After Guo Jia got drunk, the banquet gradually came to an end at midnight.
I don't know whether it was the effect of alcohol or the difficulty of calming down his thoughts. Cao Cao returned to the backyard and still had no intention of sleeping.
After the hustle and bustle, there is emptiness, and behind the bustle, there is only loneliness.
Cao Cao couldn't understand Fei Qian's approach, not because he was not smart, but because his thinking was completely different from Fei Qian's. They were two completely unrelated strategies for governing the country.
Cao Cao held his head, and his chaotic thoughts, stimulated by alcohol, made Cao Cao feel that his head started to hurt again.
The sound of sparse footsteps came, and Cao Pi's voice sounded outside the door: "Father, Wan'an..."
The morning and dusk are the same. As a child, this kind of etiquette is indispensable in the Han Dynasty. Even if Cao Cao drinks until midnight tonight, Cao Pi must wait until he has paid his respects before going back to rest.
Of course, if Cao Cao had previously ordered that Cao Pi did not need to pay greetings today, then he could be exempted. However, Cao Cao's mind was outside all day today, and he did not bother to come to the inner court, so he naturally did not order these trivial matters...
Cao Pi was very sleepy.
Young people always feel that they don't have enough sleep, and Cao Pi is the same. He originally thought that he would say hello outside the door as usual, and then Cao Cao would respond and go back to sleep. However, he did not expect that Cao Cao would be uncharacteristic of himself today...
"Pier? Come in and talk..."
Cao Pi couldn't help but rolled his eyes. It was so dark in the middle of the night. What should we talk about? Is there anything we can't talk about tomorrow, uh, wait until dawn?
But at the next moment, Cao Pi lowered his head obediently and walked in to pay his respects, "I have seen my father... Are you doing well, my father?"
"Well..." Cao Cao waved his hand and pointed to the seat next to him, "Sit."
"..." Cao Pi's nose moved slightly, but he didn't say anything. He followed his instructions and went aside to do his job.
"Today...I returned home as a filial piety..." Cao Cao chuckled twice, "I am very happy...my son, do you know where your happiness comes from?"
"Of course I will be very happy when I get talented people back..." Cao Pi replied.
An indescribable smile appeared on Cao Cao's face. Although the corners of his mouth were raised, it seemed as if he was being pulled up by force, "Haha... talented people... not only talented people, but also people's hearts..."
Cao Pi responded, "Yes, those who win people's hearts can get help from Taoism... and they are congratulated by my father..."
What did Cao Pi mean? As long as you are happy, old man, everyone can go back to sleep after everything is over. But unexpectedly, Cao Cao said, "The human heart... So, what is the current human heart like?"
"Ah?" Cao Pi was stunned for a moment, quickly glanced at Cao Cao's face, and couldn't answer for a while.
"During the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, there were Guan Gong first and Shang Lord later. How was this done? Can it win the hearts of the people?" Cao Cao smiled and seemed to have thought of something interesting.
Guan Zhong adopted state-owned economics in the economy, that is, all industries that can make money and have high profits are state-owned, well, including those and so on... and then the court will monopolize and operate them and obtain high profits.
This kind of economic policy is conducive to quickly concentrating wealth and strengthening the country's strength. When the total economic volume is not large, it can give priority to ensuring the country's economic interests and ensure that the court has the greatest wealth. It can weaken the power of local nobles and help
It is beneficial to the stability of society. In times of foreign war, the central court is also in an advantageous position because it has more financial and material resources to deploy.
Shang Yang went a step further and strictly restricted the entire country, using agriculture to support war, and using war to promote agriculture, and concentrated all the country's power on war and agriculture. This was actually a wartime economic system.
When the world is in conflict, the advantages of this system are naturally self-evident.
Therefore, the state of Qi used Guan Zhong to unite the nine princes, and the state of Qin used Shang Yang to unify the world.
Later, because the two of them succeeded, this economic policy was recorded and followed. Even if the social structure changed later, the economic policies of Guan Zhong and Shang Yang were still effective and respected by Confucians.
This policy was also the "good policy" that many later ruling classes had in mind.
The economic policies of Guan Zhong and Shang Yang are like two "standard answers" hanging in plain sight. As long as you copy them, you can get a good score. Therefore, many people in later generations will refer to economic strategies as
Talking about Guan Zhong and Shang Yang, he took it out and copied it.
Even Zhuge Liang in history couldn't handle a question like this well, let alone Cao Pi. Hearing Cao Cao ask this question, Cao Pi stuttered for a long time, and finally choked out, "Maybe it can be obtained..."
