Chapter 1040: A man's heart is as strong as iron
Except for the clatter of the staff flipping through account books and the low voices of each other checking accounts, the rest of the people were silent.
The commander's camp just became quiet.
Feng Junhou looked up at the tent roof, trying hard to recall the somewhat forgotten history in his mind.
After the old demon Zhuge, there were basically no major events in the Shu Han Dynasty... I guess?
Is there anyone worthy of your attention?
Huang Hao has been killed by himself in advance.
The rest are Yang Yi and Wei Yan?
Thinking of this, Feng Junhou took his eyes back from the tent roof and fell on Wei Yan.
Wei Yan felt Feng Junhou's gaze, raised his head and glanced at him, frowned, groaned, and looked away.
What a fart you are!
This really made me angry. Believe it or not, I arranged for you and Yang Yi to accompany the Prime Minister to report to the late Emperor?
Closing his eyes and tapping the table gently, Feng Junhou's heart was racing. From the court to the army, besides Wei Yan and Yang Yi, who else has higher qualifications?
Li Ping?
Wu Yi?
Liu Yan?
There are basically just a few people.
Liu Yan is just a guy, it doesn't matter.
Li Ping has been living in Jincheng for almost ten years, and has never held real power in these years.
The only thing that makes people a little scrupulous is that he bears the title of an auxiliary minister.
After the old demon Zhuge, did the Emperor of Han still need others to assist him in government?
Coupled with the things Li Ping had done before, it was enough to make the royal family fearful.
There was Zhang Xiaosi beside him. Feng Junhou knew how much the royal family hated Li Ping.
Zhang Xingcai...Oh, no, it's Adou, unless Adou feels that the big man has revived too quickly.
Or maybe he is too eager for his father's love and wants to find another fake father, so he wants to let Li Ping regain power.
Otherwise, if Li Ping really wanted to stand up, there would be no second prime minister to suppress him.
If Li Ping was smart, he might as well train Li Feng to support his appearance.
As for Wu Yi, he was considered a relative who was deeply trusted by the royal family.
Him can be considered a relative, so naturally he and Wu Yi are in the same camp.
The most important thing is that Wu Yi mainly leads the army and is not good at internal affairs. He basically has no chance to take charge of state affairs.
This can be seen from the original history:
After Wuzhangyuan, his status was obviously very noble and his qualifications were among the top. Wu Yi had been leading troops outside and had never had the opportunity to take charge of political affairs in the DPRK.
After going through a circle in his mind, Feng Junhou discovered that the only ones who had the confidence to oppose him, had reasons to oppose him, and who were older than himself, were Yang Yi and Wei Yan.
Even the prestige of Jiang Wan, one of the four ministers of the Shu-Han Dynasty in history, is not comparable to his own.
After thinking about this, Feng Junhou turned his attention to Wei Yan again.
Wei Yan was noticed again and again by someone Feng. He just thought it was someone Feng who was provoking, and he felt very unhappy.
“What are you looking at?”
Although the prime minister asked Feng to temporarily take charge of all affairs in Guanzhong, if we really talk about it, Wei Yan, who is the general of Zhenbei, has a general rank higher than Feng, the general of the west.
(Note: The order of generals of Ji Han is that the four towns are ranked before the four expeditions, while for Cao Wei, the four expeditions are ranked before the four towns. This is different.)
In terms of title, both of them are Tinghou, and no one is inferior to the other.
It's just that Feng at this time is no longer the country bumpkin he was when he first met Wei Yan.
General Guan, who is standing next to him, and his two brothers-in-law below are all very courageous and emboldened by Feng Junhou:
“What are you looking at?”
General titles and titles both show honor. If you want to see the true status, you still have to look at the actual power.
Feng Junhou not only has the right to take holidays, but also leads an army to guard one area all year round. Compared with Wei Yan, who wanted to lead ten thousand people and had to ask for permission from the prime minister, his status was much stronger.
The most important thing is that he is now in charge of all matters on behalf of the prime minister.
What's up?
I'm sitting in the coach's seat and I can't even look at you?
I respect the elderly because I am polite, but if you are disrespectful to the elderly, then don't blame me for not giving you face.
"Small…"
Wei Yan was furious and subconsciously pressed his right hand on the hilt of the sword, trying to stand up.
General Guan's eyes narrowed, and the veins on the back of his right hand that had been holding the hilt of the sword suddenly popped out.
At the same time, there was a slight friction sound in the camp.
Wei Yan had only taken half a step when the general's sensitivity made him feel that something was wrong with the atmosphere in the tent, and he looked around.
He found that almost everyone was staring at him, and some even hinted at getting ready to attack.
Under the protection of General Guan, Feng Junhou sat on the main seat, as steady as an old dog, staring at Wei Yan coldly.
Wei Yan couldn't take back the foot he had already stepped on, so he immediately walked out of the queue, then snorted and walked out of the camp without looking back.
