Three Kingdoms

"Those who are greedy for ink start with sheep's tongue. They are greedy for ink's pursuit of fame, wealth and sex, they are greedy for ink's skills, they bully those below and those above..."

"The Grand Tutor of the Han Dynasty, Duke Jia, made a statement to Emperor Xiaowen and said, "Those who have spoken out say that the world is already in peace and order, but I alone think that it is not yet. Those who say that the world is in peace and order are not being foolish but flattering." Jia Gong's words are not harsh accusations. Yes, it is true. It would be foolish not to examine the disadvantages and to treat them with the pretext of peace and order; to praise them for the sake of peace and order without examining their talents and incompetence is also to flatter..."

"Although the land west of Longyou and Hexi today is said to be in peace and order, in reality, treachery has been going on for a long time. If the officials are greedy and the army is weak, the people will not be able to make a living. When there are floods and droughts, thieves thrive. The taxes and servitude increased, food and drink were cut off, and everything was done to the best of its ability..."

"Those who are greedy for ink use it as money, but in fact they are going against the original principle. He accumulates bribes to seek relocation, and his actions follow his example. As a court official, he does not ask for mulberry crops or water conservancy. He only asks for yellow and white color. He exploits merchants, violates the law, and behaves wantonly. In the long run, morals will be ruined, and the country will be ruined..."

"If the way is not upright and the duties are unclear, how can there be a country without governance?" Those who are officials hold on to their salary and flatter themselves; those who work for the people are afraid of crime but obey. Even if peace and order are achieved for a while, war and chaos will eventually be inevitable! The order or lack of order in the world, the peace or unrest of the people, are decided here. 』

"Ten years of suffering will be cured today, and a hundred years of resurgence will begin today." 』

"This message should be heard widely. 』

Just when Zhang Liao was cleaning up the horse thieves, a piece of writing spread in Hexi.

With the release of the memorandum, some people were panicked, others were suddenly enlightened, and then all kinds of undercurrents began to surge.

Many smart people know the usual tactics used by the Han cavalry generals, which is to "ceremony first and then soldiers". When "li" is used, it is an upright "ceremony", but when it is "soldier", it is also a ruthless "soldier".

If you are not smart...

That's hopeless.

No, the "gift" is here!

In the appeal, it seemed that it just briefly talked about the historical origin of the so-called corruption of ink, and then elaborated on some of the techniques of corruption. However, many people sensed some vague dangers in this plain appeal.

Because in the epilogue, the sheep tongue carp is mentioned at the beginning.

Speaking of the Twenty-Four History of China, in fact, if you look at it, it is more like a history of corruption. There were as many corrupt officials in the past dynasties as crucian carp crossing the river, but there were very few honest and simple officials in high positions. .

In history, it is far from clear who was the first corrupt official, but the first corrupt official to be mentioned in writing, that is, the originator of the word "corrupt ink", was the aristocrat of the Jin Dynasty during the Spring and Autumn Period.

Yang Yangui is a typical second-generation official. His father is a high-ranking official in the Jin State, and his brother Yang Yangui is also an important minister of the Jin State. Yangtongue Gu, who grew up in this family environment of an official family, has a close relationship In fact, his father and brother had already knitted the net for him, and generally speaking, his starting point was very high.

Sheeptongue, who received special care, served as the fake Sima of the Jin State at the beginning, and then began to use his public power to openly accept and demand bribes, and even the object of his blackmail was a person. The king of the country. Of course, to a certain extent, this behavior can also be interpreted as invading the strength of other countries, but a subsequent incident left the sheep tongue squid with no excuse.

In the Jin Kingdom, there was a dispute between two aristocratic families over the boundaries of their land. Then one of the wealthy families, Yongzi, married his daughter to Yang Tongue. Then, without saying anything, Yang Tongue immediately ruled in Yongzi's favor and sentenced him to death. The land originally belonging to another nobleman, Marquis Xing, was assigned to Yongzi.

It seems right for Sheep Tongue Carp to do this. Since they are all in-laws, they naturally want to help...

