Chapter 392: Ice and Fire
"How important is an excellent intelligence agency!" Sima Ji did not lament that the royal family moved from one victory to another, but that the intelligence of the commander of Yizhou and Sili of Jinwei was only one day away. You should know that the distance between Yizhou and Luoyang is very far, and it is not easy to be able to spread Sima Ying's affairs almost in front of each other.
Of course, it is also thanks to the opening of the Grand Canal. Facts have proved that large-scale construction is still beneficial. While sighing, Sima Ji couldn't help but feel sour. He could not deny that he was full of jealousy.
What kind of treatment did Sima Ying treat? She was named the king when she was born. Her fief was in Yizhou and her fief was 100,000 households. She was driven out of Luoyang by Jia Nanfeng and returned to her fief. Now the situation has changed drastically and she has directly dealt with her competitors. In Yizhou, it is almost certain that it will become Sima Ying's base.
Sima Ji was much harder. He worked hard to develop Youzhou. He had no labor and had to instigate the court to fight. He even used the excuse that the demon star started in the Northeast. After nearly ten years, he finally made Youzhou look like it. As a result, when he looked back, Sima Ying had just arrived in Yizhou for not long, and now his basic foundation is similar to his own. If he could balance it, he would be in a terrible heart.
He is the biological son of Emperor Wu, and he is just a distant relative of the royal family. It would be nice to have a large-scale fiefdom.
Sima Ji comforted himself so much that he was not as good as the best. Isn’t Sima Ying the only treatment he treated? Besides, Jicheng’s geographical location is important, and I also said in my heart that Jicheng is the intersection of multiple cultures, Sima Ji can calm down.
Every seven days, Sima Ji would take a day to read the information from the Jinwei. Although it had already passed the valid time to send it to Jicheng, some clues could still be inferred from the above.
Sima Ying's killing of the governor of Yizhou can actually be regarded as the tacit approval of Sima Lun or Sun Xiu. This is the follow-up to the elimination of the Jia party. After killing many court officials who depended on the Jia family that day, the royal family did not continue to attack in the capital, but stopped. The purpose is naturally to prevent the local officials promoted by Jia Nanfeng to counterattack.
Only after all the officials in these places will a liquidation be carried out in the capital. Zhao Hua should be considered a very powerful Jia family party, and even he was killed. I believe that Sima Lun felt that the Jia family party in the local prefectures and counties could not make up the storm, and he would continue to wave the butcher knife in the capital.
"The twenty-four friends in Jingu will definitely have a few unlucky guys. Then you will understand how stupid it is to not run away during this period." Sima Ji thought of his friend, Shi Chong, the nominal richest man in the Jin Dynasty. As far as he knew, Shi Chong was still in Luoyang, it seemed that he could not escape this knife.
However, all this has nothing to do with Sima Ji, and there is no idea of saving Shi Chong's life. People like Shi Chong are obviously worthy of death.
"Your Highness, it was sent by those in black." Luzhu came in with several bamboo tubes. She didn't know the official name of the Jin Guard. Most of the maids in the mansion only knew that Sima Ji had a group of people with yellow stool belts and black cloaks under him. Many people thought that it was part of the escort of the royal palace.
"Bamboo tube, I don't know which state it was sent by Jiangnan." Sima Ji saw Luzhu coming in, patted the chair beside him and said, "Sit down!" The equipment used to convey information was actually different from the Central Plains. This was Sima Ji's intentional order. Jiangnan is a bamboo tube, and north of the Yangtze River is a cloth bag.
There is no special meaning, but the matter is prioritized, so that Sima Ji can tell where the information comes from and decide whether to cross it immediately. After all, some places are in good weather and it is not his turn to worry about it.
"It was Zhanzhou, Guangzhou and Jiaozhou, and there were local locals rebelling in Jiaozhou. They had been pacified by the governor Tao Huang and beheaded more than a thousand people." Sima Ji looked around as if no one else, and only found such a piece of information that was considered a major event.
The remaining information about Guangzhou and Zhanzhou is actually a flattery. I asked King Yan for good things and said that the local weather is good. There is nothing else but that, it is something that has no value at all.
As for why we need to report such things, it is actually easy to understand. Jinwei from Guangzhou and Jiaozhou use this to make us feel like we exist. We say that we are still there and are not lazy.
You should know that in this era, such a big dynasty can only use post stations to deliver messages, and public security is absolutely not good. Bandits and bandits are commonplace, and rebellion is not uncommon. There is no sound for a long time, so who knows whether you are dead.
Not all places have major events worth reporting. Jin Guards in various places are still reporting information on their days. It is not just that something big happened in the local area, but that they prove that they are not dead and are still working for the King of Yan. The intelligence network is still sound, please rest assured that King of Yan.
So most of the information Sima Ji received was flattery, and he had to read it and prove that he was working too.
