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Chapter 442
Sima Zhao's army stayed in Shouchun for a month, and in April, he led the Chinese army back to Luo.

Tens of thousands of elites surrounded the emperor and the empress dowager Luanjia, but the emperor Cao Mao did not have the slightest sense of security.

Everyone is talking about Sima Zhao's illustrious military exploits.

There are also some words with ulterior motives that are very subtly passed into Cao Mao's ears: "The great general's achievements cover the world, if he does not reward him generously, he will not be able to win the hearts of the world."

When we arrived in Luoyang, the monarch and his ministers continued to remonstrate, "The three generals, father and son, have devoted themselves to the Wei Dynasty, and the country has achieved its prosperity today. I hope that your majesty will make the general the Duke of Jin, add Jiuxi, and set up the state of Jin."

Cao Mao played very cooperatively.

In fact, it doesn't matter whether you can play it or not, the Chuan Guo Yuxi is in the hands of the Queen Mother Guo.

No one in the court objected, and some even euphemistically suggested that Sima Zhao should be made King of Jin.

Back in the palace, Cao Mao went directly to discuss with Queen Mother Guo.

"My son wants to make the general the king of Jin, but I don't know what the queen mother wants?" Cao Mao was very respectful.

The situation in the court before Gaoping Mausoleum was originally that the Queen Mother Guo was in charge of the court, and Cao Shuang, a noble official of the clan, and Sima Yi, a hero of the family, checked and balanced each other, forming a three-legged situation.

It's a pity that Cao Shuang was the first to break the balance, imprisoning Queen Mother Guo in Yongning Palace, and monopolizing power.

But in fact, it broke the pattern of this balance of power.

As a result, Queen Mother Guo secretly turned to Sima Yi.

After Sima and his son came to power, they all actively wooed the Guo family and married him.

But at this time and at that time, Empress Dowager Guo was the empress dowager of the Cao family after all, and she had a deep love with Emperor Ming and his wife, and Emperor Ming favored her alone, and once bestowed Empress Mao to death because of her.

He helped Sima Yi because Cao Shuang turned on her first.

Now, the Sima family is the only one, if Cao Wei's country is not guaranteed, the Queen Mother Guo's Queen Mother will also be the end.

Cao Mao was talented and intelligent, and after many days of hard thinking, he found an ally for himself.

"What does the emperor think?" Queen Mother Guo was in her early fifties and lived in the deep palace all the year round.

"The great general has made outstanding contributions and deserves to be crowned king." Cao Mao said seriously.

The Empress Dowager Guo raised her eyebrows, and waved her hand to make the servant girls around her back down, "Don't the emperor worry that the great Wei's country will fall into the hands of others?"

Cao Mao said with a smile: "My mother thinks that the Great Wei Jiangshan is still in Cao's hands?"

One sentence made Queen Mother Guo stunned.

In fact, before Sima Yi's change in Gaoping Mausoleum, everyone in the world thought he was the reincarnated Yihuo, and Sima Yi has indeed been set up like this all along.

Queen Mother Guo hoped that Sima Yi would overthrow Cao Shuang and assist Cao Wei, not replace Cao Wei.

"Only one Zhuge's birthday is equalized, and then I can be crowned King of Jin. What else can I be crowned when the western thieves are wiped out in the future?" Queen Mother Guo looked at Cao Mao with the pity of the elders in her eyes.

It was she who fought against all opinions and vetoed Sima Shili's decision to establish Cao Ju, the king of Pengcheng, and replaced him with Cao Mao, the noble township prince.

Being able to compete with Master Sima for a while shows that Queen Mother Guo's methods are not simple.

"You can rest assured that you don't need to come to test again. As long as Ai's family is here, the surname of this great Wei's Jiangshan must be Cao." Queen Mother Guo said lightly.

But this sentence fell into Cao Mao's ears, and the meaning changed a little.

If she is gone, wouldn't Dawei's surname be Cao?

"Thank you, Empress Mother. My son has been on the throne for many years. If you want to borrow the jade seal, please allow me."

"Oh? Why do you want the jade seal?" Queen Mother Guo was a little puzzled, but it didn't matter immediately. Even if the emperor issued an edict to stamp the jade seal, it would still have to go through the Shangshutai. Could it be...

Empress Dowager Guo's eyes flickered, "Forget it, this jade seal is yours, and it's just in the hands of the Ai family."

When the matter of becoming the Duke of Jin was at its worst, the Empress Dowager Guo stepped forward, and all voices suddenly became quieter.

Even Sima Zhao felt a little guilty when facing Queen Mother Guo.

