Weird Three Kingdoms

Chapter 2438 Transformation of Contradictions

The "simple", or perfunctory suggestion to the general of the hussars to be ennobled, was eventually rejected.

It seems that it is okay to confer a title into a city, but in reality...

Even if it is really a feudal title, if it is given too much, it will be tantamount to strengthening Feiqian's control over Guanzhong Beidi?Wouldn't it be better to add some trouble to Fei Qian, and help him instead?

At the same time, Feiqian's food accumulation is also very high.

Although it is said that in the history of the Han Dynasty, there were also rewards for some food towns with up to ten thousand households, but that was the standard of the royal family's honor, and Feiqian's current feats, it is somewhat unreasonable to give a few hundred, but to give one or two thousand, and then Coupled with Feiqian's original food town, although it is not close to the standard of ten thousand households, it is obviously getting closer.

If there is anything else, with this kind of reward going on, is it possible that there will be thousands of households with different surnames in Shiyi?You know, when it comes to Wanhuhou with different surnames, people in the big Han will first think of three people, Xiao He, Zhang Liang, and Cao Shen.And how can Fei Qian be able to stand shoulder to shoulder with these three people?
Such symptoms must be strangled to death, and no more money will be added to Feiqian.

Then it is not appropriate to confer titles without conferring Shiyi.

The too flat title system in the Han Dynasty resulted in little buffer between princes.

Now Fei Qian is the iron-clad Marquis of Guannei, but is it possible to give him a "gong" when he goes up?Didn't you hear Zhuge Jin's words are "Fei Gong" long and "Fei Gong" short?Doesn't that mean you want this?But if you really want to follow this meaning, where will Lao Cao's face be put?
What's more, there is another tricky thing...

Xun Yu glanced at Cao Zhen, the young mansion, and said slowly: "The land of Longyou was lost to the Qiang people in the early years, and the western regions have also lost their land. Now they have been restored by hussars. This merit must be rewarded, but the Son of Heaven Since the capital was moved, the country has been in turmoil, and titles and salaries have been awarded from time to time. If the hussars are invited to return to their salaries, why does the court give them? 』

Because Feiqian is not yet a king, Shiyi is not a feudal country. According to the laws of the Han Dynasty, Feiqian cannot manage the administrative and military affairs in the Shiyi area, but only enjoys the right to tax in the corresponding area, but in reality The courts in these areas have never been able to send people to manage them, and at the same time they have not collected a penny of taxes, so in fact these are all false, you know me and everyone knows...

For things like this, when everyone acquiesces, it makes sense.But when someone is unwilling and exposes it, it makes no sense.

Cao Zhen is the son of Cao Hong. Everyone knows what he did after he became the young supervisor of the Emperor's Shaofu.Liu Xie's former Shaofu supervisors either died or ran away, and no one was willing to take up the post for a long time, and Cao Zhen, the young supervisor, naturally became the deputy manager of the Shaofu, just like the deputy managers who presided over the work in later generations. speaker.

Zhuge Jin said "Fei Gong" every time. Is there any need to say more about this meaning?
Xun Yu's meaning seems very simple on the surface, it seems that he is now pretending to be confused and fooling Fei Qian back. If Fei Qian is not satisfied, he will come back and ask you for money, whether it is the salary owed by the court before, It's still the debt owed by the Shaofu for the past few years, what will be done then?
After all, since the time when the emperor Liu Xie moved the capital, the court has never given Feiqian a grain of rice or a penny of salary. What should we do if we pay off those arrears in one lump sum?What words to prevaricate?

Cao Zhen sneered. He is now in charge of the affairs of the Shaofu, and he was basically responsible for the emperor's purchases. He felt that Xun Yu seemed to be accusing him of these things overtly and secretly. How could he bear it, so he said: "If you want to use Lingjun's intention, do you want to add "Recording Books"? 』

Cao Cao glared at him immediately, "Bastard!If what Wen Ruo said was serious, how could he be disrespectful and not apologize to Ling Jun! 』

Cao Zhen may not listen to what others say, but Cao Cao has spoken, how can he be disobedient?
So Cao Zhen swallowed his saliva, and saluted Xun Yu, saying that the boy was innocent, and that he had no intention of speaking.

