Weird Three Kingdoms

Chapter 3609: The Power of the Supreme Being

If Fei Qian wanted to suppress the conflict between the Han and Qiang peoples, it would actually be very simple. He wouldn't even need to do anything as lengthy as a martial arts performance. He only needed to write the next document to suppress the matter.

But suppressing it does not mean that the problem has been solved.

Fei Qian understood this, and the people also knew it in their hearts.

When a storm passes through a forest, there are always some young saplings that huddle their new shoots beneath the tangled roots of the older trees.

They occasionally use twigs to poke their neighbors, but when birds and beasts approach to eat the leaves, they forget that there are thorns on their branches.

The annual rings accumulate day and night in silent wailing, and the sap under the bark becomes increasingly viscous.

Birds and animals that come to eat occasionally use calls to communicate information. Perhaps they are muttering something like "fire is surging among the roots" or "floods will submerge the forest".

However, whenever a cold current moves south, the rhythm at which they gnaw on trees and leaves is always out of sync with the weather.

The old ranger polished the worn copper astrolabe.

Bronze has declined and Black Iron is on the rise, but he still feels that he is more familiar with Bronze and cannot get used to Black Iron.

Then they claimed that black iron would rust and rot, but avoided mentioning that bronze utensils were also covered in rust and looked mottled.

He also knew that there were no completely symmetrical growth rings in the woods.

But when he was on duty in the woods, he simply used the tree in front of him as a template.

When he discovered that the tumors on the sunny side and the shady side expanded at different rates, he did not take it seriously, thinking that it was just an ancient law of the forest to maintain balance. He did not deal with it at all and even used some seemingly clumsy grafting techniques to cover up the tumors, thinking that this would make the trees bear sweeter fruits.

Year after year, the secrets between the tree shadows evaporate with the morning dew and condense into new fables in the twilight.

Fei Qian wants to find the mystery in this forest, the meaning of existence, and also wants to expand this forest. But there will always be someone who stands up and asks, who do you think you are?

Craftsmen at the foot of the mountain always use ochre and indigo as dyes when making utensils because they are convenient to obtain locally.

However, the weavers in Mulberry Forest feel that the golden thread hanging from the top of the embroidery frame is the main reason why the entire brocade presents a strange harmony.

When the thick fog of war obscures the secrets of heaven, there will always be new spiders trying to fill the cracks in the longitude and latitude with their webs, and they call themselves the weavers and framers of this forest, thinking that they are extremely capable and that they are the ones who implement the will of the Creator and maintain the safety of the forest.

Fei Qian saw all this, but it was difficult to say who was right or wrong between them.

The reason why Fei Qian came out to take the platform, write articles, and publish confessions is not that Fei Qian cares about who is right and who is wrong among the Han and Qiang people in Longyou. The more important factor is that there are still Qiang people holding knives on the battlefield!

The order of the country and society will only work when the people recognize the hierarchy. Otherwise, everyone will be doomed and will die if a knife is stabbed into them.

If the problems of a few Han and Qiang people in Longyou caused a butterfly effect, and eventually the Qiang people on the front line turned their knives around...

Although this possibility is not great, it is not an exaggeration to call Guanzhong and Shandong a "national war" now. If a big conflict is caused by such a small problem, and eventually it is like Wang Mang's siege of Kunyang, where a meteorite falls and the whole thing collapses, it will be too late to regret.

Obviously, apart from Jia Yu, the other personnel under Fei Qian did not realize this problem. Fei Qian even felt that Jia Xu might not have really thought through the cause and effect...

Maybe it's because the turtle likes to watch the fun.

However, it doesn't matter whether the turtle likes to watch the fun or has other concerns. This is not a game, Fei Qian can check someone's loyalty at any time, so as long as Jia Xu generally moves in the direction pointed out by Fei Qian, Fei Qian will not care too much whether the turtle sticks its head out or retracts it into its shell.

After the martial arts performance, Fei Qian was ready to set off.

Originally, Fei Qian came to Chang'an, in addition to urging the soldiers to get weapons and equipment, he also planned to deal with a wave of blind...

