Chapter 2132: Visiting the old friends
The meeting with Fei Qian made Cao Cao firmer in his judgment of the current situation.
?The big man today is no longer the big man he used to be.
?Maybe it’s a mouthful, but it’s the truth.
How many heroes did the Han Dynasty have in those days? Cao Cao remembered that when he was a boy, he felt his heart surge and his blood boil when he read about the deeds of the great Han Wei Qing, Huo Qubing and others.
And what about the current big man?
Since the disaster of the Party, scholars have been shaken by the theory of destiny. Among them, Fan Pang''s words are the most representative, "Today''s pursuit of good will lead to great slaughter" and "I want you to do evil, but evil cannot be done." . If you do good, I will not do evil. 』
The Confucian scholars'' confusion about the current situation and their original spiritual cohesion towards the Han Dynasty are now far inferior to those of Li Ying''s generation. It is no longer uncommon to think purely for personal and family interests.
When a superior officer hears the Tao, he will practice it diligently. When the sergeant heard the news, he felt like he was alive or dead. The corporal heard this and laughed. Not smiling is not enough for the Tao. "Cao Cao thought he had found some "Tao", so he couldn''t be like a "corporal", laughing and joking as if he didn''t see or hear, and then laughing until he died. He must put these "Tao" into practical use. , "Therefore, a wonderful person calls himself a superior scholar, a middle scholar, or a corporal scholar?" 』
Xia Houyuan was carrying thorns on his back, his hair was disheveled, and he was kneeling on the ground. If it was because of his appearance, he looked very embarrassed. But in fact, asking for forgiveness under the thorns was the least expensive way. Anyway, the loss was thanks to the two thorns, and the profit was Just make a lot of money...
Xia Houyuan lowered his head and said after a while: "Someone...may be a corporal..."
As part of the conditions of the alliance, Xia Houyuan was released.
After receiving Xia Houyuan from Wancheng, Cao Cao began to withdraw his troops. On the one hand, it was to fulfill the invitation, but on the other hand, the consumption of money and food was too much. He had to return to the station quickly to reduce the loss of food, grass and other materials.
??Cao Cao laughed, then shook his head and said, "It''s not possible, it''s true!" ” Halfway through his laughter, his face turned pale and he said, “Get out! Go back to Xu County on your own and think about your mistakes behind closed doors! 』
Xia Houyuan did not dare to argue or say anything, so he bowed his head and left in a hurry.
??Cao Cao squinted his eyes and watched Xia Houyuan go away, his brows furrowed tightly. Cao Cao was too lazy to communicate with Xia Houyuan anymore. It was like talking about three views with a fan who had no three views. It was originally a difficult thing to do.
The purpose of communication is to enable Xia Houyuan to make improvements. Since he is already extremely disappointed, why should he waste more words? It is better to buy favors for the Xiahou family, saying that Cao Cao will not blame Xiahou for this matter, but one thing is certain. From now on, Xiahou Yuan will never have the opportunity to lead the army alone, and his future position will definitely be better than ordinary people are even lower.
What?
As for those Cao soldiers who died in the Battle of Wancheng?
???After Cao Cao returns, he will definitely take good care of him and settle down his family so that he can be taken care of in his old age and prosper in his youth, that''s all. Could it be that Xia Houyuan was asked to pay for the lives of these people? If he really did this, how many lives would Xia Houyuan have? I''m afraid I''ve already paid all the compensation before...
?No one can guarantee victory in every battle. If you kill the general as soon as you lose a battle, then there may be no general left in the end. The most important thing is to figure out why we lost and why we are like this?
The obvious reason is that Huang Zhong appeared.
Huang Zhong is very powerful. He didn''t expect it, he wasn''t prepared, etc. There are dozens or twenty reasons to explain it, but there is one problem that cannot be circumvented. Huang Zhong was not born just at this moment. ? Wasn’t it that he had been invisible in the mountains and forests before?
?So why did no one pay attention? Even when Liu Biao and Liu Jing were promoted to Jingzhou, there were no rumors about Huang Zhong. Then under the hussar, Huang Zhong burst out with such brilliance?
?There are also Zhao Yun, Xu Huang, Zhang Liao, etc...
?Cao Cao suddenly felt heart palpitations for no apparent reason, as if he had lost a lot of things that he shouldn''t have lost in the first place.
