Guan Yu actually knew this, so he resorted to the next best thing, borrowing money, and then recruiting his own troops.
Xu Shu couldn't help but smile bitterly.
There are almost no wars that can be won by just thinking. Even if millets and rifles are added in later generations, millets must be added. If there is no millet, only rifles will not work. So if Guan Yu wants to have soldiers, he must have money and food.
At the moment, Guan Yu's sleeves were filled with fresh air, and his face was cleaner.
"We are all willing to serve the imperial court and fight against usurpers. Therefore, it is our duty to go to Dingzuo and open up new territories. However, there is a lack of ice and insufficient equipment. Even if we conquer it, we may not be able to hold on..." Guan Yu said with his hands in hand, "If
You can allocate some grain and recruit soldiers, and then..."
Xu Shu smiled slightly and interrupted Guan Yu's words: "If you don't take the land of Dingzi, someone else will conquer it."
Guan Yu couldn't help but his face darkened.
Xu Shu's words were very straightforward and clear. Even though Guan Yu found thousands of reasons for borrowing troops, for General Fei Qian of the Hussars, the three Liu Bei brothers were not the only choice. At this stage, the three Liu Bei brothers
Although the conquest of Dingze was ostensibly for the imperial court to regain their old territory, it was actually for themselves.
"The Hussars General is unparalleled in his loyalty and righteousness..." Guan Yu continued, "In the past, when we collected Yin Mountain, we restored the land for the imperial court. Today, Ding Ze is the same. They are all part of the Han Dynasty. How can they be different from each other?"
Xu Shu nodded and said: "What General Guan said is true... Although family, country and society are not divided between each other, there are priorities..."
Guan Yu couldn't help but feel a headache. He was not good at talking around words. Seeing that Xu Shu was not getting along, he finally sighed and said in a deep voice: "Xu Shijun, why don't you make it clear, what should we do?"
Xu Shu twirled his beard, laughed twice, and said: "Ask General Guan, what will happen if you take Dingze? Dingze is located in a remote place and has a sparse population. Even if the general raises some grain, it will be a drop in the bucket.
Yea! If He were to give the general money and food for no reason, how would he deal with the Sichuan and Sichuan nobles?"
Guan Yu was silent for a moment, then he raised his hands and said: "If Xu Shijun can help me, if there is an assignment the next day, Guan will definitely not refuse! Please give me some advice!"
Xu Shu looked at Guan Yu, pondered for a moment, and then said: "General Guan doesn't know something... General Hussar always gives generous rewards..."
Guan Yufeng narrowed his eyes.
Xu Shu continued: "In Sichuan and Sichuan, the mountain roads are difficult to navigate. In ancient times, there were as many mountain bandits as cattle hair, and they were endless, obstructing the trade routes. This was a serious obstacle to the place... If General Guan received a reward, wouldn't he use it to recruit troops?
Are you both completely loyal and righteous, yet also able to avoid other people’s opinions?”
Guan Yu clasped his hands together and saluted Xu Shu, "Thank you very much, Shijun Xu, for your advice!"
To exterminate the bandits, naturally they didn't need many soldiers and horses. Guan Yu only had one or two hundred men, which was enough, so Guan Yu didn't say anything more and went back to prepare immediately.
Xu Shu saw Guan Yu off and looked at Guan Yu's back, smiling slightly.
Mountain bandits are naturally the most common in places with mountains, and in Sichuan and Sichuan, the surrounding areas are mountainous, so there are naturally many mountain bandits. However, these bandits may not all be the so-called people who rise up to fight for heaven.
Heroes, or in other words, those of Xiao Xiami, as long as they have some name, they are more or less related to the place...
Otherwise, not to mention food and drink, but some daily necessities such as salt, rice, cloth, how can we rely on robbing and killing business travelers every year? If we kill ruthlessly, wouldn't we also end our own path? So these bandits generally have some so-called
Even all merchants know the rules. If you go to any pier and take any tokens, you will not be robbed by bandits. And if bandits have rules, how can they say that they are not connected to local forces?
Since Guan Yu himself handed the knife to Xu Shu's hand, no wonder Xu Shu casually slashed it...
What's more, it was not a loss for Guan Yu. He openly and honestly took the heads of these bandits in exchange for money and then recruited soldiers. Even the most discerning Sichuan and Shu nobles could not find any reason to blame.
This knife is just the beginning of breaking the collusive interest network between Sichuan and Sichuan forces.
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The dispute in Sichuan and Shu has come to an end for the time being, but another wave has set off in Guanzhong.
The original Guanzhong gentry, under the double blow of Dong Zhuo and Li Guo, were extremely decadent for a while. However, as Fei sneaked into the main pass, the ecosystem has the function of self-repair, and the human system is no exception. Gradually, the Guanzhong gentry regained their ability.
