Three Kingdoms.

  Chapter 1664 Pang Tong's belly

  Guan Yu came to borrow troops.

   This is naturally impossible...

  Guan Yu actually knew it too, so he turned to the next best thing, borrowing money, and then recruiting troops by himself.

  Xu Shu couldn't help but smile wryly.

   There are almost no wars that can be won by thinking. Even if millet adds rifles in the future, it must be added by millet. If there is no 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 he is cleaner than his face.

"We are all willing to serve the imperial court and fight against usurpers. Therefore, it is our duty to go to Dingze to open up the territory. However, there is a lack of ice and equipment, and even if we restrain it, it may be difficult to stick to it..." Guan Yu said, clasping his hands, "If you can Allocate some food and fodder, recruit soldiers, and then..."

  Xu Shu smiled slightly and interrupted Guan Yu's words: "If you don't take the land of Dingruo, someone else will take it."

  Guan Yu couldn't help but look down.

  Xu Shu's words are very straightforward and very clear. Even though Guan Yu found thousands of reasons for borrowing troops for himself, for Hussar General Fei Qian, the three Liu Bei brothers were not the only choice. At this stage, the three brothers Liu Bei are conquering Dingruo, although on the surface it is for the imperial court to recover the old land, but in fact it is also for themselves.

   "Hussar generals are loyal and righteous..." Guan Yu continued, "In the past, the Yin Mountain was also restored by the imperial court, and it is the same today in Dingze. They are all the Han Dynasty. How can there be any distinction between them?"

  Xu Shu nodded and said: "What General Guan said is really...Family, country and community are not divided, but there are priorities..."

  Guan Yu couldn't help feeling a bit of a headache. He was not good at circling words. Seeing Xu Shu's reluctance, he finally sighed and said in a deep voice, "Mr. Xu may as well say clearly, what should we do?"

Xu Shu twirled his beard, laughed twice, and said, "Let's ask General Guan, what will happen if you take Dingzao? Dingze is located in a remote place with a scarce population. Even if the general raises some food and fodder, it is still a drop in the bucket. Also! If you replace He Mou and give the general money and food for no reason, how can you deal with the long-awaited mouths of the Sichuan and Shu gentry?"

  Guan Yu was silent for a while, then cupped his hands and said, "If Mr. Xu helps you, if you have a dispatch the next day, Mr. Guan will definitely not refuse! Please give me your advice!"

  Xu Shu looked at Guan Yu, pondered for a while, and then said: "General Guan doesn't know something... General Hussars has always been rewarded very generously..."

  Guan Yu's phoenix eyes narrowed.

Xu Shu continued: "In Sichuan and Shu, the mountain roads are difficult to navigate. In ancient times, there were as many bandits as a cow's hair. They were inexhaustible and hindered the trade roads. Complete loyalty, but also cut off the tongue of others?"

  Guan Yu clasped his hands together and bowed to Xu Shu, "Thank you Mr. Xu for your guidance!"

   Naturally, you don’t need many soldiers to wipe out bandits. Just one or two hundred men under Guan Yu’s command is enough, so Guan Yu didn’t say anything more, so he went back to prepare immediately.

  Xu Shu saw off Guan Yu, looked at Guan Yu's back, and smiled slightly.

Bandits, of course, have the most mountains, and Sichuan and Shu are surrounded by mountains, so bandits are naturally as numerous as cow hairs, but in fact, not all of these bandits are all so-called so-called Heroes, or to put it another way, regardless of those of Xiao Xiami, as long as they have a name, they are more or less related to the place...

   Otherwise, eating and drinking will not be mentioned, but some necessities of life, such as some salt and rice cloth, how can they rely on robbery and killing business travelers every year? Wouldn't it also cut off his own way if he killed him hard? Therefore, these bandits generally have some so-called rules, and even all merchants know that they can not be robbed by bandits if they go to visit some wharf and take some tokens. Not linked to local forces?

  Since Guan Yu handed the knife to Xu Shu, it's no wonder Xu Shu took the knife...

   What's more, for Guan Yu, this is not a loss. He justly took the heads of these bandits and thieves in exchange for money, and then recruited soldiers.

   Breaking the collusion and profit network of the Sichuan and Shu forces is just the beginning.

  ………(~￣▽￣)→…………

  The dispute in Sichuan and Shu came to an end for a while, and another wave was set off in Guanzhong.

