Wei Ni

"Old minister, I pay my respects to Your Majesty."

Situ Dong Zhao still stood up and saluted solemnly before answering slowly. "Your Majesty, I secretly believe that just based on Zhequan's current achievements, it can be said that Xiahou's outstanding talents are immortal."

Just after the late Xia Houyuan, the general who conquered the west?

As soon as he heard about it, Emperor Cao Rui was a little dissatisfied, but he quickly reacted.

How old is Xia Houhui now? He can be praised as the successor to Xia Houyuan who was on the right side of Hubuguan before his death. Dong Zhao's evaluation is already very high.

Moreover, it is still "based on merit alone", and other aspects have not been mentioned.

Cao Rui, who had long been accustomed to the old man's tendency to breathe loudly when talking, nodded slightly to indicate that he was listening.

As expected, Dong Zhao breathed a sigh of relief and continued, "If we look at the leather system of the scholar family, I secretly believe that this will benefit the country as much as Ren Boda."

Ren Boda is Ren Jun, the brother-in-law of Emperor Wu Cao Cao.

In the early years, Zaozhi suggested setting up farmland to provide military supplies. The person who carried out the military affairs was Ren Jun. In the comments made by Cao Wei after the Han Dynasty on the heroes of Emperor Wu's period, it was said that "the military leader started from Zaozhi and became Jun". explain.

Dong Zhaojin claimed that the new policy of scholar reform was as beneficial to Wei as the early farming system, which was also a very high evaluation.

After all, during the founding period of Wei Wu and Cao Cao, the farming system was one of the greatest achievements.

"I know Mr. Dong's intention."

Cao Rui, whose smile gradually grew brighter, nodded approvingly, and then asked, "It's just that there are many words from the government and the public to belittle Xiahou Zhiquan. Since he is still young and acts recklessly, it is difficult for him to hold a big responsibility, so I advise him to send him to have more experience." Only after hard work can one be promoted to the top. What do you think of Dong Gong?"

"Returning to Your Majesty, "Huainanzi·Tai Clan Training" says that 'the bark is clearer to the ears, and the taste is faster than the mouth', this is true now."

Without thinking, Dong Zhao directly criticized this kind of discussion in the court, and said without hesitation, "Furthermore, the old minister secretly believes that the current imperial family generals Diao Ling and Qiao Peidu are difficult to continue. For the sake of the country, we should not give up eating because of choking." ! With the national strength of our Wei family, even if Hanzhong and Shiting are defeated, we can still surpass Shuwu; however, if Sheji does not have a loyal governor, there may be no need for Shuwu to invade!"

He actually told Cao Rui not to worry too much and to focus on consolidating the country!

Such bold remarks that hinted at admonishing foreign surnames to hold too much military power nowadays made the minister Zuopu Shexu Xu Xuan nearby twitch his eyebrows involuntarily after hearing this.

However, this is also foreseeable.

Dong Zhao has a reputation for speaking out.

For example, he was responsible for the previous flashy case of deposing the sons of important officials in the temple, such as Liu Fang, Sun Zi, Sima Yi, and Wei Zhen, and imprisoning their official careers.

This was also the reason why Cao Rui specially summoned him for questioning.

Therefore, after hearing this, Cao Rui couldn't help but sigh. He felt deeply and said, "Ah! Mr. Dong's words hit the target with one hit, and they won my heart."

Because Dong Zhao's words touched his heart.

I want to ask, Xia Houhui has been an official for so many years, and he has promoted him from a general to a backbone general. Doesn't he still know that he is young, prone to danger, and ambitious?

Even though he knew it, he didn't hesitate to take it seriously, because he was worried that the loss of military power would lead to the instability of the Wei family and the country!
After all, the Cao Wei Dynasty and the Han Dynasty had not been together for many years, and they had not yet destroyed Shu, swallowed up Wu, and transformed into the destiny of destiny and the destiny of the people of "the world is unified and the world is one"!
The Wei State can withstand a defeat, but it dares not accept the loss of military power!

