Chapter 918 Sima Yi’s Thoughts
Politicians have dirty hearts.
So in their eyes, human nature is inherently evil.
It is completely understandable for Governor Feng to take some precautions in order to prevent people's hearts from changing.
To put it bluntly, letting Jiang Wei lead the army to station in Jincheng is just a chess piece wedged in the throat of Liangzhou?
When General Guan Da followed him to Hanzhong, didn't he have the intention of observing?
In the end, didn’t it become a story that I and the female bodyguard had to tell?
Secretary Zhang has been working hard these past few years. Doesn’t he have the intention to supervise the army?
In the end, didn’t it become a story that my female secretary and I had to tell?
Even Li Mu had ulterior motives in the beginning.
In the end, didn’t it become a story that the female CEO and I had to tell?
As for Jiang Wei, hmm...
Storytelling is my favorite.
In any case, Governor Feng is aboveboard, so what are you afraid of?
But seeing Zhang Xiaosi’s eyes looking a little strange, he nodded:
“It would be great if Colonel Jiang could lead the army to Duyezawa.”
Since Alang has the ability to control Jiang Wei, she naturally has nothing to say, since she can't control him anyway.
The reason is also very simple, because Jiang Wei is the prime minister's man.
There are some taboos, or some tacit understandings, that even my sister never thought of breaking.
“And Donozawa used to be the real administrative seat of the Qiang Protector Colonel.”
Feng Jishi finally said, "Now that Jiang Wei has become the captain of the Qiang Protector, it is very reasonable for him to lead the army to pacify the capital of Yeze."
Juyanze and Duyeze are the two entrances for the Hu people from the north to enter Liangzhou.
Ju Yanze previously established Xihai Commandery, while Du Yeze established a military officer to protect the Qiang.
This is all to prevent the Hu people from going south and entering Liangzhou to cause trouble.
Jiang Wei readily accepted Feng Jishi's reasonable suggestions.
He organized the army as quickly as possible, and then led the army over the Hongchi Ridge and entered Wuwei.
Zhang Xiaosi was a little surprised when he received the news, but at the same time he breathed a sigh of relief.
Of course, this is after the fact.
After arranging these matters, Governor Feng met with another person, Cao San, who brought him the news of Cao Zhi's death.
“Although Mr. Cao and I, who are friends in the literary world, could not meet each other, we had long been close friends. Now that Mr. Cao has passed away, I cannot visit his grave in person. It is a pity.”
“In addition to paying homage in the air, I also wrote an article asking Cao Zhuangshi to burn it for me in front of Mr. Cao’s tomb.”
Cao San has recovered a lot after these days of cultivation.
Hearing this, he immediately prostrated himself on the ground to perform a great ceremony:
"Feng Langjun has an order, how dare I do it without risking my life?"
Governor Feng sighed and said, "How powerful are the loyal servants in Mr. Cao's house!"
Immediately, I took out a piece of calligraphy and framed it and handed it to Cao San.
At the same time, he whispered:
“I know that some of my words may not sound nice, but since Mr. Cao recognizes me as a friend, I will simply tell Mr. Cao.”
Cao San held the calligraphy frame and said solemnly:
“Feng Langjun, please speak.”
Governor Feng coughed and then said:
"Master Cao's life in Wei was really unsatisfactory during his lifetime. I know that he had two sons during his lifetime. If he really can't survive in Wei, he can come to me and I will treat him as my nephew."
Cao Zhi's son is now over 20 years old, almost the same age as Feng Prefect.
It takes a lot of courage to say Governor Feng's words of "treating him as his nephew".
But it doesn’t matter.
Lu Ji is Lu Xun’s uncle. Lu Xun is several years older than his uncle!
Cao San instinctively wanted to refute.
Just thinking of King Chen's treatment during his lifetime, he couldn't help but feel a surge of sadness and anger in his heart.
Cao Pi and his son really went too far towards King Chen!
