Sima Yao poured a glass of wine for his brother and pushed it in front of him.
The two brothers of the Sima family not only have the same temperament, but also have the same hobbies. They are both drinking friends, and they are addicted to drinking.
As they drank day after day, the two of them got better and better at drinking.
Sima Daozi was young, a newborn calf was not afraid of tigers. He held a wine cup, drank heavily, and cursed, but no one was convinced.
"Your Majesty, let me tell you, you still worry too much. If you can deal with one of these aristocratic families, you should deal with one of them."
"No matter which one you clean up, it won't do any harm to us!"
This is true, but after all, Sima Yao is still much older and cannot do whatever comes to his mind like his younger brother.
"If you defeat them all, who will you and I use?"
"Look back at our Sima family. Apart from you, I don't even have anyone I can rely on. People need to occupy the territory. If Huan Chong withdraws from Jingzhou, who do you think should take over?"
Sima Daozi is mute, this... is really a problem that he has not considered.
Seeing that he stopped talking, Sima Yao was very satisfied.
Although they are brothers, Sima Yao still hopes that he can be better when it comes to intelligence.
"In general, there are only two paths."
"Either, let the Huan family change to another person, or hand over Jingzhou to the Huan family of Qiao County. This is also the safest way."
"However, in my opinion, the descendants of the Huan family are not as good as Huan Chong. At least Huan Chong was a person who took the overall situation into consideration and knew how to restrain himself." Sima Daozi murmured.
It turns out he knew it too!
"So, the Huan family or Huan Chong is the most suitable."
"It would be even more troublesome if it were people from other families. This does not increase their strength in vain. Jingzhou is a big piece of fat. Which family is not greedy for it."
"Yes, this is indeed a problem."
Faced with the complicated situation, Sima Daozi could only withdraw his opinion. In the final analysis, it was because there was no one available in the old Sima family.
If there are a few brave and skilled people who can control important states and counties, it is not impossible to weaken the power of the family.
"So, our best choice now is to delay as long as we can until they have differences, and then take advantage of the trend to attack."
"Daozi, you have to be prepared. In these days, I will let you enter the court to record the affairs of the minister."
Daozi was overjoyed: "Your Majesty, have you finally made up your mind?"
Sima Yao's desire to promote his younger brother is almost written on his face. Everyone in the government and the public knows that Sima Yao is eager to employ people because Daozi is still too young and has too little qualifications. He is promoted rashly. I was not worried about the opposition of the courtiers, but I was worried that Daozi would not be able to bear the heavy responsibility.
"Now is a good opportunity, and you have enough experience."
"Very good!"
"Brother, you should have done this a long time ago!"
Daozi jumped up. He really wanted to take all the power into his hands now. Why are he waiting for the decree?
When he thought of the days when he had great power, Sima Daozi picked up another jar of wine. The days to come will not be as sweet as this wine.
Wang Gong, Wang Mi, Xie An, and Xie Shi were all trampled under his feet, let alone the Huan family of Qiao County in that remote place!
"Kill down!"
"Knock them all down!"
"This country still belongs to our Sima family!"
In the huge hall, Sima Daozi waved his hands wildly, and his swaying sleeves followed his violent movements, flying up, down, left and right.
"But..." The manic movements suddenly stopped. Sima Daozi turned to his brother and asked doubtfully: "What about Xie Anshi (Xie An's word Anshi)?"
"How does the eldest brother decide to tell him about this matter?"
A bad old man, Sima Daozi didn't take Xie An seriously at all. However, due to the current situation, Sima Daozi could only restrain his ambition and respect Old Man Xie's views for the time being.
"Xie Anshi won't have any objection."
"In the past year, you have been promoted step by step, and he has not said a word. This shows his attitude. He is getting older, and the government will eventually be handed over."
"But Xie Anshi won't want to hand the government back to our hands." Sima Daozi said sadly.
This is almost obvious. In the past few decades since the founding of the Jin Dynasty by Jiang Zuo, the government has been transferred from the Eastern family to the Western family, and from the Western family to the Eastern family. It has been transferred back and forth in the hands of major aristocratic families.
However, no aristocratic family would choose to hand power back to the Sima family.
Xie An is an old man, his soles are as slippery as anything, how could he willingly hand over the government affairs to the hands of the Sima family?
"Brother, you are dreaming!"
"If you ask me, if you want power, you have to fight for it yourself and wait for others to give in. It's impossible!"
Sima Daozi was young and full of energy. Whenever something happened, he wanted to roll up his arms and fight with his hands, but he was not so naive. In these years, the government has been rotating among the major families, and the families have no time to take advantage of them.
It's been too long, why would you give up all this?
"Daozi, you still don't understand Xie Anshi."
Xie Anshi has long been famous among the children of the aristocratic family. Even among the arrogant and arrogant children of the Jin family, Xie Anshi is a romantic figure praised by everyone.
Such a romantic figure, a star that attracted everyone's attention, did not come out until he was in his forties. All because Xie Anshi actually did not want to be an official!
Traveling around and indulging his temperament were his pursuits. Xie Anshi was not keen on intrigues in the court.
He knew very well that once he stood in court, he would not be able to escape the life of intrigues. Therefore, despite the criticism from his family, Xie Anshi never changed his original intention and refused to become an official.
However, time dictated that there was no one available for the Xie family in Chen County, so they could no longer condone Xie Anshi's unrestrained mind. For the sake of the family's revitalization, Xie Anshi had no choice but to pack up his mood and go to the court to act as the spokesperson of the Xie family.
Sima Yao has been the emperor for more than ten years. These ten years have also been the period when Xie An was in charge of the government. Before Sima Yao, the emperors of the old Sima family had been ravaged by waves of powerful officials, one by one.
Extremely cowardly.
As long as it can save their lives, the throne doesn't matter, just give it to whomever you love.
However, Sima Yao was not such a person. He caught up with a good time. During the period when he was the titular emperor, it was the relatively stoic Xie An who was in charge of the overall situation.
After years of observation, Sima Yao determined that from the heart, Xie An did not love power, which gave the Sima family room to operate.