Yecheng.
"Mr. Yang, this piece of meat is very fat. I can't bear to eat more."
Sima Zhao placed the piece of meat in front of Yang Zong with a smile on his face, his expression was very respectful.
Yang Zong looked much worse than when he was in Yuancheng. Looking at the steaming meat in front of him, Yang Zong was speechless.
Yang Zong's embarrassment at this moment is indescribable.
At first, he followed Cao Shuang, but Cao Shuang did not listen to his advice, which led to his final defeat by Sima Yi.
Sima Yi pardoned his crime, and was later demoted to a local official by Sima Shi, staying by Cao Mao's side.
Later, Cao Mao became the emperor, and he was left by Sima Zhao.
Sima Zhao was extremely benevolent to him and did not seek any responsibility. Even when Cao Mao was at his most violent, he did not doubt whether he was colluding with Cao Mao.
After Yang Zong surrendered to Sima Zhao, he drank and drank all day without giving any advice. Sima Zhao did not blame him and treated him well as usual.
Yang Zong looked at Sima Zhao helplessly and said, "General, don't do this. I really dare not accept such kindness from you."
Sima Zhao said gently: "Mr. Yang, I know that you served as an official by His Majesty's side in the past. You are a man of great kindness. I don't want to embarrass you, so I never summoned you to participate in these matters."
"But now, the situation is a little different."
Sima Zhao frowned and said seriously: "Perhaps you don't know that the ministers took advantage of me leaving Luoyang to attack His Majesty. The people I sent to inquire about the situation never returned."
"Everyone in the city may not have contacted me for a long time."
"Du Yuankai has left here, saying that he wants to personally persuade the ministers not to cause turmoil. Now, you are the only one beside me who can make suggestions."
"What?"
Yang Zong was horrified, "Are the ministers going to attack His Majesty?"
Sima Zhao explained: "You don't know something. These traitors in the court want to kidnap the Queen Mother to cause chaos in the world. The Queen Mother is close to His Majesty, which makes the ministers extremely unhappy. His Majesty's confidants continue to attack the ministers. This time I led troops to attack the rebels, I don’t want to be an opportunity for them.”
Sima Zhao looked a little downcast, "If I had known this, I shouldn't have left Luoyang in the first place."
"If Your Majesty makes a mistake, it will be my fault!"
Yang Zong frowned. He knew that even if Sima Zhao did not tell the truth completely, he would not deceive him on such a major matter involving the emperor.
"Has the situation actually reached this point?"
Sima Zhao hurriedly informed Yang Zong of the situation analyzed by Du Yu. With the news lagging behind, even Du Yu could not correctly predict what was happening in Luoyang. Combining useful knowledge, they could guess What arrived was the confrontation between the emperor and the ministers. The ministers controlled the outside of the city, and the emperor controlled the palace.
After listening to these analyses, Yang Zong agreed in his heart.
Sima Zhao said again: "Mr. Yang, how should we solve the current situation?"
Yang Zong no longer pretended to be crazy at this moment. His whole temperament became different. He said seriously: "General, this matter cannot be delayed."
"To deal with the ministers, we must not delay. The longer the delay, the more dangerous it will be. We must take action in time before they can stand firm."
"If they occupy Luoyang, they will definitely issue an edict to the foreign generals and force us to surrender without mercy."
"I thought I could take control of Hebei's army first."
Yang Zong and Du Yu are different. When Du Yu thinks of a solution, he prefers to solve it through political means, while Yang Zong, who has experienced many wars, will choose a more brutal method.
But this method was the method that Sima Zhao admired the most.
After all, the extremely brutal method of killing the emperor in the street only happened in the hands of Sima Zhao.
When Sima Zhao heard about the army, he immediately became interested, "What do you think Duke Yang should do?"
"Although He Zeng and Chen Ben appear to be following your orders, in fact, they are both from wealthy families and are deeply involved with the courtiers, and this is especially true for their generals."
"The general wants to remove these two people from their positions while the court officials have not contacted them."
"ah??"
Sima Zhao showed an expression similar to that of An Shi. If Cao Mao were here, he would definitely exclaim, he is indeed the father of An Shi.
Sima Zhao cannot be said to be courageous, but he was still shocked when he heard Yang Zong's words.
"Mr. Yang, how can we depose Zhengbei and Zhenbei at the same time? This will cause even greater trouble. No, no!"
Sima Zhao's eyes were full of fear. People like him felt that Yang Zong's idea was too radical.
Yang Zong said seriously: "General, how critical is the situation now? All the ministers dare to take action against Your Majesty, but the general does not dare to take action against the foreign generals?!"
Sima Zhao hesitated, and said again: "But he has no friendship with me, and Chen Ben has never been rude. If I attack them, which foreign general will be willing to follow me?"
