The elite did not migrate south

Chapter 226 True Colors
The ministers finally decided to resolve the matter through court discussion.

This court meeting was extremely urgent.

Si Tu Gong Gao Rou presided over the meeting personally, and almost all the ministers were present.

The expressions of the ministers were different. Some were crying all the way, some were angry and searching everywhere, and some were silent with a gleam in their eyes.

When all the ministers gathered here, what happened outside had basically spread among them.

Sima Fu sat in the upper seat with a calm expression, but his heart could not calm down for a long time.

He never imagined that his own son would do such a thing before his death.

He was really sweating profusely at this moment. Sima Fu knew very well that this tactic was to achieve a quick victory. If he waited for the ministers inside to communicate with the generals outside, many of them would be able to see the inappropriateness.

If we continue to think about Sima Shi, something big will happen to the Sima family.

If you dare to wipe out someone's entire family, will others still tolerate you?

Do you really think this wealthy family is made of clay?
Sima Fu was nervous but his face was calm. He sat in his seat and looked at the ministers around him. He did not see any fierceness or anger in any of the ministers' eyes, which made Sima Fu temporarily relieved.

There is still time to sort all this out.

The ministers never went to eat the melons of other countries again. Now it was the turn of Shu and Wu to eat the melons of their own country. Such large-scale unrest had not occurred for many years.

Hebei has never been peaceful. It was not peaceful even during the time of Cao Cao, but there has never been such unrest.

Gao Rou did not waste any time and immediately started the court meeting.

Now there are rebellions everywhere, and even foreign troops are having problems. How can we put them down?

At this point, the officials finally remembered the goodness of Sima Shi. If the general was still there, how could they be leaderless? No, if he were still there, there would be no rebellion at all.

But the dead general is the good general. Although people remember the good things about the general, no one wants him to come back to life.

And how difficult is it to select a qualified rebel suppressor now?
Can we just pick someone to make those arrogant local generals obey us? They don't even listen to Sima Shi's words!

Even Guanqiu Jian was unwilling to come when he was summoned to be the Grand Marshal.

The others are also close to the Sima family.

The ministers in the court also had limited contact with them.

Just as the ministers were discussing, Xun Yi expressed his thoughts again.

Sima Zhao!
He believed that Sima Zhao was suitable for the task of suppressing the rebellion. First, because he was Sima Shi's younger brother and could make the external generals obey him, and secondly, because he had been in charge of the central army for a long time and could lead the central army out to fight against the rebels in the shortest time.

When the ministers heard Xun Yi's proposal, they were very unhappy.

We finally managed to drive Sima Shi down, are we going to help him back up now?

Many ministers opposed this proposal.

The ministers began to argue about this, and they did not want the rebellion to continue to expand, so the atmosphere became increasingly violent.

At this moment, an official suddenly shouted, "All officials, please bow and welcome the Queen Mother!"

"what?"

The ministers were bewildered. They looked towards the entrance of the hall and saw armored soldiers running quickly and standing on both sides. Then two people walked into the hall together.

One of them was the empress dowager, and the other was the emperor.

Cao Mao supported the empress dowager, and the two walked into the hall one after the other.

The expressions of the officials changed drastically.

The Queen Mother is not allowed to interfere in the government affairs of the court. The ministers usually don't dare to go in together when they see her. How could she appear here?
And there is the emperor!

The emperor is young and ignorant, how could he come?
The ministers reacted quickly and made a decision before the other party came in. Several ministers walked out directly, blocked the road, and knelt down to bow to them.

The other ministers followed suit, seemingly kneeling and bowing to the Empress Dowager and the Emperor, but in fact they were standing directly in front of them.

The Queen Mother saw all the ministers bowing to her in large numbers, with a smile on her face, except Cao Mao, who looked at these people deeply.

"Empress Dowager, the court is discussing important matters and was unable to go to greet you in time!"

Gao Rou stood up first, glanced at Cao Mao, and said calmly: "There are rebellions in various parts of the Wei Dynasty. It is unsafe. Please ask the Queen Mother to return to Zhaoyang Palace temporarily. I will go there after I have dealt with the affairs here."

"enough."

Cao Mao interrupted him.

Cao Mao said seriously, "The world is about to be destroyed, are you still thinking about the teachings of your ancestors?!"

"If the Great Wei is destroyed, will we still have the dignity to see Emperor Wen?"

Gao Rou pursed her lips and said nothing. The court judge Zhong Yu said, "Your Majesty, this is not the will of our ancestors, but the ministers are discussing this matter. The situation is urgent. Please do not delay us."

Otherwise, why do people say these bastards are not as good as Sima Shi?

Even if the world is about to perish, they will not give up their own interests!
They wanted to sideline the emperor and the empress dowager, so that this matter of ruling the country would not set a precedent.

The Empress Dowager cannot attend court, and the Emperor is young, so he must go back and study hard.

Cao Mao looked at his teacher at this moment, while Wang Xiang frowned and shook his head at him.

