The revival of Shu Han

Chapter 146 War and Peace ([-])

On December 26, the first year of Yanxing in the Shu Han Dynasty, the Hanzhong Legion entered Yang'an Pass with a large amount of materials for defending the city.Just before Zhong Huijun was about to conquer Yang'an Pass, he fell in front of the finish line.

On the 27th, Wei Guan and Hu Lie led the defeated soldiers of the Jiange camp to Yang'an Pass and joined Zhong Hui and others.

On the 28th, after the [-] Yongzhou Army and [-] civilians in the Caowei Jiange camp were incorporated.Liu Chen, Jiang Wei, Huo Yi, Ma Jie and others led a main force of more than [-] people to approach Yang'an Pass.

On the 29th, Zhong Hui, whose entire army was completely out of food, sent envoys to surrender to Liu Chen.

On the third day of January in the second year of Yanxing (264), Jiang Wei and Ma Jie led an army to appear in Xingshi. Xun Kai and others who were stationed at the southern exit of Jigu saw Jiang Wei's banner and knew that the situation was over.The whole army quickly returned to Chang'an.

So far, the battle between Wei and Shu, which began in August of the first year of Yanxing (263), has temporarily come to an end after more than four months of tragic fighting.

"Chen Beidi Wang Chen, General Wei, Zuo General Yi, Annan General Yi... Quan Zhonglang, General Jie, etc. bowed their heads to your majesty. In August of the first year of Yanxing, Wei rebelled against our border. At the beginning of the war, he succeeded in captivity. For a while, Yinping and Wudu fell one after another. There were brazen men such as Jiang Shu and Ma Miao who surrendered to the enemy, which caused the king's division to be sharply defeated... However, I am a big man, with the protection of my ancestors and the people below me. But there are Fighting hard, the bandits were wiped out in an instant. The enemy was wiped out in Xindu in the first battle, and Deng Ai, the chieftain of the bandits, was awarded the head. The second battle was in Yang'an, the third battle was in Baishui, and the fourth battle was in Jiange... Today, Wei Wei invaded the bandits. The food was exhausted, and the whole army asked to surrender on the 29th... On the third day of the first month of the second year, Wei Ni's remaining troops withdrew from the entire territory of Hanzhong. The ministers will soon send troops to Yinping and Wudu to recover the lost land and drive out the remaining evils. The news of the victory will be passed on The day is not far away!"

"Since Yanxing, although there have been occasional shameless treacherous traitors who rebelled against the Han, most of the subjects have a heart of loyalty. Yamen General Guang, Yang'an Duqian, Zitong Shou Ziming, Wei General Zhan, and You General Yu , Yubayashi Duqiu, Shangshu Langchong, General Wei Zishang...and more than [-] soldiers of the Han Dynasty, all of them were loyal to the country and did not belong to the king's affairs...The great Han country turned from danger to safety, all thanks to these heroes Give up your life and forget your death, and serve your country bravely! The spirits above the sky will surely bless the great man forever. It is advisable to build a shrine to accompany the sacrifice, so that it will last forever!"

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The time has entered January of 264 AD. On the historical plane, the Shu Han has been subjugated for two months, but now the Shu Han is still alive and well.After arduous efforts, the traversers finally changed history completely at this moment!
Of course, Guan Yi is no longer a little butterfly at this time. He changed the history of Shu Han, and at the same time, indirectly changed the history of Cao Wei and Sima's family.

Ever since he received Du Yu's report on December 21, Sima Zhao knew very well that unless a miracle happened, Zhonghui's 10-man army would not be saved.As for miracles, a political creature like Sima Zhao who is extremely realistic would generally not expect much.

Therefore, Sima Zhao's response was completely planned according to the situation of the entire army being wiped out.

