Wei Ni

Today's guerrilla general is Bian Lan, the son of Queen Bian's younger brother Bian Bing.

During the period of Emperor Wen Cao Pi, he was awarded the official position of Fengche Duwei, leading guerrilla general, and was added as a regular attendant of Sanqi.

When the emperor Cao Rui came to the throne, he begged the emperor to release him to fight against the enemy because of the two kingdoms of Shu and Wu, but he was rejected.

Cao Rui hoped that he would stay with him in the palace.

What's more important is that Cao Pi has decided that relatives in the harem are not allowed to interfere in politics, and the princes in the temple will also strongly prevent it.

Therefore, he also wasted his years. Now he mainly focuses on admonishing and persuading the emperor as a regular servant of the cavalry, and no longer thinks about military affairs. If Cao Rui dismissed him as a nominal guerrilla general, it would have no impact on him.

The Yueqi captain was Shi Jing.

His father was Shi Huan, who was a disciple of Cao Cao in the Wei Dynasty. He once served as an official and led the army, but he died of illness very early.

After Shi Jing's heir, Cao Cao remembered that he was his beloved son and sent him to serve in the Chinese army, just like Dian Man before and Xu Yi later.

It's just a pity.

Compared with their father's generation, the successors of Shoucheng's sons and nephews are still inferior after all.

Shi Jing was over fifty and still only one of the five captains.

Inevitably, it was time for him to abdicate in favor of someone more worthy, and to take up another position to take care of himself.

This is also the reason why the emperor Cao Rui sent Leliang as a general last year and awarded the 500 cavalrymen, most of whom were selected from the guerrilla camp and the Yueqi Department.

Therefore, based on the situation of these two generals, Xiahou Hui can also deduce that he is about to be promoted.

It also meant that he was about to have a conflict with Xiahou Xian.

There was no way, after all, the Vietnam Cavalry Department and the guerrilla battalion were originally the leaders among the soldiers.

Therefore, after pondering for a moment, Xia Houhui told Ding Mi the cause and effect of the incident in detail. Even Cao Zhao, the captain of the Cavalry School, asked his brother Cao Zuan to declare that the two parties were not helping each other and did not hide it, hoping that Ding Mi would help. See details one or two.

Although he is not afraid of Qin Lang, Xia Houxian and others, bees are poisonous.

It is always good to have some overt and covert weapons to nip problems in the bud, and maybe you can take advantage of the situation, turn against the enemy, and treat others in their own way!

After hearing this, Ding Mi fell into a long silence.

The final suggestion is just to let him wait and see what happens, and stay the same to cope with the changes.

It's not that he's unskilled or just perfunctory.

But he had been away from the capital for some time, and had little contact or understanding with Qin Lang, Xia Houxian, Cao Zhao and others, so he had to allow him some time to inquire and consider carefully before giving any suggestions.

Xia Houhui did not force it.

I just felt that I wanted to find an opportunity to have a private meeting with my eldest brother Xia Houheng and have a good chat in person.

He previously asked his eldest brother Xia Houheng to help establish a private intelligence system, but Xia Houheng has not given a reply yet, neither refusing nor agreeing, and has just kept delaying it.

He knew what his eldest brother's concerns were.

But now that his career is at stake, the eldest brother shouldn't have any hesitation anymore, right?

Thinking of this, Xia Houhui also lost the mood to continue to check the visitor's information. He collected the Jue Li Ci and the letters at will, stood up and said, "We will deal with these matters later. It is getting late, Yan Jing will return to Yang with me. Quwubao."

Ding Mi didn't want to go along.

Although it is okay to stay alone in the Luoyang mansion, and you have to take care of your daily needs by yourself.

But when others go back, it’s better to say goodbye than a wedding, so why should he follow them?

Go and listen to the noise, no, are you going to make people uncomfortable?
He has just become a staff member!

He doesn't have the slightest sense of discernment, does he disgust his sister-in-law and queen?
However, he couldn't defeat Xia Houhui.

"I have some things at Yangquwu Fort. I won't know until Yan Jing comes over."

Xia Houhui, who pretended to be mysterious, extended the invitation like this.

It also successfully aroused Ding Mi's curiosity.

In addition, Xia Houhui also claimed that he would return to Luoyang in at least five days. After doing more busy things such as visiting his uncle Wang Su or inviting Chen Tai, Fu Gu and other close people to a banquet, Ding Mi left happily. .

Because when he suddenly remembered the journey to Luoyang, he realized that his understanding of Xia Houhui was only superficial.

What secrets does my younger brother, who has risen to prominence in the temple in just a few years and is highly favored by the emperor, hide?

Just thinking about it makes people look forward to it~
The Wubao at the west end of Yangqu has not changed much.

If you really want to find out one thing, it is that it has become a bit deserted.

After following Xia Houhui's instructions to purchase a large piece of land near Shiquan Pine Forest, Uncle Sun of the principal's family transferred his papermaking, ink-making and engraving printing trial research to Shiquan Pine Forest. Even the female queen Yuan Ji liked the tranquility and tranquility of Shiquan, so she moved there with her maid after the thatched cottage was built.

The female monarchs have all gone, and Zhang Li, the nurse at home, has to go there with his retinue. Therefore, today's Yangquwu Fort has once again returned to the situation in the early years when Xia Houheng had not allocated the land to Xia Houhui, and only one or two stewards and dozens of households lived there.

However, this rural tranquility where men farm and women weave, where chickens and dogs hear each other, is quite enviable.

