Cao Cao's intention was very clear, but he, the executor, still had some doubts.
According to Cao Cao's wishes, he did not want to hold back.
If you don't hold back, you will see blood.
Heavy bleeding.
The problem of officials in the Han Dynasty was already very serious. Xiahou Dun also knew this. The so-called inspection and promotion system of the Han Dynasty had actually been reduced to a human relationship. The entire system was filled with his own people, and those who succeeded him were only selected
The descendants of one's own people can easily become a family business, and those assessments on the surface are almost a decoration. No matter how bad one's own people are, they will be promoted to the forefront in the interview process, and no matter how good other people's written examinations are, they will be promoted to the top in the interview process.
I always get failed in the interview process for no apparent reason.
Those so-called official interviews have become a nondescript fig leaf, just like the Japanese crotch cloth. It is obviously just a piece of cloth used to cover it, but it must be made at a forty-five-degree angle. What else is there on the left and right?
The title of "Yue Zhong Kui", "Six Feet Kui", and even Bao Jiang...
Under such a nondescript selection system, what would the Han officials look like?
The strict selection of candidates through examinations instead of interviews implemented by the third assistant in Guanzhong is actually another kind of "princes, generals and prime ministers should have their own kind". Cao Cao actually does not object to the so-called "rewarding talents and not avoiding relatives", but the key point is "
"virtuous", not "loving"!
How many people can one idiot kill?
Xiahou Dun had already experienced it personally, and he agreed with Cao Cao's attitude of seeking talents, but it was not necessary to use blood to reconcile the conflicts between the people and the nobles, which became Xiahou Dun's current doubts.
After all, we still have to think about the future...
Otherwise, what will happen in the future?
What about the official system after the killing?
When Dong Zhuo arrived in Luoyang, almost all the officials gave up their jobs. The state government was completely paralyzed, and the counties in Shandong refused to carry out orders...
There are some things that you just can't do too well.
Xiahou Dun thought so.
But Cao Cao said, "There are many kinds of talents in the world. Some are good at farming, so let them be responsible for farming. Some are good at counting, so let them measure. Some are good at literature, so let them go."
To be a doctor... But now, no matter what they are good at, they all use the classics as their policy and blood as the threshold. How can the country develop stably? The most serious thing is that these people still occupy the position and do not allow anyone to go up... In the end
, it just becomes a matter of competing for positions and not doing anything else..."
Cao Cao finally asked Xiahou Dun to come to Yingyin to have a look...
So Xiahou Dun came with his soldiers.
Xiahou Dun's troops died.
The Cao family is also the core strength of the Xiahou family.
Yingyin, in Xiahou Dun's impression, is considered a very good county. Guan Ying was named Marquis of Yingyin in the early Han Dynasty, and now it is also ranked among the top seventeen cities in Yingchuan. After all, it is not too far away from Xu County.
Far.
Xiahou Dun visited it once before and felt that although Yingyin cannot be compared with Xu County, it is still prosperous, with many merchants coming and going, and the market is orderly. To put it simply, it is very good.
But when Xiahou Dun actually left Xu Du and headed towards Yingyin, he didn't feel anything bad at first, but then he felt something was wrong.
Not all counties in Yingchuan are rich, and there are also poor counties. For example, if Xu County is about 100%, then the large and small counties in Yingchuan have 90%, and some are 30%.
This is normal. After all, the economy of all counties cannot be the same.
But the problem is that Yingyin is not an ordinary county town.
In other counties, there are very few pedestrians on the road. It is normal to walk for a long time without seeing a caravan. Everyone can understand it. However, in Yingyin, even if it is not 90% of the prosperity of Xu County, it is at least 70% to 80%.
Such a relatively good county town has a very cold appearance...
There were no traces of pedestrians on both sides of the road, let alone those caravans carrying goods.
Xiahou Dun's brows began to wrinkle.
Xiahou Dun sent scouts to deviate from the official road and go to some surrounding small villages to investigate. As a result, they discovered a surprising thing. Some of these small villages actually had no people left!
Among some of the fields, the scouts saw crops that had been abandoned and had not even had time to be harvested!
Even a fool can feel the extreme abnormality reflected in this information.
Abnormality means there is a demon.
