Three Kingdoms

Taixing for three years.

winter.

As the twelfth lunar month approaches, Fei Qian in Chang'an has gradually entered a new strategic layout stage.

Regarding the issue of how to deal with the so-called "orthodox" regime in Xu County, Fei Qian has also discussed with Pang Tong, Xun You and others. Everyone has the same opinion. They all believe that there is no need to pay too much attention to it for the time being, but they cannot relax in the long term. After all, Fei Qian is now It is equivalent to blocking all kinds of Qiang and barbarians in the north, and there are no foreign enemies in the Central Plains of Shandong, so you can easily save money. You still can't make up the gap with Feiqian in two or three years, but if you say ten years, or even longer , then it’s hard to say.

Fei Qian did not express any specific attitude towards these judgments. After all, the current history has changed a lot. Fei Qian, like most people in the Han Dynasty, does not know the future development, although he has some experience in later generations. blessing, but it does not mean that these experiences can be used in the Han Dynasty, and there are still some problems of acclimatization.

Historically, Cao Cao has fallen into internal strife since he annexed Yuan Shao. It can even be said that from the beginning, Cao Cao's internal disputes have never been settled. It turns out that these Shandong bureaucrats had their own selfish motives and were at odds with each other. It is also true that internal fighting is true for insiders and external fighting for outsiders. In history, even the Wuhuan rebellion was put down, and so were the Qiang and Semi-Qiang people with superior war horses, all of which required Cao Cao's personal dispatch.

It was not until Cao Cao killed most of the Qingzhou soldiers in the Battle of Chibi that he could no longer suppress these hills, and he never left Xudu until his entire life.

Although among the Three Kingdoms, Wei has the most talented people and a large number of officials, from the beginning to the end, it was the Cao family and the Xiahou family who fought on the front lines, while others sat back and enjoyed the results. When the Cao family and the Xiahou family were almost done fighting, the elites were all After dying on the battlefield, the rest are naturally mentally retarded.

So in fact, the key points of Xu County's political power are the Cao family and the Xiahou family. The rest is really not enough to discuss.

Even the Sima clan, who seized the power of the Cao clan later in history, was very accurate in quelling civil strife. Even attacking his own Sima could be said to be vicious and tough, but when it comes to foreign enemies...

Of course, even if the impact of the Little Ice Age is taken away, and the losses to the Central Plains during the Three Kingdoms period are deducted, the descendants of the Sima family are obviously worse than the descendants of the Cao family? Is this something that can be determined? After all, the Jin Dynasty From the moment he fled south, Guo was already a fighter among rubbish. Although he looked good on the outside and kept his clothes and so on, he was essentially rubbish...

The only problem Fei Qian is worried about now is transportation.

In the traditional concept of people of the Han Dynasty, there is only Longyou outside Guanzhong, and Bingzhou in the north is also barren. Fei Qian's only rich lands are Guanzhong and Sichuan, and Hanzhong can only be regarded as half of it. And the Central Plains of Shandong Province ? Almost all are large counties in the traditional sense, with large populations and dense resources.

So although Fei Qian is now a strong military force, there are still some people, especially the Shandong nobles, who believe that Fei Qian cannot last long. After all, no matter what he does, he needs population support. Without an abundant population, Fei Qian will be very powerful. It may be short-lived and the good times will not last long.

Therefore, if Feiqian wants to connect the Western Region and control Jiaozhou in the south, it must first solve the transportation problem.

However, before the transportation problem can be solved, the profit problem must be solved.

Fei Qian was in the Northland back then. Why was the road paving and repair work so fast? It was because Fei Qian linked roads and interests in one place. Merchants needed better roads to transport goods, and nobles needed to repair roads to gain reputation. Therefore, together we Next, the roads that were originally abandoned and semi-paralyzed were quickly renovated and reinforced.

But now, the two arteries that Fei Qian wants to open extend to territories that did not originally belong to the Han Dynasty. Well, strictly speaking, this is not the case, because only the Han Dynasty truly opened up the four directions of east, west, north, and south, and later dynasties, Basically, they only maintained the Western Region. As for the three regions of Jiaozhi, Beimo, and Liaodong, perhaps only one could be preserved, and some simply lost them all, and even the Western Region could not be preserved.

