There is no problem that a hot pot meal cannot solve.
Changing to Han’s hotpot, it’s Qiangzhu.
?Although there were no chili peppers in the Han Dynasty, there were still onions, **** and garlic.
In the copper furnace, it was churning.
Sometimes when we eat hot pot, we just want to have an atmosphere. We eat and chat at the same time. The food will not be too cold because we chatted for too long, nor will there be any soup to warm our stomachs after telling some cold jokes. drink.
How long has it been since the world was at peace? Then people''s hearts began to wander again. Pang Tongyi put the pieces of meat into a small spoon and dipped it into the boiling soup. He said, "There are always some people who think that the power of the land and manpower are endless and inexhaustible..."
If a war enters the attrition stage, then there will basically be no winner. The only winner will be whoever loses less.
Fei Qian smiled and said, "Eat the leaves first, then the stems, and then dig out the roots..."
What is this kind of thing that a big man is doing now?
The most terrifying period was during the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period. Cannibalism was even open, and you could choose any part you wanted.
As for the future generations, the methods may be more civilized, but there is no difference in essence. It is like the subprime mortgage crisis of capitalism. Isn’t it just cutting the leek tips, then cutting the leek leaves, making a high down payment, and then lowering the down payment ratio? Eat some with a low down payment, and eventually even have a zero down payment, and eventually uproot the leek root and swallow it...
Pang Tong laughed and said, "That''s right, kill the chicken to get the eggs!" This is the case in Jiangdong, and the Sun family is... anxious. 』
“Well,” Fei Qian nodded, and put the colander in his hand into the soup to boil, “your meat is ready... Prime Minister Cao is also anxious. 』
It is not a good idea to kill the goose to retrieve the eggs. Everyone knows this, but when it happens, not everyone may be able to bear it.
Pang Tong let out a laugh, then took out the colander, dipped in some small ingredients, blew a little, then put it into his mouth, half-closed his eyes, enjoying the richness of the oil bursting between his lips and teeth, and then waited until he swallowed it. , then slowly said: "Eating meat requires heat... The Prime Minister is anxious, but what''s the use of being anxious?" 』
Over this period of time, things have entered a quiet period, or it can be called a bottleneck period.
"Prime Minister Cao, at first he thought we were just a plate of food. He was eager to eat the meat first..." Pang Tong smiled and pointed at the bean plate with his chopsticks. "But when he bit into the meat, he found that there was something inside." There are so many bones that I won’t be able to shave them cleanly for a while. If I don’t shave them cleanly, I won’t be able to eat..."
Fei Qian laughed.
What Pang Tong said is indeed true.
In the early days of Cao Cao''s history, maybe it was because Yuan Shao''s grand strategy influenced him, or maybe it was the historical environment that forced him, so Cao Cao had to fight in the south and north of the Central Plains and finally gained a piece of territory, which can be seen in the Battle of Chibi. A clear dividing line. Before the Battle of Chibi, Cao Cao was in high spirits, but after the Battle of Chibi...
??After the Battle of Chibi, Cao Cao''s relatively big battles were the battle to quell the rebellion in Xiliang, the Battle of Hanzhong, and then his last fight with Sun Quan, the Battle of Ruxukou.
?During the Xiliang counter-rebellion battle, many contradictions in Shandong were actually exposed. At that time, Cao Cao was defeated and retreated to the north. On the one hand, he strengthened internal centralization and on the other hand, he strengthened local management. The cause of the Battle of Xiliang was that Cao Cao sent Xiahou Yuan to lead troops into Guanzhong, with the explicit intention of attacking Zhang Lu, but in fact he wanted to consolidate and regulate the major forces in Guanzhong. Ma Chao, Han Sui and others refused to submit and joined forces with the rebels to capture Chang''an and defend Tongguan.
?All this seems to be what Cao Cao expected. He led the main force to go out and at the same time ordered Cao Ren on the southern front to go north to assist in the battle. The eastern front troops were stationed in Hefei to deal with the attack of Sun Quan''s main force. This created an excellent strategic opportunity for Liu Bei in history, so Liu was invited by Liu Zhang to lead troops into Shu. The dispute between him and Soochow over Jingzhou was temporarily shelved under pressure. But what Cao Cao did not expect in history was that the people in Shandong were not willing to attack Guanzhong at all!
