Three Kingdoms

The meeting with Fei Qian made Cao Cao firmer in his judgment of the current situation.

The big man today is no longer the big man he used to be.

Maybe it's a mouthful, but it's the truth.

How many heroes did the great Han Dynasty have in those days? Cao Cao remembered that when he was a boy, he felt his heart surge and his blood boil when he read about the deeds of the great Han Wei Qing, Huo Qubing and others.

And what about the current big man?

Since the disaster of the Party, scholars have been shaken by the theory of destiny. Among them, Fan Pang's words are the most representative. Today, if you follow the good, you will be caught in a massacre. If I want to make you do evil, you can't do evil. If you do good, I will not do evil.

Compared with Li Ying's generation, Confucian scholars' confusion about the current situation and their original spiritual cohesion towards the Han Dynasty are now far inferior to those before. It is no longer uncommon to think purely for personal and family interests.

When a sergeant hears the Tao, he will practice it diligently. When the sergeant heard the truth, he felt like he was alive or dead. The corporal heard this and laughed. Not smiling is not enough for the Tao. Cao Cao thought he had found some ways, so he couldn't be like a corporal, laughing and joking as if he didn't see or hear, and then laughing until he died. He had to put these ideas into practice, so he prided himself on being a wonderful person. Sergeant, sergeant, or corporal?

Xia Houyuan was carrying thorns on his back, his hair was disheveled, and he was kneeling on the ground. If it was because of his appearance, he looked very embarrassed. But in fact, asking for forgiveness under the thorns was the least expensive way. Anyway, the loss was thanks to the two thorns, and the profit was Just make a lot of money...

Xia Houyuan lowered his head and said after a while: "Someone... may be a corporal..."

As part of the conditions of the alliance, Xia Houyuan was released.

After Cao Cao received Xia Houyuan from Wancheng, he began to withdraw his troops. On the one hand, it was to fulfill the invitation, but on the other hand, the consumption of money and food was somewhat too much, and he had to return to the station quickly to reduce the loss of food, grass and other materials.

Cao Cao laughed, then shook his head and said: It's not true, it's true! Halfway through laughing, his face turned pale and he said, "Get out!" Go back to Xu County on your own and think about your mistakes behind closed doors!

Xia Houyuan did not dare to argue or say anything, so he bowed his head and left in a hurry.

Cao Cao squinted his eyes and watched Xia Houyuan go away, his brows furrowed tightly. Cao Cao was too lazy to communicate with Xia Houyuan anymore. It was like talking about three views with a fan who had no three views. It was originally a difficult thing to do.

The purpose of communication is to allow Xia Houyuan to make improvements. Since everyone is already extremely disappointed, why bother talking? It is better to buy favors for the Xiahou family, saying that Cao Cao will not blame Xiahou for this matter, but one thing is certain. From now on, Xiahou Yuan will never have the opportunity to lead the army alone, and his future position will definitely be better than ordinary people are even lower.

What?

As for those Cao soldiers who died in the Battle of Wancheng?

After Cao Cao returns, he will definitely take good care of him and settle down his family so that he can be taken care of in his old age and prosper in his youth, that's all. Could it be that Xia Houyuan was asked to pay for the lives of these people? If he really did this, how many lives would Xia Houyuan have? I'm afraid I've already paid all the compensation before...

No one can guarantee victory in every battle. If you kill the general as soon as you lose the battle, then there may be no general left in the end. The most important thing is to figure out why we lost and why we are like this?

The obvious reason is that Huang Zhong appeared.

Huang Zhong is very powerful. He didn’t expect it, he wasn’t prepared, etc. There are dozens or twenty reasons to explain it, but there is one problem that cannot be circumvented. Huang Zhong was not born just at this moment. ? Wasn’t it that he had been hiding in the mountains and forests before?

So why did no one pay attention? Even when Liu Biao and Liu Jing were promoted in Jingzhou, there were no rumors about Huang Zhong. Then under the hussar, Huang Zhong burst into such brilliant colors?

There are also Zhao Yun, Xu Huang, Zhang Liao, etc...

Cao Cao suddenly felt heart palpitations for no reason, as if he had lost a lot of things that he should not have lost.