Speaking of Liaodong alone, as early as the time of Liu Bang, the emperor of the Han Dynasty, King Lu Wan of Yan betrayed the Han Dynasty and went to the Huns to escape. Wei Man also went with him and led more than a thousand people into the Korean Peninsula. Afterwards, Weiman gathered an army of deserters from Qi and Yan during the Warring States Period, overthrew King Jun of ancient Korea, and captured the capital of ancient Korea, Wangjian City, and became the king of Korea.

After Weiman came to the throne, he re-established the Korean court and imported Central Plains culture, making the country of Korea more and more prosperous. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty felt that the threat to the Han Dynasty from defending Manchuria to Korea was growing, so he decided to launch an expedition to Korea. After two years, Weiman Korea was destroyed. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty divided the territory of Weiman Korea into four counties, namely: Lelang County, Zhenfan County, Lintun County and Xuantu County, collectively known as the Four Han County.

After Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty, the arrangement of counties and counties in the northern part of the Korean Peninsula changed somewhat. In the fifth year of Emperor Zhao's first year, he left Lintun and Zhenfan counties and merged into Lelang and Xuantu counties. Lelang County is now Pyongyang, North Korea, and has jurisdiction over the Bian, Woju and other ethnic groups; Xuantu County was originally located in Fuzhu, today's Xianxing, North Korea, and was later moved to the northwest of Goguryeo due to the invasion of Bian, in the east of today's Liaoning Province. Jurisdiction over Goguryeo, Fuyu and other tribes.

In a sense, from the Qin to the Han Dynasty, many people in the court looked toward the distance. When the land was not enough, they expanded outwards. When the population was insufficient, they plundered outwards. When resources were lacking, they looked outwards. Therefore, the Han people once broke out of the Central Plains, broke out of their comfort zone, and went to explore a deeper and broader world.

But unfortunately, the corruption of the central court in the Han Dynasty and the annexation of large amounts of land by nobles and landlords caused internal problems, interrupted this process of outward exploration, and stopped China's outward steps...

In addition to external traffic problems, there are also some problems with Feiqian's internal connections.

At this stage, Cao Cao is almost the same as Fei Qian. He can still only be regarded as a grass-roots team, which is a small group of regional nobles. In addition, Cao Cao is also a very suspicious person. He firmly holds power and refuses to Granted easily, the contradiction is not small. The Cao family and the Xiahou family are united, and the rest of the noble families from all over the country also stand together according to their regions. And this kind of Chinese people's problem of clinging together is the same, and Fei Qian is not exempt from it.

There is a factional struggle on Cao Cao's side, and there are some signs of it here in Fei Qian. The so-called "fellows' association" seems to be gradually forming.

Because of the national policy of the Eastern Han Dynasty, 70% of the current gentry's children are in the Central Plains, and 30% of them are in Sanhe, namely Yuzhou in Henan, Jizhou in Hebei, and Sili in Hanoi. Strictly speaking, the foundation of the Shanxi gentry is not very good. Although there are some famous families, there are still some differences compared with the children of Sanhe.

The same is true for Fei Qian. Those from Guanzhong, Sichuan, Sichuan, Hedong, and Jingxiang are all in a mess. In addition, Fei Qian consciously keeps adding sand to the noble clan, absorbing a large number of children from poor families to serve as various Envoys of education, bachelors of agriculture and engineering, etc., so that the phenomenon of grouping based on regions in Feiqian is even more obvious than that of Cao Cao.

According to the feedback from the Mo family's probes, various large and small regular and irregular gatherings have been formed around Chang'an. The largest one is naturally the Hanoi Gang of the old fox Sima Hui.

Even Pang Tong naturally became the leader of the Jingxiang Sect. From time to time he would attend this or that banquet, which made Pang Tong seem to start preparing for a new chin.

And it is not easy to change the status quo.

Yuan Shao chose balance, just like a scale, adding some weight here and some weight there. In the end, there was no problem at both ends of the scale, and the scale itself was crushed.

For Cao Cao, it was like a hanging scale. The Cao family and the Xiahou family were the weights. When the weights couldn't hold down other nobles, there was a natural "bang" sound and the whole thing broke.

Sun Quan threw away all the scales in an attempt to make it the largest weight and mix it into the other weights. However, those Jiangdong weights said that the Sun family's lump was fake, made of cast iron, and easy to rust. , and Jiangdong is made of bronze, which is truly authentic...

