The Maojin knife from the late Jin Dynasty

Chapter 281 Director Wang’s selfish motives

After the Chu family's carriage traveled a long road, it came to the Chu Mansion and stopped. A noble man dressed in simple clothes but with extraordinary bearing stepped out of the carriage.

The housekeeper of the Chu Mansion came out quickly and said, "Mr. Pei, I heard that you arrived today, but you haven't even gone to bed yet!"

"Why bother my cousin to wait? It's Ji Ye's fault. Please ask the old gentleman to lead the way!" Chu Pei saluted the butler.

After hearing this, the housekeeper didn't say much and immediately took Chu Cui to the study. At this time, Chu Hui was handling the official business he had brought back from the court, and there were several boys around him to help him take care of it.

Because Liu Tai advocated not working overtime every day, the main reason was that Chu Hui was doing homework. Others saw that Chu Hui was not leaving and he was embarrassed to leave. As a result, the government affairs office was brightly lit every day, sometimes until midnight.

Even if Liu Tai prepared a small canteen that could not put out the fire and a bedroom where he could lie down, he would not allow the courtiers to treat the Government Affairs Office as their home.

Therefore, it is stipulated that unless there is an emergency, you are not allowed to stay in the Government Affairs Office after the time.

Is there any matter that can be dealt with tomorrow or taken home to deal with? After all, there are no ministers who work overtime every day.

Hearing Liu Tai's order, Yang Man, Xi Jian, Wen Qiao and others almost celebrated each other with joy. However, Chu Hui just hugged a large pile of copywriting and took it home to deal with it every time he got off work. Gradually, he developed a habit. .

Chu Hui stopped writing, saw Chu Su's arrival, and said, "Ji Ye, you're here!"

"I've met my cousin!" Chu Pei saluted Chu Hui, but he didn't dare to be disrespectful at all when facing Chu Hui in front of him.

At this time, Chu Hui said, "When the clan members wrote to me, your room has been prepared. Just study hard here and try to get a good rank in the exam!"

"Pei Jinzong the church!" Chu Pei paused slightly when he said this and looked around!

Chu Hui looked at Chu Pei's appearance and waved his hand clearly, asking the people around him to get out. Then he said to Chu Pei, "Do you have anything else to do?"

"Back to my cousin, the Wang family of Langya sent someone to contact us, saying that they hope to send someone to move Wang Kuang back to Langya's ancestral home, and hope that we can help them!"

Chu Pei said calmly, "This matter is big or small, so the old patriarch asked me to tell you personally."

"Oh..." Chu Hui couldn't help but froze when he heard Chu Su's words, thinking deeply in his heart.

Wang Kuang was the commander-in-chief of the Jin court who fought the Changping Battle between the Han and Jin Dynasties. He was defeated by Liu Tai in a night attack, and then surrendered to the Huns and Han Dynasty. However, he was killed during the Jin Zhun Rebellion. , anyway, there is no sense of existence in the second half of life.

At this moment, Chu Hui suddenly heard Chu Su mentioning this person, and he was a little surprised, but Chu Hui said:

"Wang Kuang was defeated by the king at the beginning. I can't make decisions without authorization. I need to report this matter to the king!"

"This matter involves the king. I don't dare to say anything. It's all up to my cousin. I'll stay here and rest first!" Chu Pei said.

Chu Hui waved his hand and asked his servants to send Chu Pei down to rest, but Chu Hui digested the news that Chu Pei had given him.

To be honest, the news itself is nothing, but it is very interesting that it was delivered by Wang Clan of Langya on his own initiative.

And Wang Kuang is even more interesting.

Because Wang Kuang is completely a shame to the current Jin court.

If it had not been for his defeat in the Battle of Changping between Han and Jin, there would have been no rise of the Huns and Han.

As for the Xiongnu and Han Kingdom, not only did they win the Han-Jin Changping War, but even the commander-in-chief of the war surrendered to themselves, they naturally wanted to give Wang Kuang a good sacrifice.

It's a pity that during the Jin Zhun Rebellion, Jin Zhun was so crazy that he wanted to surrender to the Jin court. He just killed Wang Kuang, a disgrace to the Jin court, and he was not even worth mentioning in the entire Jin Zhun Rebellion.

However, now that Chu Hui got the news, he couldn't help but wonder why the Langya Wang family wanted to contact him! ?

Is it really just a simple matter of sending people over to find the bones and move the tombs? Chu Hui didn't believe it.

