Chapter Seventy-Five: On Merit

The importance of this war, the whole Han country has this understanding, which is equivalent to the Northern Expedition of the prime minister back then, not the Han country is warlike, but if you don't fight, you will die!

After being attacked by Sun Wu and losing his division in the battle of Liezu Yiling, the Han Kingdom had only one way to go through the Northern Expedition.

Then 50 years of people with lofty ideals, working together to this day, but there is also a sense that the great cause is difficult to achieve, and within the Han Kingdom, there are countless surrender factions last year.

And now, although the three eastern counties are obtained, in terms of the overall situation, there is still only one way to go through the Northern Expedition.

Therefore, this battle is related to the belonging of the world, and if you don't win, if you want to get such a good opportunity again, you have to bury your head in farming for ten years.

This is the same as when the prime minister was on the Northern Expedition, when the prime minister was only the first Northern Expedition, he was the most promising, and then he was just unwilling.

After the prime minister resumed the alliance with Wu and pacified Nanzhong, he prepared for the northern expedition to Cao Wei.

In the spring of the sixth year of the first Northern Expedition in the Han Dynasty, the prime minister ordered Zhao Yun, the general of Zhendong, and others to be suspicious soldiers, and put on a posture of attacking Yicheng from the sloping valley to attract the Wei army; He led the main force to attack in the direction of Qishan, and the counties of Tianshui, Nan'an, and Anding in Longyou rebelled against Wei and returned to Han one after another, and subdued Jiang Wei, which was a great earthquake in Guanzhong for a while.

However, Ma Tan disobeyed the prime minister's deployment, lost the battle, was defeated by Zhang He, and lost the street pavilion; It is also not advantageous for Zhao Yun and others to send troops, and they cannot involve the main force of the Wei army.

In fact, it was also at that time that the Wei army saw the importance of this battle, and faced the battle with more than 100,000 elites, while the Han only got 30,000.

The prime minister had no choice but to return to Hanzhong; Soon, the three counties of Tianshui, Nan'an, and Anding were attached to Wei.

You must know that in that battle, the prime minister made a lot of preparations in advance, contacted the righteous soldiers of Xiliang, and won the three counties in one battle, and then as long as he waved his army to clean up the soldiers and horses of the Wei State in various strongholds, and then calmly fought with the Wei army to determine the belonging of Xiliang.

Now, Yang Yi has also made a lot of preparations for this battle, provoking Zhonghui's ambitions, spreading rumors, and most importantly, fighting several battles in Xixian and Dongsanjun, and provoking the ambitions of Wu, so that Wu's soldiers and horses have attracted the attention of Wei, and only then launched this battle in the autumn cold.

In the past, the people transported grain to Hanzhong, all in the name of fighting in the three eastern counties, and only then did the army fight for a month and a half of grain and grass, and now, half of this grain and grass has been used.

Han only has a stable state, and the production is limited, and it is these productions, half of which are also obtained from commercial goods, and they are also the most important tasks of the two major governors of Jiang Wei and Huo Yi this year.

At the beginning of this war, there was only one county, which is also the greatest strength of the Han Kingdom today, such as today, unlike back then, there are not many people in the world who think of Han and Han to Han.

Moreover, these county cities are not like those of the past, Cao Wei has been trying to block the Han Kingdom over the years, but he has repaired the city, such as the stronghold of the street pavilion at the beginning, but now it is not a hidden danger, but such a point as Tianshui County is a place to fight.

Now this majestic city of Cao Wei has been repaired directly to the Qishan Pass, a must-pass place.

With this Xiongcheng here, it is almost impossible to want the Northern Expedition, so Yang Yi's goal has always been this Xiongcheng, so that Zhonghui and Jia Chong will be at odds, Zhonghui's Guanzhong Army is unwilling to aid Jia Chong, and this city seems to be worry-free, and then it is a war to capture the city.

Of course, the goal of capturing the city in a war, Yang Yi did not expect it at first, it was nothing more than this victory, and then besieged and captured the city with brave soldiers, for this reason, Yang Yi also left a room for ten days, that is, the number of grain and grass prepared.

Fifteen days of food and grass, if the city cannot be taken within ten days, then can only be withdrawn, because at that time, Zhong Hui no matter how hesitant, as long as he does not want to raise the flag to rebel, then he must come to help.

And if the retreat of the large army does not want to turn into a rout, then there must also be sufficient food and grass.

After thinking about it so much, and making it impossible to succeed in this battle, then it will be tuntian for another ten years, and then prepare for the Northern Expedition, but now, it is a battle to win the city, so there will be a lot of room for maneuver in the future.

