59. Chapter 59 It’s hard to change

Author: Tea is getting stronger

Chapter 59: Hard to change

Emperor Cao Rui's sigh of "The Grand Sima has attacked Shu" also made Xiahou Hui suddenly realize his negligence.

To be precise, it is his starting point of different angles.

As a minister, he only saw the benefits of reform to the country, but he forgot that every time the temple implements a reform, it involves the interests of multiple parties and many personnel.

There are laws of rewards and punishments in the army.

The scholars followed the battle and the war was won, and the court would also give rewards according to the law.

However, these rewards did not fall into the hands of the lower-level scholars.

In this way, he advised the Shi family to redeem themselves by beheading and obtain land, which means that the court will directly give the previous rewards for military merits to the Shi family, which means that the generals who supervised their superiors were harmed in disguise.

For example, low-level officers such as Sima of the Army and hundreds of generals have always been the core of the army.

Regardless of the temple's advice or the general orders of the war zone governor, they were all issued to them and terminated.

It is inevitable that they will be angry if they are separated from their hands of the soldiers' family. If one is not good, they will even cause a mutiny.

This is the reason why Emperor Cao Rui sighed.

If the Grand Marshal Cao Zhen did not attack Shu, and with his identity and prestige in the army, he proposed to implement the reform of rewards and punishments from the scholars in the temple, other people in charge of the army would support and focus on promoting it, which would force the lower-level generals to accept the general trend.

But now Cao Zhen’s prestige has been greatly damaged due to his failure to attack Shu. How can he have the opportunity to implement such a change?

What qualifications are there to raise objections to the military system if a governor who has used tens of thousands of troops but has no chance to fight head-on?

Are you not worried that the lower class will lead the group to attack, which will cause turmoil in the country?

Moreover, the reform of the scholar family is not right now.

After the Battle of Shiting and the Battle of Ziwu Valley to attack Shu, the three major war zones of Huainan, Jingxiang and Yongliang in the Wei State would not have any further campaigns for the three war zones. When the major fronts were passively defended, the reform of the military system of the sage family was proposed, and those sage families had no chance to behead and earn the merits~

For the scholars, changing their destiny is also slim, and change is just an edict.

Naturally, they will not inspire their enthusiasm to serve the country with all their might and be happy when they hear the war.

In this way, over time, ineffective changes will also make those who have been stripped of their interests find reasons to oppose them, and the clamor has forced the temple to "alive on the old system."

no way.

Now is not the time for peace in the world.

Under the external threats of Shu and Wu, the Wei State's temple was also jealous of weapons and would definitely not do anything that would turmoil the whole country's army.

Xiahou Hui, who figured out the reason, was very silent on the way to the Felt Hall with Emperor Cao Rui.

Although he was a little unwilling to give in, he had to succumb to the facts.

Alas, I have to wait until the time is right and give advice to the emperor again.

I just don’t know if the emperor will still have compassion for the scholars in the future as he is now?

With this idea, Xiahou Hui also glanced at Cao Rui in front of him from time to time.

Emperor Cao Rui, who was sitting in the car, was already closing his eyes to rest. From his deep tired face, he could see that he was almost sleepless last night, but he could not see any emotions.

However, from the subtle expressions of his eyebrows that he frowned from time to time, it can be inferred that he is thinking about himself.

Is it measured by giving up and forcibly implementing it?

If nothing unexpected happens, he should have temporarily put the reform of the Shi family on hold.

He is the King of Successor after all.

Without the decisive killing and decisive emperor Cao Cao, he did not have the prestige of saying nothing.

Xiahou Hui withdrew her gaze and silently speculated in her heart.

In fact, his premonition was not wrong.

Emperor Cao Rui's mind was no longer on the scholar's family.

No matter how many suggestions or good advices that are beneficial to the country are, they are nonsense when they cannot be implemented. Continuing to worry only increases your worries.

He is the emperor, and he has no time to stay in one thing.

For example, what he is thinking about now is what strategy should he adopt when the Wei and Shu and Wu fight against each other before he could not inspire the Shi family to fight hard.

It is mainly the tactics of the Yongliang front.

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

Due to the disastrous defeat in the Battle of Shiting, the only way to adopt a passive defense tactic against Jiangdong.

On the Yongliang front, although Cao Zhen failed to attack Shu, the troops and horses of various units were not lost much, and the losses of food, fodder, baggage, etc. were within a range that could be afforded.

