Three Kingdoms

Taiyuan, Jinyang.

The city guard government office.

"Mr. Wen is out of the city?" ” Cui Jun held a writing brush and splashed ink on the paper. He asked in a leisurely manner, “When did you go out?” 』

"The envoy Qi Jun will leave the city at noon today. 』

Cui Jun stopped writing and nodded, "I understand." 』

Cui Jun is relatively old. From the perspective of future generations, he is basically at a critical point in promotion. If you are promoted, then it is possible that you can work at the top level of the imperial court for a few more years, or even more than ten years, until you can no longer be an official. But if you are not promoted in the past few years, then other The official position may have ended with the position of Taiyuan Prefect.

Although the prefect of a county is considered a very high position for most people, but...

Just like someone said, people always have some ideals to pursue, otherwise what is the difference between them and salted fish?

Is Cui Jun smart?

Quite smart.

But this smart man inevitably has a habit of liking to comment.

Of course, Cui Jun likes to comment, which is also related to the customs of the Han Dynasty.

After all, everything from the calamity of the party to monthly comments is inseparable from comments. In these events, those who like to comment have generally read a lot of books and know a lot of things, but they are still some distance away from being great scholars.

Regardless of whether they are the reviewers who caused the turmoil in Taixue or the reviewers who lifted the table and pulled their beards in the Yuedan Review, basically speaking, they are a little more than half a bucket of water, so their favorite thing to do is to comment on a half bucket of water. It means that so-and-so has a good idea, but what the heck, or it means that so-and-so has a good idea, but what the heck, in order to seek the pleasure of being better than half a bucket of water.

Cui Jun has this problem to some extent.

For example, Cui Jun felt that there was no need for the debate on Confucian classics in Qinglong Temple.

Because Cui Jun feels that there is only one family of Chinese learning, which is "Tao".

why? Because Cui Jun felt that during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, it was said that there were hundreds of schools of thought, but in fact they were all derived from Taoism. Other military strategists, Legalists, Confucians, and even other schools of thought, as well as later miscellaneous schools, etc., all emerged from Taoist thought. And derived from it, so the origin of China comes from Taoism. What else needs to be discussed?

Those who debated for a long time in Qinglong Temple, who said what is the right solution, are all those who learn without thinking and will be in vain, and think without learning will be in danger.

For example, Cui Jun also felt that some of the Qiusi's strategies were not very good and did not conform to the actual situation of the Han Dynasty. According to the words of later generations, they violated productivity and production relations.

But when Cui Jun was criticizing others for not seeking deeper explanations, he forgot one thing.

He himself doesn’t quite understand it, or really understand it.

For example, this "Tao".

The Tao belongs to Lao Tzu, and there is nothing wrong with that.

Many people among hundreds of schools of thought studied under Lao Tzu, or indirectly learned from Lao Tzu, and there is nothing wrong with this.

But where did Lao Tzu’s ideas come from?

Cui Jun either didn't know, or he just pretended to be stupid and didn't mention it.

If others have learned Lao Tzu's thoughts and developed new ideas and ideas, which can be regarded as Lao Tzu's merits and should be classified as Taoism, then where did I learn the knowledge and what books did I read to develop Taoist ideas? Now, do you want to classify Taoism into the books that Laozi studied, or the system of the creators of the original knowledge?

Of course, at this time, double standards will come into play.

Does Cui Jun have double standards? To some extent. After all, aren’t people just reborn after repeated education, reincarnated with double standards?

Cui Jun was very disdainful of his old man using money to buy an official position. He openly commented and ridiculed that his father smelled like "copper." But on the other hand, Cui Jun did not say that he would get rid of vulgar taste from now on. He still holds the official position and still gets the money. He does not want to be a person without any "brain smell".

At the same time, Cui Jun avoided being beaten and scolded by his father, saying that "Shun served his father, a small stick was used to accept, a big stick was used to walk away, which is not unfilial." But on the other hand, he was not unfilial to those who ridiculed his father. He didn't listen and didn't go to those people to settle the score after his father was insulted. Could it be that this can also be used to find some excuse for "not being unfilial"?

