Chapter 1144: Righteousness and Self-righteousness
Li Ru stood on a high slope in Longyou, looking eastward from a distance. The spring mist blew past, blowing the corners of Li Ru's robe high, and flying in the air with claws and fangs.
"Hmm... It's still a little cold..." Jia Xu wrapped the cloak around himself, then asked the guards to put one on Li Ru, then stood with Li Ru, looked eastward together, and took the
He looked at Dongfang with a disdainful tone and said, "Korean date? I'm afraid we have to wait a little longer. This guy's reaction speed is such that even if a knife is put to his neck, he will still be stunned for a long time, hehe..."
"The Korean language is not enough to worry about..." Li Ru said lightly, "I am looking at this world."
"Heaven and Earth?" Jia Xu raised an eyebrow.
Li Ru nodded: "Longyou."
"Longyou..." Jia Xu was silent, then sighed, and looked into the distance with Li Ru.
Longyou is not exactly the same as Longxi.
Because in addition to the geographical attributes of Longyou, it also has a humanistic attribute, which specifically refers to some of the local forces that have arisen in this area, such as Wei Xiao, Dou Rong, and people like Li Ru.
Completely contrary to the habit of most people in later generations when looking at maps, people in the Han Dynasty regarded east as left and west as right. So Longyou is to the west of Longshan, and this area is just like Han Sui's hometown in Jincheng.
It is Li Ru's hometown, it can even be said to be the hometown of Li Ru and his gang.
But now, there are only a few of this group of people left...
This place is located in Qinghai, Tibet, the junction of the three major regions of the northern desert and the Loess Plateau. It was also an important area for east-west exchanges after Zhang Qian was sent to the Western Regions. Therefore, the people here are complex and various cultures blend together, forming a
There are not only Hu people but also Han people here.
Wusun of the Yuezhi originated here at the earliest. When it comes to the Han people, Fuxi, who is considered the ancestor of humanities and the head of the three emperors, has his hometown here in Longyou. In later generations, there was an emperor who liked to mention Chinese characters and he once visited here.
Leave a calligraphy treasure to Fu Xi.
Of course, as Fuxi's younger sister, Nuwa is naturally within this range...
Even if we don’t talk about those mysterious figures in ancient times, those who are closer to the Han Dynasty, Ji Qi, the ancestor of the Zhou Dynasty, Qin Feizi, the ancestor of the Qin Dynasty, and even the talented and brilliant Qin Shihuang, were actually born in this area.
Legalism arose here and also declined here.
I don’t know when it started, but this place was no longer a prosperous place for culture, but became a place of distribution, just like the ancestors of Li Ru and Jia Xu were sent to Xiliang for various reasons.
"It was prosperous back then, like a dream, like an illusion, like morning dew, like sunset, just like the clouds before our eyes..." Li Ru sighed softly and said, "Back then, someone took the name of Zuo Fengyi and traveled to Heluo; and in white clothes,
After joining the army, he finally unified the Han Dynasty with the power of one person... Now it seems that it is like a cloud of smoke... It is a small thing to harm one person, but it also harms many children... It is everyone's fault..."
"Hey!" Jia Xu interrupted Li Ru's words and said, "What does all this mean? Even if you stay in Longyou, how long can you survive? To be honest, if you really don't come out of the mountain, how long can you survive?
It’s a sin... Look, now even a talentless clerk like Han Wenyue can jump out and dance twice..."
Li Ru nodded, then shook his head and said: "In the past, there were thousands of people in Manan County, but now the scriptures are hidden deep and the halls are covered with dust. After hearing that Zheng Beihai commented on the three rites, it has become a common practice... After all, the Western Classics fell to the East. It seems that it is
A certain number..."
"Western classics fall to the east?" Jia Xu knew that what Li Ru meant was that the cultural center of Confucian classics was constantly moving eastward, and that was not the case. The political and economic centers were actually constantly moving from west to east, but for
Jia Xu did not agree with this point, so he shook his head and said, "This shouldn't have anything to do with it. It's just that you and I don't have much thought about it. Furthermore, if we talk about going east today, tomorrow
There is an end to Yifudong. You have to know that Qingzhou is close to the East China Sea, so it won't fall to the East China Sea. And if you look at the merger with Beipingyang and Shoushan Academy, how can you say it is a definite decision?"
Li Ru glanced at Jia Xu, nodded slightly, and said: "This is the reason why I am willing to go out to the mountain again... to guard the mountain academy, to guard the mountain... I don't know which mountain I want to guard..."
