My players are all actors

Chapter 187

Chu singer held the memorial and fell into deep thought.

He had roughly guessed what he was going to do in this last case, but it was hard to make up his mind.

Kill Sima Yan?
This is something that Sheng Taizu has been criticized in history, and Chu Ge also thinks it is unnecessary.

At that time, Sima Yan was more than 70 years old after all.

Even if he really succeeds in rebelling, how many years can he be emperor?
Moreover, judging from the situation afterwards, the possibility of Sima Yan's rebellion being successful is not high.Just for this trivial hidden danger, it seems completely unnecessary to kill a founding hero.

If he is not killed, will it affect the Guozuo of the Dasheng Dynasty?
Chu Ge still didn't believe it.

He even doubted whether this direction was correct, and wanted to continue looking for clues in other memorials.

But after thinking about it, the "death of the second generation" is indeed the most likely to be related to the usurpation of the throne by the powerful officials.With Sheng Taizu governing the entire country in an orderly manner, other possibilities are very low.

"Think about it again, maybe there is something else that I haven't noticed..."

Chu Ge fell into deep thought, and reorganized all the things about Sima Yan in his memory.

He had focused on preparing for the Zhou Ping case before, so he also had a deep understanding of the people involved in this case.

"If you look at historical records, Sima Yan doesn't show much signs of expansion. Compared with Zhou Ping, he is simply a representative of a good official.

"In history, there are only three records about the expansion of Sima Yan when he was prime minister. Two of them are that some officials offended his authority, and he dismissed these people from office; Talented officials, the suppression caused this person to not be reused...

"But it all seems trivial.

"As the prime minister, it is quite tolerant to deal with these officials who offend me by simply dismissing them from office. As for being jealous of that talented official, it is more like some kind of nonsense, a bit far-fetched.

"In my opinion, his biggest failure was that he recommended Zhou Ping, who was also from Lianghuai, to Taizu Sheng after he said he was ill and left the prime minister.

"When Zhou Ping was prime minister, he went too far than Sima Yan. It is said that Zhou Ping was promoted because he secretly bribed Sima Yan. Of course, geographical reasons are also very important.

"At that time, these officials basically formed interest groups based on regions. Sima Yan represented the Lianghuai Group, the largest bureaucratic interest group at that time, and Zhou Ping succeeded him as the leader after being prime minister.

"It goes without saying that Zhou Ping died. Although Taizu Sheng deliberately condoned his death in order to eliminate the prime minister's power and strengthen the imperial power, but he was arrogant and arrogant, and he had no sense of crisis in political struggle, so he deserved to die.

"But the reason for Sima Yan's execution...is too far-fetched.

"The most important point is that Sima Yan has already given up his aspect, complained of illness and went home...

"Wait, this time..."

Chu Ge suddenly realized something, and began to calculate the critical time of Sima Yan among several key nodes.

"At the beginning of the founding of the Dasheng Dynasty, Sima Yan resigned within two or three years. It can be seen that Taizu Sheng was very happy at that time. He not only gave him a lot of good land and beautiful houses, but also married his eldest daughter to him. eldest son.

"At this time, Sima Yan is more than 50 years old.

"Ten years later, the Zhou Ping case broke out. Zhou Ping was recommended by Sima Yan. The relationship between the two has always been very good. They are both fellow villagers and in-laws. After the Zhou Ping case broke out, more than [-] officials were involved, and it has been involved for ten years. But Sima Yan was not affected, he remained the same, and even appeared in court from time to time.

"At this time, Sima Yan is more than 60 years old.

"Ten years later, the more than 70-year-old Sima Yan was implicated in the Zhou Ping case again, and was killed by Taizu Sheng.

"This person... is also like Sheng Taizu, he has a long-lived physique..."

After sorting out the age of Sima Yan among these key nodes, Chu Ge suddenly remembered a joke, a joke about life race.

Leaving aside the content of the joke, Sheng Taizu and Sima Yan are indeed living longer than anyone else...

Judging from the results, after Sheng Taizu killed Sima Yan, he lived for another three years before he died.But judging from Sima Yan's stamina, if he hadn't been killed by Sheng Taizu, it would be hard to say which of the two would live longer.

After all, when more than was 50 years old, Sima Yan had already complained of illness and resigned from the phase, but he was still alive and kicking until more than 70 years old...