From these aspects, Cui Jun is actually more like some people of later generations, unlike those who were more rigid and stubborn in the Han Dynasty. He is smart, smooth, and likes to comment and instruct others. He stands up when he should He may not stand up, and he may run away first when he senses danger is coming.

Just like in the Romance of the Three Kingdoms, Mr. Luo also said that Cui Jun looked down on Liu Bei because Liu Bei was really in trouble at that time.

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Therefore, it is not difficult to understand Cui Jun's subtle attitude when all kinds of things happened in Taiyuan County.

Of course, this is not to say that Cui Jun is not strong, it is just that his personality is like this.

As a county governor, Cui Jun is generally qualified. Whether he is dealing with people's livelihood affairs or organizing agriculture, industry, and water conservancy, there are no big problems. It's just that he is a typical Han Dynasty scholar and a scholar who inherits Confucian classics. He is impeccable in dealing with people and handles government affairs in a very orderly manner, but his outlook on life is somewhat different from that of Fei Qian, and is also different from that of Pang Tong and others.

Cui Jun felt that even if Wen Shizi left Jinyang, he was still under his control, so he didn't pay too much attention. He felt that everything was within his plan.

For Cui Jun, he felt that if local officials wanted to govern the place well, they must either be able to suppress the local gangsters and force them to bow their heads, or they must have the same interests as these local gangsters and be complicit.

And his plan is to have a two-pronged approach...

There are two risks in this matter.

First, being implicated.

Since Cui Jun learned about the signs of smuggling, he began to investigate and placed the main suspects on the Wang family and the Wen family. At the same time, he strictly controlled the control of smuggled items around Jinyang, forcing These smugglers had to purchase outside Jinyang.

The smuggling-related artifacts did not come from around Jinyang, and Cui Jun and the Wang family and the Wen family had no private dealings. Even if something went wrong with the smuggling in the future, Cui Jun would not be financially responsible. Just like if smugglers appear somewhere in later generations, the local governor cannot be shot directly unless it is proven that these smugglers have any dealings with Cui Jun. As for this, Cui Jun eliminated the danger from the beginning.

As for why Cui Jun didn't report specific issues, it's because no one likes his colleague to be a snitch, right? Cui Jun knows that most of these guys' artifacts were collected in Xihe and Shangdang, but if Cui Jun reports that there is a problem in Xihe Shangdang, then Du Yuan of Xihe and Jia Qu of Shangdang will think that Cui Jun is a good person Will people say that Cui Jun's reported behavior is right and worthy of praise, and then their relationship with Cui Jun will become deeper and deeper?

Maybe, but most likely not.

Cui Jun felt that there was no need to do such a thing with little reward and the risk of offending his colleagues.

Second, there is the risk of malfeasance.

This risk does exist.

Cui Jun did not deny it, but he felt that it was still within the acceptable range.

The reason is simple, Cui Jun wants a stage. He wants a bigger and better stage, and if he wants to get on this stage, does he have to show some abilities? As for these ordinary things, such as farming and mulberry farming, such as water conservancy, if that county is not like this, how can it widen the gap with other county governors and show its own difference?

Like a tinker.

If the pot leaks, later generations will usually throw the pot away directly. However, in the era of lack of supplies, many people still choose to make up for it and continue to use it.

This is when the tinker’s skills come to the fore.

To mend a pot, of course, you must first scrape off the dust and check for leaks. The tinker must be skillful in his hands. He can secretly expand the gaps and leaks, and then point them out to the owner, which means that the pot will not work unless it is repaired. Fortunately, you found it today. I and others will definitely not be able to handle it!

I quickly put a lot of effort into repairing the pot, which not only allowed me to charge more money, but also received praise from the owner...

Well, if it’s hard to understand, it’s basically the same if you switch to repairing mobile phones.

It's fun to smash it secretly and make up for it!

This shows how superb the tinker's craftsmanship is!

