Tong'an General Military Office, Council Chamber

He Ji took a sip of fragrant tea and smiled at Hong Guangbing: "The prospect king made people desperately drag us back, causing the bandit army to be unable to pull out normally until it was almost winter, and as a result, we took a winter truce according to his wishes.

King Jing asked people to impeach you for being slow in the whole army, delaying the fighter plane, and wanting his people to take over the army of bandits, King Jing is now united with the right minister, and the momentum is soaring, and King Duan is a little unbearable to let go, and the day before yesterday I wrote to me to be mentally prepared for the fact that the leader of your army of bandits will be taken away, but I don't want to have this turn for the better today. ”

He Fu Yin's eyes flashed: "Yan Kui's victory over Heifengling is a great achievement, and he belongs to your account, and he also has the official seal of your General Military Mansion printed in Qinghukou."

Waiting for the network army department to report the merits, it can be said that your winter truce is to paralyze the enemy, deliberately bandits to relax their vigilance, and then secretly order Yan Kui to raid the Black Wind Ridge, and successfully quell the Qingyuan bandits. ”

"Fuzun, this ......... Isn't this letting me grab the credit, what should I do about Yan Kui, as a dignified chief soldier, how can I grab the credit from my subordinates. ”

Hong Guangbing was born in the army, and he was a little resistant to this kind of He Ji's behavior of grabbing military merits.

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"Who said that you robbed Yan Kui of the credit?"

He Fuyin snorted, and then said in a low voice with some hatred: "Yan Kui broke the Black Wind Ridge, no matter what, the first merit will definitely not be able to run, but you, as his direct boss, who dares to say that you don't have the ability to command and appoint."

We only need to exaggerate some of your merits in the battle report to the military department, so that Duanwang's side can have an excuse to keep your position as the main general.

As for Yan Kui, if you feel indebted, just make more compensation in private, as well as Hua Wenzheng and Huang Dahu, they have all been involved in the matter of the garrison Qinghukou, so they have to make some money to block their mouths. ”

Hong Guangbing hesitated, but after all, he didn't say anything against it, He Ji saw this, sighed, and persuaded: "Alas, Bo Yan, you don't want to take credit, how can I He Ji be willing to be this despicable villain."

I let you do this, it's really helpless, do you know who King Jing wants to take your place as the main general. ”

"Who?" Hong Guangbing asked.

"The Nine Gates Admiral's Mansion is from the Wupin Jianjie General, and the sixth master of the British Mansion is Cao Yuanlang."

"Hiss........."

Hong Guangbing gasped, Hong Guangbing, as a general soldier from the fourth grade, commanded the military of a government, and was also a middle and senior general in the Northern Jin Dynasty.

Cao Yuanlang, the sixth master of the British Mansion.

In this sentence, the sixth master of the Guogong Mansion is not terrible, Cao Yuanlang is not terrible, and the terrible is the English word hanging in front of the Guogong Mansion.........

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British Gong Cao Ji, the former first general of the Northern Jin Dynasty, and the veteran of the Three Dynasties. Outstanding achievements, 6 out of 70 this year, was a guard general by Taizu's side, followed Taizu's side for more than 20 years, and was later named Yinghou by Taizu for his merits.

In the last years of Wulie, Cao Wei was sent by Taizu to the border as a commander, and made great contributions to the enemy of the Western Zhou Dynasty, and Taizu promoted him to the title of British duke.

Later, Taizu died, Emperor Taizong Kanghua succeeded to the throne, and still reused the British Duke Cao Ji, who rose all the way to the position of general, the head of the military attaché of the imperial court, and was the benchmark of the military generals of the Northern Jin Dynasty at that time.

Then, in today's Liyang Dynasty, Cao Laoguo resigned from the position of general on the grounds of old age, and Emperor Liyang was retained several times, and finally had no choice but to let go, but then he still had his favor.

By the way, the old prince Zeng Kanghua was crowned as the prince and the prince, and was responsible for teaching Emperor Liyang, who was still the prince at the time, so now Emperor Liyang has to respect the teacher when he sees Cao Ji.

It is precisely because of this that although the British Duke has retired, he has a very high prestige in the court and the military, and if his juniors want his position as the main general, King Duan is enough to stop him.

Thinking of this, Hong Guangbing looked at He Ji: "Fuzun, what's going on?" ”

He Ji glanced at Hong Guangbing lightly, now he knows that he is in a hurry, wasn't he quite tough just now.