"Assuming that Taizu Sheng didn't kill Sima Yan.

"Assume further that Taizu Sheng died two years earlier, Sima Yan lived two years longer, and successfully lived to 80 years old, living two or three years longer than Taizu Sheng.

"What will happen then?
"Is it possible to succeed in rebellion?"

Chu Ge frowned, instinctively wanting to deny his guess.

"Not likely.

"After the successful rebellion, he can indeed pass the throne and power to his son. Therefore, it cannot be said that there is no motive at all.

"However, people are more than 70 years old, and they may die at any time, not to mention whether they are old and confused, and their bodies have no energy at all.

"Can you rebel at such an age?"

Chu Ge thought for a long time, and finally came to a conclusion that surprised him a little.

"can.

"There is historical precedent for this...

"At the turn of Chu and Wei, Sima Yi, who was more than 70 years old, did just that, and he succeeded."

After reaching this conclusion, Chu Ge himself was a little surprised.

However, comparing the experiences of the two with each other, many problems do have a sense of clarity.

Chu Ge somewhat understood why Sima Yan had to die.

He was tricked by an ancient man hundreds of years ago...

……

In the early years of the Great Chu Dynasty, a famous scholar once said a well-known saying: When the world is safe, pay attention to the phase; when the world is in danger, pay attention to the general.

That is to say, when the world is safe, the person who threatens the emperor the most is the prime minister who is mainly responsible for governing the country; while when the world is in chaos, the person who threatens the emperor the most is the general who leads the army.

It has to be said that this is a golden word, because those emperors who did not believe in evil have already been eliminated by the survival of the fittest.

At the turn of Chu and Wei, Sima Yi was both.

Sima Yi was just a small official in the prime minister's mansion at first, and was promoted step by step because of his outstanding ability.By chance, he became an overseer and started his military career.

Unexpectedly, he turned out to be a military genius, so he gradually established his authority and became the leading general at that time.

Of course, the emperor also realized the danger, so he gradually lifted his military power and let him hold a high-level civilian position.

Later, the emperor died and the prince succeeded him.Sima Yi was appointed as the assistant minister to assist the new monarch conscientiously. It seemed that the entire transfer of power was very smooth.

But unexpectedly, after a few years, the new king also became seriously ill.And the son of the new king was only more than ten years old when he succeeded to the throne.

Afterwards, Sima Yi endured for another ten years before he finally made a plan to usurp the throne and succeeded.

When it comes to Sima Yi, there are two points that must be mentioned.

The first is that he is very good at pretending.

The second is that he directly destroyed the credibility of political commitments that followed for more than a thousand years.

The emperor at that time didn't trust Sima Yi, so Sima Yi began to pretend to be sick at home, and endured it for nearly ten years, always looking like he was about to ascend to heaven.Not only did he deceive the emperor and the general, but he even deceived all his close relatives and friends.

When the emperor sent someone to find out the truth, he was like a movie king possessed, pretending to be old, dizzy, and hard of hearing, he couldn't hear what the other party was saying, and when he drank the medicine, he even spilled the medicine and porridge all over the place. There was a continuous sound of being out of breath and wanting to pass from the chest.

This scene has been performed for nearly ten years, and the emperor finally lost his guard. I believe that he is really old and will die in a few days.

Unexpectedly, under such circumstances, Sima Yi insisted on persisting for more than three years, and cleared away all obstacles for his descendants to usurp the throne.

More critically, in the process of usurping the throne, he also destroyed the credibility of political commitments.

There was once an emperor who swore to his sworn enemy Zhishui that he would never kill him, and then he kept his promise, so it became a good story.

And Sima Yi also made the operation of stopping the water as an oath, but in the end he directly broke his promise, left all the previous oaths behind, and wiped out all political opponents.

Thus, a very bad precedent was set for the troubled times that followed.Starting from him, the people who followed only believed that whoever had the greatest military exploits could be the emperor, and any oaths lost their credibility, and thus entered a long period of chaos.

……

Chu Ge didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Brother, more than 70 years old, he came home sick, but the people in the court are all yours, no matter how you look at it, he looks like Sima Yi..."

Chu Ge made a big circle and finally figured it out.

The reason why he didn't realize this problem at the beginning was mainly because he opened the perspective of God.

