Wei Ni

Chapter 13
Unsurprisingly, the banquet at the manor ended in an unhappy manner.

As soon as Xia Houhui's sentence "Later generations mourn and don't learn from it, it also makes future generations mourn future generations again", the emperor Cao Rui immediately turned dark, stood up and walked away.

This is not surprising.

Since becoming the Son of Heaven, Cao Rui has never acted in a daze, let alone act like Jie and Zhou.

On the contrary, his conscientiousness and hard work are obvious to all!
Now he is just out of the palace to play, enjoying the fun of playing with his close officials for a while, but Xia Houhui actually compares him with the king of subjugation, Qin II, Hu Hai, how can he not let his anger overflow in his words?

As for why he didn't arrest and punish Xia Houhui on the spot~
It's also easy to understand.

Xia Houhui, who was appointed as the servant of Sanqi, advised the emperor that it is his duty to gain or lose.

If the words were a little more abrupt and more intense, that was only inappropriate, and it did not constitute a reason for being convicted.

If the emperor Cao Rui is angry and hard to deal with, he can alienate him, find someone to depose him, or move him to the left, etc. No one can criticize him; but if he insists on sending Xia Houhui to prison for questioning, he will stop talking and become the son of the emperor instead. The volume is not enough.

Therefore, although the emperor was displeased, he did not attack.

It's just that in the next ten or so days, the emperor didn't take Xia Houhui seriously once, such as going out to play in the palace or inspecting Yousi, let alone let Xia Houhui accompany him again.

In this regard, the courtiers who knew what had happened were a little surprised.

It has been more than ten days, why hasn't the emperor moved Xiahou Hui to the left?

Is it possible that you still need to find a high-sounding reason?
But when the Son of Heaven demoted Xia Houxuan to Yulin Supervisor earlier, he didn't give a reason!
Amazing!

They both come from the Xiahou family, so why are they treated completely differently.

Whenever seeing Xia Houhui's figure still appearing in the east hall to listen to the government, the other courtiers couldn't help expressing such emotion in their hearts, and began to become more and more respectful to the emperor Cao Rui.

The reason, of course, is that they suddenly discovered that there is still a long way to go before they can accurately figure out the emperor's will.

In fact, they already guessed right.

The emperor Cao Rui was not so unpredictable, and he really annoyed Xia Houhui, and more than once moved the idea of ​​​​moving him to the left or dismissing him.

That is, every time I want to put it into practice, I hesitate again.

To be precise, he was a little reluctant.

Yes, reluctantly.

After a brief contact, he was already able to make a conclusion about Xia Houhui.

First, this son is quite talented.

For example, the grain and fodder transported from Jizhou to Yongliang before can be used to recruit the Qiang and Hu tribes, or to exchange with Zahu for cattle and horses, or for disaster relief, and even for the formation of a new army for military exercises, etc. possible.

Xia Houhui, who has been living in the mountains and fields for a long time, was in charge of the government for the first time, without knowing the situation of the counties and counties in Yongliang, he directly confirmed that the temple would have the intention of mobilizing troops against Bashu, and also put forward a suggestion that it is not appropriate to use troops.

Although I don't know what is the basis for Xia Houhui's claim that it is not suitable to use troops.

But the emperor doesn't care about this now.

He knew that Xia Houhui had won countless people just by knowing the temple's intentions.

You know, this year is the weak crown!
Secondly, Xia Houhui was quite scheming.

By using the obscurity of "A Fang Gong Fu" as a remonstrance, the emperor can conclude that Xia Houhui is not a straightforward and reckless man-so, naturally, Xie En bestowed the horse on purpose.

Thirdly, it was he who had the courage to remonstrate directly with Yan Yan.

Sanqi servants have the duty of accompanying the driver and advising on gains and losses, but many people seldom have the courage to make direct admonitions when they are in office.

Because of the nobleness of the emperor's close ministers, it is inevitable that he will go out to the prefectures and counties in the future and join the privy secretaries.

In this way, when admonishing and persuading, try to be as tactful as possible and submissive, as long as you have done your duty, there is no need to offend the emperor and ruin your future.

It is precisely because of this that those who dare to speak out are very valuable.

That is the courage of those who uphold the public heart, do not take their own self-interest into consideration, and have no dedication to official career!

Loyal and bright ministers are not as compliant and pleasing to the monarch as smooth and sophisticated ministers, but for the community, the latter is dispensable, while the former is indispensable.

In the end, it naturally came from the surname Xiahou.

The Xiahou family in Wei State was a "clan" without the surname Cao, and it was the mainstay on which the emperor relied to defend the country.