On December 22, Tingwei Xunxu (the great-grandson of Sikong Xunshuang in the Eastern Han Dynasty, whose mother was Zhong Hui's cousin) took the lead, and Shang Shulang Guo Yi (this Guo Yi was Guo Huai's nephew, not Guo Jia's son Guo Yi) Yi. Guo Jia’s son, Guo Yi, was sick just like his father, and died early), and Shizhong, Qiao and others followed up.Together, they wrote to Wei Emperor Cao Huan, saying that Xiangguo had recently established the fifth-class nobility system (the titles of the Han Dynasty generally only have the two levels of king and marquis. The words of the public are generally given to officials who are ready to usurp the throne. Sima Zhao’s fifth-class nobility system has been restored. There were five grades of titles for Dukes and Bozinans of the Western Zhou Dynasty, and this system of titles lasted until the end of the Qing Dynasty.), so that the imperial court reproduced the ritual system of the Western Zhou Dynasty, and the superiority and inferiority were clear at a glance.This is a great achievement.

In addition, Xiangguo's attack on Shu this time not only captured Hanzhong, but also captured Yinping and Wudu, which had been lost for many years.Since one county in Hanzhong can be granted the title of Duke, how should the credit for the remaining two counties be counted?Therefore, we suggest that, in order to show Your Majesty the wisdom of rewarding your meritorious deeds, you should promote Duke Jin to King Jin as soon as possible!

It was all right for Cao Huan to receive such a memorial: Originally, the emperor was just a rubber stamp, waiting for the Sima family to usurp the throne at any time.If you want to be crowned king, it's completely fine.Therefore, as soon as Sima Yan's party members put up the memorial, Cao Huan happily issued the imperial edict to make Sima Zhao the King of Jin.

The emperor doesn't care, but Cao Wei's ministers are a little uncomfortable.

Originally, in Cao Wei's unlimited liability joint-stock company, the Cao family was the major shareholder and chairman.Xiahou's family is the second shareholder.Then people such as the Chen family (Chen Qun, Yingchuan family), Wang family (Wang Lang, Qingxu family), Xin family (Xinpi, Hebei family) and others are minority shareholders.As for the Sima family, they were just department managers at first.

In the operation of this company, there was a period of time when the chairman didn't do anything, and the acting chairman (Cao Shuang) and the second shareholder did not make it right.Therefore, in order to stop the loss, all the shareholders together promoted one of the most experienced department managers and asked him to be the CEO.It turned out that the CEO was not a good stubble, and he was not satisfied with being a CEO, so he wanted his son to continue to be a CEO.In front of him, he continued to embezzle the equity of the chairman and the second shareholder—now he has surpassed the original shareholder and became the acting chairman.

Let's act as an agent. Although it's a bit uncomfortable for the former horse boy to climb on his head now, who made the shareholders not come forward?Moreover, during the process of the Sima family taking power, while the Sima family embezzled most of the country's interests, it also shared a lot of benefits for all shareholders.So although everyone was a little upset, they still reluctantly accepted it.

Note that it is reluctantly accepted rather than happily accepted.Although everyone has long been mentally prepared for the eventual transfer of Cao's unlimited liability joint-stock company into Sima unlimited liability company in the future.But this rhythm can't be too fast, everyone has to have a gradual adaptation process, right?You said that you only became public in October, and now you are anxious to become king in less than two months. Do you want to make this look a little more ugly?
Fortunately, Xun Xu, Guo Yi, and Qiao are known to everyone. They are Sima Yan's team, not Sima Zhao's team (Jia Chong, Pei Xiu, etc.).So at the beginning everyone thought that this was just a farce of the young Sima Yan who didn't understand political skills and was eager for success - a mature politician like Sima Zhao would not be so ignorant.

Therefore, when Cao Huan's edict was issued, none of the important officials in the Cao Wei court followed suit and asked Sima Zhao to be promoted to King Jin immediately-he would definitely refuse.

