Sima Yi's Three Kingdoms Collection Collection

Chapter 193 The Controversy of Prince Wei (8)
Seeing Sima Fu's frank and straightforward face, Ding Yi thought he didn't pretend to hide anything for his second brother, so he waved his hand and apologized: "Ding has no other intentions, Mr. Sima, please don't be offended. Since your second brother It would be better to stay out of the matter." Ding Yan was watching the situation, and when he saw that the situation was a little awkward, he stood up and changed the question, saying to everyone: "I will not talk about the topic for now. Master Cui is now Now that we have publicly expressed our support for Cao Pi, how should we respond?" Suddenly, everyone in the field fell silent.For a long time, Ding Yi's hoarse and difficult voice broke the silence, and slowly rang out: "There is an old saying: 'Zhilan is in the way, so we have to hoe it.' Cui Yan was the first to publicly oppose the establishment of Pingyuan Hou. As the son of the world, although he is a virtuous person, we don't care much, and we will just remove his stumbling block when the time comes."

As soon as he said this, everyone in the room was shocked and looked at each other in blank dismay.Sima Fu lost his voice and said: "Why is this? Brother Ding, you can't make mistakes in this matter. It's better to ask Pingyuan Hou for his own opinion first!" What's the benefit? Marquis Pingyuan can only sit high in the palace and keep himself clean, without wading into this muddy water. Let Ding do the evil deeds of this wicked person! If I don't go to hell, who will go to hell? As long as you can help Pingyuan Hou will become the king of Yao and Shun in the future, and Ding is willing to give everything he has!" Yang Xiu heard the words, his face was serious, he stood up, bowed deeply to Ding Yi, and sighed: "Brother Ding is full of loyalty, it is true. Compete with the sun and the moon!" After saying that, tears glistened in his eyes.

But Ding Yi smiled faintly, waved his hand a little embarrassedly, and said: "Brother Yang killed Ding with this move! Ding is a blind and abandoned person, thanks to the kindness of Prime Minister Cao and Marquis Pingyuan, he was able to surpass mediocrity. A mediocre person can show his strengths on top of it, and he should live and die, and repay each other with his life, brother Yang is too praised."

Yang Xiu's heart was surging, and he slowly retreated to the wooden chair and sat down, allowing himself to slowly regain his composure.But Ding Yi asked again: "How many people have responded to the secret letter in the jade box sent by Prime Minister Cao? What is the content? How many people have not yet responded?"

Yang Xiu listened, pondered for a moment, and slowly replied: "As far as I know, Prime Minister Cao sent a total of thirteen secret letters in jade boxes, and twelve have been received so far, including Xun You, Cui Yan, Mao Jie, Huan Jie, Wang Lang and other six lords agreed that the five-featured Zhonglang general should be established as the son, and Yang Jun, Wei Xi, Wang Can and other six lords agreed that Pingyuanhou should be established as the son. Only the Taizhong official Jia Xu has not yet replied to the letter."

Ding Yi smiled slightly.His smile is getting deeper and deeper, making it seem like it will never bottom out.He slowly stretched out his hand to pick up a boxwood cup with two ears carved in the shape of a swan on the side table. Steam was steaming from the mouth of the cup, overflowing with a fresh and fragrant fragrance.Sima Fu and the others stared at it, only to see golden chrysanthemums floating on the water in the cup, and it was they that exuded a strong fragrance.

"This is the 'Golden Chrysanthemum Cake' that Marquis Pingyuan picked and dried in the imperial garden for Yi." Ding Yi stared at the petaled chrysanthemum in the cup, and said leisurely, "He knows that after making tea, the chrysanthemum is made with its chrysanthemum. The aroma diffuses the eyes, and it has the miraculous effect of clearing the heart and clearing the eyes. It is really hard for Yi to repay the sincerity of Pingyuan Hou Daiyi!"

As he spoke, he slowly put his slightly red and swollen right eye on the boxwood double-eared cup, and steamed it with the steaming aroma of golden chrysanthemum tea...

