In order to gain that supreme position, several generations of the Sima family bound the interests of the great clans to themselves and offered large rewards.

Since the Sima Yi period, he has intentionally won people's hearts, such as establishing the position of Dazhongzheng and giving the great clan privileges to gain support, which has left endless disasters.

Later, when Sima Yi implicated the rebellion, he often used the method of opening up the other side to win over the hearts of the people. For example, during the Gaopingling Incident, all the officials of Cao Shuang were pardoned, no one of the family was killed after Xiahou Ba surrendered to the enemy, and Cao Wenshu and Guo Huai's wife were not investigated, etc.

These methods were later learned by Sima Yi's descendants, and the result was that the torture of the high-ranking surnames became increasingly looser. In the end, this model almost became a common system, and even Zhong Hui's rebellion could not be implicated (Deng Ai, who had a poor background, could not).

When Sima Yan came to the peak of his ruling tolerance, he had already said that Sima Yan deals with a bunch of powerful people who have made great contributions at least teenage years older than him, and behind him there are a bunch of prestigious and legal relatives. In this case, Sima Yan had to gain support by condoning ministers in an extreme way.

There are often records in historical books that Sima Yan knows that some official is not good or that there is something wrong with the system, but he doesn't deal with it.

Like Jia Chong, he had always firmly opposed the attack on Wu, but in order to complete the attack on Wu without offending Jia Chong, Sima Yan deliberately made him the title of commander Wu as the commander. After becoming the commander, Jia Chong also kept obstructing the action. As a result, after the completion of destruction of Wu, Sima Yan also gave him 8,000 pieces of silk and 8,000 households in the town, and rewarded a bunch of his relatives.

The most famous story is that Sima Yan lets his senior officials fight for wealth, which immerses the entire dynasty in a decent atmosphere.

After all, for Sima Yan, a hundred nobles and generals who fight for wealth are not as terrible as a Zhong Hui who is indifferent to fame and fortune. As for the future troubles, of course, he can't care about it.

For example, Shi Chong, a famous expert in fighting wealth, was Shi Bao's son. When Shi Bao was falsely accused of rebellion, Sima Yan was so scared that he was not accused of his official position, but Shi Chong embezzled and fought against the wealthy, but Sima Yan did not blame him.

But this led to endless problems in all aspects of the Jin Dynasty. The powerful class had privileges in all aspects and the social atmosphere was corrupt. It is conceivable to exploit the bottom.

Therefore, since the Jin Dynasty unified the world, the dynasty could no longer see any vitality of the new dynasty. The part that resumed production was more like Cao Wei was completing it, while the Jin Dynasty was responsible for the decline.

Of course, Sima Yan is also capable, and no one can deny this person's talent.

After all, he is the heir of the Sima family, at the highest commander level, and was jointly led by the entire Sima family and all factions of the gentry. However, it does not mean that this person is in charge of troops as a god, with unparalleled force, amazing strategy, and proper internal affairs.

It's just that he is in the interests of all parties.

In fact, not to mention anything else, everyone knows that in terms of specific military merits, even the so-called military merits in Sima Zhao were mostly earned by his subordinates for him.

Of course, Sima Yan learned from his father and then had the same ability. He commanded 100,000 troops and was upright in the face of the enemy. He seemed to be a great master of military tactics. He once rejected the powerful generals of the Eastern Wu and then drove away the famous general of Ji Han, Guan Yi. Now, drinking on the banks of Mahan River, the three eastern counties seemed to be within reach.

However, after such a general sent troops south here, he was still frowning and could not see a smile... The shed was set up, and Sima Yan was still sitting behind the gorgeous mahogany tables, looking at the top of his head without saying a word, like a puppet, and the officers and servants on both sides dared to speak, until they saw the people and horses neighing downstairs, and one of them arrived in a hurry.

"Dad..."

The person who came was still young, but Sima Zhong, the oldest of Sima Yan's legitimate sons, was now Sima Zhong. Although he was just a child, he had to obtain some military merits with the army in order to stabilize his position. After all, within the Sima family, especially Sima Yan's brothers, were not good at it.

When the man came upstairs, he saw his own father's appearance, but he couldn't help but step forward and lower his voice and asked, "But the old wounds are unbearable on rainy days?"

"Can you still bear it?"

