Chapter 1056: The Whip Is Out of Reach
After Sima Shi became the general of the Fu Army, all the government and government pressed on him, and he was so busy that he was anxious.
Don't look at Sima Shi is just a general of the Fu army, but in fact inherited all the power of Sima Yi, although Cao Fang is already twenty years old, he has long reached the age of pro-government, but whether it is the original minister Cao Shuang, or the later ruling Taifu Sima Yi, it seems that there is no intention to return to the Son of Heaven, and after Sima Shi took over the authority, naturally he did not plan to release Cao Fang from the position of puppet, you can continue to be in charge of the Son of Heaven, but you can't stand the power of the government.
Sima Shi monopolized the power, went to the palace with his sword, and worshiped the nameless, although he followed Sima Yi's practice, but he was still dissatisfied by many ministers.
In their opinion, Sima Yi did this, because Sima Yi had enough merit and prestige, and everyone dared to be angry and dare not speak, after all, they were all afraid of Sima Yi's methods and did not dare to easily brush his tiger whiskers.
However, after Sima Yi's death, the situation was very different, those dissident forces that were still relatively peaceful were now ready to move, and the most unworrying thing for Sima Shi was his former eldest brother Xiahou Xuan, although he was transferred back to Luoyang by Sima Yi from the position of the governor of Yongliang, the general of the expedition to the west, and served as the Great Honglu, and soon changed to Taichang.
Whether it is Da Honglu or Taichang, in the previous dynasty, they are one of the high-powered Jiuqing, but now, the power in the court is concentrated in Shangshutai, and these Jiuqing have become nominal titles, and they have no real power.
Xiahou Xuan has always been obsessed with Sima Shi because of Xiahou Hui's death, plus he is Cao Shuang's cousin, he and Sima Shi are in a state of incompatibility in public and private.
Although Xiahou Xuan has no real power and is idle in Beijing, after all, Xiahou Xuan is the leader of the metaphysical school, and another leader, He Yan, has been ambushed, so among the young scholars, Xiahou Xuan has a very high prestige, and his influence is also deeply feared by Sima Shi.
According to reliable sources, now Xiahou Xuan and Zhongshu Ling Li Feng and Guanglu Doctor Zhang Yi are very close, which has to make Sima Shi more vigilant and send people to secretly monitor them in case of accidents.
Not only that, but those wealthy families in the court, their coveting of power is also increasing, when Sima Yi was alive, forced by Sima Yi's prestige, they did not dare to act rashly, but now that Sima Yi has died, they naturally have the idea of replacing him.
However, on the surface, these wealthy families still maintain a close relationship with the Sima clan as always, and now what they are waiting to see is whether Sima Shi has the ability to convince the public, if Sima Shi has Sima Yi's ability and means, they naturally dare not act rashly.
Luoyang is an undercurrent surging, and after Sima Shi just took over, he can deeply realize that he is in a huge whirlpool, and if he can't swim against the current, he is likely to be swallowed by this whirlpool.
Therefore, Sima Shi must be careful in every step, and after the defeat of Bingzhou, Sima encountered the biggest crisis after the Gaopingling Incident, and this crisis naturally did not only come from Cao Liang in Bingzhou, but all over the world.
This is also related to Sima Shi's prestige, when Sima Yi was alive, the dissident forces that could be suppressed were also stupid and moved at this moment, and Wuqiu Jian in Youzhou is a clear example.
At the beginning, Sima Yi ordered Wuqiu Jian to attack Bingzhou, but Wu Qiu Jian didn't dare to disobey, so he had to lead his troops to go, but anyone with a discerning eye could see that Wu Qiu Jian was not contributing to his work, and he was obviously not with the Sima family at all.
After the defeat of Sima's army and the annexation of the state, Wuqiu Jian took the initiative to give up the attack and withdrew back to Youzhou without receiving orders, and according to reliable intelligence, Wuqiu Jian also secretly sent his brother Wuqiu to Bingzhou to meet with Cao Liang, and its purpose is self-evident.
This is what Sima Shi is most worried about, that is, once Youzhou and Bingzhou are connected, the blow to Sima is quite big, which is equivalent to the loss of the northern border.
Jizhou is the largest state north of the Yellow River, with a large population and abundant products, and it is also the most important granary and logistics support base of Wei.
After Cao Liang won the battle of Jizhou, he was eyeing Jizhou, and the Zhenbei general Lu Zhao had already sent a letter, saying that Jizhou's defense capability was weak, and asked the imperial court to send reinforcements, otherwise it would be difficult for him to resist the eastward trend of the Bingzhou army.
Although Sima Shi reorganized the army, but the losses in the battle of Bingzhou were too heavy, so that the Sima family's family wealth that had been saved for decades almost suffered great losses in this battle, and the vitality was greatly damaged, and now the troops in Sima Shi's hands are overstretched, Lu Zhao asked for reinforcements, and Sima Shi really couldn't draw out his troops.
Therefore, in this case, the stability of Youzhou is very important, if Qiu Jian rebels, then Jizhou will be under the attack of the merger state and the Youzhou army, and the situation will become more and more difficult.
And once Youzhou is lost, the possibility of the entire Jizhou being lost will become very large, if you really don't send more troops to Jizhou, maybe Jizhou is really likely to fall.
But now Sima Shi is almost in a kind of embarrassment without soldiers, so how to control Youzhou is Sima Shi's top priority.
It's a pity that the governor of Youzhou is not obedient to Qiu Jian, and obviously has the intention of breaking with the Sima clan, and Jizhou has no soldiers to adjust, so Youzhou is really beyond the reach of the whip.
Although Sima Yi said to him before his death, there is no need to worry about the affairs of Youzhou, he has already made arrangements, if he does not dare to rebel, Sima Yi has already arranged the means to deal with him.
Although Sima Shi has always believed in Sima Yi, this time he didn't dare to fully believe that Sima Yi left a back hand in Youzhou, but as far as Sima Shi knew, Sima Yi sent to Youzhou was only Wei Qiang, and Wu Qiu Jian didn't know that if he put Wei Zong under house arrest in advance, it would be equivalent to abolishing this wonderful trick arranged by Sima Yi.
Seeing that the situation in Youzhou is getting worse day by day, Sima Shi can't help but secretly worry that Wu Qiu Jian wants to rebel, this is not a trivial matter, but a major matter, a major event related to the situation of the entire world, Sima Shi is deeply entangled. Take a hundred plating to read the latest chapter of "The Last Three Kingdoms 2: Xingwei Claw Book House" for free for the first time.