Guan Yu has never been a pure martial artist. He understood the maneuver that Sima Yi beat him, and also understood why Sima Yi wanted to fight him.

The poor play ten steel hooks on the crossroads, but they cannot hook their relatives' flesh and blood. The rich play in the mountains and forests and swing wooden sticks to beat unrighteous guests and friends.

Although Guan Yu was not from a wealthy family, no one was jumped out of the cracks of the stones. It was fine when he was wandering with Liu Bei. Now he is a noble minister and the land of Hedong has long been ruled by the court. Although his parents have long died, some of them have survived the Baibo Rebellion.

Of course, even in this era, Guan Yu had to take care of his family and did not mind helping them within his ability. Because the town of Jie County was small and the few powerful people had not paid 2,000 stones at home, the Guan Yu-supported Jie County Guan family has now become the number one in Jie County.

Well, especially after Guan Yu became Guanglu Xunqing, more than a dozen male men in their family have entered Suwei one after another. Judging by the values ​​of this era, there seems to be no problem. After all, the land of Hedong was the main source of military forces of the Han Dynasty.

As we all know, Sima Yi is a person with a strong sense of party membership. He takes great care of the villagers in the court on weekdays, so that he undoubtedly became the leader of the Hanoi faction.

But the problem is that the officials in a county in Hanoi alone are not enough to form an independent faction in the court. Sima Yi, who is unwilling to rely entirely on the Yingchuan faction, naturally had to further win over the Hanoi faction and Henan faction, and turn his Hanoi faction into the Sanhe faction.

Hedong, Henoi and Henan are both Sili, not far apart, and they are married frequently with wealthy families. The lower class customs are similar. Especially in the three places, as the source of Han soldiers, officials have always been close to each other. He himself is the position of Henan Yin. Although Pei Mao, the leader of the Hedong Sect, has a high position, he has retired after all. He has formed a family of kinship with Sima Yi and even married the two families. Now, Sima Fang and Pei Mao are fishing together all day long.

In short, the Sanhe Sect has basically had its prototype in Sima Yi's hands. Guan Yu, who was born in Hedong but was always very close to the Liu Bei Sect, naturally became the most worthy object to win over at the moment.

I’m so useless, to put it bluntly, I just want to ask Guan Yu, do you admit that you are from Hedong? Do you think about our fellow countrymen? There are still hundreds of people living in Hedong in your family.

But Guan Yu sighed and said, "Brother Zhongda, you are very ambitious."

Sima Yi did not shy away: "At my age, I have achieved this position now, and my family background is pretty good. I said I have no ambitions and don't want to be a great minister in my lifetime. Will Brother Yun believe it? Will we Sanhe people be suppressed by Yingchuan people forever?"

Guan Yu sighed and said, "Brother Zhongda, is it for the choice of the general of the Western Expedition? Do you have different opinions from Xun Lingjun?"

"Yes, it's because of this that Brother Yun really knows me."

"Who is Xun Lingjun recommending?"

"I don't know, I guess it should be Zhang Xiu, but this itself is not important, it's important that we recommend it. We can't be like him. You have to give Your Majesty a choice. I plan to recommend General Zhang Yide, like Your Majesty, I don't know what Yun Chang thinks?"

Guan Yu laughed and said, "Brother Zhongda is indeed very jealous. It's so great to make a suggestion, so much to make a suggestion. Yes, the six military regions have such heavy responsibilities. Even if the Hanzhong Military Region is at the last place among the six military regions, it is still a general who is a heavy title after all, and unifies the military power of the country. Everyone in the world knows that my relationship with Yide is not a relative, but better than a relative. To be honest, even if I think Yide is enough to win this great task, he is really a little shallow in his words about merits and qualifications. It is indeed too inappropriate to recommend it, and it is inevitable that he will recommend it to someone with nepotism."

Sima Yi smiled and said, "The emperor is still optimistic about General Zhang. You and I know that the emperor once personally evaluated General Yide as an enemy of thousands of people, but he has been struggling to not get the opportunity to show himself. The relationship between him and you and the emperor's uncle is well known to the world, but he has never been reused because of avoiding suspicion."

Guan Yu stroked his beard and thought for a while, and asked, "Brother Zhongda is kind to you. I wonder who Brother Zhongda wants me to recommend?"

Sima Yi smiled and said, "How is Pei Qian and Jia Kui?"

Guan Yu smiled again when he heard this: "Good guys, they are all from Hedong."

