Three Kingdoms

Someone shouted: "For the sake of the Han Dynasty, we must work together as one!" 』

Then someone must have sneered in the audience, "TMD is fooling again..."

Someone raised their arms and said, "Gentlemen!" The national crisis is at this point, the only option is to fight to the death! 』

Then there are bound to be people who laugh, "Don't pretend to be 13, it'll be up to you how you end up!" 』

Although many times, those who stood up may not have pure intentions, but China was able to stumble until later generations did not fall in the face of one crisis after another, and still stood upright in the East, just because in those difficult times in China, it was still Someone stood up and took the lead.

These people who stood up did not consider whether they could complete it themselves, whether they would be laughed at by others, or whether the productivity of society had such conditions, and whether the economic foundation of society could support it...

They just felt they should come forward.

He stood up amidst the ridicule of the smart people in the audience.

And those smart people in the audience who either mocked the pioneer or the leader would not feel that they had done anything wrong. After all, smart people have to consider a lot. They have to consider whether it is cost-effective and whether it is worth it. Whether the productivity is there, whether the people's intelligence is up to standard, whether all the conditions are just right...

Why do these smart people find it difficult, and then think that those who rise to the challenge are deceiving and pretending to be 13? It's because these smart people put themselves into it and feel that they can't do it, so others must not be able to do it either.

A sense of immersion is very important.

This is the key point, and it needs to be tested.

So did Cao Cao ever pursue a "sense of substitution"?

Apparently there is.

Otherwise, Cao Cao would not have said that he hoped that his ambition would be expanded and his rule would be smooth. The tombstone after his death would have the symbol of General Conquering the West.

So when did the sense of substitution that Cao Cao pursued slowly begin to decline, and finally he stopped talking about it?

Perhaps it was when Cao Cao was stabbed in the back again and again, and gradually began to doubt, scrutinize, distrust, and feel uneasy about everything around him, and did not dare to express his true feelings.

The more reality you are exposed to, the less you dare to indulge in illusions.

That’s right, it’s not that I don’t want to, but that I don’t dare.

Because the burden on me is getting heavier and heavier, I no longer have the capital to make mistakes.

Cao Cao had many subordinates but few friends.

Cao Cao thought Yuan Shao was a friend before, but Yuan Shao just wanted to ride behind Cao Cao and use Cao Cao as his horse to drive him.

Cao Cao once thought that Yuan Shu was a friend, but Yuan Shu looked down on Cao Cao at all and sent assassins to chop off Cao Cao's life...

Later, Cao Cao thought that Xu You could be regarded as more or less a friend. As a result, Xu You spoke ill of Cao Cao in front of others, belittling Cao Cao and promoting himself, once, twice, three times.

Cao Cao once felt that Liu Bei was very similar to himself and wanted to make friends with Liu Bei. However, Liu Bei said that although he and Cao Cao both liked Mrs. Qian, Cao Cao liked Mrs. Qian, while Liu Bei liked Mrs. Qian. So we can’t talk about going together...

Perhaps Guo Jia next to him is Cao Cao's only friend at the moment.

And the half in Guanzhong?

Cao Cao didn't know, he just knew that he couldn't make a mistake now, not at all. He is no longer young. If he falls again, he may not be able to get up.

"Why can Hussar think of this?" ” Cao Cao frowned, quite puzzled, “When I was in Heluo in the past, I have never seen Qiaoqi with such a far-sighted vision and keen sense of the world? Could it be the secret biography of Lord Pound? Hmm...Fengxiao, tell me, what does this Han Zhang of Hussar want? 』

"My lord..." Guo Jiagong raised his hands and said, "My lord, do you want to listen to the truth or lies?" 』

"Um? ” Cao Cao glanced sideways at Guo Jia and said, “Then tell me. Tell lies first. 』

"It's a lie..." Guo Jia smiled, "I don't understand." 』

Cao Cao nodded, "What about the truth?" 』

Guo Jia still handed over his hand, "The truth... I still don't understand." 』

Cao Cao glared at Guo Jia, then sighed, "Well, I don't understand either." 』

For future generations, thanks to the free, imposed, and perhaps long-criticized nine-year compulsory education, most people will have some impression of those boring, boring, and headache-inducing ideological and political courses back then. Among them, those values, prices, necessary labor value, and surplus labor value that were difficult to pronounce and understand at the time enabled many people to more or less understand the core of what those chandeliers were doing and what they were promoting after entering the society. What is...

