Cao Mao took Zhuge Dan's hand and looked at Sima Zhao standing aside.
"General Wei, the person who can solve your problem has arrived!"
If it weren't for Cao Mao's previous words, Sima Zhao would have said something to him. But now, Sima Zhao is already notorious among the officials. He did all the things that displeased the officials, and he still did it. Sima Zhao scolded him mercilessly and looked away.
Okay, my troubles and the people I call are all my fault!
Zhuge Dan glanced at Sima Zhao, with a somewhat wary look in his eyes. Zhuge Dan had a very good relationship with Sima Zhao. They were both celebrities in the same circle, and they were both targets of attacks by Emperor Ming.
But his relationship with Sima Zhao is not that close, mainly because Sima Zhao does not know how to win over different people like his brother. Sima Zhao always feels that he can win over everyone through money and official titles. People, even when facing these distinguished celebrities, he still uses the same method to win over Jia Chong.
In Sima Zhao's view, this was a favor he was showing, but in the eyes of these people, it was a naked humiliation.
To put it simply, Sima Zhao was too direct. Some things had to be detoured a little, and the celebrity's face could not be ripped off.
Sima Zhao suffered many hardships in his life, but he never changed this bad habit.
Cao Mao quickly explained: "General, you don't know something. Jiang Wei's men invaded Yongliang, and I ordered to stock up on food and grass. Who knew that the food and grass were already in deficit before they were set out? General Wei told me that this Things have become routine in the military.”
"I asked everyone who could solve this matter for me."
“Everyone says you’re the only one who can do it!”
After hearing these words, Zhuge Dan's face became much less wary, but the ministers around him had stern expressions and said nothing. They knew that His Majesty was going to attack the army next, but in this world , who dares to say that he is clean?
Just say that the sanctimonious Zhuge Dan in front of him is clean?
In fact, he is the most corrupt among many military leaders!
But what Zhuge Dan was greedy for was not money and food, but fame. He openly used temple rewards and salaries to support his cronies and improve the treatment of the generals and soldiers who were close to him. In this way, he gained a wise man who loved his soldiers. Name, how can this not be greedy for ink?
Although he did not put the food and supplies in his pocket, he still used these things to do his own things.
How is he better than those people?
But Zhuge Dan obviously didn't think so. He said seriously: "Please rest assured, Your Majesty, I am here in a hurry this time just for this matter. As long as I am still here, I will never let Your Majesty be insulted by the traitor!!" "
The ministers even sneered, when Master Sima insulted the emperor, why didn't you stand up?
Cao Mao was very moved and held his hand. He was speechless for a long time.
Cao Mao immediately invited Zhuge Dan to get into his car, but Zhuge Dan naturally refused hastily. After the two of them pulled for a long time, Cao Mao took Zhuge Dan into the car and drove toward the palace in a grand way.
Cao Mao gave Zhuge Dan all the respect and fame he needed, and it was abundant.
Cao Mao held a banquet in the palace to entertain Zhuge Dan. Zhuge Dan sat next to Cao Mao, and the officials sat on both sides.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Cao Mao publicly worshiped Zhuge Dan as Taiwei.
This is already an exceptional promotion. Even for the Three Dukes, there is a hierarchy. Generally speaking, they are promoted to Sikong first, and then from Sikong to Lieutenant, or from Situ to Zhuge Dan, who directly jumps to Lieutenant. That is simply huge. favor.
Zhuge Dan burst into tears and repeatedly expressed that he would never let down His Majesty.
The banquet on this day was very lively, everyone was smiling, and even Sima Zhao looked very happy at the moment.
But beneath such enthusiastic smiling faces, no one knows what kind of ugly plan is hidden.
Just when the banquet was over, Zhang Hua rushed into the Tai Chi Hall in a hurry.
"Your Majesty!! Something big happened!!"
Cao Mao was stunned for a moment, then asked: "There was a fire in Taicang?"
Zhang Hua was stunned and speechless.
Cao Mao sighed.
"As expected."
"Mao Xian, please don't look at me like this. I went crazy and burned my own granary. When I asked Sima Yan to conduct a thorough investigation, I thought this would happen."
"This method is very crude, but it is also very useful."
Zhang Hua hesitated, "What about this matter?"
"Go and inform the Taiwei. As soon as the Taiwei arrived, the thieves started to set fire. This is obviously a provocation to the Taiwei. It depends on how the Taiwei solves the problem."
Zhang Hua hesitated to speak. It seems that Taicang is not under the control of the Taiwei, right?
However, since His Majesty has spoken, it must be the Taiwei who is in charge.
Zhang Hua left the place in a hurry, and a fierce look flashed in Cao Mao's eyes. These thieves regarded my banquet as an alibi, right? ?
