Three Kingdoms

　　　『骠 Rider must be in the east of the river. 』

 Cao Cao said slowly, his voice a little dull.

　　　『Most of the elite hussar cavalry are now in Zuo Fengyi... and Hedong is only separated by a river...』

Cao Cao's beard moved and he swallowed the last half of the sentence.

The reason why Cao Cao and Guo Jia thought it was a good thing that Fei Qian came to Hedong before was because they felt that Fei Qian could no longer sit still and control Hedong, so Fei Qian wanted to come to Hedong to take charge.

 To control Hedong, of course, we need to bring a large number of soldiers, and a large number of soldiers hoarded in Hedong will inevitably cause more problems. When the time comes...

 If this is the case, it is naturally good news.

 Otherwise, if Cao Cao was full, he would brave the freezing weather to build a military camp here in Zhongtiao Mountain?

And why did Cao Hong be sent to attack Zhang Yangchi and Cao Xiu attack Zhiguan Road?

Of course it was to seduce Qiao Qi Fei Qian.

But what Cao Cao never expected was that he deliberately spread his wings to expose the middle door, but no hussars came to attack!

Fei dived to the east of the river, but he was so calm, as if he didn't care whether Cao Cao crossed the river or built a military stronghold on Zhongtiao Mountain.

 Fei Qian can’t come now…

This is a little embarrassing and a little bad.

 The first thing is food and grass, and the second...

Guo Jia's eyebrows moved, "My lord, if this is the case...I'm afraid when our troops send troops to Anyi and enter the plains..."

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　). ” Guo Jia didn’t dare to say it directly, but Cao Cao said it without hesitation.

Guo Jiamoran.

　　　『All the generals said that Tong Pass should be broken in the middle of the pass. But they don’t know that Hedong is the one who controls Dachuan and views Xijing most. ” Cao Cao said slowly, “Pingyang has fertile soil. Floods and droughts depend on people. They farm and herd, and they don’t know about famine. If the Yang family managed things properly back then and made Sili stable, why would there be a need to develop weapons now? 』

Of course, isn’t this talking about Cao Cao himself?

 Who can imagine what happened in the early years?

If it had been imagined earlier, would there still be the present?

However, Guo Jia more or less understood what Cao Cao meant.

　　　　Yang’s reputation is empty, but his civil and military abilities are mediocre. "Cao Cao shook his head and sighed, "The Yang family's original reputation in Sili Hedong is a pity...a pity..."

 What is the pity?

Guo Jia didn’t dare to think too much and couldn’t say too much.

　　　The order is passed down, and each department shall restrain itself and shall not plunder the place without authorization for the time being. Cao Cao took a deep breath and said, "I ordered Xu County to collect more grain and grass and transport it here." 』

　　　　　lord…』

Cao Cao waved his hand, "That's it for now... let's do it." When Yang Dezu arrived, he called in to see someone. 』

 Originally, Cao Cao had the idea of ​​supplementing military supplies with supplies from Hedong, but now...

Not only can they not move around, but they also need extra care, otherwise it will really be equivalent to pushing the land east of Hedong into Fei Qian's arms.

How easy is it to dispatch supplies and food from the rear?

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Yang Xiu sat on the cart, trying his best to straighten his back and maintain his bearing as a messenger.

Pingyang City is far away in the horizon.

 Back then, Fei Qian was just a nobody. Who would notice him in ordinary times?

Yang Xiu was famous in Heluo very early on. He went to high-end places and his every move was heard and praised by countless people.

It wasn't until Feiqian's key battle east of Hedong, where he defeated the Baibo Army in one fell swoop, defeated the greater number with less, and pacified the Northland, that Feiqian's name gradually became known to the world.

 But it still sounds like a nobody.

 But in fact, Fei is an ancient surname. In the Spring and Autumn Period, the grandson of Emperor Zhuanxu of Qin rushed to Jin Dynasty and was granted the title of Lord Pei in Peizhong. The mausoleum of the Sixth Generation was moved to Jie and became the Lord of Jie. Therefore, there were Pei, Fei, Bandit, Lei, Jie, Lu, etc. All are derivatives.

 But, a certain person is the main branch of the Yang family!

Yang Xiu couldn't help gritting his teeth.

Whoever hears someone's name cannot say a word of "admiration" for a long time?

 As for…

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　?

　　What kind of surname is this?

 Have never heard of it, have no sense of involvement, so I say goodbye.

 It’s orthodox…

His Yang family is the famous high-ranking noble family of the Han Dynasty!

 The Han Dynasty is orthodox!

