After Sima Shi took office as the general of the Fu Army, all the government affairs were pressing on him in a daze, making him so busy that he was overwhelmed.

Although Sima Shi was just a general of the army, he actually inherited all the power of Sima Yi. Although Cao Fang was twenty years old and had long been at the age of taking power, neither the chief minister Cao Shuang nor the ruling tutor Sima Yi seemed to have no intention of returning the power to the emperor. After Sima Shi took over the power, he naturally did not intend to release Cao Fang from the position of a puppet. You can continue to be in front of the emperor, but if you have great power in the court, you can't even get along with the side.

Sima Shi monopolized the power of his sword and shoes, and went to the hall to pay homage. Although he followed Sima Yi's approach, he still suffered dissatisfaction from many ministers.

In their opinion, Sima Yi did this because Sima Yi had enough merits and talent. Everyone dared not speak out. After all, they were all afraid of Sima Yi's methods and did not dare to easily stroke his tiger beard.

However, after Sima Yi's death, the situation was very different. Those dissident forces who were originally relatively stable are now ready to move. The one who did not make Sima Shi worry the most was his former elder brother-in-law Xiahou Xuan. Although Sima Yi was transferred back to Luoyang from the position of General Yongliang, the General of the West, and served as the Grand Grand Lunar, and soon changed to Taichang.

Whether it was the Great Honglu or the Taichang, they were all one of the nine ministers with high power in the previous dynasty. But now, the power in the court has been concentrated on the Shangshutai, and these nine ministers have become false titles in name only, and they have received a salary without real power.

Xiahou Xuan has always been resentful of Sima Shi because of Xiahou Hui's death. In addition, he is Cao Shuang's cousin, both public and private, and he and Sima Shi are in a state of incompatibility.

Although Xiahou Xuan lost his real power and was idle in Beijing, Xiahou Xuan was the leader of the Metaphysical School, and another leader, He Yan, had been killed. Therefore, among the young scholars, Xiahou Xuan had a very high reputation, and his influence was deeply feared by Sima Shi.

According to reliable information, Xiahou Xuan and the Secretariat Li Feng and Guanglu doctor Zhang Yi were now walking very close, which made Sima Shi be more vigilant and sent someone to secretly monitor them in case of unexpected events.

Not only that, the aristocratic families in the court also increased their desire for power. When Sima Yi was alive, they did not dare to act rashly due to Sima Yi's power, but now that Sima Yi has passed away, they naturally have the idea of ​​replacing it.

However, on the surface, these wealthy families still maintain a close relationship with the Sima family. What they are watching now is whether Sima Shi has the ability to convince the public. If Sima Shi had Sima Yi's ability and means, they naturally would not dare to act rashly.

There is an undercurrent inside Luoyang. After Sima took over, he can deeply realize that he is in a huge vortex. If he cannot go upstream, he may be swallowed up by this vortex.

Therefore, Sima Shi must be careful when taking every step. After the defeat in Bingzhou, the Sima family encountered the biggest crisis after the Gaopingling Incident. Naturally, this crisis not only came from Cao Liang in Bingzhou, but was spread all over the world.

This is also related to Sima Shi's prestige. When Sima Yi was alive, the alien forces that could be suppressed were also ready to move at this moment. The Wuqiu Jian from Youzhou is a distinctive example.

When Sima Yi ordered Wu Qiu Jian to attack Bingzhou, Wu Qiu Jian did not dare to refuse, so he had to lead his troops to go. However, anyone with a discerning eye could see that Wu Qiu Jian did not work hard and did not act lip service. It was obvious that he was not the same as the Sima family.

After the Sima army was defeated by Bingzhou, Wuqiu Jian voluntarily gave up the attack before he received the order and withdrew his troops back to Youzhou. According to reliable information, Wuqiu Jian also secretly sent his younger brother Wuqiu to Bingzhou to meet Cao Liang, and his purpose was self-evident.

This is what Sima Shi was most worried about, that once Youzhou and Bingzhou were connected, the attack on the Sima family would be quite big, which was equivalent to the loss of the northern border. If Bingzhou had been lost, if Youzhou was lost again, it would be a huge threat to Jizhou.

Jizhou is the largest state north of the Yellow River. It has a large population and rich resources. It is also the most important granary and logistics support base of Wei State. The reason why Wei State has strong strength to fight against two is that it is because of the large population states such as Jizhou that provide support for soldiers and food and grass that it can be invincible.

After Cao Liang won the Battle of Bingzhou, he was eyeing Jizhou. General Lu Zhao, the general of Zhenbei, had already sent a letter saying that Jizhou had weak defense capabilities and asked the court to send troops to reinforce, otherwise he would be difficult for him to resist the Bingzhou army's downward trend.

Although the Sima Division reorganized its army, the losses in the Battle of Bingzhou were too heavy, which caused the Sima family's family to accumulate for decades to suffer huge losses in this battle, and their vitality was greatly damaged. Now the Sima Division's troops are in short supply. Lu Zhao requested reinforcements, but Sima Division really couldn't draw out its troops.

Therefore, under this situation, the stability of Youzhou is crucial. If Wuqiu Jian launches a rebellion, then Jizhou will be under the attack of Bingzhou and Youjun, and the situation will become increasingly difficult.

Once Youzhou is lost, the possibility of the entire Jizhou being lost will become very high. If you really don’t send more troops to Jizhou, Jizhou may really fall.

But now Sima's army is almost in a state of embarrassment without any troops, so how to control Youzhou is the top priority of Sima's army.

Unfortunately, the governor of Youzhou, Wu Qiu Jian, was not in compliance with the control of the control, and obviously had the intention to break with the Sima family. There was no military force in Jizhou, so Youzhou was really out of reach.

Although Sima Yi told him before his death that he should not worry about the matter in Youzhou, he had already made arrangements. If Wu Qiu Jian dared to rebel, Sima Yi would have arranged the means to deal with him.

Although Sima Shi had always believed in Sima Yi, this time he did not dare to believe it completely. Sima Yi left a backup plan in Youzhou. However, as far as Sima Shi knew, Sima Yi sent to Youzhou was only Wei Guan, so how could Wuqiu Jian not know that if he had been in charge of Wei Guan in advance, it would be equivalent to deposing the trick arranged by Sima Yi.

Seeing the situation in Youzhou getting worse and worse, Sima Shi couldn't help but secretly worry that it was not a small matter, but a big matter, a major matter related to the situation in the whole world. Sima Shi was deeply entangled.
Chapter completed!