Sima Yi's Three Kingdoms Collection Collection

Chapter 227 Sima Yi Takes Military Power for the First Time (4)
"As for the strategy of 'secretly forming an internal party', in my opinion, King Pingyuan does not have foreign ministers, but he has to secretly recruit internal aid from the inner court! Cao Zhen, Xia Houshang, Cao Xiu, etc. are all the clans in front of His Majesty now. The favorite minister is also able to speak well with His Majesty... King Pingyuan can ask for the name of a friend who serves as a servant, and become flesh and blood with Cao Zhen's son Cao Shuang, Xia Houshang's son Xia Houxuan, Cao Xiu's son Cao Zhao, etc. At the time of my acquaintance, I used my in-laws to help fight against Guo's relatives in the East Palace! After all, Guo's intention to "cover the sky with one hand" in the harem will greatly damage the interests of the Cao family's clan, and they will naturally not sit idly by! Junior sister, you What do you think?"

"Mm! Brother, your strategy is really ingenious!" Fang Ying stretched her eyebrows and smiled after hearing this, "Junior Sister will definitely remember it firmly and tell Pingyuan King verbatim. At the same time, Junior sister here also represents King Pingyuan, thank senior brother for your conspiratorial assistance!"

Sima Yi waved his hand and sighed deeply: "Junior Sister, what are you talking about? Back then, when Empress Zhen and Junior Sister were in His Majesty's Dragon Palace, I will always remember every detail of the kindness of nurturing and supporting me. ... Now that I am very fortunate to have finally reported to the heir of King Pingyuan, how could I deserve your gratitude?"

Fang Ying smiled brightly, then frowned again, looked at the golden-rimmed sunset glow in the sky, and said faintly: "Senior Brother, you don't know, since Sister Zhen passed away, Junior Sister has no more nostalgia for you in this dense palace. Dear person, there is nothing more to worry about... After the junior sister has passed on your "tips" to Rui'er, the junior sister will fly away. Sigh, you don't know, the junior sister is really too tired Already... Before, the junior sister and sister Zhen took care of each other in the palace, and everyone could get together to talk and relieve boredom. Now, the junior sister stays in the harem, like staying in a big tomb, almost becoming one 'The living dead'..."

Tears flowed down Sima Yi's cheeks, and he was choked with sobs and couldn't speak for a while.After a long time, he said in a trembling voice: "Junior Sister, you have suffered too much for Yi in the harem over the years... Senior Brother, I have nothing to repay you, but in order to make you realize The wish of 'Zhen He fly away', but the senior brother vowed to do his best to fight for you..."

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One month later, late at night, Fang Ying's bedroom in the inner courtyard of the palace suddenly caught fire and burned for two full hours.The guards and warriors in the palace fought for almost a whole night before putting out the fire at dawn.They later searched the ruins of the dormitory and found the body of a woman in a gorgeous dress who had been burned beyond recognition.The height, fat and thinness of the female corpse are exactly the same as that of Concubine Fang Gui, and on her wrist she still wears the Seven Treasures Lingzhu bracelet bestowed on Concubine Fang by His Majesty - all this proves that Concubine Fang has passed away and died here. In the raging flames...

Zhidou Guo
In March of the fourth year of Cao Wei Huangchu, Cao Pi ran back and forth along the lines of Wancheng, Xuchang, Peijun, and Guangling to command and fight for eight or nine months, and finally returned to Luoyang.His protracted Southern Expedition came to an anticlimactic end: Cao Zhen, Cao Xiu, and Xia Houshang tried their best, but only captured a Jiangling city from Jiangdong; Before that, Jiangling City had already been burned to an empty city!This is tantamount to saying that Cao Pi put 30 troops into this battle, and in the end he didn't even win the slightest substantive victory!What is even more ironic is that on the second day after he returned to Beijing, Sun Quan proclaimed himself king in Wuchang City with a very explicit gesture of demonstration, proclaiming his country name "Wu"!
However, although Cao Pi did not make any achievements in foreign conquests, he continued to "harvest" on the basis of domestic military power: Zhang Liao, the number one tiger general in the former emperor's period, was dragged to exhaustion and died suddenly during the contest with Lu Xun; General Zhendong Zang Ba, who is also the governor of Xuzhou, was so angry that he vomited blood because he was squeezed out by Cao Xiu. He resigned and returned to Beijing. With interest, he voluntarily surrendered his military power to the imperial court, and returned all the talismans and seals to Cao Pi.

Of course, Cao Pi pretended to comfort these veterans.After doing enough superficial work, Cao Pi took back all the military power without hesitation, and allotted it to his three clan confidantes - named Cao Zhen as the general of Zhenxi, and ruled the soldiers and horses of Yongzhou and Liangzhou Feng Bai Xia Houshang as the general of Zhennan, who governs the soldiers and horses of Jing and Henan states; and worships Cao Xiu as the general of Zhendong, who governs the soldiers and horses of Xu and Yang states.So far, Cao Pi completely ruled out the phenomenon of ministers with different surnames holding military power, and completely overturned Cao Cao's "meritocracy" employment strategy before his death, and completely replaced it with his own "nepotism" employment method.From this moment on, the majestic atmosphere of the Cao family of the Wei family who "swallowed the universe and swayed the wind and clouds" began to fall apart.The Cao Wei Empire, which had always been aggressive and aggressive in expanding outwards, has now become restrained and self-protective like a tortoise, and its vigor is fading!

"My lord, I have something to report to you." Zhang Chunhua opened the curtain and entered the secret room, and reported to Sima Yi who was at his desk looking at the intelligence documents sent by Sifang, "Yesterday, my concubine and Steward Yin discussed how to deal with Zhang Chunhua. Le, Yu Pu and other servants 'did it'..."