Now, will the Han Dynasty, like this surname, fall into the hands of other branches?

 The vehicle swayed and creaked.

 Looking like crying, but also like laughing.

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 …

Standing on the top of Pingyang City, Fei Qian looked into the distance and shook his head slightly.

　　　‘After all, I still can’t hide it from Cao Mengde. 』

 Cao Cao sent Yang Xiu to write a letter.

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　int by

Xun Chen whispered from the side: "The thieves are advancing to the east of the river, but the land is peaceful and the people are stable and will not be disturbed by them... Therefore, it is probably guessed that the lord is here." 』

 The explanation can certainly be explained in this way.

Fei Qian nodded without delving into the meaning of this leak.

 Because whether the fact that he was in Pingyang was leaked or not, the situation of the war was like this.

 Cao Cao could not defeat Tongguan, or in other words, it was impossible to defeat it in a short time, and Cao Cao's rear could not support it. The larger the proportion of the agricultural economy, the more difficult it will be to support a long-term war. Just like China often talks about itself as a "big country", it seems to be very bullish, but once it is invaded by a foreign enemy, it immediately changes its mind and thinks it is just a "scabies disease" and is not worth mentioning.

 If it were a really powerful country, would those "scabies diseases" dare to invade?

Of course, this also shows from another perspective that, at least in the eyes of many Shandong people, Fei Qian and the Guanzhong regime under Fei Qian may still be insignificant. These people are stubborn about what they think and are unwilling to accept any changes.

Yang Xiu has arrived.

He seemed to walk up to Fei Qian calmly and bowed deeply, saying, "I have seen the Hussars General." 』

Fei Qian smiled and said, "When Dezu comes, is it the Yang family or the Cao family?" 』

Yang Xiu cupped his hands and answered, "No." Xiu came here this time, which is the "courtesy" of the world. 』

“Hmm…” Fei Qian narrowed his eyes slightly, “Where does “ritual” come from? 』

Yang Xiu said: ""Li" comes from "people". Since the Hussar hopes to control the world, he should also know that "when he is satisfied with human feelings, he suffers from indulgence and is quick to desire, forgetting the meaning of careful punishment." 』

Fei Qian laughed, waved his hand and said, "Dezu has come a long way, so he must be tired. He might as well go and rest for a while, waiting for someone to host a banquet for him." 』

Yang Xiu thanked him and retreated first.

Fei Qian glanced at Xun Chen and said, "Youruo, do you think Yang Dezu should be killed or not?" 』

 Smiling in front of his face and holding a knife behind his back, Fei Qian can be regarded as inheriting the "fine tradition" of China for thousands of years...

Xun Chen was stunned for a moment, then lowered his head and said: "My lord, this... two armies are fighting. If you don't kill the envoy..."

Fei Qian nodded, "Then why is it "the two armies are fighting, and the envoys are not killed"? 』

　　"This is the battle between Song and Chu..." Xun Chen said halfway, then suddenly stopped, "My lord's intention is..."

Fei Qian smiled, nodded and said, "Let's do it." 』

Xun Chen took a breath, accepted the order and left.

 This kind of "preferential treatment" for envoys existed not only in ancient China, but also in later generations.

  But not absolutely.

 For example, if Cao Cao sent someone randomly, Fei Qian would kill him casually.

Not just anyone can become an envoy, just like if Yang Xiu didn't say "a gift from the world", but just delivered a letter of challenge and killed Fei Qian without saying anything, after all, people who can't reflect their own value, It doesn't have much value anymore.

Now, Yang Xiu didn't mention anything about the letter of challenge, and neither did Fei Qian.

Although this is obviously Yang Xiu's most important task on the surface, it obviously doesn't mean much to Fei Qian and Yang Xiu, because not only Fei Qian and Yang Xiu, but also Cao Cao know that the focus is not on what is written in the war book. How, but the things behind the gauntlet.

Just like in history, it is not about how well the thirty characters are written, but whether Jiangdong can withstand the 300,000 soldiers and horses behind the thirty characters.

Jiangdong's letter of war against Cao Cao is a game of will of the entire Jiangdong gentry system.

 Cao Cao also had bad intentions when he came to issue a letter of war to Fei Qian. What Fei Qian wants to show now is also something outside of the letter of war...

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 …

 Where the convention comes from, few people seem to delve into it.

 Just like the Han Dynasty's method of governing the country, it seems to have come from previous practices, but why it is like this, not many people have carefully explored it.

 Emissaries are mainly served by scholars.

So, what if you try it as an ordinary person?

 The result can be imagined.

