Even a fool would not believe that Guo Xi had no desire to unify the world, so he would definitely attack Jiankang.

However, Sima Rui couldn't bear to see the important officials in the court being so resigned, so he discussed with Wang Dun that although it was a little late, he must raise troops to attack Luoyang, otherwise the court's face would be completely lost.

Although Wang Dun felt that Sima Rui could not grasp the key point, he still agreed.

This was a decision he made after discussing with his brother. His Majesty will definitely raise troops at this time. If the Wang family forcibly stops it, wouldn't it mean that the Wang family is just like Cao Wei, who has deprived the emperor. He didn't care, but his brother was very concerned about this kind of thing.

In addition, Wang Dun is very confident in himself. He has carefully studied Guo Xi's family history and understands that this person relies on money to win people's hearts, and he may not necessarily have much ability.

Come on, the Guo family in Luoyang is an unknown family. Except for Guo Jia from the Cao Wei period, there is no outstanding person at all, not to mention that Guo Xi is still a branch of the branch. As for that teacher of Guo Xi, Chen Kan of the Chen family, who is so opportunistic, how can he teach a good disciple? In his early years, his fame was even accumulated through calligraphy. Wang Dun thought disdainfully that in terms of calligraphy, no one could compare with him.

So, in short, Wang Dun looked down on the Zhou Kingdom and scorned the Qing Emperor.

However, Wang Dun still values ​​​​the generals under Guo Xi very much. After all, they are all famous for fighting with real swords and guns. Wang Dun has the pride of a noble family, but he is not a blindly arrogant person.

After the founding of the country, You Hongyin began to arrange the establishment of various departments. Fortunately, these things had been done before and all aspects had been sorted out earlier, so the process was not as cumbersome as imagined and the progress was very fast.

At the same time, the entire Zhou Kingdom began to prepare for the upcoming North-South War.

This was something that everyone expected. When establishing the country in the north, he had to fight with the Jin State. Liu Yuan also defeated several Sima clans back then, so that he could successfully stabilize the country and win the reputation of the Han State. .

But at this moment, another natural disaster struck.

In Jiankang City, Wang Dun had just finished his oath, encouraged his military morale, and was ambitiously preparing to lead the troops, when a heavy rain came down. However, Wang Dun himself was sitting in the carriage and couldn't get wet, so he opened his mouth and continued on his way. Unexpectedly, after walking in the rain for more than an hour, the rain became heavier and heavier, which had affected the road conditions. The rear army's baggage, food, grass and other items were unable to transportation. Wang Dun had to order to set up camp on the spot.

Wang Dun became a general who stationed his camp ten miles outside his imperial city. So the meteorological officer who was still in Jiankang City was cursed by Wang Dun.

I originally thought that the rain would stop soon. Generally speaking, heavy rains are short-lasting, but this time it lasted all day and night. When the rain subsided, Wang Dun continued walking for two hours in the rain. As a result, The rain got heavy again, so we had no choice but to continue camping. At this time, the army was about forty miles away from Jiankang.

Wang Dun felt that he was about to become a joke!

It can only be said that Wang Dun is indeed unlucky, and disasters in the world are unreasonable. However, this time is different from many years ago. It is not drought or locust plague, but waterlogging.

When there is a severe drought in the world, the north is the most severely affected, while the south will be less affected. But when there is a flood, the situation is reversed.

Even Chen Xiquan, who had been accompanying You Hongyin, felt that God might really be on You Hongyin's side.

The power of the word destiny is undoubtedly revealed at this moment!

Wang Dun finally had no choice but to ask Sima Rui for instructions, and Sima Rui naturally would not let go of this opportunity to win people's hearts. Naturally, he pretended to be generous and agreed to wait until the weather got better before setting off. He also sent an envoy to encourage him, saying that this was not the case. His fault.

Although the people from Sima Rui's faction were very reliable, and their gestures perfectly showed Sima Rui's tolerance, kindness and concern for Wang Dun, Wang Dun didn't care what kind of person Sima Rui was.

He just started to worry.

