Jia Kui and Jiang Ji are both old ministers of the Three Dynasties of the Great Wei, in fact, Cao Shuang doesn't believe it, it's just. Cao Shuang still has some concerns.

Jiang Ji, although he is a Jianghuai person, he has always been friendly with the Hedong family in the court, and there is no harmony between him and the Hebei family behind Cao Shuang.

If Cao Shuang went to ask Jiang Ji for advice, it would inevitably cause dissatisfaction among the Hebei family behind him.

And Jia Kui, that is a serious Hedong person, is more troublesome than asking Jiang Ji about the consequences.

Not to mention, Jia Kui's son Jia Chong is very close to Sima Yi's second son Sima Zhao.

This made Cao Shuang even more taboo.

To be honest, whether it is from a political perspective or from a selfish point of view, Cao Shuang really doesn't want to find these two people to discuss military affairs.

Therefore, in the morning of the next day, Cao Shuang only went to the court with the advice given to him by Huan Fan, and discussed with the ministers how to deal with the possible Sixth Northern Expedition of the Shu thieves.

But the problem is that a group of ministers have been arguing and shouting for a long time, and in the end, there are only a few things that Huan Fan suggested, which is nothing more than doing a good job in military mobilization and grain and grass reserves, and ordering the front line to be on guard.

You have to make Cao Shuang believe that these alone can thwart the attack of the Shu thieves, then Cao Shuang is really brainless.

There's no way, Cao Wei at this time is not the Cao Wei in history.

Cao Wei in history occupies two-thirds of the world, and his power is dominant.

On the Shu Han side, with the death of Zhuge Liang, even Cao Rong felt that he was not afraid, and the Eastern Wu side had always been reluctant to forge ahead and had no threat to Cao Wei. Therefore, Cao Shuang in history dared to be so unscrupulous after taking power.

After all, without the oppression of foreign enemies, coupled with the limitations of his own ability and knowledge, it is not surprising that Cao Shuang has a historical performance.

But now it's different, Cao Wei that Cao Shuang took over, even if it's not a mess, it's not much better, there is a mountain called "foreign enemy" on his head to suppress it, and Cao Shuang has not completely floated up after all.

Therefore, after discussing with the courtiers and not being able to come up with a reason, Cao Shuang thought about it, hesitated for a long time, and finally decided to pull down his son, visited the mansions of Jia Kui and Jiang Ji respectively, and asked these two people for advice.

Blocking the Shu thieves and protecting the Great Wei is still the most important thing after all.

As for Sima Yi. Out of personal disgust with Sima Yi and the political sensitivity of being a minister who is also a minister of orphans, Cao Shuang will not easily go to Sima Yi for advice.

And Jia Kui and Jiang Ji told the truth, neither of them actually expected that Cao Shuang would take the initiative to visit them, let alone ask for advice.

After all, from Cao Shuang's performance in just a few months in power, both of them can see that Cao Shuang intends to support the Hebei family to stabilize his position, so he has been suppressing the Hedong family.

The two of them are generally regarded as the representatives of the Hedong family, and Cao Shuang actually took the initiative to come to the door to seek advice, which is not easy.

Unexpectedly, this new general, who has always been looked down upon, also has a certain mind.

The two of them were both surprised by Cao Shuang's arrival, and they were also pleased that as long as Cao Shuang could have this mind, if he put aside internal strife in the face of foreign enemies, it was not impossible for him to hold the current line of defense with the foundation of Great Wei.

But, soon, the two were disappointed.

Cao Shuang did come to ask the two for advice, and Jiang Ji and Jia Kui did not hide it, and told Cao Shuang and what they thought. But in exchange, it was unhappy.

Because, these two people unanimously proposed to Cao Shuang to ask Sima Yi to go out of the mountain and take charge of the soldiers and horses in Hedong to fight against the Shu thieves.

In the eyes of these two people, the Yellow River defense line is guarded by Guo Huai, and at the same time, it is backed by Hebei, and the backup is sufficient, so there is basically no need to worry too much.

The real trouble is the east side of the river.

The Shu thieves have been in control of the Luoyang region for seven or eight years, and the infiltration of the Hedong region has also lasted for a long time, and the attitude of the Hedong family is now somewhat ambiguous.

In the last battle of Yanzhou, the reason why Cao Wei fell into various passiveness at the beginning of the war was directly related to the rapid surrender of the Yingchuan family.

Guarding the Hedong defense line this time, the attitude of the Hedong family has become quite important.

And with Cao Shuang coming to power, the one-sided reuse of the Hebei family and the suppression of the Hedong family have exacerbated the possibility of the deterioration of this situation.

If the Hedong family is unstable, then Hedong will definitely not be able to hold it, and once Hedong can't hold it, the Shu thieves can follow Hanoi County, avoid the Yellow River defense line in Jizhou, and directly attack Yecheng.