People in Shandong often say, "The troops in Guanxi are strong and they are good at spearing. If they are not selected as the vanguard, they cannot be used as forwards." However, Cao Cao said to the generals, "The battle belongs to me, not to the thieves." Although the thief is accustomed to using a spear, he will not be able to stab him, but you, the king, will just keep an eye on him. "Then, Cao Cao, who was still trying to maintain his aura, was beaten into a fool by Ma Chao''s sudden attack. If Ma Chao hadn''t recognized Cao Cao, I''m afraid the battle would have ended before the follow-up started.
??Although in history, Cao Cao won the Battle of Xiliang in the end, it was not Cao Cao who won through a frontal battlefield, but he used Jia Xu''s alienation strategy...
This kind of "weakness" on the frontal battlefield shows, on the one hand, that the elite under Cao Cao have been exhausted by continuous battles. On the other hand, it also proves that Cao Cao''s internal control is constantly improving. of decline. This became even more obvious in the subsequent Battle of Hanzhong and the Battle of Ruxukou. Even when he won a certain victory in Hanzhong and confronted Liu Bei, when his advisers persuaded Cao Cao to continue marching into Sichuan and Shu, Cao Cao himself hesitated. Finally, he retreated, not daring to go into Sichuan. He was afraid that if his head went in, his **** would be gone.
The same is true for Ruxukou. Although the plague was rampant, Cao Cao still could not make up his mind to sink the boat. After the stalemate, Sun Quan pretended to send a letter of surrender, expressing his willingness to surrender to the Han and serve the King of Wei. Cao Cao knew that Sun Quan''s letter asking for surrender was all nonsense and lies, but in the end he still did not dare to make a ruthless decisive battle and ended it hastily. This also brought Cao Cao''s magnificent military career to a rather anticlimactic ending.
Combining all these historical situations with the current situation, it is not difficult to analyze Cao Cao''s embarrassing situation today.
As Pang Tong said, Cao Cao didn''t take Guanzhong seriously at the beginning. He even thought that even if Fei Qian occupied the third assistant of Chang''an, what would happen? He could kill Fei Qian with just a few casualties, but he What he didn''t expect was that Fei Qian had never thought about a long-term stalemate with Cao Cao and a war of attrition.
After Taishi Ci went out for the first time and attacked Yecheng with cavalry tactics, the subsequent combat mode in Guanzhong was basically determined. This kind of rapid cavalry movement, pulling the local defense line, coupled with the heavy attack of gunpowder to destroy the military walled city, to achieve the overall tactical coordination of point and line, is almost beyond the era of tactics, so that Cao Cao almost collapsed, and even came close to breaking the pot. A broken state. Cao Cao mobilized all the forces he could mobilize at that time, preparing to fight Fei Qian up and down Nanyang, Wancheng and Yingchuan!
??If Fei Qian''s hand was also a broken jar, then it wouldn''t be a big deal if he fell with Cao Cao, but that''s not the problem.
Can the things Fei Qian hold have the same value as those in the hands of the conservative people in Shandong? Under such circumstances, those who still encouraged Fei Qian to go to the decisive battle with Cao Cao were either the fun-loving souls who did not mind the excitement, or the ignorant and unhappy fools. It was also this time that Fei Qian almost pushed Cao Cao to the brink of total collapse, forcing Cao Cao to start a forced aggregation of Shandong.
You don’t know the pain until you fall down. In history, Cao Cao lost his teeth in the Battle of Chibi and chewed a mouthful of mud. But today''s great Han Cao Cao lost his teeth in the Battle of Jingzhou, so he naturally entered the integration earlier than in history. Internally, Fei Qian is in the process of fighting against powerful external enemies.
It’s just that external enemies are often relatively clear, while internal enemies are mostly hidden. Therefore, Cao Cao was forced to integrate internal speed with Fei Qianbi. Whoever can integrate the inside first, whoever can prepare the stick and soap first, then whoever can free up his hand first, can poke the other person''s **** while the other person turns around.
Fei Qian tapped the bean plate lightly with his chopsticks, "We ate the dish from Longxi, and the Prime Minister also ate Qingxu. We ate the dish from Sichuan, and the Prime Minister also digested it." We have conquered most of Jizhou, and we are raiding the back, and the Prime Minister is also cleaning up those who oppose him... This year, everyone is busy..."
