In the past, when ministers came to visit, they would go in one by one, or choose a leader to go in, while the others waited outside.
This is because Emperor Wen once issued an order not to allow the harem to interfere in the government affairs.
Officials still had to abide by these rules on the surface, so they did not dare to come together to pay homage.
Externally, it was said that the ministers asked the Queen Mother to see it, rather than the Queen Mother participating in government affairs.
This is also the reason why the ministers are willing to support the Queen Mother. The Queen Mother's edict is effective today because the emperor is young. The ministers can reasonably let the Queen Mother's edict not be effective because Emperor Wen has an edict.
But now, they no longer care about Emperor Wen's edict.
The ministers knelt down in front of the Queen Mother, all looking frightened. Some were still crying, while others had cold expressions.
Seeing such a scene, the Queen Mother was immediately frightened.
Not to mention the Queen Mother, Cao Mao was also shocked at this moment.
What's going on? Aren't these all the big guys in the Secretariat? ?
Xun Yi was the first to raise his head and said in a hoarse voice: "Queen Mother! Rebellions have broken out all over the world!!"
Xun Yi slowly told what happened today. Although he did not explain the reason clearly, he also told in detail what Deng Ai had told him in the letter.
Queen Mother Guo's face was pale and she sat slumped in the upper position, trembling.
Cao Mao also looked a little dull at the moment.
When Xun Yi opened his mouth, Cao Mao concluded that this was done by Master Sima.
He was different from other ministers. Although Sima Shi had been seriously ill since the court meeting, and he lay in his house all day without going out. He could not even get up or leave the bed. However, Cao Mao was still very wary of Sima Shi and always felt that Sima Shi What is being done in secret.
When he learned about the rebellion in Hebei, the first thing he thought of was that Sima Shi used Wang Yuan's previous incident to cause trouble.
After all, the banner raised by the rebels in Hebei this time, in addition to injustice in the temple, was to attack Sima Shi and clear the emperor.
This is the same banner that Wang Yuan and the others set out back then.
Then Cao Mao began to use this result to reverse Sima Division's deployment.
First of all, Sima Shi may have made preparations before the court meeting.
Because Master Sima knew what Lu Yu wanted to raise very early, but Master Sima did not respond in any way after knowing it, and did not even go to chat with Lu Yu.
Shortly after that, Zhonghui disappeared for a while.
So far, no one knows what Zhong Hui did at that time. They just say that Zhong Hui went to the Chinese Army.
Then, Master Sima probably started to make deployments after learning about Lu Yu's ideas. He didn't know that the ministers would attack, but he was still prepared for the response. The response preparations at that time may not be so intense, and he made adjustments later. of.
So it is very likely that Zhong Hui is responsible for the deployment of this matter.
Therefore, when Master Sima was seriously ill, there were many insiders in the government, and he did not even go out to meet with ministers a few times, he could still continue to prepare activities and change responses, because he was not the person in charge.
It wasn't until Lu Yu started working hard at the chancellery that Zhong Hui outside began to adjust his strategy and thought of plowing the land fundamentally.
That's right, what Master Sima did was plowing the ground.
He directly plowed the entire wealthy families in Hebei. Even those who survived suffered heavy casualties. Although there were rebellions in the Central Plains, the scale was far less than that in Hebei. Only a few wealthy families were affected, so it can't be said that it was here. Plowing the ground, just giving a blow, killing a powerful person or something.
But can Master Sima accomplish such a thing? ?
If he only relies on the dead soldiers in his hands, it will definitely not work.
But if there are generals from various places, it's hard to say.
In the four towns of Sizheng, people like He Zeng, Hu Zun, and Wang Chang were all very close to the Sima family.
Needless to say, there is no need to say much about the state governors. Except for a few, the rest of the state governors are almost all personally arranged by the Sima family.
Sima Shi's dead soldiers are taking the lead, and these generals are supporting them. The rich and powerful people have no ability to resist?
You mean their slaves and private soldiers?
Well, the Lu family's fortress was opened from the inside.
Cao Mao's thoughts were a little confused at the moment, but he already had an idea of Master Sima's back-up plan.
Master Sima jumped out of the temple and took action in the local area, directly destroying the foundations of the big families, burning their farmland, killing their clansmen, and turning the family into a family.
What a ruthless person! !
Until now, it is difficult for the ministers to even suspect Sima Division. They watched Sima Division fall seriously ill and then die, and Sima Division did not have the ability to set off so many rebellions in Hebei. As for the generals who helped Sima Division , then it has only been a few days since Lu Yu took charge of Shangshutai. How long will it take for Sima Shi's orders to be transmitted to Youzhou?
At this moment, Cao Mao suddenly understood what Sima Shizeng had asked: Who do you think is better to defeat Lu Yu or Gao Rou?
"My son! My son!!"
Queen Mother Guo's exclamation interrupted Cao Mao's thinking, and Cao Mao looked at her blankly.
