Three Kingdoms

A rational person must make a profit-oriented choice. In other words, if something is beneficial to them, they will do it, but is rationality the normal state of people? No, hormones are.

There are more than two hundred hormones in the human body.

The brain thinks that it is directly controlling the entire body, and that all organs and parts are obeying orders, but in fact it is not.

A lot of times it's instinct.

For example, the baby's brain is not fully developed and the brain gate is not closed, but the brain does not require special instructions for eating, drinking, or intervening in the control...

The cerebellum and brainstem stand by and watch the brain sneer.

When the body is strong, the brain becomes meaningful.

The brain is a fragile and central hub, but it is not the brain plasma that directly controls the functions of various organs in the body, but the hormones that drive this organ or part, and the nutrients required for its operation. Without hormones and nutrients, without corresponding tissues and organs, even if the brain's nerve conduction is rubbed and smoked, it is useless.

Is it very similar to the entire national court system and political groups?

Fei Qian once thought he could control everything...but he soon discovered that this was not actually the case. Many times he was just imagining and planning, and the actual deviation can be seen as the result of correction of the trunk tissue. .

"Human is a double-edged sword..." Fei Qian said to Zhang Liao calmly, "In fact, most things in the world are double-edged swords. Every advantage has its disadvantages. When using them, most stupid people just use them. They can think of the advantages, but a few smart people can think of the disadvantages... But you and I are different. We not only need to think about the advantages and disadvantages, but also use them and drive them..."

Zhang Liao was silent for a long time, and seemed to want to speak several times, but no words came out.

Fei Qian glanced at Zhang Liao and said, "It's okay to speak frankly." 』

Zhang Liao cupped his hands and said, "I... I read Han Feizi's book yesterday: "Killing is called punishment, and celebrating and rewarding is called virtue." Could it be that the Lord's move is just two things? 』

Two handles.

Not two loaves.

The Western saying "carrot versus stick" was regarded as a classic by the Chinese who lacked confidence. Who knew that related theories had already appeared as early as the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. It's just a pity that many theories were consciously sealed by the emperor or the ruling class during the development process. They were only provided to the emperor and the ruling class for learning and were not open to civilians.

This kind of knowledge is called the emperor's art, and it is also called the dragon-slaying method.

Raise your hand, Sikuquanshu, I am familiar with this matter!

Zhang Liao was a little worried about being scolded by Fei Qian when he said this.

After all, this involves theories related to the ruling class.

"To attack powerful officials without any reason to blame them is a sign of weakness. Fei Qian smiled and said, "Wen Yuan hesitated...do you think I will blame you for this?" If a subordinate is punished because he is too smart, his master will... um..."

Fei Qian suddenly thought of Cao Cao and Yang Xiu.

Speaking of which, Yang Xiu's chicken ribs don't actually grow on chickens?

Zhang Liao didn't know where Fei Qian's thoughts jumped, so he said with some shame: "I...I am just thinking about where to start in the land of Hexi..."

"Actually, I think Wen Yuan is overqualified for what he is capable of... If Wen Yuan is still worried, then I will say more. The matters here are nothing more than "personnel affairs." Fei Qian stretched out two fingers and said, "People, how to use people, things, how to act, who does what, and what controls who. It's all like this." For example, in this Hexi Corridor, if you and I just kill indiscriminately, these people will definitely escape to the desert mountains and forests. Even if they spend countless soldiers and horses and spend decades, they may not be able to clear them all... Knowing this, why do you need to do this stupid method? What's more, in the past few decades of Qiang chaos, everyone has known that they seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, and the Han people have no hope of escaping in the mountains, forests and deserts... How pitiful..."

Fei Qian looked at the mountains in the distance and sighed, "Everyone knows that those who enter China and speak about China will be the ones who speak about China, but what about the other way around?" These fleeing Han people...if they raise their swords again and continue for years...If things go on like this, the exiled people will live in the barbarian land for a long time, wear barbaric clothes, eat barbaric people and speak barbaric people, will they be regarded as Chinese people or barbarian people? 』

"My lord is far-sighted, and I will learn from you." ” Zhang Liao responded solemnly.

Fei Qian has always had a guess about Liangzhou.

Just like Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty defeated the Xiongnu and said that the world's population was reduced by half in the end, the population of Xiliang dropped sharply. Is it a similar "halving"?