After taking a breath, there were some disputes.
Fei Qian once thought that the entire China market was still in a mess, so it was necessary to start the party struggle so early. After thinking about it, the result should actually be expected.
In the original history, after the Shanxi gentry collapsed, only the performances of the Shandong gentry were left. And didn't the Shandong gentry also start to divide and reunite before the world was settled?
Cao Cao finally replaced Yuan Shao and Yuan Shu and became the largest representative of the Shandong gentry. However, in actual history, although the Jizhou Group nominally surrendered to Cao Cao after Yuan Shao, it actually acted as a traitor, waiting to turn the world against the traitors.
Killed them all, and then took action...
As for Cao Cao's basic situation, the Qiaopei Group and the Yingchuan Group are actually not in harmony. The Qiaopei Group directly under Cao Cao favors the newly rising gentry and can be regarded as a representative of the interests of the humble common people, while the Yingchuan Group is an interest group of the gentry family.
, so although the two groups worked together in the early days of the war to lay a foundation for Cao Cao, there were actually many internal disputes...
The most typical one is Man Chong clinging to Cao Hong's solitary crutch...
Of course, if the Qiao Pei Group represents the common people, it is not true. The Qiao Pei Group is more like a lower-status figure who wants to take advantage of the opportunity of changing dynasties to move up to the upper class and become a new wealthy family.
For example, Cao Cao stuffed several daughters into Liu Xie's harem at once, just because he wanted to maintain the identity and status of the Cao family after his death, but that boy Cao Pi...
At present, because Fei Qian, a big demon moth, is flapping his wings randomly, it not only affects the changes in the Guanzhong area, but also promotes the trend of mutual embezzlement among the Shandong nobles in the Central Plains. Therefore, the conflict of interests between the noble regions is naturally random. It's ahead of schedule.
In his previous life, Fei Qian hated office politics, otherwise he would not have been an old man for many years, but he never expected that even after coming to the Eastern Han Dynasty, he would still be unable to avoid this problem.
As the saying goes, the tree is still and the wind is calm. Now that Fei Qian is in this position, it is absolutely impossible for Fei Qian to be like Jia Xu in history and sit back and become a rich man. Therefore, Fei Qian has to start thinking about the issue of party struggle. Although Pang Tong and Zao Zhi around him are good at managing people's livelihood or handling government affairs, they may not have much experience on the issue of party struggle.
Strictly speaking, Fei Qian should belong to the circle of Heluo nobles, but the circle of Heluo nobles is now in pieces. Some of them followed Emperor Liu Xie in Xu County, some died in the war, and some Some of them fled directly. Even the few seedlings in Fei Qian's house were painted white by image engineering. The surface was a little glossy, and they looked no good up close...
So in fact, the people currently employed by Fei Qian are all friendly people. Some are from Hedong, some are from Bingzhou, some are from Guanzhong, and even some are from Shandong. Of course, more of them are still from Jingxiang, and in the early stage of starting a business in the entire political group In this stage, all problems are not problems. After all, the industry is constantly expanding, positions are constantly improving, and income is constantly increasing. Watching the value of the original stock you invested keep turning and soaring upwards, that person is not smiling. ?
But now I gradually stop and start to slow down, prepare to adjust the rhythm and stabilize the rear. When the growth rate slows down, the problem slowly appears.
Someone sued Pang Tong for his personal conduct...
When he heard this for the first time, Fei Qian couldn't help but be a little stunned. He thought that although boys like Pang Tong were greedy, there was no doubt about their loyalty, even though they complained from time to time that they had lost weight due to working too hard. There are so many things like this, but you still do your best when handling various government affairs. Why do you suddenly become "private"?
After asking in detail, it turns out that there is indeed something "private" about it.
In fact, it's not a big deal, it's an unavoidable situation.
A few months ago, a side branch of the Cai family arrived in Guanzhong and came to join Pang Tong. This disciple of the side branch of the Cai family did not dare to approach Fei Qian directly, because although the relationship between Cai family and Fei Qian was not bad, it was far from the level of a side branch. On the other hand, the relationship between Pang and Cai is even closer.
Pang Tong investigated and found that this branch of the Cai family did not have many impressive abilities, that is, he was an ordinary person, so he naturally had no interest in recommending Fei Qian. He did not even mention it, but was only assigned a small position. So he let this branch of the Cai family take charge and dismissed the matter.
Originally, it would not be a big deal if the disciples of the Cai family had reached this point. After all, in these days, although Pang Tong was somewhat suspected of appointing officials privately, even the generals of chariots and cavalry could be appointed privately. How could a low-ranking official be able to do it?
