Established a thousand-year family from the end of Qin Dynasty

Chapter 401 Yuan Zhao (23)

One month later

Luoyang
"Your Majesty, the Kingdom of Yan calls on the world to oppose the dictatorship of the Sima family. Now we only need to escape from Luoyang and seek the protection of the Kingdom of Yan in Liaodong, and then the great Zhao will be rejuvenated!" Wang Jing persuaded from the side: "This opportunity must not be missed, and it will never come again. I hope your majesty will Don't hesitate any longer!"

The little emperor looked out the window, then gritted his teeth: "I'm leaving the palace now, and going to join the country of Yan."

Not long ago, after repelling Sima Zhao's 20 army, in order to prevent Sima Zhao from making a comeback, Wang Ba issued a "Warning for Thieves", calling on Yuan Zhao's gentry to unite against the power minister Sima's family.

At the same time, Sun Wu and Shu Han heard that Sima Zhao was defeated, and they also took the opportunity to launch the Northern Expedition.

All of a sudden, there was smoke everywhere, internal and external troubles.

In the "Warning for Thieves", Wang Ba denounced Sima Zhao as a usurper like Dong Zhuo. For the sake of justice, the State of Yan must stand up against such a thief who usurps the world.

It seems that the Sima family has come to an end, and the day of the Yuan family's turnaround is finally coming.

However, when the little emperor was driving a carriage and wanted to forcefully leave the palace.

"Where does Your Majesty want to go?" Jia Chong led his guards to stop the little emperor's carriage, showing no respect for him.

It turned out that the ministers around the little emperor reported the news to Sima Zhao in advance, so Sima Zhao sent Jia Chong and Cheng Ji to stop him.

"I am the king of a country, do I have to report to you where I am going?" The little emperor was furious, he was not someone who could bear it.

Seeing the young emperor's menacing look, Jia Chong signaled to Cheng Ji who was beside him: "General Cheng, the Marquis of Jin has kindly promoted you, and now is the time for you to repay the favor."

"To die or to live." Cheng Ji asked, he is a complete desperado, he can ignore all human order in order to get promoted and get rich.

"The Marquis of Jin said that to make the Son of Heaven look good, if he refuses to look good, you have to help him look good." Jia Chong said ambiguous words, obviously planning to throw the blame in advance.

"En." Cheng Ji nodded, and immediately raised his spear, and stabbed the little emperor in the lower abdomen.

"Your Majesty!" Jia Chong quickly pretended to check the little emperor's injury, but in fact he wanted to delay the time and prevent the imperial doctor from treating the emperor.

"Your Majesty, woo woo woo!"

After confirming that the little emperor was really dead, Jia Chong let go of the emperor, and angrily reprimanded Cheng Ji, "You reckless man, you have caused a catastrophe!"

Not long after, Sima Zhao came over, first hugging the little emperor's body and weeping bitterly, then angrily reprimanded Cheng Ji: "I, Sima Zhao, will never forgive you!"

"Marquis of Jin, you!" Cheng Ji was frightened and furious, and he helped Sima Zhao kill the king himself, but Sima Zhao wanted to use him to take the blame.

clang--

"what!--"

"Marquis Jin, I have made meritorious service for the Sima family, I have shed blood for the Sima family, you can't do this to me!"

Cheng Ji wanted to resist, but was captured by the left and right guards. Seeing that Sima Zhao refused to forgive him, he called Sima Zhao by his name in a rage and cursed: "Sima Zhao, you must die!"

"Cheng Ji killed the king and exterminated the three clans!" Sima Zhao said indifferently, he had to throw away the white gloves when they were used up, there was nothing to say.

another half month later

Sima Zhao reselected a cowardly child from the Yuan clan to be the emperor, and then called together a group of his advisers and generals to discuss how to deal with the immediate crisis.

Sima Zhao's current crisis is many, including the following:
First, he has just killed the king, and his reputation is notorious, causing many neutral forces to oppose him, and many forces that support him to become neutral;
Second, the State of Yan raised the banner of righteousness and called on the people of the world to kill the Sima family, but Sima Zhao was unable to attack the State of Yan, so there was nothing he could do about this move of the State of Yan;

Third, Wu and Shu took the opportunity to make a northern expedition, one invaded Hefei and the other invaded Longxi.

