sovbooks Chapter 1376 Hanoi, Qiao County
Chapter 1376 Hanoi, Qiao County
Chapter 1376 Hanoi, Qiao County
With decades of unremitting efforts by Mr. Feng, his plan to undermine the foundations of the aristocratic families was a great success, or at least more than half of the foundations had been undermined.
The so-called inheritance of farming and studying by the aristocratic families, both farming and studying, were crazily plundered and devoured by Mr. Feng and the corrupt people he trained.
Some of the corrupt Kuns were even converted from the opposing camp.
After all, as a descendant of an immortal sect, it is normal for Mr. Feng to know a little about summoning techniques, right?
Feng Guiwang, the extremely evil summoner who ranks first on the blacklist of aristocratic families, personally goes to Fufeng and uses coercion and bribery to the Dou family.
The declining Dou family, like the courtesan in the brothel who claims to sell art but not her body, is completely powerless to resist the arrogant and domineering second generation. She can only say pitifully:
"Grand Marshal, my Dou family is at least a famous family. Regardless of whether it was the Former Han Dynasty or the Later Han Dynasty, we have made great contributions to the Han Dynasty, and some of our members even died for the country."
"Now we are asked to acknowledge the barbarians outside the Great Wall. This will destroy our hundreds of years of clean reputation in an instant."
Need more money!
"One textile workshop can be set up in Jiuyuan."
When Feng Dasima heard this, he thought it made some sense, so he raised a finger.
As long as you are willing to talk, Feng Dasima is usually reasonable.
The Dou clan leader was overjoyed and wanted to show off a little more.
Who would have thought that when he saw Mr. Feng's half-smile, his heart trembled, and the words on his lips turned into:
"Then, are those places at the Royal Academy still valid?"
"The head of the Dou clan also said that the Dou clan made great contributions to the country during the Han Dynasty. However, Emperors Huan and Ling favored eunuchs, which led to the Party Imprisonment Disaster. The Dou clan was also implicated by this."
Seeing that the other party was so understanding, Feng Dasima smiled:
"If we want to revive the Han Dynasty for the third time, we must gather the people of integrity and work together. Moreover, the Dou family of Fufeng is full of loyal and brave people, which is admirable."
He slowed down his speech, but emphasized his tone, "If the children of the clan are willing to follow the example of the ancestors of the Dou family and serve the country, I welcome them very much. How could I refuse?"
At present, Ji Han's talent selection is based on the parallel system of imperial examination and recommendation.
Although the imperial examination system will inevitably be the main trend in the future.
But it cannot be denied that the overall quality of children from aristocratic families is still far higher than that of students from poor and common families.
This was still the case when emphasis was placed on the study of things and the weight of mathematics was increased.
Until this gap is narrowed to an acceptable level, the system of recommendation will remain an important mechanism for selecting talent.
Of course, it is not so easy for children from aristocratic families to transform their advantages into advantages in their official careers.
Just sending them to the countryside or counties to intern and do practical work to gain experience is enough to dissuade a group of people.
Not to mention that most internship places have some kind of testing nature.
For example, if the Dou family's children had a successful eastward expedition, their future practice would most likely be to go to Hebei to fight the local tyrants and divide the land.
You said you won’t do it?
That is, there is something wrong with his thinking and he is unwilling to contribute his own strength to the revival of the Han Dynasty.
How can a person with unqualified ideological awareness be qualified to become a member of the Han bureaucracy?
To put it bluntly, it is a token of allegiance.
The new policies in Bingzhou and Hedong were implemented with the help of students from Liangzhou, Shu and even Guanzhong.
Many of those students were from prominent families.
After all, what does the life and death of the Kanto clan have to do with the children of Kansai?
When we were fighting for the empire, we were brothers and agreed to eat meat and drink soup together.
Who knew that Guandong was not a good son, and after taking control of the government, he did not treat Guanxi as a human being.
They openly discussed in the court to abandon Liangzhou and allow it to fall into the hands of the Hu people.
