Chapter 1262: Those who are not strong in ambition are not wise.
Worrying things are like peanuts planted in the ground. If you want to pull them out, what you pull out often is not one, but a big bunch, and all of them are full.
Gives people a headache.
Just like right now, Fei Qian frowned deeply while looking at the latest military report sent by Jia Qu.
"Go and invite Dong Cao..."
Fei Qian ordered, then put the military newspaper on the desk, reached out to pick up the pen, and dipped some ink. When he picked it up, he suddenly found that his hand was trembling slightly. He couldn't help but take a deep breath.
After he stabilized himself, he wrote seven words on the wooden slip: "Those who are not strong in ambition are not wise." I stopped writing and looked at it, staring at these words in a trance.
These words may seem like Confucian words to encourage people to make progress, but in fact they are not, but belong to Mohism. Cultivating oneself, regulating one's family, governing the country, and bringing peace to the world is not just a Confucian thing. Even strictly speaking, there are many other things.
It's human, it's just Confucianism that has been used properly.
"Those who are not strong in ambition are short of wisdom." This is what Mozi said in an article about self-cultivation.
Fei Qian doesn't know how those so-called Long Aotian level time travelers solve their own ideological problems, nor does he know how these guys who see people and kill people, see gods and gods, and see ghosts and demons build up their psychology.
, but Fei Qian himself knew very well that without a tough mind, it was completely impossible to stay awake in the subsequent Three Kingdoms.
Just like this sudden situation, what should you choose next?
Every step you take is like a minefield in later generations. You don't know if there are any mines about to explode where you land. What's more important is that these problems are that they will not explode immediately after stepping on them, but will detonate with a delay.
When it explodes, it's often a complete mess.
The experience and knowledge in history can be provided to Fei Qian for reference and reference less and less, and there will be more and more emergencies of various types. When the so-called advantage of predicting the enemy's opportunities does not exist,
, how to face the future, just like a traveler groping alone in thick fog and dark night, Fei Qian needs a stronger heart and stronger will to continue to move forward alone on his chosen path.
These seven words were written by Fei Qian to himself. They can be regarded as a kind of self-reminder...
"Lord." Since the political affairs hall was not far away, Xun Chen came quickly and bowed his hands in front of the hall.
"Oh, here we come..." Fei Qian put down his pen and said, "Come in and sit down."
Fei Qian pressed the written wooden slip and did not immediately mention the matter about Jia Qu's military report. He first asked: "Guan Ruo is very busy with political affairs. Someone has made a new kind of tea. I would like to invite you to taste it."
Two...someone, come and brew some new tea!"
The more important the matter, the less urgent it is. This is the saying that urgent matters should be handled slowly. Slowing down does not mean procrastinating, but means handling it after careful consideration. Put the problem out eagerly, and then rush to deal with it. If it is dealt with,
If you go in the wrong direction, it may lead to the problem getting worse.
Fei Qian himself is very anxious, but he cannot show it. Instead, he needs to be calm and calm, as if everything is planned. Otherwise, on the one hand, he will be looked down upon by his subordinates, and on the other hand, it will be easy for even his subordinates to become anxious.
Losing calm leads to errors in judgment.
So Fei Qian chose a seemingly completely irrelevant topic as his entry point.
"Brewing?" Xun Chen couldn't help but raise his eyebrows after hearing this word. Fei Qian often did this action, and Xun Chen learned it without knowing it.
Before the Tang Dynasty, there was no special method for making tea. Even the tea bricks were just picking fresh tea leaves, pressing them and drying them. In the tea producing areas, most people in the Han Dynasty directly picked the leaves of tea trees for cooking.
For making soup, the only way to make soup is to break tea bricks in places far away from the place of production. Some people have an extra step of heating and roasting the broken tea to remove the musty smell. However, most people often just add green onions, ginger, and dates directly.
Make soup with orange peel, dogwood, mint, etc. After boiling, boil the soup to remove the heat, skim off the foam, and serve it for drinking.
This habit continued into the Tang Dynasty. Starting from the middle of the Tang Dynasty, the art of making tea became popular on a large scale from north to south. There were even detailed regulations on how many times of moxibustion, grinding, and rubbing were required.
Wait to form fine tea powder, and then according to the degree of boiling of the water, put it into the teapot to cook and drink separately. This popular preparation in the Tang Dynasty included selecting water, making fire, preparing the soup, and roasting the tea.
The whole tea-drinking pattern of Tencha, Luocha, Sencha, and Zuocha was learned by the overseas students at that time, and it has been used until later generations.
Doucha, also called tea tea, began to exist in the Song Dynasty. Brewing tea was only available in the Ming Dynasty, which was also attributed to Zhu Yuanzhang. Because Zhu Yuanzhang knew the sufferings of the people, he stopped paying tribute to group cake tea and only allowed tribute to loose tea, which led to the development of leaf tea.
