At Cao Fu's house, Yu Zhi, Pan Tao and others arrived as promised.
Yu Zhi snorted it skillfully and felt as if he were in heaven.
Pan Tao waved his hand, indicating no.
There were several other young people, including Yu Liang and Xu Lang, who looked eager to give it a try, but seeing Pan Tao making no move, they could only suppress their thoughts and glance at the beautiful concubines.
Unexpectedly, Uncle Cao waved his hand and the concubines left one after another.
"General Beizhong Lang, Pingchang Gongmo and General Ningshuo (fourth grade) have gone to Zhenye." In the dead of winter, Uncle Cao still shook his fan and talked eloquently: "Wen Xian was granted the title of Duke of Daling County. There are 1,800 households in the city, and he is still the governor of Jizhou."
Ma Mo of Pingchang Company is Sikong's younger brother. He was originally a regular servant (third rank) of Sanqi. Now he is the governor, guarding Yecheng, and directly grabbed the biggest piece of fat.
To be honest, others may have some opinions.
Sima Teng doesn’t want to move his position? Bingzhou is not a good place.
Where is Sima Lue of Qingzhou? Don’t you covet Yecheng?
Not to mention, Sima Mo did nothing and received no credit at all. Just because he was Sima Yue's biological brother, he rose from an idle clan to become the leader of Jizhou.
I guess many people are waiting to see his jokes.
The clan is idle and there is no mansion. How many close followers can you have on hand? Can you control Jizhou?
Wen Xian was originally the governor of Jizhou.
During the Northern Expedition, he fled back to Luoyang and then followed him on the expedition. After the failure, he fled back to his hometown and waited. He was actually restored to his original position, and he was awarded a knighthood for his "meritorious service as a driver".
When it comes to the titles of the Jin Dynasty, it is definitely one of the most confusing in history.
In the first year of Taishi, a "new fifth-class nobility" was established - if the king is included, it would be a sixth-class nobility.
Only the descendants of the Sima clan could be granted the title of king, so let's not worry about it for the moment - originally there were only princes, but later there were more county kings, and only a few people could be granted the title.
There are five levels of nobility: Duke (two types, County Duke), Marquis (County Marquis, County Marquis), Bo, Zi, and Male. Foreign surnames can be awarded, and descendants of the clan can also be granted titles when their titles are reduced in descending order, such as Ma Teng of Dongying Company.
Most of the fifth-class titles granted by foreign surnames were granted by Sima Yan when he founded the country. Generally, the word "Kaiguo" was added, and they could be divided into "Guojun Gong", "Kaiguo County Duke", "Kaiguo County Duke", "Kaiguo County Marquis", "Kaiguo Marquis", "Kaiguo Bo", Founding son, founding man.
After the fifth rank, there are also Xianghou, Tinghou, Guanneihou, Guanwaihou, etc.
During the Taishi period (265-274), there was also a lot of confusion regarding Zhonghou and the like.
In the third year of Xianning (277), Xunxu submitted a memorial, arguing that "the fifth-class country has a long history and is not really a system."
Xun Xu felt that there was no difference between the five ranks of nobility and the enfeoffment of princes in the Han Dynasty, so he asked for "discretion". The final result is that the princes and princes still follow the old system, and those below the princes and princes are basically not enfeoffed. Even if there is one, it is obtained by the descendants of dukes and princes when their titles are reduced, and there is no feudal state, and they only enjoy some economic benefits.
The princes, on the other hand, have fiefdoms. Even if the feudal state has less than 5,000 households, it can still have an army of 1,000 soldiers.
When Sima Lun acceded to the throne, he was granted a title indiscriminately, and even his servants were knighted. But other than that, there are very few titles below dukes, which can be regarded as a reconstruction of the previous complicated feudal system - in fact, if there are only dukes, it is clear, but it is too few.
Also awarded the title together with Wen Xian were Yanling County Duke Gaoguang and others (1,800 households in the city).
Wen Xian was born in the Wen family of Taiyuan and was the grandson of Wen Hui. Gao Guang was the son of Cao Wei Taiwei Gao Rou. They were both from famous families.
