Wei Ni

Chapter 79 Primary and Secondary
In order for you to accumulate meritorious service and be transferred to Anfeng prefect, Emperor Cao Rui told me to be diligent?
What is the reason for this! ?
It's just giving enough money to support ten subordinates, do I have to pay such a big price?You must know that I was transferred from Yamen General to Partial General, and it took me two lives in exchange for it!

For a moment, Xia Houhui thought that she had heard wrong.

He stared fixedly at Cao Zuan, quietly waiting for him to explain the reason.

But Cao Zuan didn't realize it at all.

He just stared at the drink he spewed out, and shouted with pain all over his face, "Ah, if you are not used to drinking it, don't waste it! This is the tribute wine from the Western Regions bestowed by His Majesty, no matter how much money you have, you can't buy it! "

After saying that, he reached out and tried to retrieve the wine bag.

But he failed to do so.

Xia Houhui immediately grabbed his hand, stared into his eyes, and asked almost word for word, "Desi just said, two years, you, Anfeng prefect?!"

"Ok?"

Cao Zui looked at Xia Houhui a little strangely, then nodded his head firmly and replied, "Yes, that's what His Majesty ordered."

Immediately, as if thinking of something, he asked a little angrily, "What? Could it be that Zhiquan thought that I was unworthy of serving two thousand shi? Zhiquan must have forgotten that I am older than you, and I have both title and official position. higher than you!"

Well, Cao Zuan will be [-] years old in a few years.

And in the period of Emperor Wendi, Cao Pi divided his father Cao Xiushi into [-] households and named them Liehou.

The official position now being released is General Wu Wu, who belongs to the fifth-rank miscellaneous general. Although it is the same rank as Xia Houhui's current partial general, there is still a difference in order between having a rank and not having a rank.

You bastard!

Is this something you can't bear to work for?

Does it matter which one of you or me is older, or which title or official position you have?
The most important thing is, the emperor wants you to be promoted through meritorious service, so why should I be diligent! ?

I never owed you any kindness~
huh~~
Take a deep breath.

Xia Houhui, who felt that the money bestowed by the emperor was not pleasing at all, tried her best to soothe her dissatisfaction.

Let go of Cao Zuan's hand, raised the wine bag and took a sip slowly, but felt that the sweet and sour grape wine was not good at all, so he returned the wine bag to Cao Zuan, and walked slowly into the military tent, "Desi, Let’s talk about it in detail.”

"it is good."

Cao Zuan, who took the wine bag, responded.

After walking a few steps, he turned his head and shouted to the subordinates who were not far away, "Zisong, you take all the young men into the city to find a wine shop for dinner. Zhiquan sent one person into the city, and he didn't bring much back. Wine and meat. Well, it’s getting dusk and the place is rough, so you’ll stay in the city and buy some daily necessities the next day.”

The man named Zisong, dressed as a scholar, should be in his thirties.

After hearing the words, he bowed his hands and gave a very casual answer, "Okay, don't worry Desi, I'll wait as I please."

After saying that, he turned around and got on his horse to greet the other followers.

And Xia Houhui, who had heard their conversation clearly, also paused slightly.

That scholar can directly call Cao Zuan Biaozi, which means that he is not Cao Zuan's retinue or a son of the family, but a friend of his peers.

However, he didn't think about anything else.

Because of Cao Zhuan's sentence "sent one person to the city when he was young", he suddenly felt that it is better to be more sophisticated in life, and it is really hard to make people like it if he is too straightforward.

Cao Zui was unaware of this.

He opened the curtain and came in. After looking around, he sighed with emotion, "Zhiquan's place is really not as good as the place where my housekeeper lives~"

Yes, the furnishings in the military tent are very simple.

A bamboo couch, a table, utensils on both sides, a few reed seats thrown on the ground, and the rest are oil lamps, pens and ink, bamboo slips and other sundries.The only thing that reminds people of Xiahou Hui is the general's, that is, the horse lance and the longbow that looks rather weird given by the emperor Cao Rui.

"Desi, sit down."

He casually picked up the water bag on the case table and drank slowly. Xiahou Hui was sitting on the reed seat, stretching out his hand to make a fuss.

