Three Kingdoms.

  Chapter 2132 Calling on old people

  The meeting with Fei Qian made Cao Cao firmer in his judgment on the current situation.

  The big man of today is no longer the big man of the past.

   It may be a mouthful, but it is the truth.

   How many heroes were there in the big man back then? Cao Cao remembered that when he was a teenager, when he read the deeds of the great Han Wei Qinghuo Qubing and others, his heart was surging and his blood was boiling.

   And what about the current big man?

From the beginning of the disaster of the party, scholars have been shaken by the theory of destiny. Among them, Fan Pang's words are the most representative, "If you follow the good today, you will be caught in a massacre", "I want to make you do evil, but you must not do evil." . If you do good, I will not do evil. 』

  Confucian scholars' confusion about the current situation and the original spiritual cohesion of the great Han, compared with Li Ying's generation, are not as good as before. It is no longer a rare thing to think purely for personal and family interests.

  『The sergeant heard the Tao and practiced it diligently. The sergeant heard that, if you survive, you die. The corporal laughed when he heard this. Not laughing is not enough. Cao Cao thinks he has found some "Tao", so he can't be like a "corporal", laughing and laughing as if he didn't see or hear it, and then laughed until he died. He must put these "Tao" into practice , "Therefore, Miaocai claims to be a superior, a sergeant, or a corporal?" 』

Xia Houyuan was carrying Vitex, with disheveled hair, kneeling on the ground. If he looked embarrassed, he looked very embarrassed, but in fact, pleading guilty to the thorn was the least expensive way. Just make a lot of money...

  Xia Houyuan lowered his head and said after a while: "Some...or a corporal..."

   As part of the conditions of the alliance, Xia Houyuan was released.

  After Cao Cao received Xia Houyuan from Wancheng, he began to withdraw his troops. On the one hand, he was fulfilling the invitation, and on the other hand, the consumption of money and food was too much. He had to return to the station as soon as possible to reduce the loss of food and other materials.

  Cao Cao laughed, then shook his head and said, "It's not true, it's true!" "Laughed halfway, but lowered his face, "Get lost! Go back to Xu County on your own, and think about your mistakes behind closed doors! 』

  Xia Houyuan didn't dare to argue, nor did he dare to say much, so he bowed his head and left in a hurry.

  Cao Cao squinted his eyes, watching Xia Houyuan go away, and frowned tightly. Cao Cao was too lazy to communicate with Xia Houyuan anymore, as if he was going to talk about three views with a vermicelli who didn't have three views, which was originally a difficult thing to do.

  The purpose of communication is to allow Xia Houyuan to improve. Since they are already extremely disappointed, why bother? It's better to buy a favor for Xiahou's family, saying that Cao Cao will not blame Xiahou for this incident, but there is one thing for sure. From then on, Xiahouyuan will no longer have the opportunity to lead the army alone, and his future position will definitely be higher than that of ordinary people. even lower.

What?

  As for the Cao soldiers who died in the Battle of Wancheng?

   After Cao Cao goes back, he will definitely take good care of him and settle down his family, so that he will have something to support when he is old, and he will have little to gain, that is. Is it possible that Xia Houyuan must pay for these people's lives? If he really did this, how many lives would Xia Houyuan have? I'm afraid it has already been paid off...

  No one can guarantee victory in every battle. If the general is killed as soon as the battle is lost, then there may be no generals in the end. The most important thing is to figure out why you lost, why did you become like this?

  The obvious reason is that there is a Huang Zhong.

Huang Zhong is very powerful, he didn't expect it, he didn't prepare well, etc., he can find more than ten or twenty reasons to explain, but there is one problem that can't be avoided. Huang Zhong was not born at this moment. ? Didn't they all hide in the mountains and forests before?

  Then why did no one pay attention, even Liu Biao and Liu Jingsheng in Jingzhou, there were no rumors about Huang Zhong, and then under the hussars, Huang Zhong burst into such a brilliant color?

   There are also Zhao Yun, Xu Huang, Zhang Liao, etc...

  Cao Cao suddenly felt heart palpitations inexplicably, as if he had lost a lot of things that he shouldn't have lost.

