The meeting with Fei Qian made Cao Cao firmer in his judgment of the current situation.
The big man today is no longer the big man he used to be.
Maybe it's a mouthful, but it's the truth.
How many heroes did the Han Dynasty have in those days? Cao Cao remembers that when he was a boy, he would feel his heart surge and his blood boil when he read about the deeds of the Han Dynasty Wei Qing, Huo Qubing and others.
And what about the current big man?
Since the disaster of the Party, scholars have been shaken by the theory of destiny. Among them, Fan Pang's words are the most representative. Now you are following the good and are in great danger. If I want to make you do evil, you cannot do evil. Make you do evil.
If I do good, I will not do evil.
Compared with Li Ying's generation, Confucian scholars' confusion about the current situation and their original spiritual cohesion towards the Han Dynasty are far inferior to those before. It is no longer uncommon to think purely about personal and family interests.
When a sergeant hears the Tao, he practices it diligently. When a sergeant hears the Tao, he lives or perishes. When a corporal hears the Tao, he laughs. Not laughing is not enough for the Tao. Cao Cao thinks he has found some Tao, so he cannot be like a corporal.
He laughs and laughs as if he didn't see or hear, and then laughs it off until he is amused to death. He must put these principles into practice. Therefore, a wonderful person calls himself a superior, a sergeant, or a corporal?
Xia Houyuan was carrying thorns on his back, his hair was disheveled, and he was kneeling on the ground. If it was because he was in a sorry state, he looked very embarrassed. But in fact, asking for forgiveness under the thorns was the least expensive way. Anyway, the loss was thanks to the two thorns, and the profit was
Just make a lot of money...
Xia Houyuan lowered his head and said after a while: "Someone... may be a corporal..."
As part of the conditions of the alliance, Xia Houyuan was released.
After Cao Cao received Xiahou Yuan from Wancheng, he began to withdraw his troops. On the one hand, it was to fulfill the invitation, but on the other hand, the consumption of money and food was too much. He had to return to the station quickly to reduce the loss of food, grass and other materials.
Cao Cao laughed, then shook his head and said: It's not true, it's true! Halfway through laughing, he turned down his face and said, get out! Go back to Xu County by yourself, shut yourself up and think about your mistakes!
Xia Houyuan did not dare to argue or say anything, so he bowed his head and left in a hurry.
Cao Cao squinted his eyes and watched Xia Houyuan go away, frowning tightly. Cao Cao was too lazy to communicate with Xia Houyuan anymore, as if he was going to talk about three views with a fan who had no three views, which was originally a difficult task.
Things that reach heaven.
The purpose of communication is to allow Xiahou Yuan to make improvements. Since they have already been extremely disappointed, why should they waste more words? It is better to buy favors for the Xiahou family and express that Cao Cao will not blame Xiahou Yuan for this matter. There is only one thing
What is certain is that from now on, Xia Houyuan will never have the opportunity to lead the army alone, and his position in the future will definitely be lower than that of ordinary people.
What?
As for those Cao soldiers who died in the Battle of Wancheng?
After Cao Cao returns, he will certainly take good care of him and settle down his family so that he can be taken care of in his old age and have nothing to do. Is it possible to ask Xia Houyuan to pay for the lives of these people? If he really does this, what can Xia Houyuan do?
How many lives? I’m afraid they have all been paid before...
No one can guarantee victory in every battle. If you kill the general as soon as you lose the battle, then there may be no general left in the end. The most important thing is to understand why you lost and why it became like this?
The obvious reason is that Huang Zhong appeared.
Huang Zhong is very powerful. He didn't expect it, he didn't prepare well, etc. There are dozens or twenty reasons to explain it, but there is one problem that cannot be circumvented. Huang Zhong was not born just at this moment.
?It’s not like you were invisible in the mountains and forests before?
So why did no one pay attention? Even where Liu Biao and Liu Jingsheng were promoted in Jingzhou, there were no rumors about Huang Zhong. Then under the hussar, Huang Zhong burst out with such brilliant colors?
There are also Zhao Yun, Xu Huang, Zhang Liao, etc...
