Three Kingdoms

Raising bandits is not just a word, it is also something that some people will actually do.

During the three to four hundred years of the Han Dynasty, the Western Region was not a good place, but it was a good place to raise bandits.

Here in the Western Region, there are all kinds of enemies.

There are enemies that can never be defeated.

Just like the Western Qiang in the Eastern Han Dynasty, it seems that there are always so many Qiang people rebelling.

Under such circumstances, when the Western Region returned to the feet of the Han Dynasty and was included in the territory of the Hussars, many people still did not know the difference between this return and the previous one, let alone Fei Qian's attitude towards the Western Region. What is the difference from the previous emperor, so they are very accustomed to operating according to the original routine.

That's the case with Lu Bu.

Wei Xu is actually an extension of Lu Bu's will.

Perhaps in their hearts, a general without war is worthless. In fact, they may also understand that fighting a war for too long will not be beneficial to the country, but... as long as it is beneficial to them.

Like a businessman.

It is not that there are no good businessmen, but when the environment is harsh and regulations are not perfect, those businessmen who are willing to give up their profits to benefit everyone will often be swallowed up by profiteers in the end. Bad money drives out good money. This does not only happen in currency. superior.

This type of profiteers often clamor for "no borders". In other words, for this type of businessmen, they like to break boundaries and are used to testing red lines.

The whole process of fanning the riots is actually very simple.

First there must be a contradiction.

This is not lacking.

In Xihai City, everything may be lacking at the moment, but what is not missing is internal conflicts.

All kinds of things, either obscured, suppressed, stranded, or delayed. Anyway, after Lu Bu came to Xihai City, various conflicts arose that should be resolved, but have never been resolved. .

Second, there must be someone who stirs up trouble.

Guan Er is not considered a good person, because truly good people tend to embarrass themselves rather than embarrass others.

He is a businessman. As long as he makes money, he can talk about anything and sell anything.

It was impossible for Wei Xu to turn all military equipment into money, he had to go through these businessmen.

Lao De is here, Fatty An is here, Guan Er is here too...

So, did Xihai City have these merchants first, and then the pirated ordnance was sold, or was the stolen ordnance sold first, and then these merchants were attracted?

Although Zhang Liao had cleaned up before, he mainly targeted the officials of Xihai City and the Protectorate. He did not take action against these businessmen, but these businessmen were still uneasy, fearing that when the Hussars General came, it would be their end. . So Guan Er and others naturally planned to escape, hide first, go to a safe place, and see what happens next. After all, the money in their hands was earned by their "hard work", how could they Give up easily?

Third, there must be an introduction.

Guan Er then fixed his gaze on the remaining officials in Xihai City.

These officials are also not good people, let alone being wronged. If these officials followed the rules on weekdays, people like Guan Er would not exist in Xihai City at all.

Zhang Liao cleaned up some officials in the Protectorate and Xihai City, but there were still some remaining. This does not mean that these officials are innocent, but that Zhang Liao did not have so many manpower to replace these people and do some basic work. His work has allowed these grassroots officials in Xihai City to survive.

So these grassroots officials would think that Zhang Liao was kind and let them go, so they would change their minds and change their past mistakes?

Maybe.

But the vast majority of people still think, "Don't talk about eating your rotten watermelons, I won't even ask the price when I eat in restaurants in the city..."

Or "Why am I so unlucky..."

Before the concept was completely changed, the thinking of officials was still the thinking mode of the feudal dynasty.

At the same time, can ordinary people in Xihai City feel the changes in the overall situation and know the direction of the overall situation?

Maybe there is.

But the vast majority of them still fail to form a complete thinking model, and are more often driven by emotions.

The Western Region is in turmoil and the West Sea is about to face danger. The reason why these ordinary people stay in Xihai City is because they feel that Xihai City is a city after all and has the defense of city walls. On the other hand, they are unwilling to let go of some things they have finally obtained. assets.

