There were Jiang Ji's Hefei garrisons on the battlefield in Huainan, the northwest was the troops of Man Chong, the prefect of Runan, the northwest was the garrison of Yuzhou Jia Kui, the governor of Yuzhou, and the northeast were the Taishan soldiers of Xiahou Ru, the governor of Xuzhou. Although there were a lot of resources and troops around, there was no future commander as capable as Cao Ren.

Jiang Ji is not asking for troops, money and food now, but needs a commander-in-chief.

Cao Pi has been very upset recently. His strategy of raiding Chang'an failed, and rumors are prevalent inside and outside Luoyang. This time, he did not involve important officials like Zhong Yao and Chen Qun, but instead some small officials who hold idle positions.

During the inspection, Zhu Shuo's people intercepted many letters of correspondence, but because most of them did not leave their names, they could only hand them over to Sima Zhi for processing and reported them to Cao Pi in secret.

Sima Zhi has a very strong ability to judge cases. Based on the small number of clues provided by Zhu Shuo, he followed the clues to find out a large number of evidence of crimes. He dug out dozens of officials involved in the case within three days, but these people have great gentry as their backers.

Although Sima Zhi was selfless, when encountering such a difficult thing, he could only report the Emperor's Holy Sect, just like Cao Hong's situation.

In the case of Cao Hong's deceiving the king and the emperor, Empress Dowager Bian finally came forward to plead with mercy. Cao Hong was demoted and demoted to a commoner, and all the wealth he had accumulated for decades was confiscated.

After reading the list of the enemy personnel, Cao Pi knew very well that there were big trees behind these people. In order not to shake the foundation of the country, he showed the emperor's patience and finally chose to deal with it coldly.

Cao Pi was able to sit on the throne of the emperor, and the support of the Henan gentry was inseparable from the crisis in Wei at this time. Even if these people should be killed, they could not take action by themselves. At this moment, he thought of the Sima family destroying the family.

Assassination was a bad method. When Cao Pi was still hesitating whether to let Zhu Shu take action, the bad news about Huainan was delivered to him.

The military situation in Huainan sent by Jiang Ji was even more impactful than the failure of the raid on Chang'an. If it was used by someone with a heart, more and more people would shake their heads and treason.

On the way to Pinghong Palace to discuss military aircraft, Cao Pi saw Sima Zhao beside Gao Jian, and suddenly had an idea. During the hundreds of years of inheritance in the Han Dynasty, many emperors used eunuchs to restrain court officials. If there was a ready-made candidate around him, why not make good use of it?

Cao Xiu, Chen Qun and others were waiting in Pinghong Hall. Cao Pi waved his hand to avoid the gift after entering the hall. He changed his decadent style and directly called General Xiahou Shang: "Bo Ren, I ordered you to be the General of the Conquest East and the generals of Xuzhou, Yangzhou and Yuzhou. You must guard Huainan for the Great Wei."

"Uh, the last general?" Xiahou Shang pointed at himself in confusion.

Cao Pi nodded, "Don't doubt your ability. You are the one praised by the late emperor. Now there are 80,000 or 90,000 troops around Huainan. However, there is a lack of a capable person to rule. Wen Lie can't get rid of Guan Yu. I can only rely on you. I will not disappoint me and the late emperor, right?"

"If Huainan is defeated, he will never return to see Your Majesty alive." Xiahou Shang and others issued a military order.

"The soldiers and horses around Huainan are the strongest of Taishan soldiers. You brothers must cooperate well. Lantian Xinde Yangzhou has not yet established a stable foothold, but when he attacked Huainan so quickly, it seems that he is also a person who is eager for quick success and instant benefits. He doesn't know how capable the troops are. However, Gan Ning is a tough guy. If you rely on Hefei's defense, I don't believe that Sun Quan will lose several battles in Hefei, Lantian can change this result." Cao Pi said fiercely.

Seeing this, Cao Xiu reminded: "Your Majesty should not underestimate Lantian. Although this man has no martial arts skills, he can destroy Wu in three months, which means that his threat may not be lower than Guan Yu. Liu Bei can let this man defend the other side. Sun Quan was probably defeated by underestimating the enemy. We should take it as a warning."

