Wei Ba looked at her blankly, and only after a while did he understand, and scolded with an angry smile: "What are you thinking about, you want to go through the back door, I will also go through your back door, not your brother's back door." ”

Xiahou Hui's face suddenly turned red, but he was glad again. She grew up in a powerful family, and she is no stranger to men liking men, and her father Xiahou Shang has prostitutes around her. But being familiar doesn't mean that she likes it, she thinks those things are too disgusting and inhumane, and because her father likes prostitutes and concubines and neglects her mother, so their brothers and sisters are very repulsive to men. With this kind of mentality, she naturally didn't want Wei Ba to have this kind of bad habit. Hearing Wei Ba's words, she was shy and happy, lowered her head, and no longer looked at Wei Ba by helping Wei Ba sort out her clothes.

Seeing Xiahou Hui's expression, Wei Ba suddenly felt moved, leaned into Xiahou Hui's ear and said, "I drank too much last night, don't drink today, let's rest early." ”

Xiahou Hui was clear-minded, and immediately understood what Wei Ba wanted to say, she nudged him: "It's early in the morning, I don't want to think about some serious things, just think about those things, and I'm not ashamed." ”

"What's the shame, although we are not married to the media, we are also protected by ......the law" As soon as this topic was mentioned, Wei Ba suddenly remembered that Zhuge Liang did not agree to make peace with Wei yesterday, and it was almost impossible for Xiahou Hui to be a wife in his life, his voice couldn't help but lower, he muttered, and immediately moved to another topic: "Since I have gone home, what else can I do, do you want me to go to pick mulberries and feed silkworms?" I'm telling you, if I don't go, you won't be allowed to go, and my mother won't be allowed to go. ”

Xiahou Hui saw something from Wei Ba's demeanor. Her face darkened, but she didn't say anything, but continued with Wei Ba's words. "Who said that the main thing is to pick mulberries and feed silkworms? When you return to Chengdu, the biggest thing is the reward for military merits in the Battle of Xiangyang. If nothing else, the Prime Minister will soon come to you to discuss the matter. Others say that your own merits cannot be unrewarded, but there is no reward for them. ”

Wei Ba's heart moved, and he asked along the topic: "Then how do you think the prime minister will deal with this matter?" ”

"The prime minister was in the same car with you yesterday, didn't he tell you?" Xiahou Hui glanced at him: "Why did you bother to test me?" ”

Wei Ba smiled slightly: "The prime minister said it, but I haven't agreed yet." So I'd like to ask for your opinion. ”

Xiahou Hui suddenly became interested. He stopped his hand and winked at Wei Ba. "Do you really want to ask my opinion?"

"Of course."

"Then I'll guess the prime minister's arrangement first, and see if I'm right, okay?"

"Good. I'll see how much you can guess. ”

"Hee-hee." Xiahou Hui clasped his hands in front of his chest. Keep your head down. Biting his fingertips, he pondered for a moment, and said slowly: "The prime minister rules the country by law." The rewards and punishments are clear, if you have merit, he will naturally reward you, otherwise you will not be able to serve the public. But your greatest merit is to lead the Wei army to inflict a heavy blow on Sun Quan, which is meritorious to the country, but it is a great disadvantage to the alliance, so he can't reward him, otherwise Sun Quan will definitely be angry and raise troops. ”

Wei Ba nodded, hugged his arms, and looked at Xiahou Hui who was focused. Focused people are beautiful, not to mention that Xiahou Hui is originally beautiful. At this moment, although the cloud temples were ignored, a green silk was scattered casually on his chest, held in his hand, and wrapped around his slender white neck; Luo's shirt is not knotted, revealing half of the fragrant shoulders, a touch of crisp breasts, under the milky white morning light, exudes a faint halo, which is charming.

This is a dilemma, but in the eyes of the prime minister, it is not an opportunity. As long as he shows sincerity, takes the righteousness of the country's safety as the reason, and then pays heavy profits, and actually rewards the husband's merits, in this way, the husband will be rewarded for his military merits, and there will be no promotion outside. The prime minister does not need to worry about the name of the husband, and he can raise another mountain within the Jingxiang system, and he can appease Sun Quan's anger and stabilize the country, which can be described as killing two birds with one stone. ”

Wei Ba frowned slightly, and was silent. Xiahou Hui's guess was basically the same as what Zhuge Liang said to him yesterday, but he clearly heard a little sarcasm from Xiahou Hui's tone, and it seemed that Xiahou Hui was quite unimpressed. Considering Xiahou Hui's identity, it is impossible for Wei Ba to obey her, but it is not impossible to listen to her opinion.

"Do you think that's good?"

"Whether it's good or not, it depends on what your husband's ambition is."

"What do you mean by that?"

"If the husband is willing to follow the rules step by step, then the prime minister's arrangement is of course very good. The husband is weak in his old age, and he suddenly becomes famous and high, which is not a long-term blessing. The prime minister is nearly half a hundred years old, and his health is not good, it is only a few years, and it is not more than ten years, and the phase will inevitably change. More than ten years later, the husband is only a year old, and he is still too young to be the prime minister, so even if the prime minister does not choose you as his successor, you must not be disappointed, on the contrary, as long as the prime minister shows a little meaning and allows you to have the opportunity to ascend to the phase in the future, you will naturally be grateful, bow down to obey, and be proud of it. ”

Wei Ba remembered what Zhuge Liang said yesterday, and couldn't help but nod again and again.

