Three Kingdoms.

  Chapter 2182 Let's find fault

  The world is like a furnace.

  The people in it are like firewood.

  Since it is firewood for ovens, no matter what kind of firewood it is, jujube wood, ebony wood, and agarwood are also burned.

  In the winter of the fourth year of Taixing, the waves created by Sanfu in Chang'an were as shocking as the flying snow all over the sky. No one was given a chance to refuse, and it was covered slowly but resolutely.

   And the cause of this snowstorm, many people think it is because of Zuo Fengyi's damned, greedy big lotus spoons, but the root cause actually originated from the cooperation between Xiliang Army and Fei Qian...

  Who is most resentful of the corruption of the gentry?

   Is it all the people in the whole Han Dynasty?

  No, just those who feel the pain because of corruption.

  People from the central and western parts of Guan, Longyou and Hexi.

This is not surprising at all, just as there are many ordinary people in later generations who don't care about corruption. Although these people may not have much authority to corrupt and benefit from it, they are either kind or dull, and they are not They don't pay special attention to corruption, and even feel that corruption is far away from them.

   Jia Xu is not the case.

   Jia Xu hated corruption, and then hated himself.

Obviously, Jia Xu is greedy for life and afraid of death, so in many cases, Jia Xu has to cooperate with some people in order to survive and even keep a low voice, although it is very likely that Jia Xu will turn his head in the end But in the process, Jia Xu also looked down on himself and hated himself for being like this.

  『Xiqiang...』 Jia Xu sighed in a low voice, the voice was inaudible, like snowflakes falling on the roof tiles, there was sound, but it seemed silent.

  Under the dead tree in the courtyard, there are only a few leaves still standing tenaciously on the top of the tree, but obviously they can't last long. After a new heavy snowfall, they will inevitably fall to the ground and turn into muddy water.

The main point of the policy of "controlling the frontier" in the Han Dynasty was nothing more than keeping some powerful frontier peoples out of the frontier and implementing isolation, "preventing the entry and exit of the barbarians, the system of the kings of the Ming Dynasty, and the long-term strategy of the ages", but it is obvious that this The strategy not only harmed the Han Dynasty, but also harmed the subsequent feudal dynasty. The more self-styled, the more miserable it will be beaten later.

Therefore, when Jia Xu talked with Pangtong Zhuge, he said that if you can’t close the door, it means that there are no enemies outside. The enemy will not disappear automatically because you can’t see it, but will become stronger and stronger. When the seemingly solid doors and windows are broken, the unlucky ones are the people inside the house...

   Isn’t the Great Wall of the Qin Dynasty strong? But what is it that the Han Dynasty expelled the Huns? Just rely on those Great Walls? Obviously not. As a result, in the Hengling period, the old method was rediscovered, trying to cut off Xiqiang from the territory of the Han Dynasty. Cut it off, just guarding the small yard of your own small house.

  The result is predictable.

  During the entire process of the Xiqiang turmoil, the corruption of officials and generals was an important factor that led to the continued unresolved Xiqiang issue.

Corruption of more than ten million dollars is already a small amount. Among the military expenditures of up to 24 billion dollars, there will be more than 10 billion dollars in follow-up expenditures, at least half of which fall into various levels In the pockets of officials and generals. As the saying goes, "the generals often steal from prisons and enter privately. They all bribe their left and right with treasures and goods. They indulge themselves up and down. They don't care about military affairs. Soldiers don't want to kill their dead, and their bones look at each other in the wild." 』

  Jia Xu grew up in such an environment...

  That's why Jia Xu and Li Ru once thought that only the nobles of the Western Qiang could save the situation and pull the big man out of the endless quagmire, and then they were disappointed again.

  The disappointment is not only for Dong Zhuo himself, but for the entire Xiliang Haoyou class.

   These people are capable of fighting and killing people. To some extent, they can indeed control the messy situation in Xiliang, but...

   As a result, after taking power, Dong Zhuo drifted away, and so did Li Guo. It can even be said that the entire Xiliang and Longyou tycoons, one counts as one, and the entire class has drifted away.

