Sima Yi's Three Kingdoms Collection Collection

Chapter 276 Subduing the enemy without fighting (7)
Cao Rui listened, waved his hand violently, and said, "Stop!" Then Mrs. Liu hurriedly fell silent.As soon as Sun Zi saw it, he knew that what Liu said was true, and his status as the maidservant of the Empress Dowager Zhen was beyond doubt.Cao Rui pondered for a moment, then asked again: "Please tell the truth about how the Empress Dowager Zhen was wronged and died suddenly. I will listen carefully."

So, Mrs. Liu wept and lamented about the tragedies that happened ten years ago when Zhen and Concubine Guo were fighting for favor and losing harmony in the first emperor's reign.At that time, Guo Gui concubine reported to the first emperor that Queen Zhen's words and deeds were disorderly, and her poems were full of romantic feelings, which seemed to have an adulterous relationship with others, which aroused the late emperor's rage.Later, in order to prevent Empress Zhen from suing Emperor Wei Wu, the great ancestor who was wronged by her under Jiuquan, on the day of her funeral, Guo Guipin had people drape Empress Zhen's hair and cover her face with chaff, doing her best to insult and blaspheme .Afterwards, Guo Guipin went on a massacre again, almost exterminating all the slaves around Empress Zhen, only Mrs. Liu and a few court ladies escaped desperately.And the Liu family kept their identities incognito, hidden among the people, and endured the humiliation, so that one day they could meet Empress Zhen's son, the current emperor, and avenge their mother by affirming their grievances.

Cao Rui listened, only to feel that the anger was raging in his chest, and he could hardly restrain himself.Seeing that his face was livid and ugly, Sun Zi hurriedly stopped Liu Shi and asked her to wait outside. Then, he persuaded Cao Rui, "Your Majesty, this is the case, please don't let the thunder's anger lightly, so as not to hurt the dragon's body."

"I am the son of heaven, and I have power over the world. How can I not take revenge for my biological mother who died unjustly?" Cao Rui's eyes were red like blood, and he said word by word, "Guo's bitch, she is really snake-hearted. Coveting glory and wealth, how dare you murder my mother! His crime is unacceptable, and I swear it will be eradicated!"

Sun Zi waited for him to calm down a little, and said: "Your Majesty, please calm down for a while. Sima Zhao, the captain of the Forbidden Army, also brought a man and asked to have an audience with His Majesty. Is Your Majesty allowed or not?"

"Who is it?" Cao Rui calmed down, slowly regaining his majesty and calmness as a king, and asked coldly.Sun Zi said slowly: "This person is the younger brother of the Empress Dowager Guo and a family member of the Zhongba General Guo Biao's house. It is said that he has a very important confidential matter to report to His Majesty!"

Cao Rui pondered for a moment, then said: "Xuan." Sun Zi responded to the sound and walked to the door of the imperial study, beckoning to the outside.After a while, Sima Zhao led a sluggish-looking man in soap and rushed in, prostrating himself to the ground.

Cao Rui looked at Sima Zhao and saw that he seemed a little nervous, so he said kindly, "Sima Aiqing is at peace, and you don't need to be formal when you come to report something."

Emperor Zhongzheng's peaceful voice pierced through the space like a mysterious sound of nature, each word slowly resounding in Sima Zhao's ears, making his heart tremble slightly, and an inexplicable excitement arose Come.He raised his head and looked at Cao Rui—after all, since he stayed in the capital more than a month ago and was named the captain of the Forbidden Army in the palace, he had never observed this man of his age so closely as today. Wei Tianzi naturally felt a little uneasy.

In his opinion, this young emperor who holds the supreme authority in the Central Plains Shenzhou has a shrewdness and maturity that is not commensurate with his own age between his handsome and refined face. With a hint of worry and sadness that cannot be erased, this imperceptibly dilutes his majesty and solemnity.After all, the emperor is still too inexperienced!Sima Zhao secretly sighed in his heart: After all, he can't escape the ills of living in a deep palace, being young and inactive, and his mind, nature and intelligence are far from honed to the state of "quietness is as stable as Mount Tai, and movement is as calm as a dragon".At the moment, he didn't think about it any more, just met Cao Rui's magnanimous eyes, stood up, and said proudly: "Your Majesty, when I was patrolling near Yong'an Palace last night, I saw this person dressed as an eunuch. Dressed up, probing his head, with a sneaky look, he took down the questioning. Unexpectedly, after questioning, he found out a huge conspiracy from his mouth. The matter is so important that I have to tell Mr. Sun and ask to come See His Majesty and report the details."

As soon as his words fell, the field suddenly became quiet, so quiet that water droplets could be heard.Cao Rui was sitting on the dragon bed, his face froze, and gradually became deep and dignified, making it difficult to see the end.If he can still express his feelings in front of Sun Zi and Liu Fang, it is because Sun and Liu are close ministers and old ministers he regards as his right-hand men—then, facing a somewhat unfamiliar Sima Zhao As a fourth-rank official, he still has to maintain his majestic image and make people respect him at a distance.Therefore, he suppressed his strong curiosity, held himself proudly, and asked slowly: "What is the conspiracy?" That tone, that attitude, seemed to regard all conspiracies as trivial, not worth mentioning.

Sima Zhao turned around and pointed at the soap-clothed man who was kneeling tremblingly on the ground, and said, "This man is Guo San, the family member of Zhongba General Guo Biao's residence. He has now confessed that he sneaked into Yong'an Palace last night to patrol, and he is going to ask for help. Queen Mother Guo sent a secret letter in. In the secret letter, Guo Biao and Queen Mother Guo cooperated internally and externally, preparing to spread rumors, slander His Majesty, disturb the government and the public, and then take the opportunity to send troops into the palace to abolish the emperor and establish a new monarch. A great conspiracy!"

