Chapter 1599 betting on the wrong treasure
But what everyone unexpected was Simalun's sudden emergence.
In the past, Sima Lun was often called a child prodigy by people, and he was considered to be talented and intelligent, but that's all. After all, no matter how great a child prodigy is, he is not a child. However, governing the country, marching and fighting, is not a house. How much can a child know about how much does it mean to be a child?
When you are young, you may not be good. Many people who are known as child prodigy in childhood may not be able to become pillars since they grow up. There are not too many geniuses who die. Even if they are lucky enough to grow up, many people will lose their original glory and become the most popular.
Of course, the situation does not wait for anyone. Regardless of whether Sima Lun becomes successful in the future, he is now looking for a lot of people. Sima Shi is blind, and the Sima Army's situation is quite unoptimistic. He loses the city and the land and is defeated thousands of miles away. If the Sima family does not replace a new leader, it may be defeated and completely destroyed.
After Sima Shi, the most suitable candidate is Sima Zhao. Although Sima Zhao's ability is not so outstanding, and he is even lacking in some aspects, the only one who can take the lead in several times is probably Sima Zhao.
Jia Chong is smart and his best at speculation. He has Sima Shi's subordinates and has not been valued. Therefore, Jia Chong hopes to hold on to his feet earlier and establish a good relationship with Sima Zhao. When Sima Zhao truly takes office, he will be a virtuous minister, and he will be the wind and rain.
Therefore, Jia Chong tried his best to show his goodwill to Sima Zhao and actively provided advice to Sima Zhao to adopt his second son Sima You to Sima Shi. In this way, Sima Shi would not pass the throne to Sima Lun with his son.
Jia Chong did make a plan for his own wishes. Although everyone knows Sima Yi's death order, it was based on the premise that Sima Shi had no children. This time Sima Zhao adopted Sima You to Sima Shi, and Sima Shi had children. Someone came to inherit the incense. According to the tradition of inheriting the father, there was basically nothing Sima Lun had to do.
As Sima You's body gradually collapses, the probability of Sima You's succession has increased greatly. Sima You is still young. Once he inherits the throne, someone must be assisted behind his back. As Sima You's biological father and Sima Shi's longest-year-old brother, Sima Zhao will undoubtedly become the most suitable candidate.
As for how Sima Zhao will use this power after taking over the power, that is a story later.
However, Jia Chong made a lot of calculations, but he did not expect that Sima Lun would make a strong appearance at this critical moment. At the age of thirteen, he led the army to fight and quelled Zhuge Dan's rebellion in one fell swoop. His reputation soared rapidly, and undoubtedly received recognition from Sima Shi.
The moment the news came, Jia Chong secretly complained that this time he had bet the wrong treasure. He bet all his chips on Sima Zhao and invisibly offended Sima Lun. If Sima Lun really got the upper hand one day, his future and life would be really dark.
Not only Jia Chong, but also a large group of ministers in the court were optimistic about Sima Zhao. In this play of fighting for the throne, they all stood on Sima Zhao's side, but no one expected that the final scene would have such a big reversal. Sima Lun, who was only fifteen years old, counterattacked and brought the throne, causing all the plans of these court officials to fail.
Once the emperor was once a minister, Emperor Cao Mao was just a puppet. The Sima family really held the power of the court. This time, Sima Shi gave up the throne to Sima Lun caused an uproar in the court, no less than a magnitude ten earthquake. The court officials who stood in the wrong team were all regretful and were worried about their career prospects.
After Sima Lun took over the power, he immediately made major adjustments to Guanzhong's defense system and ordered Hu Fen to guard Tongguan, Zhou Tai to guard Wuguan, Zhong Hui to guard Pubanjin, and Guo Huai to guard Chang'an, all the dispatches were organized.
But Sima Lun, the generals who were close to Sima Zhao's faction, intentionally or unintentionally, naturally did not gain any real power benefits. He was also very panicked. It seemed that although Sima Lun was not old, he was very cunning, and was afraid that his career would be ruined here.
So after the meeting, Jia Chong hurried to look for Sima Zhao, but found that Sima Zhao had already left the General's Mansion and ran to the restaurant to get drunk. It was already this time. Sima Zhao actually went to drink to drown his sorrows. Jia Chong quickly stopped Sima Zhao. Now they should discuss what to do. Is Sima Zhao a person who has accomplished great things?
Sima Zhao also looked helpless, spread his hands, looking desperate, and said, "Brother favors Ninth Brother and insists on passing the power of the great military power to him. So what can I do? Can I stop it?"
A trace of cruelty flashed through Jia Chong's eyes and said, "It must be impossible to stop it, but the second young master has thought about it. Although the ninth young master is young, he is very cunning and talented. How could he ignore those activities we did back then? Now he is in power, I am afraid that the second young master's life will not be easy anymore."
Sima Zhao said disapprovingly: "After all, we are brothers, can he still attack me?"
Jia Chong looked at Sima Zhao with a little bad look and sneered, "The second young master regards the ninth young master as a brother, but the ninth young master may not be willing to think so. The second young master forgot about Emperor Wen and King Chenliu? How can he allow others to snore next to the bed? The second young master wants to continue his brotherly relationship, but he is afraid that in the end he will be just wishful thinking."
When Sima Zhao heard this, he felt cold sweat. The story of Cao Pi and Cao Zhi is well-known. In order to compete for the throne, Cao Pi and Cao Zhi fought openly and secretly. In the end, Cao Pi won, took over the world, and tried to kill Cao Zhi. Fortunately, Cao Zhi wrote poems in seven steps and escaped, but from then on, he lost power and died in depression.
Sima Zhao did not have the talent of Cao Zhi and could not write poems in seven steps. If Sima Lun really wanted to deal with him, he would probably have to be killed.
Jia Chong's words were like an invisible knife, stinging Sima Zhao's nerves. Yes, although Sima Zhao and Sima Lun were brothers, their relationship had been tense and not harmonious before.
Because Sima Zhao tried his best to adopt his son to Sima Shi, Bai Lingjun was still cold-eyed when he saw him. Now that Sima Lun has successfully taken office, it is probably time for them to settle accounts with Sima Zhao. Sima Zhao suddenly felt cold on his back, and he also felt that he was really unlucky.
Chapter completed!