Weird Three Kingdoms

Chapter 3500 Each Has Their Own Considerations

When Zhang Liao found Pang Tong, Pang Tong had actually already received some information.

When there are powerful enemies outside, most rulers of traditional feudal dynasties hope that the people below will be harmonious, united, and united against the outside world. If there are some internal conflicts, the rulers will most likely try their best to ease the conflicts and will not intensify them unless necessary.

This is the case in most cases. There are also a few extreme cases, but extreme cases cannot replace the norm.

Pang Tong's decision on how to deal with Ma Yue was made under this premise.

Pang Tong had not learned any knowledge of crisis management or public relations awareness, but everything he did was in line with the requirements of crisis public relations.

The first step is to isolate the sensitive source.

Just like some group issues, there are always requests for several representatives to come out and discuss them.

When these representatives are isolated, no matter what they talk about or how the discussion goes, the more thorough the isolation, the less likely it is that the matter will resonate with the majority of people, and the easier it will be for things to be divided and then resolved.

Secondly, let’s stick to the facts.

Because in fact many things do not exist alone, they are interconnected with many other things. If you keep asking why, you will end up with a lot of old questions. So just solve the most important and urgent thing and focus all your attention on that point, which will make it much easier to handle.

Finally...

It's just a matter of weighing the pros and cons and making a decision.

"Wenyuan," Pang Tong asked with a smile while observing Zhang Liao's expression, "but what's wrong with General Ma?"

Pang Tong thought that Zhang Liao found him so quickly because he was still dissatisfied with Ma Yue's apology.

Pang Tong had a smile on his face and seemed amiable, but in fact not all fat people are kind-hearted.

Only in the world of children there is right and wrong; in the reality of adults there is only interest.

Zhang Liao said that it was not that he had any opinion on Ma Yue, but he found some problems...

There were some inappropriate remarks.

It's not a problem of speech, it's a problem of people.

In the Han Dynasty, and even until the Ming Dynasty, it was not a big deal to make public comments, even to criticize the ministers of the dynasty. For example, didn’t the students in Luoyang Imperial College often criticize the officials of the dynasty, and even give some people insulting nicknames? This was something that young people often did, and no officials in the Han Dynasty arrested anyone for this.

Some officials even pay money to get good reviews, "Dear, please give me a thumbs up, and I will give you a red envelope if you give me a five-star review..."

This rule of "not being punished for speech" in traditional Chinese ruling rules is, on the one hand, the influence of Confucian culture. After all, preventing Confucian scholars from talking nonsense in their daily lives is probably more difficult than preventing monkeys from talking nonsense.

On the other hand, it is also a constraint on the monarch's imperial power. After all, everyone likes to hear flattering lies, but the truth is not necessarily nice to hear. In order to prevent upright people who tell the truth and talk about the pros and cons from being killed, it is necessary to have such a protective rule.

In order to maintain their ruling position, rulers need to take a series of measures to stabilize people's hearts. Among them, allowing a certain degree of freedom of speech is an important aspect. By allowing subjects to express their opinions, rulers can better understand public opinion and adjust policies in a timely manner, thus avoiding the intensification of social contradictions.

Moreover, public opinion will also play an important role in maintaining social order. If the rulers crack down on those who make inappropriate comments too harshly, the final result may be that even those who speak the truth will disappear. Once the punishment is too severe, there will be too many smart people who know how to please their superiors and use this law to "reasonably and legally" crack down on those who speak the truth.

Just like the definition of "malice" in the laws of the United States in later generations, it was originally just to provide a basis for restraining and punishing bad behavior without relevant regulations when the laws were not perfect. However, it was infinitely expanded by local officials, and became a pariah, where even the survival and breathing of the people were malicious...

Therefore, for Fei Qian and Pang Tong, leniency and severe punishment are opposites and unified.

Pang Tong sent Ma Yue to Fei Qian to remind Fei Qian that there might be a large number of such incidents in the next stage. What to do and what regulations to introduce should be put on the agenda first. Otherwise, when we really arrive in Shandong, there will be so many things happening left and right, both true and false, real and fake, which will be very troublesome.

However, Pang Tong did not expect that the problem would arise so quickly and so early.

