Luoyang, the General's Mansion.
"Brother."
Sima Zhao bent down and maintained a salute.
Master Sima was lying on his side on the bed, his face extremely gloomy. As his younger brother, Sima Zhao would feel frightened when he saw his brother's eyes.
"After Guo De's death, the ministers stopped submitting letters."
"I am now planning to build momentum for King Pengcheng. While the Queen Mother is in panic, I will force her to write an edict to support King Pengcheng as emperor. I have already thought of the candidate to support him. I am ready to let..."
"madness."
Master Sima interrupted his brother directly.
"If you support King Pengcheng, then the Guo family will completely lose power, and the Queen Mother will no longer be the Queen Mother. She will not let you do this even if she dies."
Sima Zhao was stunned and asked: "Isn't it your intention to support the king of Pengcheng?"
"I propose to support King Pengcheng in order to force the Guo family to compromise, so that Wang can serve as the Central Guard General and be in charge of the palace guard together with the Guo family."
Sima Zhao suddenly realized, "So, you have never thought about letting King Pengcheng be the emperor. No wonder you regressed on this matter."
"But, brother, now you have offended the Guo family so much. Once Guo De dies, there will be no possibility of reconciliation between our two families. It is better to just let the Queen Mother step down and make King Pengcheng the emperor..."
Master Sima was expressionless.
He said indifferently: "Families interact with each other based on interests."
"At first, the Cao family almost wiped out the whole Guo family, but later, the Guo family was still grateful to them."
"It doesn't matter if I kill Guo De, as long as I can give him enough benefits, I can still be your confidant."
"Besides, I killed the person, what does it have to do with you?"
Sima Zhao woke up again.
"Brother, you can't support Cao Mao, right?"
"Although this Zhuzi is young, his behavior is almost evil. What if we wait for him to grow up? We must not support him as emperor. It is best to kill him to avoid future troubles!"
Master Sima sneered.
"You were finally right for once, but you can't kill this person, I can only kill him."
"As for the choice of emperor, Cao Huan, the son of Cao Yu, King of Yan, is young and intelligent, and can be worshiped by Emperor Ming..."
"Okay, then let's make this man the emperor! But brother, when will you take action on Cao Mao's side?"
"There's no rush, wait until the new emperor ascends the throne, and then the village father will die of illness."
Master Sima waved his hand, "Go and get ready!"
Just when Sima Zhao took the order, someone hurriedly broke in from outside the door.
The person who came was none other than Zhong Hui.
Zhong Hui was very close to Master Sima, and Master Sima was very tolerant to him. Even Sima Zhao did not dare to break into Master Sima's study, but Zhong Hui dared to do so.
"General! Something happened!"
"oh?"
"Guanqiu Jian, the general of Zhendong, sent someone here to see the general."
Master Sima sat up suddenly, a trace of surprise finally flashed in his eyes.
Master Sima has reorganized the temple so that no minister in the temple dares to resist him, but at the local level, Master Sima still has concerns.
Cao Wei's system continued from that of the Han Dynasty, and the army was divided into the Chinese army and the foreign army.
Of course, the Chinese army was to guard Luoyang and protect the emperor, while the foreign army was to "supervise the military affairs of various states and seek the title of general in four expeditions and four towns."
The foreign army is still the Central Army and does not belong to the state and county troops. It can be regarded as the Central Army stationed in different theaters.
Sima Shi, the general, can nominally give orders to all Chinese and foreign armies, but whether they are willing to obey is another question.
Among these "commanders", there were both confidants of the Sima family and loyal ministers of Cao Wei.
Guanqiu Jian is a rather unstable factor.
He has a high reputation, comparable to Xia Houxuan, has a wide network of contacts, and has friends in both the government and the public. At the same time, he is very good at fighting, and has the best record in China's expedition to the Northeast. He also has 60,000 elites under his command. These are all who follow him. A veteran of his long war.
The Sima Master was extremely polite to him, because the Sima Master was not completely sure that he could deal with him.
If he unites with the Wu State and calls on the domestic governors to attack him, and Jiang Wei from the Shu State takes Xiahou Ba to take advantage of the situation, then the Sima family may really have a big problem.
"Change my clothes!"
Master Sima quickly got ready.
When the envoy sent by Guanqiu Jian walked into the study, what he saw was a bright and energetic Sima Shi.
Although there is still a bit of sinisterness between his brows, he looks full of energy and does not look at all seriously ill.
"General!"
