Chapter 86: Complex Relationships

When Sima Yi mentioned that he was planning to usurp the throne, Zhou Yang was shocked.

Because the historical concept of the Han Dynasty had already been preconceived, there was no inappropriateness about Cao Pi's deposed emperor and ascending the throne.

But in fact, Cao Pi did this, which brought many troubles to himself and his descendants.

For example, the conflict between the Cao family's origin and the gentry had to change Cao Cao's unconventional and unrestrained style, and left behind future troubles like Zhou Yang that were threatening to the Cao Wei regime.

After all, Cao Pi was trying to usurp the emperor back then. Not to mention Cao Rui, even Cao Pi, who had a close relationship with Zhou Yang, wasn’t he worried?

Even though he still chose Zhou Yang as the minister of the orphanage, he still kept his hands behind Zhou Yang like his father Cao Cao.

Cao Cao left Cao Zhen, the tiger and leopard cavalry, while Cao Pi did it more clearly. He even directly implemented centralized policies, constantly allowing Cao Rui's imperial power to be substantially controlled.

However, in Zhou Yang's view, all this is taken for granted.

Seeing that he could not speak to him, Sima Yi could only leave silently.

Half a month later, Zhang He led the victorious army back triumphantly, and Zhou Yang personally went to the city gate to greet him.

After the two of them gave their salutes, they felt that they had no hostility to each other.

However, Sima Yi once said that Zhang He was one of Cao Rui's bargaining chips against Zhou Yang, and he was also the most wisest of all military generals. If you have the chance, you must get rid of this serious problem.

"Prime Minister Zhou won the battle, and it was unforgettable." Zhang He dismounted and said, "If it were not for Prime Minister Zhou's support, the last general would never be able to command these 50,000 soldiers."

"The governor is modest." Zhou Yang has always had a good impression of this famous general of Wei State.

If it weren't for a question of position, I really didn't want to be an enemy of him.

In the past, many famous generals and wise ministers served under the tents of the princes in the world, but all the princes were always nominally Han ministers.

But today is different from the past. When the Three Kingdoms are in power today, if the enemy is pulled into a cage, the person who is treasonable will be charged with treason.

Moreover, military generals are mostly rewarded with fiefs. If they betray the enemy country, it is equivalent to giving up all their wealth and family in the local area. When they arrive at the enemy country, they will be despised everywhere and everything will start again.

As for disputes such as power struggles in the court, everyone is considered to be their own. Instead, they can use various temptations to poach the other party's good generals.

However, Zhang He belonged to was not a powerful official, but the emperor of this country.

Therefore, if Zhou Yang wants to take him as his own, it is equivalent to telling him directly that he plans to rebel, but he can only give up this idea.

"Although we took back Jieting, we did not hurt the main force of the Shu army." Zhang He said in a deep voice, "so the last general believes that after Zhuge Liang rectified, he will inevitably invade again."

"The general means..." Zhou Yang said in confusion.

"These are the old subordinates of Prime Minister Zhou, and they will be handed over now." Zhang He held the Chang'an military talisman in both hands and said sincerely, "Now the emperor summoned me back to Luoyang to meet the defense work of Yong and Liang states, so I ask Prime Minister Zhou again.

When Zhou Yang took over the military talisman, he saw only the helplessness in the eyes of the Hejian general.

They all followed Cao Cao in Guandu, and experienced seven years of conquest together. They had many different opinions, had conflicts, and also appreciated each other's military achievements.

Now that the relationship between the two has changed, they may become enemies one day, or they may have to kill each other, but not on the battlefield.

Zhang He didn't say anything more, frowned, and led his old subordinates to pass by Zhou Yang.

"Please stay." Zhou Yang turned around and called out to the other party, but he didn't know what to say for a moment.

"Does Prime Minister Zhou have any instructions?" Zhang He did not look back, his tone seemed a little cold, "Then I will say goodbye."

"The general was tired of marching." Zhou Yang paused for a while before saying, "Don't you plan to stay in Chang'an for a rest?"

"I am the emperor's order, so I dare not stay for too long." Zhang He said at last, "I hope Prime Minister Zhou will take care of him."

Looking at the back of the army slowly leaving, Zhou Yang felt mixed emotions.

No matter how reluctant Zhang He and Jia Kui are to participate in this kind of regime dispute, they will eventually be involved.

Unfortunately, he had no choice. When the emperor's order went against his will, this contradiction would not become an obstacle to Zhang He's loyalty to the country.

When I met Zhang He today, I only had a few short conversations, but Sima Yi heard Zhou Yang's equal helplessness.

Zhou Yang sighed: "Maybe General Zhang He may not necessarily become our enemy."

Sima Yi immediately denied: "Please find out one thing first. Now we are not General Zhang He, but the emperor. As a soldier, Zhang He must absolutely obey the orders of the emperor. Even if he is allowed to rush into the enemy formation alone to die, he must obey the orders."