Although the system of the chief master was not too strict in the cavalry army, it was more or less related. When Ma Yue made a mistake, many of the soldiers in the military academy who jumped out and wanted to put themselves in the position of saints and loudly rebuked Ma Yue happened to be students taught by Ma Yue in the past...

"You're in a hurry to distance yourself from the matter..."

Pang Tong said with some emotion.

White-eyed wolf?

perhaps.

It is human nature to seek benefits and avoid harm.

Not everyone is like this, but that small group of people jump higher, shout louder, and act more decisively, thus "representing" the majority who were originally silent or unwilling to do so.

Just like now, Zhang Liao felt more or less uncomfortable with these cavalrymen trained by Ma Yue.

Now they have abandoned Ma Yue so easily, who knows if they will abandon Zhang Liao for some reason next time?

Zhang Liao shook his head, trying hard to get rid of this bad idea.

"The second one..." Pang Tong frowned slightly, "These soldiers...the early drill manuals are not perfect..."

This is actually a very helpless thing.

After all, in the early days of Fei Qian's entrepreneurship, many things could not be taken care of. As an instructor who trained the cavalry in the early days, Ma Yue had good teaching ability in cavalry skills and combat basics, but he was relatively weak in ideology, morality and classics culture.

Therefore, these early Hussars probably had customs similar to those of the northern Hu people. They worshipped the strong, despised the weak, did not care about age or hierarchy, and only emphasized personal strength.

This is related to Ma Yue's own growth environment, and also to the conditions Fei Qian was in at the time.

In the middle period, when Li Dian was training the cavalry, this problem was much better...

So this point can also be said to be that the upper beam is crooked and the lower beams are crooked, but this upper beam is not just Ma Yue.

Zhang Liao nodded silently.

That’s indeed the case. Zhang Liao had not thought of this level before.

"The third one..."

Pang Tong looked at the sky.

The sky gradually darkened.

"Wenyuan, I need you to do something..." Pang Tong suddenly said to Zhang Liao, "After the battle, there will be losses, so we need to reorganize the team..."

Zhang Liao's eyes flickered slightly, "Your Majesty's intention is to... disrupt the formation?"

Pang Tong smiled and nodded, then quickly put away his smile, "I hope it's not the third case..."

Zhang Liao obeyed the order and retreated.

Pang Tong thought for a moment and became somewhat worried.

It is easy to form friendships and tacit understandings during battle, which is of course a good thing.

Soldiers from previously unfamiliar teams cooperate and support each other in battle, which is a scene that almost every general hopes to see. But at the same time, soldiers who are combined with each other are also prone to form a group.

It is not a bad thing to form a group, but it is a problem if after forming a group, people intentionally or unintentionally damage the interests of others for their own benefit.

Zhang Liao may have realized it, or he may not have thought of it yet.

Among that group of Hussars, some were Heluo refugees.

When Dong Zhuo moved the population of Heluo Capital to Guanzhong, many people died and many people fled.

These people fled in all directions. The rich went to Shandong and Jiangdong, while the poor went to remote areas. They went everywhere. At that time, Hedong was unwilling to accept these refugees. Fei Qian was just about to develop Pingyang in the north, so he took these people in.

The other part is the White Wave Soldiers and the Black Mountain Bandits...

Which part is wrong, or are all of them wrong?

The Feiqian political group has origins from all over the place, and sticking together is an inevitable process, but what follows is intentional or unintentional xenophobia.

This kind of exclusion or demarcation of circles, if it is unconscious or not malicious, is generally not a big problem. It's like old students like to see clumsy new students mess up things, and then laugh at them. Old soldiers also like to see new soldiers who are not familiar with the team rules and get scolded and punished, and then they can say, "Young man, learn from me in the old days..."

But if interests are involved, the relationship becomes complicated.

Everyone knows that the higher you go, the smaller the space and the fewer positions there are.

So, who will gain more after Ma Yue falls?

K……

As night fell, Pang Tong was still dealing with some matters when he suddenly heard hurried footsteps outside the tent.

"Ling Jun, something has happened..." Pang Tong took a breath, annotated the document his subordinates had written, and then put down his pen before asking, "What's the matter?"

