The smile on Wei Ba's face remained until he boarded the carriage. When the curtain fell, Wei Ba's expression immediately turned gloomy.
"Let's go!" Two words jumped out of his mouth like a sword.
"Here." The coachman shook his hand and responded instinctively. He raised his whip and made a loud crack. Only then did he realize that the young master's tone was a bit cold today. He couldn't help but be extremely careful and drove carefully.
The carriage rushed forward.
Xia Houhui stretched out his hand and put it on the back of Wei Ba's hand. He didn't say anything, but he gave Wei Ba great comfort. Wei Ba sat down against the carriage, looked at the shadow of the trees rushing backward outside the window, and sneered.
: "The Prime Minister is going too far!"
"This is the war in the court." Xia Houhui hugged his legs, rested his chin on his knees, and said quietly: "Confusing black and white, using soft and hard tactics, killing people invisible while talking and laughing, without the light of the sword, but it can break the bones and scatter ashes. No.
The battlefield is even weirder than the battlefield. Countless famous generals dominate the battlefield, but when they arrive at the court, they are completely defeated and their reputation is ruined."
Wei Ba sneered disdainfully: "Fighting internally is an expert, fighting externally is an outsider!"
Xia Houhui blinked his eyes, couldn't help laughing out loud, and echoed with his jaw: "What your husband said is true. These methods are useful against your own people, but they are of no use against foreign enemies. However, fighting outside
Those who are good at internal fighting and those who are outsiders are, after all, just food for others. Only those who are good at both internal and external will have the last laugh. If it is true that they cannot be good at both internal and external, then those who are good at internal fighting will laugh the longest, so no matter whether the husband is willing or not
, if you want to have the last laugh, you have to get used to fighting like this."
Wei Ba didn't say anything. Why didn't he know this truth? In ancient times, most famous generals did not die well because they were good at external fighting and not good at internal fighting. However, people who are only familiar with internal fighting will not laugh longer. Once there are external enemies
If you commit an offense, the consequences will still be bad. Only those who are both internal and external can have the last laugh, such as Cao Cao, such as Sima Yi and his son in history.
On the battlefield, you can win with courage and perseverance, you can fight for your life, and you can use your passion to arouse fighting spirit, but in the court, there are only conspiracies and weak skills that cannot be seen. If
Being reckless will only lead to a disastrous defeat.
For example, now, Zhuge Liang is using Soochow's invasion externally and Mrs. Zhang's selfishness internally to force him to obey orders. If he simply refuses, he will be spurned by most people in the court and be considered ignorant of the general situation.
, he will be ostracized by his family at home and become an unpopular person. He will become a loner and find himself in a desperate situation politically.
Either he bows his head and obeys orders and faithfully follows the path that Zhuge Liang has arranged for him, just like Ma Di; or he betrays his family and becomes a lone wolf, just like his father did.
In comparison, it seems that Ma Su is more accepting, dancing within the rules and making full use of the rules. This is the choice of most people. In the court, people who do not play according to the rules are not welcome.
What everyone competes here is how well they use the rules.
Wei Ba didn't understand this before. The intrigue in the office was nothing compared to the competition in the court. Now that he had the opportunity to come into contact with the real court in this life, he still wasn't used to it. Fortunately, he was not the same at this time.
In his previous life, he had been introspecting every day for more than two years, which made him more or less prepared.
What's more, there is such a strange woman as Xia Houhui beside him.
He knew that Xiahou Hui had ulterior motives for coming to his side, but he still dared to use it because he believed that Xiahou Hui would not harm him, but would help him. Killing him would be far more beneficial to Cao Wei than using him to create divisions within the Shu Han.
"Yuanrong, how should we deal with this?"
"In the court, impulsiveness is the most taboo, especially if you act rashly when you are weak, there will only be one result." Xia Houhui blinked and looked at Wei Ba with a half-smile: "Actually, you have mastered political disputes.
It’s just that you don’t know how to use it, or that you are a little noble and unwilling to join in with them. As long as you are willing, you can do very well.”
Wei Ba smiled and said nothing more. He knew what Xia Houhui meant. Since the battle in the court could not be easily resolved, the only way was to use strength to fight and retreat to advance. Sima Yi and his son used this method to achieve the final victory.
Victory. Although he had no chance to participate before, it didn't mean he had no idea at all.
"What now?"
"Retreat to advance." Xia Houhui leaned towards Wei Ba and whispered in his ear: "The reason why the prime minister spends so much effort is simply because you have meritorious service. If you don't reward it, you won't be able to convince the public, and rewards are easy to use."
Your strength will increase and you will eventually be out of control. The right to advance is not yours, but the right to retreat is yours. Taking this opportunity, you might as well retreat to advance and retreat to the end..."
Wei Ba listened attentively and couldn't help but have his mind widened. He looked at the smiling Xia Houhui and grinned: "Yuanrong, you are so bad."
Xia Houhui pouted and said aggrievedly: "Husband, I am just making suggestions for you, how can I be bad?"
Wei Ba stretched out his hand to hug Xia Houhui into his arms, pecked her on her pursed lips, and laughed proudly.
Next, Wei Ba visited the Fu family, the Zhang family, and the Feng family, reported to them one by one that they were safe, revealed the news that the prime minister was about to reward military merit, and congratulated them. Those people naturally congratulated Wei Ba in turn.
