"My lord, Jiang Zitong is a veteran of the four dynasties and has always been loyal to the Wei Dynasty. However, Huang Gongheng has only been demoted as a general. My lord, please ask Huang Gongheng to go and persuade Jiang Zitong. Is this feasible?"

After traveling to Huang Mansion, Sima Yi and his son got back into the car. Master Sima asked with some worry.

Sima Yi sat down peacefully and sighed:

"If it had been the time of the late emperor, it would have been impossible; but now, there is probably no more suitable candidate than Huang Gongheng in Luoyang City."

Master Sima didn’t quite understand:

"Sir, why is this?"

"Nowadays, let alone the Wei Dynasty, even the two kingdoms of Shu and Wu have already known that Luoyang and Xuchang of the Wei Dynasty were governed side by side."

Sima Yi did not have any taboos in front of his son:

"Throughout the Wei dynasty, some people wanted to go to Xuchang and some to Luoyang. As you said, Jiang Zitong is a veteran of the four dynasties. Which side do you think he will go to?"

Master Sima was startled for a moment, and then he said calmly after a while:

"Probably, it should be Xuchang, right?"

"Why?"

"Because the emperor is in Xuchang?"

When Sima Yi heard this, he smiled, whether it was a sneer or a scornful smile, and he shook his head slightly:

"Is the Great Wei the emperor's great Wei?"

After he said this, he laughed again, this time, it was a real sneer:

"Emperor Wu conquered the world, Emperor Wen established the world. If there are no advisers and strong generals to help, how can we succeed?"

"Even the late emperor Gao Shengping (i.e. Gao Tanglong) once used the words of the sages to admonish him: The world is not the world of one person, but the world of the world."

"The empire of the Wei Dynasty was conquered by Emperor Wu under the leadership of veterans like us. Cao Zhaobo (also known as Cao Shuang) indulged his pro-party members, monopolized power and disrupted the government, and lightly changed the laws."

Sima Yi stretched out a finger and pointed it outward, with a slightly angry look on his face:

"When we old ministers followed Emperor Wu to conquer the country, they were still in the womb of women!"

"What now? Most of the ministers serving around the emperor are close to Cao Zhaobo."

"They are enjoying the wealth we have built, yet they are above us. Besides causing chaos in government, what else will they do?"

Having said this, Sima Yi's eyes flashed coldly and he slowed down his tone:

"I don't believe that veterans of the Four Dynasties like Jiang Zitong can see through what they do."

Hearing this, Master Sima suddenly trembled and subconsciously sat up straight.

In the blink of an eye, he seemed to have grasped a key point:

"Haier heard that last month Cao Zhaobo ordered Man Boning (i.e. Man Chong) to remove his armor and return to the court, and be promoted to Taiwei."

"He also appointed Wang Yanyun (i.e. Wang Ling) to succeed Man Boning as the General of the Eastern Expedition. During the holidays, he was appointed military commander of Yangzhou."

Who in the whole court does not know that Man Boning and Wang Yanyun are at odds?

Anyone who is not blind can see that Cao Zhaobo's move is basically to sideline Man Boning and win over Wang Yanyun.

Sima Yi nodded in approval:

"Yes, and according to the news that Zining (i.e. Sima Zhao) sent back from Xuchang, Jiang Zitong also sent a memorial to Xuchang a few days ago. Do you know what it said?"

"The child doesn't know."

"Chiang Tzu-tung said that only those who can help the world carefully edit and revise the country's laws and regulations can they be passed down to future generations. How can mediocre people change them?"

"If not, it will not only be ineffective in governing the country, but will also harm the people. I hope that the civil servants and military generals will all abide by their duties, and the country will be peaceful and prosperous."

Sima Yi was talking, minding his own business and laughing loudly:

"Chiang Zi-tong's words are just pointing at the Taichung Three Dogs and others, saying that they are mediocre people who are changing the laws indiscriminately."

"Ziyuan, tell me, even if Jiang Zitong is really attracted to Xuchang, what kind of Xuchang does he have in his heart?"

Maybe Jiang Zitong really loves Xuchang, but the Xuchang he wants is definitely not the current Xuchang.

Master Sima looked happy, then a little worried:

"But even so, it will be difficult for Jiang Zitong to join our Sima... Luoyang!"

"Huh, that's wrong!" Sima Yi waved his hand and said, "I don't need him to be facing Luoyang. I just need Cao Zhaobo to think that he is facing Luoyang."