Therefore, he could neither be a scale nor a weight, nor could he turn himself into a weight. Fei Qian had to consider a new way to deal with the relationship between the nobles.

The external roads were used to connect the Western Regions with Jiaozhi, or even more far-reaching areas, while the internal channels were used to connect various noble families and common people.

Although Fei Qian has been involved in Shi, Nong, Industry and Commerce for a long time, the "Shi" piece is really too big and hard, and not very easy to chew. What Fei Qian never expected was that the first sound of digging and opening these roads, the falling pickaxe, was actually wielded by Xu County first...

……?(*–-)?^……

Guo Jia had already arrived in Chang'an, but as soon as he arrived in Chang'an, he claimed that he was not feeling well due to the long journey, and then huddled in the post house, sleeping, eating and playing beans every day, putting on a non-violent and non-cooperative posture.

Guo Jia's current state is similar to that of Xu Shu in history, uh, wrong, and the state of Xu Shu in Cao Ying in the novel. Guo Jia neither wants to come up with ideas for Fei, nor can he get rid of his imprisoned and restricted status, so naturally Simply hide in the small building and become one, and don't care about the spring and autumn outside the window.

However, it is winter now.

Winter carries the cold wind and involuntarily erodes from the north. It kicks Autumn's butt and kicks it away. Then it stretches its waist and laughs as it swells.

So even if Guo Jia could ignore the spring and autumn, he couldn't avoid winter, just like if Fei Qian really wanted to find him, he couldn't avoid it.

"Fengxiao is such a leisurely feeling!" Fei Qian chuckled and walked straight ahead without waiting for Guo Jia to say some polite words of welcome.

Guo Jia looked at the door of the small courtyard of the post house, then rolled his eyelids and looked at Fei Qian, and arched his hands with a decadent look. It was regarded as a courtesy to Fei Qian. Of course, if this was among those who followed the rule of law, In the eyes of those who are familiar with the etiquette of the gentry, such a casual move is enough to immediately trigger Wu Mingye Huo, who thinks Guo Jia's move is an insult...

Fei Qian smiled and said nothing.

Fei Qian sat down, straightened his robes slightly, and then said with a smile, "Do you blame me?" 』

Guo Jia was stunned, couldn't help but sit up straighter, and looked at Fei Qian.

This is a very interesting sentence. On the surface, it seems that there is nothing wrong with it, and it even fits the current situation. But in fact, this sentence is not that simple.

Many people think that the use of various allusions among the gentry children is just a way for the gentry children to show off, but in fact this is only a very small part of the reason. It can even be said that only immature gentry children, Only then will they deliberately use some weird allusions to show off their talents and knowledge. More often, this kind of allusions is a kind of test for both parties, a kind of speech without showing embarrassment.

After all, when you see a beautiful woman, you go up and say that I am a tough guy, or that Guan Guan is a pheasant in Hezhizhou. It is obviously different. Even if the other party refuses, it will not leave a rude image.

At the same time, many allusions have their own background and historical development process. Being able to tell the story of allusions must have some concepts and opinions about historical events. This ability will be more important among the children of the gentry, because Regardless of whether they are rulers or family heads, they all hope that their children will be people who know how to think from books and understand them comprehensively, instead of just memorizing things by rote and then hearing what others say and saying, "I understand, I understand." "It's up to you to say that" guy.

Therefore, it has become a natural thing for the children of the noble clan to use allusions in daily life.

What Fei Qian said sounded ordinary, like asking Guo Jia if he had any complaints or resentments after being imprisoned here. But in fact, this sentence was not Fei Qian's first. , but came from the Spring and Autumn Period, and were the words spoken by the King of the Communist Party of Chu when he bid farewell to Zhi Feng.

Guo Jia was silent for a long time, then sighed slightly and whispered: "We can't compete with Jin." 』

Fei Qian couldn't help laughing when he heard this.

Zhifeng, whose courtesy name is Ziyu, also known as Xunfeng, is a descendant of Xun Xi, a senior official of the Jin Dynasty. During the Battle of Bi, Xun Feng was captured by the Chu army.

