Guan Yu successfully captured Wei County, and there was no Wei army to defend the eastern front, and the entire Yecheng became an empty gate.

After resting for a day, his soldiers and horses immediately pulled out their camp and set out for Yecheng.

Soon in mid-November, four days after Guan Yu took Wei County, Sima Yi also received news in the county seat of Dangyin County, Hanoi County.

Knowing that Xiahou Yuan committed suicide and the Wei army on the Eastern Front was annihilated, Sima Yi knew that Cao Wei was completely hopeless now, so he immediately summoned the trusted generals to come to the county government hall to discuss matters.

The lights in the hall are very dim, these days Hanoi is overcast, light rain and snow, the wet and cold weather makes people only feel bitterly cold, even the charcoal fire in the room, as if in this whistling cold wind, can not emit much heat.

Guo Huai, Jia Kui, Wang Ling, Xu Zhen, Wang Ji, Huan Jia, Li Zhen and other generals were summoned one after another, in fact, Tian Yu and Zhao were also in the Wei army.

Tian Yuhe had been guarding the border as a border soldier and horse town in Youzhou, but later the war in the south was unfavorable, so Cao Pi transferred them to the south and took the Youzhou Iron Cavalry, wanting to use the cavalry to recover the decline.

But it's a pity that after Zhuge Liang came out of the mountain, the Cao army in the middle line never took any advantage, and the cavalry was useless in repeated struggles, so it was not taken seriously.

Or because Tian Yu recruited Yan Rou and others were not Sima Yi's direct troops, they could not be completely controlled, and Tian Yu and Zhao had a good relationship with Liu Bei in their early years, and now that Cao Wei has reached this point, Sima Yi is afraid that they will rebel, so he intends to guard against them.

At this moment, many generals came to the hall, Sima Yi sat on the main seat, his face was as heavy as water, and after everyone saluted him, and then sat down, he slowly spoke: "The rear is urgent, the general has been broken by Guan Yu!" ”

"So fast? However, in just over half a month, Guan Yu has already broken through Wei County? ”

"Oh my God, the Han army's offensive has been so rapid."

"So what are we going to do?"

As soon as these words came out, there was a mess below, and they looked at each other one by one, in just a few days, Guan Yu had already broken Xiahou Yuan, which was something that no one expected.

Sima Yi sighed, and then said: "After the defeat of the general, Guan Yu's army will take Yecheng directly, it seems that the general trend is irreversible, and it is not human power to act against the sky." Now that the Han Dynasty is in Sanxing, we really need to find a home, what do you think, what should we do? ”

"The Grand Duke, we have discussed it before, if the matter has reached the point of no return, then it is indeed time to make a decision, and we all support the choice of the Grand Duke."

Guo Huai was the first to stand up and say.

Jia Kui also said: "That's true, the Grand Governor, I will only wait for the Grand Governor to look forward." ”

"Hmm."

Sima Yi nodded and said: "There is no point in resisting stubbornly, even if the Han army does not come to attack, there is no grain and grass in the rear, we will be besieged and destroyed here in half a year at most, I plan to send an envoy to the Han camp to discuss the surrender."

As he spoke, he looked around at the people below, glanced around, and hesitated slightly.

This task must be done by finding a confidant, preferably his relatives, because this is related to the fate of himself and his family in the future, and if he wants to negotiate with the other party, he naturally has to hold the conditions in his own hands.

But when he set out on the expedition, Cao Rong was very vigilant and imprisoned all his family in Luoyang, and later moved to Yecheng after moving the capital.

So at the moment, none of Sima Yi's relatives are here, if only the eldest son Sima Shi was here.

He sighed in his heart, and his eyes were on Guo Huai, Jia Kui and Wang Ling, among the three of them, Guo Huai did not have a deep intersection with him, and it was not until 231 AD that Guo Huai followed Sima Yi to fight, and now he has only known each other for a long time, so he is naturally not a confidant.

Jia Kui's words are a bit of a friendship with him, mainly because Jia Kui met Wang Ling Sima Lang in his early years, and it was a friend. Sima Lang is Sima Yi's brother, so he knew each other relatively early.

However, acquaintance is acquaintance, but the feelings are not deep, and the intersection is not deep.

In the end, Sima Yi set his eyes on Wang Ling, Wang Ling was slightly better, in addition to being Sima Lang's friend, he was also Wang Chang's brother of the same clan.

Wang Chang was Cao Pi's royal literati before, and later served as an official in other places, and wrote a lot of policies to the imperial court.

In this way, Wang Chang and Sima Yi gradually got acquainted, and when Cao Rong first came to the throne last year, he was thirsty for talents, hoping to get useful talents, so Sima Yi recommended Wang Chang.

In this way, Wang Chang was transferred from a local official to the central government.