Including but not limited to acres and properties...

They are reluctant to let go. Even if they know the danger and difficulty, they can only endure it.

Those who always talk about how big the world is and can turn it into practice are often young people, while middle-aged people are silent. Even middle-aged people also understand the world well. It's very big, but middle-aged people also know that the mortgage is huge and the children are very small.

People who can't leave, or are reluctant to leave, don't mean that they don't have worries and fears, and they don't feel pain. If there are no fluctuations, it means they can't endure it like stagnant water. However, the behavior of Guan Er and others... It was as if some fire had been ignited, causing some people who had been suppressed to the limit to become restless.

If these remaining Xihai City officials could have a little bit of subjective initiative, could think from the people's point of view for a while, and could truly resolve the worries and doubts in the people's hearts, then everything would be different.

It's a pity that Zhang Liao is just an outstanding cavalry general, he is not Jia Xu who can play with people's hearts as if they are in the palm of his hand. When he led the troops to set off, he thought more about the soldiers in Xihai City and less about the people in Xihai City. This is of course not to say that the responsibility lies with Zhang Liao, but that Xihai City is currently in a distorted state and cannot be speculated using normal rules.

The Western Region Allied Forces are invading in large numbers, and war is just around the corner. This is undoubtedly a very serious situation. Faced with such a situation, the markets in Xihai City are generally under curfew jurisdiction, and people are not even allowed to move freely during the day. In fact, ordinary people can understand such a decree. After all, it is a special period, and the risk of transmission caused by the movement of people and the transfer of items should be minimized.

Therefore, Xihai City is managed under a quiet... bah, curfew. All illegal gatherings are prohibited, and shop sales are naturally prohibited. The people's needs in Xihai City are collected by the officials in the inner square, and then distributed to the people in the city. .

Are these the right things to do?

Then the problem comes.

Officials could be the first to obtain food rations.

Therefore, all the officials and officials can eat well, and there may even be leftovers!

Then the people have nothing...

Sometimes, officials are too tired, forget something, and forget something.

Isn't this normal?

Among the officials in the feudal dynasty, which one did his or her duty conscientiously for the people?

As a result, the officials' behavior of stealing food was caught by the hungry people!

The officials in Lifang got angry and yelled at the people. They felt that these people were unorganized and undisciplined, violated the curfew management, and violated the laws of Xihai City. They originally thought that this would make the people retreat, because they had not only encountered When faced with such a problem, every time they started scolding the people, the people would shrink back, so the officials in Lifang habitually used their scolding method again.

Isn't it just eating and drinking, not even dragon liver and phoenix gallbladder, just to satisfy hunger, so why make such a fuss?

But what they never expected was that it didn't work this time!

The already tense and fearful emotions were ignited...

Ordinary people in the Han Dynasty could carry knives or guns, but they had to remove the gun head and place it separately from the wooden handle. People in the Han Dynasty could even possess long-range weapons, shooting bows and arrows with kinetic energy far greater than 1.8 joules!

In the Han Dynasty, crossbows and armor were banned among the people.

A, ordinary people simply can’t afford it.

As for the crossbow...

Only crossbows allow ordinary people to have the ability to kill someone from a distance at any time.

Bow and arrow require practice, and most people cannot afford it. People who have to work hard for two meals a day do not have much free time and money to practice bows and arrows.

Why did ancient China strictly control weapons?

This is not difficult to understand at all. After all, in the thinking of the ancient feudal dynasty, whose family belongs to this world? Of course it belongs to the emperor’s family! Therefore, as the head of the family, the emperor certainly does not want his servants or servants to walk around with weapons every day. After all, if one day, the people cannot think about it anymore, then the originally noble emperor will become a wage earner serving the people. How can this be done?

Of course, what the emperor is focused on guarding against is not the people at the lowest level, but the powerful locals who use the excuses of the people to secretly hide their armor.