Cao Mao then looked at the other ministers and asked, "Who can make the final decision on these matters? If no one makes the final decision, won't the rebellion in various places become even more serious?"

Cao Mao suddenly shook his head and looked at the Queen Mother. "Mother, forget it. Let's go back and let them continue arguing here. Once the rebels have killed most of the local people, they can come to a conclusion!"

The expressions of several ministers became solemn.

Xun Yi took the opportunity to say, "Queen Dowager, we want the General Zhengxi to take the position of Grand General and go to quell the war."

Empress Dowager Guo's eyes were filled with astonishment. "I went through so much trouble to finally bring Sima Shi down, and now you want to push Sima Zhao up?"
She looked at Cao Mao beside her. How could it be really like what my son said?
She looked at Gao Rou in disbelief, "Lord Situ, can't you come out and quell the rebellion? I know you are old, but you don't have to go in person. Just give orders to all places, stay in Luoyang, and coordinate the army."

"An old minister knows nothing about military affairs."

Gao Rou replied.

Empress Dowager Guo fell silent again. This was still the same as what Cao Mao had said.

Empress Dowager Guo finally calmed down. She looked at Xun Yi and said, "Summon General Sima Zhao, General of the Western Expedition, and appoint him General of the Guards. Have him quell the rebellions in various places as soon as possible. Pass my edict to the generals in various places. With the death of the general, the court will not be able to mobilize the army in a short time. Have them quell the rebellion as soon as possible!"

When Xun Yi heard what Queen Mother Guo said, he looked at the other ministers first and did not answer.

This made Empress Dowager Guo look a little ugly. She looked at Wang Xiang, but Wang Xiang just squinted his eyes and pretended not to see it.

Empress Dowager Guo looked at the only calm person among the ministers.

"Duke Zheng, I will appoint you as the Minister of the Secretariat. From now on, you will also be responsible for the affairs of the Secretariat. You must handle the logistics of the army without delay."

Zheng Chong, who was sitting among the ministers, was a little confused. He stood up and was about to refuse, but Queen Mother Guo turned around and left.

Only a group of silent ministers were left.

The Queen Mother arrived suddenly and dropped two imperial edicts, which made the ministers a little confused.

Let Sima Zhao be the general of guards?

Why not just take over as Grand General? A Guard General can also control the troops in various places, but his authority is of course not as great as that of a Grand General.

Jiang Wei of Shu Kingdom was General Wei.

The second imperial edict was to let Zheng Chong take charge of the affairs of the Shangshu.

The so-called recorder of Shangshu affairs means serving concurrently as Shangshu Ling. With this, you will be the controller of Wei.

Zheng Chong has a high reputation and a long career, but he has never paid much attention to government affairs in the court.

At this moment, Sima Fu could no longer sit still.

How come the responsibility of recording the Shangshu became Zheng Chong's before he even had the chance to speak?

He looked across and found that Zhong Yu from Sima Zhao's faction was also getting restless.

They were also very puzzled. How did the general become the general of guards?

"I think it's more legitimate to act as a general."

Zhong Yu said, "If it's just a general of the guards, I'm afraid the local generals might not obey."

When they heard him speak, the ministers did not respond.

They also did not want to see the Sima family rise again, whether it was Sima Fu or Sima Zhao.

The Queen Mother's current decree seems to be more reasonable than the previous decision.

Gao Rou raised his head and said, "Just follow the Queen Mother's order!"

"These bastards! Traitors!"

"They are all thieves!"

Empress Dowager Guo was cursing all the way, and her face looked very aggrieved. She didn't usually curse people, and she couldn't come up with anything new to say at this moment. She just kept repeating the same few words.

Cao Mao, however, kept comforting her, saying, "Mother, I told you before that these people are just using you! They just want to use you to deal with Sima Shi!"

"In this whole world, the only one who can truly be as devoted as you is me."

"You still don't believe me? Look at those ministers. How can they respect us? They're clearly blocking our path, preventing us from ascending to higher positions!"

"How dare they look down on us, mother and son, like this!"

“How can we forgive them?”

When Cao Mao learned that the court meeting had begun, he found the Queen Mother and told her the ministers' thoughts in advance, and also told her his own thoughts.

The Queen Mother naturally did not believe it at first, until she went there in person with Cao Mao, she finally believed it and read the edict according to Cao Mao's ideas.

Those people's attitudes were too obvious, without any disguise.

Perhaps, after Sima Shi's death, they felt that there was no need to continue pretending, as the Queen Mother was much easier to deal with than Sima Shi.

There's no need to be so cautious.

The current situation is very complicated and there is no need to involve the Empress Dowager and the Emperor.

Cao Mao seized this opportunity very well, allowing the Queen Mother to see the minister's true face. Queen Mother Guo was very disappointed at this moment. Looking at Cao Mao beside her, she asked, "What should we do next?"

Cao Mao looked resolute.

"Mother, please leave the rest to me. I will make them all kneel outside your palace gate and apologize to you!"

(End of this chapter)