Chapter 33 Winning the Emperor's Trust

Emperor Jiayou read the slogans in the army in detail.

He focused on the last sentence, "Listen to the emperor's command."

Emperors from ancient times to the present have always been worried about the power of border generals. What is one of the key factors for the military to take power?

Isn't it because the emperor is worried that he can't command the army?

But this slogan clearly says that you must be loyal to the emperor.

It is enough to see Wei Yuan's loyalty!

"I really didn't misjudge him!"

"He is a good loyal minister!"

"Tell Wei Yuan that I will give him three more battalions of the imperial army to make up 10,000 troops and let him train well."

Even Emperor Jiayou didn't expect that the three words "good loyal minister" he said would be recorded in the history books.

It became an important basis for future generations to study Wei Yuan's psychological journey.

And people at that time even had the saying "good loyal ministers can protect the Great Zhou for 30 years" spread all over the world.

This good loyal minister, naturally, refers to Wei Yuan.

Beside Emperor Jiayou, Han Da Xianggong and the Minister of War Cao Yaoheng were standing.

After hearing the emperor's words, Han Da Xianggong frowned and said:

"Your Majesty, most of the state militia commanders only train about 5,000 soldiers, but if Wei Yuan is given 3,000 soldiers, it will be over 10,000."

The military garrison of the Great Zhou is very different from that of other dynasties.

The previous dynasties all deployed heavy troops to garrison the border areas.

However, the Great Zhou stationed nearly half of the country's troops in the capital, and the other half in the city gates of various places.

For example, Daizhou has only 7,000 people, and Dingzhou, which is adjacent to Daizhou, also has 7,000 troops.

In addition to these important border towns, almost all prefectures have 5,000 to 10,000 troops stationed.

Once Daizhou is in danger, the emperor will give an order, and all prefectures will respond actively, and in an instant, 300,000 troops will be gathered to the border.

After that, a famous general will be sent to lead the imperial army to the north to resist the enemy.

The advantage of doing this is obvious, that is, there will be no situation where one general dominates.

But the disadvantages are also obvious. If the enemy army quickly attacks the city and plunders the battlefield like autumn wind sweeping fallen leaves, the northern border of the Great Zhou will be in danger.

In Wei Yuan's previous life, the Song Dynasty was quickly attacked by the northern foreign race, which caused obvious drawbacks in the method of stationing troops in various prefectures and eventually led to the tragedy of the siege of Bianjing.

However, whether it was the Song or Zhou emperors, they were much more ruthless in guarding against their own people than against outsiders.

The reign of Emperor Jiayou was slightly better, after all, he really wanted to cultivate some generals who could lead troops to fight.

Otherwise, he would not have promoted Di Qing out of the ordinary.

At this moment, Emperor Jiayou looked at Han Zhang, the prime minister of the dynasty, meaningfully, and said seriously:

"I see that Wei Qing has the talent to train soldiers, so I want him to try more. As for the others, it's okay. I believe him."

How could he not believe in a general who could use slogans to tell his soldiers to be loyal to the emperor every day?

Han Zhang also said it casually, and then thought of Di Qing's incident, so he shut up.

When Han Zhang and the Minister of War Cao Yaoheng left Xuanzheng Hall.

The latter saw Han Zhang with a worried look, so he asked curiously:

"Han Xianggong, what's wrong with you?"

Han Zhang smiled bitterly and said, "Nothing, I just thought of Wuxianggong."

Wuxiang is Di Qing's posthumous title.

Cao Yaoheng was stunned, "Even you think that Wei Yuan is very similar to Wuxianggong?"

Han Zhang said, "Today, your majesty knows that Wei Yuan is loyal, but he only increases his troops and does not give him an official position. Have you ever thought about why?"

"Including the previous Yanmen Battle, Wei Yuan's achievements are enough to transfer him to Kyoto, but why didn't your majesty do this?"

Cao Yaoheng thought for a moment and blurted out subconsciously: "You mean, the emperor is worried that he will become the second Di Qing?"

Han Zhang nodded, "Since the founding of my Great Zhou, Wuxianggong is the only one who became a key figure as a warrior. Secret envoy. "

"When Your Majesty promoted Duke Wuxiang out of the ordinary, how many ministers opposed it? If it weren't for Fan Wenzhenggong helping the emperor to overcome all objections, how could Duke Wuxiang be able to reach that position?"

"But what happened after the promotion? Didn't Duke Wuxiang end up depressed? People say that I killed Duke Wuxiang. I don't refute it, but I don't admit it either."

