Zhuge Dan said disapprovingly: "Online promotion and demotion are just common tricks for politicians, but it is a difficult task for them to transfer their father from Huainan. In short, as long as we father and son are united and the soldiers use their lives, the land of Huainan will never fall into the hands of the Sima family."

Zhuge Dan has been ups and downs in the officialdom for decades, and has already seen the filthy things in the officialdom clearly and clearly.

Strictly speaking, the Zhuge family is not a clan of the Central Plains. They are just local geniuses in Langya County. They may have some influence in Xuzhou and Qingzhou, but there is still a clear gap with large families like Xun, Chen, Wei, and Cui in the Central Plains. When they were young, Zhuge Dan traveled to the capital and deliberately made friends with Xiahou Xuan and He Yan, hoping to find a shortcut to his career with these powerful and noble children.

But things went against my wishes. Zhuge Dan had a close relationship with these powerful people and did not get the opportunity to enter the officialdom. Instead, he was affected by the ban on glitz and even the official position of the Imperial Chief Secretary, whom he served as the chief official, was abandoned, so that Zhuge Dan was idle at home and wasted several years.

Fortunately, Emperor Ming of Wei, Cao Rui, died at a young age. Otherwise, if he had let him live for decades, Zhuge Dan would not have seen any future.

As soon as Cao Rui died, all the vanity that had been suppressed at the time were all brought to power. He Yan, Xiahou Xuan, Deng Fei, Ding Mi, Li Sheng and others all took over, becoming the upstarts in the court, one after another, and one after another, the emperor was the emperor and the minister. This sentence was really insignificant.

Against this background, Zhuge Dan finally hoped to be promoted to the governor of Yangzhou, and became General Zhaowu, and jumped into the ranks of 2,000 stones.

After so many years of ups and downs in the officialdom, Zhuge Dan naturally became a human spirit. Even if Sima Yi deliberately attracted him, became a relative of his marriage, and appointed him as the governor of Yangzhou, the General of the East of the Conquest, did not move Zhuge Dan.

Because he knew very well that after all, he was not from the Sima family's direct lineage. With Sima Yi's sinister and cruel methods, the final result was nothing more than the birds being hidden, and the rabbits being cooked by the dog. Even if he sold his life to the Sima family and acted as a pawn for the rest of his life, he would not be able to escape the fate of killing the donkey.

Therefore, Zhuge Dan has always had his own plans. He obeyed the Sima family, but never blindly followed. At the same time, he secretly actively cultivated his trusted forces and raised dead soldiers, and was always ready to fight against the Sima family.

Zhuge Dan had already seen the consequences of Wang Ling, Wuqiu Jian, Xiahou Xuan and others very thoroughly. Sima Shi did not deal with him, but the time was not right. It did not mean that Sima Shi was just kind. If Sima Shi really made up his mind to get rid of him, no one would stop him.

Zhuge Dan never built his own wealth and life on the kindness and compassion of others. After so many years of ups and downs in the officialdom, he naturally understood a truth. If you want to protect yourself, you must have the ability to make your opponent fear. Otherwise, your own life and death will only be within the thoughts of others. It is as simple as killing an ant.

Of course, there is no one in this world who is so bored that he is dedicated to killing ants for fun, but if one day someone thinks that these ants threaten him or that the ants inadvertently anger him, they may raise their hand to destroy the entire nest of ants in anger.

Zhuge Dan doesn't want to be an ant that is easily controlled by others. Since the road to surrendering to the Sima family has been blocked, he must fight back. Only when you have the same strength as others can you truly make others afraid.

So when Jia Chong came to test, how could Zhuge Dan not know that he was instructed by Sima Shi? Zhuge Dan retorted so resolutely that he wanted to use Jia Chong's mouth to express his attitude to Sima Shi. Today, I, Zhuge Dan, can't be a dog for the Sima family anymore. If you really dare to touch me, then let me go!

This is not only an attitude, but more like a challenge. Zhuge Dan shouted the word "no" loudly to Sima Shi who was in power. Cao Liang has become Sima Shi's strongest opponent. If Sima Shi wants to be detrimental to him, Zhuge Dan doesn't mind becoming the second Cao Liang.

So Zhuge Liang thought that he shouldn't be so impulsive and turned against Sima Shi so quickly, but Zhuge Dan believed that turning against him was the best time. After Sima Shi was defeated in Jizhou, he had lost control of the overall situation. Now Sima Shi spared no effort to build the Yellow River defense line and wanted to block Cao Liang's iron hoof from going south. At this time, he could not spare any energy to deal with Huainan.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Zhuge Dan took the initiative to show his strength to Sima Shi, indicating that he would never be afraid of Sima Shi. No matter what conspiracy Sima Shi played, he would accompany him to the end.

With the strength Zhuge Dan has in Huainan, he is fully qualified to challenge Sima Shi. At the same time, Zhuge Dan's move also shows to the world that he truly supports the Cao Wei royal family and always stands on the side of the emperor, and is closely related to the emperor. If the Sima family is really destroyed, Zhuge Dan will not be affected.

Before the Battle of Jizhou, no one would be optimistic that Cao Liang could defeat Sima Shi, but the final result of the war was beyond everyone's expectations. Sima Shi was not only defeated, but also suffered a very miserable defeat. Therefore, whether the Sima family can continue their dominance will also put a big question in the hearts of the people of the world.

Now it's time to take the team. Zhuge Dan doesn't want to be regarded as a member of the Sima family's direct line. If the Sima family is really defeated, all forces and individuals that depend on the Sima family may be liquidated by Cao Liang. At this time, it is beneficial but not harmful to draw a line with Sima's master as soon as possible.

The cruelty of political struggle is far beyond other ones. The winners are kings, princes, losers are bandits. For those who cannot dominate the trend, all they need to do is stand in a good team.

There is really some knowledge in this team. You can stand well, make a fortune, win a wife and a son, and have a prominent family background. However, the price of standing in the wrong team is extremely cruel. You will die and kill all three tribes, and your fate will be extremely miserable.

Therefore, people's choices are often very critical, especially when standing at a crossroads, making the right decision will affect your life, even future generations.

Zhuge Dan made his own choice, but whether this choice was right or not can only be achieved by observing the results. However, no matter what, Zhuge Dan seemed to have no second way to go at this time.
Chapter completed!