Seeing his back disappear outside the tent, Feng Junhou gritted his teeth and secretly said, "Old man!"
Although he was not afraid of Wei Yan, after all, he was only temporarily in charge of everything on behalf of the prime minister, and was not the real commander of the Hanzhong army.
There is no war at the moment, and Wei Yan, as the top general of the Hanzhong army, does not need to personally watch the distribution of food.
As long as he did not violate military orders, Feng Junhou really couldn't do anything to the other party.
He came to the camp this time mainly to deal with food and grass matters, and he didn't want to cause extra problems. He immediately urged the staff who were slightly stagnant to continue to speed up.
The army has its own rules for distributing grain, and with the addition of a dozen talented students working together to check the accounts, the grain and fodder that each battalion should receive was quickly calculated before evening.
Once the accounts are settled, the rest will be much easier to handle.
Excluding Wei Yan, the remaining major generals in the army either had no intention of becoming enemies with Feng Junhou, or they had more or less friendly relations with Feng Junhou.
With their help, this grain and grass crisis was quickly resolved by Feng Junhou.
After issuing the military order to release grain, Feng Junhou planned to leave the camp and return to the city.
He is temporarily in charge of all affairs in Guanzhong, not just temporarily in charge of all affairs in the army.
In the early days of Guanzhong, when there was not much fighting for the time being, returning to the city to handle government affairs was far more important than staying in the military camp to supervise the distribution of grain.
After all, the military order has been issued. If someone dares to disobey it, it cannot be fooled by just a few hums.
Besides, if the generals in the remaining army cannot even do a good job of putting out grain, there is no need to continue to lead the army.
After learning that Feng Yong had no intention of staying at the camp overnight, Guan Xing went out of the camp to see him off.
When the group was about to say goodbye, Guan Xing said hesitantly:
"Mingwen, you are valued by the Prime Minister and given an important responsibility. This is a happy thing."
“But you are still young, and there are many old men in the army and the court. I am afraid they may not obey you.”
“There are people like Yang Yi, there are people like Wei Yan, and more, even if some people can’t tell on the surface, they don’t know how they look at you secretly.”
“So at this critical moment, you have to be more cautious, not to leave any clues to others, and to avoid being taken advantage of by others.”
“Brother is determined.”
Feng Junhou smiled and expressed his gratitude to his brother-in-law for his reminder and concern.
Then he turned his gaze to the east and said quietly:
"From the day I agreed to ride into the city with the Prime Minister, I have been prepared. As the saying goes, a gentleman will not be in trouble and will not be able to establish himself."
“Since I have accepted the Prime Minister’s request, I cannot give up halfway, let alone because someone obstructs me.”
Seeing Feng Yong say these words with a calm face and a calm tone, Guan Xing somehow recalled his young appearance when he married Sanniang.
Who would have thought that the young man who was so proud of himself at that time could grow up to this stage today?
Guan Xing calmed down and then said:
"People like Yang Yi don't understand the overall situation. If they go along with their wishes, they will be reasonable. If they are pushed back a little bit, they will abandon their obedience and turn into evil and harm others. If you are really determined to eliminate his influence, I will have nothing to say."
Today I saw a group of staff officers around Feng Junhou in the camp. In just half a day, they were able to handle the matter of allocating grain and grass in the army neatly.
It would be a lie to say that the generals in the tent were not shaken in their hearts.
Why is it that Yang Yi, despite being at odds with many of his colleagues, is still trusted by the prime minister and ranks above everyone else?
Isn't it just that everyone is bullied and rough, and they only know how to lead troops into battle and don't know anything else?
Even people like Guan Xing who could write and read were far inferior to Yang Yi.
Unexpectedly, what everyone saw today was a group of young men whose abilities were as good as Yang Yi's.
Although it was only about arranging grain and grass, it has been rumored that Feng used a large number of staff to assist in military affairs.
Having witnessed it with my own eyes today, it seems that those rumors are not groundless.
In fact, the staff officers under Feng Junhou originally had a corresponding position in the Han army, that is, joining the army.
However, the position of joining the army is basically held by close associates of the prime minister or a high-ranking general.
Feng Junhou's staff group has a large number of members. How is it possible that everyone can be given a place to join the army?
So we had to settle for the next best thing and set up a new staff position.
Many people actually disapproved of Feng Junhou's unconventional behavior from the beginning.
Just because of the Prime Minister's connivance and the bad reputation of King Feng Gui, no matter how much others dislike him, they will not get into trouble for this matter.
Later, Feng Junhou continued to make great military exploits, and no one mentioned this incident anymore - if you can make such great achievements, the Prime Minister will also indulge you.
The key is whether you can do it? It’s you, Wei Yan!
Feng Junhou had the support of the Xinghan Society behind him, and he had inextricable connections with the royal family. In addition, the prime minister also wanted to see how far he could grow.
Hence, the subordinate battalions have always been relatively independent.
This has led to many military generals outside the Liangzhou Army not knowing much about what the so-called staff group looks like.