"Cao Zhaobo is really a dolphin-like person. Sun Deda (ie Sun Li) just spoke out and remonstrated with him, so he promoted him and demoted him secretly, and asked Sun Deda to go to Jizhou to be the governor."

"Now that Jiang Zitong has issued such a memorial, it is like pointing his nose at Cao Zhaobo and scolding him for his ignorance of people. I'm afraid he will be very angry in his heart."

"At this time, if Jiang Zitong really listens to my advice and sends troops to Gaodu, what do you think Cao Zhaobo will think?"

Master Sima still didn't understand: "But what if Jiang Zitong is unwilling to listen to your opinions?"

"He won't be unwilling." Sima Yi said word by word, "Because he is a veteran of the four dynasties of the Wei Dynasty!"

How many people can be called veterans of the Four Dynasties now?

How many people are not in high and powerful positions?

In the hearts of these veterans, the Great Wei is not only the Great Wei of the Cao family, but also their Great Wei.

Cao Shuang, Ding Mi and his like are just arrogant men who have never even seen the military formation. How can they understand what these veterans of the Wei Dynasty are loyal to?

When Master Sima heard this, he suddenly realized:

This is simply a conspiracy.

Conspiracy combined with the opponent's arrogance and stupidity.

He thought for a while and finally asked the last question:

"Then why did your Excellency let Huang Gongheng go?"

Sima Yi looked at Master Sima with some meaning:

"Because this way I can show my public heart!"

Looking at the entire city of Luoyang, the person who is least qualified to express his position, and at the same time the most promising person who will least cause doubts about his position, is Huang Gongheng.

Master Sima finally understood it completely and couldn't help but admire his master deeply.

In mid-July of the 15th year of Jianxing's reign, Wei Yanjiu, the general of Zhendong of the Han Kingdom, attacked Shangdang County and was unable to control Huguan. He was so angry that he put on his armor, risked his own arrows and led his troops to attack the city.

The morale of the Han army was greatly boosted.

In addition, the former governor of the annexation, Shi Li Xun, was a party member and personally came from Jinyang to persuade him to surrender.

The generals of the Wei army were besieged internally and externally. Seeing that reinforcements were not coming and there was no hope of defending the city, they had no choice but to leave the city and surrender.

At the same time, Jiang Ji, the Hanoi defender of Wei State, learned of the fall of Shangdang and immediately sent Taihang Xingxing to guard Gaodu City.

At this point, the entire Bingzhou, except for the city of Gaodu, was still in the hands of the Wei army, and the rest fell into the hands of the Han.

Feng Junhou, who had been making great efforts in Hedong, received the news of joining the party a few days later than Jiang Ji.

After learning about the news in Hanoi, Feng Junhou slapped his fist and said with a big smile:

"The Wei thief's reaction was as expected by General Guan."

The so-called increase of troops to Hedong is just to transfer back the Bingzhou Hu cavalry from Guanzhong.

Because these Huqi are part of the source of miners in Feng Junhou's plan.

There are basically three types of miners in Xinghanhui's mines.

One is the labor miner, which needs no further elaboration.

The second type is the labor miners, who are sinners assigned by the government to work to atone for their sins.

The mine also pays a certain amount of labor fees to the government every year.

The last one is to hire miners, which is the mainstream of miners.

These miners are the original proletarians who signed a contract and exchanged their labor for a living in the mine.

Although a certain society is famous for its labor trade, in fact, miners only account for less than 30% of the labor force in the mine.

Hired miners account for at least 60%.

Therefore, as the war subsided, it was naturally impossible for Feng Junhou to let Bingzhou Huqi stay in Guanzhong.

The Hu Qi who were guarding the pass gathered in Hedong, but they did it conveniently.

His next plan is to send these Huqi back to Bingzhou together and prepare them to start mining.

"The general is just borrowing the reputation of the prince."

In this battle, General Guan led his cavalry in a furious advance. His speed was as fast as the wind, and he became famous in Hebei Province. Because of his meritorious service, he was named the General of the Eastern Conquest by the imperial court.

Now everyone in the world is rumored that Feng Junhou has four generals named "Feng Lin Huoshan" under his command.

General Guan ranked first - of course, some people said it was Zhao Sanqian.

As for what the facts are, that's a matter of opinion.
To be continued...