What?
However, people always have selfish desires, and the more people climb up from the bottom, the harder it is to resist the temptation of wealth. Living in Chang'an is not easy. Compared with the place where Cai's branch lived before, the prices are not to mention.
However, there are many restaurants, singing and dancing, and all kinds of luxurious things, which are enough to make this branch of the Cai family intoxicated. However, how much salary can a small official have?
So in the end, Cai's side branch began to have various thoughts...
Then, when Xun You started to take over various commercial and economic affairs in Guanzhong, he found some problems and the books were empty. As soon as he traced it, he caught this side branch of the Cai family.
For Shuoshu, the matter was eventually settled with one blow, but the Guanzhong nobles who felt that they had grasped the handle began to become a little reluctant. There were even rumors that the Cai family branch was actually just a temporary worker who took the blame.
There is a bigger Shuo Shu hidden but not exposed...
"If the public is selfless, it will be able to compensate for the slander! But if there is selfishness, how can we dam the river?!"
"Exactly! As a public servant, you should be cautious and cautious, walking on thin ice. How can you lightly delegate authority and cause Xiaoxiao to cause trouble?"
"If you know Shuo Shu, how do you know the name of Lejiao?"
All kinds of discussions surged up like boiling hot porridge.
Previously, Pang Tong and Jia Xu and others viciously defrauded the Guanzhong gentry. At that time, Pang Tong was in control and had military power in his hands, so the Guanzhong gentry had no choice but to hold their noses and endure it. After all, whether it was a civil or military fight, at that time
They couldn't defeat Pang Tong, but now it's different. Pang Tong was obviously in the wrong, so he naturally jumped out to criticize him verbally and writing.
In the Han Dynasty, the talent recruitment system adopted the system of promoting filial piety and integrity. They were originally separated. The promotion mainly focused on recommendation, filial piety refers to the sages among the people, and integrity refers to the inspection of lower-level officials. Later, they were integrated into one and became an inherent promotion channel.
In theory, promoting filial piety and honesty uses the "four subjects" to measure a person's ability in aspects such as virtue, talent, learning, etc., but in actual operation, it is conducive to promoting filial piety, stabilizing the development of the small-scale peasant economy, and instilling loyalty and filial piety in the mind.
concept, but the excessive pursuit of filial piety and honesty often forms a kind of pathology, such as lying on the ice without clothes in the winter, and there are even live fish automatically jumping into the arms, and the personal emotional factors are too strong.
During the imperial period, in many places the price for promoting filial piety and honesty was clearly marked, and bribery in elections became a common phenomenon.
Therefore, the original meaning of recommending filial piety and honesty has disappeared, but the remaining rules are still there. For example, the recommender must endorse the recommended person...
Although the Cai family branch is not a filial and honest official, nor is it a serious court official, it was arranged by Pang Tong after all, which means that Pang Tong endorsed it. Of course, it is precisely because of this that the Cai family branch was initially
When there was corruption, not many people asked, or even turned a blind eye, for the sake of Pang Tong's sake. Of course, this further fueled this guy's desire, and eventually revealed a big loophole, even without Xun You.
Clearing the accounts will also fall into the hands of another auditor, and perhaps the losses will be even greater later.
To say that Pang Tong is innocent, that's a bit.
Arranging positions is a normal operation, there is nothing to say, but if Pang Tong had been more careful or asked during the process, this thing might not have happened. But after all, Pang Tong is not Zhuge Liang's kind of hands-on character.
In addition, I have indeed been responsible for too many things during this period of time, so it is understandable that I have neglected it.
But it would be a bit too much to say that the entire responsibility lies with Pang Tong.
Xun You felt the same way, so when he found out, he just dismissed and investigated the Cai family branch, and then dealt with it according to the law. He did not point to Pang Tong, but because the Guanzhong nobles discovered Pang Tong's lone crutch that he accidentally exposed, and held on to it with all his strength.
Don’t let go…
"Shi Yuan..." Fei Qian looked at Pang Tong who lowered his head and sighed, "I told you to lose weight, but you didn't listen... You said you are like this now, look at your belly..."
Pang Tong frowned and pressed his stomach as far inward as possible, and took another breath, but when the words came out again, he could only cover his face with a grimace, "I can gain weight even if I drink cold water... Let's talk about this matter again.
, it has nothing to do with my belly..."
"I know it's okay, but others don't know... Who do you think would believe that you are not corrupt after looking at your belly?" Fei Qian pointed at Pang Tong and said, "With a big belly and thick neck, you are either a corrupt official or a cook...
Starting today, lose weight quickly! Also, do you have any thoughts on this matter?"
