Chapter 1314 Breaking the situation

 After asking someone to send the unwilling Sima Zhao away, Feng Da Sima returned to the backyard to discuss with the two ladies.

The right lady spoke first with some doubts:

“Then Sima Yi, doesn’t he already know that Alang plans to block the Luoyang trade route and turn to Xuchang?”

 Feng Dasima raised his thumbs up:

"What Mr. Xi said is very much in line with my heart. I was thinking of this verse just now."

 Seeing that Feng Da Sima agreed with her opinion, Mrs. Right was not happy, but frowned:

"But if what we think is true, then this matter spread too fast? Our affairs with Xuchang have not officially begun, and Sima Yi has already had a countermeasure."

 At this point, Mrs. Right was at a loss as to how to continue, "This..."

"Cao Shuang is too careless in his work, isn't he?"

Feng Da Sima found a seat, sat down, and told Madam Right about his wishes.

The right lady nodded and said with some disbelief:

"Cao Shuang is also a general of the pseudo-Wei after all. If he does things in such a careless manner, it would be a disgrace to his status."

“Is there some fraud in it? Or is there a hidden secret that we don’t know about? Or are we overthinking it?”

 I am used to Feng’s foresight and the prime minister’s way of governing the country.

Even my sister, a prostitute, can be said to be quite capable.

 Mrs. Right has some kind of illusion, always thinking that the person in power cannot be a simple person.

 At any rate, he is the general of the Han Dynasty’s sworn enemy, the Puppet Wei!

 The more I look at it, the more it seems like playing house.

“Even if we are overthinking this matter, are the previous news from Xuchang all false?”

Feng Da Sima shook his head and said, "Cao Shuang is just a dandy. His current status is probably due to his good background. It's really nothing to worry about."

There are still people in later generations who believe that Cao Shuang suppressed Sima Yi for ten years before being overturned by Sima Yi, so they think Cao Shuang is still very powerful.

 This is a typical example of people who don’t read history books and only watch film and television adaptations.

 Three generations of the Cao family!

Cao Cao conquers the country, Cao Pi sits on the country, and Cao Rui governs the country.

 In original history, the Wei State could be said to be the most powerful country among the Three Kingdoms.

 After three generations, the Northern Central Plains from top to bottom have basically identified with Cao Wei.

Especially Cao Rui, who suppressed the Kingdom of Wu in the east and blocked the Kingdom of Shu in the west. Although in the later period, there was a large-scale construction project and he was not considerate of the people's strength.

But this also proves that the Wei State has reached its peak in his hands, and the two countries of Shu and Wu no longer pose a threat at all, so they dare to indulge themselves.

 It was under this circumstance that Cao Shuang took over the position of auxiliary government.

In that case, Cao Shuang's mere surname Cao and status as a clan member were enough to suppress Sima Yi to death. Does he still need to suppress him deliberately?

But in ten years, just ten years, Cao Shuang was able to completely destroy the country that three generations of the Cao family had built.

Let’s not talk about the people’s support in the world, just talk about the ministers of the court, the generals of the army, and the local noble families. Most of them fell in favor of the Sima family.

Especially in the lineage status, all kinds of arrogance, and even bullying of the royal family are simply digging the foundation of one's own governance.

With Cao Shuang's start, no matter what Sima does later, there will be no pressure.

 From this aspect, Cao Shuang’s crimes against Cao Wei are only second to Sima’s.

 This shows that the speed with which General Cao lost his family is astonishing.

 It is indeed not without reason that he was scolded as a pig head by his own think tank.

 Let alone this historical line, Cao Rui did not leave any good situation for Cao Shuang.

 But from the current point of view, Cao Shuang's style is still the same as in the original history, so if he can hold up for five or six years, he is considered qualified.

Feng Da Sima believes that even if everyone in Xuchang is not familiar with the Sima family, it is probably not much different.

"If we hadn't intervened, Cao Shuang would have been unable to defeat Sima Yi."

Feng Da Sima looked strange. He wanted to laugh but couldn't. He didn't know how to express his feelings towards an opponent like General Cao.

"But even if we divide Cao Shuang and Sima Yi through business, I'm afraid it can only delay it for a while. Cao Shuang will seek his own destruction sooner or later, so we can't expect too much from him."

Feng Da Sima said this and rubbed his forehead, "This person is really a fat slave who can't be helped. I only hope he can help us delay for a few more years."

(Note: Fat slave comes from what Huan Fan said: "Cao Zidan, a good man, gave birth to your brother, Du'er! Fat slave! Cao Zidan, a good man, gave birth to five or six heads of meat from Qing. Now Huan Fan follows Qing and destroys the family." Cao Zidan is Cao Zhen)

Mrs. Zuo had been standing on the other side looking at the map hanging on the wall. After hearing Feng Dasima’s words, she finally turned around:

 “Listen to Alang’s wishes, don’t you want to take Luoyang according to Sima Yi’s wishes?”

Sima Yi's surrender of Luoyang was just a way to capture Luoyang, and it was also a better choice.

 But the Han can also easily capture Luoyang by himself.