Queen Mother Guo was in a state of chaos at the moment. She fixed her eyes on Cao Mao. She obviously wanted her son to give her an idea. She had never faced such a situation before. There were rebellions all over the country. When she heard these words, she was almost frightened to death. All the officials seemed to be looking at her, as if they wanted her to resolve the matter.
Although Queen Mother Guo liked the feeling of being taken seriously, the attention was too much, and Queen Mother Guo did not dare to do so.
How did she know what to do? ?
Cao Mao stood up at this moment and frowned, "Such a big thing happened in the temple. Is it possible that there are no capable people among the ministers? You want my mother to solve this matter?!"
Xunyi looked at the young emperor and said helplessly: "Your Majesty, Shangshu Ling is ill, the general has died of illness, and traitors are everywhere. We"
"alright!"
Cao Mao interrupted him and said sternly: "Go find Mr. Situ!"
"Let Mr. Situ come forward and put down this rebellion!!"
Xun Yi quickly said yes and left with his ministers.
Xunyi originally wanted to fight for power through this incident, but when he learned that the incident had affected his hometown, he couldn't sit still. Now is not the time to fight for power. If the fight continues, his clan may all Disaster!
After the ministers left, Queen Mother Guo looked at Cao Mao, and she almost cried.
"My son"
"Don't be afraid, mother!"
Cao Mao no longer pretended to be soft at this moment. He knew that the Queen Mother was an extremely insecure person and could not let her collapse at the moment.
"The ministers just said it was serious and wanted you to take it more seriously."
"He Zeng was very famous, but it was because of his filial piety. He had not made any merits himself, nor had he established any military exploits. Most of the troops under his command were made up of children from aristocratic families as generals, because there was no war there. They’re all in the past.”
"He failed to put down the rebellion in time, so he deliberately exaggerated the number of rebels. How could there be 100,000 rebels in Hebei?!"
"If there were really 100,000 thieves, He Zeng would have lost his official position and run back to Luoyang!"
Although Cao Mao's words were to appease the Queen Mother, he also told the truth. He Zeng was a man with certain talents in politics, good at building momentum, and good at analysis and calculation, but if you said that he led troops to fight, forget it.
Sima Master didn't have any good comments about him. Sima Zhao liked him very much and never praised him for his greatness. On the contrary, Sima Yan had been praising him in various ways. Well, Sima Yan was not surprised.
He believed that Sima Division could start a rebellion, but he didn't believe that Sima Division could start a rebellion of 100,000 people. If Sima Division had that ability, would he still need to use this method?
Seeing the relief on Cao Mao's face, Queen Mother Guo finally breathed a sigh of relief, "Is that so?"
"It's like this. This is not the end of the Han Dynasty. The generals of the four towns are armed with heavy troops and are stationed in various places. There are also many soldiers in the local counties. How can these rebels be allowed to cause trouble?"
"The ministers are just temporarily distracted. These rebellions will soon be quelled. You see, even Deng Ai in Yanzhou can be quelled easily, let alone those in other places?"
Queen Mother Guo finally relaxed and cursed: "From what Xunyi said, it seems that the Wei Dynasty is about to perish!"
Cao Mao comforted her a few more words, and waited until Empress Dowager Guo completely calmed down before leaving Zhaoyang Palace.
After walking out of Zhaoyang Hall, Cao Mao's face became very ugly.
He didn't like Sima Shi's behavior. These powerful clans indeed deserved to be killed, but not in this way.
An uprising of this scale would cost many lives and destroy many families.
Although he learned that the Lu family was wiped out, Cao Mao did not feel any joy in his heart. He was thinking about how many innocent people in Hebei would suffer from the war.
When Cao Mao returned to the west hall, there was a person waiting at the door.
This person is none other than Zhong Hui.
Cao Mao even saw some pride in his eyes.
"Shi Ji"
Cao Mao followed him into the hall, and the two sat facing each other.
"Shi Ji has done a great job."
As soon as the two sat down, Cao Mao couldn't help but speak.
Zhong Hui immediately laughed, "As expected of the Holy King, Your Majesty, you are not worried now, are you? After this chaos, the great families have suffered heavy losses. Those great families that came forward were basically defeated and lost their foundation. Don’t you want to benefit your tribe? Well, just kill their tribesmen and see who else they can benefit!”
"Hahaha, the land, food, and wealth they have snatched from the people through various despicable means over the years have all been lost to the wealthy families, but that's all!"
Zhong Hui completely ignored his identity as a top wealthy family, and his words were full of disdain for them.
Cao Mao squinted his eyes, "Shiji, do you think, if I can see it, will the ministers in the temple also be able to see it?"
Zhong Hui nodded, "When things calm down, they will definitely realize that something is wrong."
"How does Na Shiji decide to deal with it?"
"I am your Majesty's minister. Will your Majesty just watch me being killed by the rich?"
"Your Majesty can only suppress the ministers by joining forces with General Xi Jinping!"