Or maybe the sheep-tongued squid thinks that it can be awarded to Yongzi first, and then allocates some to Xinghou after Xinghou also sends beauties. Wouldn't it be great to take advantage of both sides?

Of course, later generations will have no way of knowing what the mutton-tongued squid was thinking.

It's just that Xing Hou had a bad temper. After the verdict, he immediately picked up a knife and splashed blood all over his body. He not only killed Yongzi, but also Yangtongue, and then surrendered...

Someone's life was at stake. After the big incident, Han Xuanzi, who was in charge of the Jin Dynasty, had to personally come forward to settle the matter. He called Yangtongue's brother, Yangtongue, and asked, "Who killed your brother?" The murderer is here, what do you think we should do?

Yang Yanji was helpless. In the end, it was said that all three people were guilty. His younger brother Yang Yanji was guilty of "ink", which was to discredit the king and his own family...

That's probably what it means.

However, the implications of this current piece of writing are somewhat intriguing.

Sheep's tongue, greedy for ink, dead,

Yongzi, bribed, died.

Marquis Xing, who committed the crime, died.

Even though the three of them had many reasons and various excuses, in the end it was decided that "all three are guilty." 』

So, do you understand?

As soon as the memorandum came out, many big households couldn't sit still. Doesn’t this make it clear that we are going to finish the job at the same time, and it is still at the level of governing the country. It is such a big pit, so we cannot jump into it!

So in various counties and counties, those big households that had secretly lent money to the magistrates and magistrates to fill their warehouses began to ask for it back. If they didn't get their money back before it was finalized, they would be sentenced to a Where can I cry for a crime like "Yongzi"?

Then where are the magistrates and heads of counties and townships in various places willing to do this? Once you take this money back, won't everything be revealed? If we all die together, the paralyzed big dog wants to leave us alone and live alone, don’t even think about it!

At first, only one or two counties were in trouble, but then all the counties and towns had the same disputes. The originally cooperative alliance fell apart in an instant due to interest issues. Wuwei, many people immediately started to jump over the wall in a hurry.

In addition, after the news that Zhang Liao slaughtered the horse thieves gang of Zeng Dahu came, almost everyone realized that this time the message was probably not just talk, but that he was really going to take action...

First, some county and township officials couldn't sit still, so they took advantage of the situation and killed one or two big households to confiscate their homes and smooth their accounts. However, more and more big households saw that the situation was not good and sent people to Han Guozhi. Department of "Report and Expose"...

The entire land of Longyou in the west of Hexi suddenly felt like a piece of pus bursting open, with blood and thick water flowing everywhere!

In this way, the chaos will definitely be chaotic, but after completely squeezing out the thick water, the injury will not continue to worsen, but there is still the possibility of recovery and even growth again.

After all, Han Guo was a bit young, so he couldn't sit still when he saw such a situation, and he was inevitably a little panicked in his heart. But fortunately, the old fox Jia Xu was sitting in the rear and sent a letter to calm Han Guo's mood. He also instructed Han Guo to continue sending personnel to some places where the dense water had been exposed and had been treated to take over local administration.

To put it simply, Zhang Liao is like a scalpel, cutting east and west, causing blood and thick water to overflow everywhere, breaking the original order and interest alliance, and then Han Guo Just like mending needlework, following Zhang Liao, he was responsible for sewing up the cut wound first, while Jia Xu slowly moved forward from behind, like a piece of plaster, applied bit by bit. A little bit of governance…

This method makes many people stunned, because these people have never thought that such an operation can be done!

Among these people, there are naturally Qiang people, especially Beigong.

Unlike most Qiang people, Beigong is relatively familiar with the administrative model of the Han people, so he never believed that Zhang Liao, Jia Xu and others would play such a big role...

It is clear that even if we are willing to sacrifice a year or even many years of taxes, we must also thoroughly rectify the attitude of the officials!

After all, in Beigong's impression, Han officials seemed to be incapable of doing anything other than collecting money, then thinking of ways to collect it, and ultimately being shameless in collecting money.

