Wei Ni

Chapter 59 Difficult to Change
Emperor Cao Rui's sigh of "Da Sima has conquered Shu" also made Xia Houhui suddenly realize his negligence.

To be precise, it is his starting angle that is different.

As a subject, he only saw the benefits of the reform to the country, but he forgot that every time the temple implements a reform, it needs to involve many interests and personnel.

Rewards and punishments in the military have their own laws.

The scholar's family follows the expedition, and if the war is won, the imperial court will also give rewards according to the law.

It's just that these rewards did not fall into the hands of the low-level scholars.

In this way, he advised that the Shi family can redeem their lives and obtain farmland by virtue of beheading, which means that the imperial court will directly give the previous rewards for military exploits to the Shi family, that is, in disguise, the interests of the governors and their generals will be damaged. .

Low-ranking officers such as Army Sima and Hundred Generals have always been the core of the ranks.

Regardless of the instructions of the temple or the orders of the commander of the war zone, they are all terminated when they reach their level.

It is inevitable for them to be resentful if the interests of the scholar family are stripped from their hands. If one is not good, there will even be a mobilization of mutiny.

This is why the emperor Cao Rui sighed.

If the Great Sima Cao really did not attack Shu, with his status and prestige in the army, he proposed to implement the reform of rewards and punishments for scholars above the temple. Forced to accept the general trend.

But now that Cao Zhen's prestige has been greatly damaged due to his failure to conquer Shu, how can he still have the opportunity to implement this kind of change?
What qualifications does a governor who has mobilized tens of thousands of troops but has no chance to fight head on have any right to raise objections to the military system!

Don't you worry that the bottom will lead a group of attacks, which will cause turmoil in the country?

Moreover, the reform of the Shijia is now out of date.

After the Battle of Shiting and the Battle of Ziwu Valley against Shu, there will be no more conquests in Huainan, Jingxiang, and Yongliang in a short period of time.When the major fronts are passively defending, if you propose the reform of the military system of the scholars, those scholars will not have the opportunity to behead their heads and record their merits~
For scholars, it is also very unlikely to change their destiny, and the change is just a piece of paper.

Naturally, it will not inspire their enthusiasm to serve the country with all their strength and rejoice when they hear the war.

In this way, as time goes by, ineffective reforms will also cause those generals who have been stripped of their interests to find reasons to oppose them, and they will clamor so that the temples have to "continue to use the old system."

no way.

Now is not the time for peace in the world.

Under the external threats of the Shu and Wu countries, the temples of the State of Wei are also wary of rats, and they will definitely not do anything that will disturb the hearts of the whole country.

Xia Houhui, who had figured out the reason, was very silent on the way back to the felt hall with the emperor Cao Rui.

Although he was a little reconciled, he had to succumb to the facts.

Alas, I have to wait until the time is right in the future to remonstrate with the emperor again.

I just don't know, will the emperor still have compassion for the scholar family in the future as he does now?
With such thoughts in mind, Xia Houhui also secretly glanced away at Cao Rui who was in front of him from time to time.

The emperor Cao Rui, who was sitting in the car, was already closing his eyes and resting his mind. From his deeply tired face, it could be seen that he had hardly any sleep last night, but he could not see any emotion.

However, from the slight expression of frowning from time to time, it can be inferred that he is thinking for himself.

Is it weighed between abandonment and imposition?

If there is no accident, he should have temporarily shelved the reform of the Shi family.

After all, he is the king of succession.

He didn't have the decisiveness of Emperor Wu Cao Cao, let alone the prestige of making a promise.

Xia Houhui looked away, silently speculating in her heart.

In fact, his premonition was not wrong.

The emperor Cao Rui's thoughts are no longer on the scholars.

No matter how beneficial the advice or good policy is to the society, it is nonsense if it cannot be implemented, and continuing to entangle will only increase troubles.

He is the Son of Heaven, with the whole country in his heart, and he doesn't have so much time to stay on one thing.

For example, what he is thinking about now is what strategy should be adopted when the Wei State and the Shu and Wu countries are fighting before they can no longer motivate the scholars to fight to the death.

It is mainly the tactics of the Yongliang front.

After all, Jingxiang and Huainan had nothing to think about.

Due to the disastrous defeat in the Battle of Shiting, Jiangdong had to adopt passive defensive tactics.

On the Yongliang front, although Cao Zhen failed to attack Shu, the losses of troops and horses of each department were not much, and the loss of food, fodder and luggage was also within the acceptable range.

Therefore, Cao Rui thought carefully about Xia Houhui's remonstrance yesterday.

In the future wars between Wei and Shu, will the State of Wei let go of its pride that its national power and population are far superior to that of the State of Shu, and implement the tactics of fortifying the walls and clearing the country, focusing on defense, in order to achieve a strategy of "Shu's self-weariness"?

Or is it to reward the three armies to actively prepare for the war, and when the Shu Kingdom invades again, they will find an opportunity to compete with each other?
This kind of decision-making that interferes with the national destiny cannot be made lightly.

It has been back to the felt hall, and Cao Rui has no conclusion.

Simply, let go of your thoughts first.

He planned to return to Luoyang, the capital, and consult with Cao Zhen, Liu Ye, Jiang Ji and others in private before discussing it.

So after entering the felt hall and sitting down, he brought the topic to Xia Houhui.

