Xi Chao smiled slightly and nodded: "You are indeed very promising. Yes, when my hope was shattered, you came to me and told me about the relationship between my ancestors and the Mafia. It moved my heart, just like
When you were full of passion and had no way to serve the country, Xie Xuan came to you. I agreed to join the mafia without any hesitation, and you don’t know anything. The mafia has been run for generations, and each party has its own duties.
He has a huge intelligence organization, human resources, property deeds, and wealth hidden in secret bases throughout the Jin Dynasty. He can secretly control the situation of the government when he retreats, and he can turn his hand into rain. When he advances, he can form an army and sweep across the world.
For the first time, I saw an opportunity to carry out the Northern Expedition independently without relying on a certain general, how could I miss it?"
Liu Yu smiled and said: "Since you are so capable, why don't you go on your own northern expedition?"
Xi Chao sighed: "This is because the mafia has changed after decades in Jiangdong. The nephews and nephews of the guarding families have spread all over Wudi, and batches of northern expatriates have become their tenant farmers. We control these people
, by withholding these land deeds, and if they have different intentions, they will transfer the land to others. Since the public identities of the past guards are heads of big families or leading figures, they will not know that these land deeds are actually in a
In the hands of a mysterious organization."
"But on the other hand, it is impossible for us to directly recruit the manpower in these fields and form an army according to our own wishes. Money and food can be accumulated through secret bases, but manpower cannot be quickly achieved, except for the tribes left by the garrison of past dynasties.
, except for dead soldiers and spies, we have no soldiers to use, no one to adjust, and Jiangdong has been peaceful for a long time, and the children of the aristocratic families have no worries about food and clothing. They no longer have the enterprising spirit of the past. They just want to live in peace and comfort, and the Sima Emperor
From time to time, he was ambitious and wanted to regain power. Moving out of Huan Wen was just an attempt. Although we later used Huan Wen's hand to depose two emperors, the imperial power did not leave the Sima family after all. We always have to pay attention to the emperor's desire to regain power.
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Liu Yu sneered and said: "It is true that you are afraid that the emperor will seize power and that the Northern Expedition will make you lose your comfortable life in the south of the Yangtze River, so you are unwilling to send troops, and you even have to deal with those who really want to send troops.
Suppression, right?”
Xi Chao shook his head: "That's not the case. If there is really a chance that the Northern Expedition can succeed without sending out Jiangdong soldiers and horses, then we will not stop it. For example, when Huan Wen destroyed the Han Dynasty and entered Guanzhong, the Mafia did not hold back
, if Huan Wen is really loyal to the country and captures Chang'an, the mafia will even take advantage of the situation to launch a wave of troops from Jiangdong to attack Hebei and dominate the world. But it is a pity that Huan Wen's ambition for the throne far exceeds the Northern Expedition.
The next thing the mafia needs to guard against is not the northern barbarians, but Huan Wen, a great warlord who wants to become his own king."
Liu Yu laughed: "You said that Emperor Sima didn't do anything. Wouldn't it be better to replace him with Huan Wen? If he is willing to be emperor, he must have merit and be sincere in the Northern Expedition. Since your mafia also wants to regain the lost territory, why should you?
To restrain him?"
Xi Chao smiled and said: "Don't forget, the Northern Expedition to the Central Plains and regaining the lost territory are only the second among the purposes of our mafia. The first is to maintain the family world and prevent the emperor from massacring us, whether it is Cao Wei or
In the Jin Dynasty of the Sima family, if the emperor wants to be as powerful as Cao Cao and Sima Yi, use the art of punishment to deal with big families, and promote various low-born villains to replace us, then we must stop it, and even change the dynasty.
No matter what, the Sima clan replaced Cao Wei, who was the secret promoter of the mafia predecessors, but unexpectedly caused the Eight Kings Rebellion. If I had known this, it would be better to keep the Cao clan emperor in power, and we Xu tried to slow it down.
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Liu Yu frowned: "I'm afraid Sima Yi was also a member of your organization back then."
Xi Chao nodded: "Yes, he is one of the founding fathers of the Mafia, but he is also tight-lipped about his descendants. The reason why we have never truly taken over the Sima family is because we remember Sima Yi's establishment back then.
The feelings of the Zongli faction. As long as Emperor Sima is honest and obedient, obediently being his puppet and becoming the common master of the world, then we will not touch him. But when he colludes with big foreign warlords like Huan Wen and wants to destroy us, then
We have no choice but to establish a new king."
Liu Yu sighed: "In other words, your mafia would rather fight within to protect its own power than regain lost ground, right?"
In Xi Chao's throat cave, a burst of smoke filled the air, and he said seriously: "You can think so, and the north has been lost for a long time. The Han people in the north have long been unwilling to go to the Jin Dynasty. Without a suitable opportunity, the Northern Expedition will not succeed, so we
The purpose of retaining Jingkou, a place where elite soldiers are produced, is to leave a seed that can take root and sprout in the future and become the stronghold of our Jin Dynasty to compete with Huan Wen's Jingzhou. And Xie An came to me because he wanted to
I am working undercover next to Huan Wen, waiting for an opportunity to recapture Jingzhou and take back everything our mafia has."
Liu Yu smiled and said: "So you joined the mafia. Obviously you were Huan Wen's mastermind, but secretly you worked with the mafia to plot against him and did not hesitate to ruin his Northern Expedition, right?"
Xi Chao said flatly: "No, no, although I despise Huan Wen's character, after all, he has a powerful military force that can control the world. If we can use his desire to become emperor and induce him to go to the north, then we can not only realize our black hand
The party, as well as my personal ambition of the Northern Expedition for many years, and the newly conquered land in Hebei Province during the Northern Expedition, I can also take advantage of the opportunity to ask for it from Huan Wen. If Huan Wen wants to seize the throne, his foundation is in the south, and he cannot leave Jingzhou for too long, and the land in the north is worth it to me.
Who is it? So under the influence of many factors, I convinced Xuanwu, Zhuque and Baihu to agree to help Huan Wen complete the Northern Expedition, which is, as you know, the one against Murong Yan."
Liu Yu curled his lips and said: "That opportunity was not as good as the Northern Expedition to Guanzhong, but there is still a chance of victory. If Huan Wen follows your advice, fights against the odds, breaks the boat, and crosses the river with the entire army to fight the Yan army in Yecheng, he can probably win.
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Xi Chao sighed: "I mention this because it was already hacked by Xuanwu. I never dreamed that the mafia would actually fall into internal fighting and split. At that time, Xie An and Wang Tanzhi, who were the two major guards, on the surface,
They agreed to my proposal, but they recruited another person behind the scenes, and decided to plot the Northern Expedition against each other three to one. They took control of the governor of Yuzhou, Xizhong Lang General Yuan Zhen, who provided logistics for the army."
This chapter has been completed!