General Wei's Mansion.

I don't know when the mansion became empty.

There is no longer the bustle of the past.

The people who were eager to establish friendship with the Sima family were now in a hurry to dissociate themselves from them.

After the Sima Zhao incident, no one even came to worship.

The entire Sima family has now suffered a liquidation, and it is difficult to protect itself, and the situation has reached the most dangerous time.

In the mansion, the armor soldiers were stationed everywhere, even if Sima Zhao died, these armor soldiers had no intention of leaving.

In this silent mansion, a person knelt quietly in the hall.

He had long hair and long hands, but his face looked rather haggard, and a stubble grew on both sides of his lips.

His eyes were hollow, and he just knelt on the cold ground.

And above, there is Sima Zhao's spiritual seat.

There was no one around him.

Sima Yan's grief at this moment is indescribable.

He lost a lot of things.

As in history, he was forced to stand on the opposite side of his friends.

As early as when Mrs. Wang confessed to him, Sima Yan had unspeakable pain in his heart.

He was old enough to participate in family affairs, but this family affairs were not so easy to talk about.

Besides, on the other side is his friend.

Sima Yan is eager to make contributions, and he also wants to achieve great things.

However, he also hopes that when he is successful, he can enjoy it with his friends and let them witness his success.

It's just that no one cares what Sima Yan is thinking.

At birth, his fate seemed to have been decided.

He is the successor of the Sima family and the chosen one.

The heavens gave him an appearance that was different from ordinary people, but it did not give him talents that were different from ordinary people.

He is just an ordinary person who has some ideals, likes to play with good friends, is not very ruthless, and likes to have fun.

But he has no way out, an extremely good younger brother stimulates him all the time.

But many things are not up to Sima Yan to decide.

He knew that his father was imprisoned, and he knew that his family was defeated, but what was the use of knowing?

Revolt?

How could he accomplish what his father and so many uncles had not been able to do?

He can only try not to think about these things as much as possible and do more things to make himself happy.

But now, my father is dead.

The clan suffered a huge blow.

Sima Yan also wanted to do something, but his mother didn't allow it.

Wang told him several times that these things had nothing to do with him, and he was not allowed to participate, and he didn't even think about it!

Even his grandfather came to him several times and told him bluntly that he survived entirely because of his friendship with the emperor, and that the affairs of your father and clan were their own fault, and you should not have resentment because of this.

Sima Yan knew that they were worried about themselves, and they were also worried that they would be liquidated together.

"It's too cold on the ground, let's make a seat."

A familiar voice came from behind him.

Sima Yan shuddered.

Cao Chao was standing behind Sima Yan at this moment, calmly looking at Sima Zhao's spiritual position above.

Sima Shi's elusive skills at the beginning are now mastered by Cao Chao.

Sima Yan slowly stood up, looked in the direction of Cao Chao, and then bowed down.

Cao Chao frowned.

In fact, Sima Yan is not stupid.

Probably in the previous big change, he understood everything.

But he still chose to stay with him.

This is actually the same reason as Liu Chan.

Since he can't resist, he naturally has to choose the Lebusi clan.

If you have to go against Cao Chao, it will only bury the entire family.

Sima Gan has been taunting this nephew all along, saying that he is stupid, does not understand right and wrong, and still befriends Cao Chao all day long, making his knife, and being used by him

But in the end, Sima Gan died tragically in prison, and when he was sent out, he couldn't see his human appearance.

But Sima Yan was still safe and sound, and in their clan, he almost became a lone seedling.

Who exactly is more stupid, at a glance.

Cao Chao looked around and cleared his throat, but there was no movement outside the door.

Cao Chao looked out of the door helplessly, and Yang Zong looked at him with blank eyes.

"Get me a seat"

Only then did someone lay a seat for Cao Chao, and Cao Chao sat down.

The two sat down together again.

"Anshi, people must pay for what they do."

"Especially when it comes to the world's major events"

Cao Chao looked at Sima Zhao's spiritual position.

"We are all desperate to do these things, if the person who fails is me, maybe I am hung on the top, maybe I will not be hung up, I have to wait until you are in the position, I will be hung up."

"If your clan wants to achieve great things, then you must be prepared for the results of retribution."

"It's meant to be from the beginning, not something I can change."

Sima Yan looked at him and was silent.

Cao Chao said again: "I have been alone since I was a child, I have no friends, and later I have confidants and cronies, but I don't regard me as the emperor's friend, or you are the only one." ”

"I don't want to hurt you, and I won't force you to forget your hatred and continue to be by my side."

