Three Kingdoms

Chapter 3394 Palpitations

Day by day, the Babel Tower was stacked up brick by brick, almost touching the sky, and then suddenly one day, it collapsed!

When it collapses, it won't fall brick by brick, but it will collapse in pieces.

When the hussars appeared in Youzhou, almost all the soldiers of Cao's army shrank their heads and ran as hard as they could. They had forgotten all thoughts and just wanted to get as far away from these hussars as possible!

These Cao Jun soldiers ran away with their heads in their hands and lost their fighting spirit to resist. The reason may not necessarily be that these Cao Jun soldiers are not brave or strong...

Is this the end of this battle?

The most important thing is, is this the end of Cao Cao?

In fact, Cao Cao also knew that in this war, he had been seeking to survive in death and to survive in defeat.

Shandong seems to be a big place with a lot of people, but people have always been divided, harboring evil intentions and having their own selfish desires. Cao Cao knew that he had monopoly power, and it was not a good choice to appoint cronies. But the problem was that if he did not use cronies or people from the Cao family and the Xiahou family, the consequences would be even worse!

History has indeed proved this. When the people of the Cao family and the Xiahou family were no longer useful, the Sima family came up with a sinister smile. At that time, the supreme authority in the huge land of Shandong was so simple. was overturned by a coup...

If Fei Qian did not implement the process of industrialization in Guanzhong, but followed the agricultural path of the Central Plains of Han Dynasty and the Shandong model, then he would undoubtedly not be able to keep up with Shandong's speed.

Since ancient times, human beings have been constantly choosing suitable places to survive in order to have a bite to eat. The Central Plains of China has also been cultivated and cultivated year by year, and it has become a place that supports China's most basic food needs. area. Therefore, owning the Central Plains region undoubtedly provided a strong advantage in a feudal society where agriculture was the main pillar industry.

Cao Cao stood on Zhongtiao Mountain, looking at the yellow sand sweeping in from the north, and looking at the river rushing past in the south, and was speechless for a long time.

Cao Cao felt that Fei Qian was simply the biggest variable in the world.

The big man is actually very weak.

Thirty-four years of border chaos have consumed all the savings of the Han Dynasty.

Then came the Yellow Turban Rebellion, which was equivalent to uncovering the only fig leaf between the Han imperial power and the local gentry, making both sides realize that the other party was so ugly...

The seven-year itch, and how many seven years have passed since the combination of the central imperial power of the Han Dynasty and the local gentry?

"I want to revive the great Han..." Cao Cao said slowly, "Did I make a mistake?" 』

"My lord is right. Dong Zhao said from the side.

In the early days, Cao Cao really only wanted to revitalize the Han Dynasty.

It's just that his dream of making the big man glorious again was ruthlessly hit by reality time and time again.

If it weren't for Cao Cao's strong character, he might have become decadent under the repeated blows and completely settled down.

Hearing Dong Zhao say "nothing wrong", Cao Cao nodded slightly and smiled. Although what Cao Cao wanted to hear was obviously not a simple or even comforting word, but...

That's it.

If Fengxiao is here...

Cao Cao looked back at the mountainside, where there was a newly opened flat land.

In the flat ground, there is a tomb.

"..." Cao Cao was silent, looking at the new grave. After a while, he pulled out the knife guarding him, pulled out a strand of hair, and cut it with a click.

"Lord!" ” Everyone was shocked, wondering if Cao Cao was under great pressure and had a nervous breakdown.

Cao Cao returned the knife to the guard, then grabbed the hair and handed it to Dong Zhao, "Let's bury this hair here too!" It can be regarded as an apology to..."

Dong Zhao was stunned, then took a step forward, bowed his hand and took it.

The mountains are freezing and the rivers are surging.

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In Xu County, at the Chongde Hall.

The splendid throne seemed to be a lot darker without the sunshine.

"Now in the war between the East and the West, I want to send someone to mediate, but I don't know..." Liu Xie looked at Xun Yu, "I wonder what Aiqing thinks?" 』

Everyone knows that Xun Yu is Cao Cao's logistics manager and represents Cao Cao's will to a certain extent, even though he has never acknowledged it in official announcements.