"Someone is coming!" ” Cui Jun had thought about it and felt that the gap in the current pot could still be larger, so he called his confidants, “I heard that a certain female queen of the Wang family received an order from the Hussar and wanted to come to Taiyuan to thoroughly investigate the smuggling case. Something... you go and spread this news secretly..."

……(?′?`?)……

On the other side, there was also a pot leaking.

Tinker No. 1, the eldest prince of the Southern Huns, wanted to preserve the pot as intact as possible.

But Tinker No. 2 felt that if he was not allowed to mend the pot, he would smash it.

Therefore, the eldest prince was backstabbed by the third prince, not because he did not have any supporters, but because the eldest prince also had to consider peripheral control and suppression, so his supporters also had to let go. Go to the outside, just in case his father Humphrey kicks his legs that day, and someone leads an army to attack the royal court.

Perhaps the only thing the eldest prince did not do was to attack the third prince immediately.

It's just that there is no point in regretting it now.

Although the Southern Xiongnu pot is rotten, there are still many people eating in it. If it is really smashed, the eldest prince Liu Bao doesn't know what other people think, but he feels it is a pity.

Therefore, the eldest prince felt that he might not be able to defeat the third prince that night, so he did not choose to fight to the death, but chose to temporarily avoid it.

Just like the eldest prince felt that the Southern Huns could not defeat the Han people, he could also choose to temporarily avoid them.

The eldest prince felt that war was not everything in life. If you risk yourself and the people in your tribe to accomplish something that has little hope at all, is it right or wrong?

Yes, where is it?

Wrong, where is the mistake?

Even if we don’t talk about the current Southern Huns, we just talk about the previous ones. Can the complete Huns defeat the Han people?

Could such a huge army and such a powerful tribe win the battle before?

Did the arrogant Maodun Shanyu win?

And even now, even if the third prince controls all the Southern Huns, who can he defeat?

Can he defeat Li Dian from Yinshan?

Or Fei Qian from Chang'an?

Or can he defeat all the Han people?

In this case, why choose war? Instead of choosing a way to keep the tribe and the people from bleeding, and adapt to the changes of the times and the changes in the environment?

"I think that at this time, we should ask the Han people to send troops to put down the rebellion quickly!" "Gerjin, the elder of the Southern Huns, said in a deep voice, "We must take advantage of the fact that one of your third brothers has not yet fully grasped the power and put it down in one fell swoop, otherwise the situation may get worse! 』

The eldest prince also knew the seriousness of the matter, but he thought that he only needed to rely on the elder of the Southern Huns, Geerjin, his father-in-law, and there was no need to ask the Han people to take action.

If the third prince followed the old style of the Southern Huns, where force was respected in the grasslands and deserts, then the eldest prince Liu Bao followed the strategy of mutual political negotiation, line compromise and balance.

Just looking at the eldest prince being frightened away after being beaten a few times by the third prince, one might think that the eldest prince is cowardly and incompetent. However, everything in the world cannot be judged from just one aspect. Although the eldest prince's force is not as good as that of the third prince, the eldest prince is still weak. The prince's understanding of the political situation is obviously better than that of the third prince.

"Ask the Han people to send troops..." The eldest prince sighed, "Then the third brother will definitely die... Moreover, it is easy for the Han people to send troops, but withdrawing them... I am afraid it is not that easy... As much as possible, it is best for us to solve it ourselves. good……"

Gerkin thought for a moment, nodded and said, "Then what do you think we should do?" 』

"It's not that I don't want to follow the old path of my ancestors, nor that I don't want to restore the glory of our Shiwei people, but the problem is that we only have so few people now, how can we restore it?" "The eldest prince Liu Bao frowned tightly, "What are the Han people like now? In terms of weapons, armor, equipment, supplies and food, are they not better than us in any of them? The third brother is not blind, he is not blind, but he just insists on his own way. Now that he is fine, even if he really succeeds Shanyu, what can he do? Take the remaining people and fight the Han people to the last drop of blood? 』

Elder Gerkin was silent.