From the perspective of future generations, Sheng Taizu's killing of Sima Yan seems very far-fetched.

But if the fog of history can really be covered again, and if you think about it again, you will find that there are deep reasons for Taizu Sheng to make such a decision.

Will Sima Yan rebel?

This question might as well be asked, at the turn of Chu and Wei, did Sima Yi's monarch ever doubt Sima Yi?
Obviously suspected.

But this doubt was resolved by Sima Yi in a very ingenious way.

He also said that he was sick and would not go to court, and he also acted like he was old, as if he would die in the next second; he also represented a huge interest group, and there were many important officials in the court who had no relationship with him.

In fact, a careful analysis of Sima Yi's situation at the time revealed that although he was an important minister, his power was still far inferior to that of the emperor.

But he relied on an incomprehensible trick to win the position.

Of course there were some reasons why the emperor was politically stupid and naive and Sima Yi was scheming and brazen, but in terms of the result, he was successful.

Would Sheng Taizu dare to bet that after his death, his grandson would still be able to secure the throne like him?
Do you dare to bet that once the throne is usurped, it will not open an unprecedented chaotic era of alien invasion like the turn of Chu and Wei?
Obviously, he didn't dare to gamble.

If we analyze it after the fact, assuming that the emperor Sima Yi, or the two emperors before him, had made up his mind to find a reason to kill Sima Yi, then there would be no subsequent series of events.

Or there is no need for the emperor to do anything, as long as Sima Yi can die a few years earlier, then his image in the history books should be: accepting virtuous people, governing the people, both civil and military, two dynasties supporting orphans, and three generations of loyal ministers.

But he was more than 70 years old, and in the last two years of his life, he showed everyone his original appearance.

So back to the original question: Is there any problem with Sima Yan?
Chu Ge could only say: I don't know.

Because there is no way to verify all this, even if you can go through the history at that time again, even if you stand in the perspective of a player in the game, there is no way to verify a possibility that did not happen.

From the bottom of his heart, Chu Ge was more inclined to believe that Sima Yan had no intention of rebelling at the time, and he was also willing to believe that this was just an unjust killing, but from the perspective of the emperor, he really couldn't afford to take this risk.

Thinking of this, Chu Ge sighed softly, and finally determined the cause of Sima Yan's death.

Sima is not dead, and the two Huaihe Rivers will not stop.

At that time, officials who were born in Lianghuai had an absolute advantage in the court, from Sima Yan to Zhou Ping, they continued to cultivate party members.At that time, the reason why Sima Yan was able to resign so simply was probably because he had chosen Zhou Ping as his successor and knew that Zhou Ping could well protect his own interests.

Sheng Taizu also wanted to support other forces to fight against the Lianghuai Group, but after all, the Lianghuai Group's foundation was too deep to be shaken.

Then, let Zhou Ping's power continue to expand, and make another mess.

As for Sima Yan, who was originally the real spokesperson of the Lianghuai Group, the outcome is naturally doomed.

Although Sheng Taizu was quite able to live, he couldn't predict the future, so he didn't have much confidence in this lifespan competition.

More importantly, there is no need for him to live longer than Sima Yan, after all, he is the emperor.

"Come on.

"I want to personally interrogate Zhou Ping's relative, Li You."

Chu Ge knew that this interrogation would yield very important information.Li Youhui confessed that before Zhou Ping's rebellion, he went to Sima Yan, and Sima Yan's answer to him was: I am old, after I die, you can take care of yourself.

And this sentence will become the trigger for Taizu Sheng to make up his mind to kill Sima Yan.

As for this matter, who was wrong?
In fact, no one is wrong.

From the perspective of the emperor, it is the emperor's right; from the perspective of the minister, it is the minister's injustice; from the perspective of the common people, no matter who kills the other, as long as the country is stable, there should be no fierce political struggles , Don't let the people be displaced again, that's enough.

If you have to say something wrong, you can only blame Sima Yi hundreds of years ago for letting future generations get shot while lying down!

……

At the same time, Huo Yunying played the role of "rebel" and once again gathered a team of 700 people.

But the bad news is that he still hasn't found the General Gu Yuan who can let him hug his thigh.

Huo Yunying suspected that this might be the game "Dark Sand" deliberately plugging this loophole.

If it is really based on the real situation in history, as long as the player finds General Gu Yuan and obeys him in everything, he may be able to pass the level lying down.