   Is it because the relevant departments are not working hard?

   Or some leadership inaction?

  As a general of Jingzhou, Wenpin, why did he become a Chaifu in obscurity?

   On the contrary, as Cai Mao, who is in charge of Jingzhou's troops, is it because of his favor or his ability?

   These problems should not have been problems at first, but now they have become problems one by one, and finally affected the entire battle situation and the situation of the entire big man.

  Cao Cao sighed a long time, his body was shaking a little, and then he just sat down, grabbed a few dry grass stalks and held them in his hands to play with.

  Under the hills, there is a continuous army, slowly wriggling on the ground like a long snake, from here to there, from the front to the sky, like a long and difficult road to the sky.

  『My lord...』Cao Hong came up from the hillside and bowed his hands in salute. When Cao Hong saw Xia Houyuan leaving in a hurry, he was somewhat worried, and it was not easy to stop him from asking, so he went up to look for Cao Cao.

  Cao Cao glanced at Cao Hong, then motioned, "Come, sit down." 』

  『The lord is thinking? ’ Cao Hong asked.

  Cao Cao nodded and said: "Someone is thinking about the "party prison"..."

  『Party prison? 』Cao Hong was a little surprised, he thought Cao Cao was thinking about Xia Houyuan's follow-up, but he didn't expect Cao Cao's thinking to jump to the party.

  『Zi Lian thinks, when the party is imprisoned, who is right and who is wrong? ’ Cao Cao asked suddenly.

  『Naturally, the court is fatuous and persecutes the good. Afterwards, the Yellow Turban flourished, the government and the people collapsed, and the Gangji articles disappeared. ’ Cao Hong replied. This question seems to be a conclusion, and most people have said so, so Cao Hong naturally thinks so, and he directly stated the conclusion without thinking too long.

  Cao Cao nodded slightly, "I thought so too at the time... When I was young, I thought that all the evils in the world were due to officials' fraud and corruption, so..."

  So at that time, Cao Cao, who was just a fledgling, had just served as the northern lieutenant of Luoyang. He made five-color sticks.

  『A certain once traveled to Taixue with Benchu. At that time, the students all over the world said that the court was corrupt, the officials were greedy, the eunuchs were rampant, and poisoned the world...A certain was also angry, wishing that he could wipe out the haze of the world and restore the world! As Cao Cao said, there seemed to be some light in his eyes, "In the old days, I went boating in Luoshui and discussed Taoism in Mingtang. Even if I think back now, I also feel that it was a comfortable and romantic time..."

  『It’s just that when I think about it now, maybe I was wrong from the beginning to the end...』 Cao Cao sighed, the light in his eyes slowly disappeared, and the rest was only cold, "Dang Gu...Dang Gu...hehe, how about Dangzhi?" What is imprisoned? 』

  『The Great Han established a country based on filial piety. This is originally good. If people are not filial piety, how can they be human? If you don't kiss yourself, what relatives? Therefore, filial piety is the first. ’ Cao Cao said, ‘Of course, if words must be praised and deeds must be rewarded, if filial piety is used for personal gain, it will be harmful. 』

  Many people have such a misunderstanding, thinking that Cao Cao's meritocracy is equal to emphasizing poor families. In fact, this is a wrong and one-sided view. When talking about Cao Cao, the first thing Weicai cites is the bohemian Guo Jia. He thinks that Guo Jia is from a poor family. In fact, it is true that Guo Jia is a branch of the Yingchuan Guo family. It's hard to say, maybe Guo Jia's "coldness" is caused by his own consumption of five stone powder and alcoholism...

  As for Guo Jia being rejected by ordinary people, it is normal from a certain point of view. After all, no one likes a fan friend who gets drunk every day, especially in the gentry system that the big man claims to be virtuous.

  So on the whole, Cao Cao is more inclined to be a pragmatist in his bones. If he can use it, he will "raise" it, and if he can't use it, he will "raise" it without seeing Cao Cao.

