Three Kingdoms

 Chapter 3192 The interactions between officials are chaotic

Among the Three Kingdoms, Mr. Luo's wonderful description may have caused most people's eyes to be fixed on the heroes who flashed in it, but in fact, no matter it is any dynasty or any country, the majority of people who built it are still of ordinary people.

 Ordinary people are the main body of the country.

But it is a pity that in the feudal dynasty, when ordinary people are required to work hard, they can speak more pleasantly than they sing, and they can be called fathers and fellows, uncles and uncles. If it is more difficult, they can be called fathers, mothers, parents, fathers and grandfathers. , without any hesitation, but as long as life is a little better and the situation is not so bad, he will immediately change his name to son-in-law and lower his seniority to become a subject.

Later on, when the feudal dynasty had been peaceful for a long time and began to decline from prosperity to decline, the names for ordinary people would often become untouchables, refugees, unruly people, criminals...

  Just like Cui Yan's title for the people of Jizhou, it is also flexible and can be changed at any time according to needs.

 When Jizhou was stable before, the people of Jizhou were naturally low-class, and no matter how many people died, Cui Yan would not even raise an eyebrow, but it is different now...

　　　『What’s wrong with Jizhou’s elders! ” Cui Yan was impassioned and his tone was sonorous and powerful, “Husband and the people are living in this world, and there are many difficulties! From the past to the present, how can the sufferings of the people be countless? Or due to droughts and floods, fields cannot be cultivated, goods are imported and taxes are collected, and people cannot live. The corvee service is numerous and the labor is heavy, which makes the people suffer! 』

　　　　Looking at the farmers, they are sweating profusely. They are working at sunrise and resting at sundown, as if they are afraid that they will not be able to provide for themselves at the end of the year. Even women and children are engaged in weaving work, working day and night. However, the officials are like wolves and tigers, and the people are suffering. Who can say anything? The taxes and levies are both heavy and mixed, and the people's livelihood is almost exhausted. As a result, the towns and villages were filled with sorrow and complaints. 』

　　　Hey! The suffering of the people is so great now! The foundation of the country is the people. If the people are in poverty, the country will not be a country. Therefore, we should reduce taxes and treat the people leniently, so that the people can take a breather, live and work in peace and contentment, and a peaceful world can be expected! 』

Cui Yan shouted loudly, rolled up his sleeves and asked the sky, which immediately aroused the echo of the nobles.

　　　　What Cui Langjun said is true! 』

　　　『O conscience of heaven and earth! 』

　　　『Inspiring and thought-provoking! 』

　　　"Family members, who understands..."

Um?

 Has something gotten in?

 Forget it, this is not the point. The point is, does Cui Yan really have such a deep understanding of the suffering of the people as he said?

 Apparently not.

 This is just like those Internet big Vs and public celebrities in later generations who are earning traffic. They know what the people like to see and hear, so they just act and talk like this, but it is absolutely impossible for them to do anything practical.

It is impossible for Cui Yan to do anything for the people of Jizhou...

From his "complaint", we can know that although he shouted very loudly, he actually did not provide any specific project suggestions, only empty slogans and "reduce taxes" that people never tired of hearing.

 Cui Yan shouted slogans in the clubhouse, then looked at each other with the other children of the Jizhou gentry to make sure they were one of their own, and then returned home leisurely.

It is impossible for him to oppose Cao Cao and the Han in front of everyone, and his ultimate goal is not for the people of Jizhou, but to gain more political capital.

As an important representative of the Jizhou gentry, what problems does he have in advocating for the people of Jizhou?

 This principle is tenable even if it reaches heaven.

By the time he returned home, all the compassion on Cui Yan's face had disappeared, leaving only the calculation lurking in the darkness.

　　　『Brother...』 Cui Lin stepped forward and bowed his hands in greeting.

Cui Yan nodded and motioned Cui Lin to sit down.

Chao's army is in a tight situation on the front line, and naturally the rear line is also in a tight situation.

 Chinese traditions cannot be lost!

For most gentry children in Shandong, the country is not important, but family is the core. Even though there are many impassioned Yanzhao warriors...

 Eh, the land of Yanzhao...

 Forget it, there are some gentry children who will die without hesitation in the face of national calamity, but there are also many more gentry children who prostrate themselves at the feet of new rulers from generation to generation, no matter where this ruler comes from.

