Chapter 96 Ups and downs
Thinking of this, he entered the palace again, and in the name of seeing his niece, he said goodbye to Jia Nanfeng.
"Uncle Wang, you're leaving again!" Sima Xuanhua grabbed Sima Ji's neck of clothes. It was a pity that he was wearing court clothes today, otherwise it would be really difficult to start.
"The uncle is going to go to war. See what good things are in the south and bring them back to Xuanhua at that time." Sima Ji reached out and pinched the little girl's face and made a grimace and teased, "When you are older, you will go to the uncle's feudal country to play with you. My princess of the Great Jin Dynasty, don't always stay in the inner palace, the world is big."
Before leaving, Lu Ji and Zu Ti went out of the city to see each other farewell. Sima Ji felt that he had not read the wrong person. The quarrel in the inner palace had been spread in the past few days, and the two could still leave the city to see each other off.
"Your Highness returns to Youzhou, I believe he will return soon, and he will drink and have fun!" Zu Ti bowed slightly, not because of the storm between King Yan and King Runan. He also refused Liu Kun's stop before coming and insisted on leaving the city to see him off.
Lu Ji also said frankly, "Your Highness, when we meet next time, Shiheng wants to meet the North Cavalry. I believe that time is not far away. As a southerner, I am still very curious."
"The Hu cavalry is neither strong nor weak. Take advantage of the situation on the battlefield." Sima Ji looked at the Luoyang city gate in the distance, and couldn't help feeling a little proud. I turned in again, Sima Liang, please play here slowly.
"Please go back, you two, we will see you again in a short time!" Sima Ji waved goodbye and set off on the road under the escort of the guards.
Five miles away from the city, a middle-aged man was waiting on the side of the official road. The team stopped here. The man immediately bowed and said, "Your Highness!"
Sima Ji lifted the curtains and nodded slightly, "Sun Cheng, I'll leave the matter here to you, be more alert."
"The villain will die!" Sun Cheng bowed deeply to the carriage, "My brother has seen it. The child is very smart. I will arrange to go where I should go soon! I guarantee that I will take care of you and not let Your Highness down! By the way, the villain received a letter from Yan Yan, and a huge caravan has entered Youzhou. I will report to Your Highness."
"I understand!" Sima Ji nodded and pulled up the curtains, and the voice came from it, "Go!" Sun Cheng stood there until the team disappeared in his eyes before he got on the horse and returned to Luoyang.
In fact, in terms of origin, Zu Ti is also a member of the gentry. The Zu family is a large family in the northern region and has a high-ranking official of two thousand stones for generations. Sima Ji does not deny that most of the talents are indeed among the gentry. However, he has seen far more mediocre people than talents. Even if he sees Zu Ti, who is born in the gentry, it still cannot change his understanding of the gentry as a whole.
The children of the gentry often became adults and were directly selected by the Ministry of Personnel to enter the official career or were summoned by the Duke's Mansion, with a very high starting point; this can be seen from Zu Ti that Zu Ti had been in office for several years. However, the provincial masters and scholars of Sui of Sui became the main origins of the middle and lower gentry and the Wu Shu gentry, which formed the phenomenon of "there are public servants and the nobles in the nobles", and finally formed the situation of "the top rank has no poor families, and the lower rank has no common people".
Long before the destruction of Wu, Duan Zhuo, who was born in a poor family, wrote letters several times before and after, but because of his low background and no hope of promotion, Sima Yan had never known this person. Duan Zhuo was so angry that he sent Sima Yan a ten thousand words, which said: "Today's elections are just for the eyes and ears. Nine-rank people are only concerned about the Zhongzheng. Therefore, those who are ranked at the top are not descendants of the Duke and the Marquis, but also the Kun brothers of the Dangtu. If the two are the same, how can there be someone who will not be able to sink the land after the Penghu?
The gentry was too strong, and Sima Yan dared not move. He could only use the celibacy of the royal family to suppress the gentry and let them not be too much. If the gentry was really eradicated, the royal family would actually be the emperor's next target.
Sima Ji walked very slowly this time, unlike the previous two times when he was going out to rush the road, stopping and stopping along the way, in order to remember the official road from Youzhou to Luoyang with his own eyes. He was still in Sima Lun's ban on the country for a few days, and he wanted to ask the chief clerk and the records for details to be questioned. As for Hejian, he was also here.
After a strange course, when Sima Ji returned to Jicheng, he remembered that Yan Yan had already been waiting. As soon as the King of Yan entered the palace, he picked up a cup to drink water, Yan Yan reported, "Your Highness, a group of people have been exiled to the capital."
Is this a report? Sima Ji asked with a cup, "Who!" and then began to drink...
"It's the royal family, Sima Yao, King Dong'an!" As soon as Yan Yan said something, Sima Ji directly sprayed out a water arrow! Several maids hurriedly wiped with handkerchiefs.
King Sima Yao of Dong'an? Wasn't the other party okay before he left Luoyang? Sima Ji never expected that he had just been delaying on the road for a few days, and the other party actually ran to him.
When I asked clearly, it was the third day after Sima Ji left Luoyang. I didn’t think about it and asked for punishment. Sima Ji asked, “When will the King of Dong'an arrive in Youzhou? What is the crime?”
"I heard that it was too much killing. After being scolded by court officials and King Runan, he complained a lot. He was finally dismissed from the title of king and sent to Pingzhou to depart the county of Taifang County. He was preparing to rest in Youzhou for a few days before he was about to set off!" Yan Yan reported in detail, waiting for the owner to decide.
Asking the Nei Guan to bring the map, although the Jin Dynasty's mapping technology was not satisfactory, Sima Ji compared it in his mind and knew that the place where Sima Yao was sent to the death was probably where Incheon landed.
What's this? When he was in the inner palace of the palace, Sima Yao could be said to have happily supported Sima Ji and wanted to impose an exile on Yang Ni's party. The first of the first people to impose an exile was him. How could he reason about this?
In fact, Sima Yao was also blamed for jumping too high. Now King Dong'an and King Yan can be regarded as the first unlucky royal family members after King Runan returned to Luoyang, and were used as exceptions. However, in comparison, Sima Ji was a little lucky than him. His fate was still in his own hands.
Although the first batch of training goals set by Sima Ji for himself was actually Goguryeo, and now he was disturbed and turned into Linyi. However, this is not harmful, and Linyi may be a little weaker.
"This year's trade must be early. You will send a message to the four Xianbei ministries and Bingzhou Liu Yuan, and ask them to send someone to Jicheng as soon as possible!" Sima Ji felt that time was tight. Although even at the fastest speed, in less than two or three months, Luoyang and Yang Yu would not have a result so quickly, some things would be done as soon as possible to leave with confidence. "Since Sima Yao is like this, I'll invite him to the mansion to rest today. This should not be too much, and the governor would not say anything."
Of course Xu Meng would not say anything. Thanks to Sima Ji's activities, where can you find such a good vassal king?
Not long after, the two people who were instructing the country in the palace together had very different identities. Sima Ji was still the King of Yan, while Sima Yao became a commoner and was exiled to Pingzhou, governor of Sima Ji.
Chapter completed!