Chapter 1664: Pang Tong’s Belly
Guan Yu came to borrow troops.
This is naturally impossible...
In fact, Guan Yu knew this, so he resorted to the next best thing, borrowing money, and then recruiting his own troops.
Xu Shu couldn''t help but smile bitterly.
?There are almost no wars that can be won with thoughts. Even if millet and rifles are added in later generations, they must be added by millet. If there is not even millet, only rifles will not work. Therefore, if Guan Yu wants to have soldiers, he must have money and food. At present, Guan Yu''s sleeves are clean and his face is clean.
"We are all willing to serve the imperial court and fight against usurpers. Therefore, it is our duty to go to Dingzi and open up new territories. However, there is a lack of ice and equipment. Even if we can overcome it, we may not be able to hold on..." Guan Yu cupped his hands and said, "If we can Allocate some grain and recruit soldiers, and then..."
Xu Shu smiled slightly and interrupted Guan Yu''s words: "If you don''t take the land of Dingzi, someone else will conquer it."
Guan Yu couldn''t help but his face darkened.
? Xu Shu’s words were very straightforward and clear. Even though Guan Yu found thousands of reasons for borrowing troops, for the hussar general Fei Qian, the three Liu Bei brothers were not the only choice. At this stage, the three Liu Bei brothers are conquering Ding Ze. Although on the surface it is for the imperial court to regain the old land, in fact it is also for themselves.
"The Hussars are unparalleled in their loyalty and righteousness..." Guan Yu continued, "In the past, when we collected the Yin Mountains, we restored the land for the imperial court. Today, we are also doing the same for Ding Ze. They are all part of the Han Dynasty. How can they be different from each other?"
Xu Shu nodded and said: "What General Guan said is true... Although there is no distinction between the family, the country and the country, there are priorities in matters..."
Guan Yu couldn''t help but have a headache. He was not good at talking around words. Seeing that Xu Shu was not getting along, he finally sighed and said in a deep voice: "Shijun Xu, why don''t you make it clear, what should we do?"
Xu Shu twirled his beard, laughed twice, and said: "Ask General Guan, what will happen if you take Dingze? Dingze is located in a remote place and has a sparse population. Even if the general raises some grain, it will be a drop in the bucket. Yeah! If He Mou gives money and food to the general for no reason, how can he deal with the Sichuan and Sichuan nobles? "
Guan Yu was silent for a moment, then he raised his hands and said: "If Xu Shijun can help me, if there is an assignment the next day, Guan will definitely not refuse! Please give me some advice!"
Xu Shu looked at Guan Yu, pondered for a moment, and then said: "General Guan doesn''t know something... General Hussar always gives generous rewards..."
Guan Yufeng narrowed his eyes.
Xu Shu continued: "In Sichuan and Sichuan, the mountain roads are difficult to travel. In ancient times, there were as many mountain bandits as ox hair, and they were endless and blocked the trade routes. This was a serious obstacle to the place... If General Guan received a reward and used it to recruit troops, wouldn''t it be both good and bad? To be completely loyal and righteous, but to reject other people’s words?”
Guan Yu clasped his hands together and saluted Xu Shu, "Thank you very much, Mr. Xu Shijun, for your advice!"
To annihilate the mountain bandits, naturally you don''t need many soldiers and horses. Guan Yu''s one or two hundred men were enough, so Guan Yu didn''t say anything more and went back to prepare immediately.
Xu Shu saw Guan Yu off and looked at Guan Yu''s back, smiling slightly.
Mountain bandits are naturally the most common in places with mountains, and Sichuan and Sichuan are surrounded by mountains, so there are naturally many mountain bandits. But in fact, these bandits may not all be the so-called people who rise up to fight for heaven. Heroes, or in other words, those of Xiao Xiami, as long as they have some name, they are more or less related to the place...
Otherwise, not only food and drink, but some daily necessities such as salt, rice and cloth, how could we rely on robbing and killing business travelers every year? If he kills too hard, wouldn''t he also end his own path? Therefore, these bandits generally have some so-called rules. Even all merchants know which dock to visit and which token to take to avoid being robbed by bandits. Bandits who have rules can also say Isn''t it linked to local forces?
Since Guan Yu handed the knife to Xu Shu''s hand, no wonder Xu Shu casually slashed it...
What''s more, for Guan Yu, this was not a loss. He openly and honestly took the heads of these bandits in exchange for money and then recruited soldiers. Even the most discerning Sichuan and Shu nobles could not find any reason to blame.
??This is just the beginning of breaking the collusive interest network between Sichuan and Sichuan forces.
………(~￣▽￣)→………
?The dispute in Sichuan and Shu has come to an end for the time being, and another wave has set off in Guanzhong.
