His eyes swept across the faces of Man Chong, Gao Rou, Wang Guan and others. Finally, he succumbed to the situation and gritted his teeth and said:

"What Mrs. Wang said makes sense, but I was negligent."

…

After the dynasty dispersed, Sima Zhao went out of the palace. A servant came over and saluted him:

"Master Sima, please come this way."

Sima Zhao looked over and found Man Chong sitting on a carriage. He lifted the curtain and looked towards him.

Sima Zhao quickly saluted Man Chong from a distance to express his gratitude, and then followed his servants.

After getting in the car, Sima Zhao thanked him again:

"Thank you, Mr. Manchu."

Man Chong waved his hand: "I'm just doing it for the great Wei Jiangshan'er."

After lowering the curtain, Man Chong's body swayed gently with the carriage, and he could only hear him sighing softly:

"In the third year of Chuping, Emperor Wu came to Yanzhou and specially recruited me to work. It has been fifty years now."

"During these fifty years, I followed Emperor Wu in his expeditions to the north and south, and watched with my own eyes as Emperor Wu pacified the north and founded the country as king."

"I also watched Emperor Wen accept the abdication of the Han Emperor and ascend the throne as emperor, and I also know that thieves were rampant during the late emperor's time."

"I have been a minister of Wei for most of my life, and I have devoted countless efforts to Wei."

Man Chong said, his tone became a little sharp:

"If Cao Zhaobo can hold on to this power, I won't say anything. But if he can't, then let someone else do it."

Sima Zhao bowed his head respectfully and listened.

Man Chong's voice continued to sound in the carriage:

"The Wei Dynasty is such a huge country. Although my surname is Cao, I also have merit."

"Not only the old man, but also the Taifu, Gao Tingwei, Wang Taipu and other senior ministers of mine have all contributed. Only Cao Zhaobo (that is, Cao Shuang) can enjoy the success."

"I'm already this old, and I probably don't have much time left to live. In these last days, I just want to prove one thing."

"That means that my hard work for most of my life has not been in vain. Otherwise, I will never die in peace!"

Man Chong said so much in one breath, and seemed a little tired, so he closed his eyes to rest his mind.

Feeling that Man Chong had finished speaking, Sima Zhao raised his head, glanced at Man Chong, and then said cautiously:

"What Duke Manchu said is absolutely true, and your Excellency also means the same thing. As the saying goes, brothers are jealous of each other within the wall, and they can resist their insults from outside."

"No matter what the general thinks of you, when facing foreign enemies, you must do your best to protect the country we have conquered together."

Sima Zhao has traveled frequently between Xuchang and Luoyang over the years, and is well aware of the psychology of these veteran ministers.

Some of them don't want their life's hard work to be wasted.

Some want to protect their own prosperity and wealth that they have maintained on the mountains and rivers of Dawei.

Some are thinking about their own future generations...

There are many different reasons.

But the ultimate goal is to maintain the empire they have built with their own hands.

What Cao Shuang and the Taichung Three Dogs did was obviously damaging the foundation of the country, and naturally they were not happy about it.

Man Chong heard Sima Zhao's words and nodded:

"The Taifu and I are both veterans of the Wei Dynasty. We naturally understand that it was not easy for Emperor Wu to conquer the country back then."

"Alas, General, he was born into wealth. He has not experienced the difficulties of starting a business and does not know how to cherish it. It is really sad."

Sima Zhaogong claimed it was.

Man Chong asked with concern:

"The Grand Tutor is leading the troops to cross the river and go north. Isn't Luoyang empty? The thieves are coming out of Tongguan. What should we do?"

Sima Zhao replied:

"Don't worry, Lord Manchu. Your Excellency once said that among the generals who are traitors to the West, Feng is the greatest disaster."

"Now that the traitor Feng is in Wuguan, he has also transferred some of the defenders at Tongguan, so Luoyang has no worries for the time being."

Man Chong asked:

"What should we do if Thief Feng leads the army to turn around?"

Sima Zhao smiled and said:

"That's why Zhao came to Xuchang."

Man Chong understood, nodded with a smile, and asked again:

"Master, are you sure you can defeat the thief this time?"

Sima Zhao shook his head:

"The matters in the army have always been under the control of my lord and my brother, and they are unknown. Besides, who can say that they are completely sure of the battle before the formation?"

Man Chong patted his knees, nodded and said:

"That's right, no one can say for sure what happens before the battle."

After saying that, he looked at Sima Zhao again and said with some meaning:

"Over the years, the Wei Dynasty has been repeatedly defeated at the hands of Western thieves. Everyone in the government and the public is afraid of hearing the name of thieves."

"If Taifu can defeat the Western bandits this time, it will boost the morale of the Wei generals, and Taifu's reputation will also grow."

Sima Zhao said modestly:

"In accordance with Duke Man's auspicious words, Your Excellency, this time is actually to dampen the spirit of the Western thieves, so that the thieves will not dare to be so rampant."

"As for reputation and so on..."

When he said this, he glanced at Man Chong and knew that he couldn't tell lies in front of the other party, so he changed his words and said, "It's just to protect myself."

When Man Chong heard this, he sighed slightly:

"The General has been loyal to the Party over the years and has repeatedly changed the system. Many upright and outspoken people have either been forced to leave the court or have been transferred to empty posts."

"The master is worried and wants to protect himself, which is reasonable."

Not to mention waiting for these old ministers, even the great scholar Lu Zhi and his successor Lu Yu, and the Northern Fu clan's successor Fu Gu and others were all squeezed out.

Hearing Man Chong's words, Sima Zhao secretly breathed a sigh of relief:

"It would be great if the Lieutenant could understand you, sir, it would be great if you could understand me!"

Man Chong has a complex expression:

"Given the current situation in Wei Dynasty, how can we not understand Taifu?"

The fact that he dotes on these old ministers does not mean that he has never thought about what Sima Yi might do in the future.

But so what?

Again, they just want to keep their share of the country.

Besides, Taifu Sima had worked with him and others for many years, and they were both veterans of the four dynasties.

Even if you have other plans, it would be much better than Cao Shuang and the Taichung Three Dogs, right?

As the saying goes, choose the lesser of two evils. If Sima Taifu were in charge, at least veterans like myself would not be taken advantage of by those flashy people like now.

The government will not be ruined by these people like it is now.

While Sima Zhao and Man Chong were talking, Cao Shuang came out of the palace and entered the general's mansion angrily.

Taichung Three Dogs, followed closely behind.

"General, Sima Yi's move is just to show off his power in front of the general. He is going too far. We might as well find an excuse to arrest that Sima Zhao and use him as a hostage."

"No! As everyone in the court said, the two thieves are attacking at the same time. When we work together to stop the thieves, we must not create extraneous problems."

"It makes sense. If Sima Yi is angered and leads Luoyang's army southward, and there are Feng Yong and Lu Xun in the southwest, what should Xuchang do?"

Cao Shuang was fat and could not stand for a long time. After sitting down, he said bitterly:

"What I care about is whether Sima Yi's move is true or false? What if he leads the army back to Luoyang halfway, but the Xuchang Forbidden Army has been transferred to Nanyang? What should we do?"

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