"In my heart, I have always respected Duke Wuxiang. At that time, no matter how many things happened at the border, I never had too much worry because Duke Wuxiang was there."

How could Cao Hengyao not understand after hearing him say this?

If it were according to Emperor Jiayou's previous thoughts, Emperor Jiayou would definitely overcome all objections and confer the title of nobility on Wei Yuan in the Battle of Yanmen.

But the emperor at this time was obviously worried that after the promotion, Wei Yuan would become the second Di Qing.

So, even this time, after Emperor Jiayou knew that Wei Yuan was loyal, he only wanted to increase his power, not to promote him.

Although he only gave Wei Yuan 3,000 people.

But now, among the border generals, apart from Wei Yuan, who can command 10,000 border soldiers completely independently?

In other words, now, Wei Yuan has become the first border general.

Winning the trust of the government is one of the purposes of Wei Yuan writing slogans in the army.

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Wei Yuan does not know the news from the capital for the time being.

Now, apart from the training of soldiers, he is only worried about Wei Shuyi's upcoming childbirth.

The second year of Jiayou, the beginning of April.

Yangzhou City, Sheng Family.

On this day, early in the morning, Mrs. Sheng went to the temple outside the city to burn incense.

In recent days, there have been high-ranking officials from the capital who have inspected the salt tax and investigated the Yangzhou officialdom.

Knowing that Sheng Hong's three years of political achievements have been excellent, plus, the other party has some relationship with Wei Yuan.

Then Censor Du thought of the time when he had offended Wei Yuan in front of the emperor because of his quick words.

So he thought of promoting Sheng Hong.

Therefore, Sheng Hong learned that he was about to go to the capital to serve as an official.

In fact, according to his performance evaluation, he must report to the capital before the end of this year.

However, with the help of Censor Du, he saved a lot of effort.

Therefore, Sheng Hong was full of gratitude to Wei Yuan.

Today, Sheng Hong and Wang Ruofu planned to go to Wang Ruofu's parents' home to say goodbye and prepare for going to Beijing.

On the way, in the carriage, Sheng Hong said to Wang Ruofu from time to time:

"I didn't expect that Brother Wei actually has a relationship with the Imperial Censor in Beijing. If it weren't for him, I'm afraid my trip to the capital would be delayed."

"When you have free time, you have to tell Changbai and the others that when they see Wei Yuan in the future, they can call him uncle when there are no outsiders."

"This time, our Sheng family owes Brother Wei a favor. If there is a chance, we must repay it."

Wang Ruofu said sarcastically: "When he was here before, I didn't see you calling him Brother Wei all the time."

Sheng Hong frowned and said: "Things are different now. Brother Wei's teacher is the Duke of Yingguo. He has a very important position in the court. Even Han Da Xianggong has to be polite to him."

"When we go to Kyoto in the future, if we can establish this relationship, my husband's career will be smooth."

Wang Ruofu said: "If the young man from the Wei family is just a scholar and does not have so many identities, you will probably only treat him as a servant, not a relative? What kind of relative?"

Sheng Hong said unhappily: "Don't say such things in the future!"

"The censor is willing to speak for me in the capital for the sake of Brother Wei!"

"We must remember this favor! In the future, tell outsiders that Brother Wei is a legitimate relative of our Sheng family. As for how those outsiders think about this matter, let them do whatever they want!"

"By the way, if I am busy with government affairs in the future, you must take good care of Shuyi in the mansion."

Wang Ruofu was wondering about this matter.

Before, when Wei Shuyi was sold to the Sheng family, she felt that Wei Shuyi was a bit beautiful, so she asked Sheng Hong to take her as a concubine, and her purpose was to let her help her deal with Lin Qinshuang.

But what about now?

The sudden appearance of Wei Yuan has raised Wei Shuyi's status in the mansion, threatening not only Lin Qinshuang but also her own status.

In the future, there will be another difficult character in the Sheng family. Unfortunately, Wei Shuyi cannot target her, otherwise her brother will be afraid to think about it.

In this case, how can Wang Ruofu not be depressed?

Therefore, even if Sheng Hong is about to be promoted, she can't be happy.

"A real relative? I don't have a brother named Wei."

Seeing her like this, Sheng Hong shook his head secretly and sighed:

"Women's opinion!"

There is another chapter, which will be posted at the evening party, around 10:10, but you can read it tomorrow, don't stay up late