magic high school

Chapter 86: Sima Yan, a Loyal Minister of the Great Wei Dynasty

Meanwhile, the exam footage was shown to all the teachers, and with just a nod from the vice principal, the exam footage could be perfectly edited into a video and posted on the school forum.

Therefore, the teachers actually saw a lot about the students' behavior. They even knew about some groups who directly joined the Sima family and had a great time at the Chunxiao Tower in Luoyang. They saw all the details clearly.

Of course, these are all deductions.

After several months of study, many people developed a unique intuition, which allowed them to discern at a glance who was more likely to unify the world. As a result, the vast majority of them chose to join the Wei army and then the Sima family.

This is normal. After all, the only thing they did during the exam was to avoid the sinking of China. They naturally assumed that as long as they unified the country, everything would be fine. In that case, the Sima family would be the easiest to unify the country.

Many people began to show their talents, and even with their powerful artifacts and spells, they were able to thrive. Some entered Luoyang and joined forces with other aristocratic families, and some even married daughters of noble families, becoming new powerful clans in the examination dungeons.

Some mingled with the sons of aristocratic families, spending their days among the famous courtesans of Wushisan and Chunxiaolou.

Some people chose to further strengthen the Sima family, so that they would no longer need to train a navy, but could break the Yangtze River blockade in one fell swoop and directly attack Eastern Wu...

Therefore, during this period, before the exam time was even halfway over, some people had already achieved the unification of the country.

The teams that had finished were all smiles, thinking their scores must be pretty good, and waiting for the results to be released. After all, they had managed to achieve unification in such a short time.

[The first phase of the examination is complete. In just a few decades, the Great Jin Dynasty has suffered the War of the Eight Princes, the exodus of officials to the south, widespread poverty and devastation. The second phase of the examination now begins.]

Phase Two Assessment: Battle Royale of the Sixteen Kingdoms

Introduction: The original basic magic suppression has been upgraded to complete magic suppression. Engage in a thrilling battle royale set against the backdrop of the Sixteen Kingdoms period, and try to restore order!

Other test takers: Hehe...

No, why is the wise and powerful Sima family and the Great Jin Dynasty in such a sorry state?

But this also provides a lot of clues. Whether it's the Wei army's habit of massacring and looting cities, or their style of doing things, they are completely like bandits.

Or perhaps the fact that powerful families in Luoyang and other places liked to mix Wushi San (五石散) into baijiu (白酒) indicates that the Jin Dynasty was rotten to the core, more like the end of a fallen dynasty than the early days of a dynasty.

Some test takers simply didn't think of this point, while others subconsciously overlooked it.

And now, a completely magic-free battle royale set during the Sixteen Kingdoms period, please!

This can be seen as the school giving any clever little brat a good whack and teaching these kids a small lesson.

……

Meanwhile, in Mishail's squad...

He looked at the world and simply said, "It shouldn't be like this..."

"This world shouldn't be like this. We are all children of the God of Order, people of the same origin. Humans live for order and the future, not to be kept alive by those scheming nobles and aristocratic families..."

"We practice medicine and missionary work, saving all those who need saving. Since Heaven is dead, we will let Order rise, the strong help the weak, and rebuild order. This is the revelation of the God of Order!" Mikhail said.

Their team did not choose to help either side. Instead, like another Zhang Jiao, they established the Order of Heaven, proclaimed themselves the Holy Son, and began to stir up a second Yellow Turban Rebellion in the early Jin Dynasty. Or rather, the Order of Heaven would be even more massive and sweep across the land than the last one.

Of course, what they will face is an unprecedented united front of all forces, from top to bottom, from rulers and powerful clans, all exploiters, to thoroughly and systematically eliminate and strangle them.

Their enemy was no longer a single power, but the entire feudal era—a war between divine right and imperial power.

The doctrines of the Order God Cult: The strong aid the weak; absolute order. Everyone is equal, and each has their own role.

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Now, let's get back to Li Ge's side.

Since he and Cao Huan, the pair of black sharks, overthrew Sima Yan, there were now many more options available.

Even though the system had already warned that Sima Yan was completely hypnotized, Li Ge still said with a grin, "Godfather, I have something to say, which concerns the rise and fall of the Sima family, and I must speak it!"

Sima Yan hadn't reacted much, but Cao Huan was amused and burst out laughing. He felt that his cousin was truly a remarkable person, able to fool even at a time like this.

Li Ge was speechless. He had just praised this fake emperor, and the guy immediately backed down.

However, that didn't matter. Li Ge immediately said, "Sima You is the nominal eldest son of the Sima family. His existence is quite disadvantageous to you, my adoptive father! Moreover, Sima You has hinted to my elder brother to abdicate and yield the throne to a more worthy successor, which already indicates his rebellious intentions! Have you not seen what happened to Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu?"

Sima Yan: "Hmm, my son's words make sense. Then, in my son's opinion, what should we do?"

Li Ge immediately chimed in, "Why don't we use the pretext of punishing traitors to accuse Sima You of treason and usurpation, thus completely eliminating Sima You and his cronies? That way, our adoptive father can not only gain the reputation of a loyal minister of Wei, but also claim in the future that he ruled the world with loyalty and filial piety. Wouldn't that be wonderful?"

Li Ge came up with another bad idea.

The biggest advantage of controlling Sima Yan is that he can instantly transform the power that originally protected the Sima family into a weapon to slaughter the Sima family.

Therefore, finding an excuse to directly mobilize the Sima family's army is the best option.

Li Ge continued, adding insult to injury: "Godfather, are we not now following in the footsteps of Prime Minister Zhuge Liang?"

Although it may sound absurd, Sima Yan was the biggest Zhuge Liang fanatic of his time, even more so than Jiang Wei. Basically, the reason why Zhuge Liang's story was mythologized in this era was largely due to Sima Yan's embellishment.

Even after Sima Yan ascended the throne, he called on the people to learn from Zhuge Liang and to study the "Memorial on Dispatching the Troops".

It has to be said, this is truly a great irony.

At this point, Cao Huan wasn't truly beyond redemption. He slapped his thigh and exclaimed, "I can testify that Sima You forced me to abdicate!"

After experiencing the ups and downs of tonight, Cao Huan has now put everything else aside. He just wants to make a big fuss about the Sima family, the bigger the better, ideally with them fighting each other to the death – that would be exciting!

If Sima Yan and Sima You were to clash in Luoyang, he would be so excited that he would slap his thigh, and even if he died, it would be worth it!

Now that things had come to this, and with his five senses completely controlled, Sima Yan said directly, "Thank you for your trust, Your Majesty. I will certainly live up to your expectations!"

For a moment, Sima Yan actually acted like a loyal subject, making Cao Huan feel embarrassed.

Then, the entire city of Luoyang sprang into action. After Sima Yan and Cao Huan reached a consensus, this version of Night of Extermination 2.0 was released.

Sima Yan took control of the entire Luoyang Imperial Guard, ordering them to completely seal off the Duke of Jin's residence and prevent anyone from leaving. Then, Sima Yan's personal guards and Sima Yan himself went in and massacred the entire Sima family.

Prior to this, Sima Yan directly dispatched his trusted confidant with an urgent message to Sima Zhao in Jiange, claiming that Luoyang was in chaos and that the Cao Wei forces were launching a counterattack, ordering Sima Zhao to return as quickly as possible.

The grand plan is now complete!