"The remaining batch will be carried out later, just write a reading word on it." Sima Ji finished reading the information of the Jinwei of the Three Prefectures, and pulled the Luzhu into his arms and asked in a low voice, "It seems that you were bought by Shi Chong from Jiaozhou, right? If you have time, I can accompany you back."
"Really? Your Highness? Is Your Highness going to the south? Isn't I dreaming?" Luzhu's eyes lit up, and she grabbed Sima Ji's sleeve and asked. Although she had never shown it, she had such a dream when she was alone.
"As long as conditions allow, I will take you there." Sima Ji nodded seriously. He was also preparing for the southern expedition, but now he had to deal with other military towns first. Of course, if he became cannon fodder in the melee of military towns, there would be no way.
It is good to expand northward, but it does not mean that the southern expedition is not possible. It is just an excuse to say that the climate is a harshest. The climate in Southeast Asia is still a terrible one. The population explosion is a nationwide melee. With such a large population base, it can fill the south of the Yangtze River in one or two hundred years, and the Indochina Peninsula will not be longer than this.
If the Jin Dynasty could regard expansion to the south as a long-term national policy, even if it perished in the future, the reputation would never be bad.
"By the way, where are you used to staying in Shi Chong and I here?" Sima Ji asked, looking at Lu Zhu's beautiful face, "Who is better to you?"
"Of course, Your Highness is better to me. Shi Chong is too cruel." Luzhu said with some fear, "Although many sisters live well, they are very afraid of him in their hearts. Why does Your Highness ask this?"
"Shi Chong has been having a hard time recently, you will know then." Sima Ji sighed and whispered to Luzhu's earlobe, "I'll go take a shower later, I will love you well in the evening."
"I, I understand." Luzhu pursed her lips, her pretty face was full of red clouds, and she said shyly, "I just felt a little afraid..."
"Haha..." Sima Ji Chang's happy laughter came far away, which surprised the maids passing by, with a question mark on their faces.
Compared with Jicheng, some people in Luoyang no longer have the pleasure of their original life. If there are winners in politics, there will be losers. There will often be winners. The winners must be happy in life. The losers will be filled with sorrow and mist, and they are panicked and do not know where their future will be.
In this time, the royal family was of course the winner. The Jia party, who had controlled the nine years of the Jin Dynasty, was a complete loser and now faces the liquidation of the winners.
Unfortunately, many of the twenty-four friends in Jingu are the losers. Many of them have been closely related to Jia Mi and pay homage to Jia Mi's carriage. Not only one person did this.
The twenty-four friends of Jingu are actually friends of Jia Mi. These people have similar birth backgrounds and consistent attitudes to life. Their purpose of clinging to Jia Mi is very clear, that is, to pursue political development. In order to please Jia Mi, they collectively praised Mei Mi and Jia Yi. It was not enough to praise Jia Mi, and they also praised Jia Mi's grandfather Jia Chong. Pan Yue and Shi Chong did even more. The two of them seized every opportunity to curry favor with Jia Mi. Even Jia Mi went out in a carriage, they did not forget to worship the dust raised by the wheels.
In the Jingu Garden, Jia Mi, who used to have fun here, has died, but his death is not the end. The sadness of the rabbit and the fox permeates everyone's hearts. Pan Yue hid in the Jingu Garden and drank to relieve his sorrow. Ten years ago, he attached to Yang Jun. Soon Yang was killed by the royal family and Jia family. Not only did he not make a fortune, he almost lost his life after following Yang Jun.
After finally getting on the line of Jia Mi, he even saluted Jia Mi's carriage dust, but it was effective. Before he reached the peak of his life, Jia also fell down. Now he can't help but sigh.
"Zhao Wei has been killed by Sima Ying, and King Zhao is still not going to let us go. Brother Pan, why are you still drinking?" Ouyang Jian came in and saw Pan Yue drank to drown his sorrows. He said with a grudge, "Now the butcher knife is almost falling on our necks. You used to be guilty of Sun Xiu. Can he let you go?"
Pan Yue's hand shook slightly, and a little wine was sprinkled out. Pan Yue not only knew Sun Xiu, but also an old acquaintance. Pan Yue's father served as the inner historian of Langya. At that time, Sun Xiu was a minor official under his command and served Pan Yue. Pan Yue was a young man at that time and repeatedly beat Sun Xiu because of his mistakes.
Who would have thought that things in the world would change? The little official who could kill with one hand later became an important aide to King Sima Lun of Zhao, and now he has become the Zhongshu Ling. This is a position he has been pursuing for his whole life but cannot get. The little official of that day has reached the top and become the powerful Zhongshu Ling, and he has become the person who is crushed to death at any time.
Thinking of this, Pan Yue was even more bitter, sighed that fate was unfair, and he drank all the wine in the cup, and said with a drunkenness, "Sun Xiu is a petty person, what can I do?"
Chapter completed!