Obviously, it can't achieve the purpose of testing the players.

Therefore, Huo Yunying stopped being entangled, and planned to propose to Marshal Peng to set up his own family according to the established plan.

In the conference hall, Marshal Peng smiled kindly: "What do you want me to do?"

Huo Yunying knew very well that although this Marshal Peng seemed to treat him well on the surface, in fact he had already harbored a grudge.

The reason is simple, one mountain cannot accommodate two tigers.

When Sheng Taizu first showed his outstanding talents, Marshal Peng was obviously very happy, thinking that he had found a general, a talent to make.

But soon, Marshal Peng realized that Taizu Sheng's ability was by no means just a general.

In other words, Sheng Taizu's ability is above him.

Marshal Peng naturally hopes that his son can take over, so he will naturally alienate and guard against this outsider.

In troubled times, there are very few heroes who are truly capable of unification.Rebel armies of different forces fight each other, and only the strongest can win.

And this kind of struggle does not necessarily have to be an aboveboard military struggle, it may also appear in any form.

Huo Yunying knew that if she wanted to pass the customs as a "Rebel Army", most of the time she wanted to break away from Marshal Peng and stand on her own, so she stopped hiding and explained her intentions directly.

"Peng Shuai, now that we occupy Chuzhou City, although there are heroes from all walks of life who come to join us and develop rapidly, but at this time the world is in chaos, all heroes are rising together, and there are countless opportunities outside Chuzhou.

"Peng Shuai, you manage Chuzhou and develop based on it. Of course, it is the best strategy. But we should also properly grasp the opportunities outside.

"So, I hope you will allow me to take people out to explore."

Marshal Peng's expression was stunned for a moment, and then a flash of joy flashed across his face.

Apparently, he also felt that this young man was not something in the pool, and keeping him by his side might be a disaster.Now that the other party has offered to leave Chuzhou, it is of course a good thing.

However, Marshal Peng didn't make it too obvious, but pretended to think about it and said: "Of course it's good that you are enterprising.

"It's just... how many people do you plan to bring?"

Huo Yunying was stunned for a moment, but didn't think much, and replied, "Just take away the 700 people I'm leading now."

Marshal Peng smiled helplessly, then shook his head: "I'm afraid there is something wrong.

"Although the opportunities outside are good, Chuzhou City is not stable at this time.

"The northern barbarian general Dong Chengyun has been eyeing Chuzhou City all the time, and may attack at any time. At this time, you divide these soldiers, although the number is small, but after all, it weakens our strength.

"If other generals see it, I'm afraid it will have some bad influence..."

Huo Yunying was stunned for a moment: "But the handsome..."

Marshal Peng waved his hand: "Let's discuss this matter again."

After finishing speaking, he sent Huo Yunying away.

……

After leaving the conference hall, Huo Yunying returned to her room, full of doubts.

"It's strange, what does Marshal Peng think?

"Since he's always been wary of me, he should be happier now that I'm leaving. Moreover, when I proposed to leave, there was a gleam of joy on his face.

"But why didn't you agree later?

"I also said that Chuzhou City is not stable, and other generals will have a bad influence if they see it... This is obviously an excuse.

"Could it be... Marshal Peng meant that it's okay for people to leave, but the soldiers under him should stay?"

Huo Yunying suddenly wanted to break through this layer, and couldn't help but suddenly realized.

From the perspective of Marshal Peng, he didn't want Taizu Sheng to stay by his side, because Taizu Sheng was too capable, even stronger than him, let alone his sons.

But he didn't want Sheng Taizu to take away too many people.

On the one hand, these soldiers were all recruited under the banner of the rebel army. Strictly speaking, they were all soldiers under Marshal Peng.Let Marshal Peng send these 700 people to make wedding dresses for Taizu Sheng?Then he definitely doesn't want to.

Moreover, what Marshal Peng said was indeed somewhat reasonable.

If Taizu Sheng took these people under him and left directly, saying that he was going to open up outside, but in fact everyone else could see it, this would be parting ways.

How about this team?
What if others make the same request?
Huo Yunying finally figured it out.

"That is to say... I can leave, but I can't take all these people under me.

"I can only take away a very small number of people, for example, choose twenty or thirty from the middle...

"Otherwise, Marshal Peng will never agree."

(End of this chapter)