"Next, the prime minister will train you step by step, gradually add you to the rank of knight, and let you get closer and closer to the position of prime minister, although slowly, but there is no doubt. When the prime minister abdicates and his successor ascends the throne, you will not have any displeasure, on the contrary, you will strongly support it. Because you will feel that you will take over his power steadily like this in the future. ”

Speaking of this, Xiahou Hui glanced at Wei Ba and said nothing with a smile. Wei Ba chuckled in his heart, he knew what the problem was. What Zhuge Liang promised was just an opportunity, an opportunity for him to have the possibility to worship the prime minister thirty or forty years later, this opportunity is not equal to reality, thirty or forty years is too long, and the prime minister at that time is no longer Zhuge Liang, for example, Jiang Wan, Jiang Wan will naturally have his own cronies, can he keep Zhuge Liang's promise and leave the phase to him? When Jiang Wan ascended to the stage, he naturally had his own interest group, and it would be easy to squeeze him out. When the time comes, he will inevitably choose a successor by his side, and it is impossible to choose the person chosen by Zhuge Liang.

This is still based on the fact that Zhuge Liang really regards him as an heir, what if what Zhuge Liang said was an empty word? Jiang Wan would probably naturally ignore this matter, and it was impossible for Zhuge Liang himself to crawl out of the grave to prove anything. Even if he could climb out, probably he wouldn't.

This is a delaying tactic, and the time of thirty or forty years is full of uncertainties.

Seeing that Wei Ba's face changed, Xiahou Hui knew that she had hit Wei Ba's death hole, and he breathed a sigh of relief, and then said: "The husband is good at military affairs, but short on political affairs, and he knows very little about scriptures. It's not easy. The first step is to study the scriptures diligently, and then you can gain a foothold in the court. For this alone, my husband will not make any progress in his career within three or five years. ”

Wei Ba sighed, his face becoming very ugly. His shortcoming was the study of scriptures. And this era. If you want to be an official. Especially civil servants. If you don't know the scriptures, you can't stand on it. You may not be a scholar of the scriptures, but at least you must be familiar with the scriptures and be able to base your behavior from the scriptures. It shows that there is a reason for the incident, and it is not a gratuitous fabrication. It is not without officials who have been promoted by hard work, but it is very difficult to get promoted to a high position.

Although Zhuge Liang himself is not famous for his scriptures, his level of scripture is not bad. Jiang Wan, Fei Yi and others are no exception. Can he do it? He certainly couldn't do it. If you can't do it, it will be difficult to be promoted steadily, and maybe forty years later, you will still be in a circle with middle-level cadres.

"So, it's impossible to follow the rules?"

"Those who know others are wise, and those who know themselves are clear, and the husband knows very well about his own strengths and weaknesses, so he naturally understands the hidden dangers."

Wei Ba smiled and asked, "What do you mean?" ”

"What I just said is to follow the steps of the prime minister, obey the arrangement of the prime minister, and promote step by step according to the habits of officialdom." Xiahou Hui continued: "This is a relatively safe way, and it must be doomed to extremely low hopes. But don't forget, husband don't forget, now is a troubled time, troubled times have the law of troubled times, if you still follow the ideas of ordinary people, it is naturally difficult to succeed, but if you don't follow the convention, don't go out of the way, but it is possible to achieve great success. ”

When Xiahou Hui said this, he closed his mouth and looked at Wei Ba with a smile: "Husband, there are two most haode examples in front of you. ”

Wei Ba thought about it for a long time, but he still didn't understand, so he had to arch his hand: "Please also ask Madame for advice." ”

Xiahou Hui dodged and avoided it. "Don't say that, I'm just a concubine, not a lady."

"Don't, if you can help me, in my heart, you are a lady." Wei Ba took Xiahou Hui into his arms and whispered in her ear: "Good madam, you can help the clumsy husband get an idea." ”

Xiahou Hui was tickled by him, and couldn't help giggling, she held down Wei Ba's unruly hand, and said with a little shortness of breath: "If you think about the two prime ministers of Han and Wei, you will understand." ”

Wei Ba's eyes rolled: "You mean Emperor Wei Wu and Prime Minister Zhuge Cheng?" ”

Xiahou Hui nodded.

"What's the difference between them?" Wei Ba asked in surprise: "Besides, there are also prime ministers in Wu State, don't you say them?" ”

"The prime minister of Wu is just an ornament, just a façade. The prime ministers of the Han and Wei dynasties were different, they were called prime ministers, but they were actually tyrants, and they were tyrannical powers. And they were able to get to this point, not by step-by-step promotion in the officialdom, but on the basis of force, skillful seizure, which has risen to prominence in just a few years, under one person, above ten thousand. ”

Wei Ba suddenly realized. That's right, Cao Cao started by force, from the anti-Dong Zhuo calculation, to the tenth year of Jian'an to settle Yuan Shaoyu's party and dominate the north, before and after only sixteen or seventeen years, the prime minister's mansion in the thirteenth year of Jian'an was formally established, and the power was monopolized, and it was less than twenty years before he raised troops to fight against Dong. Although Zhuge Liang himself did not lead the troops, but Liu Bei seized Yizhou by force, Zhuge Liang Jian'an came out of the mountain in the thirteenth year, and the first year of Zhangwu was in phase, but only thirteen years before and after. In the third year of Zhang Wu, Liu Bei died, Zhuge Liang assisted the government, monopolized power, and became the prime minister under one person and above ten thousand people.

Does their path to power have a half-dime to do with the scriptures? They have established hegemony, and they have taken the road of hegemony. It's just that Cao Cao went further, and after he became the king, and then his son became the emperor, Zhuge Liang was just beginning, and he did not call the king the emperor in history, but the number of ways they took power was almost exactly the same.

Only by not taking the ordinary path can we build unusual deeds. (To be continued......)

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