Thinking of this, Cao San felt sad in his heart and couldn't help crying:
“How can I dare to comment on Prince Chen’s family affairs? But Mr. Feng’s thoughts will definitely be conveyed to his mistress.”
Although King Chen has left, the princess is still there.
In this case, if it had been anyone else, Cao San would have fought tooth and nail with him.
But Feng Langjun is different.
Feng Langjun said such potentially offensive words, which made it even more obvious that King Chen and Feng Langjun were different from others.
After hearing Cao San’s tone, Governor Feng also understood.
How could Cao Zhi be a member of the Cao family? How could his son rebel against Wei and the Han?
Say this, it is just a ten thousandth of hope.
At the same time, it also shows Feng Langjun’s magnanimity and noble feelings to the world.
no other meanings…
In June of the 11th year of Jianxing, Feng Yong ordered Liao Hua and Jiang Wei to lead an army each and move into Yanze and Duyeze.
At the same time, Sima Yi of Guanzhong continued to manage Beidi County and expanded greatly, reversing the trend of the Hu people moving southward since the end of the Later Han Dynasty.
As for Bu Dugen of Bingzhou, he finally decided to betray the Wei State and all the people joined Kebineng.
Kebi was overjoyed when he got the news. He personally led more than ten thousand fine cavalry to Xingbei on the border of Bingzhou in Wei State to meet the Budugen tribe, their cattle, sheep, chariots and horses.
After Bi Gui, the governor of Bingzhou, learned about it, he was not angry but happy. He sent a memorial to Luoyang overnight, saying that the barbarians were causing trouble and the governor of Bingzhou would send troops to suppress it.
Being on the northern border with Bingzhou, Youzhou was the first to know about Bingzhou’s dispatch of troops.
Wang Xiong, the governor of Youzhou, was so angry that he threw the official document to the ground and cursed angrily:
“Bi Guishuzi! You have no reputation for talent, but you are nothing more than a scholar!”
“Divide and rule is the right way. How can we allow the barbarians to join together? Wouldn’t this cause a big problem on the border?”
Although Wang Xiong advocated mainly pacifying the Hu people, he even used the excuse of provoking side affairs to exclude Tian Yu, who had always treated the Hu people toughly, from Youzhou.
But this does not mean that he is willing to see the grassland unified.
Otherwise, last year, he would not have used his plan to sow discord between Kebi Neng and Bu Dugen, and prevent Kebi Neng from annexing other small tribes.
In Wang Xiong's eyes, he only needs the Hu people to continue to maintain the current state of division, and Kebi can no longer invade the border, and at the same time continue to pay tribute to the Wei Dynasty.
That is enough.
The current enemies of the Wei Dynasty are the Shu bandits and Wu Lu, and they are not Hu people.
If you can't even see this clearly, what's the use of wasting troops and money and food on the barbarians?
Especially those like Tian Yu who kept provoking border troubles. Not only were they unable to destroy the Hu people, they even led Kebi Neng to lead troops to invade the border, so that the border soldiers, civilians and officials could not rest for a moment.
What's the use of keeping him in Youzhou?
I didn’t expect that Bi Gui would be even stupider than Tian Yu!
He actually forced Bu Dugen, who had been guarding the border for the Wei Dynasty, to join Kebineng. He was extremely stupid!
If it had been anyone else, Wang Xiong would have already complained about his faults in governing Bingzhou.
It's just that Bi Gui is a minister of Conglong and is married to the royal family, so he is a close confidant of His Majesty.
Let Liang Xi, the former governor of Bingzhou, return to Luoyang to serve as the chief agricultural officer, and then let Bi Gui serve as governor of Bingzhou. This was originally a means for His Majesty to gain power after he ascended the throne.
Coupled with the current situation in the Wei Dynasty, if I really want to impeach Bi Gui, I am afraid that I will violate His Majesty's taboo.
It was just that when he squeezed out Tian Yu, he used the reason to appease Ke Bineng.