On the one hand, there is a discord between Shandong officials and local big families. Outsiders may not all be strong, and strong dragons may not be able to control local snakes. Therefore, it is very difficult to clarify the local household registration situation. On the other hand, it is indeed Affected by the war, many places were affected by disasters and many people were displaced.

After years of war, many documents and archives in Liangzhou have been lost, and if they are registered according to the existing situation, it will undoubtedly be equivalent to being an accomplice.

The hidden population of these big Xiliang families, at certain times, such as when the eight bastards were fighting, they were put to "great use"!

The Guanlong Group of the Tang Dynasty was famous!

If it is true that in places such as the northern part of Guanzhong, Longxi and Longyou, there is not even one household in a hundred, and the population is as thin as a single seedling thousands of miles away, what did these Guanlong Groups use to rise? Do you decide the outcome by spitting?

Or are they all barbarians, as recorded in history books?

Is it all about ethnic integration?

When the household registration is lost, who can prove whether the person is a Hu or a Han?

Therefore, Fei Qian is basically certain that the big households in Liangzhou must have a hidden population, but whether there are as many as Fei Qian guessed requires Zhang Liao to do the accounting.

This is the benefit of martial arts.

If it were a person from Shandong who has read poetry and books, of course the people from Shandong are better at talking about big principles, but will these guys from Xiliang listen?

During the Wuhu chaos in China, the Jie tribe ate two-legged sheep and were so bloody and brutal that humans and gods were outraged, but then they disappeared without a trace. When it appeared, it had no roots and no feet. No one knew where it came from. When it died, there was no follow-up.

This doesn't make sense.

Even if fire burns and floods overflow, there are still traces to follow. Even if Loulan disappears for thousands of years, there are still archaeological discoveries. The archaeological discoveries of the Keji tribe are almost zero. Later generations did not have any tangible clues to confirm the origin of the Jie people.

Since the Jie people can establish a country, it means that they have at least a certain degree of governance ability at a certain stage. This kind of ability cannot be said to be available, nor will it be lost immediately if it is not available.

Fei Qian felt that among the Five Huanhua, the Jie tribe may be the cannibals far more than the Jie tribe. It was like King Zhou was indeed worse, but many of the pots were not King Zhou's, and were also blamed on King Zhou.

Strength and ambition are often twin brothers.

A large part of the strength is the population.

The civil servants were in Xiliang. It was not easy to conduct a population census. A few desperadoes killed the civil servants for no reason!

But if it were replaced by a general like Zhang Liao...

Who will try to escape?

The power Fei Qian showed outside Jiuquan City was equivalent to a warning.

A very stern warning.

Zhang Liao is the executor. If someone really doesn't listen to the advice, then there is no need to listen. With Zhang Liao's force and mature armaments, it is not a problem at all to destroy the manors and fortresses with one or two surnames...

It’s just that in this world, not everyone is hard-working, and not everyone is willing to take the right path.

"They will not dare to say anything in this place..." Fei Qian said with a smile, "It's probably a delaying strategy... The banquet here is the ruler of heaven, and every inch is the human heart." 』

Zhang Liao said: "There are many outstanding people in Liangzhou. You should distinguish right from wrong." 』

Fei Qian smiled and said, "If you know it, you know it, and if you do it, you do it." There are also people in Shandong who are well-read in poetry and literature who govern Xiliang, but they cannot achieve long-term results... Wenyuan, this is where you can use your methods... After today's banquet, in addition to your own troops, there will be three thousand troops left with you. , you can have the right to appoint and remove local officials in the four counties of Xinyong. Just report to the Chancellor. The term of office is consistent with other places. The examination is once every three years... Check the population and make all preparations for the resumption of business in the Western Regions... I I have been transferred to Yishan to govern Xiliang..."

Hearing that Yang Fu was helping, Zhang Liao was overjoyed and accepted the order.

In the distance, the bonfire has been lit, and the banquet arrangements have been completed, but the banquet is not the focus now. No one cares about whether the tables and utensils are gorgeous or not, or whether the dishes are exquisite. What matters is who sits where. , whose butt is where...

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Every species hopes that the next generation will be strong.

The only exception is humans.

Polygamous sexual monopolies are common in nature.

