Three Kingdoms

Although Li Dian smelled of alcohol, his spirit was not as depressed as when Pu was still present. Instead, he was like a newly sharpened long sword, emitting a sharp light.

He spread out a piece of bamboo paper, preparing to write down the strategy he conceived and deliver it to the hussar.

Before Wang Pu from Di came, Li Dian had some vague ideas, but they were not fully formed yet, so it was inconvenient to report them. But what Li Dian didn't expect was that Zhang Liao had just left. The King of Di Ren came on the back foot, so Li Dian didn't say that he would wait until he thought about it or reported it before letting the King of Di Ren come...

After all, this is just like in a battle formation, your opponent will never wait for you to be ready before starting.

The biggest advantage of the Di people is that they do not have as many conflicts with the Han people as the Huns or Qiang people. Therefore, relatively speaking, their lives are more stable, which also leads to the decrease in the number of Di people. It is relatively large and widely distributed. From Longxi to Sichuan and Shu, there are Di people. And because the king of Di people can be big or small, in most cases, it is like a plate of loose sand, and it is difficult to form a joint force. There won't be much of a threat.

Of course, if there are big Di kings like Yang Wanwan and Wang Gui who want to unify the entire Di tribe, they will be a huge threat at any time, and we must always pay attention...

Under such circumstances, how to subtly educate the Di people without arousing the resentment of the Di people is a test of the ability of the ruling officials in the areas in contact with the Di people.

Li Dian picked up the pen, pondered for a moment, and wrote the four words "divide with profit".

Emperor Guangwu's canonization and sealing of King Di Ren was certainly a form of wooing, but now, when the imperial power of the Han Dynasty is weakening and the east and west are divided, if one only knows how to plagiarize old answers and blindly imitate, then It is very likely that it will not produce the same effect as the time of Guangwu.

Simply put, everything is the most precious the first time.

With the proliferation of seals and ribbons among the Di Ren Kings, simply conferring positions would most likely be a joke.

So what is the most effective method for a dispersed group like Di people?

Li Dian thought of "profit".

But when there are too many people, the most likely problem is uneven distribution of benefits.

From small gangs to large teams, good people, bad people and ordinary people, as long as interests are involved, this problem will naturally arise, and there are very few people who can solve it, especially in a situation where there are many kings of Di people. Who can convince whom? Who can act as the balancer?

Completely different from the Southern Xiongnu, the Di Renwang is in the mountains, not on the edge of Yinshan Mountain like the Southern Xiongnu. These Di Ren are like self-sufficient small manors. In addition to exchanging some necessary production and life Apart from the information, there is actually very little contact with the outside world, which makes it difficult for the educational power to penetrate into the Di people area.

The Di people cannot understand the language and customs of the Han people, nor do they want to understand them, so how can they be educated?

Therefore, before educating, we must first strengthen communication.

This is the first step to inducement.

If you don't give benefits, how can you attract Di people? But how and what to give has become the key to the problem.

Li Dian finally decided to start with Nongsang.

Because whether they are Han people or Di people, they all need to eat.

No matter how ignorant and stupid people are, they will instinctively want to eat and survive, so this topic will never be out of date, nor will it be rejected by others.

At the same time, Li Dian also deliberately conducted it in the form of a bet, which changed the forced "giving" into an automatic "asking". When the results of the farming comparison between the two sides come out, the Di people will inevitably want to secretly find out the so-called "secrets" of the Han people. Then the Di people will naturally spontaneously learn Chinese, learn Han people's techniques, and change their own habits and customs. .

The only drawback is that the whole strategy takes a long time. It is not possible to see any effect in a short time, nor does it mean that if you do it now, there will be a lot of Di people running to the city at three o'clock the next day. Kneeling all over the ground and kowtowing...

Therefore, in the political atmosphere before the Han Dynasty, ordinary officials were not very willing to carry out long-term plans like this.

Who knows how many years he can stay in his position?

