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Chapter 33 Winning the Emperor’s Trust
Emperor Jiayou read the military slogans in detail.

Focus on the last sentence, 'Listen to the emperor's command.'

Emperors throughout the ages have worried about the power of their generals. What is one of the key factors for a warrior to gain power?

Isn't it because the emperor was worried that he could not command the army?
But this slogan clearly says that you must be loyal to yourself as the emperor.

This shows Wei Yuan’s loyalty!
"I really didn't misjudge him!"

"He is a good loyal minister!"

"Tell Wei Yuan that I will give him the third battalion of the Forbidden Army and gather ten thousand troops so that he can train well."

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

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

At that time, there was even a saying that "a good loyal minister can protect you for ten years" which was spread all over the world.

This loyal minister naturally refers to Wei Yuan.

Standing next to Emperor Jiayou were Grand Prime Minister Han and Cao Yaoheng, Minister of War.

After hearing the official's personal statement, Grand Prime Minister Han first frowned slightly and said:

"Your Majesty, most of the regiment training envoys from various states only train about five thousand soldiers, but for Wei Yuan, if you give him another three thousand soldiers, it will be tens of thousands."

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

In the previous dynasties, heavy troops were deployed and stationed along the border.

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

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

In addition to these important border towns, almost every state capital has 5,000 to 10,000 troops stationed there.

Once Daizhou is in danger, the emperor gives an order, and the state capitals will respond actively, and an army of 300,000 can be gathered to the border in an instant.

After that, he sent famous generals to take command and led the imperial army north to defend against the enemy.

The advantage of this is obvious, that is, there will not be a situation where one general is dominant.

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

In the Song Dynasty in Wei Yuan's previous life, the city was quickly attacked by foreign tribes from the north, which caused obvious shortcomings in the methods of garrisoning troops in various states, which eventually led to the tragedy of the siege of Bianjing.

However, both the Song and Zhou emperors were much more ruthless in guarding themselves against their own people than outsiders.

Emperor Jiayou was a little better this time. 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 blue.

At this moment, Emperor Jiayou glanced meaningfully at the current prime minister, Han Zhang, and said seriously:
"I see that Wei Qing is talented in military training, so I want him to give it a try. As for the other things, it doesn't matter. I trust him."

How could he not believe a general who could use slogans to tell his soldiers every day to be loyal to the emperor?
Han Zhang also said something casually, and then remembered what happened to Di Qing, so he shut up.

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

When the latter saw Han Zhang looking worried, he said curiously:

"Mr. Han, what's wrong with you?"

Han Zhang smiled bitterly and said, "It's nothing, I just think of Duke Wu Xiang."

Wu Xiang is Di Qing's posthumous title.

Cao Yaoheng was stunned, "Even you think that Wei Yuan looks exactly like Duke Wu Xiang?"

Han Zhang said: "Today, Your Majesty knows that Wei Yuan is loyal, but he only increases his troops and does not appoint him as an official. Have you ever thought about why?"

"Including the previous Yanmen War, Wei Yuan's achievements were enough to transfer him to Kyoto, but why didn't His Majesty do so?"

Cao Yaoheng thought for a moment and subconsciously blurted out: "Are you saying that the officials are worried that he will become the second Di Qing?"

Han Zhang nodded, "Since the founding of the Great Zhou Dynasty, Duke Wu Xiang is the only one who has become a privy envoy as a warrior."

"When His Majesty promoted Duke Wu Xiang in an unusual way, how many ministers opposed it? If it weren't for Duke Fan Wenzheng who helped the officials to overcome all objections, how could Duke Wu Xiang be in that position?"

"But what happened after the special promotion? Didn't Duke Wu Xiang end up in a gloomy end? People say that I killed Duke Wu Xiang. I won't refute it, but I won't admit it either."

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

After hearing what he said, how could Cao Hengyao not understand? If Emperor Jiayou's previous thoughts were followed during the Yanmen battle, Emperor Jiayou would definitely defy all opinions and confer the title of Weiyuan.

But at this time, the officials were obviously worried that after the special promotion, Wei Yuan would become the second Di Qing.

Therefore, even this time, after Emperor Jiayou knew Wei Yuan's loyalty, he only wanted to increase his power, not to promote him.

Although only three thousand people were given to Wei Yuan.

But among the frontier generals now, besides Wei Yuan, who can command 10,000 frontier soldiers with complete autonomy?
In other words, now Wei Yuan has become the number one general.

Winning the trust of officials was one of Wei Yuan's purposes in writing military slogans.
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Wei Yuan didn't know the news about the capital for the time being.

Now, apart from military training, he was only worried about Wei Shuyi's upcoming birth.

In the second year of Jiayou's reign, it was early April.

Yangzhou City, Shengjia.

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

In recent days, a senior official from the capital came to inspect the salt tax and inspect the officialdom of Yangzhou.

Zhi Shenghong's political performance has been excellent for three years. In addition, the other party has some relationship with Wei Yuan.

Du Yushi thought of the time when he had offended Wei Yuan in front of the emperor because of his sharp tongue.

Then I thought about promoting Sheng Hong.

Therefore, Sheng Hong learned that he was about to become an official in the capital.

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

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

For this reason, Sheng Hong was full of gratitude to Wei Yuan.

Today, Sheng Hong and Wang Ruofu plan to go to Wang Ruofu's natal home to say goodbye and prepare for their trip 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 is actually related to the imperial censor in the capital. If it weren't for him, I'm afraid my trip to the capital would have been delayed."

"When you have free time, you have to tell Chang Bai and his brothers that when you see Wei Yuan in the future, you can call him uncle directly when there are no outsiders."

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

Wang Ruofu said sarcastically: "When I was here before, I never saw you calling me brother Wei."

Sheng Hong frowned and said: "Today is different from the past. Brother Wei's teacher is a British prince. He has a very important position in the court. Even the Prime Minister of Han must show courtesy to him."

"We will go to Kyoto in the future. If we can build this relationship, it will be smooth for our husband to have an official career in the future."

Wang Ruofu said: "If the little brother from the Wei family is just a scholar and doesn't have so much status, I'm afraid you just treat him as a servant and not a relative? What kind of relative?"

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

"The censor is willing to speak for me in the capital because of Brother Wei's face!"

"We have to remember this relationship! From now on, we will tell outsiders that Brother Wei is a serious relative of our Sheng family. As for what outsiders think of this matter, just let them be!"

"By the way, if I am busy with government affairs in the future and you are in the house, I will need a good doctor to take care of you."

Wang Ruofu was wondering about this.

Previously, when Wei Shuyi was sold to the Sheng family, she thought Wei Shuyi was pretty, so she let Sheng Hong take her as his concubine. The purpose was to let her help her deal with Lin Sushuang.

But now?

The sudden appearance of Wei Yuan made Wei Shuyi's status in the mansion rise, threatening not only Lin Sushuang, but also his own status.

In the future, there will probably be another difficult character in the Sheng family, but Wei Shuyi cannot target her yet, otherwise her younger brother would not dare to think about it.

In this way, how could Wang Ruofu not be depressed?
Because of this, even if Sheng Hong was about to be promoted, it was hard for her to be happy.
"Real relatives? I don't have a biological brother named Wei."

When Sheng Hong saw her like this, he shook his head secretly and sighed:

"A woman's view!"

　There is one more chapter to be posted at the party, probably around 10:10, but I’ll read it tomorrow, don’t stay up late

　　
　
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