When most wild beasts choose a mate, they choose a mate based on the criteria of being more adaptable to the environment, healthier, stronger, and able to produce healthier next generations.

Therefore, although beasts cannot speak human words, the overall mate trend of beasts is to evolve to be more adaptable to the environment, but humans are different.

Humans love negative selection.

In order to ensure the "purity" of the palace, ancient kings chose only young girls to enter the palace. The result is naturally conceivable. If the mother's body is not sound and healthy, how can she have good heirs? After killing two people, he was crying and saying that God didn't protect him, but he didn't know that God was busy, how could he have time to take care of the things under the buttocks of a few big ants on the ground?

This is the ignorance of ancient people, but what about modern people?

Even if you are uneducated, you don't understand the allusion of having a thin waist and starving to death, and you have never seen the ugliness of a three-inch golden lotus, but you still have eyes? Look at the spouses of the top people. Which one chooses the awl face made by grinding off the bones? Who would choose an A4 waist that pumps ribs? Who else chose a lame man who cut his own hamstrings and tendons?

Then a group of Internet celebrities...

Well, except for half a stick.

After a hard day's work, a group of people muttered that I was already exhausted and couldn't let me feel refreshed. Do I need to use my brain again? It would be so tiring...

Little did he know that the capitalists on the side were simply ecstatic when they heard these words!

Capitalists like laborers who are as tired as a dog when working every day and as lazy as a pig when not working. These are good people! Great people!

As for those who spend all day thinking about street lights and turrets, they are all bad people! They're bandits!

The Zhang family among Liangzhou Sanming is a typical example of negative selection.

The Shandong nobles passed down scriptures to their families, and then they tempted and even forced people all over the world to take scriptures as their priority.

Otherwise it would be disloyal and unfilial!

Liangzhou was originally a frontier, and the strong folk customs were a natural choice and an evolution to adapt to the environment. In this desolate and cold environment, even the worse people would not be able to survive!

Han Feizi said that he was in the service of the king, but in fact it showed that nothing should be taken to extremes, and both soft and hard power are important. Zhang Huan was the best example of being deceived and led him to go astray, so that his own children focused on scripture calligraphy instead of becoming famous for military strategy. In a place like Xiliang, does a master calligrapher who only writes cursive scripts that herdsmen cannot understand speak powerfully all day long, or does a general who can mount a horse and kill enemies and intimidate the frontier speak with intimidating power?

Perhaps when Zhang Huan reached old age, he realized his mistake, so he named his third son "Meng"...

Now Zhang Meng is ready to be fierce.

Zhang Meng and Duan Xuan were sitting together.

I'm afraid that a few years ago, anyone who saw this scene would have thought that they were hallucinating.

Because although Liangzhou is known as Sanming, the Zhang family and the Duan family have always been at odds.

But now the two of them are sitting together, one old and the other young. Not only have they abandoned the original estrangement and acrimony, but they have also bridged the age gap. Is this a positive choice or a negative choice?

"Uncle Duan Shi... Qiaoqi once had a long talk with Uncle Shi..." Zhang Meng raised his hands and said, "Please forgive me for being ignorant. I wonder what we talked about with Uncle Duan Shi?" 』

Duan Yan narrowed his eyes slightly and said, "If I said it was nothing, you wouldn't believe it. You must think something was wrong... I said it was something, and you would wonder if it was that matter... So why bother asking?" 』

Zhang Meng was not embarrassed by being exposed. Instead, he smiled calmly and said, "My nephew is just asking. If Uncle Duan Shi doesn't tell me, forget it." 』

"So, you are being stingy? Duan Xuan also laughed, "It doesn't matter, it's better to be stingy than to be angry..."

"..." Zhang Meng was speechless.

Logically speaking, since the two people did not talk to each other and had no common hobbies, and the two families were not compatible before, they should break up immediately, just throw up their sleeves and leave with a snort, but the two of them did not. No one had any intention of leaving the table.

Time passed little by little, and seeing the time set by Fei Qian getting closer and closer, both Zhang Meng and Duan Xuan became a little anxious.

And not only Zhang Meng and Duan Xuan, but other people with other surnames who were originally prepared to watch the direction of the two men were also restless.

In troubled times, who can have peace of mind?

Although Fei Qian didn't mention a word, who doesn't know what Fei Qian wants?