Sima Yan finally laughed, and the officers and guards on both sides were relieved. The rheumatism caused by this injury has troubled countless people in this era. Even for people like Sima Yan, ordinary doctors dare not treat them. After all, after Wei Wu made a fuss, famous doctors dared not show their reputation. This led to Sima Yan now having to endure it and was in poor health at a young age.

Seeing this, Sima Zhong was very worried. Although he didn't know what his father suffered in the rainy days, he did not delay his sympathy.

Sima Zhong also liked his good son very much, so he did not plan to pass the position to his younger brother Sima You in the future according to the opinions of the Sima family.

"What do the Qiang people and the people of Xiangjun say?" After laughing, Sima Yan asked his son to retreat aside, but asked about the military affairs of the people next to him. "The military order I gave you are asking you to walk there on the way back?"

"Report to the Governor, you have already slaughtered all of them as you ordered." The general who was asked immediately answered sternly.

"But the two camps and guards who took action also said bluntly that many of the people from Xiang County would rather swim from the Han River and escape into Wudang Mountain. And according to them, the rain in the west was even heavier, and although the fire was lit, it would probably not be burned."

"It's just a little bit." Sima Yan nodded slightly, not caring about it.

The general nodded and paused a little, but still asked: "Governor, this is not Chang'an, a wealthy land between Tongguan. There are many merchants coming and going. It is remote here. Xiangzhou has been traveling seven or eight times by the Wu bandits and the Han Kingdom. No matter how rich the villages and towns are, there is no wealth, and there is no city or military force there, let alone any disobedience to defend. Why must it be slaughtered?"

"Military law cannot be abolished." Sima Yan answered calmly.

"Actually, it was my fault at the beginning, and I also got the amount of food and grass to be collected. At that time, although these people took the initiative to offer food and grass, if the visitor explained the difficulties clearly, I would naturally be magnanimous. However, they just brought old grain and horse materials with water, but they couldn't spare them."

The general nodded first to understand, but then sighed again.

Sima Yan laughed in a voice: "You are my brother, so you can say that, why bother to sigh and pretend to behave?"

This general is also Sima Zhao's son, Sima Ji, but he is just a concubine's son, so Sima Yan can also use it with confidence, which is always more reassuring than Sima You and the like.

Although the Sima family's position is difficult, countless people are looking at this position.

But no matter what, it may be because of this background that although Sima Yan is mediocre in his qualifications, he is really successful in military achievements and is trusted by the whole country. Of course, he always has to pay some price. He will inevitably suffer some pain when the soldiers are fierce and dangerous. Usually, he is nothing, but when he arrives in the wet and cold place of Jingxiang, he can only bear it himself.

If he could have a general in front and cultivate martial arts and magical powers, he could avoid such injuries. Of course, Sima Yan might not have the qualifications and would not want to practice as hard as a general.

Of course, as the Supreme Emperor, if you still need to maintain your body in this way, it is naturally unreasonable. After becoming an emperor, such evil pain will be eliminated by the dragon's qi. This is one of the benefits of being an emperor.

Sima Ji heard Sima Yan's joke, but he was still a little serious: "Brother... I still remember that my grandfather defeated the Han army here and captured the three eastern counties. At that time, my grandfather asked the entire army not to massacre or plunder the people without authorization, and appointed a large number of local gentry as local officials. Logically speaking, this should be a plus of power, right? But why are these people still unwilling to be our obedient people over the years?"

"Maybe the real emperor in their hearts is back? The great man's dragon energy is not over!" Sima Yan looked at the raindrops in front of him as if he was thinking.

"If you can be your own family, why should you be a submissive person for others?"

"What about the Cao family in Liaozhou?" Sima Ji immediately retorted. "In Liaozhou, I don't miss the Han people very much. However, the Cao family's dragons are in the end. As a result, the Han people are rising, and they are actually in trouble..."

Sima Yan thought for a moment and shook his head: "That's why there is something wrong with our current strategy."

"Brother, according to me, why don't we learn from the prince of the Han Dynasty back then?" Sima Ji finally couldn't bear it and said what he wanted to say. "Divid all the land to his brothers and his own people. Don't do it anymore in this way!"

Sima Yan finally narrowed his eyes and looked at his brother carefully. He wanted to ask him, would it be better for the Han Dynasty?