　　　乐…Big defeat! 』

 Cui Yan's voice was very low. If he hadn't been closer, Cui Lin could hardly hear what Cui Yan was saying.

Cui Lin was stunned for a moment. This matter seemed to have been rumored for a long time. Why would Cui Yan say it so seriously?

　　　"Zhao Boran voted..."

 Sure enough, Cui Yan came out with the second, more shocking news.

Hearing this, Cui Lin almost jumped up, "What?" ! 』

Cui Yan frowned deeply.

Cui Lin understood, and quickly tried his best to calm his breathing, and then sat up again.

The two were silent for a while.

 On the branches outside the window, some new buds were trembling in the cold wind.

Jizhou has been experiencing a cold spring in the past few days. Freezing rain and flying snow have made Jizhou seem to have returned to winter overnight. Not only the trees outside the window felt the cold weather, but Cui Yan also felt cold in his heart.

　　　　This statement...is true? Cui Lin asked with some difficulty.

Cui Yan glanced at Cui Lin but did not answer. Isn't this nonsense? Would you joke about this kind of thing casually?

After Cui Lin asked, he also reacted and quickly said: "Such a big thing...is this something you deliberately concealed?" 』

Cui Yan nodded slowly.

 The four great celebrities in Yingchuan!

　Now I voted two!

This shows what? !

 And why does Mr. Cao still want to hide it?

"For such matters, a charter must be issued..." Cui Lin whispered, "Before... Cao also deliberately concealed it. Could it be that he wanted to repeat the same trick again?" 』

Cui Yan smiled slightly, and there seemed to be some coldness in the smile, "I heard that Xiandi has good friends with those people in Yingchuan?" 』

"Um? What does brother mean? Cui Lin understood some of it, but also didn't understand some of it.

Cui Yan smiled and nodded.

Cui Lin was slightly startled, then suddenly realized.

Seeing that Cui Lin had already guessed what he meant, Cui Yan nodded, and then added, "Remember, don't let anyone know that it came from you..."

Cui Lin raised his hand and answered, "Don't worry, brother, I will naturally find some suitable people..."

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 …

If we say that the Cao family was most glorious, it was not the time when the Cao family was the marquis in the early years, but the time when Cao Cao just defeated Yuan Shao.

Yuan Shao, a model of the Han Dynasty, the fourth generation and the third Duke, a proper "prince and general".

 But Cao Cao actually succeeded in counterattacking back then!

This kind of counterattack drama has naturally been popular with most people since ancient times.

Cao Cao was close to the grassroots people at that time. At least he represented 300,000 Qingzhou soldiers at that time.

However, after Cao Cao defeated Yuan Shao, Cao Cao gradually lost his original position. He was half active and half passive, and began to deviate from the original direction of representing the Qingzhou soldiers, trying to follow a similar path to Yuan Shao.

balance.

 Liu Xiu also tried to balance the situation back then. In the end, he could not be said to be successful, but at least it lasted for one or two hundred years.

But Yuan Shaoguang was superficial and did not have Liu Xiu's ability and courage, so he couldn't balance it. When there were many difficulties in the early stage, everyone could still unite to face the difficulties together. When there was a slight sign of relaxation, their respective plans became chaotic. Therefore, there is the rhetoric of being a hero against the wind and a bear against the wind, but in fact it is still a matter of division of interests.

 The old system of the Han Dynasty has lost its balance. It is undoubtedly extremely difficult to find a new balance point within the old framework.

This is like a clean mobile operating system. It doesn’t use much memory at first, but as more and more ads are built into apps, each app wants to take up more space, make it longer, and harder to delete. , so that their own advertising can generate more profits, so although the total amount of memory is increasing, it is actually more stuck, let alone 12g. Doubling it again will not be enough for these apps to waste money.

Lao Cao, on the other hand, wants to add new advertisements to the operating system... People only have so much time. After seeing one company’s advertisements, of course they don’t have time to watch another one, so these apps are essentially Conflicts can never be reconciled.

 Lao Cao refuses to admit that his improvement in the operating system has failed. Perhaps he feels that he should be the lucky one who can grab some memory space from other apps.

