The "simple", or rather perfunctory, suggestion to the general of the hussars to grant him a title was ultimately rejected.
Granting a title to a city may seem okay, but is it actually...
Even if it is a real ennoblement, if it is given too much, it will invisibly strengthen Fei Qian's control over the northern land of Guanzhong? Wouldn't it be better to add some obstacles to Fei Qian and help him in turn?
?
At the same time, Feiqian's accumulation of food fiefs was also very high.
Although in the history of the Han Dynasty, there were some rewards for food towns with tens of thousands of households, but that was the standard for royal honors. For Fei Qian's current meritorious service, it is somewhat unreasonable to give him a few hundred, but to give him one or two thousand, and then
In addition, Feiqian's original food town, although it is not close to the standard of ten thousand households, is obviously getting closer.
If there is anything else, if this reward continues, is it possible that there will be thousands of households with different surnames in the city? You know, when talking about thousands of households with different surnames, the Han people will first think of three people, Xiao He, Zhang Liang, and Cao Shen
.And Fei Qian’s virtues and talents can compare with these three people?
Such signs must be suppressed, and no more food can be added to Fei Qian.
Then it would not be appropriate to confer a title alone without enfeoffing the city.
The too flat title system in the Han Dynasty resulted in few buffers between princes.
Now Fei Qian is an iron-clad Marquis of Guannei, and is it possible to give him a "gong" if he goes up further? Didn't he hear Zhuge Jin say that "Fei Gong" is long and "Fei Gong" is short? Doesn't it mean that he wants this?
Really? If we really want to follow this idea, then where should we put Mr. Cao’s face?
What's more, there is another tricky thing...
Xun Yu glanced at the young man Cao Zhen and said slowly: "The land of Longyou was mostly lost to the hands of the Qiang people in the early years, and the Western Region was also lost. Now it has been restored by the Hussars. This contribution cannot be denied, but since the Emperor
Since the capital was moved, the country has been in turmoil, and titles and honors have been awarded from time to time. If the hussars are invited to return their honors, how can the court respond?"
Because Fei Qian is not a king yet, the food town is not a feudal state. According to the laws of the Han Dynasty, Fei Qian cannot manage the administrative and military affairs within the food town area. He only enjoys the right to tax in the corresponding area, but in fact
The courts in these areas have never been able to send people to manage them, and at the same time they have not collected any taxes, so in fact these are all false, you understand, I understand, everyone understands...
When things like this are accepted by everyone, it makes sense. But when someone is unwilling and exposes it, it makes no sense.
Cao Zhen is the son of Cao Hong. After he became the emperor's young eunuch, everyone knows some of the things he did. Liu Xie's previous young eunuchs either died or ran away, and no one was willing to take the post for a long time.
And Cao Zhen, the young eunuch, was naturally like the deputy managers in charge of work in later generations, and became the talker of the young mansion.
Zhuge Jin always said "Fei Gong", does it need to be said more?
Xun Yu's meaning seems very simple on the surface. It seems that he is pretending to be stupid now to fool Fei Qian. If Fei Qian is not satisfied, he will come back to you and ask for money, whether it is for the salary owed by the previous court.
It's still the debts the Young Mansion owes over the past few years. What will we do then?
After all, since the time when Emperor Liu Xie moved the capital, the court has not given Fei Qian a grain of rice or a penny of salary. Now if Fei Qian is offered a title, a title, an increase in salary, etc., then Fei Qian will ask for it.
What should we do if we pay all the arrears in one lump sum? What words can we use to excuse it?
Cao Zhen sneered. He was now in charge of the affairs of the Young Mansion. He was basically responsible for the emperor's purchasing behavior. He felt that Xun Yu seemed to be accusing him of these things overtly and covertly. He couldn't tolerate it, so he said:
"If this is the intention of your Majesty, could it be that you want to add "recording matters to the minister"?"
Cao Cao immediately glared at him, "You bastard! What Wen Ruo said was a serious statement, how can you be so disrespectful to him and not apologize to your Majesty!"
Cao Zhen may not listen to what others say, but if Cao Cao has spoken, how can he be disobedient?
