Three Kingdoms

Chang'an.

Hussar General's Mansion.

Fei Qian looked at the urgent report on hand and sighed slightly.

The higher he was, the more Fei Qian felt that Murphy's three laws were becoming more accurate.

Rule 1: Nothing is as simple as it seems.

Rule 2: Everything will take longer than expected.

Rule Three: Things that can go wrong will always go wrong.

Then the aggregation becomes Murphy's Law.

The West is bad.

Sichuan and Shu are terrible.

Fei Qian had thought that the situation might be bad, but he also didn't expect that the current situation would all run in the worst direction. Just like all choices are between getting better and getting worse, you must choose the option that gets worse.

In the Western Region, Gao Shun died.

This was completely beyond Fei Qian's expectation.

In Sichuan and Shu, Gan Ning was defeated.

This was also beyond Yu Feiqian's expectations.

Within the hall, silence spread.

Pang Tong glanced at Fei Qian secretly, and then touched his chin.

"Shi Yuan, do you remember Gao Boping?" Fei Qian asked slowly, his tone still calm. While he was talking, he also looked at the sunlight shining down outside the hall, at the bright tiles showing warm colors, at the birds jumping and chirping from nowhere on the branches, at such a vibrant scene. The scenery was lush, but there was a hint of sadness in his eyes.

He saw life and he saw death.

Gao Shun is not Fei Qian's friend, but he is his old acquaintance.

What does old acquaintance mean to a person?

"Um. Remember. Pang Tong also sighed, "What a pity." 』

Fei Qian nodded.

This answer is very confusing.

In other words, it is in line with the answer of most people.

Either they heard it, they knew it, or they knew it, but the relationship is not close. Perhaps in this world, only Gao Shun's relatives can truly feel the pain of death, while most people just say "oh" and "um".

Whose fault is this?

Humans love to argue about right and wrong.

The Han people are no exception, especially those from Shandong, who like to argue endlessly and distinguish between right and wrong.

For the death of Gao Shun and the chaos in the Western Regions, these Shandong people would definitely place the blame on Fei Qian. Based on the arguments cited from scriptures, they shouted indignantly, indicating that all of this was caused by Fei Qian and that everything was Fei Qian's fault. Potentially wrong.

Then……

It’s gone.

People in Shandong only care about their own smooth talk and psychological comfort, and they don't even care whether Fei Qian admits his mistake. As for why this problem occurred, how to avoid it in the future, etc., they had no ideas or opinions. Even if they had suggestions, they were completely consistent with the practice of the Han Dynasty for hundreds of years.

Change.

Or more simply, kill.

It's like replacing Ban Yong and killing Ma Yuan.

In exchange for endless chaos in the Western Regions, other countries were completely disappointed with the Han Dynasty.

The South Vietnamese army is uncertain about the arrival of the enemy, and the territory they finally conquered has not been civilized and accessible for more than a hundred years...

At this time, the people in Shandong shut up and pretended that they knew nothing and that nothing happened. Then after a while, they would pop up again, as if this chapter had passed, and then the next chapter would come again. Like a brand new world, he continues to repeat his previous comments, expressing his contempt for everything and demonstrating his elegance.

Take the current Western Region as an example. If people from Shandong were asked to find a way, they would probably say why bother? Instead of focusing on Lu Bu, it would be better to do something like this, or to talk about the value of the Western Regions, the Central Plains is the last word, etc. If you ask for specific measures, you will just say, if it doesn't work, change it, and if it doesn't work, kill him. .

Can killing really solve the problem?

No, order can completely solve the problem.

The contradictions caused by the old order require a new order to solve these newly generated problems and determine a new direction.

Spending all day searching for examples of the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods in old papers, and looking for the basis of laws in the Four Books and Five Classics, is the favorite method of people from Shandong, Han Dynasty. Although they also know that something may be wrong, but...

What the heck, they don't care.

Fei Qian feels that these examples and evidence can be used as a reference, but they must not be copied mechanically or used simply.

Read it, read it thoroughly, and read it through, which is the true attitude towards facing these histories.