Seeing Pang Tong's calmness, the soldier who came to report the news also calmed down a little. "Your Excellency! General Ma has a sudden serious illness!"

Pang Tong immediately stood up and asked, "What did you say?"

"Your Majesty! News has come from the rear camp that General Ma has suddenly fallen ill, has a high fever and is trembling, and is unconscious!"

Pang Tong pulled off the cloak hanging beside him and threw it on himself carelessly, "Lead the way!"

Pang Tong's guards rushed forward, "Sir! It's a serious illness!"

"Get out of the way!" Pang Tong shouted angrily, "Go call the doctor!"

The group lit torches and came to Ma Yue's tent.

After entering the tent, Pang Tong frowned, "Why don't you light a bonfire at night in this kind of weather?!"

Ma Yue's guard lowered his head, "We... haven't had enough wood... for several days..."

Pang Tong immediately understood, "Is it that they don't give it to you, or that you don't want it?"

Guard Ma Yue replied, "At first they refused to give it to us... but then General Ma said that we didn't need to pay for the next two days, so we didn't ask for it..."

"Stupid!" Pang Tong said angrily, "Go to my tent right now and get some ready-made fire! Where's the doctor? Has the doctor called for help?"

The weather is getting colder now, and the temperature drops sharply at night. It would be difficult to get through the second half of the night without a bonfire.

Ma Yue was sent to Fei Qian a few days ago, so naturally the guards here didn't receive any good treatment.

After Ma Yue came back, he was exposed to cold wind during the day and had no hot food. He continued to suffer from the cold at night. Coupled with the emotional fluctuations, depression and pain in his heart, even if he was made of iron, he would fall ill.

As soon as Pang Tong gave the order, the soldiers immediately started to work. Soon, the bonfire in the tent was re-ignited, and the doctor arrived. He diagnosed that Ma Yue had caught a cold and the evil wind had invaded his body...

After the doctor arrived, he first used golden needles to help Ma Yue regain some consciousness, and then let Ma Yue drink the medicine, which finally controlled Ma Yue's condition.

But the doctor said that it was only temporarily under control and it did not mean the disease was cured.

Ma Yue was originally a fighter with a relatively strong physique, and he usually never got sick. However, the more healthy a person is, once he gets sick, it is like a jade pillar collapsing, and it is out of control.

Just like the flexible workers who deliver takeout food in later generations, they have to run in wind, rain, and snow. Most people can't stand it. They are exhausted and gasping for breath after running a trip and climbing some stairs. However, these flexible workers run every day, rain or shine, and they rarely get sick. But once they get sick, they often don't even have a chance to be rescued...

Maybe it’s not that he is not sick, but that he is gritting his teeth and persevering, but others don’t know about it.

The same is true for Ma Yue. He may not have been completely healthy before, but in a sub-healthy state. Now with the combination of internal and external factors, and the cold and hot environment, his condition suddenly became like a volcanic eruption, and it was very tricky.

The doctor meant that once the patient was a little more stable, he should be transferred to Chang'an Baiyi Clinic as soon as possible.

Pang Tong thanked the doctor, then frowned as he looked at Ma Yue, who was half asleep and half awake after taking acupuncture and medicine.

Pang Tong suddenly felt a little sorry for this guy...

Ignorance is not a blessing, but a fault.

And after realizing your ignorance, you should not escape, but reflect and summarize, otherwise you will make the mistake even worse.

Pang Tong looked at Ma Yue's two remaining guards.

It is said that the two guards were wrong for not fulfilling their duty to take care of Ma Yue, but they realized something was wrong in the middle of the night and reported it urgently, which saved half of Ma Yue's life. So, are these two guards right or wrong? Should they be punished or rewarded?

"Take good care of him!" Pang Tong said, "If you need anything, come to me! When his condition stabilizes tomorrow or the day after tomorrow, I will send someone to take General Ma to Chang'an!"

Guard Ma Yue quickly agreed.

Pang Tong returned to his own tent.

It was very dark, but Pang Tong had no intention of resting.

Just like the failure of a battle and the death of a general, the most fundamental reason may be the falling off of a horseshoe nail on the hoof of a war horse. The whole Ma Yue incident seemed to be very ordinary at the beginning.

