Three Kingdoms

From the occurrence to the final formation of something, there will be a long gestation period. At the beginning, it may only take a small amount of force to stop the incident, but when it finally forms a wave, it will be no longer something that one or two people can resist.

Just like a snowball rolling down a hillside, there may only be one or two pieces of snow at first, and they are very slow. They may be blocked by one or two bushes and disappear. However, once the acceleration of gravity gradually unfolds, the snow will fall. The ball eventually evolves into an avalanche, and anything in front of it will be either destroyed or submerged.

The food incident is such an avalanche.

Now this avalanche is unstoppable. At this time, apart from hoping that this avalanche will end as soon as possible, there is no good way to stop it.

Sima Hui knew that many people would be swallowed up by the avalanche this time, but he had no choice, or he didn't particularly care, because those who were swallowed were not those who had too much contact with the Sima family. It's like standing in the distance and seeing the victims, maybe a little sad, but not heartbroken.

Sima Hui believed that this avalanche was naturally premeditated. In the eyes of politicians, nothing is a pure coincidence, so what the Sima family needs now is to keep a low profile, not to attract attention, and not to draw fire.

"Uncle..." Sima Fu hurriedly walked in from outside, "The new notice of the Husband's Mansion has come out..."

"Take something and have a look." Sima Hui stretched out his hand and took the new notice copied by Sima Fu.

"Well..." Sima Hui quickly unfolded the book and then read it, "Scholars in ancient times were polite and courteous, modest and restrained. Their words must be gentle and elegant, and their actions must be respectful and modest. This is also true today." As a generation of scholars, what people say before others is bad, but what people do behind them is terrible. Why? Those who are only interested in profit..."

"There is a saying in "Poetry" that the crane's cry is heard in Jiugao, and the sound is heard in the sky. Therefore, a gentleman is not immune to vulgarity, but of course he should be good at being free from vulgarity and independent... Hmm," Sima Hui glanced at the words that were quoted as the introduction, and then saw some of the key words, "Ruling a country and bringing peace to the world is called greatness. , which is beyond human ability. If a family cultivates their moral character, does not engage in evil behavior, and does not fall into greed, even if they are not perfect, they can still be called scholars! Those who harm the public and enrich themselves are greedy, and those who are derelict in their duties and slack off are called beetles... Hmm..."

"People can promote Tao, but Tao cannot promote people." The Tao is created by people and practiced by people..." Sima Hui nodded, "If the Tao can be spread among people, then everyone will become a scholar, and there will be peace from generation to generation. There is no need to talk about learning, and there is no need to cultivate virtue, just sit back and wait for the spread of the Tao... Haha, Some meaning... So now there should be "people can promote scholars, but non-scholars promote people"... Hiss..."

Sima Hui's hands couldn't help but tremble, and then he looked down anxiously.

"If you are a greedy man, you betray your righteousness and harm your reputation, you are a corrupt gentleman, you succeed in your temporary selfish desires, and you harm your relatives for the rest of your life!" ” Sima Hui’s eyes widened, and then he saw, “...a greedy person, a traitor to the Tao, who violates the name of a scholar and has a bad reputation as a scholar, so his name should be removed and classified as a commoner... After investigation, Twenty-three people, including Zhao, are either greedy, cowardly, or both. They have been dismissed from their posts and investigated, and their crimes have been widely publicized as follows..."

Sima Hui brushed off those culpable charges. After all, the announcement by Hussar meant that he had mastered certain evidence, and the most important thing is below. "A person who is dismissed from his position due to corruption cannot be suspended for a long time. It has been said in ancient times." Mao Sui recommended himself to be the best in the past, and now it is up to those who are willing to compete for the position..."

"Contest for office"? "When Sima Hui saw this, it was already the end of the book. He flipped through it hurriedly, but he didn't see any words on the back. He raised his head and asked, "Where is it next? 』

Sima Fu quickly took another one, but was snatched away by Sima Hui. He looked at it with trembling hands and his eyes kept moving. After a while, he let out a long sigh and said, "This matter... ...It must be the intention of hussar again..."

"Uncle..." Sima Fu blinked twice, "My uncle means..."