"Even if you don't take action, which generals are willing to follow you?"
"Although He Zeng is close to you, he is tactful and never wants to make his position public. He has always acted according to the prevailing situation and played both sides. If he knew that the situation was over, he would definitely jump to the side of the ministers and fight for you. enemy."
"As for Chen Ben, don't think that just because he doesn't get along with his brother Chen Qian, you can use him for your own purposes."
"There are many big clans with many brothers who are at odds with each other. The general should know in his mind whether they are really at odds with each other, or whether they appear to be at odds with each other."
"But the general now leads the four most elite battalions of the Chinese army. If we can add the Hebei army, no matter who we face, we will not be at a disadvantage. The ministers and the Chinese army will not be able to resist the general."
"No matter what kind of conspiracy it is, it is far less practical than the army in hand."
Hearing Yang Zong's words, Sima Zhao was immediately shaken.
After all, he is the younger brother of Master Sima, so he is not lacking in courage. He gritted his teeth and asked, "If you want to take action against them, for what reason?"
"It will definitely not work if you take action without any reason."
Yang Zong stroked his beard and said with a chuckle: "General, why have you ever been at odds with Chen Ben?"
"These two people couldn't suppress the generals under their command, and the two sides fought fiercely. As General Wei, you naturally have to temporarily remove these two people and let them reflect in the palace. And then during this period, um, General, what's going on around here? Rebels?"
"There is one over there in Hanoi. They previously attacked the Yang family but failed, so they robbed several powerful people in the surrounding area."
"Well, while they were reflecting, a rebellion suddenly broke out, and General Wei led his troops to go on an expedition. Everything went smoothly."
Yang Zong told his plan.
Sima Zhao glanced at him. Compared with the advisers of the new era, the strategies of these old guys are usually very crude and very courageous. They will never make small troubles. They only deal with big things and details. The handling is too poor.
However, Yang Zong's proposal was inexplicably in line with Sima Zhao's taste.
Sima Zhao immediately narrowed his eyes.
"Okay, I'll leave this matter to you."
The very next day, a captain under He Zeng met a group of men under Chen Ben. The two sides had a quarrel over the spoils of war, and then started a fight, resulting in the casualties of more than ten soldiers.
When this incident spread, it immediately caused an uproar in Hebei.
Chen Ben appeared in front of Sima Zhao angrily that day.
"General!!"
Chen Ben gritted his teeth, his eyes filled with anger.
Sima Zhao frowned, his expression equally ugly.
"General Chen, why did your people fight with General Zhengbei's people?"
Chen Ben almost broke through the defense. He gritted his teeth and said: "General, according to your instructions, I sent people to escort the prisoners of war. How dare my men dare to rob them!! And they killed my men!!"
"This is never too much! I will never forgive him!"
Sima Zhao did not speak. At this moment, another person appeared in front of Sima Zhao in a hurry.
The person who came was none other than He Zeng.
He Zeng walked in and was about to say something when he looked up and saw Chen Ben with an angry face. He looked even angrier than Chen Ben.
"Chen Ben! I didn't hold you accountable for the important things you delayed me in the past, and now you still dare to send people to attack and kill my people and seize the harvest! You are not a son of man!"
"What? I rob you? You shameless old thief!!"
The two immediately started arguing and almost started fighting in front of Sima Zhao. Sima Zhao could no longer bear it and punched the case in front of him.
"Could it be that you think it's not enough for your subordinates to kill each other, and you want to fight to the death in front of me?!"
When Sima Zhao got angry, neither of them dared to say anything more.
He Zeng lowered his head and felt slightly guilty, while Chen Ben had a straight face and was very angry.
"General He, as the general who conquers the north, why would the captain under your command do such a thing?!"
"General, Chen Ben's people made the move first."
"Don't talk nonsense!!"
"You dare to confront me?!"
"Shut up!"
Sima Zhao interrupted them again and said very unhappily: "I already know about this matter. The two of you are at odds, which has caused a fight among your subordinates. It is a troubled time at present. How can we allow the army to be in such chaos? Where is the cultivation situation?!"
"From today on, both of you will return to my house to reflect. Wait until you understand your mistakes and are willing to make peace, and then come out to lead the army!"
"Get out of here!!"
Sima Zhao waved his hand, and soldiers immediately rushed behind the two of them. Both of them looked a little unconvinced, but they still walked out with their heads lowered.
When Sima Zhao saw the two people leaving, he breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly summoned his subordinates.
And these two people just walked out of Sima Zhao's mansion. Their carriages, one on the left and one on the right, stopped here.
The two came to their respective carriages and immediately looked at each other.
At this moment, there was no anger or hostility in their eyes.
Just some bitterness, the pain of being in the same boat.