Xun Yu nodded slightly, and did not make excuses, nor did he say anything more.

In fact, the institution of "Xijing Shangshutai" was set up for Feiqian, that is to say, Feiqian was given the authority of "Pingshangshushi", and it can even be said to be half of "Lingshangshushi".Many things are "knowledge earlier" and regret "shouldn't have been", and Xijing Shangshutai is obviously such a type of thing.

At that time, Fei Qian's soldiers came to Xu County, and the war was imminent.And at least half of Cao Cao's main force is in Jingzhou, Jiangdong Sun Quan is eyeing it, and the gentry in Jizhou is swaying left and right. Avoiding two-line or multi-faceted combat became Cao Cao's best choice at the time.

Regarding the name of Xijing Shangshutai, at the time, I thought it was just that Fei Qian wanted to appoint some official positions on his own. After all, even if this title was not given at that time, Fei Qian would still appoint himself, just like Yuan Shao and the princes from all over the world. When the prefect is the governor, he will report to the court. Will he not be appointed without the approval of the court?

So at that time, most people thought that this matter was not a big deal, and it belonged to the kind that took advantage of Fei Qian, but now it seems that it is not the case.

Although it is said that the Xijing Shangshutai does not have the authority to appoint Jiuqing and above officials, Fei Qian actually does not have it at all, or in the beginning, he did not intend to form a decision-making layer according to the structure of the Sangong Jiuqing, so this "restriction" , which is actually of no use at all!

Moreover, Fei Qian also expressed to the Guanzhong gentry children that he had "restrictions" in this regard, so he came up with some weird institutions, and then the Guanzhong gentry children couldn't say anything...

Fei Qian is trying to find a way to bypass the restrictions and give everyone benefits, what else can I say?What else can I say?Saying that it does not conform to the rules of the big man before, so that everyone will not receive benefits and have no chance to get promoted and make a fortune?Those who object will not be dragged out to play Xiaojiji?Therefore, the "restrictions" envisioned by the people in Shandong to give Fei Qian, to a certain extent, have actually promoted the smoother implementation of the New Deal in Fei Qian Guan!
Regret it?
regret.

But is regret useful?
So now for the commendation and reward of Fei Qian, it is more cautious and more cautious, and after consideration and consideration, lest there will be something like Xijing Shangshutai, who thought he could restrict Fei Qian, but ended up helping Fei Qian.

Therefore, everyone couldn't help but feel that they should ponder over the matter of "Gong Fei" proposed by Zhuge Jin at the moment, and carefully consider it.

What Xun Yu said before, on the surface, said "salary", but in fact there are several meanings behind it, but Cao Zhen is young on the one hand, and on the other hand he is also a party involved, so he did not fully understand the meaning contained in it. Only then did he feel that Xun Yu was targeting the Shaofu, so he contradicted him, but was scolded by Cao Cao.

Cao Cao can roughly guess the unfinished meaning in Xun Yu's words...

In addition to the previous meanings that sounded easier for everyone to understand, when Xun Yu said that "the work of Huqi returning to the Western Regions in Longyou must be rewarded", the hidden meaning is to express that everyone will lose face. If you say this It's not appropriate to give three melons and two dates because of his stingy deeds.

This kind of thing should be recorded in the history books!

Give Fei Qian as little reward as possible, and then Boss Cao will get a big one himself?Even if Fei Qian and Cao Cao were at odds with each other at the moment, Fei Qian respectfully sent things, prisoners of war, and the emperor, even if it was a business like the Shaofu...

To put it simply, Fei Qian, the branch manager, is still "loyal" to Dahan's head office, but he has some conflicts with the general manager Cao Cao.Deliberately suppressing Fei Qian in terms of rewards, it seems cool now, but what about the future?Don't forget that Cao Cao's territory is not monolithic at the moment!
The managers in charge of other places looked at it, oh, Boss Cao is such a person, hurry up and take a small notebook and write it down, and next time Boss Cao says something dignified, he will start delivering the cheat sheet under the meeting.Come, take a look, don't listen to what Boss Cao said, look at what Boss Cao has done...

