Three Kingdoms New Emperor

Chapter 509 The War Caused by Doing Business
On a high slope on the west bank of the Jibei River, Cao Cao and Cheng Yu stood side by side in bridles, watching this tragic and bloody feast coldly.

"Duke Ming, you took [-] Cao's troops as abandoned sons, and ordered General Xiahou and General Cao as bait. Such a skill is really rare in the world." Cheng Yu looked at the self-army who was fleeing in a panic and fled without organization, with a stern and proud face Can not help but surface a trace of emotion.

"The enemy we are fighting against is the emperor of the Han Dynasty. Such a sacrifice is already within the acceptable range..." At this time, Cao Cao had not received the news that Xiahou Dun was seriously injured, so even though he was full of sadness, he was still able to Gently stroking the horse's ears with yellow claws.

There is a circle of scorched scars on the horse's ear, which is the imprint left by a fire in Taishan City on the claw Huang Feidian, and it is also an imprint left on Cao Cao's heart.Because of this, Cao Cao sighed again with a fluke tone: "After all, that emperor is the one who almost killed me."

Cheng Yu narrowed his eyes slightly, he could already see that his own army was massacring with all their strength, preventing those frightened deserters from breaking up their army formation.His narrow eyes are like two thick ink lines, it is difficult to see where his eyes are looking.But it was to be expected that there was more than just watching the pathetic scene.

Under Cao Cao's tent, Cheng Yu was the most ruthless.When Cao Jun was short of food half a year ago, he could kill the rebels in the county without any guilt and make meat for the army.Therefore, the cannibalism in front of him is nothing to him, what's more, he knows that this kind of massacre will not kill many people at all, as long as the follow-up deserters who lose their minds see the consequences of disobedience to military orders, they will no longer go crazy After running, the carnage will stop.

What Cheng Yu looked at with his eyes was beyond these, beyond the twilight of the sky, and even across the entire Yanzhou and Guanzhong, what he saw was the newly established Yongzhou by the emperor.In that place, there must have been a handsome general with a white horse and a brocade robe, leading his subordinate Hu Qi, looking around blankly at the vast wilderness, holding his gun and screaming.

And around this general, there are countless Qiang soldiers with their left coats on their backs, waiting for the opportunity to devour him.Moreover, this mighty general will not receive any assistance from the Han Dynasty, so he can only rely on his bravery to raise his prestige in Liangzhou and his determination to avenge his father.

Because at this time, Cui Lie, the shepherd of Liangzhou in the imperial court, was seriously ill, while Liu Yu, the shepherd of Youzhou who had been in office for less than a year, encountered the war he least wanted to see.

Hanzhong Zhang Lu rebelled!

Strictly speaking, Zhang Lu is not a reverser.From the beginning, he was independent of the Han court system.It's just that this time, Chen Bing slanted the valley road, threatening Yongzhou all the time, leaving Liu Yu in a tight situation, and there was no foreign aid to rescue Ma Chao.What's more serious is that Ma Chao went against the military order again when he dispatched troops this time, Liu Yu was ashamed and annoyed, and had a bad impression of Ma Chao to the point that he was comparable to another Gongsun Zan!

"Duke Ming, Zhang Lu's ability to send troops this time was really unexpected to his subordinates." Cheng Yu spread out the sheepskin map in his hand, and carefully looked at Zhang Lu's heavy troops stationed in Xiegu.Looking at the high mountains in Hanzhong, and the smooth road outside the pass, always threatening and restraining Yongzhou and Liangzhou, he really admired this poisonous plan: "I never thought that the crouching tiger in Jizhou hadn't moved for half a year, and I couldn't think of it. It is such a heavy hammer for the Han Dynasty..."

"Yuan Benchu ​​understands better than I do that this emperor of the Han Dynasty hinders his northern hegemony even more than Gongsun Zan. Gongsun Zan is only a brave man, even though he is brave and unparalleled, he does not suffer from scabies. Yuan Benchu ​​has no power to deal with it. Therefore, this period of time is the best time to deal with him. After all, the future never favors him, Yuan Benchu."

After saying this, Cao Cao seemed to have the same feeling. This year he has entered the age of forty, and Yuan Shao is moving towards the age of knowing his destiny.But the emperor who took only a few years to gradually restore the Han Dynasty was only 15 years old, and he was still five years away from the year of the weak crown-only from this perspective, the future does not stand in Yuan Shao and Cao Cao .their side.

The arrogant Cheng Yu despised Cao Cao's sadness, but he didn't care too much about it. He just frowned and thought: "Yuan Benchu ​​designed the emperor to love Ma Chao, and his subordinates know a thing or two. But Zhang Lu has always been with the Han Dynasty. There has never been any entanglement, why did you suddenly obey Yuan Shao's order this time, and Chen Bing Xiegu became the enemy of the Han Dynasty?"