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Waiting for the division to pursue the Wei army, and then enter the city with the imperial forest to clear the city, waiting for Yang Yi to enter the city, it was already late, but at this time Tianshui City was brightly lit and the people were boiling.

It is said that if this battle is a big victory, then Yang Yi should use the wealth and goods obtained in the city to work the army, but because he was worried that the Wei army could still attack, and Zhong Hui's current movements were not clear, he did not feast and drink, but only added meat to the army to reward the sergeants.

In this battle, there were many war horses captured and killed by the Wei army, and the injured horses could still be treated, but the dead horses could only be eaten, just dead horses, and the number of the two sides combined was more than one thousand and five.

In this era, a war horse is quite precious, if it is an analogy, it can be compared with five warriors, which is based on the Han military merit system, capturing an enemy war horse, and comparing it with five first-class merits.

Of course, it's a pity, if you fight again, you can only shoot it with a crossbowman.

In the evening, several clerks of the imperial camp gathered together again at this time, and through Jia Chong's mansion, they were discussing at this time.

If the war is a little calmer, then it is time to talk about the results, which is also what the whole army is looking forward to.

Because of the three eastern counties, many of the land occupied by the great merchants of the Wei State were recovered, and Yang Yi moved to the three eastern counties with the good family of the country.

Moreover, Yang Yi opened several major government-run workshops in Mianzhu, which are also very profitable, Yang Yi has a large number of royal properties in Jinguancheng, Liu Chan's decades of accumulation, Deng Ai wanted to flee at the beginning, so he could only give up these rich wealth, and now the money in the treasury of the Han Dynasty is relatively abundant.

"Yan Dudu set up an ambush and beheaded the generals today, bravely captured the city, ranked first in merit, and his wisdom and courage are comparable to the famous generals of the ancients, and the weight of his honor is enough to rise to another level, right?"

At this time, Yang Yi ordered everyone to discuss the rewards and punishments of the generals, Yan Yu was the commander, and this battle was really meritorious.

He is naturally also a liege, and his military exploits have already risen to the top, and he can only add food at this time.

And for some reason, his position has been removed, and now his position is fake, and he is really just a general of Zhenbei, so he will naturally add a rank at this time.

"General Da Luo must not be bad," Fa Shang said in response at this time, General Da Luo is also Luo Shang, he and Luo Xi are cousins, Luo Xi is naturally General Xiao Luo, Fa Shang has been friends with Luo Shang in Hanzhong County, and at this time he said: "General Da Luo's title is to protect Qiang Zhonglang General, this time he is not chaotic, the command is determined, plus the previous lone army guard, it is enough to rise to another level." ”

The position of Zhonglang General can be big or small, and Luo Shang's Huqiang Zhonglang will be equivalent to the rank of miscellaneous general, and the promotion level is the rank of General Siping.

"And so it is." At that moment, someone said, "Now that our country is about to recover a state, Your Majesty intends to be a little stricter at this time, but the rest of the rewards can be much more." ”

It was the old general Liao Hua who spoke, the old minister of the Han Dynasty, who was the governor of the five armies at this time, and the governor of the rear army, so the weight of his words was naturally different.

Now that the tone has been set, the rest of the people have begun to share their work according to the tone, and the officials have begun to get busy.

Of course, the physical quality of the people at this time is also extraordinary, that is, they are civil servants, and they are not scholars in the later feudal era, but they are all proficient in the six arts, and they all want to get on the horse as a general and get off the horse to settle the people.

There are not many heavy generals, and there are only those people, and the officials have set these, and those officials will count the military merits of the soldiers, and then the officials will start to talk at this time, and their subordinates can't get off work, so they naturally have to be an example.

Fa Shang took the initiative to say at this time: "In my opinion, the top priority is the whereabouts of His Majesty's royal car after the war; It can't really be as His Majesty said not long ago, stay here and not leave, right? And today His Majesty asked me about this, and I was also in a dilemma for a while, what do you think? ”

Unexpectedly, as soon as Fa Shang's words came out at this time, no one echoed, but they all fell silent.

It's definitely going to be silenced!

Where to drive is not a simple matter, it is to determine the whereabouts of the ministers of the DPRK and China, as well as the location of those government-run workshops.

This Tianshui County is certainly good, facing the Wei River, the water conservancy is convenient, and the law has been decided, that is, Tianshui County will be too shou in the future.

Since he is the Taishou of Tianshui County, he naturally wishes that the emperor would stay here, which is equivalent to going from a Taishou of another county to a character like a lieutenant of Si Li.

Si Li's lieutenant is generally relocated to the Taishou where the national capital is located, of course, the national capital is generally not Taishou, but it is only called Chang'an Ling and Luoyi Ling; And now, the capital of the Han Kingdom is still nominally Jinguan City, but in fact it is Mianzhu City this year, and why it depends on where the monarch is.