Do you still want the character set up by Cao Cao before?

Originally, some people talked about Cao Cao's unclear rewards and punishments, and nepotism!

As for what Xun Yu said later that "after the emperor moved the capital, the honors and salaries were awarded from time to time", is it just "the titles and salaries are awarded from time to time" for only Huqi?No, all the officials of Guanzhong Sanfu did not receive the salaries of the court, even all the local princes. The emperor has lost the ability to collect taxes from various places, so naturally there is no way to pay them to local officials. Salary.Including Cao Cao himself here.

Therefore, Xun Yu's question at the end is easy to understand, "If the hussars please return to their salary, why does the court give them?" 』

The unspoken rule is that everyone plays together, but what if you meet a serious face-off?

In addition, this kind of edict to award Hussar General Fei Qian is absolutely impossible to bypass the "court", that is, it must let the emperor Liu Xie pass the purpose.
Strictly speaking, Cao Cao's battle between Qing and Xu was nothing more than a fight in the nest, and Fei Qian's pacification of the Western Qiang and Congkai Western Regions can truly be called a respectful report to the world and a report to the ancestors...

"If you take Wenruo's meaning, what should you do?" ’ Cao Cao asked with a frown.

Xun Yu ignored Guo Jia who was staring at him, lowered his head and said in a low voice, "You can be honored as General Hussar, above Sangong..."

"Hmm..." Cao Cao frowned.

During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the ranks of generals were arranged according to their ranks. The first was naturally the general, the second was the general of the hussars, the third was the general of the chariots, and the fourth was the general of the guards. Then there were four expeditions and four towns... …

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty first appointed Wei Qing as a general, and then set up the post of Hussar General for Huo Qubing. After the Battle of Mobei, he set up the post of Grand Sima. Equal to the Great Generals, the Great Sima and the Great General Hussars are both above the San Gong.

The atmosphere suddenly became weird, and then Cao Cao pondered for a moment, waved his hand and said, "This matter... I still need to think about it, and we will discuss it tomorrow..."

Everyone got up, took their leave and filed out.

Xun Yu did not go to Shangshutai, but returned to his home.

Not long after arriving at home, Guo Jia came angrily. After entering the door, he went into the room without saying a word, patted the table and asked Xun Yu's housekeeper to get the wine...

Steward Xun Yu glanced at Xun Yu.

Xun Yu closed his eyes and waved his hands helplessly.

The butler lowered his head slightly and went down.

In the courtyard, there was silence.

After a long time, Guo Jiacai said in a low voice, "Why? 』

Xun Yu remained silent and did not answer immediately.

"Checks and balances... you want to check and balance! ’Guo Jia patted the table, ‘You think the lord won’t know? ! 』

Xun Yu closed his eyes and said, "Then what do you think should be done?" 』

"..." Guo Jia suddenly fell silent.

Suppressing and procrastinating Fei Qian's captives is to free up more time for Cao Cao. The object of check and balance became Cao Cao.

Hussar General, ranked above the Sangong.

The Great General is also ranked above the Sangong.

Regarding this point, I believe Cao Cao knows it well, and the emperor Liu Xie also understands it.

Then Fei Qian in Guanzhong can probably accept such a promotion...

After all, they ask for prices all over the sky and pay back the money when they land.Zhuge Jin's so-called "Gong Fei" can be regarded as an ordinary honorific title, and it can also be regarded as a "bargaining", and this parallel status is the "bargaining" given by Xun Yu.

But the problem is that Cao Cao will not be happy, which is obvious.

"If you don't use this method, it will be difficult to convince the crowd, and you may even lose your reputation in the court..." After a while, Xun Yu said slowly, "You don't know that Hussars don't know that we are waiting for the delay in offering captives?"I don't know if the Shaofu is greedy?I don't know if the emperor wants to take power? 』

"..." Guo Jia looked gloomy and did not answer.