But he asked with a smile, "When Zhiquan was in Shouchun in Huainan, he led [-] cavalry into the territory of the thief Wu, cut down more than a hundred ranks and returned, and burned down the guard point of Fuling, but was punished by General Zhengdong to serve as the city gate. Little pawn January, do you have resentment in your heart?"

Alas, sure enough.

His mind is no longer on Shijia.
Hearing this, although Xia Houhui had already expected it in his heart, Xia Houhui still sighed quietly.

After letting go of this thought, I couldn't help but feel that Cao Rui's question was a little funny.

That's a man from a cruel official background!

In the past, Cao Hong's family members broke the law, and Cao Hong even asked Emperor Wu Cao Cao to come forward, but he couldn't save his life. How could he dare to have resentment?

"Return to Your Majesty, Hui Wuyou."

Thinking for a while, Xia Houhui responded respectfully, "Hui doesn't respect the general's order, and advances greedily for merit. General Zhengdong doesn't take Hui under the marching method. It's already an exception. How dare Hui seek more evil?"

After he finished speaking, he paused, and then added another sentence of apology, "Hui acted recklessly, and he owes His Majesty the utmost respect. He deserves death."

Did Li Changshi tell you my private order?
Immediately, Emperor Cao Rui raised his eyebrows.

But he didn't care too much, nodded and said with a smile, "Zhiquan has a heart of introspection, which is what I expected. Well, General Zhengdong enforces the law strictly, and it is inevitable not to record Zhiquan's credit. However, Zhiquan went to Huainan In a few days, there will be an incident of defeating the thief Wu, living up to the prestige of Qiao Pei Yuanxun's children, which is very comforting! I also don't hesitate to reward, so childish, let me tell you, what do you want me to reward?"

uh~
There is also a surprise!
Suddenly, Xia Houhui's eyes burned.

After thanking you in a hurry, and after thinking about it for a while, he said this, "Your Majesty, Hui's merits and demerits in Huainan are balanced. I dare not ask for rewards, but I also dare not frustrate Your Majesty. Therefore, Hui boldly asks Your Majesty to reward him with some property."

It also made the emperor Cao Rui's smile froze.

He couldn't understand why Xia Houhui was so keen on money.

Previously hunting in Beiman Mountain in Luoyang was a pleasure, when Xia Houhui expressed his intention of rewarding him, he begged to take his mount out of the palace for a mere salary of six hundred shi.But now, even though he had urged Xia Houheng to allocate dozens of hectares of land at the west end of Yangqu to Xia Houhui, he still begged for property.

Could it be that this son, like the later general Cao Hong, likes to make money? !

However, he was gifted in the school before, when he served as the servant of Sanqi, he was not entrusted with money by others~
But if the answer is still the answer, Cao Rui is still very relieved.

As a monarch, what he fears the most is that his courtiers are greedy for power. As for those who like money and still abide by their duties and do not use power to enrich their own pockets, he is very pleased.

"can."

After Cao Rui nodded lightly in response, he joked casually, "Zhiquan once said that he had the ambition to become a rich man, but now it seems true! Hahaha~"

"Hehe~"

After laughing a few times, Xia Houhui replied slowly, "Thank you, Your Majesty. His substantial salary and family resources are sufficient for his own use, but after working in Huainan, he felt that it would be more convenient for him to make meritorious deeds on the battlefield."

"Shi Ming·Shi Bing" has a cloud: the spear is eight feet long and is called a lance (槊), and it is held immediately.

A horse is a sharp weapon in riding and fighting, and it is not easy to earn a thousand dollars.

Leaving aside the three-foot armor-piercing edge of the horse lance, it is definitely not forged by ordinary craftsmen and iron. It is just that the selection of materials for the lance is rigorous, it takes three years to make it, and the success rate is extremely low. In this case, it is not normal to be able to afford it.

Previously, Xia Houyuan left a shot.

However, Xia Houba, who was also fond of martial arts and served in the army early, got ahead of him.

Xia Houhui wanted it, so he had to raise money to buy it.

"Horse"

Hearing this, the emperor Cao Rui was stunned, and he did not hesitate to praise him, "It is very commendable that Zhiquan has the heart to make meritorious deeds!"

After saying that, he turned his head slightly and thought about it, as if he was remembering something.

After a while, he smiled wryly, opened his mouth to say something, but out of the corner of his eye, he saw a servant bowing his head and walking into the felt hall, and asked the servant.

"What's the matter?"

"Report to Your Majesty."

The eunuch hurriedly stopped, bowed his head and said, "Xiaoshi Zhang and others have returned and are waiting outside to be summoned."

"Um"

In response softly, Emperor Cao Rui withdrew his smile, turned his head to Xia Houhui and said, "Children, scholars can use their merits to redeem themselves. I have my own opinion. Don't talk about it with others. Well, there is no one here." If there is a problem, Zhiquan should go back to Huainan immediately."

Uh?
Go back to Huainan immediately?

I have traveled hundreds of miles all the way, and arrived in Xuchang yesterday, and today I have not arrived at noon, so you sent me back?
Could it be that something major has happened to these school affairs supervisors and let me avoid it?

Also, what about the promised financial reward? !
Xia Houhui was a little stunned.

It took a while to react, and hurriedly bowed to leave.

"only."

(End of this chapter)