The officials in China's feudal dynasty were actually very powerful, far beyond the scope of ordinary people's cognition, especially those at the top. They faced the concentration of social conflicts that emerged in the feudal dynasty, and their wealth was obviously divided. , with the trend of prominent civil conflicts, it is basically foreseen that people will have riots, resistance to law, uprisings and other vicious events, so destructive weapons will inevitably be included in the scope of management and control.

Such as the Yuan Dynasty and the Qing Dynasty.

The Yuan Code stipulates, "Anyone who secretly hides a complete armor will be put to death; a person who fails to make a full set of armor will be flogged fifty-seven times and will serve for one year; a person who has scattered pieces of armor that can be worn to defend the enemy will be flogged thirty-seven times." Those who own ten spears, knives, and crossbows shall be put to death; if they have more than five, they will have ninety-seven sticks, and they will serve for three years; if they have four or more, they will have seventy-seven sticks, and they will serve for two years; if they are unfit for use, they will be flogged for fifty-seven years. Anyone who owns ten sets of bows and arrows shall be put to death; if he has more than five sets of bows and arrows, he will be punished with a staff of ninety-seven and a three-year probation; if he has less than four sets of bows and arrows, a staff of seventy-seven and a probation of two years; if he does not have one, he will be flogged for fifty-seven years."...

The Qing Dynasty had a very strict ban on firearms, not only killing individual individuals, but also families and neighbors. He was executed together, his wife was made a slave of the hero's family, and his family property was brought into the officialdom. The neighbors of the foundry place, the landlord, the mayor, etc. were all planned to be hanged and imprisoned. 』

However, even with such a strict ban, problems still exist...

There are still some ordinary people in Xihai City. Even if the Western Region Allied Forces are about to arrive and Zhang Liao organizes two mass migrations, it is impossible for the officials and their families to eat, drink, poop, urinate, etc. in Xihai City by himself. There must be some ordinary people to serve them.

When foreign enemies came, we should have united our minds to fight against them.

The officials in Xihai City know this, and so do the people.

But the question is, why did something happen when it was supposed to be the more critical moment, the more we should unite as one, the more difficult the moment, the more we should strengthen our confidence, work together and go all out to win this war of the Western Region Allied Forces? question?

Is it a deliberate provocation by the unruly people?

Are the untouchables disobedient to management?

Maybe, maybe not, but one thing is undeniable, that is, in the face of the same life and death crisis, the hearts of each other are still incompatible.

Who doesn’t want to be safe?

Who doesn’t want to protect their family?

Especially under the wartime rationing system, ordinary people, their elderly and children, wanted to eat something soft, but there was no such thing!

If everyone doesn't have it, that's fine.

But there are officials.

Before, they could give some money and do some things, but after Zhang Liao came, these officials were a little scared and did not dare to accept money for fear of being reported, so they simply turned their faces and scolded these people, saying that they had nothing to do with it.

Anyway, the matter of collecting money has a long way to go, right?

Of course, it is also possible that the officials think these people are ignorant and do not pay enough, so they look down upon them. At least it has to be jade or something like that. What's a few copper plates worth?

People are forgetful. As soon as Zhang Liao left, many people took a deep breath and felt that the matter was over and they were stable. They think how dare these unruly people make trouble, but they forget that people are most terrible when they are hungry...

The chaotic people angrily killed the officials who stole the food, and immediately attacked the houses of other officials.

Under such chaos, Guan Er and others took advantage of it and ran away.

Of course, if these officials can immediately deploy manpower to deal with it, no matter what method is used, or even iron-blooded methods, it is a feudal society anyway. It cannot be said to be just a small episode, and it will stop after that, but the problem is that in Xihai City Most of the soldiers were taken away by Zhang Liao and Han Zheng. There were not many forces left in the city. In addition, these officials were a little lax and failed to respond quickly to call for support. So the first day started with only a small-scale chaos. , but as this chaos was not stopped in time, it slowly turned into large-scale chaos the next day.