Therefore, Cao Rui thought carefully this time, Xiahou Hui's advice yesterday.

In the wars between Wei and Shu in the future, will the Wei State give up the pride that both national strength and people are far superior to Shu State, and implement the tactic of strengthening the walls and clearing the fields and defending the country in order to achieve the strategy of "Shu is exhausted"?

Or is it possible to reward the three armies to actively prepare for war and find the opportunity to decide the outcome with them when Shu Kingdom launches troops again?

Such decisions that interfere with the destiny of the country cannot be easily made.

After returning to the Felt Hall, Cao Rui had no conclusion.

Just let go of your thoughts first.

I plan to go back to Luoyang, Kyoto, and privately look for Cao Zhen, Liu Ye, Jiang Ji and others before discussing.

So after entering the felt hall to sit down, he brought the topic to Xiahou Hui.

He asked with a smile, "When Zhiquan was in Shouchun, Huainan, he led twenty cavalry into the territory of Wu, killed more than a hundred levels and burned the Fuling guards, but was punished by the General of the East to serve as a small soldier in the city gate for one month. Do you feel resentful?"

Alas, sure enough.

His mind is no longer on the scholar's family

Hearing this, although he had already expected it, Xiahou Hui 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 is a perfect favor from a cruel official!

In the past, Cao Hong's disciples broke the law. Cao Hong specially invited Emperor Wu Cao Cao to come forward and could not save his life. How dare he be resentful?

"Go back to Your Majesty, Hui Wuyou."

After thinking a little, Xiahou Hui responded respectfully, "Hui did not respect the general's orders, was greedy for merit and made a rash progress. The General of the Conquest East did not take Hui down the military law. It was already a matter of opening the net. How dare Hui ask for more evil again?"

After saying that, he paused and added another apology, "Hui was reckless in his actions and was worthy of his majesty. He deserved to die."

Did Changshi Li inform you of my private advice?

Immediately, Emperor Cao Rui raised his eyebrows.

But he didn't care too much, nodded and smiled, "If Ziquan can reflect on his heart, it will be worthy of my expectations. Well, General Zhengdong enforced the law strictly and it is inevitable that he would not record the merits of Ziquan. However, Ziquan went to Huainan for a few days and then had the trouble of defeating the thief Wu, and did not let down the reputation of Qiao Pei Yuanxun's sons, which made me feel no comfort! I am not reluctant to reward you. Let Ziquan talk about what evil things do you want me to reward?"

Uh ~

There is also an unexpected joy!

Suddenly, Xiahou Hui's eyes were burning.

After a quick remark, he said this, "Your Majesty, Hui has made up his merits and demerits in Huainan. He did not dare to ask for rewards, but he did not dare to dissuade His Majesty from his rejoice. Therefore, Hui dared to ask Your Majesty to reward him with some money and property."

It also made Emperor Cao Rui's smile froze.

He was a little confused about why Xiahou Hui was so passionate about money.

Previously, when he was hunting in Beim Mountain in Luoyang, Xiahou Hui asked to take his mount out of the palace for a salary of only 600 s. But now, he had obviously urged Xiahou Heng to transfer dozens of hectares of land at the west end of the Yangqu to Xiahou Hui, but he still asked for money and property.

Could it be that this son and the later general Cao Hong are particularly fond of making money?!

However, there was a report from the school that when he was appointed as the Minister of Sanqi, he did not accept any money from others.

But Cao Rui was still very pleased if he was confused.

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

"Can."

After Cao Rui nodded slightly, he also joked casually, "Zhiquan had previously said that he had the ambition to be a rich man, but now it seems that he is indeed a good person! Hahaha~"

“Haha~”

After laughing a few times, Xiahou Hui replied slowly, "Thank you Your Majesty. In fact, you are well-behaved with your family's wealth. But after working in Huainan, I felt that buying a horse spear would make more contributions on the battlefield."

"Shi Ming·Shi Bing" says: The spear is eight-shot and is called "sling" (spin), and it is held immediately.

A horse spear is a powerful weapon for cavalry fighting, and it is not easy to make a fortune.

If the armor-breaking edge of the horse lance is about three feet, it is definitely not something that ordinary craftsmen and iron can forge. It is just that the material selection of the lance rod is rigorous and takes three years to make and the success rate is extremely low. It is not that ordinary people can afford it.

Xiahou Yuan left one shot before.

But Xiahouba, who also liked martial arts, was the first to take the lead in the army.
To be continued...