In fact, it wasn't just Wang Dun who was worried, people with some knowledge in the south began to murmur to themselves.

Moreover, at this time, rumors began to spread that Sima Rui's position was unfair, and even his own bloodline began to be questioned.

It is said that Sima Yi once saw the words "Niu will succeed the horse" in the prophecy "Xuanshi Tu", and Sima Yi was very worried that the Sima family's world would one day be taken away by the Niu family. So Sima Yi racked his brains and killed many owners named Niu (including Niu Jin, a general in the later period of Cao Wei) who he thought might become troubles in the future. Unexpectedly, Xiahou Guangji, the concubine of Sima Jin, was a promiscuous person. She had an affair with a small official named Niu and became pregnant, and gave birth to her son Sima Rui, which made the saying that "the cow succeeds the horse" come true.

Even the old people in the palace in the early years, those high officials and minor officials with the surname Niu were looked at left and right, as if they could tell something by looking at them like this.

This kind of rumor involves the housewife, and people's nature of liking gossip can be reflected at any time, so they circulated it over and over again, and finally it was heard by Sima Rui himself.

Can Sima Rui tolerate this?

He got angry because of this, and even shot many people to death with a killing stick. Among these people were ordinary servants and minor officials in the court. Although Director Wang stopped him, Sima Rui did not listen this time.

Obviously, whether it was because of a guilty conscience or humiliation, this inexplicable rumor touched Sima Rui's bottom line.

Wang Dao naturally understood the inexplicable nature of the rumor, and he also knew that he couldn't let it go, but he didn't agree with Sima Rui's way of dealing with it. This kind of groundless thing, as long as you don't care about it, it will naturally disappear one day, or if you dislike it disappearing too slowly, it's better to find some more exciting news to cover it up.

But Sima Rui was obviously furious, and Wang Dao was willing to continue to worsen the relationship between teachers and students and monarchs and ministers because of this issue, so he chose to ignore it.

Wang Dao was much busier than Sima Rui, the emperor. Although Sima Rui reviewed memorials, he could only give guidance. If he really dealt with those practical problems, I'm sorry. When Sima Rui was a prince in his early years, these tedious tasks were thrown to his staff, and he didn't deal with them himself, so there was no question of whether he would or not.

After becoming emperor, Sima Rui grasped the general direction, and Wang Dao was fully responsible for implementation, verification, mediation of conflicts among all parties, etc.

So it's not Wang Dao's fault that he is not energetic enough. There are too many things to do. It just so happens that the court is unstable both inside and outside, which makes this handsome middle-aged lady from aristocratic family, who was handsome in his youth, face the crisis of premature baldness.

The flood in the world is the most serious in the south. The water level of the Yangtze River has increased sharply in recent days, and it may be only a matter of time before the dam breaks.

In this case, whether there are rumors or not, Wang Dao really has no energy to care. He is contacting the aristocratic families to deal with natural disasters.

In particular, the Yangtze River must be preserved, otherwise the water volume and terrain will destroy half of the Jin State.

The Jin State can no longer withstand the tossing.

Fortunately, there is always a way out. With Wang Dao's efforts to clear the way and mediation from multiple parties, everyone worked together to finally save the Yangtze River in the heavy rain, and there has never been a dam break.

For this reason, Wang Dao can be regarded as a great relief. In this way, the losses from the flood can be minimized.

But even so, the saying of destiny and the message of Sima Rui's life experience have never been cut off.

After more than three months, the heavy rain finally stopped and the sun came out.

Chapter 220: The Elegance of Famous Scholars (Forty-Seven)

The heavy rain caused the Northern Expedition of Jin to fail, which made Wang Dun's punch feel like hitting cotton.

Even Wang Dun, who never believed in fate, doubted for the first time whether there was really such a thing as destiny in the world.

If even someone like Wang Dun began to waver, then the reactions of others could be inferred.

