Sima Yi's Three Kingdoms Collection Collection

Chapter 343 Wisdom eliminates dissidents, Sima Yi is the third minister who entrusts Gu to assist the government (4)
"Taiwei Sima, my prince, please help me!" Cao Rui gently raised his hand, "Fang'er, come and kneel down for Taiwei Sima!"

Cao Fang, who had just turned eight years old, was supported by Empress Guo, walked over with tears on her face, sobbing, and really wanted to kowtow to Sima Yi!
"I can't! I can't! How dare the old minister accept this great gift?" Sima Yi hurriedly crawled over, stretched out his hand to stop Cao Fang, "His Royal Highness is really killing the old minister by doing this!"

Cao Rui was watching the scene of Cao Fang and Sima Yi kneeling and weeping opposite each other on the couch, as if thinking of the night in the Chonghua Palace in April of the seventh year of Huang Chu, he couldn't feel the tears and rain, and his voice was so low that it was almost audible No way: "You... If you are really my father, how wonderful it would be!"

Here, Sima Yi knocked his head on the smooth and hard floor tiles with a "bang bang" sound: "Your Majesty didn't see the former emperor's entrustment to the old minister? The old minister swears here that the old minister will be a pure minister of the Wei Dynasty throughout his life, and he will be my servant." Great Wei's country will always be devoted to death, and it is only after death!"

Sima Yi's tall hat

On the thirteenth day of the first lunar month in the third year of Jingchu in the Great Wei Dynasty, the sky above the city of Luoyang was so blue that not a single cloud could be seen.

The warm sunlight shone on the snow-covered roof of the Nine Dragon Hall, melting crystal drops of water, dripping down from the corners of the eaves of the wind chimes, and knocking out the pattering light on the bright white marble floor tiles. ring.

Looking down from the high nine-story Danqi Qiongyu Terrace in the hall, the civil and military ministers of the Great Wei Dynasty, relatives of the clan, and envoys from various countries lined up in order, kneeling in a large area on the hall, all of them bent down intently. I prayed silently.

It was the first time in Sima Yi's life that he sat on the special seat on the brocade cushion on the right side of the dragon bed above the throne on the Danyu Terrace, and it was also the first time in his life that he was openly so close to His Majesty the Emperor in front of the subjects of the world.The seats between each other are only about five feet apart.All of this, as if a dream reappeared, reminded him of the Jian'an period of the previous dynasty. On the main hall of Weiyang Palace in Xudu, Cao Cao, with the honor of the prime minister and the nobility of the king of Wei, was also the tiger skin sitting on the right side of the throne of Han Xiandi Liu Xie. On the couch, arbitrators of state affairs in public.At that time, almost all eyes in the court were focused on Cao Cao, and Cao Cao also looked directly at the Han Xiandi who was sitting side by side with him like transparent air, listening to advice and accepting advice on his own. Give orders without hesitation.How carefree and free-spirited it is to look at oneself freely, play freely, laugh and scold freely, and reward and punish freely!And today, I have almost sat in the same position as him, so how should I behave?Over the past few decades, in order to get closer to the dragon seat step by step, he has tasted almost all the suffering, tiredness, grief, and pain one by one; He is also slowly savoring the eight handles of , abolishing and punishing.It is the supreme reverence overlooking the Kyushu, the only one who is the only one, the moment of life and death cannot be reversed, and the command of the moment is determined, and I can't blame the heroes such as Dong Zhuo, Cao Cao, Liu Bei, Sun Quan, etc. for their efforts. Crawl before this dragon seat!And myself, thanks to the shadow of my ancestors and the support of my father, brother and friends, I finally got close to it—I can bow my head and reach it, only one step away!However, when Cao Cao sat in this position, he suddenly detonated a series of potential crises, but he must definitely learn from him!
As soon as he thought of this, he immediately gathered all his thoughts and sat on the brocade mat seat as firmly as a giant bell.When he was silent, his eyes slanted to the left: just to the left of the throne where the young emperor Cao Fang was sitting, there was also a brocade mat seat five feet away, another Gu Ming Assistant Minister, the new general Cao Shuang sat on it.It could be seen that Cao Shuang seemed very nervous, his chubby face was flushed red, and his hands were hanging down by his sides, tightly pinching the corner of his robe, as if he wanted to grab something to give him an invisible support.When Sima Yi saw it, he smiled secretly in his heart: After all, Cao Shuang's child is inexperienced, and he is crowned with a monkey, even if he is given a special seat on the throne, he seems to be on the verge of falling and can't calm down!
At this time, the jade bell rang "Dang", indicating that the auspicious time had come.Liu Suo, the supervisor of Zhongshu who was standing under the jade steps of the Danqi, walked slowly to the main hall, unfolded the imperial decree slowly, and read aloud:

The emperor's edict said, "I have inherited a great career with a humble body, and I am guilty of being alone, and I am accused by Mi.The Taiwei and the Great General were ordered by the first emperor to serve as assistants to me. The three lords and nine ministers and the ministers of all ministries should be loyal and dedicated to the prosperity of Wei.From today onwards, I will change the name of the year to "Zhengshi", to keep the integrity of the beginning and the goodness of the end forever.This!
As soon as he finished his words, all the ministers in the hall shouted in unison: "The ministers should be loyal and dedicated, do their best to do the king's affairs, and use the righteousness of the beginning to keep the goodness of the end forever!"

After Liu Fang rolled up the imperial edict, he glanced around the hall, and solemnly declared: "Please order the chief assistant minister, Sima Taiwei, to give instructions to all officials on behalf of the king!"

As soon as he said this, Huan Fan, Xia Houxuan, He Yan, Deng Yang, etc. who were kneeling down and kneeling down were all shocked: This Liu Fang carried Sima Yi out in public as soon as he opened his mouth. He won a "chess move first" ah!

But Sima Yi stroked his silver beard, leaned aside, and said politely to Cao Shuang who was opposite the throne: "General Cao Shuang is a close relative of Wei, please first give instructions to all officials on behalf of the king!"

Cao Shuang's face flushed with a "thump"—how did he know how to "represent the king and train the government" above the court?At that time, Liu Fang, the master of ceremonies, didn't give him any approval!How can he prepare for it?Therefore, Cao Shuang had no choice but to reply in a huff: "This... well, Taiwei Sima, you are highly respected, virtuous and talented, so please come forward and teach the government on behalf of the emperor!"

Cao Shuang himself said so, Sima Yi no longer refused, stood up slowly and stood on the right side of the jade platform of Danchi, his eyes poured down like a mighty stream, as if he was watching all the people below him, but he didn't seem to care about him. All the people below paid attention to it, and said in a deep and slow voice:

"My fellow colleagues, how can the old minister be so good? How dare he teach the government on behalf of the king? The old minister is here today, just to have a heart-to-heart talk with everyone. The old minister came back from the Liaodong rebellion a few days ago. The arrow wound he suffered while fighting against the traitor Gongsun—however, the veteran never thought that the late emperor would once again entrust himself with the task of taking care of his life and assisting the government when he was about to die! There are many opportunities? I only hope that all the lords here will "perform their duties and drive together" to jointly promote the great cause of our great Wei and all ages! And the only thing for the veterans who are relentless day and night is to inherit the Emperor Wu , Emperor Wen, and the late emperor’s behest, to use all the efforts of the whole life to combine the abilities of all the monarchs to clear up thousands of miles, to bring all the people in the world back to unity and to share peace!"

Hearing his generous and sincere words, Cui Lin, Jiang Ji, Gao Rou, Lu Yu, Wei Zhen, Sima Fu and other high-ranking ministers who were sitting on their knees were moved to the point of tears in their eyes.