Is it because the relevant departments are not working hard?
Or is it because some leaders are inactive?
As a general in Jingzhou, why did Wenpin become an unknown person and become a servant?
On the other hand, Cai Hao, who was in charge of the surrender of troops in Jingzhou, was it because of his favor or his ability?
?These problems should not have been problems originally, but now they have become problems one by one, eventually affecting the entire war situation and the situation of the entire Han Dynasty.
??Cao Cao let out a long sigh, his body swayed a little, and then he simply sat down and picked up a few dry grass stems and held them in his hands to play with.
?Beneath the hills, there is a long stretch of troops, slowly crawling on the ground like a long snake. From here to there, from the eyes to the horizon, it is like a road to the sky, long and difficult.
『Lord...』Cao Hong walked up from the hillside and held his hands in greeting. Cao Hong was a little worried when he saw Xia Houyuan leaving in a hurry, but he couldn''t stop him and asked, so he came up to look for Cao Cao.
??Cao Cao glanced at Cao Hong and then gestured, "Come, sit down." 』
My lord, are you thinking? ” asked Cao Hong.
??Cao Cao nodded and said: "I am thinking about "party imprisonment"..."
Party imprisonment? "Cao Hong was a little surprised. He thought Cao Cao was considering Xia Houyuan''s follow-up treatment, but he didn''t expect that Cao Cao''s thoughts jumped to the party prison.
“Zi Lian thinks who is right and who is wrong when the party is in prison? ”Cao Cao suddenly asked.
Since the court is fatuous, it persecutes good people. Afterwards, the Yellow Turbans flourished, the government and the public disintegrated, and all the official records disappeared. ” Cao Hong responded. This issue seems to have been concluded, most people said so, so Cao Hong naturally thought so, and without thinking for too long, he directly came to the conclusion.
??Cao Cao nodded slightly, "I thought so at the time... When I was young, I thought that all the problems in the world were due to official corruption and corruption, so..."
So at that time, Cao Cao, who was just starting out as a captain in the northern part of Luoyang, made five-color sticks. He did not violate the authority if there were any prohibitions. He even dared to kill the favored powerful **** Jian Shuo''s uncle, in order to criticize the evils of the times and correct the wrongs of the times.
“A certain person once traveled to Taixue with Ben Chu. At that time, students all over the world said that the court was corrupt, the officials were greedy, and the eunuchs were rampant and were poisoning the world... A certain person was also angry and wished that the haze in the world could be wiped out in one day and the world would be bright again! ” Cao Cao said, and there seemed to be some light shining through his eyes, “In the past, I went boating on the Luoshui River and discussed Taoism in the Mingtang. Even when I think about it now, I also feel that it was a comfortable and enjoyable time...”
"It''s just that, now that I think about it, maybe I was wrong from beginning to end..." Cao Cao sighed, the light in his eyes slowly disappeared, and what was left was just coldness, "Dang Guo...Dang Guo...Haha, how is the party?" What is imprisoned? 』
The Han Dynasty established a country based on filial piety. This is originally good. If a person is not filial, how can he be a good person? If you don’t kiss yourself, how can you have any relatives? Therefore, filial piety comes first. ” Cao Cao said, “However, if words must be praised and deeds must be rewarded, then it will be harmful to seek personal gain through filial piety. 』
?Many people have the misunderstanding that Cao Cao''s meritocracy equals giving priority to poor families. In fact, this is a wrong and one-sided view. When talking about Cao Cao, the first thing that comes to mind when Wei Cai gives an example is the bohemian Guo Jia, who thinks that Guo Jia comes from a poor family. In fact, it is true that Guo Jia is a branch of the Yingchuan Guo family. As for how "cold" he is, it''s quite true. It''s hard to say, and maybe Guo Jia''s "cold" was caused by his own consumption of Wu Shi Powder and alcoholism...
As for Guo Jia being rejected by ordinary people, from a certain point of view, it is normal. After all, no one likes a fan who gets drunk every day, especially in the gentry system where the Han prides himself on virtue.
? Generally speaking, Cao Cao is more of a pragmatist at heart. He "raises" the talents that can be used. I don''t see Cao Cao "raising" the talents that are not needed.