As for the current change, Beigong frowned, feeling that this seemed to be a good thing, but it also seemed to be a bad thing. For ordinary people, it is of course better for Han officials who have clearer governance, but will the same conclusion be true for the Qiang people? Could it be that the more powerful the Han people are, the more unlucky the Qiang people will be?

Ordinary Qiang people can ignore this issue, but Beigong can't help but think about it, because he knows that if he doesn't think about this issue, maybe no Qiang people will consider it.

"Someone is coming!" Go and invite the leader... to discuss matters! 』

Beigong finally made up his mind and asked his men to start summoning other tribal leaders.

……(` Dis’)……

Gongsun Du on the other side also had to make up his mind.

As time went by, the situation became increasingly unfavorable for Gongsun Du.

Although Gongsun Du repeated his old tricks and wanted Ding Ling and Cao Jun to fight each other without much creativity, in reality, Ding Ling and Cao Jun were not fools. They did not act according to Gongsun Du's script. Instead, Cao Chun After raiding Lulong Village and controlling Lulong's return route, Gongsundu felt extremely uncomfortable.

Gongsun Du was determined to win the battle before retreating. This would at least ensure a stronger morale, and would not lead to collapse and complete defeat as soon as he retreated. But the problem is that what he thinks and what he does are always enemies. If everything in this world could come true, there would not be so many sad pasts and regrets.

We cannot retreat easily...

This is a very simple conclusion.

Because Gongsun Du was in Liaodong, he was really called a local emperor. If he ran back in disgrace now, even if he was unscathed during the withdrawal, it would definitely cause some people in Liaodong to start to drift.

What's more, Gongsun Du believed that if he withdrew his troops easily, he might not be able to stop Cao Jun's pursuit.

"mean! 』

"Shameless!" 』

"No morals!" 』

"Shameless!" 』

Gongsun Du cursed Cao Cao more than once, saying that this bastard Cao Cao was simply not a human being. The peace talks had only been going on for a long time, and the mat was not even cold yet. He had already gone back on his word and lost his face. But Gongsun Du had no choice. After all, the previous treaty and peace talks were just "talks" and had not yet reached the stage of formal "alliance." So to say that Cao Cao turned his back and refused to admit his guilt was actually not a big deal to a certain extent. …

In the midst of anxiety, Gongsun Du received the news that the Ding Ling people had retreated, which made him finally make up his mind that he could not drag it out any longer and had to evacuate, otherwise he would suffer greater losses if he stayed in the north of Youzhou.

Gongsun Du immediately came to Liu Yi and announced that his strategic goal of attacking Youzhou had been completed. However, the treacherous Cao Cao ruined everything, especially Cao Chun who dared to sneak attack Lulong Village. It’s just a lesson to teach Cao’s army more knowledge...

Of course Liu Yi still said the same old saying, "My lord is right..."

Immediately, Gongsun Du sent someone to contact Ding Ling and said that he had voluntarily abandoned Yuyang City in accordance with the previous agreement with Ding Ling. Then the entire army was dispatched and rushed to Lulong Village before Cao Jun arrived. .

Not only that, Gongsun Du also left some hidden manpower in Yuyang City, just waiting for anyone, whether it was Ding Ling or Cao Jun, to set fire to the city. In this way, no matter which side occupied Yuyang , unable to escape immediately, and there is no way to obtain more resources.

But what Gongsun Du didn't expect was that neither Ding Ling nor Cao Jun stepped on the trap he left...

For the Ding Ling people, many people were frightened by Cao Hong's large-scale suspicious soldiers. Even if they had some doubts, they did not dare to use the lives of people in their own tribe to test it. Therefore, even the most greedy people gradually began to lose control under the threat of death. I will be more sober, and accepting things when things are good has become the main trend of thought. exist

Under such a situation, even if there are Dingling people who think Yuyang is good, they just feel that it is a pity that they can't just grab a piece of it. But if these Dingling people go back and make a special trip to Yuyang, they must feel that it is not worthwhile... …

On the other hand, Cao Hong's main goal was not to chase down the Ding Ling people desperately. After all, he didn't have that much power, so he targeted Gongsun Du from the beginning, and because Cao Hong also knew in his heart that Yuyang was going through a catastrophe. It must have been dilapidated after that.

