Sima Zhao smiled deeply, picked up the copper ruler and patted the table, and thoughtfully asked, "By the way, General Ben has a question for you: your Pei clan has a deep network of contacts in Youji Erzhou, all over the counties, and it can be said that there are many eyes and ears. But I don't know if your people have talked to you about the reputation of general Zi General in the Shuofang area? ”
The cold sweat in Pei Xiu's forehead will all come out one by one. He was silent for a moment and buried his head deeply: "Xiu Nai is the official of the Great General's Mansion, how dare he speak falsely about the length of the general?" Ask the General to retract this question. ”
Sima Zhao raised an eyebrow: "Since General Ben wants to ask you, you just have to answer according to the truth." You don't have to be too suspicious. ”
"This... The general Zi general was in fushuo fang in the town of Yicheng, and Huayi served together, and was known for his good reputation of being both literate and martial, and forgiving and favoring the public. Pei Xiu gathered his thoughts and replied carefully, "But the clansmen under him have also talked about it privately: his shrewdness and ability are still slightly inferior to the Zhenbei general Lu Zhi." ”
"Do you Pei clan members really think so?" Sima Zhao asked very seriously.
"It's true—Xiu doesn't dare lie." Pei Xiu said solemnly.
Sima Zhao nodded, "That's right... You are the Sima of this province, and you should only see the actual strengths and weaknesses of someone in your eyes, and you should not worry about the estrangement between him and general Ben! ”
Pei Xiu reached out and wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, and his mind was fixed, and he bent down to reply: "The great general is the most righteous, and the subordinates dare not say enough?" ”
Sima Zhao slowly rolled up the military map spread out on the table, and at the same time shifted the topic away: "You Pei disciples are indeed 'peach and plum all over the world'!" Recently, General Ben read the secret report sent by Shu Zhong, and only then did he learn that your brother Pei Yue was actually in the position of a waiter at the Yellow Gate in the false Han Dynasty! Do you know? ”
When Pei Xiu heard this, he was secretly surprised: Pei Yue, the yellow door attendant of the false Han Dynasty, was his brother, and this news he himself had only known in recent years, and he had never easily talked about it to outsiders. However, he never expected that Sima Zhao would actually find out about this! With a certain thought in his mind, he replied smoothly: "Pei Yue, the subordinate clan brother, is indeed serving in Shu. This layer of relationship should be used by subordinates in the future for my Great Wei! ”
Sima Zhao stills
Sima Zhao glanced at him and continued to speak slowly: "Many of my descendants of the Zhongyuan Shi clan escaped into Western Shu to avoid the chaos of the chaos of the princes at the end of the Han Dynasty: Xu You, the grandson of Xu Shao of Runan, served as an official of the Huilang in the puppet Han, and Luo Xian, the youngest son of the famous Jingxiang scholar Luo Meng, served as Jiang Wei's army in the puppet Han... The ancestral hometowns of these people are all in my Central Plains Shenzhou, and most of their clan relatives and in-laws have also stayed in my Central Plains Shenzhou... Shouldn't General Ben be humble to them and be far away with virtue? ”
Pei Xiu secretly admired Sima Zhao's foresight, but when he changed his mind, he reminded Sima Zhao from another angle: "What the great general said is extremely true. It's just that the sons of the great clans of the Central Plains have been scattered in the Western Shu and have been surrounded by the false Han for a long time, and I am afraid that there will inevitably be paranoid and narrow-minded people among them who cannot abandon the dark and cast light..."
"No problem. General Ben has made his own details to find out their intentions one by one, and those who follow us are rich and noble, and those who oppose us... Oh huh..." Sima Zhaosen smiled coldly, slowly calmed his tone, and said to Pei Xiu, "It's that Pei Yue, at the right time, you also have to go to the letter to help." Wouldn't it be a beautiful thing if he could abandon the dark and cast the light and gather and work together with your long-lost brother? ”
Pei Xiu hurriedly bowed down and replied, "Great General, the world will eventually be unified, and xiu and Yue brothers will be reunited for thousands of miles, which should also be just around the corner!" ”
Pei Xiu
Sima Zhao was very satisfied with his answer and nodded with a smile. His mind suddenly moved, and he deliberately asked the past, "Ji Yan, what are you busy with after you finish your business on weekdays?" ”
Pei Xiu's heart was darkly shocked, but his face was shallow and smiling: "Subordinates are only shallow and shallow, and every day they feel that there seems to be unfinished business within their duties..."