So Cao Zhen swallowed his saliva, saluted Xun Yu, and said that the boy was shapeless and his words were unintentional.
Xun Yu nodded slightly, but did not use the topic to make further use of the topic, nor did he say anything more.
In fact, the institution of "Xijing Shangshu Desk" was opened to Fei Qian, which means that Fei Qian was given the authority of "Ping Shangshu Affairs", which can even be said to be half of "Leading Shangshu Affairs". There are many things that "I knew earlier", and I regret it
"It shouldn't have happened in the first place", and the Xijing Shangshutai is obviously such a type of thing.
At that time, Fei Qian's troops came to Xu County, and the war was about to break out. At least half of Cao Cao's main force was still in Jingzhou, and Sun Quan from Jiangdong was eyeing him. The Jizhou gentry was swaying from side to side. It is not an exaggeration to say that there were internal and external troubles. In addition, there were also internal and external troubles in Xu County.
It was not so stable that Cao Cao's best choice at the time was to temporarily suspend the truce and allow Fei Qian to withdraw his troops and avoid fighting on two fronts or on multiple fronts.
As for the title of Shangshutai in Xijing, I felt at the time that Fei Qian wanted to appoint some official positions on his own. After all, even if he was not given this title at that time, Fei Qian would still appoint it on his own, just like how Yuan Shao and the princes from all over the world appointed something.
When a prefect appoints a governor, he will report it 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 that they were taking advantage of Fei Qian, but now they know that this is not the case.
Although it is said that the Shangshutai of Xijing does not have the authority to appoint officials of Jiuqing and above, Fei Qian actually does not have it at all, or in other words, he did not intend to form a decision-making team according to the structure of the Three Gongs and Jiuqing from the beginning, so this "restriction"
, in fact it is of no use at all!
Moreover, Fei Qian in turn expressed to the children of the Guanzhong gentry that he had "restrictions" in this area, so he created some weird institutions, and then the children of the Guanzhong gentry couldn't say anything...
Fei Qian is trying to find a way to circumvent the restrictions and provide benefits to everyone. What else can he say? What other opinions can there be? He said that it does not comply with the previous rules of the Han Dynasty, so that everyone does not receive benefits and has no chance to be promoted and make a fortune? Those who object are not
Will he be dragged out to play Xiaojiji? Therefore, the "restrictions" envisaged by these people in Shandong before for Fei Qian, to a certain extent, actually promoted Fei Qian's implementation of the New Deal in Guanzhong more smoothly!
Regret?
regret.
But is regret useful?
So now, when it comes to commending and rewarding Fei Qian, we are more cautious and more careful, and we are considering it again and again, lest it happen like what happened at the Xijing Shangshutai. They thought they could restrict Fei Qian, but in the end they helped Fei Qian.
Therefore, everyone couldn't help but feel that they had to think carefully about the "Fei Gong" issue proposed by Zhuge Jin.
Xun Yu's previous words were superficially referring to "salary", but in fact there were several layers of meaning behind it. However, Cao Zhen was young on the one hand, and he was also a party involved on the other hand, so he did not fully understand the meaning behind it.
Only then did he feel that Xun Yu was targeting the young master, so he spoke to contradict him, and was scolded by Cao Cao.
Cao Cao could generally guess the unfinished meaning of Xun Yu's words...
In addition to the previous meanings that sound relatively easy for everyone to understand, Xun Yu said, "The work of the Hussars in restoring the Longyou Western Region must be rewarded." In fact, the implicit meaning is that everyone is shameless. If you say this
For his meritorious service, he was stingy and gave me three melons and two dates, which was inappropriate.
This kind of thing needs to be recorded in history!
How can we reward Fei Qian as little as possible, and then Boss Cao can make a big profit for himself? Even if Fei Qian and Cao Cao don't deal with each other at the moment, they haven't completely broken up with each other yet. Fei Qian also respectfully sends things, prisoners of war, and tributes.
The emperor, then even the Shaofu kind of business does not care...
To put it simply, Fei Qian, the branch manager, is quite "loyal" to Dahan Corporation, but he has some conflicts with General Manager Cao Cao. He deliberately suppresses Fei Qian in terms of rewards. It seems cool now, but what about the future?
