Weird Three Kingdoms

Chapter 3288 The team must have a wolf spirit

"Are we going too far by doing this?"

The Cao army schoolmaster who refused to accept the money died.

A group of people gathered around his body, muttering to each other.

"What is excessive? Not charging money is excessive!"

"That's right, only those who accept money can be considered good colleagues, uh, good colleagues! If you don't accept money, isn't it obvious that you are trying to kill us? ! "

"Okay! Stop talking!" someone in the middle said in a deep voice, "They're all dead! The dead are the greatest, don't you understand? Be a little sad! Be a little sad! Hey! I'm talking to you! Don't curl your lips up!"

"No, I want to be sad, but what can I do if I can't control it?"

Manager Ren, who was standing in the middle, frowned. "If you can't do it, just stand back! Cover your face with your sleeves! Really! Get ready... Are you ready? Let's go!"

A group of people walked out one after another and stood in the messy camp.

"Alas!"

Manager Ren wailed loudly.

Everyone's attention was attracted by it.

"The sky is vast, the earth is vast, why is there such a war, causing heroes to fall and ambitions to be unfulfilled? How pitiful, how regrettable, how lamentable!" Manager Ren raised his hands high, shaking them constantly, as if to question the heavens, "In the midst of war, heroes emerged in large numbers, some from the counties, some from the countryside, all of them put the country first, sacrificed their lives for justice, and bravely fought! Alas! The blood of heroes defends our homeland, and the bones of heroes protect our country!"

"But fate has no favor for heroes! He has lost his life here! Alas!" Manager Ren covered his face with his hands and rubbed his eyes, as if crying. After a while, he continued to sob and said, "The wind and clouds are surging, and the world is mourning together! May the souls of the fallen soldiers rest in peace!"

"Alas! My sorrow is beyond words..." Manager Ren's voice became hoarse, "I can't help feeling sad... cough cough cough, alas! How sad and painful! I hope you will enjoy it..."

As Manager Ren finished his last words, a group of people followed Manager Ren and shouted, "Alas! Please enjoy the feast!"

The campsite after the fire was black and gray.

The mottled flag had several holes in it and fluttered in the wind.

A few wisps of black smoke rose up and quickly dissipated in the wind.

A group of people bowed down before the dead Cao army soldiers...

Strictly speaking, Manager Ren had no objection to Cao Cao's fight with Fei Qian, because as long as Cao Cao and Fei Qian fought, the longer the fight lasted, the more likely they would be to get promoted and make a fortune.

But the drought this year is severe...

This is difficult to do.

For a society like the Han Dynasty, which was mainly based on agriculture, granaries and grain depots were the lifeblood of the country. Whether it was for preparing for war or providing relief to disaster victims, these stored grains and fodder were considered the most important weapon of the country and the key to its survival.

Of course, many of the Han Dynasty’s granaries were built during the Qin Dynasty. Originally, they were only located around the core capital, but later, counties and prefectures also began to build local granaries.

This kind of granary is not only a storage warehouse, but also a circulation warehouse and a supply warehouse. For example, the Xianyang warehouse in the Han Dynasty was the largest storage warehouse and supply warehouse, and the Ao Cang in Xingyang, Heluo was once the largest grain transit warehouse.

In order to fight Fei Qian this time, Cao Cao and Xun Yu made painstaking efforts and began to stockpile food and fodder several years ago for emergency use. However, food and fodder storage could not be equipped with complete cold storage like in later generations, so it was normal for some food and fodder to rot and mold during the storage process.

These rotten grains are not eaten by decent people, but they can be fed to livestock and horses. So is there a problem with these transit camps transporting the rotten and moldy grains to make room for new and better grains?

It seemed fine, but something went wrong.

During the Han Dynasty, the granary management system was already very complete. The "Granary Law" made strict regulations on the storage, acceptance, and custody of grain in the granary, as well as the processing and conversion of millet and rice.

Unfortunately, the rules are just rules. When it comes to implementation, it’s still the same...

