Sima Yi's Three Kingdoms Collection Collection

Chapter 370 Desperate to Capture, Sima Yi Retires and Returns Home (5)
Li Sheng saw that Cao Xun, Cao Yan, Ding Mi, He Yan, Deng Yang, Yu Song and others had already filled the long seats and waited in the room. This time Li went to visit and observe, and Sima Taifu is indeed old and sick. When dealing with people, his hands are a little unsteady even holding the wine glass, and sometimes spilled a little wine. Moreover, Sima Taifu has already sprouted' Carpe diem in time, enjoy the rest of your life in peace', indulge in singing and dancing all day long, leaning on the red and emerald green, his 70-year-old body is probably going to be hollowed out by wine and sex!"

"Well...it seems that Master Li's words really confirmed the information we collected." Deng Yang listened to the side, and said with deep sympathy, "We have planted eyeliner in his Sima's mansion to report, Sima Yi since After returning to his hometown in Wen County to recuperate, he became obsessed with a newly adopted concubine Bai Ji. He indulged day and night, and threw his old wife Zhang Chunhua to Java. After Zhang Chunhua learned about it, he He went back to stop him on the grounds of returning to his hometown to visit a doctor, but he scolded Zhang Chunhua face to face: "You old guy is ugly, why do you run around and make a fool of yourself?" Zhang Chunhua was so angry that he wanted to She committed suicide on a hunger strike. Unexpectedly, after she starved for food and drink for two days and two nights, Sima Yi was still hard-hearted and ignored her. Later, Sima Shi, Sima Zhao, Sima Gan and other brothers heard the news and ran back to Wen County to support their mother. Following her on a hunger strike to protest, Sima Yi had no choice but to make a concession. He apologized to Zhang Chunhua and admitted his mistake before calming down the turmoil. But this made Sima Yi a little embarrassed. One after another sent letters accusing him of being lewd and unfeeling, which made him disgraced..."

"So it sounds like Sima Yi is old and sick, and also desolate and unreasonable. He has smashed his reputation as a 'senator of the four dynasties and an important minister of the country'!" Cao Xun said with a smile, " Maybe he really wants to end his life as a proud rich man! He may have figured it out a long time ago, instead of going head-to-head with our Cao family in the capital of Luoyang, it would be better to go back to his hometown to live a happy life and have fun in time No. No, he even shut down the official office of his Taifu's mansion almost completely, making our Yu Songjun just over 30 years old and became a redundant official with nothing to do."

"If he has such an awareness, it would be great. No wonder He recently saw that Sima Shi and Sima Zhao brothers seem to be a little listless... The old guy is so decadent, and these brats naturally follow suit. My son, I heard that even Shi Bao was so frightened that he resigned from office and fled from Master Sima, and disappeared..." He Yan said in a soft voice, while pinching his clean, jade-like palm over and over again. He said, "This is a very good situation! General, when Sima Yi and his son are willing to give in, this is our opportunity to advance!"

"Well... gentlemen, in Ding's opinion, it may be too early to say that Sima Yi is willing to retire and return to the Wei family!" Ding Mi was different from them, and he didn't have much optimism on his face. He frowned slightly and said, "Sima Yi has always had great ambitions, and Niannian took it as his mission to rule the world, and he has made great achievements. When he has power for a while, will he really be willing to submit to us from now on? We But you must not be deceived by him, you have to spy in many ways until you get to know his details thoroughly!"

When he said this, the audience couldn't help but fell silent immediately.Cao Shuang blinked his eyes and thought for a while, then asked Li Sheng, "Did Sima Yi talk to you?"

Li Sheng thought for a while and replied: "By the way, he also asked Li to bring you a message—he suggested that you grant the position of Sikong to Dr. Huan Fan."

"Oh? Isn't Sima Yi trying to please Dr. Huan on purpose?" Cao Yan chuckled, "I never thought that the famous and powerful Taifu Sima would put down his airs to please our Dr. Huan so humbly one day. He It must be hoped that through this action, Dr. Huan will speak well of him in front of us in the future! After all, Dr. Huan was once his classmate and friend!"

Cao Shuang mused for a while with his hands on his cheeks, and finally he gritted his teeth and said, "Humph! He has a good idea! This great general just doesn't allow him to please him! This position of Sikong should be given to Wei Zhen as a favor. This old guy has always done things in an even and stable manner, without edges and corners, and is quite senior, so he can be put on the stage and placed in the position of Sikong so that we can play with him. Let Huan Fan be excused, he is full of thorns, After coming up, it was a bit difficult to control."

Yu Song, who was sitting at the bottom of the chair, was shocked when he heard what he said: it turns out that people like Cao Shuang are so narrow-minded and shallow!Thanks to Huan Fan who has worked tirelessly for them for many years, advised them, and worked diligently, yet they treated him worse than an outsider like Wei Zhen!It seems that Cao Shuang and the others are weapons for fighting, they only like flatterers, and they have no way to control the real virtuous and talented people.How much future will I have if I follow them up and down with the times?If they treat a national scholar like Huan Fan so hypocritically, what about themselves?For a moment, Yu Song couldn't help but think of all the courtesies he had received in Sima Yi's shogunate, and his heart was full of tastes, and he sighed secretly.

Here, Ding Mi continued to speak along his previous train of thought: "General, for Sima Yi's recuperating and retiring, we can come to him to try out his plan of 'throwing stones and asking directions': start from Yi to Difficult, slowly cut off his party members in the court from the outside to the inside, and then quietly observe all his reactions, and then make a decision before making a move! If he is really content, he can only sit idly by; if he is really ulterior motives, we You can also adapt to the situation, see the tricks!"