However, He Ji can only think about this kind of thing in his heart, don't look at him as Hong Guangbing's superior, but in fact, Hong Guangbing is not completely under his control, and the reason why he is so in awe of him is because of the king behind him.

Therefore, He Ji's attitude towards Hong Guangbing has never been very strong, even if he is dissatisfied, he is mainly beaten, and he can't and dare not wantonly scold Hong Guangbing, otherwise he will really provoke Hong Guangbing, and he will not be able to explain to King Duan.

Therefore, He Ji slandered Hong Guang again in his heart, but on the surface, he was warm and clear for him.

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"Here's the thing."

He Ji raised his hand and pressed it down, signaling Hong Guangbing not to be nervous, and then told the matter by himself.

"The old Duke of England had only two sons in his life, the eldest son died early, and he died at the age of seventeen or eighteen, and the second son was the son of the British prince.

This prince did not inherit his father's heroism, he was mediocre all his life, and died of illness the year before last, but although the prince himself did not have extraordinary talents, the sons he gave birth to all had the demeanor of a grandfather.

The three generations of the Cao family have a total of eight sons, regardless of the descendants, all of them are far away, and the names are arranged in order by the river, river, lake, sea, wave, wave, tide, and wave. ”

"Upper-middle? Five-grade or upper-middle? ”

Hong Guangbing interrupted He Ji in surprise, and frowned: "I have heard that the old man served Taizu wholeheartedly, and he didn't get married until he was thirty-two years old.

In the middle and upper of the five grades, isn't the first one mixed with the four levels and four ans of the third grade. ”

The military system of the Northern Jin Dynasty, the head of the military generals is the general, the first product, the next is the front and back of the four generals, for the second product, and then the commander of the forbidden army and the commander of the nine gates, from the second product.

These seven people are also the top bosses of the military, the two prime ministers of the left and right of the same civil officials, the six Shangshu, and the Yushitai Yushi Zhongcheng, the civil and military ministers of the Manchu Dynasty, only these sixteen people are wearing vermilion officials.

(In the Northern Jin Dynasty system, courtiers can only wear red robes for officials of the first and second grades, and honors can only be worn by the national public position, and the prince is not hindered)

Under the seven generals of the military generals, there are sixteen senior generals of the four expeditions and four towns (Zheng Sanpin), Siping and Si'an (from the three products), and now the generals of the Northern Jin Dynasty who are guarding in various places are generally at this level.

Don't look at Hong Guangbing, as the chief soldier of the fourth grade, it seems that he is very close to the level of Siping and Si'an, but in fact, under normal circumstances, the fourth product is likely to be the ceiling of the ninety percent of the Northern Jin generals.

Many people are stuck in the fourth-grade position all their lives, until they die, and the court may give you a third-grade official as appropriate, but at that time, everyone is dead, and it is useless to give a first-grade position.

This also caused a very ironic phenomenon in the Northern Jin Dynasty, the military generals made meritorious contributions, it was easy to be knighted, and it was difficult to be promoted, and there was even a joke that the dignified marquis was a four-rank military attaché.

But this is also a helpless thing, plus the top seven, there are only twenty-three third-grade generals in total, but how many four-rank generals are there in the Northern Jin Dynasty, not to mention the total soldiers of dozens of mansions, just the four-rank miscellaneous generals, there are hundreds.

More than 100 people compete for 23 positions, wolves have more meat and less meat, not to mention that these generals are all physically strong, usually sitting for several years and decades without moving the nest, and so these four-grade generals boiled their bosses to death and defeated their opponents in the same period, and finally there was hope, and the following five products also rose............

In comparison, the civil officials are much better, and there are a lot of main and deputy positions in the six ministries and five temples, although it is not enough for everyone to share, but there is always hope, not to mention that the civil officials are seriously tilted against each other, and some positions will be vacated every once in a while.

Looking at it this way, it is not a good thing (ー_ー)!! that the military generals of the Northern Jin Dynasty like to hold together

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It is difficult for military generals to be promoted.

As a military general, Hong Guangbing naturally knows it, and because of this, he is so sensitive to He Ji's mouth.

After all, the fifth grade is in the upper middle, and the fourth grade is superior, and so on, the first grandchild of the Cao family is likely to be the fourth level and four peace of the third grade, and before the age of forty, he has crossed the hurdle that many old soldiers can't step on in their lifetime, and Hong Guangbing's reaction is now considered restrained.