And this monster is either a mountain spirit or a tree monster, but it is often a human monster.
Then comes the next question, why is it so abnormal?
Almost instantly, an idea jumped out of Xiahou Dun's mind.
This is almost a common method used by Han officials. It is a familiar recipe, a familiar taste, a familiar method, and a familiar scene...
The situation after Dong Zhuo entered Beijing seemed to be happening again.
Only this time the protagonist is changed to Cao Cao.
Xiahou Dun frowned more and more, "Come here! Drive forward quickly, go to Yingyin! Control all intersections and wait for a certain military order!"
After receiving the order, the soldiers hurried forward.
Xiahou Dun looked at the dust going away in front of him, and his heart was also a little confused in the smoke and dust, and he even became a little angry because of it.
What happened to Yingyin? If there was an accident, why wasn't it reported? Or maybe the content reported by these guys was falsified? Who was falsifying it?
But one thing is certain, that is, there are benefits to doing so. Xiahou Dun still knows the virtues of these Han officials very clearly. If there is no benefit, they will not do it early. If there is no benefit, they will not do it.
"Report!" A moment later, a soldier came back to report, "Report to the general, there is a Yingyin checkpoint ten miles ahead! There are thirty soldiers, setting up blocking horses to isolate traffic!"
"What?!" Xiahou Dun was stunned for a moment, and then his chest filled with anger, "Capture them all! Ask them why on the spot! Anyone who resists will be killed without mercy!"
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! The soldiers gave the order loudly and went out with murderous intent, and Xiahou Dun's heart became a little sinking.
Xiahou Dun even thought of another possibility...
I suddenly shuddered.
It seems that even if Cao Cao becomes prime minister, there are still people who don't regard the prime minister as his equal.
In other words, Cao Cao had repeatedly issued orders to select materials, ensure production in various places, and prepare autumn harvests. But now it seems that at least Yingyin here is quite contemptuous of Cao Cao's orders. This is definitely not an accident, but something.
The current situation is caused by some people deliberately doing this.
After all, if it was really an accident, I would probably have screamed louder than anything else. I would only hide it when I did something small, for fear that other people would know about it.
Zhuang He!
What does Zhuanghe mean? Even children who don’t understand anything know the importance of food and grass. If they don’t have food for one day, let alone one day, the mountains will roar if they don’t have food for just one meal, let alone such a village.
No one harvests the crops?
If we don't harvest anymore, it won't be an autumn harvest, but an autumn disaster...
The intention behind this is probably very sinister!
Cao Cao has repeatedly issued orders to ensure the harvest this autumn. Because everyone knows, well, not everyone, at least most people in the middle and upper classes know what the quality of this year's autumn harvest means...
The economy determines the superstructure.
What if the economy goes bad?
Will the superstructure become turbulent?
So at this point in time, someone deliberately, intentionally or unintentionally, made some moves to destroy Zhuanghe's harvest. What was their purpose?
It is not difficult to become the prime minister, but it is not easy to be the prime minister. It is like Dong Zhuo also became the prime minister for a time, and then he really became the "prime minister"?
It can be seen that even within Yingchuan, there are still many different voices, different ideas, and many different actions. As long as there is a problem with the autumn harvest, many things will snowball, one after another.
A question broke out!
Cao Cao wanted to rectify the official administration, and it was not just a day or two. He wanted to strengthen the court's control over the local areas, which had been planned for a long time. However, due to one or other reasons, whether it was to rectify the official administration or strengthen the local
Management and control have to be suspended under certain compromises.
But these signs also make some people afraid...
After all, if you really want to get involved and really rectify it, it is very likely that it will extend to yourself! After all, there were many characters in Yingchuan back then, but they had no connection with each other, and there were no differences because of family lineage.
Shielding, who believes it?
When a big problem really breaks out, we will take advantage of the "celebration" to throw the entire blame to Cao Cao!
First, it destroyed the autumn harvest, which naturally caused economic problems in the entire court. The soldiers and civilians had no food to eat, which would inevitably cause major fluctuations in the entire court!
At that time, if Cao Cao wants to be stable and overcome the difficulties, he must bow to the nobles and compromise again!
