Three Kingdoms.

  Chapter 2289 Under the dark side on the bright side

  Cao Cao pinched the corner of his forehead, feeling a little headache.

   Cao Cao's judgment on what Cao Ren reported was similar to Xun Yu's. If Hussar General Fei Qian was defeated by a rebellion so easily, then Cao Cao didn't have to worry about it for so long.

  Crouching Tiger Zhang Ze? Can you call yourself a tiger regardless of which mountain it is on? Could it be that the monkey is pretending?

  Jingzhou can't draw troops, because Jingzhou has to guard against the attack of Zhou Yu in the south of Jingzhou, and Yuzhou can't draw troops, because the area around Yuzhou is going to support Xuzhou and resist the attack of the Xuzhou line in the east of the Yangtze River. Jizhou must also focus on Youzhou, and also has no redundant troops.

  However, you can yell verbally, or make a fake move, it shouldn't be a big problem.

   After all, the harder Fei Qian struggles, the better, isn't it?

  So the spiritual encouragement, Cao Cao has ordered Cao Ren to send it out immediately, I hope Zhang Ze can resist the beating a little bit, preferably until the end of time...

   As for the specific material support?

What? Talking about money hurts feelings.

   At most, they are in the Heluo area, just acting as suspicious soldiers. After all, the landlord's family didn't have much food left.

   If, contrary to everyone's expectations, Feiqian's entire situation began to deteriorate from Hanzhong, then Cao Cao would not be unable to consider entering troops. Anyway, just relying on a letter from Zhang Ze and a map of Hanzhong, I want Cao Cao to jump up excitedly and march forward...

hehe.

   It's just that Xun Yu's letter that followed made it difficult for Cao Cao to make a decision for a while.

  Han Emperor Liu Xie has somewhat grown up.

  『Feng Xiao...』 Cao Cao handed Xun Yu's letter to Guo Jia, "Look at this letter..."

  Guo Jia took the letter and read a few columns before frowning slightly.

  『…Your Majesty intends to reopen the classics and debate, and wants to understand the principles. I put the military at the top of my list, so I postponed the discussion, but seeing your Majesty's strong intentions, I fear that it will be difficult to shirk when I discuss it again..."

  『The minister thinks that the scriptures are shaped by thinking, but they must be learned without learning. The study of Confucian classics should be cultivated and cultivated. Looking at the theory of Qinglong Temple in Guanzhong today, it is generous and grand, discussing the world, which shows that the literary spirit is rising and accepting all rivers. There is also Zheng Gong who travels all over the world, visits the famous mountains and rivers all over the world, and makes friends with the heroes of Yanzhao, so his writing is sparse and strange. Shui Jing quotes extensively from sources, suits elegance and vulgarity, and captures the richness and beauty of Jingxiang, Wu and Chu, so his writing is swaying and full of style. 』

  『These two are the literary pillars of Shanxi! 』

"Yu was born in Yingchuan, where he lives and travels, but his neighbourhood, the township, and what he can see is only a few hundred miles away. There are no mountains and wilds to visit for self-exploration. Although he reads scriptures, they are all others' opinions, which are not enough to inspire ambition. Awe-inspiring to survive. You can't see Songhua in Zhongnan, you don't know the height of the mountains, you can't see the great river Linjin, you don't know the flow of rivers. If you are not loved by the lord, and you are supported and promoted, it is like watching the sky from a well, not knowing what is going on in the world. 』

  『The old minister thinks about it privately, and he is like the generation of Yu. If you stick to one place, you don't know the size of the world; if you stay in one county, you don't know the changes of the situation. Therefore, it may be possible to enlist Zheng Gong in a public car and be cited as a doctor, so as to develop and debate the scriptures. Firstly, His Majesty's wish can be fulfilled, and secondly, the horizon of Hebei and Henan can be broadened. This is the humble opinion of the minister, and I can only lie down on the front. 』

  Guo Jia slowly put down the letter, but his brows were still slightly frowned.

  If you just follow the written meaning of the letter, it is actually very simple, that is, His Majesty has become a demon again, and Xun Yu’s suggestion is to tear down a Shanxi pillar to support his own scene...

  But the hidden meaning is not simple.

  Cao Cao glanced at Guo Jia, and then did not urge him, but still tilted his head, then pressed the corner of his forehead with his fingers, and rubbed it with his fingertips.

  Guo Jia smiled wryly, and said: "My lord... I don't think carefully... Your Majesty's meaning of this argument, I am afraid it is because of the reason..."

  Cao Cao was slightly taken aback, then nodded, then waved his hand and said, "This matter has nothing to do with Ai Qing. 』

   Is it really irrelevant?