Cao Cao and Guo Jia, they really don’t understand.

But the advantage of Cao Cao and Guo Jia is not that they don't understand after they don't understand, but that they know that even if they don't understand, they persist in understanding, thinking, and mastering.

"Tell me something you know." ”Cao Cao said slowly, “If the world could understand, it might not become a hussar...”

Guo Jia still maintained his original posture, was silent for a while and said: "The old must be changed." 』

Cao Cao nodded, "So I'm doing it." 』

Guo Jia shook his head and said, "But it's different... We are working from top to bottom, and the lower we go, the harder it becomes. It's like building embankments and digging canals downstream. Only by pooling the efforts of all counties and people across the country can we achieve success... And they It is from bottom to top. It is difficult at first, but it is like a stream converging in a river. When the water reaches the river, it forms a canal and a river from the bottom... But the problem is, how did the hussar find the spring..."

"Not only to find it, but also to turn this spring into a stream and merge into a river..." Cao Cao laughed, "So we all thought it was impossible... but it happened..."

Guo Jia sighed, "Yes... I really don't understand..."

Cao Cao smiled and said, "This is because the hussars in the gathering have all found the right stream." 』

Guo Jia nodded, "Yes, it seems so far that it is indeed the case." However, I just can't figure it out, how did the hussar find the right one? What are the standards and how to weigh them? It seems to come easily, but can it be done just right? It's like he's done this a thousand times without any hesitation, and he's still able to avoid the danger of overturning? 』

"Hahaha," Cao Cao smiled, "Is this a gift from heaven? 』

"..." Guo Jia looked at Cao Cao, frowned slightly, and did not answer.

Just like ordinary people push questions they don't understand to God, Guo Jia believes that Lao Cao's decision to hand over things he doesn't understand to "God's instructions" is undoubtedly a sign of his willingness to corrupt himself.

"Pang Degong's "Six Tao"..." After a pause, Cao Cao said, "I got it... I just turned it over and over, but I can't see it... I'll have it delivered to you in two days..."

Guo Jia nodded obediently, "I believe that this is the result of the Hussar's rebellion against Dong's thieves and the investigation of the situation of the Jingxiang gentry. It will be similar to the power of the Han Dynasty. It will be a great success if it is used by the army in the northeast of Hebei." , it is definitely not just because of the Six Tao. 』

"Um. "Cao Cao nodded, "There is also Cai Zhonglang's Zuozhuan... In addition, maybe there is Cai's Ten Thousand Volumes Collection of Books..." When he said this, Cao Cao's tone seemed to bring out some sadness.

in those days……

Regret the past.

Not what it used to be.

Cao Cao took a long breath, "How should we respond?" 』

It seemed that he was asking Guo Jia, and also seemed to be asking Cao Cao himself.

Guo Jia took a step forward and said loudly, "I have ten strategies to win..."

"Well, let's get to the point. "Cao Cao waved his hand, "There are no outsiders here...let alone those who make up the numbers..."

"Hehe..." Guo Jia smiled, "That's just four words..."

"Those four words?" ” asked Cao Cao.

"Victory with more is less!" ” Guo Jia said decisively.

This is the strategy Guo Jia came up with after thinking about it.

Cao Cao thought.

The victory of more than less is not necessarily a purely quantitative concept, but can also be other aspects of the project.

Cao Cao frowned, his eyes flickered a little, and said, "So, with these words of filial piety, do you want me to let those rustic beetles go?" Just like Kong? 』

"My lord is wise. "Guo Jia turned back, glanced in the direction of Cai Yu, and said quickly, "Nowadays, the Hussars are sending spies to the people. If there are squires from all over the country, they will ignore them and ignore them...it will be a loss of morality. , I don’t need more help..."

Guo Jia had already seen that Cao Cao was going to attack Jizhou.

Yuzhou and Jizhou.

Especially those who sit on the fence in the middle, just like Le Jin engaging Sima, without Cao Cao's private instructions...

As for why it is not near Yecheng in Jizhou, on the one hand, the nobles around Yecheng are relatively concentrated, which has a relatively large impact. On the other hand, it is also to eliminate the local nobles who are too close to the Hussar in the bordering area, so as to avoid When fighting breaks out in the future, there will be internal defections.

If you want to worry about the outside, you must first make peace with the inside.

But the question is whether the policy is correct or implemented...

There is nothing wrong with Cao Cao's strategy.