Therefore, Jia Xu once thought that the whole big man was finished and rotten, like a wooden house completely eaten up by termites. It seemed that there was not much change on the outside, but in fact, all the houses were silverfish. A bigger snowstorm may crush the house.

  So Jia Xu also thought about burning down the house to see if he could grow a new house on the old ruins, but he met Fei Qian...

   Once you meet Fei Qian, you will miss your life.

  Well, there seems to be something wrong, but the meaning is generally the same.

   In terms of Fei Qian's treatment of the tribes of Xiqiang, Jia Xu once again saw hope.

   A new approach, a model that actually works.

  Hu people educated.

In fact, this matter was mentioned a long time ago, and Fei Qian was not the first person, but when Fei Qian promoted the Hu people's education, he not only did one-sided education, but also did another thing at the same time, and this matter, This is the key to the success of the Hu people's education in Feiqian.

   On the surface, it looks like a trade market, but in fact, it has improved the productivity and living standards of the Hu people.

  For ordinary people, if they can live well, who is willing to do the business of beheading?

That's why Fei Qian's enlightenment can be regarded as the final result. Otherwise, if you just talk about a lot of great principles and draw a lot of big pancakes in the air, all of them are blessings in words, but in fact they are all free overtime. How many fools were fooled? I'm afraid it's not that each has their own thoughts, and the slightest opportunity will immediately turn their faces and change jobs...

  However, if you want to implement Feiqian's Hu people's education policy for a long time, you must ensure the integrity of the officials in this area.

  The word "cleanness" is probably the thing that officials in politics like to talk about most in feudal dynasties, but they don't like to do it the least...

  Integrity means no money, no wine to drink, no chicks to play with, family members can’t get rich, relatives and friends can’t rise to the sky, so what’s the point of being an official?

  So most of the officials in the feudal dynasty were corrupt. Of course, greed also has skills. As an official, he prides himself on his status. Naturally, it is impossible to say that he personally goes to the people's homes to collect money. He must let someone do this for him. Temporary workers, the other is the local big households.

  Engage in temporary workers, one paperwork, one jailer can solve the problem, but for big households...

   This is the root cause of the elimination of big households in the Sanfu area of ​​Guanzhong this time.

  What's the use of blindly killing officials?

  Even if a new official is changed, he may be a bit restrained when he takes office, but can he stand up to this big family's wooing, and that big family will send a beautiful girl?

  Human nature is the most vulnerable to the test, and then almost every official must bear this test?

  So this time, Wei Duan, Zhang Shi and others also cannot stand the test of human nature.

  『It’s done! Pang Tong turned in from the corridor, and when he saw Jia Xu, he laughed and said, "Zhang Zhongliang has already appeared! Fill in the vacancy with Qishi Xiaoyuan, and act as a crime, and check the bribery of the big family of Jingzhaoyin! 』

   The one following Pang Tong is naturally Zhuge Liang.

   In terms of strategy, Pang Tong and Brother Zhu are not bad, but in terms of controlling human nature, both of them are inferior to Jia Xu.

  Directly holding high the banner of anti-corruption, in this day and age, not many people would agree with it. Even ordinary people can hardly understand what anti-corruption is and why it is necessary. Therefore, there should be "righteousness".

  As the saying goes, teachers are famous.

  『Ancient sages have their own words, a scholar must be ambitious, and he has a long way to go. ’ Zhuge Liang said, ‘However, many people forget it today...’

  『Of course. Pang Tong shook his head, sat down in the hall, and said, "The strategy of Wenhe is very subtle...The greedy ones want to live, and the scholars want to be famous. Now, greed is used to control greed. Its use also. 』

  Since they are corrupt officials, they are basically greedy for life and afraid of death. It is generally the work of honest officials to regard death as home. If corrupt officials can do this, then it is unlikely that they will become corrupt officials. Like Zhang Shi.

For Wei Duan, simple money is no longer what he wants, and fame is what he pursues. Therefore, Zhang Shi and Wei Duan worked together to "rectify officials and uphold moral integrity" On the stage, kicked off the prologue.