Sima Hui pondered for a moment, then suddenly smiled, flicked the two scrolls in his hand, and said, "Fu'er, would you like to give it a try?" 』

"I? ” Sima Fu pointed to his nose.

Sima Hui looked at Sima Fu and said, "In a certain view, there is the Lianshao Order and the Nanling Order, both of which are eight hundred stones, but... well, they are "competing for appointment"... Why does Fu'er think that his position is light? 』

"My uncle means the same thing!" 』

Sima Yi's voice came from outside the door. After a while, Sima Yi walked in. He first bowed his hands to Sima Hui as a gift, then accepted Sima Fu's gift, then sat down on one side and said, "This is a God-given opportunity. If Fu It’s a pity that I missed you..."

"Without local experience, you will never achieve great things..." Sima Yi said, "Although Lianshao Nanling is small, its affairs are not simple. In addition, there are bound to be corrupt officials who cannot be eliminated, which is beyond the control of ordinary people... 』

Sima Hui slowly stroked his beard and nodded.

When Sima Fu heard this, he immediately became anxious, "Isn't this..."

It sounds like a mess, why do you want me to "compete for office"? Isn't this jumping into a fire pit? Are you two still prepared to send me into the fire pit with your own hands?

Sima Yi glanced at Sima Fu, and then did not continue to explain to Sima Fu. Instead, he turned to Sima Hui and said: "What the Hussar is doing now is completely against the rules. It is like a master of the chessboard. There seems to be no trace to follow, but it is easy to lift a heavy weight..." …』

Crack down on powerful people and demote scholars, if not handled well, it will cause many problems. Even though these disciples of powerful noble families have many problems, human beings, not everyone may be rational. They may also have emotions such as sadness for rabbits and foxes, or for hurting others. It will deviate from the original direction...

Then it was obviously right, but it turned out to be wrong.

Just like the scourge of party imprisonment, it was just a scholar-criticism in the beginning. Everyone has a scale in their mind, and they have some measure of whether something is good or bad. At first, they were just some spontaneous comments, saying that this official did well and that official was worse. It was like the self-media of later generations. Originally, they were all It was spontaneous, without any specific benefits, but later on when capital penetrated in, things naturally changed...

Later, it evolved into the situation where all the officials were begging these scholars to give them a good review and five stars. I am very satisfied...

Later, the Shilin disciples discovered that the nest was cold. How could my little hands be so useful? Damn, I’ve suffered a lot of losses before. Do you want me to give you some money? Ten yuan for one star, one hundred yuan for 50 positive reviews! If you don’t pay, you will leave a bad review!

The snowball keeps getting bigger and bigger.

Those who have the ability start to think of ways. On the one hand, they will buy some people and get a lot of five-star reviews. They can even prepare hundreds of different manuscripts. On the other hand, they will threaten the bad reviews. I want to die. ? If you dare to leave a bad review, I will kill you!

People who don’t have that much power also start to have bad ideas, dear, give them a good review, get a red envelope, take a photo and give it to them. Then when someone really does something, they just turn around and say, dear, there are people on Mars, no one. Signal, wait until you return to Earth before sending out red envelopes...

Officials who do their work honestly find that they are not getting good reviews on the one hand, and on the other hand, there are always people saying that they should not give red envelopes, and if they don’t give them, they will get negative reviews... Then naturally, these people either fall with them, or simply fall apart. Resigned in anger...

Finally, the emperor gave an order. Perhaps the original intention was to deal with those who held money stuck in their necks and asked for red envelopes. Then the people under his command expanded the order. All those with the word "red envelope" were arrested, and then even the individual "red envelopes" were arrested. "The word "Bao" alone won't work. In the end, even the red ones were taken together!

orange color? There are some oranges and some reds too, let’s catch them!

There are purple ones, don’t run away with the brown ones either!

Yellow is a relative of red, and I also caught blue. Blue and red have been CPs since ancient times. Do you dare to say that they have nothing to do with each other? take away! green? Don’t safflowers go with green leaves? Where does red come from without green?

What's black? It's all red and black!

White? Demo, don’t think that I won’t be able to recognize you if you’re clean!