After all, if you want to compete with Fei Qian in Guanzhong, you must master the majority of resources and manpower. This is consistent with what Guo Jia said, "more defeats less".

However, in the process of Cao Cao's centralization of power, the squires in these places were resistant. They were accustomed to the original leisurely and chaotic life, so Cao Cao had to remove some of the people who opposed him in the process, and then Make the rest of the people bow their heads and obey.

The Taishan Army, the killing of Xu County officials, as well as the current situation of letting things go, and the launch of the purge of Youzhou in Hanoi, are actually all attributed to one direction, Cao Cao wants to centralize power.

However, during this process and during the specific implementation, problems arose.

Cao Cao wanted to centralize power, and he killed people to centralize power, not for the sake of killing. But when you are far away from Cao Cao and arrive at the local level, it is not necessarily the case.

The local government may be carrying out Cao Cao's instructions, or it may be mixed with other things, such as a personal revenge, cutting off dissidents, or making some extra money to make a fortune...

So in Xu County and Yingchuan, with Cao Cao in charge, he could still control it more or less. Once it spread out to other places and implemented it, the sky was high and the emperor was far away. How could it be ridiculous? The original correct strategy began to go out of shape, and with the spies sent by Fei Qian scattered in the countryside, the whole situation gradually went in a different direction than originally planned.

It is difficult to say whether the Hanoi Sima family's immediate escape was due to the outrageous influence of the previous rumors about the incident in Xu County, Yingchuan.

In fact, Cao Cao did not directly kill many officials at that time.

Well, it is indeed not many. Compared with the number of ordinary people who died in obscurity, the number of deaths of these officials is simply less than a fraction, but when rumors spread, it would be serious.

"Ming Gong. ” Guo Jia cupped his hands and said, “Now is the time for spring plowing…”

Cao Cao's face suddenly darkened, but he still endured it, "But procrastinating like this is not a good idea after all." 』

Guo Jia smiled and said, "Isn't there also the Yushitai?" 』

"oh? "Cao Cao raised his eyebrows, "So..."

Guo Jia raised his hands again and said: "There is also Beimo Jiankun, Ding Ling is negotiating for peace... these are all good things..."

"Hmm..." Cao Cao muttered, "I want to think about it..."

Guo Jia stopped talking and took half a step back.

Cao Cao raised his head and looked at the sky and the earth, and suddenly a sentence popped into his mind, "The sky and the earth have vertical and horizontal directions, and the mountains and seas fall in the center..."

Well, that's right.

The world is like a chess game, and it’s hard to regret a move.

……╭(╯^╰)╮……

The formulation and implementation of policies are always brothers in distress.

The formulation is the boss and comes out first.

Execution is the younger brother and comes later.

But as soon as something happens, the younger brother starts to glare at his elder brother, and the older brother starts to stare at his younger brother, and then say in unison, "It's all your fault!" 』

Is mutual trading with Jiankun a good policy? Yes, good policy.

Was there no problem when trading with the Southern Xiongnu or Qiang people before? Yes, no problem.

But when it came time to establish a mutual market with Jiankun, a problem arose.

The reason is simple: there are loopholes in the system.

There is nothing wrong with the mutual market policy, but there are two groups of people who implement it. Some are from the Northern Territory Protectorate, and the other group are from Hebei Province. The Northern Territory Protectorate can only control those in the Northern Territory Protectorate, and those in the east of Chang'an Hedong can only be in charge of those east of Chang'an Hedong. In this process, loopholes have naturally formed. They can control both sides, but they can't control either.

It's just a temporary pleasure, but it can't last a lifetime. How can you walk by the river without getting your shoes wet? There will be some marks after all.

There is no airtight wall in the world, and the smuggling convoy was finally discovered by Yinshan Li Dian's cavalry.

Outside the smuggling car array.

Smuggling is a capital offense...

Since you are risking your life to make money, you will naturally not just give up.

Li Li, the newly appointed chief of the Yinshan North Army Village, comforted the war horses who were slightly excited because they were about to participate in the battle.

"Tuen Chief, what are you doing?" ” asked the soldier beside Li Li.

Li Li asked someone to go up and shout, but the response was that the arrow missed.

This is to bully not many of his subordinates!

Just like those students at Moriyama Academy, they always look like their nostrils are pointing to the sky when they see him.

Li Li reached out and touched the "Five Elements Thunder" in one saddle bag, and naturally thought of the first time he came into contact with this thing...