"Hedong is a great man. It is a place where he can go to the generals. Chang Yun and these two have worked with them. You should know the ability of these two people. Are they not suitable? It is just to recommend his own fellow townsmen in the same county, and there is nothing wrong with it. Are there few people from Yingchuan recommended by the two Lingjun? Da Lingjun is a great honor and a civil servant, a county marquis. Who in the world doesn't praise him for saying that Liu Hou will be reborn?"

Guan Yu thought for a while after hearing this, and first nodded with a smile. Guan also grew up drinking the Fen River water, so how could he not remember the friendship between his hometown? Zhongda rest assured, I will recommend a person from Sanhe to the emperor. If he succeeds or not, let him show his face, right?"

Seeing that Guan Yu called Sanhe, Sima Yi had already recognized that Sanhe was originally a family, so he was overjoyed and quickly asked the servants to take out the best drinks and drink them with him.

Before leaving, Guan Yu said to him: "It is natural for us to take care of each other among the villagers, so I have taken this jade. Thank you for your kindness. I happened to receive a good sword before going to war. I will ask you to send it to Brother Zhongda as a return gift."

"The sword is about to be given to the hero, why should Chang Yun rush back the gift? Just a jade is nothing."

"It's not polite to come but not come back. Besides, I don't know how to use swords. It's just right to give it to Brother Zhongda."

"In this way, then I'll have more of Brother Yun's kindness."

As he said that, Sima Yi personally sent Guan Yu to the door and watched him go away. He hummed a small song happily and returned to the room.

For him, this matter has been done.

It doesn't matter who will be the general of the Western Expedition. No matter it is Zhang Fei, Jia Kui or Pei Qian, it doesn't matter it is.

What’s important is that with Guan Yu’s nod, the so-called Sanhe Sect was officially established. With the kindness he recommended Zhang Fei and Guan Yu as a bridge, the Sanhe Sect has a solid alliance with the Youzhou Sect led by Liu Bei.

This move is also a great thing for Liu Bei. In the future, if the Sanhe Sect and the Youzhou Sect can advance and retreat together, and Cao Chun will not know how many years he will return after going to the Western Regions, and he doesn't even know whether he will return or not. As one goes up and down, Liu Bei will suppress Cao Cao and think it will be no longer difficult.

As for topaz and sword, it is a big deal for people of their level, they are all small toys used for social interaction.

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That night, everything was as Sima Yi expected. After asking for his opinion, the emperor called the most trusted general beside him and asked him about the candidate for the general of the Western Expedition.

"Chief Yun, do you have any recommended candidates for the General of the West?"

Guan Yu asked curiously: "Who is Lingjun recommending?"

"He recommended Zhang Xiu, which is suitable, but I think there will be no big battle in Hanzhong within a few years. Is it useless to ask Zhang Xiu to take this position? Besides, the power and responsibility of Wei Weiqing is not lower than that of this General of the East. I have to think about Wei Wei again, and it may not be easy to choose."

When Guan Yu heard this, he knew that the emperor did not want Zhang Xiu to take this position. He followed Liu Xie's words and said: "This appointment is indeed inappropriate. General Zhang was born in Liangzhou to use cavalry. Hanzhong is mountainous and he will not be able to use cavalry in the future. In his battle with Shu, there are some medicines that are wrong."

"Well~, you're right."

Liu Xie subconsciously didn't want Zhang Xiu to go, but he just couldn't find a suitable reason, because to be honest, Zhang Xiu was really more suitable than everyone else. As a result, after Guan Yu said this, he immediately rejected the suggestion.

Is Guan Yu right? Why did Zhang Xiu throw himself into a mountain nest by a cavalryman? Isn’t this not to know what people are?

So Liu Xie said: "Since Zhang Xiu is not suitable, then, what about Zhang Fei?"

Of course, Liu Xie knew that Zhang Fei was a powerful general, and of course he valued Zhang Fei very much. However, influenced by the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, he always subconsciously believed that this person was brave but impulsive. He was suitable for being a vanguard in the army but may not be suitable for being a general who was independent.

Although I have been traveling for so long, I know that the so-called Zhang Fei lost Xuzhou while drunk, it should be just the novelist's words. The main reason for losing Xuzhou back then was that Liu Bei didn't know what to do. It was a very normal political issue and it really had little to do with Zhang Fei.

After seeing Guan Yu ponder for a while, he said, "It was recommended by Brother Zhongda. Yide is suitable in terms of ability, but his qualifications are too shallow and his contributions are too small. I suddenly promoted this important task, and I think it is difficult for me to convince the public."

Um?

Liu Xie frowned instinctively.

"How did you know that it was recommended by Zhongda? Did he tell you?"