As long as Cao Xiu, Cao Zhen, and Xia Hou are still alive today, Cao Rui will follow the words of the courtiers and put Xia Houhui in a place to train and polish him into a talent.

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He really had no choice.

Although Xia Houhui is young and has shortcomings, he is still better than the sluggish Xia Houru, the mediocre Xia Houmao, the submissive Qin Lang and others. At least Cao Rui can now be certain that with Xia Houhui's character and talents, as long as he holds an official position, he will be able to suppress the military leaders with foreign surnames.

It was precisely because of this certainty that after listening to Dong Zhao's speech, Emperor Cao Rui also made a decision in his mind.

Two days later.

The temple made adjustments to the official positions of some people.

First, Sima Yi, the general stationed in Guanzhong, was transferred to Taiwei. This was the proper right to withdraw troops.

And if nothing unexpected happens, Sima Yi will be recalled to the court soon.

Because the general is higher than the three princes, for example, when Cao Cao of Wei Wu welcomed Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, he appointed himself general and made Yuan Shao the Taiwei, which made Yuan Shao angry and humiliated his subordinates.

Moreover, although the Taiwei is in charge of the world's military affairs, the General is in charge of conquests. The actual authority of the two is not the same.

Secondly, Guanqiu Jian moved to be the governor of Youzhou and the general of Liao Dynasty, envoy Chijie, and the captain of Wuwan. His vacant position as governor of Jingzhou was replaced by Hu Zhi, the governor of Dongguan.

This was a signal that troops were about to be used against Gongsun Yuan of Liaodong.

In particular, Tian Yu's management of merging prefectures has achieved results. He has just announced that the temples have restored Dingxiang, Wuyuan, Yunzhong, Shuofang and other Hetao counties. The emperor will also supervise Qianhong, a thousand Wuhuan Tuqi, and transfer them to You. The state took office.

However, the transfer of these people's official positions did not trigger discussions between the government and the opposition.

What the ministers and officials are really paying attention to is that the emperor Cao Rui has newly established the post of guard general in the central army, with the same rank as the central army leader, and is led by the backbone general Xia Houhui. What's more important is that Emperor Cao Rui clearly stated in the edict that the newly established post of general guard was not subordinate to the central leader!

This caused an uproar among the government and the opposition.

Because according to the Chinese military structure established by Emperor Wu Cao Cao and perfected by Emperor Wen Cao Pi, it was composed of five captains (tunqi, Yueqi, infantry, Changshui, Shesheng), Xiaoqi, guerrilla, Wuwei, Zhongjian and Zhongba. (The rest of the Huben, Yulin and other camps are gradually empty, and only Gongjin is on duty), all of them are subordinate to the central leader.

Among them, there is a special military position of Central Guards, which was originally an auxiliary officer of the Central Leader, assisting the Central Leader in selecting low-level military positions.

Even after Emperor Cao Rui came to the throne, the increasingly powerful Central Guard Army had no actual military power.

Now, Cao Rui has suddenly added a general with the same rank as the Zhongling Army, and it is not yet under the Zhongling Army. Doesn't that mean that the Chinese Army will be split and restructured?
Moreover, the central leadership's authority has been greatly weakened.

In the past few years, when the Central Army in Luoyang rushed to assist the area, Emperor Cao Rui directly bypassed the Central Leader and issued orders to each battalion. This also made the Central Leader's authority unworthy of the name, and only remained in the name of "Governor-General and General".

Of course, if the guarding general is just like the central leader, with a high position but weak power, the officials will not pay attention to him.

It's just a general number.

Previously, Fu Wan, the father of Emperor Xian of the Han Dynasty, had served as a general to assist the country, but he had no real power at all.

Today, the protective general led by Xia Houhui has real military power!
There are four camps under his command, namely Heyi Camp, Xiandeng Camp, Zhenyue Camp, and Huyue Camp.

