Three Kingdoms

Chapter 3500 Each has his own considerations

When Zhang Liao found Pang Tong, Pang Tong had actually received some news.

When there were still powerful enemies outside, most of the rulers of traditional feudal dynasties hoped that the people below would be harmonious, united, and united against the outside world. If there were some internal conflicts, the rulers would most likely try to ease the conflicts and would not intensify them unless necessary.

This is the case in most cases, and there will be a few extreme cases, but extreme cases cannot replace the norm.

Pang Tong's handling of Ma Yue was a decision made under this premise.

Pang Tong had not learned any crisis management or public relations awareness, but everything he did met the requirements of crisis public relations.

The first is to isolate sensitive sources.

Just like some group issues, several representatives are always required to come out to talk.

When these representatives are isolated, what to talk about specifically, or how the talk goes, the more thorough the isolation, the less likely the matter will resonate with most people, and the easier it will be to divide and then solve the matter.

Second, it is to discuss the matter at hand.

Because in fact, many things do not exist alone, and they are interconnected with many other things. If you keep asking why, you will get a lot of old things. So just solve the most important and urgent thing, and focus all your attention on that point, and it will be much easier to deal with.

Finally...

It is to weigh the pros and cons and make a decision.

"Wenyuan," Pang Tong asked with a smile while looking at Zhang Liao's expression, "But what's wrong with General Ma?"

Pang Tong thought that Zhang Liao found him so quickly because he was still dissatisfied with Ma Yue's apology.

Pang Tong smiled and seemed amiable, but in fact not all fat people are broad-minded.

There is right and wrong in the world of children, and only interests are left in the reality of adults.

Zhang Liao said that it was not that he had any opinions about Ma Yue, but that he found some problems...

There were some inappropriate remarks.

It was not a problem of speech, but a problem of people.

In the Han Dynasty, and even until the Ming Dynasty, it was not a big problem to make public remarks or even criticize the ministers of the dynasty. For example, students in Luoyang Imperial College often criticized officials of the time, and even gave some people nicknames in an insulting way. This is something that young people often do, and I have never seen some officials in the Han Dynasty arrest people for this.

Some officials even paid money to get good reviews, "Dear, give me a thumbs up, and I will give you a red envelope if you give me a five-star review..."

This rule of "not being punished for words" in the traditional Chinese ruling rules is, on the one hand, the influence of Confucian culture. After all, it is more difficult to prevent Confucian scholars from talking nonsense in their daily lives than to prevent monkeys from talking nonsense.

On the other hand, it is also a constraint on the monarch's imperial power. After all, everyone likes to hear flattering lies, but the truth may not be good to hear. In order to prevent the honest people who tell the truth and talk about the pros and cons from being killed, there is still a certain necessity to have such a protective rule.

In order to maintain their ruling status, rulers need to take a series of measures to stabilize people's hearts. Among them, allowing a certain degree of freedom of speech is an important aspect. By allowing subjects to express their opinions, rulers can better understand public opinion and adjust policies in a timely manner, thus avoiding the intensification of social contradictions.

And social public opinion will also play an important role in maintaining social order. If the rulers crack down on those who make inappropriate remarks too harshly, the final result may be that even those who tell the truth will disappear. Once the punishment is too severe, there will be too many smart people who know how to cater to their superiors and use this law to "reasonably and legally" crack down on those who tell the truth.

Just like the definition of "malice" in the laws of the United States in later generations, it was originally just to have a basis for restraining and punishing bad behaviors without relevant regulations when the law is not perfect, but it was infinitely expanded by local officials, becoming a pariah. Even the survival and breathing of the untouchables are malicious...

Therefore, for Fei Qian and Pang Tong, magnanimity and severe punishment are opposites and unity.

Pang Tong sent Ma Yue to Fei Qian to remind Fei Qian that there might be a lot of such things happening in the next stage. What to do and what regulations to introduce should be put on the agenda first. Otherwise, when they really arrive in Shandong, there will be a lot of things happening left and right, true and false, real and fake, and it will be very troublesome.

However, Pang Tong did not expect that the problem would appear so quickly and so early.