Fei Qian wants to take back all the power of the Hexi Corridor!

The emperor's order was useless, and Prime Minister Cao didn't care even if he called him. The good days of big local families controlling the countryside seemed to be coming to an end...

Perhaps it can be seen as Fei Qian's last act of madness, but who has the guts to stand up to it?

The sound of drums sounded unhurriedly, as if urging these people to make a decision.

If you don't eat the toast, you will naturally have to drink wine as a penalty.

"How did Qiaoqi know that there would be chaos in Jiuquan?" ” Zhang Meng gritted his teeth, and under the cover of the drums, he finally couldn’t hold himself back and said eagerly, “Someone...could someone report the news? 』

Duan Yan glanced sideways at Zhang Meng and said, "Your friend is visiting everywhere, even a blind person can see..."

After saying this, Duan Xuan stood up, patted his robe, and prepared to go to the banquet.

"Uncle Shi!" "Zhang Meng stood up quickly and held Duan Yan's sleeve, "We are both from Liangzhou...Uncle Shi wants to help me no matter what..."

Duan Xuan tugged on the sleeve in Zhang Meng's hand without pulling it open, and said in desperation: "You have to give it up... let go!" 』

Duan Yan pulled out his sleeves and swayed forward.

Zhang Meng was a little sluggish.

The nobles all like to bet.

Or is it "gambling" on luck?

In the hearts of the Zhang family and many wealthy people in Liangzhou, Fei Qian is certainly the hero, but isn't the world still not completely determined?

So bet a little here and be a little ambiguous there, is that wrong?

It's not like I took the initiative to provoke him. It was the people from Shandong who threw themselves into their arms and it was voluntary. I... what can I do wrong? Even if there is a mistake, it is just a mistake that men and women all over the world make!

As for Zhang Meng, did he know that the Handan merchants were engaging in collusion behind his back?

hehe……

Zhang Meng thought he was doing it secretly, but he didn't expect that the curtain on his butt was not lowered at all!

No, this is the butt curtain of Handan merchants!

Zhang Meng frowned and thought for a long time. It was only when the drums sounded again and his servants were urging him that he made up his mind.

He is different from the old guy Duan Yan. Duan Yan can go to the banquet empty-handed, but he cannot.

Zhang Meng originally thought that Duan Xuan was old and stupid, but he didn't expect that it was him who was stupid!

"Go and invite Mr. Handan to come." 』

Zhang Meng sat down again and ordered.

Don’t be afraid of being late for good food.

The Handan merchant came, but he had been hiding for the past few days, not daring to get in front of Fei Qian.

Because in the original plan, Handan Shang was Xu Yi's successor.

One in tandem, one call and one response.

As a result, Xu Yi inexplicably launched his attack in advance without even saying hello, while Fei Qian's movements were so fast that he put out the turmoil in Jiuquan before he could make any move.

It was like a small flame was stepped on into the soil before it could spread into a prairie fire.

After meeting Zhang Meng, the Handan merchant was a little strange, "Why hasn't my wise brother gone to the banquet yet?" Go quickly, go quickly, no matter what Hussar says, just respond vaguely... The Prime Minister is currently working on a critical issue, how long can Hussar stay here? We should still follow the previously agreed upon policy... It is not convenient for me to meet Hussar here, so I will not go to this banquet..."

If the original plan can be implemented, his Yongzhou governor will have some weight.

But now that Qiao Qi is here, the mere governor of Yongzhou is like a fart...

Who would have thought that Huqi would stay in Jiuquan?

Shouldn't we rush to Guanzhong to guard against Cao Cao?

Therefore, if the plan failed, we cannot blame the Handan merchants. It can only be said that the weather was not at the right time and luck did not come, so we can only wait for the next opportunity...

This is what the Handan merchant thought, and what Jijigugu said too.

But it was obvious that Zhang Meng still had no intention of listening.

Zhang Meng lowered his head, his voice was very low, and interrupted the Handan merchant, "Brother Handan... I am in trouble now, I hope you can lend me something to avoid disaster..."

"What... do you want to borrow?" ” The Handan merchant seemed to sense something was wrong, and moved his body slightly backwards, as if trying to distance himself from Zhang Meng.

Zhang Meng raised his head, his eyes flashed, and his voice was stern, "I'll lend you your head!" 』