Wei Ba then said without revealing any trace that he might not be rewarded because of some mistakes that caused the Wu army to suffer heavy losses. The fact that he was not punished was an act of mercy by the Prime Minister.
The families of Fu, Zhang and Feng all lost their pillars because of the Battle of Yiling, and their hatred for the Wu people was far greater than their hatred for the Wei people. Wei Ba led Wei to attack Wu and severely damaged the Wu army, which was more important to them than severely damaging the Wei army.
They also want to please people's hearts. When they heard that Wei Ba not only had no merit, but had a fault, they naturally felt the same hatred and resentment. However, these people knew that their strength was not enough to compete with Zhuge Liang, so they could only express their comfort verbally.
, there are even cautious ones who don’t even give verbal comfort and can only pretend not to understand.
Wei Ba is not in a hurry. What he wants to do now is not to fight back immediately, but to guide public opinion and let these people know the reason why he was not rewarded and promoted, and prepare for the next counterattack. After visiting these people, he came
At the gate of the palace, I asked to see Zhao Tong.
Zhao Tong is the Tiger Guard, the Sesame Officer of 600 shi. This was obtained because of Zhao Yun's status. Originally, even Zhao Yun himself had no hope of promotion, and Zhao Guang was unable to become an official. Zhao Tong at least
There is still some hope, that's all. But the situation is different now. With the great victory in Guanzhong, Zhao Yun was promoted to a leading general and his title was also promoted. Zhao Guang suddenly jumped to the rank of general and is now stationed in Long.
Mountain, this made Zhao Tong, the elder brother, unable to sit still.
When he heard that Wei Ba was visiting, Zhao Tong quickly asked for leave and came out. As soon as they met, they exchanged a few words. What Zhao Tong was most concerned about was when he would have the opportunity to go on an expedition with Wei Ba and make a general. But,
However, Wei Ba only asked him for advice on spear skills and never mentioned anything else. Later, when Zhao Tong became anxious, he casually said, "I made a mistake. I may not even be able to join the army now. Is there any chance to go to war? You
Ah, let’s find other opportunities.
Zhao Tong suddenly understood, and he made an appointment to teach spear skills and returned to the palace. When his colleagues asked him why he left the palace, he gave a general account of Wei Ba's situation, but from what he said,
The taste is just the same. Wei Ba no longer made a mistake, but was deliberately excluded by some people.
Everyone has a bit of a gossip spirit and is interested in such hearsay news. Once they heard about this kind of overt and covert fighting, whether they sympathized with Wei Ba or not, they all became a member of this gossip news dissemination channel. In the end,
, this rumor finally reached the ears of Emperor Liu Chan.
After completing the task of reporting that he was safe, Wei Ba returned to the Wei family manor and immediately wrote a resignation letter and sent it to the Prime Minister's Mansion, requesting to resign from the Prime Minister's Mansion to join the army. Then he devoted his whole body and soul to developing the economy and training the great soldiers.
Go to career.
For the overall interests of the Wei family and for Wei Feng to have a good marriage, Wei Ba took the initiative to give up his own merits and even resigned from joining the army. This can be described as selfless. In the face of such sentiments, Mrs. Zhang could not help but express her feelings.
She announced to the old and young of the Wei family that from now on, with the head of the family Wei Yan guarding Guanzhong, the external affairs of the Wei family manor in Chengdu will be fully handled by Wei Ba, and the management of the tribe will also be fully handled by Wei Ba. Wei Ba only needs to
Just inform her promptly.
With this authorization, Wei Ba immediately took action. He classified the troops in the manor by age: those who were too old and basically impossible to go to the battlefield stopped training, and most of them turned to farming, engaged in picking mulberry and raising silkworms, and farming in the fields.
Things like farming not only reduce their training burden, but also save a lot of expenses, and they also have a relatively fixed labor force. Those in their prime are fully invested in training, increasing the training intensity, and adjusting the training plan. It is necessary to let
They can go to the battlefield in a short period of time and take on important responsibilities; for those children under the age of fifteen, Wei Ba has included them in a new training system, training physical and martial arts half a day, reading and literacy half a day, receiving basic education, and preparing for the future.
Learn the art of war to prepare.
Establishing a military academy was Wei Ba's long-standing plan, but it was limited by the conditions and had never had the chance to be implemented. Now that he finally had the opportunity to try his skills, Wei Ba was naturally very motivated. While he arranged for people to purchase enlightenment textbooks, he also sent people to increase training.
Facilities, he plunged into the study of the entire process of sericulture and silk reeling. He mobilized a large amount of manpower, which would inevitably put great pressure on the economic development of the manor. If he could not find a way to make money, all his plans
Neither can last long.
His method is very simple. Of course, he is to give full play to his mechanical expertise, use machinery to replace manpower as much as possible, optimize and transform the entire process, improve work efficiency, and reduce human labor intensity. The most important part of this is reeling.
The transformation of silk machines and looms. Even though Wei Ba's mechanical technology was unparalleled in the contemporary era, these two technological transformations put a lot of pressure on him. He plunged headlong into two studies and once again became a blind man.
A technical nerd. (To be continued. Please search Piaotian Literature, the novel will be better and updated faster!)