His name is Plow because he was originally the son of an ordinary farmer in the North.

When Bai Bo was in chaos in Hedong County, Beidang County, his home, like other surrounding neighbors, was destroyed, and then his family moved south among the refugees.

Taiyuan doesn’t want them, coax them away, Shangdang doesn’t want them, coax them away, Hedong doesn’t want them either…

Just when they thought they couldn't survive and had to die on the spot or join Bai Bo in his desperate struggle for survival, General Hussar arrived.

Well, at that time, the hussars were not hussars.

After the Battle of Pingyang, Baibo was destroyed, and the trapped people finally had a place to stay and settle down again.

Farming, cultivating, cultivating, and harvesting.

A smile returned to his father's face. There were other refugees like his family who gradually became people from Hedong and Pingyang.

His father often said that a person should know how to be grateful, so he was very grateful to the General Hussar.

Sometimes he would hear some students at Shoushan Academy talking about how many Baibo thieves the General Hussars had killed during the Battle of Pingyang. He was killing prisoners, not benevolent, saying one thing but doing another. …

At that time, he wanted to go up and give those students who were talking nonsense a few punches, and tell them what it means to say one thing and do another! It's just that Li Li didn't understand at that time, but now he gradually understands what the consequences will be if he doesn't kill those Baibo leaders.

People at the lower levels have no ideas and can be easily led. A good leader will naturally go in a good direction, and a bad leader will naturally go in a bad way. Did the General Hussar have the time to slowly identify and manage those Baibo bandits? Just like the Yinshan Beijun Village, if General Li hadn't come here, the Beijun Village would have continued to deteriorate. In the end, the soldiers would not be soldiers, and the people would not be like people.

After Li Li came, because he wanted to go further and remove the word "fake" from the false village leader, Li Li began to work hard to regulate and regulate the village, so that the Beijun Village was once a bit rusty and decayed. , becomes sharp again.

Like most newly settled families in Hedong, Li Li also chose to join the army to earn merit. He originally wanted to participate in the selection of heavy infantry, because if the heavy infantry performed well, there would be a chance to be directly selected into the direct guard battalion of the Hussars General.

It's a pity that Li Li was a little thinner and ultimately failed to join the heavy infantry. He became a cavalry reserve and arrived at Yinshan.

In Yinshan, the training is very strict, and it is not only the training of physical fitness and combat skills. There are also two subjects of "Economics" and "Arithmetic" that need to be tested every day. If you fail to get a good ranking in these two subjects, it will not be considered as combat skills. No matter how strong you are, you can only be a soldier first.

If the exams in these two subjects are excellent, and the physical skills are not bad, then at least he will start as a corps commander, and if he is good, he can even become a captain.

Li Li was like this. He achieved good results in these two subjects, and was then taken in by Li Dian as a commander. Only then did he have the opportunity to become the current false chief of Beijun Village.

If you want to become a regular employee, you must have some meritorious deeds.

Therefore, when the scouts found traces similar to that of a smuggling caravan, Li Li personally led his people out to search, and he actually encountered them!

At first, the smuggling caravan wanted to get away with the name of the Northern Territory Protectorate, but Li Li, who could understand the writing and approval documents, almost got the procedures for the so-called "Northern Territory Protectorate" and saw it. The problem...

Originally, Li Li wanted to deceive the leader of the smuggling caravan and capture the thief first, but he didn't expect that he didn't know whether he had exposed his intention somewhere or these guys were too cautious. In the end, he failed to deceive him. The opponent used this buffer to form a car formation and resisted.

But it doesn't matter, Li Li still has a trump card, two Five Elements Thunder.

During the training in Yinshan, he came into contact with the "Five Elements Thunder" that could kill people for the first time. From the initial fear, he has become accustomed to it now. Just like when you first saw a sharp sword slashing at you, you would shrink your head and close your eyes tightly. Now, not only can you open your eyes, but you can also block and counterattack at the same time.

At the beginning, the "Five Elements Thunder" was very unstable and required a dedicated person to take care of it. A slight mistake would cause an explosion. However, as time went by, the "Five Elements Thunder" gradually became what it is now. Specialized people manage and use it, which turns into registration and use, and reporting for cancellation after use.

It is said to be "Five Elements Thunder", but in fact it is a murderous weapon just like swords, guns, arrows and crossbows.

Now, this "Five Elements Thunder" has become the courage for Li Li and his team to face the smuggling car array...