Xun Yu still lowered his head and his voice remained steady, "Your Majesty can decide this matter himself." 』

Liu Xie took a breath.

If I can decide it myself, why would I ask you to do it? Do you think I don’t know that my emperor is just a decoration? Without your consent, even if I issue a hundred edicts, I still won’t be able to leave even one of them!

But he couldn't speak so directly, so Liu Xie smiled and said, "The main thing is I want to hear Aiqing's thoughts..."

Xun Yu was also unambiguous, "Reporting to your Majesty, this matter is both possible and impossible." 』

"this……"

Liu Xie swallowed.

The spit today, for some reason, was so hard that it almost choked him to death.

"Ai Qing, you might as well explain in detail, whether this is possible or not, and what is it?" 』

Liu Xie decided that today he would break the casserole and get to the bottom of it. Even if he really broke the casserole, he would not hesitate.

Xun Yu raised his head, glanced at Liu Xie slightly, and then lowered his head again, "Reporting to your majesty, this is okay... All the Han people are kings, and there is no one who refuses to obey the king's orders... so it's okay." 』

"Everything in the world is the land of the king; the shores of the land are all the ministers of the king." Liu Xie nodded, "This... I understand, but everyone in the world can understand?" 』

Xun Yu lowered his head and this time, did not reply immediately.

On the surface, it seems that Xun Yu is saying that Liu Xie's words are obviously difficult to answer, but in fact it is indeed difficult to answer. If you just think so, it represents the full meaning, which is obviously wrong again.

Xun Yu is actually saying that the only thing Liu Xie has left now is his reputation as a righteous person...

But this "great justice" should not be used lightly!

China emphasizes yin and yang, which is actually the opposition and unity of things.

Therefore, when Xun Yu said that all the land in the world is king's land, it not only simply means that Liu Xie has nominal jurisdiction, but also means that Liu Xie actually lost jurisdiction!

All lands in the world are royal lands. Does this mean that everything from the people belongs to the emperor, or does everything from the emperor come from the people? Does it mean that the people on this piece of land have no private property, or does it mean that they own the emperor's property and it is the property of everyone in the world?

Different positions, what you see, what you hear, what you feel, what you are willing to accept are all different.

Unfortunately, Liu Xie was obviously just sitting on his throne, sitting in the somewhat dilapidated Chongde Hall, and asked a little eagerly: "This is not possible, so what?" 』

Xun Yu's eyelashes trembled slightly, then lowered, "Your Majesty, don't forget Master Ma." 』

"who? Oh..." Liu Xie couldn't react at first.

Ma Taifu, Ma Rixi.

This guy Ma Rixi cannot be said to be a good person or a bad person, he is just a mortal. There are talents and there are flaws. But no matter what, when Ma Rixi was sent as an envoy, something happened, and then nothing happened.

When you feel good, just enjoy yourself. If something goes wrong, just make an announcement and be done with it?

Looking back, in order to make my behavior of holding up my pants and not recognizing people seem reasonable, I just used a magnifying glass to pick eggs inside the bones? It means that a slap in the face can't make a difference. If Ma Rixi didn't have problems himself, Yuan Shu wouldn't mess with him.

So in the end, was Yuan Shu dealt with?

Dealt with it.

He was severely condemned.

Did you praise Ma Rixi?

Praise.

Give verbal praise once.

As a result, Yuan Shu ignored the pain and continued to do evil, even fueling his arrogance, and Ma Rixi's descendants...

Uh, does Ma Rixi have any descendants?

Who?

What Xun Yu brought up was such an embarrassing thing. Even if the emperor wants to issue an edict, who will mediate with the edict? The corpse of the last person who was ordered to mediate in this way is not yet cold.

"This..." Liu Xie looked at Xun Yu with wide eyes, "Aiqing, you... aren't you going?" 』

Xun Yu couldn't help but laugh, "Your Majesty, please forgive me... I am really busy with business." 』

Liu Xie came to his senses and waved his hand, "I said no, what I mean is... does Aiqing have anyone to recommend?" 』

Xun Yu slowly shook his head, "If Wenju was still there, maybe... Now, there is no one else to choose from." 』

"There is no one among the civil and military officials of the entire dynasty?" ”Liu Xie didn’t believe it.