On the third day, Tai Shici and his people rushed to Xihai City. There were already many fires in the city.

Seeing the city gates open and the streets stained with blood, Taishi Ci was furious.

Now the streets are deserted, every door is closed, every household is locked, and there is a deathly silence.

Some large houses near the streets have their doors open, and you can vaguely see various scattered debris, and some smell of blood can be heard coming from them.

Taishi Ci gritted his teeth.

Suddenly, there was a grunt under the hoof of the horse that Taishi Ci was riding, and a black thing was kicked out by the horse's hoof. This accident seemed to frighten the war horse. The war horse stood up, screamed twice, and then fell down. Came down and snorted twice.

At this time, Taishi Ci discovered that the thing that had just rolled under the belly of the war horse was a human head.

In the distance, on the streets and in the alleys, there were also corpses scattered everywhere.

And further away, there were officials and military academies who came in a hurry and stayed in the city, and only received the message belatedly.

"How is this going? ! Tai Shi Ci asked angrily, "Why is there chaos in the city?" ! 』

The civil servants who stayed behind looked at the military academy sideways, and the military academy looked at the civil servants sideways. After a moment, they all said in unison, "I don't know what I mean..."

"Not sure? Taishi Ci's hand on the handle of the knife loosened and tightened, tightened and loosened again, "Then what do you know?" 』

"The rioters, the rioters stormed the city and slaughtered innocent people..."

Taishi Ci sneered, "Rogue people?" So why did these people rebel? 』

"This... I don't know..." The civil servants and the military academy lowered their heads deeply and remained silent.

"Then tell me what you have done?" ” Taishi Ci took a few breaths to calm down his emotions.

Speaking of this, the civil servants and military academies left behind became excited.

They rushed to talk about how much they had contributed and how much effort they had made when the riots occurred, and how many people they had protected, especially the important facilities in Xihai City from being intruded by rioters.

As for whether most of the people being protected are family members of officials, and whether the important facilities protected include their own homes, there is no need to elaborate.

Taishi Ci suddenly understood why Fei Qian had specifically said those words to him before.

The problem in the Western Regions is not just Lu Bu's problem. Even if Zhang Liao has sorted it out, it is still the same.

With Zhang Liao here, everything seems to be fine in Xihai City.

As soon as Zhang Liao and others left, something went wrong in Xihai City.

What is this?

Are the civil servants and military academies left behind afraid?

Neither scared nor scared.

Deep down in their hearts, they actually knew that there was something wrong with doing this. Just like when Taishi Ci questioned them, their silence and ugliness had already proved this. For them, there is actually a basis for this. They had a sense of shame and responsibility, but they avoided it, just like they avoided the questions Taishi Ci asked them.

Not sure.

have no idea.

Pending investigation.

awaiting notice.

Taishi Ci looked at these people silently. These people stood humbly and bent over with low eyebrows.

Is this a sign of reverence?

Indeed, it is just that what these people fear is not Taishi Ci, but authority.

The authority represented by Tai Shi Ci.

"You..." Taishi Ci glanced past them and looked at the blood-stained streets, "Xihai City was only built a few years ago..."

The civil servants and the military academy who were left behind looked at each other, wondering what was going on.

"Send the order," Taishi Ci was too lazy to argue with these civil servants and military schools, "immediately clean up the turmoil in the city and put out fires and disasters!" 』

The left-behind military academy and civil servants responded loudly, and then took action.

"General, why don't you use military law to kill these silverfish?" ” asked the confidant beside Tai Shi Ci.

Taishi Ci looked at the left-behind civil servants and military officers who seemed to be suddenly full of vitality and started shouting and shouting, "Don't worry. The Lord has something to say, if you encounter a big problem, you should be calm... There are some problems here that I haven't fully figured out yet... Stabilize the situation first, and when I figure it out, I can slowly process these people! 』