Then there was a crash, an avalanche.

"However, the hussar's skills are superb..." Sima Yi praised, "The method of moving thunderbolts, the grace of rain and dew... he can move and retract freely, and operate as he wishes... wonderful..."

"Especially the last "competition for office" method, it is like the finishing touch, everything is alive..." Sima Hui also sighed at the side, "I think all the scholars among the three assistants in Chang'an are interested in this, and they have almost forgotten about the bloody incident. ...』

A carrot and a pit.

Big hole of eight hundred.

Four hundred small pits.

The key is that there is still room for improvement...

Since the day humans had classes, upgrading has been like an instinct imprinted in human genes. From a civilian to a scholar is already a major class upgrade, but if you want to move from a sergeant to an official, you still need to pass the exam...

But this time, there is no need to memorize those scriptures. As long as you feel you have the ability and want to give it a try, you can compete for the position.

Although there are some minor restrictions, they are much looser than the general requirements, and there are also chief officers of 400 to 800 shi, which is even more valuable.

You must know that even when a local great sage reaches the court, he often starts as a so-called clerk, just like a staff officer in later generations. If there is no "long" character, he will not even fart. And from being a clerk to being a local governor, it is undoubtedly a huge class span, and some people may not even be able to reach it in their lifetime.

Now this opportunity to reach the sky is right in front of you.

Under such circumstances, the gentry disciples of Chang'an Sanfu would still care about the corrupt officials in the past, and would not care about what should happen to those big households. If the hussars had not defeated these big officials, where would they be now? "Competition" opportunity?

So delicious.

Xiao Wang will definitely have an epiphany from this classic and it will become a classic that will be passed down across time and space.

"Lotus Spoon, Nanling and Nanling are both 800 stones, but they are slightly different..." Sima Yi took out two volumes from his sleeves and placed them in front of Sima Fu, "The two words of governance each have their own merits." There are many large households and there are many docks and forts, which are the source of the disaster of food prices. If we let this happen, we must focus on "governing", first contain the large households, detect their evil, and catch their minions. We must neither be weak nor weak. Too much implication..."

"In Nanling, the focus is on refugees. There are many miscellaneous tasks, including food, clothing, housing, transportation, material allocation, transportation arrangements, population resettlement, and handover processing. It is no less than the logistics of a hundred thousand troops. A slight mistake will lead to disaster..." Sima Yi clicked on two volumes with different place names written on them. Scroll, "If you can be qualified as a lotus spoon, you can get the word "governance". This is true for all counties and counties in the world. If you can be qualified as Nanling, you can understand the word "reason", and even the position of great agricultural minister is no different..."

Sima Yi paused for a moment, then looked at Sima Fu, "But I don't know what words Fu brother wants to get?" 』

Sima Fu swallowed his saliva and pondered silently.

Sima Hui and Sima Yi did not urge, they just watched and waited quietly.

You have to choose your own path before you can truly face it. If it is forced by the elders or given to you, it is rare for you to be serious. More often than not, you will cry out if you do it wrong. It was not you back then. You forced me to do this. I originally didn’t want to do this, but I wanted to do that...

Of course, Sima Fu could choose neither, but Sima Fu also knew that if he chose neither, then there might be another chance to choose, or there might be no next time.

Now that the Sima family has Sima Yi, it can be considered that he has established a firm foothold under Qiusi. It would be best if he could have another Sima Fu. If not, that would be okay.

This time, there was also some internal information from the two counties that Sima Yi helped to obtain. Next time what Sima Fu wanted, he would have to rely on himself.

Sima Fu thought for a long time, then reached out and took the scroll with the word "Lotus Spoon" written on it...

Sima Yi's eyes flashed slightly, and he put the other roll into his sleeve with a smile, and then said: "Very good... The selection period is approximately scheduled for the end of November or early December, when the hussar will ask... …Brother Fu, please prepare a lot, don’t take it lightly…”

Sima Fu nodded, thanked Sima Yi again, then saluted the two of them and retreated first.

Only Sima Hui and Sima Yi were left in the hall. When Sima Fu's figure disappeared from the courtyard gate, Sima Hui withdrew his gaze and asked, "But was it expected?" 』

Sima Yi nodded slightly, and then sighed softly, "I would rather this matter was unexpected..."