"I said that, and I also talked about my fellow countrymen."

"Friendship between fellow countrymen?"

You are a Hedong native and a Henoi native, and you are a member of the hometown.

Oh, Hedong and Hanoi are not separated, right? In Liu Xie's opinion, this feeling is a bit like a fellow villager in Hei Province and Jilin Province. It's a bit strange, but it is acceptable...?

This clearly means you want to stand on your own.

But after thinking about it carefully, it seems that Sima Yi is not a bad thing to set up a mountain. The mountain of Yingchuan Sect among the civil officials is indeed a bit big now.

"Since Yun Chang thinks that Zhang Fei is not suitable, I don't know if there is a candidate in his heart? It's not Jia Kui and Pei Qian."

"The emperor is indeed a clever plan. Zhongda suggested that I recommend these two people to Your Majesty. However, I think that these two people are no different from my third brother. They have more than their abilities, but they have little experience."

"Oh? Who can Yun Chang think of this important task?"

"I think... Brother Zhongda himself is the most suitable candidate."

Puff~!

"Sima Yi? Be the General of the West?"

"Although Brother Zhongda is a civil servant, everyone knows that he has been planning military opportunities for you as your majesty's aide for many years. I have known him for some years. I know this person is a civil and military talent, and knows how to use military forces. Moreover, Hanzhong must be competent for both civil and military talents."

Of course, Liu Xie did not doubt whether Sima Yi could be the general of the Western Expedition. Even he knew that this was the war god in the middle and late Cao Wei and the winner of the Three Kingdoms. Although he seemed to be in a very embarrassing way by Zhuge Liang, he was blocked at least, and he was also on the battlefield on the Western Front.

And indeed, Liu Xie took Sima Yi with him during his expeditions. He also knew that Sima Yi knew the military, and there were no noble families in Hanoi who didn’t know the military. It would definitely be appropriate for him to do this position. Henan Yin was transferred to be the general of the heavy title. This was a smooth transfer, and there was no problem of convincing the public or qualifications.

"Why... did you think of recommending Sima Yi to this position? He has been a Henan Yin for several years. Seeing that Luoyang City was about to be built, it was transferred to the ground. This... is a little, a little, not very suitable."

"I think there is nothing wrong with it. The duties of civil and military officials are not fixed. At present, the most important thing in Hanzhong is to relocate the population of Guanzhong, re-determine the farmlands, and organize military camps. As for the war, I think the court should not consider attacking Shu for at least a few years. Since Zhao Wei was granted the title of king, he should not attack within a few years. Even if he comes, it would not be difficult to keep Yangping Pass in his hands."

"No, I know what you said makes sense. After hearing what you said, I think Sima Yi is the best candidate for the general of the Western Expedition. I want to ask... Why, why do you recommend Sima Yi? Don't you want Zhang Fei to be this general? You recommend Sima Yi... I don't know if he should thank you or hate you, among your fellow countrymen... Why, you are not afraid that your fellow countrymen in Sanhe will reject you?"

"I didn't jump out of the crack of the stone. I also knew what rural friendship was. I also knew that my third brother was frustrated. I didn't know how long it had been waiting for this opportunity. However, it was normal for everyone else to form cliques and even form cliques for personal gain. However, I am Your Majesty's close minister. Others can do it, but I can't."

"I, I've walked all the way to the position of Jiuqing. I now have a place in the Military Affairs Office, and I'm actually the fourth. There are only Duke Wei, Brother and Duke Jia in front of me. I escaped from my hometown in a panic as a fugitive back then. How could I ever think that I would be today?"

"The hundreds of officials in the court, not to mention more than 2,000 stones, even if they are more than 1,000 stones or more than 600 stones, I am afraid that there will be no lower-class background than me. This is certainly because Yu himself has some courage, but Your Majesty knows that he is grateful to him, and I will be unable to repay him. Since this matter is inquired by Your Majesty, how can you still have selfish thoughts in your heart because of the feelings of the village party or the brotherhood of Yide?"

Liu Xie was naturally quite moved when he heard this, but said, "There are no factions in the court, and there are all kinds of strange things. I can't expect all the civil and military officials of the court to be a pure minister like you."

"Yes, at the moment, Yingchuan's wings are too strong and Sanhe's sect to set up another mountain is not all bad. I just think that no matter which faction is established, the leader cannot be Sima Yi."

"Why"

"Because he is too young, I am afraid that he will live long."

After a while, Liu Xie smiled bitterly and sighed: "Chang Yun, it turns out that he is unparalleled in the country."
Chapter completed!