But in the final analysis, these three problems are actually one problem, that is, not being able to fight, and the martial arts are not strong enough.

If Sima Zhao was as good at fighting as Wang Jue, and directly wiped out Yan, Wu, Shu, and all opponents, naturally the above crises would not exist.

Just kill all those who oppose his regicide, if killing one is not enough, kill ten, if killing ten is not enough, kill a hundred, if killing a hundred is not enough, kill a thousand 1, 1 is not enough Just kill him [-], and Sima Zhao is the only human being left in the whole world. Surely no one will continue to oppose him. At that time, no one will naturally oppose his regicide. This is a very simple reason.

These crises exist because he cannot fight and is unable to kill all opponents.

In the face of such a crisis, a group of counselors speak to each other.

"Destroy Wu first, so that the world can be settled!"

"No, the king of Shu is a traitor, so he should destroy Shu first!"

"Let the Marquis of Jin proclaim himself emperor first, so that he will have a righteous name."

It's just that no one proposed to destroy Yan State first, because the 20 army was defeated by Yan State not long ago.

In the end, Sima Zhao made a final decision: "The affairs of the world must start with Yan."

Looking at the puzzled expressions of his subordinates, Sima Zhao smiled calmly and said, "Among all the opponents, Yan Guo has the least opposition."

"If we hadn't taken in Marquis Yan and wanted to interfere in Yan's internal affairs, Yan would definitely not rebel."

"So as long as we show kindness to the Yan State, return the Marquis of Yan to them, and recognize Yan State's legal status as a vassal state, then the Yan State will definitely withdraw its troops."

Sima Zhao believed that as long as he backed down a step, Yan State would definitely reconcile with the Sima family, because Yan State was the only force that was unwilling to sincerely oppose the Sima family.

Continuing to fight with the Sima family would do no good to the country of Yan. If Sima Zhao hadn't accepted Wang Ting, the country of Yan would have no interest in participating in the war in the Central Plains.

After the meeting, Sima Zhao set the general policy and strategy for the next few years.

That is "Han Yan in the east, reject Wu in the south, caress Xian in the north, and destroy Shu in the west." The Shu Han, which is the weakest and most internally fighting, is set as the first target to be eliminated.

three days later

"Marquis Jin, why did you abandon me?"

Hearing that Sima Zhao wanted to send him back to Liaodong in order to reconcile with Yan, Yanhou Wang Ting was very frightened.

"Marquis Yan, it's time to hit the road." Sima Zhao said indifferently, not at all as enthusiastic as when he accepted Wang Ting a year ago.

"Old thief Sima! You will die!" Wang Ting was furious and cursed at Sima Zhao, but it was of no avail. He was tied up by Sima Zhao's bodyguards and forced into a carriage. He was about to be sent back to Liaodong.

Sima Zhao was not angry, he was used to being scolded, and Wang Ting's insults were not very offensive.

another two months later

After Wang Ting was finally sent back to Liaodong, Wang Ba, who issued the "Appeal to the Thieves" and called on the world to oppose the Sima family, was the first to withdraw from the alliance against Sima Zhao and instead joined the Sima family alliance.

Sima Zhao married his daughter Sima Ru to Wang Ba's son Wang Ying, and Wang Ba also married his daughter Wang E to Sima Zhao's son Sima Yan.

At the same time, Sima Zhao restored the [Liao Salary] of Yan State again, but the standard was lower than before, only [-] million yuan per year, and there was no additional population.

At the same time, under the guise of the emperor's name, Sima Zhao canonized Wang Ba as the prefect of Liaodong, Yangzhou Mu, Yanhou, envoy, Jia Jiuxi, governor of Yangjingjiao and the three prefectures' military forces, swords on the temple, entering the court without going, praise no name.

Yuan Zhao and Sun Wu canonized Wang Ba at the same time, and both countries send [Liao pay] to Yan State every year. The two powerful countries serve Yan State, these days are very comfortable.

(End of this chapter)