Wei Ni

Chapter 112

Jiang Ji was a loyal minister of Cao Wei, but not an admonishing minister.

He joined Sanqi as a regular servant very early on. In addition to admonishing military struggles as a planner, he also spoke out about the safety of the country with respect to Liu Fang and Sun Zi's full-time powers.

But he never fights.

Regardless of whether the emperor Cao Rui adopted his advice or not, even if he knew that letting the situation develop would inevitably cause damage to the community, he would not argue with Cao Rui again.

The king is important but the country is light.

This is the philosophy he upholds, so Cao Rui likes and values ​​him very much.

Let him always lead the humble and powerful position of the Central Guard, even if he knows that he is using his power to wantonly accept bribes and corruption, he doesn't care.

And his cryptic mention of Xia Houhui is precisely to teach this kind of concept-whether it is good for military planning or planning for state affairs, one should start from the perspective of the king first, and then think about the society.

Yes, in the discussion in the Empress Hall of Chonghua, Xia Houhui claimed that he could buy and raise Xiegui Ni as an opportunity to kill Ke Bineng, which violated this point.Therefore, the emperor Cao Rui once had the idea of ​​not letting him join the conquest and merge the state, and he drove away without comment on the grounds of fatigue.

Cao Rui likes important ministers who are in line with his own wishes, and will not reuse critical ministers.

Yang Fu, who repeatedly violated Yan Zhijian's remonstrance, was in Jiuqing, but his power was not important in the temple.

There is also Simpi, the servant who once held the sleeves of Cao Pi in Wei Wen and never let him go. , Change to Weiwei.

At that time, people all claimed that this was Liu Fang and Sun Zi's greed for power. They were worried that after Simpi shot for the Minister's servant, he would increase the power of the Minister's Office and harm the interests of the Ministry of Education. There is Cao Rui who is as good as admonisher, and he doesn't like courtiers who offend Yan Zhijian, let alone reuse courtiers who value the country more than him.

He has felt more than once that Xia Houhui is a courtier who upholds the concept of "the country is more important than the king".

For example, in the previous episode, the strategy of recruiting soldiers from the Mintun was added to the Shangshu without authorization.

And in the planning of the surprise attack on the Wancheng Valley, he actually hoped that he could send the Luoyang Chinese Army to garrison Huainan.

Today's buying and selling is no exception.

If Ke Bineng can be killed and the troubles of Xianbei in northern Xinjiang can be completely solved in a short period of time, it will be a great thing for Wei and the country; but from the current position of Emperor Cao Rui, this policy cannot be implemented.

He couldn't bear the price of defeat, and he didn't dare to add a little risk and the possibility of accidents to this battle.

The reason is that he is currently constrained in the temple.

Rectifying the accumulated malpractices in the fields and promoting the reform of the scholar family have already triggered a game between him and the officials. Therefore, when the disciples of "Emperor Enke" were released as officials, they were unanimously resisted by the ministers and officials.

The public ministers are worried that if the power of the monarchy is too high, it will lead to military arrogance and people's livelihood just like the Qin Emperor and Han Wu period.

And the defeat of Bi Gui, the former minister of Qiandi, put him on the back of an unknown accusation, which made his constrained situation even worse.

Therefore, his top priority now is to restore the king's prestige.

Get a victory in Bingzhou as soon as possible, get back the face from Xianbei, and eliminate the bad influence of Bi Gui's defeat.Only in this way can he continue to maintain his strength and compete with the officials.

Therefore, the uncontrollable remonstrance of letting go of the mud is an extra problem for him!

Impossible to carry out!
Because once the backlash comes back, and this battle, which was originally a sure chance of winning, is defeated, his prestige will face a huge blow, and it will also make him fall into a disadvantage in the game with the officials.

The previous battle of Shiting and the defeat of Cao Zhen's attack on Shu had already dealt a blow to his prestige.

If he loses to Xianbei again, the voices questioning him will spread all over the states and counties.

In any case, he is the successor king after all.

Without the prestige accumulated by Emperor Wu Cao Cao's Southern Expeditions and Northern Wars to create a foundation, he can no longer afford defeat!

As long as he restores his prestige, he will have the opportunity to send troops to kill the thief Ke Bineng in the future; but if he cannot restore his prestige, let alone punish Ke Bineng, it will be difficult for him to maintain the monarchy.

You know, Wei Guo had previously seized the heirloom.

Moreover, Cao Pi has made no achievements in military battles, and now he has lost even his descendants.

If someone wants to criticize him for being "not worthy of virtue", there is no shortage of reasons!
Jiang Ji knew this, so he didn't mention the strategy of venting the mud. He chose the latter between completely solving the Xianbei border troubles and maintaining Cao Rui's authority.

But Xia Houhui didn't see this.

In other words, he, who started everything from the perspective of the country, never thought about Cao Rui's situation at all.

This disappointed Cao Rui.

Obviously, he did not hesitate to promote and wanted to train him to become a confidant, but Xia Houhui, who was favored and honored, did not have the consciousness that "the king is more important than the state".

This is also one of the reasons why Jiang Ji took the initiative to mention Xia Houhui.

Among the princes in the temple, he is one of the most important ministers of the emperor Cao Rui. He also knew Cao Rui's expectations and positioning of Xia Houhui, so he raised his mouth cryptically out of the heart of sharing the king's worries.If Xia Houhui understood it, he would definitely be grateful to him; but if he didn't, what he said was just general talk, and there was nothing to criticize.