Suddenly, there was a deathly silence in the imperial study room.Finally, the sound of "bang" broke the silence - but Cao Rui slapped the desk, his face was full of anger, and he yelled: "Presumptuous!" His actions shocked Sima Zhao and Sun Zi's hearts. , the two hurriedly knelt down.

Cao Rui stood up from the dragon bed, and quickly walked back and forth a few times after the desk, then slowly suppressed the anger in his chest, and said: "This kind of rebellious officials and thieves dare to take risks and commit chaos! I can't feel angry when I hear that, It was a momentary slip of the tongue just now, and it has nothing to do with Qing and others. Qing and others are safe. Sima Aiqing, what kind of ugly rumors do they want to spread to slander me?"

Sima Zhao kicked Guo San hard, and sternly reprimanded: "You dog slave, tell Your Majesty everything you know."

Guo San didn't dare to raise his head, his whole body was shaking like chaff, and he couldn't speak well: "He...they will...send...send people to post notices everywhere in Sifang Prefecture, slander...slander His Majesty It is not the real flesh and blood of the late emperor, but the evil... evil seed born by the Empress Dowager Zhen and the traitor Yuan Xi back then. All civil and military officials are required to take action to publicly abolish... abolish Your Majesty, and... establish a new king! "

Cao Rui listened, his mouth full of steel teeth "clucking".With his face flushed and his hands behind his back, he hurriedly paced up and down the imperial study, saying, "I wanted to deal with Xiao Qiang's worries after defeating the Shu invaders. Unexpectedly, these rebellious officials and thieves knew their doomsday." When it was approaching, unwilling to be resigned, he was eager to move and took the opportunity to make trouble. I can only strike ahead of time!" He stopped and paused, and then said: "It seems that I asked General Sima to leave 5 people in Chang'an to guard Chang'an. Be prepared for the unexpected, this move is right. This gives me the confidence to attack with a thunderbolt!"

As he said that, he suddenly turned his head to look at Sima Zhao, and praised: "Sima Aiqing revealed to me the conspiracy against the party in time. You are commendable for your loyalty and bravery. I will reward you very much! It seems that everyone in your Sima family is really good!" You are the minister of the pillars who are deeply hoped by me! You have solved my problems through life and death, and I will repay you in the future!"

Nothing in the world is more confusing and turbulent than a palace coup—everything has turned upside down overnight.Woke up this morning, as soon as the civil and military officials of Wei State went to court, they heard that the eunuchs guarding the gate of the main hall reported two important news that shocked the world:

One piece of news is that in the middle of the night last night, Sima Zhao, the captain of the Forbidden Army, was ordered to lead a "Soldier from Heaven" to suddenly surround the mansion of the middle base general Guo Biao with lightning speed. More than a hundred members of the whole family and nearly a thousand servants, slaves and maidservants were all beheaded. Dropped out for three days.

Following these two pieces of news came an imperial decree from Cao Rui: Sima Zhao replaced Guo Biao as the general of the middle base, and directly took charge of the [-] forbidden troops in Luoyang City; Sima Fu temporarily dispatched [-] troops to Luoyang to appease the capital.

And Cao Rui, under the premise that the forbidden army was in his hands and the great army stationed outside to respond, immediately proceeded to clean up Guo's party members who were above the third rank and above in the middle of the court. Within three days, there were 36 members. High-ranking officials were demoted to civilians, and their homes were confiscated.

Of course, the downfall of Queen Mother Guo's party was inseparable from the fact that it had a weak foundation in the army, but it was also due to the fact that the senior ministers of the imperial court stood by Cao Rui's side to carry out a joint attack.In view of the profound lessons of foreign relatives' disasters and chaos in the country at the end of the Western Han Dynasty, and the fact that the Queen Mother Guo was domineering and domineering, on the issue of eradicating foreign relatives and treacherous parties, Sikong Chen Qun, Taiwei Huaxin and other important officials, He actually maintained a rare and highly consistent unity and cooperation with Sima Yi, the political enemy who was far away in Guanzhong Yushu, and supported Cao Rui's drive to kill Guo's party members either explicitly or covertly.This is one of the extremely rare joint efforts of the elders and ministers of the DPRK and China, and there are only a few records left in the historical records of the Wei State-everything was carried out tacitly by the people, and will The memory of all events is buried deep in my heart.Naturally, the best and most important result of the co-operation between the elders and ministers of the imperial court and Cao Rui this time is that in the decades since the founding of the Wei Dynasty until its demise, there has never been a foreign relative like Wang Mang at the end of the Western Han Dynasty. A rebellious minister who lost the power of the court.

Because this time the palace coup was too steep and violent, almost all the civil and military officials were a little dizzy.Few of them realize that among the three pillars of the power of the Wei dynasty—clan, relatives, and important ministers—the faction of relatives has been unable to rise with the complete collapse of the Queen Mother Guo's party.And the power chariot of the Wei court will be driven into the future by the two steeds of the clan and important ministers.However, how long can the "two horses" go hand in hand to support the court?Which of them will eventually "take the lead"?These issues seem to be far away from Wei's subjects, and there is almost no need to worry about them so early.And many courtiers have already sharpened their heads, trying to find ways to exploit the 36 black hats vacated by Guo's rebels.

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