"You mean, something might happen to the Jin court!?" Liu Tai couldn't help but be surprised when he looked at Chu Hui who came to see him early in the morning.

"Yes!" Chu Hui saw the shock in Liu Tai's eyes and said:

"If you just simply move Wang Kuang's tomb, you don't need to go through my Chu family at all. I think you want to remind me through the Chu family so that I can take care of the Langya Wang family."

"Could it be that you are overthinking it?" Liu Tai felt a little unbelievable when he heard Chu Hui's words.

When Chu Hui heard Liu Tai's words, he shook his head and said, "King Qi, first there was the rebellion of the Eight Kings, and then the fall of the Jin Dynasty, Director Wang can always help the invincible.

If there is some kind of crisis in the Jin court now, or even endangers the Langya Wang family, even he can see through it but cannot grasp it. Then it is indeed possible for him to let the Langya Wang family and Wang Kuang take advantage of the situation to avoid trouble.

Therefore, I boldly conclude that please increase your spying on the Jin court. I think something will happen to the Jin court soon!"

When Liu Tai heard Chu Hui's words, he couldn't help but murmured in his heart, "Why don't you worry so much? The Langya Wang family just came to move the grave."

However, Liu Tai knew that if he was allowed to fight on the battlefield, he could be brave and unparalleled, and if he was allowed to develop plans, he could also see for a thousand years. However, this kind of thing should obviously be classified as a strategy, so Liu Tai said that he was powerless.

Therefore, Liu Tai thought about this matter for a long time and said to Chu Hui: "In that case, as you said, I will leave it to you to handle it. Just get the money, food and manpower. When there is news, tell me as soon as possible."

"Follow the order!" Chu Hui heard Liu Tai's words and responded immediately.

Seeing Liu Tai's look, Chu Hui understood that Liu Tai didn't know the operating mode of the family.

But Chu Hui understood that Wang Kuang's crime was too serious for the Jin court, and it was more or less a shame for the Langya Wang family.

Normally, if there is nothing major, this group should be careful and will basically not show up in the political arena of the Jin Dynasty.

Even if those from this lineage are able to serve as officials because they are members of the Langya Wang family, most of them do so in vain.

Unless a guy with incredible abilities appears in the Wang family, if this team wants to rise, it will have to go through the fifth server.

Normally, such a branch is usually sent to Langya's hometown to guard the hometown. If there are no adventures, this branch cannot develop politically. But what I didn't expect was that the Langya Wang family not only sent this group of men, but also greeted their own Chu family. It was obvious that the other party was well prepared.

This so-called relocation of Wang Kuang's grave was just a reason, which had to make Chu Hui feel vigilant.

The only thing Chu Hui was sure of was that the Wang family seemed to be preparing to cause trouble, and even resorted to such a method as to divide the family.

And now that the Wang family's status in the Jin court, what exactly does it need to do, and it actually needs to be such a backup, then the possible storm will definitely affect the entire Jin court, and it is even possible to imitate Sima Yi. !

But the information he had was too little, which prevented Chu Hui from making a final judgment.

But no matter how he said it, Chu Hui knew that there would definitely be changes in the Jin court, whether it was in one year or two years.

At this time in Jiankang, Director Wang smiled and said to Wang Xizhi in front of him: "I have sent people to take care of the area in Hebei. When news comes that there is temporary peace between the north and south of the Yellow River, you can go north to find your brother's bones and move them back." The ancestral land of my Wang family.

Otherwise, if we miss this opportunity, one day our Jin court will fight against the Han Dynasty again, and it will be difficult to retrieve the bones of my brother! "

When Wang Xizhi heard what Director Wang said, he immediately saluted Director Wang solemnly.

To be honest, because his father defeated Changping and later surrendered to the Huns and Han Dynasty, Wang Xizhi's growing up environment was naturally not that good.

As it is said, Wang Xizhi gradually developed the habit of appearing to be indifferent to everything, being carefree and wanton, but he was somewhat sensitive in his heart.

What Wang Xizhi didn't expect was that he originally thought that he would just be a carefree idler in the Langya Wang family, and then spend his whole life just waiting to die.

But he didn't expect that his uncle of the Langya Wang family in the Jin court, Director Wang, would actually come to him and ask if he wanted to take this opportunity to take his father's bones back to the Langya Wang family.

To be honest, Wang Xizhi only felt that his family took care of him materially in the past. Even after crossing the river, he was not short of material.

But now, Director Wang, his cousin, could actually think of his father, and Wang Xizhi couldn't help crying because he felt the care and warmth of his family firsthand.

