Sima Yi's Three Kingdoms Collection Collection

Chapter 281 Subduing the enemy without fighting (12)
"Huh?" There was a flash of light in the depths of Zhong Yao's eyes, and it flashed across Zhong Hui's face.He slowly closed his eyes, opened them after a long time, stared straight at Zhong Hui, and said, "You are wrong! Not everyone in this world who is close to the position of emperor can become like Sima Yi and Cao Cao." Human. In today's Great Wei Dynasty, if you want to subtly move the divine cauldron, except for the Sima family who can achieve what they want, everyone else, including our Zhong family, cannot have this idea. People, should You have self-knowledge. From now on, don't even think about that!"

Zhong Hui saw that his father said so firmly, but he was somewhat dubious.He didn't think about it for a while, and nodded in agreement.

Seeing that Zhong Hui nodded in agreement, Zhong Yao felt relieved.He stood still for a moment, glanced at the mahogany box in the middle of the study, and sighed deeply: "Sima Yi sent these gifts, for my father, it's really 'neither to accept nor to refuse'!

"If he refuses these gifts from him, he will think that his father did not give him 'face', and will not fully support his strategy of resisting Shu in the court, and he will be deeply suspicious of his father; however, if he accepts these things from him Gifts, as a father, will be regarded by him as a person who loves money and despise righteousness, and it has no weight in his eyes... This will not work! Father must find a way to return these gifts to him in another way!"

He frowned and pondered for a while, then raised his eyebrows suddenly, his face showed joy, and said: "That's right! There is also an ancestral 'Lingxi Sword' in my Zhongfu, which is a magic weapon handed down from the Yao and Shun eras. Instrument... in a moment, you go to the back room and get it!"

Zhong Hui rushed into the secret room behind the study, took out a sword in a golden shark skin sheath, and presented it to Zhong Yao.

Zhong Yao slowly pulled out the "Spiritual Rhinoceros Sword" from the golden shark skin sheath - only to see an arc of blue and cold light gushing out like running water, shimmering and shrinking, making everyone's eyebrows look blue!
He squinted his eyes, held the "Spiritual Rhinoceros Sword" in his hand and watched it carefully for a while, suddenly a blue light flashed, he raised the sword in his hand and dropped it, with a sound of "cha", the corner of the desk was sliced ​​off like tofu!

"Father...Father! You... are you really willing to give this ancestral sword that can blow hair and hair to the Sima family?" Zhong Hui looked at the "Spiritual Rhinoceros Sword" with a bit of reluctance in his tone.

"Why not? If you have to give up, you have to give up!" Zhong Yao put his sword back into its sheath, handed it to Zhong Hui, and said calmly, "This favor, my father wants you to come forward. Sima Zhao, the second son of Sima Yi, is now He has won His Majesty's favor, and he has a bright future. He is about the same age as you, and you should make friends with him. You can give him this 'Consonant Sword' at the right time... He and His father will definitely understand our Zhong family's wishes."

"My son would like to obey my father's teaching." Zhong Hui took the sword, nodded respectfully and replied, but the faint reluctance in his eyes still couldn't be concealed.

Looking at Zhong Hui's reluctant expression, Zhong Yao couldn't help sighing deeply in his heart: Thinking of Sima Yi's second son, Sima Zhao, who was able to be humble when faced with the temptation of being the middle base general. Let it be polite, but I can't let go of a precious sword at this moment... In contrast, the future achievements of our two families are already judged!People should really have self-knowledge!

Rumors spread
At the beginning of June, a rumor was born suddenly in the city of Ye in the state of Wei, and quickly spread throughout the whole state of Wei, and then crossed the border of the state of Wei, spreading like wildfire across Wu and Shu. Long mouths."Generally speaking, the wide spread of rumors is directly proportional to the top secret and importance of their contents.Just listen to the content of this rumor to know why it has such a big impact!Rumors say: Cao Rui is not the son of Wei Wendi Cao Pi at all, he is the evil seed born 27 years ago when his biological mother, Empress Dowager Zhen, had an affair with Dong'a King Cao Zhi in Yecheng.Now that Cao Rui is in power, he first forced to death the Queen Mother Guo who exposed the adultery between Queen Mother Zhen and Cao Zhi to the late Emperor more than ten days ago, and now he is killing those who helped the late Emperor defeat Cao Zhi in the struggle for the successor of the Wei State. The elders and ministers are ready to welcome back his biological father Dong'a Wang Cao Zhi to Beijing to lead the government.

As soon as the rumor spread to the court, it immediately caused an uproar.No wonder the Empress Dowager Guo died violently more than ten days ago, and the uncle Guo Biao was punished by the family. So it turned out to be such a thing!After hearing this rumor, all civil and military officials couldn't help but suddenly realized.After enlightenment, they were panicked again: In the court civil war that assisted the late emperor in winning the battle for establishing an heir, most of the officials in the court had contributed more or less. If the current emperor really came so One-handed "original sin" liquidation, so it's okay?Ever since, all the officials of the imperial court were in danger again.A few timid third-rank officials even quietly packed up their homes and prepared to go into exile.

