Chapter 183 join forces
With the successive good news from the Qingzhou battlefield, Gongsun Xiuke has never been idle. As the king of a country, he naturally cannot lead the imperial throne in person every time. What should be handed over to his subordinates, but he still has to hand over to his subordinates.
He understood that the good news on the battlefields of all sizes not only encouraged Yan State to win the hearts of the army and the people, but also shrank the morale of Wei State. In his opinion, Cao Shuang faced a relatively huge controversy.
After all, his sudden rise to power, becoming the Minister of Responsible, and the imperial court was even more arbitrarily promoted old ministers like Sima Yi and Jiang Ji. The root of his power came from Cao Rui's extraordinary promotion and the joint support of the Cao clan who had been suppressed for many years.
Of course - this move was also Cao Rui's helpless move. After all, as he was approaching his death, he had to think about his descendants. Choosing Cao Shuang was to give him the opportunity to be a powerful minister. After all, he did not have too high prestige, nor was he a direct clan, but a branch clan, which was a distance away.
If you choose to entrust your orphans from the descendants of Taizu, such as Cao Zhi, Cao Zhang, you will most likely be risked to be usurped. This is also Cao Rui's concern before his death, and Cao Yu was ruled out, which was the son of Cao Cao and Mrs. Huan, and was the same mother and brother as Cao Chong, the prodigy at the time.
Historically, Cao Shuang was careless and was deceived by Sima Yi and was killed by his life. Even the Cao family's country was taken away by the Sima family.
The general situation is like this, but the thrust behind it can be imagined. Cao Pi's proclaimed emperor was supported by aristocratic families, and the system that influenced the Wei, Jin and Six Dynasties can be regarded as a ladder for negotiation.
As a representative of the gentry, Sima Yi was the representative of the clan, and the camps of both sides were destined to be in a state of dying.
In Gongsun Xiu's view, if Cao Shuang targeted Sima Yi only, Sima Yi would die, but now it would be different. The huge force of wind and clouds had led to the gentry of Wei State to form a rope and introduced Sima Yi as the core, which became a powerful alliance.
Even if Cao Shuang has equal authority, it will be difficult to shake the entire aristocratic class. Not to mention a person like him who is so arrogant and brave, even Cao Cao and Cao Pi cannot solve it, let alone Cao Shuang.
Gongsun Xiu had already written a letter secretly, ordering Chen Chao to urge Sima Yi and his officials to impeach Cao Shuang's dereliction of duty, otherwise it would change later.
Although he hated Sima Laoer to death, and literati of all dynasties had to spoil Sima Yi at this point when they read history, the two of them were basically on the same front, and only by cooperating with each other can the benefits be maximized.
Wei State, Luoyang.
After receiving the urging from Gongsun Xiu, Chen Chao also understood that it was time to push Sima Yi to impeach Cao Shuang in the court. After all, the successive failures in Qingzhou led to the soon-to-be-defeated Donglai County.
He closed the letter and threw it into the stove to burn it, thinking to himself: "If Sima Yi was not allowed to impeach Cao Shuang as soon as possible, otherwise the situation would change, and the reputation of the Wei court would inevitably change."
Immediately ordered people to bring a truck of coal and push it to Sima's Mansion with three subordinates, pretending to be coal-delivered men to avoid Cao Shuang's eyes and ears who were secretly surveillance.
When Sima Zhao saw that Chen Chao came to visit again, he immediately led him into the secret room to the parliament.
Sima Yi sat in the middle, looked at Chen Chao who came in, put down the bamboo slips in his hand, smiled and said, "I already know the failure in Qingzhou. You came for this matter, right?"
Chen Chao bowed to the ground and said loudly: "That's right. Our army has won great victories in Qingzhou and has captured the island chain. Although Tian Yu has a heavy army, it is like a trapped beast fighting. If it is long, it will be defeated and cannot be sustained. It has also destroyed Caoshuang's grain route and changed the route. It is only a matter of time for our Yan State to occupy a county in Donglai. Now it is necessary for the Taifu to lead the ministers to impeach Caoshuang, saying that Caoshuang is incompetent in order to withdraw his troops."
"No need for a messenger to remind me, I already have this intention."
Sima Yi said "hey" and looked at Gongsun Xiu's methods quite high. After returning from the Battle of Liaodong, his military power was solved by Cao Shuang, so he kept a secret and studied the failures that year.
He realized that if he fought with Gongsun Xiu again, he would be able to capture the head and return without neglecting his care. But now seeing the layout of Qingzhou, each son fell into an unexpected position, which made Sima Yi very surprised: "Working with a person like Tian Yu can gradually gain the upper hand. Although such a skill must have been caused by the intervention of Xiahou Xuan and Cheng Xi, the battle situation fell into a passive situation, it can also be seen that his ability to use troops. If I fight with Gongsun Xiu again, the troops will be equal and the situation will be equal, and the battle will be between the enemy and the enemy."
Chen Chao was overjoyed when he heard this and said, "Please don't break your promise."
Sima Yi smiled indifferently: "My friend, don't provoke me. I will do my best. The so-called handle in your hand is just a false statement. I have already observed it all. I am willing to impeach Cao Shuang, but it is not helping Yan, but I am actually saving myself."
Chen Chao felt a stern, and Sima Yi knew his every move. But now everyone is on the boat, and they are working hard, and there are only two ways to die. He immediately said seriously: "The Taifu should understand that if he does not help each other, it will be difficult to die."
Sima Yi showed a faint smile on his face and said softly: "I naturally understand that although I am idle at home, my heart is full of the whole world. The King of Yan and I are both enemies and friends, and they are also friends for ages. Cao Shuang looked down on everything and thought he could defeat Liaodong and gain power in the world with military achievements. It's a pity that he is short-sighted and invincible."
Speaking of this, he paused and said seriously: "You go back and report to Gongsun Xiu, don't stay here. If you walk by the river often, how can you not wear your shoes? If He Yan's eyeliner is intercepted and I confess that I have any inconvenience to our Sima family and King Yan. I will secretly meet with the ministers in the past few days to discuss the impeachment of Cao Shuang."
Chen Chao's expression changed slightly, but he also knew that Sima Yi was talking about the truth. Even if Yan State did not make a fuss about this situation, Sima Yi and Cao Shuang would have a settlement sooner or later. His identity was sensitive. If He Yan caught it, it would be a trivial matter to harm the Sima family. I was afraid that it would be a big mistake to miss the country's affairs.
He bowed: "That's true. The villain returned to Liaodong at night, and the Taifu was here to echo each other. Cao Shuang's 100,000 troops were not worth worrying."
After saying that, he turned around and went out, and pushed the coal cart out of Sima's Mansion with three subordinates.
On the corner of the street opposite, two men dressed as imperial guards flickered past and whispered in the alley. The short imperial guards whispered: "This is really strange. Will there be anything strange about the Sima family? They are like the gods of evading plague. They stay in the mansion all day, and transport coal and wine into the mansion every seven or eight days."
Another man was a little taller, and he just looked at him and said with a smile: "The Sima family is about to collapse. Now Sima Yi has been promoted to the famous tutor. Even the officials he visited on weekdays are worried that he would offend Prince He and dare not walk with Sima Yi. After a long time, wouldn't he be isolated? Maybe he was just drinking to relieve his sorrows."
Chapter completed!