How could Zhou Yang not know about the things in the military? He was just still illusions about Zhang He, but he had to admit everything Sima Yi said.

Sima Yi said again: "Since Zhang He also expected that the Shu army would make a comeback sooner or later, and the emperor hoped to use his power to strip his brother's military power, he would come to Chang'an sooner or later, but we will be prepared by then."

Zhou Yang asked, "What are you preparing?"

Sima Yi analyzed: "The Battle of Jieting is still not enough to ask General Zhang He to take his brother and replace him, but he can command the troops of Yong and Liang states when the Shu army invaded. Over time, the soldiers will definitely support him more. However, before that, the brother was above General Zhang He in name or in fact. As his boss, the brother should be mentally prepared."

Zhou Yang suddenly thought of something and frowned and said, "Do Zhongda have any plans?"

Sima Yi said: "Although Zhang He took the initiative to hand over the military talismans back to us, this was unexpected, but even so, these 30,000 elite soldiers will sooner or later return to Zhang He, so before that, we should start from the army."

Zhou Yang said: "What you mean is to join these soldiers and join assassins like Su Chen, and the next time Zhang He leads his war..."

Sima Yi nodded and said, "That's right, regardless of whether it is taken or not, we have to be on guard against it. Even if the assassin has no chance to take action, we know everything about what these troops do in Zhang He's hands in the future, and we know everything about how he plans to be unfavorable to his brother and get the news as soon as possible."

Zhou Yang said reluctantly: "It would be a pity if a good general like Zhang He insisted on killing him."

Sima Yi wanted to speak but stopped, but when he looked at Zhou Yang for a while, he showed a relaxed smile and said, "It turns out that there is an answer in my heart, right?"

Zhou Yang said in surprise: "What's the answer?"

Sima Yi said: "My brother said just now that it was a pity to kill Zhang He, but he did not say that he would not do so, nor did he deny my plan. This at least means that my brother has made a promise."

Zhou Yang was speechless for a while and paused for a while before saying, "I have agreed? But for me, the position of Emperor is not beneficial except for burden, pressure, hard work and many troubles."

Sima Yi smiled and said, "It turns out that my brother does not hate the dragon throne that the emperor is sitting on now, but the troubles that will be brought to the future. But have you ever thought that there are negatives behind any good things, and similarly, there are good sides behind any bad things, such as a sense of accomplishment."

A sense of accomplishment? What a familiar feeling.

Zhou Yang thought that in the past, when he sat in front of the computer and played games all day, in addition to temporarily forgetting all kinds of troubles in life and escaping many troubles in reality, the most important thing is to find yourself in the game.

As you continue to upgrade, kill monsters, and constantly improve your equipment, it is finally for the so-called sense of accomplishment.

Even if you play the Glorious Three Kingdoms occasionally, it is not just about the love of the generals of the Three Kingdoms, but about the thinking of various strategies in the game and the challenge of difficulty, but about the satisfaction of capturing and repeling every enemy invasion, conquering every city, and eliminating every force.

In fact, everyone wants to get a sense of accomplishment. Some people are satisfied in constant hunting for beauty, some are satisfied in games, some are satisfied in careers, and some are satisfied in adventures.

A sense of accomplishment is even more important to a man than his life.

No matter what the price is paid or how difficult the process is, the hunter of the beauty will get a woman he cannot get, the people in the game will defeat the boss who cannot defeat the highest difficulty, the entrepreneurs want to go to the next level, and the adventurers hope to climb the highest mountain in the world.

"And my dream once was to unify the world." Zhou Yang murmured to himself.

"Once?" Sima Yi smiled slightly, "This is not to save the hundreds of thousands of people in Luoyang, sneak into Chang'an alone, attack the Wuchao sentry guard in the Battle of Guandu, and Zhou Yang who escaped unscathed after the Battle of Chibi."

This is the first time he called Zhou Yang's name, and no longer calls his brother who has been a little spoiled and habitual.

Zhou Yang's eyes were concentrated on the wolf Gu Zi. The other party's eyes were filled with not ambition, conspiracy, or expectation, but affection.

Sima Yi has always been with him in Xiaoyao's spirit.

Their relationship has always been like a brother. Zhou Yang took care of him more than he had to take the guilt in his heart. As long as he was not allowed to get involved in politics, he could even sneak into the enemy country again for him.

But since Sima Yi left Muye and left the small black room, changes have begun to occur slowly.

Until in Hanzhong, Lu Lingqi, who was captured by Yang Song and gave it to Zhou Yang, had a strange and wonderful night with the three of them, and never saw Lu Lingqi again.

Later, I learned from Sima Yi that Lu Lingqi had already had her own life.

The relationship between Zhou Yang and him became very complex and very simple, but there were various contradictory subtle emotions.

There is also the disappearance of Fang Yuzhu and Ling Yu. Sima Yi seemed to know everything but told him nothing. All of these made him feel suspicious and confused...

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