Chapter 2691 North and South combined Pang Shiyuan
Jingzhou.
xiangyang.
Cao Ren has some headaches.
As a general, even if he cannot be ranked among the first-class ranks, he is still very close to the first-class group. Especially in defense, he can be said to be extremely good. He has been able to stick to one side in several battles, even in isolation. The soldiers can still remain stable until Cao Cao''s main army retreats.
But no one is perfect. In terms of civil affairs, Cao Ren can only be said to be too bad.
Because of the very complicated gentry system in Jingzhou, it was impossible for Cao Ren to delegate people''s livelihood and government affairs to other descendants of the Jingzhou gentry, especially the Cai family and the Kuai family. However, Cao Ren could not do without Cai Kuai, so he formed A very interesting situation.
The people who handle things are people from the Cai family and the Kuai family, but there are many "supervisors". Well, that''s right. Since there were civil servants and eunuchs in later feudal dynasties who served as supervisors, now there are naturally descendants of the Cao family who serve as "supervisors". .
Of course, the job title of these people is not "supervisor", but a certain man, or a certain subordinate, or simply an official in the general''s palace, etc., but basically the work they do is the same. In an attempt to use the Cao family as the core to maintain the security of local government affairs. The obvious problem is that although relative safety can be guaranteed to a certain extent, like most systems that adopt this kind of supervision system or even surveillance system, it is very easy for laymen to guide insiders, or even for laymen and insiders to deliberately conflict with each other. situation.
?As a result, people''s livelihood and political affairs became increasingly chaotic.
Cao Ren had a headache, and he had to pretend that he didn’t have a headache.
The Cao family’s children also didn’t understand civil affairs, so they did cause a lot of trouble at the beginning.
Originally, when there is a problem, we should discuss the matter, and then deal with it when it needs to be dealt with, punish when it needs to be punished, and punish those who should be guilty, right?
But this is not actually the case.
Because these "supervisors" of the Cao family are members of the Cao family.
?So how can the Cao family handle it as they please?
Therefore, there was no external review at all, and the internal review process was directly followed. Naturally, most of the results were that major issues were reduced to minor issues. Many Cao''s "supervisors" who had clearly caused trouble ended up turning a blind eye. Just close your eyes and forget it. After all, these "prisoners" are also said to be "dare to take on tasks and take responsibility," right? Those who are truly willing to do things for the Cao family. Even if they accidentally do something wrong or go out of their way, it is not a bad thing. At least it is better than those who have "different intentions", right? ?
If the problem is really too big and public dissatisfaction is too great, then you can temporarily remove yourself from office, then avoid the limelight, change places, or simply go through the process internally, and then after a few days, when the public dissatisfaction subsides, you can reinstate the official and continue. work.
Cao Ren did this because he had no choice but to do so. After all, he did not have many people under his command. There are fewer people available on Cao Cao''s side, let alone Cao Ren''s here? It''s not that the total number of officials is small, but that there are few loyal people who truly belong to Cao Ren.
?If you don''t protect these "loyal" people, then who else will do things for Cao Cao and Cao Ren next time?
So there is a problem.
? Many of the original officials in Jingzhou learned the lesson after suffering losses once or twice. They either pushed or unloaded, dragged or kicked. Do more and make more mistakes, do less and make fewer mistakes. Do you still have to choose what to do?
The accumulated people''s livelihood and government affairs were not dealt with, and those that could be dealt with were not dealt with. After repeated approvals, repeated declarations, and repeated confirmations, the spring matters could be postponed until winter. Look, it was almost the next spring, so we simply threw them away. Anyway, it’s been delayed for one year, and it’s not bad to delay it for another year...
?Under such circumstances, Jingzhou became increasingly chaotic and chaotic, even worse than during the Liu Biao period.
Fortunately, Jiangdong was too busy to take care of itself and had no intention of attacking Jingbei. Otherwise, as public dissatisfaction grew, another war broke out in Jingzhou. No one is sure of the outcome.
?However, in the past few days, a piece of good news and a piece of bad news came, which somewhat diverted the attention of people in Jingzhou.
The good news is that Cao Chun, a general who seemed to have failed to achieve any results after arriving in Youzhou, sent troops to conquer Wuhuan some time ago, and achieved great success and gained a lot of gains! Not only did he pacify the Youbei border for the Han Dynasty, but he also obtained the extremely scarce war horse resources of Cao Cao''s regime!