After all, Wang Kuang was defeated by the Xiongnu Han Kingdom, and even surrendered to the Xiongnu Han Kingdom, thus bringing shame to the Jin court and even humiliating the Langya Wang family. Wang Xizhi also understood this.

But the problem is that the Jin court has always advocated ruling the world with filial piety rather than ruling the world with loyalty. So what if the Langya Wang family is disloyal to the Jin court? He is his father.

I never thought that the meeting that happened more than ten years ago would be the last meeting between me and my father!

"Xizhi will make preparations now. He will definitely let his father return to his ancestral land after falling leaves!" Wang Xizhi saluted Director Wang.

"This trip requires you to go to Hebei. Please go back and tell your family in detail so as not to worry them. I will inform you when tomorrow comes!" Director Wang said to Wang Xizhi at this moment.

When Wang Xizhi heard this, he bowed solemnly to Director Wang and then left the room.

After Director Wang watched Wang Xizhi leave, he sighed slightly and took out an envelope from his hand. What was written on the envelope was that Zu Ti's condition was extremely serious and he might even die this winter. I can't survive it!

As the representative of the Wang family where the king and his horse share the world, Director Wang is too aware that he and Sima Rui are struggling to maintain a balance in the court.

If Zu Ti dies, the local power imbalance will especially put a heavy weight on the heart of his cousin Wang Dun.

I really don’t know if someone as arrogant as him will rebel!

As for the imperial court's desire to use Dai Yuan to check and balance Xijian, haha, how many celebrities like Dai Yuan have I seen? There are few people in the world who can combine the elegance of a famous scholar with the prowess of a famous general.

If others can't understand the quality of your political opponents, why can't you understand it yourself?

Director Wang couldn't help but take a deep breath, but he couldn't help but look in the direction of Zu Ti, and sighed in his heart:

"Zu Ti, you have to hold on a little longer, Jin Ting really can't do without you!"

For Director Wang, he knew very well that if an important minister like Zu Ti, who had the aura of restoring Luoyang, really died of illness, it would inevitably create a vacuum of political power in the Jin court, which would be even more serious than Zhou Fang's death. struggle.

What's more important is that after Zhou's visit, the only general who could suppress Wang Dun was lost, which made Wang Dun completely lawless.

As for himself...if Sima Rui believed in him, then he would be able to divide Wang Dun's power by presiding over the court, splitting the power originally belonging to the Wang family into two, and successfully completing checks and balances.

But as the emperor sat in the position for a longer time, Sima Rui also revealed the unique intrigues of the Sima family, thinking that relying on Liu Wei, Diao Xie and other poor family members could regain the authority belonging to the Sima family, and from then on, he would be able to secure the world.

But the problem is that the Sima family has gained the country unfairly. Only by joining forces with a top aristocratic family can it suppress the world's aristocratic families, or gain the trust of the world's aristocratic families.

Otherwise, just based on Sima himself, who in the world's aristocratic families would respect Sima from the bottom of their hearts!

There is no way, the Sima family rules the world with filial piety, which determines the complete distrust of the Sima family in the world's aristocratic families.

And the same Sima family relies on the support of the family when they have no power, and wants to take back the power of the family when they have power. Even if the Langya Wang family is replaced one day, Director Wang is not surprised.

It's just that the family that replaces the Langya Wang family will become more like the Langya Wang family sooner or later, and will become a thorn in the side of the Sima family. There is no way, because this is the fate that the Sima family must bear.

After the Sima family swears by Luo Shui, but falls below the bottom line, it is destined that the cost of governing the world will be much higher than that of the big man next door. The big man north of the Yellow River on the other side at least does not need to worry about this. kind of trouble.

At this time, Director Wang couldn't help but look towards the south, and sighed in his heart:

"Zu Ti, you must hold on, even if it is to delay Liu Tai's march, give me a few more years to live!"

Director Wang had to admit that, at least until now, the only general in the Jin court who could really check and balance Liu Tai at least on the surface was Zu Ti.

If Zu Ti left, Director Wang couldn't help but wonder whether the south of the Yellow River could still be defended!

While Director Wang was thinking, Zu Ti woke up from his deep sleep and started calling.

The female envoy beside him immediately called Zu Yue, Zu Daozhong, Zu Huan and his army generals.

Zu Ti knew his body clearly. If he swallowed it in this breath, he might not be able to wake up at all. Seeing everyone arriving, Zu Ti's eyes became clear.

　There is another update today, so I’ll write it now

　　

　

(End of this chapter)