Established a thousand-year family from the end of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 390 Yuan Zhao (Twenty)
another three months later

The Summer of the 39th Year of Marquis Yan

Da Sima Zhenxiang, who holds the power of the government, proclaims himself the emperor's father and false emperor, and follows the story of Wang Mang.

In just half a year, the situation in Da Zhao changed so quickly. First, the emperor rebelled, then the empress dowager passed away, and now Da Sima proclaimed himself a false emperor and wanted to be the second Wang Mang.

Luoyang
"Father, our military power has been taken away!" Sima Zhao said eagerly.

"No hurry." Sima Yi was very calm.

"However, our party members in the court have also been relieved of their official positions, and now all the members of the Zhen family are in the court!" Sima Zhao was very anxious.If this continues, the power of the Sima family will be wiped out by the Zhen family.

"No rush." ​​Sima Yi was like an old tortoise. Even at this moment, he was still as stable as Mount Tai, calm and calm. He was indeed the world's number one strategist.

"But..." Sima Zhao is still young, and his political skills are immature, far inferior to his father and elder brother.

"But what? Do you want our Sima family to be the first bird to jump out and join fire with the Zhen family, and then die or lose both?" Sima Yi educated: "How can you be so impatient and impatient like you? event?"

"When Wang Mang usurped the throne in the past, he was recognized by the people all over the world. There were very few voices against him, but soon after, he became a public enemy of the world. In the end, he died without a place to bury him. Do you know why?" Sima Yi educated himself. son.

"My child doesn't know." Sima Zhao said in shame.

"A small sapling will not be noticed by people and can survive for a long time, but when it grows into a towering giant tree, countless carpenters will want to cut it down."

"As the number one gentry family in the world, the Yuan family is so glorious, but when they themselves sat on the throne, they ended up being poisoned to death by an emperor."

"If you want to shed it, you must open it; if you want to be weak, you must strengthen it; if you want to destroy it, you must strengthen it; if you want to take it, you must give it. "

"Huo Guang deposed the king of Changyi, but was supported by the people of the world, and Dong Zhuo deposed the emperor, but was opposed by the people of the world. What is the subtlety of this?"

"Before Huo Guang deposed the king of Changyi, the king of Changyi had offended almost everyone, so there was almost no resistance when Huo Guang deposed the emperor. When Dong Zhuo deposed the emperor, the emperor did not make any mistakes, so the whole world turned against him."

"We have to wait until Zhen Xiang offends the people of the world in his arrogance and arrogance, and we will kill him with one blow, and the world will return to me, Sima!"

Sima Yi's analysis made Sima Zhao suddenly realize that he was also gradually growing up under the training of his father and brother.

Later, just as Sima Yi predicted, after proclaiming himself a false emperor, Zhen Xiang became even more arrogant, wantonly killing ministers who disagreed with him, conniving at his party members to collect money, and even canceling the [Liao Salary] of Marquis Yan, and then using these With the money he earned, he built a magnificent palace for himself, trained a private army that was only loyal to him, and prepared for the usurpation in the near future.

There is quite a feeling of Liang Ji and Dong Zhuo being reborn.

another year later
Winter of the 41th year of Marquis Yan
Twelfth lunar month
Luoyang
It was snowing heavily, and the whole city was covered in ice and snow.

Sima House

Representatives of various noble families secretly gathered in Sima Yi's mansion.

"Oh, failed again!"

The patriarch of the Hongnong Yang family sighed.

Over the past year, various gentry clans have been sending assassins to assassinate Zhen Xiang, just like Wang Yun and other gentry clans assassinated Dong Zhuo.

The same script, the same story, but the protagonist changed from Dong Zhuo Wang Yun to Zhen Xiang Sima Yi.

Wang Yun is a loyal minister of the Han Dynasty, so why is Sima Yi not a loyal minister of the Great Zhao?

Throughout the hundreds of years of history, none of the powerful officials had a good end. Even Huo Guang, a powerful official who was loyal to the court, was still exterminated after his death.

Only the Liaodong Wang family, the ministers in power didn't want to control the government, let alone usurp the throne, they just wanted to run away after making money, and finally strengthened themselves by absorbing the country's wealth, and finally succeeded in being promoted from a high-ranking tyrant to the top gentry.

This is the benefit of small ambitions, being able to stop in time and not develop into a situation where there is no way out.

However, this is also related to Emperor Xiaocheng of the Han Dynasty being a super stupid emperor. If the Wang family met a normal emperor, would they still want to run away after making money?no way!
"How can a man live under others for a long time! If you don't kill Zhen Xiang's old thief, I, Cheng Ji, will swear not to be a man!" Cheng Ji was originally a warrior of Zhen Xiang, but after Zhen Xiang came to power, he vigorously promoted Zhen's family and made him a Ji was ignored, so, like Lu Bu back then, he secretly joined the Sima family and participated in the grand plan to kill Zhen Xiang and eradicate the Zhen family.

Power is like a bottle of enchanting poison. No matter who sits in that position, they will face all kinds of challenges, no matter that person's surname is Dong, Cao, Yuan, Zhen, or... Sima.

Those who can resolve the crisis can finally sit on the throne of the Ninth Five-Year Supreme, and those who cannot resolve the crisis can only die.

Back then, Wang Tong, the patriarch of the Wang family, also faced a situation where he was almost opposed by the gentry all over the world, and what Wang Tong did was to run away and distribute the remaining benefits to the gentry, so as to resolve the crisis and protect the family.

If you want to monopolize the benefits, you will naturally be opposed by the people of the world, but how many people can do this kind of generosity to share the benefits you get with others?

"Sima Gong act with confidence, even if we accidentally fail, our Wang family will call on the world's gentry to directly raise troops, and we will never let the rebellious officials and thieves usurp the Great Zhao Jiangshan!" Wang Ba, Wang Ba, who was ordered to come to Luoyang to discuss the matter of eradicating Zhen Xiang, urged .

Your Sima family rushed forward, and our Wang family followed suit.

"Zhongda, don't worry, if Zhen Xiang wants to use military power, then we are not vegetarians. Back then we were able to form a coalition against Dong Zhuo, why can't we form a coalition against his Zhen family today?" Qinghe Cui's patriarch also said. Encouraging Sima Yi to take the lead in the charge.

They still have a little friendship with the Empress Dowager Zhen Mi, and the gentry and Zhen's relatives generally have a cooperative relationship.

But Da Sima Zhenxiang wanted to centralize power as soon as he took power, it is really hateful!
The big deal is to come again to discuss Dong Dong!
Seeing the spokespersons of the aristocratic family here encouraging him to be the first bird, Sima Yi was not passionate, he just said with a firm face: "For the foundation of Taizu Wu Emperor, for the great Zhao's country, I, Sima Yi, will definitely arrange it well."

"Heavenly Punishment, destroy Zhen Ni!"

After the discussion, a group of Zhao Zhongchen left Luoyang, leaving only Sima Yi with a dignified face but a slight smile.

"Why is father laughing?" Sima Zhao asked puzzled.

"Our Sima family is already invincible!" Sima Yi said with a smile: "All the gentry in the world are against Zhen's relatives, so if we succeed, our Sima family will be the benefactors of the world's gentry and will win the majority With the support of the scholars, even if it fails, at least our family can still be preserved."

He, Sima Yi, was waiting for this day. He would not act until all the scholars in the world opposed Zhen Xiang. Otherwise, even if Zhen Xiang was eradicated by chance, the scholars in the world would not be grateful to support Sima.

(End of this chapter)