Therefore, after seeing Fei Qian, Cao Cao 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 obeyed the guidance of his heart. "Therefore, the current disadvantages can be divided into two. One is to use virtue to win at every turn, and to distinguish between superiors and inferiors, which must become hypocritical! For example, a ranger murders someone in the street, knowing the law, but still lies to excuse him, using Jia's false name... In terms of virtue, who is not virtuous? Victory with virtue, which one is invincible? 』

   Throughout the dynasties, keyboard warriors have always been indispensable.

Many people who are "full of fraternity" in later generations, or just standing on the keyboard of "fraternity", really can't see a little bit of badness. Maybe their parents are at work and at home, tired like dogs, busy with work. It doesn't matter if you are busy with housework, even throwing your underwear to your parents to wash, but as soon as you see a little bit of bad people, or even arrest and kill large stray dogs in accordance with laws and regulations, you will howl, get angry and swear.

  If it’s so fraternal, why don’t you donate the money you bought the keyboard to those charities? I'm really worried that my money will be squandered, buying some dog food, chicken and duck racks and so on, isn't it better than just standing on the keyboard and shouting?

Just like a person who really loves dogs, he would just smile and say that he rescued another dog today, bathed the dog, and treated the dog, but he never scolded anyone or talked about what it is love dog".

  So those patriotic people who howled and grieved when they were in the party prison, were they really patriotic, or were they patriotic?

  Cao Cao sneered twice, then sighed deeply.

  『Second, it is self-proclaimed morality, disregarding the country, putting the cart before the horse. Cao Cao continued, "When the party was imprisoned in the past, there were those who were proud of it. When they caught mistakes, they turned themselves in, in full name!" A certain man thought it was beautiful at the time, but now he thinks about it... hey... really... What's more, he openly insulted the other officials, causing the upright people to throw themselves into the Xiatai, or leave with the crown... so they stayed in the court. Senior, who is it? 』

   This is what Cao Cao thought about, a very big problem that arose at the time of the party. At that time, together with Cao Cao, a large number of imperial students and rural people were all politically correct and wanted to spray, and those officials who couldn't stand the spray either surrendered to prove their innocence, or resigned to show their innocence. Cut off from the secular world, and then vacate a lot of places for those cheeky and unscrupulous people...

  So it’s not wrong to say that the party’s ban is a move made by the court’s incompetence, but those keyboard warriors who follow behind, grab a little bit and spout desperately, standing on the moral high ground and wantonly judging others, don’t they have any responsibility? Then these keyboard warriors benefited from it? No, those who benefit are still those with ulterior motives. These keyboard warriors are more used by those people, like paper to wipe their butts, and they will only stink more and more.

Then those upright and shameless ones were scolded and sprayed away one by one, and the rest were even more shameless officials with no bottom line, filling the court, so what will happen to the big man? ?

Therefore, the disaster of the party is actually a disaster created by the joint efforts of the fatuous emperor, the proud eunuch, and those self-proclaimed "keyboard men". Lost.

  『Therefore, only virtue, not talent, is also a disaster! ”Cao Cao said with emotion, “Under the hussars, most of them are judged on talent, but less on virtue. Virtue is its foundation, and it can be used for it. If you talk about its foundation directly, regardless of its use, how absurd it is? Today's scholars in Shandong are often filial and honest, talk about strange theories, and spread rumors, which is not surprising! Is it any wonder? ! 』

  『What does the lord mean... want to seek it with talent? ’ Cao Hong asked.

  Cao Cao nodded and said: "Those who have both ability and virtue are worthy of great use; those who have talent but no virtue will be useful in general; those who have virtue but no talent are not usable; those who have no talent and no virtue should be put to good use!" Nowadays, those who cannot be used because of their talents are all in Xijing. If things go on like this, in Shandong, there will only be the boastful people, how can they win against Huqi? 』

Cao Cao recalled those talents who were born in Qiao County but now belonged to Fei Qian, and suddenly felt distressed and flesh pain, there is no place that does not hurt, he couldn't help twitching the corners of his mouth, and said with a bit of gnashing of teeth, "This matter, Absolutely change it quickly! 』

  …(`dish)#…

  Wei Yan has different emotions for this area of ​​Jiangling.