At this moment, he has calmed down.

And thought of more.

He knew Cao Zuan's talent too well.

If you let him act as a general who charges forward and is invincible, he will make the best use of it.

But the simple mind is embarrassing for the post of governor.

Even if he is asked to guard one side, it is impossible for him to be competent.

Because either he was negligent in his work and made the people of Li and common people complain; or he lost his power and was emptied out by the collusion between the subordinate officials and the aristocratic family.

Unless, the emperor also specially equipped him with a long history assistant who knew the world and the people's livelihood.

Furthermore, since the emperor Cao Rui treated him differently, how could he make a wedding dress for Cao Zuan?Taking a step back, even if the Son of Heaven really wanted him to be willing to help Luye to help the clan's children to rise up, he would not send Cao Zuan to Huainan!
Wouldn't it be better to let Cao Zhao come here to accumulate prestige and wait to supervise the battle in Huainan in the future? !
Therefore, the emperor intends to allow Cao Zuan to be transferred to Anfeng prefect two years later, and he must have made other arrangements for him long ago.

Just what is this arrangement?

Xia Houhui couldn't understand it.

After all, he has only been in Huainan for a year, and the new army has just begun to form~
With low qualifications, unremarkable achievements and young age, even if the emperor intends to promote him, what important position can he be put in?

"Desi, does Your Majesty ask you to pass on anything to me?"

Seeing Cao Zuan taking his seat, Xia Houhui bowed his hands to the north and asked far away.

He planned to ask Cao Zuan carefully to see if he could deduce the emperor Cao Rui's mind from the details.

"Gone."

Cao Zui shook his head, spread his hands and said, "Yushan has half and half followers, and helped me accumulate meritorious service to become the prefect of Anfeng. Your Majesty mentioned these two things."

Gone?

Hearing this, Xiahou Huiyou put his hand on the short beard of his chin and rubbed it.

Immediately, with a twitch in his heart, he asked again, "Then what did His Majesty tell you?"

"Oh, Your Majesty has asked me so many things~"

Mentioning this, Cao Zuan, who has always been carefree, immediately sighed and began to pour bitterness on Xia Houhui.

"Your Majesty told me, don't be dissatisfied and refuse to obey your orders because of your title or age."

"Actually, what does this tell me?"

"I'm the most impatient with copywriting and trivial matters. I can't be happy if I have childish power to deal with it. Why do you say that you are dissatisfied?"

"Secondly, Your Majesty asked me not to rely on my clan status to be inferior, and let me carefully observe how Zhiquan gets along with soldiers, and try to emulate it as much as possible."

"There is no need to tell me about this!"

"Although I don't like to sit and chat with the public ministers, and I especially hate the cumbersome etiquette, but I have never neglected the people of the White House~"

"Your Majesty claimed that there is a shortage of crude expenses in the army, so let me not be greedy for pleasure and act recklessly without disregarding military laws. How could I not know that you must not violate military laws? You know it. I was born when I was [-] years old. You have experienced in the army! And if you don’t suffer from the crudeness in the army, how can I not be content with it?”

"Also, Your Majesty told me to familiarize myself with the new army as soon as possible. I must keep in mind all the actions taken by Zhiquan to form the new army. When I become the prefect of Anfeng in the future, I can also train the new army independently."

uh~
Understood!
Hearing this, Xia Houhui finally came to a realization.

It turned out that the emperor Cao Rui planned to let Cao Zuan stay in Huainan in the future, as the executor of the reform of the scholars and the recruitment of soldiers from the civilian villages.

It has to be said that this arrangement is very appropriate.

For one thing, Cao Zui's human nature is pure at best, and deadly at worst.

Let him be the successor, and Xiao Guicao will surely carry on meticulously all the measures implemented by Xia Houhui.

The other is the legacy of his father's generation.

In view of the late Cao Xiu's affection, the generals and civil servants on the Huainan front were both sympathetic and would not do anything to impeach him in the Shangshu Temple, that is, to allow his continued reforms to be carried out without resistance .

Your Majesty's skill in balancing is perfect!

