Vol 4 Chapter 3807: Confidant is suffering from within

Liu Yu's expression changed, and he said solemnly, "Miaoyin, you can't say anything casually. How could this Sima's clan join forces with Xile? When Xile is dazed, he won't talk to Sima anymore. As far as relationship goes, Sima Rongqi and Sima Xiuzhi, who took over Jingzhou last time, were chased away by him one after another."
Wang Miaoyin said coldly: "Brother Yu, you said that if you want to seize power from you and become the first person in the Jin Dynasty, the only way is to make friends with Sima's clan, and then come to hold the emperor to order the princes. , then with Liu Yi as a person, will he do it?"
Liu Yu's body trembled slightly, but he didn't speak.
Wang Miaoyin continued: "In the past, Liu Yi expelled Sima Rongqi and Sima Xiuzhi because they were in a hurry when his expedition to the west had just ended, the Huan clan had just been destroyed, and the post of governor of Jingzhou had not yet been decided. Waiti wants to run over to grab the positions of the governors of Jingzhou and Yizhou. It's not because he hates these princes of the Sima clan as much as you do, but because these princes want to the territory he has laid. You still don't understand?"
Liu Yu nodded: "This is indeed the truth, but the current situation has not changed. The Sima family is still very ambitious from the emperor to the clan, and wants to create opportunities to run out and seize power even if there is no chance. The idea of ​​loyalty and patriotism cannot move them for the time being, and I will not allow them to continue to run amuck in the world like this. Fatty, tell me, how many cases of lawlessness in the Sima clan you reported to me?"
Liu Muzhi said indifferently: "I have the status of a royal family, but I don't have any official position. Of course I feel uncomfortable. I can only take the opportunity to bully the common people and anesthetize myself. It is not only the Sima clan. In fact, the same is true for many children of noble families, to put it bluntly, they are used to it when they have nothing to do."
Liu Yu gritted his teeth: "If you have nothing to do, just go and support yourself. I don't believe it. If you want them to do it all day long, farming and weaving, will they be so idle and have nothing to do."
Liu Muzhi smiled and said: "Okay, before that, you have to expel them from the clan, and demote them to commoners. It's the same as the children of the noble family. I just talked to Miaoyin for so long, isn't it just talking about this. However, even if the five servers are released, it will take some time to completely seize the title and become a commoner."
Liu Yu sighed: "Forget it, let's not talk about this first, let's go back to the original topic, if you say this, in order to seize power, Xile may really come together with the Sima clan, wonderful sound, please keep an eye on this. Yes, the emperor has you there, but Sima Dewen, who is now the most popular among the kings of the Sima clan..."
Having said this, his brows lightly wrinkled: "This person is now the leader of many Sima clans, and his prestige is even higher than that of the emperor. The last time the court decided to send troops to Nanyan, he openly debated with me, If you hadn't stepped forward to suppress him at the time, I'm afraid we wouldn't be here now, and what you worry about is that he and Liu Xile will get together."
Wang Miaoyin said calmly: "Sima Dezong is a crippled person who can only lie in bed all day long. I act on his behalf in the name of the queen, and I can control the court. To be honest, he is far stronger than many children of aristocratic families, especially in terms of interpersonal relationships and attracting nobles from aristocratic families, Xie Hun is not necessarily his opponent."
Liu Yu's expression changed: "Is he so powerful?"
Liu Muzhi nodded: "Yes, he is indeed very powerful. Back then, Sima Rongqi and Sima Xiuzhi ran out to the prefect of Jingzhou. I found out later that it was not their intention, but Sima Dewen behind the scenes. Instructors, especially Sima Xiuzhi, they were loyal to the court when Sima Yao was in power, and they were almost killed by Huan Xuan, so Sima Dewen strongly persuaded Sima Xiuzhi to go to Jingzhou, eradicate Huan Xuan's old party, and serve him The eldest brother and nephews want to take revenge. If it weren't for him, how would Sima Xiuzhi, who is naturally timid and fearful, dare to take over Jingzhou, where Huan Xuan has just been defeated, and all the places are the old Huan clan?"
Having said this, Liu Muzhi paused: "There is one more thing, that is, after we raised the army, Sima Zun, the king of Wuling, was appointed as the regent. This Sima Zun was honest and obedient and acted exactly as we wanted, but Sima Dezong , After Sima Dewen was rescued from Jingzhou, Sima Zun died inexplicably just after he handed over the power of regent, and the cause of death has not yet been found out."
Liu Yu frowned: "What do you mean, Sima Dewen may have done this? Is there any evidence?"
Liu Muzhi shook his head: "I don't have any evidence, but my intuition tells me that this matter is not easy, because it depends on who starts and who gets the most profit. When Sima Dewen was away, Sima's clan was named after Sima Dewen. Zun is the leader. In the year since the establishment of Yi, he has come to manage the Sima clan as the convener. At that time, we made money for the kings of the Sima clan ~EbookFREE.me~ Tianzhai, but we did not give them official powers. strategy has been executed well.

"But as soon as Sima Dewen came back, Sima Zun died. Since then, the kings of the Sima clan have followed Sima Dewen's horse, and then he began to encourage Sima Rongqi and Sima Xiuzhi to come out as prefects, wanting to restore the previous Western Dynasty. At that time, the Sima Clan’s lord was divided into various parts of the town, and he supported his troops with self-respect, and if something happened in the court, he would raise troops to respond.

Liu Yu took a deep breath: "It's just that they were provoking Liu Yi at the time, and they wanted to seize Jingzhou, so Liu Yi deliberately let Huan Zhen counterattack Jiangling, drove away Sima Xiuzhi, and even nearly killed him. Sima Rongqi was even more miserable, he was killed by the rebel Qiao Shu rebels in Baidi City before he took office in Yizhou, and his son Sima Chuzhi simply betrayed the country and went to Qin."
Wang Miaoyin said sternly: "We didn't do these things, but it seems that an invisible hand is manipulating all these things. Since then, I have also strengthened my surveillance on Sima Dewen and ordered him to move out of the palace. When I live in the palace, I don’t want him to have contact with Sima Dezong, and take the opportunity to issue an edict in the name of the emperor, this time I go out with the army and carry the jade seal with me all the time, because I am afraid that he will take advantage of the opportunity to cause trouble.

Liu Yu nodded: "It's hard work, wonderful sound, I only now know that there are so many hidden secrets behind this, and I can understand how difficult it is that you, as a queen, have been preventing the restoration of the Sima clan, really I'm sorry for you."
Wang Miaoyin's eyes flashed coldly: "So, what I worry most about is the Sima clan, with Liu Yi, who holds a lot of troops, and Xie Pun, who is a prestigious family in the family. And the real enemy is inside."