Back then, when he was just weak, he was full of hope in his heart, and now he went to conquer the Yellow Turban and the sect thieves, but what Wei Yan didn't expect was that his meritorious deeds not only did not become a ladder for his promotion, Instead, it became the target of others.

  Wood that is beautiful in the forest will destroy it.

  Because Wei Yan, a branch that looks different from the Jingzhou children, should he be "destroyed"?

  Perhaps it is because the Jingxiang area is not as flooded with yellow scarves as Qingzhou and Yanzhou, and Wei Yan could not escape from Yiyang to Jingzhou, so even though Wei Yan made some meritorious service, he still did not get any reuse...

  『Over there…』Wei Yan pointed to the Jiangling city gate in the distance, 『Someone used to supervise thieves here…』

"Oh? Hahaha! Gan Ning laughed loudly, "Supervise thieves? ! Oh ha ha ha ha! 』

Supervising thieves under the door seems to belong to the "five officials under the door", and is called the four positions of thief Cao, meritorious officer, master book, and chief secretary, but in fact, it is similar to the chief secretary, or even inferior to the chief secretary, after all The chief reporter can often see the county magistrate, but the sub-supervisor is only when the county magistrate travels, "the chief will bring a sword to guide him", and in normal times he will "patrol and check to prevent **** and robbers". It is not like Cao Cao who is in charge of military affairs, nor is he in charge of civil servants like a meritorious Cao, nor is he in charge of documents. Simply put, he is just the "bodyguard" of the county magistrate.

   Wei Yan is naturally very upset, but seeing Wei Yan is unhappy, the others are happy.

  No matter how much military exploits you have achieved, obtaining status and rewards is not linked to meritorious service, but is closely related to the degree of intimacy with the powerful.

  Military achievements are just icing on the cake.

  Even without military achievements, these guys can still find opportunities for promotion, especially in military affairs, key positions are firmly controlled, and people who are not Jingxiang will never be allowed to intervene...

   Money, food, equipment, and even the cost of buying soldiers, etc., but if you squeeze it a little bit, you can leave a lot of oil and water. How can things like this be faked by others?

  So no matter how powerful Wei Yan is in martial arts, no matter how many meritorious service he has, he is only a "bodyguard".

  Wei Yan and Gan Ning are also bold, they really entered the city!

  Jiangling City is almost a dead zone.

  After the Jiangdong soldiers left, Cao Jun had no one to take over the city for a while, and most of the gentry and common people in the city fled and died, leaving only some disabled and sick people living in the city.

  The government office in Jiangling has been burned down, with broken eaves and broken walls, black beams and wood slanting across the ground, and broken bricks and rubble everywhere. It is precisely because of this that there are not many infected people gathering in this area.

  『Over there, it used to be a place where I was on duty...』

Standing in front of the wreckage of the government office, Wei Yan slightly discerned the direction, pointed to one of the corners and said, "There are tables and seats in the outside room, and a couch inside... For this reason, I opened my eyes to watch the sunrise and closed my eyes to watch the sunset. I stayed here for more than half a year." ...'

  『Oh, 』Gan Ning listened with gusto, as if the pain of others was the source of his own happiness, 『Then what? 』

  『Then... hehe... let’s go, let’s go to another place...』 Wei Yan seemed to let go of something, or let go of some grudges, 『Go and see the last place! 』

  Leaving Jiangling City, less than ten miles westward, I saw a Wubao in the distance.

  『Here we are…』 Wei Yan sneered, then quickened his pace.

  In Wubao, there are obviously some people.

  Wei Yan arrived under Wubao, looked left and right, and shouted in a deep voice: "Master Yang, where is Mr. Yang Lang?" An old friend is visiting! 』

  『Who is below? ”After hearing Wei Yan’s shout, a pale head appeared on the Wubao for a while, and he stretched his head to look at Wei Yan and others, “Are you old with a certain gentleman? 』

  Wei Yan showed eight big teeth, "That's right! old! 』

  Gan Ning let out a soft cheer from the side, didn’t say anything, but murmured in his heart, there’s nothing wrong with being old, haha, but to be more precise, I’m afraid it’s a grudge...

  (end of this chapter)