For example, in later generations, there were very strict regulations on what kind of chicken was good, and for bread and other foods, but in practice, it was common for people to tear off the labels of expired bread, change them, and then continue to sell them to cattle and horses.

No matter how many systems there are, there will always be loopholes that rats can exploit.

Local granaries are far from the central government, and are hampered by communication and governance, so the central government is often unable to reach them. Although the governance of grain corruption has been regarded as a top priority by successive rulers, the court has been unable to curb corruption even with its numerous laws and various inspections and inspections.

The reason is very simple, because Chinese officials have always only been responsible to their superiors and not to their subordinates.

Who gave the official position?

It was not given by the people, but by the court.

So as long as the people above don’t say anything, it will be useless even if the cattle and horses below make a lot of noise.

The performance in the transit camp ended and everyone dispersed.

Do whatever you should do.

The tragedy in this camp must have been caused by the cavalry bandits who invaded Jizhou, and the Cao family military school and the elite soldiers of the Central Guard who were guarding the camp were also killed...

The "culprit" is, of course, Wei Yan, the villain who deserves to be cut into pieces.

As for the others...

  The campsite was lost, whose responsibility is it?

Cao's military school! Soldiers of the Central Guard Army!

They arrived at the camp and took over the defense of the camp, but the camp was attacked by bandits. Who could be responsible then?

But if we really want to investigate the crimes of these people, they have already "unfortunately died in battle."

As the camp manager, Ren would be more or less implicated, and most likely dismissed from his post, and then idle at home. After a period of time, he would be able to quietly return to work, and maybe even be promoted to a higher position.

After all, in the Chinese officialdom, the most important thing is the "ups and downs" of these officials.

Those who can endure one rise and fall will become county magistrates, those who can endure two rises and fall will most likely be promoted to prefecture-level positions, and those who can endure three rises and fall will at least have one foot on the steps of the central court...

Manager Ren has just come up and is now preparing to fall. When he gets up again, he will be at least a county magistrate.

As for Fan's son...

Manager Ren walked up to Fan's son, patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Do your job well."

The Fan family member immediately bowed and saluted, "I will obey your order."

"Very good." Manager Ren left.

Mr. Fan waited until Manager Ren walked away before he slowly straightened up.

Fan's confidant on the side muttered, "What do you mean? We didn't do our job well?"

"What he meant was that we should clean up the mess and not let the news slip out." Fan said, "I'll say it again, this was done by the bandits from the cavalry. Remember that!"

When a group of jackals gather together, they are bound to be as cruel as a bunch of wolves. Their core spirit can be summed up in two words:

animals.

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Wei Yan, who had added another "battle record" invisibly, was now sitting carefree in a manor in Qinghe County, drinking, chatting and dividing money.

Wei Yan was quite surprised that the surprise attack on Jizhou had turned out like this.

He also did not expect that Cao Ying and Gao Rou would handle things so smoothly.

Yes, it is silky smooth.

The enemy of my enemy is my friend.

Although the word "friend" is in quotation marks, it is true that we can work together in some aspects.

Money is the biggest lubricant at the moment.

Of course, this manor was conquered by Wei Yan.

When Wei Yan arrived at the manor, the owner had just "escaped". Because his escape was "very panic and hasty", everything in the manor was left "intact".

Therefore, Wei Yan not only had rice and noodles, wine, meat and tea, but he also had servants... After Cao Ying's operation, everything seemed perfect.

The county magistrate, county lieutenant, steward, and garrison commander all have clear prices and are fair to everyone.

Wei Yan didn't have to spend a lot of money on this, but he actually received a lot of it...

In order to reassure Cao Ying and others, Wei Yan deliberately said that he wanted Cavalry Money, and that it must be "flying money" that can be cashed in the Cavalry Bank in Chang'an.

So Wei Yan got this kind of "flying money", which he could cash directly in the Chang'an bank with the ticket.

"I say..." Wei Yan looked at Cao Ying with a sidelong glance, "How come I heard that a transit camp was attacked by me? How come I didn't know that I had this ability? Oh, I am really awesome!"

