In the second year of the Zhengshi period and in June of the Xinyou year, because the Wu army was marching north along the Han River from Jingzhou on the western front, passing through Xiangcheng, and reaching Zhongchuang, Sima Yi supervised the army to leave Luoyang and go south for rescue.
On the eastern front in Huainan, Wang Ling, Sun Li and others did not need rescue at all. They only relied on the garrison to give the Wu army a head-on blow. Their performance was indeed better than that in the west. The emperor issued a special edict to commend the meritorious officials in Huainan. In the edict,
Qin Liang was also mentioned.
It is quite rare for an official of Qin Liang's level to have his name appear in an imperial edict. If later generations of historical materials study this battle, Qin Liang can be regarded as leaving his name in history in this world, because he knows that there are such things as imperial edicts.
Archiving makes it easier to find records when researching historical materials.
However, as Qin Liang expected, the ministers in the court (the emperor was only nine years old) determined that the greatest contribution in this battle was the local chief official. The difference was obvious from the number of silk cloths rewarded. Wang Ling and Sun Li each had seven to eight hundred pieces.
Qin Liang only had a few dozen pieces of silk. Wang Ling and Sun Li wanted to give a large portion of the silk to the families of the fallen soldiers and meritorious officers. Qin Liang got very little, and since he was an assistant officer rather than a chief officer, there was no need to divide it.
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In the Wei Dynasty, silk fabrics and grain were money, which could be exchanged for any commodity as general equivalents. Therefore, the court was rewarding money.
Of course, it is not enough to just reward money. Wang Ling is already a prince in the southeast, so he needs to add a title. So the imperial edict states that Wang Ling's Tinghou will be promoted to the title of Xianghou and Nanxiang Hou; he will also add the title of Chariot and Cavalry General.
, Yitong Sansi, the number of food towns increased to 1,350 households. The status of the Chariot and Cavalry General was very high. Below the Great General were the Hussars General and Chariot and Cavalry General.
Sun Li was recruited as the Young Master. As expected, Qin Liang was right. The imperial court wanted to give Sun Li a high-status official in the capital first, and then let him leave the town when a vacancy became available.
The Shaofu is one of the Nine Ministers. In the original system of the Three Officials and Nine Ministers, this was a very respected official position. However, since the Cao Wei Dynasty, the bureaucracy has changed a lot and is evolving into the prototype of the three provinces and six ministries system. Many of the powers of the Shaofu.
He has already been assigned to official positions such as Da Si Nong, Yu Shi Zhong Cheng, and Sili Xiaowei. The remaining real power of the Shaofu is really limited, but as Jiu Qing, who is of extremely high character and high status, there is nothing wrong with giving him the favor in front of Sun Li.
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But an assistant officer like Qin Liang was always available when he was working hard. It seemed that he had nothing to do when the spoils were divided. The document did not mention what official he was given or how many levels he would be promoted to. It only said that Qin Liang was summoned back to the capital.
What Qin Liang doesn't understand is that although he is an assistant officer, the role he played in winning the battle and the credit are there. Wang Ling and Sun Li also wrote good things in their reports; not to mention that Qin Liang is Cao Shuang.
Aren't people like him given priority to the benefits of being a subordinate?
After all, the Wei Emperor in Luoyang was only nine years old, and speaking for a child was basically equivalent to farting. Now that Sima Yi has gone south to supervise the army, isn't it Cao Shuang who has the final say in the court?
How to award a reward? It’s just a sentence from Cao Shuang, who is riding a horse. I am hanging my head and risking the destruction of three tribes with you, so I treat my own people like this? When there is no merit, I am afraid that I will be promoted too quickly and it will be difficult to convince the public. There is no reason to wait.
, everyone can understand, what is going on now?
Qin Liang, who was envious of the various marquises, generals, and nine ministers who admired Wang Ling and Sun Li, had nothing, and he couldn't help but secretly slander him for a while. However, the court summoned him back to Beijing, and had not yet determined his official position, so he still retained a trace of it.
Hope. Things haven’t come to fruition yet, what if it’s a long time coming?
He felt that it was better to calm down and wait...
Sun Li was going back to Luoyang, and Qin Liang also packed his things and prepared to leave with Sun Li's team.
This time was different from the last time I left Luoyang. There were many people seeing him off this time. Even the governor, Wang Ling, came in person. People were sent to the bank of Feishui. Although most of them came for Sun Li, people were attentive in saying goodbye.
, Qin Liang, who was traveling with him, could also feel it. Some generals in the Chinese and foreign armies also had good relations with Qin Liang. They often exchanged a few words and agreed to meet somewhere in the future to talk about their feelings.
The wind is rustling and the water is cold. We gather and disperse. We agreed to see each other again and drink together again. Maybe it was just talk.
Life is like this. You can be more serious when saying goodbye. Maybe this conversation will be the last time between each other. It does not mean that the other person will die, but that everyone has their own things to do and the most realistic things at hand.
Face to face, as long as there is no profit cooperation, there will probably be no chance to go back and forth just for that little emotion.
Summer is not over yet, but when the wind blows on the river, there is a faint autumn-like coolness.
A group of people disembarked from the boat on the other side of Feikou, and then transferred to carriages and horses to travel by land. The direction of travel was northwest, and Luoyang was over there.
After crossing the border of Yangzhou, they entered Yuzhou. A few days later, Qin Liang discovered on the carriage that many people suddenly appeared on the roadside and there was a noise outside.
He opened the curtain and observed that people here seemed to be leaving. Many old and weak women and children were sending their sons and daughters carrying large and small bags on their way. This scene suddenly reminded Qin Liang of the familiar noise at the station.
The scene in his memory was also filled with large and small packages. He thought that only in the industrial age would there be frequent population movements, but he did not expect to see such a scene with his own eyes in ancient times.
"These are the soldiers of the garrison." Sun Li's voice said next to him.
Qin Liang turned around and said: "The Wei Dynasty seems to have a law on wrong service. The place where the soldiers are stationed is not in the same place as the place where the family members work in the fields. They can only go home to reunite when they take turns to rest."
Sun Li said: "Yes, Chinese and foreign armies and garrison guards all have a system of missed service."
Qin Liang said no more. He knew about this. He had seen a decree when he was an official in Luoyang. The main idea was that as long as the soldiers stationed in other places rebelled and fled, their family members would first be made slaves or even executed.
, parents, wives and children cannot escape bad luck. When Cao Cao was alive, this system began to be implemented until now.
However, Huainan did not have a delinquent service system. The Wei Dynasty tried it in Huainan, but as soon as it was about to be implemented, the people fled to Soochow, causing the Wei State to lose a lot of manpower. There was no other way, so Luoyang was left alone.
He continued to watch and saw an old woman stroking a man's face with her hands, while a woman with a child kept telling her something next to her. The man picked up his coarse cloth and left, walking a few steps before looking back.
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This situation made Qin Liang feel depressed. After the carriage drove away, he still couldn't help but turn his head several times to see those people.
When Qin Liang put down the curtain, he found Sun Li looking at him. For a moment, the two looked at each other in silence, as if they wanted to say something, but then they seemed to feel that they had nothing to say, so they remained silent.
Only the sound of wood friction made by the wheels of the carriage kept sounding, which was very boring.
When people are powerless, thinking too much may only increase their worries. Qin Liang raised his head and looked ahead, Luoyang seemed to be getting closer.