?Another good thing is that Emperor Liu Xie is going to hold a celebration for this great victory in Youbei, and invites the old gentry from surrounding counties and counties to Xu County to participate in the celebration...
After these two pieces of news came, everyone in Jingzhou suddenly started talking about it.
Some people are watching the fun, and naturally there are also people watching the door.
After Jingzhou was drained by Cao Cao, all the systems in the Jiangling area in the south of Jingzhou completely collapsed. The whole thing was like a white field. Decades or even hundreds of years of business were wiped out. For the local gentry children, He was extremely frustrated and disappointed with Cao Cao, just like Kuai.
『What kind of **** celebration, such a big man just showed up with a hussar, how can the rest dare to be called a hero? ! It’s hard to show off just this little bit of merit! What a joke! ” Kuai Yue waved his sleeves.
To ordinary people, it might be a good thing that the Han Dynasty had won a victory and the emperor wanted to hold a celebration, but for Kuai Yue, this was not the case.
It''s not that Kuai Yue is really dissatisfied with the emperor Liu Xie, but it''s just that for a period of time, southern Jingzhou has been too difficult, and the base of the Kuai family is in southern Jingzhou. Even if they get what they want now , really began to control a part of Jiangling in southern Jingzhou, but it was not as prosperous as Liu Biao''s previous one!
??And because of the restriction of "supervising the people", it is not known how long it will take for the recovery and development of Jingnan!
『Be careful what you say! ” Kuai Liang frowned.
『Let’s talk about it at home, what’s the big deal? ” Kuai Yue was unconvinced, but he no longer ridiculed Emperor Liu Xie’s celebration. Instead, he changed the subject and said, “Brother, have you heard about what happened in Linjiang County a few days ago? 』
…』Kui Liang was silent.
Kuai Yue gritted his teeth and said, "Autumn Fu!" The time has not come yet, so we need to set the quota first! The county magistrate of Linjiang County just said something, saying that it would be difficult to complete Linjiang due to the disaster, so he was stripped of his official title on the spot and thrown directly into prison! Well, now they are actually claiming that they must use extraordinary methods, exert extraordinary efforts, do extraordinary things, and achieve extraordinary achievements! It is better to demolish the house for three thousand yuan than to pay less than one bucket! If you are given a rope to hang yourself and a knife is given to you to hang yourself, you would rather die than hundreds of families and thousands of families, and you must not be short of food and grass for autumn! Listen, what is this called? ! 』
?Kui Liang was still silent.
?In fact, Kuai Liang, Kuai Yue and others also did this, but squires like Kuai would be more obscure and not so simple and crude, at least not as unethical as the "supervisors" did.
Kuai Liang didn''t think these "supervisors" were doing a good job, but he wondered if they were people sent by Cao Ren to test Kuai''s obedience and to stir up some relationships to see if Kuai was acting like this. In more extreme situations, what would you do?
?Kui Liang felt a little guilty.
After all, Kuai is actually doing something secretly at the moment...
That’s right! Kuai Yue suddenly rolled his eyes, "How about..."
"Shut up! Kuai Liang glared at Kuai Yue, "Are you trying to bring trouble to the Kuai family?" 』
Of course Kuai Liang knew what Kuai Yue was thinking. After all, he was his brother and he was too familiar with him. It can be said that if Kuai Yue sticks out his butt, Kuai Liang will know which way the chrysanthemum is opening, so Kuai Liang immediately interrupted Kuai Yue. After all, he is not in a very safe area now, and there are some people around who are complaining. If so, there won''t be any problem, but if someone plans something and gets tipped off to Cao Ren, it will be a big problem.
『Now is a time of crisis, we must work together to take care of the overall situation. Kuai Liang said in a deep voice, "As for the court, we are not in our position, so we don''t need to pay attention to it, and don''t get involved..."
“…” Kuai Yue frowned, then pondered for a moment, “I understand. 』
"Understood? Kuai Liang glanced at Kuai Yue and said, "Then go, have a good life, and do things..."
…(oω`o)…
In fact, Kuai Liang still wronged Cao Ren. Cao Ren doesn''t even bother to spy on Kuai now...
