Luoyang.

The back garden of the Taifu Mansion.

Sima Yi was lying leisurely on a low rattan couch, half-squinting, enjoying the sunshine of the spring afternoon.

The sunlight does not shine directly, but through the tender green branches and leaves of an old grape vine, half shaded and half sunny, which is very comfortable.

Probably because Cao Pi likes to eat grapes, since then, in the gardens of those wealthy families in Luoyang City, every household has planted grapes, it seems that growing grapes has become a fashion, if there are not a few vines in the back garden of someone's house, it will be strange.

Spring is indeed a season that makes people sleepy, Sima Yi is old, his physical strength and energy are obviously not as good as before, every day after lunch, he will always squint for a short time to nourish his spirit.

Sima Shi hurriedly entered, but after he saw Sima Yi sleeping there, he didn't dare to move forward any further, so he stopped from a long distance away, stood with his hands down, and waited for Sima Yi to wake up.

Sima Yi had already noticed his arrival, and before he opened his eyes, he said, "Master, you are in such a hurry, but is there anything important?" ”

Sima Shi stepped forward and said, "Father, I just received the report that Cao Shuang has arrived in Hongnong, and it is estimated that he will return to Luoyang in two days." ”

Sima Yi opened his eyes slightly, but there was no wave on his face, and he said lightly: "So what?" This time, Cao Shuang took advantage of the excitement and returned in defeat, hoping to calm the doubts of the government and the opposition by making contributions to Shu, but the result was that he lost his troops and lost his reputation, which made the people resentful. ”

Sima Shi said: "My father had long expected that Cao Shuang's attack on Shu would inevitably fail, and today it was a prophecy, Cao Shuang was defeated and returned, all of which could not escape my father's clever calculations." ”

Sima Yi shook his head lightly and said: "This is not a clever plan for my father, but the time is not ripe to cut down Shu now, not to mention Cao Shuang Xiahou Xuan, who has no experience in fighting, even if he leads the army for his father, he may not be able to win." Although Shu has no Zhuge Liang, but Jiang Wanfei Yi is not an ordinary person, in recent years, Shu has recuperated, the soldiers are full of food, coupled with the difficulty of Shu Road, supply difficulties, the possibility of our army wanting to win is extremely low. ”

Sima Shi said: "With the strength of Great Wei, is it possible that a small Shu Kingdom cannot be destroyed?" ”

Sima Yi said leisurely: "Husband and fighter, pay attention to the right time and place, although it is said that Wei is strong and Shu is weak, but our army is not timely, does not occupy the land, does not take people, and wants to destroy Shu, it is not easy, unless there are internal changes in Shu, our army can take advantage of the weakness, Cao Shuang wants to succeed in defeating Shu with his own strength, and it is not surprising that he fails." ”

Sima Shi said again: "This time the Xiongnu rebellion in Bingzhou, my father suggested that Chen Taidai Tian Yu be the general of the Xiongnu Assassin and the Huns, but Cao Shuang did not listen to his father's advice, and sent Cao Liang as the general of Pingbei and the general of the Huns, and went to Bingzhou to quell the rebellion. ”

At the mention of Cao Liang, Sima Shi was a little hateful, and even his voice changed a little, especially after hearing the news of Cao Liang's promotion and promotion, Sima Shi was so jealous that he wanted to die.

Sima Yi didn't feel any surprise that Cao Shuang didn't appoint Chen Tai, it turned out that Sima Yi recommended Chen Tai to be the assassin of the state because he calculated that there was no one on Cao Shuang's side who could hold this position, but he didn't expect Cao Liang to come out at this time, which was somewhat unexpected by Sima Yi.

Before going out to conquer Shu, Cao Liang was only a captain of the Yue cavalry, but he didn't expect that after this battle, Cao Liang could actually be promoted to the position of general of Pingbei, and the speed of promotion was so fast that I am afraid that he really created a record.

Although Sima Yi did not come to the front line in person, but there is nothing on the front line that can be hidden from his ears, Cao Liang's repeated miraculous achievements, Sima Yi was the first to know, such a merit, promoted to the general of Pingbei, but it is also reasonable.

At this time, Sima Yi frowned lightly and said, "It seems that I still looked down on this Cao Liang at the beginning." ”

Sima Shi immediately said: "Yes, this Cao Liang is definitely not a good type, he is against our Sima family everywhere, and my father should get rid of him as soon as possible, but I am afraid that it will become a major obstacle to our Sima family's great achievements in the future." ”

Sima Shi's hatred for Cao Liang was deeper than the Yellow River, and he tried his best to get rid of Cao Liang at the beginning, but the only time he failed to do so, and after that, with Sima Yi's constraints, Sima Shi could no longer send assassins.

Now Sima Shi saw that Sima Yi's attitude was a little loose, so he moved his mind again, and wanted to persuade Sima Yi to secretly get rid of Cao Liang and get rid of this big trouble of the Sima family.

Sima Yi shook his head lightly and said, "After all, it's just a small way, not to mention that you also tried it at the beginning, but it may not work, if you want to deal with Cao Liang, you have to think long-term." This time, Cao Liang went to the state, which is a matter that cannot be ignored, if he is allowed to control the state, it will be a big problem in the future. ”

In Sima Yi's plan, Guo Huai is in the west, Sun Li is in the east, if Chen Tai can be developed in the north, then half of the world can be controlled by his Sima family, if he starts an incident in Luoyang in the future, the three parties respond, is the world still at your fingertips?

It's a pity that Cao Liang's birth completely disrupted Sima Yi's plan, if the state is obtained by Cao Liang, it will naturally threaten Luoyang, and Sima Yi, who is very thoughtful, faintly feels that Cao Liang's trip to the state will definitely pose a great threat to his Sima family.

This is not what Sima Yi wants to see, when Emperor Wei Ming Cao Rong died, Sima Yi saw Cao Liang for the first time, and he was just a small Yu Linlang, an insignificant little person.

But I didn't expect that a few years have passed, Cao Liang has grown at an extremely terrifying speed, from joining the army in the south to the captain of the Yue cavalry and then to the general of Pingbei.

Sima Shi was a little puzzled and said: "It's just strange that when Cao Liang selected the soldiers and horses, he didn't choose the Chinese army but the five schools of the Northern Army. ”

If Cao Liang can die in the chaos, it is naturally what Sima Shi wants to see the most, but he is very curious, why did Cao Liang choose the fifth school of the Northern Army, Sima Shi does not think that this is the result of Cao Liang's brain is hot, since Cao Liang took the initiative to choose the fifth school of the Northern Army, maybe there is something deep in this?

"The Fifth Colonel of the Northern Army?" When Sima Yi heard this, he was also deeply puzzled, this army is just an ornament now, and it has no combat effectiveness at all, Cao Liang would choose such an army, which was completely unexpected by Sima Yi.