This can be guessed without detection, so instead of taking over Yuyang, he can concentrate on chasing Gongsun. If he takes over Yuyang, Cao Jun will not be able to explain the various problems in Yuyang, so he can ignore it. But it’s very troublesome...

As a result, a very strange situation emerged. Before, Yuyang was fought by three parties, but now none of the three parties want it. It is like a red card in a brothel. When you are young and beautiful, you have thousands of fans, but when you are old and golden, you have thousands of fans. People despise.

As a result, Gongsun Du fell into an extremely bad situation!

Especially after the soldiers of Gongsun Army found that their original arrogance as the big brother of Liaodong was knocked down, the self-critical damage caused by this psychological gap further worsened the situation.

It doesn't take long to go from ambitious to self-destructive.

A group of Gongsun soldiers with haggard faces were marching slowly. They dispersed into a fan shape and looked listlessly at the surrounding mountains and forests. They looked a little like frightened birds. The slightest abnormal movement would startle them. , and then curled up involuntarily, pointing the knife and gun at the place where the abnormal sound came.

These are the Gongsun soldiers responsible for guarding the rear...

After withdrawing from Yuyang, even though Gongsun Du repeatedly encouraged him, he even directly issued a warning order at the end. The soldiers were not allowed to discuss the situation of the battle, nor were they allowed to deliver any news in the army. Anyone who violated it would be charged with the crime of misleading the public with lies. The punishment was to be beheaded, but even though the order was so severe, some gossip was still quietly passed on in the army...

In addition, after passing through Youbeiping County, the rations distributed changed from six liters a day to four liters a day, and then not long after, it became three liters a day. Even though they didn't say anything on the surface, they were short of food. The rumors are still flying everywhere as if they have wings.

Compared with running out of food, the enemy is actually not terrible.

When you encounter enemies, you can still fight and exchange lives for lives. But if you run out of food, hunger can defeat them without the enemy taking action...

Because of hunger, there would be quarrels every time when food was distributed. Every soldier who received food would immediately think of ways to eat the food as quickly as possible, just like wandering refugees. There was never enough food, and no one dared If you save any food, you may even feel hungrier. Normally, six liters can last for one day, and three liters can last for half a day. Although this is not calculated like this, but often after eating three liters, you are still hungry. You are hungry all day long. Hunger is like an omnipresent devil, in everyone's ears. Smiling silently.

No one knows whether he can go back. With random thoughts in his mind and hunger in his stomach, the morale of Gongsun's soldiers is inevitably low, and there is no fighting spirit...

With a "click", there was a strange noise from the woods nearby, which immediately made these Gongsun soldiers scream in horror, "Come out!" who is it! I see you! 』

Gongsun's soldiers roared loudly, stared, and huddled together.

There was silence all around, no sound at all.

The leader of the team, Gongsun Binggui, slowly straightened up, turned around, and pretended to be relaxed and said to his men: "Damn it, you are such a coward..."

"Whoosh!" 』

Captain Gongsun was only halfway through what he said when an arrow flew out from the forest. It pierced directly into the back, and then a small part of the blood-stained arrow was exposed on the chest!

"What...just..." Gongsun's soldiers finally let out two chirps before falling to the ground.

At the sound of whistles, Le Jin led Cao's troops to rush out from the woods and shrubs on both sides, and then chopped down all the panicked Gongsun soldiers in the blink of an eye.

"Tear off all these guys' clothes and armor!" Move quickly! Don't use the ones that pull, use the ones that are useful! Le Jin shook the blood on the sword in his hand and shouted loudly, "Throw the corpses into the forest!" Don't stay on the road! Then someone, go get some loess and dead leaves to cover these bloodstains..."

Cao Jun responded one after another, and then one Cao Jun said to Le Jin, "General Le, you are so powerful!" You know so much! 』

"This is nothing..." Le Jin chuckled and waved his hands. Then he seemed to have thought of something not very funny. His face was a little stiff, and finally he said happily, "Stop talking nonsense, move fast." some! Tonight... Hehe, there's a big deal tonight, so don't let your guard down! 』