What? Someone Sun? Just like Cao Cao said that Cao Liu is the only hero in the world, most people nowadays also think that Shangshu of the East and West is interesting, and Jiangdong is not interesting, and they don''t have much expectations for Jiangdong.
Pang Tong smiled and said, "But there are a lot of people on the Prime Minister''s side, and they are all big-bellied men. No matter how much they eat, they are not full. These plates are not enough to share, and there is not enough meat and vegetables to eat..."
Fei Qian nodded slightly, his expression a little heavy, "This is where my concerns lie." This is like the indoctrination of barbarians, it is difficult to change..."
Although the cultural literacy of people in Shandong is naturally higher than that of Hu people, for some people in Shandong, changing their thinking patterns may not be much easier than educating Hu people. Even if you are far away, you are still someone else''s naughty child. If you are close, you will become the naughty child of your own family, and your headache will not be the slightest bit.
The key is that the Hu people now admire the Han people, and they are basically accepting of some affairs in Guanzhong, while the people of Shandong are born with a critical attitude, pointing out this and scoffing at that, without seeming to express anything. Ridicule, or a few sneers, cannot show the elegant character, noble feelings, broad knowledge and profound understanding of Shandong people.
Even people in Shandong do know that some of their own butts are not clean, and they also understand that those dried or diluted pieces of feces are still attached to their bodies, dangling and exuding the aura that no one should approach, but as long as they are still Being able to spray and wearing a decent robe, it seems that I can ignore all the smells and still calmly point out the situation, pretending that the smell is coming from others.
Fei Qian used his chopsticks to draw a vague outline on the table, "It''s just the two of us. These dishes are more than enough. If there are two more people, we can only barely feed ourselves. But now in Shandong, there are more than just two mouths..." If you want to eat more, you have to grab it from other people’s plates..."
Fei Qian took another plate of beans from the side and put it on the table. "It''s not enough to eat. It''s best to get it from outside. But the problem is that the people sitting next to the pot just want to eat and don''t want to get it." , or just think about others getting it... It will be two hundred years after this..."
Pang Tong Heran. Fei Qian suddenly said, "There are many people from Shandong who have come to Chang''an recently..."
Pang Tong nodded and said, "The Wen Department is checking." 』
The two people looked at each other and smiled without saying a word.
After finishing eating and drinking, Fei Qian and Pang Tong got up and went to the side room in the Husband''s Mansion. They continued to study while looking at the sand table.
??The sand table in Wuling area is actually very simple.
There is no good way to do this. Although under the guidance of Fei Qian, the technology related to surveying and mapping maps in the Han Dynasty has grown by leaps and bounds, and the fineness on the map has changed from an idea to a measurable approximate interval, but It is still difficult to have an accurate representation of some areas.
Just like the Wuling area, it has one characteristic.
There are many mountains.
Because it is not clear how many mountains there are, and it is also unclear whether there are roads between the mountains, so the symbolic meaning of this sand table is greater than its actual use.
Maybe at this location? ” Pang Tong used a ruler to mark on the sand table with some uncertainty, “It should be almost here. Disembark from here, and then go in along the mountain road...”
『巷山…』 Fei Qian frowned and read Zhuge Liang''s letter again, generally agreeing with Pang Tong''s mark on the sand table.
There is no other way. Once the hot air balloon research is successful, we can start some more detailed mapping.
There is a mountain road in Yishan Mountain, which only Wulingman knows.
?? Zhuge Liang stated in his letter that the Wuling barbarians not only told them that there was such a way, but also expressed their willingness to cooperate with the Hussar to overthrow the evil Jiangdong regime...
?So Zhuge Liang urgently reported for instructions and asked Fei Qian if he wanted to take advantage of this opportunity to build Jiangdong''s back garden.
??If the most important place in Jiangdong is around Wu County, then the chrysanthemums in Jiangdong are probably in Wuling County.
There are five streams in Wuling, which are winding in the mountains. There are some similarities...
Ahem.
?Fei Qian shook the bad association out of his mind, and then smiled, "Hu Qi was able to go north at midnight, and Wu Ling thought of marching south." This Wulingman is really interesting..."
