After completing the mission of envoy Zheng Guo and Jin State, Sima Xia Yushu of Chen Guo returned to Zhuye, and after a short rest, he went to the palace to pay tribute to Chen Gonggong.

As soon as Uncle Yu walked to the door, he saw his younger brother Xia Yuzhi, who had replaced him as Sima before his envoy, hurriedly walked in and stopped him at the gate: "Big brother, you came back just in time, I just happened to have an urgent matter."

"What's the urgency?" Uncle Xia Yu asked.

"You don't know, Fan Rui sent an envoy to the state of Chu, touched the ashes of his nose at the king of Chu Mu, and after returning to Zhuye a few days ago, he actually asked the king to transfer the young Sima Qi Wei to the southern border as a deputy general, and the post of the young Sima was handed over to Guan Yi, the younger brother of the imperial historian Guan Kui." Xia Yuzhi said.

Uncle Xia Yu was secretly surprised, Shao Sima was Sima's direct subordinate, and Shao Sima Qi Wei was his confidant general, who had repeatedly made military exploits but had a good reputation in the army, and was his right-hand man.

And Guan Kui has always had different political views with himself, and this time the Chu army pressed Guan Kui and strongly advocated surrendering without a fight. Besides, Guan Yi is just a general, and without his consent, he put Guan Yi on the left and right of Uncle Xia as an official, which not only broke Uncle Xia's arm, but also planted eyeliner and constraints next to Uncle Xia.

"Yu Zhi, Fan Rui didn't ask for your opinion when he replaced Shao Sikong?" Uncle Xia Yu asked.

"No, I only pretended to inform me after the king, and when I asked to see the king to stop it, the order to replace it had already been issued." Xia Yuzhi said.

"How can this be reasonable, Fan Rui deceives people too much." Uncle Xia Yu said angrily.

"Not only Qi Wei, but also several generals in the army who are close to you have also been demoted and transferred, most of them have changed from the main position to the deputy position, and they have been replaced by some mediocre officers who are not very strong in actual combat ability." Xia Yuzhi said again.

Uncle Xia Yu was even more furious when he heard this, he didn't expect that he had only been on the mission for more than ten days, and his own people had been plotted.

After saying goodbye to Xia Yuzhi, Uncle Xia Yushu hurried to the palace.

When Uncle Xia Yu arrived at the palace, Secretary of State Fan Rui, Yu Shi Guan Kui and other officials were also there, Uncle Xia Yu calmed down and first presented Chen Gonggong with the great gifts of Zheng Guo and Jin Guo.

"Your Majesty, Weichen was ordered to send envoys to Zheng and Jin, fortunately he lived up to his mission and gained a lot, Zheng Mugong promised not to support Chu to commit Chen, and Jin promised to help Chen when Chu invaded Chen." Uncle Xia Yu knelt on the ground and presented the written music with both hands.

"Sima has worked hard." Chen Gonggong ordered someone to take over the recital.

"Zheng Mugong and Jin Linggong both have returned the gift, and they have ordered someone to send them to the door." Uncle Xia Yu said.

"Good, good, good." After reading the recital, Chen Gonggong was very satisfied with the results of Uncle Xia's trip to the two countries, and said three good words in a row.

"Let's go, let's go and see what Zheng Mugong and Jin Linggong have sent me." Gonggong Chen said to Uncle Xia Yu, walked down the throne and led everyone to the gate.

Uncle Xia Yu followed Chen Gonggong to the gate, and the return gifts sent by Zheng Mugong and Jin Linggong were divided into several large wooden boxes, and Chen Gonggong asked people to open the wooden box with seals.

I saw that in addition to gold, jade and jewelry, Zheng Mugong's return gifts also included luxury goods such as silk and satin; And Jin Guo returned ten large gift boxes, and when he opened them, he saw that they were full of arrows.

"Sima, you can bring back these arrows, install the arrow shafts, and help my Chen Guo defeat the strong enemy." Gonggong said to Uncle Yu.

"Yes, Your Majesty. Arrow weapons are important, but people are even more important. Weichen has one thing that is not clear: I don't know why there have been many generals in the army in the past ten days. It is easy to obtain thousands of troops, but it is difficult to find one general, and changing generals in battle is a taboo in the army, and it is a long-term process for new generals to run in with their subordinates, and the change of generals is not conducive to wartime command and scheduling. Uncle Xia Yu said.

"Lord Sima, the reason for the change of generals is that some generals in the army have a too close relationship with their subordinates, and they are worried that they will stand on their own in the army and cultivate their own personal power." Fan Rui said on the side.

"Lord Fan, don't you think that this will chill all the generals in the army just because they have a good relationship with their subordinates, and then demote these generals? Don't you suspect that Wechen and his subordinates are self-reliant, right? Uncle Xia Yu said.

"Lord Sima, you are too worried. You also know that the current great enemy, although the removal of these generals is a bit hasty, and because you sent Zheng and Jin to the two countries can not discuss with you, they can only discuss with Dai Sima, but the matter is very high, if the generals are allowed to stand on their own in the army, it will eventually become a major hidden danger, and we must not guard against it. Fan Rui said again.

"Master Fan, I have to clarify this matter with you, on behalf of Sima Xia Yuzhi, you didn't discuss with him at all and privately invited the king to change generals, what kind of intentions do you have in this way?" Uncle Xia Yu asked.

"Lord Sima, the change of general is to stabilize the morale of the army, this matter is very important and urgent, so I did not wait for you to return to Zhuye to discuss, but Fan Rui is absolutely selfless, and the generals on the top have no personal relationship with me." Fan Rui said.

"Lord Fan, not to mention whether the superior generals have a personal relationship with you, but as far as I know, these newly appointed generals have mediocre qualifications, and they have neither outstanding military exploits nor outstanding abilities, while the demoted generals have outstanding military achievements but are not at fault, what do you want to do this?"

Uncle Xia Yu's words were righteous, and Fan Rui was speechless.

"Lord Sima, the reason why the top generals have no outstanding military exploits is because they lack the opportunity to make meritorious contributions, Lord Fan is dedicated to the country, you must not misunderstand him." Guan Kui was on the side to help Fan Rui.

"Okay, you Aiqing don't have to argue, now that all the generals have been placed in place, there is no need to go back and discuss it, although this matter was raised by Lord Fan, it was all agreed by me. Now that the great enemy is present, the Chu army has gone through the ranks of troops and horses, and we should also take precautions, wait for the day, and unite to deal with the strong enemy. Chen Gonggong said.

"What the king said is very true. Lord Sima, this matter started because of me, you can blame me, but don't miss the military affairs because of this, you are Sima, and the safety of the millions of people of Chen State is entrusted to you. Fan Rui said.

Fan Rui's words seem to be generous, but in fact, they are harboring evil intentions, implying that Uncle Sima Xia will ignore his personal selfishness and abandon state affairs because of this matter; What is even more sinister is to regard the safety of the country as the responsibility of Sima alone, and lay the groundwork for future accountability.

"Lord Fan's words are wrong, whether the change of battle will affect the combat strength or stabilize the morale of the army, and the battle with the Chu army will definitely be demonstrated. However, since it has become a fact, Weichen does not want to always hold on, and will only do his duty. The Chu army is pressing, and we should all shoulder our responsibilities. Uncle Xia Yu said.

Uncle Xia Yu was very helpless, since Chen Gonggong said that there was no need to discuss this matter, there was no possibility of turning the tables.