"Chanyu, Chanyu!" Ha ha! Is this position and this name really that important? Are you really that contentious? Liu Bao smiled bitterly, hammered his legs twice, and said sadly, "If third brother has any good ideas, if he can really take us out, let him be the Shanyu, what does it matter?" ? ! But what about him? He only knows how to do right by me, and he will do the opposite of what I want to do! Does he have any methods of his own? Does he have any future plans? Has he thought about what we should do in the next ten or twenty years? He just knows how to fight and kill! 』

Gerkin sighed, "People, you have to accept your fate. When I was young, I thought I was destiny. Haha, when I get older, I realize that destiny is destiny and has nothing to do with me..."

Young people are not old yet, but old people are young. When Gelkin was young, he once felt that he could change his destiny against the will of heaven and that he was omnipotent. However, when he faced the death of his relatives and friends, he realized that he could not compete with the God of death and could only watch helplessly. Watching family and friends die.

"Send someone to find your third brother. I need to talk to him." ” Liu Bao made a decision.

Gerkin asked: "What about the Han people?" 』

"..." The eldest prince raised his head and thought for a moment, "Send people there too, but don't ask for troops. Just explain the situation and leave some room for it." On the one hand, it is to let the Han people know about the situation, and on the other hand, it is also for..."

The eldest prince didn't finish his words, he just sighed.

Gelkin then sighed.

……ヽ(；′Д｀)?……

In the royal court of the Southern Huns.

The third prince, who had just sat on the throne, was very surprised, "What?" He wants to see me? Does he still have the nerve to see me? What does he want to do? The scum of the tribe and the traitor of the Shiwei people! 』

Badu said in a deep voice: "Otherwise, during the meeting..."

Although this is somewhat excessive, it is still a means to eliminate the root cause.

The third prince was a little moved, but when he saw the expressions of the old men on the side, he immediately said: "How can this happen?" We want to be upright, not engage in some underhanded tactics! 』

When the buttocks are not sitting in this position, any method can be used. Once the buttocks are seated, they cannot be used indiscriminately. Regardless of whether it is ancient or modern, whether it is a large kingdom or a small tribe, who would like a leader who is cold-hearted and does not follow any rules? Who can guarantee that a leader who does not follow the rules will only use his methods on others and will not use them on his own people?

"See you then!" See you tomorrow! ” The third prince said in a deep voice.

To cut through the mess quickly, the sooner things can be settled, the better.

"Okay, then I'll make arrangements..." The old commander nodded, saluted, and left.

"My king, why are you going to all this trouble?" 』 Badu felt that since he got into position by killing people, why can't he continue to kill people to maintain his authority and protect his own butt?

"Badu..." the third prince said with some emotion, "it's not difficult to sit up, but it's difficult to sit firmly." 』

People only have experience after experiencing it.

Governing a tribe may seem simple, but in fact it is not simple at all.

Before the third prince took over, there was only a small group of people of his own. Of course, in order not to attract the attention of others, he deliberately controlled the number of his subordinates, so he always handled some things by himself and did not have any capable subordinates.

Badu is in the field of military affairs, so of course it's okay to let him go to war, but should he be responsible for government affairs...

In addition, the third prince has an assistant who is biased towards literature. He knows some government affairs, but it is not enough. That guy is already very busy.

The third prince understood that if he followed Badu's method, it would indeed be possible to kill the eldest prince directly, but in this case, he would really become the second "Maodun". Mao Dun had killed many people before suppressing it, but how many people could the Third Prince kill now? What he needs more now is to win over the neutrals, rather than causing those neutrals to switch to the other side.

"Badu..." the third prince said slowly, "my father once said that among Shiwei people, or most people, when things happen, they are divided into two types..."

"One is to think about what can be gained from this matter? 』

"The other way is to think about what you can do about this matter?" 』

"We got it before, but now it's our turn to do it..." the third prince said, "We must let all Shiwei people know that I, and you, are here for the freedom of Shiwei people." effort! Working on something! We are not bringing death, we are bringing a new future for Shiwei people! 』

"my king! Badu fell to the ground and worshiped, "I am willing to offer everything for the king!" Including my life! 』