After half a stick of incense, the aroma of the tea gradually faded away.Ding Yi slightly closed his right eye, raised his head, drank the slightly cold tea in the cup, and then leaned on the back of the couch, leisurely looking for the aftertaste in the tea.

His leisurely attitude made Yang Xiu, Sima Fu and Ding Zhen confused.They were full of doubts, but they didn't know where to ask, so they had to wait patiently for Ding Yi to explain.Like all wise and resourceful people, Ding Yi will finally reveal the mystery for her comrades after she has had enough of her ostentation, their appetites, and her desire to perform.

Ding Yi said slowly: "Although General Zhonglang and Marquis Pingyuan are equally equal at present, among the twelve people who have expressed their views, there is still one who can remain neutral and change his original position. The last remaining A Jia Xu should also have a way to take over."

Yang Xiu asked: "Which of the 12 people will change their position and remain neutral?" Ding Yi smiled slightly and said, "Xun You, Prime Minister Cao's chief counselor and Minister of the State of Wei!"

"Him?" Yang Xiu was taken aback, "How is this possible?"

Ding Yi smiled slightly and looked at Yang Xiu: "Brother Yang, Your Honor, Yang Biao, Yang Taiwei and Xun You are close friends. At the same time, Yang Taiwei is one of the most trusted veterans of His Majesty today. To a certain extent, Mrs. Yang Wei is the spokesperson of His Majesty today. If Brother Yang persuades His Majesty to persuade Xun You to change his position and clarify that this is His Majesty's intention, Ding believes that Lord Xun You, who has always been loyal to the Han Dynasty, will eventually remain neutral."

When Yang Xiu heard this, he couldn't help but be overjoyed.Ding Yi's words really made him suddenly enlightened, it really hit the point, extremely correct.He immediately agreed: "Brother Ding is right, after Yang returned home, he begged my father to help."

"As for Mrs. Jia Xu and Mrs. Jia..." Ding Yi said thoughtfully, "I am afraid that only by persuading the Marquis of Ping Yuan to visit Dr. Jia in person, leaning forward, and treating Dr. Jia with respect, can we get Dr. Jia's help. !" Unexpectedly, just after he finished speaking, Yang Xiu blushed suddenly and shouted anxiously: "No!"

Ding Yi couldn't help being startled: "Why?"

Yang Xiu calmed down, and said solemnly: "Jia Xu is a man with two ends, extremely smooth, mercenary, daring to harm the country and the people for his own selfishness. What's more, my father has always hated Jia Xu for disturbing the Han Dynasty, and he was in a relationship with him. If Jia Xu stood up to support Pingyuanhou, it would definitely arouse my father's ignorance, and it would be very detrimental to Pingyuanhou's succession! I hope brother Ding will think carefully."

After Ding Yi heard this, she couldn't help frowning, and said "oh", but didn't answer right away.He turned to look at Sima Fu, and asked, "What's your opinion, Mr. Sima?"

"This...younger brother is ignorant, so I don't have any good or bad opinions." Sima Fu resigned first, and when Ding Yi insisted on asking, he pondered for a while before answering, "It's just common sense, Jia Xu This time he said that he was sick at home, and he made it clear that he just wanted to stay out of the matter, and he probably would not vote for any party. Therefore, for the time being, he is like the metaphor that Brother Yang once said-chicken ribs, it is tasteless to eat, and it is a pity to throw them away. It seems that there is no need to worry about it he."

Ding Zhen, who is the servant of the Huangmen, said from the side: "Brother, my younger brother has also seen several memorials in the palace recently, written by Taiwei Yang, General Dong Cheng, and Master Yang Jun. They are all aimed at Jia. The doctor claimed that he was sick. Yang Taiwei asked His Majesty in the memorial to take advantage of Jia Xu's claim of illness, so he ordered Jia Xu to abdicate and return to his hometown because of illness. It can be seen that Yang Taiwei is indeed at odds with Dr. Jia. If the Marquis of Pingyuan went to pay respects to Doctor Jia, he would surely attract the dissatisfaction of the confidants of the Han Dynasty! They would not support Marquis Pingyuan to make him the crown prince!"