The Han Dynasty opened up the Western Regions for three hundred years, with ups and downs, and swinging policies. Maybe it is true that people from Shandong can scoff with disdain, saying that they are just some idiots and have interests. But after this scoff, it should be do what?

One or two hundred years ago, during the Western Han Dynasty, I encountered this problem for the first time, and there was nothing I could do about it. Then a hundred years later, during the Eastern Han Dynasty, I encountered this problem again, and I was still confused, and there was nothing I could do about it?

So a hundred years from now, a thousand years from now, every time we encounter such a problem, will there always be people from Shandong who are similar to the current big men who will jump out and sneer at it, saying that they are just some idiots?

"Your Majesty, you must not compete with the people for profit!" 』

"It is better to give it up than to take it without any benefit!" 』

"Your Majesty, as the lord of all peoples, how can I be tainted by these stinky things?" 』

"It wastes people and money, and the opening of the sea cannot be discussed again!" 』

So Huaxia stopped his feet and began to pay attention to his butt.

Draw the ground as a prison.

"It's a desperate situation all around. There's no way out!" It's better to stay here honestly. 』

"Who said that? 』

"That's what our ancestors said!" 』

"Who are the ancestors?" 』

If you look up this kind of statement and rhetoric from generation to generation, you will eventually find that the source is these people from Shandong in the Han Dynasty.

Yanhuang's spirit of eating it after winning, and being tolerant and digested as a part of itself was gone, and he started talking about those people from Guanzhong, those warriors, those border people...

The pre-Qin spirit of conquering the ends of the earth and unifying the countries was not enough, but also continued to explore. The mountains were too high, the sea was too vast, the sun was too hot, and the rainy ground was too slippery...

After the Han Dynasty, even if the Western Regions were opened again, not many people wanted to go there.

Tang Sanzang begged for year after year. In the vast city of Chang'an, no one was willing to go with him in the end. He had to secretly go on the road alone. In the end, he not only went, but also came back. It was really a slap in the face. Many faces.

what to do?

Made into a myth.

Such an awesome person is no longer a human being at all, but a god!

So a group of disciples who consider themselves mortals can laugh and continue to say, "Human beings will definitely not be able to get out. China is surrounded by desperate situations!" That’s what the ancestors said! 』

One person said this, a group of people said this, day after day, year after year, the courage to pioneer was eventually worn away by the "impossible" and "ancestors" one after another...

"Gao Boping...does he have any relatives?" Fei Qian asked. He seemed to remember not having it, but Fei Qian was hoping at this moment that there was.

Pang Tong frowned and thought about it, shook his head and said, "I have never heard of it... Gao Boping never mentioned it..." When he said this, Pang Tong suddenly felt that compared with other generals, Gao Shun was really a pure person. The soldier then shook his head more regretfully and sighed.

Gao Shun had no wife or concubines. Perhaps he had some ways to meet his physiological needs, but his main focus was on military affairs. Whether in Chang'an or at Yumen Pass, he seemed to have nothing in mind other than soldiers and military affairs. The other things were as pure as a piece of transparent ice, melting quietly in the sunlight without leaving many traces.

Not everything that is good will have a good ending.

"Check it out. If there is an heir or a posthumous child... then arrange it properly..." Fei Qian said, "If not... just select a child within the Salesian Bureau to inherit Gao Boping's incense as his legacy!" 』

Pang Tong said: "Imitate the Korean script to make old stories?" 』

Fei Qian nodded.

Although the specific situations of Han Sui and Gao Shun were different, after Han Sui lost his heir, he also selected one person from some orphans as Han Sui's heir, that is, Han Guo.

Fei Qian looked at the sky in the distance and lightly knocked on the table. "This matter is the law of Yan... If there is no heir in the family with a school captain or above, the Salesian Bureau will select the best one in order." And take. 』

"only. Pang Tong nodded in agreement. He didn't show any wisdom or kindness because of this, he just responded simply, because the matter itself was not something worth boasting about, on the contrary, it was a sad and helpless response.