Cao Cao shook his head and said: "Shang Jun, let's not talk about it... the policy of managing the public, the authority of the important and the important, the business of conquering the mountains and seas... But if there is no Duke Huan of Qi... hum..."
Guan Zhong's life is actually quite magical. When he was young, Guan Zhong was quite dissolute. He worked as a businessman, served in the army, and also worked as some low-level local officials with smaller official positions. He was soon dismissed and became unemployed...
Later, Guan Zhong met Bao Shuya, and the term came into being, Guan Zhong and Bao Shuya, cough cough cough cough...
When Guan Zhong was doing business, his partner was Bao Shuya, and he was very generous. Guan Zhong took more money than he gave out, but Bao Shuya didn't take it seriously. He even recommended Guan Zhong, making Guan Zhong once again go from being a commoner to becoming an important figure in assisting Prince Jiu.
Officials.
As a result, Guan Zhong is a man who will do whatever it takes to achieve his goals.
Not to mention that Guan Zhong cheated Bao Shuya in business. When Qi Xianggong wanted to determine the heir, he did not miss the old relationship at all. In order to help the young master correct it, he went after the young master Xiaobai and Bao Shuya for personal purposes.
Assassinate Xiaobai, if Xiaobai hadn't been clever enough to pretend to be dead, there would have been no Duke Huan of Qi later.
Prince Jiu failed in his bid for the throne, and Guan Zhong was of course implicated. Then Bao Shuya truly loved Guan Zhong and recommended Guan Zhong to Duke Huan of Qi again. And Prince Xiaobai, the Duke Huan of Qi, accepted Guan Zhong? Obviously he couldn't accept it at first, after all, Guan Zhong
He once almost killed himself, but under Bao Shuya's enlightenment, he was later willing to meet Guan Zhong, and only then did he have a long conversation all night long, and Guan Zhong came back to life.
He was greedy for petty gains, repaid kindness with hatred, and used unscrupulous means and other bad behaviors. It can be said that without the support and affirmation of Duke Huan of Qi, Guan Zhong would have ended up in panic like a rat crossing the street with everyone shouting and beating him.
So what now?
Even if Cao Cao wanted to carry out reforms and correct some mistakes like Guan Zhong so that the Han Dynasty could ascend to the throne like Duke Huan of Qi, would the Emperor Liu Association support Cao Cao?
Cao Cao's smile remained the same, but the sadness hidden in the dark shadow of his smile was as deep as thick ink.
Fei Qian is different. Around him, there is neither oppression from above nor entanglements from the surroundings. But if Cao Cao makes a slight move here, he will be like falling into a quagmire...
Why?
Why did it become like this?
What needs to be done in the future?
Cao Cao was thinking about something, and Cao Pi didn't know what to say, so the room fell silent for a while.
After a while, Cao Pi couldn't help but be tempted by the Sandman. Although he thought he couldn't sleep, his eyelids began to fight and he couldn't open them anymore...
『ε=(′ο｀*)))Alas...』
Cao Cao turned his head and saw the swaying Cao Pi. He sighed, and then he had no intention of continuing to talk to Cao Pi, so he woke up Cao Pi and asked him to go to sleep.
Cao Pi immediately relaxed his eyebrows, bowed without hesitation, turned around and left, muttering in his heart, father is really... such a small thing can do so much!
If it weren't for the fact that you are my father, I would have turned against you!
Delaying my sleep!
Really...
……(╯︵╰)……
I feel like there are people around me who are making trouble, and Cao Pi is not the only one.
And Sun Quan.
During this time, Sun Quan felt that there was really nothing going on around him, and that nothing was not broken. After turning two pages of the book, he felt that it was a broken book, and there was nothing interesting to read. After sitting on the boat for a long time, he felt that the boat was broken, and he felt like he was sitting on it.
It hurts, and what I eat and drink is a pile of broken fish and shrimps, which I hate even if it is stuffed between my teeth...
As for people and affairs, it ruined Sun Quan's mood even more.
"Zijing!" Sun Quan sneered, holding the desk, "Oh, this is quite new. Why can't this traitor be killed? Is there any excuse for it?!"
The fleet was going to overwhelm Wu Commandery in two days, and Sun Quan's anger over Sun Fu's incident was obviously not extinguished, and was even getting more intense. Lu Su could no longer sit still and approached Sun Quan.
Some people's anger will gradually diminish when they look at the scenery of water, sky and mountains, but for some people, no matter what they do, as long as their anger is not extinguished immediately, it will become bigger and bigger...
Sun Quan was the latter.