Is it because the relevant departments are not working hard?

Or is it the inaction of some leaders?

As a general in Jingzhou, why did Wenpin become an unknown person and become a servant?

On the contrary, as Cai Mao, who was in charge of the troops surrendered in Jingzhou, was it because of his favor or his ability?

These problems should not have been problems originally, but now they have become problems one by one, eventually affecting the entire battle situation and the situation of the entire Han Dynasty.

Cao Cao let out a long sigh, his body swayed a little, and then he simply sat down and picked up a few dry grass stems and held them in his hands to play with.

Under the hills, there is a long stretch of troops, slowly crawling on the ground like a long snake. From here to there, from the eyes to the horizon, it is like a road to the sky, long and difficult.

Lord... Cao Hong walked up from the hillside and bowed his hands in greeting. Cao Hong was a little worried when he saw Xia Houyuan leaving in a hurry, but he couldn't stop him and asked, so he came up to look for Cao Cao.

Cao Cao glanced at Cao Hong, and then motioned, come, sit down.

Is my lord thinking about something? Cao Hong asked.

Cao Cao nodded and said: I am thinking about something...

Party imprisonment? Cao Hong was a little surprised. He thought Cao Cao was considering Xia Houyuan's follow-up treatment, but he didn't expect that Cao Cao's mind jumped to the party prison.

Zi Lian thinks, who is right and who is wrong when the party is in prison? Cao Cao suddenly asked.

Naturally, the court is fatuous and persecutes the good. Afterwards, the Yellow Turbans flourished, the government and the public disintegrated, and all the official records disappeared. Cao Hong replied. This issue seems to have been concluded, most people said so, so Cao Hong naturally thought so, and without thinking for too long, he directly came to the conclusion.

Cao Cao nodded slightly, he thought so at the time... When he was young, he believed that all the problems in the world were due to official corruption and corruption, so...

Therefore, at that time, Cao Cao, who had just served as the northern captain of Luoyang, made five-color sticks. Those who were banned did not violate the powerful. He even dared to kill the favored powerful eunuch Jian Shuo's uncle, in order to criticize the evils of the times and correct the wrongs of the times.

A certain person once traveled to Taixue with Ben Chu. At that time, students all over the world said that the court was corrupt, the officials were greedy, the eunuchs were rampant, and they were poisoning the world... A certain person was also angry and wished that the world's haze could be wiped out in one day and the world would be bright again! As Cao Cao spoke, there seemed to be some light shining through his eyes. In the past, when he was boating on the Luoshui River and discussing Taoism in the Mingtang, even now when he thinks about it, he feels that it was a comfortable and enjoyable time...

However, thinking about it now, maybe I was wrong from beginning to end... Cao Cao sighed, the light in his eyes slowly disappeared, and all that was left was ice cold, Dang Dao... Dang Dao... Haha, how about Dang Zhi? What is imprisoned?

The Han Dynasty founded its country based on filial piety. This is originally good. If a person is not filial, how can he be a good person? If you don’t kiss yourself, how can you have any relatives? Therefore, filial piety comes first. Cao Cao said, "However, if words must be praised and deeds must be rewarded, it will be harmful to seek personal gain through filial piety."

Many people have the misunderstanding that Cao Cao's meritocracy is equivalent to giving priority to poor families. In fact, this is a wrong and one-sided view. When talking about Cao Cao, the first thing that comes to mind when Wei Cai gives an example is the bohemian Guo Jia. He thinks that Guo Jia comes from a poor family. In fact, it is true that Guo Jia is a branch of the Yingchuan Guo family. As for how poor he is, it is hard to say. , and maybe Guo Jia's coldness was caused by his own consumption of Wu Shi Powder and alcoholism...

As for Guo Jia being rejected by ordinary people, from a certain point of view, it is normal. After all, no one likes a fan who gets drunk every day, especially in the gentry system where the big man prides himself on virtue.

So on the whole, Cao Cao is more of a pragmatist at heart. He will use talents that can be used, and he will not use them as much as he can.

