From a son-in-law to a favorite of the empress

Chapter 1245

"Pa pa pa!"

Sima Yi clapped his hands. He looked at his fourth son with admiration in his eyes.

He couldn't help but praise him: "Well said, Alim. I didn't expect you to be a person with Confucian benevolent government ideas. It seems that you are the one who is most affected by the cultural reform."

"But have you ever thought that when the regime is unstable, the rulers must do everything they can to win over the aristocratic families with benefits in order to maintain the balance of a region?"

"Have you ever thought that for the Western Regions, the interests of the people must be sacrificed, otherwise there will be no peace?"

"Benefit the people? That is not something that Yarkand can consider at present. Politics and rule are both processes. If the foundation cannot be consolidated in the early stage, and the people-friendly policies are forcibly implemented, there is only one result, that is, even basic peace cannot be guaranteed, and war will soon come."

"At that time, they will not only be unable to afford food and warm clothes, but they will not even be able to be human beings."

Alim stood there, listening to these words, stunned.

Sima Yi said calmly: "You have good intentions, but you are still so stupid. You think about the people, but you don't know the real way to benefit them."

"Establish a regime, win over the noble families, create peace, stabilize the rule, and then complete the concentration of power through a series of laws and political struggles. Only after the real centralization in advance can it be possible to formulate laws that are beneficial to the people."

"If any of these links go wrong, this thing can't be done."

At this point, he took a deep breath and gritted his teeth and said: "Do you think this is simple? The foundation of the Qin and Han dynasties for hundreds of years was almost not achieved! How many years have we been in Yarkand!"

"Stupid! Stupid! In addition to believing in the slogans of those corrupt scholars, you have never thought about the real difficulties you have to face."

Alim gritted his teeth and said: "Yes, I can't do it. I don't have that ability. "

"But at least I found the direction. The Great Jin can help the Western Regions. We just need to return to make it better."

Sima Yi took a deep breath and said word by word: "But this place doesn't belong to us anymore!"

"You really regard those untouchables as more precious than your ancestors!"

"Those Confucian remarks have burned your brain."

"You are a fool who betrayed your family and Yarkand!"

Alim clenched his fists and roared: "We will still live well! Even without Yarkand, our family is still one of the largest families in the Western Regions, and we are still well-dressed and well-fed. What else do you want?"

"Does it mean that you must seize power and create a ruling regime where people live in misery to be considered great? Such greatness is not great. Great, at most, in the history books, leaving a name of cruelty. "

"Father, what I understand as great is not like this, not ruling a place, but... creating a period of prosperity."

"You may think you are right, but I also think I am right. I think being a noble in a prosperous era or region is much better than being a ruler of a decadent and poor region... "

Sima Yi pointed at him and shook his head slowly, saying: "You are hopeless, you are hopeless, fallacy, I have never heard such a ridiculous thing."

"This land can be prosperous or backward, it doesn't matter, the important thing is... we have the final say on all this."

"You idiot, do you really not understand this!"

Zhou Yuan waved his hand and chuckled, "Sima Yi, don't pretend to be angry, you said "After all, the city defense battalion led by Huo Jia is almost at the gate of the palace, and the other two battalions of the imperial guards should have noticed something was wrong." "You are a ruthless person. How can you care about the true thoughts of a useless son? Stop pretending." Sima Yi looked at Zhou Yuan, narrowed his eyes, and said coldly: "You are so annoying!" "If it weren't for you, Dajin would have fallen long ago. We would have taken Gansu and Xihai long ago, and established a huge country long ago." "My ideals, everything I have, have almost been destroyed by you." "And now, you dare to come to Yining, to disrupt my regime and overthrow me." "Zhou Yuan, I really want to kill you and vent my anger." Zhou Yuan said softly: "Go on, continue to delay time. "

"I guess you will say something else, such as the eldest prince has been following you in battle for a long time, the fifth prince holds an important position, and the ninth prince is sick and does not go out... The fourth prince Alimu has been in Yining for a long time, so he must be doing something."