, herbal tea became the dominant one, and the tea style also changed. Loose tea replaced dragon cakes, fried tea techniques gradually became popular, and the six types of tea began to be gradually established. The tea brewing methods of later generations are mostly a continuation of the Ming Dynasty's brewing.
As for the Braid Dynasty, they only know how to eat and drink on the bones of the Ming Dynasty. In this aspect, they have no contribution.
There is no serious tea in Bingbei, but Fei Qian knew that there was a kind of tea in Shanxi in later generations, tartary buckwheat tea, so Fei Qian sent people to look for it. Unexpectedly, there were quite a lot of these tartary buckwheat in the Taihang Mountains.
…
Not long after, tartary buckwheat tea was served.
Fei Qian shook the tea bowl and looked at the slightly yellowish tea soup. He picked it up and smelled it. Well, it was okay. There was only a little burnt smell, not very obvious. Most of it was the pure fragrance of buckwheat.
Very pleasant.
Xun Chen did the same. He smelled it, nodded slightly, took a sip, nodded again, and then took another big sip, "The aroma of wheat is fragrant and slightly sweet, which is not bad..."
"Not only that, this thing can be digested just like ordinary tea cakes..." Fei Qian knocked on the tea bowl and said.
Xun Chen held the tea bowl, his eyes wandered for a moment, and he almost reacted immediately: "Oh? I wonder where this product is produced, how much does it cost? How much is the output?"
"This product is a specialty of Montenegro...the output is quite large..." Fei Qian also took a sip, then put it down and said, "As for the cost...haha..."
Perhaps one area of water and soil supports one person. Many people in Montenegro have planted this kind of tartary buckwheat in the nooks and crannies of the mountains, which does not require very fertile land. And it is precisely because of this that this kind of tartary buckwheat has less seeds than
Ordinary buckwheat is smaller and does not taste good if eaten directly. However, after frying the seeds and leaves together and then brewing it, it has a different kind of wheat flavor.
Because tartary buckwheat has the effect of strengthening the stomach and digesting food, if you are hungry, you will inevitably become hungrier as you eat. However, this side effect is undoubtedly good news to the Hu people on the grassland...
Although the tea bricks purchased from the south are quite profitable, how can one control a tea source and make money from scratch, making it even more pornographic and violent?
What's more, these tea sources do not need to occupy the original cultivated land at all. They only need the Montenegrin people settled in Huguan Dangtaiyuan to continue planting and production. The cost is quite low.
In this alone, Fei Qian's trade profits with the Hu people can increase by at least 30 to 40%!
After hearing Fei Qian's words, Xun Chen looked at the tea soup, his eyes almost glowing, shook his head and said: "...congratulations, lord! This is really... really..."
Xun Chen looked at the tea soup in his hand and couldn't find any words to describe it. Perhaps it was not an exaggeration to say "a fortune". Although he was surprised, he also knew that Fei Qian definitely didn't call him here just to show off a new source of wealth.
, but there is something else.
Sure enough, after adding another cup of tea soup, Fei Qian waved his hand for the attendants to retreat, and then said: "Liang Dao came to report that the Black Mountain people picking tartary buckwheat discovered Yuan's soldiers and horses in the mountains..."
"What?!" Even Xun Chen, who has always been very calm, couldn't help but shake his hands when he heard the news, and the tea soup almost spilled out.
Fei Qian nodded, confirming that Xun Chen heard correctly, and then said: "... It is probably because of the inconvenience in transporting food and grass between mountain roads. These Yuan soldiers stopped to fish and hunt to replenish their supplies, while waiting for the follow-up food and grass..."
Xun Chen picked up the tea bowl and took a sip.
Fei Qian could see that Xun Chen's hands seemed to be shaking a little.
For the moment, Yuan Shao is a behemoth, completely different from the Yang family who is strong on the outside and hard on the inside. In fact, the Yang family is a representative of the Shanxi gentry who became a Shandong gentry. Although it is a bit hard to pronounce, the actual situation is like this. It is different from the local gentry Yuan Shao in Shandong.
Although they are nominally equal, the gap in strength is very large.
Not much else to say, just from the Liu Xiu era, the various preferential policies and political tilt towards Jizhou and Yuzhou that have continued to the present, and the resulting disciples and old officials all over the world, are already difficult for the Yang family.
It’s beyond hope.
Yuan Shao fell and Cao Cao became fat.
Yuan Shu died and Sun Ce gained advantage.
The two Yuan's foundations, which have gone through many twists and turns in history, can still support a Wei State and a Wu State, which is enough to prove how tyrannical the Yuan family is at the moment.
Although I know that Yuan Shao will not be very good in the future, he can only stand on the shoulders of historical giants and speak without back pain. And if Fei Qian and Yuan Shao go to war now, how many people can achieve the goal of "a person who is not strong in ambition is not wise"?