Xun Yu was silent for a moment, "If your majesty insists... you can conquer Pi Lu and Su Lu Zijing, and move forward with the imperial edict." The rest are all unacceptable. 』

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Not to mention how Liu Xie was confused by Xun Yu. It was obvious that he wanted to sell a favor, but it turned into a favor for himself. Looking back at the Zhongtiao Mountain area, there was already a turmoil and clouds of war. .

Chai Yu arrived at Zhongtiao Mountain. He thought that after being delivered to the field, he had completed his errand and could go back. However, he never expected that his errand would be extended...

He was captured and responsible for digging out the mountain and filling it with gunpowder on Zhongtiao Mountain.

Although the land east of Hedong is loess and many places are covered with loess layers, there are still many areas in Zhongtiao Mountain that are rocky and are not so easy to dig. Moreover, time is tight and the tasks are heavy, and heads are cut off at every turn, and the attitude is tough, as if these tasks should be born to Chai Yu and other craftsmen.

This was not his business originally, nor was it his originally agreed upon mission...

"As promised?" ” The little official who was responsible for informing and leading Chai Yu and others to work pointed his nostrils to the sky, “Who did you say yes to?” 』

The official position of a petty official is not big, but the official tone is full of ten!

What was originally a simple sentence can produce seven to eight tones.

Chai Yu thought at first that he was from Shandong and had served as a great craftsman in Xu County, so he could still try to explain to the clerk, "This is what I did before..."

It's a pity that in the land of Shandong, everything is low-grade and only those who are well-educated are good craftsmen. It doesn't matter whether they are big craftsmen or small craftsmen, or whether they have struck bells and cast cauldrons for the emperor. In the eyes of small officials, they are just craftsmen.

"Before? ! ” The clerk sneered and interrupted Chai Yu’s words, “You also know it’s “before”? ! What was the situation before and what is the situation now? Um? Now that the Han Dynasty is facing a crisis, you, who are pushing back and forth, do you want to maliciously undermine the prime minister's great cause and cause us to fall short of our achievements? 』

Using chicken feathers as arrows has always been the way for the petty officials to settle down and make a living.

Even if there are no serious chicken feathers, these petty officials still have to do some improper things so that they will not panic in their hearts.

For example, at the moment, the junior official felt that he had nowhere to show his authority, but when Chai Yu came to the door, he naturally used his accent and shook his feathers to show that he was a serious chicken feather this time!

Chai Yu frowned and said, "I'm just asking, why did he become "malicious"? Besides, couldn't the food transport team in front go back once they arrived here? Why did you change your mind when you came to my place, and you can’t even ask me one more question? 』

"What are you asking?" ” The clerk sneered, “Does it require your consent for all major national affairs? Who are you? Can you represent the Han, the emperor, or the prime minister? Work hard! Otherwise I will have you arrested! 』

The clerk also cannot represent these things, but this does not prevent him from using these big hats to oppress people.

"Are you still being unreasonable?" ! Do you know that such capricious orders will leave many people at a loss as to what to do? ” Chai Yu couldn’t help but feel a little angry.

Even in the feudal era, there was still a contractual spirit.

Just like there is a "contract" between the emperor and his ministers, there is also a "contract" between the ministers and the people.

Yes, the contract is signed with the intention of breaking it in the future, but don’t forget that after one party breaks the contract, don’t blame the other party for not abiding by the contract.

What is the most basic contract between Dahan?

It's "Three Chapters of the Agreement".

In a simple metaphor, these "Three Chapters of the Contract" are the Constitution of the Han Dynasty, and the other laws and regulations that follow are all reinterpretations and expansions of this basic contract. Normally speaking, no matter how it is interpreted or expanded later, it cannot violate the original constitution. However, in fact, among the Han Dynasty, most of the time, the law that governs the people is not the original "three chapters of the law". Instead, there are various temporary measures and temporary notices.

