Summary of the previous chapter: A man saw through Ma Xiaoquan's previous actions, but he did not expose it. Instead, he lit a bonfire and threw a stone into it... Ma Xiaoquan took out the stone in the fire.
, Yu Yinshi met the man. After this meeting, he found out that the man was Sima Yi...
Sima Yi thought for a moment, then hehehe said: "Master Immortal is truly worthy of being an immortal, I feel inferior to you..."
Ma Xiaoquan waved his hand and said: "Zhongda doesn't have to be humble. In the past, Cao Zilian and Cao Hong came to you, but you didn't bother to associate with him. But Xiao Cao... Oh, it was Cao Cao who ordered you to come and take up the post.
You must have some ideas too, right?"
Sima Yi raised his eyebrows slightly, nodded and said: "That's right, haha...I wonder what Master Shangxian has about the Han Dynasty?"
Ma Xiaoquan asked: "What do you mean?"
Sima Yi paused and said: "The big man will perish!"
Ma Xiaoquan snorted coldly and said: "The Han Dynasty will perish? What if it doesn't perish?"
Sima Yi curled his lips and said: "It is impossible not to perish. The current Han Dynasty is already in a situation where there is a strong external force. In the north, Ming Gong refers to Cao Cao, and in the south, Sun Quan and Liu Bei occupy the east of Jingzhou and Jiangdong. In less than fifteen years, there will be Yizhou.
It may fall into the hands of two people!"
Ma Xiaoquan was a little surprised. He was not surprised because of what Sima Yi said about the powerful outsiders but the weak inside. What surprised him was Sima Yi's analysis of the situation in Yizhou.
"Yizhou?" Ma Xiaoquan smiled and said, "Tell me about it."
Sima Yi said: "In the past, Liu Yan, the pastor of Yizhou, petitioned Emperor Ling to be transferred there as early as the Zhongping period. Firstly, he could escape when the war was too intense. Secondly, Yizhou is dangerous and it would be difficult to attack there.
...It can be said that Liu Yan's original move was to guard Yizhou... Of course, this also depends on how long the Han Dynasty can persist..."
Ma Xiaoquan asked: "What if the Han Dynasty cannot last long?"
Sima Yi said: "Yizhou has many dangerous fortresses and is easy to defend but difficult to attack. Even if the Han Dynasty is destroyed, it can still be self-sufficient."
Ma Xiaoquan nodded and motioned for Sima Yi to continue.
Sima Yi said: "After Liu Yan died, his son Liu Jiyu asked Liu Zhang to take over as the pastoralist of Yizhou. Unfortunately, Liu Jiyu was not as good as Liu Yan. He was weak by nature, but he was good to the people... But... in
In this troubled world, if you are weak, others will surely swallow you up..."
Ma Xiaoquan interrupted and asked: "Zhongda, haven't you thought that Xiao Cao will take Yizhou away?"
Sima Yi smiled and said: "No, because although Ming Gong is in the north, there are rebellions in the north, and many Han officials in the court oppose Ming Gong's decisions. In order to avoid foreign aggression, peace must be achieved first."
Inside!"
Ma Xiaoquan nodded.
Sima Yi's analysis is indeed reasonable. Indeed, Cao Cao once talked to Ma Xiaoquan about Yizhou, but he suffered from frequent rebellions in this northern land, and the Han officials in the court were always against Cao Cao, which made Cao Cao
Tired of coping, things in Yizhou have been put on hold.
Thinking back to the battles of Chibi and Wulin, the real cause of Cao Cao's defeat was not because of the bravery of the Sun-Liu coalition, but because of the instability of Cao Cao's rear. Of course, these are what Cao Cao told Ma Xiaoquan afterwards. As for the southeasterly wind
, Cao Cao also marveled at his poor character...
"So in your opinion, what should Cao Cao do next?"
Sima Yi thought for a moment and said: "Destroy Ma Chao and oust Han Sui!"
Hearing what Sima Yi said, Ma Xiaoquan smiled, "What if Han Sui and Ma Chao are destroyed?"
Sima Yi said: "To Liu Bei, one word is consumption; to Sun Quan, two words are comfort."
Ma Xiaoquan curled his lips and secretly sighed that Sima Yi was really powerful. Historically, he was said to be extremely smart and cunning. After chatting with Sima Yi for a while today, Ma Xiaoquan did see Sima Yi's long-term strategic vision and judgment.
No wonder Cao Wei finally fell into the hands of the Sima family. After a long time, Sima Yi had already thought of his future development strategy.
Hearing Ma Xiaoquan's laughter, Sima Yi asked: "Why are you laughing, Master Xianxian? Did I say something wrong?"
Ma Xiaoquan shook his head and said: "No, no, what Zhongda said before is all true. I am thinking, since Zhongda has thought of these, why not remind Xiao Cao?"
Sima Yi smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Master Shangxian doesn't know something. Why didn't I remind Duke Ming? It's just that Duke Ming still seems to have some scruples about me..."
Ma Xiaoquan asked: "Well, this is why you came to see me today, right?"
Sima Yi nodded, knelt down in front of Ma Xiaoquan with a bang, and said respectfully: "Sima Yi sincerely asks Master Shangxian to give you some advice."