 So from a certain perspective, the gentry children were even very excited about this "envoy" status...

 It’s like a dog seeing meat.

This is not to say that Fei Qian wants to break this "convention" and kill Yang Xiu, but the flavor behind it is too "big man"...

Fei Qian doesn’t think this “convention” is very good.

 The entire situation now, perhaps in the eyes of these Han gentry disciples, is like that of Wang Mang and Liu Xiu back then.

 The order in the court was broken down, and all the heroes in the world competed for the throne.

 The wealthy families supported their respective local political powers, forming separate vassals one after another.

 The people of later generations are familiar with the Three Kingdoms because of the great contribution of Mr. Luo. In fact, during the periods of Wang Mang and Liu Xiu, the situation of feudal princes in various places having separatist regimes had already been staged.

For example, Wang Lang's ascension to the throne was jointly planned by Prince Liu Lin of Zhao Mu and the great tycoons of Zhao State Li Yu and Zhang Shen;

When Liu Yong raised his army, he "recruited many heroes, including Zhou Jian and others, and appointed them as generals";

 Zhang Bu separatist the Qi territory, "there are many heroes supporting the crowd and Zhang Bu's army";

Lu Fang was the result of "the heroes of the Three Rivers discussed it together" and was supported by heroes such as Li Xing and Sui Yu from Wuyuan who "each raised an army and called himself a general", Tian Sa from Shuofang, Shi Tuan and Min Kan from Daijun...

So now if Wang Lang is replaced by Yuan Shu, Liu Yong is replaced by Cao Cao, Zhang Bu is replaced by Yuan Shao, and Lu Fang is replaced by Ma Teng and Han Sui, there seems to be no violation...

This is where the problem lies.

 The problem of the big man.

If you have never fallen down before, then you can be forgiven. But if you know that there is a pit somewhere, but you still throw a dog into the pit and chew its **** again, then it is not the problem of the shit, but the problem of the dog.

The role of the Han Dynasty court is not to be a dog that doesn’t know the smell of shit!

 Let’s not repackage the **** that our predecessors have eaten and feed it to future generations!

Chocolate-flavored shit, isn’t it shit?

When Fei Qian first arrived in the Han Dynasty, his understanding of the gentry and the concept of the noble clan was not that profound. However, with the gradual development of his political group, Fei Qian's understanding of this aspect has also deepened.

 The problem of the gentry in the Han Dynasty is a fundamental problem.

　　That is to say, when the Eastern Han Dynasty was founded, it had already coexisted with the Liu Xiu regime in its infancy and could not be cut off or removed.

 The Eastern Han Dynasty was built on the basis of aristocratic society.

 Since Liu Xiu himself is the representative of the interests of the wealthy family, he cannot get rid of his own limitations.

Liu Xiu mainly relied on the Nanyang wealthy groups. During the process of establishing the Eastern Han Dynasty, the wealthy forces in other regions had relatively few supporters and many resisters. Therefore, the targets of his initial conquest were mainly wealthy families from various places. This is very similar to the current situation in which there are many princes in various places and local governors control the countryside, dividing and rejecting the unified dispatch and management of the central government.

 So after the war was over, how to manage these wealthy families was the primary problem for the Eastern Han government.

 Liu Xiu's strategy was to learn from the practices of the Western Han Dynasty. The most important of these is the use of severe punishments to regulate the behavior of wealthy families, which has the effect of restoring and maintaining social stability, but at the same time it also makes the problem of harsh officialdom increasingly serious.

The Western Han Dynasty used cruel officials and appointed governors to directly attack the lawless wealthy families, which achieved certain results. However, the most effective way to inhibit the development of the powerful families was to implement the "relocation of mausoleums" system. It is a pity that after Emperor Yuan of Han Dynasty, this system was abolished.

This system of "relocating mausoleums" was obviously simple and crude, which caused pain and pain to the Han gentry. However, there is no doubt that this crude and simple system inhibited the powerful clans from becoming powerful in the local area. However, the compromises and concessions made by the Yuan Emperor to the powerful clans since the Yuan Dynasty have alleviated the problem. The conflict between the imperial court and the wealthy families contributed to the development of the wealthy families' power, so that at the time of Wang Mang, the imperial family was no longer able to control the local wealthy families.

So, for Fei Qian, how to control the local wealthy families has become the key to not chewing **** again.

If you want to distinguish the **** of a wealthy family, you must know how this wealthy family came into being.

In addition to the commonplace issue of land annexation, there is another typical way for the generation of wealthy families in the Eastern Han Dynasty, which is through relatives and eunuchs.