Therefore, after Cao Cao saw Fei Qian, he thought about it for a long time. In the end, on the one hand, he saw Fei Qian's current strength, and on the other hand, he also obeyed his inner guidance. Therefore, the current disadvantages can be divided into two, one is If you always rely on virtue to win and differentiate between superior and inferior, you will definitely become hypocritical! Just like a knight-errant who kills people in the street, knowing the law, but still lies to excuse him, using his false reputation... In terms of virtue, who is not virtuous? Who can win by virtue of virtue?

Throughout the ages, keyboard warriors have always been indispensable.

There are many philanthropic people in later generations, or philanthropy who just stand on the keyboard. It is really not a bad thing. Maybe their parents are at work and at home, as tired as dogs, busy with work and housework. It doesn't matter if you throw your underwear to your parents to wash, but if you see someone doing something bad to you, or even catching and killing a large stray dog ​​in accordance with laws and regulations, you will howl, get angry, and curse.

If you are so philanthropic, why not donate the money you spent to buy the keyboard to those charities? I'm really worried that my money will be wasted. Wouldn't it be better to buy some dog food, chicken and duck racks, etc. than just standing on the keyboard and yelling?

Just like a person who really loves dogs, he will only smile and say that he saved another dog today, bathed the dog, and treated the dog, but he has never scolded anyone or discussed what love is. dog.

So when the party was in jail, those patriotic people who were howling and grieving were really patriotic, or were they just talking about it?

Cao Cao sneered twice, and then sighed deeply.

Secondly, they are self-proclaimed morals and put the cart before the horse in vain. Cao Cao continued to say, in the past when the party was in prison, there were those who were proud of him. They caught the culprits and actually surrendered themselves to use his name! I also thought it was beautiful at the time, but now I think about it... Oh... it's really... What's more, he openly insulted other officials, causing upright people to either surrender to Xiatai or hang up their crowns and leave... Therefore, Who are the people who stayed in the court?

This is what Cao Cao was thinking about, a very big problem that arose when the party was in charge. At that time, together with Cao Cao, a large number of imperial students and rural people were all politically correct and were criticizing for the sake of criticizing. Those officials who could not bear the criticism either surrendered to prove their innocence or resigned to show their innocence. Isolated from the world, and then vacated a lot of places for those shameless and cold-hearted people...

Therefore, it is not wrong to say that party imprisonment is a move made by the court's fatuousness, but those keyboard warriors who follow behind, criticize every moment they catch, and judge others wantonly from the moral high ground, don't they have any responsibility? Then do these keyboard warriors benefit from this? No, the ones who benefit are still those with ulterior motives. These keyboard warriors are more often used by those people. They are like paper that has been wiped butts, which will only get worse and worse.

Then those upright and shameless ones were scolded and ran away one by one. What was left was the officials who were even more shameless and had no bottom line, filling the court. What would happen to the big man? ?

Therefore, the disaster caused by the Party's imprisonment was actually a tragic disaster caused by the combined efforts of the fatuous emperor, the proud eunuchs, and those keyboard warriors who claimed to be righteous. It completely dug up and threw away what little integrity the Han Dynasty had. .

Therefore, having only virtue without talent is also a disaster! Cao Cao said with emotion, "Looking at the Husbands, most people talk about talent, but less about virtue. It's not that they don't value filial piety and integrity, but it's not the key to their job." Virtue is its foundation and can be used for it. How can it be wrong to discuss its foundation directly and ignore its use? Nowadays, people in Shandong often talk about who is filial and honest, talk about strange things, and spread rumors. It is not surprising that they are used to it! Is this strange? !

My lord, what you mean is... if you want to use your talent, you can get it? Cao Hong asked.

Cao Cao nodded and said: Those who have both virtue and talent can be used for great purposes; those who have talent but no virtue can only be used by generals; those who have virtue but no talent cannot be used; those who have no talent and no virtue should be put aside! Nowadays, those who cannot be used because of their talents will all go to Xijing. If things continue like this, there will only be those who boast in Shandong. How can they defeat the hussar?

Cao Cao recalled those few talents who were born in Qiao County but now belong to Fei Qian. He suddenly felt heartache and physical pain. Change it immediately!

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Wei Yan has different emotions for this area of ​​Jiangling.