However, the so-called strategy of rectifying officialdom and strengthening control that Cao Cao originally wanted to implement could only continue to be delayed, failed, and ended in nothing!
When Xiahou Dun thought of this, he couldn't help but feel some anger rising in his heart. However, at this moment, Xiahou Dun still hoped that these were just his guesses and not the real situation.
After all, Yingchuan was also the place where Cao Cao received the earliest support, and was once a flag under Cao Cao. Moreover, under the jurisdiction of Xun Yu and other descendants of the Yingchuan gentry, it should not be like this.
To Cao Cao, these officials were not scary either because they were stupid, but because they were bad.
Stupid, at most, means that things are done badly; bad, it means that things can be done well, but in the wrong place!
Xiahou Dun's soldiers quickly arrived at Yingyin and quickly took control of various arteries.
The sudden arrival of soldiers shocked all the officials in Yingyin, and then they arrived at the city gates to greet Xiahou Dun tremblingly.
Xiahou Dun did not dismount, but looked at these Yingyin officials coldly, and then signaled to the guards around him.
"Who is in charge? Come forward!" Xiahou Dun's personal guards shouted.
Zhong Hong trembled and took a few steps forward, then knelt down on the ground with a thud, "I'm the official, uh, I'm here to pay my respects to the general!"
Xiahou Dun was too lazy to talk nonsense and asked directly: "There was a previous order that strictly prohibited the creation of clever names and restricted people's travel! Why are checkpoints set up on the official road in Yingyin, widely spread to block horses, and block traffic?!"
Zhong Hong swallowed his saliva and said with a smile: "General, please report back... this, this... because the celebration is very important, if some ignorant people run around and interfere with the celebration,
I ruined the prime minister's important affairs, wouldn't it be... Therefore, I have suspended the traffic, it is just a temporary delay... There is no prohibition..."
"Haha, what a "pause"..." Xiahou Dun glanced at Zhong Hong and asked again, "Then the surrounding villages are already ripe, why don't you organize the people to harvest it? There are also people from the surrounding villages who are going there again."
Where?"
"Ah? How can this happen?" Zhong Hong suddenly had emotions on his face, "It must be the country officials who are lazy! The subordinates also give orders repeatedly, not to neglect, but what about these..."
“A country official is slacking off?”
The country clerk "Come and confront me!"
"Wei!" Xiahou Dun's guard suddenly shouted, and then jumped out on his horse, "Where is Ying** Cao?"
"Ah...this...ha...humble job..." Ying** Cao staggered and came out of the crowd. She didn't know whether it was because she was too crazy last night, or accidentally kicked a stone, or for some other reason.
, he almost fell to the ground after taking a step, he quickly supported himself with his hands, and with a sad face, tried to delay and muddle through, "A humble job, a humble job... I can't ride a horse..."
"Can't ride a horse? No problem!" Xiahou Dun's guard sneered, stretched out his hand and said, "Sanlang, take it with you!"
"Obey the order!" Immediately, a man jumped off the horse, walked to Ying Cao's side, grabbed his neck, and then dragged him to the side of the horse. He and another soldier worked together to lift the cross up, facing both sides.
He lowered himself onto the horse and said, "My watch is moving around! It's my fault for falling to death!"
Hu Cao screamed twice, and then a group of people kicked away.
Zhong Hong wiped his sweat and laughed twice, "General, this... how about... General, please go into the city and rest?"
"No need!" Xiahou Dun said coldly.
"Then..." Zhong Hong's eyes rolled around, "Xiaguan... Well, Xiaguan will go to the city to help the general arrange a residence... In addition, he will also prepare some labor gifts for the general and soldiers, and gifts of cattle and wine..."
Xiahou Dun couldn't help it and sneered, "No need! Just wait and see!"
Among the children of the Yingchuan gentry clan, there has always been an idea. These people think that they are different from the Xiahou clan of the Cao clan. They think that they are more "civilized" than the Xiahou clan of the Cao clan. This strong feeling
A sense of superiority. Because Yingchuan not only hosted the new capital of the Han Dynasty like Xu County, but also had a very important position for the current Han Dynasty in terms of culture and economy.
But the problem is that the current ruler of the Han Dynasty is Prime Minister Cao!
