Cao Rui stood in the commander's seat, holding the imperial edict in his hand. He glanced at the nine people in the tent, led by Yun Zheng, who knelt on one knee to receive the edict (he was wearing armor and could not perform the full ceremony). He read majestically: "I heard the eagle rise.
When they were first formed, they did not have all the weapons and equipment. They drilled day and night. They did not hesitate to pursue the legacy of the Five Dynasties of the Yun family. They were all loyal and upright. How should their army be an army without weapons? Therefore, the engineering and soldiers were ordered to work together and take inventory. This is what happened.
The more than 30,000 halberds, you and your ministers, should work together and train elite soldiers to intimidate the little ones from all over the world internally, defend the barbarians from all countries externally, and promote the power of Wei Dynasty..."
"I also heard that the officials in Jiangsu were investigating and found that many people were implicated. There were frequent injustices in the land south of the Yangtze River. I looked at the south of the Yangtze River and saw that there might be poison, which might be exploited by thieves. Taizu said: 'If the army is strong, no country will dare to be disrespectful; if the force is strong, then no one will dare to be disrespectful.
There is no injustice in the world. It has been nearly half a year since the establishment of the six armies. They have been practicing separately and have not yet performed together. I ordered the six of you, including the minister, to gather together to discuss and decide on a time for the six armies to perform together. One is to get to know each other, and the other is to establish authority.
The six armies pointed out each other's shortcomings, so that the potential thieves did not dare to mention Cao Qing, the minister of the Ministry of War. He has been in the center for a long time, and the country's Qiancheng can be coordinated from the center... The above matters are all confidential, and they are reported to the six ministers. The Xian envoy heard about it and admired it!
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As soon as Yunzheng heard "I admire this", he immediately took the lead and shouted: "I accept the decree and thank you for your kindness! Long live my emperor, long live, long live!" The remaining eight people also immediately shouted in unison.
This was not the first time that Yun Zheng received an edict. He acted very skillfully and professionally. He held up Cao Rui's hands with both hands and closed the imperial edict. He placed it horizontally on Yun Zheng's hand. He put away his seriousness and said with a smile: "Congratulations, Yun Du said."
Congratulations. Everyone knows that getting more than 30,000 unilateral halberds is nothing short of a windfall for the Yun family army, who were already nervous about military pay.
However, Yunzheng did not feel this way. Firstly, his current military salary was actually not tight. Secondly, this ordnance was just an exchange item used by the emperor to appease the Yun family at this stage and not to oppose his new law. Since it was
Exchange is naturally not considered a windfall
However, Yun Zheng naturally would not tell the truth and smiled. Seeing that Cao Rui came to help him in person, he was still willing to kneel on one knee like this. He stood up and said: "Master Cao, we are happy together, we are happy together."
Cao Rui asked in surprise: "Where did Cao Mouxi come from?" He really put down his arrogance and talked to Yun Zheng at this moment. It was said that he and Yun Zheng's father Yun Lan were officials in the same dynasty, but he was actually several years older than Yun Lan, and
He is a second-grade civil servant, much tougher than Yun Zheng, a second-grade military general, but he has the advantage of being able to correct his mentality. Although Yun Zheng's official position is lower than him at the moment, it is obvious that he has a real future, and this future
It had been decided long ago. Although he, Cao Rui, was born in the same family, he currently relied on the Gu Xiang faction to maintain his position in the court. From this aspect, he would naturally not be so unfriendly to Yun Zheng like Mr. Lin.
Cao Rui has always despised Lin Laosi's actions. In his opinion, Lin Laosi is lucky to be a prince. If he were an ordinary official, he would have been killed countless times.
Although the Shen family and the Gu family are in a competitive relationship, from a large perspective, both families are hereditary and famous families, and they are the core of the "famous family". Now the emperor has introduced the new law of Qiulinjiang, making it clear that the car and horse are important.
When it comes to starting a war with the "famous sect", if Cao Rui still cares about the different paths between himself and Yunzheng, then he doesn't need to continue to hang out in the officialdom. He has no sense at all.
Cao Rui was able to get into the position of Minister of the Ministry of War. Naturally, he would not be so blind, especially now that the Gu faction is being marginalized, he would not offend the Yun family, which currently plays a decisive role, with these details.
Yun Zheng was not the same Yun Zheng who had just arrived in the Wei Dynasty a few months ago. He also smiled in a friendly manner: "Master Cao has 'taken charge of the six armies' this time, which is an honor that the Ministry of War has not had in many years. This time
After all, the affairs of the Ministry of War will definitely be easier to carry out. Can Mr. Cao agree with what the general said?" Yun Zheng also had hints in his words. First, he said that the Minister of the Ministry of War is in charge of the central government, Yun, Zhou, Leng, and Jiang.
This has not happened for many, many years. This is a great honor for Cao Rui. Secondly, as long as he does things well this time, Cao Rui can speak louder in the Ministry of War and he will be more confident.
