It didn't take long for the conversation between Gao Rou and the Queen Mother to reach Cao Mao.
When Mr. Xu brought the words, Cao Mao had just woken up and had not yet washed up.
While Cao Mao was eating, he listened to Mr. Xu telling him what happened in Zhaoyang Hall.
"Did Husband Guo tell you personally?"
"exactly!"
Xu Sheng's face was full of flattering smile.
Guo's husband quietly informed him of what happened in Zhaoyang Palace and asked him to tell Cao Mao.
Cao Mao was deeply supported by the eunuchs because he proposed to restore the system of ten permanent attendants. Mr. Guo also had a good sense of him, but this was not the reason why Mr. Guo told him about this matter.
The main reason lies with Gao Rou.
In order to increase the favorability of the Queen Mother these days, Gao Rou went around giving advice, and the person he advised the most often was the Queen Mother's trusted eunuchs, who reused eunuchs, and asked the Queen Mother to get close to the scholars and stay away from these eunuchs.
Husband Guo had just started to raise his head because of the rise of the Queen Mother, and Gao Rou wanted to push him back.
Of course, Gao Rou didn't mean to target Husband Guo. This was just a reason he used to gain favor. But this casual reason was enough to block the way forward for many people.
Husband Guo also wants Gao Rou to get out.
Cao Mao finished the food in front of him calmly and then touched his belly.
"I was so excited when I saw Mr. Guanqiu yesterday that I forgot to discuss business with him."
He originally wanted to discuss future strategies with Guanqiudian, but there was no need to worry now.
The current situation is actually the most beneficial to Cao Mao. Taking advantage of their civil strife, Cao Mao can safely gather his own forces.
After gaining a certain degree of freedom, Cao Mao still did not contact Yin Damu, Jiao Bo and others.
This is actually to accumulate strength.
Cao Mao needed to have his own strength. During this period of time, he finally tasted the feeling of having capable ministers under his command.
Cao Mao looked at the two capable ministers in front of him and couldn't help but smile.
"Zhang Jun, it's exactly what you expected!"
Zhang Hua said calmly: "This is the Gao family's counterattack. They can't sit still."
"Sure enough, someone is watching you."
Cao Mao sighed.
Previously, Cao Mao wanted to use these two Huangmen officials to get in touch with his confidants, people like Jiao Bo and Li Zhao.
Zhang Hua suggested that he and Wei Shu could work together openly and secretly.
Wei Shu is very conspicuous, and he is humble on the outside and showy on the inside. No one knows about his talents, which will make people relax their vigilance towards him. However, he has many friends, so he can attract everyone's attention in the dark and give them a feeling that the emperor has entrusted them with important matters. Give yourself the illusion.
In this way, Wei Shu could contact those people in private.
Of course, there is also the purpose of intensifying conflicts within the temple.
Cao Mao naturally agreed quickly.
Sure enough, Gao Rou couldn't help it anymore and launched an offensive against Cao Mao.
Cao Mao looked at Zhang Hua in front of him and couldn't help but praise: "You are indeed my Liuhou! Hahaha, Lu Qin thinks he is smart, but he is still far inferior to my Liuhou!"
Zhang Hua said solemnly: "If Mr. Lu treats me as a gentleman and believes in my words, he will not fall into this trap. If he does not treat me as a friend and thinks that I have deceived him, then he will fall into this trap. He is not Not smart enough, I just don’t want to trust others and only trust myself.”
Cao Mao was convinced, and he looked at Wei Shu again, "Where are you here?"
Wei Shu said seriously: "I have already met with Mr. Jiao."
"Jiao Jun told me that he has contacted everyone. He has contacted several of his friends. They are all low-level officials, but they all sincerely want to assist His Majesty."
"He said that Li Jun was promoted in the Chinese Army, and his boss was deported by the Sima family. However, because Li Jun's family background was not rich enough, he was appointed as the Tunqi School Lieutenant."
Cao Mao chuckled.
In addition to the new five battalions of Wuwei, Zhongba, Zhongjian, Xiaoqi and Guerrilla, the current Chinese Army also has the old five battalions of Tunqi, Infantry, Shesheng, Yueqi and Changshui.
There are ten battalions of elite troops in the Chinese army. During Cao Rui's period, the new fifth battalion became a behemoth, with each battalion having an armed force of nearly ten thousand people. The old fifth battalion was eliminated, and only one battalion remained. Dozens of people, hundreds of people, are already dead in name only.
After Sima Division came to power, he carried out crazy expansion of the Old Fifth Battalion. In order to build his own armed force, he actively arranged for his cronies to enter the Old Fifth Battalion, and then expanded the Old Fifth Battalion's army, causing the Old Fifth Battalion to begin to rapidly expand. Strong, now Li Zhao is assigned to the old fifth camp.
Cao Mao said thoughtfully: "It seems that Master Sima wants to turn the old fifth battalion into his own army, leaving his brother with the possibility of counterattack."
Zhang Hua nodded and said with a smile: "Congratulations to Your Majesty, Li Jun has been appointed as the Tun Cavalry Colonel. One of the old five battalions is led by Your Majesty!"
