At this moment, Sima Zhao was like a good girl who was forced to sell herself.
His expression was complicated, containing despair, fear, and embarrassment.
He was just pulled by Cao Mao in front of the officials. Facing the gazes of the officials, he just lowered his head and could not say a word.
Cao Mao was very enthusiastic and immediately announced a reward for the Hebei army that suppressed the rebellion, and then took Sima Zhao to talk to several ministers.
"Mr. Xun, after I left, is the situation in the temple okay?"
Xun Yi hurriedly forced out a smile and said, "It's okay, it's okay. Thanks to His Majesty Hongfu, everything is fine."
"That's good. The rebellion in Hebei has been put down. I have nothing to worry about now."
Cao Mao chatted with the ministers and then entered Luoyang City.
After getting in the car again and arriving all the way to the palace, Cao Mao simply held a court meeting in the Taiji Hall.
This is the second time Cao Mao has held a court meeting.
Sima Zhao was sitting among the officials, and many generals were also present.
Cao Mao sat in the upper position, looking very majestic, and the ministers sat on both sides, respectful.
Now, Cao Mao can finally raise his head and say that he has defeated the Sima family.
Although there is still a long time before the final victory, from today on, he no longer has to worry about his life. He defeated the seemingly unshakable mountain and became the true emperor of Cao Wei.
Cao Mao immediately issued several edicts and rewarded the soldiers who had made meritorious service this time.
Immediately afterwards, He Zeng and Chen Bengao were promoted to the temple.
He Zeng was assigned to the Shangshu Desk again, while Chen Ben was directly assigned to the Zhongshu Desk.
Yang Hulai took over the position of General Zhenbei.
The general to conquer the north has not yet been established.
Listening to these transfers, the ministers were very dissatisfied with the behavior of those two people jumping out of thin air to fight for Shangshu and Zhongshu, but they were also helpless.
On the contrary, they didn't have much objection to Yang Hu's appointment as the general of Zhenbei.
Cao Mao knew that after the current appointment, the tolerance of the temple officials towards him had probably reached an extreme point. If someone took the lead, he would face a situation like Master Sima next.
The ministers have controlled personnel power for a long time. He repeatedly skipped the ministers to make appointments and announced the results directly, which naturally caused the dissatisfaction of many ministers.
Cao Mao then said seriously: "Because of the incident of the traitor Gao Rou, there are many vacancies in the temple. Mr. Xun, the Chancellor should try his best to come up with a list of officials who can be appointed as soon as possible to fill these positions as soon as possible!"
Hearing the emperor's words, Xun Yi's eyes lit up, and for some reason, he was very moved.
It's not easy. The emperor finally remembered to ask us about these things.
The ministers looked at each other a few times at this moment. Well, let's wait until the appointment is completed.
At this moment, Ting Wei Chen Qian suddenly stood up.
"Your Majesty, I have something to report!"
"oh?"
"What's the matter?"
The ministers suddenly became nervous. Will Wang Xiang's matter finally be discussed in the court meeting?
They hurriedly made preparations.
Chen Qian said, "Your Majesty, I have previously accepted Lu Xun's impeachment case against Ting Wei."
"After sending someone to investigate, we learned that Lu Xun was bribed to frame Tingwei. Many beauties were found in his house, and a large amount of money. He couldn't tell where it came from."
"After interrogating his domestic slaves, I learned that this man colluded with the former school captain Feng Yu and came to frame Lieutenant Ting!"
"I have sent people to capture Feng You. He has admitted his actions! He also has many accomplices. These people were dismissed because of Gao Rou's incident. Therefore, they had evil intentions and bribed Lu Xun to frame Tingwei in vain. Use this to do evil!”
Chen Qian spoke quickly and at the same time took out many crimes from his body.
At this moment, the officials were shocked again.
Whether it's the emperor or Chen Qian, they always seem to play their cards out of the box. Everyone thinks that Chen Qian is busy with Wang Su's affairs. Unexpectedly, he has been secretly investigating Lu Xun's affairs. .
If Chen Qian hadn't mentioned it himself, the officials would have almost forgotten about this matter.
Cao Mao frowned, looked through the charges, and said angrily: "These people have violated the law, which is really hateful! Ting Wei can handle them according to the law!"
"only!!"
Chen Qian took the order.
The ministers really had no excuse to fight back. At this moment, one minister, Yuan Liang, couldn't help but said: "Your Majesty! I thought that since someone sued Tingwei, it should be handled by Yushitai. How could Tingwei handle it by himself? "
"I'm afraid that this will arouse criticism from people all over the world. Feng Zuo is a hero, and Lu Xun is a famous person."
Cao Mao did not refuse and looked at Zheng Chong.
"Mr. Zheng, I'd like to trouble you to resolve this matter."
it's me again? ?
Zheng Chong was silent for a moment, then stood up to take the order.
Yuan Liang is the son of Minister Yuan Ba. He is a world-famous scholar. He served as the Yin of Henan and later entered the Chancellery. He is usually a very low-key person. I don't know why, but he is so eager to jump out at this moment.