Moreover, these temporary measures and temporary notices sometimes violate the "Three Chapters of the Covenant" at the beginning of the founding of the Han Dynasty...

Just like now, the temporary tasks assigned are either higher pay or a certain position, instead of cursing and indicating that they are inferior and untouchable, and they can't do any work.

A small official obviously cannot represent the entire Han Dynasty, nor can he represent Prime Minister Cao, but he can be the point that breaks this contract.

Every incident is a separate point, and there is nothing wrong with that. There is nothing wrong with it if it does not expand, spread, or become biased.

It’s just that if there are too many points, it becomes a line.

If there are too many lines, they will naturally become faces.

The rest of the people in the same situation as Chai Yu actually had their contracts broken and were left to continue working overtime. However, most of these people dared to get angry and dare not speak out. Some people came up and took Chai Yu away and said, "Don't be serious, don't be serious." , isn’t it just to do more work... What’s the big deal, if you take action, it’s your fault..."

These people surrounded Chai Yu. There were obviously more people, but they looked like they were weak. They pulled Chai Yu away from the minor official, and then smiled and bowed to the minor official.

Further away, the lower-status civilians and craftsmen also lowered their heads, as if they had seen or heard something, but they also seemed not to have seen or heard anything.

"Let's go, let's go!" Another craftsman leader pushed Chai Yu and said, "This is the case!" I take it you're new here? Just get used to it and you'll be fine..."

Chai Yu couldn't help but sigh, "Just get used to it?" That's right, get used to it...just get used to it..."

But is this really just something you can get used to?

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Outside the Zhongtiao Mountain camp, when Li Li saw Sima Yi, he went up to pay homage and called him master, which shocked Sima Yi!

Cao Cao's estimate was correct. In fact, the vanguard of the Hussars did not go out to capture and kill Cao Hong, but wanted to make a surprise attack...

With Cao Hong and other defeated soldiers acting as a cover in the front, most of Cao's soldiers would think that the Hussars army was not coming.

Li Li did not rush to attack, but contacted Sima Yi.

It happened that Sima Yi came from Puban and wanted to attack the Zhongtiao Mountain camp again.

When the two met, Li Li's behavior surprised Sima Yi. After some conversation, Sima Yi found out that Li Li had learned the cavalry tactics he sent to Pingyang for registration, and was even better than his old masters. He had a good time stretching his skills under Anyi City and achieved good results.

Sima Yi laughed, and then refused to acknowledge Li Li's title of "master", saying that there were so many examples of tactics in the civil war in the martial arts hall. If one learned one and was called a master, wouldn't everyone be a master? Sima Yi himself also learned many battle examples in the martial arts hall, and he did not say who he wanted to call his master.

At the end, Sima Yi said with some emotion: "If there is a master, it would be appropriate to call the lord a master!" If there is no master to teach martial arts here, where will the rest of us go to learn these things? 』

Li Li's eyes lit up and he no longer insisted on calling Sima Yi his master, but he still treated Sima Yi respectfully.

Sima Yi smiled and didn't think there was any big problem with Li Li's behavior.

It is normal for capable people to want to go further.

But it is abnormal for those without ability to hold high positions and prevent those with ability from catching up.

The two discussed the tactics of cavalry archers again. Although the two were not as good as masters and disciples, they were invisibly familiar with each other and became much closer.

Sima Yi successfully recovered Pubanjin just a few days ago. For Sima Yi, fighting this battle was actually not that difficult. A simple false alarm was able to mobilize Cao Ping who was guarding the city...

According to Cao Ping's existing Shandong tactical thinking, he was already far behind Sima Yi and others.

Occupying a county town alone is like being a lone piece in Go.

If you can finally connect with your own forces, you can naturally play some miraculous effects.

But the problem is that Cao Cao has lost the Anyi camp so quickly, and the defeat of the entire Cao army is irreversible. Who will contact the lone piece outside?

Cao Ping will inevitably be defeated.

Sima Yi took back Puban, but when he learned that the Anyi camp had been broken, he pondered for a moment and sighed, "What a pity! What a pity!"