Three Kingdoms

There is such a saying that Fei Qian often heard in later generations.

“When an avalanche occurs, no snowflake is innocent. 』

It sounds reasonable and is often used in various aspects, but in fact this sentence is a bowl of poisonous chicken soup.

The literal meaning of this sentence is: a catastrophic avalanche is caused by all the snowflakes, so every snowflake is inseparable and is responsible for the result.

But in fact, most people who say this sentence don't know what the original text is, or even what deviations occurred in the translation process of this sentence, and this kind of deviation is called the adulteration of the eight classics. "smuggled goods".

Some people say that this sentence was said by Voltaire, but it is not true.

The original author of this sentence is the Polish poet Stanislaw.

The literal meaning of the original text is, "When there is an avalanche, not a single snowflake feels responsible." 』

I don’t know if you can feel the difference between the two sentences. The first sentence is a moral judgment from above, while the latter sentence is a narration of events.

Snowflake, do you really have to take responsibility for the avalanche?

And still "no one is innocent"? !

Snowflakes fall randomly, and they cannot control their own destiny. Some snowflakes fall on the fields, nourishing Zhuanghe, and turn into rivers. Some snowflakes fall on the hillsides, accumulating thicker and eventually causing avalanches. , swallowed everything.

And then say that all snowflakes must bear the responsibility for the avalanche?

Those behind the scenes who designate snowflakes to fall on a certain article area intentionally or unintentionally, those who guide the media to use snowflakes in order to gain attention and traffic, those who fan the flames to push the first snowball down from the top of the mountain or fire the first shot. Rumor-mongers, these guys now spread their hands after the avalanche, just like other "snowflakes", indicating that "in an avalanche, no snowflake is innocent?"

In fact, the implication is that the "snowflakes" really want to get to the root of the problem?

You must know that "no snowflake is innocent"!

Look at your own sin!

Just like some religions, they say that people are born with original sin, karma, etc., which means almost the same thing. Since everyone is guilty, it also means that everyone is innocent, or guilty when there is a need to be guilty, and not guilty. when there is no sin.

In this way, the thinking about the source, the incident, and the avalanche can be extinguished, leaving only a high-level accusation, with at most a vague sigh, and then the responsibilities are evenly divided, no more, no less. Spread it on every "snowflake", pat your butt, and go looking for the next avalanche feast.

It's like after some major events, someone always comes out to take the blame, either as a temporary worker or as a minion, and then cuts off tracing and thinking about the source.

Therefore, it is indeed good to use the sentence "No snowflake is innocent in an avalanche" as a wake-up call for oneself and as one's own moral self-discipline. However, if it is just to attract attention or shirk responsibility, keep this sentence on your lips. On the other side, there are snowflakes who accuse this or that every day...

That would be meaningless.

It's like the present moment.

Pei Yuan's incident can be regarded as a moderate "avalanche" incident.

If we follow Wei Duan's meaning, "Snowflake" doesn't have much ability. This avalanche happened by chance, and it didn't cause much damage. It's generally negligible. Let's just drink and dance, and we'll be done with it together. , and for Sima Yi, he emphasized that "no snowflake is innocent", indicating that a strict investigation is needed, and it is best to weigh all the "snowflakes"!

Regardless of the reasons behind Wei Duan and Sima Yi's suggestions, this is generally the superficial understanding.

Being driven by interests will obviously point to interests, but being driven by morality does not mean that it will point to morality.

In the current political structure and social system, it is destined and must be a two-pronged approach.

Moral standards are not something Wei Duan and Sima Yi have to worry about, nor can they set them up. Fei Qian summoned the two of them because he actually wanted them to find "Pei Yuan" based on the incident. "Avalanche" channel, or find a way to deal with avalanche events.

But Fei Qian now discovered that these two people seemed to be somewhat different from what he thought.