Thinking of Xia Houhui here, he couldn't help admiring the emperor Cao Rui in his heart.

However, when Cao Zhuan can change Xiao Gui Cao, will the Emperor Cao Rui transfer me away from the Huainan front that day?

Is it going to serve in the Luoyang Chinese Army?
Or transfer to the Jingxiang or Yongliang theaters, or even the two prefectures?
Well, it should be Jing Xiang who is most likely~
After all, Xia Houru, who is now the governor of the Jingxiang war zone, is his elder brother who has not yet released the fifth uniform.

"Childhood?"

"Childhood?!"

Xia Houhui, who was drooping his eyes and beard and meditating to himself, was startled awake by the sudden appearance of a big, shaking hand that suddenly appeared in front of him.

Looking up, he saw that Cao Zuan had moved over at some point and was staring at him with a strange expression on his face, and when he came back to his senses, he couldn't help asking, "Zhiquan is in a daze?" , I don’t know why I think evil?”

"Without him."

Pushing away Cao Zuan's hand, Xia Houhui prevaricated with a smile, "I suddenly remembered what I was on duty in Luoyang before, so I was stunned for a while. Well, I am no longer in a trance, and Desi will continue to talk."

"What else? I've finished."

Muttering slightly dissatisfied, Cao Zuan got up and walked out, "Let's go, Zhiquan, your subordinate has already returned."

"it is good."

Xia Houhui responded, got up, stretched his legs and feet after sitting for a long time, and walked out of the military tent slowly.

At this time the night has come.

As the setting sun moved towards the west, the red clouds all over the sky also faded away, replaced by bonfires lit by scholars and farmers on both sides of the Huai River in their respective villages.

Gou Quan, who came back from Shouchun City to cut meat and buy wine, had already brought Zhang Li and other followers to cook the rice and minced meat, filling the empty grass in front of the military tent with a faint fragrance.

As for the carts that were originally left here, they had already been pushed to the mansion for temporary storage.

"General, do you use evening food now?"

Seeing Xia Houhui coming out, his subordinate Gou Quan came over and asked for instructions softly.

Among the many retinues, Gou Quan's martial arts skills are not the highest, nor is he the oldest, but he is proficient in writing and ink, has a courteous temperament, and is quite thoughtful, so he was selected by Xia Houhui as the head of the retinue.

In the future, if Xia Houhui's trilogy camp is assembled, he will also be the governor of the trilogy.

"Well, it's time to work."

Xia Houhui nodded with a smile.

Inviting Cao Zuan to take a pottery bowl to hold the wheat rice, scoop up minced meat, bean soup and pickles, and let Gou Quan and other followers share all the food.

Cao Zui had never eaten like this before.

It's not that he dislikes barbarian farmers' food like wheat rice and bean soup, but he has never tried to sit on the bed with a big pottery bowl, holding chopsticks and pawing indecently.

Sure enough, the army is rough and crude~
Feeling so emotional in his heart, he ate one bite at a time, eating very slowly.

The grains of wheat that are ground on the skin are too hard to swallow.

And Xia Houhui ate very quickly.

After three times, five times and two times, he finished a large bowl of barley rice, got up and went to the well to get water to rinse his mouth.

Cao Zuan also saw it, and immediately got up and looked around with the evening food that he hadn't eaten a few mouthfuls, planning to find a corner to dump it.

Yes, he who has long been used to the glutinous rice doesn't want to eat it.

But soon, he sat on the bed again.

"It's better for Desi to finish eating."

Xia Houhui said this, without any jokes in his eyes, "The army is simple and simple, with two meals a day, and there is no meat for several months. If you want to achieve what your majesty expects and become the prefect of Anfeng, you should get used to the meals of soldiers as soon as possible. .”

After hearing this, Cao Zuan was slightly taken aback.

Immediately, he packed all the wheat and rice into his stomach in the way of trying to swallow dates whole.

After drinking water to clear his mouth, he came to Xia Houhui's side and asked softly, "Is it safe to transfer me to Anfeng prefect within two years?"

"Talk while you walk."

Stretching forward, Xia Houhui took him for a walk to digest food, "Your Majesty has ordered me to do my best. As for whether I can do it, it depends on Desi, not me."