Hearing this, Cao Cao looked very strange.It's not the kind of mystery that the world doesn't know and I only know, nor is it secretive and weird.On the contrary, it is more like a touch of belated shame: "Zhongde, although you are familiar with the Four Books and miscellaneous learning, you are not very familiar with merchants..."

"Could it be that Zhang Lu rebelled against the Han Dynasty only because of some lowly merchants?" Cheng Yu was surprised. He couldn't connect these two irrelevant events.

"It's a long story..." Cao Cao frowned slightly, obviously organizing his words.This allowed Cheng Yu to see that Cao Cao only understood after being instructed by others: "The foundation of Zhang Lu's governance of Hanzhong is the celestial master passed down from generation to generation by his family. Every household in Hanzhong believes in it. There are no counties, counties, and counties in Hanzhong. There are no officials, and the households are divided by "sacrificing wine", just like a governor. And a system is established, so that the disciples take turns to produce rice silk, utensils, firewood, etc. No punishment is imposed, and "govern people with good morals"..."

Cheng Yu was impatient, and when Cao Cao suddenly mentioned Hanzhong's humanistic style, he couldn't help but interrupted: "Minggong, my subordinates also know about this matter, but I don't know what to do with merchants in Hanzhong?"

"Merchants, merchants and lowly businessmen, but they have a long history. They are good at making money and trade flow and exchanging what they need." Cao Cao, who was interrupted, did not show any embarrassment at all. There are many dangers, but our emperor's great prosperity of business has made Guanzhong prosperous and taxation has increased... In short, with these merchants, they have set their sights on Hanzhong, where the people are rich and rich, for the sake of money and profit. As a result, the humanities in Guanzhong gradually spread to Hanzhong through these merchants.”

Hearing this, Cheng Yu seemed to understand something, but he still didn't seem to know anything, so he couldn't help but listened to Cao Cao's follow-up.

"The people in Guanzhong are brave and bold, and they have to be governed by such a talented emperor. In just a few years, they are no longer afraid of war and famine. When people communicate with each other, they spare no effort to promote the holy power of the emperor, and even boast of the beauty of Guanzhong."

When Cao Cao said this, he also had some admiration and longing on his face.And Cheng Yu's appetite was completely whetted, and he nodded with feeling: He has read a hundred volumes and is well-informed, so he understands the boasting of the people in Guanzhong.In fact, not only the people in Guanzhong, but where in the world are people not proud of their hometown?

"The mistake is that if these merchants are only earning money and trade in Hanzhong, it's all right, but their arrival has made the people of Hanzhong hear a world they have never imagined. People's hearts have been lacking since ancient times, let alone the side governed by Taoism In order to be used by Zhang Lu, people must abide by their forbearance and annihilate their nature. Therefore, after Zhang Lu found out about this, he hated Guanzhong merchants very much, and repeatedly banned Guanzhong merchants from entering Hanzhong."

Cheng Yu nodded with empathy again this time. Although he didn't understand the difference between Zhang Lu's teachings and the beliefs held by the emperor, he could completely use literature as a substitute: Take Confucianism as an example. At the end of the Han Dynasty, Confucianism was still divided into two schools: ancient texts and new texts. However, the people of the two factions are only academic disputes, and they attack each other like enemies, and the disputes continue.Since Guangwu, the dispute between these two factions has intensified. Whether it is a country scholar or a high-ranking official in the court, even the emperor is often involved in the struggle between the two factions. Academic differences are worse than father's feud.

It is conceivable that just an academic matter can be delayed for a hundred years and bloodshed, but the ideological struggle between Guanzhong and Hanzhong shakes the foundation of Zhang Lu's governance.In this way, how could Zhang Lu not hate this to the bone?
"However, Zhang Lu hated Guanzhong merchants, but he woke up too late. Although the way of merchants is forbidden, the idea of ​​merchants cannot be cut off. In the past six months, there are many people who have left Hanzhong, and they have learned the way of merchants in Guanzhong. What's more, there are still people living in the land of Yongzhou. Therefore, in order to protect himself, Zhang Lu was deliberately instigated by Yuan Benchu, and he vowed to fight the Han Dynasty!"

Cheng Yu stopped nodding now, but shook his head meaningfully: Everyone knows that Guanzhong is in turmoil, and tens of thousands of people moved into Hanzhong, and Hanzhong is prosperous because of this.But now these have moved back to their original places. This is not only a blow to Zhang Lu's ruling, but also a contempt for his celestial masters.Frustrated from embarrassment, I am afraid that he will fight the Han Dynasty without Yuan Shao's instigation, and he may also be the kind who will never die.

From this, Cheng Yu couldn't help but sighed deeply: "Unexpectedly, these merchants together caused such a great commotion... From this point of view, if a sage does not deceive me, man-made disasters are bound to happen on the humble path."

(End of this chapter)