And it was Prime Minister Cao who asked the children of the Yingchuan gentry to make "concessions" and "set an example"!
Without Yingchuan, where would the rise of Cao Cao come from?
Without the descendants of the Yingchuan gentry, where would the money, grain, and taxes come from?
Okay, now Cao Cao actually asks the Yingchuan disciples to give up some positions and give up some benefits?
Why didn't the Cao family and the Xiahou family give in?!
Therefore, this group of Yingchuan disciples are thinking that since they are not doing well and are forced to give up their benefits, then don't blame everyone for dragging them into the water!
Zhong Hong's face finally darkened, and he stopped kneeling on the ground. He stood up on his own, waved his sleeves and patted the soil on his knees. He looked at Xiahou Dun with a sneer, "General, don't push too hard, or you will lose face in the end."
!』
Obviously, at this point, confrontation is not important anymore.
When you can't hide, you don't have to keep pretending.
"Face?" Xiahou Dun looked at Zhong Hong in surprise. He couldn't imagine that Zhong Hong had the nerve to say such words. "Is this too much coercion?"
"The most important thing about Yingchuan is that it is the first among the Han Dynasty!" Zhong Hong raised his chin and said loudly, "The annual tax collection of Yingchuan is 100 million yuan! It is the first among all prefectures and counties in the Han Dynasty! If there is no money and grain taxation in Yingchuan, I dare to ask the general, this big man
Up and down, where do the salaries of officials come from? Where do the soldiers, armor, and pay come from?!"
Xiahou Dun nodded and said, "The taxation of Yingchuan is indeed the highest among the Han Dynasty, so you are doing evil, obeying the law and violating the law in vain, without caring about the life and death of the people?"
Zhong Hong sneered and said: "Why, General Xiahou is a veteran on the battlefield, but he can't see the life and death of the people? I wonder if General Xiahou felt as deeply as he does today when he was conquering Xuzhou?"
Xiahou Dun frowned, then waved his hand and pointed at Zhong Hong, not wanting to continue arguing with Zhong Hong, "Get it!"
Several soldiers and guards rushed forward and captured Zhonghong.
Zhong Hong was still laughing, "Xia Hou! You can hold me, but can you hold everyone in Yingchuan?! If you touch me today, it will definitely be chaos in Yingchuan! Hahahaha! The chaos in Yingchuan is the chaos of the Han Dynasty!"
!If the soldiers in Guanzhong pour down, there will be no support from Yingchuan. Let’s see how you can resist it!』
After hearing this, Xiahou Dun pondered for a moment, then jumped off his horse, and then walked to Zhong Hong who was pushed down and kneeling on the ground. He looked down at Zhong Hong, frowned slightly and said, "If we hadn't resisted the soldiers,
Could it be that it’s better for you to go?」
Zhong Hong shouted at the top of his lungs, "The swords, guns, armor, and horses you are wearing were all bought by the people of Yingchuan. If you didn't have these swords, guns, and armor, what would you use to go into battle? What a joke!"
Xia Hou shook his head, "You don't have to shout so loudly, you can hear me. I just have a doubt... Yingchuan paid for and provided food to provide us with these swords, guns, and armor... This makes sense."
It's true, but... I dare to ask Yingyin County Lord, among the money and grain taxes in Yingchuan, is there a grain of grain or a piece of money that was collected by you... I mean, it was you who took it from the ground with your own hands.
What you get from farming?"
"Ah? Ah..."
Zhong Hong was stunned for a moment. He was still arguing, but Xiahou Dun kicked him to the ground and stepped on his neck. He couldn't say any complete words and just screamed hesitantly.
"If all the money and food in Yingchuan are tied to you, all the money, food and taxes will come from you alone..." Xiahou Dun slowly took out the sword from his waist, then put his fingers together and gently wiped the snow.
Sharp blade, "Then I really can't kill you... What a pity, the money and food in Yingchuan are obtained by the hard work of the people of Yingchuan! They are the result of the hard work of the people of Yingchuan day and night, all four seasons! What does it have to do with your life and death?"
』
"First there were the people of Yingchuan, and then there were the scholars of Yingchuan! First there were the great men who relied on them, and then there was the wealth of Yingchuan!"
You just go to the underworld and think about it carefully!"