   Just Pang Tong, Jia Xu, and Zhuge Liang, how many officials can be tracked down, and how many clues to bribery can be found?

   What about a large group of corrupt officials who are seeking to survive, and scholars who are seeking fame?

  The most interesting thing is that if it succeeds this time, then the faint line of union between the gentry and the Haoyou will be broken, and there will be a new class gap between the gentry and the Haoyou...

  The three sat in the hall, smiling at each other.

   Why are you here to find fault? Naturally, it is interesting to have everyone play together.

The servant brought green tea, and the three of them held teacups, drank warm tea, roasted the brazier, watched the winter snow falling, and then thought about Wei Duan, Zhang Shi and others running outside against the wind and snow, It seems that my sense of happiness has improved a lot all of a sudden.

  People, happiness is only possible if there is comparison.

  『That’s right…』 Zhuge Liang held the teacup and said softly, 『That servant…』

  Pang Tong nodded and said: "I left a long time ago..."

  Jia Xu remained silent, as if she didn't hear anything.

  Snowflakes are flying, crystal clear, as if to clean up all the dirt in the world.

  Under the snowflakes, there are three people in the hall holding teacups...

   Gulp.

   Chi slip.

  …(^‐^)_and~~…

  The winter of the fourth year of Taixing was extremely difficult for the people in Jiangdong.

   The food accumulated with great difficulty was confiscated by Sun Quan. The wild vegetables that could be found have basically been wiped out. The plants that survived in the wild are basically inedible...

   Only those that are unpalatable, or those that cannot be eaten at all can survive, and then there will be fewer and fewer wild plants that can be eaten. The same applies to bad money driving out good money in the plant world.

Fortunately, Chaisang is close to the river, so men, women and children can catch fish and shrimps as much as possible against the cold wind. In such weather, even young and strong men can hardly resist the biting river water, let alone those old people and children.

If the old man can't make it through, he will die in this winter. Some old people will even quietly get up in the middle of the night and throw them into the river naked, in order to leave the last bit of clothing to their children. .

  Chai Sang is like this, and the more remote Jiangdong area is even more painful.

In the Han Dynasty, the level of development in the Jiangdong area was far inferior to that of later generations, even in the Jin Dynasty. It was thought that at least when Sima of the Jin Dynasty went south, he brought a lot of craftsmen and technology, so the productivity and material output in the Jiangdong area were not high. .

Sun Quan launched the Battle of Jingzhou, and then fought again in Changsha and other places, which consumed a large amount of materials that Jiangdong had not saved much, and then these consumptions were transferred to ordinary people, making this winter of four years in Taixing , the people of Jiangdong lived in extreme pain.

   Then add the plague brought by Sun Quan’s return from Jingzhou...

Although the temperature is lowering, the infectivity and incidence of the plague are constantly declining. After all, the plague virus in the Han Dynasty has not yet been cultivated and screened by antibiotics in later generations, and its infectivity and destructive ability are insufficient, but the same, Jiangdong The resistance of these people in the Han Dynasty was also very poor. Once they were infected with the plague, all the people in a village would die...

Soldiers in the army who are infected by the epidemic are often just isolated and wait to die in the epidemic camp. Even if some individuals can have some self-healing ability, but under mutual infection, as long as they enter the isolated epidemic camp, they will almost die. It's just early death and late death. And these soldiers who could not be treated seriously dragged down the morale of Jiangdong soldiers.

  These infected Jiangdong soldiers are mainly concentrated in two areas, Jiangxia and Chaisang.

  After entering the winter, the plague temporarily stopped spreading, but the fallen morale and empty warehouses were not so easy to recover. Resources have been exhausted, and cannibalism is gradually appearing outside. No one can afford more mouths. Hunger is the most primitive and tragic torture of human beings. When food and clothing cannot be satisfied, human beings It showed more beastliness.

   Even Zhou Yu, who is full of wisdom, is helpless in the face of such a difficult situation.

