In addition to throwing this issue back to Zhou Yang to deal with, Cao Rui's words were also covering up his desire to cut off his power.

However, Zhou Yang knew it well at this time, thinking that although Jia Kui was the minister he promoted, he had no party sects and seemed to obey him on the surface, but once it was involved in the issue of the imperial government, he was still not sure.

Since Cao Rui planned to get rid of him first, it would not have much impact on Zhou Yang. At the same time, he could continue to pretend that he didn't know anything. It was just a pity that a talent like Jia Kui was.

But now the times are different. Zhou Yang suddenly found that he had such a thought in his mind that it is no longer so important for the Cao family, Sima family, or even the Liu family or the Sun family to unify the world in the future.

Because the most important thing now is self-protection. As Sima Yi said, either find an opportunity to retreat rapidly, or simply follow the example, learn from Cao Cao to control the power of the country, and take the emperor into his own hands.

Zhou Yang obviously would not do this, not only because it would cause more bloody disputes, but even if he wins in the end, he will not feel any sense of accomplishment. The only thing he has is more problems that need him to deal with.

"It seems that Prime Minister Zhou also thinks this matter is difficult to deal with." Seeing that he was still thinking, Cao Rui thought he was hesitant and quickly spoke up, "It seems that he has to throw away the Grand Sima's memorial first."

"Of course not." Zhou Yang could advance or retreat when he heard his words, but he could only smile bitterly, but he still replied, "Mr. Jia did not rescue the Grand Sima in time in the name of Jiandao, which caused our army to suffer heavy losses, but he could not be punished. However, the plan that Lord Jia had come up with may not be responsible for himself. Therefore, the empress suggested that the emperor could use it to commend Mr. Jia for his meritorious service in the name of Jiandao, transfer him back to the court, and send others to replace the plan implemented by Jiandao, gradually weaken his rights."

"I am really worthy of being Prime Minister Zhou," Cao Rui said happily, "Then let's decide, I will immediately draw a book to recall him to Luoyang."

"If there is nothing else, Weichen will take his leave first." Zhou Yang didn't want to stay here for a moment.

"Prime Minister Zhou is tired from the road, and I am not considering it well." Cao Rui said embarrassedly, "Then Prime Minister Zhou please rest for a while. When a new project starts in a while, I will ask someone to notify you."

"New project?" Zhou Yang thought to himself what he had to know. The intelligence group had no news and couldn't help asking, "Please make it clear."

"Now that Wu and Shu have resumed cooperative relations, the Wu army has repeatedly violated the border, and the Shu army is ready to move, and I don't know what conspiracy is being made in secret." Cao Rui said frankly, "So I think that in addition to the late emperor's orders to order counties with a population of 100,000 to recommend filial piety and integrity every year, I also plan to hold a martial arts competition in Luoyang City to supplement the country's generals, and at the same time quickly organize a young and brave new force to lead it, ready to deal with the invasion of the Shu army in the west at any time."

"This is a good idea." Zhou Yang felt it was good and immediately agreed, "Then Weichen will arrange the relevant matters immediately."

"Prime Minister Zhou has worked hard for several days. I have left this matter to General Yanglie Wang Chang to arrange it." Cao Rui said in a gentle tone, "So I hope Prime Minister Zhou will take this time to have a good rest and wait until the competition begins to have more energy to participate in the selection."

"Thank you for your concern, so I will leave."

After Zhou Yang finished speaking, he left the palace, but he felt a little disappointed.

After returning to Luoyang this time, Cao Rui did not let him know many important things, the Prime Minister, and did not let him be responsible.

However, when I think of what Sima Yi said, I feel it is natural.

Cao Rui indeed planned to quietly put him, a powerful minister of Wei. If he could still use it at that time, he might still stay in the court and continue to serve as a prime minister without any truth, or even become an elder-level figure.

On the contrary, in the future, you will either spend your life bored in the Prime Minister's Mansion or be directly eliminated.

In short, no matter what the result is, as long as you don’t have the right in your hands, you can’t survive in the court.

Unless he is an unknown general, or a loyal personal guard like Dian Wei and Xu Chu, or... he has no surname Zhou, and he must be the Cao clan member that Cao Rui trusts the most.

During these days, Zhou Yang was not idle in the Prime Minister's Mansion. He almost every day he used the name of hunting with Sima Yi. In fact, he was in Luoyang Xiaowai to investigate the terrain so that he could deal with any emergencies at will.

However, Sima Yi said that this was just a waste of time and believed that Cao Rui would never dare to perform any high-profile actions on Zhou Yang for at least twenty years. The facts also proved that his analysis was indeed very accurate.

Because according to the records of the calendar, Sima Yi maintained a low-key and tolerant attitude until Cao Rui ascended the throne for twelve years.