Although the system of the seat division is not too strict in the cavalry army, it is more or less related. When Ma Yue made a mistake, these military school soldiers who jumped out and wanted to put themselves in the position of saints and loudly rebuked Ma Yue happened to be students taught by Ma Yue in the past...

"Is this a hurry to distance yourself from the relationship..." Pang Tong said with some emotion.

White-eyed wolf?

Perhaps.

Seeking benefits and avoiding harm, this is human nature.

Not everyone was like this, but that small group of people jumped higher, shouted louder, and acted more decisively, thus "representing" the majority of people who were originally silent or unwilling to do so.

Just like now, Zhang Liao felt a little uncomfortable with these cavalrymen trained by Ma Yue.

Now that they have abandoned Ma Yue so easily, who knows if they will abandon Zhang Liao for some reason next time?

Zhang Liao shook his head and tried to get rid of this bad idea.

"Secondly..." Pang Tong frowned slightly, "These soldiers... the early drill manuals are not perfect..."

This is actually a very helpless thing.

After all, in the early days of Fei Qian's entrepreneurship, many things could not be taken care of. As an instructor who trained the cavalry in the early days, Ma Yue had good teaching ability in cavalry skills and combat basics, but he was relatively weak in ideology, morality and classics culture.

Therefore, these early cavalry were probably not much different from the customs of the northern Hu people, worshiping the strong and despising the weak, not paying attention to the old and the young, and only emphasizing the strength of personal force.

This is related to Ma Yue's own growth environment and the conditions in which Fei Qian was at that time.

In the middle period, when Li Dian was training the cavalry, this problem was much better...

So this point can also be said to be the result of the upper beam being crooked, but this upper beam is not just Ma Yue.

Zhang Liao nodded silently.

Indeed, Zhang Liao had not thought of this level before.

『The third one...』

Pang Tong looked at the sky.

The sky gradually darkened.

『Wenyuan, I need you to do something...』 Pang Tong suddenly said to Zhang Liao, 『After the war, there will be losses, so we need to reorganize the team...』

Zhang Liao's eyes moved slightly, 『Your Majesty's intention is... to disrupt the formation? 』

Pang Tong smiled, nodded, and then quickly put away his smile, 『I hope it is not the third situation...』

Zhang Liao obeyed the order and retreated.

Pang Tong thought for a moment, and his heart was somewhat worried.

In the battle, it is easy to form friendship and tacit understanding, which is of course a good thing.

Soldiers from unfamiliar teams cooperate and support each other in battle, which is what almost every general wants to see. However, at the same time, soldiers who are combined with each other are also prone to form a group.

Grouping is not a bad thing, but after grouping, they intentionally or unintentionally damage the interests of others for their own interests, which is a problem.

Zhang Liao may have realized it, or he may not have thought of it yet.

Some of the cavalrymen in that part were refugees from Heluo.

When Dong Zhuo moved the population of Heluo Kyoto to Guanzhong, many people died and many people ran away.

These people fled in all directions. The rich went to Shandong and Jiangdong, and the poor went to remote areas. They went everywhere. At that time, Hedong was unwilling to accept these refugees. Fei Qian was just about to develop Pingyang in the north, and then he took these people in.

The other part was the Baibo soldiers and the Black Mountain bandits...

Which part had a problem, or did they all have a problem?

Under the Fei Qian political group, there were sources from all over the place. Grouping was an inevitable process, but what followed was intentional or unintentional exclusion.

This kind of exclusion or demarcation of circles, if it is unconscious or not malicious, is generally not a big problem. Just like old students like to see clumsy freshmen mess up things, and then laugh at them for fun. Old soldiers also like to see new recruits who are not familiar with the team rules and are scolded and punished, and then they can say that the boy should learn from me in the past...

But if interests are mixed in, the relationship becomes complicated.

Everyone knows that the higher you go, the smaller the space and the fewer positions.

So, who will get more benefits after Ma Yue falls?

Maybe...

It was gradually getting dark, and Pang Tong was still dealing with some matters, but he heard hurried footsteps outside the tent.

"Lord, something happened..."