"Although Wen Lie's words are reasonable, Guan Yu is now directly threatening Wan, Luo, and Liu Bei gradually gaining a foothold in Guanzhong. I cannot tilt military resources to Huainan anymore." Cao Pi's expression was heavy.

"Your Majesty is right. Lantian is now in charge of Jianye's rear and is raiding Lujiang with Ganning as his minions. It is probably because he wants to test the strength of our army. Bo Ren must be stable in Huainan." Cao Xiu kindly reminded Xiahou Shang.

"I can save it." Xiahou Shang nodded and agreed.

"Okay, let's discuss it again. I will go back to the palace in advance." Cao Pi said that and got up and left, cleanly making everyone suspicious.

Cao Pi moved quickly, Gao Jian and Sima Zhao followed in a short slight stroll. Suddenly, Cao Pi stopped and asked, "Wuhou, you have been in Jianye for two years. Are the people in Jiangdong so weak? Can anyone come to control me?"

Sima Zhao was stunned and quickly bowed and replied: "Where did Your Majesty hear the rumors? The internal conflicts in Jiangdong are very serious, and even Sun Quan can't balance them well. Have you forgotten the incident of Han Zong? It was a mess at that time, and I thought Lantian could not be suppressed."

"Wuhou was very insightful." Cao Pi nodded, then turned around and ordered Gao Jian: "Xiao Gao, go find Xie Shaofu (Xie Huan), and Sima's rank is upgraded to Zhonghuangmen."

"Wei" Gao Jian bowed and left, thinking that the relationship between the people was really different. It took him three years to get into the Zhonghuang Sect.

Sima Zhao followed Cao Pi to the study alone. Cao Pi first took Sima Yi out and praised him for a while, and then gradually introduced Sima Zhao to the topic, that is, using the relationship between Sima Zhao and Chen Qun and Sima Zhi to re-investigate the rumors in Luoyang last time, and to shock those who are swaying by killing the chicken to scare the monkey.

"I am only thirteen years old. Is such a big thing good?" Sima Zhao pretended to be harmless. Cao Pi's approach was exactly what he wanted. If he wanted to gain power quickly, he needed countless opportunities to accumulate. It was undoubtedly a good opportunity to punish the sinner who colluded with the enemy and treason.

Sima Zhao became so good at pretending, which was related to his experience in Jiangdong. Because he had too much contact with Hu Ke, he learned what it means to be strong if he showed weakness everywhere. Unfortunately, Cao Pi did not understand his thoughts.

"Don't worry, Mr. Wu, I will believe you, just like Zhongda (Sima Yi), just do things boldly. General Zhu (Zhu Shuo) will help you secretly." Cao Pi said seriously.

"Which." Sima Zhao bowed and smiled when he lowered his head. If he could be related to the imperial guards, it would be of great benefit to the investigation of Sima's family destruction case.

After Sima Zhao became the Central Huangmen, he grabbed friends with eunuchs led by Gao Jian, and used his close relationship with Chen Qun to help Cao Pi start a case of collusion with the enemy and treason, and then launched a political catastrophe in Luoyang, involving sixty or seventy officials.

The colluders found by Sima Zhi before, all of them were arrested and executed by Zhu Shuo in this storm. People in the capital were panicked for a while, and the young Sima Zhao shook Luoyang with a harsh voice.

The turmoil finally affected the top leaders. The Taiwei Zhong Yao was reported for complaining about Wei Feng's case, so he took the initiative to retire at Chen Qun's suggestion. The most unlucky one was the Shangshu Pushe Du Ji. He was attacked by his political enemies and said that he had joined his fellow villager Fa Zheng and treasoned the country. In order to prove his innocence, Du Ji hanged himself with white silk at the Shangshu Detachment.

When the political situation in Luoyang was in chaos, Lantian was not as difficult as Sima Zhao guessed. He simply "shelfed disputes and cooperated with the gentry," and Jiangdong was apparently controlled by the local gentry.

Lantian had no time to balance the Huai Si Sect and Jiangdong Sect. After moving the Huai Si Sect officials out of Jianye in batches, he reached a tacit understanding with the Jiangdong gentry, namely, Danyang, Wu County and Kuaiji counties, referring to the old system, delegating power to the local gentry politically, but they had to pay money and grain militarily.
Chapter completed!