In the past two days, I have been walking down the river, not because of the majestic mountains and rivers, but because I have become more and more angry because I think about what happened during this period. I have been working hard on the battlefield, and a bunch of dogs are causing trouble at home.
, I was almost killed by Cao Jun because of my smoke and fire, what a bunch of dogs are hiding behind and making trouble, I almost got infected by the epidemic when I expanded my territory, what a bunch of dogs only know how to gossip!
The more I think about it, the more unwilling I become, and the more I think about it, the angrier I become. My eyeballs gradually become bloodshot, my triangular eyelids gradually pull up, my nostrils become larger, my eyebrows stand up, I grind my teeth and clench my fists...
The above is all in my heart.
On the outside, Sun Quan is still very good at pretending... well, he has a very stable aura.
Unfortunately, Lu Su still saw it, and of course Zhou Yu could see it too, but the problem was that Zhou Yu couldn't persuade Sun Quan, because Sun Quan didn't believe Zhou Yu at all, and even doubted whether Zhou Yu had ulterior motives when he said that.
"My lord, please step aside." Lu Su said slowly.
Sun Quan was silent for a moment, waved his hand, and asked the attendants and guards to exit the cabin.
The water roared and the boat rocked.
"My lord, do you think he can be compared to Duke Huan of Qi?" Lu Su said.
Sun Quan frowned, "What does Zijing mean?"
"As the saying goes, those who can protect the country for a long time should be able to do good in the end." Lu Su said slowly, "Now the princes stand side by side, each trying his best, and the one who can do good in the end will be the leader. The soldiers stand side by side and choose the good ones to live in."
, the one who can end up doing well will be the first... In the past, when Duke Huan of Qi succeeded to the throne, the country was about to be destroyed and the country was in danger.
Regardless of the needs of the country, do you dare to ask how the Qi State can achieve hegemony? "Poetry" says, "There is no beginning for failure, and there is an end for failure." I wonder if your lord thinks so?"
Sun Quan had a stern look on his face, "Zijing means, is it possible that someone wants to forgive such rebellion?! This is treason! It is an unforgivable crime!"
Lu Su nodded, and did not argue with Sun Quan on this issue, but said: "My lord, please be at peace... In the past, Duke Huan of Qi had been in power for several years, and there were many fornicators in the southeast. So he conquered Chu in the south, crossed Fangcheng, and hoped to
Wenshan sent tribute silk to the Zhou Dynasty and turned back. No princes in Jingzhou dared not to come and submit. They also attacked the mountain soldiers in the north, cut down the lonely bamboos and returned south. No princes on the seaside dared not to come and submit. Crossing Taihang and Pier's Creek, Juxia,
Westerners surrendered to the quicksand, and no princes from Western Wu and Yuebing dared to surrender... Just like the current hussar generals, when Pingbaibo took over the Black Mountains, no one dared not to surrender to the north, Li Guoping conquered the Western Regions, and no one in Yongliang did not dare to surrender, and fought in Hanzhong
Ding Sichuan and Sichuan, no one in Jindi dares not to come and submit..."
Sun Quan raised his eyebrows.
Why did he end up talking about General Fei Qian again?
"Qi Huangong has three hundred fine chariots and ten thousand soldiers. As the leader of the army, he marches across the sea, and no one in the world can stop him. He reaches Shiliang in the south, Fengguo in the west, and Lingzhi in the north..." Lu Su continued, "
Just like Cao Mengde, who led 300,000 soldiers from Qingzhou, conquered the Yuan Highway in the south and conquered Yuan Benchu in the north, pacified Qingxu, and controlled the Central Plains... Just like Fei Ziyuan, Cao Mengde and his generation have never heard of killing blood brothers in the clan to become their business...
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"How brave!" Sun Quan slapped the table fiercely, "Lu Zijing! Do you think I dare not kill you?!"
Sun Fu is Sun Qiang's son, and Sun Qiang is Sun Jian's brother, so Sun Fu is Sun Quan's brother within the five realms. Lu Su's words are very sharp and go straight to the core of the problem. Whether it is Duke Huan of Qi during the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, or
The current Cao Cao Fei Qian's prestige is earned through fighting, not just by killing a few people...
"Lord, please calm down! If you kill Su alone, you will be able to conquer Jiangdong. Please kill him quickly! Su should have no complaints!" Lu Su fell to the ground and kowtowed loudly.
After all, the cabin is made of wooden planks...
Sun Quan took a deep breath and then said, "Get up...sit..."