If Yang Yi is still in Mianzhu, then Li Huan, the new county guard, may be relocated to the position of captain of Sili after a year at most, and if Yang Yi moves the capital elsewhere, then this position will naturally be someone else's.

However, Li Huan thought clearly, his foundation is shallow, that is, he has those responsibilities, but he only does what he does.

Even many things have to take a step back, this division is a lieutenant, he would rather take a step back, it is really a high position of power.

Si Lixiao Wei was originally placed in the Han Wu Emperor Zhenghe for four years, and his position was equivalent to that of the Taishou of the county where the Jingshi was located.

At the beginning of the position, in addition to "patrolling the apprentices", it also inherited the tradition of "humiliating things in the country" of the Zhou Dynasty, so that it "will govern the ditch battle." That is, "the battle of labor and humiliation", but the purpose of Emperor Wu's initial establishment of the Sili school captain was not here, but to make him "hold the festival, from the middle of the capital of 1,200 officials and apprentices, catch witches, and supervise the treacherous." ”

Of course, the facts have also proved that Captain Sili does have a very great authority in the prison of supervising Princess Yangshi and the prince witch Gu.

At this time, although the official quality of the Si Liwei was not high (under the Si Zhi who was more than 2,000 stones), he had the identity of the emperor's envoy.

During the period of Emperor Wu, when Si Lixiao supervised Princess Yangshi and decided the prison of Prince Wu Gu, Si Lixiao made full use of this huge power.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty placed Si Li to supervise the crown prince and hundreds of officials below the three dukes, which was the usual means of rulers in the past dynasties to govern the high with low and noble with cheap; This was the period when Captain Sili was at his most powerful.

After the witch Gu, Emperor Wu felt that the power of the Sili Captain was too heavy, so he "dismissed his soldiers", that is, deprived the Sili Captain of the right to command the apprentices, but still retained the identity of the emperor's envoy, and his task was to hold the festival "Inspector Sanfu, Sanhe, Hongnong", which was the first change in the position and status of the Sili Captain, and it was also the beginning of the transformation of the Sili Captain to the local inspector.

However, Sanfu, Sanhe, and Hongnong belong to the Jingshi region, including the Jingshi, so they still have the right to picket and impeach the central officials, and they are still the emperor's eyes and ears.

During this period, due to the conscientiousness of several lieutenants in the division and school, "correcting the upper and lower inspections, the severe punishment must be broken", resulting in "the nobles and relatives are afraid, and the Beijing division is clear." ”

During this period, the Sili Lieutenant still had quite high authority, however, the authority of the Sili Lieutenant relied entirely on the emperor's support and trust, and was favored by the emperor, and its authority was enough to suppress the hundred officials, and without the support of the emperor, it became the focus of the attack of the hundred officials.

According to the actual official position of the captain of the school, he was under the captains of Jiuqing, Sanfu and Jingfu, and even under the Chengxiang Division, but at the time of the court meeting, he was in front of the middle two thousand stones (Jiuqing), and he was with the division and greeted the prime minister, the imperial historian, which is the special status of the captain of the division.

Gai Kuanrao was the lieutenant of the Sili school when Emperor Xuan, "Su Bai is fair, not afraid of the strong emperor", "there is no evasion of the assassination", "living does not seek peace, food does not seek full", and even gave half of the moon to the people, so that it is the eyes and ears of the hundred officials, so there is a situation where "the ministers and nobles go to Chang'an, they are afraid and dare not violate the ban, and the Beijing division is clear".

However, because Gai Kuanrao "played a lot", and "Tingwei's method" was "half used and half used".

That is to say, the people who were impeached by the commander of the division and the captain of the school were not all punished as they should be, and the court captain could get up and down his hands, some of them were punished according to the law, and some of them were bent to protect them.

Not only that, but because Gai Kuanrao "walked straight, with more hatred and less harmony", he made too many enemies, and finally was imprisoned because he was framed by political enemies; Later, Gai Kuanrao was unwilling to be humiliated, and led the knife to kill himself, which was what happened when Captain Sili lost the emperor's support.

Since Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty set up the Sili School Captain, his status and duties have been constantly changing.

At first, he was only the Taishou of the Jingshi, and then he was the emperor's envoy, who could play, interrogate, and arrest all bureaucrats and nobles.

In the middle, one seized the military power, and then seized the Fu Festival, and removed the title of captain and called the division alone; In the end, the setting of the lieutenant was cancelled; The status of the Sili Lieutenant deteriorated, but by the time of the Zhong Han Dynasty, the status of the Sili Lieutenant had become increasingly important, and his duties had been strengthened and diversified.