Cao Cao suddenly felt heart palpitations for no apparent reason, as if he had lost a lot of things that he shouldn't have lost in the first place.
Is it because the relevant departments are not working hard?
Or is it the inaction of some leaders?
As a general in Jingzhou, why did Wenpin become an unknown person and become a servant?
On the contrary, as Cai Mao, who was in charge of the surrendered troops in Jingzhou, was it because of his favor or his ability?
These problems should not have been problems originally, but now they have become problems one by one, eventually affecting the entire battle situation and the situation of the entire Han Dynasty.
Cao Cao let out a long sigh, his body swayed a little, and then he simply sat down and picked up a few dry grass stems and held them in his hands to play with.
Under the hills, there is a long stretch of troops, slowly crawling on the ground like a long snake. From here to there, from the eyes to the horizon, it is like a road to the sky, long and difficult.
Lord... Cao Hong walked up from the hillside and bowed his hands in greeting. Cao Hong was a little worried when he saw Xia Houyuan leaving in a hurry, but he couldn't stop him and asked, so he came up to look for Cao Cao.
Cao Cao glanced at Cao Hong, and then motioned, "Come, sit down."
Is my lord thinking about something? Cao Hong asked.
Cao Cao nodded and said: I am thinking about something...
Party prison? Cao Hong was a little surprised. He thought Cao Cao was considering Xia Houyuan's follow-up treatment. Unexpectedly, Cao Cao's mind jumped to party prison.
Zi Lian thought, who was right and who was wrong when the party was in prison? Cao Cao suddenly asked.
Naturally, the court was fatuous and persecuted good people. Afterwards, the Yellow Turbans flourished, the government and the people fell apart, and the rules and regulations disappeared. Cao Hong responded. This question seems to have been concluded, and most people said so, so Cao Hong naturally
I thought so, and without thinking for too long, I came to the conclusion directly.
Cao Cao nodded slightly, and I thought so at the time... When I was young, I thought that all the problems in the world were due to official corruption and corruption, so...
Therefore, at that time, Cao Cao, who had just served as the Northern Lieutenant of Luoyang, made five-color sticks. Those who were banned did not violate the powerful. He even dared to kill the uncle of the favored powerful eunuch Jian Shuo, in order to criticize the evils of the times and correct the wrongs of the times.
A certain person once traveled to Taixue with Benchu. At that time, students all over the world said that the court was corrupt, the officials were greedy, and the eunuchs were rampant and were poisoning the world... A certain person was also angry and wished that the haze in the world could be wiped out in one day and the world could be restored! Cao Cao said
, there seems to be some light shining through his eyes. In the past, when I was boating in Luoshui and discussing Taoism in the Mingtang, even now when I think about it, I also feel that at that time, it was a comfortable and luxurious life...
However, thinking about it now, maybe I was wrong from beginning to end... Cao Cao sighed, the light in his eyes slowly disappeared, and what was left was just ice cold, Dang Guo... Dang Guo... Haha, how about Dang Zhi?
What is imprisoned?
The Han Dynasty founded the country based on filial piety. This is originally a good thing. If people are not filial, how can they behave? If you don't care for yourself, how can you have relatives? Therefore, filial piety is the first. Cao Cao said, "If you say something, you must praise it, and if you do it, you must reward it."
If you use it for personal gain, you will be harmed.
Many people have the misunderstanding that Cao Cao's meritocracy is equivalent to reemploying poor families. In fact, this is a wrong and one-sided view. When talking about Cao Cao, the first thing that comes to mind when citing meritocracy is the bohemian Guo Jia.
He comes from a poor family. In fact, it is true that Guo Jia is a branch of the Guo family in Yingchuan. As for how cold he is, it is hard to say. Maybe Guo Jia's coldness is caused by his own consumption of Wu Shi Powder and alcoholism...
As for Guo Jia being ostracized by ordinary people, from a certain point of view, it is normal. After all, no one likes a fan who gets drunk every day, especially in the gentry system where the Han prides himself on virtue.
So on the whole, Cao Cao is more of a pragmatist at heart. He will use talents that can be used. He will use talents that are not needed. He did not see Cao Cao doing so.