"At the same time, the old minister hereby proposes: first, immediately stop all labor in Fanglinyuan, Bailiangtai, Zongzhangguan, etc., dismiss the farmers and women who have been conscripted from various places, and return to their hometowns to farm and weave and settle down to their own businesses. There should be no more disturbance;
"Secondly, Master Ma Jun, the master craftsman, took the lead to smash and melt the 'Bronze Man of the Sky' on the Bailiang Terrace, and use it to forge the arrowhead weapons of the three armies, and prepare for battle with all our strength;

"Thirdly, under the leadership of Da Si Nong Huan Fan, we will strive to raise 600 million shi of military rations within three months to pay for the destruction of Wu and Shu;

"Fourth, Sima Fu, Minister of the Minister, and She Weizhen, Minister of the Minister, are in charge. They widely issue clear orders to seek advice and talents, and collect various suggestions on military and national plans from various states and counties..."

He was talking, when suddenly Huan Fan raised his right hand Yahu and shouted loudly: "Master Taiwei, wait a moment, you want me to raise 600 million shi of military rations within three months, it is really difficult!"

Huan Fan stepped forward and publicly interrupted Sima Yi's speech, which immediately caused a slight commotion in the court.

Hearing this, Sima Yi's expression froze slightly, and then his face became sinking and calm, and he stared at him quietly for a moment, his gaze piercing like a sharp sword: "Lord Huan, as far as I know: you The Department of Agriculture and Agriculture took all the surplus grain from the military colonies of the states to Taicang, and only allowed the localities to reserve two months of grain storage. Then, if you come to Taicang, there must be heaps of millet in the warehouse——I don’t ask you to pacify Wu But who is going to get the military rations for the battle of destroying Shu?"

Huan Fan also met his awe-inspiring gaze, without changing his face, and replied with respect but also firmness: "To my lord Taiwei, there are still eight or nine million stone accumulations in Taicang under the jurisdiction of my Da Si Nong." The food is true, but it has two major purposes - one is to prepare for natural disasters and catastrophes, and should not be allocated lightly; the other is to be used exclusively for the royal court to obtain titles and rewards. Yesterday General Cao said to this official, Now that the new emperor ascends the throne and starts reforming with the people, he has to increase the salaries of officials at all levels of the court by five shi per capita this year to show the mighty emperor's grace; the 900 elite soldiers and 80 officials of the Great Wei will each increase by five shi Rice, according to the statistics, it is 20 million shi grains that have to be paid... You say, how dare my Taicang treasury send more of your military rations?"

"General Cao, did you decide earlier that you would give five shimi to the officials at all levels of the court this year as a token of your mighty grace?" Sima Yi understood what he heard, his eyes turned sharply, and he turned sideways to stare at himself. Cao Shuang on the left.

Cao Shuang was sweating profusely on his forehead, and his face was flushed with nervousness: "Master... Taiwei, this... about this matter, this general just had some initial...preliminary thoughts yesterday, just... So I had a chat with Dr. Huan first... Dr. Huan strongly agrees: donate food to the world and win the hearts of the people, why not do it?"

How smart is Sima Yi?He immediately guessed from Cao Shuang's faltering that this was Huan Fan's temporary move to prevent himself from carrying out the general strategy of pacifying Wu and destroying Shu, and made new achievements, and he also played "additional salary rice for hundreds of officials, announced The mighty emperor's grace" card, of course, I don't want to expose and reject it in public at this moment, so as not to arouse public grievances, so I pretended to be indifferent, nodded deeply and said: "General Cao and Huan Fan's move is indeed true. It is extremely sympathetic. Such a beautiful thing, I should also agree with it from the sidelines! Well, since the Taicang treasury is in an emergency this year, the collection of military rations will be postponed! But the Department of Agriculture must not slack off, We need to increase revenue and reduce expenditure, and store more grain and grass to lay a solid foundation for our great plan to flatten Wu and destroy Shu!"

When Sima Yi made such a statement, Huan Fan held up his wat and replied: "Your Excellency is indeed wise and decisive, and I will follow orders."

Cao Shuang wiped the sweat from his forehead secretly with his hand, and said repeatedly: "Not bad, not bad. Such a beautiful thing, can have the support of the Taiwei, and this general is also grateful on behalf of all the officials and soldiers in the world." endless..."

"This Sima Yi really doesn't take you seriously, big brother. Since he took office, he has given orders and bossed him around, as if he is the chief assistant! Big brother, little brother, I feel angry when I look at him!"

(End of this chapter)