No wonder you are smiling so happily. Are you threatening me?
"His Majesty!!!"
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At this moment, Sima Yan burst into the palace disheveled. He looked quite embarrassed, covered in black, and no longer looked as handsome as before.
When he saw Cao Mao, he almost cried.
"Your Majesty, I destroyed Taicang because of me."
"An Shi, don't be afraid."
"Come, tell me in detail, what happened?"
Seeing that Sima Yan was still trembling, Cao Mao asked him to bring some tea and let him drink it first.
Sima Yan calmed down for a long time, his face was extremely guilty, "Your Majesty, I was always unable to investigate before. This time, I finally had the opportunity to go in, so I led the people in. Because the opportunity is rare, I have found out since the morning At night, I used torches to light up my calculations and records. At that time, the officials persuaded me."
"They said it's not easy to use torches in Taicang because they were worried about a fire. I didn't think so. Unexpectedly, a fire actually broke out later."
Sima Yan was too embarrassed to look at Cao Mao at this moment.
This is the first time His Majesty has asked me to do a big thing. Even a small matter like investigating the granary, I couldn't do it well. I went to investigate the grain reserves and burned Taicang. This is simply unprecedented and unprecedented. This incident appeared in In the history books, people can laugh at people after death.
My reputation, future, and even reputation in history books were all ruined.
I also failed to live up to His Majesty's high expectations.
Sima Yan became more and more desperate as he thought about it, and his hands were trembling.
Cao Mao listened to him calmly and then laughed.
Sima Yan looked at Cao Mao in front of him in disbelief, "How can you still laugh about this?!"
Cao Mao shook his head, "Don't be afraid, you didn't burn the granary."
"How could it be such a coincidence that you couldn't get in before, but you were able to get in as soon as the captain arrived? Others just advised you not to use the torch, but it caught fire as soon as you used it? How many people did you bring? Besides, I'm here There were no fire clouds in the distance anywhere, indicating that the fire was not big at all.”
Sima Yan was shocked, "I didn't release it?? Who is that?"
"Of course it's the people who don't want you to check."
"Let me ask you, who has spoken to you after this incident?"
"The officials in Taicang have all told me. They said: I can hide this matter from you and not let the officials know about it, but as officials, we cannot deceive Your Majesty. They hope that I will tell you the truth."
Cao Mao sneered, "You are a drunkard with high ambitions and low hands. You are extremely stupid. How dare you look down on me like this?"
He slowly looked at Sima Yan, "An Shi, do you now know why I dismissed those people?"
"I told you before that this matter is no less difficult than killing Liu Chan. Why? It's because there are all these deceitful thieves in the court. They collude with each other and work together."
"The taxation of the temple is unknown, and the expenditure is even more so. They eat the world's taxes, and they also eat the expenditures on various governments. Each one of them is richest in the world. Their family's farmland and property are incalculable, they have countless cattle and sheep, and their servants alone are There are tens of thousands, tens of thousands of slaves, thousands of miles of cultivated land, and even the feudal princes may not have such food and towns!!!"
“Taicang is the top priority!”
"Look at the people who worked as farmers in the past. Which one is not the richest in the world?"
Sima Yan thought for a while and suddenly looked at Cao Mao, "Yes, cough."
Cao Mao looked at Sima Yan who was hesitant to speak and said, "I know what you want to say. My ancestors also served as agricultural workers, and later paid 100 million yuan to buy Taiwei."
"There's nothing to hide."
"But this kind of thing must never happen again in the future!"
Cao Mao said very seriously, and Sima Yan finally breathed a sigh of relief. It turned out that it was not his fault?
Cao Mao said again: "You said before that it was a pity that if you didn't get rid of these people, this would be the end. They didn't burn you to death together because of your clan. If someone else had gone there, they would have been killed by now. Killed."
Sima Yan finally fell silent. He seemed to realize that he had thought of all these things too simply.
He thought that such a matter could be solved with just one sentence, but if it didn't work, just arrange for a good secretary to solve it.
But this is the case from top to bottom. If we completely replace the entire agricultural department, it probably won't make any difference, right?
Sima Yan stroked his chin and unconsciously imitated Cao Mao's actions, "Then what should we do?"
"You don't have to worry about it. This matter can only be changed step by step."
"Next, you should stop reading those books. Come here every day to obey my orders. Follow Zhang Hua and others to increase your experience and experience so that you can be entrusted with big responsibilities in the future."
"only!!"
Sima Yan saluted, and then said: "By the way, Your Majesty, General He's son Shao has been with me this time. Among my many friends, he is the only one who is willing to help me solve major problems, but he dare not Follow me to meet you. I think this person can be reused."
"Don't pay too much attention to his things, just do your own thing!"
"only!!"
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