Therefore, after seeing Fei Qian, Cao Cao thought about it for a long time. In the end, on the one hand, he saw Fei Qian's current strength, and on the other hand, he also obeyed his inner guidance. Therefore, the current disadvantages can be divided into two, one is
If you always rely on virtue to win and differentiate between superior and inferior, it will inevitably lead to hypocrisy! Just like a knight-errant killing people in the street, knowing the law, but still telling lies to excuse himself, using his false reputation... In terms of virtue, who is not virtuous? If you win with virtue,
Who is invincible?
Throughout the ages, keyboard warriors have always been indispensable.
There are many philanthropic people in later generations, or fraternities who just stand on the keyboard. It is really not a bad thing. Maybe their parents are as tired as dogs at work and at home. In addition to work, they are also busy with housework.
It doesn't matter if you throw your underwear to your parents to wash, but if you see someone doing something bad, or even arresting and killing a large stray dog in accordance with laws and regulations, you will howl, get angry, and curse.
If you are so philanthropic, why don't you donate the money you spent to buy the keyboard to those charities? I'm really worried that the money will be wasted. It's better to buy some dog food, chicken and duck racks and give them away than just standing on the keyboard and yelling.
Stronger?
Just like a person who truly loves dogs, he will only smile and say that he saved another dog today, bathed the dog, and treated the dog, but he has never scolded anyone or discussed what love is.
dog.
So when the party was in jail, those patriotic people who were howling and grieving were really patriotic, or were they just talking about it?
Cao Cao sneered twice, then sighed deeply.
The second is that he is self-proclaimed moral and does not care about the country, putting the cart before the horse. Cao Cao continued to say that in the past, when the party was under control, there were those who were proud of him. They caught the wrongdoers and actually surrendered themselves to use his name! A certain person also used this at that time. For the sake of beauty, I think about it now...ah...it's really...what's worse, openly insulting other officials, causing upright people to either surrender themselves to Xia Tai, or hang up their crowns and leave...thus leaving those who stayed in the court. , who is it?
This is what Cao Cao was thinking about, and it was a very big problem that arose when the party was in charge. At that time, along with Cao Cao, a large number of imperial students and country people were all just for the sake of being criticized for being politically correct, and those who were criticized Officials who couldn't bear it either surrendered to prove their innocence or resigned to isolate themselves from the world, and then vacated many positions for those shameless and unscrupulous people...
Therefore, it is not wrong to say that party imprisonment is a move made by the court's fatuousness, but those keyboard warriors who follow behind, criticize every moment they catch, and judge others arbitrarily from the moral high ground, don't they have any responsibility? Then do these keyboard warriors benefit from this? No, the ones who benefit are still those with ulterior motives. These keyboard warriors are more often used by those people, like paper for wiping their butts, which will only become more and more smelly. .
Then those who were upright and shameless were scolded and ran away one by one. What was left was the officials who were even more shameless and had no bottom line, filling the court. What would happen to the big man? ?
Therefore, the disaster of party imprisonment was actually a tragic disaster caused by the combined efforts of the fatuous emperor, the proud eunuchs, and those keyboard warriors who claimed to be righteous. It completely dug up and threw away what little integrity the Han Dynasty had. .
Therefore, it is also a disaster to only have virtue without talent! Cao Cao said with emotion that under the cavalry, most people talk about talent, but less about virtue. It is not that filial piety and integrity are not valued, but that it is not the key to the job. Virtue is Its origin can be used for its purpose. How can it be wrong to discuss its origin directly regardless of its use? Today's Shandong scholars often talk about who is filial and who is honest, talk about strange things, and spread rumors and rumors. It is not surprising that they are used to it! It's strange! Huh?!
What does the Lord mean... to seek for talents? Cao Hong asked.
Cao Cao nodded and said: Those who have both virtue and talent can be used for great purposes; those who have talent but no virtue can only be used by generals; those who have virtue but no talent cannot be used; those who have no talent and no virtue should be put aside! Now because of this Those who have talents but cannot use them all go to Xijing. If things go on like this, only those who boast are left in Shandong. How can they defeat the hussars?
Cao Cao recalled those few talents who were born in Qiao County but now belong to Fei Qian. He suddenly felt heartache and physical pain. Change it immediately!
