Seeing that no one responded, Cao Rui knew that the ministers were also stumped by this question, and felt a little relieved, so he asked again: "How should we reply to the memorials of Grand Sima and Jia Qing's family?"

Hearing the emperor's tone of impatientness, Zhong Yao, the head of the ministers, no longer ignored it, and bowed and replied, "Your Majesty, the old minister thought that if Jia Kui had not made a quick decision in this attack on Wu, and turned to Wancheng, and responded in time, then our army on the east side would be in danger of being destroyed.

Not only did Governor Jia not only did not make any mistakes, but should remember the first merit. Therefore, the meaning of the Grand Sima in the form of the title is a bit too harsh in the meritorious officials."

"Yes." Cao Rui nodded slightly.

Zhong Yao was afraid that the emperor would blame Cao Xiu, so he hurriedly said, "But the reason why this battle failed was not the responsibility of the Grand Sima. It was because Sun Quan and other traitors were too despicable and shameless, which made the Grand Sima fall into the Wu people's treacherous plan. The Grand Sima's original intention of eliminating traitors for the country was also good, but it was inevitable that he would be a little unscrupulous."

Zhong Yao's words first affirmed Jia Kui's contribution, and then excused Cao Xiu for most of his faults. In the end, he only convicted Cao Xiu of the crime of misunderstanding. He handled it so well and lived up to his reputation of being mature and steadfast.

Cao Rui felt quite satisfied with his feelings when he heard this, and his face, which had been tense, suddenly softened a little, nodding and said, "What the Grand Tutor said is very reasonable."

Seeing that the emperor affirmed Zhong Yao's statement, others also expressed their opinions. Hua Xin replied: "Your Majesty, although the Grand Sima was guilty of being in a misunderstanding in this battle, the Grand Sima had made many achievements in the past and made great contributions to the country. The country should not punish the meritorious officials because of a temporary defeat.

Therefore, I think Your Majesty can punish the Grand Sima slightly. In this way, it can not only show the rewards and punishments, but also show the great grace of the emperor. The soldiers of the three armies will definitely be convinced, and the Grand Sima will also cry out for your Majesty.”

Cao Xiu nodded uncontrollably. Hua Xin's words were about to reach his heart. He had only been two years since he ascended the throne and the throne was not very stable. Especially this year, he suffered two major defeats, which eliminated a lot of prestige that he had finally accumulated last year because of defeating Wu to suppress the rebellion.

At this time of crisis, he needed the strong support of Cao Xiu and other royal generals, so he had to show kindness to Cao Xiu as much as possible.

"Your Majesty, although this attack on Wu failed, our army's losses were not too much. Although the Eastern Army's military supplies and equipment were almost completely lost, the soldiers only lost more than 10,000 people. This amount of consumption can be fully afforded by our Great Wei.

Moreover, the Grand Sima has always won more than loser against the Wu people on the Eastern Front, and this time it is just a small loss, so there is no need to worry too much." Chen Qun also echoed.

Cao Rui felt that this was the reason. This time the loss was much smaller than the failure on the Western Front in the first half of the year. It was nothing more than a loss of tens of thousands of soldiers and a batch of military capital. As long as there was no loss of land, the loss could be fully afforded.

"Well, your words are very consistent with my wishes. Eastern Wu has always been a defeated general under my Great Wei. Sun Quan won a lucky game this time, which is not a big deal. Let the people of Wu be mad for a while, and then we will decide with them in the future." Cao Rui's mood immediately improved a lot, and his calm confidence was restored.

When Zhong Yao and others saw that he regained their fighting spirit, they were all happy and bowed in unison: "Your Majesty is wise!"

Just as the atmosphere in the hall became softer, a small yellow gate lowered his head and held a volume of memorials in his hands and walked into the hall: "Your Majesty, the Grand Sima has memorials delivered."

"Oh? Come on." Cao Rui was surprised to hear Cao Xiu's memorial again within a day.

He took the book from the Yellow Gate Order and read it quickly. After a moment, he said to the ministers: "All the ministers, the Grand Sima once again wrote a letter to apologize for his crimes and asked to be dismissed from office. Do you think I should agree?"

It turned out that although Cao Xiu was blamed for his resentment from Jia Kui, he always had the responsibility and shame of a general. He felt that he had lost Cao Rui's trust and caused the Wei State to lose its troops, so he added another apology.