Fei Qian glanced at Wei Duan, turned to look at Sima Yi, and said, "The Master said, "There are different ways, so we don't want to work together." Everyone should follow his own will. Therefore, it is said, "If wealth and honor can be sought, even if you are a man with a whip, I will do it. If you can't seek it, do what I like." "As the years get colder, I will know that the pines and cypresses will wither." The world is turbid, but the pure people can see it. How can it be as heavy as that and as light as this? 』

"I wonder what Zhongda thinks of what Tai Shigong said?" 』

Sima Yi took a slight breath, and then said with a normal expression, "What the Lord said is true." Only when the years are cold do you know that the pines and cypresses will wither; only when you are in trouble do you know the kindness of people's hearts. 』

After Fei Qian pointed out Sima Yi's question first, he continued slowly: "When people live in this world, they should follow the laws of heaven and earth." There is no word about the way of heaven, but all things can come into being, why? It can be said that the officials of the four seasons are supported by the five elements. If they go along with it, they will live, and if they go against it, they will die. 』

"The Han Dynasty established three public officials and nine ministers, local counties and counties, local village elders, and officials of all sizes, all in order to ensure the smooth living of all the people. This is the "way of heaven" for officials and assistants. 』

"What are the duties of officials and assistants?" It may be a sign that the people are not at peace, and I think about how to pacify them, or the barbarians are not attached, and I think about where they came from, or the war has not stopped, how can I eliminate them, or the fields are too many and barren, how can I open them up, or the wise people are in the field, how can I advance them, or the sycophants are established How can I rebuke him..."

"If there is disharmony among the six qi, and disasters are coming, you should think about how to avoid them, and how to deal with them. If there are five punishments that are not dealt with, and deception occurs day by day, you should think about how to repair them and how to deal with them." Worrying about the worries of the head of Guizhou and suffering the sufferings of the people, it is appropriate to take in the celery from the countryside and present it in front of the steps of the court hall. 』

What Fei Qian said was of course extremely correct. Even if anyone came, they would not be able to fault him. Wei Duan and Sima Yi who were present naturally nodded one after another, indicating that what the lord said was inspiring and golden. So much...

Fei Qian did not continue, but continued: "However, there are also officials and assistants who hold important positions. Some have unresolved personal grievances and want to expel them. Or old favors have not been repaid. They want to honor them. Or their children have fine silks. Why do they get them? Or How can you take chariots, horses, and utensils for fun? How can you suppress a traitor if he takes advantage of his power? How can you depose an upright man if he resists..."

"If there is a calamity at three o'clock, and the country is worried, then craft clever words to shirk it, and the officials will play tricks, and the people's complaints are surging, then use flattery to deceive them." If you are concerned about money, want power, harm the people under your jurisdiction, and waste the kindness of the court, if you are like this, you will be in the last position, and you will not be tolerated if you are allowed to do false things. 』

"You must know that the fate of a country, the destiny of a county, and the lives of a county all hang in the hands of officials. How can we be careless?" 』

The following words are naturally wrong.

Wei Duan and Sima Yi also nodded, indicating that their lord was wise.

In fact, Fei Qian has been catching up on the matter of officials very early on, but this matter is just like the situation in later generations. It is not just a single law, or a period of arrest, which will lead to long-term peace and stability, and there will never be future troubles. Rather, it requires constant regulation, constant updating, and constant keeping up with the development of new situations.

Just like Fei Qian first implemented the "Corruption Law" in Sanfu, Guanzhong, it only focused on corruption. There were three corruption projects with relatively heavy punishments, but it did not stop the desire of these officials to succeed one after another. Later, Fei Qian added an item of malfeasance on the basis of the "Law of Corruption", refined the specific items, covered as many aspects as possible, and combined them to form the current "Law of Corruption" …

But it's obvious that "The Law of Corruption" can't keep up with the new changes.

In the "Law of Corruption", corruption refers to embezzlement of public funds, and malfeasance refers to dereliction of official duties. But like Pei Yuan, if you say he embezzled public funds, he does not count because he only received a lot of private money. He has no qualifications to embezzle public funds in the Senate, and he doesn't have much money to embezzle. If you say he is derelict in his duties, he is not considered one, because he is just bragging and others think he can do it. In the end, he received a lot of money and failed. manage……

Therefore, there is no suitable charge for using the "Law of Corruption and Malfeasance" on Pei Yuan.

Different times have different situations. Of course, in later generations, this kind of behavior was considered a major economic fraud, but the problem is that in the Han Dynasty, there was no such crime...

It can even be said that this type of fraud is not a serious crime in Dahan's current understanding, and it may not even be considered a crime. The intrigues and intrigues in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period can even be regarded as classics by the children of the gentry.

For example, returning the jade to Zhao intact.

If someone is defrauded, there is no point in trying to find someone to blame. No one will seek compensation for the loss, because this means that the person who was deceived is mentally retarded, incompetent and short-sighted. Therefore, if Fei Qian said that he wanted to recover some of the defrauded money from the nobles who were defrauded by Pei Yuan, and then accused Pei Yuan of his character, it would not be true at all!