He Ji has been an official for many years, so he naturally quickly saw what Hong Guangbing was thinking, and paused: "Cao Yuanjiang, the boss of the Cao family, is eight years old Chinese New Year's Eve today, and he was just promoted to General Pingxi last year.

However, Bo Yan should not be discouraged, Cao Yuanjiang is the eldest grandson of the British duke, and the next eight achievements are his lordship of the old country, and he was promoted to the general of Pingxi, which is also the face of His Majesty in the British duke. ”

Hearing this, Hong Guangbing didn't say anything, but just shook his spirit and asked He Ji to continue to talk about the sixth child of the Cao family.

It turned out that the eight members of the three generations of the Cao family, now all of them are adults, have entered the army, because of family learning, the eight sons of the Cao family are outstanding in martial arts and skilled in the art of war, and soon made some names in the army.

The eight brothers are collectively known as the Eight Tigers of the Cao Family, and they are the leaders of the younger generation of Xungui, and they are also the military descendants of Emperor Liyang.

From this, we can also get a glimpse of the status of the British Duke in the hearts of the Northern Jin Dynasty royal family, changing individual families, there is an ancestor Yu Wei who does not fall, and there is a group of tiger cubs roaring, the emperor has long suppressed it in order to prevent it from sitting big, but for the British Duke, Emperor Liyang not only did not suppress, but vigorously supported and promoted.

The strength of the saints has made countless noble families red.

It is also in this context that the two parties, which are now competing for Prince Duan and King Jing, have a close and friendly attitude towards the British government and must not be offended.

This time, King Jing didn't know what method he used, and he successfully made the sixth elder of the Cao family interested in the position of the chief general of the Chongshan bandit army, but the British government neither approved nor opposed it, which was a bit of a stay out of the matter.

But the British government stayed out of the matter, but King Duan couldn't pick and choose, in the face of the menacing Cao Lao Liu, King Duan neither wanted to give up the main general of the bandit army, nor did he want to offend the other party, so things gradually became a stalemate.

Some time ago, King Jing took advantage of this to stir up the wind and rain inside, and the Eight Tigers of the Cao family already had a few dissatisfied with King Duan, and King Duan was now suppressed by King Jing, and he was already overwhelmed to deal with it, so he naturally didn't want to fight with the British Duke anymore, so he was about to take a step back, and Yan Kui's life-saving straw was sent.

Hong Guangbing (Yan Kui) has made great contributions, and the imperial court has no reason to take down a general who has won a battle, otherwise it will break the iron law of the military generals' default performance.

After all, no military general wants to win a battle with his front foot, and someone will use means to pick peaches later, so all military general groups will spontaneously resist this kind of behavior, and whoever does this is an enemy of the entire Northern Jin Dynasty military.

King Jing and Cao Lao Liu did not dare to risk such a big disapproval.

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"So, Bo Yan."

He Ji looked at Hong Guangbing: "You have to rob this merit if you don't grab it, this is what I mean, and it is also the meaning of Duanwang, now that the situation of suppressing bandits is getting better and better, we can't give the credit to others." ”

There is no doubt that Hong Guangbing was persuaded by He Ji, maybe he really has a certain bottom line of principles in his heart, but it doesn't mean that Hong Guangbing will not be flexible, seeing that his position is about to be taken away, he naturally can't take care of it, and he will save himself first.

In this world, the vast majority of people still put self-interest first.........

However, General Hong still has a good conscience after all: "Fuzun, Yan Kui wants to do everything I can to compensate more, and I hope that Fuzun will be fulfilled." ”

He Ji stroked his beard, nodded and smiled: "This is natural, this time I owe him a personal favor, later, I will write to tell King Duan, King Duan is benevolent, and he will not be harsh on the heroes." ”

Hearing this, Hong Guangbing breathed a sigh of relief, his expression was much more relaxed, and he said with a smile: "Fuzun is willing to help Yan Kui recommend in Duanwang's kind words, but the guilt in my heart is a little less............"

He Ji waved his hand and signaled the trivial matter, and the two then chatted about some side matters, and then He Fuyin said goodbye and left, and Hong Guangbing personally sent him out, and waited for He Ji to get into the carriage before returning to the General Military Mansion.

When he came to the study, Hong Guangbing thought for a while, wrote a letter with a pen, convened his confidants, and asked him to send it to Qingyuan Yan Kui as soon as possible.