To this end, they even resorted to forcible expulsion of officials and common people from Liangzhou and destroyed their houses and fields.
If the people of Liangzhou had not worked hard to improve themselves, Liangzhou would have long since become a barbarian land.
Didn't expect?
Things have changed, and now you have come to this day!
Don't talk about being of one mind or the rabbit dying and the fox mourning. I just want to sell wool.
This time, I’m going to kill you guys from Guandong!
As for the children of Bashu, their thoughts are even simpler.
What you said is the merit of following the dragon, but who knew that it would lead to loneliness.
Seeing that the people from Liangzhou were selling wool at a high rate, they were about to ride on their heads.
If it's any later, the world situation will have been decided and if you don't show your loyalty now, you will have no chance. Who wouldn't be anxious?
Besides, if we kill those Kanto guys, we'll have one less competitor in the future. Why not do it?
When it came to Bingzhou and Hedong's turn, they were half-hearted.
As a country that was once regarded as part of Guandong, we originally supported the Great Wei, but unfortunately the Great Wei did not live up to the expectations.
The big man's stick was very thick, and it was so painful when it hit people.
But the big man’s dates are also very sweet, and eating them makes you feel sweet to the heart.
So in order to be able to grow cotton in the east in the future, the Shandong clan had better die early!
It's not that no one saw through this divisive strategy of driving out the wolves and devouring the tigers. The early Shu aristocratic families and the Shangdang nobles a few years ago had all tried to resist.
But the result was not so good.
Some people went to Hanjia County and Wenshan County to play hide-and-seek with the natives.
Some people went to the border areas such as Jiuyuan to ask the Huyi people how to graze.
Fufeng Dou Shi didn't want to play hide-and-seek or herd the sheep. She just wanted someone to help her herd the sheep, so she sent some people to follow General Zhendong to the outside of the Great Wall.
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In the last month of the ninth year of Yan Xi, General Zhennan Jiang Wei led his troops northward and besieged Wen County. When he failed to capture it, he turned around and collected the people around Wen County and moved them to Luoyang.
Jiang Ji saw that the Han army was looting civilians everywhere, so he wanted to attack them.
As a result, a conflict broke out between the two sides fifteen miles north of Wen County.
It is called a conflict because the scale of the battle is not large.
The conflict ended with the Wei army suffering a minor defeat and losing more than 300 people.
Winning the battle was a good thing, but there was not much joy on Jiang Wei's face.
He sighed and said to his partner Liu Yin:
"I wanted to lure the thieves here, but I didn't expect that the thieves would come so cautiously."
Liu Yin originally stayed in Luoyang to prevent any movement of the Wei army in Xuchang.
It’s so cold, the old dog is almost frozen to death.
Not to mention the Wei army, even the Han army could not attack the city.
Although we say we're staying behind, we're actually just being prepared for any eventuality.
When Jiang Wei was relocating the people of Henei, Liu Yin rushed over immediately after arranging matters in Luoyang.
He came here not to fight or attack the city, but to cooperate with Jiang Wei in taking over the people.
Hearing Jiang Wei's sigh, Liu Yin couldn't help but smile:
"Why is Bo Yue so greedy? He crossed the river to the north, surrounded Wen County, captured more than 3,000 civilians, and defeated the bandits. This is enough to send another victory report to Chang'an."
"Such a small achievement is meaningless." Jiang Wei said, but his eyes were looking towards Wen County. "If we can capture Wen County, it will be considered a great achievement."
Liu Yin was shocked when he heard this, and quickly advised:
"Bo Yue, don't act rashly. Attacking a city in winter is a big taboo. The casualties of soldiers are hard to predict."
Jiang Wei heard this and reluctantly withdrew his gaze from Wen County and turned to Liu Yin and said:
"Xiu Ran, am I so ignorant of the seriousness of the matter? What I just said was just because I was unwilling to give in."
Liu Yin finally breathed a sigh of relief, "Bo Yue scared me, I thought you wanted to attack Wen County by force."
He couldn't guarantee that his old partner knew the severity of the situation, but he was definitely a bold and adventurous person.