"It's up to me?"

Cao Zui murmured, and then said after pondering for a while, "What Zhiquan refers to is today's Zhiquan and soldiers working together? It's easy! When the old generals stationed in Chenliu, they were still proud of themselves. The soldiers persuaded me to plant rice. Although I can't bear it, I can follow suit."

"Hehe~"

Xia Houhui laughed lightly, nodded and praised, "Desi has a pure temperament, and if he doesn't bully the people in the white house, he can share the joys and sorrows with the soldiers. However, making the soldiers return to their hearts is just one of them. Desi can If not, there are still three points.”

After all, he didn't wait for Cao Zhuan to ask questions, so he continued, "The first one is whether the soldiers can fight. Presumably Desi should also know that the scholars and the farmer have no armor, weak physique, and are not suitable for the elite. So, it is really difficult for you and me to lead weak soldiers and seek military exploits in front of the battle!"

uh~
Cao Zui was speechless.

He has never thought about this issue, and it is not something he can change!

However, he reacted quickly.

Just now Xia Houhui claimed that everything "depends on him", which means that he has already had the idea of ​​​​changing, but he just needs his cooperation.

Therefore, he also had a look of sullenness on his face, and urged, "There is no one else here, so be straightforward! Don't be like a temple official who hides his words and deeds, you are not like a man!"

You bastard!

Is it so straightforward to ask for help?
Involuntarily, Xia Houhui glanced at him angrily, and stopped making insinuations. He directly stated his idea of ​​supplying meat to the soldiers, and then suggested, "I originally planned to embezzle the funds for purchasing chickens, ducks and pigs for the time being." But the emperor rewarded me with money, I will take some of it, and Desi will share some of it. In this way, you and I will not be impeached by others in the future."

"It's just wealth, I thought it was something difficult!"

After Cao Zui listened, he waved his big hand and said loudly, "I have quite a lot of money, no matter how much I invest, I can double it."

Are you rich?
Um, ok, I remembered.

Hearing this, the smile on Xia Houhui's face suddenly became very bright, "Secondly, I ask Desi to obey my dispatch. I don't mean when I urge the soldiers to perform martial arts, but when they are in battle, if there is no order from me, even The leader of the bandit general can get Desi at his fingertips, but he can't be killed, can Desi do it?"

This question can be regarded as determining the dominance of the new army.

According to the practice in the military, the deputy has the right to comment on the dispatch of the general, and even refuse to carry out the order of the general under unreasonable circumstances.

Moreover, Cao Zuan is a son of the clan, even if he violated the general's order, Xia Houhui would not be able to use his marching law.

Furthermore, it is Xia Houhui who saves others by himself.

Worried that he would be imitated by Cao Zhuan for his unauthorized actions after relying on Yuan Xun.

So Xia Houhui said the ugly words first, hoping to avoid possible disputes and disharmony in the future.

In order to achieve his goal, he even prepared a draft.

For example, if Cao Zui is unwilling, he will put forward some conditions so that the two parties can reach a compromise.

"can."

However, what is surprising is that Cao Zui immediately agreed.

It was so straightforward that Xia Houhui wondered if he hadn't made it clear.

Even if you don't have the heart of utilitarianism, but under the order of the emperor, you should still strive for merit~
Xia Houhui thought for a while, then asked again, "Can Desi hear what I said? Or do you think fame is like dung?"

"No!"

Shaking his head, Cao Zhuan also smiled brightly, "When Zhiquan heard about His Majesty's killing of the sons and grandsons of Bu, I happened to be at the side of the car, and I heard His Majesty's words 'Zhiquan seeks merit without hesitating his life'. In this way, when I go to battle in the future, I will kill the general and capture the flag first, how can the childish power prevent me from killing!"

This.
Co-author, you are confident~
Xia Houhui was dumbfounded.

In an instant, he lost the mood to continue talking, and turned around and walked back quickly.

Seeing this, Cao Zuan, who was still complacent, quickened his pace to keep up, and asked loudly, "Zhiquan, what about the third? You haven't said the third yet!"

(End of this chapter)