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Wei Yan had different emotions for this area of Jiangling.
At that time, when he was just a young man, he was full of hope and now went to conquer the Yellow Turbans and the clan traitors. However, what Wei Yan did not expect was that these achievements of his would not only not become a ladder for his promotion, Instead, he became the target of being framed by others.
The trees that are beautiful in the forest will be destroyed by the wind.
Because Wei Yan, who looks different from the Jingzhou disciples, deserves to be destroyed?
Perhaps it is because the area of Jingxiang is not as flooded with yellow scarves as in Yanzhou, Qingzhou, and Wei Yan had difficulty escaping from Yiyang to Jingzhou, so even though Wei Yan achieved some meritorious deeds, he still did not get any important use...
Over there... Wei Yan pointed to the Jiangling City Gate in the distance, where a certain person once served as the governor of thieves...
Oh? Hahahaha! Gan Ning burst out laughing, superintendent of thieves?! Oh hahahaha!
It seems that the thief under the sect is also one of the five subordinate officials. It is also called the four positions of thief cao, merit cao, chief bookkeeper and chief clerk. But in fact, it is almost the same as chief clerk, or even worse than chief clerk. After all, chief clerk
You can often see the county magistrate, but the subordinate governor only carries a sword to guide the magistrate when he travels. In normal times, he patrols and inspects the ban to prevent traitors and thieves. He is not like the thief Cao who can control the army.
It is not like a meritorious officer can manage civil servants, nor is it like being in charge of administrative affairs. To put it simply, he is just a bodyguard for the county magistrate.
Wei Yan was naturally very unhappy, but seeing Wei Yan unhappy made others feel happy.
No matter how great your military exploits are, obtaining status and rewards is not linked to your meritorious service, but is closely related to your closeness to the powerful.
Military exploits are just the icing on the cake.
Even if they have no military exploits, these guys can still find opportunities for promotion, especially in military affairs. Key positions are tightly controlled, and no one other than Jingxiang will be allowed to interfere...
Money, food, equipment, even the cost of purchasing soldiers, etc., can leave a lot of oil and water with just a little pinch. How can such things be passed off as the hands of others?
Therefore, no matter how powerful Wei Yan was in martial arts and had many meritorious deeds, he was just a bodyguard. It was impossible for him to command the army, and he would not be given any chance to get involved in military affairs.
Wei Yan and Gan Ning were also brave and actually entered the city!
Jiangling City is already almost a dead zone.
After Jiangdong's soldiers left, no one from Cao's army came to take over the city. Most of the nobles and people in the city fled and died, leaving only a few sick people lingering in the city.
The Jiangling Mansion Office has been burned down, with broken eaves and broken walls, dark beams and wooden beams stuck diagonally on the ground, and broken bricks and rubble scattered everywhere. It is precisely because of this that not many sick people gather in this area.
Over there, it was originally a place where someone worked...
Wei Yan stood in front of the ruins of the government office, took a slight look at the location, pointed to one of the corners and said, there is a table and a seat outside, and a couch inside... I stayed there for more than half a year to watch the sunrise with my eyes open and watch the sunset with my eyes closed.
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Oh, Gan Ning listened with great interest, as if the pain of others was the source of his own happiness, and then what?
Then...hehe...let's go, let's go to another place...Wei Yan seemed to have let go of something, or put aside some grudges, and went to see the last place!
After leaving Jiangling City and walking less than ten miles to the west, we saw a Wubao in the distance.
Here we are... Wei Yan sneered and then quickened his pace.
There are obviously some people in Wubao.
Wei Yan arrived at Wubao, looked around, and shouted in a deep voice: Lord Yang, where is Yang Langjun? An old friend is here to visit!
Who is there below? After hearing Wei Yan's shouts, a gray head appeared on the Wubao for a while, stretching his head to look at Wei Yan and others. Do you have an old relationship with a certain gentleman?
Wei Yan showed eight big teeth, yes! They are old!
Gan Ning let out a soft cheer at the side. He didn't say anything, but he was muttering in his heart. It's not wrong to have old memories, haha, but to be more precise, I'm afraid it's just a grudge...
