The elite did not migrate south

Chapter 90 Hit me!
"How could that be?"

Cheng Ji's eyes widened. Of course he couldn't understand the connection between them.

Cheng Zhi gnashed his teeth and said, "Why is Sima Fu so anxious to let his son leave?"

"No wonder Sima Zhao handed over all the troops in the palace to Guo Jian."

"Sima Fu and his son love to put on airs. I think Sima Zhao gave the same order to Sima Wang, which is why Sima Wang left so hastily."

"Of course Sima Wang can't do dirty things. Let you be the knife, and then Sima Wang will kill you."

"If Sima Fu is unwilling, let the Guo family take his place."

"Once you make a move, I'll let the Guo family kill you, and then I'll put all the blame on the Guo family and you."

Hearing his brother's words, Cheng Ji was furious, "They have wanted to kill me for a long time??"

"Is there any need to doubt this? If you do this for them, how can they keep you?!"

Cheng Ji's eyes were red, and he said angrily: "I have been loyal to you all these days, and you have done so many great things for them."

Cheng sneered.

"Loyalty? Can you be more loyal than Jia Chong?"

"People like Jia Chong and Guo De can be easily discarded in their eyes, let alone me?"

"We are of humble origins, so why would they care about my achievements? Even if I make great contributions, can I still be made a marquis?!"

Speaking of the title, Cheng was also a little angry.

The Sima family has conferred the title of marquis on many people over the years, but most of these people were conferred the title because of their fathers. These new marquises usually just drink, take swears, and run around naked. They have no political achievements or military merits and are just a bunch of useless people who just want to eat and wait for death.

Rewarding a minister's family members with the title of marquis because of his merits is the Sima family's favorite method of winning over others.

They didn't care at all whether this way of rewarding would cause dissatisfaction among the generals of low birth.

Those generals who actually fought in wars, conquered the Xianbei, resisted the Wu Kingdom, and stood up to Jiang Wei, all got nothing just because they did not have a good background.

The conflicts within the Sima family were far more numerous than later generations imagined.

A deformed system and deformed thoughts will inevitably lead to many contradictions.

The Jin Dynasty was never peaceful from the beginning to the end, even during the Taikang era, which was boasted by the great families, from the first year of Taikang (280) to the tenth year of Taikang (289), it was said that the world was unified and there was peace everywhere.

But Yongliang was reduced to ruins, and no one cared. Anyway, not being able to see it meant it was a peaceful and prosperous time.

After the war and reunification, the world will inevitably usher in a period of rapid development. The literati at that time said that during the prosperous Taikang era, there were no poor people in the world. This statement is very true. The Jin Dynasty has been working hard to eliminate the poor population.

The poor either died or were made serfs by the wealthy families. It is true that there are no poor people in the world.

At this moment, the two brothers looked at each other with solemn expressions.

Cheng Ji said angrily: "Brother, let's kill the Sima brothers and surrender directly to His Majesty!"

Cheng was stunned, and the anger in his heart subsided immediately.

"Do you want to die?!"

"Since they're going to kill us anyway, why not just surrender to the emperor? I think the emperor is a very good person. If I kill someone for him, he definitely won't want my life!"

Cheng Ji said very seriously.

Cheng was almost laughed out of anger by his brother.

"You have to be able to kill too?! Do you think the general can be killed at will?"

"I know the general is very powerful, but they want to kill us. What should we do? Let them slaughter us?"

Cheng shook his head. "The general is very powerful, but how long can he last?"

"If the general is gone, how many foreign troops will obey the orders of the General of the Western Expedition? If Guanqiu Jian wins, what role will they play?"

"What do you mean, brother?"

"Don't worry. You can get close to His Majesty, obey his moderate orders, and help him. As for the killing, we'll wait and see. If Sima Zhao insists you kill the emperor, then we'll surrender to His Majesty, contact Guanqiu Jian, and form a joint internal and external force. Let's see if those cowardly generals he appointed can stop us!"

The Sima family took the lead in destroying the moral society of the Han Dynasty, and the concept of loyalty between the monarch and his subjects no longer existed.

Cheng Shi made these disloyal remarks in front of his brother without any hesitation.

When Cheng Ji heard this, he didn't think there was anything wrong with it.

The two brothers immediately began to plan.

The era of "good birds choose trees to roost in, and virtuous ministers choose masters to kill" has officially begun.

When Cheng Ji appeared beside Cao Mao again, his attitude had changed significantly.

However, in front of the two Sima Huangmen, he couldn't say much to Cao Mao, but seeing his expression, Cao Mao already understood what the two brothers were thinking.

This time, Cheng Ji even took the initiative to bring up the matter of a competition.

