Upon hearing Huang Qiong's summons, Cao Rui hurriedly ran into the study. After entering the study room, he immediately bowed three times and kowtowed nine times. Then, he knelt on the ground honestly. Cao Rui is a sensible person. He knew before he came that the young emperor was extremely dissatisfied with his performance in the final stage. Not only after the invasion of Guangnan West Road, the military discipline of the armies was degraded to an unbearable level.
Also, after surrounding the puppet emperor in Nanning Mansion, he tried to test and attack for several days. After seeing no effect, he turned the attack into a siege, which delayed the counter-rebellion war for half a year and caused trouble to the court. A huge burden. Although he stabilized the morale of the army and reduced unnecessary battle losses. But the imperial court, which already had an empty treasury, wasted more than half a year on food and salary.
All these made the young emperor quite dissatisfied. What's more, Jiangnan's contribution to suppressing the rebellion this time was too great. Since the reign of Emperor Xuanzong, this dynasty has been wary of military attachés. The power of military attaches gradually began to decline, and most of the military power was gradually transferred to civilian hands. More attention was paid to the Ministry of War, which was restructured from the Xuanhui Yuan, and the Privy Council envoys began to be replaced by civilian officials.
Military attachés could only serve as deputy envoys, and at one time they could only serve as privy ministers. Even those noble families gradually began to withdraw from the leadership ranks. First, the nobles were not allowed to serve as envoys of the Xuanhui Academy, and even the Privy Council was not allowed to enter. The military attache system represented by noble families gradually faded out of the decision-making center of the imperial court. It was not until the reign of the Supreme Emperor that the war against military attachés reached its peak.
Although he is now serving the imperial court, he has achieved the greatest feat since the founding of the country. But with the current situation in Da Qi, I am afraid that everyone from the civil servants in the court to the emperor are wary of him. This time when Guangnan West Road was suppressing the rebellion, he sent troops to cause trouble to the place. Except because of the situation here, I really can't restrain the armies. Among them are the reasons for self-defeat in order to protect themselves.
Cao Rui believed that although the emperor was young, he was definitely not the kind of person who would hide everything behind his back. After he returns to the court, the rewards of the title will not be less. But can the civil servants in the court agree? Fu Yuanshan is not that kind of person, but he alone cannot represent the six ministries and nine ministers. It cannot replace the civil servants all over the world. Especially now that the status of civil servants in the DPRK is getting higher and higher.
He is not Yu Mingyuan who has a transcendent status and can be involved in both civil and military circles. From the day he entered the officialdom, he has always been a military attache. And because he had no connections, before being activated by this master, he could only achieve the rank of three-level commander. Although the status is important, the grade has never been high. This was one of the reasons why I couldn't hold back those arrogant warriors in the final stage.
If you don't want to be regarded as the one who stands out and be besieged by the group of trolls, the best way to protect yourself is to find some dirty information for yourself and let them impeach you. Cao Rui has experienced the power of the trolls in the court and the crowding out of military attaches by civilian officials more than once. The emperor is not a man who hides everything but hides everything, but in the face of those who are always looking for trouble, he may not sacrifice himself to calm things down.
As Huang Qiong said, Cao Rui does have a lot of thoughts. This person has a very high level on the battlefield, whether he is able to grasp fighter opportunities or dispatch troops and generals. But these little thoughts restricted his development. Looking at Cao Rui who was kneeling in front of him, Huang Qiong raised her hand to signal him to get up, then turned her back to Cao Rui and said silently, "Have you figured it out?"
Cao Rui, who was behind him, listened to Huang Qiong's calm tone and said: "Back to Your Majesty, I have thought it through and understood it. What I did this time was indeed wrong. I should not deliberately indulge the officers and soldiers and corrupt military discipline in order to make a fool of myself. . In order to stabilize the morale of the army, we should not repeatedly condone those officers and soldiers who violate military discipline. We should not besiege Nanning for half a year without attacking Nanning and waste food and pay when we clearly have the advantage."
In response to Cao Rui's answer, Huang Qiong shook her head slightly: "First, you are right. But the fault is not that you want to shame yourself to avoid the civil war after the war. The fault is that you don't believe me. Do you think that I would distrust the generals I personally promoted out of pure jealousy for some dirty officials in the court, or because of civil and military conflicts? Do you not believe that I cannot protect you?"
"You have no confidence in your own monarch. You really deserve to die. For that little thought, you allowed the officers and soldiers to violate military discipline, and then you couldn't control it anymore. Do you know that the things you did, this Guangnanxi How many years will it take to recover? I know that after being away for a long time and fighting for three consecutive years, the armies are exhausted. We need certain items and women to boost morale."
"Sometimes, you are in a dilemma as a coach. But this is not absolutely not the reason for you to deliberately indulge those people. See for yourself, what have become of these four elite battalions in your hands. Carrying women in front of the horse, Hanging people's heads behind horses, is this the work of a truly elite force? I don't expect you to freeze to death without demolishing your house, or starve to death without looting, but let's see what you have done?"
"In order to avoid civil strife, you deliberately acted against the subordinates who violated military discipline. When you found that you couldn't restrain yourself, you just indulged it to the end. I don't blame you for the siege of Nanning for half a year. You are the leader of the front line. Commander of the army, what to do is your right and consideration. But in the six months since Nanning was besieged, how many barbarian villages around Nanning Fucheng have been reduced to ruins?"
"You are considered a veteran. You should know that it is difficult to take back the wolves that have been released. If this matter is purely a matter of military discipline, I will indeed be angry, but I will not blame you too much. Shuizhi It’s not that I don’t understand the reason for Qing Wuyu. But the beginning of this matter was because of your little thoughts. It was you who started to indulge, and now you can’t restrain yourself. It’s really abominable.”