Another reason was that he had a good impression of Xia Houhui.

Being from a low family background, he did not have any resentment towards Xia Houhui like other court officials.

On the contrary, he appreciates Xia Houhui's outspokenness, especially when Emperor Cao Rui entrusted him with the right to select "Emperor's disciples", making him a powerful queen.

In fact it is.

When Wang Yuanji reminded Xia Houhui in a cryptic way, when he was young and in the position of a strong general, he should guard against arrogance and impetuosity. , After comprehending by analogy, he suddenly figured out the implication of Jiang Ji's words.

I can't help feeling a little grateful to Jiang Ji.

Of course, he did not agree with Jiang Ji's view that "the king is more important than the state".

But suddenly there is a sense of crisis: if he loses the favor of the emperor Cao Rui, then he will disappear from everyone in the future.

Just like Yang Fu and Simpi, who often violate Yan Zhijian, they have profound qualifications, respected status in the temple, and a good reputation among scholars, but they have never been able to enter the decision-making center of Wei State.

This realization made him know that Cao Rui has a heart of a single husband.

I also feel that it is better for me to continue to adopt children, maybe it will be useful one day in the future.

That's right, he looked at Cao Rui again.

Between Wei State Sheji and King Cao Rui, he chose the former.

Because if he changed his original intention at this time, the image he had built with great difficulty before would collapse, and people such as Du Shu and Chen Tai would no longer be friendly with him.

But in terms of dealing with the world, he can hide his edge for the time being.

"Book of Changes" has a saying: "A gentleman hides his utensils in his body and moves them when the time comes."

He's still young, so it's good to stay dormant for a while.

Moreover, when he was dormant, Cao Rui would feel that he had succumbed and changed, and instead gave him more authority.

why not?

However, what he didn't expect was that he had already given up in his mind the plan to kill Ke Bineng with the excuse of venting the mud. Shu mentioned this matter.

However, Tian Yu, who returned to his hometown of Yuyang County, was recruiting Wuhuan Tuqi. After hearing about the defeat of Bingzhou Bigui, he handed over the recruiting to Liao Zuo, and he himself rushed to Yanmen day and night. county.

As soon as he arrived, he found the long history of the original recruitment to understand the situation of the Xianbei tribes north of Yanmen Pass.

After learning that Qianzhao took Budugen and Xieguini deep into Yunzhong County to defeat Ke Bineng during his lifetime, he also wrote a book and recruited more than [-] families from the Western Xianbei Affiliated First Class, and migrated and settled in the hometown of Xingbei. After going to Guancheng and setting up garrisons inside and outside the town, he felt that if the Luoyang Chinese army came to attack, he should seek a battle to win all the battles and kill Kebi Neng!

But the method is not the one proposed by Xia Houhui.

Instead, it was passed on to the various tribes of Xianbei in the west.

Western Xianbei refers to the Xianbei tribe whose tribal territory is west of Shanggu County, including Daijun, Yanmen, Dingxiang, Yunzhong, Wuyuan, Shuofang and other counties.

Yes, it is the Hetao Plain.

Since the southern Xiongnu were moved to the interior by Wei Wu Cao Cao, the survival pressure of the western Xianbei tribes has been greatly reduced.

The wide pastures allowed them to have enough cattle and sheep, and they could survive even in the event of white disasters, so they seldom participated in the plundering of Wei State's border counties to obtain living supplies.

I even enjoy the way that you only need to surrender to the Wei State in name to get the opportunity to trade.

This ebb and flow also made them resent Ke Bi Neng.

One is that these tribes have been independent for a long time, and since Helian succeeded Xianbei Shanyu, they no longer surrendered to Danhan Mountain.

There is no pressure to survive, there is no need to hold a group for warmth, and naturally they don't want to usher in a Shan Yu who gives orders. They have irresolvable conflicts with Ke Bineng, who aims to unify the various ministries of Xianbei.

The other is that Ke Bineng threatened their survival.

For example, Dai County and Yunzhong County, which belonged to Xianbei in the west, have already become the territories of Ke Bineng!The Xianbei tribes that thrived in these two counties were either annexed or forced to migrate away.

Yunzhong County has been occupied. Can Wuyuan County and Shuofang County, both of which belong to the Hetao Plain, be free from Ke Bineng's coveting?

Therefore, Tian Yu felt that the Xianbei tribes in the west, like Wei, hoped that Kebi would die.

Based on this, he claimed in the Shangshu that he asked the emperor Cao Rui to grant him the right to act cheaply. If the Luoyang Central Army successfully defeated Ke Bineng and Bu Dugen, he could also take the opportunity to spread the message to the western Xianbei tribes, and Xu Ke Bineng belonged to the territory. They, as well as the tribal people, cattle and sheep, and assets were tempted for profit, and they were invited to send troops to kill Ke Bineng!
This approach is much safer than buying and raising.

And it will not affect the expectations of the emperor Cao Rui.

Of course, Tian Yu was also granted the power to mobilize soldiers and horses from various counties in Bingzhou.

Moreover, when Qin Lang rode [-] paces out of Luoyang to Bingzhou, Emperor Cao Rui privately told him to listen to Tian Yu's opinions more before going into battle.

Yes, Qin Lang is the main general.

And Xia Houhui is only the supervisor of the five thousand step cavalry in the backbone battalion, and he is only the commander in name.

(End of this chapter)