"Then, in fact, you have already guessed that part of the imperial guards has been infiltrated by him, right?"

Hearing this, Alimu was stunned for a moment and looked at Zhou Yuan in horror.Sima Yi laughed instead; "Zhou Yuan, Zhou Yuan, you are indeed a smart man."

"In fact, as a ruler, how could I hand over the most important power around me to others? No matter which son, I don't trust it."

"From the beginning to the end, the imperial guards will only listen to me."

Alimu's body trembled, and he immediately shouted: "Do it! Do it!"

Sure enough, the imperial guards stood there, motionless, and no one paid attention to him.

Alimu couldn't help but look at the captain of the branch camp and murmured: "General Hani, you...you betrayed me?"

General Hani said in a deep voice: "Your Highness the Fourth Prince, the imperial guards have only been loyal to His Majesty from the beginning to the end, and there has never been any betrayal."

Alimu's body softened and he almost fell to the ground.

Until this moment, Sima Yi slowly laughed.

He looked at Zhou Yuan and chuckled, "In fact, the moment you entered Yining City, you had already lost."

"This is not the capital of the gods, there are not millions of people, nor is it a large city like Lin'an Prefecture, Jinling, and Yangzhou, where hundreds of thousands of people gather."

"Yining City, with only 100,000 people, most of them are from the Western Regions. You can't hide with a group of Han people."

"It's difficult to search hundreds of thousands of people, but isn't it easy to search tens of thousands of Han people?"

Zhou Yuan nodded and said, "Yes, it's just a little more effort."

Sima Yi said indifferently, "But the strange thing is that Alimu searched the whole city at first, but I didn't find you."

"This made me realize one thing, that is, my surroundings are not clean, and many people are more inclined to the Great Jin."

Zhou Yuan smiled and said, "So you just plan to be patient. You planned this so-called birthday, but actually you want me to help you find the traitors around you."

Sima Yi nodded and said, "The traitors really jumped out! Madam Xuesang is one! And the fourth and ninth brothers!"

"Zhou Yuan, thank you, you came here to make a fuss, but it helped me to clear up the internal uncertainties."

As the voice fell, there was a clamor from the back, and the remaining two battalions of the imperial guards also arrived.

Alim sighed deeply, sat on the ground weakly, and lowered his head.

Sima Yi looked at Zhou Yuan and said, "There are only a hundred or eighty people. You have done this well. It is already remarkable enough."

"But I am fighting at home after all. The resources are unlimited. You can never win."

Here, he smiled slowly and said, "The game is over. Zhou Yuan, today is my birthday. You should go to the negotiation table and give me a big gift."

Zhou Yuan said, "What big gift do you want?"

Sima Yi said, "Within five years, the two countries will cease fire and not invade each other. At the same time, Empress Zhao Jing will present a letter of credence, recognize the legitimacy of the Yarkand Khanate, and send a gift for my birthday."

"In fact, this request is not excessive. After all, the Great Jin does not need to pay any substantial benefits, but only needs to give us a respect. That's all."

Zhou Yuan looked at him and said calmly: "You took advantage of the situation outside the Jin Dynasty to attack Xihai and Gansu, kill our frontier soldiers, and slaughter our Jin people. You also want us to rest with you and celebrate your birthday?"

"Sima Yi, you really dare to think so!"

Sima Yi smiled lightly and said: "After all, you are the King of Wei, the first-class prince of the Jin Dynasty. I don't want to completely disrespect you, but please don't force me to tie you up."

"Come here! Capture all of Zhou Yuan's men first! Tie them up! Let the King of Wei understand his situation!"

The captain of the sub-camp was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help saying: "Your Majesty, Zhou Yuan's men are not among our imperial guards!"

Hearing this, Sima Yi's body trembled suddenly, and he raised his head in horror, and a chill suddenly surged into his heart.