Sima Zhaosen's gaze went straight to him: "Zhong Shiji usually has a lot of official duties, but after he returns to the palace, he has other busy things and can't rest, do you know?" ”
How clever Pei Xiu was, he naturally understood that Sima Zhao was hinting to himself: Zhong Hui jumped up and down to push Sima Zhao himself to the gong and was busy! However, as an official of the Great General's Palace Sima Zhi, he was reflected in silence. But Pei Xiu himself had repeatedly weighed it in his heart: going out in tandem as a Sima Fu official like himself, the effect was indeed very subtle and unpredictable! If it is too revealing, outsiders will think that they are under the command of Sima Zhao behind the scenes, and it is easy to give people a handle; if it is too hidden, the results will not be significant, and Sima Zhao will not attach importance to it as a merit. Therefore, he can only be quiet. Now, since Sima Zhao had asked him in person, he took the opportunity to honestly reply: "The things that Lord Zhong is busy with, his subordinates know a little bit about it, but because the great general you are unclear, you dare not take it lightly." ”
The smile at the corner of Sima Zhao's lips became as deep as Qiutan: "Haven't you ever heard the words 'the worries of the lord before the king are worried, and the pleasure of the lord is happy after the king'?" ”
Pei Xiu's expression was very sincere: "Great General Qi Yu: If the lord you meet under your subordinates is a dark lord and a mediocre lord, and your subordinates have an unshirkable responsibility, they will naturally practice this inscription without quitting; however, the person your subordinates meet today is a once-in-a-lifetime heroic lord like you, Grand General Zishang... How dare the light of the fireworks under your subordinates compete with the light of your sun and moon? But if you have an edict that will come down, it is enough for your subordinates to do it wholeheartedly! ”
Zhong Hui (Zi Shi Ji)
Sima Zhao rubbed the copper ruler of Huang Chengcheng with his palm and said indifferently, "Do what you should do and do what you should do, Ji Yan, you can also count as a Qinghou instrument." ”
Pei Xiu's whole body was faintly shocked, but his face did not show a different color, but he still said sincerely: "Great General, your subordinates feel that you are really too hard--since you became a great general, your every day has been arranged by the imperial court, and you don't even have a moment and a half of your own time... No, tomorrow at the end of the day, you will go into the Taiji Hall again to receive the pilgrimage of Kangju, Khotan, and other envoys of the feudal states..."
Sima Zhao slowly lowered the copper ruler: "I do not enter the sea of suffering, who enters the sea of suffering?" ”
Pei Xiu immediately said solemnly, "According to the opinion of your subordinates: Great General, you can completely set up the Eastern Cao Bureau and the Western Cao Bureau as Emperor Taizu did when he was the chancellor of the Han Dynasty..."
Those who are familiar with the history of the han and Wei transmutations know that the establishment of the Eastern and Western Ercao in the prefectural office was a key step in Cao Cao's monopoly of power in the Han dynasty. Pei Xiu revealed this point at this moment, indicating that he was also thinking deeply about the reform of sima fu's internal affairs and foreign affairs. Zhong Hui hunted for the honor of the Duke and the Glory of Jiu Xi for Sima Fu outside, while Pei Xiu sought extraordinary power and extraordinary power for Sima Fu inside. Both of them have desirable points to use, which is comparable. When Sima Zhao thought of this, the bright light under his eyes flashed: "General Ben retracted his comment on Ji Yan just now: Your wisdom is by no means limited to qinghou's weapon, and you will definitely become the material of Zaifu in the future!" ”