   It doesn’t matter if it’s not all of them.

Because of the difference in the gentry systems of Jizhou and Yuzhou, people from Yingchuan like Chen Qun held important positions in Yecheng, but it was not so easy to get the approval of people from Jizhou, and because of the previous Miheng incident , causing Cao Cao to be very embarrassed and passive, so Liu Ye, who was born in Huaiyang, was relatively easy to be accepted by people in Jizhou, and became a communication bridge between Cao Cao and the gentry in Jizhou. Can help Cao Cao to assist these gentry children in Jizhou.

   But Cao Cao and Guo Jia forgot one thing...

  Liu Ye is in Xu County, and it is a window for the emperor Liu Xie to understand the external situation. It's like Xun Yu wrote in his letter that he "lives at home and travels, but his neighbors and townships, what he can see is only a few hundred miles away, and there are no mountains and wilds to visit for self-examination", but in fact he really wrote Himself?

Before Liu Ye accompanied the Son of Heaven and delivered information from the outside world, it was acquiescence to Cao Cao to a certain extent, but now that Liu Ye was transferred to Yecheng due to the needs of Jizhou, then Liu Xie might think too much, thinking that it was Cao Cao who wanted to Cut off his access to external information, so he and Xun Yu proposed to start a "classic debate".

Knowing the result of the matter, and then inferring forward, it is naturally easy to deduce the reason, but before the matter happens, even Guo Jia may not be able to guarantee that he can deduce every step Extreme, watertight...

  It is obviously unrealistic for Liu Ye to go back to Xu County again. After all, Liu Ye has just started working here in Jizhou. Therefore, Xun Yu suggested that Zheng Xuan be conquered in the name of the court and in the meaning of the emperor.

Moreover, Xun Yu’s hidden meaning has also been said. Although the force is not good for the time being, can the scriptures add some obstacles to the hussars? After all, Zheng Xuan and Sima Hui are the two pillars of the current Qinglong Temple. Sima Hui? After all, I heard that the Sima family has all moved to Taiyuan. Even if it is difficult to do it, but Zheng Xuan, after all, was originally here in Shandong, and it is relatively easy to dig corners.

   But only relative...

  『My lord, if the meaning of this letter is...』

  Guo Jiagang said something, but was stopped by Cao Cao, "There is no need to explain... Then according to Wen Ruo's intention, the bus conscripted Zheng Kangcheng!" 』

  Guo Jia took a breath, and wanted to say something more, but Cao Cao changed the topic to Youbei's military, and finally he could only sigh slightly...

  Alas, Wen Ruo, why bother?

  …(╥╯^╰╥)…

  Chang'an, the night is late, and the people are still undecided.

  Even though I pretended to be unhindered every day and didn't know the situation, but when I was alone, these disturbances never eased in the slightest.

The change in Longyou, from the county officials at the beginning, to the horse thieves in the middle period, and then evolved to the mutiny of the Qiang people, almost every change made these people in Guanzhong feel flustered, and they didn't know how to deal with it .

Especially after the mutiny of the Qiang people, quite a few people spread word of mouth about the changes in Longyou, and even began to express some internal information, wishing to speak with eloquence, as if they were the The wooden rafters here are the dead wooden brooms standing in the corners later.

  Pang Tong has also been busy recently, issuing orders one after another. The military strength in the entire Guanzhong has also gradually changed, and supplies and troops have begun to gather in Longxi. Although the current chaos of the Qiang people is only in the deep area of ​​Longyou, if the Qiang people break through Longshan and attack Guanzhong, it will not be too late. I don't know how many people in Guanzhong will suffer.

   Originally, the people in Guanzhong thought that the war was gradually moving away, but they didn't expect the war, and it seemed to suddenly hit their faces again.

Wei Duan has also been busy for a long time. His clothes and hair were stinky in the senate courtyard, so he took advantage of the night and quietly returned to his mansion. He didn't dare to go through the main entrance, but detoured through the side entrance, and it was useless Outsiders, only Wei Kang personally lit a lantern to welcome Wei Duan to the inner courtyard to take a bath and rest.

  The two walked forward silently, the dim light of the lantern swaying in the night.

   Not long after, when he reached the gate of the inner courtyard, Wei Kang couldn't bear it, and said softly, "Father..."

   Wei Duan waved his hand, "I'll talk about it later. 』

   During this period of time, Wei Duan was also thinking non-stop. Originally, he thought that Hussar General Fei Qian was firmly on his feet and could not be shaken, but he didn't expect that Fei Qian would even toss? To be honest, sometimes Wei Duan really can't understand, if Yi Feiqian can only do it, at his current age, he only needs to operate steadily for ten years, no, maybe only five years, and then he will not even need soldiers to carry out the Longyou business If you want to move, just send a few small officials, or jailers, and you can take it down!