But fortunately, Cao Shuang has not been in power for a long time, and although he has promoted many children of the Hebei family to high positions, he has not completely lost hope for the Hedong family.

At this time, ask Sima Yi to go out of the mountain and lead the defense of Hedong, so that you can release a signal to the Hedong family.

On the one hand, it can make the Hedong family believe that Cao Shuang did not fall one-sidedly to the Hebei family, but still values the Hedong family, which is to stabilize the Hedong family's confidence in Dawei and eliminate internal hidden dangers.

On the other hand, asking Sima Yi, a native of Hanoi, to preside over the Hedong defense line can also make the Hedong family believe that the imperial court has no intention of giving up Hedong, and it can also use Sima Yi's connections to better defend Hedong.

And this is the first step in the entire defense strategy.

But this first step was strongly rejected by Cao Shuang. It is impossible for Cao Shuang to kill Sima Yi to return to military power.

On the one hand, Cao Shuang really didn't believe that Sima Yi had such a great ability to stop the Shu thieves in Hedong. Don't look back like Yanzhou, you will only retreat all the way, and finally withdraw from Hedong and Jizhou.

This is not what Cao Shuang wants.

On the other hand, Sima Yi is also the auxiliary minister designated by Cao Rong, and he naturally represents the interests of the Hedong family, which is a natural political enemy for Cao Shuang.

Previously, Cao Shuang had always suppressed Sima Yi through the influence of Sima Yi's fiasco in Yanzhou, depriving Sima Yi of all his rights, so that he could only bear the name of the auxiliary minister and retire at home. Now at this critical moment, please ask Sima Yi to go out of the mountain, and give him military power? !

Cao Shuang wouldn't do such a stupid thing.

Again, Jiang Ji and Jia Kui almost mentioned at the same time that they wanted Cao Shuang to ask Sima Yi to go out of the mountain, which couldn't help but make Cao Shuang think more. These two people, from the beginning, were Sima Yi's people.

Cao Shuang is a person, his military ability is average, but his political sensitivity is still good.

In fact, Cao Shuang in history, until Sima Yi pretended to be sick and deceived him, was always wary of Sima Yi, regardless of whether Sima Yi had the power in his hands or not, it was a pity, after the change in Gao Pingling, Cao Shuang was too stupid to do, which completely lowered his historical evaluation.

Therefore, in this case, Cao Shuang will inevitably wonder if Jiang Ji and Jia Kui would say this if it was arranged by Sima Yi in advance.

If he really lowered his face and invited Sima Yi to come out of the mountain, and gave Sima Yi military power, then even if he repelled the Shu thieves in the future, I am afraid that Sima Yi would take the opportunity to come back, and he would no longer have the ability to suppress Sima Yi.

So, this door-to-door consultation ended in a discord.

Cao Shuang no longer believed in Jiang Ji and Jia Kui, and Jiang Ji and Jia Kui were also completely disappointed in Cao Shuang.

The deterioration of the relationship between the two sides is still a trivial matter, the key is that Cao Shuang has been working blindly for more than half a month, and in the end he still did not find a good strategy to deal with the Northern Expedition of the Shu thieves.

caused Cao Shuang to regret it a little bit, in fact, calm down carefully, think about it, what Jia Kui and Jiang Ji said is still a little reasonable, and it is imperative that it is indeed necessary to appease the emotions of the Hedong family first.

For this reason, Cao Shuang thought about it and made a decision.

transferred Pei Qian, the Taishou of Hedong, to the imperial court and served as Shang Shuling, and at the same time appointed Man Chong as the central protector to go to the Hedong region to coordinate Xiahou Ba and Qin Lang to guard the Hedong defense line together.

The transfer of Pei Qian as Shang Shuling is a gesture of goodwill and appeasement to the Hedong family, and the transfer of Manzhong to Hedong is because Manzhong is from a Central Plains family, and the relationship with the Hedong family is not bad.

All in all, Cao Shuang still adopted Jia Kui and Jiang Ji's ideas, but did not adopt their suggestions.

It's just that some things, the slightest difference, are often wrong.

Promoting a Pei Qian as a Shangshu Order, and the Hedong family has an auxiliary minister, who has a certain right to speak in the court, and the meaning is completely different.

And this person is full of favor, although he is consistent with the Hedong family in terms of political position, he is not from the Hedong family.

And full pet served as a cool official in his early years, when Cao Cao just moved the capital to Xuchang, full pet did not renovate the Hedong family, which Hedong family and full pet did not have a little dirty.

Later, with the emergence of the common political enemy of the Hebei family, out of consideration of common political interests, Man Chong got closer to the Hedong family, but it did not mean that he could gain the trust of the Hedong family.

But these problems, with Cao Shuang's brain, can't be considered for the time being. He even vaguely felt that by doing this, he could actually achieve the requirements put forward by Jiang Ji and Jia Kui and appease the Hedong family.

As for the rest. Think again!!

(End of chapter)