After the rumors spread abroad, the Wu and Shu countries became even more excited.Especially Sun Quan, the lord of the state of Wu, had always adhered to the principle of "ruling across the river and not aggressing each other" with the state of Wei, but under the stimulation of this shocking rumor, he also had the urge to actively attack the state of Wei.With the keen eyesight of a statesman no less than Cao Cao, Emperor Wu of Wei, and Liu Bei, Emperor Zhaolie of Han Dynasty, he realized that once such a rumor is confirmed, it will be enough to cause civil strife and even civil war in the mighty Wei.And the civil strife in Wei State is a great opportunity for Wu State to march into the Central Plains!Sun Quan, who was once intimidated by the great political and military talents of Wei Wudi Cao Cao and almost bowed his head, and was later bestowed the title of King Wu by Wei Wendi Cao Pi, finally jumped out of the shadow of shame and wanted to openly challenge the number one in the Three Kingdoms. No. [-] powerful country——Cao Wei challenged it!He immediately sent his confidant minister, Fuyi Zhonglang, to contact Zhang Wen to Shu, and prepared to cooperate with Shu Prime Minister Zhuge Liang, who was fighting in Guanzhong, to launch a sniper attack on Wei from the east.All of a sudden, the state of Wei fell into an unprecedented crisis of internal and external difficulties!

When Cao Rui heard the rumors for the first time, he was angry and afraid: what made him angry was that the rumors were so vicious, and that his own biological mother and uncle were the protagonists of such a scandal that was despised by the world, it was simply a public insult to the royal family of Wei; The most important thing is that this rumor is false and true, and it is in line with the current background of the pursuit of Queen Mother Guo's one-party situation. It is true that the insider cannot send such a shocking blow.But after the anger and fear were over, Cao Rui raised his head, but looked around in a daze: Facing this big crisis, who can he turn to to help him resolve it?Are you looking for the Cao clan?They were all afraid that they would be involved in this vortex of rumors, and they all avoided it in fear. Who would dare to join in and add to the chaos?Are you looking for an important minister in the court?Hua Xin, Chen Qun and others, although they are loyal and can be learned from, but they are not stubborn.The world is so big, although there are many ministers, there are not many people who can stand up and repay their loyalty at critical moments!As a last resort, Cao Rui had to summon Sun Zi, Liu Fang, Sima Zhao and others to discuss countermeasures again.

Sima Zhao was the first to brave the risk of being hated by all his relatives and accomplices, selflessly and fearlessly broke the collective aphasia-like silence of the government and the opposition, pointing out sharply: This rumor must have been fabricated by the remnants of the Queen Mother Guo to launch a crazy counterattack Therefore, it is necessary to further pursue those traitors and thieves and the remnants of the Guo family, so as to "eliminate all evil and leave no future troubles".Liu Fang was the second to stand up and suggested: the decree must be promulgated in a timely manner throughout the country, those who dare to talk about the secrets of the royal family will abandon the market, and those who spread rumors will exterminate the family.Sun Zi finally spoke, suggesting that Cao Rui take the initiative to take practical actions to restore the bad influence of this rumor.And this actual action is to publicly denounce Cao Zhi, the king of Dong'a, and fight back this rumor by dealing a heavy blow to Cao Zhi.Isn't it rumored that Cao Rui is Cao Zhi's illegitimate son?According to common sense, a son would never embarrass his father if he was a close relative.And Cao Rui publicly denounced Cao Zhi to show the world that Cao Zhi was not Cao Rui's biological father!
Cao Rui accepted all the suggestions of Sun Zi, Liu Fang, and Sima Zhao without modification, accepted them as they were ordered, and implemented them immediately.As a result, the first imperial decree publicly released to the whole people in the history of the Wei State was posted all over the streets and alleys of major states and counties. According to the legacy of Emperor Zuwu, he was still arrogant, extravagant and dissipated, and he was punished by deducting his offerings for three years, cutting off three thousand households in the city, and facing the wall for three years, and he was not allowed to go to Beijing to face saints for life, and he was not allowed to associate with the clan kings again."

The harsh wording, harsh tone, and sharp writing style of this imperial decree are the most prominent and dazzling among all the edicts of the Wei family.With the public promulgation of this imperial decree across the country, Cao Rui is tantamount to publicly pronouncing the life sentence of Cao Zhi, the king of Dong'a, and it is also tantamount to a fatal blow to the rumor.At the same time, as Cao Zhi disappeared from the political arena of Wei State, the rumor gradually became silent, and the government and the people of Wei State also gradually returned to tranquility. It was—everything calmed down.However, the last ray of hope for the kings of the Cao clan to participate in and discuss state affairs and defend the imperial power was completely stifled by the ending of Dong'a Wang Cao Zhi being imprisoned for life.

(End of this chapter)