In a chaotic political system, even if there are people who want to do things with peace of mind, they will not be able to do things well.

Li Dianbi paused for a moment, then stopped, frowned, and took the Di people's information with Hussar's annotations in his hands. He looked carefully at the simple four words before and after, then thought about it, and then went over it. The more I think about it, the more it makes sense.

"Things failed", who was exposed? Needless to say, it must have been exposed by the Han people themselves. But how could something that was obviously beneficial to the Han people be exposed? Could it be that the Han people who leaked the news at that time did not know that this was a national policy of the Han Dynasty and something that was beneficial to the Han people themselves? It's obviously impossible. The only explanation is some immediate interests.

The interests of the country belong to the country and cannot be obtained by him.

In other words, he won't feel it for a while, but the immediate benefits can be obtained immediately. So this is connected with the next two words of Qiusi, "Integrity". If an official cannot be honest, then there is a high probability that he will not do anything for the country and the Chinese nation.

But can officials who only know how to be honest and honest can get things done? Just like Kong Fen. He did become honest to a certain extent, but he lost the support of all officials. On the contrary, it was because of his integrity that the Di leader who felt fair treatment became the fighting force under Kong Fen at the most critical moment.

This is a great irony. The Han Dynasty raised troops for thousands of days, but when it came time to use them, they couldn't use them anymore!

Even the Di people can defeat the thieves. Although they are in the mountains and forests, the Di people may be more familiar with the roads and have better geographical location, but that's all! According to the information above, Kong Fen didn’t know anything about military affairs at all, so he was either the leader of the Di people and a genius, or he was a thief who was actually bad enough...

Both of these situations actually illustrate one problem: Kong Fen is useless. Therefore, as a major official in a place, he only knows how to be honest, but does not know how to restrain his subordinates and rectify the administration. Obviously, there is a big problem. This kind of problem may not be obvious at ordinary times, but once someone like Kong Fen encounters a thief, the problem becomes big.

As for Hanzhong, are there no "thieves"?

So for Li Dian, he not only has to consider his own integrity, but also the integrity of the officials under his rule. If he wants to make officials honest, the first issue is to ensure that these officials can have some normal food. meal".

Official meal.

Fixed time, safe and guaranteed.

If you get used to eating shit outside at will, it will be difficult to control. When the time comes, some people will question those who eat real meals. Is it possible that they are watching pirated copies? Well, no, isn’t it delicious to eat shit?

Although there may be no difference between chocolate that tastes like shit and shit that tastes like chocolate when you eat it, there will definitely be a difference after you eat it...

Li Dian wrote down his thoughts and strategies on three pieces of bamboo paper, and then he stopped with some unfinished thoughts. Then he looked at it again, and slightly modified some of the inappropriate words and phrases. , then he took a new bamboo paper, copied it again and again, put it in a bamboo tube, sealed it with fire paint, solemnly took the seal, and stamped it.

"Someone is coming!" ” Li Dian called the guards and said, “Send to Chang’an immediately and hand it over to the lord for his departure!” 』

Compared with Li Dian who was confident and had a general strategy, Zhang Liao felt that he had no idea...

Zhang Liao was also more or less aware of some problems and vaguely heard some rumors.

This problem is not a problem in Hanzhong, but a problem in the Western Regions.

Whether the problems in Hanzhong are big or not, although Zhang Liao did not think about the more profound issues of education like Li Dian, during his stay in Hanzhong, he not only stabilized the trade routes, pacified the place, and started to build and expand it again. The road leading to Chang'an built many transitional transportation stations, which can be said to be quite meritorious.

But this doesn't mean anything.

If you have merit, you should be rewarded.

If you do, you will be punished.

But there are always people who are confused and even confuse merits and demerits.

Zhang Liao let out a long sigh.

"General, are you tired?" "The guard beside Zhang Liao said, then looked up and looked ahead, "Four or five miles ahead, there will be a post station. How about we take a rest there? 』

Zhang Liao pondered for a moment and nodded.