 When capital invades people's hearts, people's hearts are already out of balance and will never recover.

In the battle to occupy memory space, no one is willing to give in. Even if they occupy it themselves, it will be of no use. But if you don’t occupy it, you will not occupy it. You would rather eat more and occupy more than leave a bite for others, but in reality Only by returning the memory to apps that can actually do things can the maximum value of the mobile phone be brought out...

 Until the phone gradually freezes.

I want to lie to the people to spend again, but suddenly I find that the people can't afford it. What should I do?

All apps quickly increased the means and intensity of their intrusion, and simultaneously pointed the finger at Cao Cao’s operating system, saying that the culprit of the advertisement was Lao Cao.

Jizhou is now in a lag state. The operating system issues instructions that require more memory, but the following apps don't pay attention to them at all, let alone want to spit them out.

Cao Cao's front line was tight, so he naturally required the rear to transport grain and grass to supplement it.

However…

In the Jizhou grain storage camp, the steward hurried out and greeted Cao Ying, "Oh my, I didn't know that the patrol envoy was coming, but the small ones were missing and greeted me from afar. Hahaha, I have seen the patrol envoy..."

 The steward is a member of the Ren family, who is responsible for the transportation of grain and grass here.

Cao Ying is a descendant of a side branch of the Cao family. Now that he has arrived in Yecheng, he has been favored by Cao Pi and selected as an inspection envoy. He has leapt over the dragon gate and is no longer bullied by other Cao family members. He is less weak than before and more Some wild boars are as fierce as cabbage.

 Let the stewards have proper etiquette and bow down.

　　　　There is no need to be polite. 』

 Cao Ying said this, but did not take any action. He just threw the gold medal in his sleeve to Manager Ren for verification.

Steward Ren quickly took it and looked down. He saw a tiger-shaped pattern engraved on the gold medal, with the word "inspection" engraved below, and Cao Ying's name and appearance on the back to prevent anyone from impersonating him.

 After verifying that everything is correct, Manager Ren hurriedly handed back the gold medal.

 Cao Ying glanced at it, but did not reach out to take it directly. Instead, he used his sleeve to cushion it, and then wiped it casually twice before taking it back.

Steward Ren watched, the corner of his eye twitched slightly, but said nothing.

 After entering the camp, we first checked the storage conditions in the grain and grass warehouses. There were no problems.

This place is close to Yecheng, mainly to ensure the food supply of Cao's army in Yecheng and around Yecheng. Cao Ying checked it and wanted to leave, but was stopped by Manager Ren. He had to treat him to a meal anyway. .

Although almost everyone thinks that Cao Ying was attracted by Cao Pi because of his good looks, and that he belongs to the group of jesters, no one would deliberately offend Cao Ying, or even go out of his way to sell it. good…

Now, the fact of food shortage is gradually revealed. Not only is Cao's army short of food on the front line, but there is also not much food and grass in the rear. Manager Ren stared at the food and grass in his camp. On the one hand, he felt like he was sleeping on a golden mountain. On the other hand, of course, he also felt uneasy.

This golden mountain is not only hot to touch, but also heart-burning!

Cao Ying originally didn’t want to eat, but Steward Ren brought out a whole set of brand new bowls, chopsticks and cutlery specially for Cao Ying. Such hospitality was hard to refuse.

During the banquet, Guan Ren toasted Cao Ying first, and then said tentatively: "A few days ago, it was said that the Lord divided his troops and captured Hedong?" 』

 Cao Ying nodded slightly arrogantly.

　　　　Ah ah ah! If so, congratulations! ” Steward Ren raised his glass and said, “Congratulations, my lord!” Congratulations to the great man! 』

This Cao Ying could no longer remain aloof and arrogant, so he also raised his wine glass to congratulate Cao Cao.

After putting down the wine glass, Steward Ren let out a long sigh and said, "The patrolman is well-informed. I just wanted to ask for advice. Now my lord is marching to Hedong... Is this war almost over?" My child is in the frontline army. I don’t know when he will be able to return to the army and make a triumphant return..."

　　　　Ah…it seems that they are still confronting the Hedong defenders. ” Cao Ying moved his eyebrows slightly, feeling more or less proud of being well-informed, “Even if there are changes in the war on the front line, it’s not something you or I can predict...”