  After washing and bathing, Wei Duan ate some snacks again. Wei Duan sat in the study, waiting for his hair to dry while watching the dim night, not moving for a long time.

   Wei Kang sat beside him, glanced at Wei Duan, then lowered his eyes, raised his head again after a while, and took another look.

  『Say what you want! 』Wei Duan put down the pen with a click, a little agitated. This irritability is not aimed at Wei Kang, but at the current situation.

  Wei Duan thought before that if he was Fei Qian, he would have killed Cao Cao in one go during the Battle of Jingzhou, stabilized the Central Plains, and directly aspired to the world!

  But Feiqian didn’t do that…

Then, when Fei Qian came back and brought back a large number of refugees from Jingzhou, Wei Duan thought that Fei Qian might be thinking of going steadily and steadily, with the mind of horizontal versus vertical, first let the interior of Shandong consume itself, and then obtain it at the lowest price. ultimate victory.

  But then Feiqian went to Hedong to stir up another wave, and before he came back, there was a rebellion in Longxi and Longyou...

  Fei Qian will return to Chang'an tomorrow.

   So what new changes will happen to the situation?

Wei Duan couldn't understand, didn't understand, the more he didn't understand, the more irritable he felt in his heart. When he was outside, he still had some restraint, so he endured it, but in his study, it was inevitable that some of it would come out. , the tone is also slightly heavier.

  『Father...』 Wei Kang hesitated.

Wei Kang knew that his father was also quite tired, logically speaking, he should let his father have a good rest, but Wei Duan has been hiding in the senate for a while, even if there are letters or servants to confess, it is always impossible It's very detailed, and I won't ask other people or things to say something particularly important. Therefore, now that Wei Duan has finally come back, of course he has to ask about the next arrangement.

   Wei Duan took a breath and said again: "It's okay, let's talk." 』

  Wei Kang nodded and said, "My lord... Will this incident in Longyou spread to Guanzhong?" 』

   This is not only the worry of Wei Kang alone, but also the worry of almost everyone in Guanzhong. If it is only in Longxi and Longyou, then it is probably just the trouble of the Hussar General, but if it involves Guanzhong and is looted by the Qiang people, then it is not a happy thing, it will become a disaster for the people of Guanzhong.

  Wei Duan pondered for a long time, and then said: "At present, it seems likely that it will not. If it takes a long time...it's hard to say...」

Although Hussar General Fei Qian seems to have a good foundation now, the Longyou Rebellion is tantamount to breaking off trade in the Western Regions. This will not only cause problems with the goods in Guanzhong, but will even implicate Fei Qian and others. Trade in other regions, so if it can be resolved in a short period of time, of course the problem is not big, but if it takes a long time...

   Wei Kang twitched his brows and eyes, "Father...then..."

  『Stop thinking about that! Wei Duan shouted in a low voice, raised eyebrows and eyes, "If you are not in the mansion, you still have to strictly guard the gate of the courtyard, you are not allowed to go in and out at will, it is even more impossible to make friends with crooks, speak out lies, and harm the whole family!" Remember? ! 』

   Wei Kang was taken aback, and hastily left the table to bow down, claiming yes.

  Wei Duan ordered again, and then let Wei Kang sit down again.

  Looking at Wei Kangyou's bewildered, even somewhat ignorant expression, Wei Duan sighed and said, "Go outside and have a look around, and let the servants stand a little further away...then come back..."

   Wei Kang was stunned for a moment, then stood up, went out to do as he did, and came back after a while and said, "According to my lord father's order, let the servants stay away from this place..."

  『Come, sit down. Wei Duan nodded, pondered for a while, and said, "Do you know that our house has a canal?" One mouth goes in, and one mouth goes out...』

   Wei Kang nodded.

"The water at the mouths of these two canals...I've drank both..." Wei Duan seemed to recall some bad things, and then his expression became a little stiff, "So later, it is strictly forbidden to litter the open canals in our mansion... Violation heavy punishment...'

   Wei Kang was taken aback. He knew a little about this matter, but he didn't know much. He thought it was just that Wei Duan obeyed the "decontamination order".

"And I'm not the only one who drank it..." Wei Duan stretched out his chin, and gestured to the left and right, "Everyone who uses this canal in the tombs of the city has drank it... drank it in Huqi's mansion... You haven't heard of this thing stop? This matter, well, I don’t think other people will talk about this matter casually, after all, it’s not something glorious…』

Wei Duan spoke slowly, as if there was some smell from that day lingering in his nostrils, his face became stiff and his expression twisted, "Come on, I will tell you this matter today, do you think Huqi used to get water from these two open channels in the mansion?" , what is the intention? Want to say something? Tell us what? 』

  『…』Wei Kang had no clue for a while.