Lao Cao waved and said, I am a eunuch, but I am ashamed of being a eunuch! The old man is greedy and has nothing to do with me!

Just like a fish that cheated grandpa, the Han official media didn't even bother to talk about corruption, and just mentioned family tradition.

Fei Qian knew what Yang Xiu was actually doing, but for Fei Qian, wasn't it another opportunity?

 Hedong, from the Hengling period, there were wealthy families...

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Yang Xiu was very tired, but he was still observing his surroundings intentionally or unintentionally, just like he had been observing silently all the way.

Yang Xiu discovered a problem along the way.

 A problem that Fei Qian may not have discovered himself.

This made Yang Xiu a little excited in his heart, and he felt vaguely complacent that "everyone else is drunk".

 This feeling of self-satisfaction made Yang Xiu behave more calmly and confidently.

This feeling is also a characteristic that Yang Xiu has always displayed on the outside, like a mask he wears all year round, with calmness written on the left side of his cheek and confidence written on the right side.

 Horses should have some reserves.

 Look at the utensils in this post house.

 Charcoal fire used.

 A hot meal delivered to you whenever you arrive…

Yang Xiu had some idea in his mind.

Fei Qian was not as embarrassed as the people in Shandong had expected. Yang Xiu even speculated that Fei Qian's current logistics might be more generous than Cao Cao's.

 After all, Cao Cao has a huge number of people, so the consumption will naturally be greater.

But, does Fei Qian really have such strong confidence?

When he saw that he had come to issue a challenge, he neither acted flustered nor deliberately treated him forcefully. Instead, he was very calm, as if everything was under his control.

This made Yang Xiu feel a little surprised.

He originally thought that he would be humiliated when he came to Pingyang...

It was just like the "humiliation" he suffered in Tongguan back then, even more and more severe.

So Yang Xiu decided to use "ritual" as an excuse and raised it like a shield, but Yang Xiu didn't expect that Fei Qian seemed to have changed a lot.

 No, it cannot be said that the people have changed completely, but rather that the current situation has changed a lot.

 When the environment changes, people will also change.

Even Yang Xiu himself is like this.

Back then, Fei Qian felt it was a great shame and humiliation for Yang Xiu to come and go as soon as he summoned him. He was so angry that if he accidentally thought of it when he was sleeping at night, his mind would be tossed over and over and he could not sleep peacefully. But now Fei Qian still hasn't asked anyone about Yang. The process was arranged directly based on Xiu's opinion, but Yang Xiu didn't feel anything was wrong now.

Yang Xiu knew that when he came to Pingyang, he had a mission and also risks.

Yang Xiu came here with a third-level purpose, but it was obvious that Fei Qian on the first level did not fall into the trap. This is one of the reasons why Yang Xiu agreed to come.

Yang Xiu also feels that Fei Qian is not that stupid, but Fei Qian has other aspects...

 Will you fall into the trap?

 For so many years, Yang Xiu has always felt superior to his own intelligence.

The sense of superiority in IQ made Yang Xiu forget that in many cases the reason why he appeared to be smarter than the average person was because he knew more information. The reason why he has more information is because his identity allows him to have more channels to obtain information.

 When he really relies on his own abilities, there are actually not many.

Just like now, Yang Xiu also wanted to guess Fei Qian's bargaining chip through everything he observed, but then he found that he couldn't calculate it.

It seems unlikely that Fei Qian had sufficient soldiers and horses. After all, Hedong was summoning county soldiers in Anyi to gather troops and horses. Those soldiers did not look like the elite soldiers originally under Fei Qian's command.

It would also be unreasonable to say that Fei Qian did not have the troops and men ready to deal with Cao Cao. Cao Jun crossed the river in large numbers and climbed over Zhongtiao Mountain, but Fei Qian seemed to be responding calmly, without any panic at all.

So is Fei Qian just showing off, or does Fei Qian have another agenda?

Yang Xiu not only wanted to investigate for Cao Cao, but also wanted to be investigated for himself.

 Even for the investigation of the nobles of the world...

 It's just like the "courtesy of the world" that he and Fei Qian said before.

　　　　Yang Langjun, please come. 』

 The person who led the way took Yang Xiu to the door of the banquet place, and then made a fuss.

Yang Xiu tidied up his clothes and then walked in proudly. However, after he entered the door of the banquet place and saw the scene in the courtyard, the calm and "unbreakable" mask that Yang Xiu had maintained suddenly snapped. " There was a sound, which seemed to open a hole, making Yang Xiu's smile stiffen...