It was not until the ninth year after Cao Rui's death that the Gaopingling incident was launched. The general Cao Shuang was abolished, and the three tribes were destroyed, and the career of taking charge of military power alone began.

Therefore, if Zhou Yang still plans to unify the world and ensure the safety of himself and his family, he will only wait until he starts to seize power in twenty years, otherwise he will never do anything in the short term and dare not act rashly.

"I suddenly missed the days of following my father-in-law in the battles from all over the country." Zhou Yang looked at the other end of the hillside and couldn't help but sigh, "Maybe I was not pursuing the world, but just in this process, enjoying the process of gradually approaching my dreams, the kind of continuous self-improvement, as soon as I returned to Luoyang, I immediately had a new task and lived a fulfilling life every day. I was not as good as I am now doing nothing and afraid of being assassinated by the enemy's assassins, and I had to always worry and beware of the emperor of my own country."

"Is it really my own country?" Sima Yi asked.

"I don't understand." Zhou Yang said inexplicably.

"If it were still the Wei Kingdom of Emperor Wu, Cao Gong, it might be barely called it." Sima Yi smiled slightly, "But the Wei Kingdom now no longer belongs to the generation of my brother. My brother should have a deeper understanding of this than me."

"You are right." Zhou Yang had to admit it.

"It's just that my brother doesn't want to do it. With his current reputation, wealth, military power, and status among famous families and various families, if he wants to do it, he has more advantages than Cao Gong back then." Sima Yi paused for a while and said, "Besides, my brother has no one in the world, including an absolute trump card that Cao Gong and the emperor now do not have."

"What?" Zhou Yang asked curiously.

"That is Emperor Xian of Han who was deposed by Emperor Wen, and today's Duke of Shanyang Liu Xie." Sima Yi said, "In short, my brother is still a Liaobu and the people of Fujian call him the same school."

Zhou Yang never forgot the little emperor of this person who has not seen for many years. He just hid him in his memories and was unwilling to think about it.

Now that he said it from Sima Yi, he felt that he was not as uncomfortable as before, and even had a strange thought.

Because it was Zhou Yang who personally sent Liu Xie to Cao Cao, which was equivalent to handing over the Han Dynasty to the Cao family. In addition, Xiaoyao's death, he felt guilty about him that he could not let go of himself, both in public and private.

If he had the opportunity to resolve the shortcomings in his heart, and sent Liu Xie back to the throne of the emperor, and sent his brother Sima Yi, who looked very similar to Xiaoyao, to him.

For Zhou Yang, he would be considered as having no regrets in his life.

But he quickly gave up the idea because he tried to get to know Liu Xie.

The last emperor of the Han Dynasty once told him that he knew very well what a dynasty was and what a dynasty was gone.

The young emperor at that time even knew how to face reality better than Zhou Yang and also knew how to think about the dawn of the world.

Liu Xie truly gave up fighting back for power for the Han Dynasty, because he had to pay the price of blood again and sacrificed the lives of many people again, and he might not succeed in the end.

At this time, Zhou Yang also realized this. Whether it was helping the Cao family unify the world or fighting for power with Cao Rui, there would be no good result. At least the whole process would make him very painful.

But when Sima Yi asked the same question again, he was stunned.

Because Zhou Yang saw expectations, even desires, in his eyes, what exactly was he longing for?

Do you want to meet Liu Xie in Xiaoyao's attitude as a woman, or do you want Zhou Yang to show his ambitions and say you decide to compete with Cao Rui?

Or is Sima Yi’s own wolf ambition?

"What does Zhongda want me?" Zhou Yang couldn't help asking.

"Maybe my brother should ask himself." Sima Yi said, "What kind of path a person will take in his life is decided by his own hands. Perhaps fate will make a lot of tricks, but fate cannot change a person's thoughts unless he wants to change or has to change."

Suddenly, Zhou Yang felt that he was walking at a crossroads and was facing a difficult problem to make.

I used to escape, including my guilt towards Liu Xie, Xiaoyao and Sima Yi, and chose to escape.

If he hadn't wanted to unify the world in Cao Wei's hands, he would never have taken the initiative to contact Sima Yi. Even so, he would still have entrusted the burden of keeping Sima Yi in Fang Yuzhu and Ling Yu's hands, and he would have tried his best not to face them.

Now Zhou Yang's mind is confused and he can't find his own way.

But only he can give the answer. As Sima Yi said, he should answer this question himself.

"Time." Zhou Yang squeezed out these two words from his mouth for a long time, and then said after a long time, "I need time to think about it carefully, because there is only time to give me the answer."

"No matter what path my brother chooses, I will fully support you." Sima Yi smiled...
Chapter completed!