Cao Mao naturally did not refuse, and the two of them swung their sticks in front of the hall again.

"Your Majesty, I will definitely teach you with all my strength from now on. If you want to learn martial arts, I dare not keep it for myself."

Cheng Ji said with a smile, his face full of flattery. Cao Mao was busy with his hands and continued, "Okay, I will also study hard. In time, if I can achieve something, I will definitely make the general the Grand Tutor and the cavalry commander the Grand Commandant."

Cheng Ji felt his whole body trembling.

For someone like him, the current official titles are already quite high. Things like Grand Tutor and Grand Marshal are things he wouldn't even dare to dream of.

For some reason, just a simple sentence made Cheng Ji's heart completely confused, as if something was tickling him. Thinking of himself wearing the crown and robes of the Three Dukes, Cheng Ji's eyes seemed to be filled with bloodshot.

In the following days, Sima Hui was the first to sense something was wrong.

The two eunuchs were isolated.

The guards and eunuchs in the Taiji Hall seemed to be avoiding them. They were obviously the emperor's most important assistants, but now they had become outsiders.

Naturally, they wrote down all these situations and sent them to Zhong Hui.

Zhong Hui's mansion was not too luxurious.

There were not many servants in the mansion. Zhong Hui liked quietness. His study was in the southeast corner of the mansion. It was a separate house with rockery, streams and green trees outside. Few people dared to come here to disturb Zhong Hui.

The study is filled with various books.

Zhong Hui liked to read almost all types of books, from poetry to history books, from military strategies to theories of various schools of thought, and he was never picky.

At this moment, he was drinking tea and reading "Six Arts" very elegantly.

After looking for a while, Zhong Hui lowered his head again and read the several memorials in front of him.

These were the things provided by the two eunuchs, informing Cao Mao of the recent developments.

Zhong Hui is different from Jia Chong.

Jia Chong would instruct everyone around Cao Mao to keep an eye on his every word and action, and then report everything to them.

However, Zhong Hui only instructed the two eunuchs to monitor the emperor's daily behavior and report the results to him.

Simply put, Zhong Hui didn't care what the little emperor said.

He also didn't want to waste his energy on such meaningless things.

Zhong Hui's ideal was to destroy Shu and Wu, unify the world, and become a general second only to one person.

What does it have to do with him what the emperor said?

The emperor had a mouth, so naturally he had something to say. How could he stop it? He could say whatever he wanted to say. He couldn't talk for long anyway.

Looking at the report from the two eunuchs, a smile appeared on Zhong Hui's lips again.

"You good fellow aren't even a little excited? Don't you believe that anything happened to the general?"

"At such a young age, you have such talent. What a wise ruler, wise ruler."

"But this is such poor taste, hanging out with eunuchs and guards all day. How can this be considered decent?"

Zhong Hui shook his head. "This is simply robbing nature's gift. How can it be so unbearable?"

Neither Sima Shi nor Sima Zhao cared much about Cao Mao's contact with the eunuchs and guards. After all, in their view, these were dispensable ants. Contact with them would only ruin their reputation. Apart from that, it was meaningless.

But Zhong Hui didn't like it very much. He felt that this was a piece of unpolished jade that had fallen into the garbage. It had such good looks and literary talent, but it became stinky.

"Even if you want to defile yourself, you can't do this."

Zhong Hui couldn't bear it and put away the letter in front of him.

I was looking forward to what the little emperor would think after hearing about the general's accident, but now it seems that he is still very rational. It is really rare for him to be able to stay sober at his age.

However, this is not important, because the general has never cared about the emperor anyway.

This time, the person we are dealing with is not the emperor at all.

The reason why he stared at the emperor was purely because Zhong Hui was interested in him.

Zhong Hui packed up his things and asked someone to prepare a carriage to go to the General Zhengxi's residence.

It's been delayed for so long, it's time to take action.

"Father! I want to invite seven famous scholars, including Ruan Ji, to the palace to have a banquet with Your Majesty and discuss the classics!"

Sima Yan's face was full of determination, and he loudly expressed his thoughts to Sima Zhao.

The study suddenly became quiet.

Sima Zhao slowly raised his head and stared at his son fiercely, "What did you say?"

Sima Yan swallowed hard, a fear rising in his heart. But remembering Cao Mao's words, he mustered up his courage again and said loudly, "Father, I plan to bring the famous scholars of Luoyang into the palace and hold a banquet with Your Majesty!"

Sima Zhao stood up suddenly, his eyes fixed on Sima Yan.

Sima Yan was no longer afraid and raised his head.

Hit me if you want, but you can’t kill me?
Even after this beating, I can still become famous!
bring it on! !
Hit me!!!

(End of this chapter)