In the end, what made everyone's jaws drop was: Sima Zhao didn't play the three-push and three-yield cutscenes like before.As soon as Cao Huan's edict arrived, he immediately accepted it!
The wise patriarchs immediately understood: either Sima Zhao's life is not long, or there has been a great turning point in the war against Shu.Or is it BOTH!

On December 263, 25 A.D., when the Zhonghui in Yang'an Pass was still struggling.Sima Zhao hurriedly promoted to King Jin!

As mentioned earlier, in an empire, there is an essential difference between a prince and a duke.The biggest difference is: the king is a monarch and has his own independent country.In this country, officials can be appointed by themselves.Moreover, this whole set of official system can be exactly the same as the official system of the empire-in the future, the Wei, Jin and Zen dynasties can directly achieve seamless connection.

On the 25th, Sima Zhao was officially promoted to the throne.

On the 26th, Xinchang Hou Sima Yan, the leader of the Wei Empire, was canonized as the prince's son.

On the same day, Pei Xiu, the Minister of the Wei Empire, was worshiped as the Shangshuling of the Jin Kingdom, Jia Chong as the Taiwei of the Kingdom, and Yang Jun as the Royal Doctor (Hongnong Yang, the old man of Sima Yan, was killed by Cao Cao. Yang Xiu’s distant cousin), Chen Qian, the commander of the Jingzhou Front Army of the Wei Empire, was the Chariot General of the Jin Kingdom, and Shi Bao, the commander of the Yangzhou Front Army of the Wei Empire, was the Hussar General of the Jin Kingdom...

When the news came out, the whole country was in an uproar.

Excuse me, where are Wei Guan and Zhong Hui?Why is there no job?Excuse me, the military commanders of the Jingzhou Front Army and the Yangzhou Front Army have both become important ministers of the Jin State. What about Deng Ai, the military commander of the Longxi Front Army, the most powerful of the three local corps?None of these people has a list of important ministers in the Shangjin Kingdom, so what does that mean?

There is no doubt that they were all finished in the war against Shu!

No wonder Sima Zhao, who has been hypocritical for many years, is so impatient at this time that he will become a prince in less than two months after being promoted to Duke!Because if we don't take advantage of this gap to get these things done, then when the news of the disastrous defeat in the war against Shu comes, the Sima family will not know when it will happen if they want to gain military merit again.At least Sima Zhao won't be able to see it in his lifetime.And if Sima Zhao died and the road to usurpation had not been paved yet, would Sima Yan, who was less than 30 years old, be able to handle all this?

That's it!

When Chinese people do things, they always pay attention to saving face.In the past ten years or so, the Sima family, no matter whether they have been brazen and repeatedly accused a deer as a horse, or they have been ruthless and frequently used the big killer of the Yi tribe.But no matter what, every time the head of the Sima family gets promoted, at least on the surface, it is justified.And this time, when the country suffered such a disastrous defeat, you actually forced a time difference... Well, you won, who let the knife be in your hands.We don't want to be bullied by the Yi tribe... But, if you do this, we feel very uncomfortable. Once we feel uncomfortable, we will inevitably have other thoughts.

In 264 AD, on January 28th in the fifth year of Cao Wei Jingyuan, one month after Sima Zhao forcibly proclaimed himself king, the tumultuous Cao Wei court barely quieted down.At this time, the news of the complete defeat of Cao Wei's attack on Shu finally spread.

The 18 army, except for the three generals Xun Kai, Li Fu, and Liu Qin who were in the north of Yang'an Pass, so more than 3000 people under their command (the attack on Yang'an Pass was damaged) retreated, the remaining 15 More than 6 people plus more than [-] military and civilian husbands were all lost in Yizhou.

Although the various aristocratic families had long been mentally prepared, when they learned the truth of the matter, they were all dumbfounded and speechless.

On this day, since Liu Bei fled from Xuchang in 199 AD because of the clothing belt edict, the Cao and Liu families had no official contacts.After 65 years, a team of envoys from the Shu Han entered Luoyang.

(End of this chapter)