In the early years of the Han Dynasty, Emperor Guangwu went to the prime minister Sizhi, so that the commander of the school obtained greater power, and there was a special seat together with the monk book order and the imperial history Zhongcheng at the court meeting, and there was a "three solitary sitting" at that time.

Si Li Lieutenant often impeached the three princes and other honorable officials, so they were feared by the hundred bureaucrats, and the Si Li Lieutenant also strengthened the supervision of the Beijing Division, and the seven counties of the Beijing Division were called the Si Li Department, becoming one of the thirteen states, and the Si Li Lieutenant was almost equivalent to the state pastor.

The official rank of the lieutenant is more than 2,000 stones, and the official rank is lower than that of Jiuqing, who is 2,000 stones, and of course it is lower than that of the liehous and the third duke.

And when the captain of Sili gets along with the ministers in the court, there are also clear regulations: "The captain of the school of Sili is in the court of Taiwan, and he is on the Jiuqing, and he is under the Jiuqing, and he is accompanied by the secretary." At the beginning of the division, the general and the three dukes were told to hold the board. Public discussion, courtesy and disrespect. Taiwan summoned into the palace, saw Shangshu holding a board, and greeted him.

The above etiquette regulations not only take into account the characteristics of the duties of the lieutenants, but also take into account the actual situation of the low rank of the lieutenants.

The court is a place to discuss politics, and it is necessary to play the role of the captain of the division and the school to "correct everything", so the ranking is above Jiuqing; Jinhe is a ceremonial assembly, and the rank is divided by official rank, so it is below Jiuqing.

However, despite this, during the public discussion and congratulations, he was still "disrespectful" to the three dukes to show the dignity of the lieutenant.

During the Zhong Han Dynasty, in the struggle between relatives and eunuchs, one side often used the strength of the lieutenant of the division to thwart the other party, such as the eunuch Shan Chao and other conspirators to punish the general Liang Ji, and Emperor Huan sent the commander of the division to lead the army to besiege Liang Ji's residence and kill him.

At the end of the Zhong Han Dynasty, his relative He Jin wanted to punish the eunuchs, so he took Yuan Shao as the lieutenant of the division and granted him greater power, and later Yuan Shao really destroyed the eunuchs.

Since then, the captain of Sili has also become a pivotal role in the center of the regime, so Dong Zhuo called it a "heroic position"; During Li Wei's dictatorship, he also led himself to the lieutenant of the school; After Cao Cao seized power, he also led the lieutenant to respect himself.

Then, in Cao Wei, the power of the Sili school captain was further expanded, according to the rank, the Sili school captain was ranked after the department heads, but at the time of the court meeting, the ministers sat outside the south gate of the palace, at this time the Si Li school captain sat at the head of the department heads, and sat alone, which was more prominent than the "three solitary sitting" in the Zhong Han Dynasty.

After entering the palace, according to the level of his position, the lieutenant sat at the head of the department head, that is, he returned to the seat where he should sit, and did not sit alone.

And Ji Han continued the system of the Zhong Han Dynasty, and Zhang Fei and Zhuge Liang served in this important position successively.

Therefore, this position inevitably makes the eyes of people with a heart hot.

Just like Fa Shang, the Legalist is also a native of Shudi, and Fa Zheng was also one of the masterminds of Liezu back then, with a high position and a lot of connections, which is not comparable to Li Huan, he can compete for the captain of Si Li.

Therefore, Li Huan also secretly agreed with the royal driver to stay in Tianshui County, he was just a small person in the mountains and wilderness a year ago, although he had some talents and learned, and he had been proud of the world in the past, but in the past year, he had been a little exhausted by being too protective for a county, let alone going further to be a lieutenant of Si Li.

Of course, at this time, Li Huan didn't need to speak at all, as the emperor's cronies, he naturally had to focus on the emperor's intentions, and before the emperor expressed his position and instructed him, he was unwilling to show his bottom at all.

And just when he was thinking nonsense, Liao Hua, who was looking at the bad atmosphere here, was leaning on the old and selling the old at this time, broke open his slightly closed eyes, coughed slightly, and then looked at Ma Ting, who had just finished writing the paperwork at this time.

"It's a pity that I didn't capture Najia Gonglu alive!" After Ma Ting was reminded at this time, he immediately spoke, "It's cheaper for this thief...... Uh, I forgot, is this Ma Xiaoxing a discussion? ”

"Your Majesty intends to use this person to succeed General Da Luo's Qiang Zhonglang General......"

As soon as Li Huan said this, the rest of the people naturally wouldn't say anything more, and this is not a position worth arguing about, just a miscellaneous general, of course, for many people in the world, it may also be a high position that is difficult to reach in a lifetime.