Xun Yu looked up at the sky, "Or lead all the soldiers and horses to lead to Pingyang in Guanzhong?" 』

The current big man is not like Cao Cao's family is the only one in history.Even in some aspects, some aspects under Fei Qian are stronger. Even if Cao Cao is rushing to catch up now, there is still a considerable gap.Especially when confronting Jiangdong this time, this was even more reflected.

The half-baked mechanical method learned under Cao Cao caught the Jiangdong Army by surprise. So what if Cao Cao's imitated mechanical method is against Shang Feiqian?

Although Cao Cao has never talked about this issue, how could people like Xun Yu and Guo Jia not know about this issue?

So in such a situation, what's the point of holding on to your face?
"If this reward is given, it can lead the hussars to be arrogant and greedy for power... If the hussars are brainwashed, even if they don't know how to ask questions, they will use this as an excuse to spread it in the Qinglong Temple... At that time, you and I... ...or how to explain the ups and downs of the court? ”Xun Yu sighed, “The great theory of Qinglong Temple... This is Huqi's conspiracy, and it is the lord... so what? 』

Under Xu County, of course, there are also "official" mouthpiece media. Whatever words and words are used will be controlled, but what about Qinglong Temple?Xu County over there is beyond reach. If it is formed into a trend of thought and then returns to Shandong, is it possible that it is like the discussion of the Taixue back then, and let the emperor Liu Xie come up with "Dang Gu III" again?

Guo Jia frowned and said: "That's why... I'm afraid Huqi may not be able to fall into the trap... and I think you did it on purpose..."

Xun Yu sighed, but did not answer the question.

on purpose……

perhaps.

After all, Xun Yu also knows that if the Hussars are arrogant, or extravagant, or greedy for beauty, then this condition has already been met, and it will not suddenly become arrogant at this moment...

But what if you don't do this?

After all, Xun Yu's surname is not Cao, but Xun.

The most important thing is that Xun Yu has no confidence in fighting Fei Qian now.Therefore, we can only place our hopes on the population base and cultural heritage of Jizhou and Yuzhou, and then rely on time and development to finally accumulate a greater advantage than Feiqian, and then win the final victory.Of course, if during this stalemate, some opportunities can be found, such as civil strife in Guanzhong, maybe...

Anyway, Cao Cao is currently, in terms of economy, the economy is tight, in terms of soldiers, soldiers are inferior, in terms of equipment, technology is backward, even if he wants to turn his face, he has no capital.

"Nowadays, there are only the lord and the hussars in the big man..." Xun Yu sighed again, "The previous lord was fighting for the jujube, defying the power, under the feathers, he was expected by everyone... But now..."

As for Sun Er, in fact, in most people's hearts, he is not regarded as a big deal.

Guo Jia tilted his head slightly and looked at the western sky, just like what Xun Yu did before, he didn't know what to say, so he sighed after a while, "My lord...you are persecuting my lord!You... oh...」

Guo Jia's previous anger gradually turned into helplessness, "Those people... are they worth it?" 』

Xun Yu smiled, on his handsome and clear face, there was a bit of sadness unknowingly, "I don't know..."

Guo Jia frowned, "What if my lord can't understand your painstaking efforts?"Have you ever thought about it? 』

Xun Yu was silent for a moment, then still smiled, "I don't know either..."

"you! 』Guo Jia couldn't help standing up, and walked up to Xun Yu, as if he was about to kick him, but he turned a corner, walked past Xun Yu, and just put his big sleeve on Xun Yu's head On the face, it seemed to be caressed gently.

Xun Yu still sat blankly, looking like a wood carving.

After a while, the butler came with some drinks and food. Seeing that Guo Jia had already left, he couldn't help being stunned for a moment, and asked in a low voice: "Patriarch, this... Mr. Guo Lang..."

"gone. ’ Xun Yu said slowly.

"Then this drink..."

"..." Xun Yu let out a sigh of relief, "Bring it up, if you use it, it will be..."

"what?Ah... yes..." The butler didn't know what to say, but he did as he said.

Xun Yu poured a glass of wine and placed it on the table.

Then he poured another glass, picked it up by himself, gestured slightly towards the first glass of wine, and immediately raised his head to drink...

(End of this chapter)