Weird Three Kingdoms

Chapter 2182

Heaven and earth are 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, black sandalwood, 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, without giving anyone a chance to refuse, it was covered slowly but resolutely.

And the cause of this blizzard, many people think it's because of Zuo Fengyi's damned, greedy lotus masters, but the root cause actually originated from the cooperation between the Xiliang Army and Fei Qian back then...

Who is most resentful of the corruption of the gentry?
Is it all the people of the whole Dahan?

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

People from the west of Guanzhong, 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.

Jia Xu hated corruption, and then hated herself.

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 trees in the courtyard, there were only a few leaves still standing tenaciously on the treetops, but obviously they couldn't last long. After a new heavy snowfall, they would 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 doors and windows that they thought seemed solid were broken, the unlucky ones were 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.

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

Corruption worth more than ten million yuan is already a small amount. Among the 240 billion yuan in military expenditures, there will be more than 10 billion yuan in follow-up expenditures. At least half of them fall into the hands of officials and generals at all levels. in the pocket.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...

Therefore, Jia Xu and Li Ru once thought that only the nobles of the Western Qiang could save this 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 good at fighting, and they are also capable of killing people. To some extent, they can indeed calm down the messy situation in Xiliang, but...

As a result, after taking power, Dong Zhuo drifted away, and Li Guo drifted away. It can even be said that the entire Xiliang Longyou tycoon is counted 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 Feiqian, you will miss your whole 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 the Western Qiang, Jia Xu once again saw hope.

A new approach, a model that really 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 they each have their own thoughts, and they will immediately turn their faces and change jobs at the slightest chance...

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 "clean and honest" is probably among the feudal dynasties, the officials in politics like to talk about it most, 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?
Therefore, 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.

For temporary workers, one paperwork and one jailer can solve the problem, but for big households...

This is the root cause of the suppression 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 somewhat restrained when he takes office, but can he stand up to this big family's win over, and that big family send a beautiful girl?
Human nature is the most vulnerable to the test, and then almost every official has to bear this test?

Therefore, this time, Wei Duan, Zhang Shi and others also could not 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, the teacher is famous.

"The ancient sages had their own words, a scholar must be ambitious, and the responsibilities are heavy and the road is long. ’ 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. For 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.

It's just that Pang Tong, Jia Xu, and Zhuge Liang can track down how many officials and how many clues to bribery can they find?

What if we add 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 a new class gap will arise between the gentry and the Haoyou...

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

Why do you come 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, it is only through comparison that there is a sense of happiness.

"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.

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

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

grunt.

Chilling.

...(^‐^)_and~~...

The winter of the fourth year of Taixing was even more tormenting for the people in Jiangdong.

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

Only those that are unpalatable or inedible 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 themselves into the river naked, in order to leave the last bit of clothing to their children. .

This is true for Chaisang, but it is even more painful in the more remote Jiangdong area.

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 winter, the plague temporarily stopped spreading, but it was not so easy to recover from the fallen morale and empty warehouses.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, "Is it better today?" 』

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

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

"..." Zhou Yu signaled the servants at the side to show Lu Su a seat, "That's all...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 eat this set...

For example, big households.

Drink the wine, sing the song, dance the dance, 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.

Regarding Lu Su, Zhou Yu didn't want to hide it either, so he said: "At the home of Captain Shuimen, gold and silver with Zhu's and Zhang's family patterns were confiscated..."

"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, "That's right. 』

It's not that gold and silver things can't be melted or filed, let alone put them 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 might 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 at will, 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's eyebrows twitched slightly when he saw Zhou Yu's words were 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 watched Lu Su's back go away. He knew that Lu Su had guessed some things, but guesses were guesses. Some things are not suitable to be put on the surface unless there is a final conclusion.

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

We are all adults, 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?
Who is the biggest beneficiary of Sun Fu's death?
"Huh..." Zhou Yu looked up at the sky, "Ahem, brother Bofu... this Jiangdong... is becoming more and more chaotic..."

A snowflake fluttered down.

Zhou Yu subconsciously stretched out his palm to catch Snowflake.

The small and delicate patterns of 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)