Chapter 401 Why did the king and the horse share the world?
"In my opinion, Secretary Wang must be the one to kill him."
"What?"
"Zhiyuan, did you do this?" Liu Yuniu's eyes were wider than those of a cow. Wang Mi nodded with satisfaction. This He Mai still had his benefits after all.
Look, you have discernment.
"I'm not talented, I'm the one below."
"Ji Nu, look, what kind of credit should I get for killing Fu Rui?"
No one gave Secretary Wang a reward for his merits, but he himself had already begun to prepare to receive the reward. Wang Mi's glaring eyes were right in front of him, and Liu Yu was terribly embarrassed.
"Zhiyuan, let's not talk about receiving the reward. If General Xie knows about this, I'm afraid the reputation of our Jingkou Gang will be even worse."
Jingkou Gang?
Wang Mi was very melancholy. He didn't expect that the slave would also think about this.
It was obviously a great joy, but in the Jin Dynasty where Bo Yun was treacherous and interests were complicated, it was very likely to turn into a bad thing.
The Xie family of Chen County, which is currently the dominant family in the imperial court, must not want to see Prince Mi of Langya gain military honors.
Since the last battle at Jingling, Xie Xuan's attitude has been very clear.
Wang Mi, who had improved his weapons and greatly improved Beifu's combat capabilities, was unable to obtain a single military merit.
On the contrary, Liu Yu and other low-level officers who had thrown themselves into the military camp were promoted.
It can be seen that when your official position is not prominent, the Xie family's attitude is still quite tolerant. They are willing to discover talents, reuse them, and reward them accordingly.
Liu Yu's General Yunhui is like this.
But when it was the turn of Wang Mi, a descendant of an aristocratic family and a minister who was already walking in the court, the Xie family's attitude was very subtle.
To suppress things without expressing them is the policy of the Xie family.
It was Xie Xuan's choice to prevent Wang Mi's achievements from being able to reach the heavens, let alone get the credit he deserved, but he would not deliberately suppress him.
It should be said that this choice is quite wise.
From the court's point of view, Emperor Sima Rui of the Jin Dynasty was happy to see aristocratic families fighting each other in order to profit from it.
As for the Xie family's suppression of Wang Mi, they simply pretended to be deaf and dumb and pretended that it had not happened. Furthermore, the family had the final say in matters concerning Da Jin, and the words of the Sima family were not very effective.
Therefore, when it comes to trivial matters such as military exploits, maybe a month has passed since the Battle of Jingling, and Sima Rui has not yet heard about it.
This kind of suppression is completely within the acceptance range of the major families, and it cannot be considered a particularly unsightly approach.
Where is the Langya Wang family?
In recent years, his strength has been greatly reduced. Not to mention that it is impossible to compete with the Xie family, it is even difficult to maintain a few positions of real power in the court.
The Xie family has not yet bullied the Wang family, so the Wang family can only choose to endure.
But now, for Wang Mi, a greater crisis is emerging, which is far more dangerous than the suppressed military achievements.
Form a clique!
The Langya Wang family is forming their own small group in the Beifu Army!
Among this group, there are generals who are good at fighting, and there are resourceful think tanks, plus an ambitious and thoughtful leader, it can be regarded as a very powerful group!
Xie Xuan would never allow such a small group to appear in his own army, and the court probably would not allow it either.
Because Liu Yu and others all joined Beifu from Jingkou at the same time, there was a natural force of hometown friendship.
This is a kind of power that no one would believe even if Liu Yu and others don't admit it. Now, under Xie Xuan's intentional or unintentional suppression, the people of this small group in Jingkou have not only not gradually lost their power, but have become more and more capable.
He was actually able to kill General Di Qin from his horse and surpass all the generals in Beifu!
Wang Mi could even guess that after Xie Xuan learned about this, he would pretend to be tolerant and generous on the surface, but he was already gnashing his teeth with anger on the inside.
"No matter what he does!" He Mai waved his hand, showing his usual optimistic nature.
"I have said it before, Zhiyuan, you and I have always defected to Beifu to help the Jin Dynasty and restore the old rivers and mountains!"
"If General Xie can't even tolerate our merits and still wants to wear small shoes for us, then he has a small belly. What does he have to do with our brothers?"
"We just have to do our own thing well. What does General Xie think? That's his business. Brothers are acting upright and sitting upright. Why are we afraid of being framed by him?"
He Mai has a shortcoming: when he gets excited, he tends to speak indiscriminately. What he said at the beginning was quite good, but later he became more and more out of character.
Why did the issue of framing come up again?
Although Xie Xuan has his own small ideas, he has been commanding the Beifu soldiers for many years, so he still has a certain tolerance for others.
He would not use particularly despicable means to frame the generals who were resisting Di Qin.
"He Mai, you are going too far."
"General Xie, why would he do this?"
At the critical moment, Liu Yu was still decent and stopped He Mai's nonsense at the right time.
Wang Mi sighed deeply. In fact, he still wanted He Mai to continue talking. Looking at the expressions of everyone present, who didn't look unwilling?
Is what He Mai said the truth?
It is an undeniable fact that in the Jin Dynasty, the struggles of aristocratic families were always put before military affairs. This is something everyone knows.
Those powerful officials from aristocratic families who only know how to sing high-pitched words and write praise articles cannot deny it no matter how nice their words are or how powerful their pens are.
To paraphrase a famous saying of Brother Xun: If things continue like this, the country will no longer be a country!
These words cannot be publicized yet, but one day, Wang Mi will definitely stand in the court and point at the old men of the Sima family and those noble family members who only know how to fight for power and gain and put countless people in the Central Plains in danger. Expensive nose, say these words.
From this moment on, Wang Mi felt that he had broken away from the luxurious status that he had naturally had since time travel, and began to look at the people and things of the Jin Dynasty in a new light.
This dynasty has long been rotten to the core, and there is no need to continue to exist. What Wang Mi has to do is to rely on the existing system to complete the unification of the entire territory, and then he can kick the scum of the Sima family off the throne.
Why can the king and the horse share the world when crossing to the south?
That's because Director Wang knew very well that most of the aristocratic families who followed him all the way south were just showy families with no passion. Even if the Sima family was overthrown, several other aristocratic families would not be able to lead the Jin Dynasty back to its glory.
In addition, within the aristocratic family, there is me among you, and you among me. If any aristocratic family rises to power, other aristocratic families will not just sit back and watch.
Moreover, the situation was like that at the beginning of the southern crossing. Although the Langya Wang family was the only one, the strength of the other families should not be underestimated.
Once the Wang family wants to take another step forward, they will never get the support of other aristocratic families. On the contrary, if the other major aristocratic families join forces, they can also overthrow Director Wang.