The implication is that although you, Cao Rui, are the Minister of War, one of the ministers on your left and right comes from the Du family and the other from a poor family. If you can accomplish such a thing, you will naturally be able to hold your head high in the future.
With Cao Rui's intelligence, how could he not understand Yun Zheng's hint? He smiled even more affectionately at that moment, and bowed his hands toward the north with a smile: "To accomplish such a great thing, we must first rely on the power of our emperor." He then said to Yun
Zheng Gong cupped his hands: "Then I have to ask Yun Duzhi to cooperate more." After saying that, he squinted his eyes slightly and looked at Yun Zheng without blinking.
Yun Zheng smiled reservedly, pondered thoughtfully for a moment, and suddenly sighed slightly: "Last year, Yan Yun, Zhending, and the three guards of Taiyuan fought a tough battle. It was a big battle."
Cao Rui was slightly startled, not understanding what Yun Zheng meant. He couldn't help but look confused, but he echoed: "Yes, it is indeed a tough battle, a big battle!"
Yunzheng nodded heavily: "As far as I know, the three Davids suffered serious losses. The court's subsequent investigation seems to be somewhat..."
Cao Rui suddenly realized that this was what Yun Zheng meant!
"Cao also had some doubts about the court's subsequent investigation results, but at that time, the matter was handled by Huang Shilang. Huang Shilang was in charge of the audit and inspection of each army. When he said it like that, Cao didn't ask too many questions...
Now it seems that the Ministry of War has indeed been negligent in this matter." Cao Rui said with a straight face: "In this case, Cao will definitely not let the mistakes continue. Don't worry, Cao will immediately order a review of this matter!"
Yun Zheng's face looked better now, and he nodded slightly: "Master Cao, the general always feels at ease when doing things."
What he said sounded like nothing, but when Cao Rui thought about it carefully, he felt a little depressed. Why, because this sentence was an affirmation of himself, and Yunzheng, a "junior general", how could it be his turn to affirm himself, a superior officer?
?In Cao Rui's view, his words were either an unintentional mistake - but this is unlikely - or he was deliberately beating himself up, meaning: Although I am the "last general", is your job good?
, now it only counts if I confirm or deny it.
Cao Rui knew that now was not the time to care about this, so his face froze slightly, and he immediately smiled naturally and said: "I just don't know how big the losses of the three guards are..."
Yun Zheng lowered his eyes and said calmly: "It's about three times what Huang Shilang reported."
Cao Rui's heart skipped a beat, his smile became stiff, and he asked, "Three times?"
Yun Zheng broke his hope, nodded, and said with certainty: "Three times."
"Uh..." Cao Rui quickly organized his words in his mind and asked cautiously: "Three times the loss of personnel and equipment?"
Yun Zheng continued to nod and said calmly: "That's right, they are all three times."
Cao Rui took a deep breath, calmed down, and managed to squeeze out a smile: "That means that the three Davids lost a total of nearly 40,000 people, and the equipment they lost was enough to rearm an army of 50,000 to 60,000 people?"
Yunzheng looked into Cao Rui's eyes and said softly: "The imperial court can certainly understand the difficulties of the border troops, right, Lord Cao?" Although his voice suddenly became softer, it became clearer in Cao Rui's ears.
Especially the word "chaoting"
Cao Rui suddenly understood, how to determine the "battle damage" for the Yun family's army? That was a matter for the Ministry of War, but in the end it was the court and the treasury that provided the money and supplies. What does the Ministry of War have to do with him? What does Cao Rui have to do with him?
thing?
A smile suddenly appeared on Cao Rui's face: "Of course the imperial court can understand the difficulties of the border troops, there is no doubt about it! Yun Duzhi, don't worry about the Ministry of War." He said this with reservations, meaning that I
The Ministry of War is committed to re-providing the battle damage report in accordance with what you mean by Yun Du, but the court's "consideration" for the difficulties of the border troops is not something I, Cao, can guarantee - of course, I am still
I believe in the imperial court
Yun Zheng laughed and nodded with satisfaction: "Ying Yangwei will always obey Mr. Cao's call for joint training and performance."
Cao Rui breathed a sigh of relief, his face naturally smiling: "In this case, Cao will go to other guards to convey the order. Yun Du pointed out, take leave."
Yun Zheng smiled and said: "It's getting late now. Why don't you, Mr. Cao, rest here for the night? It's not too late to go back tomorrow."
How could Cao Rui stay here with Yunzheng? He quickly said: "Don't bother me, don't bother me. Your Majesty has entrusted you with a very important task. Cao doesn't dare to delay. Yundu said I'm sorry, I'm sorry."
Yunzheng's smile became even brighter: "In this case, I will personally escort you out of the camp."
"Thank you, thank you. Please stay."
------------------------------------------ "Young Marshal, the courage of Cao Shangshu,
Isn’t it too young?” As soon as Cao Rui left, Qin Chong, the commander of Yingyang’s third guard who had a somewhat careless personality, said with some disdain.