The original Guanzhong gentry, under the double blow of Dong Zhuo and Li Guo, were temporarily decadent. However, as Fei sneaked into the main pass, the ecosystem had the function of self-repair, and the human system was no exception. Gradually, the Guanzhong gentry regained their ability. After taking a breath, there were some disputes.
?Fei Qian once thought that the entire China market was still in a mess. Is it necessary to start the party struggle so early? After thinking about it, the result should actually be expected.
?In the original history, after the Shanxi gentry failed to recover, only the performance of the Shandong gentry was left. And didn’t the Shandong gentry also start to divide and reunite before the world was settled?
Cao Cao eventually replaced Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu and became the largest representative of the Shandong gentry. However, in actual history, although the Jizhou Group nominally surrendered to Cao Cao after Yuan Shao, it actually acted as a traitor, waiting to turn the world against the traitors. Killed them all, and then took action...
?As for Cao Cao’s basic situation, the Qiaopei Group and the Yingchuan Group are actually not in harmony. The Qiao Pei Group, which was directly under Cao Cao, was biased towards the newly rising gentry and could be regarded as a representative of the interests of the poor common people, while the Yingchuan Group was an interest group of the gentry families. Therefore, although the two groups worked together in the early stages of the war to lay a foundation for Cao Cao, But in fact, internal disputes are not uncommon...
The most typical example is Man Chong clinging to Cao Hong''s abduct... Of course, if the Qiao Pei Group represents the common people, it is not the case. The Qiao Pei Group is more like a lower-status figure. Taking advantage of the opportunity of changing dynasties to rise to the upper echelons and become a new wealthy family, for example, Cao Cao stuffed several daughters into Liu Xie''s harem in one go, simply because he wanted to maintain the Cao family name after his death. An identity and status, but that kid Cao Pi...
At present, because Fei Qian, a big demon moth, is flapping his wings randomly, it not only affects the changes in the Guanzhong area, but also promotes the trend of mutual embezzlement among the Shandong nobles in the Central Plains. Therefore, the conflict of interests between the noble regions is naturally random. It''s ahead of schedule.
??Fei Qian hated office politics in his previous life, otherwise he would not have been an old man for many years, but he never expected that even after coming to the Eastern Han Dynasty, he would still be unable to avoid this problem.
As the saying goes, a tree wants to be quiet but the wind does not stop. Now that Fei Qian is in this position, it is absolutely impossible for him to sit back and become a rich man like Jia Xu in history. Therefore, Fei Qian has to start to consider the issue of party struggle. Although Pang Tong and Zaozhi around him are good at managing people''s livelihood or handling government affairs, they may not have much experience on the issue of party struggle.
Strictly speaking, Fei Qian should belong to the circle of Heluo nobles, but the circle of Heluo nobles is now in pieces. Some of them followed Emperor Liu Xie in Xu County, some died in the war, and some Some of them fled directly. Even the few seedlings in Fei Qian''s house were all whitewashed by image engineering. The surface was a little glossy, and they didn''t look good up close...
So in fact, the people Fei Qian is using at the moment are all friendly people. There are those from Hedong, those from Bingzhou, those from Guangzhong, and even those from Shandong. Of course, more of them are still from Jingxiang. In the early stage of entrepreneurship of the entire political group, all problems are not problems. After all, the industry is constantly developing. Expansion, the position is constantly promoted, the income is constantly increasing, and the value of the original stock invested by him is constantly turning somersaults and flying upwards, isn''t that person smiling?
But now I am gradually stopping and starting to slow down, preparing to adjust the rhythm and stabilize the rear. When the growth rate slows down, the problem slowly appears.
Someone sued Pang Tong for his personal conduct…
When he heard this for the first time, Fei Qian couldn''t help but be a little stunned. He thought that although boys like Pang Tong were greedy, there was no doubt about their loyalty. Even though they complained from time to time that they had lost a lot of weight due to too much hard work, they still did their best when handling various government affairs. How could it suddenly happen? Is it “private”?
When asked in detail, it turns out that there is indeed "privacy".
In fact, it’s not a big deal at all, it’s an unavoidable situation.
A few months ago, a branch of the Cai family arrived in Guanzhong and came to join Pang Tong. This disciple of the Cai family did not dare to approach Fei Qian directly, because although the relationship between the Cai family and Fei Qian was not bad, it was far from the level where a side branch could visit him. On the other hand, the relationship between the Pang family and the Cai family was even more Closer.
Pang Tong investigated and found that this branch of the Cai family did not have many impressive abilities, that is, he was an ordinary person, so naturally he had no interest in recommending Fei Qian. He did not even mention it, but was only assigned a small position. So he let this branch of the Cai family take charge and let the matter go.