When Jin was fighting against floods, You Hongyin was not idle either. Jin had the Yangtze River to manage, and You Hongyin also had the Yellow River to manage in his territory. Even compared with the Yangtze River, the Yellow River flooded and burst its banks more often than the Yangtze River. This work is provided by SiTu.com for online reading

But what made Zhou's rulers and ministers headache was that there were many places along the Yellow River that were not Zhou's territory. If they wanted to control the Yellow River, they had to truly unify the north, because controlling the Yellow River flood was not enough to just block one area, but had to be sorted out from the beginning to the end.

So You Hongyin began to think about the two Hu territories of Yongzhou and Qinzhou.

If there had not been this flood, he would not have taken action against the Hu people when the Jin Dynasty was watching covetously. The aristocratic families of the Jin Dynasty did not have any concept of the Han people being united against the outside world.

The Yellow River Basin.

"Is Guo Xi crazy?" Shi Le stood in the big tent and was furious.

To be honest, he was also unlucky.

First, his army was instigated by Lu Yun, so he had to take 3,000 cavalry to surrender to Liu Yuan. Who knew that although Liu Yuan valued him and gave him a high position, his promise had not yet been fulfilled, and his troops had not yet been assigned to him, Liu Yuan himself became seriously ill, and then there was a series of power struggles in the Han Kingdom.

Shi Le was not only cruel and cunning, but also had a clear understanding of the situation, so he immediately gave up the idea of ​​making a comeback in the Han Kingdom and immediately brought his people to Qinzhou and Yongzhou, where there were many Hu people.

Although the land of Qinzhou and Yongzhou has always been controlled by the Hu people, it does not mean that there are fewer Han people. However, the Han people in these two states have lived with those Hu people for a long time and have long been accustomed to the war-torn living environment. They don’t expect much from the court. They have always built Wubao by themselves, gathered together, and relied on collective strength to survive in this world.

Moreover, these two states are actually desolate places. The land cannot grow a good harvest of food. Everyone can barely keep food and clothing. The weather has always been very bad and life is difficult. Even because there is no large amount of vegetation covering the surface, it cannot be used as a pasture. Except for the large cities formed in a few areas occupied by the Hu people, other places are not the focus of attention, and no one will easily come to plunder such a poor place where even houses cannot be afforded.

As the saying goes, green mountains and bad waters produce unruly people, so Shi Le finally took his confidants and planned to take root in Qinzhou and Yongzhou. In addition, Shi Le had a mind that he did not say out loud.

He understood that if he still did the same as in the past, gathering a large number of soldiers and generals, forming an army, and then plundering everywhere, it would not work.

Whether it is from the history books or the powerful emperors and princes today, they all occupied a piece of land, let the farmers farm, collect taxes themselves, build city walls, and rest. It seems that only by having a fixed territory, a place to collect taxes, a place to conscript people, and a strong logistics support can the hearts of the soldiers under his command be stabilized, and can the supreme power be truly seized in this chaotic world.

Now that there are too few unowned lands, he cannot confront Zhou and Jin head-on. His final target is only the remote areas of Qinzhou, Yongzhou, Liangzhou, etc., which are also from grassland tribes.

So Shi Le took his 3,000 cavalry and raised an army of nearly 20,000 people. He first annexed the weakest Qifu Xianbei tribe. After reorganization, he captured the territory of Lushui Hu who came from Liangzhou.

Compared with the two states of Hu people who fought each other and were domineering most of the time, Shi Le's troops who had been fighting all over the world had much more experience in war. Therefore, even the powerful Lushui Hu finally lost, put away their claws reaching for Yongzhou, and obediently withdrew to their base camp Liangzhou.

Now in the two states of Yongzhou and Qinzhou, the only ones who can really speak out are the Qiang Yang family and the Jie Shi Le.

Shi Le settled down and even asked some Jie tribes in his hometown Bingzhou to move away from their homeland and come here to develop. He wanted to manage these two states well, just like the former emperor managed Qingzhou, and turn them into his base camp and capital for his fight for the world.

As a result, before Shi Le could establish a good relationship with the Qiang tribe, the Zhou army came.

Facing such a battle-hardened army, Shi Le and Yang had to put aside their prejudices and join forces. No one wanted their territory to be taken away by others.

And Shi Le

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