If Kebi could unify the grasslands and become a major problem for the Wei Dynasty, he might also be implicated.
Under such circumstances, he had to think deeply and wrote a memorial to express the hidden dangers of the Hu people in You and the two states.
ˆ He once again reiterated his view that with the current general trend of the world, Shu and Wu are the biggest enemies.
You can make use of the Hu people, but do not force them too much, so as not to cause war on the northern border and waste troops, money and food.
After writing the memorial, he wrote another letter and secretly sent it to Guanzhong.
Bi Gui had no hope. All he could think of now was the Great Sima guarding Guanzhong in the southwest of Bingzhou.
Wang Xiong’s letter was still halfway on the way, and Sima Yi was already standing at Pubanjin Ferry, looking to the northeast, and slowly said something:
“Bi Gui is a person who has only served as a local official for a long time. He has no experience in leading a political party, let alone leading an army.”
"He can be appointed governor of Bingzhou, and the people he relies on are only those whom your majesty cares about. Therefore, he should be more careful to avoid making mistakes."
"Now he not only changes the old customs of Liang Dynasty, but also personally leads the army out of the country. He is so arrogant that he is afraid of being humiliated by the barbarians."
Wang Xiong may be afraid of offending Bi Gui, but as the Grand Sima, Sima Yi is already the most important minister in the court, so why should he worry about this?
Beside Sima Yi, stood Sima Shi.
There was a man following Sima Yi and his son.
Neither Guo Huai, the governor of Yongzhou, nor Fei Yao, the rear general, Dai Ling, the guard of the Shu army, Qin Lang, the brave cavalry general, and others.
It was Deng Ai who had just returned from Beidi County.
“Sima, don’t you think so? Do you think Bi will lead the army?”
The fact that Da Sima could say these words in front of him showed that he really regarded him as a confidant. Deng Ai couldn't help but feel very moved, and he mustered up the courage to ask.
“Compared to you, he is far behind!”
Sima Yi twirled his beard and smiled lightly, not sure whether he was mocking Bi Gui or praising Deng Ai.
“Da Sima Muzan, Ai...Ai doesn’t dare to do it.”
Deng Ai's face turned red with excitement and he stammered.
Sima Yi waved his hand:
“You have followed me to Beidi County this time, which is enough to prove your talent. As for Bi Gui, let’s wait for a while and see what news comes.”
Crossing the river eastward from Pubanjin Ferry is Hedong County, which is the boundary of Sizhou where Luoyang is located.
But if you keep going north along the river, you can directly reach Xihe County, which is the boundary of Bingzhou.
So if you are interested, you can easily get news about Bingzhou from here.
As some people far away in Liangzhou expected, part of the reason why Sima Yi ran Beidi County was to prevent changes among the Hu people in Bingzhou.
Hu Bo's Juzizhi clan was destroyed, and Deng Ai went with the army as a general.
The Wei army cleanly wiped out Hu Bo's tribe based on Deng Ai's suggestion of a surprise attack.
Deng Ai was originally transferred to Guanzhong as a farming officer. After meeting Sima Yi, he first proposed specific methods of farming, and now he has made contributions.
So he had to be granted the title of General, which was finally the first step.
Why didn’t this make Deng Ai feel full of gratitude to Da Sima?
But I heard Sima Yi continue to ask a question:
"I heard that when Shizai was serving as the bachelor of the Duwei of Diannong, Guo Xuanxin once said to him that your talents should be high enough to serve as prime minister. Is this possible?"
Deng Ai was startled and subconsciously looked up at Sima Yi.
But seeing Sima Yi's calm expression, it was impossible to tell what he was thinking from his face.
Deng Ai already stuttered, and when he was flustered, he could not speak fluently:
"The big...big...big Sima, Rong. This was at the end of that year when Jiang and Shi Zhongrong were appointed as imperial officials, and those who visited him joked about it."
Sima Yi glanced at him and smiled slightly:
“Don’t be nervous, you just tell me how to farm in Guanzhong, at least I can appoint any county governor.”