Ma Xiaoquan dragged his chin and thought for a moment, and suddenly came up with an idea in his mind.
"Zhongda, since you asked me to give you advice, don't you owe me a favor? How can you repay this favor?"
Sima Yi was stunned for a moment and was speechless.
"Haha..." Ma Xiaoquan helped Sima Yi up and said with a smile, "So I thought of a way for you to return the favor, hehe..."
Sima Yi said: "Sir, please tell me, as long as I, Sima Yi, can do it, I will definitely do it."
Ma Xiaoquan nodded and said: "Currently I have four sons, the eldest son Xiao, the second son Kun, the third son Zheng, and the fourth son Qiang. I want my four sons to be your disciples and ask you to be their teacher...
Zhongda, I wonder what you think?"
"This..." Sima Yi hesitated upon hearing this.
Seeing that Sima Yi was silent, Ma Xiaoquan felt secretly happy in his heart.
After Cao Cao, Cao Pi, Cao Pi forced Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty to abdicate the throne. At that time, in the political arena of Cao Wei, Sima Yi gradually showed his talents and became a new military and political star. After Sima Yi, he was Sima Zhao, Sima Zhao, and later Sima Zhao's son Sima Yan forced Cao Wei to serve as the puppet emperor.
He abdicated and changed the name of the country to "Jin"... Later, he unified the north and the south...
Ma Xiaoquan knew very well that he would not stay in this era forever. He had to find a big tree for his children to cling to, a big tree that they could cling to for at least fifty years.
As for this big tree, the one with the best quality is the Sima family.
Now that Sima Yi took the initiative to come to the door, Ma Xiaoquan naturally couldn't let go of this opportunity. Otherwise, it would definitely take a lot of effort to ask Sima Yi for help in the future.
"Lord Immortal, wouldn't four be too many?"
Ma Xiaoquan shook his head and said, "Four is still more. Do you know how many students Lu Zhi had in the past?"
Sima Yi replied: "As far as I know, there are 723 named disciples alone."
Ma Xiaoquan spread his hands and said, "That's fine, I just asked you to teach my four sons, which is actually very little, right?"
Sima Yi thought for a while and nodded.
"How about it, Zhongda, think about it?"
Sima Yi smiled slightly, cupped his hands and said, "It's better to obey orders than to be respectful!"
"Okay!" Ma Xiaoquan clapped his hands, "Then it's settled!" After saying that, Ma Xiaoquan turned to leave.
"Sir Shangxian!" Sima Yi called to Ma Xiaoquan, "Sir Shangxian, you haven't given me any advice yet."
Ma Xiaoquan chuckled and pointed at Sima Yi's feet.
Sima Yi lowered his head and looked at his feet, and saw six words.
These six characters were spliced together with light blue flames. Although Sima Yi had never seen Ma Xiaoquan's fire control ability on the spot, when he saw the six flame characters, he immediately understood that this was Ma Xiaoquan's doing. It was just the Master Shangxian.
It is unknown when Sima Yi came up with these six characters.
"Speak your mind and tell Cao Cao personally."
Sima Yi recited these six words silently several times until the light blue flame was completely extinguished.
"That's it...that's it...haha..." Sima Yi suddenly realized, patted his head, shook his head and disappeared into the night.
...
A few days later, Ma Xiaoquan asked someone to bring a message to Cao Cao, saying that Cao Cao's camp in the north of the city had basically settled down.
Cao Cao was overjoyed when he heard this and immediately went out of the city in person to invite Ma Xiaoquan to have a drink with him.
After three rounds of drinking, Cao Cao and Ma Xiaoquan recalled the past events of their youth. As they talked, Cao Cao fell asleep.
Ma Xiaoquan did not stay any longer and led his son back to the Ma family compound in the afternoon.
As soon as he entered the courtyard gate, he saw Sima Yi.
"Zhongda?"
Sima Yi stepped forward and bowed his hands in respect, saying, "Master Shangxian, I am here to teach the students."
Ma Xiaoquan was stunned, then burst into laughter, turned to his four sons and said, "You bastards, come here to meet your teacher!"
The four sons stepped forward together and bowed to Sima Yi in a decent manner: "Hello, teacher!"
This time, Sima Yi was a little stunned.
As early as when Ma Xiaoquan and Cao Cao were drinking and chatting, Sima Yi had already arrived at the Ma family compound. Originally, Sima Yi came to Ma Xiaoquan today to thank him, but after chatting with Hua Yuexin and others, Sima Yi immediately changed.
idea.
According to Ma Xiaoquan's wife Hua Yuexin's description, her husband sometimes did not act according to the rules. After thinking about it, Sima Yi decided to give Master Ma Xiaoquan a surprise, that is, he, a teacher, took the initiative to find students...
Looking at the four children in front of him, all of them were in high spirits, with respectful and serious expressions, and no signs of being naughty or mischievous. Sima Yi was secretly happy that he had made the right decision earlier: If he hadn't acted accordingly, I'm afraid that these students would have
It doesn't make so much sense anymore.
Ma Xiaoquan didn't know what Sima Yi was thinking, but he had achieved his goal by allowing his four sons to worship Sima Yi as their teacher. As for what happened next, who cares...
"Zhongda please!" Ma Xiaoquan turned sideways and gave way.