Just now, everyone tried their best to relieve Cao Xiu of his crimes. They finally found several reasons so that Cao Rui could have a basis to protect him. At this moment, of course, they would not waste all their efforts and agreed to Cao Xiu's request to be dismissed from office.

Therefore, Sun Zi reported: "Your Majesty, the Grand Sima has made outstanding achievements and is a general of the country. How can he be dismissed because of a temporary defeat? I think the Grand Sima's request should be rejected."

"The Grand Marshal asked for dismissal from office, which is indeed the elegy of ancient wise ministers, which shows that he is open and honest and dedicated to the country. Your Majesty not only wants to reject his request, but also issue an edict to comfort him. This is what the wise ruler does." Liu Fang was not willing to be outdone and agreed.

"I'm going to discuss it."

"I'm going to discuss it."

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Zhong Yao and others also stood up to oppose it one by one. Their move was not only because they obeyed Cao Rui's wishes, but also because Cao Xiu was indeed a rare general, and the eastern front of Wei State was still inseparable from this person's guarding.

Cao Rui naturally did not want to remove Cao Xiu, the Grand Marshal. He immediately sent Yang Ji, a cavalry captain, to Yangzhou to express his edict to comfort him. In this way, the division of responsibilities for Cao Wei's failure to attack Wu this time came to an end.

Cao Rui asked with a worried look: "My dear masters, if this southern expedition fails, the two thieves in Western Shu and Eastern Wu will definitely become more rampant, especially if the Wu army will take the opportunity to go north and invade the border, how should our Great Wei deal with it?"

"Your Majesty, although the Wu bandits defeated our eastern army in Wancheng, our army's roots and bones were not damaged and their strength was still there. There are still more than 200,000 troops stationed in the front line of Yangzhou, Jingzhou. Even if the Wu people want to take the victory to go north, our army is enough to resist.

What's more, with my years of experience with Wu, I expected that Sun Quan would be proud of himself after winning. He had long been aspiring to be usurped, and he would not be willing to remain under the son of the Shu Lord Liu Chan. He would definitely use this battle to make a big fuss to prepare for usurpation and emperor.

Therefore, I think that the Wu thieves will not make any major moves this year." As soon as they finished speaking, Jiang Ji, who had not spoken for a long time, spoke up and analyzed.

Cao Rui nodded: "Your words are a little relieved to me in Dongwu."

"Your Majesty, for the sake of security, I think we can also let the General of the Cavalry continue to reorganize his army and prepare for war, and move south at any time, and make a comeback to intimidate the thieves of Wu.

There are three benefits to this move. First, it can tell that the king's army in the world had just encountered a slight upset before, and temporarily retreated, and still had the strength to fight again in the south. In this way, the military, civilians and the people will be at ease.

Secondly, it can shock Sun Quan and let him not go north for a moment of irritability. Thirdly, it can take the opportunity to win one or two, and it can also give an explanation to the inside and outside of the court." Jiang Ji continued.

Cao Rui was overjoyed after hearing this and praised: "This plan is very wonderful. Your family is really a wise man in the Wei Dynasty. I hope you can provide more suggestions to help me understand the Qing Dynasty and eliminate traitors."

"I will issue an imperial edict to promote the Secretary of the Shangshu Jiang Ji to the Central Guard Army from now on." Cao Rui remembered that Jiang Ji had already entered the dangerous place before and trusted his talents more, so he decided to reward him.

"Your Majesty is kind to you, I should repay you with death." When Jiang Ji heard that he was promoted, he was very grateful and immediately thanked him.

Although the position of the Central Guard Army was not as powerful as that of the Shangqing in Cao Wei, it had a lot of power. In addition to being able to command the generals to take charge of the guards, it could also be selected as military officers, and could not be held by the emperor's confidant. This shows that Cao Rui had a strong trust in Jiang Ji.

Hua Xin and others all gave Jiang Ji envious eyes. Seeing Cao Rui valued him so much, they all knew that Jiang Zitong, who had been in the position of Shangshu for several years, had only truly caught the emperor's eyes today. He jumped into the emperor's confidant and important minister, and his future would be limitless.

"Do you think that the strategy that Jiang Aiqing has offered to consolidate the army and prepare for war to shock the Wu bandits just now?" Cao Rui asked Zhong Yao and others again.
Chapter completed!