Manager Ren nodded and said, "What the inspection said is true." Xiao... By the way, Xiao Xiao heard rumors last time that the Hussars and bandits might cross Taihang and attack Jizhou? 』

"Hahaha..." Cao Ying laughed, "It's fine if others say these things. Since you are in charge of storing grain, you should also know the difficulty of transporting grain. Even if you take the big river to Tongguan, the mountains are high and the water is far away... If the Hussars and bandits want to cross mountains and ridges to attack Jizhou, how will they get the food and supplies needed by this army? 』

　　What if a small group of thieves sneak up? 』

　　　The sentry horse can be explored naturally. ” Cao Ying said, “What’s more, the only strength of a hussar is its fine cavalry. If it abandons its strengths and takes the shortcomings, and wants to fight with the lord’s elite soldiers in the wild, wouldn’t it be asking for death?” 』

Steward Ren took a long breath and said, "So, the rebel army will definitely not appear in Jizhou?" 』

"That's exactly it..." Cao Ying said firmly.

This is not only the thought of Cao Ying alone, but also the thought of most of the Xiahou family of the Cao family in Yecheng, and the children of the Jizhou gentry. They do not think that the Hussars will be surrounded and pressed by Cao Cao's heavy troops. He also took great risks to cross mountains and ridges to reach Jizhou.

 …

 …

Wei Yan stood in the mountain, looked up, then waved his arms and shouted: "Let's go!" 』

 There were no drums, no trumpets, no impassioned words.

After the orders were passed back one after another, Wei Yan's more than a thousand mountain soldiers meandered forward along the mountain road.

The mountain road is difficult and bumpy, but Wei Yan has always been at the front of the queue.

In some rugged and difficult sections of road, Wei Yan, like ordinary soldiers, tied a rope around his waist and tied it to the rock, climbing with difficulty...

 Climbing over Taihang in such weather is naturally miserable.

 But in Wei Yan's opinion, this weather is a God-given opportunity.

 No one would have thought that in such harsh and cold weather, Cao's soldiers would inevitably relax, and there was absolutely no way anyone would cross Taihang to Jizhou.

After marching for a long time, in the afternoon, we found a more suitable place to camp and rest.

Wei Yan wiped the sweat from his head, looked around, and ordered: "Set up camp here." 』

 Soon, the military order came out, and each detachment began to look for a suitable location.

There was not enough land in the mountains to set up a large camp, so Wei Yan and others formed a scattered camp in formation.

　　　　老马头! ” Wei Yan greeted, “Take the people around and take them around!” 』

 Lao Ma raised his arm and waved it twice to show his understanding. The meaning of turning around is, on the one hand, to detect the surrounding situation, and on the other hand, it is also to see if there is any prey.

 Historically, in order to strengthen its military strength, and on the other hand, to reduce the power of the barbarians in the south, the Shu Han formed a mountain army, most of whose members came from the ethnic minority areas in the southern part of the Shu Han. It was established by Liu Bei and further developed and strengthened with the assistance of Zhuge Liang. Historically, this unit could quickly cross rugged mountains and dense forests, giving them an advantage in the battle against Wei. They were good at taking advantage of changes in terrain and weather to carry out raids, guerrillas, and detours similar to those of special forces. and many other tactics.

Although there is a lack of records among the Shu and Han Dynasties for some reason, such an army did exist and put a lot of pressure on the Wei State, and it can be seen from its name...

 There is no way to fly an army.

 This shows the advantages and disadvantages of climbing mountains and ridges, just like flying in the mountains.

In history, Liu Bei was not a flying army. He only relied on the brave physique of the southern barbarians. His equipment was probably ordinary iron armor. It was impossible to have exquisite armor or heavy armor, otherwise he would not be able to fight when the flying army was cut off in the end. So miserable.

As for the mountain soldiers currently led by Wei Yan, although the number of Southern Barbarians is not as large as in history, and perhaps not as physically brutal as those barbarians who live in the mountains and forests all day long, in terms of weapons and equipment, they are naturally better than those in history. The Wudang flying army on the ground must be more sophisticated.

 Technology is always a weapon for mankind to defeat nature.

Wei Yan likes to take the wrong side of the sword, and he also put a lot of effort into this mountain soldier.

The purpose is to give a stunning display.