The monarch and his ministers fell silent in unison.

"Shiyuan, now it's really..." Fei Qian sighed with emotion, and then his eyes gradually condensed, "It's time." 』

Pang Tong sighed, "My lord, it's still too early...if it takes another three to five years..."

Fei Qian chuckled, "How can everything in this world go as everyone wants?" What's more, this anxiety and arrogance now continues for a long time..."

"What my lord said is true." Pang Tong nodded.

This is not because Pang Tong intended to agree, but it is indeed the case.

Because the Western Regions have affected Chang'an, many people have begun to get tired of it. They were even affected by the comments of people in Shandong. They felt that Fei Qian had done something wrong and treated Lu Bu too generously. They should either fight or cut him off...

As for how to beat and how to cut, I don't know.

After all, there are only a few people who have a long-term vision, and most people are ignorant.

China needs more leaders and more wise people, not more ignorant guys.

In other words, these base numbers should be reduced as much as possible.

Fei Qian doesn't want to be too strong, but when he should show his attitude, he won't shy away.

"There is no need to cover up what happened in the Western Region," Fei Qian patted the information on the table, "But we will strictly check the customs and see if anyone is eager to leave the customs during this period..."

"Understood. Pang Tong laughed and said, "It's easy to go out this time. If you want to come back again...haha..."

Fei Qian nodded.

Some people always think that they are very smart. When they hear that the Western Region is unstable and there is chaos in Kushan, they will inevitably think about "a gentleman would not stand behind a dangerous wall", and then they will rush to hide in a more "stable and stable place". Go to a safe place...

Just let it go, but if you want to come back, unless you change your name and look completely different from the registered profile, don't think about returning to Guanzhong so easily after the danger is over. Otherwise, wouldn't it be unfair to those who insist on fighting side by side with Fei Qian in Guanzhong?

The clouds of war are already rising.

Fei Qian has always consciously controlled the speed of development and suppressed the number of armies, because the rabbit spirit in his roots was at work. He accumulated food and slowly became king. No matter what dynasty he was in, he was a very correct leader. Strategy. Compared with those guys who always jump up to kill this and that, Fei Qian will reduce his sense of threat as much as possible and silently accumulate more power.

The history of the Three Kingdoms told Fei Qian that Cao Wei was strong, but when it was not strong enough to overthrow everything in one go, the rest was a slow decline...

Didn’t Cao Cao in history want to complete the great cause of unification in his lifetime? He must have thought about it and dreamed about it, but in the end it just became his dream. In the later period, he was surrounded by everyone, from top to bottom, left and right, inside and outside. Not only were he the old enemy of Dongwu and Xishu, but also his opponents from above and below the court. Everyone was his enemy.

At that time, Cao Cao became the strongest man, but he also became the man with the most enemies.

If the enemy is outside, he can still distinguish it more or less clearly, but when the enemy is hidden inside, Cao Cao is powerless.

There is intention, but there is no power.

What is a political group?

Thousands of years of feudal dynasty have been fully demonstrated.

Imperial power and prime ministerial power are, in the final analysis, authority. At this point, I believe that many people will jump up and express that they know, they understand, and they understand it too well...

The question is, where does this authority come from?

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty knew it well, but he pretended to be ignorant, so he said, "Old Dong is right!" Lao Dong and you guys have a nice talk! 』

Old Dong stood up and published his theories and laws like a bricklayer in later generations.

Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty's original idea was to deceive the majority and attack the minority, which was indeed very successful, but what he didn't expect was that it was so successful that many people were still deceived by him later. Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty used the world as a chess game, and he was magnificent. Unfortunately, his world was still too small, so in the end Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was still trapped by the chess game.

Fei Qian wants to step out, so those chattering Shandong people who have been brainwashed deeply are undoubtedly the biggest resistance. Most of those Shandong people can only see the immediate interests and express their irritability and dissatisfaction with the current situation, but they have never deeply considered the cause and development of the current situation, the present and the future.