There are five lines of dialogue between the King of Chu and Xun Feng, and the first line is the one spoken by Fei Qian. Later, Xun Feng showed outstanding eloquence and gained the respect of the King of Chu. Then the King of Chu finally sighed: "We can't compete with Jin." 』

Fei Qian said the first sentence, and Guo Jia answered the last sentence. They are both the same story, but have different meanings. Fei Qian used the original meaning to metaphor Guo Jia, while Guo Jia used exclamation to respond to the situation.

The reason why Xun Feng was able to go back was not due to Xun Feng's efforts alone, but to the combined factors of his father's operation and the internal ministers of the Chu State, and even related to the stunning beauty Xia Ji, so ten years after the Battle of Bi , then there is hope for Xun Feng’s return...

So Fei Qian's meaning is very obvious.

Then Guo Jia's emotion means that "Jin" is now divided into two. Taiyuan Shangdang belongs to Fei Qian, and Jizhou belongs to Cao Cao. Therefore, "Jin cannot be competed with." Who can truly be regarded as "Jin" in the end? , or between "not possible".

At the same time, Fei Qian also used this allusion to explain that Xun Feng only got a glimmer of hope of returning ten years later. Where are you, Guo Jia? If you can escape the first day of the Lunar New Year, you can't escape the fifteenth day. What does it mean to spend so much time in the post house?

While Guo Jia refuted and responded to Fei Qian's words, he also said that he did not want to "fight", so he was in the post house and did not want to wade into troubled waters.

Fei Qian waved his hand and did not continue to argue with Guo Jia about this allusion. Anyway, using this allusion was just an appetizer, and the more important thing was still to come. Fei Qian signaled the guards to open the jar of wine he had brought, and then said: "A certain person, Ruo Changwen, and two people, went to the emperor to make plans for examination. When spring comes, they go to various places to examine candidates and select talents." talent……"

Guo Jia was already drooling due to the aroma of the wine. Hearing Fei Qian's words, he couldn't help but open his mouth slightly, and then his saliva almost flowed out. He hurriedly went back and subconsciously said, "That's not the case." ...』

Guo Jia quickly glanced at Fei Qian and swallowed the second half of the sentence mixed with saliva.

Fei Qian nodded and said, "Just as Feng Xiao said, Wen Ruo will definitely send the "Xijing Examination" to Chang'an!" 』

Guo Jia still grunted, muttering in his heart, what did I say? I haven’t said anything yet, okay? But on the other hand, I can't help but admire Fei Qian's political acumen, and he immediately grasped the root of the problem.

During this period, Fei Qian used the examination method to select talents, and Xun Yu, on the one hand, followed suit, and on the other hand, he also caused obstacles for Fei Qian. When the so-called "Kaozheng" method was passed by the emperor in Xu County, and then the emperor issued an edict to send "Kaozheng" to various places, Xun Yu would naturally send a "Kaozheng" to Chang'an.

Of course, such an "examination" does not expect to actually get Fei Qian's permission to implement the examination system and deliver talents to Xu County in Chang'an. It is purely to hinder Fei Qian's Chang'an examination. If Fei Qian refuses, If there is no "correct examination", then it will give an excuse to some noble children who do not want to take the exam, saying that Fei Qian does not abide by the rules and regulations of the court. How can we ask the children to abide by Fei Qian's system?

If Fei Qian insists on taking exams to select talents, it will conflict with the court's "correct examination". Even if Fei Qian does not allow the examiner to take a public examination, he cannot avoid the official announcing his so-called "correct examination" results in private. , it is conceivable that there will definitely be big differences, causing more confusion and trouble.

What is the saying in later generations?

Go your own way, uh, go the way of others, and then leave others with no way to go...

That's probably what it means.

Guo Jia looked at Fei Qian with a curious look.

Fei Qian smiled and pointed at the wine bowl in front of Guo Jia.

Guo Jia lowered his head and looked at the wine bowl.

In the wine bowl, the color of the wine is like amber, with a soft luster and a mouth-watering aroma.

This is a fine wine. It is brewed by mixing corn and rice as raw materials, and then adding some special things, which is called "Tumei Fragrance".

Guo Jia rolled his eyes, his expression suddenly changed, and then he suddenly raised his head to look at Fei Qian. His initially somewhat cheerful look turned into surprise, and finally turned into a bit of fear...