Cao Ying wiped the sweat from his forehead, "This, this is really outrageous!"

Originally, Cao Ying thought that Wei Yan's stationing in this manor could shield Wei Yan, or trap Wei Yan. On the one hand, he could use Wei Yan's name, and on the other hand, he could also...

After all, it is safest to die without any evidence.

But what Cao Ying could think of, Wei Yan could also think of. He lived in the manor because he was brave, but that didn't mean Wei Yan was a fool. Wei Yan had a lot of troops outside, like tentacles, bringing him news. One of the news was that he had "surprise attacked" a transit camp, killed many Cao soldiers, burned granaries, and so on.

"Money?" Wei Yan waved his hand, "No, no, no, this time, no money. Don't worry, I don't want your life, I just want a picture."

Wei Yan stared at Cao Ying and said slowly, "A map of Yecheng's military deployment..."

Cao Ying's face turned pale, "This, this is impossible!"

"That's possible." Wei Yan said with a smile, "Don't worry, I just got the map and took a look at it, I definitely won't go in!"

This fake incident in the transit camp made Wei Yan aware of some danger.

These daring nobles and gentry from Jizhou or Yuzhou would surely change their attitude as quickly as turning the pages of a book.

For Wei Yan, hooking up with them was not really for the money.

Even though Wei Yan said he wanted money and actually took the "flying money" they collected, Wei Yan's core desire was still to disrupt Jizhou and destroy Cao Cao's entire rear base, so further dragging these children of the gentry into the water was obviously an inevitable choice.

The current situation is actually the result of many factors.

When Yuan Shao ruled Jizhou, Jizhou was still very rich, but soon Yuan Shao did not dare to use it because it was too rich. Dividing and winning over, suppressing and restraining became Yuan Benchu's way of balance, and also the way to his death.

After Cao Cao entered Jizhou, he originally wanted to use Jizhou to suppress Yuzhou. However, because Cao Cao was too suspicious, he wanted to use it and suppress it at the same time in the early stage. As a result, he failed to grasp the rhythm and made both sides unhappy.

Therefore, the entire Jizhou was basically in a relatively suppressed state, both politically and economically. Dissatisfaction with Cao Cao had always existed, but it had never erupted.

On the other hand, it is the traditional customs of the Han Dynasty and the fine traditions of Shandong.

  The world belongs to the emperor. What does it have to do with these gentry?

Just like the rice sword in the future, a stainless steel ashtray can cost hundreds of dollars, a cup can cost thousands of dollars, and a toilet seat can cost tens of thousands of dollars...

Anyway, the money on the books belongs to the country, and only what is in your pocket is yours.

The same goes for the food and fodder in the transit camp.

  Whatever is in the granary, whether it is good or bad, more or less, what does it have to do with the local gentry?

Now, through Wei Yan, these grains and fodders that originally belonged to the Han Dynasty suddenly became private property. How many local gentry could resist this kind of pleasure of harvest?

What's more, the gentry and nobles of Jizhou had no feelings for Cao Cao.

If there is no emotion, it is naturally easier to talk about money.

"Really just take a look?" Cao Ying asked.

Wei Yan nodded, "Just take a look. I can leave after taking a look. Then... you can leave naturally..."

Cao Ying's heart skipped a beat, and he pretended to be very reluctant, "This matter is very difficult to handle... But it's General Wei who wants it... I will try my best, I will definitely try my best..."

Wei Yan laughed, "Well, I'll wait for your good news."

If Wei Yan really left and let Cao Ying go back, then Cao Ying would not only have cleared himself, but would also have become a close friend of many aristocratic families and gentry in Jizhou!

  By then, Cao Ying can still become a good person!

Never mind how many times he washed his hair or played cards before...

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Yecheng.

Prime Minister's House.

Meeting hall.

The meeting hall is very grand and imposing, but has anyone seen whether the sewer under the meeting hall is blocked or unobstructed?

A heavy rain can turn a gorgeous city into a swamp. This is because everyone is willing to build tall buildings, and everyone can share the benefits. However, sewers are just a waste of money, and no one can see it, but the cows and horses get the benefits. Who would build them?