"...This..." Jia Xu thought about it for a while and decided not to continue to struggle with this issue. Anyway, Li Ru has come out. What is going on in Pingyang? Just let him go and see for himself. If anything happens, he will say more.
It's not good if you lose it, "...well, by the way, speaking of the frosting and sword brought by a certain person, they are gifts for you, why did you let others take them out..."
The corner of Li Ru's mouth curled up slightly, and he ignored Jia Xu's superficial remarks and said directly to the essence: "Are you afraid of Zhengxi's anger?"
"Ah? How could it be?" Jia Xu glared, and flatly denied it without thinking at first. After being silent for a while, he continued, "...two or three times, I don't know if I felt wrong...I felt it.
Some murderous intent..."
Li Ru suddenly turned around and stared at Jia Xu, and then couldn't help but smile first, and then burst into laughter, so much that he shed some tears.
Jia Xu rolled his eyes at first, but he couldn't help it for a while, and he and Li Ru burst into laughter.
Mainly because he came to Li Ru this time. Jia Xu realized that he did not report to Zhengxi. Li Ru took it upon himself to use the sugar frost and swords produced in Pingyang to lure and divide the Qiang people, and did not report to Zhengxi General.
Fei Qian took a breath, in case the pot was smashed later and exposed, it would be somewhat hindered.
"...Haha..." Li Ru wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes and said, "...it doesn't matter...the sugar-frosted swords you are carrying are all of high quality and cannot be obtained by ordinary people...not as good as salt and iron, so it doesn't matter..."
Li Ru also put a lot of thought into selecting these two things for trading.
Although Li Ru didn't know the concept of luxury goods, he had the ability to recognize it instinctively. Sugar frosting is rare and precious, and the same is true for refined and forged swords. Such items are expensive and impossible to buy.
People are armed on a large scale or how much gain they can bring to the people.
Therefore, this kind of things are different from ordinary salt and iron, and are not necessities of life for the people. Even if there is no prior discussion with Fei Qian, the general who conquered the west, no matter how much is sold, it will not have much broad significance for Qiang Hu.
Help, and even if the Qiang and Hu can buy it, most of them are chiefs. Only one or twenty pieces can only be a hundred pieces. How widespread can it be, ordinary Qiang people can't afford it.
"Ah ah..." Jia Xu shook his head and said, "No, no, I regret it... I found that when I am with you, I always don't like to use my brain. This is not good. What if one day?
I was tricked by you..."
Jia Xu naturally didn't understand that this was just a lazy instinct of human beings. Just like when a child is around an adult, the first thing he thinks about when he encounters a problem is not to solve it himself, but to ask the adult for help.
The same, and when the adults are not around, the children will find that they have to solve these problems by themselves.
Li Ru smiled, patted Jia Xu's arm, and said: "...Don't worry, if I really cheat you, I will definitely leave you a way out..."
"Oh?" Jia Xu asked, "Let's talk about it first, what is the retreat this time?"
Li Ru suddenly felt something. He raised his head, looked east, pointed with his hand and said loudly: "This is it!"
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Han Sui had another dispute with Ma Chao this time.
Han Sui felt that his old home in Jincheng was lost, and he had to rush back to rescue him. After all, there were Han Sui's properties near Jincheng, and there were also many tribesmen. After he brought out most of the force, Jincheng's defense was empty. If there really was a
What if...
Ma Chao completely disagreed. He believed that Chang'an was right in front of him, and since they were cavalry and faster, they could take Chang'an first.
Strictly speaking, people in Ma Teng and Ma Chao's line believe that they are descendants of Ma Yuan, which means that their ancestral home should be near Maoling in Youfufeng. Therefore, Chang'an is Ma Chao's real home, and Xi
Ryo is just a helpless guest...
After all, Ma Chao was young, so Han Sui saw some hints in his words, so Han Sui was very angry and asked Ma Chao: "What should we do if we can't take Chang'an and lose Jincheng?"
Ma Chao rolled his eyes and said: "How is it possible to say this? Now that we are about to attack Chang'an, how can we not capture Chang'an? Uncle, don't destroy your own prestige, but go and help others' morale..."
Han Sui patiently tried to persuade him, and said: "My dear nephew, taking Chang'an City does not mean taking control of Chang'an... Is Chang'an so easy to win? If we still have the support of the Qiang people, we can use the momentum to some extent.