Cao Ren couldn''t care less.
In other words, I can’t care about it for the time being.
?What happened in Linjiang County was just a few "prisoners" using Cao Ren''s bird feathers as command arrows.
The specific situation is that there are indeed economic problems in the Jiangling area in southern Jingzhou and need to be restored and developed, but it is not that they cannot get any food and autumn tax. For local officials, if they can pay less, they will naturally pay less. If you bargain, bargain as hard as you can, but for the officials who "supervise the people", they don''t care about the specific situation. They don''t need to be responsible for the gentry, gentry and common people in the Jiangling area in southern Jingzhou. They are only responsible for their own official hat!
Where does the official hat come from?
Of course they are from Cao Cao and Cao Ren, so they only need to complete the tasks assigned by Cao Cao and Cao Ren. As for the life and death of southern Jingzhou and the suffering of the people, what does it have to do with them?
They don’t plan to work in the Jiangling area in southern Jingzhou for the rest of their lives. If they do well, they will be promoted, and if they don’t work well, they will leave in three to five years. As for the life and death in southern Jingzhou in the future, what does it have to do with their future?
The guys in the Jiangling area of ??Jingzhou have also gone too far. They have already exempted and exempted taxes for a long time on the pretext of suffering from disasters. Even now when they have to pay again, they are dragging their feet as much as possible and making up various reasons not to pay taxes.
Under such circumstances, there are some "smart" "supervisors" who think they have found an opportunity, just like selling shoes to the islanders who don''t wear shoes on a desert island. If they really achieve results, it will not be long before Did he prove his superior ability?
So this "prisoner" really dared to issue a "death" order.
??Anyway, it’s not these “prisoners” who want others to die, but the “prisoners” who want others to die, so why don’t they dare to give orders?
?So under such circumstances, will the rural gentry family suffer?
?Although the rural gentry family has some troubles, they don’t feel it is very painful. Because they have many paths, you can still hide if you can''t afford to offend them, but ordinary people who have no way to go are out of luck...
Anyway, for ordinary farmers and Guizhou heads, they do not understand the political struggle and interests of interests at all. Anyway, those who suffer and suffer anyway will always be these lowest people.
Whether it is the Kuai family or the Cao family, the Han Dynasty, or the future feudal dynasty, for these people, what they care most about is not the life and death of the people, but the taxes paid by the people. Of course, the more people live, the more taxes they pay. No feudal dynasty would really be all about improving the lives of the people, and then provide the people with various benefits without requiring them to pay various taxes. Instead, they would collect high land and property taxes from the gentry and landlord class.
At the moment, Cao Ren didn''t know that the "supervisors" he sent had caused him trouble. His attention was now attracted by another piece of information.
Pang Shiyuan arrived in Wancheng? ! ” Cao Ren frowned, “Is this serious? 』
??If Fei Qian is the number one figure in the Guanzhong political group, then Pang Tong, even if he is not the number 2, is still an extremely important core figure. Now that he is in Wancheng, he cannot help but let Cao Ren take him seriously.
??Wancheng is considered a worry for Cao Ren.
Although very early on, Wancheng announced that it would not participate in the struggle for hegemony, would not join any party, and maintained absolute neutrality and free trade. As a result, Wancheng''s economy developed rapidly and became an important alternative to Nanyang in Jingzhou and Xiangyang. It is a trading city, but who can guarantee that Wancheng will always be neutral?
Just like the establishment of a covenant with the intention of eventually breaking it, now that Wancheng has declared neutrality, what will happen if Wancheng suddenly declares that it is not neutral that day? Moreover, the location of Wancheng was too important. It was like a thorn on Cao Ren''s back. It would sting from time to time, making Cao Ren feel pain.
"My nephew heard that Pang Degong was seriously ill and thought that Pang Shiyuan might come back..." Cao Zhen replied, "So I sent people to keep an eye on me. Unexpectedly, I actually saw someone who looked like Pang Shiyuan..."
Not confirmed in person? ” asked Cao Ren.
??Cao Zhen shook his head and said: "That''s not true...but Pang Shiyuan''s body shape is very different from others, so he can''t fake it..."
Simply put, Fat Blackbird is so recognizable that it is difficult to find a substitute.