   Or rather, powerlessness in a way.

  『Captain…』

  Lu Su's voice came from outside the courtyard, "How are you feeling today?" 』

  Zhou Yu chuckled, but coughed, "cough cough...Zijing every day...this sentence is used every day, can you change it? 』

  Lu Su walked in, and then thought for a while, "Captain, have you recovered today?" 』

  『…』Zhou Yu signaled to the servants at the side to show Lu Su a seat, 『Forget it...how is the city? A certain person heard that yesterday Zijing organized people to go to the mountains to collect firewood. How much did they gain? 』

   Zhou Yu was ill, so naturally he couldn't have enough energy to deal with Chaisang's political affairs, so Lu Su naturally stayed on, as Zhou Yu's deputy, temporarily replacing Zhou Yu to handle these tedious government affairs.

  Lu Su was silent for a moment, then sighed, "It's freezing cold, and there's very little to gain in the mountains, nothing is better than nothing..."

  Zhou Yu also nodded silently.

For example, Lu Su's actions at the moment are not for the sake of how much he can get, but to tell ordinary people through such actions, saying that the government is still doing things, and still considering the livelihood of ordinary people, so that ordinary people The people can still be immersed in self-comfort and numbness, so that they don't feel that they have no livelihood, and that if they don't have a head, they will take risks.

  The power of the government comes from rules and order. Zhou Yu knows this, and so does Lu Su. So the two of them tried their best to maintain the only rules and order that Chaisang had at the moment.

  But there are still people who don’t like this…

   For example, big households.

   Drink as much as you want, sing as much as you sing, dance as much as you want, and don’t even bother to pretend.

  『Is there any news from Wu Jun? 』Lu Su asked Zhou Yu, after all Zhou Yu has his own message system.

   Zhou Yu didn’t want to hide anything from Lu Su, so he said, “Gold and silver with Zhu’s and Zhang’s family patterns were confiscated at the home of Captain Shuimen…”

"what? Lu Su was stunned for a moment, then said immediately, "If Zhu Zhang really did such a secret matter, how could there be such a loophole?" 』

   Zhou Yu nodded and said, "Exactly. 』

  Gold and silver things can't be melted, or can't be filed. What's more, if they are placed in such a big way at home, isn't it obvious that people should know? Although the so-called momentary negligence is not ruled out, this possibility is extremely small.

   It may not take much thought to kill an ordinary person, and it can be done by handing over to a temporary worker, but a person like Sun Fu will definitely cause an uproar, how can it be arranged randomly and full of loopholes?

  Lu Su looked at Zhou Yu and said, "Captain, this matter..."

  Zhou Yu shook his head, then said, "I don't know. 』

  Lu Su twitched his eyebrows when he saw Zhou Yu was so sure.

After the two of them were silent for a while, Lu Su changed the subject, talking about what he was going to do in the next stage, what arrangements he had around Chaisang, etc., Zhou Yu also expressed his own feelings about Lu Su's arrangements. After some comments, Lu Su stood up and said goodbye...

   Zhou Yu looked at Lu Su's back going away. He knew that Lu Su had guessed some things, but guesses were guesses. Some things are not very suitable to be put on the surface unless there is a final conclusion.

  If a thing looks confusing on the surface, then you might as well use the simplest model to judge it. Although the result may be a little biased, it may also be close to the essence of the facts, that is "interest".

   Everyone is an adult, of course it is impossible to do things for fun, just for fun, there must be some purpose, so what is the purpose of killing Sun Fu? What do you want to gain from this thing?

  Sun Fu's death, who is the biggest beneficiary?

  『Huh...』Zhou Yu looked up at the sky, 『Cough cough, brother Bofu...this Jiangdong...is becoming more and more chaotic...』

  A snowflake flutters down.

  Zhou Yu subconsciously stretched out his palm and caught the snowflake.

  The small and delicate lines of the snowflakes bloomed with a unique beauty, but this beauty quickly dissipated, turned into a little water, and then disappeared without a trace...

  (end of this chapter)