At that time, when he was just a young man, he was full of hope and now went to conquer the Yellow Turbans and the clan traitors. However, what Wei Yan did not expect was that these achievements of his would not only not become a ladder for his promotion, Instead, he became the target of being framed by others.

Any tree that is beautiful in the forest will be destroyed by the wind.

Because Wei Yan, who looked different from the Jingzhou disciples, deserved to be destroyed?

Perhaps it is because the Jingxiang area is not as flooded with yellow scarves as in Yanzhou, Qingzhou, and Wei Yan had difficulty escaping from Yiyang to Jingzhou, so even though Wei Yan achieved some meritorious deeds, he still did not receive any important use...

Over there... Wei Yan pointed to the Jiangling City Gate in the distance, where a certain person once served as the supervisor of thieves...

oh? Hahaha! Gan Ning laughed loudly, supervising thieves? ! Oh hahahaha!

The thief supervisor seems to belong to the five subordinate officials, and is called the four positions of thief cao, merit cao, chief bookkeeper, and chief bookkeeper. But in fact, it is similar to the chief bookkeeper, or even worse than the chief bookkeeper. After all, the chief bookkeeper You can still see the county magistrate often, but the sub-supervisor only carries a sword to guide the magistrate when he is traveling. In normal times, he patrols and inspects the ban to prevent treachery and thieves. He does not control the army like the thief Cao Cao. It is not like a meritorious officer can manage civil servants, nor is it like being in charge of administrative affairs. To put it simply, he is just a bodyguard for the county magistrate.

Wei Yan was naturally very unhappy, but seeing Wei Yan unhappy made others feel happy.

No matter how great the military exploits are, obtaining status and rewards are not linked to meritorious deeds, but are closely related to the degree of intimacy with powerful people.

Military exploits are just the icing on the cake.

Even if they have no military exploits, these guys can still find opportunities for promotion, especially in military affairs. Key positions are tightly controlled, and no one other than Jingxiang will be allowed to interfere...

Money, food, equipment, even the cost of purchasing soldiers, etc., can leave a lot of oil and water with just a little pinch. How can such things be passed off as the hands of others?

Therefore, no matter how powerful Wei Yan is in martial arts and has many meritorious deeds, he is just a bodyguard. It is impossible for him to command the army, and he will not be given any chance to get involved in military affairs.

Wei Yan and Gan Ning were also brave and actually entered the city!

Jiangling City is already close to a dead zone.

After Jiangdong's soldiers left, no one from Cao's army came to take over the city. Most of the nobles and people in the city fled and died, leaving only a few sick people lingering in the city.

The Jiangling Mansion Office has been burned down, with broken eaves and broken walls, dark beams and wooden beams stuck diagonally on the ground, and broken bricks and rubble everywhere. It is precisely because of this that there are not many sick people gathering in this area.

Over there, it was originally a place where someone worked...

Wei Yan stood in front of the ruins of the government office, took a slight look at the location, pointed to one of the corners and said, there is a table and a seat outside, and a couch inside... I stayed there for more than half a year to watch the sunrise with my eyes open and watch the sunset with my eyes closed. …

Oh, Gan Ning listened with great interest, as if other people's pain was the source of his own happiness, then what?

Then...hehe...let's go, let's go to another place...Wei Yan seemed to have let go of something, or put aside some grudges, and went to see the last place!

After leaving Jiangling City and walking less than ten miles to the west, we saw a Wubao in the distance.

Here we are... Wei Yan sneered and then quickened his pace.

There are obviously some people in Wubao.

Wei Yan arrived at Wubao, looked around, and shouted in a deep voice: Lord Yang, where is Yang Langjun? An old friend comes to visit!

Who is down there? After hearing Wei Yan's shouts, a gray head appeared on top of the Wubao. He stretched his head and looked at Wei Yan and others. Do you have an old relationship with a certain husband?

Wei Yan showed eight big teeth, that’s right! Something old!

Gan Ning let out a soft cheer at the side. He didn't say anything, but he was muttering in his heart. It's not wrong to have old memories, haha, but to be more precise, I'm afraid it's just a grudge...