In order to make the road from Hanzhong to Guanzhong smoother, starting from the entrance of Baoxie Road, basically every five miles, or at most ten miles, there will be a post station, large or small, to provide accommodation and food and clothing supplements for merchants coming and going. , as well as vehicle equipment repair and so on.

Zhang Liao's guards whistled, and then several people passed Zhang Liao and went forward to check for Zhang Liao first.

Zhang Liao's heart suddenly moved slightly.

He looked back at the private soldiers accompanying him to Chang'an this time.

At the moment, Zhang Liao did not have any commanders and soldiers around him like he had in history. At present, most of the Bingzhou soldiers followed Lu Bu to the Western Regions, and a small number stayed in Yinshan, Hedong. Only a small number, about eight hundred or so, followed Zhang Liao. Later, some were lost, and some were added. Now they are maintained Around one thousand five.

Of course, this time when he arrived in Chang'an, Zhang Liao did not bring all the more than a thousand soldiers, but only 200. The rest of the troops followed the order and left Yangping Pass first, heading towards Wudu Tianshui to Longxi. , and after meeting the Hussar, he himself would most likely go to Longxi and join these soldiers again.

These soldiers can be regarded as the foundation of Zhang Liao's life, but at the same time, while Zhang Liao was marching in the Baoxie Road, he silently asked himself over and over again, "Are Bingzhou soldiers really important?" 』

Everyone has their own value.

In history, Cao Cao also hesitated for a time, but finally killed Lu Bu, but at the same time he refused to kill all the elite Bingzhou soldiers and Xiliang soldiers, so he left Zhang Liao as his commander. . And Zhang Liao did not disappoint Cao Cao, and made great achievements in the southern and northern campaigns.

To put it simply, Cao Cao's choice of Zhang Liao was not his first choice, and neither was Lu Bu. Cao Cao actually wanted Chen Gong more. Because only Chen Gong's identity can help him gather the remaining soldiers in Bingzhou without worrying about the loss of military power after Chen Gong leads the army, it will be very simple to clean up later. It's a pity that classmate Lao Cao tried hard to persuade Chen Gong, trying to impress Chen Gong by saying that they went to school together. However, Chen Gong didn't know whether he had already seen through it or was already discouraged, so Zhang Liao had the opportunity to change his life for a second time.

Nowadays, most of the Bingzhou soldiers followed Lu Bu to the Western Regions, while the Xiliang soldiers joined Fei Qian, and later most of them followed Zhao Yun to open up the Northern Territory Protectorate. Although the soldiers who are now in Chang'an, and some of the subsequent soldiers under Hussar's command, may still be from Bingzhou or Xiliang, they are all recruited one after another later, and are not the original riots in Heluo and Chang'an. The state soldiers and Xiliang soldiers are gone.

As for why the Hussars assigned these two groups of soldiers, one to the west and the other to the north, Zhang Liao actually had some answers in his mind.

The human heart is, after all, the most complex thing.

This is true for the upper side, and the same is true for the lower side.

Zhang Liao basically participated in the whole process, well, I can't say he was involved, but he was at least part of it. During the process from Dong Zhuo's fall from the peak to Li Guo's rebellion in Chang'an, he witnessed with his own eyes the ferocious rise of Xiliang soldiers and Bingzhou soldiers. Luoyang City looked arrogant, but he also saw the Xiliang soldiers and Bingzhou soldiers walking around in the wilderness like lost wild dogs, dejected and aimless.

These two different scenes, like Bao Shui and Xie Shui, seem to be completely incompatible, but they are connected together, and finally form Bao Xie Road.

All the way up, then all the way down.

Between the ascent and descent, he either crashed into a mountain stream or headed towards the main road.

Before Dong Zhuo, both the Xiliang soldiers and the Bingzhou army were actually border troops. They were all warriors who were actively or passively "forgotten" by the Han Dynasty. They belonged to a class that was excluded, oppressed and oppressed.