After being reminded by the turtle, I realized that it was not only the outside that was "blind" but also the inside.

Now that Fei Qian has given the standard and specified the direction, the next thing is the matter of the Canluyuan and Youwensi. Fei Qian will pay attention to the execution process, but there is no need to keep watching in Chang'an. Let the turtle be busy, and it will save the turtle from thinking about things.

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The Cavalry Mansion.

Fei Qian walked into Cai Yan's courtyard.

I don’t know if it’s due to human arrangement or subjective bias, but Fei Qian always feels that Cai Yan’s courtyard has a more refined atmosphere.

The soft and gentle sound of the piano also floated in the courtyard.

Cai Yan was sitting in front of the window. When she saw Fei Qian coming, she smiled gently without interrupting the sound of the piano.

Fei Qian sat down slowly and listened quietly to Cai Yan playing the piano.

Over the years, whenever Fei Qian felt upset, he would always come to Cai Yan to listen to the music.

Although the tunes of ancient and modern times are not the same, the essence of music is the same.

Just like the outward name of exploitation may be different, but the essence is the same.

This is true throughout history, both in China and abroad.

Fei Qian found that as he stood higher and higher, he gradually lost his sense of worldly affairs. The family affairs and right and wrong of some individuals were no longer the most important issues in Fei Qian's eyes. Although Fei Qian would occasionally go to the fields, it was basically impossible for him to sit on the ridge and chat with farmers like he did in the early years.

Even if Fei Qian were to do it now, those farmers would lower their heads, tremble and be unable to say anything.

It's not that Fei Qian's aura is real, but that Fei Qian is always surrounded by guards. Few farmers can still speak clearly and fluently in front of the burly Xu Chu.

Only in the inner courtyard of the Cavalry Mansion could Fei Qian find a moment of peace and tranquility.

Compared with Huang Yueying, Cai Yan appears more peaceful here.

Of course, this is also related to Cai Yan's personality. If it were an ambitious woman, she would probably be calculating and scheming all the time, trying to kill Fei Zhen and cripple her, and then let her son take the throne.

After so many years of learning, settling down, and growing, Fei Qian's attainments in state governance and long-term planning are now much higher than anyone else in the Han Dynasty.

There is no doubt about this.

Of course, this is not without cost.

In terms of talent and intelligence, Fei Qian could not compare with many of the top strategists of the Han Dynasty. However, his forward-looking strategic vision and thousands of years of experience made Fei Qian a unique general of cavalry in the Han Dynasty.

It’s a pity that it’s not easy to pass on or impart these strategic vision and accumulated experience to other people.

Even if Fei Qian wrote down these things in his mind, regardless of whether Fei Qian could find the right words to describe and explain them, what was more important was whether these people of the Han Dynasty could understand them. Would he be afraid of counterproductive?

These are all problems.

Such as land annexation.

For example, internal conflict.

Such as class exploitation...

Cai Yan's guqin sounded like flowing water, quietly soothing Fei Qian's heart, just like the land that had been exposed to the sun for ten months was moistened by the drizzle. Her guqin strings would not break, firstly because Cai Yan's current environment was very stable, and secondly because Cai Yan's emotions were very stable, coupled with Cai Yan's guqin playing skills, so even if the guqin strings were easy to break, Cai Yan could still play beautiful music, and it would not break because of Fei Qian's arrival.

The power of music can transcend language.

Because this is a natural ability of human beings.

Fei Qian suddenly realized something from the sound of the piano and the music...

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A strong wind blew through the military camp.

The flags were rolled up in the air.

It seemed to be tearing something, and also seemed to be torn by something.

Cao Cao stood on a high platform, and on the edge of the platform were boxes filled with gold and silver.

Following Cao Cao's signal, the soldiers stepped forward and overturned the boxes from the high platform.

Ever since humans had the concept of property and had precious metals such as gold, silver and copper as general equivalents, the concept of money has been deeply engraved in human genes.

Piles of gold and silver coins and utensils were dumped down.