Huang Qiong's words made Cao Rui look pale. Every word of Huang Qiong's words was like a knife, piercing his heart. He knew that what made the emperor most angry was his distrust of him, the king of a country. He did not trust this emperor to be able to protect himself under the pressure of civilian officials. I don't believe that this emperor can always trust me, and I don't believe those rumors.
Looking at Huang Qiong, whose face was as heavy as water, Cao Rui couldn't help but knelt down again, kowtowing repeatedly. Huang Qiong sighed softly. Huang Qiong also knew that he could not be entirely blamed for this matter. The reason lies in the fact that the old man has been the king for more than twenty years. Because my grandfather, who almost succeeded in conquering the great Qi Dynasty, was a military attaché.
This caused the old man to have extreme distrust of military attaches during the twenty years he had been in office. When military attachés go on expeditions, they must assign civilian officials as so-called tongzhi to serve as supervisors of the army. Although he is not responsible for combat operations, all allocations of food and salary, including the transfer of military attachés accompanying the army on expeditions, must be signed by this colleague before orders can be implemented. Every time a military attache returns to the court, he will be impeached by civilian officials like a pick-pocket.
Especially the censors at the censorship station, every mistake they make will be magnified infinitely. These civil servants did this to prevent the military attaches from entering the Zhongshu Province and to control the military attaches' real power. Those soldiers who have made meritorious deeds in battle will be rewarded even if they deserve it. But many times, when military attaches are promoted, they will deliberately suppress one end. Those who should be granted the title of marquis can only be granted the title of earl. Those who should be granted the title of earl should only be granted the title of viscount.
Those who deserve to be promoted to the first rank will be pushed down one level, and at most they will be given a second rank. No matter how great their achievements were, those military attachés were not allowed to enter the Privy Council. Some were even sent to other places, and were rewarded by any military envoy. With the connivance of the old man, the civil servants have been trying every means to exclude the military attachés. There were even times when a civilian official was appointed as the commander-in-chief, and the military attache could only serve as his deputy.
After Huang Qiong came to the throne, he had seen historical data about the several expeditions the old man made during his reign. Not only was he sighing in his heart, but the old man didn't know whether he knew people well or was just really lucky. During his reign, the Qi army fought several battles with the Northern Liao and Uighurs. The civil servants he selected were well informed and had a good overall view. At least he didn't follow the army openly, but secretly he was restricting everything, or secretly causing trouble everywhere.
Not only did he not say he had lost a battle, but he almost never lost. If one of those wars was not done right, the consequences would have been devastating. Especially the time when the Jin Iron Cavalry was sent to detour through the desert grasslands and raid Bei Liao to Beijing with surprise troops, it brought about more than ten years of peace between Qi and Liao. But that time, it was Wenji, the Minister of the Ministry of War, who led the army in the name of the commander-in-chief.
The military attachés who participated in the war only served as deputies. And that Wen Ji Wen Shangshu almost became the only famous minister in this dynasty. Unfortunately, in the end, the father of the concubine was excluded from the center because he refused to join in the conspiracy. As a second-rank official, he later served as the pacification envoy of Qianzhong Road, the pacification envoy of Fujian Road, the pacification envoy of Zhiyanshan Prefecture and the pacification envoy of Hebei Road. And eventually died of illness while taking office in Yanshan Mansion.
Since taking office, the old man has always distrusted the military attachés, and has supported Yushitai and Zhuke to Shizhong. Moreover, in fact, since the reign of Emperor Gaozong, as the civil servants have gradually grown in power, this dynasty has begun to suppress the military attachés because of the civil-military dispute. The status of military attaches declined step by step. During Lizong's reign, military attaches at the same level were lower than civilian officials. Coming to the old man is just reaching a peak.
The same fourth-grade military officer, when seeing a fourth-grade civil servant, although he has not yet kneeled down, he will take the initiative to retreat. Cao Rui committed suicide to protect himself. One was to maintain the army's exhausted morale after three consecutive years of fighting. After all, throughout the dynasties, it has been a common practice for undisciplined and undisciplined soldiers to let their soldiers loot in order to boost the morale of their soldiers.
Faced with the declining morale of the armies due to continuous battles after entering Guangnan West Road. Cao Rui could only turn a blind eye to certain things. Secondly, you may not always have the thought of making a small fortune in your heart. After all, military attachés are not like civilian officials who govern local areas and have real power over various ministries. There are limited ways for military attachés to make money. Apart from the generals in the border army, they mostly rely on fighting.
Once the armies go into battle, it is time for military attachés at all levels to make a fortune. This is an unspoken rule that cannot be ignored, and he cannot change it alone. The most important thing is that he himself also wants to protect himself in this way. Find some stains on yourself, and let those clean-minded people and trolls focus their attention on military discipline. Let the emperor suppress himself, so as not to be regarded as a thorn in the side of those people and stare at him all day long.
Huang Qiong pinched the bridge of his nose and didn't know what to say for a moment. What Cao Rui did was wrong, there is no doubt about it. But if he were to track Shuoyuan, he would still find that his ancestors, including his father, deliberately suppressed or even distrusted him on certain matters. Only then did the military attache feel that everyone was in danger, and even after a great victory, they had to do self-defiling things to protect themselves.
Thinking of this, Huang Qiong sighed, turned around and helped Cao Rui up: "Do your job well. With me here, what do you have to worry about? Are you worried that I will kill the donkey or kill the donkey? Are you worried that I will kill you all? Or are you worried that I will do something to suppress you? Remember, I will back you up in everything, and as long as you are strong enough, no one will touch you."