If you want to comment on the country and express your opinions, these Shandong people are very powerful and very enthusiastic. But it is extremely difficult to really let these Shandong people do things, make suggestions based on their opinions, and then implement them.

So what's the point of accommodating these Shandong people prematurely?

Therefore, Fei Qian has been constantly encouraging, even praising, secretly supporting these Shandong people, and sending them agricultural and engineering bachelors so that they can have better living conditions and more leisure time. In addition to expanding the market, they also You can express various opinions and feelings more calmly, you can criticize this, criticize that, be dissatisfied with this, and laugh at that.

Then Fei Qian attracted those descendants of Shandong gentry, poor families, and ordinary people in Chang'an, established an official model with the imperial examination as the main promotion channel, developed a new system of people's livelihood and government affairs, and formulated laws to adapt to the new environment. wait……

But now it's obvious that some people can't wait any longer.

It was not Cao Cao who initiated the war.

But Zhou Yu...

Fei Qian really didn't expect that Zhou Yu would jump out first and break the current balance, pulling Fei Qian and Cao Cao into the battle together.

Things in the Western Region were expected to turn into the worst situation. Fei Qian had also expected it, but Fei Qian did not expect Gao Shun to die. Likewise, Fei Qian did not expect Gan Ning to fall.

The destruction of the Western Regions was well prepared, but Sichuan and Shu were not.

Is it true that fish sauce has nothing to do with it?

Is Zhou Yu using this method to show that he will not succumb to disease or be threatened by it?

"Gan Xingba's defeat in the first battle was due to arrogance and arrogance," Fei Qian said slowly, "This is a warning... We are willing to choose the best, but in turn we end up being evil." Gan Xingba was fined with a salary, demoted, and left in the army for temporary use. After the war, he would be rewarded for his merits and punishments for his demerits. 』

"I accept the order. Pang Tong wrote it down.

"Order, Sichuan and Shu, with Xu Yuanzhi as the leader, Xu Gongming as the assistant, and Zhuge Kongming as the left, coordinate the forces in central Sichuan to fight against the Jiangdong Army!" Fei Qian continued to order, "Give Xu Yuan Zhizhijie. Officials in central Sichuan, those with a thousand stones or less, can deal with it on their own!" The soldiers of the Central Sichuan Military Academy are all under the control of Xu Gongming. Those who violate discipline and law will be punished according to military law! Zhuge Kongming consulted to fill the vacancies, recorded his achievements, and coordinated the transportation of supplies and weapons! 』

"only! ” Pang Tongyong wrote it down, and then quickly transmitted it to Sichuan and Shu by land and air.

Although the Jiangdong Army achieved its first victory over Yi Dao, it did not mean that Sichuan and Shu had no resistance. When the Jiangdong Bureau's front line is lengthened, the disadvantages of Yang's attack on Sichuan and Shu will become more and more apparent. Moreover, the foundation of Sichuan and Shu is still very strong. Whether it is finance or equipment, it is said that there is no big problem in supporting a war, even if it is a protracted war.

The problem lies with the Western Regions.

Of course, there are still some hidden problems...

“The Western Region cannot be abandoned lightly. Fei Qian said slowly, "If you give up one point today, you will give up three points tomorrow." No part of Han territory should be given away. 』

Big braid toward the left is ceding land piece by piece. In fact, there are "ancestors" regulations to follow, right?

Aren't the current Shandong people laughing at Fei Qian, thinking that there is something wrong with Fei Qian's head and that he is stupid?

How easy it is to give up…

But everything that future generations have was obtained by the Chinese ancestors who sacrificed their lives and shed blood and sweat. What qualifications do future generations have to give up on behalf of their predecessors? To continue playing music and dancing with peace of mind?

In this game of chess in the Western Region, the players are basically in place.

"Order, Lu Fengxian harmed his colleagues without any reason and is suspended for investigation." The post of Protector of the Western Regions is temporarily taken by Zhang Wenyuan. ” Fei Qian said in a deep voice, “Transfer Taishi Ziyi to Chang’an... Let’s prepare for the expedition...”

Pang Tong was silent for a while and nodded, "I understand." 』