Today’s small test was an eye-opener for many people.
Those like Guan Xing who knew something about the situation were even more shocked.
These young men and advisers around my brother-in-law, if you pick one out alone, they may not have any outstanding talents.
But it cannot be resisted that each of them has quite a lot of knowledge and abilities that are somewhat better than ordinary people.
It is said that if a wise man thinks a lot, he will lose something; if a fool thinks a lot, he will gain something.
When dozens or even dozens or even hundreds of people with "a little bit more ability than ordinary people" gather together.
When they work together to do something, the wisdom of the crowd is enough to crush any talented soldier.
What is even more terrifying is that the current Nanxiang Martial Arts Hall can continuously train batches of such staff officers.
That's why Guan Xing said those words and supported his brother-in-law in killing Yang Yi:
Old man Yang, if you want to do it, just do it well, if you don't want to do it, just get out!
My brother-in-law is afraid that no one will be able to help him?
After Guan Xing expressed his support for his brother-in-law, he changed the topic and said:
"It's just that the staff around Mingwen can replace Yang Yi's wisdom, but they can't replace Wei Yan's courage and leadership ability."
"Although Wei Wenchang is dissatisfied with Mingwen, he has not done anything extraordinary yet. Moreover, everyone knows that Wei Wenchang is at odds with Mingwen. If Mingwen succeeds, he will deliberately target him, fearing that it will be true."
Hearing this, Feng Junhou came to his senses and said, "Brother, do you want to speak kindly to Wei Yan?"
Guan Xing said calmly: "It's just a pity for his courage."
Feng Junhou laughed: "What a coincidence, I happened to talk to the Prime Minister about this matter when I was serving the Prime Minister to drink medicine in the city this morning."
Guan Xing was startled and subconsciously repeated: "Have you actually discussed this matter with the Prime Minister?"
"That's right." Feng Junhou nodded, "The Prime Minister asked me: If one day I gain power and Yang Yi and Wei Yan disobey me, what should I do?"
He looked at Guan Xing and asked, "Brother, do you know how I answered?"
Guan Xing's throat rolled up and down, he swallowed his saliva, and his heart beat faster: "How can I know about such things?"
But when Feng Junhou said calmly:
"I replied to the Prime Minister, I don't care whether they obey me or not. I only care whether they obey the emperor?"
After saying this, Feng Junhou suddenly smiled softly:
"When the Prime Minister is here, they all only obey the Prime Minister. If the Prime Minister is gone and they dare not even obey the Emperor, then I have to let them stay with the Prime Minister all the time and let the Prime Minister discipline them."
Although the tone was calm, Guan Xing could hear the chill - damn, if you are unwilling to follow me in the future, then I will let you follow the prime minister!
Based on the weight of his brother-in-law in the emperor's heart and his relationship with the royal family - especially when Zhang Siniang married into the Feng family and became his wife together with Sanniang.
Don’t forget, your brother-in-law holds a scepter, it’s like the emperor is coming in person.
What is the difference between disobeying your brother-in-law and disobeying the emperor?
Brother Guan believes that his understanding is correct.
Just when he thought of this, he saw Feng Junhou grinning and continued:
"Wei Yan should be lucky today because I was in a hurry to leave the city and didn't come here with a scepter. Otherwise, with his behavior today, do you really think that I dare not accuse him of being disrespectful?"
The scepter is actually an eight-foot-long bamboo pole (nearly two meters) that has been carefully treated, and the top is decorated with feathers.
In such a cold world, Feng Junhou's forehead has not been pinched by the door, so naturally he will not run around with it.
When Guan Xing heard these words, his expression changed slightly.
Seeing his brother-in-law’s appearance, Feng Junhou sighed:
"Brother, how could I not know about Wei Wenchang's bravery and ability to lead an army? You are also a leader. Let me ask you, if you have brave men under your command but refuse to obey military orders, what will you do?"
Guan Xing silently.
“I would rather have ten ordinary soldiers who obey military orders than a hundred warriors who dare to fight against military orders.”
From a historical perspective, some people may sigh for Wei Yan.
But no one would like Wei Yan as the commander-in-chief of the army who succeeded the prime minister.
Senior seniority, poor personality, incapable of commanding, even contradicting his boss, making arbitrary decisions, being impulsive and completely disregarding the overall situation...
His abilities are surprisingly strong. If one day he really does have some disadvantages to the army, it might be even more harmful than defecting.
Can’t use it, don’t dare to use it, don’t feel comfortable using it.
There are historical sentiments, but people do not live by sentiments, but by reality.
Feng Junhou is no longer the young man who was startled when he saw historical figures.
Now he is responsible for the Han Dynasty, for the entrustment of the Prime Minister, for the Prosperous Han Society, and for those who follow in his footsteps...
The man’s heart was as strong as iron, and his tenderness was no longer the same—although there wasn’t much back then...
(End of this chapter)