"Cutting off Sima Yi's party feathers?" Cao Shuang looked timid, "Ding Jun, is this too aggressive? Let's wait and see."

"General, you are so confused! Didn't Master He say just now—"When Sima Yi and his son gave in, it was our opportunity to advance"!" Ding Mi stomped his feet heavily, "At this moment, we should return to Sima's party members. If you don’t hurry to cut it off, when will you wait in the future?”

Cao Shuang raised his head hesitantly and looked at He Yan, Cao Xun, Cao Yan, Deng Yang and others around him. Seeing that they all nodded to him to show their approval for Ding Mi, he asked in a muttered voice: "Then, Ding Jun—who do you think we should cut off from the Sima Party first?"

"Sun Li, the long history of your great general's shogunate, should be the first one to be cut off! He is a wedge for Sima Yi to break into your great general's shogunate through the hands of Sun Zi and Liu Fang!" Ding Mi said gloomyly. He said, "After all, he is not an old confidant of your Cao family. It is really uncomfortable to stay in the position of your shogunate for a long time, like a thorn in your back. Let's do it! You can use 'Ming Sheng Dark' The method of surrendering, let him go out to which state capital to be the governor, and let him stay away from the general's shogunate!"

Cao Shuang also felt that Sun Li stayed in the shogunate and restrained him a lot, so he nodded slightly, and said in a deep thought: "Ding Jun's words are very true. After the general released Sun Liwai, I simply hired you into the shogunate." Come to take up the post of long history, how about it?"

"Thank you General Ding for falling in love with you by mistake. There's no need for that." Ding Mi hastily resigned, and after thinking for a while, he replied: "You should hire Linghuyu, the nephew of General Wang Ling of Zhendong, into the shogunate as chief historian. Officer, so that we can join hands with Wang Ling to deal with Zhuge Dan, Wang Chang, Zhou Tai and other important officials belonging to Sima's party."

"Okay!" Cao Shuang clapped his hands very loudly, "Ding Jun's strategy is very clever, and this general immediately adopted it!"

Ding Mi squinted his eyes, and there was a faint coldness in his eyes: "Next, Sima Yi's eight confidantes in the imperial hall-Shang Shu Ling Sima Fu, Zhong Shu Ling Sun Zi, Zhong Shu Supervisor Liu Fang, and Minister of Officials Lu Yu , Du Zhi Shang Shu Wang Guan, Tai Chang Wang Su, Ting Wei Gao Rou, Da Hong Lu - we should all eradicate them one by one!"

Cao Shuang pressed his right palm firmly on the table in front of him, and nodded solemnly.

"Oh...by the way, General, do you know about this? He and Deng Shilang have already decided to appoint Zhang Dang's nephew Zhang Han as the county magistrate of Anyi County in Hedong County. You also agreed to this matter It's..." He Yan seemed to think of something, and said, "But that Lu Yu insisted on not getting approval from the Ministry of Officials! His apparent reason was that Zhang Han was not fit for the job and could not be selected, but in essence he was He didn't take your opinion seriously, General! He kept claiming that he would send a letter to Sima Yi, asking him to come back and uphold justice."

"What! It's really against this old man! I am a dignified general of the Fuguo, and he dares to refute the order of appointing a mere county magistrate?" Cao Shuang was furious, and the veins on his neck swelled instantly. Lao Gao, "He Yan——you will go to the official office of the Ministry of Officials and hand in the seal of his Minister of the Ministry of Officials to me, and immediately seal and issue the document approving the appointment of Zhang Han as the county magistrate of Anyi...Look at him Do you still dare to run into this general?"

"General—please think again!" Yu Song couldn't bear it anymore, and persuaded him, "Forcibly handing over Lu Yu's official seal is equivalent to dismissing Lu Yu's official official—removing his official official, You have to issue an imperial decree after the court meeting! It seems a little too impulsive for you to ask Mr. He to take extraordinary actions based on this angry words..."

"What do you know, kid? How can you talk about it here?" Cao Shuang glanced at him fiercely, "It's unbearable that an old man like Lu Yu dares to openly stand up to the will of this great general! This general wants to surrender his official seal in public and sweep his face, so that he will not be able to hold his head up in front of civil and military officials for the rest of his life, let's see if he dares to be arrogant again in the future?"

Cao Shuang's General's Mansion suddenly tripled in size in the past six months, occupying almost half of the street frontage in Nanfang.His previous neighbors' homes had all been demolished, voluntarily or involuntarily.Even though they are all nobles in the court, their ranks are not low, and their power is not small, why is Cao Shuang now the assistant general who is "above ten thousand people and has power over the world"?Even Sima Taifu, the respected elder of the four dynasties, voluntarily retreated to his hometown and stayed away from the capital because he was afraid of his power, not to mention these officials in Beijing.

However, although the Sima Mansion standing at the end of Nanfang seems to be getting deserted and lonely day by day, every time the dusk falls, Huan Fan, Ding Mi and other wise men of the Cao family feel that it is like A gigantic beast crawling silently is ready to jump up and devour its prey in one gulp!

In fact, Cao Shuang also faintly felt this way.Otherwise, he would not have arranged for warriors and servants to guard the newly expanded [-]-acre back garden of his mansion.

(End of this chapter)