Therefore, after Cao Cao saw Fei Qian, he thought about it for a long time. In the end, on the one hand, he saw Fei Qian''s current strength, and on the other hand, he also followed his inner guidance. "Therefore, the current disadvantages can be divided into two. If one always relies on virtue to win and differentiates between superior and inferior, this will lead to hypocrisy! For example, a knight-errant kills people in the street, knowing the law, but still lies to excuse him. In terms of virtue, who is not virtuous? Who can win by virtue of virtue? 』
Throughout the ages, keyboard warriors have always been indispensable. Many "full of philanthropy" people in later generations, or "fraternity" who just stand on the keyboard, really can''t see the slightest bad thing. Maybe their parents are at work and at home, as tired as dogs, and besides working, they have to It doesn''t matter if you even throw your underwear to your parents to wash when you are busy with housework, but as long as you see someone doing something bad, or even catching and killing a stray large dog in accordance with laws and regulations, you will howl, get angry, and curse.
??If you are so philanthropic, why not donate the money you spent to buy the keyboard to those charities? I''m really worried that my money will be wasted. Wouldn''t it be better to buy some dog food, chicken and duck racks and so on than to just stand on the keyboard and yell?
Just like a person who really loves dogs, he will only smile and say that he saved another dog today, bathed the dog, and treated the dog, but he has never scolded anyone, or discussed what should be done. Love dogs."
So when the party was in jail, those patriotic people who were howling and grieving were really patriotic, or were they just talking about it?
Cao Cao sneered twice, and then sighed deeply.
The second is to claim one’s own morality, but put the cart before the horse without caring about the country. ” Cao Cao continued, “In the past, when the party was in prison, there were those who were proud of him. They caught the culprits and actually surrendered themselves to use his name! I also thought it was beautiful at the time, but now I think about it...ah...it''s really...what''s more, he openly insulted other officials, causing upright people to either surrender to Xia Tai, or hang up their crowns and leave...so he was left in the court. Senior, who is it? 』
This is what Cao Cao was thinking about, a very big problem that arose when the party was in charge. At that time, together with Cao Cao, a large number of imperial students and rural people were all politically correct and were criticizing for the sake of criticizing. Those officials who could not bear the criticism either surrendered to prove their innocence or resigned to show their innocence. Isolated from the world, and vacated a lot of places for those shameless and cold-hearted people...
Therefore, it is not wrong to say that party imprisonment is a move made by the court''s fatuousness. However, don''t those keyboard warriors who follow behind, criticize others when they catch it, and judge others wantonly from the moral high ground, don''t they have any responsibility? Then do these keyboard warriors benefit from this? No, the ones who benefit are still those with ulterior motives. These keyboard warriors are more often used by those people. They are like paper that has been wiped butts, which will only get worse and worse.
Then those upright and shameless ones were scolded and ran away one by one. What was left was the officials who were even more shameless and had no bottom line, filling the court. What would happen to the big man? ?
Therefore, the disaster caused by the Party''s imprisonment was actually a tragic disaster caused by the combined efforts of the fatuous emperor, the proud eunuchs, and those "keyboard warriors" who claimed to be righteous. It completely dug out and threw away the little integrity that the Han Dynasty had. dropped.
Therefore, having only virtue without talent is also a disaster! ” Cao Cao said with emotion, “Looking at Hussar, most of them talk about their talents, but less about their virtues. It’s not that they don’t value filial piety and honesty, but that it’s not an important part of their job. Virtue is its foundation and can be used for it. How can it be wrong to discuss its foundation directly and ignore its use? Nowadays, people in Shandong often talk about who is filial and honest, talk about strange things, and spread rumors. It is not surprising that they are used to it! Is this strange? ! 』
What do you mean, my lord...if you want to use your talent to get it? ” asked Cao Hong.
Cao Cao nodded and said: "Those who have both virtue and talent can be used for great purposes. Those who have talent but no virtue can only be used by generals. Those who have virtue but no talent cannot be used. Those who have no talent and no virtue should be put aside!" Nowadays, those who cannot be used because of their talents will all go to Xijing. If things continue like this, there will only be those who boast in Shandong. How can they defeat the hussar? 』
Cao Cao recalled those few talents who were from Qiao County but were now Fei Qian. He suddenly felt heartache and physical pain. There was no place that didn''t hurt. He couldn''t help but twitch the corner of his mouth and said with gritted teeth, "This matter, Change this immediately! 』
…(` Dis)#…
??Wei Yan has different emotions for this area of ??Jiangling.