『Hu Qi is heading north? Wuling Southern Expedition? Pang Tong raised his eyebrows at the side, "My lord, your campaign is divided between the south and the north. Is it difficult to support the two places in Wuling in the Western Region?" 』
『Ah…um…』 Fei Qianba smacked his lips and hesitated. Can this be said to be a poem by Lao Du that Pang Tong suddenly remembered? But this poem seems to fit the occasion. To the north are the barbarians from the Western Regions, and to the south are the barbarians from Wuling.
“Wuling Man…” Fei Qian changed the subject, “How much does Shi Yuan know about him? 』
?Due to the space limit of the letter, Zhuge Liang only said that he had contacted Wulingman when he reported it, but he did not talk about Wulingman''s relevant matters in detail, nor did he introduce some of Wulingman''s background in detail.
Pang Tong thought for a while and then said: "There are records in the past that the Gaoxin family had dog and Rong bandits and livestock dogs with five-color hair, named Panhu. To get rid of them and marry the emperor''s daughter was the beginning of Wuling barbarism." There are many corrections in this theory, which may be deliberately scorned by the Han family. 』
Fei Qian smiled and nodded.
In the Spring and Autumn Period, Chu, Wu and Yue, there were all Southern Barbarians. Because of their geographical location, they could be called Wu Yue, Ou Yue, Yang Yue, etc. Their customs were different from those in the Central Plains, and there were many people with tattoos and broken hair. ” Pang Tong said, “Because the number of tribes is unknown, it is called Baiyue. Wuling Man is one of them. 』
Simply put, Wuling Barbarians, as the name suggests, are a group of barbarians living in Wuling County, Jingzhou.
Because of the lack of culture, these people called barbarians did not form a relatively complete cultural transmission chain, so that even they themselves could not explain their origins clearly, so they were regarded as slaves by the Central Plains people. The so-called legend of a group of puppies born of dogs.
The person who arranged this matter may not be the historian who wrote the history book. The historian may also have adopted a widely circulated rhetoric and recorded it. But in any case, these "city dwellers" who originally called themselves Central Plains people probably never thought that one day their descendants would be forced to wander to these barbarian lands, and then end up with these "dogs", or It is the union of "dog-raised" offspring...
?Of course, conversely, it may not necessarily be a malicious arrangement. Because in ancient times, many tribes were not civilized, and primitive worship was a very common state. Even the tribes in the Central Plains were improved from some primitive totem worship. Therefore, when the Central Plains people came into contact with the Baiyue area, At that time, it was entirely possible for these Baiyue people to claim to be descendants of a certain dog god.
Wulingman was famous for his reputation, which was the time of Guangwu. In the past, in the 23rd year of Jianwu''s reign, the Wuling barbarians were in great power, plundering counties and surrounding areas. There are more than 10,000 people in Zhoujun who attack first, but they cannot defeat them. Later, there was General Fubo and his horse, and it took three years to defeat him, which shows his bravery. 』
"The Wuling barbarians and others were pro-Han, and they were called good barbarians. They also helped the Han army to suppress the rebellion," Pang Tong said. The good barbarians defeated it, and they also got the barbarian soldiers from Wuling... In the land of Baiyue, the barbarians are prone to rebellion, mostly due to taxation. Now that Jiangdong has increased taxes, it may cause more resentment. …』
Fei Qian nodded, which was also mentioned in Zhuge Liang''s books and newspapers. Jiangdong''s increase in taxes on the Wuling area and Wuxi land was a very important reason why these Wuling barbarians were dissatisfied with Jiangdong''s rule. It was also the fuse for these Wuling barbarians to express their willingness to turn to Fei Qian and accept Fei Qian''s governance.
?Wuling Man, also known as Wuxi Man.
That is to say, there are several main tributaries in the upper reaches of Yuanshui River, including the combined area of ??Xiongxi, Xixi, Wuxi, Youxi and Chenxi. After all, people cannot live without water. The barbarians living in this area are connected to each other and are the main strength of the Wuling barbarians.
"Jiangdong..." Fei Qian muttered, "Jiangdong is suddenly increasing taxes. What happened?" 』
Pang Tong shook his head slightly, "Jiangdong is a long way away, and the message transmission is slow. It''s not clear what exactly happened." 』
Fei Qian took a breath, nodded, and suddenly his eyes lit up, "Then, why don''t we test it?" 』
"test? Pang Tong was a little confused, "Who is testing?" 』
?Fei Qian laughed and said, "Since we are going to test, we need to be more generous...make a bigger test..."