In the current social perception of the Han Dynasty, although Pei Yuan's actions were morally deficient, they were not considered a big deal. They would even become Pei Yuan's meritorious deeds and be praised by the Shandong nobles!

Right, how stupid are the gentry children of Sanfu in Guanzhong, who and so and so were easily deceived, and carried them to the bed and performed seventeen or eight different postures. When they talk about it, there will be laughter and cheers in the whole house. Just like a lot of "Friends of Fanbang" in later generations posted on a certain website that hundreds of people killed thousands of people. To Fanbang, that was a hero! I don’t know how many people will leave comments below his post to ask for help.

Therefore, Fei Qian could neither say that he agreed with Wei Duan's way of turning big things into trivial matters, nor could he adopt Sima Yi's model of making a fuss out of molehills and stirring up trouble. Instead, he took this opportunity to put forward a new standard and a new question...

What is Li Zuo?

What about Li Zuo?

Just like the sentence at the beginning, is it more interesting to blame all the snowflakes from above, or is it more meaningful to stand among the snowflakes and consider why such a problem occurs?

"Since both of you agree with this theory..." Fei Qian smiled, "Wei Yuanzheng is responsible for drafting the laws and regulations related to the evaluation of officials and assistants, and Sima Qing is responsible for verifying those who have served in recent years and resigned without reason. Is this against the rules?" An act of responsibility... take this opportunity to correct the conduct of officials..."

Fei Qian simply took a different approach, starting from his duties as an official. He did not say whether Pei Yuan was a fraud or not, nor did he say what his personal moral character was. He just said that when you become an official, you should behave like an official. What shouldn't be the case, and then let Wei Duan issue legal orders based on the approved conclusions, and then let Sima Yi track down these officials, including Pei Yuan, who have resigned or fled recently. Such a move is undoubtedly a higher-level one. A fixed point in the dimension struck...

……（o′?□?`o）……

When Fei Qian was asking Wei Duan and Sima Yi to handle related matters, Zhao Yun, who was far away in the desert, also encountered some new situations.

There is not enough red cloth.

Red and black are the base colors of the big man.

It's the base color, not the underwear...

As for yellow or other colors, at least at this stage, they cannot represent a big man.

During the Qin and Han Dynasties, due to the development of productivity, dyeing and weaving technology developed rapidly. The advancement of dyeing and weaving technology is the basis for improving the quality of clothing. People in the Han Dynasty are becoming more and more particular about their clothes, and their clothes are becoming more and more gorgeous. There are even dyeing and weaving processes with multiple colors.

It's just that the military doesn't pay so much attention to it. Even if there are some flaws in the color, it won't hinder normal use. The main reason is that there is not much dye left.

Of course, the dyes currently used by Han Dynasty are all natural dyes, which are mineral or plant dyes.

Cyan is mainly dyed with indigo extracted from indigo grass. Planting bluegrass in fields and even wasteland has become a very important economic crop for Han farmers. There are also some plantings among the three auxiliaries in Guanzhong, but for the entire Han Dynasty, the place where the most amount of horse bluegrass is planted should be in Cao Cao's hometown, Chenliu.

Yellow is mainly dyed with gardenia. The yellow slightly reddish dyed by gardenia is a high-grade dye. Of course, some ordinary yellows are also available. In the "Han Guan Yi", it is recorded that "Exi came out of the Dyeing Garden to dye the royal clothes." E is the mast, which means that the yellow dyeing cloth used for the royal family at that time was dyed with gardenia.

White is generally not dyed specially. If it is, it is dyed with minerals, but this is very complicated, so generally in Dahan, you only need to use bleaching and boiling. For example, to bleach linen, use plant ash and lime to boil. If you don't succeed once, you will succeed twice...

Black mainly comes from many sources of dyes, such as oak, acorn, gallnut, persimmon leaves, holly leaves, chestnut shells, lotus seed shells, sage leaves, tallow leaves, etc., which can all be used as black dyes, although Some are not the pure black of later generations, but they basically meet the needs.

The trouble, or the lack of raw materials, is red...

What?

Blood?

Blood won't work. If you think blood can dye cloth, just try to dye it yourself.

The color red in the Han Dynasty was also a kind of grass called madder.