The original Guanzhong gentry, under the double blow of Dong Zhuo and Li Guo, was decadent for a while, but as Fei sneaked into the main pass, the ecological system has the function of self-healing, and the human system is no exception. Gradually, the Guanzhong gentry began to recover. Slowed down, and then there were some disputes.

  Fei Qian once thought that the entire Chinese market is still in a mess. Is it necessary to start the party struggle so early? After thinking about it, it should actually be expected.

  In the original history, after the Shanxi gentry fell into a slump, only the performances of the Shandong gentry remained, and didn’t the Shandong gentry start to separate and combine before the world was settled?

Cao Cao finally replaced Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu and became the representative of the largest Shandong gentry. However, in actual history, although the Jizhou Group surrendered to Cao Cao in name after Yuan Shao, it actually played the role of an insider, waiting to bring the world's rebels together. Killed all, and then shot...

   As for Cao Cao's basic situation, Qiaopei Group and Yingchuan Group are actually not in harmony. The Qiaopei Group, directly under Cao Cao, tends to be the new gentry, which can be regarded as the representative of the interests of the humble and common people, while the Yingchuan Group is the interest group of the gentry family. Therefore, although the two groups cooperated in the early stage of the war, Cao Cao's foundation was laid. But in fact, there is no shortage of internal strife...

  The most typical one is Man Chong holding on to Cao Hong's crutch...

Of course, if it is said that the Qiaopei Group represents the common people, it is not. The Qiaopei Group is more like a person with a lower status. For example, Cao Cao stuffed several daughters into the harem of Liu Xie in one breath, just thinking that after his death, he could still maintain the identity and status of the Cao family, but that kid Cao Pi...

At present, because Fei Qian, a big demon moth, **** its wings indiscriminately, it not only affects the changes in the Guanzhong area, but even promotes the trend of the mutual encroachment of the Shandong gentry in the Central Plains. Therefore, it was advanced.

  Fei Qian hated office politics very much in his previous life, otherwise he would not have been a scumbag for many years, but he never thought that even if he came to the Eastern Han Dynasty, he would still be unable to avoid this problem.

  As the saying goes, the tree desires to be quiet and the wind keeps going. Now that Fei Qian is in this position, it is absolutely impossible to stand by and become a rich man like Jia Xu in history. Therefore, Fei Qian has to start thinking about party struggles. Pang Tongmo and Zaozhime beside him, although they are good at managing people's livelihood or handling government affairs, they may not have much experience in party struggle.

Strictly speaking, Fei Qian should belong to the circle of the Heluo clan, but the circle of the Heluo clan is now fragmented, some of them followed the emperor Liu Xie in Xu County, some died in the war, and others Some of them took refuge and fled directly. Even the few seedlings in Feiqian's house were all white walls painted by the image project, and the surface was a little glossy.

  So in fact, the current Feiqian is using people from friendly countries. There are those from Hedong, Bingzhou, Guanzhong, and even Shandong. Of course, more are still from Jingxiang. In the early stage of entrepreneurship of the entire political group, all problems are not a problem. After all, the industry is constantly changing. Expanding, the position is constantly improving, and the income is constantly increasing. Seeing the value of the original stock he invested keeps turning somersaults upwards, isn't that person smiling?

  But now gradually stop and start to slow down, prepare to adjust the rhythm, stabilize the rear, and when the growth rate slows down, the problem will slowly appear.

  Someone sued Pang Tong for private...

   When hearing this for the first time, Fei Qian couldn't help being a little stunned. He thought that although the boys like Pang Tong are gluttonous, they don't need to doubt their loyalty. Even though they complain from time to time that they have lost a lot of weight because of too much work, they still do their best when dealing with various government affairs. Why suddenly? Is there "private"?

  As a result, when asked in detail, there is really "privateness".

  In fact, it is not a big deal, it is also an inevitable situation.

  A few months ago, a branch of the Cai family went to Guanzhong to join Pang Tong. This disciple of the branch of the Cai family did not dare to approach Fei Qian directly, because although the relationship between the Cai family and Fei Qian is not bad, it is far from reaching the level where a side branch can come to the door. On the other hand, the relationship between the Pang family and the Cai family is even stronger. closer.