The sunlight reflected the brilliance of gold and silver, shining in the eyes of every soldier of Cao's army.

"Gold and silver! I gave them to you!"

When facing these soldiers, Cao Cao did not talk about his country, loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness, but only talked about money.

These soldiers are from Qingzhou.

"Farm the land! I gave it to you!!"

When you have an ideal, a lofty ideal is undoubtedly the best motivational medicine. In the Han Dynasty, it is loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness.

Over the past three or four hundred years, this concept has been precipitated among the people and should have had a strong binding force. Together with national laws, it should have been like a black and white sheepdog, making the flock move in the predetermined direction.

The first ones to break such agreements are the ones who are always shouting about these agreements.

The Yellow Turban Rebellion completely tore off the veils covering these guys' faces, revealing their greedy faces.

Unfortunately, these cattle and sheep, which had been accustomed to following for three or four hundred years, lost their goal and direction after losing their leader. Although they walked out of the sheepfold that contained them, they eventually walked back on their own initiative.

They built fences and repaired stone troughs, claiming that they gave the sheep new life and new opportunities.

As for wool, sheep blood, sheep bones and mutton, they didn't mention a word.

Now, Cao Cao poured down the hay, pointed at the sheep pen, and told the sheep that the cavalry were coming!
The cavalrymen are going to destroy the sheepfolds and smash the stone troughs where you eat grass!
When one party that has destroyed the moral foundation of loyalty, filial piety, benevolence and righteousness is accusing the other party of wanting to destroy it, the sheep are staring at the shining gold and silver, not caring whether the gold and silver are stained with the blood of others.

Blood-stained cakes, blood-stained gold and silver.

And the flock of sheep who are so used to it that they don't even want to think about it for a moment.

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Sishui Pass.

Cao Hong looked towards the west.

Over there is Heluo, Luoyang, and then Chang'an.

Originally Sishui Pass was in the Heluo region, and the capital of Luoyang was used as a defense against Shandong, but now it has become the frontier position of Shandong Central Plains against the Guanzhong Cavalry Army.

This reversal of direction seems unusual, but also normal.

Just like what Cao Hong is doing now.

They had the opportunity to rescue Man Chong because Man Chong had sent a signal for help to Cao Hong and others very early on.

But Cao Hong didn't go.

In order to buy more time, Man Chong specially deployed troops around Luoyang City and even set traps in Yique Pass and other places...

Moreover, Man Chong even risked his life and launched a surprise attack on Zhang Liao's rear camp!
Although all these arrangements did not achieve maximum effectiveness, they did slow down Zhang Liao's pace of advance to some extent. If Fei Qian had not brought in new troops, it would not have been so easy for Zhang Liao to besiege Luoyang.

However, Cao Hong was in a state of panic, which resulted in him losing the opportunity to rescue the enemy.

Of course, Cao Hong could find many reasons for not supporting Man Chong, but these reasons could not change the deterioration of the situation.

He does nothing, that is, he does nothing.

Just because he has sufficient reasons or excuses, it is not possible to transform Cao Hong from an inactive general to an effective general.

Especially at this critical juncture of the decisive battle between the East and the West.

Cao Hong regretted it, but it was too late.

He now believed that Man Chong was loyal, but Man Chong was dead.

The situation further deteriorated.

Although Cao Cao's original strategy was to sacrifice the Shandong gentry children in Luoyang City, Cao Cao did not plan to lose Luoyang so quickly.

According to the original plan, the Cavalry Army should have stopped in Luoyang, and then Cao Hong and Man Chong would cooperate with each other to stage a rescue drama. Then these Shandong gentry children would be both characters in the drama and the audience of the drama. The living would bring the hatred of the dead back to Shandong, and Cao Cao, who acted as the rescuer, would naturally receive gratitude for saving their lives.

As for those who died, we can only say that they had bad luck...

Everyone has his own destiny.

There are many ways to eat human blood steamed buns.

But Man Chong died too quickly and Luoyang was lost too early!