It's a pity that even if there are talents, Cao Wei is now declining, and no matter how many talents there are, it is useless, so Wang Chang is basically useless.

However, the friendship between Sima Yi and Wang Chang, who were also teachers and friends, was preserved, and their relationship was quite deep.

Wang Ling and Wang Chang were both born in the Taiyuan Wang family, and Wang Chang has always regarded Wang Ling as a brother, so the relationship between the two sides is naturally different.

Therefore, with the two-layer relationship between Sima Lang and Wang Chang, Sima Yi also values Wang Ling a little more.

Thinking of this, Sima Yi looked at Wang Ling and said, "Yanyun, I intend to use you as an envoy to the Han camp, what do you think?" ”

Wang Ling trembled, and then arched his hand and said, "Listen to the dispatch of the metropolitan governor." ”

"Hmm."

Sima Yi nodded and said, "Then today's military discussion will be here first, and you will come with me." ”

With that, he got up and left.

Everyone looked at each other and left one by one, only Wang Ling got up and followed Sima Yi to the backyard.

In the backyard of the Yafu Mansion in Dangyin County, the trees are forested, and the dead leaves are flying all over the sky. Light rain mixed with icy snowflakes falling, and the howling north wind makes people feel a chill to the bone.

When the two arrived at the backyard pavilion, Sima Yi stood with his hands in his hands, raised his head and looked at the gray sky in the distance, and Wang Ling stood behind him with a bow.

After a while, Sima Yi said, "Yanyun, do you know why you came?" ”

Wang Ling shook his head and said, "I don't know. ”

Sima Yi smiled: "You have always been calm, and you have a good relationship with my brother and Wen Shu, I naturally trust you, and I hope you can't tell the third person what I want to tell you." ”

Wang Ling hurriedly said: "Please rest assured, the governor of the capital will keep his mouth shut." ”

"Hmm."

Sima Yi said in a deep voice: "Since we want to surrender, then naturally we still have to negotiate conditions, if we can't guarantee the benefits of us and the clan, why bend our knees and surrender?" What do you think is the best condition for us to talk about? ”

Wang Ling thought for a while and said tentatively: "Keep the clan population and land, and after surrendering, I hope to continue to be an official?" ”

"Huh."

Sima Yi said with a smile: "How can there be such a good thing in this world, we are generals, if it is still wartime, it will be useful to surrender generals, and it can still be reused." But if the south wins this battle and the world is peaceful, what else will the generals do? As for the clan population and land."

Wang Ling looked at him with a blank eye, the Taiyuan Wang family is a big family, but the organizational structure is relatively loose, and he, as the leader, cannot fully represent the interests of the entire Wang family, so what he hopes is to keep the population and land of his own branch.

But Sima Yi shook his head and said: "This is also very difficult, separating the population of the family and reducing the land of the family is the national policy of the Southern Han." At that time, Emperor Guangwu made the Dutian Order because he was able to seize the world with the support of the family. But Liu Bei's subordinates have many poor families, and the southern family has been killed by him, I don't know how much, how can this national policy be abolished? ”

After Liu Xiu established the Eastern Han Dynasty, he also wanted to alleviate the increasingly acute land problem through land reform, but his success was won by the support of the Nanyang and Hebei families. As a result, Dutian ordered a cloud, and the opponents were like clouds, and under the pressure of the family, Liu Xiu could only let this order go unpunished.

Liu Bei established the Han Dynasty in the south, and the main supporters were Liu Qi and the Hanmen of Jingzhou, and even a few families such as the Pang family, the Huang family, and the Ma family in the Jingzhou family, or supported him in carrying out land reform and betraying the big family with ideals of the class.

Under such a premise, Liu Bei quickly gained the support of the low-level civilians in Jingzhou through the agrarian revolution, and then with an excellent source of soldiers and horses, there was no need for the family's troops.

After that, he seized Bashu and Jiangdong non-stop, and through the help of low-level civilians and cold doors, he constantly suppressed the power of the family, and even pulled one faction to fight another, and some of the families he won over would not confiscate all the land and population, leave a part of them, and give priority to them as officials.

Under a series of operations, the land contradiction in the south has been greatly eased, and although new interest groups may emerge in a few years, at least for now, land reform is the national policy of the Han Dynasty, and it will never change because of Sima Yi's surrender.

Hearing Sima Yi's words, Wang Ling was suddenly a little disappointed and said, "If the clan can't be continued, and the population and land can't be retained, then what's the point of surrendering to the past?" ”

Sima Yi said with a smile: "You can give future generations a chance to hand over the population and land, and after surrendering, the south will probably not be too difficult for us, just like after the Jiangdong family surrenders, they will be awarded official positions." The position is not high, but there is always hope. Moreover, we are leading 120,000 people to surrender, and our position will not be low. ”

"What does the Governor mean is that the most important thing for us is to be properly accommodated? Get an official position that you can promote? ”

Wang Ling asked tentatively.