"well! ” Sima Hui laughed and said, “It’s inevitable to be so young and energetic...”

Sima Yi's original intention was to hope that Sima Fu would be "reasonable", because if Sima Yi had the opportunity to lead the army alone in the future, he would naturally hope to have a member of his own family who could ensure that his logistics affairs would not be restricted. However, it is obvious that Sima Yi Fu is not willing to be the hero behind the scenes, he also wants to stand in front of the stage.

Is it because of the influence of Sima Yi leading Sima Fu in a bloodbath in the middle of the night?

Or maybe Sima Fu thinks those logistical matters are too cumbersome?

But these are not big problems. It is naturally best for Sima Fu to choose Nanling as his focus, but there is no big problem in taking the Lianshao route. It is not that Sima Yi cannot live without Sima Fu as the logistics manager. That kind of...

The key issue is that this time Hussar's political methods really surprised Sima Hui and Sima Yi. Especially the political sensitivity was astonishing to both Sima.

For a leader, various factions will inevitably emerge under his banner, and such factions will form involuntarily, and cannot be completely eliminated by explicitly prohibiting them.

However, General Fei Qian accurately controlled the sanctions against the Guanzhong faction within a certain range. Even if he attacked the Guanzhong faction, he would not be too implicated. He even asked Wei Duan to come forward to create a "Ten Evils" as a law enforcement officer. According to the law, many Guanzhong disciples understood that the people being dealt with this time were within the scope of the ten evils. Basically, it was equivalent to being against Fei Qian, and it also drew a red line for other people.

Corrupt officials, to a certain extent, are also among the ten evils, because if these people want to cause trouble, they will inevitably bribe some officials. If these officials had not been bribed, they would not have made such a big deal in the end, so In fact, it is a mutual relationship, so it is reasonable for Qiusi to deal with it together.

The subsequent competition for the position of Hussar broke the deadlock in one fell swoop and turned the entire public opinion direction to another aspect. For the big man who lacked entertainment, every new concept would trigger a burst of heated discussion, like Hussar Such a first-of-its-kind initiative will definitely be talked about by many nobles.

In previous history, whether it was the Spring and Autumn Period, the Warring States Period, or the pre-Qin and Han dynasties, the losers' properties were generally inherited by the winners. In other words, this time the Guanzhong faction lost, so the assets of these people, Regardless of the position, it will all become the possession of the Longyou faction of the Jingxiang faction represented by Pang Tong and Jia Xu.

But now these positions are put up for "competition"!

As a result, the original hostility towards the Jingxiang faction and the Longyou faction has been reduced a lot!

Moreover, the Jingxiang faction and the Longyou faction were willing to give in!

Of course, it is unavoidable for someone like Sima Yi to secretly stuff some information into his own family, but at least for the public, there is a chance for fair competition, unlike before where they didn't even have a chance to fight...

There is no need to wait three years to find an opportunity to come forward and say something like it was.

"Okay, okay..." Sima Hui sighed slowly, and then after a moment of silence, "The one who is above mediocrity will have fish eyes, the one who is below mediocrity will be a fool... Mao Sui competed for the post, and the two All can be eliminated..."

"More than that..." Sima Yi slowly scratched the mat with his hand, "From now on...this method of recommending disciples...is perfect!" Gathering people under the hussar must be like a crucian carp crossing a river...On weekdays, you take exams, and when you are away, you compete for appointments..."

"I'm just staring at corrupt officials more and more..." Sima Hui said. As soon as his eyes met with Sima Yi's, they both turned to the south, and then sighed in unison.

Nowadays, it seems to be more and more difficult to be an official under the hussar...

But I really can’t bear to give it up. Let’s not talk about anything else. Just talk about the mining rights of the gold mine newly obtained by the Sima family in the Western Region... If the Sima family shows even the slightest intention of retreating, countless people will pounce on it. Going up...it seems to be similar to the current situation?

Could it be that... Hussar had already thought of this when he promised to give Sima the gold mining rights?

Sima Yi suddenly felt that he needed to take some quiet time...