?Don’t forget that the lands under Cao Cao’s control are not monolithic!
The manager in charge of other places took a look and said, Oh, Boss Cao turns out to be such a person. He quickly took a notebook and wrote it down. The next time Boss Cao said something upright, he would start delivering cheat sheets after the meeting.
Come, take a look, don’t listen to what Boss Cao says, look at what Boss Cao has done...
Do you still want the character that Cao Cao worked hard to build before?
Some people originally talked about Cao Cao's unclear rewards and punishments, and his nepotism!
As for what Xun Yu said later, "After the emperor moved the capital, all the titles and salaries were awarded from time to time." Did it mean that "the titles and salaries were awarded from time to time" to just Qiaoqi? No, all the officials in Guanzhong and the three assistants did not receive the salary from the court.
, this is true even for all local princes. The emperor has lost the ability to collect taxes from various places, and naturally there is no way to pay salaries to various local officials, including Cao Cao himself.
Therefore, Xun Yu's final question is easy to understand, "If the hussar is invited to return his salary, why will the imperial court accept it?"
The unspoken rule is that everyone plays together, but what if there is a serious falling out?
In addition, it is absolutely impossible to bypass the "imperial court" for this kind of edict to commend the hussar general Fei Qian. In other words, it must be to let the emperor Liu Xie pass it. What will the emperor think when he sees it?
Strictly speaking, the battle between Cao Cao and Qingxu was just a fight between men and women, but Fei Qian's pacification of the Western Qiang and the opening of the Western Regions can truly be called a message to heaven and earth and to the ancestors...
"What should Wen Ruo mean?" Cao Cao asked with a frown.
Xun Yu ignored the glare from Guo Jia who was standing next to him, lowered his head and said in a deep voice, "May I be given the honorary title of General Hussars, ranking him above the three princes..."
"Hmm..." Cao Cao frowned.
During the period of Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the generals were ranked according to their rank. The first was naturally the general, the second was the hussar general, the third was the cavalry general, the fourth was the guard general, and below that were the front, rear, left, right, and four expeditions and four towns...
…
Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty first appointed Wei Qing as the General, and then created the post of Hussar General for Huo Qubing. After the Battle of Mobei, the post of Grand Sima was established. Wei Huo was promoted to the rank of Grand Sima, and Huo Qubing was added to the post of General of the Cavalry, with a salary.
Equal to the generals, the generals of Sima and Hussar are both above the Three Dukes.
The atmosphere suddenly became a little 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 stood up, excused themselves 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 house without saying a word, he entered the room, patted the table and asked Xun Yu's housekeeper to get the wine...
Butler Xun Yu glanced at Xun Yu.
Xun Yu closed his eyes and waved his hand slightly helplessly.
The butler lowered his head slightly and went down.
There was silence in the courtyard.
After a long time, Guo Jiacai whispered: "Why?"
Xun Yu remained silent and did not answer immediately.
"Checks and balances...you just want to have checks and balances!" Guo Jia patted the table, "You don't think the lord will know?!"
Xun Yu closed his eyes and said, "Then what do you think we should do?"
"..." Guo Jia suddenly fell silent.
Suppressing and delaying Fei Qian's sacrifice was to free up more time for Cao Cao. This was a check and balance. Similarly, Xun Yu's suggestion was also to check and balance on the issue of Fei Qian's reward, but this time
The object of checks and balances became Cao Cao.
The hussar general ranks above the three princes.
The general is also ranked above the three princes.
I believe that Cao Cao knew this, and so did Emperor Liu Xie.
Then Fei Qian in Guanzhong would probably be able to accept such an improvement...
After all, the price is high and the money is paid back. Zhuge Jin's so-called "Fei Gong" can be regarded as an ordinary honorific, or it can be regarded as a "bargain", and this parallel status is the "counter-offer" given by Xun Yu
』.
But the problem is that Cao Cao will not be happy. This is obvious.
"If you don't do this, it will be difficult to convince the public, and you may even lose your prestige in the court..." After a while, Xun Yu slowly said, "You don't know that the hussar doesn't know that we delayed the sacrifice of prisoners? You don't know that the young man is greedy? You don't know that the emperor
Want to take back authority?』
"..." Guo Jia looked gloomy and did not answer.
