Although Pei Kai was born in the Hedong Wang clan and was a talented young man, he has not been reused, and the position of the official is vacant, and Sima Zhao asked Zhong Hui about the candidate for the official department. Zhong Hui said: "Pei Kai is clear and clear, and Wang Rong is briefly provincial, and they are all suitable candidates for the Ministry of Officials." So Pei Kai was appointed as the minister.

It is precisely because of Zhong Hui's recommendation that Pei Kai was able to have the opportunity to work in Shangshutai, so Pei Kai has always been very grateful to Zhong Hui. Originally, Pei Kai had the opportunity to be promoted to a free cavalry attendant, but he was implicated by Pei Xiu (Pei Xiu is Pei Kai's cousin), and he has not been promoted.

Obviously, this kind of talent did not meet Pei Kai very depressed, thinking about it back then, if it wasn't for Zhong Hui's recommendation, I was afraid that he would have to struggle hard in a lower position, which undoubtedly made Pei Kai even more grateful to Zhong Hui.

Now Zhong will be in trouble, which makes Pei Kai even more entangled, on the one hand, Jia Chong's threat and intimidation, and on the other hand, Zhong Hui's kindness, Pei Kai is difficult to choose for a while.

To tell the truth, Pei Kai looked down on Jia Chong at all, this courtier who only flattered and slapped horses, knew the disgust of many people in the court, although Ren Kai and Yu Chun, who openly dared to oppose him, had died in the downtown area, and now Jia Chong was arrogant, but this still couldn't change the courtiers' disdain for him.

If this is just Jia Chong's meaning, maybe Pei Kai really didn't take it seriously, but if this is what Emperor Sima Yan meant, then the meaning is different.

A few days ago, Sima Yan issued an order to Zhong Hui, asking him to take the soldiers of Yizhou to withdraw to Jingzhou, this matter is well known in the court, but the news of Zhong Hui's return to the army has not yet come, and he heard that Sima Yan wants to drastically reduce the food and salary of the Yizhou army, these two things are combined, it is obvious that Sima Yan deliberately came to target Zhong Hui, at least it shows that Zhong Hui angered Sima Yan, so that Sima Yan secretly murderous intentions, in this era of supremacy of monarchy, the main ministers died, and the ministers had to die.

Tian has always been grateful to Zhong Hui, if it weren't for Zhong Hui's recommendation, maybe Pei Kai wouldn't even be able to mix up his current status, and now that Engong is in trouble, how can he not be saved by death?

Of course, Pei Kai is not the kind of ungrateful person, but when it comes to the emperor, he has to think carefully.

After thinking about it, Pei Kai still decided to write a secret letter to Zhong Hui and ask him to be more vigilant, as for whether this was a suspicion of reporting the news, Pei Kai couldn't care less.

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It is said that Zhong Hui has been very worried since he wrote the book, and he doesn't know if his opinion will be adopted by Sima Yan. Zhong Hui has always been Sima Zhao's confidant, and he has had relatively little contact with Sima Yan, and he doesn't know much about Sima Yan's temperament, but Zhong Hui still understands Sima Yan's means of retribution.

Although the news in Shu was closed, Sima Yan's bloody killing was still spread all over the world, so Zhong Hui was even more suspicious, and he refused to withdraw his troops, and he didn't know if it would anger Sima Yan.

Soon, Sima Yan's edict arrived in Langzhong, in the edict, Sima Yan did not mention his last request for withdrawal, and did not pay attention to Zhong Hui's request to take back the decree, it seems that in Sima Yan's eyes, these two documents seem to have never existed, this time the holy decree is to praise Zhong Hui, and add Zhong Hui as the Duke of Xinyang, increase the number of households by 20,000, and add the crown prince.

The crown prince is above the three dukes, and the Taifu and the Taishi are called the three divisions, and the status is honorable, which is a step further than the previous sealing of Situ, but whether it is Situ or Taibao, they are all fictitious titles and have no actual position. (There is still a world of difference between Jia Situ and the real Situ, Jia means the same, Jia Situ means that the position is the same as Situ, but there is no actual power of Situ, and the same position also has Jia Taiwei, etc., which can be regarded as a false title.)

Zhong Hui is obviously not interested in this kind of unobtrusive thing, whether it is the prince or Situ Taibao, it is not what Zhong Hui wants, what Zhong Hui pursues is power, the kind of power under one person above ten thousand people, if possible, he does not mind taking away this condition under one person.

Sima Yan's reward did not stir up any waves in Zhong Hui's heart, he even faintly felt a little bad, if Sima Yan directly agreed or disagreed with Zhong Hui's performance, it made Zhong Hui feel a sense of steadiness in his heart, but now Sima Yan did not mention a word, but instead wantonly rewarded him, Zhong Hui felt that there was something greasy in it.

Sure enough, in the subsequent allocation of grain and grass, it will be reduced by 60 percent compared with the last time, and the explanation given by the officials who escorted the grain and grass is that last year's grain harvest was poor, and the grain in the stock was limited, so it could only be distributed for the time being.

The supply of grain and grass for the entire Shu Jin army basically counted on the Jin court, and now the allocated grain and grass has been cut by sixty percent, which is less than half of the previous one, and such a shortage of military food makes the Shu Jin army in a difficult situation.

Zhong Hui suddenly understood Sima Yan's sinister intentions, this was to force himself to withdraw the army by cutting grain and grass, the grain and grass were insufficient, and the Jin army could not stay in Shuzhong at all, and in the end he could only choose to withdraw the army, didn't this correspond to Sima Yan's previous intention?

Zhong Hui smiled a little bitterly, in fact, at this time, he did not have any intention of rebellion. Rebel and self-reliant? Just kidding, the lifeline of the entire army is pinched in the hands of the Jin court, and once the supply of grain and grass is cut off in the rear, the entire army will be in a desperate situation, and under such conditions, no one who has not gone crazy will choose to rebel.

If Sima Yan forcibly issued an order to withdraw the army, Zhong Hui would also honestly abide by it, but Sima Yan did not give a direct order but played a hand of yin, using grain and grass to card Zhonghui and forcing Zhonghui to withdraw from Shu, which made Zhong Hui feel uneasy.

It seems that there is no hope of continuing to stay in Shu, Zhong Hui feels that the only pity is that his hard work in the past few years has been wasted, after the main force withdraws from Yizhou, even if there are some remnants of the army, the hope of holding Langzhong will not be too big, Jiang Wei is eyeing the west bank of Fushui, and the Wu people are not willing to be on the defensive in Jiangzhou, Yong'an, if the Jin army retreats, the pattern of the three strong forces in Shu will end, and a new round of siege will start again, and the Jin army will lose everything that was previously gained in Shu.

This is the result of the blood stained by tens of thousands of soldiers, and he gave up for no reason, Zhong Hui's heart was dripping blood, but at this moment, the decision was no longer in his hands, Zhong Hui could only accept the result painfully and helplessly, and ordered the withdrawal of the army. (To be continued.) )