They got the title without doing anything.
The soldiers who went out to fight and fought desperately did not win the title.
Reasonable, really reasonable.
"Dongying Gongteng entered General Anbei (third rank), and Bingzhou was troubled. I don't know if he can hold up the situation." Cao Fu continued.
Sima Teng is the second younger brother of Sima Yue, the elder brother of Sima Mo, and the governor and governor of Bingzhou.
Last year, he led his army to defeat Ye General Wang Bin and contributed to Sima Ying's final downfall.
But there was nothing to reward him.
The General looks expensive, but it has no territory or soldiers, so it is not very affordable.
This was one of the reasons why Shao Xun would rather not be promoted to general than to continue to be in charge of the army.
Titles below Duke and various general titles are just icing on the cake and not worth pursuing with great efforts.
Among the second and fourth brothers, Sima Yue finally chose his fourth brother Sima Mo, who had no territory yet, to go to Yecheng. For some unknown reason.
In this way, from west to east, Bingzhou, Jizhou, and Qingzhou are all in the hands of Sima Yue's three younger brothers. If he himself takes Xuzhou again, his cousin Sima Fei is in Yuzhou, and his cousin Sima Shi is still in Wan. As the governor of the city, Sima Yi's fourth brother Sima Kui and his family became very powerful.
As the "parent" of this faction, Sima Yue is the well-deserved leader, although this leader's military ability is a bit weak.
"Military Secretary, why are you talking about this?" Yu Zhi said with some resentment: "When will Sikong return to Luoyang? I heard that many scholars have recently gone to the East China Sea and defected to Sikong. Could it be that he just opened a mansion in the East China Sea and ignored us?"
"Yes." Yu Zhi raised his head, and someone sighed, and then said: "If Xuzhou is captured, Sikong will definitely lead the governor and governor of Xuzhou. In order to suppress the ground, he will definitely stay there for a while. He can return this year. Luoyang?"
"Will King Dongping move or not? Leave early. Sikong will finish reorganizing Xuzhou early and return to Luoyang early."
"I heard that Sikong promised Yanzhou to King Dongping, but King Dongping is still hesitant."
"Why are you still hesitating? If you continue to hesitate, declare him a traitor, and all the towns will fight against him, and Sima Zhu will end up even worse."
"Who says it's not? I hope he can figure it out soon."
Cao Fu shook his fan violently several times.
Everyone stopped talking and looked at him.
The huge Donghai King Group is now divided into two parts: east and west.
The King of the East China Sea lived in the East China Sea. Wang Cheng, who had fled with him, became the prefect of the East China Sea. Liu Qia was in charge of recruiting troops and became the de facto lieutenant. Considering that many people have gone to Donghai recently to request admission, more and more scholars have gathered around the King of Donghai.
As a result, those who stayed in Luoyang were embarrassed.
Led by Military Chief Cao Fu, there are more than ten staff and court officials. Their momentum is not as strong as that of the other side, but they have the military power and are still close to the emperor. Where to go, it is really time to think carefully about where to go.
Someone once planned to go east to Xuzhou to work with Sikong, but Cao Fu dissuaded him because Luoyang had insufficient talents.
But this is not an option.
The people left behind in Luoyang are almost stepmothers. They watch the Donghai gang fawning over Sikong every day. Sikong doesn't even know what they are doing. As time goes by, the future is not good.
In fact, this is a factional issue that is unavoidable for any group. Sima Yue's absence happened to amplify this problem.
Cao Fu knew what was going on. He knew what was going on. The only way was to increase the strength of their side and build more meritorious deeds to make Sikong take notice.
People, it is always easier to see the people in front of you, and people far away are easier to ignore. Then use an indelible weight to force Sikong to pay attention.
"What do you say to Mi Zihui?" Cao Fu turned to Pan Tao and asked.
"He will be able to serve as the prefect of Hongnong in February or March. It has been agreed that he is willing to compete for the position of coach of the Western Expedition." Pan Tao said.
"Then help him fight for it!" Cao Fu said without hesitation: "I have served Sikong for many years, and I still have some face."