"Yes, in addition to these, there must also be knighthoods, loose officials, honorable officers, and the restructuring of officials in the south, I am all clear, I don't want to have a real high-ranking official, but I hope to seek a ladder for future generations."

Sima Yi nodded: "Although the imperial examination is implemented in the south now, how many people can be literate?" I heard that there are still many officials in the south who are from families, and according to this development, in the future, officials in the world will still be born in more families, and our clan will still have the possibility of growing! ”

I have to say that although Sima Yi has a bad stomach, he does know himself and his opponent.

Nowadays, although the official system in the south still retains the system of three princes and nine secretaries, it has actually been restructured, divided into officials, titles, honors, and loose officials, which is equivalent to the Tang Dynasty.

Moreover, the three princes and nine secretaries have no real power, and the three provinces have become the central real power positions, and the Sui and Tang dynasties have opened six departments in history, and the southern Han Dynasty has not opened six departments, and the functions of the six departments are mainly concentrated in the six Cao Shangshu in the three provinces.

So basically, as long as the six Cao Shangshu are changed to six books, the whole system is basically no different from the Tang Dynasty.

Because the energy of the Han Dynasty family was still very large, and the literacy rate of the common people at the bottom was not high, even if Shen Chen opened a branch in the south, most of the officials were children of the family.

Sima Yi believed that they could hand over the land and population, but they didn't want the southern Han to treat them badly, and in addition to the high-grade official positions they should have, the most important thing was to be able to retain the upward channel of their children.

According to the current system of the Han Dynasty, titles, loose officials and honors are not so easy to canonize.

Even if it is Shen Chen himself, the title is the Marquis of Wuxiang, the commander is Shangzhuguo, the official is the hussar general, and there is no loose official position.

Zhuge Liang has a loose official position, and his full official title is, Doctor Jin Ziguanglu, Zhengzhi Shangqing, Wen'an Hou, and Prime Minister, among which Jin Ziguanglu Doctor is a loose official, Zhengzhi Shangqing is a lord, Wen'an Marquis is a title, and Prime Minister is a position.

Originally, according to Liu Chan's meaning, like Guan Yu, Shen Chen, Zhuge Liang, Zhang Fei, these important ministers of the country, the rewards must be sealed to the top, the official is a product of real power, and the title of the lord of the scattered official should also be treated like the opening of the palace with the three divisions, the Shangzhu country, and the national prince.

But Zhuge Liang resolutely did not do it, and repeatedly advised Liu Chan to be cautious when rewarding loose officials and titles, and not to reward them at will.

The reason is that it seems that the titles of loose officials and lords are of little use, but in fact they are of great help to the protection and growth of the family.

Just as knighthoods were very expensive in the early Han Dynasty, now scattered officials and honors are also very precious.

In other words, it is more precious to be a loose official and a commander above the fourth grade.

Because according to the laws of the Han Dynasty, the scattered officials and lords above the fourth rank and the knights above the marquis of Guannei have a door shade, and the higher the level, the higher the level of the door shade for the children.

If an official has the rank of Kaifu Yi of the first grade and the three divisions, Shangzhu Guo, and the county marquis, then he can let his three sons directly enter the office, and the entry is the start of the five grades, and they are basically post officials or loose officials.

This means that if a family has top honors, loose officials and knights, it can guarantee that at least one heir will be successfully promoted, and the starting point is still very high.

At the same time, if the heirs are more outstanding, get reused and continue to rise, and can get top honors, loose officials and knights, then the glory and wealth of this family can continue forever.

It still looks a little similar to the kind of fourth world and third duke, but there is still a big difference between the two sides.

The fourth and third dukes, the three dukes in the early and middle Han Dynasty had real power, coupled with a complex network of relationships, and protégés and former officials were all over the world, so they could support their children to rise all the way, so that their descendants could continue to be the three dukes in power.

However, this system in the southern Han Dynasty is basically the system of the Tang and Song dynasties, and the top officials, loose officials and knights of the Tang and Song dynasties can all be shaded, and even the emperor will often give special gifts to the same Jinshi background, but basically there is no birth of a powerful family of the government and the opposition.

Just like Lu Yijian, the minister of power in the Song Dynasty, several sons have entered the office, and they have not seen the Lu family.

Therefore, on the surface, this system seems to maintain the long-term interests of the family, but in fact, whether it can be obtained or not depends on the king, so it is still very difficult to really implement it.

However, even so, it will still give the descendants of those important ministers a shortcut to rise, so Zhuge Liang proposed that the honors and knights be treated cautiously, except for the founding ministers who have really made meritorious contributions and officials who have made major and outstanding contributions, they will basically not be awarded.

Sima Yi's goal is to obtain a relatively high honor, loose official or knighthood to ensure the long-term continuity of the family's interests.