After the man paid his respects, he hurriedly handed Guan Qiu Jian's letter to Master Sima.
Master Sima read the letter with a gloomy expression on his face.
"Okay, I understand. I will reply to General Zhendong later. You can wait in the mansion for a while."
The man saluted again and then left.
After he left, Sima Zhao and Zhong Hui walked in.
Master Sima's face was very ugly. Sima Zhao was about to step forward to check the letter, but Zhong Hui took it first and started reading it.
Sima Zhao frowned and said nothing.
When the clock looked at it like this, he was immediately shocked.
This letter from Guanqiu Jian is about Cao Mao.
He stated in his letter:
King Cao Fang of Qi did indeed do some wrong things. The general imitated Huo Guang, and his ambition was commendable, but such behavior would inevitably arouse criticism.
Fortunately, the new emperor you want to support is intelligent, kind-hearted, generous and loving, and can fully serve as the king of a country.
I admire him very much and support your decision.
I have informed the good news to General Guo Huai, General to the West, Sima Zhao, General to the West, Zhuge Dan, the General to the South, Hu Zun, the General to the East, Wang Chang, the General to the South, Shi Bao, the General to Fenwu, and most of them. Also agreed.
The general is indeed wise, and with the new emperor ascending the throne, the Wei Dynasty will definitely prosper.
Finally it was just some normal pleasantries.
Zhong Hui finished reading the letter, his eyes full of shock.
"How is this possible? Guanqiu Jian has always been grateful to his ancestors and wants to repay his kindness. I predicted before that the deposing of the emperor might make him rebellious. It is impossible for him to agree to the deposing. Now he has How can you support Cao Mao?"
Sima Zhao then snatched the letter from his hand and read it completely.
"You also wrote me a letter? How come I didn't know?"
Master Sima ignored his younger brother and just looked at Zhong Hui. He narrowed his eyes and said, "How could Guanqiu Jian speak out for Cao Mao? Regarding Xia Houxuan's matter, even if someone rushed to Huainan, he would not be able to send someone so quickly. Here comes the messenger.”
"Unless someone contacted him in advance and informed him of his plan."
"Impossible! Our informants around him said that no outsiders came to see him during these days. Only his son sent him letters..."
Zhong Hui argued.
Master Sima was stunned for a moment, then suddenly laughed.
This is the first time that Master Sima has laughed. When he laughs, his face becomes more terrifying and gloomy.
"It turns out the contact was through his son."
"Good boy, I really thought he wasn't afraid of death. It turns out he was already prepared."
Zhong Hui said in surprise: "This is absolutely impossible to be done by Cao Mao! He is just a boy of thirteen or fourteen years old, how could he have such a plan?! He has great helpers around him!"
"Guo Zui is a stupid person and is not worth mentioning. This must be Yang Zong's plan!"
"Yang Zong was the one who made suggestions for Cao Shuang and was an enemy of the general. The general pardoned his crimes, but he still persists in his persistence! The general will kill him immediately!!"
"No!!"
Sima Zhao hurriedly said: "Mr. Yang is a great talent. I am of use and cannot be killed!"
"General, what do you mean by this?! Are you trying to protect a thief?"
"How dare you talk to me like this?!"
The two immediately started arguing. Master Sima looked at them with squinted eyes and shook his head again.
"No need to argue."
"We have to be cautious about Guan Qiu Jian's affairs. We are not ready yet. Guo Zhun in the west heard that he was seriously ill in bed, and Zhuge Dan in the south heard that he was somewhat dissatisfied with Guan Qiu Jian..."
"But now, Guo Zhun is still alive, and Zhuge Dan is still Guanqiu Jian's close friend."
"We can't face these three armies if we take action rashly."
Sima Zhao frowned, "Brother, do you still want to make Cao Mao the emperor?"
"He has already caused chaos in the world. If he were to be the emperor, wouldn't the situation be even worse??"
Master Sima said calmly: "Don't worry."
"Deceit and deceit are not fundamental... Why should you care about a child with a yellow mouth?"
"The person we should deal with now is not Cao Mao, but Guan Qiu Jian. If Guan Qiu Jian is not dead, I feel uneasy."
"Shiji, go to Yuzhou for me."
"only!"
ps: The first duel between Ah Mao and Sima Shi is about to begin. Ah Mao had already fought against Sima Zhao before, so many people felt that the enemy was not strong enough. Next, he will face Sima Master directly. The smell of gunpowder will definitely be enough.