Cao Mao pursed his lips. Actually, Yin Damu is also mine.
Yin Damu hid it the deepest, many people didn't know it, and Cao Mao didn't spread it around.
After Sima Zhao was betrayed by most of the aristocratic families, he would definitely have to recruit some people who were not of high origin and could not be integrated into the aristocratic families.
Yin Damu perfectly meets this condition. He has betrayed his master's name, is despised by others, and was born a domestic slave. He will never be accepted by a wealthy family no matter what.
Master Sima could not have thought that this person had already defected to him.
Cao Mao was looking forward to it at this moment. He really hoped that Sima Zhao could reuse this person. It would be best to let Yin Damu directly serve as the leading general.
If that were the case, then he would directly summon Guanqiu Jian and lead the foreign troops to Beijing, and then join forces with Yin Damu's army to create a new version of "Burning Luoyang".
If Guan Qiu Jian is not counted, then the power in Cao Mao's hands has reached a level that cannot be underestimated. The two camps outside the city alone can do a lot of things.
Cao Mao looked at Wei Shu, smiled and praised, "You are worthy of being my Marquis of Fou!"
"I can rest assured that I will leave these things to you!"
Wei Shu's work is much more reassuring than Ji Kang's.
These two people were carefully selected by Cao Mao. They were not from top wealthy families. If Lu Yugaorou implemented the system they talked about, they would be the victims now.
The mature nine-level Zhongzheng system contains not only the common people at the bottom, but also many wealthy and powerful people at the middle and lower levels.
Therefore, they are Cao Mao's natural allies against these top clans.
What's more, these two people have good personal ethics and are reliable in their work.
Cao Mao sometimes even felt that getting these two people was more important than getting two battalions of the Chinese army.
Cao Mao also wants to get more people.
Now there are three people that Cao Mao really wants to contact.
The first is Malone.
At the beginning, Cao Mao entrusted Chen Qian to promote this person, who would arrive in Luoyang soon.
This man was of low birth and was once a disciple of Linghuyu. When Wang Ling launched the rebellion, Linghuyu, who had been dead for two years, was considered an accomplice by the Sima family. The coffin was opened and his body was exposed for three days. No one in Yanzhou dared to bury him. Ma Long took the initiative to take back Linghuyu's remains, and later used his private money to bury him. He planted pine and cypress trees on the side of the cemetery and even mourned him for three years.
This move made him a local celebrity, and he later served as Yanzhou Wumeng.
And this person's military ability is extremely outstanding. It can be said that he is also the top group in the entire Western Jin Dynasty. It was this person who pacified the turbulent Liangzhou. This person subdued the entire Yongliang Hu. After sitting in power for more than ten years, no one dared to rebel.
At this moment, Malone has not yet had the opportunity to be promoted and is a target that can be won over.
The second one is Wang Jing. This newly arrived Sili captain has become a thorn in the eyes of the ministers even before he arrived in Luoyang.
This person is a loyal minister. In addition, he has a low background and can be used.
The third one is Chen Qian in the temple.
Although Chen Qian's father had served as a third official, his elder brother was a general in Zhenbei, armed with heavy troops.
But he values himself more than his family, and he doesn't share in the current affairs. Such a person will be a very good sharp knife in his hand.
Now, it's time for me to calm down and build up my strength, constantly win over these loyalists, and then send them to the most important positions, let the aristocratic family fight with the Sima family, the harder the fight, the better, wait until one of them wins, You will be surprised to find that another behemoth appears in the temple.
Of course, if you want to completely defeat these people, you still need huge prestige. This kind of prestige can only be achieved through unification.
With such achievements in destroying Shu and conquering Wu, he has the foundation to show his teeth even when facing the top aristocratic families.
Cao Mao raised his head and said, "Jun Zhang, go and call the queen over."
Zhang Hua agreed, and not long after, Sima Yu appeared in front of Cao Mao.
After the chaos broke out in the court, the people around Sima Yu suddenly became quiet and did not dare to make any more trouble. But Sima Yu had always been like this, as if nothing could affect her.
At this moment, she stood in front of Cao Mao, her face calm, neither happy nor angry.
Cao Mao stood up, straightened his clothes, and then said with a smile: "Queen, we have been married for a long time, and you have never returned to your parents' home."
"I want to take you back to your parents' home, see the children, and also visit my father-in-law on the way."
"What do you think, Queen?"
"ah??"
A look of astonishment finally appeared on Sima Yu's ashen face.
She didn't quite understand what the emperor meant.
Cao Mao stared at her and asked suspiciously: "Don't you miss our child?"
"Miss you."
"But"
"It's nothing, but since I miss you, let's go back together to see him. I heard that my father-in-law is seriously ill and he cares a lot about me. As his son-in-law, how can I not go and see him?"
"Well, you go back and tidy up, put on nicer clothes, put on makeup, and ask someone to prepare some gifts. Don't let your mother-in-law feel that I'm neglecting you!"
"I have to go to Zhaoyang Palace first and inform my mother."
Sima Yu was stunned for a long time before nodding.
"only."