 The only thing that needs to be considered is how to negotiate with Wu State without complying with the facts.

  After all, reestablishing good relations with the State of Wu was a national policy set by the late emperor, and it was also an alliance personally forged by the prime minister.

 As the successor of the prime minister, Feng Da Sima needs to give Wu Guo a reasonable reason or answer.

“Aren’t you discussing this with the two gentlemen?”

 Feng Dashima spread his hands.

As he spoke, he looked at Mrs. Zuo who was standing, "What do you think, Mr. Xi?"

Mrs. Zuo nodded, turned her head again, and said to the map:

“Sima Yi’s abandonment of Luoyang seems a bit incredible, but when I look closely, I find that it’s not that simple.”

"Oh?" Feng Da Sima suddenly became interested, stood up and walked over, "What do you think, Mr. Xi?"

Mrs. Zuo rolled her eyes at Feng Da Sima, "I don't have any insight, I just remembered the deduction of the staff department."

 “Tell me about it.” Feng Da Sima showed a very interested expression on his face and asked closer.

The staff department is full of young staff officers who are thinking about making great achievements, but there has been no major war in the past two years.

 So they can only do deductions on the sand table and maps every day to quench their hunger and thirst.

 As the saying goes, three bad generals are equal to Prime Minister Zhuge.

With this push and pull, almost every situation has been imagined by them.

General Guan proposed it at this time, and it must be a valuable idea.

 At this time, Mrs. Right also came over.

 She doesn't know how to lead an army in a battle, but she can still read a map.

“Here, Luoyang, is the last barrier in Guandong.”

General Guan tapped the map with his long and powerful fingers, and then pressed his entire palm on the map:

"Once Luoyang is lost, there will be no more dangerous passes to defend in the Guandong area south of the river."

 The place where General Guan's palm was pressed was the area south of the Yellow River in the North China Plain in later generations.

 Most of Feng Da Sima's energy in recent years has been focused on internal integration. In the past, at most he was thinking about how to conquer Luoyang at the minimum cost.

I haven’t thought carefully about what will happen after Luoyang is captured.

 At this time, General Guan reminded him, and he suddenly reacted:

If the Han's cavalry were to rush into the plains with Luoyang as the fulcrum, the scene... would be too beautiful to imagine.

 The pattern opened up at once.

Although he knew that this was Sima Yi's intention to lure him, even with Feng's temperament, he couldn't help but take a breath.

 The sound of swallowing saliva sounded in my ears.

Feng Da Sima turned around and looked over, and Madam Right also looked over with her bright eyes.

 He could even feel the hot breath of the right lady on his neck.

After a long time, Feng Da Sima took a long breath and murmured:

 “Sima Yi, what a great gesture, he wants to divert trouble to the east...”

When Mrs. Right heard this word, she couldn’t help but nodded in approval:

  "Diverting trouble to the east? Alang's word is good. I originally thought it meant diverting trouble to the east of the Yangtze River, but diverting the trouble to the east is much more appropriate. For Sima Yi and Cao Shuang, we are indeed a trouble."

Mrs. Zuo's phoenix eyes narrowed slightly, "Once we take Luoyang, Cao Shuang will probably feel uncomfortable. It seems that Sima Yi doesn't want to cover up for Cao Shuang anymore."

Luoyang was the old capital, but now it has been handed over to Sima Yi. Does the Han want it?

If he wanted to, facing an unimpeded plain where the Han cavalry could move freely across the plains, the Han would first take the easy part and then the difficult part, capture the land in Shandong, and then move his troops across the river to the north.

It is better to resist the huge temptation that is so close at hand, first difficult and then easy, first forcefully cross the river, storm Taihang, and capture Hebei.

 And then divide the land of Shandong equally with Soochow?

“Not only does he not want to cover for Cao Shuang, he simply wants to use Cao Shuang to delay himself.”

Madam You also noticed it at this time, took two steps forward, stretched out her finger, and pointed to the land in Hebei:

"If the Han Dynasty takes the land of Shandong first, then he can have time to further win over the people of Hebei, and even take the opportunity to take in the big families of Shandong who are escaping from the war."

 What if it weren’t for the three stinky generals to top Prime Minister Zhuge?

 Feng Da Sima was also very interested at this time, and he came up and said:

"Moreover, in my opinion, if we really take Shandong first, then Sima Yi will be waiting for an opportunity at any time behind the army, making us afraid to use all our strength."

"But it will be different if we take Hebei first. Cao Shuang, this guy, might even applaud him."

 Compared with the left and right ladies, Feng Da Sima has a little advantage.

 That is the prophetic nature of the historical context.

Although this advantage is getting smaller and smaller now, the understanding of the true face of famous historical figures still has an advantage that others do not have.

No matter how bad Sima Yi's fart on Luo Shui lowered the moral bottom line of China's political struggle.

 But before Luoshui farted, who would have known that Sima Yi would be so despicable?

This at least shows that in terms of the overall situation, Sima Yi's vision is more recognized by the world than Cao Shuang.

Mrs. Zuo was noncommittal when she heard what Feng Da Sima said:

“Actually, if we attack Hebei first and then Shandong, even if Cao Shuang is willing, he may not be able to support us from the north.”

