there anything I can do to help?!"

Looking at He Zeng, who was eager to try, Sima Zhao's mood suddenly improved a lot, although this person is easy to flatter and does not have much talent himself, but he does not need to be too afraid of using it himself.

"Don't be impatient in the Yingkao, these people in the DPRK and China can't mess around for a few days, and they don't need to do more, as long as they are optimistic about Hebei, don't make any more trouble."

"General, this is what I should have done."

"It's just that the general doesn't know, so Chen Ben deliberately embarrassed me this time, making it difficult for me to carry out many things."

He Zeng directly sued Chen Ben's complaint, Sima Zhao listened to him complain, suppressed the smile in his heart, and also showed a very angry look, "Don't worry about Yingkao, I will definitely investigate this matter strictly!" ”

The two talked for a long time, and Sima Zhao once again brought the topic to the ministers.

He said very vaguely that after returning to the temple, some unpleasant things would happen to the ministers.

And He Zeng also said very firmly that he would definitely stand with Sima Zhao and would not allow others to bully.

The thing was said to be very successful, and Sima Zhao sent him away.

Fang called Du Pre in to discuss the rest of the matter.

After He Zeng left here, he hurriedly returned to his mansion.

"Father! You're finally back! ”

He Zeng's son He Zun looked very anxious, and when he saw his father coming back, he hurriedly wanted to speak, but He Zeng made people close the door.

He Zeng had two sons, although He Zun was the eldest son, he was not a descendant, and the family's resources were not wasted too much on him.

He also served as a freeman in the past, but because he liked luxury, he secretly colluded with palace craftsmen to create luxury goods for himself for the emperor, and was impeached and deposed by the ministers.

For a general like He Zeng, his son must stay in Luoyang, and He Zeng's sister-in-law He Shao stayed in Luoyang, or even stayed in the General's Mansion.

But the deposed eldest son stayed with his father.

He Zun hurriedly said, "Father, I've asked clearly. ”

"Things in the court are not so simple, I heard that when the general was still alive, the ministers had already begun to fight, and Lu Yu and others took over the power, including this incident"

"Shut up!"

He Zeng frowned and asked unhappily, "Who asked you to ask about these things?" ”

He Zun was helpless, and hurriedly explained: "Father, these things are very important, the current situation in the DPRK and China"

"Who are you? The deposed white body, does he dare to talk about the big things in the temple? ”

He Zun was very aggrieved in his heart, he was also running around for the benefit of the clan, why couldn't his father see through the things in this temple?

I'm still entangled with that Chen Ben.

But in the face of his father, he didn't dare to refute it, but said helplessly: "Father, the courtiers want to give our family a second product, you don't know, the Zhongzheng system is going to be innovated."

He quickly informed his father of several policies in the temple.

He Zeng finally didn't interrupt him again, and waited patiently for him to finish.

When He Zun finished telling many things in the temple, He Zeng Fang sneered, "So it's not that you went to ask them about the situation, but that they found you and wanted you to be a lobbyist?" ”

"Father! What do you mean by that? ”

He Zun said incredulously: "Isn't this a good thing? How can you say that you are a lobbyist? ”

He Zeng had a straight face, "What do you know, a?" ”

"This Hebei thing, it's clearly because of that Chen Ben, as for the temple matter, hmph, what do these things have to do with you? If you have time to think about this, think more about how you can get rid of your original notoriety. ”

He Zeng was very displeased, scolded a few words, turned around and walked to the inner room.

He Zun looked at his father who left, and stopped talking.

He let out a long sigh again.

Alas, this was supposed to be a good time for the clan to rise, but it was ruined in the hands of my father.

Walking into the inner room, He Zeng's face showed some disdain.

Idiot.

What do these things have to do with our family? What's wrong with the current situation? Are you hungry? Or are you frozen?

Do you really think that all those benefits are at your fingertips?

Climbing too high or being too smart is not a good thing.

How good it is to be stupid, no one is afraid of you, everyone will win you over, be a villain who follows the lord, carefree, and protect the clan, why bother to get involved in these bad things?

His two stupid sons can't see their own abilities clearly, and they are in a hurry to come out, after their death, the clan is afraid that something big will happen.