Pang Tong inspected it, and found that this branch of the Cai family did not have much proud ability, that is, ordinary people, so naturally he was not interested in recommending him to Fei Qian, and he didn't even mention it. He just arranged for a small position. Let this branch of Cai's family take charge, and get rid of the matter.

Originally, it would not be a big deal if the disciples of the side branches of the Cai family stopped here. After all, in this year, although Pang Tong was suspected of conferring officials in private, even the general of chariots and cavalry can be in charge in private. 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 side branch lived before, let's not talk about the price, but there are many restaurants, singing and dancing, and all kinds of things that make this side branch of Cai's heart fascinated. , but how much salary can a petty official have?

  So in the end, the branch of the Cai family began to move all kinds of thoughts...

   Then Xun You started to take over various commercial and economic affairs in Guanzhong and found some problems.

For Shuoshu, it was natural that the matter would be settled with one knife in the end, but the Guanzhong gentry who felt that they had grasped the handle began to be a little bit reluctant, and there were even rumors that the Cai family branch was actually just a temporary worker who took the blame. There are bigger rats hiding and not being exposed...

   "If you are impartial and selfless, you can slander yourself! However, if you have selfishness, how can you block the river?!"

   "Extremely true! Since you are a public servant, you should be trembling like walking on thin ice. How can you lightly authorize the authority and cause Xiao Xiao to make trouble?"

   "If you know Shuoshu, how do you know the name of Lejiao?"

   All kinds of discussions were clamoring straight up, gushing out like boiling hot porridge.

Before Pang Tong, together with Jia Xu and others, viciously pitted the Guanzhong gentry. At that time, Pang Tong was in charge and had military power in his hands, so the Guanzhong gentry had no choice but to hold their noses and bear it. They couldn't beat Pang Tong, but now it's different. Pang Tong is obviously at a loss, so he naturally jumps out to criticize him.

  In the Han Dynasty, the system of judging filial piety and honesty was adopted for the appointment of talents. It was originally separated.

Theoretically, the promotion of filial piety is to use the "four subjects" to measure a person's ability in virtue, talent, learning, etc., but in the actual operation process, although it is conducive to promoting filial piety, stabilizing the development of the small peasant economy in society, and instilling loyalty and filial piety in the mind concept, but excessive pursuit of filial piety often forms a sickness, such as lying on the ice in winter without clothes, and there are still things like live fish jumping into their arms automatically, and the personal emotional factors are too strong. During the emperor's period, the price of filial piety and honesty in many places was clearly marked, and election bribery became a common phenomenon.

  So the original meaning of Ju Xiaolian is gone, but the remaining rules are still there, for example, the recommender must endorse the recommendee...

Although it is said that the branch of the Cai family is not a filial piety, 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 branch of the Cai family was first During the time of corruption, not many people asked questions, or even turned a blind eye, because of Pang Tong's face. Of course, this also aggravated this guy's desire, and finally revealed a big leak, even without Xun You. If the account is cleared, it will also fall into the hands of another person who checks the account, and perhaps the loss will be even greater later.

  Pang Tong is innocent, a bit.

Arranging positions is a normal operation, and there is nothing to say, but if Pang Tong had been more careful at the time, or had asked in the process, perhaps this matter would not have happened, but Pang Tong is not Zhuge Liang's kind of personal character after all. In addition, this period of time has indeed taken on too many affairs, and it is reasonable to be negligent.

  But it is a bit too much to say that Pang Tong is fully responsible.

Xun You thought so too, so after he found out, he just dismissed the branch of the Cai family and dealt with it according to the law, and did not point to Pang Tong, but because the Guanzhong gentry discovered the lone crutch that Pang Tong accidentally exposed, and grabbed it desperately. hold on...

   "Shi Yuan..." Fei Qian looked at Pang Tong with his head down, and sighed, "I told you to lose weight earlier, but you didn't listen... You said you look like this now, look at your belly..."

Pang Tong pressed his belly inward as much as he could with a frowning face, and took another breath, but he popped out again as soon as he spoke, so he could only cover his face bitterly, "I'm getting fat even when I drink cold water... Let's talk about this matter, It has nothing to do with my stomach..."

"I know it's okay, but others don't know... Tell me, whoever looks at your belly will believe that you are not corrupt?" Fei Qian pointed at Pang Tong and said, "Big belly and thick neck, either a corrupt official or a cook...From today Let’s start, lose weight quickly! Also, do you have any thoughts on this matter?”

  (end of this chapter)