As she spoke, she clicked on the southeastern land that did not exist on the map:

"As long as we advance eastward, Soochow will never sit idly by and remain unmoved."

"If Cao Shuang dares to act rashly, with Lu Xun's ability, something will happen."

Mrs. Right said: "Moreover, Cao Shuang has been tricked by Lu Xun once. If he loses Xiangyang, he will probably be afraid and dare not make a move."

It goes without saying that Yangzhou needs to be heavily defended.

 After losing Xiangyang, there are Han troops in the northwest of Nanyang and Wu troops in the south. They also need to deploy heavy troops to defend them.

In addition, if Luoyang falls into the hands of the Han Dynasty, General Cao will really be surrounded by enemies on three sides. He can only face the sea on one side and wait for the spring flowers to bloom.

 “What a good plan, what a good plan!”

 Feng Da Sima couldn't help but smile.

By the time the three of them had discussed it, Feng Da Sima thought that he had figured out Sima Yi's plan.

 “This old Sima man is really a ruthless person.”

  No wonder it laid the foundation of the Sima Jin Dynasty in history.

 You can't say that he has no talent, let alone that he has no strategy.

“It’s just that the means are too despicable.”

Even though she is from the enemy country, the right lady’s face still looks a little ugly, as if she is disgusted by Sima Yi:

“If this old thief really has such a plan, it would be really disgraceful.”

 Feng Da Sima glanced at Mrs. Right, smiled lightly, and said nothing.

 Siniang, you haven’t seen what this old thief did after the Gaoping Ling Incident in original history. That’s really disgraceful.

“Aristocratic families are mostly selfish, and the country can ignore it for their own personal gain. It is not surprising at all to do such a thing.”

 In the army of the former Han Dynasty, most of them were sons of good families who cared about their family and country.

 The soldiers in the army were still like this. One can imagine the social atmosphere at that time.

 The ministers of the DPRK naturally have many thoughts about the world.

 In the later Han Dynasty, it was only through the powerful landlords that they conquered the world. When the powerful landlords turned into aristocratic families...they were too big to fail!

Not only cannot it fall, but it also has to lie on top of the country and continue to **** blood.

In addition, Emperor Liu himself is constantly seeking death, how can he still expect those people to care about the country and the world?

 Don’t add insult to injury, no, if you can **** less blood, you have a conscience.

“Then according to Alang’s wishes, should we take Luoyang now?”

 “Take it, why don’t you take the good thing that was delivered to your door?”

Feng Da Sima said matter-of-factly, "If I don't take it, once this matter is leaked, I, the Da Sima, will be roasted on the stove."

Mrs. Zuo had a worried look on her face: "In my opinion, the old thief Sima, even if he gives up Luoyang, he will still put Alang on the stove to roast him!"

“After taking Luoyang, will we have to take Shandong first in the future? If so, wouldn’t this be fulfilling Sima Yi’s wishes?”

If Luoyang is not taken, many people in the government and the public will accuse Feng Da Sima of acting for his own selfish gain and secretly colluding with thieves.

Coupled with the current reputation, it is impossible to say that the literati of later generations were naughty. Most of them wanted to make up a vivid story about Feng Taishi, a treacherous minister who brought trouble to the Han Dynasty and the people.

But if you take Luoyang and don't take Shandong, which is easy to take, instead of attacking the dangerous pass to the north, some people will also jump out and accuse Feng of being suspected of being a traitor to Cao Shuang.

 “I’m afraid there’s more.”

Madam You thought of something and reminded, "Alang, could it be that he has forgotten the big families in Bingzhou, Hedong? They are all waiting to grow cotton in Shandong."

 Growing cotton in Shandong is now a carrot dangled in front of these big families.

The reason why the big men were able to willingly dig into their pockets several times when their treasury was at the bottom was because of this carrot.

If Feng Da Sima abandons Shandong and goes north - they may have to pay again - these people will definitely be scolded.

 Feng Da Sima will most likely be scolded by thousands of people.

Feng Dasima had a relaxed expression on this:

"What are you afraid of? When that time comes, it's not up to me to decide whether to go east and then north or north and then east."

 When the two ladies heard this, they were immediately startled.

You are the Grand Sima. You are responsible for recording Shangshu affairs and supervising internal and external military affairs. It is not your decision. Who decides?

"Your Majesty!" Feng Dasima said confidently, "The day when the Han Dynasty goes eastward will be the time to unify the world. It is natural for your Majesty to make a decision on such a major event!"

Luoyang could be recovered without fighting, and all the old capital of the Han Dynasty could be recovered. This kind of great deed was enough for Liu Lien-jin to brag about in the ancestral temple.

how?

 You take advantage of it, but you don’t take the blame?

  This is simply unreasonable!

 “I will go into the palace to discuss it with His Majesty.”

 Feng Da Sima stood up slowly, flicked his sleeves, and walked out.

Hum, Sima Yi, with the mind of a villain like you, how can you understand the harmony between the emperor and his ministers of the Han Dynasty?

 (End of this chapter)