When he thought of this, he couldn't help but remind her:
"Bo Yue, in at most half a month, the river may begin to thaw. Don't be too greedy for credit by then, and make sure to return to Luoyang in time."
Jiang Wei looked up at the sky and sighed again:
"The weather is not good. This year it is not as cold as in the past."
I remember that in the winters of the early years, there were often extremely cold weather, and the ice and snow would be delayed in melting, retreating a few days or even ten days later, which was not a big deal.
But this year is a normal year.
Liu Yin couldn't respond to this.
Ever since he could remember, it was common for people to freeze to death in winter.
Isn’t it a good thing that the winter is warmer?
Of course, whether the winter is warmer or colder now has less impact on the Han people.
Jiang Wei didn't know what Liu Yin was thinking. His gaze had already turned to the north and his brows furrowed.
The bandits seemed certain that they would not attack the city, or in other words, they were quite confident in Wen County.
Although he had attracted the reinforcements as planned, the enemy's reinforcements were steadily advancing to the north of Wen County and were in no hurry to rescue Wen County.
It was obvious that the other party was just waiting to see whether he would actually attack the city.
As long as you really attack the city, the other side will wait for an opportunity to strike.
If he did not attack the city, the arrival of reinforcements would be enough to give the defenders in the city enough confidence and prevent them from surrendering without a fight.
The timing was not right for him, and the current situation was what Jiang Wei hated the most:
"Old thief Jiang, he's not easy to deal with..."
"The thief Jiang is very insidious and difficult to deal with!"
At the same time, Jiang Ji, who was confronting Jiang Wei, made the same sigh.
Compared to Jiang Wei lamenting that this winter was not cold enough, Jiang Ji was praying that the weather would warm up soon so as to force the Han army to retreat to Luoyang quickly.
If we let them stay in Hanoi any longer, who knows what kind of trouble will arise.
It was a cold day, and the almost 60-year-old man was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat and his back was almost soaked.
Are all the young people in Han State so evil?
Although he suffered a small defeat, Jiang Ji was very grateful.
On the surface, the Han army seemed to be looting the people, but in fact they were ambushing somewhere else, waiting for them ahead.
If I hadn't carefully tested it, I would have suffered a great loss.
"Tianshui Youlin, Tianshui Youlin..." Jiang Ji stroked his beard and subconsciously recited Jiang Wei's nickname, feeling a little scared.
"He sneaked across Sangchouyuan, seized Hangu Pass, and captured Luoyang. This boy is indeed not to be underestimated."
After muttering for a while, he seemed to have thought of something, his hands shook, and he actually pulled out a few white beards.
"Even a young Tianshui unicorn is so difficult to deal with, and the Han Kingdom still has the Hedong Yihu and three thousand cavalrymen..."
When he thought of this, Jiang Ji’s face turned pale and his body shook.
And above them is a man named Feng who is far-sighted, ruthless and ruthless.
What’s even more terrifying is that these people are in their prime.
On the other hand, in the Wei Dynasty, all the military leaders and those in power were elderly.
The only younger general was an incompetent man who only brought chaos to the government.
Thinking of this, Jiang Ji's body became hunched over as if he couldn't bear the burden.
Looking towards the southeast with a tired expression, Jiang Ji murmured:
Cao Zhaobo, oh Cao Zhaobo, this matter concerns the survival of the Wei Dynasty. You must not be so foolish as to sacrifice the public interest for personal gain.
Otherwise, the Great Wei would probably perish! ——
Although the winter in Qiao County is not as cold as that in Hanoi, the ground is also silently covered with ice and snow on the coldest days.
In this season when no one wants to go out, even the occasional snow sliding down from the roofs can be heard on the streets.
But there was one figure that stood out.
Sima Zhao knelt on the cold snow, his hands supporting his thighs. His fingers were red from the cold, as if he might lose consciousness at any time.
His face was full of pleading and despair, and his brows were filled with deep sorrow.