At that time, when he was just a young man, he was full of hope and now went to conquer the Yellow Turbans and the clan traitors. However, what Wei Yan did not expect was that these achievements of his would not only not become a ladder for his promotion, Instead, he became the target of being framed by others.
The trees that are beautiful in the forest will be destroyed by the wind.
?Because Wei Yan, a twig that looks different from the people of Jingzhou, deserves to be "destroyed"?
Maybe it’s because the Jingxiang area is not as flooded with yellow scarves as Qingzhou and Yanzhou, and Wei Yan had trouble escaping from Yiyang to Jingzhou, so even though Wei Yan achieved some meritorious deeds, he still didn’t get any important use...
‘Over there…’ Wei Yan pointed to the Jiangling City Gate in the distance, ‘A certain person once served as the governor of thieves here…’
"oh? Hahaha! Gan Ning laughed loudly, "Supervising thieves?" ! Oh hahahaha! 』
The thief supervisor seems to belong to the "Five Officials", and is called the four positions of thief cao, merit cao, chief bookkeeper, and chief bookkeeper. But in fact, he is almost the same as the chief bookkeeper, or even worse than the chief bookkeeper. After all, The chief secretary can still see the county magistrate often, while the subordinate supervisor only "brings a sword to guide the subordinates when the magistrate goes out". In normal times, he "patrols and inspects the ban to prevent trespassers and thieves." It''s not like a thief cao who can manage military affairs, nor a meritorious cao who can manage civil servants, nor like a chief minister who can manage civil servants. To put it simply, he is just the "bodyguard" of the county magistrate.
? Wei Yan was naturally very unhappy, but seeing that Wei Yan was unhappy, others felt happy.
? No matter how great the military exploits are, obtaining status and rewards are not linked to meritorious deeds, but are closely related to the degree of intimacy with powerful people.
Writing achievements are just the icing on the cake.
Even if they have no military exploits, these guys can still find opportunities for promotion, especially in military affairs. Key positions are tightly controlled, and no one other than Jingxiang will be allowed to interfere...
Money, food, equipment, even the cost of purchasing soldiers, etc., can leave a lot of oil and water with just a little pinch. How can such things be passed off as the hands of others?
Therefore, no matter how powerful Wei Yan is in martial arts and has many meritorious deeds, he is just a "bodyguard". He cannot be allowed to command the army, and he will not be given any chance to get involved in military affairs.
Wei Yan and Gan Ning were also brave and actually entered the city!
??Jiangling City is already almost a dead zone.
After Jiangdong''s soldiers left, no one from Cao''s army came to take over the city. Most of the nobles and people in the city fled and died, leaving only a few sick people lingering in the city.
??Jiangling Mansion Office has been burned down, with broken eaves and broken walls. Dark beams are stuck diagonally on the ground. Broken bricks and rubble are everywhere. Because of this, there are not many sick people gathering in this area.
『Over there, it was originally a place where someone worked...』
Wei Yan stood in front of the ruins of the government office, took a slight look at the location, pointed to one of the corners and said, "There is a table and a seat outside, and a couch inside... I stayed here for more than half a year. I opened my eyes to watch the sunrise and closed my eyes to watch the sunset." …』
“Oh,” Gan Ning listened with great interest, as if the pain of others was the source of his happiness, “Then what? 』
"Then...hehe...let''s go, let''s go to another place..." Wei Yan seemed to have let go of something, or put aside some grudges, "Let''s go and see the last place!" 』
After leaving Jiangling City and walking less than ten miles to the west, we saw a Wubao in the distance.
"Here we are..." Wei Yan sneered, and then quickened his pace.
There are obviously some people in Wubao.
Wei Yan arrived at Wubao, looked around, and shouted in a deep voice: "Master Yang, where is Yang Langjun?" An old friend comes to visit! 』
‘Who is down there? "After hearing Wei Yan''s shouts, a gray head appeared on top of Wubao for a while, and he stretched his head to look at Wei Yan and others, "Do you have an old relationship with a certain husband? 』
Wei Yan showed his eight big teeth, "That''s right!" Something old! 』
??Gan Ning let out a soft cheer from the side. He didn''t say anything, but he was muttering in his heart. There''s nothing wrong with being old, haha, but to be more precise, I''m afraid it''s just because of grudges...
(End of this chapter)