"He Lun and Wang Bing want to serve as generals of the left and right guards." Pan Tao continued: "Sikong also wants to appoint Chen Jin, Wang Hu, Jie Bao and others. These are all old generals of the Forbidden Army, and there are many newly recruited soldiers. If the imperial army is defeated, it will be easier for them to lead them."
"He Lun and Wang Bing are short-sighted." Cao Fu commented and asked, "Where is Shao Xun?"
"When I met Shao Xun, he was hunting in the Forbidden Garden and training sergeants." Pan Tao replied: "In recent days, he has occupied some land. He heard that he was going to buy dancers and female musicians, and he also let his nephew and third brother enter the Imperial College. nominal……"
"That's all?" Cao Fu asked.
"That's all." Pan Tao looked at Cao Fu calmly and replied.
"Young man, you suddenly ascend to a high position, you can't withstand the temptation." Cao Fu sighed and said: "That's fine. He also knows how to train sergeants, that's enough. In the future, you can use beauty and money to make friends with him."
Of course, Cao Fu would not believe everything Pan Tao said.
But it seems reasonable.
How could an eighteen-year-old boy with so much vigor and vigor hold back his composure after gaining status and power?
The young man whom I was once extremely optimistic about could not sink like this.
"Wang Yifu, send someone to inform him." Cao Fu added, "I don't want to argue with him. He is in charge of the selection of officials, and I won't stand in the way. He shouldn't meddle in what I want to do. Yuan Gui, please take a trip."
"Yes." Yu Liang responded softly.
"Military Secretary..." Xu Lang suddenly spoke.
"What's the matter?"
"Pei Kuo and Pei Xia are back, Sikong may want to appoint them," Xu Lang said.
Cao Fu thought silently.
Pei Kuo was originally a middle-level general (fourth grade), so it was only natural for him to be in charge of the Forbidden Army.
Pei Xia is Wang Yan's son-in-law and has not yet become an official. If Sikong wanted to use him, he would probably be recruited into the shogunate.
"Wang Yifu..." Cao Fu sighed softly.
How can this person be so able to exploit the camp?
After Sikong's Northern Expedition failed, he was silent for a while, probably watching the situation. Later, it was discovered that Mi Huang, Shao Xun and others knew the rules, so they came out again.
Wang Yan is the best at playing within the rules. What he fears the most is people who don't follow the rules.
He recently appointed Du Xi, the former Changsha Prince's literary scholar, as Shangshu Zuocheng (sixth rank), and his relationship with the Du family has become increasingly close.
Of course, big families are already married to each other, and the relationship is constantly getting messy and confusing.
It's hard to say how harmonious they are. After all, sometimes the relationship is very good, and sometimes it deteriorates due to conflicts of interests.
But Wang Yifu is really good at weaving a web of relationships, like a spider.
Compared with him, Wang Dun, Wang Dao, Wang Cheng and others have to be thrown away.
As the number of Wang Yan's party members and allies in the court increased day by day, Sikong actually acquiesced, which shows that there are also things that should be avoided.
The simplest thing is that Luoyang still needs supplies from other states.
Without the scholars Wang Yan recruited to serve as officials in the court, it would be difficult to say whether people would recognize the court or not, and how much food would be brought from other states to the capital.
If he didn't win the battle cleanly, he would have to give up power and win more allies, and Sikong was helpless.
That's all, just establish a good relationship with Wang Yifu, the paper framer, so that the two sides don't conflict with each other.
"Shao Xun, send someone to persuade him." At the end, Cao Fu couldn't help but said: "If it doesn't work, let him marry a wife to calm down. You can help me pay attention."
"No." Everyone responded.
Shao Xun is now the most capable thug in the small group in Luoyang. He fights for land with others every day. He is so greedy for money that it is really ugly.
The eighteen-year-old general in the palace, after marrying his wife, will naturally get on the right track - well, passively get on the right track, because the real wife will beat the charming bitches to death, and the milk can only be eaten by her, and in her mouth Only the one who leaks out will have the turn of the coquettish bitch.
"Let's go." After saying the last thing, Uncle Cao was a little exhausted and waved.