"I wonder who will lead the army?" Xun Chen was obviously aware of this, but soon he recovered from the initial shock and asked in a deep voice.
Fei Qian glanced at the wooden slip and said: "There are two recognition flags, one should be Yuan and the other Gao...the men and horses are not too close, and the Black Mountain people don't know how to count...but it is estimated to be at least three thousand."
..."Although the Black Mountain people don't know how to read, don't underestimate the wisdom of the grassroots people. If you don't know how to read, you can still draw pictures like a cat or a tiger. It's just that it's difficult to count. For these Black Mountain people, Jia Qu can only
Make a rough estimate based on its description.
This can be regarded as an additional benefit for the Black Mountain people to be settled nearby...
"Yuan, Gao?"
"High cadre and high Yuancai..." Fei Qian nodded.
A general who is neither good nor bad. In history, Gao Gan managed to hold off Cao Cao's offensive for more than half a year. He is much better than Yuan Shao's sons. Of course, he cannot be said to be a second-rate top-notch one. He is probably average.
That's it. Let him lead the army, which shows that Yuan Shao attaches great importance to the Bingzhou Shangdang Taiyuan area, but not too much. After all, Yuan Shao's main direction now is to kill Gongsun Zan and digest the territory of Youzhou.
"General Yuan..." Fei Qian shook his head and said, "Could it be that the general has already settled on Youzhou? He wants to expand and merge the state? There seems to be something fishy..."
It is not impossible to fight, but once this war starts, it will not end in a month or two months, but in a year or two. I faced off against Yuan Shao so quickly. During this period of time, I was running around here and there, and I still ate nothing.
If digestion is not complete, strenuous exercise is necessary. It would be strange if this does not lead to appendicitis...
Xun Chen pinched his beard, pondered for a moment, and said thoughtfully: "What the lord said is true. In my opinion, the general may not want to fight with the lord!"
"Oh?" Fei Qian looked at Xun Chen and asked, "Youruo, please tell me."
Xun Chen stroked his beard and said: "In terms of soldiers, the number of three thousand is neither too small nor too many. If the general wants to seize the north, he will definitely not send this number. This is his number."
One; second, they did not march along the Hanoi road, but directly took the grain and grass transportation, which was difficult and rugged in the mountains. What was the purpose? The only way was to fight for time! Therefore, a certain person boldly speculated that the Lord’s return to Pingyang... The general has not yet
Know it..."
Xun Chen spoke slowly at first, but then gradually sped up, "...Therefore, the general is marching this time not to fight, but to gain..."
"Oh..." Fei Qian understood what he was saying, thought about it for a moment, and felt that what Xun Chen said was quite reasonable, and he couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief.
This is the advantage of being a counselor. Before, Fei Qian only considered that if he and Yuan Shao had an affair, there would be big trouble. After all, the Yuan family far surpassed Fei Qian in terms of economy and population in Hedong, and now Fei Qian
The spread of the stall is too big. If Yuan Shao does some dirty tricks, Fei Qian's backyard will start to churn. Therefore, it is best to not fight for the time being. We will delay it for a few years. By then, Fei Qian's territory will be stable.
came down, and the two Yuans started fighting again. With one rising and the other falling, it was naturally better than falling out now.
"Good!" Fei Qian nodded and said, "But...well, I understand..."
Fei Qian didn't ask the question, he just looked at Xun Chen's eyes and knew the answer. Although he was somewhat reluctant to leave Pingyang now, after all, it was a big deal at the moment, and he couldn't tolerate too much love between his children, so he changed his mind.
He said: "I won't bother you two masters anymore. Youruo, please go down and assemble a thousand cavalry. They will go out to join the party tomorrow! Let Zhang Xiu and Zhang Bojin accompany the army and lead the vanguard! Within Pingyang... I will leave it to Youruo..."
"Wei! Dare you fail to do your best for your lord!" Xun Chen left the table and bowed, accepted the order and left.
If it is as Xun Chen said, Yuan Shao sent this army, it is very likely that he heard that Fei Qian died before, and then came to seize the territory...
After all, the Yuan family's flag is flying high. If Bingbei really has no owner, then it is reasonable to send a senior official or something to bring some partial troops to plant a flag. If you want to seize the territory, you must seize some time, so I would rather
I took the riskier mountain road, and I didn’t choose to take the official road that required a long detour and took more time.
According to this idea, there is only one way to solve this problem.
If Fei Qian goes there personally and lets the army sent by Yuan Shao, whether it is led by a high-ranking cadre or a team led by a descendant of the Yuan family, see with his own eyes Fei Qian, the general who conquered the west, then what he has done before
The news that General Zhengxi died is naturally nothing more than a rumor.
Then Yuan Shao is very likely to give up his desire to continue the attack. After all, fighting for territory with generals and war in unowned land are two completely different concepts.
Of course, this is also an ideal state, but no one dares to guarantee how it will develop in the future. What if Yuan Shao gets confused...