"It's just that there is no way to change what happened in the past, no matter how long you kneel here, it won't help it, it's better to do something you've always wanted to do."

"You are doing very well in the things of Taixue."

Sima Yan finally spoke, "Your Majesty, it's just that my father made a mistake, why should he involve the people of the clan?" ”

"Xiahou Xuan made a mistake at the beginning, why did he punish his three clans?"

Cao Chao asked rhetorically.

"Xiahou Xuan's grandson, who was younger than your brother, didn't know anything, so he was taken up and beheaded."

"Why didn't you question your uncle then?"

"An Shi, you and your brother are still alive, but because I regard you as a friend, I didn't do anything, otherwise, you should be the first to be implicated."

"This is all chosen by your clan itself, when they attacked others, they should have thought that they would have such a day."

Sima Yan let out a long sigh.

"Anshi, you are simple by nature and have a compassionate heart, which is different from most people in your family."

"If you want to stay here, get more books to read, there are a lot of truths in books, and maybe one day, you will find all the answers."

Cao Chao stood up and walked all the way to the door.

He turned his head again, looked at An Shi for a moment, and said, "You can save your clan in your own way. ”

"Your clan has made too many mistakes, even if you achieve a great cause, you will leave a reputation for eternity, but you can still be saved, if you can prove with yourself that your clan is not all vicious and wicked, then it will be of greater help to your clan than kneeling here."

After Cao Chao finished speaking, he didn't wait for Sima Yan's reply, turned around and left here.

Yang Zong hurriedly followed him.

He quietly looked at the emperor.

I actually saw some loss on the emperor's face.

Yang Zong's face straightened and said: "Your Majesty has done his best to be benevolent to his friends, as for how he chooses, it has nothing to do with His Majesty." ”

"It is not easy for Your Majesty to forgive him for his mistakes."

Cao Chao nodded, replied to Yang Zong perfunctorily, and got into the carriage.

Yang Zong also got into the car together.

The carriage galloped away in the direction of the Taiji Hall.

"Your Majesty, the minister suddenly remembered something."

"What?"

"Sima Zhao's younger brother was a lieutenant in the army, but he was later dismissed before the expedition and now lives at home."

"Oh, Sima Jun."

Yang Zong immediately said: "Your Majesty, the minister thinks that one or two people can be left behind, and they can't all be killed. ”

"Why?"

"It's also useful, today's big clans are marrying each other, colluding with each other, and their power is getting bigger and bigger, after the unification, Your Majesty will definitely go against these people"

"The Sima family has been cut down by His Majesty, so it's better to leave a few to deal with the trouble in the future."

Cao Chao glanced at him, "I thought you were going to persuade me to kill them all." ”

"Actually, the minister has always opposed the criminal law of the three clans, there are not many household registrations in the world, where can they withstand such a beating, even if they are allowed to farm or mine for the rest of their lives, it is better than cutting off their heads."

"The courtiers have always wanted to promote the abolition of these harsh crimes, and when the world is gradually calmed down, Your Majesty can change the law appropriately."

"Let's wait until it's settled."

Their carriage soon returned to the Taiji Hall.

Now Yang Zong replaces Zhang Hua, accompanies Cao Chao, gives advice to him, and runs errands, but Cao Chao still misses Zhang Hua very much, the two were so tacit at the beginning, he and Yang Zong do not have this tacit understanding, everything has to be ordered by himself, and he can do it.

The recitals from all over the country have been placed in the west hall, waiting for Cao Chao to come and read them.

Yang Zong naturally helped to review it together.

Most of the recitals are from Bashu.

In the new Binh Dinh area, there are always countless problems to deal with.

The rest of the recitals are all from Huainan.

From Biqiu Jian.

Why did the general of the chariot give Cao Chao so many recitals?

Because, the general of the rook is now in charge of building ships in preparation for the final unification.

The entire southern part of the empire was busy preparing at the moment, and Cao Wei absorbed a large number of Wu ministers and troops, who were of great help to Cao Wei's shipbuilding industry and navy.

Although Sun Qi is no longer there, Cao Chao still has to thank him for his help.

Cao Wei occupies a great advantage in national strength, and after Cao Chao ordered all localities to build warships, all localities began to do their best to handle this matter.

It was only a matter of time before the number of ships surpassed that of Soochow.

And when Soochow lost its advantage in the water war, it was time for Soochow to perish.

Moreover, at this moment, various small-scale rebellions had broken out in Soochow.

Cao Chao has one more person to thank at this moment.

Thank you Puyangxing!