At least Ding Mi, who came this time, looked at the smiles of these women, children, old men and weak men, and felt that Xia Houhui was quite kind to his servants and was not a tyrannical person.

Around evening, we finally arrived at Shiquan Pine Forest.

Wang Yuanji and Uncle Sun, who had long expected that he would return today, led everyone to welcome him, and cheers filled the field.

"Xijun, please let me boil water and prepare dinner for the evening."

Handing the horse's rein to Sun Lou, Xia Houhui smiled and said to Wang Yuanji who came up to him, "I'll take my brother to Mofang for a visit first, and I'll be back in a moment."

"Okay, husband, go on your own."

Wang Yuanji, who had a smile as bright as a flower, did not check whether there were any marks of swords and arrows on Xia Houhui's body in front of everyone. Instead, she nodded slightly in response, and did not forget to bow slightly to Ding Mi, whom she met for the first time, "I've seen you before." "Brother."

"Don't dare to take it seriously."

Ding Mi quickly returned the greeting with a smile, and then followed Xia Houhui away.

As for Uncle Sun, he was already consciously leading the way.

The places where ink and paper were made were both on the bank of Luoshui River. The workshop named mill was actually a place for experimenting with engraving and printing in order to hide it from others, and it was located deep in the pine forest.

Ding Mi, who followed along the way, was first attracted by paper making and ink making, and kept marveling at them.

As a general on an expedition, he cannot do without money.

Such things as benevolence to soldiers, adopting orphans of soldiers, raising retinues, etc. all require a lot of money; this is also the basis for whether they can win the hearts of soldiers and make soldiers willing to die.

Although ordinary people cannot afford paper and pine smoke and ink, they are still a good way to make money and make profits.

It seems that Zhiquan has been prepared for this and is considered a thoughtful person.

Ding Mi secretly praised.

But soon, when he came to the mill and saw the engraving and printing, he felt that Xia Houhui was not familiar with the way to maintain power, and he was not aware that he was about to fall into the abyss.

Because Xia Houhui also claimed with some pride that he was tinkering with woodblock printing in order to reduce the cost of culture and education and speed up the popularization of culture and education, so that people from poor families or peddlers could also have the opportunity to come into contact with hundreds of schools of thought, learn the books and pass on the meaning of the classics, and let the Wei state free itself. There is no shortage of talented people here.

You are digging your own grave!
This was the thought that came to Ding Mi's mind instantly after hearing this.

Immediately, all kinds of troubles arose in his heart - as a descendant of Qiao Pei, how could Xia Houhui have such an ambition that no human minister could possess?

Therefore, he stared at Xia Houhui with blank eyes and a face full of surprise.

Xia Houhui turned a deaf ear to and didn't care about the benefits and research and development progress of woodblock printing.

Such an abnormal expression was quickly noticed by Xia Houhui. He couldn't help but feel strange and asked, "Does Yan Jing think what I said is not effective?"

It's not that I don't believe it.

But if you don't know this, it will bring you a fatal disaster!
Ding Mi took a deep breath, calmed down and made a solemn expression. He was about to explain, but after glancing at Uncle Sun who was beside him, he closed his mouth again.

The meaning is obvious.

Uncle Sun, who is in charge of the family, should not listen to the next words.

And Uncle Sun is also very knowledgeable.

Seeing this, he immediately said goodbye and wanted to turn around and leave.

But Xia Houhui reached out and grabbed him, and explained to Ding Mi, "Uncle Sun and his son are my confidants and can be entrusted with their lives. If Yan Jing has something to say, it doesn't matter, there is no need to be taboo."

Indeed, Uncle Sun was in charge of even the Yin Zhu children's affairs, so Xia Houhui had nothing to be wary of.

"it is good."

Nodding apologetically to Uncle Sun, Ding Mi took the two of them farther away from the mill, and then explained in a low voice the hidden trouble of this move.

First, Xia Houhui will extirpate himself from the noble family.

As the saying goes, "The legacy of a son full of gold is not as good as one." Since the restoration of Han Dynasty by Guangwu and Liu Xiu in the previous dynasty, gentry families have emerged and monopolized the right to speak on the classics. This gave rise to the clans and county officials, and actually controlled the path of local officials. Even if the current Emperor Cao Pi adopts the nine-rank Zhongzheng system formulated by Chen Qun, changes the selection criteria for officials, and returns the power of appointment and dismissal of local officials to the court, it will only treat the symptoms but not the root cause, and it will not fundamentally change the way officials and officials monitor their career. monopoly.

After all, rural public opinion and character reviews were originally controlled by the powerful noble families and local county officials.

Today, Xiahou Hui developed woodblock printing and promoted culture and education to spread the classics, breaking the gentry's monopoly on classics.
Doesn't this destroy their foundation?
Even if it takes a long time for the revival of Wenjiao to bear fruit, and they don't realize it for a while, as more and more poor families no longer depend on them and no longer rely on them to obtain interpretations of scriptures and meanings, they will be able to tolerate their own influence. With power gradually passing away?

So, can they not bear grudge against Xia Houhui?
Don't kill Xia Houhui, the instigator, and then quickly!

There is no doubt that when woodblock printing became successful and Xiahou Hui began to print scriptures on a large scale and spread them, they would face their endless criticism!
Another reason is that the emperor Cao Rui cannot tolerate it.

No matter how respectful and friendly he is to Xia Houhui now, he will still have murderous intentions out of consideration for the longevity of the Wei family and the country. (End of chapter)