Chapter 78 Brothers
But then he tied the cloth back and continued to catch the maids. Isn’t it just nearly a thousand women? It’s not a big fuss. Isn’t there more Shi Chong’s mansion? Shi Chong is nothing, he is still a vassal king.
It cannot be said that Shi Chong is nothing. Shi Chong is a poor family! Although his father is the Grand Sima Shi Bao, he is still a poor family. Is this aristocratic family the standard? Two thousand dans in hereditary! The origin is the six major families founded by the Eastern Han Dynasty. Liu Xiu relied on powerful forces to represent the interests of powerful landlords. The powerful families often have high-ranking officials from generation to generation, with many "disciples". Old officials and private armed forces actually control the central and local governments. Liang Ji, the general who poisoned the emperor, was one of the six major families.
The prefecture governor started in the Three Kingdoms period with two thousand tents. For example, Liu Yan, Liu Biao, Yuan Shao, and Yuan Shu all had the standard of hereditary two thousand tents. As for Shi Chong, his father was the Grand Sima, he was not, so Shi Chong was still from a poor family. It was equivalent to your father being a high-ranking official, but your family had not been hereditary high-ranking official for several generations, so you were a poor family.
If Shi Chong also became the Grand Sima, his son and his grandson would also meet the standards, and his population would probably become a gentry. As for the Fanyang Lu family, which Sima Ji first met, was considered a high-ranking gentry in Youzhou, and was insignificant in the entire Jin Dynasty.
Later, when King Zhao Sima Lun usurped the throne, Sun Xiu chopped off Shi Chong with one knife. However, the Wang family of Langya, which was as famous as the Yang family of Hongnong, was easy to persuade, and the Wang family of Langya did not spoil Sima Lun and directly assisted various royal families in the local area to attack Luoyang and killed Sima Lun. This is the difference between the gentry and the poor.
Compared with Sima Ji who was confined to the ban, the royal family in Luoyang was much more free. They were the same, but they were not just the same in the mansion. For example, gathering people to scatter five stones and running naked in an open robe to show the boldness of the Great Jin Empire and shock other barbarians.
In the dense forests in the suburbs, a team of cavalry shouted back and forth. These cavalry were all the confidants of King Sima Wei of Chu. They followed the King of Chu to Luoyang. Now it has been a long time since the King of Chu bravely guarded Jingxiang and is very popular with his subordinates.
Today, he looked like he was returning home with a full load. He entered the city gate and the imperial guards did not find any abnormalities. The leader was the two brothers, King of Chu, King Changsha, who looked very happy, and seemed to be very satisfied with the harvest today.
It was late at night, and all the guests in the mansion were dispersed, and only some servants were cleaning up the remains. In the inner room, there were two brothers Sima Wei and Sima Yi on both sides of the desk, and the lights on the desk were dim and swaying left and right, and the two brothers remained silent for a long time.
Although he had already drunk, Sima Wei's eyes were still very clear, as if he was asking questions or asking himself, "What is the prestige of this king in the royal family now?"
"Even if you are not far away, even the King of Yan who is confined is inferior!" Sima Yi pondered for a moment and said seriously, "Since my brother asked, Yi said the truth was that he dared not hide it at all. Originally, the royal family had high hopes for King Runan, but unfortunately, he was so disappointing, and this hope has now become disappointment."
If it weren't for the cowardly Sima Liang of Runan, how could the Sima family lose the power of the central government and watch Yang Jun perform in the court? Times have changed, and the matter of the few days of Emperor Wu's funeral in the sky has been straightened out.
Before Emperor Wu died, he handed over the imperial guards to Wang You, the Wang family of Langya, who had always been in conflict with the Yang family. Wang You's attitude is unclear at present, but it is certain that he would not turn to Yang Jun's side. Sima Ju, the eldest son of King Runan, was appointed as the lieutenant of the Tunqi Centre at that time, and had thousands of people under his command. Even if the King Runan could not win Wang You's support, he would have soldiers to use.
But Sima Liang ran away with disagreement and threw Luoyang directly to the Taiwei Yang Jun. It is conceivable how the current royal family thinks of King Runan! At that time, the princes and kings all went out to welcome King Sima Wei of Chu. Luoyang City was deserted, and countless people also rushed to the East Gate to admire the young prince's style. At that time, King Sima Wei of Chu was already a representative of the royal family's recognition.
"Yang Jun is domineering and domineering, and even his own brothers cannot tolerate it! But he is also a person without talent and virtue." Sima Wei murmured to himself, "The late emperor asked him to be the general government and generalize the military affairs of China and abroad. But he took the fake Huang Yue and recorded the government. He was simply ignorant of life and death. Do we think that there is no one in the Sima family?"
Sima Yi was shocked and looked at Sima Wei straight, lowered his voice, "Brother, are you really going to do it? But the entire Luoyang imperial guards are in Yang Jun's hands, and his nephew Zhang Shao is the central guard. The two palaces in our hands are only a thousand people, and the risk is too great. I should slowly plan for it with my brother's idea. There are many imperial guards and Yang is the relative of the foreign country, so it is impossible for all the lieutenants to return to their hearts. We have more time to win over enough lieutenants, and then we will succeed in one blow."
"Are you scared?" Sima Wei looked at his brother deeply and said, "If you don't find a way to leave Luoyang, I will feel at ease when I take action. You and I are a mother. It is really too risky to let you follow me in a coup. If something happens, I will be sorry for my mother!"
"Brother, I will never leave! Although I have never heard of anything, I can see that Yang Jun is extremely afraid of the clan. None of the clans are in a high position. When you and the King of Huainan come to Luoyang, Yang Jun is afraid of you being there. Now you and the King of Huainan have both arrived in Luoyang, and compared to the King of Huainan alone, because I was in Luoyang at the same time, Yang Jun is even more afraid of us both!" Sima Yi said while smoothing out his thoughts, "This is exactly what I am worried about. Yang Jun is not so stupid that he turns a blind eye to both of us, so I want to slowly win over others."
"You still haven't changed at all! You still like to be with those sergeants who are not worth mentioning." Although he said that, Sima Wei was very pleased with his younger brother's statement, but he still shook his head and said, "Wishing people's hearts will not achieve the goal in a short period of time. Besides, there are more than a thousand imperial guards, and if there are more people, it will be unfair. If the people are uneven, it will be bad. In fact, there are not many people needed, but we must work together to launch a fatal blow. The Luoyang imperial guards are divided into internal and external armies!"
Obviously, although Sima Wei is brave, he is not a reckless man. He has already observed the arrangement of the Luoyang Imperial Guard during this period. It is impossible for more than 100,000 Imperial Guards to be stationed in Luoyang City. They are divided into two parts: internal and external parts. The large and powerful foreign troops are not in the city.
Chapter completed!