"Why do you say this forward?" Yun Zheng asked with a slight smile.
"Forward" is the word Qin Chong
Qin Chong curled his lips disdainfully: "I don't know the exact number of casualties of our three big guards, but the old boy Cao Rui was shocked by our military power, so he was so frightened that he agreed to change his story and review the casualties of our three big guards, and specifically asked
It depends on the young marshal's wishes to see how to determine the number. It can be seen that this guy is just counting mice."
Not only Yunzheng, but also everyone laughed. When Qin Chong saw it, he couldn't help but wonder: "Why are they all laughing? Could I be wrong?"
Yunsong had a good relationship with Qin Chong, so he was the first to say: "Go forward, Cao Rui agreed to the young marshal, not just because he was intimidated by us."
Before Qin Chong asked, Yunzheng smiled and asked: "Wuting is right. I won't say whether he was frightened or not. But he was able to agree to this matter not because of the military might of our Yingyang Guards."
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Qin Chong couldn't help but wonder: "Why is that? Does this old boy want to get closer to our Yanjing?"
Yun Yi suddenly said: "When it comes to getting closer, I can't say that it's completely wrong."
Yun Song was about to laugh, but when he heard what Yun Yi said, he couldn't help but be a little confused and asked: "What does Fudu mean?"
Just as Yun Yi was about to speak, he suddenly saw that Yun Bing's face was as usual, and his heart moved, and he said with a smile: "I can see it from Shui Han, Shui Han, you can explain it."
Yun Bing was slightly startled. He understood, but he didn't expect that Yun Yi would suddenly push him out. However, he didn't refuse. He just organized the words in his mind and said: "The general thought that the deputy was referring to
This means that Cao Rui will not really want to join our Yun family's team, because his life experience determines that he can only find support within the inner four families, and it is not the first time that he has "war" with the Shen family.
Twice, it is impossible to get closer to the Shen family, and the other two families are not as good as the Gu family, so he will not change his master. As for why he is so pleased with the young commander at the moment, it is because of three points: first, if he agrees to the young commander, the young commander will
He will cooperate with him in this co-production. If the co-production is successful, his voice in the Ministry of War and even in the imperial court will be greatly expanded; secondly, judging from the newly appointed third minister of Jiangsu Province by the imperial court, the situation of the Gu family is not good now.
, as the Gu family's arm, maintaining a good relationship with the young marshal at this moment will help bring the Gu family back to the right path from the edge of danger; the third point is that regardless of the battle losses mentioned by the young marshal, he
No matter how much good things the report says for Yanjing, he won't feel bad. In his opinion, it was our military members of the Yun family who died in the war, and the money spent was the court's money. What did Cao Rui lose? What did his Gu family have to lose?
Loss? No, they just use their words to make us like them, and thus have the opportunity to regain the initiative in the court. Of course, strictly speaking, the only disadvantage is that the emperor will definitely do something to him.
Dissatisfied, but this is not particularly important. No matter how dissatisfied the emperor is, he will not easily touch a heavyweight minister like him. Moreover, the emperor also needs our Yun family to support his new law at the moment. Even if there is dissatisfaction, it will not break out now."
Yun Yi was a little stunned when he heard this. He didn't think so much. Even Xu Shaoyang changed his face slightly. However, while they were surprised, they were more appreciative.
"Bah, bang, bang!" Yun Zheng clapped and nodded to Yun Bing with a smile: "Shui Han's words are very thorough and well analyzed. Cao Rui has such a calculation. It is precisely because I know that he will have this in his heart.
A bottom line, that's why the Lions opened their mouths and tripled the battle damage because I think under the current situation, no matter which side will try their best to maintain a good relationship with us, to prevent us from opposing them again...
Yunzheng smiled: "I wonder if the emperor has missed something, that is, His Highness the Crown Prince is now very close to the Gu family, and now that the Gu family has suffered such a blow, how can His Highness the Crown Prince feel happy? With Cao Rui's move,
The Gu family's arm successfully coordinated the "Six-Army Joint Exercise", and they must vigorously suppress Huang Shilang within the Ministry of War. Huang Shilang is His Majesty's main cadre in the Ministry of War. If he is suppressed excessively, His Majesty will be furious and will definitely attack Cao Rui.
To attack Cao Rui is to attack the Gu family. If you attack the Gu family, the prince will be unhappy. If the prince is unhappy, the fourth prince and the sixth prince are not in Beijing... Haha, this drama is really interesting."
The eight people in the field looked at their young marshal in unison, and a thought flashed through their minds: Is this man who talks so eloquently about the situation in North Korea still referring to our young marshal who doesn't ask about current affairs?
----------Dividing line----------It’s Christmas, Wufeng wishes everyone a Merry Christmas!
It's a holiday today, so I'm just lazy, so I won't add any more updates. This is a normal chapter of 4,000 words. The 4,000 words were written on the day I couldn't log in on the 23rd. I think I'll make up for it in two days if I have time tomorrow.