If you build a tall building, your boss will be able to see it, but if you build a sewer...

You can't ask your boss to go down the sewer to check!

The same is true for a drought.

When the water level recedes, you will know who is swimming naked, otherwise you would think everyone is just surfing the waves.

Recently, reports of drought conditions have been pouring in from various places, all of which say that the drought is serious and that relief money and grain need to be allocated, otherwise it will affect the autumn tax collection. The implication is that the war should be stopped as soon as possible, otherwise...

"How can you rush the use of troops?" Cao Pi flipped through a memorial, snorted, and threw it on the table, saying with contempt, "In the past, Lian Po resisted Qin, but the result was hasty use of troops. What happened? A bunch of short-sighted people!"

  Cao Pi understood the significance of this war. If he won, his future would be extremely bright. So even if Jizhou was suffering from drought, water shortage and labor shortage in other places, what did it have to do with him?

"Chen Changshi!" Cao Pi frowned and said, "There's no need to send such memorials to me! The Prime Minister is fighting on the front line, but these corrupt officials don't think about how to support him. Instead, they complain about difficulties all day long. They don't share the worries of the court, nor do they solve problems for the Han Dynasty! If the court has to solve all problems, then what are they for?"

Chen Qun responded nodally on the surface, but he felt a little disdainful in his heart.

When there is trouble, it is called Changwen, and when there is nothing wrong, it is called Changshi.

The role of officials is indeed to communicate information up and down, to serve as a bridge of communication, and to solve problems, but this does not mean that all problems can be solved by officials alone.

For example, drought...

For natural disasters of this magnitude, higher-level people must be sent to the local level to coordinate management and handling, rather than simply leaving it to local officials to handle on their own.

Chen Qun sent these memorials to Cao Pi with the intention of asking Cao Pi to choose someone, or to let Cao Pi inform Xun Yu, or to ask the Secretariat to issue an order or something. Unexpectedly, Cao Pi slapped them away and even vaguely said that Chen Qun was "ignorant"...

It's really orange hemp wheat skin...

Chen Qun retreated silently, but not long after, Cao Pi called him back.

Before he even entered the hall, Chen Qun heard Cao Pi shouting angrily, "Waste! Borer! A state, the heart of the Han Dynasty, is allowed to be harmed by a few bandits! Why? Why? !"

Chen Qun paused for a moment, but soon continued walking forward, went into the lobby and paid his respects to Cao Pi.

Cao Pi was so angry that his breathing became rapid and his face turned red.

"Another transit camp has been attacked!" Cao Pi slammed the table, "These bandits are in Jizhou, moving around freely, and we can't catch them! Chen Changshi, why is this happening?!"

Chen Qun bowed and said, "I have already sent troops to track down the bandits. As long as the soldiers led by Cui Jigui surround the bandits from the north and south..."

Cao Pi slammed the table again, "You're talking about Cui Jigui again! Is it possible that if Cui Jigui doesn't come, this thief will never be caught? Then... forget it! Now I order you to lead your troops and take the head of the thief within ten days!"

It was no wonder that Cao Pi was so angry. The main reason was that the transit camps were set up to transport food and fodder to the front line, and two of them had already been burned down, which was like a loud slap in Cao Pi's face!

When Cao Cao returns victorious and asks Cao Pi how he guarded the rear, how will Cao Pi answer?

  He said that he just stayed in Yecheng and did nothing, just waiting for the bandits to eat, drink, have fun and finally leave?

Chen Qun was stunned, "Sir, the garrison troops in Ye City must not be moved without authorization!"

"You don't move here, you don't move there, and you just let the bandits destroy everything outside?" Cao Pi slammed the table, "Chen Changwen, I order you to lead 3,000 soldiers to defeat the bandits within ten days and bring peace back to Jizhou! Do you dare to do this, or not? !"

Chen Qun looked at Cao Pi's flushed face and erected triangular eyes, sighed slightly, lowered his head, and said, "I obey your order."