At this time, the emperor's edict also came down, and the eight counties of Taiyuan, Shangdang, Xihe, Leping, Xinxing, and Yanmen in Bingzhou, and the eight counties of Hedong and Pingyang in Sizhou, with a place of [-] miles away, set up the Kingdom of Jin, and named Sima Zhao the Duke of Jin. Add Jiuxi, carry the Xiangguo.

This is the real splitting of the soil to seal the border, just like Cao Cao's establishment of the Wei State.

Sima Zhao declined nine times in a row, and every time Yang Zheng's name was included in the resignation form, "Although the eastern thieves are restrained today, the western thieves are rampant, so that Yongliang fell. At that time, it will be the day when I will disarm and return to the fields..."

Cao Mao took advantage of the situation and named Yang Zheng the leading general and Marquis of Gu Zang, conquering the imperial court and helping the country together with the general.

The edict also sent people to Sima Zhao in person to ask for opinions.

Sima Zhao checked the edict repeatedly, wondering, "Could it be that the emperor wants Yang Er to do what Dong Zhuo did?"

This trick is Sima's ancestral craft.

When Sima Yi killed Wang Ling, he was promoted to Taiwei.

When dealing with Xia Houxuan, he was promoted to Dahonglu.

But then it didn't work very well. Before Sima Zhao destroyed Zhuge's birthday, he was promoted to Sikong and served in the court.

Seeing that the emperor knew their crafts now, Sima Zhao couldn't help but feel a little strange.

"You might as well try this strategy. Yang Zheng has always regarded himself as a retainer of the Cao family. If he doesn't come, he will lose his trust in the emperor and expose his nature to the people of the world. If he comes, he will go to the tiger's mouth!" Jia Chong said.

After returning to Luoyang, Zhong Hui went to Hedong to visit Ji Kang, a famous scholar.

Wang Su died of illness last year, Zheng Mao has always stayed out of the matter, and the other Shao Ti and others can't speak now.

Jia Chong found a good opportunity.

After Sima Zhao thought about it for a while, he felt that it would be nice to be able to disgust Yang Zheng.

If Yang Zheng really came here according to the imperial edict, he would still wish for it.

This is the time when Sima Zhao is at his happiest, and it is inevitable that he will be negligent. If he surrenders to Duke Jin nine times, then the next meritorious service will come naturally.

"What do you think, uncle?" Sima Zhao didn't ask anyone else, but Yang Hu alone.

Yang Hu couldn't offend anyone, he cupped his hands and said, "This subordinate feels that Yang Zheng will definitely not obey the imperial edict."

Sima Zhao laughed twice, "I want you to be an envoy, how about spying on Liangzhou's reality?"

This is a sending proposition.

Most people in the DPRK are persuading them to come in, but Yanghu remains silent.

That's why Sima Zhao launched an attack today.

Yang Zheng is the son-in-law of the Xiahou family, and so is Yang Hu.

The emperor suddenly took the initiative to cooperate with Sima Zhao to deal with Yang Zheng, of course it was not easy.

But if he refused directly, he would reveal his timidity instead. With Sima Zhao's heroic character, his suspicion would only get deeper and deeper.

"The general has an order, and Hu'an dares not to obey, but his subordinates are ignorant, and they are afraid of delaying the general's affairs, so they invite Jia Changshi to go with him. In the past, Jia Changshi was sent as an envoy to Huainan, and he got a glimpse of Zhuge Dan's disobedience. Only then can we have the merits of today's great general." Yang Hu dragged Jia Chong, who was watching the excitement, into the water.

Jia Chong cursed secretly in his heart, Zhuge Dan is a famous person after all, and he still has some sympathy, but Yang Zheng's nature of a tiger and a wolf, I heard that he built a Beijing temple at every turn in Liangzhou, and if he went by himself, there is still a way to survive?

The point is now that Jia Chong hugged Sima's stinky feet too quickly, and his reputation was not very good. Zhuge Dan's curse spread all over the world.

"It must not be done. Bandit Yang kills people, sucks blood, and leads beasts to eat people. It is the duty of subordinates to go through fire and water for the lord. However, the lord's great career has not been competed. How can the subordinates leave the lord's side lightly?" Jia Chong looked righteous and awe-inspiring. .

These words are also reminding Sima Zhao that Jia Chong is still useful.

Sima Zhao laughed loudly, "I'm just joking, don't take it seriously!"

If Jia Chong didn't go, Yang Hu naturally didn't have to go either.

In May of the third year of Ganlu, Wei Emperor Cao Mao's edict went out of Beijing, with Shangshu Wang Jing as the envoy.

(End of this chapter)