It was like a big show that had just begun was suddenly stopped because the theater's sign did not meet the standards and was not in three colors...

Absurd, funny, yet extremely cruel.

When shepherds kill sheep, cut their meat and take their blood, do they care about the feelings of the sheep?

The sheep should thank the shepherd because he could have killed them directly, but he made up a reason to give them some excuse.

The rolling torrent came like an overwhelming force, surging forward.

But can this be stopped?
If you can't stop...

Cao Hong did not dare to look back at Shandong, for he was afraid that if he did, he would no longer have the courage to look west.

"Hold Heishi Pass, Gongxian County, and Sishui Pass!"

These are the last three lines of defense.

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"I'm going to war."

Fei Qian said slowly.

The fingers on the Jiaoweiqin paused.

Cai Yan raised her head and looked at her husband.

Fei Qian was sitting there, talking to Cai Yan, but he wasn't looking at her. Instead, he was looking up at the sky.

Time is not forgiving.

When Fei Qian was still young, he felt that traveling through the Three Kingdoms was nothing more than an online stamp collecting game, at most a virtual reality series. So he was detached and proud. He felt that he could play around in it, and with a wave of his hand, the wind and clouds would change, and the mountains would collapse and the earth would crack.

But after he officially stepped into the Three Kingdoms period, Fei Qian discovered that the weight of history was weighing on his shoulders.

Countless voices lingered in his ears. If it didn't work, just give up. Few of the cows and sheep would understand anyway, and playing the lute to them would have no effect.

Fei Qian even felt that Cao Cao was mocking him because Cao Cao thought he knew those cattle and sheep better than Fei Qian.

Cao Cao sneered and mocked, saying that even if he gave the cattle and sheep to Fei Qian, what could Fei Qian do?
Cows and sheep are still cows and sheep. Even after thousands of years, they still have their own temperaments. They eat grass and produce milk. When they are killed, they just bark twice. Others who have not been killed yet will also bark twice, and then they are gone...

When the next basket of hay was poured into the stone trough, he rushed forward again.

If any of the cattle or sheep around him took a bite of his fodder, he would bleat in anger, "This is my real fodder!"

Therefore, Fei Qian is still unsure about what to do when he goes to war now.

He knew that he could easily change the color of the flag hanging above the sheep pen, but it was difficult to remove the fence in the hearts of cattle and sheep.

Fei Qian also knew clearly that in Shandong and the Central Plains, there were even more common people, similar to the Han and Qiang people in Longyou, who directed all their strength and the horns on their heads at their own kind. They could not be pulled apart or persuaded.

This means that even if Fei Qian took over Shandong Central Plains, he would still be in big trouble.

Fei Qian got a headache when thinking about these troubles.

However, after a moment, a slightly cold finger came up and, like an iron, slowly smoothed out the wrinkles in Fei Qian's head.

Fei Qian closed his eyes, leaned back slightly, and felt the soft support.

"When the time comes... I may have to trouble you... to record all the events of these years in Zhiyinyuan..." Fei Qian exhaled lightly, "Every time... they would delete or revise it, but every time some things were recorded..."

Cai Yan smiled gently, "How dare they delete or modify it arbitrarily..."

Fei Qian also laughed, and did not correct Cai Yan, but said, "Just because you don't dare now doesn't mean you won't dare in the future..."

"That won't do." Cai Yan gently rubbed Fei Qian's forehead with her hand, "Who is so bold? Why don't you arrest him?"

Fei Qian smiled and did not answer Cai Yan.

Yes, even Cai Yan, who usually doesn't care much about politics and only likes to read books and play the piano, understands that if she does something out of line, she will be arrested.

But why wasn't he caught?

Since Fei Qian didn't say anything, Cai Yan didn't say anything either.

She gently massaged and hummed softly...

"The little military horses are gathered, and the five-barreled carriages are drawn. They are driven by the side of the horse, and the yin and yang are connected. The elegant and smooth wheels drive my horse. When I think of the gentleman, he is as warm as jade. In his wooden house, he disturbs my heart..."