The Han Dynasty used the royal descendants to seal all over the country, and how big a mess happened!

However, after a moment, the prince of Jin suppressed his inner impulse because he understood that it was ordinary for his brothers to have similar ideas, and he actually thought so, but after experiencing more and where he was, his ideas gradually became different.

Moreover, the most critical question is that he doesn't know what is right.

Should we learn the system of the Qin Dynasty or the Han Dynasty? Or should we learn the system of the Han Dynasty? Or whether both sides are wrong?

After all, at present, neither system achieved his goal. The Qin Dynasty died in two generations, while the Han Dynasty, strictly speaking, has not yet died.

As soon as he thought of this, the prince of Jin frowned again: "This kind of thing is what the general, the three dukes and nine ministers should discuss, so don't say too much... Go down and rest for a while, and wait for someone to come back, let's discuss military affairs again."

Sima Ji immediately kept silent... Although he had already grown up and even his status was theoretically the same as those of his brothers, he also knew very well that compared with his brothers, especially Sima Yan, he was just an ordinary general.

So, seeing that Sima Yan is actually a little unhappy, how dare he talk too much?

He simply stood with his sword like an ordinary guard, and performed better, waiting for the Sima family to seize the country and give him a large territory.

In this way, there were only two people sitting and standing here, silently on the broken looking building, allowing the winter snow to fall, and the vision gradually became hazy.

In the dark, a girl picked up the child and turned back to the safety of the city.

However, this silence did not last long. In less than two quarters of an hour, the road outside the city was rumbling with horse hooves, and then several cavalry rushed into the city and turned to the building below.

When the leader came up the stairs, he was Sima Yichang who was pursuing the Han army, and Sima Yan's uncle, the real commander of the 100,000 army.

Sima Yiqiang is a rare military general of the Sima family. He has the realm of martial arts and is proficient in military tactics. This time, Sima Zhao asked for help, so he barely became the left governor of this army.

"Everyone is here!" Sima Yiqiang was born with big and thick, but he inherited his father's skeleton. Like Sima Shi, he was sweating heavily when he came up and greeted the two Sima Yan brothers.

"Uncle San is here just right." Sima Yan just greeted Sima Yichang when he saw Sima Yichang coming, and then asked indifferently, "How is the military situation?"

When Sima Yichang saw his two nephews, he was also in a daze, but the military situation was so good that he was too lazy to think too much, so he directly whispered to show off.

"Okay, the three counties can't be fought!" Sima Yichang said, "Listen to my order, Yan'er, go to Xiangzhou City quickly. Sima Ji will lead the brigade behind me. I will take my men and two thousand elite cavalry to the east to block the narrow road.

Zhong Hui's thief sent someone to come and tell me that Liangzhou was captured by the Han Kingdom and that he stationed troops to guard Chang'an and did not care about anything else.

I let someone see, and reinforcements came from the Han army across the river."

Liangzhou was lost, but no one asked about Jia Chong's life and death at this time. Who cares about him?

Sima Yan didn't say a word at this time, not knowing whether he was shocked or something else, but Sima Gan asked solemnly: "Uncle, can you see clearly, how many reinforcements are there in the Han people?"

"There are more than 10,000 people before the fight, but there are still constants behind it, and it is estimated that 20,000 people will face upwards."

Sima Gan's role is just a general, and he is too lazy to think too much at this time, so he just prepared to obey the orders.

Sima Yan sighed immediately after hearing this, and looked at Sima Yi again: "Uncle, the three counties are already narrow in terrain, which is not conducive to siege and field battles of cavalry. Now the Han reinforcements are coming again. If we occupy the narrow road behind us, the 100,000 troops will probably be lost here. Now the Han Emperor rises up and returns, and the Han army units in the three counties will be continuously supported. In addition, the Han Emperor is deeply loved by the people and is good at military affairs. If he fights head-on, he may seem stupid."

Sima Yiqiong nodded slightly at this time and asked, "What do you mean? Go and fight Liangzhou?"

"It should have been like this." Sima Gan, who had not left at this time, held his sword and nodded immediately...

Sima Yan shook his head again, and then looked at Sima Yichang again: "Uncle, Liangzhou is of course important, but it is a critical place. How can the Han army not station troops here? First, it is safe for the army. With the ability of the Han emperor now, how can the road to retreat north be worry-free."
Chapter completed!