Naturally, they will be more tolerant in terms of treatment.

Now that Xia Houhui has angered the emperor Cao Rui with his words, Cao Rui will not get angry because of the close relationship between the two clans.

In other words, Xiahou Xuan and Xiahou Huinai belong to the same family, why did the emperor Cao Rui move the former to the left without hesitation, but now he is hesitant about the latter?

Why is Xia Houhui more favored than Xuanxie?

In the eyes of ordinary people, this approach is indeed incomprehensible.

However, if you start from the perspective of the emperor and consider the long-term stability of the country as the premise, you will find that this approach is understandable and inevitable!

The Gain Xiahou family is not a noble family.

At the earliest, the Xiahou family was a Qiaopei family who had been close friends with the Cao family for generations.

In the process of Wei Wu Cao Cao's entrepreneurship, the Xiahou family devoted all their efforts and swore to follow them to the death. Therefore, after the establishment of Cao Wei's foundation, it should also become the pillar of consolidating the society.

However, Xia Houxuan has already forgotten this point.

Not only has he made friends with the gentry all day long, and invited him to be famous in the world, he was also praised as one of the "Four Cong", and he already regarded himself as a gentry!
You must know that after Wei Wen and Cao Pi learned the lessons of the previous dynasty, they have already isolated the possibility of the harem intervening in politics, foreign relatives taking power, and eunuchs taking power, forming a direct game between the monarchy and the gentry.

Xia Houxuan, who was born in Qiaopei, should also be a pawn of the monarch while enjoying the merits of his father's generation. He should be determined to defend the monarchy. How can he mix with the nobles?

In this way, as Cao Rui, the son of heaven, An Neng's blue eyes will add evil to him!

The same situation also appeared in Qin Lang and He Yan.

Many people think that He Yan, the adopted son of Wei Wu Cao Cao, is not as highly regarded as Qin Lang. The reason is that He Yan offended Wei Wen Cao Pi in the early years, so Cao Rui is also unhappy after he succeeds to the throne.

In fact, the biggest reason is that Qin Lang has been adhering to his duties and has never forgotten his origin and position, while He Yan is actively moving closer to the gentry!
Already forgot, he should swear to the death to defend the duty of the monarchy!

Ugh.
On this point, Xia Houhui did a good job.

I would rather go back to my hometown, Qiao County, and study in closed doors, than stay in the capital to gain fame and not forget my duty.

It is easy to understand that the emperor Cao Rui was reluctant to dismiss or move left for such a person who abides by his duty, has emerging talents, and is not concerned with selfishness in his official career.

After all, the gentry is getting bigger and bigger nowadays!
And among the many clans and Qiao Pei heroes, there are not very few people with talents like Xia Houhui, but none of them!
Cao Rui really has no choice
"Zuo Zhuan Zhaogong Year" has a saying: "Lu regards mutual tolerance as his country, forbearance outside but not inside, how can we use it."

Considering that the country is the most important thing, Cao Rui suppressed his anger, and he took it as a matter of tolerance for the country.

Of course, the younger Xia Houhui used Qin II as an example to criticize Sang Huai, Cao Rui couldn't swallow this tone and express his anger.

Even though he is known to be tolerant, it can't be too much to ask him to do it himself, right?

After all, he is the Son of Heaven!
This is the reason why he has been turning a blind eye to Xia Houhui for more than ten days.

But sometimes not doing treatment is also a kind of treatment.

Perhaps, even the emperor Cao Rui didn't realize that after Xia Houhui violated Yan Zhijian's remonstrance, he didn't punish him immediately, which meant that he listened to the remonstrance.It's just that it's hard to accept for a while, and I plan to give myself time to let go of it.

As for him, who has a good reputation for knowing and judging, why hasn't he let go of it for more than ten days~
After Xia Houhui offended Tianyan, she was at ease!
When he came back to the East Hall to listen to the government, it was as if nothing had happened.

Or to put it another way, he seems to regard the offending face as being hungry to eat and thirsty to drink water, and he has no intention of panic!

Regardless of what is right and what is wrong, since you are a close minister, shouldn't you bow your head and act submissively to accuse him of guilt?
Shuzi!

Really hateful!

And after more than ten days of embarrassment by the emperor Cao Rui, Xia Houhui finally did as he wished, knocking on the palace to plead guilty.

The only downside is that Xia Houheng came with him.

In other words, if Xia Houheng hadn't learned the whole story and brought him here with the authority of an older brother like a father, maybe the emperor Cao Rui would not have waited until Xiahou Hui bowed his head at all.
(End of this chapter)