"In the past, Shennong conquered Busui, Huangdi conquered Zhuolu, Yao conquered Huandou, Shun conquered Sanmiao, Yu conquered Gonggong, Tang conquered Youxia, King Wen conquered Chong, King Wu conquered Zhou, Qi Huan fought and conquered the world..." Lu Su thanked Sun Quan, sat down again, and continued, "Now my lord has the world in mind, encompassing all the seas, and has the ambition to help the country, save all people from the suffering of hanging, quell the harm of the Eight Desolations and the sword, and have made great contributions to the world." ...I deeply respect you, and I am willing to work hard for my lord's great cause, and I will not hesitate to die..."
This sounds much better...
Sun Quan hummed and stroked his beard.
Lu Su knew Sun Quan's temper. If Sun Quan was not allowed to express his anger first, Sun Quan would definitely not listen to anything. Therefore, Lu Su took the risk to first anger Sun Quan and then appease him, which obviously made Sun Quan's mood improve. It feels a little calmer and I can hear some things...
Lu Su continued, "My lord, Guan Zhong once shot Duke Huan of Qi, but Duke Huan of Qi pardoned him, so that there would be five heroes of Guan Huan. Ning Qi can make food and grass worry-free, a prince who becomes a father can fight bravely, guests must be law-abiding, and Xi Peng can't." After surrendering in battle, Dong Guo Ya can directly rebuke his merits and demerits... He is not talented and dare not compare himself to Dong Guo Ya, but he is willing to help his master become the king of Qi..."
Sun Quan nodded and said, "I am very pleased that Zijing has the courage to remonstrate directly... But is this thief comparable to Guan Zhong? Zijing is inevitably exaggerating."
"My lord, I wonder if there are sycamore trees first and then attract good birds to roost, or if you see good birds coming and look for the sycamore trees urgently?" Lu Su said, "Can you conquer the world by killing one person? If you can, kill him directly. If you can, kill him directly." No, why not use it as a guide?"
Sun Quan frowned deeply, "This is treason! If treason can be pardoned, who can't follow it?"
"My lord is wrong! This matter is still undecided!" Lu Su said, "There are many strange things in the chaos of sentences! If my lord calmly thinks about it, he will definitely have an insight... If my lord conquers it, it will be treason. If he does not conquer it, it will be treason." , It’s just for the people to cause chaos!』
"Civil chaos..." Sun Quan frowned.
In fact, Sun Quan didn't have much ill feelings towards Sun Fu. When they were young, they even went hunting and drank wine together. But now he bites Sun Fu because Sun Quan feels threatened by the generals of the Sun family...
And the most critical point is that Sun Ce's son...
The Han family's principle is that the father dies and the son inherits the inheritance. The brother dies and the brother dies. This is the barbarian style!
Of course, it sounds so plausible on the surface, but in fact it is because a weak leader will inevitably be stronger than the side branch...
In addition, the Jiangdong nobles continued to mix sand into it, which naturally caused the brothers in the Sun family to become more and more alienated.
Under such a situation, Sun Quan was worried that one day the Seven Kingdoms Rebellion would be staged in Jiangdong, so he always wanted to centralize power and support new forces to replace the old-school generals. This naturally violated the interests of these Sun generals, and the contradiction was That's how it came about.
Although strictly speaking, most of the generals of the Sun family are relatives of Sun Quan within the five realms, but in the face of interests, the word "relatives" is like sexy underwear. Although it is useful, it cannot cover anything, and it is said to be useless.
After all, it doesn’t count as not wearing anything.
"Every sentence is like a small evil. If the Lord raises an army on a large scale, but falls short of the lower rank, and mobilizes a large number of troops to waste the people and money, it will inevitably lead to the emptiness of Wu County..." Lu Su said in a deep voice, "The lady in Wu County must have known about it in advance.
This matter, however, remained silent, which is why..."
Zhou Yu had said this before, but Sun Quan thought that Zhou Yu was deceiving him or scaring him, so he couldn't listen to it. Now after Lu Su said this, he mentioned this issue again, and Sun Quan realized what Zhou Yu was saying.
That said, maybe this is really possible...
"So..." Sun Quan looked at Lu Su, "Does Zijing have any good ideas?"
"Since my lord has the ambition of Duke Huan of Qi," Lu Su said with a slight smile, "why not follow his example? As the New Year approaches, the clans should gather together... If you are willing to come then, there will be no danger. If you don't come... My lord, I am sorry.
It is also true that we can gain great righteousness by defeating its rebelliousness... If the coercion is too great at the moment, it will actually make many people wary..."
Sun Quan thought for a long time and finally nodded...
