"If this continues! I, the Wei Dynasty, will perish in the hands of these villains!"
In the Chancery, several ministers were sitting here with extremely solemn expressions.
They saw Cao Mao's many recent appointments and policies, and they were angry in their hearts.
Although their current position was promoted by Cao Mao, the emperor's behavior is becoming increasingly intolerable to them.
Zhuge Dan became a Taiwei, and the officials were already dissatisfied, and Wang Su became a Situ immediately afterwards.
This completely angered many ministers in Shangshutai.
In fact, this is not a simple dispute between the three princes. Although it is the three princes, their Shangshutai is the actual institution that governs the world after all.
Theirs was actually a factional fight. Both Zhuge Dan and Wang Su were recognized by the ministers at Shangshutai as belonging to the Sima family's faction.
Because these two families have a marriage relationship with Sima Zhao, and Wang Chang is similar.
His grandson married Sima Zhao's daughter.
Cao Mao's coup reshuffled the forces in the DPRK, and the imperial faction headed by Xun emerged.
Although the faction led by Xun is called the Imperial Faction, it is actually a faction supported by Cao Mao himself, but it is not a faction loyal to the emperor at all. In fact, they should be called the Deli Family Faction. After they lost their leader, they quickly formed a group. The purpose is to prevent being exploded by the emperor at a single point.
They were eager to redefine the rules so that their interests would not be trampled upon, and the emperor's many policies only accelerated the cooperation of this interest group.
Those who opposed them were the former close ministers of the Sima family, or in other words, ministers who did not benefit from the coup.
Because these people did not directly benefit from the coup, they need to follow the emperor at this moment in order to gain benefits.
Wang Su is like this, Zhuge Dan is like this, including Chen Qian, Zheng Miao and others.
There is also a group of people who should be called the coup faction. They directly participated in the coup, supported the emperor from beginning to end, and benefited from it.
They are represented by Hua Biao in the court and Guanqiu Jian outside.
These three major factions, plus the neutral observers headed by Zheng Chong, formed the power structure of the temple today.
But now Cao Mao's strong support for the Sima faction makes the Imperial faction extremely dissatisfied.
Xun dared to summon several ministers directly at the Chancellor's Desk without any cover-up. In fact, it was because their anger had reached a peak.
They don't want to continue to back down. If they give in again now, then those in power will become the Sima faction in the future. What should they do?
Xun looked at the people in front of him and said angrily: "What talents does Wang Su have to serve as Situ?"
"For the sake of his own title, he refused to fight for Xia Houzheng. When the temple was in turmoil, he abandoned his position and left, but now he wants to come back??"
"The same goes for Zhuge Dan!"
"Wang Su can be Tai Chang, but he cannot be Situ. Zhuge Dan can be a guard, but he is not enough to be a Taiwei!"
Xun said loudly.
At this moment, several ministers around him became somewhat silent.
Cui Zan said helplessly: "Mr.
They are just a group of people who have not been liquidated. Gao Rou's rebellion can completely involve any of them. This is also an important reason why they have always backed down.
Guo Zhang couldn't help but said: "The rebellion should be resolved!"
"Now that the verdict on Gao Rou's matter has been made, it should be over. No matter who is impeached by this matter again in the future, we will file a letter together!"
Cui Zan shook his head. Among these people, he and Cao Mao were relatively close.
He said seriously: "Everyone, things are different now. The reason why all the ministers were able to submit the letter together was because Gao Rou and others kept running around at that time, which made the ministers work together, so Sima Shi did not dare to refute. "
"But now, the ministers are divided, they don't trust each other, and they can't conspire in private. How can they work together to accomplish great things?"
"I thought that we should not pay too much attention to their affairs. All His Majesty wants is the balance of the temple. He will not help those people to suppress us too much."
Yuan Liang shook his head, he had a different opinion.
"I think now is the time to unite the ministers."
"When Wang Su comes to power, the ministers must be frightened, and many of the previous reforms have now stalled, and the Tingwei incident has caused a lot of commotion. If we start with these three things, we will definitely gain something."
Xun looked at everyone and pondered for a long time before making a decision.
"It can be done, but it must be hidden."
"In addition, this matter is related to the ministers in the temple and the safety of the world. If someone betrays his colleagues for his own selfish desires, everyone will definitely not tolerate it!"
Xun said a few words and asked them to leave.
Cui Zan was the first to walk out of here, his eyes full of helplessness. Xun even didn't fully trust these people in the Chancery, and he actually wanted to summon the ministers to put pressure on the emperor?
You may be thinking too much.
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However, His Majesty is indeed a little too anxious when doing things. One step after another, and it is normal for the ministers to have such reactions.