Among them, the Heyi Battalion is a cavalry unit, headed by General Leliang, who is in charge of fighting against prisoners, and oversees thousands of cavalry.

The first to enter the camp are infantry, all of whom are equipped with armor and weapons. They select warriors from the army and use them to attack fortresses. They are also organized into a thousand men and are led by Xu Yi, who was transferred from General Yamen to General Pi. .

The Zhenyue Camp is an infantry camp based on the previous backbone camp structure.

The mixed formation of bows, crossbows, knives, spears, shields and other types of arms is a very normal expedition headquarters, with a number of four thousand, led by Xiahou Hui, and it is the headquarters of the protective general.

As for Huyue camp, it is empty.

It only has an organizational name, but it has not appointed generals and has no soldiers.
In other words, Emperor Cao Rui may increase Xiahou Hui's troops in the future; it is also possible that when Xiahou Hui goes out on an expedition, other temporarily recruited troops and horses from other foreign armies and county soldiers may be temporarily transferred to the Huyue camp for management and dispatch. .

Furthermore, the 6,000 infantry cavalry attached to the guard generals were all elite and very powerful. They were selected from the Yue cavalry school, the guerrilla battalion, and the infantry cavalry transferred back to Luoyang from Yongliang.

Well, the Emperor still left the Yueqi Department and the guerrilla battalion to lead the army, but he singled out the best of these two troops and transferred them to the supervision of the guard general.

The Buqi who were transferred back to Luoyang from Yongliang had another background.

Previously, the Shu soldiers sent out to Qishan for the first time, causing all the three counties of Longyou to rebel; after the third army sent out to Licheng and captured the two counties of Yinping, the military capital, the Wei temple had "Every time Zhuge Liang entered the pass, the border soldiers could not To control the enemy, the Chinese army rushes forward, but often fails to catch up with the situation." After realizing it later, he also took measures to make up for the situation.

Emperor Cao Rui adopted the suggestion of Duzhi Shangshu Sima Fu.

One is to dispatch five thousand farmers from Jizhou to Longyou Shanggui to farm and accumulate grain for military use.

On the other hand, it is "it is advisable to pre-select 20,000 infantry and cavalry as the second unit to prepare for attacking thieves" to increase the number of troops and garrison them without losing military aircraft.

Most of the 20,000 infantry and cavalry were selected from the Chinese Army, and were composed of garrison troops from various counties in Kinki and Yecheng. They were stationed in Guanzhong all year round and were responsible for war preparation duties in defending Shu soldiers.

All soldiers and generals can be called elites, but their performance is poor.

Most of the "three thousand" in the Battle of Lucheng were contributed by this army.

Now that the pressure in the Yongliang war zone has dropped sharply, Emperor Cao Rui dispersed them, leaving some to garrison Chang'an, and some to be transferred back to Luoyang and Kinki. More than 2,000 of them were selected and included in the headquarters of the guard general.

It can be said that Xia Houhui is now second to none in the Luoyang Central Army, both in terms of official position and actual power.

Xia Houxian, Cao Zhao, Cao Shuang and others can no longer compare with him.

Even Qin Lang, who had led the Luoyang Central Army on expeditions and reinforcements several times, could not compare with him.

After all, Qin Lang's military power is temporary and will be settled as soon as it is done.

The guard general actually leads the camp troops.

However, although the ministers and officials were shocked by Emperor Cao Rui's decision and envied Xia Houhui for being given such great power, no one said anything about it.

First, it's because I'm too sensitive.

Regarding the distribution of military power in the Chinese army, no one wants to make a fuss by making remarks on this matter.

What if it offends Cao Rui and leads to suspicion?

On the other hand, it is the internal affairs of the Xia lords and Cao, what does it have to do with them!

The emperor divided the central army to increase Xiahou Hui's power and weaken Xiahou Xian's power. This was just a transfer of military power from the left to the right. Who would be their turn to comment? (End of chapter)