  『Is the decontamination order before or after this matter? ’ Wei Duan asked.

   Wei Kang replied, "Before." 』

   Wei Duan nodded and said, "When will the act of hussars not come before?" Then the decontamination order comes before drinking water, so what is the matter of Longyou? 』

  『This…』 Wei Kang was stunned.

  『Going back to the matter of the canal, the Hussars let us drink the water from the canal. Besides the decontamination order, do you think there are other reasons? ’ Wei Duan continued to ask.

   Wei Kang thought for a while, "Drinking water and thinking about the source? ’ The association in this respect is not cryptic.

  『Where is the source? ’ Wei Duan asked.

  『Hussars...the source of the hussars...』 Wei Kang replied uncertainly.

   Wei Duan nodded, "Well, you're half right. You can think about the remaining half when you have time... Let me ask you again, besides drinking water and thinking about the source, is there any other meaning of hussars? 』

  『Other meanings? ’ Wei Kang frowned.

   Wei Duan hummed, "There are at least three more. 』

  『This...』 Wei Kang blinked a few times, "Father...can you... give me some hints..."

  Wei Duan sighed, "I didn't guess all of them at the time, but I only came to the conclusion after slowly deducing... First of all, the open channels in the city's mausoleum are all connected to each other, right?" Not to mention anything else, coming out of our mansion, not far down is the Li family's mansion... What do you think this means? 』

  Wei Kang thought about it, and then said: "...connected to each other? Oh, I see, honor and disgrace! 』

  Wei Duan nodded, then stretched out his palm with the palm facing up, "That's right...but what does the other side mean?" ” Wei Duan turned his palms to the bottom, exposing the back of his hands, and looked at Wei Kang, “The backside of this unity of honor and disgrace...is even sitting! Honor and disgrace are just embarrassing, even sitting is killing your life! 』

   Wei Kang couldn't help being surprised. "Hussar... really mean that? 』

  Wei Duan cast a sideways glance at Wei Kang, "Why, do you still expect other people to be like your parents and take care of you no matter what you do?" If you are dragged down by your cronies, and you say you are wronged, do you think anyone will believe it? You sent out so many sachets, if something happened, how many of them would defend you? 』

  Wei Mansion stays behind closed doors these days. Of course, Wei Duan can see that Wei Kang is a little restless, but the current situation is changing, and it is really not the time for friends to make a fuss, or they don’t know that day will be implicated...

  『Baby...Baby knew it was wrong...』 Wei Kang lowered his head.

"During this period of time, you should also think about it at home. Those people should associate with those people, and those people should stop..." Wei Duan waved his hands and continued, "Don't think that if you hide yourself, others won't know...I'll ask again You, Hushi sent people to fetch water in the canal before, have you seen it? Does anyone in the house know? Who and when did they get the water? So what does this mean? Ok? 』

   Wei Kang stared, "..."

  『If...not fetching water, but...'' Wei Duan said with a gloomy face, "Do you understand? Ok? 』

"what? ! ’ Wei Kang’s face changed color, ‘So, wouldn’t it be...how about we move to another courtyard? 』

  『Other courtyards? Wei Duan sneered twice, "I don't know who and when, so what's the use of hiding there?" 』

"This…"

  『So, the matter of Longyou...』 Wei Duanyu said earnestly, 『Really don’t think about it, and don’t do anything! Otherwise... stay at home honestly! Do you understand? If you have this spare time, why don't you use this time to pay more attention to the unusual behavior of these servants at home...but don't make a big fuss...understand? 』

  『Only…』Wei Kang quickly responded.

Wei Duan nodded, "Okay, let's go down, tomorrow I have to go out of the city to meet the hussars... I have to take a rest, don't lose my manners... Don't bother me if it's nothing serious... Remember to call a certain..." There is also a couch in the study, and Wei Duan is also very tired, so he doesn't want to change places.

"Retire, my child..." Wei Kang hurriedly bowed, and then carefully exited the study, and then softly ordered the servants not to disturb him, and checked the time again, and felt that it was not long before Yinshi , that is, sat down in the back hall, and prepared to call Wei Duan himself when the time came.

  Sitting for a while, Wei Kang couldn't help thinking about the conversation with Wei Duan just now, and then a thought came up, "Father, it seems that you just said two things about the hidden meaning of the hussars... What is the other one?" 』

  (end of this chapter)