Pang Tong took a breath, first annotated the documents handled by his men, and then put down the pen before asking: "What's the matter?"

Seeing Pang Tong calm, the soldier who came to report the news naturally calmed down a little, "Lord! General Ma suddenly fell ill! '

Pang Tong stood up immediately, 'What did you say? '

'My Lord! News came from the rear camp that General Ma had a sudden illness, high fever and trembling, and was unconscious! '

Pang Tong pulled off the cloak hanging on the side and threw it on his body, 'Lead the way! '

Pang Tong's guards rushed forward, 'My Lord! It's a serious illness! '

'Get out of the way! 'Pang Tong shouted angrily, 'Go call a doctor! '

The group lit torches and came to Ma Yue's tent.

After entering the tent, Pang Tong frowned, 'Why don't you make a bonfire at night in this weather? ! '

Ma Yue's guards lowered their heads, 'We... don't have enough wood... It's been several days... '

Pang Tong immediately understood, 'Is it that they don't give it, or you didn't ask for it? '

Ma Yue's guards replied, 'At first they didn't give it... Later General Ma said that he didn't need these two days, so he didn't ask for it... '

'Confused! 'Pang Tong said angrily, 'Go to my tent immediately and get some ready-made fire! Where is the doctor? Did the doctor call? '

The weather is getting colder and colder now, and the temperature at night drops sharply. If there is no bonfire, it will be difficult to survive the second half of the night.

A few days ago, Ma Yue was sent to Fei Qian, so the guards here naturally did not receive any good treatment.

After Ma Yue came back, he was exposed to cold wind during the day and had no hot food. He continued to be cold at night. Coupled with the emotional fluctuations, depression and pain in his heart, even if he was made of iron, he would fall ill.

Pang Tong gave the order, and the soldiers immediately became busy. Soon the bonfire in the tent was rekindled, and the doctor also arrived, confirming that Ma Yue was suffering from cold and evil winds...

After the doctor arrived, he first used golden needles to restore Ma Yue's consciousness, and then made Ma Yue drink the decoction, which finally brought Ma Yue's condition under control.

However, the doctor said that it was only a temporary control and did not mean that the medicine would cure the disease.

Ma Yue was originally a fighting man, and his physique was relatively strong, so he usually did not get sick. However, if Ma Yue, a person who does not get sick on weekdays, gets sick, he will be like a jade pillar collapsing, and he will be out of control.

Just like the flexible workers in later generations who run takeaways, they have to run in rain or wind, even in snowy weather. Most people can't stand it. Just running and climbing some stairs will make them gasp for breath. But these flexible workers run every day. Come rain or shine, you rarely get sick, but once you get sick, you often don’t even have the chance to be rescued...

Maybe it's not that I'm not sick, but I'm gritting my teeth and persisting, and others don't know.

The same is true for Ma Yue. He may not have been completely healthy before, but was in a sub-healthy state. Now, with the combination of internal and external factors and hot and cold environments, his condition is like a volcanic eruption, which is very difficult.

The doctor wanted to transfer her to Chang'an Baiyi Medical Center as soon as she was a little more stable.

Pang Tong thanked the doctor, then frowned and looked at Ma Yue, who was half asleep after taking the acupuncture medicine.

Pang Tong suddenly felt pity for this guy...

Ignorance is not a blessing, but a fault.

And after knowing that you are ignorant, you should not escape, but should reflect and summarize, otherwise you will make mistakes after mistakes.

Pang Tong looked at Ma Yue's two remaining guards.

It is said that these two guards did not fulfill their duty to take care of Ma Yue, so they were wrong. However, they noticed something was wrong in the middle of the night and reported it urgently, which can be regarded as saving half of Ma Yue's life. So, are these two guards right or wrong? Should it be punished or rewarded?

"Take care of him!" Pang Tong said, "If you need anything, just come to me!" When his condition stabilizes tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, I will send someone to send General Ma to Chang'an! 』

Guard Ma Yue hurriedly agreed.

Pang Tong returned to his tent.

The night was getting dark, but Pang Tong had no idea of ​​rest.