After hearing this, Ding Yi couldn't help but fell into deep thought.yes!You can't have your cake and eat it too.If you want to get the support of this party, you have to give up trying to win over the other party.Stepping on two boats, you may end up drowning because you have no way to focus.As long as you don't deliberately stimulate the sensitive nerves of the confidants of the Han Dynasty, don't get too close to Jia Xu, and naturally you can't stay too far away from Jia Xu, try to keep Jia Xu neutral, this may be the only feasible way to go up at present. The best policy!However, what if Cao Pi strikes first and wins Jia Xu over?Ding Yi's head hurt from thinking about it, and his right eye also felt sore.He looked up to the sky and sighed, hoping that what Sima Fu said was true - Jia Xu was a "chicken rib", there was no great benefit to gaining it, and there was no great harm to abandoning it.

However, will Jia Xu really be what Sima Fu said?Ding Yi was not sure about the answer.

Three birds with one stone

It was very late at night, and Sima Fu knocked on the closed door of the mansion.Sima Yin yawned and opened the door for him, and asked lazily: "The third master is back!"

Sima Fu nodded without saying a word, and walked straight in.He buried his head and walked for a few steps, then stopped suddenly, turned around and said, "Has the second master rested yet?"

"I don't know either," Sima Yin yawned and closed the door, "It's so late, the second master should have rested already."

After hearing this, Sima Fu went back to his bedroom without saying anything else.Along the way, he was full of thoughts and thoughts, and he never let go of his tight heartstrings.When Ding Yi suddenly summoned him and Yang Xiu to the secret room to discuss matters this night, deep in his heart he was always uneasy.He had vaguely heard Ding Yi and Yang Xiu vaguely mentioned the matter of establishing an heir before, but he didn't take it to heart at that time.Unexpectedly, overnight, he was involved in the vortex of the prime minister's establishment of an heir.He also didn't expect that Ding Yi and Yang Xiu trusted their sincere friendship and close relationship with Cao Zhi so much that they would confess all their plots to themselves.But all of this, like a piece of extremely hot red coal, was put into his sleeve, making him restless.Originally, if he didn't know all of this, he could just sit back and stay out of it.But now, he has fully understood all this, so he has to seriously think about where to go from here.

After entering the bedroom, Sima Fu didn't light any candles, and lay on the bed with his head full of thoughts, tossing and turning, unable to sleep, unable to calm down for a long time.The more he thought about it, the more confused he became, and the more he thought about it, the more annoying he got up, and he simply got up again, walked outside, came to the courtyard, listened to the croaking of frogs and cicadas, and stood quietly thinking.On the ground of the courtyard dam, the moonlight was like water, and the shadows of the trees were floating and swaying. Ruo Ruo's mind was full of distracting thoughts, one after another, unable to calm down.

He looked up to the sky with a long sigh, and said to himself: "I, Sima Fu, was born in troubled times. I obey Confucianism, respect morality and virtue. I just want to be alone and clean. Unfortunately, the sky doesn't follow my wish and makes me fall into a trap." There are disputes among officials, what can I do! What can I do!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a familiar voice behind him: "The "Three Strategies of Huangshi Gong" said it well: "The sage and gentleman can understand the source of prosperity and failure, understand the cause of success and failure, and judge the opportunity of chaos. The third brother has always read a lot of books, so how can he be at a loss when things happen, and even forget this old saying?"

Surprised, Sima Fu hurriedly turned his head, followed the prestige, and saw his second brother Sima Yi slowly walking out of the shade of a tree in a corner of the courtyard.His face was like still water, without waves or movements, but its depth was unpredictable.Sima Fu suddenly realized that his second brother had been standing under the shade of the tree and watching his every move when he entered the mansion.For some reason, from the moment he saw his second brother, his heart became a little vacillating, and a faint sense of fear could never go away.

(End of this chapter)