Because Zhao Yun still has a long way to go before being transferred to Zhongxin in Yinshan, and there is a lack of fabrics of any color inside on weekdays. It is impossible to report to him and send a batch of black ones, and then report again next time and send a batch of yellow ones...

The most convenient method is to directly send a batch of undyed raw cloth, and then Zhao Yun can dye it himself according to his own needs here at Changshan Camp.

As for why there is a shortage of red cloth now, it is because Zhao Yun, Zhang He and others accidentally expanded too fast.

Just like when a dog takes over the territory...

Well, tigers have taken over the territory…

Well, that’s what it means anyway.

Occupying the territory does not mean that you can pick up everything on the territory and take it with you. Of course, I have never seen a tiger take away all the trees and rocks on the mountain.

But at least declare your sovereignty.

For every tribe, three to five Han banners are indispensable. The flag of the Han Dynasty has a red background with black edges, so if you are not careful, the red cloth will not be enough.

Another more troublesome thing is population.

The population of Hu people.

And livestock.

The reason why Zhao Yun, Zhang He and others were so successful was because these barbarians suffered serious disasters. In the face of disaster, these barbarians had only two options left, one was to rob, and the other was to wait for death.

I won't mention it until death, but robbery, in the desert now, there is no property that can be defeated, and there is no property, it can't be defeated.

Then Zhao Yun gave the third way...

Most of these barbarians live in the north of the desert. It can even be said that if it were not for this white disaster and black disaster, Zhao Yun would not have seen these barbarians at all.

Hu people and Han people all have the same two eyes and one mouth, and they all need to eat. When there is some disturbance in the grassland and desert, the cattle and sheep are exposed. The natural shortcomings of the nomadic people are fully exposed in the face of the disasters in the grassland and desert.

Being able to solve the problems in the desert through food and drink is a great achievement, but on the other hand, if it is caused by raising tigers or feeding white-eyed wolves, then it becomes the biggest crime.

It's like the two sides of a horse coin.

This piece of Qiusi Qian was rolling in Xinpi's hands.

These barbarians who came from the desert of northern Xinjiang are different from the Xianbei and Huns. Some of them wear felt hats all the time, while others are cold to death without wearing hats, letting their thick, dark hair grow drift……

Don’t think that this kind of life on the prairie is beautiful and unrestrained. In fact, when you get closer, you can smell the smell of yak and sheep emanating from these guys’ hair, the sound of their leather robes, and the skin of their bodies. The smell, and seeing the lice and fleas crawling in and out of these guys' hair and fur robes...

Just like many people in cities in later generations envied rural life, but it was Ye Gong who really wanted to go to the countryside.

Most of these barbarians have black eyes and black hair, but there are also some people with high noses and different-colored pupils. These people with colored eyes stand far away with humble and wretched expressions.

Language is a big problem. Fortunately, these guys can understand each other, so Xinpi pointed out a few people and asked them to elect their own representatives and conduct discussions.

noon.

The sun shone down, shining on the shining horse money in Xinpi's hand, and also on these guys. It seemed that they were a little heated by the sun. These guys in sheepskin suits took off half of their suits, and then the smell of cattle and sheep in the venue became stronger and stronger.

In the middle of these barbarians is the leader they recommended. An old man with some gray hair, a middle-aged man with a yak bone necklace hanging around his neck, and a disheveled man who is blind in one left eye.

In battle, surrender or die. Many of these people who came into contact with Zhao Yun and Zhang He chose to surrender, but surrender did not mean that they did not have to eat and drink, and some of them heard the news and came over to contact them.

Killing cannot solve the problem, it can only solve the person who caused the problem, and the problem is still there.

It was like the Xiongnu occupied the entire desert, but it had only been a while, and no one remembered what happened to the Xiongnu. Then came Xianbei, and then Xianbei Tanshihuai died, and it was also a piece of scattered sand.

So if you want to really solve the problems in the desert, you can't just rely on killing people. Just like firing a temporary worker does not completely solve the problem, it only treats the symptoms but not the root cause.

"Ding! 』

Xinpi bounced the Qiusi Qian in his hand high.

The Qiusi coins flipped in the air, reflecting the sunlight, shining with a dazzling brilliance, attracting everyone's attention, and then fell down, falling back into Xinpi's hands.

"This..." Xinpi pushed the Hussar coin forward a little, exposing it to everyone's eyes, "This is the greatest preferential treatment I will give you on behalf of General Hussar..."