The one who is as dark as Pang Tong is not as fat as him, and the one who is as fat as him is not as dark as him.
?Especially in the era of relatively low productivity like the Han Dynasty, you can still find some fat men among the gentry, but it is really difficult to find them among the people.
So Cao Zhen’s men said that they saw a dark, ugly and fat man sneaking into Pang’s house. Cao Zhen naturally thought that Pang Tong was here.
Due to emotions and reasons, now Pang De is seriously ill. At that time, Pang Tong was promoted from a group of Pang''s children against all objections, and took him with him. Then he met Fei Qian in Lushan, and he rose to greatness all the way. So if it hadn''t been then With Pang Degong''s kindness, could Pang Tong be where he is today? Therefore, it is understandable that Pang Tong rushed to see Pang Degong now, perhaps for the last time.
‘I heard that Pang Shanmin came back a few days ago...’ Cao Ren said, stroking his beard, ‘I thought Pang Shiyuan would never come back... If that’s the case, Pang Shanmin returned early, but he was actually covering for Pang Shiyuan? 』
?Cao Zhen didn’t say anything because his meaning had been expressed clearly.
Although it seems a bit morally excessive to take advantage of the death of Pang Degong and then calculate Pang Tong, but since the collapse of rituals and music in the Spring and Autumn Period, all kinds of sexual **** have continued, and those who respect rules and ethics have died early, even The whole family was given away in a wave, and among the genes that could survive, some "flexible" genes were gradually left.
What''s the big deal? I''ll apologize later...
Make an announcement.
If it doesn’t work, send it twice.
Reflect deeply, draw inferences from one instance and sincerely apologize.
As for why the two armies are fighting without killing each other...
Isn’t there no fighting now?
What''s more, Pang Tong only went to Wancheng and did not come to Xiangyang as an envoy, so he did not belong to the ranks of this "envoy"!
What if Cao Cao himself or Fei Qian himself acted as an envoy and went to the enemy''s formation to see whether the enemy would be killed or not?
?But Cao Ren really didn’t want to kill Pang Tong, because what Cao Ren wanted more was Wancheng.
It is not about the so-called "neutral" Wancheng, but the comprehensive recovery of Wancheng.
??If you can capture Pang Tong, whether it is forcing Pang Tong to call the Kaiwan City defense, or exchanging hostages with Pang Tong and Fei Qian, it is a good choice. As for killing Pang Tong, it is just the result with the smallest benefit.
"But in Wancheng, there is Huang Hansheng..." Cao Ren had a headache when he mentioned this name, "If we lead troops to conquer, I''m afraid we may not be able to get much advantage..."
How come there are so many fierce generals under the general Hussars?
Not to mention the soldiers of the surrendered army in Jingzhou, even the soldiers of the Cao family under Cao Ren knew Huang Zhong''s reputation. If Cao Ren really sends troops, let''s not say what the outcome will be. We haven''t fought yet. I am afraid that we will lose three points of morale before fighting.
"Wancheng has been repaired for many years, and the city defenses are complete, and there are brave generals stationed there. If we lead a large army to attack, I am afraid it will not be effective within a year and a half," Cao Zhen said slowly, "Besieging the city and taking it is the best strategy." If it’s my nephew’s opinion...Since Pang Shiyuan has come, he must also leave..."
??Cao Ren''s eyes lit up, "Zidan meant to set up an ambush at Wuguan Road?" 』
Cao Zhen nodded, "Returning from Wancheng to Guanzhong, we go all the way west, taking Wuguan Road, and all the way east, passing through Runan, Yangcheng, Heluo, and looping back to Guanzhong... Going east is tantamount to seeking the far away instead of the near, and everything along the way is related. At the checkpoint, Pang Shiyuan''s appearance... Haha, he is quite outstanding. I am afraid it is difficult to conceal his whereabouts. Therefore, if he wants to return, he must take the Wuguan Road! All we need to do is pretend that something has changed in Runan and bluff it to make Huang Hansheng think that we have heavy troops in Runan...and then send elite troops to set up ambushes at dangerous places in Wuguan Road..."
『Good! ” Cao Ren clapped his hands and said, “This is a wonderful strategy! Then follow Zidan''s strategy and wait for Pang Shiyuan to join! 』
(End of this chapter)