Xun Yu raised his head and looked at the sky, "Or maybe he personally led all the troops and led them to Pingyang in Guanzhong?"
The current Han Dynasty is not like Cao Cao's family in history. In some respects, Fei Qian is even stronger in some aspects. Even if Cao Cao is rushing to catch up now, there is still a considerable gap. Especially
It was during this confrontation with Jiangdong that this was even more evident.
The half-baked mechanical method learned from Cao Cao caught Jiangdong Army off guard. So what if Cao Cao's imitated mechanical method meets Fei Qian's side?
Although Cao Cao never discussed 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 trying to save face?
"If this reward is given, it can lead to arrogance and greed for power... If the hussar is fooled, even if he will not raise an army to investigate the crime, he will use this as an excuse to publicize it in Qinglong Temple... By then, you and I...
...Or how will the people in the court explain this?" Xun Yu sighed, "What a great talk in Qinglong Temple...This is a conspiracy of the hussar, the lord...so what can I do?"
Under Xu County, of course, there are mouthpiece media similar to the "official". What is said and what words are used will be controlled, but what about Qinglong Temple? Xu County over there is beyond the reach. If a trend of thought is formed, it will be returned to Shandong.
, is it possible that the emperor Liu Xie was asked to come up with another "Party Prison III" just like the discussion of the Imperial Academy?
Guo Jia frowned and said, "That's why...I'm afraid Hussar might not fall into the trap...and I think you did it on purpose..."
Xun Yu sighed and did not answer this question.
on purpose……
perhaps.
After all, Xun Yu also knew that if the hussar could be arrogant, extravagant, or greedy for beauty, then this condition had already existed, and he would not have suddenly become arrogant now...
But, if you don’t do this, what can you do?
After all, Xun Yu's surname was not Cao, but Xun.
The most important thing is that Xun Yu is not confident that he can win the fight with Fei Qian now. Therefore, he can only place his hope on the population base and cultural heritage of Jizhou and Yuzhou, and then rely on time and development to finally accumulate a more powerful force than Fei Qian.
A big advantage, and then we can achieve the final victory. Of course, if we can find some opportunities during this stalemate, such as civil strife in Guanzhong, etc., maybe...
Anyway, Cao Cao is currently in a situation where the economy is tight, the soldiers are not as good as the soldiers, and the equipment and technology are backward. Even if he wants to turn against him, he doesn't have the capital.
"Nowadays, among the big men, the only thing left is the lord and the hussar..." Xun Yu sighed again, "Previously, the lord fought hard with jujubes, was not afraid of power, and was favored by everyone... But now..."
As for Sun Erluzi, in fact, most people don't regard him as a big deal.
Guo Jia tilted his head slightly and looked at the sky to the west. Just like Xun Yu did before, he didn't know what to say. After a while, he sighed, "My lord... you are forcing me."
My lord! You...sigh..."
Guo Jia's previous anger gradually turned into helplessness, "Those people...are they worth it?"
Xun Yu smiled, his handsome and clear face unknowingly mixed with a bit of sadness, "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, but still smiled and said, "I don't know either..."
"You!" Guo Jia couldn't help but stood up and walked to Xun Yu, as if he was about to kick him, but he turned a corner and walked past Xun Yu, only bringing his big sleeves to Xun Yu
on his head and face, as if he was caressing her gently.
Xun Yu still sat there, looking like a wooden sculpture.
After a while, the housekeeper came with some drinks and food. Seeing that Guo Jia had left, he couldn't help but be stunned for a moment and asked in a low voice: "Master, this... Guo Langjun..."
"Gone." Xun Yu said slowly.
"Then this drink..."
"..." Xun Yu exhaled and said, "Bring it to me, I'll use it..."
"Ah? Ah...yes..." The butler didn't know what was going on, but he did as he was told.
Xun Yu poured a glass of wine and placed it on the table.
Then he poured another glass, then picked it up himself, gestured slightly towards the first glass of wine, and then raised his head to drink...