Only if we can control it, then use some means to break up the divisions, manage for a while, and finally gain the support of the countryside in the Chang'an area, can we truly control Guanzhong! And all of this will take time!"
"If anyone doesn't accept it, just kill him!" Ma Chao glared, "If he doesn't accept it, kill him! Kill him until he accepts it!"
Han Sui covered his head and said: "My dear nephew, when you govern Guanzhong, you can't just rely on killing like you are in the Qiang land... Killing is easy, but where are the money, food and autumn gifts? Where are the labor and soldiers? These are all falling from the sky.
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"No, I didn't say it fell from the sky? Don't grains, grass and crops all grow on the ground? Uncle, are you feeling dizzy? Do you want to take a rest first?" Ma Chao still didn't understand and said with some confusion.
"I won't rest!" Han Sui almost jumped, but he still said patiently, "Yes, grain, grass, and crops all grow on the ground, but after all, people have to plant them, harvest them, and then hand them over, right? Kill everyone in Guanzhong
Gentleman Haoyou, do you and I have to do these things? Or should we let the Qiang people do it?"
Ma Chao said: "I didn't say we were going to kill them all. If we just pick out one or two leaders and kill them, wouldn't it be the end of it? Who said we were going to kill them all?"
Han Sui sighed and said: "My dear nephew, how many times do I have to tell you...these Guanzhong gentry are different from the Xiliang Qiang people, they are really different...if you kill one or two tribes of Qiang people, you can still fight with them."
Other Qiang people sit down to drink and talk business, but these noble nobles in Guanzhong are different, different! Among these noble nobles, one has not been with Guanzhong for decades or hundreds of years, the other has not married with the surrounding areas, and the other has many intricate connections.
Panlian? For example, if someone touches the tribe members of your mother's family, will you still work hard and ignore them and just pretend that nothing happened?"
Ma Chao slapped the table and shouted: "Who dares to touch such-and-such's mother? I'll kill him!"
"..." Han Sui covered his head and was speechless. No matter who it was, if someone only listened to a sentence, no one would be able to do anything, right?
Han Sui finally gave up the dispute with Ma Chao. He felt that Ma Chao was really a fool, and to reason with a fool's head, to make the fool understand what he meant, to open his eyes was not to live in the world.
In my own imagination, if I want to open my eyes and see the world, it would be easier to take a real elm lump and cut it open.
So the troops were divided.
Han Sui led his men back to rescue Jincheng.
Ma Chao led his people to continue the journey to Guanzhong.
Han Sui was a little skeptical at first about the crisis that the Qiang people reported about Jincheng, suspecting that it was false. However, as more people said this, Han Sui couldn't help but feel shaken. After all, there was no need for the Qiang people to be involved in this matter.
There is no reason to lie, and so many people have this news, which shows that this matter is somewhat true...
After all, these ideas of Han Sui's had ups and downs in Xiliang. Many heroes had great glory for a while, but eventually fell. Han Sui believed that these people had a very important connection with the lack of a stable rear. Therefore, Han Sui would rather
Putting Chang'an aside for the time being, he was unwilling to give up Jincheng. What's more, if he wanted to truly control Guanzhong, it would not be achieved in a day or two.
Looking at Han Sui's retreating figure, Ma Chao put away the dull look on his face and sneered. He knew that Han Sui was somewhat disapproving of him, and even looked down upon him. He felt that he was still a child and did not understand the ways of the world, but it was precisely because
In this way, Han Sui feels more at ease, right?
Ma Chao is not that stupid, and his thoughts about the Guanzhong gentry are not as simple as he said. To kill people, one life is worth one life in normal times. In wartime, the more you kill, the more heroic you become. In peacetime, killing one person may be just as easy as killing one person.
To flee to the end of the world and to kill millions in troubled times is a heroic strategy. How can it be generalized?
The Guanzhong nobles are not easy to kill because they are too involved with each other, but right now, there are still some easy to kill...
When you can use simple methods to solve the problem, why use complicated methods? Of course, there is another thing Ma Chao is hiding and not saying, anyway, Jincheng is Han Sui's home, not Ma Chao's, so that's what it is.
Bar……
Han Sui left with most, or even close to two-thirds, of his troops, leaving Ma Chao with less than 2,000 troops. Including his own tribe, there were only more than 3,000 troops.
But that's all, Ma Chao thinks, is enough.
When his father Ma Teng started the rebellion, he only had 300 men. Now that he has ten times more men, he must create a legacy that is ten times greater than that of his father!
Ma Chao looked to the east, full of ambition and ambition.