Just like the failure of a battle and the death of a general, the most fundamental reason may be that a horseshoe nail fell off the hoof of the war horse. The whole Ma Yue incident seemed to be very ordinary at the beginning.

It even looks familiar.

Who has never been careless or arrogant?

But suddenly, things took a turn for the worse!

Moreover, Ma Yue was seriously ill, and part of it was due to the problems of the back camp directly managed by Pang Tong!

"The camp staff are called upon to come!" 』

Pang Tong said in a deep voice.

If you just follow the trend and follow the trend, then the problem is still within control, but if there are other situations...

When Zhang Liao was patrolling the camp, he heard the news and rushed over. He happened to meet the rear camp officers summoned by Pang Tong.

Zhang Liao originally wanted to avoid it, but Pang Tong asked Zhang Liao to stay at the scene, and then directly asked the rear camp staff why they did not give Ma Yue enough supplies. As a result, he got an answer that made Pang Tong laugh.

When the back camp applied for supplies, there were many people.

After all, counting, signing, checking, and moving all take time, so there are often queues.

When the guards left behind by Ma Yue came to collect supplies, they were scolded and pushed by other soldiers. If the rear camp had not blocked them, they might even have been beaten, so Ma Yue's guards did not come later. Under such circumstances, the people in the rear camp would naturally not dare to send any supplies to Ma Yue...

Pang Tong did not immediately believe what Houying was saying. Instead, he asked a few more people to inquire. After getting similar results, he breathed a sigh of relief, but soon frowned again.

Pang Tong punished the back camp employees because they failed to do their jobs well and failed to report problems in time...

"This problem..." Pang Tong reflected and said to Zhang Liao, "It may be bigger than we originally thought... It needs to be reported to the lord..."

"Report to the lord?" ” Zhang Liao asked, not very sure.

Pang Tong nodded, "These things... many of them are kept hidden... We won't know until the end... In this case, you and I can't make this mistake again..."

Zhang Liao thought for a moment and finally agreed to Pang Tong's suggestion. He and Pang Tong jointly wrote a form and sent someone to rush it to Fei Qian.

When Fei Qian received the seal, he was quite surprised. He had not expected that such a thing would lead to so many problems.

Fei Qian himself believed that it was relatively timely to send Ma Yue back.

There are also some things in later generations. Public apology and elimination of social impact are enough.

Moreover, in future generations, there will be many more things that are not even apologized for, and will just be dragged on until everyone dies or forgets, and then there will be no problem.

It's like someone from the United States drove a red flag into the White House and twerked on the White House lawn to take a photo...

Afterwards, the real person involved not only received no punishment, nor even an apology. Instead, the captain of the White House Security Office was removed from his post, the White House fined the spokesperson, and issued an announcement to end the matter.

Maybe Midi thought it wasn't a big deal and it was just some idiots making fun of him anyway.

However, Fei Qian knew that if this kind of thing dragged on for too long, the original enthusiasm in his heart would slowly cool down, so Fei Qian asked Ma Yue to come back and apologize to Zhang Liao in person, but Fei Qian didn't expect this...

This matter may not be as simple as Fei Qian originally thought.

Fei Qian even felt that this problem may not be over yet, or it will never be over.

Money and violence are the abyss of desire that humans can never get rid of.

Coincidentally, the army just takes both into account.

After thinking for a long time, Fei Qian issued an order that was opposite to Pang Tong's split and reorganization. Fei Qian ordered the troops that had been fighting on the front line before and were already a little tired to go forward to change guards. At the same time, he prepared the flat land on the Linzhi Plateau in Tongguan, preparing to concentrate time and strength to carry out an overall training!

This may be the different corresponding strategies brought by later experience.

It's not that there's anything wrong with Pang Tong's strategy, but there are some differences between the Han Dynasty's thinking mode and that of later generations. Pang Tong was thinking about how to make things smaller, which is a habit of traditional feudal dynasties. Fortunately, Pang Tong made timely adjustments and reported it to Fei Qian. However, Fei Qian felt that the more open and transparent these issues were, the simpler they would be.

Unless there was something that couldn't be made public...