His eyes were fixed on the majestic mansion in front of him. There was a faint light flashing in his eyes, full of prayer and expectation, as if that was the only hope in his heart.
His lips had turned purple from the cold, but he was still shaking with difficulty, shouting hoarsely:
"General, please send troops to rescue Hebei!"
"The enemy's army is approaching, and Feng the thief is personally leading the invasion. Hebei is in danger, as precarious as an egg!"
……
The voice echoed in the deserted street, sounding so pale and weak in the wind and snow, but even though his throat was so hoarse, he was still unwilling to give up, as if telling the world his determination and persistence.
It was the end of the year, and the general canceled the last few court meetings on the grounds that the emperor was young and it was cold and should not be overworked.
Sima Zhao, who originally planned to come to Qiao County to cry in court, didn't even have the chance to see the emperor.
In desperation, he could only send the visiting card to the General's Mansion.
But who doesn't know about the rift between Grand Tutor Sima and the general?
Therefore, Sima Zhao's visiting card naturally fell into oblivion without causing any ripples.
Sima Zhao waited in front of the gate of the General's Mansion for several days but was not received by Cao Shuang. In desperation, he had to kneel in front of the gate of the General's Mansion and ask for an audience in this humiliating way.
"Zi Shang, Zi Shang, what are you doing? Get up quickly!"
When countless people were secretly watching this great show, a team of carriages suddenly appeared from the side, and before the carriages stopped, people got off the carriages.
But this man ran over without caring about the slippery snow, and wanted to personally help Sima Zhao up:
"Zi Shang, why are you here? Get up!"
Who would have thought that when he pulled, Sima Zhao failed to move, perhaps because he had been kneeling for too long and his body was stiff, or because Sima Zhao was unwilling to get up.
"It's Zhaosu," Sima Zhao raised his head stiffly, saw who it was, and said with a wry smile:
"Zhaosu, I came here this time on the orders of the Lord, to ask the general to send troops to rescue Hebei."
"If I can't fulfill your order, how can I face you? I might as well freeze to death here."
The man called Zhaosu was Cao Xi, the younger brother of General Cao. When he heard Sima Zhao's words, he was horrified and said:
"Why do you say that? How can you say that you froze to death for the sake of state affairs? Get up first, follow me into the palace, and go with me to ask the general for mercy."
After hearing this, Sima Zhao followed Cao Xi's arm and stood up.
After he stood up, his body swayed a bit. It was obvious that he had been kneeling for too long and his legs were numb and weak.
"I'm sorry to have made Zhaosu laugh."
Sima Zhao held Cao Xi's hand and whispered.
Cao Xi shook his head, looked at Sima Zhao's miserable appearance, and said apologetically:
"If you want to make fun of me, I should be the one to say it. I came back too late. Please follow me first."
After saying this, he walked towards the general's mansion.
"Mr. Lang..."
The doorman of the General's Mansion shouted.
Facing the concierge, Cao Xi was not so good-tempered and shouted angrily:
"Go away!"
After Cao Shuang took control of the government, he appointed his second brother Cao Xi as the commander of the central army. He also abolished the captains of the Zhonglei and Zhongjian camps of the five camps of the imperial guards and put the soldiers of the two camps under the direct command of Cao Xi.
Cao Xun was appointed as General Wuwei, commanding the Wuwei Camp of the imperial guards, and Cao Yan was appointed as Palace Attendant. The Cao brothers thus had complete control over the imperial guards of the capital.
Among so many brothers, only Cao Xi has some knowledge.
He repeatedly advised Cao Shuang not to act too recklessly, but unfortunately his advice was not accepted by Cao Shuang.
Seeing Sima Zhao being humiliated in front of the general's mansion, Cao Xi was furious:
How unwise my brother is!
This move seemed to humiliate the Sima family, but in fact it made people think that his brother, although a general, was a person who put personal interests above public interest and was looked down upon for no reason.
This time, even if he had to risk being scolded by his brother, he had to get to the bottom of it, why his brother could have done such a foolish thing.
(End of this chapter)