Even looks familiar.

Who hasn’t been careless or arrogant at times?

But suddenly, things took a sharp turn for the worse!

Moreover, Ma Yue was seriously ill, which was partly due to problems in the rear camp which was directly managed by Pang Tong!

"Call the rear camp staff to come forward!"

Pang Tong said in a deep voice.

If it is just about currying favor with the powerful and taking advantage of others, then the problem is still within the controllable range, but if there are other situations...

When Zhang Liao was patrolling the camp, he heard the news and rushed over, just in time to meet the rear camp staff summoned by Pang Tong.

Zhang Liao originally wanted to avoid it, but Pang Tong asked Zhang Liao to stay at the scene, and then directly asked the rear camp staff why they did not give Ma Yue enough supplies. As a result, he got an answer that made Pang Tong laugh and cry.

When the rear camp applied for supplies, there were a lot of people.

After all, counting, signing, checking and moving all take time, so queues often occur.

When the guards left behind by Ma Yue came to collect the supplies, they were scolded and pushed by other soldiers. If it weren't for the soldiers in the rear camp to stop them, there might even be a fight. So Ma Yue's guards didn't come later. Under such circumstances, the soldiers in the rear camp naturally didn't dare to send any supplies to Ma Yue...

Pang Tong did not immediately believe what the people in the rear camp said. Instead, he asked a few other people. After getting similar results, he breathed a sigh of relief, but soon frowned again.

Pang Tong punished the rear camp staff because they did not do their job well and failed to report the problem in time...

"This problem..." Pang Tong reflected and said to Zhang Liao, "It may be bigger than we originally thought... We need to report it to the lord..."

"Report it to the lord?" Zhang Liao asked, not quite sure.

Pang Tong nodded, "Many of these things...we have kept them secret from the superiors but not from the subordinates...we will know them only at the end...in this case, you and I cannot make this mistake again..."

Zhang Liao thought for a moment and finally agreed to Pang Tong's suggestion. He and Pang Tong jointly wrote a memorial and sent someone to deliver it to Fei Qian urgently.

When Fei Qian received the memorial, he was quite surprised. He did not expect that such a thing would lead to so many problems.

Fei Qian himself thought that sending Ma Yue back was relatively timely.

There were also some incidents in later generations where a public apology and elimination of the social impact were enough.

Moreover, in later generations, there are many more things that don’t even involve an apology. They just drag on until people die or forget about it, and then it’s no longer a problem.

It's like someone from the US drove a red flag into the White House and took a photo while shaking their buttocks on the White House lawn...

Afterwards, the person actually involved not only did not receive any punishment, he didn't even get an apology. Instead, the captain of the White House security office was removed from his post, the White House spokesperson was fined, and the matter was dismissed with an announcement.

Maybe the United States thinks the matter is not a big deal and thinks it is just some ordinary people making trouble.

However, Fei Qian knew that if this kind of thing dragged on for too long, the original warmth in his heart would slowly cool down, so Fei Qian asked Ma Yue to come back and apologize to Zhang Liao in person, but Fei Qian didn't expect this...

This matter might not be as simple as Fei Qian originally thought.

Fei Qian even felt that this problem might be far from over, or might never be over.

Money and violence are the abyss of desire that human beings can never escape from.

As it happens, the military happens to do both.

After a long consideration, Fei Qian issued an order that was opposite to Pang Tong's splitting and reorganizing. Fei Qian ordered the troops that had been fighting on the front line and were already somewhat exhausted to be transferred back, and the troops that were originally in the rear to be replaced. At the same time, the flat land on the Linzhi Plateau in Tongguan was prepared to concentrate time and strength to launch an overall training!

This may be the different response strategies brought about by later experience.

It's not that there is anything wrong with Pang Tong's strategy, but there are some differences between the thinking mode of the Han Dynasty and that of later generations. Pang Tong was thinking about how to make things smaller, which is a habit of traditional feudal dynasties. Fortunately, Pang Tong made timely adjustments and reported it to Fei Qian. However, Fei Qian felt that the more open and transparent these problems are, the simpler they will be.

Unless there is something that cannot be made public...