Cao Mao was thoughtful, but didn't point it out.
Then Cao Mao just talked about the theme of this court meeting.
Jiang Wei is here! !
Sure enough, when they learned that Jiang Wei was launching another attack, even these scheming ministers united in an instant, cursed Jiang Wei one after another, and then began to discuss how to repel Jiang Wei's intruders.
Cao Mao said seriously: "In the past, when Jiang Wei attacked again and again, we only passively defended because we didn't want to cause too many casualties. But this person has repeatedly attacked, obviously he doesn't take Wei seriously! !”
"I will never let him leave calmly this time!!"
"General Sima and Duke Chen have delayed him at the border fortress. I am going to go to Chang'an in person and use the Chinese army to launch an attack so that Jiang Wei does not dare to invade easily again!!"
"It should have been so!"
Xia Houxian stood up immediately and expressed his absolute support.
Many generals in the court were also eager to try and make meritorious deeds.
But Wenchen's face looked a little ugly.
The ministers of Cao Wei were very noble. How noble were they? They are all a bunch of pacifists.
Under the premise that Cao Wei had an absolute advantage over Shu and Wu, the ministers had always been opposed to taking the initiative and even opposed wars of conquest.
Sima Zhao wanted to send troops to Shu, but he encountered civil and military opposition from the Manchu Dynasty.
This was even more true later when Sima Yan wanted to send troops to the state of Wu.
The first question is what should not be acted rashly, what war is the most important thing, and we need to discuss it in detail.
Sure enough, just as Cao Mao thought, as soon as Cao Mao opened his mouth, all the ministers stood up to object.
The wave of opposition was so great that almost all ministers except the generals chose to oppose it, including Cao Mao's own confidants.
The ministers agreed to defeat Jiang Wei, but did not agree to use troops against Shu.
When all the ministers of the dynasty stood in opposition, not to mention Cao Mao, even Sima Shi had no choice.
Cao Mao suddenly realized how Sima Zhao felt later. He did not rush to get the ministers to agree, but ended the meeting in the name of continuing the negotiation.
When the court meeting ended, Pei Xiu walked out of the palace expressionlessly.
The young emperor wanted to establish his authority through Jiang Wei, and also wanted to control Yongliang's army.
Now that the emperor is becoming more and more powerful, and he has just defeated Sima Zhao and subdued the Hebei army, the officials will soon understand that with the emperor's current vigor, it is really hard to say whether the officials can stop him. ah.
Just when Pei Xiu was sighing, someone suddenly stood in front of Pei Xiu.
"Hahaha, Ji Yan."
The person standing in front of Pei Xiu was Guo Zhang.
When Pei Xiu saw him, he also bowed and bowed.
Pei Xiu was related to Zhong Hui, and he was also related to Guo Zhang. His wife was the Guo family of Taiyuan, the daughter of Guo Huai's younger brother Guo Pei. He and Guo Zhang were truly in-laws.
Guo Zhang took his hand and said enthusiastically: "I haven't visited your home for a long time. Why don't we go for a walk together today?"
Facing her relatives, Pei Xiu did not resist, and the two of them walked along like this.
Guo Zhang first talked about some common things, and when there were not many outsiders around him, Guo Zhang finally said: "Ji Yan, your Majesty has reached the age of studying. He has begun to govern himself, but he has no family, and all the ministers are I thought something was wrong.”
"We are all worried about His Majesty. How can there be no one around to take care of His Majesty?"
"Look, there is a girl in my clan who is about the same age as your Majesty. She is a virtuous person. I am willing to promise this girl to your Majesty. You are your majesty's confidant. Do you think this can be done?"
Pei Xiu glanced at him and asked, "Is it because of Sima Zhao's return?"
Guo Zhang was at a loss for words and hurriedly explained: "The ministers are like this, but I am not. I have had this idea for a long time. Besides, we are all relatives. This matter is not a bad thing for us. We can all benefit. "Profitable"
Pei Xiu said seriously: "I see, your idea is very good, but you said it a little late."
"Ah?? What does Ji Yan mean??"
"Your Majesty's family already has a candidate."
"You mean a girl from the Sima family? This is not in line with etiquette!!"
Pei Xiu shook her head quickly, "That's not the case. She is not a woman from the Sima family."
Guo Zhang was furious, "Whose girl is that?! Who is it? How could he do it so quickly? Do you want to use your daughter to get promoted? How shameless?!"
"It's from my family."
"yes"
"Ji Yan? Don't tell me a joke."
Guo Zhang's face suddenly turned cold.
Pei Xiu smiled and said: "Don't worry, we are all relatives. It is not a bad thing for us if a girl from my family marries your Majesty. We can all benefit."
Guo Zhang snorted coldly, waved his sleeves, turned around and left.
Pei Xiu watched the other party leave with a smile, then shook her head disdainfully.
What's for His Majesty's sake? What kind of relatives? They're just a bunch of selfish villains.
However, what Guo Zhang said cannot be taken lightly.
Your Majesty must be informed as soon as possible.