“Now I have to use the power of thunder to shock the Qiang and Hu, and then supplement it with gentle strategies. This is really a great talent!”
Deng Ai breathed a sigh of relief.
“The Shi Zhongrong you just mentioned is the Shi Zhongrong that people at that time said was ‘Shi Zhongrong, Jiao Wushuang’?”
Sima Yi finally asked this question.
“Exactly.”
“Back then, you and he drove cars for others, and we were both called talented ministers. Do you know where he is now?”
“I’ll forgive you, Grand Sima. At that time, Shi Zhongrong got acquainted with Xu Yun, a member of the civil service department, and wanted to seek a way to the Jin Dynasty. Later, I heard that he was transferred to Yecheng. We have not known each other for a long time!”
Hearing this, Sima Yi couldn't help but sigh:
“What a pity, it seems that I have lost the talent of a minister!”
Deng Ai couldn't bear it when he saw Da Sima looking for talents, and said:
"Da Sima, I have heard that Shi Zhongrong has been selling iron between Yecheng and Chang'an in recent years. Da Sima might as well be found, but it is unknown whether he can be found or not."
“Oh, there’s still this matter?” Sima Yi was surprised and nodded repeatedly, “If we can find another great talent, I will remember you again.”
He comforted Deng Ai again and then let him go down.
However, Deng Ai bowed respectfully to Sima Yi first, then saluted Sima Shi before leaving.
Sima Shi, who had not spoken until now, asked:
“How kind do you treat Deng Shizai, your lord?”
"Because he is talented." Sima Yi said calmly, "A talented person is not afraid of having too many talents, but is afraid of having too few."
When I first met Deng Shizai, I saw him squatting on the top of the city to draw the terrain regardless of the snow and severe cold.
This type of person, even if they are not very talented, will not be a simple person in the future as long as they are given opportunities due to their resilience.
As Sima Yi spoke, he turned around and pointed to the west:
"Now the Shu bandits are rampant and cunning. If there is no capable person around to help them, how can they fulfill His Majesty's trust?"
Sima Shi couldn't help but groan when his master mentioned "Your Majesty".
Although the flashy case has passed, Master Sima will remember it unforgettable in his life.
Not only was he stripped of all his official positions, he was also banned from leaving home for a year.
Not to mention that the ugly appearance caused by fear in that turmoil was clearly seen by others.
In the eyes of Master Sima, what His Majesty did was no different from humiliating himself.
Sima Yi naturally knew what his son was thinking.
But I saw him slowly saying:
"I often tell you that if you are not as powerful as others, you must know practical matters and know how to be patient. Gou Jian has the courage to sleep on his salary, and Han Xin has the humiliation of his crotch. What does this mean to you?"
Sima Shi was startled and responded quickly.
Sima Yi nodded, looked to the northeast again, and smiled thoughtfully:
“Do you know why I care so much about Bingzhou?”
“I don’t know.”
"Our Majesty, although he is very different from the late emperor, one thing is very similar, that is, he likes to use side clans or relatives by marriage."
Bi Gui is a royal in-law.
As for the Sima family, they are separated by one level.
Because his son married a daughter of the Xiahou family.
It would have been fine before, but now the Xiahou family is a thorn in His Majesty's flesh.
“But even if Bi Gui is defeated by the barbarians as your lord said, what does that have to do with your lord?”
Sima Shi asked.
Sima Yi smiled meaningfully:
"If Bi Gui makes a mistake, given the temperament of our Majesty, he will definitely send someone to lead the army again."
After being defeated by the Shu bandits, did His Majesty ignore the dissuasion of all ministers and insist on planning with Cao Zhen to attack Shu again?
If you can't even defeat the barbarians now, how can your Majesty endure this tone?
Sima Shi still didn't understand what the relationship between these things and his master was.
“Da Lang, if Bi Gui’s army is defeated and Your Majesty sends someone else to go, who do you think you will send?”
(End of this chapter)