But what should I do?
Cui Zan was a little entangled at the moment. He had always wanted to follow His Majesty, but he was unable to distinguish between himself and his ministers.
If you betray your ministers and join the emperor, you will offend the noble families to death. You will definitely be hated by everyone, and you will not be able to live in peace even if you die, and you will not be given a good posthumous title.
Who would dare to do such a risky behavior?
What Cui Zan didn't know was that after he left, several ministers went around in a circle and appeared in the Xun Mansion again.
Xun looked at everyone and said with a sneer: "That Cui Zan is secretly colluding with His Majesty. Those words just now were all spoken to him!"
"This person cannot be trusted easily!"
Several ministers nodded.
Xun then said: "The words here will only reach the ears of a few of us, and we will convey them to our confidants. They must not be spread to outsiders!"
"Especially the people around His Majesty, his confidants, we must not let them know!"
"The key to breaking the situation now actually lies with Master Sima."
"Your Majesty, this is the specific situation!"
"These thieves have long wanted to collude to do evil to His Majesty. This time Feng Fu found me, and I pretended to support them and found out a lot of information!"
"I also learned that the ministers have been in constant contact recently. They have mentioned in private many times that your majesty regards the prince as his disciple. They are very unhappy. They are also trying to jointly submit a letter again to treat your majesty like a general. !!”
"What's more, he thinks that the general's behavior in deposing the emperor in the past was like trying to usurp the throne, and his clan and power should be wiped out!"
"Your Majesty, these people are really hateful. After hearing these words, I was extremely angry. How could the general be treason? He is devoted to the country! How can he let these people slander?!"
He Zeng knelt down and sat next to Cao Mao, talking endlessly about the conspiracies of the ministers.
He looked very excited and his face turned red.
Cao Mao stared at him with a faint smile in his eyes.
He Zeng cleared his throat and said quickly: "In short, the general's affairs must be decided by your majesty, and these people cannot interfere!"
"Your Majesty, I am loyal to you. After learning about these things, I came to report to you first. I think it is false that these people want to slander the general. They want to deny that you are true! They want to get rid of you. The confidants around you can control the temple by yourself!"
Cao Mao did not interrupt He Zeng, and just listened to what He Zeng kept saying.
When He Zeng's words were all dry, Cao Maofang asked, "How did Mr. He know about such a confidential matter?"
"Those people let it slip!"
Cao Mao shook his head.
"He Gong's talent can be hidden from others, but he cannot hide it from me. He Gong has deceived the information from them, right?"
He Zeng looked at the emperor blankly, and then nodded quickly, "Yes, yes, yes, that's it!"
Cao Mao looked at He Zeng who was still pretending, but did not point him out again.
No wonder the ministers want to give you a posthumous title with an ugly character. No wonder you deigned to act like a dog for Jia. You really have no moral threshold at all. Something happened to your friend's son and he came to ask you for help. It doesn't matter whether you help or not. , If you try to trick others, you will turn around and betray them.
To be honest, although this person was useful to Cao Mao, Cao Mao didn't like him at all.
This man is so shameless.
An Shi gave you a single word of filial piety, so you shouldn’t change it!
He Zeng's posthumous title was initially "filial piety". An Shi thought this posthumous title was very good. In fact, this posthumous title was somewhat humiliating. During the Jin Dynasty, the country was governed by filial piety. If the word "filial piety" was followed by the word "filial piety", it would be really extraordinary. But you It would be too embarrassing if it were a separate word for filial piety.
It probably means that this is a person.
As one of the many cronies of An Shirenren, He Zeng's moral standards fluctuated. Sometimes he was a filial son and a humble gentleman. Waving the flag to cheer
At this moment, Cao Mao decided to keep him first. Although this person was shameless, he could see the situation clearly. He knew who would be more beneficial to him. He didn't even have the moral integrity of a wealthy family at all. He was the opposite of Zhuge Dan. , an absolute egoist, he may not even care much about his own children.
This can be seen from the fact that when he was about to die, he told a few children that there would be a big disaster in the future.
"How do you think these people should be dealt with?"
He Zeng stood up in a hurry and said, "Your Majesty, I am willing to take care of this matter. I have never been willing to associate with these traitors. Today they want to collude to humiliate Your Majesty. I am willing to get rid of these traitors for you!!!"
"If we get rid of them, who will govern the world?"
"Whoever your Majesty says will govern, then let him govern!"
"Okay, then go ahead and do it."
He Zeng looked at the emperor's half-smiling face and always felt inexplicably uneasy, but the big words had already been spoken, and naturally there was no possibility of swallowing them, so he immediately bowed and accepted the order.
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