Originally, it would not be a big deal if the disciples of the Cai family had reached this point. After all, in these days, although Pang Tong was somewhat suspected of appointing officials privately, even the generals of chariots and cavalry could be appointed privately. How could a low-ranking official be able to do so? What?
However, people always have selfish desires, and the more people climb up from the bottom, the harder it is to resist the temptation of wealth. Living in Chang''an is not easy. Compared with the place where Cai''s branch lived before, not to mention the price of things, but there are many restaurants, singing and dancing, and various things that are luxurious and luxurious, which are enough to make this Cai''s branch intoxicated. , but how much salary can a petty official have?
So in the end, Cai’s branch began to have various thoughts...
Then Xun You started to take over various commercial and economic affairs in Guanzhong. He discovered some problems and the books were empty. As soon as he traced them, he caught this branch of the Cai family.
For Shuoshu, it was natural that the matter was finally settled with one blow, but the Guanzhong nobles who felt that they had grasped the handle began to become a little reluctant. There were even rumors that the Cai family branch was actually just a temporary worker who took the blame. There is a bigger Shuo Shu hidden but not exposed...
"If you are selfless, you can avoid slander! But if you are selfish, how can you dam the river?"
"What''s more! Since you are a public servant, you should be cautious and cautious, as if walking on thin ice. How can you give authority lightly and cause trouble?"
“If you know Shuo Shu, how do you know the name of Lejiao?”
?All kinds of discussions surged up like boiling hot porridge.
Previously, Pang Tong and Jia Xu and others viciously deceived the Guanzhong gentry. At that time, Pang Tong was in control and had military power in his hands, so the Guanzhong gentry had no choice but to hold their noses and endure it. After all, whether it was a civil or military fight, at that time They couldn''t defeat Pang Tong, but it was different now. Pang Tong was obviously in the wrong, so he naturally jumped out to criticize him verbally and writing.
The recruitment of talents in the Han Dynasty was based on the system of promoting filial piety and integrity. They were originally separated. The main purpose of promotion was to recommend, filial piety refers to sages among the people, and integrity refers to the evaluation of lower-level officials. Later, they were integrated into one and became an inherent promotion channel.
Theoretically, filial piety and integrity are measured using the "four subjects" to measure a person''s ability in aspects such as virtue, talent, learning, etc. However, in actual operation, although it is conducive to promoting filial piety, stabilizing the development of the small-scale peasant economy, and instilling loyalty and filial piety in the mind concept, but excessive pursuit of filial piety and honesty often forms a kind of pathology. For example, in the winter, when you lie down on the ice without wearing clothes, there are actually live fish jumping into your arms automatically. Moreover, the personal emotional factors are too strong. During the imperial period, filial piety and honesty were clearly marked in many places, and bribery in elections became a common phenomenon.
??So the original meaning of recommending filial piety and honesty has disappeared, but the remaining rules are still there. For example, the recommender must endorse the recommended person...
Although the Cai family branch is not a filial and honest official, nor is it a serious court official, it was arranged by Pang Tong after all, which means that Pang Tong endorsed it. Of course, it is precisely because of this that the Cai family branch was initially When there was corruption, not many people asked, or even turned a blind eye, for Pang Tong''s sake. Of course, this further fueled this guy''s desire, and eventually revealed a big leak, even without Xun You. Clearing the accounts will also fall into the hands of another auditor, and perhaps the losses will be even greater later.
Would you say that Pang Tong was innocent? That''s a bit.
Arranging positions is a normal operation, there is nothing to say, but if Pang Tong had been more careful or asked during the process, this thing might not have happened. But after all, Pang Tong is not Zhuge Liang''s kind of hands-on character. In addition, I have indeed been responsible for too many things during this period of time, so it is understandable that I have neglected it.
However, it is a bit too much to say that the full responsibility lies with Pang Tong.
Xun You felt the same way, so when he found out, he just dismissed and investigated the Cai family branch, and then dealt with it according to the law. He did not point to Pang Tong, but because the Guanzhong nobles discovered Pang Tong''s lone crutch that he accidentally exposed, and held on to it with all his strength. Don’t let go…
"Shi Yuan..." Fei Qian looked at Pang Tong who lowered his head and sighed, "I told you to lose weight, but you didn''t listen... You said you are like this now, look at your belly..."
Pang Tong frowned and pressed his stomach as far inward as possible, and took another breath. But when the words came out again, he could only cover his face with a grimace, "I can gain weight even if I drink cold water... Let''s talk about this matter. It has nothing to do with my belly..."
"I know it''s okay, but others don''t know... Who would believe that you are not corrupt after looking at your belly?" Fei Qian pointed at Pang Tong and said, "With a big belly and thick neck, either a corrupt official or a cook... From today on Start, lose weight quickly! Also, do you have any thoughts on this matter?”
(End of this chapter)