Well, this "class" is also a word coined by Hussar. Zhang Liao thinks it is very appropriate. It is like pressing oil. The layer of oil sandwiched between the stones is also like the layers of stones in the pavilion. Wooden stairs.

The Xiqiang Rebellion has been going on for a long time, and the problem is indeed huge. But if it has been going on for such a long time, can all the blame be placed on the Xiliang soldiers? Shandong was being dragged down. Could it be that Bingzhou's soldiers were constantly being transferred to Xiliang, which eventually led to the complete loss of the Northland? Could it be that Bingzhou was being dragged down?

Don’t the people of Bingzhou have any resentment?

And Dong Zhuo was just following the situation, no, it was Li Ru...

Then suddenly, all the soldiers, including the Xiliang soldiers and the Bingzhou army, and the stones that were pressed under the feet of the Han nobles rolled over, just like the stones under the gunpowder blast of Baoxie Road, the stones on them were The soil and vegetation, as well as the insects and people, were all thrown down.

Therefore, when Zhang Liao recalled Dong Zhuo's arrogance and domineering behavior after entering the capital, and the madness after Xiliang soldiers took control of Chang'an, Zhang Liao felt more like the madness after repression, and the irreversibility after indulgence.

The big guy doesn't have any psychiatrist.

Not only in the Han Dynasty, but even in many subsequent feudal dynasties, when most generals commanded soldiers, in order to stimulate the soldiers' combat effectiveness and release their animal nature, they would let these soldiers burn, kill and loot after a tragic battle...

Soldiers have to go into battle to fight. Either you die or I die. If there is hatred between the country and the family, that's fine. The Yue Family Army or other feudal armies were in the minority. And there must be the hatred of the country and the family at the front. Just like when the Bingzhou Army was defending the Northland, all they had to do was roar and beat the barbarians. Not to mention the Bingzhou soldiers, even the young and old men in the Northland, as long as they could move, would come out with swords, guns, and halberds.

Zhang Liao still remembers what the Xiliang soldiers and Bingzhou soldiers became in Luoyang and Chang'an after losing their basic goal of protecting the country.

According to what Qiao Qi said, there is no faith.

They shed blood and sweat for the Han in Longxi and resisted the barbarians in the north, but what did they gain?

It is a contemptuous name, a look of disgust, and a lesson from others as a counterexample, "Look, if you don't study hard, you will have no choice but to be a soldier in the future!" 』

Then he looked at the gentry children among the big Han people. They all seemed to be able to steal high positions effortlessly. He pointed at them, shouted at them, and then threw out some dog food, making them fight like wild dogs. Grab it and laugh for fun.

Therefore, when Dong Zhuo roared angrily in the court, Zhang Liao did not feel anything was wrong.

That is a long-standing injustice...

But now, at least in Guanzhong, being a soldier is no longer a shame, but an honor. Soldiers get better treatment, not only their own military pay, but also bring blessings to their families. Before, people were afraid of being soldiers, but now they are eager for their children to be selected.

Before, I was afraid that my children would become unnecessary expendables, but now I send my children to serve in the army with tears and hope.

The more he understood this, the more worried Zhang Liao became. He was worried that the early Bingzhou fellows in the Western Regions did not understand the current changes in Chang'an Sanfu. He was also worried that Lu Bu's character was stubborn and stubborn, and he would never change his self-righteousness. He was even worried that one day the worst thing would happen. Under the circumstances, what should he do...

Zhang Liao couldn't think of a good way, and he was even a little scared.

After all, a lot has changed now.

Everything is completely different from what it was back then. Under such circumstances, if there is chaos in the Western Region, it will definitely be unjust.

Or simply put, lost justice.

Zhang Liao walked and thought about these questions all the way, but even when he finally arrived in Chang'an and stood in front of the Yamen of Huqi Mansion, he still didn't have a relatively stable answer in his heart.