Of course, Sima Yi understood the complex meaning behind the word "do it". Without raising his head, he continued to look at the intelligence documents and said in a deep voice, "What should be done must be done well, and no loopholes should be left. It's just that you have made it clear through cross-examination. What line did they 'drill' in?"

"Yu Pu was recruited. He said that he was bought by the school affairs office of the inner court, and that he was an eyeliner inserted by His Majesty. However, that Zhang Le refused to confess."

"Well... Your Majesty has sent people to my Sima's mansion to 'mix sand' not once or twice. Don't look at the fact that he is currently favoring Cao Zhen, Cao Xiu, and Xia Houshang. According to the information obtained by my husband, he is in their The mansion also sent insiders..." Sima Yi raised his head at this moment, and looked at Zhang Chunhua ponderingly, "Why doesn't that Zhang Le refuse to confess? Where did he send the traitor?"

"Master, I'm afraid you would never have imagined the origin of this man. Although he insisted on being broken and his legs were broken, my concubine and Steward Yin finally figured out his identity—he It was actually Guo Guipin who made countless detours to get in! Moreover, looking at his desperate appearance, his name might be completely fake, it is very likely that his surname is 'Guo'... ..."

"Concubine Guo? Why did Concubine Guo keep an eye on my Sima family?" Sima Yi twitched his eyebrows when he heard this, with an inexplicable surprise on his face.

"It's not difficult to guess!" Zhang Chunhua gave Sima Yi a complicated look, "It must be Guo Guifei, the temptress, who smelled something from our Sima family's previous intimate interactions with Queen Zhen and Fang Guifei. Son! After all, there is no impenetrable wall in this world. Now that Empress Zhen and Fang Guibin are both dead, it is hard to guarantee that there will not be one or two servants under them who have been ungrateful and treacherous to sell their masters to Guo Guibin. reward……"

"Well... Chunhua, you are right. Guo Guibin and Cao Pi are the same kind of people, they are both too greedy, mean and dark, and my Sima family has to be on guard." Sima Yi frowned slightly Jian Jian said in a deep voice, "Of course, with her little tricks, she may not be able to catch any loopholes in our Sima family. But as the saying goes, 'Don't be afraid of thieves coming to steal, you are afraid of thieves thinking about', husband must find a chance Teach her a good lesson, let her 'you don't know it hurts until you burn your hands'."

Zhang Chunhua raised his willow eyebrows, and suggested: "My husband, you should first think of a way to teach her a lesson, and I will still prepare rich gifts and treasures on my side, and bow and bow to 'paralyze' her..."

After hearing this, Sima Yi just lowered his head and continued to read the intelligence documents without answering.But Zhang Chunhua, who was familiar with his temperament, knew that Sima Yi kept silent at this moment, but actually silently acquiesced to her actions.

At this moment, Sima Yin said softly outside the door of the secret room: "My lord, Zhongshu ordered Mr. Sun Zi to come and see him."

Zhang Chunhua looked up at Sima Yi in astonishment.Sima Yi thought for a while, and then told Sima Yin: "Master Sun Zi, please wait in the study in the backyard, and I will go right away."

After Sima Yin left in response, Zhang Chunhua couldn't help asking: "It's really strange, what is Mr. Sun coming to the mansion to see you at the end of the year, which is neither too early nor too late..."

Sima Yi stood up from the couch, straightened his clothes, and said, "Probably he brought some edict from His Majesty." He had just taken a few steps forward when he suddenly remembered something and turned around to say goodbye. Zhang Chunhua ordered: "Later, you go out and prepare a box of gold cakes, and ask Sima Yin to deliver them to the carriage that Sun Zi came in... Sigh! Speaking of which, Sun Zi is still an important position in the inner court in front of Zhong Shuling. The official rank is only the fourth grade, and the salary is only two or three thousand shi, which is really shabby! As a husband, I can't look down on it on weekdays..."

Sun Zi waited quietly in the study in the backyard of Sima Mansion.Among the ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, the relationship between him and Sima Yi is quite familiar: he was previously the assistant of Sima Yi's elder brother Sima Lang when he was Cao Cao's chief bookkeeper, and he has had quite a relationship with Sima Yi since then; And together with Sima Yi, he became a classmate and alumnus under the disciple of the great Han Jinghou and Shang Shuling Xun Yu, so the love is getting better and better.Therefore, in Sima Mansion, he did not feel very restrained.After waiting for a while, he simply got up and started pacing in the study with his hands behind his back.

Suddenly, he saw a pile of thick books piled up on the table in the room, and he picked up one of them and read it: the content inside turned out to be the military affairs of the Shu Han from the Bing Cao Department. Information, and on the eyebrows and sidebars of each page, there are densely packed small print comments by Sima Yi.Sun Zi read those annotations slowly, only to feel that Sima Yi's insights were deep enough to penetrate the Qizha, and he couldn't help but secretly admire.

"Oh! I'm sorry Sun Jun has been waiting in the study for a long time... I'm rude, I'm rude." Just as he was enjoying the reading, Sima Yi walked into the room with Xu Bu and greeted him with a smile.

Sun Zi hastily put down the letter, turned around and bowed, "Master Sima, Sun is here to greet you."

Sima Yi returned the gift, and asked him to take a seat on the guest bench in the room, and then returned to the chairman to sit down, and asked with a slight smile, "What is the purpose of Sun Jun's visit?"

Sun Zi took out a stack of memorials from the sleeve of his robe, held them in his hands, and replied with extreme humility: "Lord Sima, Mr. Sun made a special trip to send His Majesty the memorials and edicts to approve the red and use the seal today... "

(End of this chapter)